Hi everyone (if anyone is reading this that is)!

This is my first Primeval fanfiction.

I must admit that I know nothing about what I'm writing (that is: dinosaurs, drugs, English, London…) even if I try to research about it the most I can.

English is not my native language, forgive me for all the mistakes here and there. All constructive criticism accepted!

The characters may be OOC, considering the topic. I don't think the idea is new (if I am writing about it, I must have heard about it somewhere else).

I'm putting a T-rating on this, for the descriptions and some swearing, but as told before, considering English is not my native language, I don't really know the severity of the swearing.

Disclaimer: Primeval and its universe don't belong to me. It belongs to its creators and probably the ones broadcasting it. I only own the plot and the boxing guys. I'm not even sure about the plot.

The day was still young at the A.R.C. Everyone was busy doing what they were used to doing during "non anomaly alert", so far so good. Abby was checking her "pets", happy they had just escaped slaughter, Connor was typing a program that himself only was likely to understand, Lester was filling paperwork, his dream work, soldiers were training and Jess was going over hours of CCTV footage.

That kind of calm was relaxing for those who had the last days busy between chasing a legend, rescuing a damsel in distress, learning how to use a computer or trying to coordinate everything and everyone.

"Seems like I didn't miss all the fun."

Becker's voice creeping behind Jess had her jumping on her seat.

"Becker! I thought you'd come back only tomorrow!"

"Aw, didn't miss me? I'm wounded" fake-pouted the soldier, putting a hand to his heart. "And, just so you know, we are tomorrow."

Jess checked on her computer. It was indeed the day Becker was due back.

"I'm sorry… With yesterday, I had to make sure all the reports were coherent between themselves, and then call organizations to prevent people from…" feeling she was rambling, she cut herself. "I guess I just spent the night without noticing." She blushed seeing his incredulous stare, before reverting her attention back to the monitors.

"Err… Matt wants you to see him for briefing" the FC added without turning from the screens.

"Alright. Any idea where-"

"Armory" Jess cut before he had time to finish his question.

Becker chuckled.

"Right. Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Becker gone, Jess berated herself for being in a bubble when it came to her work. She surely should have noticed the shifts changing and new people coming to the A.R.C. for the day. Unfortunately, as FC, she also had to link the reports to what she recorded during the mission, to cover the tracks, and, the day before being an unusual day with Matt leaving the mission to go to save Emily, the "cover the tracks" thingy had not been applied only to the public eye.

She was going through police reports when something called for her attention.

18-01-2011 – 11:45pm – Bulphan

Three teenagers discover corpse of big lizard. Doesn't belong to any neighbouring zoo. Found evidence of fight.

The rest of the report was describing the "big lizard" and the details about its discovery. Opening the pictures of the scene, Jess found the lizard very alike all those creatures the A.R.C. had met so far.

She opened a communication line with her computer.

"Matt? Can you come? I have something to show you."

"Coming. See you in five." came the answer.

Less than five minutes later, Becker and Matt joined Jess.

"What is it?" the team leader asked.

"I was going through police reports when I found this" she said while selecting the file on the screen.

Both men analyzed the documents.

"Looks a lot like a Minmi. Herbivorous. Early Cretaceous."

"Minmi? Not something-aurus?" asked Jess.

"Nah, it was found in Australia on Minmi Crossing, hence the name" explained Matt.

"Has there been any anomaly near the site?" enquired Becker.

"No, that's weird" the FC answered while clicking around and opening programs. "And I checked thirty kilometers around. Nothing in three months."

"Well the one from yesterday-"

"-was being detected on and off by the ADD for a while already" cut Jess, still checking. "And here, there's absolutely nothing."

"Another point I don't understand is the state of the creature. I mean, that's quite big, surely not as big as some we've already met but still. To do this amount of damage, it should have been a big thing like a truck" pointed Becker.

"Already checked. There is no report of any other accident in the area. No road accident, nor construction site accident, nor any other that could have had this impact."

"Never mind that, it looks that this thing has been beaten up pretty badly" added the soldier. "And I don't mean by another one" he continued before Jess could say anything. "I mean by someone, like, a person. Look at these" he showed some injuries of the creatures to Matt and Jess. "And these. It doesn't look like it was made at random. Impairing but not lethal, as if to make the creature last longer."

The other two looked puzzled.

"What are you suggesting?"

"I'm suggesting that this creature has been found by someone else than those teenagers. Once dead, they dropped it there."

"But why hasn't this 'someone' told anyone? I mean, if somebody finds a dinosaur, the first thing he or she will think about is putting it on TV, isn't it?" enquired the tech.

"Apparently not. Becker and I will go to the station to dig a bit deeper."

Both men took black boxes and walked away.

Meanwhile, Jess tried to "dig deeper" herself, searching through the Web about "creature sightings" or other oddities in the area.

Lester came to her.

"Where have those two gone to?"

"Erm, there was a police report about a lizard looking a lot like one of our reptilian creatures. So they went to investigate themselves."

"Why haven't they gathered a team to stop the creature?" Lester asked, surprised before the carelessness of the men.

"Well, the creature's dead already. Becker found the injuries the creature was subjected to were weird, as if it was someone and not something who did this to it. So they went to check if anybody knows about it."

"Ah, I see. Well, keep me posted if anything happens" he said while making his way to his office.

"Yes sir."

An hour and a half later, without any result from the network, Jess was about to go back home when Becker and Matt came back.

"So?"

"So that was really weird. There's definitely something behind it" Becker seemed bothered.

"What makes you say so?"

"There were marks of taser all over the creature" explained Matt. "Someone must have tried to tame it, or at least control it. The bones were broken but all differently, as if it has received many shocks instead of a big one like a truck. I still don't understand what they wanted to do with it…"

"I didn't find anything else. It seems that it has been the only event in the area for a long time."

"Maybe within a few days something else will appear?" hoped Becker. "But for the moment, we can't do anything. Which means that you go home and have some rest" he all but ordered the young woman.

"I'm fine. I still have to finish my shift and check on some reports-"

"-on which you have already checked, hence why you didn't leave last night" cut the man.

"Jess, as your boss, I tell you to go back home. Connor will take over with the ADD" Matt insisted.

"Fine, I wasn't going to stay much longer anyway" Jess agreed reluctantly.

She closed some of the programs, made some other takedown, the two men still behind her.

"I will leave" she promised.

"The question is not whether you will leave, rather when you will leave" Becker snorted.

"Just a few things-"

Becker took the keyboard out of her reach, then dumped on her her jacket and her bag, swiveled the chair and made her stand up.

"Fine, fine, I'll leave now!" Jess relented.

Matt chuckled in front of her behavior.

"I see you can handle it from here, mate. See you tomorrow Jess!" he went away.

Jess was about to leave to when she sensed Becker still behind her.

"What? You'll follow me to my car to be sure I won't go back?" she sarcastically asked.

"I don't trust you not to."

She blushed and made her way to the exit, Becker still following her. Accordingly to her earlier statement, he did follow her to her car and waited until she exited the parking lot before going back to the main building.

Jess was aware Matt and Becker were right about her going back home, but she really didn't feel tired. On the other hand, if an alert went off while she was sleepy, it could be dangerous for those on the field.

Back home, she made herself some tea before having a shower and deciding to take a nap. Before finishing those tasks however, she went to check a hunch on her computer. There, she accessed hospital files in the area where had been discovered the Minmi and found that several men had been admitted because of traumas. Searching deeper, she learnt that those men were high on some stimulating drug and seemed to have been taking it for a long time. All showed cuts and blows, broken bones and sometimes internal bleeding. Curious, Jess went to look for what the men had in common. After a few clicks, she noted that all of those patients were members of a little boxing club, the Draig Cryf, though all had denied being hurt there.

Jess pondered a moment about telling Matt or Becker about it.

"Knowing them, they'll tell me to wait for tomorrow. But tomorrow, someone else may be beaten as badly too."

She chose to leave a note for Abby and Connor once they got back home, in case she hadn't finished yet, put on a jacket and drove off.