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Series 1 Episode 3
"Caught On Film"
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“Almost finished!”, rejoiced Alex Johnston, who had nearly finished building the Anomaly Detector for the ARC, “Yes!”. Katie and the rest of the team came over, aswell as Ben Taunton, head of the ARC.
“Want to see a demo?”, Alex asked, smiling.
“No, we want to see it do the limbo”, said a sarky Mike.
“Leave him alone. Of course we would Alex”, Georgia fought back for Alex. Alex smiled to her, then put the demo on.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
A loud noise rang out across the ARC.
”That’s one noise I recognise!”, shouted a voice from the ARC corridor.
“Claudia!”, cried Katie, happy to see her sister.
”Hello Katie!”, smiled Claudia.
“Everyone, this is my sister, Claudia Brown”, Katie introduced Claudia to everyone, “She works down at the ARC in London”.
“You’ve done well, it looks exactly like the real thing!”, complimented Claudia.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“That’s not a demo, is it Alex?”, asked Katie, to be sure. Alex shook his head.
“Wanna come with us?”, Katie asked Claudia. Claudia smiled then nodded. The team all went out to their cars.
When there, Alex handed them their handheld Detectors.
“Wow, they look really like our ones!”, said a shocked Claudia. Alex blushed.
“It’s through here”, directed Sasha. She led the way to one of the cinema rooms. It was packed with people all watching the latest film.
“Ahh”, stopped Jimmy, wondering what to do. They all saw the anomaly down by the side. The main thing was, everyone was too busy watching the film to notice it. A little creature walked through it, and the team sneaked around the back of the cinema to get it. The creature ran off in front of everyone, scaring the living daylights out of the people at the front.
”What is it?”, whispered Katie.
”It’s a Dimetrodon. It’s from the Permian era”, identified Georgia.
”Not again”, complained Mike. He and Sasha got into a little trouble with a Gorgonopsid when they sneaked through an anomaly at a school. Ben went mental with them.
“Is it harmful?”, Claudia asked.
“It is an apex predator, which is at the top of any food chain. It could indeed be harmful”, Alex told them. The team heard a loud scream come from outside.
“Everyone, out this way please! Just forget everything you’ve seen!”, ordered Katie. No-one moved, “Now!”. When she said this, everyone started shuffling towards the fire exit.
”Do we have to forget the film aswell?”, asked someone as they walked past Katie.
”That depends on whether you liked it or not”, replied Katie, winking. She and the team ran out to reception, and saw that the Dimetrodon had attacked a woman who had come to see a film. The woman wasn’t dead yet, according to Mike, who knew a bit about first aid.
“Where did it go?”, Claudia asked the receptionist.
”Outside”, the receptionist replied, “What is it?”. Claudia and the team didn’t answer, they just ran outside. The team looked hard when they got outside, and they saw it going down an alleyway.
“That’s a dead end”, Jimmy told them, as he knew the area pretty well. The team ran up to the alley, and saw an anomaly.
”I thought I heard a beeping noise”, said Alex, not recognising the sound of the handheld Detectors that he made. The Dimetrodon went straight through it. The anomaly suddenly closed.
”That was easy”, stated Georgia with a smile on her face.
”But that creature could be anywhere. Alex said it’s from the Permian era, well it could be in the Holocene, or the Jurassic, or even the Pre-Cambrian now, right out of its depth. I can re-open that anomaly and get it back”, Claudia told them.
“How?”, asked Katie, wondering how she could open an anomaly.
“This is technology from the future. We have a few in our ARC. I need the co-ordinates”, demanded Claudia. Alex told her them from the saved readings on the Detector. Claudia pressed a button and the anomaly re-opened.
”We need to go through it. Claudia, Jimmy, Alex and Sasha, you come with us. Georgia and Mike, guard the anomaly”, ordered Katie. So Katie’s part of the team went through.
Through the anomaly, there wasn’t much to see apart from a few cliffs and a lake up ahead.
”This is the Pliocene era”, identified Alex.
“It should be easy to see it”, added Sasha.
“Well, what are we waiting for?”, exclaimed Jimmy. They marched off to find the Dimetrodon. They saw it up ahead by the lake.
”We need to lure it back”, Katie told them. Jimmy went up to it, ignoring Katie’s orders to stay back for the moment. Jimmy started to distract it, and bring it towards the anomaly. He lured it through, and the rest of them followed. Georgia and Mike moved out of the way for them. Jimmy brought it into the cinema. He took it right up to the anomaly and moved to the side as he watched it go through. The rest of the team had watched him do this. Katie ordered some soldiers to watch the anomaly.
They all went back to the ARC and said their goodbyes to Claudia, who had to go back.
”It was lovely seeing you!”, said Katie as she hugged goodbye to Claudia.
“And you”, replied Claudia, “And nice meeting you all!”.
“Bye”, the rest of the team said. Katie went to see Jimmy.
”What did you do that for?”, asked Katie.
”I was trying to protect you, of course”, replied Jimmy.
“Next time, listen to me”, ordered Katie. She went to sit in her office. Alex knocked.
”Come in”, Katie said in a tired manner.
”Hiya. I just wanted to ask. You and Claudia, why do you have different surnames? Is oe of you married?”, asked an inquisitive Alex.
”I’m married. Well, I was. Listen Alex, you need to know this. He left me, because of what we do. I wouldn’t tell him what we do here. I had to lie. Alex, if you get a girlfriend, tell her, but make her swear to keep it a secret, OK?”, Katie told Alex. Alex nodded. He got up, smiled at Katie, and left.
“Want to see a demo?”, Alex asked, smiling.
“No, we want to see it do the limbo”, said a sarky Mike.
“Leave him alone. Of course we would Alex”, Georgia fought back for Alex. Alex smiled to her, then put the demo on.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
A loud noise rang out across the ARC.
”That’s one noise I recognise!”, shouted a voice from the ARC corridor.
“Claudia!”, cried Katie, happy to see her sister.
”Hello Katie!”, smiled Claudia.
“Everyone, this is my sister, Claudia Brown”, Katie introduced Claudia to everyone, “She works down at the ARC in London”.
“You’ve done well, it looks exactly like the real thing!”, complimented Claudia.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“That’s not a demo, is it Alex?”, asked Katie, to be sure. Alex shook his head.
“Wanna come with us?”, Katie asked Claudia. Claudia smiled then nodded. The team all went out to their cars.
When there, Alex handed them their handheld Detectors.
“Wow, they look really like our ones!”, said a shocked Claudia. Alex blushed.
“It’s through here”, directed Sasha. She led the way to one of the cinema rooms. It was packed with people all watching the latest film.
“Ahh”, stopped Jimmy, wondering what to do. They all saw the anomaly down by the side. The main thing was, everyone was too busy watching the film to notice it. A little creature walked through it, and the team sneaked around the back of the cinema to get it. The creature ran off in front of everyone, scaring the living daylights out of the people at the front.
”What is it?”, whispered Katie.
”It’s a Dimetrodon. It’s from the Permian era”, identified Georgia.
”Not again”, complained Mike. He and Sasha got into a little trouble with a Gorgonopsid when they sneaked through an anomaly at a school. Ben went mental with them.
“Is it harmful?”, Claudia asked.
“It is an apex predator, which is at the top of any food chain. It could indeed be harmful”, Alex told them. The team heard a loud scream come from outside.
“Everyone, out this way please! Just forget everything you’ve seen!”, ordered Katie. No-one moved, “Now!”. When she said this, everyone started shuffling towards the fire exit.
”Do we have to forget the film aswell?”, asked someone as they walked past Katie.
”That depends on whether you liked it or not”, replied Katie, winking. She and the team ran out to reception, and saw that the Dimetrodon had attacked a woman who had come to see a film. The woman wasn’t dead yet, according to Mike, who knew a bit about first aid.
“Where did it go?”, Claudia asked the receptionist.
”Outside”, the receptionist replied, “What is it?”. Claudia and the team didn’t answer, they just ran outside. The team looked hard when they got outside, and they saw it going down an alleyway.
“That’s a dead end”, Jimmy told them, as he knew the area pretty well. The team ran up to the alley, and saw an anomaly.
”I thought I heard a beeping noise”, said Alex, not recognising the sound of the handheld Detectors that he made. The Dimetrodon went straight through it. The anomaly suddenly closed.
”That was easy”, stated Georgia with a smile on her face.
”But that creature could be anywhere. Alex said it’s from the Permian era, well it could be in the Holocene, or the Jurassic, or even the Pre-Cambrian now, right out of its depth. I can re-open that anomaly and get it back”, Claudia told them.
“How?”, asked Katie, wondering how she could open an anomaly.
“This is technology from the future. We have a few in our ARC. I need the co-ordinates”, demanded Claudia. Alex told her them from the saved readings on the Detector. Claudia pressed a button and the anomaly re-opened.
”We need to go through it. Claudia, Jimmy, Alex and Sasha, you come with us. Georgia and Mike, guard the anomaly”, ordered Katie. So Katie’s part of the team went through.
Through the anomaly, there wasn’t much to see apart from a few cliffs and a lake up ahead.
”This is the Pliocene era”, identified Alex.
“It should be easy to see it”, added Sasha.
“Well, what are we waiting for?”, exclaimed Jimmy. They marched off to find the Dimetrodon. They saw it up ahead by the lake.
”We need to lure it back”, Katie told them. Jimmy went up to it, ignoring Katie’s orders to stay back for the moment. Jimmy started to distract it, and bring it towards the anomaly. He lured it through, and the rest of them followed. Georgia and Mike moved out of the way for them. Jimmy brought it into the cinema. He took it right up to the anomaly and moved to the side as he watched it go through. The rest of the team had watched him do this. Katie ordered some soldiers to watch the anomaly.
They all went back to the ARC and said their goodbyes to Claudia, who had to go back.
”It was lovely seeing you!”, said Katie as she hugged goodbye to Claudia.
“And you”, replied Claudia, “And nice meeting you all!”.
“Bye”, the rest of the team said. Katie went to see Jimmy.
”What did you do that for?”, asked Katie.
”I was trying to protect you, of course”, replied Jimmy.
“Next time, listen to me”, ordered Katie. She went to sit in her office. Alex knocked.
”Come in”, Katie said in a tired manner.
”Hiya. I just wanted to ask. You and Claudia, why do you have different surnames? Is oe of you married?”, asked an inquisitive Alex.
”I’m married. Well, I was. Listen Alex, you need to know this. He left me, because of what we do. I wouldn’t tell him what we do here. I had to lie. Alex, if you get a girlfriend, tell her, but make her swear to keep it a secret, OK?”, Katie told Alex. Alex nodded. He got up, smiled at Katie, and left.
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