Don't own Primeval, only the stories in my head...
CHAPTER FOUR - DÉJÀ VU
Jess gasped as the short bearded man stepped slowly, deliberately out of the shadows with a conventional firearm trained on them.
"Drop the gun Becker. We both know you're not going to shoot me," Ethan taunted, his face contorted into a mocking sneer.
"Drop yours first!" countered Becker, though he already knew the game was lost.
Ethan changed tack, turning his attention beyond Becker.
"Ah, the lovely Miss Parker. Don't hide her away, Becker. Bring her out!"
Becker hesitated and Ethan became angry.
"Captain Becker," he spat "I have a gun trained at your head. I won't miss. What do you think will happen to Miss Parker if you allow yourself to be killed? Particularly if I choose to drag her through there?"
He inclined his head towards the closed anomaly.
Jess touched Becker's shoulder gently. "Its OK Becker," she told him as she moved out to stand by his side.
Becker shifted slightly so that he was still between Ethan and Jess, even if she was more visible.
Ethan smirked. "I was sorry when I heard I hadn't killed you last time. But now I've just realised how much fun the second time will be."
Becker frowned. "How did you find out you hadn't killed me?"
"Danny told me," Ethan paused for dramatic effect. "Just before I killed him."
"What?" Becker's composure was momentarily jolted. Jess put her hand on his arm to steady him.
"Put your weapon down, Captain Becker," Ethan repeated flatly. "Before I change my mind and shoot the lovely Miss Parker."
Something about the way he said her name made Jess shiver. Becker held up his hands and then carefully lowered the EMD to the ground.
"Its down," he murmured. "Its down."
His mind was racing. He couldn't believe that here he was again in exactly the same situation, doing exactly the same thing, leaving himself defenceless. He knew somehow that this was going to end the same way as before too - only now Ethan had a conventional firearm loaded, presumably, with real bullets. He had to protect Jess, that was all that mattered.
Drawing himself back up to his full height, he placed his arms out in front, firstly to try and placate Ethan, but also to serve as a shield for Jess.
Ethan smiled. "Take your Comms out, both of you, and throw them over here."
Becker glanced at Jess, nodded and then they both complied.
"And your tracking device, Becker. I assume you have one on you."
Angrily Becker pulled his Black Box from his waistband and threw it as Ethan.
"Temper, temper," the short man mocked. "That's the kind of behaviour that will get you - or Miss Parker - killed."
Becker tensed. "What do you want, Ethan?"
The smaller man grinned sardonically. "To finish what I started. I'm bored of this life now, have been since I killed Danny. Its time to end my life too. Just need to tie up a few loose ends. You're the one who got away - so I've come to take you out first."
Becker swallowed, his throat dry. He felt Jess grip his arm tightly.
"Then let Miss Parker go. If its me you want, you don't need her."
Ethan's grin widened. "But where would be the fun in that?"
Jess heard herself utter a small, frightened sound that was immediately drowned out by Ethan's laughter.
Ethan began waving the gun to and fro, from Becker to Jess and back to Becker again.
"Hmmm," he mused. "Which one to kill first?"
Becker tensed, ready to leap at Ethan before he fired.
"Stand down Becker!" ordered Ethan. "I only want to kill you."
"Then lets get this over with!" challenged Becker.
"No!" Jess gasped, putting a restraining hand on his arm.
Unfortunately, she brought Ethan's attention back to herself. Ethan's eyes glinted and then everything happened in split second…
So, what will happen next? Will Becker be a hero? Sorry its so short again - I just love my cliffhangers! (Its kind of a Primeval tradition isn't it!)
