Title: Unexpected
Disclaimer: I do not own Primeval
A/N: The next in
my drabble series. With thanks to
lena7142.
Summary: Stephen was never part of the master plan.
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He woke up in the bed again, but this time his limbs felt heavy; he couldn’t move.
Helen stood over him, smiling. “I’ve gone through a lot of trouble, Stephen,” she said. “Timing the anomaly to pull you out wasn’t easy. I was almost too late; when I found you, you were already dead.”
He swallowed with difficulty, cursing his weakness. “Why?”
There was something sinister in her look, but something softer, too. “Your death was unexpected,” she told him. “You were never part of the master plan, I’ll admit, but you might just be what I’ve needed all along.”