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Series 4 Episode 9
"With Love"
Guest Starring: Ruth Kearney
Mia Turner was very happy. It was the 14th February. Her birthday, aswell as Valentine’s Day! She got double presents from Connor, her husband. She got some new shoes, like she was promised when they were ruined at the swamp, aswell as her favourite chocolates in a heart shaped box. She felt so happy, and the thought of her getting more from the ARC team was overwhelming!
“We’ve gotta go”, Connor said, referring to him and Abby.
“What? Work doesn’t start for another hour”, Mia was confused.
“Cutter wanted us two for something”, Connor lied. Mia could tell he was up to something. She kissed him goodbye, and he went out the door with Abby.
“So, when she comes in, we all jump out and shout HAPPY BIRTHDAY”, Cutter explained, at the ARC. They were planning to surprise Mia as she walked in. She was due for work any minute, and Mia wasn’t one to be late. The team all hid. Mia walked through the doors, almost on queue.
”Hello?”, she said.
“SURPRISE!”, everyone shouted, after Connor’s countdown. Mia jumped back in shock, but she was so happy that everyone cared so much for her. Lester never got this on his birthday. The team all rushed up to Mia to hand her presents. Cutter gave her a box of chocolates and a kiss, Danny gave her some wine, amongst so many others. Even Lester gave Mia some flowers and a hug.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“Anomaly detected. The day is Monday, so can Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry get ready to go out for the anomaly”, Jess announced.
“I swear more anomalies open on Mondays…”, moaned Sarah. It was true. Every Monday for the last couple of months an anomaly had opened. For the other days, it was varied.
This anomaly was at a café. It was open, and it was fairly busy due to it being rush hour. The member of staff serving customers went to the toilet. She noticed a bright light coming from outside. She went to investigate. She thought it was simply the reflection of the scorching sun outside, but she couldn’t have been more wrong. She saw something that was like a glitter ball with shards of glass floating around it. Something inside it moved. The girl moved back, as a really large dinosaur stepped out into the small place. She was pushed against a wall. That was the only place she could go. The dinosaur was so large that it took up the rest of the room. Its long neck stretched out so high above the café building. The girl screamed for her life…
At the ARC, Monday’s team had just left. The rest of them looked seriously bored.
“I sort of wish Helen Cutter would turn up and shake things up”, Danny joked.
“Oh, you know me Danny. I know when I’m wanted”, a voice shouted down from above. On queue, it was Helen Cutter.
“In here, right?”, Harry checked, standing outside a café. Connor looked at the Handheld Detector.
“Nope, the next one up”, Connor replied.
“There are so many in this town”, Harry said as they carried on walking, “I mean, business can’t be that good with punters shared out between other cafés”.
“Depends on the quality of the cafés really”, Cutter counteracted what Harry said, “If a café has bad service and dirty tables, do you think they’d have good business?”.
“Where’s all this come from?”, Mia asked Cutter about his knowledge of cafés.
“I worked in one when I was 18. It was a pretty bad one, but it was the only job I could get. I needed some money when I wasn’t at university. I helped improve it”, Cutter sounded proud of himself.
“Here it is”, Connor pointed out. They stood outside the last café of the town. They could already see a dinosaur’s head over the top. They ran inside to find out the story. The guests were all at the back door. They were shocked to see a massive dinosaur trapping the staff member.
“It’s a Diplodocus”, Connor explained, “Late Jurassic. Just a veggie”.
“But it’s getting distressed in the confined space. We also need to shut the girl up”, Cutter sorted out what they needed to do.
“Right. How?”, Abby was confused.
“What now?”, Claudia asked Helen.
“Oh I’m just here to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day. And to wish Mia a happy birthday”, Helen lied.
“How did you know it was Mia’s birthday?”, Jenny asked.
“Jenny, I thought you were a smart woman”, Helen did cryptic well. She wasn’t one to reveal anything to anyone.
“Ah, Helen. Have you come to hand yourself in?”, Lester asked his usual question.
“You’d be lucky”, Helen replied. She noticed some soldiers coming up to get her. She was in the balcony, where she normally stood when speaking to the ARC team like this. She pulled out a gun and shot both soldiers.
“Now listen up”, Helen shouted, “Soon, anomalies will be everywhere. You won’t be able to keep them away from the public. You won’t be able to control them. It could be catastrophic, but when done as part of an experiment…”.
“No!”, Danny realised what Helen was going to do. Helen smirked and opened an anomaly. She stepped through and closed it on the other side.
“Is she always like this?”, Jess asked.
“Pretty much”, Jenny replied.
The Diplodocus was going mental in the small back garden of the café.
“I could go and get the girl?”, Harry suggested.
“No, it’s too dangerous”, Cutter disapproved.
“I’ll be fine”, Harry reassured him. He nodded and she went in to the distressed girl.
“Hi, I’m Harriet, but you can call me Harry. I need you to try and keep calm for me”, Harry introduced herself.
“KEEP CALM?! Haven’t you seen the dinosaur?”, the girl shouted.
“No, I didn’t notice it”, Harry sarcastically replied, “But in all seriousness, you’re not helping it! You need to shut up!”. The girl was still screaming.
“OK, change of plan. Keeping calm isn’t possible when there’s a veggie dinosaur in front”, Harry said to herself. She turned back to the girl, “We need to get you out. Can you see where I got here? There’s a small path there. Follow it back to my friends over there”. The girl obeyed. Harry was about to follow when the Diplodocus moved back. It stepped right in front of Harry. She went to go back, but another foot was there. She was trapped.
Captain Mitchell arrived at the anomaly site.
“We’ve got a Diplodocus in the garden”, Abby explained, “It’s getting really restless”. Mitchell nodded and walked to the garden with his soldiers.
“Jess, how’s the anomaly going?”, Abby spoke into her earpiece.
“The anomaly’s still fine. Is there a creature incursion?”, Jess asked.
“I’ve already told you, haven’t I?”, Abby was confused.
”We’ve been quite busy here”, Jess told Abby, in a nutshell.
“OK. But yes, we do. It’s a Diplodocus”, Abby replied, “We’ll keep you updated”. As soon as she finished that sentence, a soldier walked outside with the girl.
“I’ll take care of her”, Abby said to the soldier.
Harry was trying not to panic. But now she knows exactly how the girl felt. The Diplodocus kept moving. Its feet narrowly avoiding Harry each time. She need to keep on her toes. Back at the back door, Connor, Cutter and Mia were moving the café punters away. The soldiers would need to speak to them to make sure they didn’t sell their story to the newspaper. Connor felt a lump in his pocket. He took whatever it was out. It was an Anomaly Opener.
“Cutter, I’ve got an idea!”, Connor shouted, “If I can open an anomaly right in front of the Diplodocus, then we can get it to walk straight through it!”. Cutter smiled.
“Hurry up with that then Connor!”, Harry shouted from where she was. Connor went to the front of the Diplodocus, trying not to attract its attention just yet. He opened the anomaly. The dinosaur noticed. It was a massive anomaly to the correct time period.
“Go on mate, walk through!”, Connor encouraged it. It walked through. Harry was relieved. She ran and hugged Connor.
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”, she was ecstatic.
As usual, they returned to ARC. After hearing what happened with Helen, Cutter retired to his lab. He found a box of chocolates and a card. He opened the card. It read “To Nick. No-one is safe. H.C”. Cutter knew who it was from. There was knock on the door.
“Come in”, muttered Cutter. It was Claudia.
“I got you this”, she handed him a present.
“You didn’t have to”, he smiled at her.
“I better go”, she shyly said to him. She walked out.
Helen Cutter was hiding in a deserted building. She was mapping out a plan for her experiment. It would commence…tomorrow…
“We’ve gotta go”, Connor said, referring to him and Abby.
“What? Work doesn’t start for another hour”, Mia was confused.
“Cutter wanted us two for something”, Connor lied. Mia could tell he was up to something. She kissed him goodbye, and he went out the door with Abby.
“So, when she comes in, we all jump out and shout HAPPY BIRTHDAY”, Cutter explained, at the ARC. They were planning to surprise Mia as she walked in. She was due for work any minute, and Mia wasn’t one to be late. The team all hid. Mia walked through the doors, almost on queue.
”Hello?”, she said.
“SURPRISE!”, everyone shouted, after Connor’s countdown. Mia jumped back in shock, but she was so happy that everyone cared so much for her. Lester never got this on his birthday. The team all rushed up to Mia to hand her presents. Cutter gave her a box of chocolates and a kiss, Danny gave her some wine, amongst so many others. Even Lester gave Mia some flowers and a hug.
DING DING! DING DING! DING DING!
“Anomaly detected. The day is Monday, so can Cutter, Connor, Abby, Mia and Harry get ready to go out for the anomaly”, Jess announced.
“I swear more anomalies open on Mondays…”, moaned Sarah. It was true. Every Monday for the last couple of months an anomaly had opened. For the other days, it was varied.
This anomaly was at a café. It was open, and it was fairly busy due to it being rush hour. The member of staff serving customers went to the toilet. She noticed a bright light coming from outside. She went to investigate. She thought it was simply the reflection of the scorching sun outside, but she couldn’t have been more wrong. She saw something that was like a glitter ball with shards of glass floating around it. Something inside it moved. The girl moved back, as a really large dinosaur stepped out into the small place. She was pushed against a wall. That was the only place she could go. The dinosaur was so large that it took up the rest of the room. Its long neck stretched out so high above the café building. The girl screamed for her life…
At the ARC, Monday’s team had just left. The rest of them looked seriously bored.
“I sort of wish Helen Cutter would turn up and shake things up”, Danny joked.
“Oh, you know me Danny. I know when I’m wanted”, a voice shouted down from above. On queue, it was Helen Cutter.
“In here, right?”, Harry checked, standing outside a café. Connor looked at the Handheld Detector.
“Nope, the next one up”, Connor replied.
“There are so many in this town”, Harry said as they carried on walking, “I mean, business can’t be that good with punters shared out between other cafés”.
“Depends on the quality of the cafés really”, Cutter counteracted what Harry said, “If a café has bad service and dirty tables, do you think they’d have good business?”.
“Where’s all this come from?”, Mia asked Cutter about his knowledge of cafés.
“I worked in one when I was 18. It was a pretty bad one, but it was the only job I could get. I needed some money when I wasn’t at university. I helped improve it”, Cutter sounded proud of himself.
“Here it is”, Connor pointed out. They stood outside the last café of the town. They could already see a dinosaur’s head over the top. They ran inside to find out the story. The guests were all at the back door. They were shocked to see a massive dinosaur trapping the staff member.
“It’s a Diplodocus”, Connor explained, “Late Jurassic. Just a veggie”.
“But it’s getting distressed in the confined space. We also need to shut the girl up”, Cutter sorted out what they needed to do.
“Right. How?”, Abby was confused.
“What now?”, Claudia asked Helen.
“Oh I’m just here to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day. And to wish Mia a happy birthday”, Helen lied.
“How did you know it was Mia’s birthday?”, Jenny asked.
“Jenny, I thought you were a smart woman”, Helen did cryptic well. She wasn’t one to reveal anything to anyone.
“Ah, Helen. Have you come to hand yourself in?”, Lester asked his usual question.
“You’d be lucky”, Helen replied. She noticed some soldiers coming up to get her. She was in the balcony, where she normally stood when speaking to the ARC team like this. She pulled out a gun and shot both soldiers.
“Now listen up”, Helen shouted, “Soon, anomalies will be everywhere. You won’t be able to keep them away from the public. You won’t be able to control them. It could be catastrophic, but when done as part of an experiment…”.
“No!”, Danny realised what Helen was going to do. Helen smirked and opened an anomaly. She stepped through and closed it on the other side.
“Is she always like this?”, Jess asked.
“Pretty much”, Jenny replied.
The Diplodocus was going mental in the small back garden of the café.
“I could go and get the girl?”, Harry suggested.
“No, it’s too dangerous”, Cutter disapproved.
“I’ll be fine”, Harry reassured him. He nodded and she went in to the distressed girl.
“Hi, I’m Harriet, but you can call me Harry. I need you to try and keep calm for me”, Harry introduced herself.
“KEEP CALM?! Haven’t you seen the dinosaur?”, the girl shouted.
“No, I didn’t notice it”, Harry sarcastically replied, “But in all seriousness, you’re not helping it! You need to shut up!”. The girl was still screaming.
“OK, change of plan. Keeping calm isn’t possible when there’s a veggie dinosaur in front”, Harry said to herself. She turned back to the girl, “We need to get you out. Can you see where I got here? There’s a small path there. Follow it back to my friends over there”. The girl obeyed. Harry was about to follow when the Diplodocus moved back. It stepped right in front of Harry. She went to go back, but another foot was there. She was trapped.
Captain Mitchell arrived at the anomaly site.
“We’ve got a Diplodocus in the garden”, Abby explained, “It’s getting really restless”. Mitchell nodded and walked to the garden with his soldiers.
“Jess, how’s the anomaly going?”, Abby spoke into her earpiece.
“The anomaly’s still fine. Is there a creature incursion?”, Jess asked.
“I’ve already told you, haven’t I?”, Abby was confused.
”We’ve been quite busy here”, Jess told Abby, in a nutshell.
“OK. But yes, we do. It’s a Diplodocus”, Abby replied, “We’ll keep you updated”. As soon as she finished that sentence, a soldier walked outside with the girl.
“I’ll take care of her”, Abby said to the soldier.
Harry was trying not to panic. But now she knows exactly how the girl felt. The Diplodocus kept moving. Its feet narrowly avoiding Harry each time. She need to keep on her toes. Back at the back door, Connor, Cutter and Mia were moving the café punters away. The soldiers would need to speak to them to make sure they didn’t sell their story to the newspaper. Connor felt a lump in his pocket. He took whatever it was out. It was an Anomaly Opener.
“Cutter, I’ve got an idea!”, Connor shouted, “If I can open an anomaly right in front of the Diplodocus, then we can get it to walk straight through it!”. Cutter smiled.
“Hurry up with that then Connor!”, Harry shouted from where she was. Connor went to the front of the Diplodocus, trying not to attract its attention just yet. He opened the anomaly. The dinosaur noticed. It was a massive anomaly to the correct time period.
“Go on mate, walk through!”, Connor encouraged it. It walked through. Harry was relieved. She ran and hugged Connor.
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”, she was ecstatic.
As usual, they returned to ARC. After hearing what happened with Helen, Cutter retired to his lab. He found a box of chocolates and a card. He opened the card. It read “To Nick. No-one is safe. H.C”. Cutter knew who it was from. There was knock on the door.
“Come in”, muttered Cutter. It was Claudia.
“I got you this”, she handed him a present.
“You didn’t have to”, he smiled at her.
“I better go”, she shyly said to him. She walked out.
Helen Cutter was hiding in a deserted building. She was mapping out a plan for her experiment. It would commence…tomorrow…
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