Primeval - Season 3

Chapter Seven

The Knight and Dragon


Darkness. That's all the ceased to exist at this particular moment in time. But something was wrong. She could feel it. Although her eyes were closed, her other senses where kicking in. Feel. Hearing. Smell. There was nothing distinctive, but she could hear laughter and soft talking. Where was she? There was a soft click and then the close of a door, somewhere far in the distance. A whisper, and the flipping on of a light. But the darkness loomed.

"Grace,"

She recognized that voice. It was calling her. Pulling her back.

"Mmm?"

She mumbled. But she couldn't find the way. It was to dark. Why couldn't she speak properly? What was happening?

"Grace" said another voice, a different voice, yet it too was familiar. "Grace, wake up"

I would if I could. She wanted to say so badly. But as the words formed on her lips she found that she couldn't speak them. The surface on which she lay, sunk slightly at the end and there was the soft sounds of someone walking away. Where were they going? She needed help here.

Then it came. The one thing that would wake anyone from any form of sleep. A piercing scream.

Her eyes snapped open, and she flew out of her seat. She was in the living room of her cousin's house. Standing beside her was Becker. Kara was home. Of course she was home, she was screaming. The scream was coming from upstairs, and at that moment the only thing that could be heard was thundering footfalls down the stairs. And Kara appeared in the doorway to the living room. In her hand a piece of what appeared to be paper.

"What happened?" Grace asked "What's wrong?"

There was something in the look on Kara's face, that told Grace and Becker that something was seriously wrong.

"Nick's gone" Kara said

The temperature in the room became colder if that was possible.


Sleep hadn't come at all to anyone in the Cutter household that night. Grace Hunter lay flat on her back staring at the ceiling of her room, down the hallway she could hear the sobs of her cousin, who had actually locked herself inside her room and refused to come out. Becker had managed to only just get into the room, because Kara was now at her weak stage. Grace was a little upset that she couldn't comfort her cousin in her time of need. But the way Kara had reacted was enough to tell her to stay as far away as possible, until Kara had calmed down.

It wasn't like it was her fault. She hadn't let anyone into the house to kidnap Nick. Why would she? She loved the baby has if he was her own kid. He was her cousin, practically a nephew. So why would she want him kidnapped. They had already figured out who had taken the baby. The one person who wanted to cause Kara as much harm as possible. Helen.

Grace sighed as she pushed herself up and stared around her bedroom. It was covered mostly in posters but also pictures of her friends and family. On the wall opposite her. There was a small shrine to her friends. It consisted of pictures of her, Kara and the team. Each pictures was linked together by a golden chain, but if anyone had taken the time to look closer they would have noticed that it wasn't just a plain ordinary chain. It was tiny lettering that spelt out 'Friends'. In frames, all over the room where pictures that represented different times of her life. They ranged from photos of her as a child with her parents, her aunt and uncle and her cousin, to pictures of her in LA with her American friends. Then there came the most recent pictures. The ones of her and her uncle. Her and Kara. And the best one of all, her and baby Nick.

She smiled at the picture that was on the bedside table. She couldn't remember where it was taken, but she didn't care. She was sitting, with Nick on her lap. His bright blue eyes staring at the camera, a bright happy smile plastered on his face. Why anyone would want to take him was beyond her. He was a delightful child, always smiling and laughing and having fun

Grace once more became aware of her surroundings. The sobs had stopped. All was silent. Had Kara managed to cry herself to sleep? She didn't know, but she did know that her cousin was silent. She wondered what had happened. But thought best to leave it until the next morning. If the next morning ever came. Rolling back onto her back, now with the light off. She sighed. It was gonna be a long night…and an even longer morning.


A soft groan could be heard, as the blankets on the bed ruffled and slipped. A head of dark hair emerged tiredly from beneath them, her eyes were red and puffy from crying, and there was tear stains on her face. Tiredly she reached over for the alarm clock that was blaring loudly and hit the top of it knocking it off. She flopped back onto her pillow as everything came flooding back to her. But this time instead of tears flowing, anger did.


There on her bedside table lay the note that was left.

She didn't need to read off the note. She knew each word off by heart from the many times she had read over it last night.

Something's are just meant to be

He doesn't belong in this world

There is only one way to set things right

And im afraid this is it.

Love

Mum

P.S. You get one clue. You'll find me where it all begins.

Who the hell did Helen Cutter think she was? Kidnapping a 10 month year old baby, because he wasn't meant to have been born. The hell he had! So, what if Nick hadn't been planned, he had just happened because of one night alone. Helen was so obsessed with the right balance of the earth, that she was missing the bigger picture. That all Kara ever wanted was a perfect happy family. But it seemed if Helen was in Kara's picture then the world wasn't happy. But she couldn't see what was right in front of her eyes.

Ever since the day she had reappeared, 3 years ago. Kara had wanted more than anything for Helen to come back into her life. To be the mother she was when Kara was 5. She held all the memories of her mother, she just never spoke of them because there were a lot of memories that she held. And she was so angry at her mother for leaving her without probable cause.

Raising once more from her bed, Kara threw back her covers and attempted to get up. But found she couldn't. Confusedly she glanced down, her eyes widening as she noticed the arm around her waist. But whose? Looking to the left of her. She smiled. Becker lay there, sleeping soundly, his arm wrapped around her, holding her close to him. He was fully clothed, so she could have guessed nothing happened. But he wouldn't have taken advantage of her like that. Not last night. He was better than that, she knew that.

But he had stayed. He had stayed with her, all night.

She smiled softly, as she untangled herself carefully from his embrace careful not to wake him. She then slipped out of bed and out of the room soundly. She had to get ready for work. She could wake him and Grace once she was ready. Once in the bathroom, she closed and locked the door behind her, and started the shower. Oblivious to the fact that she wasn't the only one awake.


It was nearly mid-day when Becker, Kara and Grace arrived at the ARC. Becker had brought the two girls in. Kara was sat silently in the front seat of the car, in her hand was the small paws teddy from Nick's crib. At first Grace didn't understand why her cousin was bringing a stuffed animal to work. She then realized it had something to do with Separation Anxiety. Kara would hold the one thing that was of Nick's. She would keep it close to her until she had Nick back in her arms.

Although she was hurting, Kara was more than determined. The possible idea of her mother being on the other side of an anomaly with her son, was frightening so she had to find him. But she could have been wrong. What if she was wrong? What if she went running off for the anomaly and her son, and it was wrong? She would be putting not only her life but her teams lives in danger. She couldn't do that. She ha d to be sure.

But the clue was very clear. 'You will find me where it all begins' there was only one place that she was sure that was. Her mother had spoken of it many times in the past few months. The Future.

Providing his ID card to the guard at the gate, Becker drove them through and into the underground parking lot.

"Connor," Kara shouted as she entered the main ops room "Give me good news. Tell me there's an Anomaly open somewhere. Preferably to the Future"

Connor, Abby, Danny and Sarah all looked up and around at her as, she and Grace headed towards them. Becker had gone off with his cadets. Someplace.

"Why?" Connor asked curiously, but moved towards the Detector

"I have some business to attend to in the Future"

A confused glance was exchanged between the others. They were missing something.

"Okay," Danny said, his arm fall over Kara's shoulders "What's going on?"

"Why do you think something is going on?" she asked, looking up at him

"Because 1. You don't usually come into work in a cheery mood, ready to hunt Dinosaurs. And 2. What's with the toy. 3. Where's Nick?"

Kara deflated. She couldn't hide anything from the team.

"Would you believe me when I said with a friend?" she asked hopefully

"Kara," Danny's voice was stern, she sighed.

"He's been kidnapped" she whispered

"Come again?" Abby asked

"He's gone…" Kara said "Helen took him"

There was a gasp and Kara was suddenly crushed between both Abby and Sarah as they each threw themselves at her, wrapping their arms around her neck. Kara felt the air leave her lungs as she was squished from both sides.

"Do you know where?" Abby asked, once she and Sarah and released their younger friend

"The Future," Kara said, and she produced the note that had been left.

Sarah read through it quickly, her eyes zooming across the small note paper at lightening speed. She looked up at Kara when she had done.

"You get the future from this?" she asked

"Yeah" Kara nodded "You see where it says…your one clue?"

"Yeah. It says, uh…you'll find me where it all begins" she read

"My mum says, everything begins in the Future."

"What begins?" Danny asked curiously

"I don't know, " Kara answered "But im gonna find my son, and possibly in the process find out what she means. Once and for all. I have had enough of her cryptic crap. Its time for answers."

The alarms blared. Kara sighed. Okay, she wasn't finding the answers she so badly seeked now. But there was an open anomaly. Maybe it was what she looked for,

"Lets go," she said and hurried out of the room with Grace.

"Where too?" Becker asked, when she reached his car. Connor was behind her with the Hand-held detectors. He handed hers to her, and she looked it over.

"Not far," she answered Becker before climbing in beside him, as Grace took her seat in the back beside two of his men.


Their destination was a junk-yard. Where they were tearing apart cars. Coming to a complete stop, ahead of them, Kara could see a dragon like creature, trying to evade the metallic claw above him. The control of the crane was trying his best to hit the creature.

"He's going to kill it," Abby said, as the team filed out of their cars and grouped up in front of the cars, watching the destruction before them.

"This is madness," Kara commented

"Come on," Danny said as he started forward, Abby and Kara trailing behind him

"Stop! Stop!" Abby yelled as she hopped up onto the bonnet of a near by car in front of the crane

"Hey, hold it!" Danny yelled, from beside Abby

The driver of the crane, dropped a car from the air, meters away from where Abby and Danny and Kara's heart stop beating for a second, she breathed a sigh as the car missed her friends.

"Get him out of there!" she said to Becker

"Hey," Becker said, opening the door to the crane and pulling the driver out "Come on,"

"What is that thing?" The driver asked,

"You don't want to know" Connor said

"Its injured," Abby said "We have to help it"

"Yeah, I was afraid you would say that" Becker mentioned from beside Kara, his gun in front of him aimed at the creature.

"Abby. How's it injured?" Kara asked

And her blonde friend, jumped off the car and behind the one that had crashed down. Although Danny tried to stop her, but Kara knew Abby wouldn't try to get too close. The creature was hurt and paranoid. It was in a world that wasn't its own. It was possibly scared.

"Sarah!" Danny said throwing out a hand to stop the burnette from getting closer "Wait, stay back!"

"I can help," Sarah persisted

"Danny's right Sarah," Kara said "Stay back"

It wasn't that she didn't trust Sarah, but Abby used to work at Wellington Zoo. She had looked over plenty of animals, she had an history of working with them. So therefore she was the best suited to check over the creature.

"We've got to push it back to the Anomaly" Danny said "If its gonna die, its gonna die in its own world"

"Its not gonna die," Abby said, as she edged closer slightly

"Abby, ease up" Kara said

The last thing she wanted was the creature to strike.

"Where's the anomaly?" Danny asked

"Its close" was her answer

"What's wrong with it?" Grace asked

"Its got something stuck in its side," Abby said

Suddenly the creature charged. It hit the car in which Abby had been hiding behind and propelled her backwards.

"Abby!"

The combined voices of Danny and Kara yelled. Thankfully the blonde was okay, as she quickly got back to her feet.

"Hey! Hey!" Danny started yelling, Kara turned her attention to him. What the hell was he doing?

"Danny?" Sarah asked questionably

"All make a noise" he ordered "Go on"

Grace and Connor each turned to Kara. As she nodded and the three of them reached for the closest items near them.

"Grab something," Connor said to Sarah in front of him.

All along the junkyard, there were lines of cars stacked high upon one another. Lightly tapping the sides of the cars, the team were able to push the creature back towards the Anomaly.

"That was easy," Danny said, once the creature was close enough to the anomaly.

"Why is it coming back?" Grace asked, as the creature turned on itself and headed back towards them.

"Woah," Kara said as she was grabbed and pulled her backwards from the rampaging creature. She hit the side of the cars and looked up as the moved below her. She was pressed between Danny and Becker.

Before anyone could say anything, a knight on horse back came galloping through the Anomaly, speaking in Latin before disappearing away from them.

"Anyone else?" Danny asked "Okay"

"Well, we've had a dragon" Kara said "A Knight in Shining armour -"

"A damsel in distress would be nice," Danny said with a grin

"Careful what you wish for," Kara murmured "especially on this job"

There was a light chuckle, and Kara grinned.

"Its not a real dragon," Abby commented

"Dracorex," Connor supplied "Late Cretaceous. Herbivore"

"Its still dangerous," Abby said, dropping what she had in her hand and hurrying back in the opposite direction "Its injured"

Kara, Grace, Becker, Sarah and Danny hurried after her

"Connor the anomaly" Danny said over his shoulder


"What did he say anyway?" Kara asked, as she walked along the rest in search of the knight and the dragon

"This is hell. I carry onto glory," Danny answered her

"You speak Latin?" Sarah asked

"What?" Danny asked "A cop cant have a classical education?"

"No, I didn't say that" Sarah answered "Its just it was more. ' This is Hell, My quest continues, onto glory" she explained

"I was paraphrasing" Danny argued

"Does it matter?" Kara asked cutting in

"The Dracorex must have come through an anomaly into medieval England" Grace said

"This is a waste of time," Kara spoke once more suddenly, coming to a stand still "it's a maze here. Danny go get Connor, go after the Knight. Grace go with them. Meanwhile, Im gonna take Becker, Abby and Sarah, we'll go after the Dragon"

"Got it," Danny said as Kara, Abby and Becker hurried in one direction but Sarah lingered behind.


"Something wrong?" Grace asked, as she noticed Sarah lingering behind

"Um, Danny" Sarah said awkwardly "I think I'll stay here"

"I thought you said you wanted to get involved?" Danny asked, as Grace hurried back to Connor

"Yeah, I know, but you're right. Im probably more of a back room kind of girl"

"Look, if your frightened, then your frightened." Danny said "Its nothing to be ashamed of, eh?"

"Yeah." Sarah said "I'll keep that in mind"

And as Danny disappeared, and she was sure, Abby, Becker and Kara had gone. She hurried off in her own direction.

Sprinting out of the Junk-yard with Connor and Danny. Grace hurried along the streets of the London in search of a knigh, in armour on horse back. How difficult was that going to be? It was proving. Very.

"He's on the High Street" a lad shouted as he raced past them in the opposite direction

"He's there" Connor said, and the three of the hurried off once more

The Knight had had a head start on them, plus he was on horseback, so he was gonna be faster than them. How could they possibly catch him?


Kara sat in the front seat of the SUV as she searched the fields around her for any sign of the dragon. Abby was behind her doing the same, as Becker more or less drove. The reason she had decided to go with Abby and Becker, and have Danny take care of the Knight was, that both groups more or less needed a leader in each. Sarah was supposed to be with them. But she had disappeared somewhere, or had gone off with Danny and the others, this was fine with Kara, she didn't really mind, as long as they found what they were searching for.

"This thing could be anywhere," Abby said from the back seat

"So keep your eyes open" Kara said

The first 10 minutes they drove in silence, before Abby's voice broke it.

"Its over there!" she shouted, and Kara looked behind her to see that she was pointing behind Becker. Glancing a look through the driver's side window, she saw the Dragon for herself.

"Slow down" she said, and as Becker did as told the dragon cut across their path

"Don't lose it!" Abby said, and they continued onwards.

Reaching into the glove compartment of the car, Kara passed back a small hand gun to Abby as the two loaded them up.

After a few more moments, they pulled up outside as Strawberry plant. The workers were abandoning their work and running screaming from the place.

"I think we found it," Becker said as he got out of the car, loading his gun

"I don't want it harmed," Abby said, making her way around to the front of the car, she glanced at Kara who nodded.

"We use Tranquilizers" Kara said

"Its my job to protect you not the creatures," Becker answered her

"And we cant change history," Kara said "Its happened before. If you kill the creature, who knows what you'll be doing"

Becker sighed, he had to stuck with two from the Original team, but headed into the Strawberry plant, like he hadn't heard a word. Kara and Abby exchanged looks as they followed him.


Turning off the High Street and onto another side street, Grace continued to follow behind Danny and Connor. There was a rev of an engine, and she side-stepped a man heading towards her. He was wearing nearly all leather and an helmet. He looked like a biker to her. But where was his bike?

"All right, mate?" Connor asked, as the man sprinted past them

"So, what happens when we actually catch him?" Grace asked, her cousin had left that part out of the plan, so she had to ask Danny for his side of the plan.

"Well, we'll sit him down and we'll talk to him like rational human beings" Danny answered her

"Except he think he is in hell," Grace answered "I don't think talking is going to be on the top of his list"

This comment came with no answer. Grace shrugged and hurried after her friends once more. They had turned down onto an alley way. Ahead of them was the Knight. He looked up at the sound of their approach.

"Stand back, demons" the Knight said

"We're not demons," Danny said "We're flesh and blood. Like you"

"You are demons," the knight persisted "And I am in hell"

"Technically its London," Grace said, speaking and making her presence known "But its an easy mistake to make"

"We can help you get home," Connor said

"My only way home is to slay the beast," the Knight explained "and complete my quest"

"Killing the dragon will not get you back" Danny said

"Its not a Dragon," Connor interrupted "Its not a Dragon. We can help"

Grace eyed the sword of the Knight "If he wants to believe it's a Dragon, I say we let him believe…especially since is the one with the sword,"

The Knight looked confused and thoughtful as he lowered the lid of the dustbin in his hand. Connor and Danny exchanged looks as they started forward, although Grace stayed put. She didn't like the feeling she was getting. This was a trick.

Clang. Crash. Bang.

Yep. It had been a trick. The Knight had walked past her, without harm or fail and the knocked out bodies of Connor and Danny lay on the floor. Grace giggled lightly as she set to work reviving her friends.


The search continue quietly. Kara and Abby either side of Becker, each armed with a tranqulizer gun. No matter what happened, Kara had always been taught to never kill these creatures that came through anomalies. And after what had happened with Claudia Brown she was entitled to believe in the reason more. For all she knew they could wipe entire families or friends. They couldn't risk that.

Whistling light, Abby caught Kara's attention and motioned with her head in the direction of the creature. It was happily eating at the leaves of a near-by lane.

As they moved into the lane, Becker stood before the two girls his gun aimed high. Hating herself form what she was agreeing too, she looked at Abby and nodded. She couldn't risk killing the creature. It may have been dangerous, but it wasn't like it was going to kill you with a bite of its teeth. It wasn't a carnivore.

"No!" Abby suddenly said, turning her gun to Becker. Kara sighed but didn't move to stop her friend. Becker glanced over his shoulder at the two of them, they were once again standing either side of him. Abby had her gun trained on him, while Kara had hers trained on the dragon. "I told you, I don't want it to be harmed"

"Abby," Becker said, glancing back at the dragon "What are you doing?"

"Go!" Kara yelled, the Dragon had spottered them and was starting towards them "Move!"

As she and Abby stumbled backwards. Becker crashed straight through trays upon trays of Strawberries as the creature advanced on them.

"If it comes any closer im going to kill it!" Becker said, his gun trained on the creature before him

"That is not the answer," Kara whispered

The creature was within meters of them, before its legs suddenly gave out and he dropped to the straw covered ground with a thud. Its breathing was heavy. He was dying. Kara gave it a sympathetic look, as she knelt beside it.

"I think you should take a look at it," Becker said, looking up at Abby as he bit into a strawberry beside him.

Kara rolled her eyes at him, before looking up at Abby, who lowered herself to her knees beside her.

"Hey, its okay" Abby said softly, "We're not going to hurt you"

"It looks like its on its last legs," Becker said, as he sat up

"Yeah, we need to get it back" Kara said

"Yeah," Becker murmured "But how?"

"Well, that's your department" Kara said, looking back at him

"Oh, Dinosaur transportation?" Becker questioned "Yeah. Yeah, sure, why not?" and he pushed himself to his feet. He held his hand out for Kara to take before pulling her up with him.

"You gonna be okay for two seconds?" she asked Abby, who nodded.

Kara smiled as she set off with Becker to look for something to load the Dragon onto, to haul it back to the Junkyard. Her mind travelled to Grace, Danny, Connor and Sarah. Hopefully they were having just as good luck as they were.

Chasing the dragon had left Kara little time to think about Nick, she had noticed this as she returned to the spot where she had left Abby with the dragon. She and Becker had managed to acquire the use of a trailer, just big enough for the dragon. After they had loaded the creature onto it, the girls followed behind Becker as he rolled it back to the car and hooked it up to the back.

"Im gonna stay out here with it," Abby said, as she climbed up onto the trailer behind the dragon

"Be careful," Kara said as she headed for the passenger's seat, Becker started the engine from beside her and sliding her sunglasses down over her eyes, they headed out.

"Hello," said a old gentleman as they headed for the exist. Kara smiled at him as they passed, her eyes straying to the side mirror outside her window, as she laughed softly at the man's face, at the sight of the dragon.

Once the car stopped again, they had arrived back at the Junkyard. The other cars where still there, this proved that Danny, Grace and Connor had gone on foot. So had Sarah. Wherever she was. Abby, hopped off the trailer on the other side, as Becker appeared.

"Hurry up, we don't have much time" Abby said, as Becker started to unload the trailer from the SUV.

"Here's your field hospital," Becker said, as he rolled it towards the hanger, Kara and Abby following. The two girls opened the hanger doors so Becker could roll the creature in.

"You're gonna be okay, Dragon" Abby murmured

"Woah," Kara said "That's okay" and the trailer stopped as she climbed out from behind it and back towards Becker as Abby looked over the wound.

"We're gonna need a vet," Abby said

"I'll call the ARC," Becker offered

"There's no time," Abby said, with a sigh "Im going to have to do it"

Abby hurried to a corner desk and pulled out a First Aid Kit, Kara watched her closely, she seemed nervous but determined. Then again. Abby always had been.

"You can do this Abby," Becker said from beside her

Abby looked up, her reflection in the mirror staring at them. She nodded, and sighed before returning to Dragon's side. Taking a liquid antiseptic, cotton swab and spriral wire with her. Kara exchanged a look with Becker as she turned back to her friend.

"Come on," Abby said, motioning for Becker to join her "I need your help"

At that moment, Kara's phone rang and she hurried out of the Hanger to answer it. It was Sarah. But before she could answer, the woman in question was walking towards her. Cancelling the call, she waved Sarah over to her.

"Where you been?" Kara asked

"Finding out information," Sarah said "You'd be surprised what I learned"

"Oh, come on then, tell me"

Sarah sighed "The knights name is William DeMornay. Now he was a warrior, a mercenary, who fought all over the Europe for whoever paid him. He's killed a lot of men. And he's looking for redemption. And he thinks killing the dragon is going to do it"

"How did you find out all this?" Kara asked

"My job is to research," Sarah said "So I researched"

Kara smirked "Yeah, so all this attire is for what? Brain stimulation? Dress like the medieval times, get the answers you seek?"

Sarah stuttered for a second, her mouth opening and closing as she stumbled for her words

"Sarah, you're not the first to go through an anomaly," Kara said, laughing softly "Relax. Im just glad we know a bit about the knight to help us understand him better."

Sarah sighed in relief, and Kara laughed again.

"Call, Danny" she instructed "Tell him what you know…"

"Okay," Sarah said, as took out her phone dialling Danny's number as she and Kara returned inside the hanger were both Becker and Abby where operating on the Dragon.


After she had managed to revive both Danny and Connor from their states. The three of them were once again running, at top speed through the streets of London.

"Look, we're never gonna find him" Danny complained

"Danny," Grace said stopping "he's wearing a full suit of armour, and he's carrying a sword" she explained "Even in London that's going to get noticed. Don't worry he's gonna stick out like a sore -"

Just as the words had left her mouth, they stepped out of the alleyway and onto the street. Only to stop in their tracks at the costume parade that was walking the street.

" - thumb" she finished, glancing back at Danny and Connor before they hurried into the crowd.

"Come on," Danny said as they hurried off from the parade, in search once more for their Knight.

"This is gonna take forever," Grace complained as they walked the streets of London "London is a big place. He could be anywhere"

"Will you stop complaining," Danny asked "You should have gone with Kara,"

Grace gasped as she glared at him, but he didn't turn to meet her glare. Instead a scuffle of noises were heard ahead of them. People were running left, right and centre. What was going on? Rounding the corner, the team of three came upon the pub 'The Green Man' there were people running screaming from the place.

"Sir Lancelot?" Connor asked, motioning to the pub

"Yeah." Danny answered and they hurried inside

"Satan!" came a scream from the bar area

Grace stopped at the door, there cowering on the floor was a biker, trying to hide under a snooker table. The knight grabbed his leg and pulled him back from under it as the biker continued to struggle to try and get under shelter with his friends.

"Hey!" Danny yelled, picking up a glass bottle from a near-by table and throwing it at the night. The bottle shattered on impact with the armour. Grace rolled her eyes. This was going to be fun to watch.

The Knight dropped the man as he scuttled under the table. The knight then turned to face the team of three.

"See how your master cowers before me" he spoke

"I don't think he is, who you think he is" Danny said

"How many demons do I have to slay this day?" the Knight asked

"Sort something out. I'll keep him busy" Danny whispered to Grace and Connor

"You what?" the two asked

"Go on"

Grace and Connor exchanged looks as they each separated. Connor one way and Grace the other. Each trying to get behind the knight.

"Cant we just talk about this?" Danny asked, the Knight was silent as he continued his approach "Obviously not. What's that up there?"

The Knight falling for the trick, looked up as Danny punched the armour of his chest. Grace looked back and rolled her eyes, like that was going to hurt? Danny tried again, when his first attempts didn't work.

"That's just made you cross, hasn't it?" he asked

The Knight nodded, and lifted his fist punching Danny, and knocking him backwards.

"Danny!" Grace screamed, before delivering a high kick blow to the Knight's back. His armour clanged, and he turned towards her. She squeaked. Okay, taking a Karate class may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but right now, she was regretting doing anything like she just had.

Another glass bottle was shattered over the Knights head, as Connor came to the rescue. The Knight turned towards him. He pulled a dart from the dart board, as his protection.

"You are too feeble of an opponent to be worth killing" the Knight said, drawing his sword. Connor dropped his arm "But do not try my patience again"

He turned and headed for the door, disappearing from view.

"Look at the state of my pub," the barman said, coming out from behind the bar. Grace was at Danny's side as Connor leaned against the snooker table.

"Quick," Connor said, jumping up "We cant lose him"

And heading for the door themselves, Grace heard the barman yell from behind them

"Its worse than the worst hen night!"

But they had more important things to worry about, other than a pub.

Back outside, the parade had made it down to their street, and once more they were caught in the middle of it. There were people on the sidewalk with strange looks, possibly wondering why three people were walking amongst the parade in normal clothes.

"Gotcha!" Danny said, and Grace spun around to see he had grabbed a knight down the line. But it turned out to be just a man dressed up.

"Sorry mate," Grace apologized as Danny let him go "Now what?" she asked, they'd lost the knight again.

"Come on," Danny said, and heading out of the parade once more they run alone another street, near the river.

"We should split up," Grace said "Cover more ground…"

"She's got a point" Danny agreed

"Split up?" Connor asked "Im not splitting up. Have you not seen horror movies?"

"Oh please," Grace said "Your over exaggerating. What's he gonna do? Decapitate us?"

The two men gave her a similar look, and she groaned. That's exactly what they had been thinking.

"Look, we gotta find him before he kills anyone, all right?" she continued, at that moment a phone started ringing, knowing it wasn't hers she looked towards Danny and Connor. It was Danny.

"Its me." he said removing his phone and answering it "Talk to me"

As Danny talked, Connor wandered off into a nearby coffee shop. Grace watched him go, as she dropped down onto a near-by wall, watching Danny speak. She could hear Sarah's voice on the other end of the line.

"Well, you're very good," Danny said, and Grace looked at him confusedly

"Better than you think," came Sarah's voice

"Look, we have to find him" Danny said more determinedly now than before "He's lost in a world he doesn't understand. Maybe he's not looking for the dragon. Maybe he's just trying to find his way home"

"Well, in that case, there's the ruins of the old parish church by the river." Sarah's voice sounded again "Im sending you the map reference's now"

"Send the reference to Grace. She'd be able to find it." there was Kara's voice. Grace laughed softly, as her phone buzzed in her pocket and she removed it. It was the map references from Sarah, she showed them to Danny, to say she had received them.

"She's got them," Danny said down the line "Okay, get Becker and you meet me there"

"Well, he cant right now, he's helping Abby"

"What's she doing?"

"She's operating on the Dracorex"

"Well, alright, get Kara then," Danny said "And you two meet me at the Church"

"She's supervising,"

It was clear to Grace, that Sarah, wanted to do this one herself. She didn't want anyone overshadowing her. But she also knew, that just like Danny, Kara wasn't gonna let Sarah go off on her own.

"But I can come now," Sarah said

"Sarah, you do not leave without back-up" Danny said, it was obvious he was getting annoyed "That's an order. Do you understand?"


"Sarah," Kara said, as the older woman walked away from her, Becker and Abby towards a closed off space, still talking on the phone to Danny. She could hear the shallow mumurs of Danny's voice but she couldn't comprehend what was being said.

Soon Sarah returned, she was wearing her clothes from the morning and heading for the door.

"Where you going?" Kara asked, turning to her

"Danny said to meet him at the church," Sarah answered, walking backwards towards the door

"Sarah," Kara said stopping her "You're not leaving without back-up"

"You sound like Danny," she answered "But he already said it was okay…just to tell you"

"Now that doesn't sound like Danny," Kara said

"I gotta go," Sarah said as she edged closer to the door

"Sarah!" Kara said "Do not you walk out that -"

But the older woman had already gone. Kara sighed in aggravation and hurried after her friend. She Danny hadn't said anything about Sarah meeting up with him, she knew he wouldn't allow Sarah to go without back-up as much as she wouldn't allow it. A few minutes later she re-entered the hanger. Sarah had gone. So had the car.

A few minutes later, Connor arrived. He sighed, as he hung up the phone call he was having when he entered the hanger. "Thank you," he said as both Kara and Becker headed for the doors. Grace behind him.

"See you in a bit," Kara said to Connor and Abby as Grace followed her and Becker back out to the cars.

"Where's Sarah?" Grace asked, as she, Kara and Becker climbed into the SUV, and pulled out of the junkyard once more.

"She's gone to meet Danny," Kara answered, from the front seat "Im gonna kill her when I find her."

"Running off without back-up?" Grace asked

"Yeah," was the simple answer "And I don't know what Danny think's he is playing at, going after Sir William without back-up either"

"He'll be fine," Grace said reassuringly

Kara glanced in the rear-view mirror at her cousin "You really believe that?" she asked

After every thing Danny had done before joined the team, it was a wonder he was even around to this day. It seemed he wanted to act the hero all the time. Be a hero of sorts. The day of the Future Gremlin. Abby had told Kara that Danny had fired several gunshots at the Gremlin has it appeared back through the anomaly one more time. He killed it.

Then the day of the G-Rex. Okay, granted he had led the dinosaur back through the Anomaly, but he had nearly gotten himself killed in the process, nearly causing them to lock him on the other side of the anomaly with the predators. But he had been lucky, and returned just in time. Before Connor sealed the anomaly for good.

The Terror Birds. Sure, he had lured the birds away from the Lodge for a few seconds, as he attempted to get to the Bunker with the Record. But he had put Connor's life on the line, by asking for help. He had led them to believe that he had gone through the anomaly, to save their lives by giving his.

And now, he had gone off alone, after a Knight who had killed many men. Who was looking for the Dragon to kill. And would kill just about anyone in his attempts to complete his mission. The Knight had already called London hell, so it was sure he thought of them as demons. Protectors of Satan. It wasn't too hard to figure all this out. It just took some common sense and Knowledge.

A ringing, broke through her thoughts as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. It was Danny.

"Danny?" she said down the line, she was silent for a moment while Danny spoke. "Why? What's wrong?"

"William's taken Sarah, he knows, she knows where the Dragon is"

"Didn't I tell you careful what you wish for?" Kara sighed "We're on our way"

She hung up the phone, stared at it for a second or two, before returning it to her pocket.

"What's wrong?" Becker asked

"The Knight has taken Sarah," she explained "He wants to know where the dragon is. He's using her to find it. Danny's still at the church. He needs picking up"

After another 10 minutes, Danny was getting into the back of the car with Grace. Kara having refused to move from the front seat, when they arrived outside the ruins of the church.

"I told her not to leave without Back-up" Danny said

"Yeah, so did I" Kara commented "We'll deal with it when this is over"

"Where did she find all the information on the Knight anyway?" Grace asked

Kara turned from the question and looked around the outside of the car. She wasn't in any mood of arguing about Sarah's trip through the anomaly. She just wanted this day to end, so she could start planning the rescue of her son. She tuned the conversations around her out, so they were just a light buzz in the back of her mind.

Her mind travelled to Helen. What did she want this time? And why take Nick to get it? It was obvious, that whatever Helen wanted had something to do with Kara, or she wouldn't have taken her grandson. As she sat in silence, consumed by her thoughts. Kara was unaware of the glances and looks she was receiving from her friends around her. This was the first time she had, all day to even think about Nick. And at this moment she was starting to regret it, because she could feel her heart-breaking at the fact that her son was away from her. Plus she was starting to doubt herself once more as a mother. A good mother wouldn't have allowed their son to get kidnapped.

A real mother would have gone straight to the police if their child had been kidnapped. But what could the police do? Nick was the other side of an anomaly. The only people who would be able to locate him safely. Was her, and her team. She just prayed her baby was okay. Her mother may have had a grudge against her for some reason, but she wasn't so heartless that she would leave a 10 month year old baby, die of starvation. Would she? No, she wasn't that cruel. Kidnapping was one thing, but death by starvation was something Helen Cutter wouldn't allow to happen.

She wanted to hurt Kara, not kill her. And if anything happened to Nick, that's what would happen to her daughter. Kara would die of a broken heart, if she ever found her child dead. No, she wasn't that evil. Even Kara knew that.

Pulling into the Junkyard, once more, Kara turned to the sound of a horse. There was a white horse, near-by. It was the same one, Sir William had appeared on. So he was here. That meant Sarah was too.

"Come on," she said, after she had climbed out of the front seat of the car. The others had followed suit once the car had shut down completely. Before they headed for the hanger.

"Abby move out of the way" Connor's voice sounded

Kara's head snapped up, and before any of the others could stop her, she was sprinting towards the hanger. Grace, exchanged looks with Becker and Danny before running after her cousin. The two men following behind. Grace knew why Kara was pretty protective over Abby and Connor. It wasn't like she was hiding it or anything.

"William!" Kara yelled, as she got to the double doors.

The scene before her consisted of Abby, leaning over the dragon, the Knight was in front of her with his sword raised. Sarah behind him, possibly trying to reason, and Connor frozen in fear. Sarah spun around at the sound of her voice, as Becker edged into the hanger before her.

"Drop your weapon and get down on your knees!" he ordered, his gun trained in front of him. At this particular moment, Kara didn't care about changing history, all she cared about was Abby's safety.

"Becker, don't!" Sarah said, her hand covering the barrel of the gun "Look, if you kill him, then history changes, his children will never be born. And who knows where it will end? He has to go back" she explained

"No," Connor said "He's gonna kill Abby. Becker do it!"

Becker pulled his gun free of Sarah's grip and aimed it at William again. Kara appeared behind him, her hands on his sides as she stood on her toes to whisper in his ear.

"Give him a chance," she whispered

Becker turned to look at her over his shoulder, she nodded slowly

"You would sacrifice your life, for this savage beast?" William asked confusedly turning back to Abby, his sword faltering slightly

"Willingly," Abby answered

"This isnt how demons behave is it, William?" Danny asked, as he edged closer to the trailer.

"No, this is some sort of trick," William said, turning his blade on Danny

"No trick" Kara said, speaking up and stepping around Becker, so William could see her "And in your heart, you know it. We're humans, just like you"

"You've done enough William" Sarah said, "Your quest is over"

William looked at each and every one of their faces, before he turned back to Abby. Realization was dawning and he could see that they were telling the truth. This was all real. They were real. Abby, was still hiding the dragon from view, her face set in determination. And Kara knew that her blonde friend would gladly die for the dragon, than let William kill it. Soon, William lowered his sword, the blade resting on the ground as he cried. Hard.

Everything suddenly seemed to speed up. William had yelled. His sword had been risen and he was thrashing towards Abby. Then, time seemed to ground to a stop. All Kara could hear and feel was her heart hammering rapidly against her rib cage. Time gradually started working again, as William's sword slashed through the air, and stabbed a oil canister beside Abby. Time restarted, and Kara breathed a sigh of relief as her friend came out of things alive. William was now on the floor crying.


"I thought this might be hell," William said

They had left the hanger by now, and were escorting him back to the Anomaly. The dragon had been left to rest in the Hanger. Grace walked behind alongside Connor and Abby, as Kara, her hand intertwined with Becker's walked alongside him.

"Yeah, we got that" Danny said

Kara looked down at him. Sarah was walking alongside him, and it looked like she had linked her arm through his.

"But if it is not, can it be paradise?" William asked

"Well, not exactly" Kara said

"Thank God, for its an awful place"

"Yeah, sometimes" Danny said with a smile "But its home. And your home is -"

"- through there" William said as the team came to a stand still

"Yeah."

Sir William, looked around at the team, before heading for the anomaly. He stopped just before entering, on the saddle on his horse he reached for something before turning to Sarah.

"Sarah?" he called

The girl in question turned to him, making her way forward. Sir Wiliam then reached out his hand, and speaking in Latin placed something in hers, before leaving, with one farewell glance.

"What did he say?" Becker asked

"He said 'I depart in peace'" Sarah answered

Danny slowly approached her "It was more like 'I leave you in peace'" he said

Kara groaned, as she threw her head back. Not this stupid game of who could out do one another. Becker's chest rumbled slightly as he chuckled and she looked up at him, with a smile.

"They better not start this again," she murmured

"Why?" Becker asked, looking down at her "Its only a little banter, leave them too it, I say"

Kara grinned and shrugged. "A little banter can turn into a big argument in seconds,"

"Their not gonna argue," Becker said "Not when you're here anyway…I think Danny know's not to get on your bad side"

Kara grinned as she remembered back to the day of the Fungus, and how she had made both Becker and Danny cringe as she snapped. Who could blame her? Danny had let the Fungus escape into the ARC, with many other people inside and her son.

Her son. He was still in Helen's clutches. She needed to get him back - now!

Movement caught her eye, and she looked up to see Connor walking past her. Where was he going?

"Just some stuff…to take care off" he said, motioning to his phone and looking at Abby. That boy was hiding something. It was obvious.

"Come on guys," Kara suddenly said "Lets get out of here!"

And still holding hands with Becker, not caring who saw. Kara lead the way back to the cars. And climbing into their respective seats the team left the Junkyard and the now sealed anomaly.


That evening around 7:00pm. Grace was sitting in the living room downstairs, trying to get into her show, but her mind kept drifting to her nephew. Kara was upstairs in her bedroom, she had gone there the moment she had gotten into the house that afternoon. And she hadnt returned yet. She had dinner. Although Grace had asked, but she had said she wasn't hungry.

With a sigh, Grace flipped the channel, but she couldn't seem to get into anything. Her mind was reeling. Nick had been taken for almost 12 hours. He hadnt had food. A change of clothes. Or even a bath yet. He hadnt seen his mothers face, heard her voice. Nothing. The only things he had seen her the face and voice of a stranger. In reality it was his grandmother. But he was too young to notice that.

She could just hear his little voice, saying 'Mama' right now. Usually at this very moment, Kara was usually bathing him, changing him and singing him to sleep. But he would have to go she didn't know how many nights without that. But Kara seemed determined to find him. Well, she was his mother, and she was really protective. Nick was in danger. Helen had better watch her step. She was treading on thin ice with her daughter.

A knock at the door alerted Grace to the presence of another. She switched off the TV as she headed for the front door. There were two shadows silhouetted in the glass. Pulling back the door, she smiled at the two men there. Adam and Becker. Inviting them both in she motioned to the stairs as Becker opened his mouth to speak. She knew who he wanted. And she had grown accustom to having him around the place every night. At least there was someone to keep Kara calm when she couldn't. But at times like this, she wished her uncle was still around.

"She's upstairs," Grace said softly "Has been for about an hour now"

Becker nodded and headed for the stairs, taking his jacket off at the bottom. It was strange for Grace to see him in normal clothes as to him in his uniform. She turned to Adam, she hadn't seen him since Christine tried to take over the ARC. He wasn't making eye contact with her. And if Kara found out he was down here, she would kill him and then she would kill Grace. Grace just prayed Becker wouldn't say anything.

"Hi," Adam said sheepishly as he followed Grace back into the living room "I just wanted to apologize. I couldn't do it yesterday, Christine would have had my head. And last night -"

"- Kara would have had your head if you were here last night" Grace said

"How is he here?" Adam asked, nodding towards the stairs that Becker had disappeared up previously

"He and Kara are an item now," Grace answered

Adam was silent.

Grace re-took her seat on the couch, and switched back on the TV using the remote sensor, she continued channel flipping. God she was so bored. Torchwood started at 9:00pm. But something told her she wasn't gonna be watching it either tonight. Not with Adam here. Or Kara and Becker upstairs. Not that she figured she would hear the latte of the two.

"Grace, im sorry" Adam said breaking through the silence "I hate there being tension between us. And I hate us not talking. I really am sorry. You have to believe me."

"Why?" she asked suddenly "Why did you take Christine to the ARC?"

"I honestly didn't think you worked there" Adam said "When you said you worked with your cousin, I didn't think you meant at the Anomaly Research Centre. Christine said, the Artefact was there, and we were going in. I really didn't know you worked there, until I saw you come back with the team"

"This is my point though Adam" Grace said "How do you expect us to be together, when we are on opposite sides? Christine wants control of the ARC. If she knows we are together, then she is gonna want you to use me, to get you inside"

"She wouldn't do that," Adam said

Grace scoffed and stared at him

"Are you serious? She undermined Lester. Took his position. She drove me, Kara, Danny, Abby and Sarah into the woods, where we were nearly killed by Terror Birds. She abused her position to get what she wanted. She didn't care about the welfare or safety of the rest of us. So don't you sit there and tell me, that she wouldn't use our relationship to get what she wants. Cause she doesn't care, about us" Grace argued,

There was movement upstairs, and Grace looked up. She sighed. Had Kara heard her, raising her voice? There was a distant door opening, and footsteps on the landing.

"I think its time you left," Grace said with a soft sigh "Kara knows you're here"

Adam sighed, he didn't want to have to leave. But there was no reasoning with Grace. The way Christine had talked about the ARC team, there was no reasoning with any of them. Did this mean what he thought it meant? His relationship with Grace, not matter how short it was. Was over? He hoped not, because he had never felt for another girl, the way he felt for Grace.

"Okay," he said "I'll call you…sometime…so we can…talk"

And with that said, he headed for the door.

She heard the front door open and then close, and she sighed. Life was complicated. But she guessed that's what the ARC did to people. It made it hard, to ever had a life. What having to be on call 24/7. It seemed chasing Dinosaurs, who whatever came through the Anomalies, lost its perks after a certain amount of time.

Then Grace looked at back at what Kara had said. Her cousin and Uncle had been chasing Anomalies for nearly 3 years, alongside Connor and Abby. Lester had been running the operation for nearly 3 years too. She couldn't have done it for this long. And it was a wonder Kara still could, after the many deaths and disappearances she had to have suffered in her line of work. No wonder Kara had changed. Her hard shell becoming harder, thicker, impenetrable.

She had seen things that others couldn't even begin to understand. Dinosaurs. The past. The present and the Future. Predators from any time period imaginable. Some people wouldn't be able to cope with knowledge like this. But it seemed the ARC team didn't have a choice. And Kara…well, she had always been good at keeping secrets. She had kept many secrets in the past. Grace remembered when she wandered off away from her parents at the park when she was about 6. Kara had followed her, and promised not to say anything when they got back.


"Graciey!" 8-year-old Kara Cutter yelled as she jumped off her swing and run in the direction her cousin was walking. They had been taken to the part by Grace's mother and father, for the day. Kara's father was at work, as usual, and her mother wasn't an option, because it had been at least two days since she had disappeared. Kara obviously thought her mother was on an 'adventure' as her mother would call it. Somewhere, and would be home soon.

"Graciey!"

But the 6-year-old either refused to stop or just couldn't hear her cousin calling. Finally catching up with her baby cousin, Kara grabbed her wrist and pulled her to a stop.

"We shouldn't be out here! Auntie Jessie, is gonna be so mad!" Kara said, and she turned pulling her cousin with her back towards the park, that was beyond the small hole in the hedge behind them.

"But I wanna go on an adventure," Graciey complained "Like Auntie Helen!"

"My mummy will be back soon," Kara said "She wouldn't want us wandering off alone. We could get into trouble"

"We are big kids now," Grace said "We can be brave. Do big kid stuff"

"No, Grace" Kara said "We'll be in trouble"

She then pushed her cousin towards the hole in the hedge. But Grace was persistent. She wanted to go on an adventure.

"Lets go find your mummy," Grace said stubbornly "We can bring her back"

"She be back on her own," Kara argued "She always comes home. She said so before she left. She came back for some of her clothes and she sat me down like she always did, and she told me 'Don't worry Princess. I'll come back for you'"

Grace listened with open ears. "And me?" she asked

"And you." Kara said with a nod "I wouldn't leave you. You'd have to come with us. Mummy, wouldn't mind. See?" she said "So, all we gotta do is wait. And my mummy will come back for us…and take us on an adventure with her"

Grace smiled happily, as she jumped up and down clapping her hands and laughing.

"But she cant find us, if we don't go back" Kara said

She could hear her auntie shouting from a distance.

"Kara! Grace!"

"That's Auntie Jessie." Kara said, looking at the hedge "She knows we are gone…come on…lets be brave and show her we aint run away"

Grace nodded and slipped back through the edge, as Kara followed. As they walked Grace spoke.

"Don't tell my mummy," she said

"Tell your mummy what?" Kara asked "You didn't do anything. It was an adventure. I wont say anything. Promise"


And she never had said anything.

Grace's mother was very happy when they two had come running back to her, from the small sand box that had been in the park. She had just thought they had been playing in there, and she must have over-looked them in her haste to find them. She was just happy to have them back. A week after that had happened. Grace, and her parents left London.

Helen never did return for what she had dubbed Kara 'her little princess' she had never taken Kara and Grace on that adventure she had promised. And at this moment in time, Grace was rather happy about it. For all she knew, at this particular moment in time, she and Kara could be working for Helen. Trying to help put her plan into action. No matter what it was. Kara wouldn't be with Becker, or have baby Nick. And she wouldn't be here. Thinking of Adam. Or the past. Because they wouldn't have happened.

Casting a shadowed glance at the moses basket that was in the corner of the room behind her. Grace sighed sadly. She wanted her nephew. She wanted to hear his grizzled cries as his mother sang him to sleep. She wanted to hear his laugh as Kara bathed him. And she wanted so badly to see his happy face. And Kara's. She hated seeing her cousin so torn up inside. No matter how hard she tried to hide the emotions from her face. Grace knew, how Kara felt. She was hurting.

Giving in to temptation. Grace switched off the TV once more and switched off the downstairs lights, before climbing the stairs. She stopped outside her cousin's room, once she was upstairs. There was soft catches of talking coming from inside. One male, one female. With a light knock, she pushed open the door, to find Becker lying vertically on the bed, his head against the pillow, that had been raised against he headboard. Kara was lying horizontally, her head resting against Becker's stomach.

"How's it going in here?" she asked softly

"Grace," Kara said, looking up "We may have a lead"

"Really?" Grace asked "How? Where?"

Kara held up the small hand-held devices. They were mini versions of the ADD. Connor had created them. Each of the team had them.

"I found an active anomaly"

Kara said, a grin on her face. The grin that told Grace, that no matter what happened. Tomorrow, when they went to investigate the anomaly, whether the full team was there or not. She and Kara, were going through, and they weren't returning to the present, from whatever timeline they entered. Without Baby Nick.


A/N: Thank you for the reviews. Your all awesome. Was this a fast enough update? I hope so. As you've al probably guessed. Nick has been taken by Helen. So, next chapter we are probably gonna see mother and daughter go head to head. That's not gonna be fun. Who agrees?

Poll time.

Do you think Kara will be returning home next chapter with her son? Or will Helen get away with him again?

Yes.

No.

Maybe.

Don't know.

Just tell me what you think will happen. And then, sit back, relax and enjoy your next instalment.

Will try to update faster. For next chapter. I know there is at least one of you that wants to know what is gonna happen. And to be honest so do I. My muse aint speaking much on the subject of baby Nick's safety.

Anyway, I gotta go. Night all.

Reviews please? *Gives cookies to all who review*

Love ya

~Kara