Angels Wept

This is a very sad story, hopefully events in this story NEVER happen to anyone, and I would Never wish this upon my worst enemy.

I would like to thank YouHaveLovelyHair for her help with this chapter.

Tissues at the ready...


It was now that everything caught up with Connor, and he sobbed...

He sobbed for his precious Danni.

He sobbed for his gorgeous Nikki.

He sobbed for his beloved wife, Abby.

They were gone.

All of them had gone.

Poor Connor was all alone with only his friends for company.

One thing Connor hated was going home to the empty house. He had not wanted to take Rex back with him, knowing that he was looked after and cared for better at the ARC than anywhere else. The house, once full of people, had felt warm and inviting, now it felt cold and depressing. He would go into the bedrooms and find himself weeping. One night he ended up in a bar. On that occasion Matt had found him and taken him home. Connor had been violently ill that night, and he swore to himself he would never drink excessively again.


Connor heard girly laughter. He turned around on the beach and caught sight of his beautiful daughters. He grinned, the way their hair flew in the wind, the huge smiles on their faces; the pretty summer dresses, white with a floral print going up from the edges, They looked so pretty that they took his breath away. They were racing towards him. Abby ran behind them.

"Daddy daddy, we missed you." Danni reached Connor first and hugged his legs. Nikki reached him moments later and hugged him too. Abby ran up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Mummy kissed Daddy, mummy kissed daddy," the girls began to chant. Connor grinned, pulled Abby closer and kissed her on the mouth.

Oh, that mouth, gloriously soft. Beautifully soft lips that made his heart melt. He looked at the girls, waiting for their reaction.

"Urgh, disgusting Daddy, you kissed mummy on the lips," He and Abby laughed at the typical reaction from the five year olds.

"You'd think they'd never seen us kiss before." Connor gazed into Abby's eyes and was lost in them.

The air went hazy, he turned around. He was at the school. The girls were running to the open gate.

"Last one to get home is a rotten egg!" Danni squealed. The girls and Abby ran for the gate. Connor noticed his shoe laces were undone and he bent down to them up. When he looked up the girls and Abby were by the gates. He tried to catch up to them but when he got to the road all he could see was a huge lorry, He looked for Abby and the girls everywhere. He looked at the lorry driver. All he could make out was Sorry... sorry.

He looked into the road. Terror gripped his insides as he saw his daughters lying the road. Abby lay with them. All three of his beautiful girls, were slipping away.

"No!" Connor woke up screaming. Sweat poured from his body as he clutched at the bedsheets, his knuckles white. Finally tears came. He sobbed until he could not cry anymore. He looked at the clock; 1.15 am.

He shook his head he wouldn't be able to sleep again tonight. He got up, showered and prepared to go to work.


Becker was stopped by Lt. Carter. He was Becker's second in Command and he quite often led the night shift. Becker had always respected the man, but his respect for the man had increased tenfold when the young man had taken a team of soldiers and rescued his mother.

"Morning Captain." Carter strode up to his Head of Security.

"Morning Carter. Anything happen that I should know?"

"No, quite quiet really. But I did notice something I think you should be aware of," Carter grimaced. He had known Connor and Becker for a very long time. He knew that the two men were best of friends. He had worked alongside Connor himself on a lot of occasions and was beginning to worry about him.

"Connor... came in early this morning" Carter gazed at Becker and waited for a reaction.

"That's nothing unusual; Connor's just trying to back into some sort of routine, after Abby's death."

"At 2.00 o'clock in the morning?" Carter questioned. Becker stared at the young man.

"What...? Connor... arrived at 2.00 am?" This had totally surprised Becker. Connor sometimes worked late, sometimes never made it home, but he never arrived at an ungodly time of the morning for work.

"That's right... He clocked in just after 1.50 am." Carter showed him the readouts of all personnel in the building, of the times of entry and leaving. Becker looked down at the sheet. It clearly showed Connor leaving the building at 8.00 pm and logging back in at 1.50 am. He sighed.

"Thank you Carter, I appreciate you telling me." Carter turned to leave. "Carter... If it happens again... I want you to let me know... No scrub that... I want you to ring me. Even if it is at silly o'clock." Carter smiled. The whole team would somehow get Connor through the worst of this.


I would like to thank YouHaveLovelyHair for letting me use Lt. Carter. He is just the best, and since his appearance in "If Tomorrow Never Comes" he deserved to be brought back.