Not much action in this chapter. I'm sorry if the funeral scene isn't written very well. I'm lucky enough to have never had to go to a funeral in my life.
Once Connor and Stephen had left Lester's office, the team had gathered in one of the ARC's rooms.
Connor was staring at the ground, tears in his eyes while Becker had backed against the wall and it looked like he too was close to crying. "He can't be dead," Abby wailed in Stephen's arms.
"It'll be fine," Stephen murmured.
"Fine," Abby repeated, pulling away from Stephen. "If you and Connor could stop bickering for once we wouldn't be in this situation. You both killed him." Abby turned and ran out of the room.
"Abby," Connor managed to speak before giving up and letting tears roll down his face.
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It was the day everyone had been dreading, the day they would say goodbye to Danny for good. "This doesn't feel right," Becker admitted. Abby backed away from the church.
"I can't go through all this again," Abby said, holding back the tears.
"Again?" Stephen frowned.
"You, then Cutter and now Danny," Abby swallowed. "Everyone's dying."
Connor was staying quiet. This was the same church and graveyard that Cutter had been buried in. Cutter had always been like a father to him and in the short time that Connor had known Danny, Danny had become like a brother. It felt like the whole world was against him, taking everyone he cared for one by one. He was actually quite surprised Abby was still alive. But he had no clue why he had been arguing with Stephen instead of completing his job. Guilt surged through Connor. Danny's death was his fault.
Becker was secretly beating himself up inside. This was the second person who had died while he was on the team. The only reason he was on the team in the first place was to protect the team and stop deaths. How well was he doing with that? Two people on the team had died now and many members of the public had been murdered. In the short time Danny was on the team, they became good friends. He smiled weakly as he remembered the time he let Danny abseil down the ventilation shaft. Lester hadn't been very pleased. Guilt surged through Becker. Danny's death was his fault.
Abby couldn't believe what was happening. First Cutter and now Danny. And Danny's death was all her fault. Stephen and Connor had been arguing over her which stopped Connor from shutting the anomaly. If she had just stayed friends with both of them and not enter a relationship with one of them the anomaly would have been closed before the raptor had the chance to get through. Guilt surged through Abby. Danny's death was her fault.
Stephen watched as Abby cried. How stupid was he to argue with Connor in front of an anomaly? The whole point of the ARC team was to shut anomalies and stop deaths and he was worried about stupid personal life. It had been childish of him to argue with Connor. And he had started that argument. Guilt surged through Stephen. Danny's death was his fault.
It came to the time when Danny's body was lowered into the ground and each member of the team, even Becker let a tear out. None of them knew how long it would be until they got over this death and it felt like they had only just got over Cutter's. This showed them how dangerous their job was and how easy it was for a life to be lost.
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It was a month later, after the funeral was done and dusted and thankfully Stephen and Connor weren't bickering as much however, Lester had got so fed up with Connor leaving the apartment so messy that he had kicked Connor out and know Connor has to stay with Becker. Instead of watching Doctor Who ever night, like he used to, Connor had to sit through shows about war or those police ones. To make matters worse, Connor and Abby still weren't on speaking terms and Stephen had been put in charge of the team until a new team leader was found. The team were still shaky as they still hadn't fully recovered from Danny's death.
It was a Sunday evening and the team had had the day off. The doorbell rang and Becker went to answer it. Becker entered the room again with Abby behind him. "I'm going to go to the shops. We're out of milk. In fact, Connor you can have the house to yourself today. I'm meeting up with an old friend." Becker grabbed his coat before hurrying out of the house.
"No Stephen then?" Connor asked, not bothering to look at Abby but staring out of the window instead.
"Connor, this is just childish," Abby sighed.
"Yeah because I'm always childish. I'm never mature am I?" Connor snapped.
"We're all being childish Connor. Me, you and Stephen," Abby interrupted Connor before he could go off on another one of his angry rants. "I just want us all to be friends Connor. I don't like hating you. Why don't you move back into the flat?"
"There's not enough room," Connor said. "Look, Abby, you made your choice over two months ago. You're supposed to be happy."
"Connor, I-I think I made the wrong decision," Abby sighed, staring at the floor. Hope surged through Connor and a smile appeared on his face. He looked up at Abby.
"Really?" Connor asked.
"Yeah, look at all the tension this has caused to the team. We lost a great member of the team because of it. I think the best decision I should have made is that we all stay the same. Friends," Abby explained. Connor's smile dropped and all hope suddenly disappeared.
"Oh," was all Connor could say. There was a short silence while both Connor and Abby were thinking about what to say next. "Do you want a drink?"
"Yeah, sure," Abby smiled. Connor entered the kitchen and rummaged through the cupboards. "We have…" Connor pulled out a bottle of wine. "Some posh red wine." Connor smirked as he entered the living room with two wine glasses and the bottle of wine. "I'm sure Becker won't miss it." Connor poured the wine before handing one glass to Abby.
The pair spent the rest of the night watching TV and drinking wine. "I'm tired," Abby yawned.
"I'll show you to your room," Connor smirked.
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Connor was sat in the ARC spinning round on one of the chairs when Becker stormed in. "Connor, what have you done with all the wine?" Connor shrunk back in his chair and Becker towered over him.
"Drank it," Connor chuckled nervously.
"There were like six bottles in there," Becker snapped.
"That explains the headache," Connor moaned. "By the way Becker, Stephen may not be happy this morning."
"Why? What have you done?" Becker asked slowly.
"I did nothing," Connor shrugged. "I think Abby dumped him."
"For you?" Becker snorted in disbelief.
"No, she doesn't want a relationship at the moment," Connor answered.
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It was two months later, and Lester still hadn't found a replacement for Danny which meant Stephen was still team leader. Connor didn't mind this anymore before Abby, Stephen and Connor were getting on pretty well and Connor had been able to return to Abby flat. Connor, Abby, Becker and Stephen were stood in front of an anomaly. "Lock it Connor," Stephen ordered.
"Right away," Connor said as he hit the button on the keyboard. "All done." There was a sudden scream from behind them. Connor and Stephen glanced at each other in horror.
"Abby," they both gasped. They turned and sprinted towards where the screams were coming from. They rounded a corner to see a future predator on top of Abby. Stephen pulled out his pistol before shooting at the predator. The predator collapsed just as medics ran into the room.
"Get an ambulance here now," Connor yelled.
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Connor and Stephen sat silently in the hospital's waiting room. None of them wanted to talk there were just hoping. Hoping Abby would be fine. The door opened and Stephen and Connor jumped to their feet as the nurse appeared. "You'll be pleased to know that both Abby and the baby are fine," the nurse said. Connor and Stephen glanced at each other.
"Baby?" They both said at the same time.
"I see neither of you had been told yet," the nurse said slowly. "Any way you can see Abby now."
"Thank you," Stephen smiled weakly. The nurse led Connor and Stephen to Abby. "Err… do you mind if we have some time alone?"
"Not at all," the nurse smiled before leaving the room. Stephen turned and rounded on Abby.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Stephen snapped.
"Stephen, this isn't the time or place," Connor tried to stop Stephen.
"No, I deserved to know," Stephen snapped.
"Know what?" Abby frowned.
"The baby," Stephen answered. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because, because I don't know who the father is," Abby whimpered. Connor saw this coming and wasn't looking forward to Stephen's reaction.
"What?" Stephen asked turning to Connor.
"Hey it's not like she's your girlfriend anymore," Connor said.
"But she was," Stephen growled.
"It was the night before she dumped you, ok?" Connor snapped. "We got drunk."
"Please stop arguing," Abby pleaded. "It's all in the past now."
"I want a DNA test when it's born," Stephen demanded.
"You have to know everything, don't you?" Connor sighed.
So I'm actually unsure whether it should be Stephen's child or Connor's. Help me out with that please! Oh and should I put Matt in now as the new team leader or someone else?
