I'm using Primeval100's past prompts challenge to play with some ideas for a backstory for Matt, these may not necessarily be in chronological order, just how I write them. Hope you enjoy them!

#216 "Subterranean"

"Did you hear that?" Gideon asked his comrade. In the eerie silence, somewhere down below, the distressed cry of a baby echoed clearly.

They located the concealed entrance to the underground bunker and climbed down. The generator had given up hours ago and the stench of death hung in the air.

"Over there," Samuel nodded.

She was no more than a child herself, close to death and clinging onto the screaming baby. When she saw the two soldiers, she looked up.

"His name's Matthew, please look after him!" she pleaded as her last breath left her lips.