Don't own Primeval. Still sad.

Epilogue

Connor and Sarah rushed upstairs to Lester and Jenny's offices, looking at the two officials excitedly.

"It's ready," Connor smiled.

Lester kept a stoic face but smiled to himself as the others turned to exit down the ramp. In the two-and-a-half months since the takeover by Stephen, he'd come to respect the young employees, though he'd never admit it. He even let his guard down now and then. Sarah asked him about his family, and he'd have a story to offer her of some event or another. The temps were gone and he was thrilled.

Finally, the Minister was done offering invitations for him, deciding it was a lost cause. The place was soon filled by another public servant, one far more suitable for the job. It seemed in light of the recent occurrence, the Minister offered Jennifer Lewis the position of Chief Executive of the Anomaly Operation and Ambassador to Worldwide Anomaly Affairs, and she accepted on one condition: she runs operations from the ARC.

She still conceded that Lester was in charge, of course.

He followed the other three from his office, down the ramp to meet Danny, Abby, and Becker at the bottom. He thought with satisfaction of the long while it had taken to get the ARC put back together.

They found Stephen's body inside the ARC as they were looking for the Gorgonopsids. At first they were horrified, but an autopsy revealed he wasn't Stephen at all, but a clone. He had no belly button.

Connor, after the initial shock, had remarked that it was so standard of a sci-fi giveaway it was almost poetic. Helen must've taught him everything about who Stephen was to make him the perfect weapon. They decided that Helen's curse had finally faded away, and they could focus again on predicting and containing the anomalies.

It was not long after this revelation that the inevitable occurred. Connor proposed to Abby (making Becker the winner of the office pool over when he would pluck up the courage) and she accepted. Lester sent a humorous card to Abby offering his condolences, which had finally breached the gap between boss and friend. The wedding was planned for tomorrow, and Abby positively glowed with joy.

"We don't have all day, Temple," Lester said in his traditional dry tone. Connor and Sarah were typing furiously, activating the ADD2.

There were two chairs to this one, though Connor and Sarah stood above the keyboards instead of sitting before them. The three screens, larger than the old ones, were arranged in a horizontal row. Finally the two scientists took a step back and a test alarm rang through the ARC. It was louder and longer and clearer than the last one, and the crosshairs on the central screen searched for the location of the 'anomaly'.

"Where'd you set it for?" Abby asked, though she smiled as the crosshairs finally settled on the tiny chapel they'd decided to use for their wedding. It was the church they'd set the false alarm in over a year ago, inadvertently capturing Jenny, and the church's graveyard was the one they'd buried Stephen in. They'd also planned the perfect spot for their reception: the Forest of Dean. They decided it had a little dramatic irony that they couldn't ignore.

"Brilliant," Lester smiled, turning back to climb the ramp to his office. "It works."

"Lester," Connor called up to him, so he turned tentatively.

"What?"

"I'm having my bachelor party tonight, so…if there's an anomaly, herd the creatures back in by yourself, yeah?"

Danny and Becker stifled their laughs, both of them high fiving Connor.

"We'd better head out, Conn," Becker said.

"Don't have too much fun," Abby advised, and Sarah and Jenny nodded their agreement to their respective boyfriends.

"Hey, your bachelorette party's gonna be just as wild," Becker mock-whined. "We work hard every day. We deserve a little fun…"

"These workplace romances are going to kill me," Lester grimaced, returning to his office with a sigh.

Danny looked down at his watch, smiling. "Yep, it's about time," he said. Sarah cocked her head to the side.

"Time for what?" she asked. He smiled up at her.

"We're returning home from America right about now," he replied. "That was a fun vacation."

Al Final.

And that's it! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who read, and extra-special much to everyone who reviewed, especially serial reviewers. If you haven't reviewed yet, don't be afraid to start now! I can use all the feedback I can get!

I hope you're satisfied with my ending. I knew from the beginning I wouldn't allow Stephen to be bad because he redeemed himself in 2.7, and I believe he was a good person, if fooled by Helen. Sorry if the autopsy sounds a little too 'deus ex machina'.

Adieu, adieu, adieu! All my love!

~Bellalyse, XOXO