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Series 5 Episode 3
"Buy One, Get One Free"
Professor Nick Cutter was sitting in his office. The last week had been extremely hectic. The anomaly operation reached the press, an undetectable anomaly opened, Jenny and Sarah worked on a cover story for the press, and worst of all, Lester’s new Jag nearly got damaged. Cutter knew that Lester would be unbearable if his car got scratched.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
The Anomaly Detector went off. Cutter heard this sound most days of his life. He ran and got to Jess before the sound could give him a headache.
“Where is it?”, Cutter asked.
“It’s in the nearby Sainsbury’s store”, Jess informed him.
“Oh god”, Cutter commented, “Thanks Jess”. He picked up a black box, and went to the cars.
Cutter was joined by Abby Maitland, Connor Temple, Mia Turner and Jenny Lewis in his car.
“Jenny, you’ve got your work cut out for you today”, Abby told her.
“Got to admit, I wasn’t exactly ‘buzzing’ when I found out where this one was”, Jenny replied.
“I was. There’s a game I need to buy”, Connor joked. Abby, Mia and Jenny all glared at him.
They arrived at the store within five minutes. The rest of the team, comprising of Danny Quinn, Claudia Brown, Sarah Page and Harriet Stafford, arrived just after them,
“So, where is it?”, Danny asked.
“Just in there”, Connor told them. He pointed to the main entrance.
”That helps. A massive Sainsbury’s store, and you tell me the anomaly is through the entrance. Well done Connor”, Danny sarcastically replied.
“You’re welcome”, Connor didn’t get the joke until about ten seconds after.
They walked inside. Straight in front of them were a few aisles of magazines and a stand for newspapers.
“Any idea on a direction?”, Mia asked.
“My one’s playing up a little, is yours the same, Connor?”, Sarah queried.
“Yeah, it’s not telling me a great deal”, Connor told her.
“Looks like we’ll need to split up”, decided Cutter.
Abby, Claudia, Sarah and Harry went in one direction, and the others went the opposite way.
“So it looks like we’re Mystery Inc. now, splitting up and all that”, Harry laughed.
“Shush Harry, we need to look for clues!”, Abby added.
“Cutter reminds me of Fred, don’t you think?”, Claudia thought.
“Yeah. Claudia, you can be Daphne! Sarah can be Velma”, Harry joked.
“Connor can be Scooby-Doo”, Abby continued.
“Who can be Shaggy?”, Sarah asked.
“Danny”, all four said in unison. They laughed.
“Wait, which one’s Velma?”, Sarah asked. Just after asking that, she looked down and saw a page of a newspaper.
“Guys, look at this. It’s from the Victorian times”, Sarah informed them.
“So that means the anomaly’s to that time?”, Harry asked.
“Most likely. But that doesn’t mean we’re safe from creatures, there could be another anomaly through that one. We best find it and lock it to be sure”, Sarah decided.
“Plus we don’t want any random Victorian person walking through and wandering what the hell Sainsbury’s is”, laughed Abby.
“Jess!”, Lester called across the Main Operations Room.
“What now?”, Jess shouted back.
“My office - now!”, Lester ordered.
Jess sighed, swivelled round in her chair and got up. She walked past everyone’s desks, up the three or so steps and into Lester’s office.
“Take a seat”, Lester said to her, “Right. Claudia and I have a meeting with the Home Secretary that will ultimately decide what will happen with the ARC. At this moment in time, things don’t sound so good, so when we return, just be prepared for the worst”.
“Like…redundancies?”, Jess sounded worried.
“That’s possible, but it could be a whole lot worse”, Lester didn’t like saying this, but he knew he had to, “I could be sacked, and you may get a new person in charge. Or worse…we could be closed down”. Jess gasped.
“Cutter!”, Claudia called. Cutter came running out of an aisle.
“Did you find it?”, he asked her.
“No, but Sarah found this”, she handed him the newspaper cutting.
“So it’s to the Victorian times?”, he asked.
“That’s what we think”, Claudia replied.
What they didn’t notice was something walking along the top of the aisle behind them. It’s vision was poor, but instead, it saw sound. It was about to pounce on Cutter.
“Cutter!”, Sarah shouted. She took his tranquilliser and shot the creature.
“Thanks”, Cutter said to Sarah.
“No problem”, she smiled.
“Jess, we’ve got an incursion. It’s the Future Predators”, Abby informed her.
“OK, would you like me to lock the store down?”, she asked. Abby looked at Cutter, he nodded.
“Yes, that’d be great thanks”, Abby answered.
The team continued to search for the anomaly, and eventually found it in the very back corner of the store.
“I think we need to go through, the Predators must’ve come from there”, Cutter thought.
”Who’s going to go through?”, Danny asked.
“I want to”, Sarah volunteered.
“Are you sure?”, Cutter asked her.
“Positive”, she smiled.
“Connor and I will”, Abby said.
“OK, I think that’s enough”, Cutter decided. He briefed the trio on what to do and what not to do, and they set off.
On the other side of the anomaly, it was without a doubt the Victorian times. The anomaly was in an ally, and as soon as they walked out, they saw horses and carts, aswell as men with top hats.
“Let’s do a quick search and get back as quickly as possible”, Sarah decided. They walked round the town, getting a few stares from people because of their clothes and guns.
“Up there!”, Connor shouted, and he shot the Predator. A few people saw and were scared. They ran away. Others took the hint and also did so. The whole street was empty within minutes.
“We need to be quick here”, Abby thought, “We can’t let anyone be hurt”.
They carried on walking, looking around for creatures. They turned a corner and were greeted by another anomaly.
“What are we gonna do with this?”, Sarah asked.
“Use the new Anomaly Opener, I can seal it in a bubble. I can’t close it as I don’t have the correct code”, Connor said.
“Nice one Connor”, Abby smiled.
Connor pressed some buttons, and the anomaly was sealed away.
“Right, one last look around, and then we’ll head back”, Connor decided.
After another half an hour of searching, they decided to walk back home. On their way, they looked inside a house. The windows were smashed, and it looked deserted. They thought they’d take a look inside. The house was dark and deserted. They went up the old fashioned stairs. They heard a woman screaming. The trio ran as fast as they could and entered a room to be greeted by a Future Predator. A young woman was sitting in the corner, crying and screaming. Abby shot the Predator and it fell unconscious on the floor.
“Are you OK?”, Sarah asked the woman. She nodded.
Abby, Connor and Sarah walked back over to the anomaly and walked through. On the other side, Captain Mitchell locked it.
“All done and dusted”, Connor told them. They went back to the ARC after telling Jess to lift lockdown.
In the drains of Victorian London, the trio didn’t notice something waiting there…
A baby Future Predator…
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
The Anomaly Detector went off. Cutter heard this sound most days of his life. He ran and got to Jess before the sound could give him a headache.
“Where is it?”, Cutter asked.
“It’s in the nearby Sainsbury’s store”, Jess informed him.
“Oh god”, Cutter commented, “Thanks Jess”. He picked up a black box, and went to the cars.
Cutter was joined by Abby Maitland, Connor Temple, Mia Turner and Jenny Lewis in his car.
“Jenny, you’ve got your work cut out for you today”, Abby told her.
“Got to admit, I wasn’t exactly ‘buzzing’ when I found out where this one was”, Jenny replied.
“I was. There’s a game I need to buy”, Connor joked. Abby, Mia and Jenny all glared at him.
They arrived at the store within five minutes. The rest of the team, comprising of Danny Quinn, Claudia Brown, Sarah Page and Harriet Stafford, arrived just after them,
“So, where is it?”, Danny asked.
“Just in there”, Connor told them. He pointed to the main entrance.
”That helps. A massive Sainsbury’s store, and you tell me the anomaly is through the entrance. Well done Connor”, Danny sarcastically replied.
“You’re welcome”, Connor didn’t get the joke until about ten seconds after.
They walked inside. Straight in front of them were a few aisles of magazines and a stand for newspapers.
“Any idea on a direction?”, Mia asked.
“My one’s playing up a little, is yours the same, Connor?”, Sarah queried.
“Yeah, it’s not telling me a great deal”, Connor told her.
“Looks like we’ll need to split up”, decided Cutter.
Abby, Claudia, Sarah and Harry went in one direction, and the others went the opposite way.
“So it looks like we’re Mystery Inc. now, splitting up and all that”, Harry laughed.
“Shush Harry, we need to look for clues!”, Abby added.
“Cutter reminds me of Fred, don’t you think?”, Claudia thought.
“Yeah. Claudia, you can be Daphne! Sarah can be Velma”, Harry joked.
“Connor can be Scooby-Doo”, Abby continued.
“Who can be Shaggy?”, Sarah asked.
“Danny”, all four said in unison. They laughed.
“Wait, which one’s Velma?”, Sarah asked. Just after asking that, she looked down and saw a page of a newspaper.
“Guys, look at this. It’s from the Victorian times”, Sarah informed them.
“So that means the anomaly’s to that time?”, Harry asked.
“Most likely. But that doesn’t mean we’re safe from creatures, there could be another anomaly through that one. We best find it and lock it to be sure”, Sarah decided.
“Plus we don’t want any random Victorian person walking through and wandering what the hell Sainsbury’s is”, laughed Abby.
“Jess!”, Lester called across the Main Operations Room.
“What now?”, Jess shouted back.
“My office - now!”, Lester ordered.
Jess sighed, swivelled round in her chair and got up. She walked past everyone’s desks, up the three or so steps and into Lester’s office.
“Take a seat”, Lester said to her, “Right. Claudia and I have a meeting with the Home Secretary that will ultimately decide what will happen with the ARC. At this moment in time, things don’t sound so good, so when we return, just be prepared for the worst”.
“Like…redundancies?”, Jess sounded worried.
“That’s possible, but it could be a whole lot worse”, Lester didn’t like saying this, but he knew he had to, “I could be sacked, and you may get a new person in charge. Or worse…we could be closed down”. Jess gasped.
“Cutter!”, Claudia called. Cutter came running out of an aisle.
“Did you find it?”, he asked her.
“No, but Sarah found this”, she handed him the newspaper cutting.
“So it’s to the Victorian times?”, he asked.
“That’s what we think”, Claudia replied.
What they didn’t notice was something walking along the top of the aisle behind them. It’s vision was poor, but instead, it saw sound. It was about to pounce on Cutter.
“Cutter!”, Sarah shouted. She took his tranquilliser and shot the creature.
“Thanks”, Cutter said to Sarah.
“No problem”, she smiled.
“Jess, we’ve got an incursion. It’s the Future Predators”, Abby informed her.
“OK, would you like me to lock the store down?”, she asked. Abby looked at Cutter, he nodded.
“Yes, that’d be great thanks”, Abby answered.
The team continued to search for the anomaly, and eventually found it in the very back corner of the store.
“I think we need to go through, the Predators must’ve come from there”, Cutter thought.
”Who’s going to go through?”, Danny asked.
“I want to”, Sarah volunteered.
“Are you sure?”, Cutter asked her.
“Positive”, she smiled.
“Connor and I will”, Abby said.
“OK, I think that’s enough”, Cutter decided. He briefed the trio on what to do and what not to do, and they set off.
On the other side of the anomaly, it was without a doubt the Victorian times. The anomaly was in an ally, and as soon as they walked out, they saw horses and carts, aswell as men with top hats.
“Let’s do a quick search and get back as quickly as possible”, Sarah decided. They walked round the town, getting a few stares from people because of their clothes and guns.
“Up there!”, Connor shouted, and he shot the Predator. A few people saw and were scared. They ran away. Others took the hint and also did so. The whole street was empty within minutes.
“We need to be quick here”, Abby thought, “We can’t let anyone be hurt”.
They carried on walking, looking around for creatures. They turned a corner and were greeted by another anomaly.
“What are we gonna do with this?”, Sarah asked.
“Use the new Anomaly Opener, I can seal it in a bubble. I can’t close it as I don’t have the correct code”, Connor said.
“Nice one Connor”, Abby smiled.
Connor pressed some buttons, and the anomaly was sealed away.
“Right, one last look around, and then we’ll head back”, Connor decided.
After another half an hour of searching, they decided to walk back home. On their way, they looked inside a house. The windows were smashed, and it looked deserted. They thought they’d take a look inside. The house was dark and deserted. They went up the old fashioned stairs. They heard a woman screaming. The trio ran as fast as they could and entered a room to be greeted by a Future Predator. A young woman was sitting in the corner, crying and screaming. Abby shot the Predator and it fell unconscious on the floor.
“Are you OK?”, Sarah asked the woman. She nodded.
Abby, Connor and Sarah walked back over to the anomaly and walked through. On the other side, Captain Mitchell locked it.
“All done and dusted”, Connor told them. They went back to the ARC after telling Jess to lift lockdown.
In the drains of Victorian London, the trio didn’t notice something waiting there…
A baby Future Predator…
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