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AN: So here is another chapter. Sorry it has taken longer than usual, I have quite a few fics on the go and so have been spending time on them after being told that it looked like I had abandoned them. Thanks to all who reviewed/alerted last chapter.

TtTtTTtTtT- Yes the idea for this popped into my head whilst watching Torchwood. Thanks for your review.

Sweets And Charades- Aww thank you, your review brightened my day, hope you enjoy this chapter.

Andrewleepotts- thank you and here is your update.

xOnceEAgainx- Danny is indeed back and you will have to wait and see. Enjoy this chapter.

AN2: There is a bit of a time jump, or should I say leap, in this chapter.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Primeval or anything you may recognise.

Day one, part three

America, 11:51am

Alexa found herself hurrying up the staircase towards her apartment at the thought of warm bubble bath and some lunch. Gone were the days when she could take her time with life, however, and she knew that the time fly by as soon as she had gotten herself comfortable. She unlocked the door and stepped inside, immediately sliding her stilettoes gently off of her feet and onto the dark wooden flooring. As she shut her door she froze, sensing that something wasn't quite right. She paused for a moment longer before realising;

She wasn't alone.

Kneeling down, cursing as her knees cracked slightly, she gingerly picked up one of the black shoes by her feet. Alexa shrunk back against the pale blue wall of the corridor – surreptitiously feeling like a secret agent as she did so- and edged her feet in the direction of the doorway; she froze suddenly as the noise of someone coughing came from the kitchen. She swore inwardly, why her? She contemplated going back to the phone and calling 911 before deciding not to; it would only make her presence known to the intruder. She began making her way towards the noise, praying to whatever gods exist that she would be able to take the invader by surprise. It was only then when she realised that her only weapon was a stiletto, she looked at the item in question and sighed. It would just have to do.

She closed her eyes and prepared herself for whatever would be beyond the door as she placed her hand on the handle; it was cold to the touch which soothed her slightly. Taking two deep breaths, she pushed the door forward, opening ever so slightly so that she could poke her head into the room. By passing the cream tiles on the floor, her eyes settled on the man sitting on the breakfast bar tucking into a rather full bowl of cereal. He hadn't noticed her and only glanced up to down a large mouthful of orange juice, of which he was drinking out of the carton. She took this time to take in his appearance; a pair of dark jeans, torn in many places, on his upper torso he wore what looked as though it used to be a white long sleeved shirt. She could only see the side of his face, but she could tell that he hadn't had a shave for a while, his dirty blonde hair fell down his back and came to just below his shoulder blades. Truth be told; it looked as though a tramp had broken into Alexa's apartment and was having a late breakfast.

Without thinking it through, she cleared her throat. As she did this, she saw the man freeze, his shoulders hunched and he was in the middle of chewing a large mouthful of shredded wheat. Time seemed to have frozen for a second before her invader turned his head painfully slowly in her direction. Many emotions etched across his face before his features settled and he grinned sheepishly and placed down the bowl on the bar, his eyes never leaving hers.

Alexa cleared her throat, impatiently waiting for an explanation. She had lowered her so called weapon when she had realised that this man was no threat. Silence followed the confrontation. The two just stared at each other with matching shocked expressions before Alexa finally gained the courage to speak.

"Who are you?"

The man sat up straight before sliding of the stool and sauntering over to her. The young blonde tried to take a few steps back before realising that she had her back against the wall. The man held his hands up before stopping and speaking,

"It's alright, I'm not gonna hurt you."

"Who are you?" She demanded again.

"My name's Danny, who are you?" He spoke softly.

"How did you get in?" Alexa countered, not wanting to answer his question. Danny answered almost immediately.

"I came through the anomaly." He cringed as the last word fell from his lips; he had just exposed one of the most heavily guarded secrets he'd ever kept.

Danny surveyed the young woman in front of him; her honey coloured hair reached just below her shoulders, she wore a pale blue blouse with a black pencil skirt. His eyes travelled back to her face which was etched in confusion, her head slightly tilted to one side. She licked her lips before speaking,

"Anomaly?"

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Anomaly site, Dover, 05:58pm

"In there?" Emily seemed dubious as she turned to Matt as he pulled up outside an old, abandoned looking farmhouse. The two surveyed the building before Matt smiled and patted Emily's knee,

"Come on. The sooner this is over, the sooner we can go home."

Emily nodded and slid out of the passenger side and onto the loose gravel of the drive way.

"Matt?" She asked as she checked her EMD, Matt grunted lightly in response, he knew what was coming.

"You didn't tell us that convergences can come in pairs, why?"

"Can we talk about this later?" His slightly annoyed Irish accent drifted over his shoulder, "Let's see if anyone's in."

Emily sighed lightly, why wouldn't he let her in? It was as though he no longer held any trust for her. No. she couldn't think like that, she had a job to do anyway. She would grill him later.

Upon entering the small living room Emily gasped lightly, even after going through all of the anomalies that she had, she still found it beautiful, that wonderful hole in time, the endless possibilities of where it might lead; the past, the future, almost endless. No one knew it as well as she did.

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America, 11:59am

"Wow." The young woman before him breathed for the third time in probably under a minute.

Danny was sat in the young blonde's living room, she hadn't seemed to mind when he had settled himself on the soft leather sofa, stretching as he leant his head back and stared at the pale ceiling. The day's events were still rushing through his mind, he had made it back. Finally, after all this time, he was home. Well, America was almost home. All he needed to do was find his way back to London, find the ARC, get himself re-instated and live happily ever after, as it were. If only things were ever that he easy. He smiled to himself; he found it difficult to be critical of the situation he was in, for it couldn't be much better.

He gave another glance towards the woman before him; she was still staring into the glittering light of the anomaly, she was so perplexed with it, and who wouldn't be.

"You didn't tell me your name." He stated.

"Hmm?" She didn't even turn around. Danny sat forward and rested his elbows on his knees.

"Your name?"

"Oh." She glanced around for a mere second, "Alexa, Alexa Banks." She answered him before turning back towards the anomaly.

A comfortable silence followed before Alexa spoke softly again.

"You know that it's against the law to break into somebody's apartment, right?" She turned and gave him a small smile as he chuckled; she came to sit on the opposite side of the couch, still nervous around him.

She sighed as she put the next sentence together in her head.

"So, how does it-"

She never managed to finish her sentence as a scream filled their ears. The two on the couch froze.

"What was that?" Alexa asked her voice barely above a whisper.

Danny looked into her eyes and gave a solemn shrug before jumping to his feet and cautiously stepping towards the large window facing the street below. Alexa soon was beside him, peering cautiously over his shoulder. She gasped and her hand flew to her mouth as she looked at the scene before her. The two stared in silence as people abandoned their cars and fled towards the end of the street as something made its way around the corner…

"But that's… that's. What is that?" Alexa's voice was low as she spoke beside Danny's ear.

"Not a dinosaur expert." He stated quietly, "Wouldn't know."

"That's a dinosaur?" she exclaimed. "You're kidding."

"No." he answered shortly.

The thing looked about twelve meters in length and had a long head and even from the height they were at, Alexa could see the muscles pulsing in its upper thighs at it prowled down the street. It bent down and stared at its own reflection in a shop window which was directly opposite the apartment building. Alexa felt herself shrink against Danny as it turned their way. He looked down at her and tried to give her a re-assuring smile, although it faltered as the creature gave a deafening roar. Out of instinct, he pulled the younger woman closer to him, she pressed her cheek to his chest whilst staring wide-eyed at the thing, no, it was a dinosaur, an actual dinosaur.

Through the ear-splitting sound, a car horn could be heard; the two of them pressed themselves against the glass in confusion and desperation, silently willing whoever was beeping their horn to stay quiet. The noise continued in short, sharp bursts as the dinosaur made its way closer to a red car a little further down the street; it circled the car whilst crushing several others. It was assessing its situation, seeing whether going for the potential meal was worth it.

It soon decided that it was.

A human scream joined the number of noises that could be heard as the creature inched closer to the bonnet of the car before standing on it. The scream grew louder, as the car tilted viciously forward, although not able to see the person inside, their dread and extreme anxiety was evident as the fearful screams continued. Another roar splintered the air as the jaws of the dinosaurs clamped down onto the roof of the car and began to close with such force that the car almost bent in half. Once again Alexa buried herself into Danny, the noise was almost unbearable.

Then the screaming stopped.

The street fell silent and Danny carefully led her towards the couch and sat her down. Her face was deathly pale and her eyes glistened with un-shed tears.

"What? I-I don't understand."

Another roar, quieter this time. The creature was leaving, seemingly finished with its prey. In all honesty; Alexa didn't even want to think about that poor person in the now destroyed car. Danny, sensing this stood up and walked into the kitchen, he returned a few moments later with a glass of water in his hand. He knelt in front of her and spoke softly as he passed her the glass. She took a small sip and nodded her thanks before freezing and staring at a spot behind Danny's shoulder. He, in turn, froze as he realised what she would have staring at.

The anomaly.

He turned over his shoulder and looked at the shimmering orb. Nothing. He turned back to the blonde.

"What?"

She shook her head, "I don't know, it looked like it sort of shifted." She tilted her head to one side and spoke again, "Mind must be playing tricks on me."

She laughed nervously, her face still pale and eyes still wide from shock. Danny's head snapped back towards the anomaly and groaned inwardly; how can a day start off so brilliant and end so terribly?

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The ARC, 6:48pm

"Jess? How is everything?" Lester placed his hand on the back of the young girl's chair. He took note of her posture and how she actually looked rather calm.

"Not as bad as I thought. Turns out Matt was right, this is slightly easier than last time. I called everyone in and they're all doing brilliantly." She smiled lightly.

"And the other countries? America and such?"

Jess bit her lip and cast a nervous glance towards her boss.

"The death toll's rising." She stated solemnly.

James nodded and said nothing before running a hand over his face as his phone rang for what seemed like the millionth time that day. Jess relaxed and bowed her head as she fought a yawn, her eyelids felt heavy and her neck was stiff.

"Jess?"

She shot up in her seat. "Yes, Becker?"

"Co-ordinates?"

She cursed herself for not being on the ball, "Uh, yeah. Give me a second?"

A small amount of time passed before Jess relayed some more co-ordinates to the ARC's captain. He thanked her and presumably went on his way.

This was too much, what were they going to do? Everyone else was too busy to think of an answer to that question; Lester was constantly on the phone, Becker and the rest of the core team were gone and busy with anomalies and whatever creatures came through them whilst Jess just sat at the ADD feeling rather useless. She sighed and placed her chin in her hands, it wasn't so much the problem of all of the anomalies, no, they could handle that, it was that the rest of the world was surely doing their research to try and track them down, and sooner or later, someone was bound to succeed.

It was only a matter of time.

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America, 09:34pm

He came out of the bathroom in a fresh set of clothes. He spotted her by the window near the couch, a white dressing gown wrapped around her and cradling a cup of coffee. He made his way through the debris of the slightly destroyed room and came to a standstill beside her. She was visibly shaking still and her eyes glistened slightly.

"You okay?" He knew it was a stupid question.

She nodded and turned to him, her voice quivering as she spoke.

"What was that?"

"You know what it was."

She sighed, "Explain it again, then."

Danny shifted slightly as he processed what he was about to say.

"A raptor, prehistoric creature."

"A dinosaur." She stated, now facing the window again and staring down at the destroyed street below.

Danny glanced in the same direction as her and the two stood in silence for a few minutes, each deeply lost in their own thoughts. Danny noticed how dark it was now that the anomaly had closed, shadows were cast across the floor, caused by an upturned stool or smashed coffee table. His mind went back to what had happened a few hours prior;

"What is it? What's wrong?"

Alexa looked from Danny to the glowing orb in the middle of the room, the man- who had pushed himself in front of her- was silent. This only aggravated her more.

"Tell me." She demanded, she sounded more confident than she felt.

Danny still said nothing; he only pushed her further out of the room.

"Please."

Danny turned to her, an expression of seriousness plain on his face,

"Something is coming through and it's bound to be carnivorous."

She looked at him like he was insane, "What are you on about?"

He went to speak but was soon cut off by a strange barking noise. His head snapped in the direction of the sound. His eyes widened but he was hardly surprised, it was just his luck.

A Raptor.

It didn't seem to have noticed them yet and Danny almost breathed a sigh of relief. The therapod was making its way back towards the anomaly but it froze as a small clatter was heard by the door; Alexa had knocked something on a shelf. The raptor turned, full circle, and faced them. Its head tilted to one side as it scrutinized them. It sniffed the air and took a step forward, its claws clicking eerily on the wooden floor.

Another step, another sniff.

The therapod moved, painfully slowly, towards them, its beady eyes permanently fixed on Danny, occasionally his attention flickered towards Alexa momentarily before deciding that Danny was the better meal. Things escalated from there, the two couldn't remember much, only that it had happened quickly;

Danny had been knocked into Alexa and they had both flown through the door and into the other room, they scrambled up and once again, turned to face the oncoming creature, it was standing on the door (which had been torn from its hinges) before it had leapt forward, Danny quickly dragged the blonde out of the way and the two hit the wall as the raptor landed on the glass coffee table, sending crystal shards across the floor.

"Move!"

Danny pushed her towards another door, she pushed it forcefully and the two landed in a tangled heap in her bedroom. Still lying on the floor, Danny kicked the door closed as the creature regained its bearings. They flustered for a second before moving across the room and pulling a large chest of drawers to force the door to stay shut. The chest of drawers did as intended they both took a few tentative steps back and sat on the edge of the bed.

Time seemed to take forever to pass as they sat, silently, listening to the noises coming from the other rooms of the apartment, clearly that raptor was having a bit of a hissy fit because it could no longer get to its desired prey. The loud thumping on the door had stopped a while back, after the creature had given up on trying to get to the both of them. As suddenly as the whole phiasco began, the air fell silent. And after a moment's hesitation, Danny and Alexa headed out.

"This is a dream." Alexa's accent drew him back to the real world, he turned to her.

"What?"

"This can't be happening." She turned to him, desperately grasping at straws, "I mean; there was a dinosaur in my living room! It's not possible, no, this is a dream."

"Alexa." He spoke quietly as he tried to calm her, "This isn't a dream, nor is it the end of the world. This happens-"

She scoffed but he continued, "I work for a company known as the ARC-"

Her head shot up, eyes wide, "What?"

"- We deal with the anomalies and the creatures that come through them-"

She interrupted again, "Go back, what did you say, ARC?"

"I need to get back to England and- hang on a minute, what?"

Alexa took a step forward and stood straighter, "You said ARC."

"Yeah?"

Her face lit up, "You know about the ARC?"

Danny nodded slowly, slightly confused, "Yeah, look, I need to get back to England. Maybe we could figure this whole thing out."

"Back to the ARC?"

"Yes."

Alexa grabbed his sleeve and dragged him to the couch, "Tell me about it, all of it."

Danny hesitated.

"Please." She begged, "This is important."

He nodded and began to explain everything; his story, from the start and losing his brother, to going through the anomaly after Helen. If this woman was going to help him, she needed to know all.

So, day one is finished. Please tell me what you think so far, your reviews feed my imagination; the more there are, the quicker the chapter is written. 'Till the next time.