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Series 3 Episode 5
"A Day in the Cretaceous"
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The team were trapped. They were surrounded by an anomaly, Leila Samuels and three Raptors. There was no way out…or was there?
”Quick, go through!”, Alex shouted. The team knew what he meant, and they ran through the anomaly. Alex pulled out his Anomaly Opener and closed the anomaly.
“Where are we?”, Sasha asked. They had landed in a rocky desert type place, with a few shrubs here and there.
“We’ve been here before”, Mike remembered.
“Yes, we saw Louise…”, Jimmy stopped mid-sentence.
“Wait, who’s Louise?”, Katie remembered none of that, or her time spent in this place. After a few seconds of silence, Alex spoke.
“It’s the Cretaceous era, where the Raptors are from”
“In that case, can we go home now? My shoes are getting ruined”, Georgia moaned.
“Let me…oh…the battery just died on this”, Alex sighed, holding the Anomaly Opener up.
“So we’re stuck?”, asked Lucie.
“For now, yes”, Alex sadly told her.
“Right, we need to take shelter somewhere”, Katie decided, “We can’t be caught by a Raptor”.
The team had found somewhere to shelter themselves. They sat down. Alex was fiddling with the Opener.
“Work, you stupid thing!”, Alex threw the Opener into the sand.
“Alex, calm do-“, Georgia was cut off by a whirring sound. The Opener had rebooted itself after being thrown down. Alex smiled. He picked it up, jumped up, and pressed some buttons. No anomaly appeared.
“What’s wrong with it?”, Sasha asked, “I’m getting hungry”. Alex walked up to her and stood next to her.
“You could always do what Katie did and kill a Raptor and eat it”, Alex whispered into Sasha’s ear.
“Did you really believe her when she said that?”, Sasha smirked.
“Errr…no…”, Alex lied.
”Oh, Alex. I need to teach you about sarcasm my friend”, Sasha laughed.
“I know loads about sarcasm, actually”
“You’re learning quick!”
“Give it a rest Sasha”
On that note, Alex went back and tried fiddling with the Opener some more.
It was night time before anything more happened. The Opener still wouldn’t open an anomaly. The team were sleeping, bar Alex. He refused to sleep until he opened an anomaly. He heard a noise from behind him. A noise that was familiar. A noise he wished he hadn’t heard. He turned around, slowly and quietly, to see a Raptor standing behind him. It was looking away. Alex carefully nudged over to Katie, and shook her. He shushed her, and showed her the Raptor. She was shocked. She woke up Georgia, who was next to her, who in turn woke up Lucie, then Sasha, then Mike and last but not least, Jimmy.
”What?!”, Jimmy rudely shouted when Mike woke him up. The Raptor, of course, heard, and looked straight at Jimmy.
“RUN!!!!”, Lucie shouted. She was terrified of Raptors. The creature she hated dealing with most. The team picked up their stuff and legged it. Sasha tripped as she ran. The Raptor was almost upon her, when Alex took her hand and helped her up. She was almost a goner. They sprinted as fast as they could.
“Do you really think we can outrun this thing?”, Mike panted.
“There’s always the chance we could. If we just stopped, we’d certainly be gone. We need to take this risk”, Katie doing fine. She went down to the gym several times a week. Running was a piece of cake. Alex was still fiddling with the Opener. He didn’t see a rock, and he tripped over it. The Opener fell down next to him, just out of reach. The Raptor was approaching. Alex was reaching over for the Opener. He had to nudge over to get it. The Raptor was almost there. Alex grabbed the Opener, and threw it to Georgia.
“What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!”, she screamed. Mike and Jimmy ran off to the side to distract the Raptor.
“Just press the middle button on the control panel at the bottom of the screen!”, Alex yelled. He had hurt his knee. Georgia pressed the button. Alex was hoping it would work this time. And to his luck, an anomaly opened right next to him.
”Go through!”, ordered Katie. Mike and Jimmy ran through the anomaly, with the Raptor following them, until it saw Alex…
“If I did it correctly, it should be to the ARC!”, Alex smiled. The team had all gone through, bar Katie and Alex. Alex could not get up, due to his knee.
”What about you? I can’t carry you on my own. Should I go and get someone?”, Katie worried.
“No, just leave me. I’ll be OK”, Alex asked.
“I can’t leave you here”, Katie had a tear rolling down her eye, “You make the best cups of tea out of anyone at the ARC”.
Alex laughed, “To be fair, Jimmy’s ones are awful”. They both laughed together, whilst crying also.
“We’ll come back for you”, Katie decided.
“You can’t, this Raptor’s gonna be upon me in a matter of seconds. Leave now!”, Alex commanded. Katie had a look at the Raptor, which had stopped in front of Alex.
“Close the anomaly on the other side”, Alex added. Katie had one last look at him, and ran through.
Katie landed on the other side of the anomaly, which, as Alex had predicted, had opened to the ARC.
“Close it”, Katie tearfully said.
”What about Alex?!”, screamed Georgia.
“Just close it, it’s what he asked”, Katie quietly replied.
“But…but…”, Georgia was in tears aswell. Lucie put her hand on the Opener, and took it out of Georgia’s hand. She pressed the middle button, and the anomaly to the Cretaceous era closed.
“No! Why him? Of all people?”, Georgia sobbed.
”Come here”, Katie opened her arms up for a hug. Georgia walked over, and cried on Katie’s shoulder. Mike and Jimmy even had tears rolling down their cheeks, dripping onto their t-shirts. Lucie walked over to the girls and put her arms around both of them.
“I can’t believe it”, mumbled Georgia, “I loved him. I wanted to tell him. Now it’s too late”.
”Quick, go through!”, Alex shouted. The team knew what he meant, and they ran through the anomaly. Alex pulled out his Anomaly Opener and closed the anomaly.
“Where are we?”, Sasha asked. They had landed in a rocky desert type place, with a few shrubs here and there.
“We’ve been here before”, Mike remembered.
“Yes, we saw Louise…”, Jimmy stopped mid-sentence.
“Wait, who’s Louise?”, Katie remembered none of that, or her time spent in this place. After a few seconds of silence, Alex spoke.
“It’s the Cretaceous era, where the Raptors are from”
“In that case, can we go home now? My shoes are getting ruined”, Georgia moaned.
“Let me…oh…the battery just died on this”, Alex sighed, holding the Anomaly Opener up.
“So we’re stuck?”, asked Lucie.
“For now, yes”, Alex sadly told her.
“Right, we need to take shelter somewhere”, Katie decided, “We can’t be caught by a Raptor”.
The team had found somewhere to shelter themselves. They sat down. Alex was fiddling with the Opener.
“Work, you stupid thing!”, Alex threw the Opener into the sand.
“Alex, calm do-“, Georgia was cut off by a whirring sound. The Opener had rebooted itself after being thrown down. Alex smiled. He picked it up, jumped up, and pressed some buttons. No anomaly appeared.
“What’s wrong with it?”, Sasha asked, “I’m getting hungry”. Alex walked up to her and stood next to her.
“You could always do what Katie did and kill a Raptor and eat it”, Alex whispered into Sasha’s ear.
“Did you really believe her when she said that?”, Sasha smirked.
“Errr…no…”, Alex lied.
”Oh, Alex. I need to teach you about sarcasm my friend”, Sasha laughed.
“I know loads about sarcasm, actually”
“You’re learning quick!”
“Give it a rest Sasha”
On that note, Alex went back and tried fiddling with the Opener some more.
It was night time before anything more happened. The Opener still wouldn’t open an anomaly. The team were sleeping, bar Alex. He refused to sleep until he opened an anomaly. He heard a noise from behind him. A noise that was familiar. A noise he wished he hadn’t heard. He turned around, slowly and quietly, to see a Raptor standing behind him. It was looking away. Alex carefully nudged over to Katie, and shook her. He shushed her, and showed her the Raptor. She was shocked. She woke up Georgia, who was next to her, who in turn woke up Lucie, then Sasha, then Mike and last but not least, Jimmy.
”What?!”, Jimmy rudely shouted when Mike woke him up. The Raptor, of course, heard, and looked straight at Jimmy.
“RUN!!!!”, Lucie shouted. She was terrified of Raptors. The creature she hated dealing with most. The team picked up their stuff and legged it. Sasha tripped as she ran. The Raptor was almost upon her, when Alex took her hand and helped her up. She was almost a goner. They sprinted as fast as they could.
“Do you really think we can outrun this thing?”, Mike panted.
“There’s always the chance we could. If we just stopped, we’d certainly be gone. We need to take this risk”, Katie doing fine. She went down to the gym several times a week. Running was a piece of cake. Alex was still fiddling with the Opener. He didn’t see a rock, and he tripped over it. The Opener fell down next to him, just out of reach. The Raptor was approaching. Alex was reaching over for the Opener. He had to nudge over to get it. The Raptor was almost there. Alex grabbed the Opener, and threw it to Georgia.
“What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!”, she screamed. Mike and Jimmy ran off to the side to distract the Raptor.
“Just press the middle button on the control panel at the bottom of the screen!”, Alex yelled. He had hurt his knee. Georgia pressed the button. Alex was hoping it would work this time. And to his luck, an anomaly opened right next to him.
”Go through!”, ordered Katie. Mike and Jimmy ran through the anomaly, with the Raptor following them, until it saw Alex…
“If I did it correctly, it should be to the ARC!”, Alex smiled. The team had all gone through, bar Katie and Alex. Alex could not get up, due to his knee.
”What about you? I can’t carry you on my own. Should I go and get someone?”, Katie worried.
“No, just leave me. I’ll be OK”, Alex asked.
“I can’t leave you here”, Katie had a tear rolling down her eye, “You make the best cups of tea out of anyone at the ARC”.
Alex laughed, “To be fair, Jimmy’s ones are awful”. They both laughed together, whilst crying also.
“We’ll come back for you”, Katie decided.
“You can’t, this Raptor’s gonna be upon me in a matter of seconds. Leave now!”, Alex commanded. Katie had a look at the Raptor, which had stopped in front of Alex.
“Close the anomaly on the other side”, Alex added. Katie had one last look at him, and ran through.
Katie landed on the other side of the anomaly, which, as Alex had predicted, had opened to the ARC.
“Close it”, Katie tearfully said.
”What about Alex?!”, screamed Georgia.
“Just close it, it’s what he asked”, Katie quietly replied.
“But…but…”, Georgia was in tears aswell. Lucie put her hand on the Opener, and took it out of Georgia’s hand. She pressed the middle button, and the anomaly to the Cretaceous era closed.
“No! Why him? Of all people?”, Georgia sobbed.
”Come here”, Katie opened her arms up for a hug. Georgia walked over, and cried on Katie’s shoulder. Mike and Jimmy even had tears rolling down their cheeks, dripping onto their t-shirts. Lucie walked over to the girls and put her arms around both of them.
“I can’t believe it”, mumbled Georgia, “I loved him. I wanted to tell him. Now it’s too late”.
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