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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Infact Good Luck to All of you taking Exams, I know that Sabre Dee is one of them!
I would like to dedicate this chapter to Cengiz, because she is the only one who saw it coming! All the way back to when I had written chapter 5!
December 2012...
Jess, Abby and Lester monitored the meteors progress as it approached the earth from the Mobile Anomaly Detector. It was a large van that had the inside modified, so that it could hold multiple computer screens and it could do everything that Jess needed to do back at the Hub. It was stationed at least twenty miles away from the Yellowstone Volcano site. Both Connor and Becker had insisted upon it, hoping that this way they could keep Jess and Abby from being hurt. They had been given explicit instructions on what to do should anything go wrong.
Danny insisted that they split into two teams. Connor, Becker, Bertie, and himself in one team, and Matt, Luke and Emily in another team to go into a set time in the future. Matt, Luke and Emily were to be aided by the future Abby and Jess. Whilst Jess was to try and assist the team in the current time period whilst Lester tried to contact the necessary authorities in America.
Danny's team had arrived at their location. The park was beautiful and the grass was as green as anything they had seen in England. The park was dotted with large trees and log cabins were scattered throughout the area.
Danny heard the loud squeal of a hand held radio. He had asked Connor to modify the anomaly opening device so that they could tell if Ethan was nearby.
Becker sprang up, he had glimpsed Ethan and he gave chase. Bertie ran after him. He raced after Ethan as he entered a log cabin nearby. Carefully he and Bertie searched the cabin. He was sure that he had seen Ethan inside. He looked at the only items of furniture in the room, a table and two chairs. There was a cup on the table that looked like it had either tea or coffee in it. He tested the cup and found it was still warm. Ethan had definitely been here!
Becker glanced through the window and saw Ethan outside. He cocked his EMD before opening the door, gingerly he stepped outside. Unfortunately for him Ethan had seen him too. He now held an automatic gun to his head. Becker froze and he moved back inside the cabin as Ethan had instructed. Ethan had seen Bertie too and he fired, the bullet grazing her arm.
He pushed Becker to the floor, preparing to deliver the final shot to his head. Bertie although injured leapt to her brother's defence, but Ethan was too cunning. He grabbed her as she sprang and threw her against a wall. Knocking her out instantly.
"Oh no you don't," Danny growled behind him. Ethan turned to face the man behind him.
"But I'm your brother... Patrick."
"No you're not... Patrick died. He died the moment Ethan took over. Patrick would never hurt anyone. He'd never even hold a gun, much less fire at someone..." Danny glared at this person in front of him. It wasn't Patrick, not the Patrick he knew. He had lost his brother years ago, and whoever this person was, he was not Patrick.
"No, you're not my brother Patrick at all..." Danny's eyes glazed over, something broke inside him, and he pulled the trigger of the gun that he held.
The smile faded from Ethan's face as he fell to the ground. Blood started to pool on the floor where he fell.
Becker's mouth fell open, as he watched. He had expected Ethan to pull the trigger on his gun and finish him off! He had tensed as he waited for the moment when Ethan shot him, but it never came. He heard a single shot being fired, and Ethan slumped to the ground.
Realising that he was uninjured, he jumped up and ran to Bertie's side. He glanced over to Danny who stood, over Ethan's prone body. He could have sworn he saw tears run from Danny's eyes. Ensuring that his sister would indeed be ok he went over to Danny and put a caring hand on his shoulder.
"You saved my life... Thank you!" Becker gulped, gratitude swelling within him, gently he turned the man who had killed his own brother, towards him.
Danny looked like a broken, haunted man. His ginger hair, looking more unkempt than ever before and he had stubble around his chin. His eyes were closed, tears rolling down his haggard face. He had just killed a man. A man who could have been his brother. He sniffed as he felt Becker's arms coming around him. He relaxed into Becker's brotherly embrace and felt something stirring inside him...
He took a step back and looked up, he gazed at Becker. No. His brother had not gone at all. He gulped and recalled all the times that the soldier had saved his life. Yes, here was the brother he had lost, standing right in front of him.
The two men were snapped out of their moment by a groaning coming from the floor.
"Bertie," both men gasped and ran over to her. Danny wiped his eyes as he got to her first.
"Bertie, you're ok!" Danny gasped and he pulled her in for a hug. He closed his eyes and held her close. He had just killed the man he had thought of as his brother, it had left him feeling rather low and Bertie sensed this. She leaned away from him to glance into his watery eyes, what she saw touched her deeply. He had killed the man who had held a gun to her brothers head, and not only would she be eternally grateful for this, but she would love him dearly for as long as she lived.
Bertie leant forward and kissed him. Kissing away all the tension that had been brought on by the death of Ethan. She wanted him to know how grateful she was, and also how much she loved him. She kissed long and hard, Bertie's lips parted as Danny's tongue danced with hers. Her heart soared and she felt as if she didn't want this moment to end. She was lost in his embrace, and Danny kissed her back in a way that made her feel like the only woman in the world.
Becker cringed and looked away.
Although he was getting used to the idea of Bertie and Danny together, he wasn't ready for this. After a moment he walked away towards the door to watch the approaching meteor.
"Ah Danny, when you've finished, we have a problem!" Becker commented dryly.
Danny helped Bertie to the door and the three of them watched as the comet appeared in the sky.
They left Ethan's body in the cabin and went over to join Connor as he re-calculated the meteor's decent. He hoped that the anomaly would be big enough and that it would enter it at the correct angle. If it didn't, and missed, it meant the end of the world.
Sorry for the Short chapter. But I felt that it was necessary.
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