Now What? AKA series 4 episode 1 Chapter 15, a primeval fanfic

Danny, Abby and Belle spent the next two hours talking before they decided to get some rest. All of them were beyond tired and knew that if they didn't get some rest soon, the plan they managed to come up with would be for nothing.

Connor opened his eyes to the sounds of someone snoring. He sat up and looked around; his gaze stopping when he saw Danny sleeping in the chair next to the couch. He remembered where he was but didn't have a clue as to how long he had been sleeping. He just hoped he hadn't missed anything important.

As he swung his legs to the floor he cried out softly at the pain it caused. His leg had stiffened up while he had rested and it actually felt worse than it did before. A quick glance at Danny showed that the noise has not woken him and for this he was grateful. He knew Danny needed to rest just as much as he did.

He grabbed his crutch and used it to help stand up. He had to take a few moments to get his bearing before moving toward the kitchen. He was famished and hoped there was something good to eat.

As he slowly made his way toward the refrigerator he was amazed by some of the appliances he saw. He knew they were not that far into the future from his own time, but they sure had made some new gadgets. He wished he had time to check them out and see how they worked, but he knew their time here would be short, or at least he hoped it would be.

He found some crisps to go along with the sandwich he managed to put together and sat at the table. As he ate he absently read the back of the bag of crisps to see who made them. He didn't recognize the name but wondered if he could find them back in his own time. When he was finished he put the bag down next to some paper. He picked them up and saw that while he was asleep the other 3 had come up with some plans on getting the anomaly device out of the ARC.

The idea sounded good on paper, but he wished it didn't have to be this way. While he had been kept away from his friends, he had figured out why they were not allowed to go home and he understood why Trina and her group felt this way. If faced with the same situation he was not sure he wouldn't do the same. He wasn't even sure it was right to try and get home anymore, but he was not about to tell the others the way he felt.

He was finishing up with his sandwich when he Abby came into the room. Before he could say anything she was already asking him how he was feeling.

"Hey Connor, are you feeling rested?"

Connor could tell she was still tired by the way she carried herself over to the empty chair next to him. "I'm feeling better I think. But how are you; did you get enough sleep?"

Abby gave him half a smile as she responded, "It's enough, besides; I can sleep as long as I want once we are back at home". She looked down at his empty glass and plate, "So I see you had something to eat. Is there any lemonade left?"

"Yeah, I put it back in the refrigerator". He was about to get up to pour her a glass when she suddenly stood up and put her hand on his shoulder.

"You just stay put Connor, I can get it myself. So did you get a chance to look at our plan for getting home?"

Connor was watching her after she got up, but turned away and looked down at the table as she asked her question. "Yeah…. it sounds like a good plan".

By the tone of Connor's voice, Abby could sense he wasn't telling her everything, but decided to let it go since she herself wasn't sure it would work.

Connor and Abby spent the next 20 minutes talking about the things they had seen and encountered in this new world and what could have caused such a change. Neither could come with any ideas that could explain it, but neither was really trying to find the correct answers. But it did take their mind off their current situation; which was breaking back into the ARC.

It was the voices from the kitchen that woke Danny from his sleep. He stretched his arms in the chair and gave out a big yawn before standing up. He headed toward the kitchen and smiled as he found Connor and Abby deep in conversation. "Well, I trust the both of you have gotten enough sleep. It's going to be a busy couple of days if our plans go as expected".

Abby looked over at Danny and gave him a smile. She wanted to say good morning to him, but she suddenly realized that she didn't even know if it was morning, it only felt like it. She quickly looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was early afternoon. "So, when are we going to get started then?"

Danny took one of the empty chairs next to Connor as she responded, "Well I would like to discuss it with Connor before we get started".

"I've already had a chance to look at the plans and Abby filled me in on the rest".

"Great, then we wait for Belle to wake up and we can get started".

Connor thought Danny would have at least asked how he felt about their plan but since he didn't he decided to ask the one question that was nagging him, "So Danny, this plan of yours, I don't see anything for me to do except wait for you at the anomaly site".

Danny had wondered if Connor would ask about this, "Yes Connor, we thought since you were still on the mend that it would be best if you sat this one out and just waited for us to come to you".

Connor just nodded his head to indicate he understood. He knew Danny well enough now that he would not win an argument with him if he were to start one. He wanted to help the group out and feel useful, but he would have to find another way to do this.

Abby could tell that Connor didn't like the idea of having to sit this one out and wished she would have thought about this when they were formulating the plan. She may have been able to find something for him to do. If there was one thing she knew about Connor, it was that he didn't like to be kept out of anything.

Sarah and Becker still lay in each other's arms trying to figure out what they were going to do next. They had also not spoken about what had just happened between the two of them and it was clear to both that they would not mention it if the topic ever came up. What happened between the two of them was something that was brought on by their situation and it didn't change the way they felt about each other. They were friends and wanted to keep it that way.

"Do you hear that?"

Sarah struggled to hear something but couldn't, "No, I'm sorry but I don't".

Becker sat up and pulled on his shirt before standing up, "It's the sound of silence. I think this is the first time that I have not heard the creatures moving about".

Sarah stayed where she was trying to not look at Becker's body as he talked, "What are you trying to say?"

Becker started pulling on his boots, "Do you think you'll be ok if I go and have a look?"

Sarah didn't want him to go without her, but she didn't want him looking at her naked body while she got dressed, "I'll be fine as long as you're back right away".

He smiled at her and said, "I promise".

As Becker left the room she quickly got dressed. He came back just as she was putting her shoes on. "So, what did you see?"

"Nothing, I saw nothing, which is what I wanted to see".

Sarah was confused, "What are you talking about?"

Becker could see she didn't know what he was talking about, "The creatures, I don't see them out on the street".

"What are you trying to get at? Do you think the creatures have given up and gone back to where ever they live or do you think they are planning a trap for us to make us believe that?"

Sarah's statement was one thing that Becker liked about her. It never took her long to figure out anything and she always got straight to the point. "I don't know exactly what it means, but I noticed it looked like a storm was coming. I am wondering if they went into hiding because of the weather".

"What kind of storm do you think it is?" Sarah didn't like bad weather and just hoped they didn't have to endure another hardship while stuck in this hostile world.

"I'm not sure, but the sky looks even worse than it did before; it that's even possible. I'm thinking that this may be our only opportunity to get ourselves back to the anomaly and from there we can unlock it and get back home".

Sarah liked the idea, but then she didn't like the idea of going home without her friends, or even knowing what happened to them. "So we are going to just leave and not try and find the rest?"

"I would like to know what happened to Danny and the rest just as much as you do, but right now I just want to try and stay alive and get us back home safely. We can try and come back later, but we would need more reinforcements if we did". Becker really had no intention of returning to this place but wanted Sarah to have some kind of hope. He didn't like the idea of not knowing what happened to his friends either, but there was nothing he could do about it. He had to put faith in his friends that they would get themselves home somehow.

Trina had been talking to Lieutenant Becker for the past couple of hours and had come to realize that they were not going to be able to keep their 3 guests a secret for much longer. Becker had informed her that somehow the man in charge had gotten wind of someone coming through one of the anomalies and wanted to know who it was. She knew that once he found out he would send the 3 of them back to their own time. She thought about how she could convince him that this was a bad idea and that it would change everything in their present time, but she knew that it would mean nothing to him since he had nothing to lose. He was in charge of this place back when the whole ARC was started and nothing would change by sending them back. She had hoped he would have been out of the picture by now since he was getting old, but for some reason he was still in charge. She had hoped to change that, but now she had to make other plans.

She decided that the best thing for her was to help Danny, Abby and Connor get back to their own time, only she would be going back with them. If she couldn't get what she wanted in this time then she would try and get what she wanted in their time.