Hey guys, massive thank you to everyone who has either reviewed or added this story to their favorites- means a lot!
One thing I just wanted to clear up was the timeline of this story- so here goes…
This story is set in an AU where all the events of the previous series (1-5) happened. Abby asked Connor to leave the flat as her brother Jack was staying (Series 3), but instead of sleeping at the ARC building and then moving in with Lester, Connor went straight to Becker's and has stayed there ever since. Connor and Abby never got together during their year in the Cretaceous, and Connor has no feelings for her, although Abby has some for Connor. The events of series 5 still happened with Philip and New Daw, although slightly differently. And Emily never returned through the anomaly in 5.3.
Hope this makes a bit more sense now, and enjoy, by the way- I don't own Primeval or any other related media.
Chapter Eight
As Matt Anderson walked through the dimly lit corridors of the Anomaly Research Centre, he was still trying to understand how Connor had become so sick- he felt like he was responsible for this, he should never have asked Connor to study the plant which they knew nothing about, it should have been Matt doing it…
"Cut it out Matt- you're starting to sound like Becker…" he thought to himself as he made his way towards the ARC's Medical Bay to check how his two mates were doing. As he neared the medical facility, he could hear the faint sound of alarms and raised voices. Sensing something was wrong, he jogged the last few meters and through the door- before finding himself in a scene of chaos.
The first thing he saw was Becker, standing completely still looking at the bed in front of him, then Matt realised this was not good. Dr Evans was stood on the far side of the bed, hands together and pressing down hard on Connors chest in a fast rhythm whilst the other nurses held a face mask over Connors mouth, squeezing it every few seconds- all the while the piercing sounds of the heart monitor showed Connor had no vital signs- he had stopped breathing.
"Connor…please don't die" Matt heard Becker say, and as he looked into the captains face- the one man Matt knew who never showed his emotions, who never let people close- he saw just how defeated he looked.
Matt then heard Dr Evan's voice clearly through all the noise.
"Anderson, please get him out of here" Dr Evans said, not even looking up from Connor- who still wasn't breathing. Matt nodded and firmly gripped Becker's shoulder.
"Mate, come on, you can't stay here" Matt said to Becker, who looked at him blankly.
"I can't leave him Matt, not again. I did it once and I lost him, I can't…" Becker said, his voice breaking at this point. Matt forced Becker to take a step back, and then it seemed Becker allowed himself to lead out of the room and into the corridor. Matt shut the door behind him before looking into Becker's eyes- tears were forming and Matt had never seen the man look so crushed before. Wordlessly, Matt opened his arms and wrapped them around Becker, and then he then felt the captain break. Becker buried his head into Matts shoulder and before he knew he was crying, crying harder than he had in years, the sobs escaped him and before he knew he was shaking as the tears kept flowing.
Matt did nothing but hold onto Becker tightly- he had never seen Becker like this, and Matt saw that Connor being so sick had affected Becker the most. After all, Matt knew Connor was Becker's best friend; they lived together, worked together- the two of them did everything together. Since Matt had known the two of them they had been inseparable, and he knew Becker would take it the hardest out of any the ARC team if anything were to happen to Connor.
"I can't lose him Matt, I can't" Matt heard Becker repeat into his shoulder "First Cutter, then Jenny…and Sarah…and Danny, but not Connor, please not Connor" Becker said between taking breaths as his sobs died down- but eventually Becker stopped shaking and Matt released the military captain, whose eyes were red and puffy- he looked like crap. Matt was about to say something just as Connor's room door opened, and out stepped a very grim looking Dr Blaine Evan's.
James Lester sat in his office that over looked the Main Hub of the ARC- this was the focal point of the Anomaly Research Centre and Lester saw everything that happened in this room. Happiness, heartache, frustration- every emotion he had witness within these four walls, but today he wasn't looking through the large, glass window as his employees went about their business. Today he was sat at his desk with a glass of expensive whisky in front of him, staring into space- his mind on the young man currently on deaths door in the ARC's Medical Bay.
Lester refused to admit to anyone and would deny it till the day he died- but he really did care about Connor, in a fatherly way. Over the years the two of them had been working together in the ARC Operation- and Lester had grown a lot of respect for the former student now turned dinosaur hunter and deep down, would never forgive himself if anything happened to the young man.
Over the years, Lester had seen many faces come and go; Captain Ryan was the first face to go. Then Stephan Hart and Professor Nick both died at the hands of Helen Cutter. Jenny Lewis retired from the ARC two months after the death Cutter, it was this loss that affected Lester the most- he had a lot of respect for Miss Lewis- but was happy she had got out whilst she could. Finally the ARC lost Sarah Page in the most horrific way imaginable, leaving a gaping hole in the team that still hadn't really been filled.
But the two that had always remained were Abby and Connor- they were like the heart of the ARC, and if it wasn't for them, deep down Lester knew he wouldn't have stayed in the top seat for this long. That was why Lester found it so hard to accept the fact that Abby, Connor and even Danny Quinn had died after their year-long disappearance in the past. The day Connor and Abby returned, Lester felt like he had something to keep fighting for at the ARC, something to-
The shrill beeping of the phone on Lester's desk snapped Lester out of his thoughts and he looked at the Caller I.D- Medical Bay…
Lester felt a sinking feeling in his gut as he leaned forward to pick up the phone, knowing the only reason they would be calling was if something had happened…
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