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Series 1 Episode 5
"The Right Words"
Written by timelord6
It was sunny that Saturday Morning, Ian walked throughout the fields checking his crops. Usually the most exciting thing he would see would be a present from the cows, nut today he came across a leather book. Inside it was writing and the date said yesterday's date. Ian took it home and read it.
Ok, this is not a diary about Georgia Stevens’ boring old life, it’s a journal about the thing that happened to me and my friends, I can’t really start here so I’m going to have to go past tense.
It was a rubbish Saturday, so the rest of the team and I were happy to be called out to an anomaly. Anomalies are rips in time, My friends Katie, Alex, Mike, Sasha and Jimmy locate the anomalies and help what comes through get back to their correct time. This anomaly was in a forest away from any large groups of people, this was lucky as we had no idea what might come through this time. Of course we were well prepared for any situation, or were we?
The anomaly site was a clearing not far from the road they had driven down to get there. The anomaly sparkled in the moonlight although it did not cast a shadow. Katie and Mike set-up some equipment around the anomaly but they never got to close to it. Katie says anomalies are unpredictable, whatever she meant by that. Jimmy and Alex went to search the surrounding area for creatures. Everyone still in the clearing had a little natter about this and that apart from Katie, she seemed slightly on edge. I went over and asked her if she was ok, she gestured at a laptop. The screen showed some readings from the anomaly, I’m not the most computer smart person but I the little red line of the screen was plummeting up then charging down very fast. This had to be bad. Katie called Alex and Jimmy on her radio and told them to get back ASAP. Everyone was told to keep way back from the anomaly; I could then see it was brighter than any anomaly I had seen. Suddenly Sasha’s belt buckle start to shake and pull wildly, Sasha was being pulled into the anomaly. She disappeared into the now blazing anomaly her screams still heard. I ran after her but I tripped on a tree root and the wild anomaly sucked me in. Before I left the 21st century I saw Alex and Jimmy return, Alex shouted something and ran towards me.
I was on the other side, the anomaly disappeared into nothing, I was trapped and Alex hadn’t made it. Then unexpectedly the broken glass shaped pieces of the anomaly appeared again and Alex fell through before the last remains of the anomaly disappeared. Alex said he was halfway through when the anomaly closed explaining why the anomaly had to re-open. And this is where I am now, stuck on the other side of the anomaly. We had worked out that we were in Medieval times. We are in some sort of cellar underneath a large banqueting room, we can hear the cheery voices above us attacking their huge plates of meat. Why, oh why, did I skip tea?! We can’t be found, if they find us well they’ll think we’re witches or something. Alex had his laptop not that it was much use to us. I’m going to ask him what he’s doing on it. It seems he’s found a way of communicating through the anomaly!!
It took a long time to set-up the equipment we had to send a signal but eventually we got there. You see when an anomaly it still leaves a tiny crack in time, too small for one of us to go through but big enough to send a signal! Everything was ready; we only had enough power to do this once, if we messed this up, it was over. Alex put in the co-ordinates, I made sure the readings stayed stable and Sasha held the wire against the invisible crack. Now was the moment where we were either stuck years before our time or we escaped this medieval hell. Alex pressed enter, the laptop shrieked as if it was an animal suffering great pain. The laptop told me the signal had been connected to the ARC. We all rushed round the microphone and Alex spoke in a rushed panicky tone, “Warwick Castle! Open an Anomaly! Follow the clues!” God knows how much of that message got through but hopefully it was enough. The anomaly openers at the ARC could only open to the same place back in time so we had to get them to open the anomaly in the right place. We all grabbed some pointed stones and started carving in the walls around the castle. Sasha did some lovely carvings of anomalies, shame when Katie, Jimmy and Mike see them they won’t be as detailed. The clues were in place now all we could do was wait. That night I slept dreaming of the strangest creatures, they were large like apes and walked on four legs. They made the most disturbing cackling noise in my ear.
I awoke to find Katie staring down at me. Sasha and Alex were asleep still. We carefully woke them up and we all made our way to the anomaly, by that I mean we dashed like hyenas. The anomaly looked less bright now and it had lessened in size, but it was also flickering, more than usual, it was closing and fast. We rushed even faster towards it at the other side of the cellar. Unfortunately I hadn’t eaten since Lunch yesterday so I was pretty weak. Everyone out ran me and jumped through, now I only remained on the other side. I had to get there but every metre felt like miles. I told myself I had to make it, I would! My legs were like propellers but still I was too slow! Then Alex’s head popped through the anomaly, then his hands which were reaching out to me. If it closed now he would be sliced in half. Without realising I found myself in his arms and falling through.
We both stumbled through the anomaly, when I got up and looked back the anomaly was long gone. We had come out in a similar room to the one we left. Katie led us out and we soon realised where we were. It was one of those haunted dungeon tourist attractions, how ironic. Right this is where I end this Journal, oh and I’ve just realised no-one’s ever going to see this.
The team packed up and got in the car. It was a long journey home but as they neared the ARC they came across a traffic jam. Mike found a scenic route that avoided the jam. It was a thin country road, surrounded by farms and crops fields. Georgia threw her Journal out the window, much to Katie's disapproval. Apart from the odd Pheasant on the road they had no interruptions. The car swerved round a tight corner and raced off down a straight bit of road. Unexpectedly a large grey creature jumped onto the bonnet, it was the creature from Georgia’s dream but she didn’t have time to announce it. Mike swerved to knock the thing off, the creature was flung off the bonnet but the car drove straight into a thick, strong oak tree. Then everything went black...
Ok, this is not a diary about Georgia Stevens’ boring old life, it’s a journal about the thing that happened to me and my friends, I can’t really start here so I’m going to have to go past tense.
It was a rubbish Saturday, so the rest of the team and I were happy to be called out to an anomaly. Anomalies are rips in time, My friends Katie, Alex, Mike, Sasha and Jimmy locate the anomalies and help what comes through get back to their correct time. This anomaly was in a forest away from any large groups of people, this was lucky as we had no idea what might come through this time. Of course we were well prepared for any situation, or were we?
The anomaly site was a clearing not far from the road they had driven down to get there. The anomaly sparkled in the moonlight although it did not cast a shadow. Katie and Mike set-up some equipment around the anomaly but they never got to close to it. Katie says anomalies are unpredictable, whatever she meant by that. Jimmy and Alex went to search the surrounding area for creatures. Everyone still in the clearing had a little natter about this and that apart from Katie, she seemed slightly on edge. I went over and asked her if she was ok, she gestured at a laptop. The screen showed some readings from the anomaly, I’m not the most computer smart person but I the little red line of the screen was plummeting up then charging down very fast. This had to be bad. Katie called Alex and Jimmy on her radio and told them to get back ASAP. Everyone was told to keep way back from the anomaly; I could then see it was brighter than any anomaly I had seen. Suddenly Sasha’s belt buckle start to shake and pull wildly, Sasha was being pulled into the anomaly. She disappeared into the now blazing anomaly her screams still heard. I ran after her but I tripped on a tree root and the wild anomaly sucked me in. Before I left the 21st century I saw Alex and Jimmy return, Alex shouted something and ran towards me.
I was on the other side, the anomaly disappeared into nothing, I was trapped and Alex hadn’t made it. Then unexpectedly the broken glass shaped pieces of the anomaly appeared again and Alex fell through before the last remains of the anomaly disappeared. Alex said he was halfway through when the anomaly closed explaining why the anomaly had to re-open. And this is where I am now, stuck on the other side of the anomaly. We had worked out that we were in Medieval times. We are in some sort of cellar underneath a large banqueting room, we can hear the cheery voices above us attacking their huge plates of meat. Why, oh why, did I skip tea?! We can’t be found, if they find us well they’ll think we’re witches or something. Alex had his laptop not that it was much use to us. I’m going to ask him what he’s doing on it. It seems he’s found a way of communicating through the anomaly!!
It took a long time to set-up the equipment we had to send a signal but eventually we got there. You see when an anomaly it still leaves a tiny crack in time, too small for one of us to go through but big enough to send a signal! Everything was ready; we only had enough power to do this once, if we messed this up, it was over. Alex put in the co-ordinates, I made sure the readings stayed stable and Sasha held the wire against the invisible crack. Now was the moment where we were either stuck years before our time or we escaped this medieval hell. Alex pressed enter, the laptop shrieked as if it was an animal suffering great pain. The laptop told me the signal had been connected to the ARC. We all rushed round the microphone and Alex spoke in a rushed panicky tone, “Warwick Castle! Open an Anomaly! Follow the clues!” God knows how much of that message got through but hopefully it was enough. The anomaly openers at the ARC could only open to the same place back in time so we had to get them to open the anomaly in the right place. We all grabbed some pointed stones and started carving in the walls around the castle. Sasha did some lovely carvings of anomalies, shame when Katie, Jimmy and Mike see them they won’t be as detailed. The clues were in place now all we could do was wait. That night I slept dreaming of the strangest creatures, they were large like apes and walked on four legs. They made the most disturbing cackling noise in my ear.
I awoke to find Katie staring down at me. Sasha and Alex were asleep still. We carefully woke them up and we all made our way to the anomaly, by that I mean we dashed like hyenas. The anomaly looked less bright now and it had lessened in size, but it was also flickering, more than usual, it was closing and fast. We rushed even faster towards it at the other side of the cellar. Unfortunately I hadn’t eaten since Lunch yesterday so I was pretty weak. Everyone out ran me and jumped through, now I only remained on the other side. I had to get there but every metre felt like miles. I told myself I had to make it, I would! My legs were like propellers but still I was too slow! Then Alex’s head popped through the anomaly, then his hands which were reaching out to me. If it closed now he would be sliced in half. Without realising I found myself in his arms and falling through.
We both stumbled through the anomaly, when I got up and looked back the anomaly was long gone. We had come out in a similar room to the one we left. Katie led us out and we soon realised where we were. It was one of those haunted dungeon tourist attractions, how ironic. Right this is where I end this Journal, oh and I’ve just realised no-one’s ever going to see this.
The team packed up and got in the car. It was a long journey home but as they neared the ARC they came across a traffic jam. Mike found a scenic route that avoided the jam. It was a thin country road, surrounded by farms and crops fields. Georgia threw her Journal out the window, much to Katie's disapproval. Apart from the odd Pheasant on the road they had no interruptions. The car swerved round a tight corner and raced off down a straight bit of road. Unexpectedly a large grey creature jumped onto the bonnet, it was the creature from Georgia’s dream but she didn’t have time to announce it. Mike swerved to knock the thing off, the creature was flung off the bonnet but the car drove straight into a thick, strong oak tree. Then everything went black...
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