Thanks for the positivity guys! :) That's the quickest I've gotten 5 reviews yet! Please forgive any mistakes;I wrote this at 3:30 this morning.
The first thing you see when you walk into the ARC is a rather peeved Lester. "Two dead!" He waves his hands around in frustration.
"With all respect sir, they did ignore the warnings." You point out. Lester shoots you a look and you shut up, stepping back slightly.
"Well check security next time! The government already have their doubts about us being able to handle this!" Lester muttered in frustration as the team passed him. "When you've written the death notes," Lester calls after you. "Send them too me." You nod. You won't. You're too pissed off.
You don't know why your in a mood. You convince yourself that it's probably people being killed infront of you and the whole near death experience thing. You close your laptop and give up for the day. This can wait. Right now, you have more important things to deal with; like a cup of tea and a bath.
X
The first thing you do when you get in is thrown the keys into the bowl, slip your shoes off and put the kettle on. You scan quickly through your mail, nothing but bills. You drink your tea while watching some crap TV chat show and manage to get yourself to bed before you fall asleep on the sofa.
You're woken up by a loud, annoying, alarm you didn't buy. The ADD. You mutter something worthy of the Devil kicking you out of Hell, pray there's no smilodons and dress quickly. Oddly, as you dress, you pray you don't mess up infront of Becker. You shake it from your head, apply some make-up and head to your car.
The streets are empty. No wonder. It's 3:30 am. You signed up for dealing with the public, not getting up at dawn. Matt, Danny and some soldiers are already on the scene when you get there. No public yet. "There's been reports of a lizard." Matt informs you as you approach.
"Not being funny, but wasn't pretty much the whole Cretaceous period Lizards, reptiles, scaly things?"
"Unless it's Permian, Jurassic, Future." you refrain from snapping something rather rude as Connor and Abby round the corner. You notice Abby's mini is parked over in the corner. "What have you got?"
You wait as Connor catches his breath and points to a car. "At least wait till action man gets here." Becker jumps from the car and heads over.
"I thought you'd be at home after earlier." He shoots you a concerned look and, at a loss for words, you shrug.
"Dimetradon." Connor states matter-of-factly. "Permian era, about 280-265 million years ago. It comes from North America and Europe and is more mammal than reptile."
"And?" Danny seems oddly calm but you write that off as experience.
"Only 1m tall at the hips, 3.5m long and weight about 550 pounds. Carnivore."
"That's the thing with a large sail? Sorta like the one over there?" Danny cocks his head towards the cars and you turn.
"Yep." Connor agrees, before taking off. "They're also fast." this is proved a moment later by the Dimetradon giving chase. You've watched enough films to know that someone's going to trip, if they don't, something bad will happen. You're just thankful that you're not wearing heels as you skid round to the back of the trucks. Becker unlocks the truck as he nears it and you slide into the back without hesitation. He follows you, slamming the door shut and locking it. Once you're inside the metal box, you look out the window and laugh. Becker gives you a weird look before leaning over to look outside. You try and ignore the close proximity of your bodies.
Connor is crouched on the room of Abby's mini while Abby herself is perched on the back of the other truck. Danny's halfway up a tree and Matt's hanging from a branch by his arms. Becker's men are scattered here and there as more Dimetradons emerge. "You know something?" You ask, staring out of the window.
"What?" Becker hasn't moved from over you.
"This could actually be rather fun." Becker laughs and you feel in vibrating through you.
"I don't think they'll hurt us." Becker unlocks the door and opens it. The Dimetradons move back a little.
"You can test that theory." He laughs again and slides over you and jumps from the truck. After a few seconds he turns to you.
"Told you." he grins and you hop out of the car, closing the door quietly. Slowly, the team start to gather again. You retain a laugh as Connor falls from the roof of the mini. "Any ideas on how we get them back through?"
"Ask them nicely?" Matt suggests.
"Actually, that may work." You turn to look at Connor. "Well, they like light yeah? There's enough stuff here to cover up the ground as a sort of tunnel and lead them towards the anomaly."
"You know what?" Danny glances at you, Matt and Becker. "That's rather a good idea." Temple seems to swell with pride and you laugh. "Right, Becker, we'll need tarpaulin, mattresses, anything large. Matt, go with Connor and Abby and get some boxes, I'll hunt up some meat." the team splits up and you're left with the Dimetradons. Danny's completely forgotten you are there. You glance at the Dimetradons. You guess you're on dino duty. On of the Dimetradons follows your movement and it unnerves you. You start to head back towards the cars but they're locked. Typical.
You heave yourself onto the back, reflecting on the team. You think Matt's alright, but would give that impression on a leaf. Connor's the nerdy geek you'd expected and you can tell there's something going on between him and Abby. Abby is as protective of the animals as she is with Connor. Danny was born to lead. You reckon he could probably lead an army of rocks if he had to. Thinking of rocks...Becker. When he lent over you, you could feel his muscle. You try desperately not to think of him and succeed, until he pokes his head round the corner.
"You coming?" you decide between him and the Dimetradons in a matter of milliseconds. You ran across the dirt to his side and he leads you down a network of crates. "I'd though you'd go with Matt or something."
"Matt? No way? Can't stand him." Becker laughs.
"What does your boyfriend think of all this then? Leaving at 3:30 in the morning." You glance at him.
"Boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend, girlfriend, fiancée, husband, whatever you've got." it dawns on you that he's fishing for information. You smile.
"Don't have a boyfriend, deffinatley not a girlfriend or fiancée." You notice there's a change in his mood. "What about you?"
"No, no." You feel a small smile spread across your face. Becker's ear piece crackles into life. You done yet? The playful voice of Danny reaches you. "Yeah." Becker gestures for you to get the bundle of fabric and you follow him back to the others.
"I though you stayed here." Danny looks at you as you set the material down.
"No, you just forgot about me. Becker actually gave me something to do." You exchange quick glances with Becker before throwing the sheets at Danny. One drapes itself over his head and you can't help but laugh along with Becker.
X
After a rather eventful hour, you get the Dimetradons back through the anomaly, but it's still open. Lester pulls up and a commotion begins. A face appears in the anomaly. Judging by the gun fire, you guess it's probably Helen. But they told you she was dead.
You're jogged by your thoughts by the soldiers moving and grabbing bags and weapons. You realise, with horror, they're going through the anomaly after Helen. You head towards Becker. "You can't go." Becker looks up at you, you can see he's both startled and touched that you're concerned.
"I have to."
"Something bad's going to happen. I can feel it."
"It won't. I promise." you place your hand over his and he reaches round you to grab the bag. His eyes meet you before you realise what you're doing and hand him the bag. You help him get it onto his back although you know he doesn't need help.
"Please stay safe." you mumble, so quietly that you don't know if her hears. But you know he does when he turns. He placed his hand on you cheek and before you know it, he's kissing you. It's gentle, soft, loving. And you give it back. Every last bit. You're well aware that people are watching. Lester's going to give you hell for it, you can feel it building up like the electrical charge before a storm, but you don't care. You can't. Eventually you break apart. You look around, Danny's looking, Connor's looking, Abby's looking, Matt's looking, Lester's half rolling his eyes-half glaring. You hug Becker as he prepares to leave.
You notice that the air is miserable. You sigh and join Abby. "If it starts to rain, they're not going. Something bad always happens when it rains." Abby nods in agreement. Your heart hurts so much you think it's going to burst when, just before he goes, Becker turns to look at you, meeting your gaze. He smiles. You do too. That's when you realise you're going to wait. Wait forever for a man you only just met.
Who saw Primeval last night? I think there's a danger I could actually become a Becker/Jess fan! :O Kill me now. Well, once I've finished the story ;)
