Sorry it's been so long guys, I genuinely forgot about Becker and now am berating myself for being two series' behind. I've nearly broken up for the summer now, so hopefully I can get the rest written and posted as soon as possible. I hope you've all not forgotten me!

Standard disclaimer - for some reason higher powers have not seen fit to confer on me ownership of Becker/Ben Mansfield/Primeval/any other characters. :( Nevertheless, I shall continue to extort them. :)

SERIES FOUR

EPISODE ONE

Becker sat on his sofa, hands clenched in anger. Connor and Abby had more experience than any of them! Why was that being wasted? He frowned, remembering Connor's face when he had exited the office. Anger, frustration, confusion. Abby had kept her hand on him after then, as if afraid he would fly at one of the newcomers.

They had changed. In Becker's head they had stayed the same, unchanging. He had kept them alive, just as he, even now, kept Sarah alive.

Sarah. It was still easy to conjure her image from his head, though he tried not to. It hurt, seeing her again, even if just in his head. He remembered their last day together. The fourth mission into the anomaly, to find the others. The last, because of what had happened. He had tried to ask her that day, to tell her how he felt. They were trapped by the future predators, in the dark, pressed together. He had begun to talk, but she had pressed her finger to his lips, silencing him, listening. And then it was too late.

Becker touched his lips gently now, remembering the tingle under his skin when she had touched him. Feeling it again. Keeping her alive.

The click-clack of the letter box startled him. He went to check, but it was just a newspaper. He went back into the living room and stood in the middle of the floor. He had come home after he had escorted Connor and Abby to Jess' place. But he hadn't gone back to the ARC, unable to face the others. Unable to face Burton. The boss, apparently.

Everyone knew that Lester should be in charge, but everyone was vulnerable to the kind of money Burton could dish out. He knew he was technically disobeying orders, but he didn't care. Anyway, he was close enough to the ARC that he could respond if anything happened. Soon after Burton had taken over, he had moved closer to the complex, ready to respond if anyone needed him. Ready to save people, the job he had failed to do a year ago.

(End Chapter)

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