Summary: A Pristichampsus, which resembles the Egyptian God Ammut, comes through an anomaly in the British Museum but it escapes into the City. Cutter, Kara, Abby, Connor and new head of security Captain Becker must track it down with the help of the museum's archaeologist Sarah Page before it can claim anymore new victims. But Kara has her own troubles. The new Captain! What do you do when you find yourself falling hard and fast for someone you have only just met?

Primeval - Season 3


Chapter One

Pristichampsus


Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he wont see

That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be

I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about

And she's got everything that I have to live without

Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it's just so funny

That's I cant even see anyone when he's with me

He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right

I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

Teardrops on my Guitar by Taylor Swift, was all that could be heard in the smallest bedroom at the Cutter house. Kara Cutter, who had been lying on her bed with her new son Nick Stephen Cutter, looked up for the second time that evening. The now 7 month year old baby was lying beside her, her arm around him, he was soundly asleep. But she couldn't sleep. She found it hard, because every time she closed her eyes, she saw his face. The father of her baby and her lost love. Stephen Hart. It had been nearly 12 months since Stephen's death, but Kara still couldn't seem to get him out of her mind. What did this mean?

Drew walks by me, can he tell that I cant breathe?

And there he goes, so perfectly,

The kind of flawless I wish I could be

She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love

Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

Grace Hunter. An 18-year-old teenager, with dirty blonde hair that fell just past her shoulders. Her eyes were sparkling blue just like her uncle and cousins. Her face was round, her nose slightly rounded and her lips were a delicate shade of rose. Her skin was light and her build was slim and muscular. She was lying flat out on her bed in her uncle's house, starting at the ceiling. Her uncle had been caught up at work and her cousin was in the room next to hers with her baby. Sometimes Grace didn't understand what kept her uncle at the university so late at night. What was so entertaining than being at home with your daughter and new grandson.

So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light

I'll put his picture down and maybe

Get some sleep tonight

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

He's the time taken up, but there's never enough

And he's all that I need to fall into...

Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he wont see.

The song ends, and Kara sighs for the millionth time that night. She lay her head back and closed her eyes, she lay for about two minutes with her eyes closed before, Stephen appeared once again in her minds eye. She gave a startled gasp and her eyes flew open and she shot up in her bed. Nick beside her gave a cry and Kara looked down at him quickly. She had realized she had startled him as she sat up.

"Shh," she said softly as she quietly and carefully lifted the baby into her arms, cradling him carefully. "Mummy's sorry," she whispered, stroking his cheek softly with her forefinger. Nick settled down quietly once more, and slowly his eyes began to close. Kara smiled lightly at him, and leaned down to kiss his forehead lightly. "Good night baby," she whispered. In the room next to hers, she could hear another song start playing, this time slightly louder than the last. Kara slipped off her bed and walked to her door.

"Grace?" she said, opening her cousin's door and walking inside. Her cousin was lying on the bed, and looked up when her door opened. "Mind turning the music down a tad? I've only just gotten Nick to sleep," she said

"Sorry, Kara," Grace said and she reached across and turned the volume down on her CD player. "Are you okay?" she asked turning back to face her cousin. She took in Kara's appearance. She looked shattered, like she hadn't any sleep for days.

"Yeah," Kara said as she sat on her cousins bed, Nick still asleep in her arms. Grace moved so she was sitting beside her cousin, her legs bent underneath her, she started stroking Nick's cheek

"Have you had any sleep at all?" Grace asked, taking in the dark shades of black that where appearing under her cousins eyes.

Kara was silent for a moment, before she lightly shook her head "No," she answered "I cant -"

"Kara, you have to sleep," Grace said "No sleep is bad for you."

"I know, Grace," Kara said "But I cant...every time I close my eyes, he's there. I seem everywhere. Sometimes, I do wonder what it would have been like, if -" she trailed off

"If he hadn't done what he done?" Grace asked "If he was still around?"

Kara nodded, she was happy that Grace knew what she was saying, because whenever the subject of Stephen was brought up, she shut down.

Grace sighed, the last time she had seen her cousin was 10 years ago. Kara had been 10 and she had been 8. Although, Kara hadn't yet turned a teenager, she still had 2 years too go. Grace and her parents had seen a different side of the girl. Kara had become quieter, sticking to her father's side and only leaving him when she had too. She never cried anymore, and she was like a time bomb just waiting to explode. Whenever, Grace's mother Jessica Hunter mentioned her sister-in-law, Kara either glared up at her aunt or left the room with an air of annoyance. Jessica feared that Grace would follow Kara, and this was a reason why they had moved.

It was Jessica's husband, Mason's reason for moving them. He had been transferred from London to LA. Jessica, was hesitant to leave, after all, Nick was her only family and Kara and Grace had always been together since they were younger. They were the best of friends, and Jessica didn't want to split them. But she also didn't want Grace growing up without a father. So reluctantly she and Grace left London for LA. Jessica, kept in contact with Nick, always asking how Kara was, and if Helen had returned. But the answers she received were sceptical. And after a while, the calls became less frequent. Kara and Grace became distant, less letters were sent to one another and they soon stopped all together.

Hannah Montana - Lets Get Crazy started playing from the room Kara had been in previously, and she looked up, her thoughts breaking as she heard the first verse. Getting to her feet, she left the room with Grace in tow. Her phone was lying on top of her dressing table, she picked it up quickly, and checked the ID. The screen flashed and she saw her father's name showing up.

"Dad?" she said, after she had slid it open. Although she had told Grace that her father was at the University, she knew better than that. In truth he was at the ARC, he should have been home by now. And she figured her was calling probably to tell her that he was on his way. But what she got wasn't what she wanted.

"Kara," Nick answered "We got another one"

Kara glanced over her shoulder, Grace was sitting on her bed, watching her intently, possibly waiting for an explanation or for Kara to tell her where her uncle was. Was he on his way home? Or was he gonna be out longer than he had anticipated or promised.

"Kara?" Nick asked again, wondering why his daughter was so quiet for so long. Was something wrong?

"Grace...can you give me a sec?" Kara asked

"Sure," Grace said, Kara could see confusion on her face as she stood, probably wondering why Kara wanted to speak alone with her father. What could be so private about being stuck at the University? Or was it possible that they were talking about something else.

"Where is it?" Kara asked

"Meet me at the British Museum"

Kara sighed heavily and looked down at her baby, she knew full well that she couldn't take him along. But Grace was gonna ask questions if she left him here. This was a mistake! she thought angrily. She was angry with herself. How could she let herself get pregnant? She knew the ARC didn't give maternity leave and even if she did take time off, how could she possibly concentrate on taking care of herself and the baby if she was worried about her father running around London chasing creatures.

"What about Nick?" she asked "And Grace"

This time it was her father who was quiet, it seemed that not even he had thought about the baby or Grace for that matter. Maybe this was gonna be harder than either of them new.

"Your gonna have to make something up, darling," Nick said, Kara could hear talking in the background, the voice was unfamiliar. It was calling her father, saying that they should leave. Kara knew it wasn't Jenny, it was a male.

"I'll see you in a bit," Kara said and she hung up the phone. Looked down at her sleeping, baby. And turned to the door. "You can come back in now Grace," she said

The door opened and Grace entered the room. "I'll take Nick." she said "You go do what you have to do. I don't know what that is. But I promise to take good care of the baby, until you get back"

Kara smiled, she was glad that her cousin didn't ask any questions because she wasn't in the mood at this time to answer any. She didn't want to leave her son, but she knew that she didn't have a choice. Her father was expecting her at the Museum. "Thanks Grace, I'll call to check in with you in a few hours," she said, placing Baby Nick in the crib and handing the two-way talkie to her cousin. Before she set around the room grabbing a pair of jeans and a t-shirt to change into. She then slipped on her trainers, and grabbed her bag and mobile, hurrying down the stairs, throwing on her jacket and grabbing her keys as she stopped at the door.

"He should be down for the night now," she said turning to Grace who followed her "If he does happen to wake, just make him a bottle of warm milk. There is a bottle all ready made up, just heat it up a bit. And he should settle back down. I appreciate this Grace, I'll make it up to you. I promise." she hugged her cousin tightly and left the house. Since she had, had Nick, her father had bought her, her very own car. Making it easier for her to get back and forth from places, without relying on anyone else. She jumped into the car, and pulled out of the driveway, driving off into the night and towards the British Museum.


Connor and Abby where just pulling up, when Kara pulled up. Together the three of them hurried up the front steps and into the Museum. Kara saw a group of people ahead of her, and she recognized them as Jenny Lewis, her father Nick Cutter and the SAS soldiers from the ARC.

"Dad!" she shouted as she, Abby and Connor made their way towards the rest of the team.

"Abby Maitland, Connor Temple, Kara," Nick said to each of them as the came to a stop in front of the rest "This is Captain Becker," he motioned to the man beside him, Kara felt her breath catch in her throat as she stared at him. "He's here to protect us. So do exactly as he says. Unless myself or Kara, here, thinks he's wrong"

Kara grinned, and exchanged looks with Abby and Connor before making her way to her father's side, as they entered the building.

The museum was dark, obviously. Kara walked alongside her father in silence, she could feel Becker behind her, she turned to glance over her shoulder at him, only to look away the moment their eyes connected. What the hell was the matter with her? It was obvious to her that Captain Becker was replacing Captain Ryan, she had been so upset when he had died, it was like losing family. Kara and Ryan may never had talked much about anything, but they had gotten to know each other over the months they had worked together. Kara had thought it was unnecessary for the way he had died. At first she didn't want to believe it, but she soon realised that in the line of duty of the job she was doing. People were gonna die. Just like Stephen. Stephen had gone the same way Ryan had. By a creature attack, Kara often still thought it was her fault, even though she knew that it wasn't. It was her mothers. Helen Cutter.

If Helen had just stayed in the past, like she had planned too, the it was a possibility that Stephen would be with the still today. But would that have made it any easier for Kara? Would she have known about Helen and Stephen's secret? Would she have his child? Maybe the things that had happened in the past had led up to this day. The decisions she had made. The fact that Helen had returned, the point she had made about her and Stephen. All the Deaths and disappearances that had occurred in the line of work. Maybe this job was the answer to everything, or maybe it was just the start of a whole new heartache. All Kara knew was, her mother, was the centre of everything. And everything that happened, she had a vague idea that her mother was behind it.

"Split up," Nick said, breaking through his daughter's thoughts.

Kara hadn't even realized they had stopped. It was like she was on auto pilot.

"Abby, Connor, Jenny," Nick continued "You go that way -" he motioned to the left "- with a group of this lot - Kara, Becker, your with me"

"Huh?" Kara asked looking up confusedly, what had she missed

"Just come with me," Nick said, taking her arm and pulling her in the opposite direction of Abby, Connor and Jenny. She kept her gun loaded and at the ready for anything suspicious.

"Is it essential to give a kid, a gun?" Becker asked as they walked, he had been watching Kara for a while now

"Who you calling 'kid'?" Kara asked, her thoughts clearing and she turned to look sideways at the new captain "Your new around here. This is how it works, okay. So listen good, cause I aint repeating myself. Your job, is too protect us. Whether I carry a gun or not, is nothing to do with you. So you do your job. And I'll do mine. Understand?"

She didn't give Becker a chance to reply, as she turned and walked off ahead of her father, who was trying his best but failing to keep a smirk of his face. Becker just looked stunned. They continued on in silence, Kara didn't know why, but she felt like Lester had called Becker in because of recent deaths. Mainly Stephen. She knew that he had to be replaced, but for some reason she couldn't find it in her heart to replace his spot on the team.

"Dad," she said over her shoulder, as she stopped near an exhibit and picked up a red jacket, she looked a little to the left of the jacket and breathed in sharply. There was the body of a woman, she had been bitten by something, right in the chest. Turning away, at the sight of the crimson liquid that covered her body. Kara spotted her father's approach. "She's dead," she murmured, as her father walked around her to the body.

"Its an animal kill," came Abby's voice, and Kara looked over her shoulder briefly to see that Jenny, Abby and Connor's party had arrived at exactly the same spot they had. So they couldn't have been too far away. "It could be anywhere in the museum by now"

"Then lets find it," Kara said, holding her hand out for her father to take. Nick got back to his feet and nodded at his daughter. The teams split again. Abby, Connor, Jenny going one way. Kara and her father going the other. The teams had been split for a mere 10 minutes the second time, when the noise of a closing door, alerted them to either the creature or another person within the museum. "This is the Mall all over again," Kara murmured from her fathers side as they made their way towards the sound.

"At least its not a Raptor this time." Nick answered

"We don't know what it is this time," Kara whispered "It could be something worse!"

"What's wor -"

"You of all people should know not to ask that, dad" Kara said. Nick chuckled at her, and Kara knew he was messing. There were alot of things worse than a raptor. The creature that attacked the woman behind them, could well be worse than anything they had faced. Except, in Kara's mind, nothing was worse than the future predator. That creature, was just plain scary. But that was her opinion.


Rounding the corner, Kara saw ahead of her, a young woman, she was leaving what seemed to be the back room of the museum. She stopped in her tracks, when Connor raised his gun. Telling her to stop. She turned and by the looks of things attempted to run, but backtracked when she saw Kara and the rest of the team.

"Stay where you are," Nick repeated Connor's instruction "Its all right,"

"Who are you?" Kara asked, she could tell by the woman's face that she was confused and a little scared. Who wouldn't be, when you were surrounded by a group of strangers with guns? Kara felt almost sympathetic towards the woman.

"Dr. Page" the woman answered "Who are you?" she asked looking from Kara to her father

"Im Nick Cutter," Nick answered

Dr. Page, looked from Nick and around the rest of the team "Um, Im guessing, you're uh, some kind of, thief," she said between breaths.

"No," Nick said with a shake of his head "Actually im a professor"

"Never saw a professor with a gun before," Dr. Page said, looking at the hand gun in Nick's hand

"Yeah, its a very specialised field" Nick explained, walking around her and back to the woman that had been killed. Kara stayed in her spot, having no desire whatsoever, to see the sight of blood again. She watched closely as Dr. Page followed her father, and backtracked at the sight of the body. In panicking breaths, Dr. Page took of running. Reacting quickly, Kara called to her father, and followed. She could soon hear, her father and the others following behind her.

"Dr. Page!" Kara yelled, as she followed the woman down a flight of stairs to the basement. She saw the doors at the end of the corridor starting to close but pushed herself forward and slammed through them. Dr. Page closed the doors behind Kara, and leant against them. Unaware to all this, Kara was too busy staring the flickering light coming from the sun cage. It was the anomaly.

"What is that?" Dr. Page asked

"Its an anomaly," Kara answered

"A what?"

"Its a long story," Kara replied, looking up at the sound of a disturbance "What was that?" she asked quickly, looking back at Dr. Page

"I don't know," The woman replied "Who's there?" she called as Kara pushed her back against the wall.

"Keep moving," she whispered as the shadow of something unseen flashed across the wall opposite her, and behind the anomaly. She held her gun up in front of her ready to shoot on sight. If the anomaly was down here, then so was the creature. She glanced every now and then over her shoulder at Dr. Page. She looked terrified.

There was a growling sound, and Kara looked ahead of her at the boxes blocking her view, there was something moving behind them.

"Stay back," she ordered Dr. Page, who pressed herself against the wall and some more boxes. Kara then turned back only to see a creature had risen above the boxes. Its jaws wide open and a piercing roar filled the whole room. Dr. Page screamed, and Kara fired several rounds at the creature, though it seemed to make no impression. The creature, tipped a box of artefacts from in front of itself to the floor where the broke into a million pieces, Kara fired another several rounds, but the creature continued to grow closer.

Just then, there was the sound of an opening shutter, and Kara looked to her right, the creature had heard it also and was running as quickly as it could on four legs to the nearest exit.

"Close the shutter!" Kara screamed, but it was too late, the creature had gotten free "Damn it!" she mumbled, stopping and turning as the door behind her burst open and her father and the others burst into the room. "Bout time you guys showed up!" she said

"Well your the one that run off on your own," Nick said to her, it was exactly the same as he had said to Stephen a few months back

"If I hadn't, there's a high chance, she wouldn't be here now!" Kara argued turning to Dr. Page. "What the hell was that creature anyway!"

"It looked like the ancient god Ammut," Dr. Page answered, causing everyone to turn to her

"What did it look like?" Cutter asked

"Like that," said pointing at a statue

"I found tracks," Abby said returning from where the shutters were "Biped and Quadruped"

"I got to get back to the ARC," Jenny said from behind them, and she started for the door

"The Ark?" Dr. Page asked turning to her and Kara knew what she had in mind.

"Not that one," Connor said

"Dad, we have to find this thing," Kara said "Before it kills anyone else,"

Nick nodded "Connor you stay here and try to find out which Era the anomaly is linked too, find out everything Dr. Page knows about the sun cage." he ordered

"Abby, your with us" Kara said as she, her father and Abby disappeared into the street, from under the shutters.


The sun was just starting to rise, as Kara, Nick and Abby ran through the streets of London, in search of the creature, Dr. Page had described as Ammut. They were following the tracks that the creature had made, but it was proving to be difficult seeing as they were going round in circles.

"Stephen would have known what to do," Abby said

Kara stopped running and a frown appeared on her face. Abby stopped when she realised what she meant, she apologized.

"Its okay," Kara said, taking out her phone and dialling Connor's number, it rang, before Connor answered

"Yo," Connor said when he had answered

"Talk to me," Kara said, waiting for an answer "What have you found?"

"I just took a reading from the anomaly, whatever came through is at least 55 million years old"

"Eocene Epoch Con." she said "This creature is fast, its switches from two legs to four. So, search the database and profile me some creatures"

"Kara," Nick said, as Abby run off towards the sound of a distant car alarm

"We're heading south," Kara said "I think we got it"

"Action man said he's coming," Connor said and Kara sighed.

"Thanks, Con" Kara said "Get me those creatures" she hung up the phone and followed after her father and Abby

She had just made it to the car, that had the alarm going off, it was smashed to pieces, and her father and Abby where standing beside it. Abby was kneeling beside the body of another man who had been killed and Nick was picking up an item from the top of the dented car. Driving towards them was Becker in Nick's 4x4. He looked at Kara as he got out of the car and she looked away, she thought she heard him sigh as he walked to stand beside her although he didn't look at her after that.

"Abby what do you make of that?" Cutter asked throwing the object to her

"Crocodile tooth," Abby responded

Kara and Nick looked at one another "The river," they said together, and without further warning, Kara sprinted off towards the Thames. Becker, Abby and her father following after her. Making it to the steps that led to the water, Kara knelt down and touched the pools of blood on the steps, Abby was beside her in seconds. The each exchanged looks.

"Crocodiles usually drag their prey into water to finish them off," Abby said straightening up and looking at Kara, as if they were continuing a conversation they had been having without interruptions

"So, why did this croc attack on land?" Becker asked

"Why's it walking on two legs?" Kara asked turning to face the Captain finally, her father gave her a knowing look and she gasped in realization. "Pristichampsus!"

Nick nodded as he took out his mobile and called Connor. Kara looked at Abby and then out over the Thames.

"All right," Abby said "So its in the Thames"

She and Kara then moved back to stand beside Nick and Becker. Kara took a seat on the stone pharaoh beside the river and removed her own mobile from her pocket. She had promised Grace she would call, and seeing as she wasn't running after creatures at this moment, it seemed like a good chance.

"Im gonna call Grace," she said looking up at her dad "Check on Nick,"

Her father nodded and Kara slipped open her phone and climbed the last set of steps away from the group. She dialled Grace's mobile number and waited for an answer.

"Kara?" came Grace's voice over the line

"Grace, hey," Kara said "Sorry, I have only just called, been caught up"

"Where are you?"

"Im at work," Kara said "Grace I cant explain everything right now. Um, but, how's Nick?"

"He's fine. I've fed him, changed him, and now dressed him. Im taking him out for a while"

"That's okay," Kara said "Huh, where you taking him?"

"Might take him to the mall, for an hour or two"

"Okay," Kara said, she felt like a bad mother, she should have been the one taking her baby out, not chasing after Creatures. "Grace, I owe you big-time for this,"

"Yeah. You do." Grace said "I thought you were coming straight back"

"Yeah, so did I" Kara mumbled "Listen, just keep him safe. Please? Keep yourself safe too. Promise me"

"Kara, what's wrong. You sound worried. What's going on?"

"Grace, just promise me, that you'll be careful."

"I promise"

"Thank you," Kara said "Look, I gotta go. I'll call in to check up on you guys soon. I promise"

"Okay, bye" Grace said as Kara hung up the phone. She sighed as she put one had on her hip, and run the other through her hair.


"Everything okay?" Abby asked, once Kara had returned looking nervous

"Yeah," Kara said "Everything's perfect. Just perfect"

"Kara, why don't you go home?" Nick offered "Spend some time with Nick and Grace...we can deal with this thing"

"No," Kara said "Grace is taking Nick out, and besides, if im at home and your out here, my mind's gonna be racing wondering if your okay"

"I'll be fine," Nick reassured her

"Come off it dad," Kara said "Stephen's dead. You could be next. Don't even try to reassure me that you might not be next."

"What makes you think that?" Nick asked

"Because I think mum is behind all this," Kara explained "It all fits! Stephen's death? She didn't even try to stop him from going back into that room. And when he got killed, she just left, no remorse whatsoever. As far as I see, mum's only happy if you and me are alone. She took Claudia from you! And she took Stephen from me! She's not gonna stop. And I fear, that...she's gonna take you too."

"And you think, she will think twice if your here?" Nick asked, sounding confused

"I don't know," Kara said "But mum has had a million chances to hurt me in the past. Physically. But she's always targeted me mentally and emotionally. She's messed with my mind a number of times, and that confession about her and Stephen, she knew that would trigger an immediate reaction from me. She knew I would push him away after that. But from what I can see, when it comes down to hurting me emotionally, Mum is the number one person who can do that. She seems to be the only person who can make me cry. And I mean really cry. But when it comes to physical harm...she cant do it. She cant hurt me. Her only daughter. As far as im concerned, your safe, as long as im around"

Nick took in his daughters words into consideration for a moment what she said had made sense, he had noticed too that no one could break Kara like Helen could. What power did his wife have over his daughter?

"Don't you see that I cant lose you, like I lost her...like I lost Stephen" Kara said, breaking through her father's thoughts

"You aren't gonna lose me," Nick said taking a seat beside his daughter and wrapping an arm around her shoulders "At least not to Helen, okay?"

Kara nodded, and rested her head against her dad's shoulder.


After a while, Nick moved away from his daughter to stand before her, overlooking the Thames for any sign of the creature. Kara felt someone sit beside her and looked around to see it was Becker, he was looking out over the Thames also, but turned too look at her when he felt her watching him.

"If its been living in Egypt," Abby said, causing Kara to look away from Becker and back at her "The Thames will be much colder than what its used too. It'll be looking to get pretty soon"

Movement caught Kara's eye and she looked up and across the river, the creature had gotten out and was walking the bank towards the stone steps on the opposite side. "Make that right now," she said, pointing it out to the others. Jumping up from the statue she followed Becker and Abby up the steps and around the river towards the same bank the creature had just walked up moments before. It had gone.

Soon, Jenny and the rest of the SAS soldiers appeared.

"If your first tranquilizer dart doesn't floor this thing," Becker said "We have no option but to use live rounds."

Kara and Abby looked at one another uncertainly. They didn't kill these creatures unless it was absolutely necessary

"Okay, Professor?" Becker asked

Nick remained silent.

"Please, don't tell me we've lost it again" Jenny said

Screaming. That's all that could be heard. Looking up, Kara saw people pouring out of the mall across the street "Maybe not," she said "This way" and she led the rest of the team towards the screaming. A window had been taken out in the cafe part of the mall. At the thought, of the creature being in here, Kara felt her heart stop. "Grace! Nick!" she whispered, and raising her gun in front of her, she walked forward into the room.

"Where is it?" Abby asked behind her

The screaming picked up again and Kara looked over her shoulder "Follow the screams," she said and she took of running once more, Abby beside her and her father behind. They followed the screams towards the stairs leading to upper levels, there were numbers of people flooding them in hopes of getting out. Kara couldn't see Grace anywhere, and she hoped for a second that her cousin wasn't here.

"Upstairs?" she asked, turning to Abby and Nick

"Yeah," Nick said and the three of them hurried up the wooden stairs, through the crowds of people. Kara could hear Jenny behind her, calling for people's attention and asking them to follow her out of the building.

Kara, Abby and Nick made it to a room, where the creature was, towering over a younger cleaner. She reached up to remove her headphones, speaking in a foreign language. Nick, sprinted forward and pushed her out of the way as the creature lunged.

"Kara! Abby!" Nick called, as he pushed the cleaner ahead of him, out of harms way.

Lifting up a chair, Kara threw it has hard as she could at the creature, it bounced off and tumbled away. The creature however, turned its attention from Nick towards the two girls. Who backtracked.

"For god sake shoot it," Nick yelled

Abby raised her weapon, and fired a tranq. It swept under the raised arm of the creature and narrowly missed Nick, who turned, as the tranq hit the wall.

"Sorry," Abby apologized as Nick sighed in relief before turning to the cleaner who was having trouble escaping.

"Any ideas?" Kara asked

"None," Abby said as the creature advanced "We could run,"

"I aint leaving my dad," Kara stated "Hide!" she said suddenly, nodding at the table.

Abby nodded, and motioned for her to go first. As Kara was crawling under the table, Abby, kicked at the creature before following. The table rattled above them and they realised the creature was trying to get at them.

"Have you got your gun?" Abby asked, realizing hers had gone

"No! Damn it, must have dropped it" she said, looking down at her side. "DAD!" she yelled as the creature continued to get at her and Abby through the table top.

"Hey!" she heard her father yell, "Hey! Over here!"

The thumping and vibrating of the floor, told the girls that the creature was following Cutter's screams and making its way towards him. Reaching out carefully, they grabbed their weapons and pulled them under the table. Fixing them up, Kara slipped out, followed closely by Abby, after the roaring of the creature and the almighty thump. They looked at one another for the millionth time that day and hurried to the broken window. Looking over the side, Kara saw her father and the cleaner hanging, as the creature crept away back towards the river.

"Are you okay?" Abby asked

"Yeah," Nick said "Just enjoying the view"

Someone appeared beside Kara, and she looked around to see it was once again Becker. He was like the plague, he was everywhere. But then again, so had Stephen been.

"Looks like its heading back towards the river," Becker said

"Its probably wants to go home," Kara said

"Kara, call Connor, tell him that the creature is heading back towards him." Nick said "Abby, Becker, get us up from here"

Kara nodded and pushed away from the edge, she pulled out her mobile and dialled Connor's number.

"Hello" Connor said when he answered

"Looks like Pristichampsus is heading your way," Kara said "So make sure it can get to the anomaly" she then hung up and turned to see her father making his way back towards her. "We have to get back there," she said

Nodding, Nick lead the way out of the mall


After a little debriefing from Jenny to the young cleaning girl, the team climbed back into the SUVs and drove towards the Museum. They entered through the way they had come, to see the creature facing them. Connor stuck in the middle.

"Connor, get out of the way," Kara said quickly and urgently. She groaned when she saw her friend climb the boxes surrounding the Anomaly. Why where there boxes surrounding the anomaly? She wondered. "Not like that!" she murmured. But what did she expect? This was Connor after all.

"Guys! Guys, just get it back through the anomaly," Connor pleaded with them

"Don't shoot it!" Nick said to Becker

"My job is to keep you alive," Becker answered

"Come on, im too young to die," Connor said from above, as the creature snapped its jaws at him

"Its injured," Abby said "It wants to go home"

"I don't know how long I can hold on Cutter," Connor said, and Kara looked up at him

"Just try Con," she said, looking back at the creature. They had to get it back through the anomaly

"Bow," Dr. Page said suddenly,

"What?" Nick asked

"Bow down," Dr. Page repeated

"What are you talking about?" Nick asked again

"This creature is used to be treating like a God," Dr. Page explained "They would have bowed as a sign of respect"

"If it doesn't feel that we're a threat," Kara said "It might not attack"

"Im not bowing," Becker said

Kara rolled her eyes "Get down on the floor," she ordered him, without looking at him. She maintained eye contact with the creature as she lowered herself down beside her father.

"What?" Becker asked

"Do it" Kara said

"Keep the gun handy," Nick commented

The creature came closer, and Kara felt herself lean back away from it. She was pressed against her father and Becker, and although she felt comfy against the new Captain, she couldn't help but feel a tad bit guilty, like she was betraying Stephen. Sensing that they weren't a threat, the creature turned and climbed the few boxes left, before making its way through the anomaly just before it closed.

With a sigh of relief Kara, closed her eyes and tilted her head back, resting against Becker, who looked down at her. Realizing what she was doing, Kara's eyes snapped open and she locked eyes with the new captain before she stood, looking away from him. Was she really betraying Stephen? After all he had done it to her hadn't he? Hearing a thump, Kara looked around to see Connor on the floor. She giggled and made her way towards him, pulling him to her feet. She would worry about, Stephen and Becker later. She could talk to Grace about it, when she got home. While she fed Nick, and spent some quality time with him.

She then turned to Captain Becker, he was standing alone, after Nick and Connor where making their way towards the doors.

"You got alot to learn," she said to him "Kid," she added, throwing his own words back at him before she followed after her father and Connor.

Becker watched her go, a grin playing on the edges of his lips as she went.

This was gonna be fun.


Later that same day, Kara, who had found Grace back at home with Nick. Returned to the ARC. Grace, who had wanted to catch up on some sleep, having worn herself out with Baby Nick, smiled when Kara said she was taking him out.

Arriving back at the ARC. Kara parked beside her father's car, and smiled at Nick in the Car seat.

"Lets go see, Grandpa Nick. And the others, shall we?" she asked

Baby Nick gurgled his laugh, and Kara carried him into the building. Smiling at the people who welcomed her along the way. Making it the Main Operations room, she walked in on Lester talking to Dr. Page. She had just caught the beginning of his speech, and the open file in his hand.

"So, your Sarah Page," Lester was saying

"Dr. Page," Sarah corrected, Kara had to smile, the woman knew how to hold her own, that went far on the team. Especially against Lester.

"Hmm. Yes, PhD in Egyptology, promising academic career, veteran of archaeological digs in every corner of the Middle East. Now your giving lectures to kiddies at the Museum" Lester said looking up from the file at Sarah "How did that happen?"

"Just not very good at taking Orders," Sarah answered him

Lester sighed "Well, you should fit right in," he said looking around at the team, who grinned at one another.

Kara made her way towards her dad, who smiled at her and then down at his grandson.

"I've got a file?" Sarah said

"Everyone's got a file," Lester said "Dr. Page, you cant say anything about what you saw today. Do I need to repeat myself, or should I have you arrested? For your own protection" he looked at Nick, and then at Kara and her baby "This is no place for children"

"Its not like he's gonna run amok," Kara said "He's only a few months old!"

Abby grinned as she got up from her seat and made her way to Kara's side, looking down at her godson "Hello, baby," she said, leaning forward and kissing his forehead. Connor also stood beside Kara smiling at his godson. Kara had named them Godparents, because she had known them longer than anyone else on the team.

"He's adorable," Sarah commented, "Yours?" she asked Kara

"Yeah" Kara nodded

"Name?"

"Nick Stephen Cutter" Kara answered

"Cute," Sarah said with a smile, as Nick gurgled his little laugh once more, at the attention he was getting.

"So you named him after your dad?" Sarah asked

"Yeah. Nick after my dad. Stephen after his dad. And Cutter...well, because its my last name. It would have been Hart. But, I decided on Cutter."

"Oh," Sarah said

"Anyway," Kara said changing the subject "Shall we follow granddad?" she asked looking down at her baby, who smiled goofily and giggled again, kicking his legs. Everyone around her, smiled and laughed at the baby as Connor and Sarah followed Kara after Nick and Lester. She could hear Sarah, talking with Connor about the anomalies, but she tuned them out as her mind moved back to what she was thinking about earlier. Betraying Stephen.

She had barely known Captain Becker a day, and from the very first moment she saw him, she could feel something for him. She started to feel worried, she was falling quickly for someone she barely even knew, granted she did that with Stephen, but she practically grew up with him. But after what he did to her with her mother, was she really betraying him, if she admitted she liked Becker? No, it wouldn't be the same would it? Stephen had been dead for a while now, not that she was happy about it, because she still loved him. But would he want her to stand around missing out on the love of another, because she was still holding onto him? No. He would want her to be happy. Wouldn't he? Yes, he would. He wouldn't want her to miss out on another love, just for him. Even though she loved him, she could still love another. Her love for Stephen could never be replaced. But a new love, would possibly make her life less complicated. Give her something to actually look forward too. With a small smile, she turned into the room that her father was in.

Lester was trying to replace Stephen with Captain Becker on the team, as long as he tried to take over her lost loves position, nothing could come of her feelings. She wouldn't say anything. Besides, he didn't even know her, there was no way he like her liked that already. They had only just met, and she was like a total bitch to him. She was only trying to make him see his place in the team, and show him that Stephen couldn't be replaced by anyone. Did he get that? If he hadn't today, then there were a lot more days that they were going to be working together, unless one of them got killed. That was likely to happen in this job, but she couldn't think like that. Anyway, as long as Becker tried to replace Stephen, she would keep her feelings to herself and admire him from afar.

"- Genuine living legend," Sarah said

And Kara snapped out of her thoughts

"Legends," she murmured

There was a thump, and Kara looked up startled as her father turned around "If and when anomalies have appeared in the past, in which we know they have. If Pristichampsus, was sunning itself on the banks of the Nile 55 million years ago. That is the stuff of legends. Anything that seems out of place, out of time, like -" he clicked his finger trying to think of something

"Like," Kara said "Uh, Chimera"

"Pegasus," Sarah said

"The Yeti" Connor chimed in

"Hydra," Sarah continued

"Kraken," Kara finished

Nick clapped his hands together and looked at the see through bored. "I have been looking at this all wrong," he said "I been thinking two dimensionally" he looked at Sarah through the bored and made his way around to her "How much do you know on Mythological beasts?"

"My thesis on it, is in the British Library," she said

"She stays," Nick said to Lester

"Do I get a say in this?" Sarah asked

"Of course," Nick said "I want you, to join us, here at the Anomaly Research Centre. I want you working on the source of all the great myths. Where they first spotted, when, and by whom. Can you find a pattern. Or you can go back to lecturing school kids. Your choice"

Connor made a small noise, like a mock decision, and Kara awaited Sarah's answer.

"Okay," Sarah said after a while, looking around at them all "Im in"

"Great news" Lester said "I feel safer all ready"

"What do we do about the sun cage?" Connor asked

"Well, the anomalies closed, isn't it?" Lester asked "It may not open for another 3000 years, if ever"

"Yeah, but its still a risk," Kara said looking up from her baby and at Lester "Its not as if it can be on public display anymore"

"Happily," said Lester picking up his papers "That's not our decision to make, the culture mans tells me that the exhibit is moving on." and he left the room. Kara shared a look with her father, it was one of a panic. What if the anomaly re-opened in another museum? And the creatures came back through. Would they be able to help? Or would the anomalies be found out by the public, after nearly 2 years of trying to keep them quiet.


Later that night, after arriving home. Kara settled Nick down, as she and Grace sat crossed legged on her bed talking. Her father could be heard moving around downstairs. Kara smiled as Grace rambled on about what she had just told her.

"So, you barely know this guy, and you already think your falling for him?" Grace asked "Wow, Kara, this is amazing...I mean, why don't you go for it?"

"Maybe because of Stephen?"

"What about him?" Grace asked "He isn't here to stop you,"

"So, it wouldn't be considered cheating? Or betrayal"

"Why should you be worried about that anyway? He did it to you, didn't he?"

"Yeah," Kara said

"Then its fair game,"

"But Im not that type of girl, Grace," Kara said "I couldn't do that!"

"Kara, listen to me," Grace said "Stephen wouldn't want you to be sitting here, mourning over his death every night, when you could be out having fun with someone. He wouldn't want you and Nick to miss out on the great things in life, just because he is gone."

"Wow," Kara said "That was deep"

"I can be deep," Grace said

The two looked at one another and started laughing. Baby Nick, let out a grizzle, and Kara calmed down long enough to say "Shh," as not to wake her baby. Nick, shifted in his sleep but didn't wake.

"So you think I should give it a go?"

"Yes," Grace said "And if he is as cute as he sounds...see if he has a brother,"

Kara grinned "But what if he doesn't like me like that?"

"Then he is blind," Grace said

Kara couldn't help smile. She knew talking with her cousin, she would feel much better about the whole liking Becker situation. Grace still made her laugh just like she usually did. Biting her lip, she looked down at the pattern on her bed, her mind drifting back to the new Captain on her team. Maybe she would give it a go. But after he proved that he could take orders as well as he could give them.

"Hey," Grace said snapping her fingers in front of her cousin's face "If your gonna think about him at least warn a girl. I thought you were ignoring me"

"Sorry," Kara apologized, "I think im gonna try and get some sleep."

"Yeah, you need it." Grace said "Good night," she slipped off the bed and left the room quietly.

Kara set about, to brushing her teeth and changing into her Pyjamas. As she was getting into bed, the door opened behind her and her father looked in. He smiled at her, as he crossed the room to the crib and looked inside. "Come to say goodnight?" she asked him

"Yeah," he said, kissing the tips of his fingers and pressing them against his grandson's forehead "Good night, sweetheart," he said, leaning in and kissing Kara's forehead, before he left. Kara smiled.

"Good night dad," she said, before getting into her covers, and switching of the bedside lamp. The room was thrown into darkness. And she rolled over onto her side, facing the window. Her eyes closing seconds later. Thankfully, that night, not one image of Stephen entered her mind. But ones of Becker did.


A/N: I know crappy maths. Dont review me about it, cause I know it its crap and doesnt fit the storyline. But still, as I said last chapter. Certain events I wanted to take place when Nick was alive.

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~Selene