********PNW finale spoilers- PUK post-S5 spoilers. *********
Summary: Connor and Kieren go back through the anomaly, to find that something's changed. And that change upturns the boat of Connor's life. But maybe all isn't lost.
AN: After watching the Primeval New World finale, my mind went into paranoid overdrive and came out with this fic to help work out my fears for Conby. And no, this doesn't actually happen in PNW's finale. :P If you're reading this, I'll assume you've seen it already. If you haven't... don't read?
Chapter 3 : Wake Up Call
Connor sipped at the tea he'd made. His stomach growled, but he ignored it. For different reasons than usual, his mind buzzing with the conversation with 'Jack' Maitland.
She wasn't Abby. But she was. The words he'd spoken just a week ago to Angelika Finch resounded in his mind like foreshadowing in a novel. He'd known, on a level, that this was possible. It was a risk of going through an anomaly.
That didn't help him deal with the reality of it. He didn't know how Cutter had managed as well as he had… but then, he hadn't really, had he? Things hadn't been okay, and then Stephen had died and then, much too soon following that, Cutter had died, too.
Connor's stomach growled again. His heart was broken, sharp shards like those of an anomaly, cutting him fro mthe inside out. But… maybe he could try to live. Even the thought of giving up on getting home to Abby made his stomach clench. He felt like he was betraying her, by not going out there and trying to get back to her.
He just didn't know how.
And that - this was why he had no idea how to deal with Jackalyn Maitland, the spitting image of Abby. She loved the other him, he loved the other her. But accepting his situation and seeing if it would be possible to love Jack… it was a betrayal of Abby, it was horrible and wrong and he couldn't do it. But wasting away was equally as bad.
No, he would have to wake up and smell the coffee„ and start thinking as a scientist. He understood the anomalies as well as it was possible as of yet. Maybe - possibly - he could find a way to find the link to the other timeline.
He had to.