Disclaimer: Primeval and all its characters belong to someone else.

Summary; I just wanted to write an Abby and Connor story because they are my favourites, and I miss them! Set after Series 5 episode 6. Quite short chapters but I hope you enjoy them. Thank you so much for your reviews!

Sweet Memories

Chapter Six- Anomaly Alert

When they arrived at the ARC, they gave each other a quick kiss on the cheek and separated to go about their daily business. Abby went straight to the menagerie, taking off her precious ring- carefully placing it onto a table to keep it clean and safe whilst sorting out the creatures.

"There" she thought "It'll be safe there." She began her daily task of checking on each creature to make sure they were all fit and well.

Meanwhile, Connor was in his lab, his nose buried in some papers that only he and a handful of other scientists completely understood. All the New Dawn paperwork had been removed, and put into boxes on a table in the corner of the lab. Connor tried his best to ignore the boxes as he got immersed in his work.

They hadn't been at work very long when Abby suddenly looked at the table where she'd left her ring. It was gone! Her heart did a little flip, and she panicked for one moment before collecting herself and started thinking rationally.

"Had it all of five minutes, and lost it already!" she thought. Suddenly she spotted Rex, the little Coelurosauravus flying low above her head, something sparkling in his mouth.

"Rex!" she cried "My ring! Bring it back here!" Rex appeared to be playing a fine game with her as he happily circled above her head, making her turn in circles trying to grab him. "REX!" she yelled "DROP THAT RING! I don't have time for this!"

But Rex was having none of it. He was enjoying himself showing off, and Abby couldn't help smile at his antics as he swooped above her, and she really thought he was doing it on purpose. He suddenly flew off into the depths of the menagerie. At that moment, Abby's mobile phone rang.

"Oh no!" thought Abby- "Its Connor- trust him to pick this precise moment to call!" It was as if he knew something had happened. Abby was about to answer her mobile, when Rex suddenly swooped back down and flew between her and the phone, making her drop it. "Rex! What has got into you!" she said, making a grab for him. She missed. Abby groaned. She'd never get the ring back at this rate. Maybe she should fetch Rex some food and he'd drop the ring to eat. Abby was just about to leave the glassed area and go to the small kitchenette area of the menagerie to prepare some salad leaves for Rex when the door opened with a 'swoosh', and Connor walked in.

"Are you OK?" he asked concerned that she hadn't answered the phone.

"Er…yes?" said Abby in a small voice

"You didn't answer..." Connor said waving his hand at the mobile phone "You're phone….you didn't…."

"Yes, Connor, I get it! It's Rex- he's being really naughty today!"

"What? Rex? Are you boy- you teasing Abby? Come on Rex, come here boy!" Connor said in a strange voice that sounded like he was talking to a baby. Abby was amazed, and a bit annoyed when Rex flew down immediately, straight into Connor's arms, just like that.

"What's this…? R... what've you got in your mouth?" asked Connor, reaching his hand into Rex's mouth and pulling the ring out from between his teeth. "Ew! Gross!" he said as he withdrew his fingers covered with drool. "Oh! It's your ring!"

"I know" sighed Abby "I guess Rex just wanted to have a closer look at it! Thank you, Connor- you're my knight in shining armour- as usual!"

Connor grinned. He liked the thought of being some kind of a super hero. He leant in to share a kiss with Abby. "Really?" he said "Am I really like a knight. Cos y'know I'm pretty good with a virtual sword- like on my Xbox games. Beat the 'bosses' every time don't I- well almost!"

"You'll always be my hero, Connor" she smiled, stroking his cheek with her hand "But you're not exactly like a knight! Sir William de Mornay- now there was a knight- literally!"

"Yeah" said Connor remembering "I remember him alright! He was one tough cookie! Thought London was Hell! I've always quite liked it myself- the bars- the pubs- the night clubs- the girls…."

"Night clubs! Have you ever even been to a night club, Connor?" Abby laughed

"Of course I have!" he answered indignantly "Well, no- not exactly. Wouldn't let me in, would they- I wasn't wearing a tie and jacket. Duncan had trainers and Tom wore jeans. Gave it up as a bad job and went to have a pizza instead. But I stood in the queue for an hour!"

They laughed. "Nerd! Abby said, affectionately.

"What!" he cried.

"But my nerd" she said and kissed him.

"I like that- I think" he said "And yeah, I remember that knight was gonna kill you! I was terrified- but you didn't back down, did you! You're the bravest woman I know- you're more a knight than I'll ever be!"

"Er…thanks?" said Abby

Just then a klaxon sounded out- it was an anomaly alert. They both dashed off to go to the ADD, Abby slipping her ring into her zip pocket for safety. Jess read out the co-ordinates for the anomaly and Becker threw a black box to each of the main core team members in turn. They all set of at a jog to the sound of Lester's shrill voice yelling after them-

"No running in the corridors!"

Jess' voice suddenly sounded in their ear pieces "Creature incursion- looks like some kind of hippo / cow?"

"Sounds like an embolotherium" said Connor, briefing everyone on what they could expect from the creature, just as if he was reading it straight out of a book.

"Seen em before" mused Abby

"Yes, Abigail" smirked Becker, remembering the last time they had dealt with the creatures "When that man had your bra and thought you were a stripper!"

"What?" questioned Connor, his voice going up an octave or two, no doubt thinking of a bra- less Abby dancing a striptease.

"IT WAS NOT MY BRA1" snapped Abby "It was his!"

"What?" said Emily in surprise "Do men wear brassieres in this era?"

"No!" laughed Abby "He was dressed up in it, as a stag night prank!"

"Stag? Oh never mind, it will take me forever to get used to this time!" said Emily

"Anyway" continued Abby, looking pointedly at a still smirking Becker, "They're OK- it's just the bull we have to watch out for"

"Tell me about it" said Connor, snapping out of his daydream "One chased me for hours while you girls messed about with bras and suchlike" Abby gave Connor a glare.

"Well, c'mon people" Matt said "Let's herd these creatures back through the anomaly."

They had difficulty herding the embolotherium back through the anomaly. They seemed happy to graze the cud and stay exactly where they were. Abby had a stray though pop into her head of Sarah, who she had been with before when they had dealt with these animals. She'd known Sarah had been scared of the creatures but wouldn't admit it to Abby. Whereas Abby had walked straight through the group, Sarah had seemed to crawl on her hands and knees, getting mud all over her face in the process. Abby smiled sadly at the thought. She missed Sarah.

Connor was standing by the anomaly, setting up the locking device, ready to close the anomaly the moment they went back through. He was having a little trouble with the device- the journey must have jolted it on the way over, and some of the wires had become detached.

Meanwhile, Matt and the others were 'shooing' the creatures to get them moving. Suddenly Becker tripped over a large rock that was in his way, and his EMD emitted a whirring sound of electricity revving up. The nearest animal heard the noise, and was startled. She started lumbering away from Becker as fast as she could. The herd caught her nervousness and began to follow- luckily they were stampeding in the right direction.

"Way to go, Becker!" said Abby, but the next moment her expression turned to fear-"Connor! Get out of the way- they're coming too fast towards you! CONNOR! Move! Quick!"

Connor turned around to the sight of fourteen huge beasts thundering towards the anomaly- and him! He tried to dive out of the way but was knocked aside by one of the herd, now desperate to get back through the sparkling shards. Connor went down with a thud, hitting his head on one of the cases of equipment as he fell.

"Ow" he heard himself say as everything went black…

Connor woke up slowly. He felt very strange. His head ached and his eyes didn't want to open. He took a breath and opened them carefully. Everything hurt and his vision was slightly blurred.

"Connor!" said Abby quietly. Well, to everyone else it seemed quiet, but to Connor, it seemed as if she had yelled it straight into his ear at the top of her voice. His head thumped in protest at the sound.

"Abby-" he moaned "Where…what?" he very slowly and carefully managed to move his head to look around without it feeling like it would explode. Feeling stronger, he tried to sit up.

"No, Connor" said Abby, who was sitting by his side- he had been unconscious for more than an hour and she had been really worried. "Stay there. You got knocked out by the creatures. You're in the ARC hospital, but you'll be fine!"

"Except for this headache" Connor replied "Feels like I had too much to drink- without the drink! Ow! Did you get all the creatures back?"

"Yes, its all fine, Connor." said Abby "And the anomaly is closed. Everything is fine." She didn't tell him how close he had come to being trampled to death. It was only by chance that the bull had suddenly roared up, and led the herd inches away from Connor- straight back into the anomaly. She'd been so frightened! But it wasn't just that- that was bad enough- but she'd felt a jolt of surprise at the intensity of her feelings for Connor at that moment. She'd been so afraid she was going to lose him. Although she'd been terrified at the thought she was also amazed how their relationship had moved on so swiftly. Was it really only a few days ago that she and Connor had been at loggerheads over New Dawn? They'd grown so far apart back then- it had broken her heart to have to sneak around behind his back. To think that Jess had thought she'd been cheating on him! Abby looked over at Connor, pain etched on his handsome face, brow furrowed with the remains of his headache. She stroked his forehead with her hand as he lay back again, eyes closed, smiling at her touch.

Abby suddenly wondered who Jess thought she could possibly have had an affair with- Becker? Well, everyone knew Jess had a huge crush on him! That would worry her! Becker did sometimes show that he cared for Jess in return, though- she remembered when the beetle had bitten Jess- Becker had been so worried. And the way he got so embarrassed after he'd finally managed to inject her with the adrenalin she needed! He'd been as bad as Connor- rambling on about some 'security' he'd had to deal with! Abby smiled at the thought- no she and Becker were good pals; often having spats and differences of opinion but that was it. They hadn't ever flirted or anything- he was too much like her big brother.

Who, then? She mused. Mmm- Matt? She could see how their relationship could have been misconstrued. Always off whispering in corners or going off privately to another room. Yes she could understand that a little- but surely everyone could se that Matt was besotted with Emily. They weren't shy in showing their feelings at all. Matt often threw his arm around Emily's shoulders without caring who was there to see. Not Matt, then.

Surely not- no! That would be laughable! Surely Jess hadn't thought she'd be having an affair with Lester! Over the years she and Lester's relationship had changed a lot. She hadn't really had much to do with him at first. But she had really grown to like and respect the gruff, sarcastic man who was her boss. He'd listened to her about the creatures and helped save them from Burton's dastardly plan to kill them all- even Rex! Yes, he'd suddenly become closer to her- but not like that! He was happily married! And besides that, Jess herself had a really good relationship with him. They were hilarious together!

No- she'd never work it out. Maybe Jess hadn't anyone specific in mind at all. But Abby knew that she would never cheat on Connor- and no matter what stupid things he got himself into, she'd never give up on him. It had taken her years to reach this point and now that she and Connor were no longer dancing around each other- too shy or afraid to bring it out into the open their true feelings, she wasn't going to let it go without a fight!

"Y'know" said Connor suddenly opening his eyes, "My mam always said that every time you bang your head, some brain cells die! I can't have many left now!" Abby laughed at Connor's weak attempt at a joke.

A medic suddenly appeared and checked Connor over- checking his temperature; pulse and blood pressure.

"How are you feeling now?" she asked. When he said 'fine' she said he'd be able to leave the hospital as soon as he felt strong enough to get up, but to take it easy for the rest of the day. Connor managed to sit up, and looked around the room.

"Where are my clothes?" he asked

"Don't worry, I've got them- just rest up a bit and then I'll get Becker to give us a lift home!"

"OK. I don't like hospitals" he said "Even if it is the ARC's medical bay."

"For someone that doesn't like hospitals, you do seem to spend quite a lot of time in them!" laughed Abby "But I don't like them either, especially where you're concerned. But now that I know you're OK, this room kinda reminds me of Sid and Nancy! Do you remember when we found them! Each of us got one separately! Cutter and I were locked in a room with a woman giving birth, and we got Nancy when she when she was left behind! She was so cute! Mind you, the woman giving birth wasn't so keen. Nor was I when I had to deliver the baby! Beautiful baby, though-" said Abby, reminiscing.

A sudden thought occurred to her- oh oh! Why was she suddenly thinking fond thoughts about babies? Surely- surely she wasn't getting broody! Oh, but- Connor's baby! A vision popped into Abby's head- a baby with her blonde hair and Connor's gorgeous puppy dog eyes- or maybe his chocolate brown hair and her bright blue… No! No! What was she doing- they'd only just got engaged. She shook herself and forced herself to listen to what Connor was saying.

"Yeah, and I caught Sid! Becker was being all macho and playing 'soldier boy' and told me to catch him! And I did! He was way cute! Er… Sid, I mean- not… you know… Beck…"

"So are you" smiled Abby, pulling Connor into a kiss. Their kisses got deeper as Connor's headache receded under the spell that Abby always managed to cast over him. He pulled her closer to him, his tongue exploring her soft lips and mouth, savouring the sweet taste of her….

"Hey, you two!" Matt's voice said, making them suddenly aware of their surroundings. "I see you're feeling better! Had us worried there for a moment, mate"

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks" Connor replied sheepishly, glancing at Abby and then looking down- feeling a bit embarrassed.

"The doc says you're fine and all clear to go" Matt continued

"Great!" said Connor, jumping up, and then having to stop a second as he let the dizziness wash over him for a moment.

"Hey- take it easy!" said Matt "Only go out if there's an alert if you're really up to it- when I tell you two to 'get a room', I don't actually mean a hospital room!"….

A short while later Connor was feeling much better. He was able to stand and move around without the room dancing the samba with him, and his head felt so much better. Abby helped Connor get into his clothes, and with his declarations that he was fine, and would just be in his lab reading- nothing too strenuous, they all separated and went back to work.

When Abby had finished in the menagerie, she went back to find Connor.

"Hey, Connor," she said "It's time to go! We've got another night booked in the hotel, and I don't want to miss waste a moment of it!" she said seductively wrapping her arms around Connor and moving in as close to him as she could.

"Yeah- the food was great!" teased Connor

"Connor…"

"Mmmm- that chicken- making me mouth water!"

"CONNOR!" Abby said, hands on her hips

Connor continued softly "And the soft carpet in the lounge area…"

"That's more like it"

"And the shower made for two…"

"Mmmm!"

"And the big, soft cosy bed….." Connor finished triumphantly pressing close to Abby, his body reacting to the contact, letting her know exactly what he had on his mind.

"C'mon, lover- we've got a meal to eat!" she laughed as they walked together hand in hand out of the ARC to spend another evening in the hotel.

To Be Continued…

So there you have Chapter Six! I really hope you liked the little walk down memory lane, and the love our favourite couple share.

Please spare a few moments to review- I really love them- not as much as I love Primeval- but a very close second!