Across The Borders Of Time (4/14)
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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.
Getting through the anomaly was the easy part. It was everything that happened afterward that changed their plans even more than they had already been forced to.
After all, the original plan was that they would all three go after Helen together. Doing it that way guaranteed success and let them keep an eye on each other and protect each other.
“Raptors!”
Connor yelled shortly after they stepped through the anomaly and heard something coming towards them from the opposite direction of where they could see Helen running.
Abby groaned inwardly. Velociraptors. Of course they would get attacked by raptors right when they were trying to catch Helen. Of course the one dinosaur that was almost as smart as humans would be the ones that caused them to get sidetracked.
She could help herself from pausing to look and make sure there were no radio controls on their heads. Helen had done that before with the future predators, after all.
“The trees,” Abby commanded Danny and Connor. “They can out run us, but they can’t out climb us!”
At least, she hoped that her recollections from all of her studies were true. She had heard – and seen the last time they came through to their time – them do amazing things, but she was almost sure that they couldn’t climb trees. Jumping onto moving elevators, yes, they could do that. Climbing trees, no. She hoped that her bit of knowledge still held true.
“Up!” She yelled. “We have to get higher than they can jump.”
The problem with paying so much attention to her companions getting to safety, she was almost blind to her own danger. She jumped up to pull herself up onto a branch right as one of the Raptors made a leap for her. Danny and Connor pulled her further up the tree, holding her to the branch that they had taken refuge on.
“What now?” Danny asked. “I highly doubt that they are just going to get tired and go away.”
Abby shook her head. “Not a chance. They’re too intelligent for that. They can’t get to us, but they also know that we can’t escape them. They can take turns waiting us out.”
“Bloody hell,” Danny muttered, glaring down at the dinosaurs that kept trying to jump up onto the low branches of the tree. “So how do we get them to go away so that we can get down and stop Helen?”
“Becker!” Connor whooped as he went through one of the pockets of his backpack. “Flash grenades. He gave us flash grenades!”
Abby could feel herself smiling in spite of the situation. Her boyfriend was a genius. “The concussive blasts from one or two of them will knock out the raptors and we can get past them long before they regain consciousness!”
“Do it, Connor,” Danny ordered, watching the Raptors below them. “We don’t have time to mess around with these blasted animals.”
Connor nodded and pulled out one of the grenades. Taking a deep breath, he pulled the pin and tossed it into the center of the Raptors. “Hang on,” he warned them.
It was a good thing he had warned them to hold on because when the grenade exploded, it shook the ground and the tree. When the aftershocks subsided, Abby looked down.
“A few of them are still moving,” she noted, chewing on her bottom lip. Even a groggy or wounded Raptor was a dangerous thing.
“I’ll toss another one down and that should take care of all of them.”
It was a sound plan. It was a good plan. It should have fixed the problem they were having and they would have been able to get out of the tree and start the chase after Helen again.
That was what should have occurred when the second grenade left Connor’s hand.
Later, Abby wouldn’t be able to say what exactly went wrong, but the grenade exploded too soon when Connor dropped it. He hadn’t had time to adjust his grip on the tree and Abby screamed as he fell to the ground among the Raptors.
For a moment, she couldn’t see as the flash was too bright, but as soon as her eyes cleared, she searched for Connor and saw him crumpled not far from their tree.
“Oh god,” she whimpered as she started to descend from her perch. This could not be happening. It just couldn’t.
It didn't take long for Abby and Danny to get down to the ground where Connor had fallen. Her breath seized in her chest for a moment when she saw that he was unconscious. Luckily, so were all of the Raptors.
"Connor! Connor!" Abby cradled his face between her hands, willing him to open his eyes while Danny checked to make sure that he was still alive. "Wake up, please wake up."
Danny peered over her shoulder and then grabbed her arm. "Abby, you have to go."
She gave him a startled look. "What?"
"You have to go after Helen. You have to stop her."
"I can't leave Connor!"
Danny reached out and grabbed her with both hands. "I'm stronger, but you're faster. You have to stop Helen and I'll take care of Connor. I'll get him somewhere safe, I promise. But there's not much time and you have to go now, before she gets away."
Abby looked at him for a long moment and then looked down at Connor's too still face. "Danny --"
"I know, love. He'll be okay, I promise." He reached at his back and pulled out his extra gun, pressing it into her hand. "Two guns are always better than one."
Abby knew that there was no other choice and that Danny was right. She had the best chance of catching up to Helen, and Danny had the best chance of getting Connor to safety. She nodded, double-checking the gun before sliding it into her jacket pocket. She leaned down to kiss Connor before she got to her feet. Danny got to his feet as well and pulled her close to him for a hug.
"You make sure she's dead, Abby. Don't take any chances and you make sure you keep yourself safe and get your ass back here as soon as you take care of her." He kissed the top of her head and then gave her a little push. "Go!"
Abby looked at Connor once more before turning and kissing Danny's cheek. Then, before she could change her mind, she ran off in the direction Helen had gone.
Danny watched her go. "Be careful, Abby," he said softly. "Damn it, please be careful."
Chapter Three || Chapter Five
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.Getting through the anomaly was the easy part. It was everything that happened afterward that changed their plans even more than they had already been forced to.
After all, the original plan was that they would all three go after Helen together. Doing it that way guaranteed success and let them keep an eye on each other and protect each other.
“Raptors!”
Connor yelled shortly after they stepped through the anomaly and heard something coming towards them from the opposite direction of where they could see Helen running.
Abby groaned inwardly. Velociraptors. Of course they would get attacked by raptors right when they were trying to catch Helen. Of course the one dinosaur that was almost as smart as humans would be the ones that caused them to get sidetracked.
She could help herself from pausing to look and make sure there were no radio controls on their heads. Helen had done that before with the future predators, after all.
“The trees,” Abby commanded Danny and Connor. “They can out run us, but they can’t out climb us!”
At least, she hoped that her recollections from all of her studies were true. She had heard – and seen the last time they came through to their time – them do amazing things, but she was almost sure that they couldn’t climb trees. Jumping onto moving elevators, yes, they could do that. Climbing trees, no. She hoped that her bit of knowledge still held true.
“Up!” She yelled. “We have to get higher than they can jump.”
The problem with paying so much attention to her companions getting to safety, she was almost blind to her own danger. She jumped up to pull herself up onto a branch right as one of the Raptors made a leap for her. Danny and Connor pulled her further up the tree, holding her to the branch that they had taken refuge on.
“What now?” Danny asked. “I highly doubt that they are just going to get tired and go away.”
Abby shook her head. “Not a chance. They’re too intelligent for that. They can’t get to us, but they also know that we can’t escape them. They can take turns waiting us out.”
“Bloody hell,” Danny muttered, glaring down at the dinosaurs that kept trying to jump up onto the low branches of the tree. “So how do we get them to go away so that we can get down and stop Helen?”
“Becker!” Connor whooped as he went through one of the pockets of his backpack. “Flash grenades. He gave us flash grenades!”
Abby could feel herself smiling in spite of the situation. Her boyfriend was a genius. “The concussive blasts from one or two of them will knock out the raptors and we can get past them long before they regain consciousness!”
“Do it, Connor,” Danny ordered, watching the Raptors below them. “We don’t have time to mess around with these blasted animals.”
Connor nodded and pulled out one of the grenades. Taking a deep breath, he pulled the pin and tossed it into the center of the Raptors. “Hang on,” he warned them.
It was a good thing he had warned them to hold on because when the grenade exploded, it shook the ground and the tree. When the aftershocks subsided, Abby looked down.
“A few of them are still moving,” she noted, chewing on her bottom lip. Even a groggy or wounded Raptor was a dangerous thing.
“I’ll toss another one down and that should take care of all of them.”
It was a sound plan. It was a good plan. It should have fixed the problem they were having and they would have been able to get out of the tree and start the chase after Helen again.
That was what should have occurred when the second grenade left Connor’s hand.
Later, Abby wouldn’t be able to say what exactly went wrong, but the grenade exploded too soon when Connor dropped it. He hadn’t had time to adjust his grip on the tree and Abby screamed as he fell to the ground among the Raptors.
For a moment, she couldn’t see as the flash was too bright, but as soon as her eyes cleared, she searched for Connor and saw him crumpled not far from their tree.
“Oh god,” she whimpered as she started to descend from her perch. This could not be happening. It just couldn’t.
It didn't take long for Abby and Danny to get down to the ground where Connor had fallen. Her breath seized in her chest for a moment when she saw that he was unconscious. Luckily, so were all of the Raptors.
"Connor! Connor!" Abby cradled his face between her hands, willing him to open his eyes while Danny checked to make sure that he was still alive. "Wake up, please wake up."
Danny peered over her shoulder and then grabbed her arm. "Abby, you have to go."
She gave him a startled look. "What?"
"You have to go after Helen. You have to stop her."
"I can't leave Connor!"
Danny reached out and grabbed her with both hands. "I'm stronger, but you're faster. You have to stop Helen and I'll take care of Connor. I'll get him somewhere safe, I promise. But there's not much time and you have to go now, before she gets away."
Abby looked at him for a long moment and then looked down at Connor's too still face. "Danny --"
"I know, love. He'll be okay, I promise." He reached at his back and pulled out his extra gun, pressing it into her hand. "Two guns are always better than one."
Abby knew that there was no other choice and that Danny was right. She had the best chance of catching up to Helen, and Danny had the best chance of getting Connor to safety. She nodded, double-checking the gun before sliding it into her jacket pocket. She leaned down to kiss Connor before she got to her feet. Danny got to his feet as well and pulled her close to him for a hug.
"You make sure she's dead, Abby. Don't take any chances and you make sure you keep yourself safe and get your ass back here as soon as you take care of her." He kissed the top of her head and then gave her a little push. "Go!"
Abby looked at Connor once more before turning and kissing Danny's cheek. Then, before she could change her mind, she ran off in the direction Helen had gone.
Danny watched her go. "Be careful, Abby," he said softly. "Damn it, please be careful."
Chapter Three || Chapter Five
