AN: Sorry, this set's a tiny bit late! But I'll try and stick to updating regularly from now on ^^'
Drabble #10: AU series Neoteric : Questions
"Third?" Connor hissed, watching Abby aim at the target. Stephen frowned, not able to hide the worry in his expression. If both Abby and Connor had noticed something amiss… how soon would it be before his past came to light?
"I did some research. Nick's wife vanished in the Forest of Dean a few years back - I may have been a bit forward in suggesting it was an anomaly at fault…" Connor's expression cleared immediately, any trace of suspicion gone from his face.
"Oh. Huh… Maybe I should see about getting information on the conditions in the forest on the day she vanished, and compare them to the data from yesterday…" Connor was eager to run off onto another topic.
Stephen raised an eyebrow. "How are you going to find out what it was like 6 years ago?"
Connor chuckled. "Oh come on, there's stuff everywhere on the internet abou' everythin'! The thing with the compass goin' wonky - if tha' happened to anyone then, they'd've mentioned it somewhere. Creature sighting websites - if anythin' came through, there'd be something about it. A billion different things c'n tell me what I need to make a cautious theory." Stephen looked impressed.
"Oi, am I the only one practicing here, or do you just not want to hold a gun, Connor?" Abby called, looking slightly annoyed. The young genius was by his station in a heartbeat, glancing at Stephen.
THe copper wandered over and helped the two with their stances, teaching them how to shoot.
"But we'll be using tranquilisers, right?" Abby interjected, looking concerned.
"If we can get 'em…" Connor pointed out.
"Of course we will." Stephen said, before Abby could mutiny.
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Drabble #11 : AU Series Neoteric: News
Whatever Connor had been expecting when he came into the meeting in LEster's office fifteen minutes late, the sight of Claudia sitting beside a woman who looked just like her was not it.
"Erm…"
The discussion he interupted stopped. Abby had a fond look on her face.
"Ah, Temple, decided to show finally, did you?" And there was the expected Lester snark of the day. At least somethin was normal. He fumbled a reply and scrambled into his regular seat beside Abby.
"As you missed the introductions, you'll have to play catch up." Lester said, crossing his arms and smirking.
"Erm… freaky alternate dimension type things with th' anomalies? Clones? Doppelgangers?" Connor guessed, looking at the others hopefully. The lookalike raised an eyebrow at Claudia.
"This is your genius?"
Connor pouted, hurt, and Abby threaded her fingers through his, smiling at him.
"This is Jenny, my half sister." Claudia explained, chuckling. She was used to Connor by now. "We're both in PR, and with the new plans, I suggested that public relations would go much more smoothly with the two of us, rather than just myself alone."
He blinked owlishly at Jenny and Claudia.
"Half siblings who look nearly identical? Awesome." He said, grinning. "So, what else did I miss?"
"Apparently, we're going to be moving into a new specialized facility." Nick told him.
"The Anomaly Research Centre." Stephen put in, helpfully.
"The ARC?" Connor asked, hiding a smile.
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Drabble #12 : AU Series Neoteric : Look
"Was it a shock, finding out my sister looks just like me?" Claudia said, chuckling. Nick looked bemused still, and blinked, rubbing the back of his head and making his hair stand on end.
"A bit, yeah. I mean, you've mentioned you two look alike, but…."
"Jenny and I look like twins, yeah." Nick saw a troubled look on her face, and kissed her.
"The funniest part was Connor's face when 'e walked in." Nick commented. Claudia laughed.
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Drabble #13 : Rex
AN: I'm not sure how well this one works. Someone asked about Rex and I realized I hadn't actually thought about him in AU terms, and I knew I definitely wanted him to stay with Conby… Plus I don't have a whole lot of conby drabbles in the Neoteric!verse besides the very first one…. but I'm really unsure about this drabble. :P I'll try a different idea later I guess… :\
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Connor sat in shorts and vest on the sofa, playing videogames, The prehistoric flying lizard whom they'd named Rex napping on the armrest beside him. Abby had tried to put Rex back through the anomaly, but he'd just come right back to her; Connor'd distracted Stephen while Nick and Claudia talked so that Abby could hide the lizard in the car. After the meeting with Lester that had decided their fate, Connor and Abby had returned home to their flat with Rex.
"After all, if he doesn't want to go home, we can't make him." Connor had pointed out that night.
"And we can't let the scientists do tests on him." Abby had added. So now they had a pet courlevosauruvus.
"Conn, I'm going to training, be back in a few hours, okay? Don't forget to close the windows, or Rex'll get out!" Abby said, coming out of their bedroom and into the lounge, heading past her boyfriend and towards the door. Connor 'mhm'ed her, pausing his game long enough to return the kiss.
He was responsible. He'd remember. Or he'd have Abby's wrath down upon him. As much as she loved him, she was likely to have his head off if anything happened to any of her pets… especially Rex.
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Drabble #14 : Turtle
AN: I considered just writing up AU!Abby's background and what made her choose a different path/ why she's more open and dates connor from the get-go, but that would mean writing connor's background as well and then everyone else and just - no. Weeell... maybe later I'll do that. ^^' And it wasn't working for the overall drabble-based theme of this series :P So, I'll give you everything in bits and hints and such! But still unsure of how this one sounds... :v
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"If you're a professional weightlifter, how'd ya get interested in th' lizards?" Connor asked, leaning on the windowsill and watching a chameleon crawl allong a twig in its tank. Abby stood beside him, holding the second chameleon.
"Can't have two interests?" Abby teased, chuckling. "My parents took me 'n my brother to the Galapogos Islands when I was 7. Been in love with reptiles ever since."
"That's super cool. Are there really giant turtles there?" He was honestly curious, but he didn't know a whole lot about the islands. When she'd been studying reptile books, he'd been studying dinosaur books.
"Well, they probably looked a lot bigger when I was little! But yes, there are giant tortoises." Abby said, amusement in her tone.
Connor made a face.
"They're no' bigger 'n me, are they?" He was joking, wasn't he?
"Conn!" Abby swatted at him, and he squawked, grinning and darting away. Abby put her lizard in the tank and gave chase.
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Drabble #15 : Unbelievable
AN: I love how this one reads ^_^ It doesn't feel as... forced, as the past 2 did :B
"No, no - this is real! I saw it with me own eyes!"
"Yes, well, the eyes do play tricks on us…"
"Ye don't believe me."
"Glowing portals through time and space are a tad unbelievable, Mr. Temple."
"Look, it led to another time! There was a Gorgonopsid - it ran right through it!"
"A what?"
"A Gorgonopsid."
"…"
"C'mon! You've gotta believe me!" Perhaps slamming his fists on the man's desk was not the right way to go about convincing him…
The radio fizzed as he pushed the talk button. "Will someone please escort Mr. Temple out of my office?"
"No - you, heh, you don't 'ave ta do tha'!"
"Oh look! It's CMU's resident loony!"
"Haha!"
"Hey, Temple, what'd you say you saw?"
He gritted his teeth and walked away.
"Loser."
"Crazy!"
"So you really think there's a rip in time and space in those woods?"
He felt his stomach plummet at the humor in her voice, and turned away, but she put a hand on his arm.
"I didn't mean it that way. I'm sorry. I'm willing to believe you, Connor. We'll find it."
He couldn't stop the grin that spread across his face.
"Thanks." He told Abby.