Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures, no copyright intended

A/N: Finally managed to do an update hurrah! Had a bit of a block but I finally know where I'm going with this …


"So, aside from the fact that the pair of you blatantly disobeyed orders not to use physical force in this case, you're telling me that we have a 'leak' within us again?" Lester was agitated, he was tapping his pen on his desk and glaring at Danny and Becker

"It would seem so, Sir" Becker said.

Lester began pacing around the office like a caged lion. "Do we have any suspects at this point?"

Becker shook his head. "I will personally be reviewing every employee's file, maybe someone has a connection to the company involved in some way"

"What are you waiting for then?" Lester snapped. "The sooner we find our informant, the sooner we can find Andrew Barnes and find out who he is working for" Becker gave a nod and left the room.

"I'm getting a friend from the force to run a few checks on Mr Barnes, if he's even had a parking ticket, we'll find something on him" Danny said.

Lester sat back down at his desk, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Get out of my sight Quinn. You'd better hope your insubordination hasn't jeopardised this mission, or you will find yourself out of a job"

Danny left without a word. He knew when to keep quiet.

--

Connor and Abby couldn't quite believe that they were having to regard every other worker in the ARC as a potential mole. Connor was telling Sarah about what had happened with Leek and Caroline, and how suspicion had fallen on Jenny when they laid a trap. Sarah watched Abby's face with amusement every time Caroline's name was mentioned, she wrinkled her nose as if she had a bad smell in front of her.

"Security was really beefed up after that" Connor said, "That's when Becker was brought in"

They glanced over at the window of the side office Becker was using. The concentration on his face was testament to how seriously he was taking this breach in his usually very tight security.

"I hate this feeling of not trusting anyone" Abby said. They all nodded. A group of Becker's men came past; they'd been checking all the security camera and movement sensors throughout the ARC. Abby's eyes were suddenly drawn to one of the men, he looked vaguely familiar. "Connor?" she whispered "The soldier at the back, do we know him?"

Connor followed Abby's eyes to the soldier she was talking about. He looked familiar to him too. He looked back at Abby questioningly. "Maybe he's been to an anomaly with us?"

"It's not that. I can't place where I know him from" Abby said. She put the thought to the back her mind, and started to pack her things away for going home.

--

It was halfway home when Abby realised who the soldier was. She turned the car around and sped back to the ARC "What are you doing Abby!?" Connor said, he'd never known Abby to speed like this.

"I know why I knew that soldier, Connor. You know him too"

"Do I?"

"Imagine him about five years older, and pointing a gun to my head"

Connor's mouth dropped open. "We have to tell Becker, and Lester" He stared at the road ahead, as Abby concentrated on getting back to the ARC as quickly as possible.

--

Becker stared at the file on the screen in front of him, Connor and Abby at his side "This is your guy?" They both nodded. Connor could see the man's face now, remembering the night their flat had been raided and the CD taken. Connor's right hand was making a fist, he was not a violent man, but he made a few exceptions….

"Private David Somerville, he's been with the ARC since 2007 directly from Sandhurst. Nothing remarkable about him, perfect record at the academy" Becker read.

"So how does he know Andrew Barnes?" Abby said

"Maybe we're jumping to conclusions here" Becker said "Just because this guy ends up as some little Hitler in five years time, it doesn't mean he's involved at the moment."

"That's true" Connor said "But how does an ordinary 'unremarkable' soldier like him end up as the leader of some kind of sadistic police force that seem to operate under their own agenda?"

Becker couldn't answer. He'd seen men he'd graduated with shoot up the ranks very quickly, and he'd often wondered what they did to earn such swift promotion.

"Could it be our Private Somerville is being promised promotion and a big pay increase for helping Andrew Barnes and whoever is the brains behind this?" Abby said

Becker was shaking his head. "All I can do is have him trailed, we need evidence he's in association with Barnes before we can do anything" he was already trying to work out how to spy on one of his own men and not liking it all.

--

Whilst Becker and Danny relied on the tried and trusted methods of their former professions to try and find a connection between Barnes and Somerville, Connor was turning to the tried and trusted, but less conventional, tricks of his hobby. Hacking into computers gave him a bit of a buzz, although he'd only really done it for personal amusement before. He was sat at his computer in his small private office at the ARC, door closed and blind drawn. It wasn't necessary to be in a darkened room of course, it just made Connor feel like he was doing something secretive like in a movie.

As he waited for his computer to start up and make connection to an external server, he leaned back in his chair and smiled at the thought of some of his previous hacking adventures – the day he finally cracked Abby's password and accessed her personal files had felt like a little victory, although he hadn't dare try again since. He valued his life too much for that.

It didn't take long for Connor to find Andrew Barnes and no hacking was needed. He had a facebook account, and whilst the profile itself was set to private, his friends list was still public … and there was David Somerville. It was almost too easy. It looked like the pair of them were part of the same network, and they'd attended the same school – so they did know each other, and it was likely Somerville knew "Aunt Helen Cutter", she probably recruited him at the same time she got her nephew involved. Connor printed everything off and tried not to appear too smug as he made his way to see Becker and Danny … he'd beaten soldier boy and the ex-copper at their own game and he liked the feeling.

--

"Nice work, Connor" Danny nodded, reading through the print outs Connor had handed him. Becker was already summoning Private Somerville to the interview room, where he, Danny and Lester would interrogate him. "We're close to closing this"

Connor went to find Abby, he could feel change happening and whilst part of him was pleased, another part of him was worried. Maybe they had stopped the ARC being taken over and the anomalies being utilised to take creatures for use against humans, but what else were they changing? Abby was tending to her plants in the climate controlled lab. He stood and watched her for a moment, something he liked to do a lot, until she caught his eye and waved him to come in.

"I hear you found the connection between Somerville and Barnes?" she said.

Connor nodded. "I'm trying not to gloat about the fact I found it before the police and army" he smiled, then blushed. Abby laughed. "Somerville is going to be interrogated, won't be long before we'll know where Barnes is and we can get the computers, and maybe even know who they're working for." He looked worried.

Abby sighed, and placed her hand on Connor's. "We're doing the right thing you know. We couldn't allow the future you saw to happen, that's why your future self broke all the rules and told you"

"I know" Connor said "I don't have any concerns over that side of things" he blushed again and found he couldn't look Abby in the eye. She knew what was bothering him, she'd felt the same, but since her conversation with Sarah it didn't concern her as much. Connor didn't seem the type to believe in 'fate' though.

She kissed him gently on the lips, a tender, soft, lingering kiss. "Does that put your mind at rest?" she whispered. He nodded nervously. "When all this is over, we'll talk about it, properly eh?" He nodded again, smiling this time.

--

Lester was sat directly opposite Somerville, with Becker to his left and Danny to his right. "I'm going to cut straight to the chase with you Private Somerville. Where is David Barnes?"

"I have no idea" Somerville said, his face unchanging.

"Oh I think you do" Lester said "Don't play games with me"

"I don't know why you would think I would know the whereabouts of a suspect we were following, Sir"

Danny threw Connor's print outs across the table at Somerville "Could it be that he happens to be on your friends list on Facebook?" The young soldier shifted nervously. "You were at school together?"

"I'll ask you again. Where is David Barnes?" Lester said, getting impatient.

"I'd rather die than tell you!" Somerville spat.

"So you admit that you do know him? Well that's a start at least" Lester said. "What did they offer you in return for your assistance? Money? Promotion?"

Somerville was reaching into this pocket, and was suddenly pointing a small gun at his forehead. His finger twitched on the trigger.

"Nooooo!" Danny yelled, dashing forward, but Becker's reflexes were quicker. He fired his own gun, the bullet catching Somerville's hand and forcing him to drop the gun.

"We end this, not you" Becker said.

"Let me put it to you like this" Lester stood and walked round to stand behind Somerville. "If you refuse to co-operate, then there are various options open to me. I could hand you over to the Home secretary, your actions have jeopardised the safety of civilians and the penalties for stealing government information are very high. You'll rot away in prison for many years. Or perhaps I could leave it to the army to hand out their own punishment, I know Captain Becker here would more than happy to deal with the situation"

"And if I help you?" Somerville said.

"If you help, then some leniency can be expected. I couldn't guarantee how much of course"

"I want money" Somerville said. "I was being offered a £50,000 a year salary once the project was up and running. If I tell you what I know, then I want at least 50% more than that"

Lester's brain was ticking. He could see exactly what sort of man Somerville was. He was driven by greed. These kind of men were easy to deal with. "OK. Tell us what you know, where Barnes is and who you're working for, and I can see to it that the Home office know all about your demands"

Pausing only to take a breath, Somerville began "Andrew's aunt had been missing for 8 years, his family had given her up for dead, but she suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Andrew's father said she'd gone a bit crazy, but Andrew believed everything she told them."

"She claimed she'd been travelling through time and had seen a future ruled by monsters, the human race completely wiped out. She said the monsters had been created by a secret government department, and that they were already operating in our present lifetime. She said we had to stop them and expose them. It was you guys that she was talking about"

"Andrew's company was in financial difficulty, and he seized the opportunity to make some money. I agreed to get on the inside, whilst he used his computer skills to start hacking into the ARCs files. When we met too much security, he developed some software that would allow us access, and under the cover of his own company, we got it installed"

"We couldn't find any evidence of creatures being bred, of course, but we did find out about the anomalies, and the dinosaurs, and it didn't take a genius to work out that it would only be a matter of time before geek boy would work out how to actually control the anomalies and be able to go where and when he liked. We realised how huge this was, and took our findings to a large, private news agency – we couldn't go to the police and government, you're a part of them anyway and they'd cover it up. The agency was run by a woman Helen Cutter knew, a very astute lady who could see the potential in this, Claudia Brown"

Lester did a double take "Claudia Brown?" Danny and Becker looked at each other, it was a name they were familiar with, but only Lester realised the implications involved around this person

"Yes, she said we shouldn't go public with it just yet, but to keep gathering evidence. She and her team said that the potential in the anomalies was in the creatures, and if the creatures could be captured, they could be used to serve humans instead. We were promised jobs with massive salaries in return for keeping tabs on the ARC and the developments being made."

"I've heard enough!" Lester said. "Tell us where to find Barnes and this Claudia Brown"

"Andrew's using some flat his aunt had, it's in Kensington" Somerville wrote the address down. "And Claudia's company is within Canary Wharf" he wrote that address down too, and handed the paper to Lester.

"Thank you. Becker, take him to the cells and I'll arrange for someone to collect him later." Lester said.

Becker took Somerville by the arm. "You promised me money!" Somerville said

"No I didn't. I said I'd make sure the Home office knew about your demands. Blackmail is a very serious offence, especially against a government official. You'll not see the light of day again for a very long time" Lester remained poked faced, as Becker dragged Somerville out.

"You bastard!" Somerville spat at Becker.

"I think you're forgetting your rank, soldier. You will address me as, Sir" Becker shoved his gun in Somerville's back, pushing him into the small holding cell next to the interrogation room.

Meanwhile, Danny went to find Connor and Abby to get them ready for their raid. They were still in Abby's lab.

"We've got some addresses, come on!" Danny stuck his head around the door. Connor and Abby sprang into action straight away.

"Did we find out who they're working for?" Connor said

"Oh yes! I'll fill you in on the details on the way, but you're not going to believe who their boss is!" Danny said

"Who?" Connor said, as he and Abby followed Danny down the corridor.

"Claudia Brown"

Abby and Connor exchanged shocked glances as they got into the back of Danny's car…..