A/N: As I said before, this story follows the timeline of the series and some major events (you'll discover later on which ones) Some of the stories can have similarities with some of the adventures that we saw on Season 4 and 5 :)

Beth - not mean to like Angst... I'm also a fan haha

kat - Will playing with a Raptor... that is a nice thought, maybe I can make that one of these days, but no promises =)


The day wasn't really developing as Melissa had hope when she got to the ARC that morning.

This day was being hell, and she had the feeling it would only get worse.

After they close the anomaly that had opened early that morning, reports of creature attacks on the other side of the city got to the Arc, right after another anomaly had been detected on that side of the city. The attacks happened on a residential area, but when the team got there the creature had already been gone, and had taken a woman with it. Short after they let the creature escape by the city sewers, Jess was able to detect it on a nearby uninhabited area. Abby, Becker, and Matt were doing the damage control, and Connor was charged to go check that area.

Soon after Connor arrived to the place they had lost contact with him, Abby had panicked and Melissa had to control her first instinct to get in the car and go after him. Trusting Connor could be in real danger Abby, Matt and Becker went looking for him, since the reports of the creature sightings, led Abby to believe it could be some specie from the family of the Mer, a creature from the future that Abby had encounter before.

Lester sent Melissa and Will to meet the few soldiers that stayed on the area of the first attacks to help on the damaged control. Will was there to find a cover story and Mel was needed to talk to the the victims of the to make sure, they weren't in shock. Apparently her work of psychologist was going to be extend to the field whenever the public was in danger. Melissa was sure Connor wouldn't like the idea.

Right now Melissa was talking to the young girl whose mother had been taken by the creature.

"We arrived" Matt's voice sounded on her ear piece. Both her and Will got one black box as they were living the ARC early on.

"Any signals of Connor?" Melissa tried to sound calm but was falling completly.

"II'm fine"

"Connor!" Both Mel and Abby said it at the same time.

"Where are you Connor" Matt's turned off talking

"The creature took me throug some kind of tunnel, not sure where this leads I need to check."

"What is that creature? Where it is?" Becker was talking now

"I'm not sure. It looks like a Mer, but it's not aquatic, so I can assume is some kind of evolution of the Mer, and I have a feeling it's not the only one here. They usually take the prey to the place where the pack will eat it later.

Oh shit"

"What happened Connor?" Melissa spoke her tone really worried.

"Noting Sis, is just a scratch."

"Connor Temple you're a terrible liar."

"Doctor?" a girl's voice made Melissa turn

"Yes my dear?" Mel was looking to the young girl whose mother had disappeared.

"Do you know anything about my mother? Where is she? Is that thing coming back?"

"Connor Is there anyone else with you there? We have a missing woman here."

"What was that thing?" the girl was now crying.

Melissa held the girl in her arms. She was 10/11 years at the most. She was too young to witness all that, and certainly too young to lose her mother. Mel look at Will, who was talking to some other people that had seeing the creature, she was no sure which was the excuse he was giving so she just stood quite, waiting to hear from Connor.

"Sis… there is a woman here, her pulse is very weak, she has a big injure, she is bleeding."

"What is your name my dear?" Melissa was now talking to the young girl.

"Annie."

"Annie, I'm Melissa I already know where your mother is. My brother is with her, and he will take good care of her ok?"

The girl nodded in agreement "Is that thing coming back?"

"No Annie, don't worry. I promise you it won't you're safe here with me ok?" The girl didn't answered and just hugged Mel.

"Mel" Melissa looked up to see Will right beside them. "You need to talk with some people in there too, they are quite worried and in shock." Melissa looked to the girl "I'll stay with her." Will said looking at Annie.

"Annie, I have to go there."Melissa said pointing to the group. "This is my friend Will and he will be here with you taking care of you, ok?" Annie looked to Will in doubt, and Melissa seeing that added with a smile "He looks tough but he is a sweetheart."

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"Oh n…"

"Guys?" Connor was talking again "This the tunnel led to a warehouse. There are at least 20 of them here and what looks like their queen, this is somekind of nest, but now they are all sleeping or something like that, they aren't moving, but I can't take them down, I don't have any gun here."

"Get out of there Connor." Melissa had stopped walking, and was looking to Will, who was listening to the conversation on the ear piece.

"I can't we have to take down these creatures, one alone caused enough damaged, and we know they can be very dangerous. "

"Connor is right." Matt was talking now "but I don't know how.Do you have any idea Connor?"

"Actually…"

"That is a stupid idea Connor Temple." Melissa was shaking after heard what was Connor idea. She had a really bad feeling about it, and besides that it was a stupid and dangerous idea.

"I agree with Mel" Abby was really worried too.

"Do you think you can do it?" Clearly Matt didn't think it was a bad idea.

"Jess is Lester there? What he say about this? Mel heard Becker for the first time in a long time, and was happy to see he didn't think this was a good idea either. With some luck, Lester would also think of this was a ridiculous idea.

"Mr.Temple" Lester was speaking now "That is the only way to kill those creatures?"

"Yes Lester, I'm already trying to find the gas pipeline" Connor was now whispering, since he was moving through the creatures asleep.

"Captain Becker you have the order to start putting the explosives, and detonated when Mr.Temple is at a safe place."

"Connor the woman you find, where is she?"

"Dr.Roberts, don't you have some trauma cases to deal with?" Melissa looked at the group of people she was suppose to be talking to, and then to Will, and started moving again to finish her job.

"Yes MelI stopped the bleeding and push herto a save place…" Connor's voice was weakening.

"Connor?" Abby's sounded worried.

"I'm sorry, I can't… the gas."

"You have to stop the explosion." Mel voice was freaked out.

"We can't a lot of lives are in stake if we don't destroy this creatures." Matt said

"Mr.Anderson is right.Captain is every thing ready?" Lester wasn't going to be demoted that easily..

"Matt you promise you would protecthim." Abby sounded desparated.

"I did, and I'm going in by the tunnels. Becker if anything happen you can detonate the explosives."

At this point Melissa started running to the car, creating a stir, with people panicking for not knowing why the Doctor was running, and afraid that meant the creature was coming back.

"Mel stop" Will suddenly realized the panicking she had created. "Melissa wait."

"Dr.Roberts what are you doing?" Lester's voice on the earpiece made Melissa hesitate for a moment, but soon, she was running again."

"Mel" Connor's voice made her stop abruptly "love you."

"Abby…" Mel couldn't hear what Connor said to Abby, because she took the earpiece and throw it on the floor. As she was start running again an arm grab her.

"Let me go Will." He didn't and just put the earpiece on her hear again.

"Matt? Connor?" Abby's voice was almost inaudible.

Nothing. Matt wasn't saying anything either

"Do it Captain Becker."

"Becker no…"Abby was crying

"I have to Abb…"

"Becker please." Melissa was now crying too.

Becker hesitated for an instance, and then said "I'm sorry Mel"

Mel and Will heard the explosion through the earpieces, and Will had to grab Melissa, to prevent her from failing on the ground.


A/N: What do you think? Angst enough? I wanted to bring back Mer, cause it was a future creature way to stange, this is an evolution of the Mer, one that is no longer aquatic (that would be a possible evolution to them)

Btw angst is not over yet, as you can imagine there will be a lot of angst next chapter too :)

Virtual poll: Who would you think you be a perfect cast for Will? Just wondering who you have in mind when you read about him ;)