knitekat: (Lester: down but not out)
knitekat ([personal profile] knitekat) wrote2012-10-17 09:34 pm
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Primeval drabble: Frustrated

Title: Frustrated
Author: knitekat
Word Count: 100
Characters: James Lester, Dave, OWC
Rating: 12
Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures. Certainly not me. Writing for fun and will replace.
A/N: For the P100 challenge 285: Frustrated. Part of my Dreams Of Yesterday drabble series and continues from The Day Just Got Worse. Thanks go to Fred for looking it over for me.


James held his breath, his eyes wide as the creature slunk towards him. His attention riveted on it, he almost yelped when something cold pressed against him before realising it couldn't be the predator.

James cuddled the trembling cub close and watched the predator pause and scuff the ground. He couldn't understand why it hadn't attacked until he noticed the control clamp blinking dully on its head.

He sighed in relief before tensing again as the future predator let out a scream of pure frustration. The clamp wouldn't keep him alive if another predator decided to investigate the creature's calls.
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[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2012-10-17 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Very good.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, James was quite happy with the ending too ;)

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] freddiejoey.livejournal.com 2012-10-17 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor James goes through the wringer in this verse doesn't he?

Great drabble. I wasn't expecting that twist.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* I've been rather mean to the poor boy in the series

Glad you liked it, James was very happy about the twist.

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] lukadreaming.livejournal.com 2012-10-17 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Phew! And ooh!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* That is about James' reaction. Hee, ooh might be correct ;)

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] judithjohn.livejournal.com 2012-10-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. Terrific tension.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Glad you liked it and thanks for reading.

[identity profile] natchris.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
He sighed in relief before tensing again as the future predator let out a scream of pure frustration

I'm tensing right along too

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry ;) It was going reasonably well in James' opinion until then.

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] aunteeneenah.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ummm, rescue? Any time now, guys! Good job, very tense.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
James would love to be rescued, although Abby's the only one in the correct time ;)

Glad you liked it and thanks for reading.
goldarrow: (Default)

[personal profile] goldarrow 2012-10-18 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Very nice and utterly eerie.
And bless James for cuddling the cub; poor little feller!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you liked it and good to know it worked.

Aww, James had to cuddle the cub - especially as he knows Dave won't attack him, he's not sure about the cub's safety.

Thanks for reading.
clea2011: (Default)

[personal profile] clea2011 2012-10-18 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Phew! They need to get out of there pronto! Ooh, but what are those things doing there and who has put a limiter on them? The plot thickens!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely. James would love to, but he can't really move at the moment. Hee, that would be telling and probably depends on the next prompt(s)

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] nietie.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
So scary. Awesome.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know it worked. *blushes*

Thanks for reading.
fredbassett: (Default)

[personal profile] fredbassett 2012-10-18 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
very scary! A reprieve, but maybe not much of one.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, good to know it worked. *nods* James certainly hopes it is a reprieve, but he's still worried.

Thanks again for the beta and for reading.
ext_27141: (Croissant?)

[identity profile] telperion-15.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, it has a neural clamp! Curiouser and curiouser...

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It has and that was the word I was looking for ;) Hee, we will find out what's going on - next prompt willing ;)

Glad you liked it and thanks for reading.

[identity profile] flaccidduck.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Great drabble!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, glad you liked it.

[identity profile] lsellersfic.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh! I wonder who is controlling it!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, I think James is too. Maybe we will all find out next prompt ;)

Thanks for reading.
celeste9: (PriWriMo: dave)

[personal profile] celeste9 2012-10-20 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, scary and tense! But yay for cuddling the poor little cub.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-21 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know it worked, poor James would love it not to be scary and tense. The cub too, but he was happy being cuddled.

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] deinonychus-1.livejournal.com 2012-10-21 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Phew! And also eeek! I was wondering how you were going to get him out of that situation.

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-21 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
James agrees with both the comments. He was also wondering how he was going to get out of it and hasn't forgiven you for putting him in that situation to begin with ;)

Thanks for reading.

[identity profile] dreamer-98.livejournal.com 2012-10-21 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
*Sighing in relief that the clamp stopped the creature from eating James*

*Shudders that another creature might still be out there*

Very chilling!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-22 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry ;) There are definitely creatures out there - James and the cub are in dinosaur-filled jungle - but it is whether any of them investigate the scream *vbeg*

Thanks for reading.
cordeliadelayne: ([primeval] abby maitland)

[personal profile] cordeliadelayne 2012-10-30 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, very nice!

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2012-10-31 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I couldn't let Dave attack them ;)

Glad you liked it and thanks for reading.
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