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Series 5 Special
"The Intruder"
A special episode written for the doctorwhotoys.net fan-fiction awards.
Guest Starring: Lloyd Daniels
Connor Temple was standing at the Anomaly Detector. The team were reunited after spending three months apart thanks to Helen Cutter. On the down side, Helen was still out there. Connor was upping the security in the ARC, as Jess Parker watched on. She knew she was quite bright, but half the stuff Connor was doing was completely beyond her. It was like he was talking to her in French or some language she couldn’t understand.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Connor stepped back from the Detector and turned to Jess.
“How do you cope with this noise?”, he said with his hands over his ears. Jess smiled.
“You get used to it. I don’t see what your problem is, you made this Detector so it’s your fault it’s this loud”, Jess joked. Connor picked up a black box, and one by one the rest of the team did so. Lloyd was also there, as he knew it wasn’t safe anywhere else right now with Helen lurking around. Jess read out the co-ordinates, but as she did, alarm bells went off in the ARC, and a pop-up saying “INTRUDER ALERT” appeared on the Detector.
“What in the name of Helen Cutter is going on?”, James Lester moaned as he strolled out of his office.
“No idea. But we have an anomaly to sort out”, Danny replied.
“Some of us could stay here and deal with this alert. It could be Helen, so I’ll stay”, Cutter volunteered.
”No, you’re needed in the field. I’ll stay here”, Connor said.
“I will too”, Sarah smiled.
”OK, that’s enough of you. The rest of you can go and shoot Raptors or whatever you do”, said Lester.
“Right, we need to go into lockdown. We can’t let whoever this person is escape”, Jess decided. She typed a few things into the Detector and the ARC glowed red. Everyone was evacuated, apart from Jess, Connor, Sarah and Lester, plus of course the intruder.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team had arrived at their location - a bowling alley. It wasn’t the same bowling alley that the Raptors caused trouble at, though. They unloaded the Anomaly Locker, which often saved them half the job with the creatures.
“I think we should split up”, Connor suggested.
“We’re not on Scooby-Doo. Jess, can you check the CCTV cameras?”, Sarah commented.
“Sure”, Jess smiled and bounced over to her chair. She again started tapping at the keys on the keyboard, and the CCTV system came up. Sarah spotted a man in the creature menagerie.
“Let’s get down there straight away”, Sarah suggested.
“I’ll wait here and…err…keep an eye out”, Lester decided. The other three walked down to the menagerie. It was lockdown, there wasn’t any hurry for them.
Mia and Cutter led the way towards the anomaly.
“I hope Connor’s OK”, Mia worried about her husband.
“He’ll be fine. Whatever this intruder wants, they’ll deal with them”, Cutter reassured her.
“Connor’s not the most threatening person though, is he? At times he can be a right chicken”
“That will work in his favour. If the intruder isn’t threatened, he won’t attack them or anything”, Cutter smiled to Mia. The anomaly was in the middle of one of the lanes.
Jenny turned around and was face to face with a man in a suit, and she jumped
“Sorry, I didn’t see you there. Who are you?”, she asked.
“I’m the owner of this place. I got everyone evacuated when that appeared”, he explained.
“Thanks for that. Did anything come through?”, Jenny questioned.
“Nothing that I saw. What are you looking for? I can check the CCTV for it”, he wondered.
“That won’t be necessary. Thanks for your help, we can take over from here”, Jenny smiled.
Captain Mitchell set up the Anomaly Locker with the help of Danny. They pushed the button and the anomaly was locked. The whirring sound was heard as the anomaly was sealed in a little ball of electricity.
When the trio reached the creature menagerie, they had a look through the window. Sarah pressed the tannoy button and she spoke to the intruder through the speakers in there. It was lockdown, they couldn’t enter the room as it was sealed.
“Who are you?”, she asked him.
“Why does it matter?”, the intruder replied. The voice was male, but that’s about all they could gather. The intruder had a mask over his face, as a stereotypical thief would wear.
“Who sent you?”, Jess queried.
“Helen. Helen Cutter”
“Why?”, Connor continued.
“To retrieve something. A camera. Marked Helmont Cameras”
“What…that camera? No way are you getting that. But it all makes sense…”, Sarah remembered the camera. It had footage of the anomaly site where the team went to visit, but it was a news report, confirming Cutter’s death. Jenny ended up saving him and the whole incident was prevented. Maybe this was all a trap?
“Lester, release lockdown”, Sarah spoke through her earpiece, “Connor, guard this door, I’ll go and get some soldiers to arrest this guy”. Sarah walked off with Jess. She was completely surprised by this, but she knew it fitted together like a jigsaw.
The team at the bowling alley returned, as no creatures had been found. Soldiers were left guarding the anomaly until it closed, but the problem with these anomalies was that they could re-open. Nowhere was safe from them, similar to the fact that the team are not safe from Helen Cutter…
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
Connor stepped back from the Detector and turned to Jess.
“How do you cope with this noise?”, he said with his hands over his ears. Jess smiled.
“You get used to it. I don’t see what your problem is, you made this Detector so it’s your fault it’s this loud”, Jess joked. Connor picked up a black box, and one by one the rest of the team did so. Lloyd was also there, as he knew it wasn’t safe anywhere else right now with Helen lurking around. Jess read out the co-ordinates, but as she did, alarm bells went off in the ARC, and a pop-up saying “INTRUDER ALERT” appeared on the Detector.
“What in the name of Helen Cutter is going on?”, James Lester moaned as he strolled out of his office.
“No idea. But we have an anomaly to sort out”, Danny replied.
“Some of us could stay here and deal with this alert. It could be Helen, so I’ll stay”, Cutter volunteered.
”No, you’re needed in the field. I’ll stay here”, Connor said.
“I will too”, Sarah smiled.
”OK, that’s enough of you. The rest of you can go and shoot Raptors or whatever you do”, said Lester.
“Right, we need to go into lockdown. We can’t let whoever this person is escape”, Jess decided. She typed a few things into the Detector and the ARC glowed red. Everyone was evacuated, apart from Jess, Connor, Sarah and Lester, plus of course the intruder.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team had arrived at their location - a bowling alley. It wasn’t the same bowling alley that the Raptors caused trouble at, though. They unloaded the Anomaly Locker, which often saved them half the job with the creatures.
“I think we should split up”, Connor suggested.
“We’re not on Scooby-Doo. Jess, can you check the CCTV cameras?”, Sarah commented.
“Sure”, Jess smiled and bounced over to her chair. She again started tapping at the keys on the keyboard, and the CCTV system came up. Sarah spotted a man in the creature menagerie.
“Let’s get down there straight away”, Sarah suggested.
“I’ll wait here and…err…keep an eye out”, Lester decided. The other three walked down to the menagerie. It was lockdown, there wasn’t any hurry for them.
Mia and Cutter led the way towards the anomaly.
“I hope Connor’s OK”, Mia worried about her husband.
“He’ll be fine. Whatever this intruder wants, they’ll deal with them”, Cutter reassured her.
“Connor’s not the most threatening person though, is he? At times he can be a right chicken”
“That will work in his favour. If the intruder isn’t threatened, he won’t attack them or anything”, Cutter smiled to Mia. The anomaly was in the middle of one of the lanes.
Jenny turned around and was face to face with a man in a suit, and she jumped
“Sorry, I didn’t see you there. Who are you?”, she asked.
“I’m the owner of this place. I got everyone evacuated when that appeared”, he explained.
“Thanks for that. Did anything come through?”, Jenny questioned.
“Nothing that I saw. What are you looking for? I can check the CCTV for it”, he wondered.
“That won’t be necessary. Thanks for your help, we can take over from here”, Jenny smiled.
Captain Mitchell set up the Anomaly Locker with the help of Danny. They pushed the button and the anomaly was locked. The whirring sound was heard as the anomaly was sealed in a little ball of electricity.
When the trio reached the creature menagerie, they had a look through the window. Sarah pressed the tannoy button and she spoke to the intruder through the speakers in there. It was lockdown, they couldn’t enter the room as it was sealed.
“Who are you?”, she asked him.
“Why does it matter?”, the intruder replied. The voice was male, but that’s about all they could gather. The intruder had a mask over his face, as a stereotypical thief would wear.
“Who sent you?”, Jess queried.
“Helen. Helen Cutter”
“Why?”, Connor continued.
“To retrieve something. A camera. Marked Helmont Cameras”
“What…that camera? No way are you getting that. But it all makes sense…”, Sarah remembered the camera. It had footage of the anomaly site where the team went to visit, but it was a news report, confirming Cutter’s death. Jenny ended up saving him and the whole incident was prevented. Maybe this was all a trap?
“Lester, release lockdown”, Sarah spoke through her earpiece, “Connor, guard this door, I’ll go and get some soldiers to arrest this guy”. Sarah walked off with Jess. She was completely surprised by this, but she knew it fitted together like a jigsaw.
The team at the bowling alley returned, as no creatures had been found. Soldiers were left guarding the anomaly until it closed, but the problem with these anomalies was that they could re-open. Nowhere was safe from them, similar to the fact that the team are not safe from Helen Cutter…
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