Get ready for the second chapter! It's my first time writing a crossover so I hope you like it xx
I do not own Primeval or Treasure Planet.
Chapter 2: Flying
Jess strolled down the corridor with Emily and Abby. After Matt returned from the Victorian era with Emily Jess offered her a proper tour of the ARC since she didn't get one last time she was there, also she wanted to speak to her friend away from the curious ears of the males.
"You know Matt was quiet upset when you left." Said Jess, waiting for the reaction she was hoping for.
Emily's eyes suddenly gleamed and her interest was certainly captured as she froze and spun around to face Jess.
"He was?" she asked, her voice dripping in hope and joy.
"Of course!" said Abby with a large grin on her lips as they started walking again. "It's obvious how he feels about you."
"And how you feel about him," chimed Jess, wearing a similar smile. Emily's eyes widened and she froze for a second before she composed herself and continued walking.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
But from the deep blush staining her cheeks both girls could see that she did.
"Sure," giggled Abby before tugging Emily's arm towards one of the doors.
"Come on, I'll show you the menagerie."
They strolled in and were greeted by many noises such as growls and squawks. Emily gasped. She knew that many creatures passed through the anomalies but she could never imagine how wonderful some of them were.
"Oh Abby, this place is amazing! Look at all these creatures." She gasped, twirling around the room. She then walked through the glass doors and onto the balcony.
Jess and Abby heard Emily gasp and whisper "Oh my lord!"
"She's found the mammoth," mumbled Abby as they walked over to stand by Emily who was frozen in awe.
They stared down the large warehouse below full of amazing creatures too large or too feisty for a cage.
The mammoth stomped around the large area it had been given, the ground trembling slightly. The raptors had their own separate part of the building so as not to harm the other creatures. And the large pterodactyl flew round and round the ceiling at a high speed, almost elegantly.
"Come here, you have to meet Sid and Nancy," chirped Abby, tugging Emily back through the glass doors. Jess remained where she stood as she watched the pterodactyl glide through the air with such grace, flipping and twirling around the room. It made her heart soar as she remembered a time when she did exactly that.
The wind ran through fifteen year old Jess's long curls as she flew up over the cliff and up into the sky. Her solar surfer buzzed underneath her as she followed her twin brother's up into the clouds.
"Bring it on Jimmy!" she yelled as he closed the sails on his surfer and began to spin back down towards the ground. He flipped and twirled at an amazing speed before opening his sails again before he hit the ground.
Jess swooped down and caught up with him just as he passed the barrier to the construction site.
"Yaaaa-hoo!" cried Jim as he dodged the obstacles of machines and buildings. Then they came up to the wheel.
They looked at each other as they zoomed towards the large machine.
"Ladies first!" yelled Jim, slowing down slightly so that he was just behind his sister. Jess rolled her eyes before closing her sails and increasing her speed.
"Come on!" she yelled as she zoomed towards the moving wheel. She crouched down and glided through one of the open holes before opening her sails again and punched the air.
"Whoo! Ha ha ha!" she laughed as she spun through the air, wind hitting her face and her heart almost leaping out of her chest. She felt so free when she was flying, she could do it for years and it would never be enough.
"Whoo-hoo! You go Jess!" crowed Jim as he followed he up into the sky.
But the fun was not to last as the blare of sirens moved towards them. The cop-bots were here.
"Oh, great," mumbled Jim as he slowed to a stop, turning to face the all-too familiar cops.
"Not again," Jess groaned as she went down to join her brother.
They looked at each other as the cop-bots moved towards them, and from the looks on each other's faces they knew that they were thinking exactly the same thing: mom was going to kill them.
The trip back to the Benbow inn was, unfortunately a lot quicker than usual and they arrived in no less than fifteen minutes. The cop-bots grabbed to troublesome twins by their arms and pushed them towards the door.
"Mrs. Hawkins?"
Sarah Hawkins spun around to see her children being held by police yet again and dropped the pile of dishes she had been holding.
"Jim! Jess!"
"Ooh...wrong turn," Jess heard Delbert mumble from where he sat in the corner of the inn.
"OK. Thanks for the lift, guys," muttered Jim as he grabbed Jess's arm and began to walk towards their scowling mother.
"Yeah, really appreciate it," Jess mumbled as she followed her brother but both were stopped by two large robotic hands on their shoulders.
"Not so fast."
"We apprehended your children operating solar vehicles in a restricted area," stated the cob-bot that held onto Jess.
"Moving violation nine zero four, section fifteen, paragraph, um..."
"Six?" the twins answered. They had been in so much trouble with the police that they could even remember which laws they had broken.
"Thank you." He answered looking down at the twins who were trying to figure out which was scarier; the large cop-bots that held onto them or the scowling mother standing before them.
"Don't mention it," mumbled Jim who received a glare from their mother.
"Jim!" she growled. It wasn't the first time he'd talked back to an officer either, but at least this time it involved sarcasm instead of words that should never be repeated.
Jess just stood there and glared at the floor. She'd had enough of this and just wanted to get away, from the cops and from this place.
"As you are aware, ma'am, this constitutes a violation of their probation."
"Yes, yes. No, I understand. Um, but could we just-?" stuttered Sarah before she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Delbert standing there looking up at the cop-bots.
"Um, ahem. Pardon me officers, if I might, uh, interject here. He said, moving to stand in front of Sarah.
"I am the noted astrophysicist Dr. Delbert Doppler. Perhaps you've heard of me." When there was nothing but silence from the large bots Delbert cleared his throat and reached into his pocket.
"No? Uh, I have a clipping."
"Are you the children's' father?" asked the bot that held Jim pointing to Delbert. Both Delbert and Sarah's face went white and their eyes widened with shock. Jess tried to imagine Delbert as her father, then shuddered and blocked the image out instantly.
"Oh! Good heavens, no!" they cried, shuddering at the thought.
"Eww! He's just an old friend of the family." Jess almost burst out laughing at the look on Delbert's face when her mother said Eww, but she remembered her situation and resisted.
"Back off, sir!" they bots yelled at Delbert who cowered below them. Sarah grabbed Delbert's arm and pushed towards the table he was sitting at earlier.
"Thank you, Delbert. I will take it from here."
"Well, Sarah, if you insist," he said before he moved closer to her and whispered, "Ahem. Don't ever let me do that again."
Sarah turned back to glare at her children again as the cop-bots carried on.
"Due to repeated violations of statute fifteen C we have impounded their vehicles. Any more slip-ups will result in a one-way ticket to Juvenile Hall."
"Kiddie hoosegow."
"The slammo."
They then pushed Jim and Jess towards their mother who grabbed their arms and glared down at them.
"Thank you, officers. It won't happen again." She growled, mainly to the twins who had found a sudden interest in the wall.
"We see their type all the time, ma'am. Wrong choices."
"Dead-enders."
"Losers."
The last part earned the bots a glare from the twins.
"You take care now," one of them said, raising his hat before the other turned to him.
"Let's motor."
They rolled out of the inn and slammed the door shut on their way out. The inn was filled with nothing but silence before Sarah, still glaring, turned to face the customers who then started up their conversations once again.
Sarah turned to the twins who were standing there, scowling at the floor.
"Jim, Jess, I have had it. Do you two want to go to Juvenile Hall? Is that it?"
Jess stood there shaking her head while Jim ignored her and started clearing tables.
Jim? Jim, look at me. It's been hard enough keeping this place afloat by myself without you two going-"
"Mom, it's no big deal. There was nobody around. Those cops just won't get off our..." Jim growled when his mother placed her hands on her hips and gave him a look. He sighed and turned towards the kitchen.
"Forget it."
Sarah was about to say something else when an annoying high-pitched voice came from across the room.
"Mrs Hawkins! My juice!"
"Yes, I'll be right there, Mrs. Dunwiddie." She yelled before turning back to her son.
"Jim, l just don't want to see either of you throw away your entire future."
"Yeah, what future?" he grumbled before stomping off through the kitchen door. Sarah let out a huge sigh while squeezing the bridge of her nose. Jess just stood there silently before putting her hands in her jacket pockets and moved towards the kitchen.
"I'll go talk to him," she mumbled, just wanting to be somewhere else at that moment. Sarah's eyes snapped open and her head snapped up.
"Jess wait!" she cried, stopping the girl in her tracks. Jess sighed then turned to face her mother.
"It's not just Jim, it's both of you. You both have so much potential and need to start taking things seriously and-"
"Well we would if everyone would stop treating us like..." she growled but she knew it was useless. If her mother wouldn't listen to Jim then there was no way in hell that she would listen to her.
"Never mind. I'll go talk to Jim." She grumbled before stomping off to find her brother.
"But Jess I-"
"Whatever mom." She mumbled before slamming the door behind her and walking up the stairs to find Jim.
"Jess?"
Jess tore her eyes away from the flying dinosaur and spun around to see Abby and Emily watching her with worried expressions.
"You ok?" asked Abby who put a hand on her shoulder. Jess just smiled at them.
"I'm fine," she said, "Just daydreaming."
Abby and Emily didn't look convinced but decided to leave it be. If there was something wrong then Jess would tell them when she wanted to.
"We're going to go get something to eat. Would you care to join us?" asked Emily stepping forward to stand by Abby who still had her hand on Jess's shoulder.
"Sure. You two go ahead, I'll be there in a minute."
The two girls looked at each other before turning their eyes back to Jess.
"Ok..." they muttered before hesitantly moving towards the door. Once they were gone the smile on Jess's lips fell and she bowed her head.
She looked down into her hand and saw that she was clutching the locket that Jim gave her for her seventh birthday. She opened it and a small hologram beamed out. It was her and Jim with their arms around each other laughing and smiling.
A small smile crept onto her lips as a single tears rolled down her cheek.
"Jim," she whispered, "I miss you."
Second chapter done! Please review and I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as possible xx
