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Series 4 Episode 3
"Hunted Down"
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Guest Starring: Ruth Kearney
“I’ve sorted out the rota!”. Abby Maitland announced. She had been tasked with creating the rota for the team which tells them who’s going out on anomaly alerts. James Lester felt there were too many in the team. The others would stay at the ARC and either help Jess Parker, the field co-ordinator, or do some paperwork.
“Who’s going out today?”, Sarah Page eagerly asked.
“Hold on, let me explain”, said Abby, “It goes on a weekly rotation basis. I’ve worked out a group of five team members, plus Captain Mitchell, for each day in the week. Each day, at least one of our team leaders, Danny and Cutter, will be going”.
The rotations went as follows:
Monday - Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry
Tuesday - Danny, Sarah, Lloyd, Claudia and Jenny
Wednesday - Cutter, Harry, Jenny, Lloyd and Connor
Thursday - Danny, Abby, Mia, Claudia and Sarah
Friday - Cutter, Jenny, Sarah, Connor and Mia - NOTE: HARRY’s DAY OFF
Saturday - Danny, Abby, Lloyd, Harry and Claudia
Sunday - All team members
The team examined this list very carefully. Abby made sure everyone got to go out an equal amount of times. Of course, there wasn’t an anomaly every single day, so some would miss out, but as Abby observed, there was no pattern in days or dates when anomalies appeared. James Lester came down from his office.
“Brilliant work Abby”, Lester congratulated her, “Now it’ll look less like a bunch of school children playing chase with a monster”.
“I’ll take that as a compliment”, Abby replied.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“Anomaly detected. Location: the M25. Estimated duration: 10 minutes. Estimated size of anomaly: 30 metres”, Jess announced. It was a Monday, so Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry all got ready to go out.
Jess was correct. It took 10 minutes for the team to arrive at the location of the anomaly. Well, as close as they could get. There was a traffic jam, much like when an anomaly opened there before.
“A mammoth came through”, Cutter remembered, “We’ve still got it in the creature menagerie. It’s all alone now though, as the Dracorex died”.
“Cutter”, Abby nudged Cutter. She didn’t want to remember when the Dracorex died. Cutter remembered and apologised.
“Guys, there’s been a second anomaly. It’s right next to the current one”, Jess announced through their ear pieces. The team started to run.
Meanwhile, at the ARC, Danny, Sarah, Lloyd, Claudia and Jenny were pretty bored. They didn’t like the introduction of the rota. But their day was about to get a whole lot more exciting…
Back at the M25, the team could see some sort of dinosaur looking pretty helpless.
“It’s a Brachiosaurus from the Late Jurassic era”, Connor identified, “It’s pretty harmless. Only a veggie”.
“Well we need to try and lure it back through the anomaly”, Cutter decided.
“It’s getting pretty agitated”, Abby observed.
“Shouldn’t we get everyone out?”, Mia thought. The team got straight to it. They managed to sneak a few people out of their cars without the Brachiosaurus noticing. There was one problem. It was getting annoyed in the confined space. It was knocking several cars out of the way, until the next one had people inside it. It smashed it upside down and stepped on it.
”Déjà vu?”, Connor smiled. The other four glared at him.
Abby, Mia and Harry looked at each other. They nodded. They ran straight for the car to check the people were OK as soon as the Brachiosaurus moved away. They managed to help the people away from the car to safety. Something happened with the second anomaly. A smaller, but more deadly, creature came through. The team moved right back.
“What is it?”, Harry shouted.
“It’s a Neovenator. An Isle of Wight carnivore”, Connor replied.
”So it’s deadly?”, Harry had loads of questions. She wasn’t the brightest spark when it came to dinosaurs.
“No, it’s called a carnivore because it has a nice ring to it”, Cutter was being sarcastic.
“I hear you’ve been looking for me”, a voice came from one of the higher parts of the ARC. The other half of the team looked up, including Jess and Lester. It was Helen Cutter.
“Ah, Helen. Nice of you to save us the trouble”, Lester spoke to her.
“I’ve not come to hand myself in. But I need your help”, Helen replied.
“What?!”, the team said in unison.
The Neovenator was causing a lot of havoc. It was stamping on all the cars in sight, and the Brachiosaurus was starting to run for it.
“Girls, you go and chase the Brachiosaurus, lure it back here in three separate cars”, Cutter commanded. They went to choose their cars. Ones that weren’t squashed by the Neovenator, that is. They got in and drove off. Little did they know that the Neovenator noticed and started chasing them. It managed to catch up with Harry. It smashed her car right off the road. Mia was now in front of the creature. She was terrified.
“As you probably know, two anomalies have opened next to each other. A hungry Neovenator has come through. The team can’t handle it alone”, Helen told them.
“And you know this, how?”, Danny questioned Helen.
“Oh, you know me Danny. Always one anomaly head of you”, Helen replied, smirking.
“So, where do we go?”, Lloyd asked.
“The M25 of course”, Helen told him.
“How do we know we can trust you?”, Lester asked.
“You don’t. But do you really want your precious team to be killed?”, Helen gave them food for thought. Helen turned around, “Oh, I hear you have a new recruit”.
“I’m Jess”, Jess introduced herself. Helen then disappeared.
The Neovenator was gaining on Mia. She was swerving about, but it knocked her right off the road. Abby was the only one left. The poor Brachiosaurus was terrified. A car stopped right in front of the Brachiosaurus and tripped it up. It fell over, injuring itself. Abby did an emergency stop and tripped over the Neovenator. The injuries to that were very severe and it did not survive. The people in the car that tripped over the Brachiosaurus stepped out. It was the other half of the team.
“Thanks”, Abby said, “Right, let’s go help Mia and Harry”.
The team were all gathered around two hospital beds. Mia and Harry had survived, but would be hospitalised for a few more days. Helen had disappeared. But apart from that, everything was back to normal…for now…
“Who’s going out today?”, Sarah Page eagerly asked.
“Hold on, let me explain”, said Abby, “It goes on a weekly rotation basis. I’ve worked out a group of five team members, plus Captain Mitchell, for each day in the week. Each day, at least one of our team leaders, Danny and Cutter, will be going”.
The rotations went as follows:
Monday - Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry
Tuesday - Danny, Sarah, Lloyd, Claudia and Jenny
Wednesday - Cutter, Harry, Jenny, Lloyd and Connor
Thursday - Danny, Abby, Mia, Claudia and Sarah
Friday - Cutter, Jenny, Sarah, Connor and Mia - NOTE: HARRY’s DAY OFF
Saturday - Danny, Abby, Lloyd, Harry and Claudia
Sunday - All team members
The team examined this list very carefully. Abby made sure everyone got to go out an equal amount of times. Of course, there wasn’t an anomaly every single day, so some would miss out, but as Abby observed, there was no pattern in days or dates when anomalies appeared. James Lester came down from his office.
“Brilliant work Abby”, Lester congratulated her, “Now it’ll look less like a bunch of school children playing chase with a monster”.
“I’ll take that as a compliment”, Abby replied.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“Anomaly detected. Location: the M25. Estimated duration: 10 minutes. Estimated size of anomaly: 30 metres”, Jess announced. It was a Monday, so Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry all got ready to go out.
Jess was correct. It took 10 minutes for the team to arrive at the location of the anomaly. Well, as close as they could get. There was a traffic jam, much like when an anomaly opened there before.
“A mammoth came through”, Cutter remembered, “We’ve still got it in the creature menagerie. It’s all alone now though, as the Dracorex died”.
“Cutter”, Abby nudged Cutter. She didn’t want to remember when the Dracorex died. Cutter remembered and apologised.
“Guys, there’s been a second anomaly. It’s right next to the current one”, Jess announced through their ear pieces. The team started to run.
Meanwhile, at the ARC, Danny, Sarah, Lloyd, Claudia and Jenny were pretty bored. They didn’t like the introduction of the rota. But their day was about to get a whole lot more exciting…
Back at the M25, the team could see some sort of dinosaur looking pretty helpless.
“It’s a Brachiosaurus from the Late Jurassic era”, Connor identified, “It’s pretty harmless. Only a veggie”.
“Well we need to try and lure it back through the anomaly”, Cutter decided.
“It’s getting pretty agitated”, Abby observed.
“Shouldn’t we get everyone out?”, Mia thought. The team got straight to it. They managed to sneak a few people out of their cars without the Brachiosaurus noticing. There was one problem. It was getting annoyed in the confined space. It was knocking several cars out of the way, until the next one had people inside it. It smashed it upside down and stepped on it.
”Déjà vu?”, Connor smiled. The other four glared at him.
Abby, Mia and Harry looked at each other. They nodded. They ran straight for the car to check the people were OK as soon as the Brachiosaurus moved away. They managed to help the people away from the car to safety. Something happened with the second anomaly. A smaller, but more deadly, creature came through. The team moved right back.
“What is it?”, Harry shouted.
“It’s a Neovenator. An Isle of Wight carnivore”, Connor replied.
”So it’s deadly?”, Harry had loads of questions. She wasn’t the brightest spark when it came to dinosaurs.
“No, it’s called a carnivore because it has a nice ring to it”, Cutter was being sarcastic.
“I hear you’ve been looking for me”, a voice came from one of the higher parts of the ARC. The other half of the team looked up, including Jess and Lester. It was Helen Cutter.
“Ah, Helen. Nice of you to save us the trouble”, Lester spoke to her.
“I’ve not come to hand myself in. But I need your help”, Helen replied.
“What?!”, the team said in unison.
The Neovenator was causing a lot of havoc. It was stamping on all the cars in sight, and the Brachiosaurus was starting to run for it.
“Girls, you go and chase the Brachiosaurus, lure it back here in three separate cars”, Cutter commanded. They went to choose their cars. Ones that weren’t squashed by the Neovenator, that is. They got in and drove off. Little did they know that the Neovenator noticed and started chasing them. It managed to catch up with Harry. It smashed her car right off the road. Mia was now in front of the creature. She was terrified.
“As you probably know, two anomalies have opened next to each other. A hungry Neovenator has come through. The team can’t handle it alone”, Helen told them.
“And you know this, how?”, Danny questioned Helen.
“Oh, you know me Danny. Always one anomaly head of you”, Helen replied, smirking.
“So, where do we go?”, Lloyd asked.
“The M25 of course”, Helen told him.
“How do we know we can trust you?”, Lester asked.
“You don’t. But do you really want your precious team to be killed?”, Helen gave them food for thought. Helen turned around, “Oh, I hear you have a new recruit”.
“I’m Jess”, Jess introduced herself. Helen then disappeared.
The Neovenator was gaining on Mia. She was swerving about, but it knocked her right off the road. Abby was the only one left. The poor Brachiosaurus was terrified. A car stopped right in front of the Brachiosaurus and tripped it up. It fell over, injuring itself. Abby did an emergency stop and tripped over the Neovenator. The injuries to that were very severe and it did not survive. The people in the car that tripped over the Brachiosaurus stepped out. It was the other half of the team.
“Thanks”, Abby said, “Right, let’s go help Mia and Harry”.
The team were all gathered around two hospital beds. Mia and Harry had survived, but would be hospitalised for a few more days. Helen had disappeared. But apart from that, everything was back to normal…for now…
