Wow- it has been a rather long time since i uploaded anything; so i thought today was the day to get back in the uploading saddle... this carries on after Chapter 2...hope you enjoy!

Once again; i do not own Primeval or any other related stuff! :)

Chapter Three

Looking away from the dead computer screen in front of him, Connor glanced over at Becker; who was sat on the hard floor, his back leaning against the wall. Concerned at the military captain's rather long silence, he decided he was going to be the one to break it,

"You okay Becker?" Connor asked, getting up from his seat and walking towards Becker; before sliding down the wall to join his flat mate on the floor. As he reached the floor, Connor coughed slightly.

"Im good Connor" Becker said quietly "Im just thinking about stuff" he finished, looking over at Connor; who grinned.

"Thinking…twice in one day, that's not good Becker" Connor laughed, resting his arms on his knees. The two men sat in a comfortable silence, both staring into the darkness that was all around them.

Then, out of no where; the emergency lighting powered up; letting a blue glow spread throughout the room. The change in the light caused Connor to jump slightly; he then looked at Becker, smiling.

"Lockdowns over" Connor said, standing up and walking towards the computer on the side. He moved the mouse and the screen flashed into life; small blocky writing appeared on the screen.

ARC COMPUTER SYSTEMS POWERING UP…

Connor moved away from the computer, just as the airtight doors began to unseal themselves. As soon as the doors were unsealed, Connor was about to pull the door handle down, but he felt a hand on his shoulder; he turned around to see Becker standing behind him; the pale blue light illuminated his face; showing a strange look.

"If that powder is harmful; we can't open the doors until we know what were dealing with" Becker said. Connor realised Becker was right, and he removed his hand from the door handle. It was then they heard footsteps in the corridor outside the Lab.

As Abby, Matt and Jess ran through the ARC corridors, heading straight towards the lab Conner and Becker had been trapped in for the past half an hour. The ARC's emergency lighting had switched itself on, casting a faint blue light into the corridors. The three of them (Jess; a little more gracefully) skidded around the corner, reaching the lab door; Abby was about to pull the door handle open, when Matt placed a hand on her arm.

"Abby; whatever caused the lockdown is in that room, we need to be careful before we go opening the door" Matt said, before stepping in front of the door.

"Becker, Connor- everything okay in there?" Matt said loudly; speaking to the large door in front of him. They heard muffled footsteps on the other side of the door, before Connor replied.

"Were fine- everything's good" Connor replied.

"Do we know what caused the lockdown?" Matt shouted back.

"Yeah, the scanners picked up something from the plant we found at the anomaly site. It's nothing harmful though" Connor responded.

"So it's safe to open the door then?" Matt said, looking at Abby and Jess; who gave him a grim look.

"Yeah, it should be" Becker shouted; sounding rather annoyed.

"Even so- I want standard chemical clear up procedures. Get yourselves to the showers- put your clothes in airtight bags; then send them to be incinerated. Then we'll do standard medicals on the both of you" Matt said; keeping his hand on the door handle.

"Is that really necessary Anderson?" Becker answered.

"Yes it is Becker- if you don't agree to all of this; I wont open the door" Matt said; and Becker could hear the smugness in his voice. There was a moment of silence from the other side of the door- then Matt heard two muffled 'yes's'. Matt opened the door just as the ARC's main lighting came back on- meaning that the ARC was now back in a fully-operational status. Connor and Becker were standing by the door, looking like they had been given the most amazing Christmas present.

"Finally" Connor said, walking out of the lab "Jess- thanks" Conner said, giving her a small mock salute.

"Right- you two, get to the showers" Matt said, looking at Connor and Becker, who were standing next to each "Then we'll have a briefing with Lester once your medicals are done" Matt finished, letting his team mates walk towards the ARC showers.

Connor and Becker trooped away from the ARC Medical Bay after spending the past hour both being poked and prodded by the ARC Doctors. They wouldn't have the results of the tests until tomorrow morning; so the doctors had said once their briefing with Lester was finished; they were to head home and have plenty of rest. As they made there way into Main Ops Centre, they saw Lester, Matt, and Abby and Jess all sitting in Lester's office; Jess saw them coming through the large glass window and mentioned them to come in.

"Brace yourself" Becker said under his breath, although it was loud enough for Connor to hear, who grinned. The two men reached the door and Matt opened it from the other side, before standing aside and letting them in.

"Ah, so the cause of today's lockdown has finally decided to join us" Lester stated, standing up from his chair behind the desk and walking around it towards Conner and Becker; who both glanced away from their bosses glare. The office fell into an awkward silence- one that no one dared to break; eventually though- Lester did.

"So…which one of you is going to explain why the ARC had to be evacuated earlier…hmm…or have we all somehow learned to communicate without sound?" Lester said, his voice rising.

"It was my fault Lester" Conner said bravely, looking at his boss "I was examining a plant found at the anomaly site when a white powder escaped from the stem; before I could do anything- the ARC went into lockdown" Conner said, noticed the strange look that passed between Abby and Matt when he said this. Lester was silent for a moment, before turning to Becker, who shifted his weight slightly.

"Captain Becker…your domain is the armory…is it not?" Lester said, keeping eye contact with Becker.

"Yes sir" Becker answered.

"So then…why were you in Conner's lab when you should have been doing something…military…in the armory?" Lester said, glancing at Conner; but before Becker could answer, Matt interrupted.

"Conner, are you feeling okay?" Matt asked "You look rather pale" he said, taking a step towards Conner; who nodded.

"Im fine Matt, just tired" Conner replied, looking at his team leader. Matt then turned to Lester.

"Look, Lester. It's been a long day, there's no point interrogating them. The lockdown was an accident; we'll review it tomorrow, I think everyone needs to go home and get some sleep" Matt said, looking around at his exhausted team. Lester glared at Matt before walking back round to his desk.

"Fine- off you go…dismissed" Lester said, looking at the team as they nodded, before filing out of the office one by one. The members of the team walked towards the ADD silently, before placing their Black Box unit in their docking stations.

"Right" Matt began "Go home- get some sleep; and get in for twelve tomorrow unless we have a callout" he said, looking from Abby to Jess to Conner and finally Becker; who nodded.

"Off you go guys" Matt said, getting mumbled 'thank you's' and 'see you tomorrows' from the others.

"Conner, Becker; a quick word please" Matt said. Becker and Conner, who were saying goodbye to the girls; both stopped mid step and turned to their team leader, who grinned slightly.

"Don't look so worried; I just wanted to check what the medics said" Matt said to them.

"Nothing really- they won't have the results ready till tomorrow" Becker began "The just said if we start feeling ill, to come here straight away" Becker finished, before looking at Conner; who looked sleepy. Satisfied with their answer, Matt nodded.

"Okay- well get home and sleep; and I'll see you tomorrow" Matt said, before walking away from them.

"Night Matt" Conner and Becker both said in unison- before heading towards the ARC's underground car park.