Saving Connor Temple

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The Arc

2012...

Danny, Becker and Jess were chatting outside Lester's office, when the alarm bells began to ring.
Quickly they ran to the anomaly detector. Jess tapped away on her keyboard.
"It's in Blackburn. It's a couple of hours away so I'm going to organise a helicopter. I also have a visual."
Becker, Matt, Jess, Danny and Bertie watched the flickering orb on the screen. They watched as a figure came through.

It was a dark haired man. His beard did little to hide his appearance and his identity.
Danny gasped. "Patrick!"
Becker hissed. "Ethan!"

They all watched as he carried a small child in his arms. Danny was the only one who recognised the young boy.

"Connor!"

Immediately Danny spoke, not giving Matt a chance to direct his team.
"Becker, you're with me. We've got to make sure that little Connor goes back to his own time! Matt you, Bertie and Emily make sure that he doesn't get away."
"Abby you have to stay here. It's too dangerous."

Together they made their way via helicopter to Blackburn. Jess kept one eye on Ethan and Connor and another on the still open anomaly.

The helicopter travelled fast and they were at the anomaly site within 30 minutes. The anomaly was in a warehouse on the edge of town. Ethan was almost waiting for something to come through the anomaly. He had left it open and had not gone far from it. Unfortunately Ethan was out of sight from the CCTV and Jess couldn't see what he was doing.

Upon their arrival Danny was horrified to see that Connor was bound against a chair. Danny was about to rush over to the frightened little boy when Becker stopped him.
"I know the way his mind works. If my memory serves me correctly, he probably has everything rigged up to a bomb!"

Matt, Bertie and Emily searched the building for Ethan. Only to be told by Jess moments later that he had escaped again. Jess, remembering the Evil look in Ethan's eyes, was shaking, even though she sat miles away inside the ARC's safe walls. Becker however, wished that Ethan had been caught, so that he could beat him to a pulp! Even though he was Danny's brother.

Carefully they made their way over to the little boy.
Becker came across something large covered with a large piece of tarpaulin. Gingerly he pulled it off. Behind him he heard Emily gasp. As they saw the huge bomb underneath it.

"Danny," Becker angled his head towards his find. Danny quickly came over keeping an eye on the young boy at all times.

"Is it armed?" Danny had only just spoken the words when Emily stumbled against a trip wire. Becker noticed an old fashioned alarm clock that sprang into action.

"It is now!" Becker wondered how much time they had before the whole building blew.

Quickly he summed up the workings of the bomb.

The trip wire had set off the clock, it was set at five minutes to the hour so that, when it started to ring the hour it set off a reaction to the bomb. The bomb itself was connected to a 9V battery. So that although the clock could be stopped the timer attached to the battery would still carry on. Cables ran from the back of the battery to the back chair that young Connor was strapped to. Quickly Becker ran over to the terrified young boy. He looked at the way the young boy was strapped to the chair.

Young Connor began to wriggle and squirm.

"Don't move, don't move. You're going to be fine." Becker looked up at Danny and he was reminded that the young boy must not know who his saviours were. "Anymore movement from you could set this off."

"Who are you?" the young boy whimpered.

"I'm... James," Becker told the young boy thinking of his middle name. "We're here to help you! We're going to make sure you get back home."

Bertie mumbled under her breath, "It's the red one... it's nearly always the red one"

Little Connor listened intently and filed this little piece of information away, just in case it came in handy one day.

Back at the ARC...

In the Medical bay, Connor became delirious, he started mumbling. Memories of when he was a little boy came flooding back. Memories he wasn't sure were his.

"Cut the red wire... Always the red one." He remembered another time that he was faced with a bomb. At that time it was Cutter who had discovered a bomb. It had been rigged to the undercarriage of a small van. At that time he had said to cut the red wire too. Only in that particular case ALL the wires had been red! He remembered how that ended.

"Cut the red wire... Always the red one... Cut the red wire... Always the red one ... Cut the red wire... Always the red one!"

Abby was standing beside Luke's bed, when she heard Connor rambling.

She listened to what he was saying.
"Cut the red wire... Always the red one!" Slowly she turned around to look at him. Who was this person? Why was she so drawn towards him? Who was he? Cole? Colin? Conn? Connor?

She gasped as she realised the connection. She turned around to look at Luke again, His appearance had changed again! Now he looked like Connor with blonde hair!

Abby began to run. She ran, supposed ran from the infirmary straight to the hub.
"Jess... What's happening?"

"There's a bomb! Becker's just discovered a bomb!" Jess gasped, fearing for Becker's safety.
"For some strange reason Connor's rambling. Something about a bomb." Abby grabbed an earpiece.
"Becker, are you there? Can you hear me?" Abby stammered.
"I hear you." Becker spoke clearly and calmly.
"Connor's mumbling something about a bomb, does it mean anything?" She spoke quickly.
"What's he saying?"
"He's just saying 'Cut the red wire... Always the red one! Always the red one!' It's all he's been saying for the last few minutes." Abby clarified.

Bertie was listening to what Abby said.
"He's just confirmed it!" Bertie looked at Danny who grinned.
"Connor you're a genius!" Danny grinned at Bertie, as he searched for pliers to disable it. Quickly she picked up a pair of pliers that had been casually left behind and handed them to him. She looked over to little Connor and spoke casually.

Bertie watched as Danny found the implements and prepared to disarm the bomb, precious seconds were ticking away and the whole team held their breath as Danny cut the wires. The clock stopped ticking and died.
A collective exhalation of breath echoed around the room. Bertie grinned and being closest to Danny hugged him.

Danny was taken aback by this show of affection; he looked at her closely, his attention fixing on her lips. He wondered what those lips would taste like, what they would feel like against his. He leaned down and then very tenderly and ever so gently he pulled her in for a kiss. He was falling for Major Becker and he wanted her to know it. Their lips met and Bertie felt like the woman she was, as she returned his kiss.

Becker glanced up and saw Danny pull his sister in for a kiss. He seethed with rage. He knew that men like Danny never hung around for the long haul and disappeared when the going got rough. He didn't want that for his sister, and he began to fume.

Becker had seen the chemistry between his Bertie and Danny and he couldn't help but feel protective of her. His hands automatically fisted as he thought of his sister and Danny together. He watched as they walked through the car park chatting and entered the building, almost hand in hand.

Becker ordered a soldier to put away all the weapons and ran to catch up with them. He shouted to Bertie that Lester wanted to talk to her and that she should go quickly. As she turned to leave Becker hauled Danny into an empty storage room.
Danny stumbled into the room and he grabbed hold of some shelving to steady himself. His blood began to run cold as he heard the door click. The unmistakeable sound of a door being locked.

"Becker what's going on?" Danny turned around slowly to see Becker. But he didn't see Becker standing so close behind him. Danny caught a fist in his face before he saw the look on his assailants face. The look on Becker's face was cold. A look that Danny NEVER wanted to see again.
"Becker! What's going on? What's wrong?" Danny questioned.
Becker was about to punch him again. This time Danny saw him and caught the soldier's fist in his hand.
"Care to explain what this is about?" Danny began to twist his wrist painfully.

Becker tried to pull away but Danny twisted his arm behind his back. He pushed Becker against the shelving.
"You'd better explain yourself. And fast!" Danny growled completely unaware of what had brought about the change in the young soldier.

Becker kicked behind him sharply. His foot catching Danny's shin causing him to realise Becker for a fraction of a minute. This have the soldier enough time to spin around and reverse the position.
Soon the younger man had Danny pinned to the wall.
"You ever hurt my sister, and I will personally come after you and tear you limb from limb!" Becker growled at the older man.

Danny huffed at Becker.
"So that's what this is about! You think I'm going to use your sister and then ditch her!"
"Well...? Are you?" the soldier hissed.
"No... This time it's for keeps. At least I hope that's what she will agree to." Danny sighed. "Do you think she'll have me?"
Becker considered the man in front of him. He was a bit of a rule breaker, but deep down would he take care of Bertie...? Yes! Whether Bertie would want him that way? Hard to say. But considering that she had kissed Danny when he had diffused the bomb; meant that this time she had fallen deeply for his friend. Slowly he released his hold on the older man.

"Probably..."

"We still mates?" Danny questioned.
"Yeah..." Becker sighed.
"In that case..." Danny turned around quickly and punched Becker in the jaw.
"Now we're even!" Danny grinned. "You gonna open the door now?"

Danny and Becker walked up to the infirmary. Becker rubbing his jaw where Danny had hit him.

Danny went to check on Connor. Whilst Bertie came to talk to her brother.
"What happened to you?" she questioned as she saw the redness beginning to spread on his jaw.
Becker shook his head unwilling to share the information with her.

"Nothing!"

Bertie walked inside the medical bay where Danny was standing beside Connor. She noticed his reddening hand, and knew immediately what had happened. Why? She would have to find out.

1989...

Diane waved reluctantly to her son as he sat on the coach with his school friends to go on a trip to the Zoo.
Diane felt bad about this trip, as if something bad was going to happen to her darling son.
Her friend John had told her to be very vigilant where Connor was concerned, and she almost didn't give permission for her offspring to go. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she waved goodbye to her son.

Two hours later Connor was watching the monkeys climb around their cage. He laughed with his school friends as the primates hung upside down and generally got into mischief.

"Tom... I'm just going to have a look at the gorillas. You coming?" Connor turned to a tall lanky blonde haired boy. He wished that one day he could be as tall as his friend Tom.

"You go on... I'll catch up."
Connor turned and walked over to the enclosure opposite. There was a high wall and Connor jumped up and down trying to see any of the gorillas. A man came up behind him.

"Can't you see, here let me help." Connor looked at the bearded man in strange ill-fitting clothes. Was it ok to trust him? His mother would never let him speak to strangers. But Connor was eager to see these huge beasts.

"Yes please." Connor replied. The man lifted him so that he stood on the wall of the enclosure.
Suddenly he felt himself being pushed and he tumbled into the pit below.

Connor lay unconscious at the bottom of the pit. People began to gather and watch what had happened. Gasps of horror went around the throng of people watching as the gorilla began to approach Connor.

Quickly his teacher was informed and the zoo authorities were told of the incident. Ethan made his getaway as the crowds continued to watch.

Jambo, the gorilla lumbered over to the small human in his cage. He glanced up, "What's he doing here?" He wondered. Gently he nudged the small figure, and waited for a reaction. But it appeared that the young human was hurt. He gazed at him curiously and became aware of the other gorillas in the cage. He did not trust them. Not with this little one. Quickly he chased them away and then went back to the tiny form in their cage. Gently he nudged the boy again.

This time he saw blood coming from the boys head.

This event is based on Reality. Yes this really happened to a Six year old boy on his trip to the Zoo... He fell into the Gorilla enclosure. - Google it if you want! Names have been changed... Obviously!

Will Little Connor survive?

Has Ethan managed to kill him?

Will Danny be able to save him?