Saving Connor Temple

Sadly I do not own Primeval or its characters. However I do own Bertie Becker, Caroline Lester, and Luke Temple.

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1989...

Connor has gone a school trip to the Zoo.

Connor walked over to the Gorilla enclosure. There was a high wall and Connor jumped up and down trying to see any of the magestic animals. 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. Carefully he regarded the boy. He remembered the time his own young one was ill. The zookeeper had saved his sons life. Now it was time for Jambo to do the humans a favour and look after the little boy.

Connor moaned and moving his head from side to side, he came round calling for his mum. He opened his eyes and saw...
A Gorilla...
Connor became very scared. The thought and sight of being so close to this huge animal terrified him and he lost consciousness.

Jambo waited for the keeper to lock the other gorillas in their cages before going into his own cage. He watched as the keeper brought some strangers into his cage. Jambo roared with rage. They were going to hurt the little human!
"Don't hurt him!" Jambo roared.

Danny knew something was going to happen at the zoo. He also knew where. But nevertheless, he had surreptitiously followed Connor at a discreet distance. He had seen Connor enter the monkey house and when he realised that there was only one entrance, waited for Connor to come out. He watched as Connor approached the gorilla pit. Horrified he watched as Ethan picked up Connor and pushed him into the pit. Danny knew what he had to do... He had to get Little Connor out of there and fast!

He had dressed accordingly for the days events and under his raincoat he was wearing a zookeeper's uniform. Quickly he arranged for an ambulance and alongside another keeper, he went into the enclosure. He had wanted to bring Abby along on this mission because she was the best with animals and she would have instantly known what to do, but her pregnancy dictated that she should stay at the ARC. Danny assisted the other keepers in ensuring that the gorillas were locked up but one particular gorilla did not want to leave Connor's side. It was as if he was trying to keep him away from Connor. Jambo, as he was called, preferred the other zookeeper to tend to Connor rather than him...

He was only trying to help his friend! Frustrated, Danny gave up and locked Jambo in his cage whilst the other zookeeper saw to Connor.

Danny's heart was in his mouth, and once Connor was in the ambulance, he went with him to the hospital. He phoned Connor's mother and waited for her arrival.

Connor had met 'Uncle John' a few times, and was pleased to see him at the hospital. Danny took him a dinosaur encyclopaedia as a Get Well gift, knowing that the information inside would help them immensely later in life.

Six year old Connor sat on his hospital bed watching the news. He was a celebrity! Someone with a camera had filmed the entire scene and had sent it into the news. He grinned. He was famous at last!

How cool was that!

2012...

Abby sat in the menagerie like she always, writing reports and watching the animals that were kept in their pens.

Sighing she glanced out of the plate glass windows over towards Manny the Mammoth. Manny in turn sensed her unease and harrumphed gently. Rex came flying over to her and chirruped at her. He came towards her and cocked his head to be stroked. Abby leaned over to tickle the coelsaurvus, but had to stop because she became very uncomfortable. She was bent over her table and a small bump was getting in the way. Leaning back in her chair she stretched out.

She looked over to the year planner on the wall. Five months had passed; she only had four more to go, until the baby was born.
Rex chirped and looked over curiously carefully he jumped onto her belly, and padded around. He prodded Abby's belly with his front paw. He chirruped cheerfully and flew up and around her. Abby laughed at his behaviour and wished that Connor was around to see it.

Connor...

Connor...
She gasped...

CONNOR!

She got up and ran out of the menagerie and to the medical bay. She had forgotten him...AGAIN!

Connor was asleep when Abby reached his bedside. She watched him sleep for a moment. She looked at his face; he had a few days worth of stubble on his face. She had always found this sexy on him, she loved him regardless of whether he had a full grown beard on his face or was clean shaven, but best of all she loved seeing him just like this... With just a few days growth on his chin. It gave him a rugged look that she adored. She leaned over him and gently rubbed her hand over his face, feeling the rough texture under her fingertips.

Connor moaned softly underneath her touch, and he moved his face towards her. He knew that she was there and he felt a solace underneath her touch. Slowly he opened his eyes. He saw Abby smiling back at him and felt relief in her presence.
"Love you," he whispered hoarsely.

"Love you too," she whispered back to him smiling.

Connor looked over her; he noticed that she had not fastened the buttons to her jeans and that her belly spilled over. He smiled, one day she would give birth to a beautiful baby boy. He looked over to the bay opposite where his son lay, and his smile widened.
Connor became concerned when Abby's eyes widened and she stopped smiling.

"Oooh...!" she put a hand to her stomach and tried to smile. She blew out a breath.

"Are you ok?" Connor asked concerned for her and for the baby.

Abby smiled. She took Connor's hand in hers and placed it on her extended stomach.

"It's the baby moving!" her smile widened.

A look of awe crossed Connors face, as he felt something move against the palm of his hand.

Seeing Luke, hugging him, holding him, didn't seem as real as this. This was what Connor had been waiting for. To be able to have these special moments with Abby. These were the moments that meant more to him than anything else in the world. At this moment in time he felt immense elation. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for her. She could ask him for the stars and he felt as if he could reach out and grab one for her. Gently he pushed himself up into a sitting position. He leaned over to her and reached for her hair with one hand. Ever so gently he pulled her close; he leaned in and tenderly he kissed her.

2012...

Danny went to check on Connor, he was still wearing his unusual attire.

"Oh god Danny! You look like Uncle John! He saved my life quite a few times as I was growing up!"

Danny grinned... Connor's face fell.

"You ARE Uncle John! You went through an anomaly to save my life!" Connor gaped.

Danny waited a moment for the shock to subside, and then he gave Connor a laptop.

"Listen Connor, I need you to look at this, it is information given to me by Jess. She's put all this together. I hope you can do something with it." He paused as Connor took the laptop and looked at the screen. He gulped and nodded. He would see what he could do.

"I'm going to get changed. I feel terrible in these clothes."

Connor assessed the information on the laptop. It was the information that Jess had provided for them from the future. It took a while for all the details to sink in. Connor wasn't sure there was anything he could do to avert this catastrophe.

He turned to the only other person in the room for help.

"Luke... Are you awake...?" Connor swung his legs over the edge of the bed in the medical bay, and sat up. He tried again. "Luke... Are you awake?"

He waited for an answer. Resigned to the fact that his son was out for the count he turned to the laptop that Danny had left behind. He looked at the information that had been given. The facts were pretty hard and fast.

A meteor was about to hit the earth.
It contained the elements needed to start transforming humans into predators. He grunted, so this was where the original DNA to start off the future predators had started. On a meteorite that collided with the earth. Dread began to fill Connor as he realised that if he didn't stop this event from happening then all life on the planet would end.
He re-read where the meteor was going to hit the earth, and the results. He was confused for a moment and then a recent documentary flashed through his mind. Yellowstone Country Park.
That was where the meteor was going to hit. The largest volcano in America was going to be hit by a meteor, kick starting a chain reaction that would lead to the end of the world.
The meteor had crashed into the volcano, and breaking into little pieces.
The volcano erupted and the resulting ash cloud had transported Alien DNA across the world.

Then he had a brainwave, but he was not sure if he could make it happen.

He knew that ensuring that the meteor did not hit the earth was important but needed help to make his plan work. Connor rubbed his eyes before starting to concentrate on the details on the small screen. He blinked several times before it sank in.

Connor paused, the words on the screen were becoming blurry, and he was starting to get a headache. He began to worry that Helen was playing around with his past again and he called for Caroline. Before she came along he noticed that Luke had finally woken up.
Luke looked like himself again. Dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, and his face looked exactly like Connor's.

"Are you ok?" Connor asked. He looked over to the young man who would hopefully one day be his son.
Luke nodded. "I'm unsure of what's happening to me Dad, but I'm ok."

"Helen, Helen Cutter is what's happening to you son, she's tried several times to stop me from being born. This in turn affects you, turns out that your mum turns to Becker in her hour of need." he tried to focus on the screen in front of him.

"Is that what's happening then?" Luke turned to look at his reflection in a darkened window pane. "Fortunately I haven't lost my good looks then!" he rubbed his hand over his chin whilst Connor grinned.

"Thought I could hear voices," Dr Caroline Lester entered the room and looked at the two men. She walked over to Luke first. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I've been in a couple of rounds with a predator..." Luke groaned as he thought about how he muscles ached.

"Well, your body has been changing frequently over the last few weeks, no wonder you feel that bad!" Caroline reached for a machine that would take Luke's pulse and blood pressure.

Connor spoke up. "Luke... Would it be possible to deflect this meteor coming towards the earth and having it travel into a totally different direction using anomalies?"

"Umm... I'm not with you."

"Danny's given me this file to look over. It tells us that the real predators were transported on a meteor that hit Yellowstone."

"Yeah that's right..."

"Is it possible to arrive at the site before the meteor hits, open an anomaly to a specific point in the future? Then have someone in the future open an anomaly back to the present only changing the trajectory so that it's like a ball bouncing off the earth, sending the meteor back out into space?"

"Slow down Dad. Say that again?"this time he swung his legs over the edge of the bed to face Connor.
Connor stood up, wobbled, and unsteadily hobbled over to Luke's bed, before plonking himself down. He took a few seconds to compose himself before he started to explain himself.

Luke took in what his father was saying and he understood completely. The trouble was would his father be able to explain to the rest of the team what he was doing?

Three hours later, the whole team were gathered in Lester's office, listening to what Connor was saying.

Becker was leaning by the door with his arms folded his foot ready to push him into action. Danny stood beside him, and Bertie stood the other side. Abby, Jess, and Emily all leaned back in their chairs listening intently. Lester and Matt stood just behind them and Luke stood opposite Connor as he wrote on the white board.

He was explaining to them about his plan of changing the line of trajectory for the meteor.

Suddenly Connor gasped. He grabbed into the desk in front of him, his face contorted with pain. Abby and Luke were the first ones by his side. Lester pulled out his mobile phone and rang Caroline. Something else had happened and the team were sure of it.

"Jess I need you to access some information for me!" Danny instructed the young girl. He had a vague idea on what could be happening and needed to stop it and fast!
Danny, Jess and Bertie gathered in front of the ADD.

"Pull up all the information you have on Connor Temple born in 1983...!"

This time Jess didn't ask any questions, she knew that this was important but did not know how.

"Connor Temple burned alive at his school!" Jess cringed. "What a horrible way to die!" she commented.

"Not if I've got anything to do with it!" With determination in his voice, Danny asked Jess to pull up further information about the event and donned his nineteen eighties gear again.

Bertie changed into something more appropriate. She wore dungarees with a white t-shirt and went with Danny.

Together they arrived just inside the school playground before the fire had started. Carefully they went inside and hoped that no-one would ask any questions.

They checked the registers and found Connors class room. Together they looked for Connor and spotted him sitting at one of the desks at the back of the room. His hair was cut into a short and spiky hairstyle that Bertie frequently saw on her soldiers. It was a look that although looked cute on Connor, Bertie was not used to seeing on her brother's friend and she did not like it.
Danny and Bertie watched as 10 year old Connor got up from his desk and went to speak to the teacher in charge. They continued to watch as he left the classroom.

"Where do you think you're going?" Danny asked gruffly.

"Uncle John; wasn't expecting to see you here." Connor looked startled. He paused "I was just off to the loo."
Danny nodded. "I need to speak to your teacher." Danny let Connor continue on his way. Danny spoke to his teacher and told him that he was a policeman and needed to take Connor away with him.

Suddenly the air was filled with a piercing alarm.
The fire bell was ringing. All the children gathered together and calmly exited the building. At this point it wasn't clear if the building was really on fire. Danny gave Bertie his mobile number and told her to ring him should she see Connor.

Danny went in search of Connor inside the burning building.

Poor Connor... Trouble follows him everywhere!

Will Danny be able to get to him in time?

Will Danny and Bertie ever get together?

Will Becker ever let Danny get closer to his sister?

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