Across The Borders Of Time (2/14)
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deeperwondermentTitle: Across The Borders Of Time
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
not_from_stars
Artist(s):danceswithgary and whuffle
Media Link: DancesWithGary and Whuffle
Word Count: 37,255
Fandom: Primeval
Genre: Angst; Het and Slash
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Abby Maitland/Hilary Becker, Danny Quinn/Connor Temple
Summary: Captain Becker was forced to watch as Abby, Danny and Connor went through an anomaly to prevent Helen Cutter from destroying mankind. After Connor is hurt, Danny sends Abby ahead of them to stop Helen no matter what she has to do. Unfortunately, after killing Helen, Abby returns to the site of the anomaly -- only to watch it close before she can go through it. This leaves Abby trapped in the Pleistocene with no way of getting back home, and with no way of letting the people who love her know that she's alive.
Warnings/Spoilers: This is an AU of the last episode of Series 3 and into Series 4.
Author’s Notes: This story has been a labor of love, emphasis on the labor part. I want to thank my beta and cheerleader,enochiansigils, for holding my hand through this and not letting me give up. danceswithgary made me an awesome wallpaper I use on my netbook and a matching icon and she was so infinitely patient with me as I struggled with this stork, I want to make sure she gets herthanks for that. I want to thank whuffle for making me extra pretties to go with this and also want to thank whuffle and morrigans_eve for adding their encouragement to that of enochiansigils so that I could stick to writing this.
Becker was silent as he assisted Abby with her backpack, quietly murmuring to her that there were enough supplies in the pack for a week’s stay. He went over the contents with her and then looked into her eyes for a long moment. Taking a deep breath, he finally sighed and squeezed her hand. She gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand in return before she turned to go speak with Sarah.
“I’ll keep her safe, mate,” Danny said to Becker when he finished going over last minute details with him. “I’ll keep both of them safe.”
“You had better, Quinn,” Becker responded, his voice tight with emotion. “Because if anything happens to them…” He swallowed hard. “If she gets hurt I will rip you to pieces.”
“I care about them, too,” Danny retorted, tightening the straps on his shoulders. “If there was any other way to do this without risking her and Connor, don’t you think I would have already mentioned it? It tears me apart that the two of them are endangering themselves with me on this!” His voice dropped so that only Becker would hear him. “I don’t like risking them like this. I don’t like the idea that Helen could hurt them when they’ve both been hurt enough. However, like Abby pointed out oh so helpfully, she and Connor know more about her and these things than the rest of us do because they’ve been working with them longer.”
Becker studied Danny for a moment and realization dawned in his eyes. “You lo --.”
Danny shook his head, cutting him off. “Don’t. Don’t say it because if you say it, that means trouble. Besides, you and Abby are very happy and fit together and I would never think to do something to jeopardize what you have. If they had any idea…”
“One of them or the both of them would do something incredibly selfless and stupid to protect you,” Becker finished quietly. He knew first-hand how Abby would throw herself into danger to protect someone that she cared about or that cared about her. He could only imagine that Abby and Connor doing it together would be a hundred times worse.
“Dracorex. Mad idiot from the past with a sword. Abby.” Danny was a lot calmer about something when he could look back on an event than he was when it was actually happening in front of him.
“I remember.” It was not a fond memory. He was never going to forget the way that Abby had looked when she had the point of a sword at her throat. With the exception of Helen, he had never wanted to kill someone so badly in his life.
“That won’t happen on my watch,” Danny’s comment brought Becker’s mind back to the present and what was about to happen. “I won’t let either of them make any foolish stands. The point of this mission is to put an end to Helen’s machinations no matter how we have to accomplish it. Neither one of them are going to try going out on a limb for her.”
“No, but if she tried to use one of you as leverage against another’s actions…”
“Not. Gonna. Happen.” Danny had two guns with him for a damn good reason. “Is Abby armed?”
“There’s a gun in her pack and she’s also carrying knife and a taser.” Becker wasn’t about to let his girlfriend go into that messed-up future without being heavily armed. “Your pack and hers also have an extra box of ammunition.”
“At least we’re chasing her through a future apocalypse and not the past.” At Becker’s questioning look Danny shrugged. “Fossil record.”
“Screw the fossil record,” Becker said succinctly. “If it comes down to a choice between preserving a fossil record and saving my friends, I choose my friends.”
“So do I. Then again, I’m not the archaeologist or scientist of this group. I’m the temper and the tactician.” Becker raised an eyebrow. “Ok, not so much a tactician as a planner of insane ideas that always seem to work.”
"Like stealing helicopters and acting as bait for a really big dinosaur?"
"It was a wonderful plan and it saved everyone that needed saving."
"True, but I wonder what the academics will say when they unearth a helicopter in the Jurassic?"
"Aliens."
“You’re barmy, you do realize that, right?”
Danny grinned at him. “Mate, sometimes you have to be to handle this job. Think about the things we’ve seen and had to experience since we got hired by the ARC. We all have to have a little bit of crazy in us or this job would have broken us.”
“You know that I really hate it when you’re right, Quinn.”
“One of these days, you’ll get used to it.”
Becker snorted. “It doesn’t happen enough for me to get used to it.”
“You wound me, Becker. I thought we had something special.”
He shook his head, a smile crossing his face in spite of everything else he was feeling. “You’re a right mess, you know that?” His smile dimmed. “Take care of the bitch and then get all of you back here.”
“We won’t be gone long enough for you to miss us, Becks.”
“Guess I’ll have to work on my aim then.”
Danny looked startled and then smiled. “You’re getting better with the comebacks, Captain. I guess spending time with our Abby is working on relaxing that tight ass of yours.”
“It’s a special kind of disturbing to hear you talking about my ass when you’re about to take my girlfriend and go through an anomaly to a really dangerous future, Quinn.”
“What can I say? I’m a special kind of guy.”
“In many ways,” Becker muttered, shaking his head as he tightened the straps on Danny’s backpack.
Danny suddenly grabbed Becker’s face between his two hands and kissed him. When he let go of him and stepped back, the other man staggered. “Don’t worry, Becks. We’ll be back too soon for you to worry and we can talk more about your ass.”
Before Becker could react to that, Danny walked through the anomaly and disappeared. He watched them, and Abby smiled and gave him a little wave before she and Connor also walked through the anomaly. He took a shuddering breath as he stared after them.
They had to come back safely. They just had to. He wasn’t sure he would be able to handle things if it happened any other way.
He remained silent until Sarah came to stand beside him. He could feel her looking at him for a few moments before she looked back towards the anomaly.
"They will be back," Sarah said finally. "They're the best ones for this. Lester would never have agreed to let them go if he didn't believe that."
"I don't doubt their skills or abilities," Becker responded. "It's what Helen might do to them or the idea that one of those predators will get them."
"We can't think like that," she murmured. "We have to think the best and have faith in them that they can take care of this and return to us in one piece."
Chapter One || Chapter Three
Author:
not_from_starsArtist(s):
danceswithgary and whuffleMedia Link: DancesWithGary and Whuffle
Word Count: 37,255
Fandom: Primeval
Genre: Angst; Het and Slash
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Abby Maitland/Hilary Becker, Danny Quinn/Connor Temple
Summary: Captain Becker was forced to watch as Abby, Danny and Connor went through an anomaly to prevent Helen Cutter from destroying mankind. After Connor is hurt, Danny sends Abby ahead of them to stop Helen no matter what she has to do. Unfortunately, after killing Helen, Abby returns to the site of the anomaly -- only to watch it close before she can go through it. This leaves Abby trapped in the Pleistocene with no way of getting back home, and with no way of letting the people who love her know that she's alive.
Warnings/Spoilers: This is an AU of the last episode of Series 3 and into Series 4.
Author’s Notes: This story has been a labor of love, emphasis on the labor part. I want to thank my beta and cheerleader,
enochiansigils, for holding my hand through this and not letting me give up. danceswithgary made me an awesome wallpaper I use on my netbook and a matching icon and she was so infinitely patient with me as I struggled with this stork, I want to make sure she gets herthanks for that. I want to thank whuffle for making me extra pretties to go with this and also want to thank whuffle and morrigans_eve for adding their encouragement to that of enochiansigils so that I could stick to writing this.Becker was silent as he assisted Abby with her backpack, quietly murmuring to her that there were enough supplies in the pack for a week’s stay. He went over the contents with her and then looked into her eyes for a long moment. Taking a deep breath, he finally sighed and squeezed her hand. She gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand in return before she turned to go speak with Sarah.
“I’ll keep her safe, mate,” Danny said to Becker when he finished going over last minute details with him. “I’ll keep both of them safe.”
“You had better, Quinn,” Becker responded, his voice tight with emotion. “Because if anything happens to them…” He swallowed hard. “If she gets hurt I will rip you to pieces.”
“I care about them, too,” Danny retorted, tightening the straps on his shoulders. “If there was any other way to do this without risking her and Connor, don’t you think I would have already mentioned it? It tears me apart that the two of them are endangering themselves with me on this!” His voice dropped so that only Becker would hear him. “I don’t like risking them like this. I don’t like the idea that Helen could hurt them when they’ve both been hurt enough. However, like Abby pointed out oh so helpfully, she and Connor know more about her and these things than the rest of us do because they’ve been working with them longer.”
Becker studied Danny for a moment and realization dawned in his eyes. “You lo --.”
Danny shook his head, cutting him off. “Don’t. Don’t say it because if you say it, that means trouble. Besides, you and Abby are very happy and fit together and I would never think to do something to jeopardize what you have. If they had any idea…”
“One of them or the both of them would do something incredibly selfless and stupid to protect you,” Becker finished quietly. He knew first-hand how Abby would throw herself into danger to protect someone that she cared about or that cared about her. He could only imagine that Abby and Connor doing it together would be a hundred times worse.
“Dracorex. Mad idiot from the past with a sword. Abby.” Danny was a lot calmer about something when he could look back on an event than he was when it was actually happening in front of him.
“I remember.” It was not a fond memory. He was never going to forget the way that Abby had looked when she had the point of a sword at her throat. With the exception of Helen, he had never wanted to kill someone so badly in his life.
“That won’t happen on my watch,” Danny’s comment brought Becker’s mind back to the present and what was about to happen. “I won’t let either of them make any foolish stands. The point of this mission is to put an end to Helen’s machinations no matter how we have to accomplish it. Neither one of them are going to try going out on a limb for her.”
“No, but if she tried to use one of you as leverage against another’s actions…”
“Not. Gonna. Happen.” Danny had two guns with him for a damn good reason. “Is Abby armed?”
“There’s a gun in her pack and she’s also carrying knife and a taser.” Becker wasn’t about to let his girlfriend go into that messed-up future without being heavily armed. “Your pack and hers also have an extra box of ammunition.”
“At least we’re chasing her through a future apocalypse and not the past.” At Becker’s questioning look Danny shrugged. “Fossil record.”
“Screw the fossil record,” Becker said succinctly. “If it comes down to a choice between preserving a fossil record and saving my friends, I choose my friends.”
“So do I. Then again, I’m not the archaeologist or scientist of this group. I’m the temper and the tactician.” Becker raised an eyebrow. “Ok, not so much a tactician as a planner of insane ideas that always seem to work.”
"Like stealing helicopters and acting as bait for a really big dinosaur?"
"It was a wonderful plan and it saved everyone that needed saving."
"True, but I wonder what the academics will say when they unearth a helicopter in the Jurassic?"
"Aliens."
“You’re barmy, you do realize that, right?”
Danny grinned at him. “Mate, sometimes you have to be to handle this job. Think about the things we’ve seen and had to experience since we got hired by the ARC. We all have to have a little bit of crazy in us or this job would have broken us.”
“You know that I really hate it when you’re right, Quinn.”
“One of these days, you’ll get used to it.”
Becker snorted. “It doesn’t happen enough for me to get used to it.”
“You wound me, Becker. I thought we had something special.”
He shook his head, a smile crossing his face in spite of everything else he was feeling. “You’re a right mess, you know that?” His smile dimmed. “Take care of the bitch and then get all of you back here.”
“We won’t be gone long enough for you to miss us, Becks.”
“Guess I’ll have to work on my aim then.”
Danny looked startled and then smiled. “You’re getting better with the comebacks, Captain. I guess spending time with our Abby is working on relaxing that tight ass of yours.”
“It’s a special kind of disturbing to hear you talking about my ass when you’re about to take my girlfriend and go through an anomaly to a really dangerous future, Quinn.”
“What can I say? I’m a special kind of guy.”
“In many ways,” Becker muttered, shaking his head as he tightened the straps on Danny’s backpack.
Danny suddenly grabbed Becker’s face between his two hands and kissed him. When he let go of him and stepped back, the other man staggered. “Don’t worry, Becks. We’ll be back too soon for you to worry and we can talk more about your ass.”
Before Becker could react to that, Danny walked through the anomaly and disappeared. He watched them, and Abby smiled and gave him a little wave before she and Connor also walked through the anomaly. He took a shuddering breath as he stared after them.
They had to come back safely. They just had to. He wasn’t sure he would be able to handle things if it happened any other way.
He remained silent until Sarah came to stand beside him. He could feel her looking at him for a few moments before she looked back towards the anomaly.
"They will be back," Sarah said finally. "They're the best ones for this. Lester would never have agreed to let them go if he didn't believe that."
"I don't doubt their skills or abilities," Becker responded. "It's what Helen might do to them or the idea that one of those predators will get them."
"We can't think like that," she murmured. "We have to think the best and have faith in them that they can take care of this and return to us in one piece."
Chapter One || Chapter Three
