I recently rediscovered the joy of Primeval and it's derailed all of my other writing plans so enjoy this snippet I guess!
Portsmouth, UK
Captain Hilary Becker had survived SAS selection, two tours of duty – which had included four miserable months in the Afghan desert with insurgents taking pot shots at him on the regular – and growing up as the only boy in a household with three older sisters.
That was to say that he categorically refused to let an overgrown prehistoric chicken become the reason his mother received a knock on the door from a sympathetic officer. With the butt of his EMD rifle nestled firmly in his shoulder he let off another burst and finally hit the sodding thing. It had been getting a little too close and bite-y for comfort for a moment there.
“Sitrep Captain?” Evan, his second and frequent bane of his life asked over the comms, presumably in the hopes that she could get off babysitting the scientist duty and have a piece of the action.
Becker didn’t so much nudge the stunned dinosaur back through the anomaly as shove it home with extreme prejudice. Look, what Abby didn’t know wouldn’t hurt her. “Fan-fucking-tastic, Lieutenant.”
“SNAFU, copy that sir.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
Becker could hear the grin in Evan’s voice. There were days he was glad that Special Forces hadn’t recruited female officers back when he’d been in training. Evan was exactly the kind of feral that would have thrived in that environment, which probably explained how she’d ended up in his unit, thinking about it. It took a certain type of person to last at the ARC.
Becker tried not to contemplate what that must say about him.
Heaving himself up, EMD still trained on the anomaly, he held back at grunt as the scar tissue on his side twinged at the movement. “ETA on Temple?”
“Two minutes,” came the reply, echoed a second later by the man himself.
Finally, some good news. After the fiasco with the first, very broken, locking mechanism, and then the creature incursion, Becker could do with some haste.
“What are these little buggers anyway?” he asked, having set up in a better position to snipe any others that got ideas about coming through.
“Eoraptors,” Temple informed him, slightly out of breath. Over the sound of the comms, Becker could hear approaching footsteps. “Late Triassic.”
“Small, fast, lots of teeth, omnivores,” Matt added helpfully from somewhere halfway across the country.
Two anomalies opening at once wasn’t exactly common, but it wasn’t the first time it had happened during his time at the ARC. Becker hoped they were having more luck corralling the herd of peaceful giants back through their anomaly his team were with the overgrown chickens. Sorry – Eoraptors.
With a scuff of boots on the floor, Connor Temple burst into the room, set down the new locking mechanism and activated it with a speed that would have the instructors at Sandhurst grudgingly impressed. This time, blessedly, the anomaly behaved itself and shrunk down to a closed state. Connor let out a sigh of relief. Becker did too, but he was more subtle about it.
Then the mad genius that Becker had the misfortune to call his colleague looked at him, grinned in a mildly manic way that could have been either the result of too little sleep, or humour, or both, and said, “So, James, eh?”
Despite his attempt to hide it, Becker did not miss the way Connor’s eyes flicked down to the ID plate on his EMD, the one that matched the dog tags round his neck which clearly proclaimed him to be one Captain H J Becker.
He was well aware of the ongoing debate at the ARC regarding what those initials stood for and was just glad that Connor hadn’t overheard the first part of the conversation.
There was a reason he went by his surname, after all.
Banging his head against the wall, Becker looked up toward the ceiling of the powder magazine – grade II* listed Hils, Maddy has enthused upon their arrival, one of the best examples of a bastion trace fort in the country - and once again cursed the universe for opening an anomaly at his favourite sister’s place of work.
SNAFU - "Situation normal: all fucked up" or 'this sucks, but that's the normal state of affairs'.
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Hello. Would you please publish the full cast and crew list for Bridgewater, including those who are credited for additional voices? The IMDb entry appears incomplete. I am really excited for season two.
hello!!! SO sorry for the delay on this, but I wanted to wait until the whole season was out as there were some spoilers in the full cast list. but here it is, the entire cast of Season 2 of @bridgewaterpodcast
Jeremy Bradshaw - Misha Collins
Anne Becker - Melissa Ponzio
Thomas Bradshaw - Alan Tudyk
Vipin Khurana - Karan Soni
Olivia Hoskins - Sabra May
Shelley Hoskins - Hilarie Burton Morgn
The Legend Tripper - Tricia Helfer
Peyton Blake - Nondumiso Tembe
Captain Haddock - Wil Wheaton (hi @wilwheaton!!)
Katie Franks - Victoria Grace
Maria Bautista - Cheryl Umaña
Sophie - Greta Gould
Lee Jansen - Monte Markham
Alden Jansen - Charlie Bergman
Spencer - Daniel Dorr
Cindy - Shelby Young
Kevin - Adam O'Byrne
Dr. Edwards - Stephen Guarino
Additional voices by: Terryn Westbrook, Nikki McCauley
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My Wips, Works & In-Betweens
Organised by Series/Love Interest
(Warning: There's A Lot - 54 & counting)
Key: 💥Currently Writing - 💭Planning/Outlining - 🧠Was Writing, Doing Extra Planning - 💤I'll Get To It
TVDU:
💥Seven Days - Klaus Mikaelson x Lucy Danica(OC)
💤Sweet, But Psycho - Elijah Mikaelson x Aspen Blake(OC)
Erik Lehnsherr:
💭Goddess - Erik Lehnsherr x Cassandra Narvaes(OC)
Quinlan:
🧠The Thing In Her Mind - Quinlan x Amara McKenna(OC)
💤Destinies - The Thing In Her Mind AU - Quinlan x Amara Romano(OC)
💭Guardian Angel - Quinlan x Damaris(OC)
💭Follow The Ravens - Quinlan x Kira Michaels
💤The Stranger - Quinlan x The Stranger(OC/Reader)
💤The Siren - Quinlan x Alessandra(OC)
💤Dark Curiosities - Quinlan x Ness(OC)
💤To Love A Beast - Quinlan x (Unnamed)(OC)
Morpheus/Dream:
💤To Love An Endless - Morpheus/Dream x Mika(OC)
💤Forgotten Lives - Morpheus/Dream x Aurora Dunham
🧠La Mechancete De La Vie - Morpheus/Dream x Life(OC/Reader)
Lord Of The Rings:
💤Deadly Instinct - Legolas x Medea Darkmoor(OC)
💭Through The Stars & Sea - Thorin Oakenshield x Valencia Sitara(OC)
Prince Caspian:
💭Worlds Away - Prince Caspian x Mira Williams(OC)
Twilight:
💤The Elders - Jasper Hale x Corvina(OC)
💭The Monster Within - Carlisle Cullen x Raven Marwood(OC)
(Untitled) - Paul Lahote x (Unnamed OC)
Oberyn Martell:
🧠The Creed - Oberyn Martell x Ayanna(OC/Reader)
💤(Untitled) - Oberyn Martell x (OC)
Rick Flag
💭Angel - Rick Flag x Lenore 'Leo' Accetta(OC)
Rio/Christopher
💤(Untitled) - Rio/Christopher x (Unnamed OC)
The War Against God:
Multiple Names, Same OC
🧠Dancing With The Devil - Klaus Mikaelson x Celeste Gilbert(OC)
🧠Devil May Care - Spike x Celine Astor(OC)
🧠In Another Universe - Morpheus x OC(Won't name here cause spoilers)
💤The Offer - Rick Flag x OC(Won't name here cause spoilers)
💤(Untitled) - Thorin Oakenshield x OC(Won't name here cause spoilers)
💤(Untitled) - Quinlan x OC(Won't name here cause spoilers)
The Quinn Chronicles:
Quinn Darnell(OC)
💭More Than Meets The Eye I, II, III - The Doctor x OC x River Song
💥Aliens Of The Earth - DI Joseph Chandler x OC
💭New God Rising - Quinlan x OC
💭The Aftermath of Wanderlust - Captain Hilary Becker x (OC)
💤Child of Eternity - Legolas x OC x River Song
💤Amongst The Stars - Leonard 'Bones' McCoy x OC
💭Memories - Short Story - Klaus Mikaelson
Family of Shadows:
Nyx Brennan-Itzal(OC)
💭Light In The Dark - Rick Flag x OC
💭Creatures of Shadow - Adrian Chase/Vigilante x OC
🧠Into The Darkness - Morpheus/Dream x OC
The Original Ripper:
Astraea Mikaelson(OC)
💭Stranger In The Dark - Quinlan x OC
💭The Survivors - Erik Lehnsherr x OC
💤Dreams of the Past - Morpheus/Dream x OC
💤A Hybrid's Tale - Legolas x OC
💤Tender Hearts - Carlisle Cullen x OC
The Reaper:
Nya(OC)
💭Il Mietitore - Rio/Christopher x OC
💤(Unnamed) - Luke Alvez x OC
A Walk With Wolves:
Aurora Hale(OC)
💤(Unnamed) - Luke Alvez x OC
💤Claws & Crossbows - Daryl Dixon x OC
💤Trauma Bonded - Joel Miller x OC
💤To Be Seen - Patrick Jane x OC
💤To Be Wanted - Marcus Pike x OC
TBN
Arabella Winchester(OC)
💤A Deal With Death- Quinlan x OC
💤 The Occult - Dr Lance Sweets x (OC)
💤 What We Deserve - Paul Lahote x (OC)
💤(Untitled) - James ‘Bucky’ Barnes x (OC)
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