"Me again, Connor we need to talk, call me," Abby spoke into the phone, for the fifth time this morning. She paced the room nervously, phone in hand, waiting for Connor to ring. Where is he? She wondered.
Jenny sat at the dressing table while her future sister-in-law fixed her hair, and began to curl it into a beautiful style. She looked up as Abby walked over to her.
"Okay, now I'm getting worried, it's not like him to ignore me for this long,"
"Don't worry, he's probably just nursing a really massive hangover," Jenny reassured.
"Do you want me to go look for him?" Jayme asked after slipping into her shoes. She'd borrowed a dark red dress from Jenny for the wedding, where as Emily borrowed a midnight blue dress. She had already gone down to find Matt so they could head into the room for the ceremony.
"Er, yeah, you can do that," Abby replied, looking back to Jenny.
Jayme nodded before leaving the room, truth is she was just about ready to leave the room anyway, everything was so awkward between them; the tension was becoming hard to bear. She walked down the stairs, finding Matt and Emily chatting near the ceremony room.
"Have you seen Connor?" She asked them.
"Not since last night," Matt stated, glancing into the room in search of him, "Why?"
"Abby's worried, I said I'd find him,"
"I'll keep an eye out,"
So that was a failure. If Matt hadn't seen him since last night then where was he? She wandered through the huge house, peering into rooms, looking for any sign of him. He couldn't be far. Maybe he'd gone down into the basement to check on the anomaly. She found her way back to the basement and headed down the stairs.
"Connor?" Jayme shouted through the deserted room.
No answer. She kept walking, delving deeper into the space. All she was aware of was the way her heart thudded in her chest, she always hated silent atmospheres. She'd never gotten used to them; it always made her heart beat at a much more rapid pace. She strained her ears, hoping that there would be some indication of life in this basement. She closed in on the door that held the locked anomaly inside, opening it as quietly as she could. But she couldn't see Connor after entering it, she only saw the anomaly. Except that's not how the anomaly looked last time she saw it. The light had un-tightened from the locked ball it was in. The beautiful shards of glass like energy floating around freely in the now opened anomaly. Heart beat quickening, she fell to the ground, hands hovering over the locking device. What did he do to lock it? She couldn't remember, he'd typed things in but it could've been a code or anything. Then she heard something that made her lose her breath. The clicking of claws on the floor. Claws that most likely belonged to a hyaenodon. It was far away thankfully, except for the fact that the stairs were in that same direction. And if it got to the top floor, it would wreak havoc on the wedding scene. Suddenly music bounced to life above her. The orchestra had begun, the wedding had started. She hesitated by the device, should she stay and try to lock it or should she warn the others. She bit her lip, closing her eyes, concentrating. Deep breaths, that's all she needed. Just stay calm. She'd never had to deal with the lives of others before, only herself. It was all new territory that she assumed she could deal with, now she wasn't so sure. Just breathe. She really needed to stop the creature before it killed the wedding party.
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"Everybody run! Everyone's in danger, you've got to believe me!" Connor shouted frantically as he charged into the room of the wedding ceremony. All eyes looking up at him shocked beyond belief. "Run, please, now!" He exclaimed, as everyone started murmuring between each other, unsure of what to make of the scene.
The minor sound of clicking claws appeared as a small hyaenodon puppy strode into the room, causing everyone to awwin admiration. People began standing up from their seats, watching the cute little animal make its way down the aisle. That was until a scream echoed into the room, followed by two huge hyaenodon's. The room turned into frenzy as the prehistoric creatures snarled and threatened the crowd. The team spun into action as they grabbed medieval weaponry, used as decorations in the room, to defend against them. Jayme ran into the panic as she caught up with the animals, now realising that there was actually two adult hyaenodons rather than one. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Matt attack the one which endangered a guest at the wedding. It averted its attention on Matt. It lunged for him, teeth snarled. Snapping out of stand-still, Jayme ran over to the scene. She grabbed a nearby chair and raised it at the creature which was now snapping its jaw at Matt who struggled under the weight. Heavily, she brought the chair down onto the hyaenodon, knocking it to onto its side. Splinters of wood shot everywhere as the legs of the chair fell apart with impact.
"Where's Abby and Emily?" He questioned, jumping up from the ground.
"They headed out that way," Jayme stated, pointing to the side door. He rushed off into the direction, searching for the girls. She took one last glance at the creature and joined him; they might need back-up.
The hyaenodon struggled to regain its footing as it rose to its feet again. Slightly dazed, it began to prowl through the rooms, searching for food. Its ears pricked as the calls of its young echoed through the building. It was closing on the sounds, now picking up on distressed noises from the two men who were panicked by the small creature. One of those men being Jenny's fiancé. The hyaenodon approached the men, teeth snarled. They ran down the stairs, only to be stopped by the creature diving in front of them from the top of the staircase. Terrified, they scrambled back up, as the hyaenodon followed, growling at them. In a desperate attempt to get rid of it, Michael wobbled to the top of the stairs, trying to avoid the snapping jaws. His foot lunged out as he kicked it in the face, causing it to fall back down the stairs. It recovered quickly, now irritated. It cornered in on Michael, ready to put an end to his life. Before it had a chance to lunge, the candle stand launched out from the doorway, knocking the hyaenodon to the ground, unconscious. Jenny dropped the object, peering down at the creature.
"Get away from my husband," "Actually we're not married yet," Michael announced, as he stood up from the floor, looking down at the creature.
"Minor technicality," She stated, smiling at her fiancé.
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Matt and Emily wandered back into the room of the wedding ceremony, it was completely trashed. Chairs lay unsettled across the floor, windows were smashed, decorations everywhere.
"Well it wouldn't be a real wedding without a fight," He stated, "How was your wedding?"
Emily didn't respond, instead she wandered away from Matt as Abby, Connor and Jayme came into the room.
"All the creatures are back through, the anomaly has been locked," Abby announced.
"Good work," Matt replied, watching as Emily left the room.
"You ok?" Abby asked.
"Fine," He stated, before wandering off also.
Jenny approached her fiancé, as he stood gazing out the window, still overwhelmed by the entire incident. She took a deep breath before revealing the secrets she was so desperately sick of hiding.
"Okay, I used to work for a secret government agency, we track anomalies which are gateways in time to the past, the future, and sometimes creatures pass through into our world. It's dangerous, fatal in fact. There was a man I was in love with, who was killed," She told him, "Oh yes and there's also a distinct possibility that I could have been someone else in a completely different timeline called Claudia Brown but then the present changed and I became Jennifer Lewis, but that's even too bizarre for me to comprehend. But that's it, the whole truth, what do you think?" She finished, speaking so fast, she wasn't even sure he understood.
"So this other guy, you're over him, right?" He asked, slowly digesting the new information.
She smiled, "Yes, I'm over him,"
"Well that's ok then," He responded, gently holding her head, "We do have one problem though, the registrar is in no condition to marry anyone,"
"I think I might be able to do something about that," She stated, smiling at him.
The couple stood at the front of the room, hand in hand, as Connor proudly held the laptop with a camera image of James Lester.
"With the power vested in me, by special dispensation of the minister, I now have the pleasure of announcing you man and wife," Lester spoke, in a 'roll-your-eyes' manner. "You may now kiss the bride or whatever it is that is customary on these occasions, forgive me I'm a little bit vague on the details,"
"Thank you James," Jenny stated, before embracing her new husband and planting a kiss on his lips.
"It's so lovely," Jess whimpered, on the other side of the computer, a couple tears rolling down her face. Lester sighed, fishing the silk cloth from his suit and handing it to her to dab her eyes.
On the other side, everyone at the wedding ceremony cheered and clapped at the couple sealing the kiss. Jayme still didn't know what to do, maybe she should talk to her dad, ask him why they think he was shot. Or maybe she should ask them why they claim he had been shot, either way she needed answers. She knew her dad wasn't dead, but they didn't, and she was desperate to find out why.
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A/N: Okay, so I've started school again today after the holidays have been brought to an end, and unfortunately I'll not have as much time to write since I've got exams and school work to study for, plus the fact that I'm actually in school for about seven hours per day. Basically I'll not be able to update every day, or even write every day but I'll try and keep up as best as possible because I really love writing this story. Hope you can all be patient with me, and I'm sorry, but thanks so much for everyone who has read this story, it's great to see the reviews I'm getting and looking at how many people have viewed the chapters. I promise I'll update as often as I can :)