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Series 4 Episode 8
"Backwards"
Written by DalekSupreme08
Guest Starring: Ruth Kearney
4:00am. February 7th 2011.
“It’s re-opening!” yelled Harry as the glistening shape they had come to know as an anomaly re-appeared in front of the team, who had been gathered since the day before. A scary looking silhouette appeared within, and pounced on Mia. She screamed, but then looked at what had fallen onto her. It was Connor, dazed but alive.
“Connor, are you alright?” asked Cutter, helping him to his feet.
“What just happened?” he asked, still confused.
“Don’t you remember?” enquired Abby, concerned for his well-being.
“Hold on...” said Connor “It’s coming back to me...”
10:30am. July 18th 2239
The Megopteran flew across the vast plains. Connor felt awkward on its back – he had no training with riding giant future insects – but he was managing to steer it towards the anomaly site. With this vantage point, he could see a slight glimmer. Was this a mirage caused by the heat, or was it an anomaly. He brought the creature in, but a metre from the ground, the wings were sliced off by a ferocious claw. The insect dropped to the floor, helpless, and was torn apart by about 10 to 20 Future Predators. Connor managed to get away, but was smacked on the head by one of the beasts. He stumbled forward – into the waiting arms of another Predator!
10:15am. July 18th 2239
Connor grabbed a baseball bat on the other side of the room. “At least they still play sport!” thought Connor as he squashed it against the wall. But just then, the whole floor shook. A pair of insectoid arms protruded through two holes in the floor, and the mighty bug smashed its head through the floor. He stood, frozen to the spot. Luckily, he spotted something familiar on a table nearby. It was like one of the neural clamps Leek had used on the Predators, but was even more advanced. He immediately grabbed it and pushed it over the Megopteran’s head. Its jaws stopped millimetres from his throat, and opened wide, freeing him. Grabbing the controller (which luckily still worked), he jumped onto the back of the mighty creature.
10:00am. July 18th 2239
He was running. Faster than he’d ever run before. Pulling his gun from his pocket, Connor turned and fired on his attacker. However, he had worked out that it would be more effective if he fired into the air. The Future Predators were very resilient, but the sound disrupts their sonar. Turning a corner, Connor noticed the top of a skyscraper coming out of the top of the ice sheet. He clambered through the window and smashed it on a Predator’s head. A shard of glass penetrated the skull of the creature, and it dropped dead. He was safe.
Inside, he discovered a disgusting mouldy office. It was unrecognisable – not as he’d expected a futuristic office to be, but nothing like anything he’d experienced before. However, he was glad to be safe. Or was he? As he examined a computer-style terminal, a draw on the other side of the room slid open, and out flew a young Megopteran, calling for its mother.
6:00pm. February 6th 2011.
Nick Cutter was regretting turning his back on Connor for a moment. Lester had decided that only two members needed to go on this mission - a simple task of locking the anomaly. But as Nick returned to the car to pick up his phone, a pair of hands grabbed Connor and threw him into the anomaly, locking it. When Cutter turned back, Connor was gone – and so was his attacker.
Connor rolled out into the desert. The anomaly was still open, so he picked himself up and hurled himself through it, just as it was locked! He bounced off the orb of light, which gave him an electric shock. This passed to a sign than was submerged in the sand Connor pulled it from the ground and dusted it off. It was a sign for road works, running from the 1st to the 9th February 2211.
A familiar sound disturbed him – the anomaly had been unlocked! On the other side, Cutter had rushed over and reversed the anomaly. But as he got up, the anomaly closed totally. Connor yelled in anger!
Big mistake. Though he didn’t know it, in the hills there was the most dangerous creature the team had ever encountered. The Future Predators. And he’d just alerted an army of them.
5:30am. February 7th 2011.
“That makes two of us.” Lester told Connor back at the ARC, recalling when he was trapped in the future by a woman called Alpo Sparks. “At least everything’s fine now.” he said optimistically.
“There are still some unanswered questions though.” commented Cutter. “How did England become a desert overrun by Predators in just over 200 years? And who threw Connor into the anomaly?”
There was only one name on everyone’s mind.
“It’s re-opening!” yelled Harry as the glistening shape they had come to know as an anomaly re-appeared in front of the team, who had been gathered since the day before. A scary looking silhouette appeared within, and pounced on Mia. She screamed, but then looked at what had fallen onto her. It was Connor, dazed but alive.
“Connor, are you alright?” asked Cutter, helping him to his feet.
“What just happened?” he asked, still confused.
“Don’t you remember?” enquired Abby, concerned for his well-being.
“Hold on...” said Connor “It’s coming back to me...”
10:30am. July 18th 2239
The Megopteran flew across the vast plains. Connor felt awkward on its back – he had no training with riding giant future insects – but he was managing to steer it towards the anomaly site. With this vantage point, he could see a slight glimmer. Was this a mirage caused by the heat, or was it an anomaly. He brought the creature in, but a metre from the ground, the wings were sliced off by a ferocious claw. The insect dropped to the floor, helpless, and was torn apart by about 10 to 20 Future Predators. Connor managed to get away, but was smacked on the head by one of the beasts. He stumbled forward – into the waiting arms of another Predator!
10:15am. July 18th 2239
Connor grabbed a baseball bat on the other side of the room. “At least they still play sport!” thought Connor as he squashed it against the wall. But just then, the whole floor shook. A pair of insectoid arms protruded through two holes in the floor, and the mighty bug smashed its head through the floor. He stood, frozen to the spot. Luckily, he spotted something familiar on a table nearby. It was like one of the neural clamps Leek had used on the Predators, but was even more advanced. He immediately grabbed it and pushed it over the Megopteran’s head. Its jaws stopped millimetres from his throat, and opened wide, freeing him. Grabbing the controller (which luckily still worked), he jumped onto the back of the mighty creature.
10:00am. July 18th 2239
He was running. Faster than he’d ever run before. Pulling his gun from his pocket, Connor turned and fired on his attacker. However, he had worked out that it would be more effective if he fired into the air. The Future Predators were very resilient, but the sound disrupts their sonar. Turning a corner, Connor noticed the top of a skyscraper coming out of the top of the ice sheet. He clambered through the window and smashed it on a Predator’s head. A shard of glass penetrated the skull of the creature, and it dropped dead. He was safe.
Inside, he discovered a disgusting mouldy office. It was unrecognisable – not as he’d expected a futuristic office to be, but nothing like anything he’d experienced before. However, he was glad to be safe. Or was he? As he examined a computer-style terminal, a draw on the other side of the room slid open, and out flew a young Megopteran, calling for its mother.
6:00pm. February 6th 2011.
Nick Cutter was regretting turning his back on Connor for a moment. Lester had decided that only two members needed to go on this mission - a simple task of locking the anomaly. But as Nick returned to the car to pick up his phone, a pair of hands grabbed Connor and threw him into the anomaly, locking it. When Cutter turned back, Connor was gone – and so was his attacker.
Connor rolled out into the desert. The anomaly was still open, so he picked himself up and hurled himself through it, just as it was locked! He bounced off the orb of light, which gave him an electric shock. This passed to a sign than was submerged in the sand Connor pulled it from the ground and dusted it off. It was a sign for road works, running from the 1st to the 9th February 2211.
A familiar sound disturbed him – the anomaly had been unlocked! On the other side, Cutter had rushed over and reversed the anomaly. But as he got up, the anomaly closed totally. Connor yelled in anger!
Big mistake. Though he didn’t know it, in the hills there was the most dangerous creature the team had ever encountered. The Future Predators. And he’d just alerted an army of them.
5:30am. February 7th 2011.
“That makes two of us.” Lester told Connor back at the ARC, recalling when he was trapped in the future by a woman called Alpo Sparks. “At least everything’s fine now.” he said optimistically.
“There are still some unanswered questions though.” commented Cutter. “How did England become a desert overrun by Predators in just over 200 years? And who threw Connor into the anomaly?”
There was only one name on everyone’s mind.
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