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Series 4 Special
"New Beginnings"
Abby, Connor and Mia walked into the brand new ARC. The Minister had heard good things about the team from James Lester, and decided to move them into a new building, with much better resources. The Main Operations Area was smaller, but was still able to fit all the workbenches, aswell as a brand new Detector. Connor ran straight over to it.
“Wow!”, he was amazed at what his creation had been modified to.
“Hi!”, a voice said from next to him. It was Jess Parker. She now had a red, swivelling chair with a retractable arm rest. She was well impressed.
“Connor!”, came a voice from behind. The team were slowly starting to arrive. This voice was Cutter, the team founder and joint leader.
“This place is amazing!”, Connor told Cutter.
“Yes, and you have your own lab”, Cutter revealed.
“What?!”, Connor was shocked. His day was getting better and better.
“Oh great, now I’m not gonna get to see him at all. He’s just gonna be in there all day”, Mia joked.
“Harhar, just cause you haven’t got a lab”, Connor teased.
“No, but she has a work desk over there”, Cutter told them. Mia grinned at Connor. Then they both burst out laughing.
Jenny Lewis knocked on James Lester’s office door. It was literally down some steps from where the Main Operations Room was, so Lester could easily see what was happening. His office had glass walls, so he could see out.
“Come in”, Lester said. Jenny opened the door and entered.
“You wanted to see me?”, Jenny asked.
“Ah yes, take a seat”, Lester offered. Jenny sat down. Lester continued, “I arranged for you to have your own office. Just ask Jess to show you to it”.
“There must be some mistake, why would I need an office?”, Jenny asked.
“You’re important to the team. Without you, how would we keep this away from the press? The Minister would have my head if it got printed in a newspaper”, Lester joked. Jenny did not laugh.
“Who else has an office?”, Jenny enquired.
“You, Cutter and I. Connor and Sarah both have labs, and Mia, Abby and Harry have been given desks in the Main Operations Room”
“What about Claudia?”
“She shares this office with me. That’s what the desk over there is for”, Lester pointed.
“Why does she share it?”
“She works alongside me with the day-to-day anomaly operations”
“So basically, everyone has somewhere to work here?”
“Yes. OK, thank you Jenny. You may leave now”, Lester finished the meeting, and Jenny left. She walked down the steps and to the end of the Main Operations Room to see Jess.
“Hi Jess, could you…”, Jenny was cut off.
“Could I show you where your office is?”, Jess predicted.
“Yes”, Jenny continued.
“Right this way. Harry, could you watch the Detector please?”, Jess asked, shouting to Harry, who was sitting at her desk.
“Sure”, Harry shouted back.
As Jess chauffeured Jenny to her office, Harry walked to the Detector and plonked herself in Jess’ comfy chair.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
”What?!”, Harry didn’t have the slightest idea of what to do. She spoke into the tannoy, “Guys, we’ve got an anomaly. Err, don’t ask me where. Wait, it says it’s at the local library”. Jess ran back.
“Sorry about that!”, Jess smiled. Harry got up, picked up her bag and a black box from Jess, and followed the rest of the team out. They loaded themselves into the cars, and drove out of the building.
The library was, of course, silent. The only noise you could hear were footsteps and the turning of pages in books. Down an isle, an anomaly opened. Everyone nearby heard it open. It was hard not to, to be honest. They all decided to take a snoop round there. They were shocked to see a bright light with shards of glass floating around it. But what frightened them even more was the growling sound that came from inside it. They all decided to abandon their books and run for their lives as vicious dog-like creatures jumped out…
Three cars pulled up outside the library. It was the team, and they were greeted by a crowd of people, terrified. Three people were locking the doors.
Jenny picked up the megaphone that she keeps in the car. She turned it on.
“Right everyone, please listen up!”, she shouted into it. Everyone slowly hushed down, “I know this is a difficult situation, but the team and myself are going to deal with it as promptly as possible”.
“What were those things?”, someone shouted from the crowd.
“Just forget about the things”, Jenny answered. She signalled for Mitchell to speak to them about what they can and can’t say to people.
Cutter and Danny went into the library first. They had their tranquillisers ready. Connor, Abby and Mia followed, with Sarah, Harry, Claudia and Jenny bringing up the rear. Sarah was stopped by a woman from the crowd.
“My son’s still in there!”, she cried.
“Calm down, what’s yours and your son’s names? And how old is he?”, Sarah kept calm.
“I’m Amanda, and my son is called Matthew. He’s only eight years old”, Amanda explained.
“Don’t worry, we’ll see to it”, Sarah reassured her with a smile. She ran to catch up with the team. She told Cutter about Amanda’s situation.
“Right, we’ll need to split up”, Cutter decided, “I’ll take Sarah, Harry and Claudia to look for Matthew. Danny, you take the others and look for the creature and the anomaly”. Danny nodded. They parted ways.
Danny’s team were reading off their Handheld Detectors. Connor was leading the way, followed by Danny, then Abby and Mia, with Jenny at the back. Well, she thought she was at the back. Infact, something was stalking the team. Jenny felt something breathing on her legs as she stopped sort out her hair quickly. She turned round and screamed. She did not have a gun. Jenny got knocked to the floor by the creature. Danny ran back and shot it. It fell to the floor, unconscious.
“That’s from the future. The same era as the Predators”, Abby remembered.
”The one’s that terrorised Oxford Street?”, Connor asked.
“Yeah, that’s right”, Mia continued.
“Right, let’s get to this anomaly and lock it as soon as possible”, Danny decided, “Let’s go”.
Cutter and his part of the team were exploring the other side of the library. They heard a young boy calling out for his mummy.
“Matthew!”, Claudia mentioned. They ran to where the noise was coming from, and saw a young boy scrunched up in the corner as a dog-like creature was making its way towards him. Cutter shot the creature, and went and picked up Matthew.
“It’s OK. My name’s Nick. Now then Matthew, I’m going to take you back to your mummy”, Cutter spoke to Matthew, and then to Sarah, “Can you show us his mum?”. Sarah nodded.
Danny and co. reached the anomaly. Connor called Mitchell, who then sent some soldiers in with the Anomaly Locker. They reached the team quickly and set up the Locking Mechanism.
“Right, Mitchell’s searching the place right now for anymore creatures, and it looks like our work here is done”, Claudia told the team.
“Nice work everyone”, Cutter congratulated. As they were walking back towards the cars, Amanda ran over, holding Matthew’s hand.
“Excuse me! I just wanted to say thank you, to both of you”, Amanda spoke to Cutter and Sarah, “And I bought you both something quick”. Sarah received some flowers, which she described as lovely, and Cutter got a box of chocolates. Both tried to say no to them, but Amanda insisted that they kept them. Matthew said thanks, and they went home. The team continued walking to the cars.
All’s well that end’s well”, Lester summed up, speaking to Claudia in their office.
”Indeed”, Claudia commented.
”Let’s just hope Mitchell’s made those people keep quiet”, Lester hoped.
“Mitchell’s normally good with that, and I trust him”, Claudia noted.
Jess entered.
“Jess, what have I told you about knocking? It still applies here in this new ARC”, Lester moaned.
“Sorry, but I couldn’t help notice a headline on Google. It was to do with the anomaly today at the library…”, Jess broke the news. Claudia dropped her pile of paper that she was holding, and she exchanged looks with Lester. Neither looked happy about the situation.
“Wow!”, he was amazed at what his creation had been modified to.
“Hi!”, a voice said from next to him. It was Jess Parker. She now had a red, swivelling chair with a retractable arm rest. She was well impressed.
“Connor!”, came a voice from behind. The team were slowly starting to arrive. This voice was Cutter, the team founder and joint leader.
“This place is amazing!”, Connor told Cutter.
“Yes, and you have your own lab”, Cutter revealed.
“What?!”, Connor was shocked. His day was getting better and better.
“Oh great, now I’m not gonna get to see him at all. He’s just gonna be in there all day”, Mia joked.
“Harhar, just cause you haven’t got a lab”, Connor teased.
“No, but she has a work desk over there”, Cutter told them. Mia grinned at Connor. Then they both burst out laughing.
Jenny Lewis knocked on James Lester’s office door. It was literally down some steps from where the Main Operations Room was, so Lester could easily see what was happening. His office had glass walls, so he could see out.
“Come in”, Lester said. Jenny opened the door and entered.
“You wanted to see me?”, Jenny asked.
“Ah yes, take a seat”, Lester offered. Jenny sat down. Lester continued, “I arranged for you to have your own office. Just ask Jess to show you to it”.
“There must be some mistake, why would I need an office?”, Jenny asked.
“You’re important to the team. Without you, how would we keep this away from the press? The Minister would have my head if it got printed in a newspaper”, Lester joked. Jenny did not laugh.
“Who else has an office?”, Jenny enquired.
“You, Cutter and I. Connor and Sarah both have labs, and Mia, Abby and Harry have been given desks in the Main Operations Room”
“What about Claudia?”
“She shares this office with me. That’s what the desk over there is for”, Lester pointed.
“Why does she share it?”
“She works alongside me with the day-to-day anomaly operations”
“So basically, everyone has somewhere to work here?”
“Yes. OK, thank you Jenny. You may leave now”, Lester finished the meeting, and Jenny left. She walked down the steps and to the end of the Main Operations Room to see Jess.
“Hi Jess, could you…”, Jenny was cut off.
“Could I show you where your office is?”, Jess predicted.
“Yes”, Jenny continued.
“Right this way. Harry, could you watch the Detector please?”, Jess asked, shouting to Harry, who was sitting at her desk.
“Sure”, Harry shouted back.
As Jess chauffeured Jenny to her office, Harry walked to the Detector and plonked herself in Jess’ comfy chair.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
”What?!”, Harry didn’t have the slightest idea of what to do. She spoke into the tannoy, “Guys, we’ve got an anomaly. Err, don’t ask me where. Wait, it says it’s at the local library”. Jess ran back.
“Sorry about that!”, Jess smiled. Harry got up, picked up her bag and a black box from Jess, and followed the rest of the team out. They loaded themselves into the cars, and drove out of the building.
The library was, of course, silent. The only noise you could hear were footsteps and the turning of pages in books. Down an isle, an anomaly opened. Everyone nearby heard it open. It was hard not to, to be honest. They all decided to take a snoop round there. They were shocked to see a bright light with shards of glass floating around it. But what frightened them even more was the growling sound that came from inside it. They all decided to abandon their books and run for their lives as vicious dog-like creatures jumped out…
Three cars pulled up outside the library. It was the team, and they were greeted by a crowd of people, terrified. Three people were locking the doors.
Jenny picked up the megaphone that she keeps in the car. She turned it on.
“Right everyone, please listen up!”, she shouted into it. Everyone slowly hushed down, “I know this is a difficult situation, but the team and myself are going to deal with it as promptly as possible”.
“What were those things?”, someone shouted from the crowd.
“Just forget about the things”, Jenny answered. She signalled for Mitchell to speak to them about what they can and can’t say to people.
Cutter and Danny went into the library first. They had their tranquillisers ready. Connor, Abby and Mia followed, with Sarah, Harry, Claudia and Jenny bringing up the rear. Sarah was stopped by a woman from the crowd.
“My son’s still in there!”, she cried.
“Calm down, what’s yours and your son’s names? And how old is he?”, Sarah kept calm.
“I’m Amanda, and my son is called Matthew. He’s only eight years old”, Amanda explained.
“Don’t worry, we’ll see to it”, Sarah reassured her with a smile. She ran to catch up with the team. She told Cutter about Amanda’s situation.
“Right, we’ll need to split up”, Cutter decided, “I’ll take Sarah, Harry and Claudia to look for Matthew. Danny, you take the others and look for the creature and the anomaly”. Danny nodded. They parted ways.
Danny’s team were reading off their Handheld Detectors. Connor was leading the way, followed by Danny, then Abby and Mia, with Jenny at the back. Well, she thought she was at the back. Infact, something was stalking the team. Jenny felt something breathing on her legs as she stopped sort out her hair quickly. She turned round and screamed. She did not have a gun. Jenny got knocked to the floor by the creature. Danny ran back and shot it. It fell to the floor, unconscious.
“That’s from the future. The same era as the Predators”, Abby remembered.
”The one’s that terrorised Oxford Street?”, Connor asked.
“Yeah, that’s right”, Mia continued.
“Right, let’s get to this anomaly and lock it as soon as possible”, Danny decided, “Let’s go”.
Cutter and his part of the team were exploring the other side of the library. They heard a young boy calling out for his mummy.
“Matthew!”, Claudia mentioned. They ran to where the noise was coming from, and saw a young boy scrunched up in the corner as a dog-like creature was making its way towards him. Cutter shot the creature, and went and picked up Matthew.
“It’s OK. My name’s Nick. Now then Matthew, I’m going to take you back to your mummy”, Cutter spoke to Matthew, and then to Sarah, “Can you show us his mum?”. Sarah nodded.
Danny and co. reached the anomaly. Connor called Mitchell, who then sent some soldiers in with the Anomaly Locker. They reached the team quickly and set up the Locking Mechanism.
“Right, Mitchell’s searching the place right now for anymore creatures, and it looks like our work here is done”, Claudia told the team.
“Nice work everyone”, Cutter congratulated. As they were walking back towards the cars, Amanda ran over, holding Matthew’s hand.
“Excuse me! I just wanted to say thank you, to both of you”, Amanda spoke to Cutter and Sarah, “And I bought you both something quick”. Sarah received some flowers, which she described as lovely, and Cutter got a box of chocolates. Both tried to say no to them, but Amanda insisted that they kept them. Matthew said thanks, and they went home. The team continued walking to the cars.
All’s well that end’s well”, Lester summed up, speaking to Claudia in their office.
”Indeed”, Claudia commented.
”Let’s just hope Mitchell’s made those people keep quiet”, Lester hoped.
“Mitchell’s normally good with that, and I trust him”, Claudia noted.
Jess entered.
“Jess, what have I told you about knocking? It still applies here in this new ARC”, Lester moaned.
“Sorry, but I couldn’t help notice a headline on Google. It was to do with the anomaly today at the library…”, Jess broke the news. Claudia dropped her pile of paper that she was holding, and she exchanged looks with Lester. Neither looked happy about the situation.
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