Part of the Team

When an unfortunate accident leaves Connor with no memory of the ARC or its team members, how will he cope and will he ever be part of the team again?

Disclaimer: I do not own Primeval or any characters associated with it… [Insert hilarious comment here]

The sound of the future predator crashing against the door was getting louder by the second, Connor and Abby were left utterly helpless, they had no weapons to defend themselves with and it was only a matter of time before the door broke down, so they were left huddling closely together for comfort in the corner of the room to await their fate.

Abby had her head resting in the crook of Connor's neck, trying to stop herself from crying and admitting that this was it. This was how she was going to die; clinging onto Connor for dear life as the future predator ripped them apart, limb from limb.

"We only have to hold on for a few more minutes Abs, Becker promised that he's find us, that he'd get to us in time alright?" Abby slowly lifted her head so that it was level with Connor's pale face, and raised her hand to his cheek. She offered him a grim smile and snuggled closer into him, "Neither of us believe that Connor." her voice broke, "This is it…"

Connor put his hand over the Abby's and held it for a few seconds before the moment was broken by another loud bang. Their hands dropped to their sides as the door burst open and the predator locked eyes with them.

Neither of them screamed, but they stood up slowly as if to accept their fate before Connor cautiously whispered something into Abby's ear; "Take a right when you run out the door, and press the blue button to lock the creature inside."

Abby was silent as she let his words sink in, she looked up at him slowly, her eyes brimming with tears, "What do you mean Connor?" she whispered as she glanced at the predator crouching down, ready to spring an attack, "Either both of us come out alive or neither of us do."

He shook his head, his forehead creased in agony, "I won't let anything happen to you Abby," Connor looked deep into her eyes before adding, "I love you."

The predator leaped towards them, its mouth open wide, but just before it reached them Connor shoved Abby forwards towards the door as the creature reached him. She screamed when she couldn't see Connor, when she realised what he had done for her, and was numb as strong arms gripped her waist and pulled her quickly towards the door on her right.

As Danny was hauling Abby towards the exit, Becker felt his stomach churn in the sight in front of him; the predator's body was lying lazily over Connor's equally limp form, a pool of blood surrounding them.

Abby sat uncomfortably in the hard, plastic hospital chair of the waiting room, along with Danny, Becker and Sarah. An awkward silence filled the room; none of them were willing to speak of the events that happened only a few hours before neither were they quite brave enough to offer comfort to Abby. They were all waiting for a doctor to inform them of how Connor's emergency operation went, for he was left severely injured after the attack and there were no positive words of reassurance from any of the doctors involved in Connor's case, so the team were left fearing the worst.

Abby had of course taken the situation the worst and every time someone had spoken to her about Connor or asked her about what happened in the room just before the attack, she had erupted into tears and refused to give any information at all; Abby thought that the precious things Connor had said to her just before the incident were special and should remain between herself and Connor. She was in complete shock. Back when they were both trapped inside the room together, she had assumed that he was being resigned, quiet, yet uncharacteristically hopeful because he was merely offering her comfort, but she could see through that now. All along he had been thinking of a plan, a way to save her. These thoughts had started her crying again and Sarah held her arms open in an attempt for Abby to accept her embrace, but was met with the glistening, cold and empty eyes of Abby.

It was then that they heard slow footsteps approaching them and they all rose in anticipation. A tired looking man, with bags under his eyes and scruffy looking hair approached them, "Are you with Connor Temple?"

Abby couldn't speak, she was afraid that if she tried to, the tears would fall again, so it was Danny that replied for them, "Yes we are. Is he ok? Did the operation go well?"

The doctor looked down at his feet and sighed, at this action Abby sensed the worst and she took a deep breath, preparing herself for the bad news.

"The operation itself was a success, and Mr Temple has been responding to the treatment in the best way possible," The team looked at each other in delight, but Abby could tell that there was more, there was something that he was holding back.

"And?" Abby prompted the doctor, which lead to a couple of odd looks from her teammates.

"Like I said, the operation itself was a success, his physical wounds should heal in time, although it may take a while of course for him to come to terms with the attack, but we are more concerned with his… memory. In a couple of hours you'll be able to come in and see him, but he needs to rest now. So before then, I need to ask you a favour."

"Anything." was Abby's instant response, the others nodding their heads in agreement.

"I know this may be a difficult question to answer, but out of all of you, who do you think was closest to Mr Temple?" All eyes were on Abby.

"Me." Abby whispered.

"I would like you to come with me if that's alright, we would like to devise a series of quite personal questions for him to assess the quality of his memory, if that's alright?"

Again, all eyes were on Abby.

"That'd be fine." She looked up at the doctor and could see that he looked almost as drained as she did, so gave him a weak smile, which he returned.

"Right this way then."

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