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Series 3 Episode 1
"Freedom of the Press"
Katie Smith sat in her office. Just another day at work for her. But her definition of a normal day at work was different to most people’s. Her definition was sitting in her office, going to investigate an anomaly, fight a creature then go back and sit in her office. Most days followed that pattern. But she loved it. She sometimes imagined what her life would be without the ARC and the anomalies. She didn’t like the prospect of being some office girl. She was always so much more than that, and this job proved it. Then she heard the familiar sound of the Anomaly Detector.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Katie ran out of her office and over to the Detector. Alex Johnston and Georgia Stevens were already there.
“It’s…it’s…it’s…”, Alex stuttered.
“…at the park”, Georgia continued.
”What’s so special about there?”, Katie was confused. She didn’t remember a thing about her time in the Cretaceous era (it was at the park where the anomaly opened). She was stuck there for a few weeks, and the team were very worried about her. But when Katie got back, it was simply as a ghost type figure. She was still conscious in the Cretaceous era, but her mind and a hologram of her body was in the present. To get her back, the replacement team leader Louise Hill decided to swap places with her, sacrificing her own life for the team and for Katie. But when Katie returned, she had no knowledge of any of that.
“Don’t worry”, Mike Andrews said as he walked past them. They followed him through the double doors that lead to the long ARC corridor. They proceeded to the cars.
The park was busy, unlike the last time where it was night and only some teenagers were present. Katie started feeling uncomfortable.
“Are you alright Katie?”, Lucie Campbell, head of PR at the ARC, asked her.
“Yeah, course I am. You need to go and move everyone away from the area”, Katie gave Lucie an order. Lucie nodded and walked off.
“Right, where’s the anomaly?”, Jimmy Turner queried.
“According to the Detector, it’s where it was last time”, Sasha West answered, and pointed to where it was. Sure enough, the anomaly was there, in full view. Lucie was there moving some children away and back to their parents. The team walked over and set up the Anomaly Locker. Alex pressed some buttons and closed the anomaly. It was safe now. Lucie was clearing the park still though, as a government policy.
“We need some soldiers”, Katie decided. Alex phoned the ARC and arranged that. The team’s work was done pretty quick. But as Alex was on the phone, he was walking around. He only walked into the Anomaly Locker and accidentally re-opened the anomaly. It wasn’t long before he realised, but it was long enough for a Raptor to run through. Katie and the team stepped back in fright. Mike and Jimmy, being the action men, started firing tranquillisers at it. Raptors were pretty good at holding off tranquillisers for a short amount of time. After about 3 shots were fired each, the Raptor collapsed, unconscious. But the team looked to the gates and saw people watching, despite Lucie trying to hold them back.
Sasha got on the phone to Ben Taunton, their boss.
“What?”, Ben rudely answered.
“Nice to hear from you too. Now listen, we have a bit of a PR disaster”, Sasha explained, “People were watching as the Raptor came though the anomaly. People took photos aswell. We need to stop them selling their stories to the newspapers”.
”Can’t you get the soldiers to arrest them and confiscate their cameras?”, Ben suggested.
“Onto it”, Sasha slid down her phone. Sasha told the commands to Katie, who told the soldiers, who had recently arrived. Alex had got out his Anomaly Opener and closed the anomaly.
Katie felt a little faint. She could imagine herself in a rocky-desert type of place, with shrubs all over the place. And she imagined Raptors there, and herself running from them. She passed out.
Next thing she knew, Georgia and Alex were at her side.
“What happened?”, Katie asked.
“You fainted”, Georgia told her. They both helped Katie up. She’d forgotten all over again…
Lucie, Mike, Jimmy and Sasha, meanwhile, were keeping any people away. Soldiers were arresting the people who saw what happened, and they removed all films from cameras. Soldiers guarded the area for the next day, to make sure the anomaly did not reoccur and no-one was still snooping around.
The team went back to the ARC.
“Are they all gone?”, Ben asked the team.
“We think so. But some people ran off before the soldiers got to them. We did all we could”, Katie explained.
Leila Samuels was sitting at her computer. She plugged her digital camera into it. She looked through her photos, and downloaded the photos that featured the team, the anomaly and the Raptor. She thought the newspapers would be interested in seeing them…
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Katie ran out of her office and over to the Detector. Alex Johnston and Georgia Stevens were already there.
“It’s…it’s…it’s…”, Alex stuttered.
“…at the park”, Georgia continued.
”What’s so special about there?”, Katie was confused. She didn’t remember a thing about her time in the Cretaceous era (it was at the park where the anomaly opened). She was stuck there for a few weeks, and the team were very worried about her. But when Katie got back, it was simply as a ghost type figure. She was still conscious in the Cretaceous era, but her mind and a hologram of her body was in the present. To get her back, the replacement team leader Louise Hill decided to swap places with her, sacrificing her own life for the team and for Katie. But when Katie returned, she had no knowledge of any of that.
“Don’t worry”, Mike Andrews said as he walked past them. They followed him through the double doors that lead to the long ARC corridor. They proceeded to the cars.
The park was busy, unlike the last time where it was night and only some teenagers were present. Katie started feeling uncomfortable.
“Are you alright Katie?”, Lucie Campbell, head of PR at the ARC, asked her.
“Yeah, course I am. You need to go and move everyone away from the area”, Katie gave Lucie an order. Lucie nodded and walked off.
“Right, where’s the anomaly?”, Jimmy Turner queried.
“According to the Detector, it’s where it was last time”, Sasha West answered, and pointed to where it was. Sure enough, the anomaly was there, in full view. Lucie was there moving some children away and back to their parents. The team walked over and set up the Anomaly Locker. Alex pressed some buttons and closed the anomaly. It was safe now. Lucie was clearing the park still though, as a government policy.
“We need some soldiers”, Katie decided. Alex phoned the ARC and arranged that. The team’s work was done pretty quick. But as Alex was on the phone, he was walking around. He only walked into the Anomaly Locker and accidentally re-opened the anomaly. It wasn’t long before he realised, but it was long enough for a Raptor to run through. Katie and the team stepped back in fright. Mike and Jimmy, being the action men, started firing tranquillisers at it. Raptors were pretty good at holding off tranquillisers for a short amount of time. After about 3 shots were fired each, the Raptor collapsed, unconscious. But the team looked to the gates and saw people watching, despite Lucie trying to hold them back.
Sasha got on the phone to Ben Taunton, their boss.
“What?”, Ben rudely answered.
“Nice to hear from you too. Now listen, we have a bit of a PR disaster”, Sasha explained, “People were watching as the Raptor came though the anomaly. People took photos aswell. We need to stop them selling their stories to the newspapers”.
”Can’t you get the soldiers to arrest them and confiscate their cameras?”, Ben suggested.
“Onto it”, Sasha slid down her phone. Sasha told the commands to Katie, who told the soldiers, who had recently arrived. Alex had got out his Anomaly Opener and closed the anomaly.
Katie felt a little faint. She could imagine herself in a rocky-desert type of place, with shrubs all over the place. And she imagined Raptors there, and herself running from them. She passed out.
Next thing she knew, Georgia and Alex were at her side.
“What happened?”, Katie asked.
“You fainted”, Georgia told her. They both helped Katie up. She’d forgotten all over again…
Lucie, Mike, Jimmy and Sasha, meanwhile, were keeping any people away. Soldiers were arresting the people who saw what happened, and they removed all films from cameras. Soldiers guarded the area for the next day, to make sure the anomaly did not reoccur and no-one was still snooping around.
The team went back to the ARC.
“Are they all gone?”, Ben asked the team.
“We think so. But some people ran off before the soldiers got to them. We did all we could”, Katie explained.
Leila Samuels was sitting at her computer. She plugged her digital camera into it. She looked through her photos, and downloaded the photos that featured the team, the anomaly and the Raptor. She thought the newspapers would be interested in seeing them…
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