Primeval drabble: The Undiscovered Country | Sarah | PG

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Title: The Undiscovered Country
Author: rustydog
Rating/warnings: PG, reference to non-canon character death
Characters: Sarah Page
Spoilers: set after 3x10 (but I'm unspoiled for the new series)
Notes: Written for primeval00 challenge #164 Bones. This is a bleak AU snip that wouldn't get out of my head.



Sarah never really regretted having added paleontology blogs to her feed aggregator, but today the news was juicier than usual: some scandal involving an American who claimed to have discovered modern human fossils in a Cretaceous deposit. His colleagues were crying hoax, but the details were so specific. "...two individuals, male and female, both young adults, buried in an ancient river bed with their arms curiously crossing one another's..."

Suddenly Sarah felt ill. She took a few slow, deep breaths before getting up. She needed to compose herself before going to inform Lester that she might have found Abby and Connor.

Comments

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Eek! This drabble packs a punch. And it would make a fab timey-wimey longer story!

[fredbassett]

Wow, fabulous!

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Oh no, that's so sad! But a great take on the prompt!

[bella-farfalla.livejournal.com]

*sniffs* Oh that's so sad.

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

*SOBS* Nicely done

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

GAH!

Oh, gosh, this is just... eek!

[reggietate.livejournal.com]

*meep* That's so sad! But a brilliant take on the prompt. *scuttles back to Denial*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

*meep* Great take on the prompt, but still *meep*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

The idea kind of hit me with a painful punch! And thank you for the encouragement -- there's more to the story... one of these days my life will have space in it for actually writing down longer stories. I just know it. :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm certainly glad it's not canon. :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I don't know where it came from - it certainly doesn't fit with the other post 3x10 fic I wrote, which was much fluffier for Connor and Abby! ::pets them::

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

::hands you tissues:: Thank you!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's how I felt when it popped into my head! Thank you, brain, for the grimmest of scenarios. :|

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And Denial is a much better place, isn't it. Though I take comfort this is an AU. :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you -- I know what you mean though! Can I offer you a soothing beverage to help with the trauma?

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Ta *slurps noisy*

[nietie.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! We need another timeline!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

sad, but great drabble

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabble!

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

waaaaah! *cries*. Great drabble, but just... wah!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

We do! A big old fix-it timeline!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Sometimes those awful ideas just take control, you know?

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I have to find a way to fix it now. :)

[cordeliadelayne]

Oh, eek!