Connor grips Abby's hand, staring into her blank face. She hasn't moved since they put her in the hospital. The doctors don't know what's wrong with her, they can't help. Connor strokes her knuckles and says a silent prayer.
"Wake up Abby. Please."
PRIMEVAL
Stephen races around the corner, gun ready to fire. Nothing. The ally is empty.
"Damn. Not again!" He turns to go back and find the other ally. There's a scuffle behind him and he turns to see the creature leaping off a building. He opens his mouth to shout, thinks better of it, and runs, pulling out his phone as he goes. "Have you found that bloody anomaly yet?"
"No. Of course not. Why?"
"Maybe the fact that I've got the creature chasing me like a cat and mouse game!"
"Why don't you just shoot it Stephen? That's why you have a gun!"
"Did you not just hear what I said?" He glances over his shoulder, not trusting that the creature is gone. "Where are you?"
"Where I was when you left. Why?" Stephen swears again. Not far enough, there isn't a big enough space there.
"Get ready to have an addition."
"What? Stephen! Don't tell me-"
"Okay!" He throws his phone and prepares to turn around, leveling the gun. "CUTTER!" He shouts behind him. Nick rounds the corner, jaw dropping as the creature comes into view.
"Stephen! Above you!" Stephen glances up.
"DAMN!" The creature leaps at him, claws raking across his chest, before Stephen could shoot it. Stephen falls to the ground with a cry, letting loose several tranqs into the beast's flank. "Can't I just kill it now?" Cutter runs over to examine the creature.
"You might have to. It looks like some sort of fabrication. Maybe a future creature of some sort."
"Oh don't mind me." Stephen grumbles as he stands up, slinging the gun over his shoulder again.
"Sorry."
PRIMEVAL
"Is Abby going to be okay?" Lester asks a nurse who just left Abby's ward.
"We're not sure. Anything is possible. She could die any minute. It would help if we knew what caused the wound and what kind of poison was used." Lester shakes his head,
"We wish we knew."
"Is that boy going to stay in there all day?" Lester looks down at the nurse,
"What boy?"
"The one in the vest and gloves."
"Connor? Probably. At least until I order him out." The nurse looks confused as she walks away. "Which he probably won't even then." Claudia had left several minutes ago, saying that she was going to 'go see if I can help Cutter'. Which meant to go flirt with him. The two had been at it for several days now, and honestly it was tiring. Lester rolls his eyes and takes a seat before getting up. He heads down the ward hall to Abby's room, poking his head inside. Abby lies in the hospital bed completely still. "Are you going to sit there all night?" Connor jumps and stares at Lester, searching for words.
"Maybe."
PRIMEVAL
Claudia gets out of the car. "Anything I can help with?" Cutter looks up from the creature,
"Yeah, I think Stephen needs to go to the hospital." Stephen rolls his eyes.
"I'm fine." He looks at Claudia as if to emphasize, "I'm fine!" Claudia nods at him,
"What did you let happen to him Nick? He's bleeding all over the ground. And he's most likely been poisoned." Cutter stands up,
"WHAT! Poisoned? How?"
"Abby was poisoned after getting whacked by that," she gestures to the beast, "thing." Cutter rounds on Claudia.
"Is she okay? What's wrong?"
"Well you know if you had been there you would have known that Abby lost a lot of blood, was poisoned, and is now at a hospital. Maybe the creature poisoned her and Stephen's next?" She looks at Stephen, "That slash doesn't look to good. How do you feel?"
"Not good." Stephen narrows his eyes. "Am I going to die?"
"Not if we can prevent it." Cutter stands next to Stephen before facing Claudia.
"What do we have to do?" Stephen grips Nick's arm to prevent himself from falling.
"Whatever it is, do it fast. I can't feel my feet."
"I'll call Connor at the hospital."
