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Sarah's Story Episode 1
"A Missing Page"
Written by BoltOf3
Sarah's Story is a two-part miniseries set after series 5 of Primeval Stories, but before "Farewell."
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Guest Starring: Jade Ellis
Saturday December 1st 2012 AM
Dear Diary, Today Is the first day of Christmas. I’m so excited to be seeing Rachel and her two children. I think we’re going to set up the Christmas tree and Decorations with Mum and Dad. It’ll be great to have some time to myself, as the ARC has been my number one priority for many months now. We’re so close to finding the reasons behind the Anomalies. From what we’ve found we can’t seem to predict any Anomalies over the coming week, but we are still in prototype stages. I’ve yet to tell Rachel and the rest of my family about what I do, they still think I am researching into artefacts from the museum. Well, I have been, but not to do with the museum. I just hope they never get in danger because of so.
Sarah lifted her pen from her chocolate brown leather diary and read through her morning entry. She has written in this diary since her first day working at the ARC, keeping account of all the encounters with pre-historic life and future creatures. If this book slipped out of her hands, then the whole Arc cover could be blown, that’s why there is a gold buckle opened with a key only Sarah has. She placed it in the bottom drawer of her bedside cabinet, under all the paperwork in there.
A black Volvo XC90, the standard car issued by the ARC for its entire staff, was resting on the driveway to Sarah’s house. It did the job- drove fast and looked slick. Sarah left her house wearing a dark tan duffel coat and dark blue washed jeans. She climbed in to her car and tucked the end of her coat in before heading off to her parents’ house.
A gentle tap could be heard in the Arc against the keys to the Detector. The hands were Connor’s.
“If I just…” He said to himself, programming the Anomaly Detector to hack into a buildings security and seal the room with the Anomaly in. This way, whatever comes through, stays in one place. Now all he had to do was wait for an Anomaly, to see if it worked. “Guess I just have to sit around and wait.” He walked over to pour a coffee from his metal flask. It slipped from his hands, the collision with the floor echoed throughout the ARC. Connor looked over his shoulders to save the embarrassment. He picked the flask up and sat back down on the chair. He put his legs up on the desk and relaxed.
“BOO”
Connor jumped up his seat and spilled his coffee down his front. Abby stared at him with a smirk.
“I’ve told you not to do that Abby!” He groaned.
“Come on, help me and Mia put up the decorations. Relax for once Connor”
“I’m nearly done, I’ve just got to…”
“Wait? How long will you be waiting for Connor? Sarah and Nick haven’t predicted an anomaly for the next month. You’ll be waiting a long time” She interrupted. Like a naughty schoolboy he bowed his head and followed Abby.
“They could be wrong, you know?”
“And the chances of Sarah and Nick, the super geniuses, getting something wrong are?”
Sarah pulled up outside he parents house and could see her sister was already there with her children. She knocked on the door, Rachel answered.
“Sarah!” She cheered with glee before flinging her arms around her and giving her a big hug. “I miss not seeing you as much. You do far to much work”
“Yes, well, I’ve got to pay my way somehow. Can we go inside?”
“Yeah sure. I like the car” She murmured as they entered.
A fresh scent of cinnamon hung around Sarah’s nose, while the lights all sparkled. An old CD played that filled Sarah’s ears. She could taste gingerbread in the air before walking over, leaning in and stroking the branch on the tree, the small leaves rubbed against her hand and several fell into her palm. Christmas euphoria.
“Sit down Sarah!” A voice snapped at her.
“Mum” Sarah yelled with great joy. She ran over and gave her a hug and kiss, which was returned.
“Baby, I’ve missed you” Her mum chirped, “You’re doing far too much work!”
“I’m committed mum, can you blame me?” Sarah replied. Her mum stared at her and laughed with the impression that she’ll never change. Two voices came from the kitchen area from around the corner of the living room.
“Auntie Sarah!” Both exclaimed with glee. It was Sarah’s niece and nephew, Emily and Ben. They were both toddlers with bundles of energy running around Sarah’s legs, pulling on her jeans. She knelt down to their level and clenched her arms around both of them. A ring came from her pocket. She stood up and walked to the corner of the room to check her phone.
“I’ve got to go!” She whispered loudly so that everyone heard. She grabbed her coat and ran out of the house and jumped into her car before driving off without saying goodbye.
“Sarah” Rachel sighed “Couldn’t you just stay with us for 5 more minutes?”
“Don’t worry about it Hun, why don’t you make a cup of tea and then we can put the topper on the tree?”
Rachel sighed lightly before walking off into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and stared at various fruit and vegetables, along with a selection of Dairy and Meat products.
“I’ll have to go get some milk. Can you watch the kids for a bit mum?” She called out.
“Of course! We’ll have a whale of a time, wont we kids?” Both of them nodded in agreement.
Rachel left promptly and sped off down the road.
“Sarah, do you read? The abandoned warehouse down the bottom of the High Street” Jess reported to her on her phone which was on loudspeaker “Nick and Danny are on their way with the others. We can’t get hold of Abby or Connor though,” Sarah acknowledged with a simple ‘OK’ before hanging up and turning a sharp corner. Within a few minutes she was at the bottom of the High Street as it was the closest end to where she initially was. She pulled over to the side of the road; the other cars were already there. Mia was waiting outside.
“Mia, where are they? Have they gone in yet?” Sarah asked sharply with a feel of urgency.
“Yeah, they’ve gone inside. They said to wait inside until they’ve secured the Anomaly and checked for a possible incursion.” Mia replied with sweetness in her voice.
“I don’t understand how there can be an anomaly. There’s nothing due until at least January next year” Sarah panicked.
“Calm down Sarah, I’m sure there’s a logical explanation behind this.” Mia tried to steady Sarah who was getting stressed about walking out on her family; Mia continued, “There’s got to be”
Rachel was cruising along the road in her flashy car, even if the weather wasn’t suited to showing off. She headed for the top end of the high street where a metro supermarket was. It took her longer than Sarah as she wasn’t speeding down the roads. When she entered the lower end of the high street she saw Sarah’s car. Rachel pulled over slightly further up as there was no space. A row of the same car was parked- one of which was Sarah’s. Rachel could see people outside the warehouse so walked down hoping to find Sarah. She ducked behind several of the cars, not wanting to be seen. Rachel watched as the two people entered the abandoned warehouse. She ran out across the road and went to enter after them.
“Sarah? Are you there?”
Mia and Sarah followed a red dot on their Anomaly Detectors after they were given the all-clear 5 minutes beforehand. A cold wind brushed over their shoulders. The silent screaming of the generators and the distorted echoes of the rest of the team from the Arc were all that could be heard.
“This is quite spooky” Mia worried “Luckily there aren’t any dangers, we just need to get to the anomaly and scan it”
“Yeah…if only things were that simple Mia” Sarah muttered under her breath.
CLANK
“What was that?” Sarah exclaimed, “Is someone there?”
A dark silhouette came out from behind the shadows.
“Sarah? What’re you doing here?” The voice called.
“Rachel?” Sarah stammered, “What are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same question” Rachel replied with a cheek.
“You need to get out of here!” Sarah rushed.
Another noise was heard from a further distance. Rachel asked the same a Sarah “What was that?”
Several, rhythmic, footstep got closer. Not the footsteps of a human though. There were the familiar sounding footsteps of a Raptor.
“Quietly, RUN” Sarah called out.
The three girls bolted away down past some of the large generators. Mia was ahead with Sarah following and Rachel at the back
“Come on!” Mia called.
They struck a dead end of a tall cargo block. Mia immediately started climbing up and heading for a large gap higher up where no boxes blocked the way through.
“Up here!” She shouted while acknowledging the tower. Sarah started climbing after Mia.
“Rachel, come on,” said Sarah with panic and urgency.
“I can’t…its…heights” Rachel said with disbelief.
“Ignore the heights Rachel, you need to get up here!” Mia yelled down, “And fast”
The loud tracks of the Raptor were behind them. It stared up at Mia who was near the top of the structure before lowing its eyes to Sarah who was midway up. It then centred it eyes on Rachel. It leapt. Sarah screamed.
“RAAAAACHEEEEEEL!”
Dear Diary, Today Is the first day of Christmas. I’m so excited to be seeing Rachel and her two children. I think we’re going to set up the Christmas tree and Decorations with Mum and Dad. It’ll be great to have some time to myself, as the ARC has been my number one priority for many months now. We’re so close to finding the reasons behind the Anomalies. From what we’ve found we can’t seem to predict any Anomalies over the coming week, but we are still in prototype stages. I’ve yet to tell Rachel and the rest of my family about what I do, they still think I am researching into artefacts from the museum. Well, I have been, but not to do with the museum. I just hope they never get in danger because of so.
Sarah lifted her pen from her chocolate brown leather diary and read through her morning entry. She has written in this diary since her first day working at the ARC, keeping account of all the encounters with pre-historic life and future creatures. If this book slipped out of her hands, then the whole Arc cover could be blown, that’s why there is a gold buckle opened with a key only Sarah has. She placed it in the bottom drawer of her bedside cabinet, under all the paperwork in there.
A black Volvo XC90, the standard car issued by the ARC for its entire staff, was resting on the driveway to Sarah’s house. It did the job- drove fast and looked slick. Sarah left her house wearing a dark tan duffel coat and dark blue washed jeans. She climbed in to her car and tucked the end of her coat in before heading off to her parents’ house.
A gentle tap could be heard in the Arc against the keys to the Detector. The hands were Connor’s.
“If I just…” He said to himself, programming the Anomaly Detector to hack into a buildings security and seal the room with the Anomaly in. This way, whatever comes through, stays in one place. Now all he had to do was wait for an Anomaly, to see if it worked. “Guess I just have to sit around and wait.” He walked over to pour a coffee from his metal flask. It slipped from his hands, the collision with the floor echoed throughout the ARC. Connor looked over his shoulders to save the embarrassment. He picked the flask up and sat back down on the chair. He put his legs up on the desk and relaxed.
“BOO”
Connor jumped up his seat and spilled his coffee down his front. Abby stared at him with a smirk.
“I’ve told you not to do that Abby!” He groaned.
“Come on, help me and Mia put up the decorations. Relax for once Connor”
“I’m nearly done, I’ve just got to…”
“Wait? How long will you be waiting for Connor? Sarah and Nick haven’t predicted an anomaly for the next month. You’ll be waiting a long time” She interrupted. Like a naughty schoolboy he bowed his head and followed Abby.
“They could be wrong, you know?”
“And the chances of Sarah and Nick, the super geniuses, getting something wrong are?”
Sarah pulled up outside he parents house and could see her sister was already there with her children. She knocked on the door, Rachel answered.
“Sarah!” She cheered with glee before flinging her arms around her and giving her a big hug. “I miss not seeing you as much. You do far to much work”
“Yes, well, I’ve got to pay my way somehow. Can we go inside?”
“Yeah sure. I like the car” She murmured as they entered.
A fresh scent of cinnamon hung around Sarah’s nose, while the lights all sparkled. An old CD played that filled Sarah’s ears. She could taste gingerbread in the air before walking over, leaning in and stroking the branch on the tree, the small leaves rubbed against her hand and several fell into her palm. Christmas euphoria.
“Sit down Sarah!” A voice snapped at her.
“Mum” Sarah yelled with great joy. She ran over and gave her a hug and kiss, which was returned.
“Baby, I’ve missed you” Her mum chirped, “You’re doing far too much work!”
“I’m committed mum, can you blame me?” Sarah replied. Her mum stared at her and laughed with the impression that she’ll never change. Two voices came from the kitchen area from around the corner of the living room.
“Auntie Sarah!” Both exclaimed with glee. It was Sarah’s niece and nephew, Emily and Ben. They were both toddlers with bundles of energy running around Sarah’s legs, pulling on her jeans. She knelt down to their level and clenched her arms around both of them. A ring came from her pocket. She stood up and walked to the corner of the room to check her phone.
“I’ve got to go!” She whispered loudly so that everyone heard. She grabbed her coat and ran out of the house and jumped into her car before driving off without saying goodbye.
“Sarah” Rachel sighed “Couldn’t you just stay with us for 5 more minutes?”
“Don’t worry about it Hun, why don’t you make a cup of tea and then we can put the topper on the tree?”
Rachel sighed lightly before walking off into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and stared at various fruit and vegetables, along with a selection of Dairy and Meat products.
“I’ll have to go get some milk. Can you watch the kids for a bit mum?” She called out.
“Of course! We’ll have a whale of a time, wont we kids?” Both of them nodded in agreement.
Rachel left promptly and sped off down the road.
“Sarah, do you read? The abandoned warehouse down the bottom of the High Street” Jess reported to her on her phone which was on loudspeaker “Nick and Danny are on their way with the others. We can’t get hold of Abby or Connor though,” Sarah acknowledged with a simple ‘OK’ before hanging up and turning a sharp corner. Within a few minutes she was at the bottom of the High Street as it was the closest end to where she initially was. She pulled over to the side of the road; the other cars were already there. Mia was waiting outside.
“Mia, where are they? Have they gone in yet?” Sarah asked sharply with a feel of urgency.
“Yeah, they’ve gone inside. They said to wait inside until they’ve secured the Anomaly and checked for a possible incursion.” Mia replied with sweetness in her voice.
“I don’t understand how there can be an anomaly. There’s nothing due until at least January next year” Sarah panicked.
“Calm down Sarah, I’m sure there’s a logical explanation behind this.” Mia tried to steady Sarah who was getting stressed about walking out on her family; Mia continued, “There’s got to be”
Rachel was cruising along the road in her flashy car, even if the weather wasn’t suited to showing off. She headed for the top end of the high street where a metro supermarket was. It took her longer than Sarah as she wasn’t speeding down the roads. When she entered the lower end of the high street she saw Sarah’s car. Rachel pulled over slightly further up as there was no space. A row of the same car was parked- one of which was Sarah’s. Rachel could see people outside the warehouse so walked down hoping to find Sarah. She ducked behind several of the cars, not wanting to be seen. Rachel watched as the two people entered the abandoned warehouse. She ran out across the road and went to enter after them.
“Sarah? Are you there?”
Mia and Sarah followed a red dot on their Anomaly Detectors after they were given the all-clear 5 minutes beforehand. A cold wind brushed over their shoulders. The silent screaming of the generators and the distorted echoes of the rest of the team from the Arc were all that could be heard.
“This is quite spooky” Mia worried “Luckily there aren’t any dangers, we just need to get to the anomaly and scan it”
“Yeah…if only things were that simple Mia” Sarah muttered under her breath.
CLANK
“What was that?” Sarah exclaimed, “Is someone there?”
A dark silhouette came out from behind the shadows.
“Sarah? What’re you doing here?” The voice called.
“Rachel?” Sarah stammered, “What are you doing here?”
“I could ask you the same question” Rachel replied with a cheek.
“You need to get out of here!” Sarah rushed.
Another noise was heard from a further distance. Rachel asked the same a Sarah “What was that?”
Several, rhythmic, footstep got closer. Not the footsteps of a human though. There were the familiar sounding footsteps of a Raptor.
“Quietly, RUN” Sarah called out.
The three girls bolted away down past some of the large generators. Mia was ahead with Sarah following and Rachel at the back
“Come on!” Mia called.
They struck a dead end of a tall cargo block. Mia immediately started climbing up and heading for a large gap higher up where no boxes blocked the way through.
“Up here!” She shouted while acknowledging the tower. Sarah started climbing after Mia.
“Rachel, come on,” said Sarah with panic and urgency.
“I can’t…its…heights” Rachel said with disbelief.
“Ignore the heights Rachel, you need to get up here!” Mia yelled down, “And fast”
The loud tracks of the Raptor were behind them. It stared up at Mia who was near the top of the structure before lowing its eyes to Sarah who was midway up. It then centred it eyes on Rachel. It leapt. Sarah screamed.
“RAAAAACHEEEEEEL!”
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