DISCLAIMER: Primeval was created by Adrian Hodges and Tim Haines. I do not own Primeval, I only own the new team.
A/N: Thanks to all who are still following the series. I know the last chapter was a bit on the slow side, but the action starts now.
Please R&R, I always value your opinions.
Chapter 3
Nick Temple walked towards the patio doors. He'd read the Kings file, back to front in fact, but how do you speak to a royal? That was a question he'd had been asking himself all morning. Standing in front of the doors, he saw a grey haired man sat green wing chair. Lester had told him that when talking to a king, you introduce yourself by your full name, and then curtsey. Great, he thought, I'll be going by Nicholas all day. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the glass.
The grey-haired man sat in his expensive looking green chair. He held a folded up newspaper in one hand and a pen in the other. He bit the pen lid, before writing something on the paper. He glanced up at the door, before nodding at Nick.
"Excuse me?" Nick asked opening the door.
"Umm…Temple isn't it?" The man asked.
Nick nodded, trying his best not to be nervous.
"Don't stand there on ceremony, take a seat" The man smiled, placing his newspaper and pen, next to his top hat on the coffee table in the centre of the room.
Nick curtseyed, before taking a seat next to the man, placing his cap on the coffee table, he then asked "Your highness, are we ready to go? My team are preparing security."
"Well I'm ready yes, but Camilla is taking her time" the man sighed. Why did the queen always take forever to get ready?
"That's alright your highness, we all seem to be running late today" Nick smiled weakly. He found basic small talk difficult enough, without having to be formal as well. Why did Lester pick me? Oh yeah, I'm the second team leader.
"You don't need to bother with the whole 'your highness' nonsense, just call me Charles" The man smiled. People were always calling him 'your highness' or 'your majesty' he really couldn't see why just plain Charles was too much to ask.
"Okay" Nick replied, feeling more at ease, "Charles."
"What's your first name Temple?" Charles asked, glancing at his watch. What was taking Camilla so long?
"Nicholas…well I prefer Nick"
"Ah, Nick. I'll remember that" Charles smiled. Seeing the confused look on Nicks face, he laughed and added, "My memory isn't what it used to be, you know in my job you meet that many people, that after a while you can't remember who they are."
Feeling quite comfortable now, Nick replied, "Well we don't meet that many people in our job, mainly over-grown lizards."
Charles chuckled, "I have to say you've got some courage to do your job."
"Nick?" Sarah asked entering the room, bowing at Charles, "Matt says to tell you the command centre is up and running, and that VARC has arrived, and Sam and his team are here and…"
"Sarah Sit down" Nick sighed, Sarah had the habit as her mother for rambling.
"Nick?" Charles asked as Sarah sat down.
"Oh. Charles, this is my girlfriend Sarah" Nick introduced, "Sarah, you know Charles"
"Hello your highness" Sarah smiled.
The king let out a huge sigh before saying, "Call me Charles."
"okay" Sarah replied, unsure. She glanced at Nick who simply nodded.
"Are we ready then?" A grey-haired woman asked as she entered the room. She wore a cream coloured dress with matching blazer, and a large oversized hat.
"About time" Charles sighed, "Camilla this is Nick and…umm…Sarah their both with the ARC."
"Nice to meet you" Camilla replied, heading towards the door, "Come on!"
Nick glanced at Charles, who shrugged before standing up and placing his top hat on his head. Nick and Sarah both stood up, picking up their caps. The four of them then left the room.
At the main gate, Captain Becker stood with Captain Leeds and Captain Leonard. The three captains were signing in the Garden party guests. Prince Harry entered the gates, shook the three captain's hands. The prince made a little joke about the ARC, before making his way to the other guests. Becker glanced at the clipboard in his hand, ticking Prince Harry's name, before raising his hand to his ear. "That's the last of the royals signed in" he reported, "Just the prime minister, and I can see his car." In front of the gates a jet black Bentley pulled up. Becker laughed to himself, why did people with money always have to show it off.
"Good report back when he arrives" Toby replied.
"Roger that" Becker nodded.
"Mr Walker nice to see you" Sam smiled opening the gate. A Tall grey haired man in black pin-stripe suit walked through the gate. Following him was a small woman in a bright red dress and an unusually shaped hat.
"Mrs Walker" Leeds greeted, "If you would like to just follow the signs through the archway, you will be escorted to the garden party."
"Toby that's all the guests" Sam informed, before collecting the clip boards off the other captains before heading to the mobile command centre.
"Thanks" Toby replied.
"So far so good" Leeds sighed as the gates closed.
Becker just glared at Leeds before saying "Don't temp fate Leeds, Connor does that. Never ends well."
"You're probably right" Leeds replied, before the two captains followed the Conservative Prime Minister.
"Way too many people about" Thomas complained.
"Calm down Thomas" Max sighed, handing his friend an EMD.
"Okay, listen up you two" Michelle announced, walking up to her two team mates.
"Who put you in charge?" Max smirked.
"When Nick and Sarah aren't here, leadership goes to my" Michelle replied.
"Oh really?" Max asked.
"Really" Michelle smirked.
"Oh get on with it!" Thomas sighed.
"Fine" Michelle replied, taking a professional stance before saying, "The royals are signed in and Nick's brining the King and Queen round here, so you two get on high alert."
"So you're just telling us to do our job?" Max smiled.
"Umm…yeah" Michelle sighed.
"Right, Tom, let's go and do our job" Max grinned.
"Here we go again" Thomas sighed, feeling a sense of Déjà vu.
"Okay, the system is on line" Dr Fairweather announced, typing on the touch screen.
"And the teleportation system is up and running" Truman replied, pressing a green button on the screen.
"They will be teleported like Temple teleported that Spinosaurus" Dr Fairweather agreed. In honesty she wasn't sure if it would be that simple to work, but if she didn't try she would be thrown into the Troodon pen.
"The Albertasaurus is programed to attack the King and Queen while the T- rex are programed to hunt Prince Harry then the Duke of Cambridge" Truman replied. Again she didn't if this hunting program would work as intended, but if she didn't try she would meet the same fate as Dr Fairweather in the Troodon enclosure.
"Ready?" Fairweather asked, tapping the touch screen.
"Teleport!" Dr Fairweather commanded pressing a green button the screen in front of her.
"They've arrived" Truman smiled, seeing the creature signals appear.
Just as Nick and Sarah exited the palace laughing with the King and Queen consort, three bright lights appeared just in front of them, as the light faded two T-rex and an Allosaurus appeared. The T-rex ran towards the gate, while the Allosaurus let out a deafening roar before charging towards the royals.
"GET DOWN!" Nick yelled as he pushed them round the other side of the wall.
An Allosaurus attacking the King and Queen, and the two ARC team members having no EMD's - and this is only the start!
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