A/N - Thank you to all the lovely people who are reading this and leaving me nice reviews, glad your enjoying it! The action really kicks off in this chapter and we have a massive twist. Just a reminder I wrote this before the release of series 5 so it doesn't follow the timeline or events of the show. Enjoy!
I do not own Primeval or any other related media.
Chapter Eleven - Files, Concussion and Revelations
It had been two days since the Waterloo anomaly had appeared, both Matt and Becker were on medical leave till the end of the week, leaving Connor and Abby in charge of the ARC field team, although Lester wasn't entirely confident with this temporary measure. Jenny had only left the ARC once over the past two days to get a change of clothes, and had been occasionally napping on the sofa in the break out room whenever she had a chance. The fallout from the destruction at Waterloo was still being felt, and the public relations officer was having to use everything she knew to keep the real cause of the damage a secret. So far the press were buying into the story of a bomb detonating on the train, however that didn't explain the witness statements stating they saw a ball of light and a dinosaur appearing out of it. Jenny sat at her desk in the main Hub of the ARC, watching Abby and Jess at the ADD as they spoke about Abby's field reports that were still outstanding, Jess then turned to Jenny.
"Sorry to bother you Jenny, I know you have a lot on but I really need your report on the Waterloo anomaly, Lester has been chasing me for it" Jess said quietly, feeling bad for piling more work onto the already exhausted PR officer.
"Don't worry Jess, not your fault, I will get that done by this afternoon" Jenny said with a smile, she pulled her laptop towards her and pressed the power button, but the thing was taking an incredibly long time to power up, she thought maybe tapping in random keys would help it power up quicker. But it didn't. Deciding she needed some coffee before she began writing up her field report she stood up and headed in the direction of the ARC's staffroom. As she walked down a corridor, she noticed Philip Burton was walking right towards her; he was carrying a huge pile of papers and files, he wasn't watching where he was going, and this gave Jenny an idea.
Remembering the conversation she had had with Lester a few days ago, she put her plan into action. Taking out her phone that was in her pocket, she looked at the screen and pretended to type. She could hear Philip getting closer and decided to walk a bit faster. Moments later, she felt herself hit Philip. Pieces of paper flew into the air and Jenny watched as Philip hit the ground, hard. Putting on her concerned voice, she bent down next to him.
"Oh my, Philip, I am so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going, are you okay?" she asked him.
"Its fine Jenny, just an accident" Philip snarled as he sat up in a sitting position. It was then Jenny noticed a red smudge on the floor, at the same moment, Philip had lifted his hand to the back of his head and when he looked at his fingers, they were covered in blood.
"Bloody hell Philip, you're bleeding" Jenny said, pressing her finger to her ear "Jess, we need a medic to B corridor, outside office 4" Jenny said, a moment later, the field coordinator answered her "The medics are on their way. What's happened Jenny?" Jess asked, the worry evident in her voice.
Jenny answered her "A bit of an accident with Burton".
"I am still here" Philip said to Jenny, who momentarily had forgotten he was there.
"Oh sorry, how are you feeling?" Jenny asked him.
"I have a headache, but apart from that, I'm fine" Philip said, about to stand up, he then toppled a bit before sitting back down. Just then, two of the ARC's medics came running round the corner, Jenny stepped back as the medics began talking to Philip, after a few minutes, he was on the stretcher being taken to the ARC's medical bay.
"Wait, Jenny, can you collect all the papers and take them to my office?" Philip asked Jenny, who nodded "It's the least I can do after I nearly killed you" Jenny said, watching as the medics took Philip away, the moment they had turned the corner, Jenny bent down.
She proceeded to gather all the papers into a pile and stack them all nicely. Knowing that there was a CCTV camera in the corner of the room, she wasn't going to risk reading through them here, but something on the top piece of paper caught her eye.
It was headed with Prospero Industries paper, looking closer; Jenny read the paper and couldn't believe what she was seeing.
From what Jenny could tell, Philip had collected every piece of the data of every single anomaly that had opened since the beginning of the ARC operation back in 2006. From what Jenny could tell, somehow all the data had been compiled together into a diagram; the model looked strangely like-
"Cutter's Matrix" Jenny slowly breathed, taking a deep breath. She knew that the only people who could have had access to Cutter's model at the old ARC was Cutter and Sarah, and that had been destroyed in the bomb incident four years ago. Then she looked at the next page, at the top of the piece of paper, it read-
'OPERARTION NEW DAWN- TEST RESULTS', but before Jenny could look closer, two soldiers walked round the corner, they nodded at Jenny and carried on walking. Jenny stood up and walked towards Philips office, she knew on the way there was a photocopying room just along the corridor form his office.
Walking fast, she walked through the ARC and headed towards Philips office. Before she walked into the office, she stepped into the photocopying room and stuck the first piece of paper in the copier, moments later; it spat the piece of paper out along with an identical copy. Making sure she deleted the history from the copier, Jenny left the room and scanned her Ident bracelet on the panel outside Philips office.
She walked in, rearranging the papers into different order as she went, she then proceeded to put the papers on the desk, she paused and looked at the computer. "Maybe there's something on the PC…" Jenny thought to herself, deciding against it, she left the office.
Jenny walked through the corridor and stopped, she leant against the wall. Pulling out her phone, she text Jess asking where she was, moments later, she got a reply.
I'm in the storage room, come down. I need a word. was all the text said. Straightening her blouse, she walked towards the stairs and heading down into the lower levels of the ARC.
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Philip walked slowly down the corridor towards his office, his head was very sore and the ARC medics had told him to go home and rest. Bloody Jennifer Lewis Philip thought to himself as he scanned the door leading into his office; he noticed a huge pile of papers sitting on his desk. He slowly sat down behind the desk and wiggled the mouse on the desk. On the screen, the results for New Dawn were still showing, scrolling down and looking intently at the screen; Philip was pleased with the results, but he knew it would have to happen soon, that New Dawn needed to be put into action. He only wished Helen Cutter was still alive to see all the hard work they had done finally pay off.
He closed the screen and another opened, it was the coroners report for Doctor Sarah Page, he looked through it. He had made sure that her death had been carefully planned; to make it look like a tragic accident, there was no way that it could be traced back to him. Thanks to his relationship with the minister, he knew that that the ARC were planning to send a rescue mission through the Future anomaly at the racetrack to find the missing members of their team, and he knew it wouldn't be long before they found the ruins of the future ARC site. He also feared if they found certain incriminating documents that would link him to the destruction of the future, he knew his career would be finished.
Looking through the files of the remaining team members, Sarah Page and Captain Becker, he realised it would be Doctor Page that would be the one to work out the link, she was the clever one out of the two remaining team members. It was only a matter of time. On the day the ARC sent its forth mission, Philip was armed with his secret weapons as he travelled into the future.
-Three and a half years ago-
Philip watched as Dr Sarah Page tried to restart the computer table in the room, he watched as she had examined the remains of the Anomaly Matrix Holder.
"I spent nearly three months bloody cleaning this, and now its broken…I bet it was Danny" she mumbled under her breath as she collected the pile of glass that was on the floor. She picked up the hollow case of the Matrix Holder and placed it on the computer table; she then pulled out a battered brown diary. Philip recognized the diary immediately, it had once belonged to Helen Cutter. He had seen her write many notes in it during their brief meetings. He watched as Dr Page flicked through the pages, before stopping and staring at the paper.
"Philip Burton" she mumbled under her breath, it was barely audible "I know that name" she continued. Knowing he had to do something; he looked down at the Neural Clamp Control in his hand.
Just then, to the left of Philip, he heard the sound of a low clicking noise. Pressing the controls of the neural clamp control, he managed to keep the Future Predator quiet, but it looked like Dr Page had heard it, she pressed the button on the walkie talkie and spoke into it-
"You need to get back here, now" she said, picking up the handgun that was on the computer table, she aimed it into the corners of the room. Philip could see her hands were trembling.
Looking down, Philip pressed the 'RELEASE' button on the panel, standing back, he watched as the Predator leapt forward towards its prey. Then the crack of gun fire filled the room, three shots were fired and Philip knew one had hit home as he knelt behind the wall. He heard the Predator roar and then a blood curdling scream.
"BECKER", and then the room went silent. Burton glanced round the corner, he could see Dr Page lying on the ground, her front was covered in blood. Philip pressed a few buttons on the control pad and the predator backed off, it walked away from Sarah and left the room. Philip followed it out, just as he heard footsteps thunder into the room.
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Some people would call what Philip did heartless, or even an act of murder. But Philip knew he had done it for the right reason, the death of Dr Page was just a drop in the ocean compared to the number of deaths Philip was going to prevent. He was going to prevent the deaths of 6 Billion people with New Dawn.
Switching off the computer, he stood up, gathering the files in hands; he then edged his way round the desk and left the office, locking the door behind him.
A/N - Ohhhhh, did you see that coming?! When I originally wrote this I was also shocked!
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