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Sarah's Story Episode 2
"Ripped Pages"
Sarah's Story is a two-part miniseries set after series 5 of Primeval Stories, but before "Farewell."
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Devastated. That was one of the many feelings rushing through Sarah Page’s head at that moment in time. She’d just seen her sister Rachel devoured by a hungry Raptor. Her mind was like a motorway with all the thoughts. What will happen to her kids? How do I tell mum? Do I tell her about the anomalies? Could she still be alive? But ultimately, all she wanted to do was break down in tears. However, right now, she had more important things to do - prevent any more deaths. It was her job, after all. There was one major problem though - how does she escape? She was with Mia on top of a large cargo block, with the Raptor staring right at them below.
BANG!
Nick Cutter had shot the Raptor stone dead. Normally he doesn’t kill creatures or even consider it, but he had seen what had happened to Rachel, but it was too late for him to act. He helped the girls down from the block and Sarah knelt down to Rachel’s body.
“She’s gone”, Sarah cried. All she could see in her head was her niece and nephew. How could she tell them her mum was dead? It was a scary thought for her.
“Sarah, I’m so sorry”, Mia rested her hand on Sarah’s shoulder.
“It’s OK, you couldn’t have done anything more”, Sarah smiled, trying to hide her feelings, “Right, are we gonna sort this anomaly or what?”
“Cutter, report! Danny, report! Anyone?”, Jess shouted with frustration into the communications system.
“Is everything OK?”, James Lester asked, wandering over from his office.
“I can’t get through to any of the team, the comms are working fine but they just aren’t responding, something might have happened”, Jess explained.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve gone for a coffee having already sorted the anomaly. Why bother coming to work when you spent half the time drinking hot beverages? Typical freelancers”, Lester ranted. Jess just stared at him blankly before returning to her work.
Connor was setting up the locking mechanism to prevent any more Raptors coming through. The last thing they wanted was for another incursion. When the mechanism was activated, however, the anomaly just separated into two and then locked.
“Woah…”, Connor was shocked.
“What’s happened?”, Cutter asked.
“I don’t know, it just separated into two”
“Right, so they could be to two different places. We need to check the rest of this place for any other creatures, and pronto”
Sarah went with Abby, Connor and Mia to investigate round the back, leaving Cutter, Danny, Harry and Lloyd to search the front. Claudia and Jenny were both back at the ARC as they had paperwork to do. Sarah heard a crash behind her, to find another Raptor. Fear was in her eyes, and her heart was pounding. She was more terrified of them now than she ever was before. She stared it in the eye.
“Connor”, Sarah gently whispered, to try and get Connor to come over with a tranquilliser.
“Why are you whispe-“, Connor strolled over and got cut off by the fact that he was now being faced by a Raptor.
“Shoot it”, Sarah ordered.
“I left my gun in the car”, Connor admitted. Sarah let out a huge sigh.
“On the count of three, we run”, Sarah decided, “3…2…1!” She and Connor ran for their lives, in the direction of Abby and Mia, to make sure they were safe.
“Where’s the fire, guys?”, Mia joked as the two ran to her and Abby.
“It’s more like a Raptor than a fire”, Connor explained, just as the creature reared its feathered body from around the corner. Abby wasted no time in shooting a tranquilliser bullet right at its neck. It let out a loud wail and thudded to the ground.
The place was double checked by the soldiers from the ARC, and the tranquillised Raptor was sent back through the anomaly. The team were allowed to go back to their homes, but Sarah was feeling quite reluctant to return. She had to break the news of her sister’s death - the hardest task she knew she’d ever have to do. She drove back in silence - no Christmas song could lift her mood, no matter how much she loved the festive season. When she parked up, she had a think about how to break the news. Does she wait for the right time? Or does she say it straight away? Do the kids find out at the same time or does she tell them later?
“Sarah, are you coming in?”, her mum opened the door and shouted to her. Sarah switched off the engine and stepped out of the car. She ran up to the door and into her mother’s arms.
”My my, what’s up with you?”, her mum asked, as Sarah cried on her shoulder.
“It’s Rachel. She’s gone, mum, she’s dead”, Sarah wept uncontrollably.
“What? Don’t be silly, she only went to get some milk”
“She followed me to my work, it’s incredibly dangerous, she got herself killed, I couldn’t stop it, I did all I could”
Her mum was in total shock. She tried to comfort Sarah but she knew that she couldn’t keep strong for much longer.
“Promise me this, sweetheart”, her mum looked Sarah in the eye, her hands on her cheeks, “Don’t tell the kids yet. It’s the last thing they will want on their Christmas”.
After Rachel’s funeral, Sarah fought for custody over the children, instead of their father who had left Rachel years before. The court decided that Sarah was the best person for the job, so Emily and Ben went to live with her full time.
“It’s what Rachel would have wanted”, she told her mum when explaining that she was going for custody.
BANG!
Nick Cutter had shot the Raptor stone dead. Normally he doesn’t kill creatures or even consider it, but he had seen what had happened to Rachel, but it was too late for him to act. He helped the girls down from the block and Sarah knelt down to Rachel’s body.
“She’s gone”, Sarah cried. All she could see in her head was her niece and nephew. How could she tell them her mum was dead? It was a scary thought for her.
“Sarah, I’m so sorry”, Mia rested her hand on Sarah’s shoulder.
“It’s OK, you couldn’t have done anything more”, Sarah smiled, trying to hide her feelings, “Right, are we gonna sort this anomaly or what?”
“Cutter, report! Danny, report! Anyone?”, Jess shouted with frustration into the communications system.
“Is everything OK?”, James Lester asked, wandering over from his office.
“I can’t get through to any of the team, the comms are working fine but they just aren’t responding, something might have happened”, Jess explained.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve gone for a coffee having already sorted the anomaly. Why bother coming to work when you spent half the time drinking hot beverages? Typical freelancers”, Lester ranted. Jess just stared at him blankly before returning to her work.
Connor was setting up the locking mechanism to prevent any more Raptors coming through. The last thing they wanted was for another incursion. When the mechanism was activated, however, the anomaly just separated into two and then locked.
“Woah…”, Connor was shocked.
“What’s happened?”, Cutter asked.
“I don’t know, it just separated into two”
“Right, so they could be to two different places. We need to check the rest of this place for any other creatures, and pronto”
Sarah went with Abby, Connor and Mia to investigate round the back, leaving Cutter, Danny, Harry and Lloyd to search the front. Claudia and Jenny were both back at the ARC as they had paperwork to do. Sarah heard a crash behind her, to find another Raptor. Fear was in her eyes, and her heart was pounding. She was more terrified of them now than she ever was before. She stared it in the eye.
“Connor”, Sarah gently whispered, to try and get Connor to come over with a tranquilliser.
“Why are you whispe-“, Connor strolled over and got cut off by the fact that he was now being faced by a Raptor.
“Shoot it”, Sarah ordered.
“I left my gun in the car”, Connor admitted. Sarah let out a huge sigh.
“On the count of three, we run”, Sarah decided, “3…2…1!” She and Connor ran for their lives, in the direction of Abby and Mia, to make sure they were safe.
“Where’s the fire, guys?”, Mia joked as the two ran to her and Abby.
“It’s more like a Raptor than a fire”, Connor explained, just as the creature reared its feathered body from around the corner. Abby wasted no time in shooting a tranquilliser bullet right at its neck. It let out a loud wail and thudded to the ground.
The place was double checked by the soldiers from the ARC, and the tranquillised Raptor was sent back through the anomaly. The team were allowed to go back to their homes, but Sarah was feeling quite reluctant to return. She had to break the news of her sister’s death - the hardest task she knew she’d ever have to do. She drove back in silence - no Christmas song could lift her mood, no matter how much she loved the festive season. When she parked up, she had a think about how to break the news. Does she wait for the right time? Or does she say it straight away? Do the kids find out at the same time or does she tell them later?
“Sarah, are you coming in?”, her mum opened the door and shouted to her. Sarah switched off the engine and stepped out of the car. She ran up to the door and into her mother’s arms.
”My my, what’s up with you?”, her mum asked, as Sarah cried on her shoulder.
“It’s Rachel. She’s gone, mum, she’s dead”, Sarah wept uncontrollably.
“What? Don’t be silly, she only went to get some milk”
“She followed me to my work, it’s incredibly dangerous, she got herself killed, I couldn’t stop it, I did all I could”
Her mum was in total shock. She tried to comfort Sarah but she knew that she couldn’t keep strong for much longer.
“Promise me this, sweetheart”, her mum looked Sarah in the eye, her hands on her cheeks, “Don’t tell the kids yet. It’s the last thing they will want on their Christmas”.
After Rachel’s funeral, Sarah fought for custody over the children, instead of their father who had left Rachel years before. The court decided that Sarah was the best person for the job, so Emily and Ben went to live with her full time.
“It’s what Rachel would have wanted”, she told her mum when explaining that she was going for custody.
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