(AN) I hope you all enjoyed the season finale of season six and the first episode of season seven. please let me know if you liked it and what needs changing. I won't be taking any creature or character requests for this season, as I am tied up with Helen and the future predator and the Albertosaurus, but I NEED suggestions for season eight! Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Primeval or any of it's characters.

Season Seven, Episode Two

Eye Witness

Abby sat in front of her computer as the clock neared eight pm. The hands ticked into place, and immediately her computer made a pinging sound. Connor was face messaging her, right on time. She answered and smiled as Connor's face appeared on the screen.

"Hey, Abbs!" Connor grinned.

"Hello Connor," Abby grinned back. "How is Canada?"

"Its great!" He exclaimed. "We're staying with some of Mac's family; we where lucky that they moved to Canada!" He said. "Hey, remember one of the A.R.C's sponsors, Evan Cross?"

Abby nodded. "He specializes in photonics, doesn't he?"

"Yes," Connor nodded. "Anyways he lives in Vancouver, so Matt and Emily flew over to meet with him. By the way, did you hear that he adapted my anomaly detector? It looks a lot cooler now, He even gave one of the new model to us!"

"I'm glad to hear that you are having a good time." Abby laughed at her excited husband. "Any news on the creature yet?"

"Lots of rumours, but nothing good enough to start the search; we'll be digging around in the trash for old newspapers for a while." Connor said, suddenly seeming put out. "But I have more news!"

"My, my, my, you've certainly had an exciting past few days."

Connor nodded vigorously. "Yesterday, Evan Cross lent us some of his own men for us to use. A couple of his top men! If we find the creature, we'll be ready to take it down."

"That is great to hear, Connor." Abby said.

"So, Abby, how is the A.R.C holding up without the us?"

"Its been slow, we haven't had an anomaly in two days, and Lester is stressed about his meeting with the Prime Minister."

"And how are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm great, Connor," Abby replied. "Don't look so concerned; I won't be in absolute need of your help for another few months."

"Yeah, I know, its just that-"

Connor was cut off by Mac, who Abby could hear in the background. "Sorry to interrupt, mate, but we've got a sighting. An afresh kill."

Connor looked at Abby through the web cam. "I'm sorry, Abby, I have to go early."

Abby nodded, she understood the importance of finding this creature as soon as possible. "Bye Connor, be safe!"

Connor nodded. "Love you," He turned off the web cam.

"I love you too,"

Connor sat in the single truck that they had been ably to bring with them overseas. Next to him was Cutter, who was driving. Because they had to leave so quickly, Mac was strapped down in the back, rapidly getting the equipment ready. Danny had gotten sick and was staying in bed. He wouldn't be joining the others in the search for a few days.

"How is it going?" Connor spoke to Mac through a radio.

"I'm almost finished!" Mac shouted back, trying to be heard through the device over the rushing wind.

"Good; we're almost there."

Cutter glanced at the GPS on the dashboard and turned the car left.

Connor read a sign as they passed. "Riverside, sounds cozy."

"Looks like it is right next to a river valley; this is the perfect pace for the future predator to call home." Cutter said. He scanned the numbers of houses as he drove past. "3340, here we are." He pulled into the house's driveway and turned the vehicle off. The two got out of the car and Mac unstrapped himself and hopped off the back.

"The sighting happened less than ten minutes ago, then someone's body was found just down thee block." Mac said, handing the others E. .

"We'll talk to the witness first, then we'll take a look at the body." Cutter said, . He walked up to the front door an knocked. Connor and Mac stood behind him.

The door opened and a young woman opened the door. "Hello, can I help you?"

"Yes, ma'am," Cutter said politely. "We heard that you have seen an animal pass through here recently. We would like if you could help us find it."

The woman looked at him, then to the others, and next their E. . Finally she looked at Cutter again. "Are you from animal control?"

Cutter remembered how anomalies where public knowledge, and the law that had been put in place a few months ago. "No, ma'am." Cutter said. "We're from a organization that deals with special creatures that leave their natural habitat." Although Cutter was not allowed to directly lie, people were still not supposed to know about the A.R.C.

The woman stared at him. "How can I help?"

"We need you to tell us what it looks like and where it went." Cutter answered.

She paused. "Alright, come in."

The three men sat in the truck again. This time Mac was inside that actual car with them.

"Weren't we going to fund the body after?"

"We were," Cutter replied. "But according to what the witness told us the creature might still be in the area, and I want to find it before it leaves."

"She said it was just sitting in the park," Connor said. "Do you think it will still be there?"

"I don't know, but It is worth taking a look." Cutter said.

"If this thing so sneaky, than how did she see it?" Mac inquirer.

Cutter thought when he had asked this same question to his wife. "It was eating." As they reached Haddow park, Cutter pulled onto the curb and stepped out.

"Do you see it anywhere?" Mac asked as he handed the others their E. .

"No." Cutter said. "But it's here."

"How can you tell?"

"The birds." Connor answered for Cutter. "It's too quiet; if the creature wasn't hear than we would be hearing bird song."

The three cautiously examined the large field and playground. Mac raised his weapon and crept around the playground, staying in the sand as to make less noise. He came around to the bottom of the slide and stopped. From here he had a clear view of the rest of the playground- and something else he had been hoping wasn't there.

Connor and Cutter saw him stop and moved to where he was, but he frantically waved them away. They stopped, but had already moved close enough to the leg of a human poking out in front of the slide. The leg shook around and they could hear the sound of flesh being ripped apart.

Mac watching in horror as a future predator tore into someone's body. It was even uglier than the drawing. He remembered the aim of this mission; find and eliminate all future predators. Eliminate. Mac quietly shouldered his E.M.D and unholstered his sidearms, to which he quickly screwed on a silencer.

Connor and Cutter watched intently as they saw mac raise his gun. There was a flash of grey and Mac was thrown several feet backwards.

The others jumped into action.

"Get him out of the way, quick!" Cutter said urgently.

Connor nodded and ran to Mac. The future predator was nowhere to be seen.

"Be careful!" Cutter shouted. "It's still here!" He listened to the barely audible clicking of claws on metal. He spun, pointing the gun up to the top of the playground equipment and fired.

There was a screech and it fell to the ground. It writhed in the sand, scratching at it's shoulder.

From where Mac had been sat down, he called out. "Cutter, catch!"

Cutter looked over and saw Mac throw something at him. Out of natural reflexes he caught it. It was Mac's gun. Cutter understood and strode over to the creature. The professor aimed it at the quickly recovering creature, and pulled the trigger. With a BLAM! the creature when still, and Cutter examined it.

"Cutter!" Connor jogged over. "Something is off."

"I agree; this was too easy."

"Not just that," Connor said. "Look at the creature; it isn't the same! It has a small bit of fur covering its body, has ears and wasn't as fast. And these are just a few differences I noticed.

Cutter looked at it more, then nodded. "I see," He said.

"What do you think happened?" Connor asked.

Cutter thought hard, than it hit him. "I think," Cutter said. "That we might- just might- be looking at the future predator in another stage of evolution."

"So, you think that this thing is... maybe not as evolved as you are familiar with?" Mac said, who had regained his breath and stood behind them.

"Its likely."Cutter said. "Lets just bag it and ship it back to the A.R.C for an autopsy."

The other men nodded and they got to work, shoving the future predator into a large sack and called the emergency services for the body.