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Series 2 Episode 4
"Ghosts"
Guest Starring: Lucy Brown and Lloyd Daniels
Louise Hill was sitting at her desk in the ARC. She was settling in at her new job as team leader. However, her team weren’t happy about the change. Their previous leader, Katie Smith, got stuck through an anomaly to the same era the Raptors came from, the Cretaceous era. They bonded with her, especially Alex, so change was hard. Louise felt like an outcast at times. The team always said “Katie wouldn’t do that”, “Katie would do this”, and everytime they said that she felt upset.
”Let’s just hope they come round to it eventually”, Louise thought aloud.
Claudia Brown was at home, ill. She wasn’t really ill, she was upset that her sister, Katie Smith, was reported dead due to “unknown causes” on the news. She rang Alex, Katie’s friend and colleague.
“Hi”, Claudia greeted him in an upset tone of voice.
“Hi, I guess you’ve heard about Katie”, Alex replied.
“Yeah. How did she die?”, Claudia tearfully asked.
“She isn’t”, Alex answered.
“She’s not?”, said a shocked Claudia.
“Well, we don’t know. She got trapped through an anomaly, the same one that leads to the home of the Raptors”, Alex explained.
“Oh. When was this?”, Claudia had her hopes risen and dropped a bit. She knew there was still hope though.
“About a month ago”, Alex told her.
“A MONTH?! Why didn’t you tell me?”, Claudia exclaimed.
“We weren’t allowed. My boss said we couldn’t tell you. We wanted to make sure she was, well, not coming back before we told you”, Alex calmed Claudia down.
“I’m coming over”, Claudia said. She flipped down her phone before Alex could agree.
Tom Bradshaw was walking through the park. He saw a ginger haired woman walk past. He thought he recognised her. He just dismissed it and carried on walking, as his stomach was grumbling.
“Katie’s sister’s coming to visit”, Alex shouted out as he entered the Main Operations Room of the ARC.
“Who, Claudia?”, Mike asked.
“Yup”, Alex replied.
“Why is she coming?”, Ben shouted down from his office.
“She saw the news. She thought Katie was dead. And she wants to have a word with you about not letting us tell her the news”, Alex answered. Ben was not happy.
Tom was sitting at a bench eating fish and chips. He thought he was being watched. He looked up from his food and saw a pretty woman with long ginger hair - the same woman he saw earlier.
“I know you, don’t I?”, he looked around to see if anyone else noticed. He looked back. She was gone. No sign of her.
It was three long hours by the time Claudia had arrived, and she’d brought some friends. Jenny and Lloyd from the main ARC had come with Claudia. They were stopped at the security gate.
“I’m Claudia Brown, Katie Smith’s sister. Alex is expecting me”, Claudia told the security guard. He let them through. They got out of the black car and walked to the entrance and through the long ARC corridor. Claudia pushed open the doors to the Main Operations Room dramatically.
“Hey!”, Claudia shouted when she saw Alex.
“Hi. Nice to see you guys again”, he complimented them.
“Who’s your leader now?”, Jenny asked.
“I was temporary leader, but we now have Louise Hill, who’s new”, Alex explained.
”Is this Katie’s sister?”, Lucie Campbell asked.
“Yes, I’m Claudia, and these are my friends, Jenny and Lloyd. Who are you?”, Claudia introduced herself and her friends.
“I’m Lucie, the team’s PR rep. Are you twins?”, Lucie replied, pointing at Claudia and Jenny.
”No, it’s a long story. I’ll explain later”, laughed Jenny, “Oh, and by the way, you do my job here”.
“Cool!”, Lucie replied. She knew they were going to get on like a house on fire.
“Claudia”, came a booming voice from above. No, not God, it was Ben Taunton. Scarier than God.
“Ben”, replied Claudia.
“Why don’t you step into my office?”, Ben offered, faking a smile.
“I’d be delighted”, fake smiled Claudia.
Tom was just walking round the local park, eyeing some pretty girls.
“Tom”, called a voice. A female voice. Tom turned around. It was that same woman, hiding behind a tree. He went over to her.
“What do you think you’re playing at?”, Tom shouted at her.
“Listen. I’m not here, not fully. I’m bleeding through the faultlines. I’m stuck in the past. I need you to do me a favour”, the woman told him. Does she think I’m stupid? Tom thought, but he listened anyway.
Jenny and Lloyd were catching up with the team. Louise came out.
“Hi, you must be Louise. I’m Lloyd and this is Jenny”, Lloyd introduced them.
“Hi. Is Jenny Katie’s sister?”, Louise asked.
”No, that’s Claudia who’s speaking to Ben in his office”, Lloyd replied. Louise nodded.
“Come and join in”, Jenny invited Louise to come and join the conversation. She was a little wary at first, but she went and sat next to Jenny.
“You didn’t think to let me know?!”, shouted a furious Claudia. She was close to going as red as her hair and steam coming out of her ears.
“We didn’t know whether she was OK or not”, Ben shouted back.
“Yet you told the news stations before me. Do you know how hard it is to find out your own sister is dead on the news?”
Ben didn’t reply.
“I thought not”, Claudia finished. She stormed out and went to sit with the team.
Tom drove up to the ARC. The woman had given him directions to get there. He had a message to give them. He was stopped at the security gate.
“I’ve got a message to give the team. A woman called Katie Smith told me to come here”, Tom explained.
The team and friends were called out to the security gate. Someone apparently had a message to give them. An important one. They all had to go. The security guard left the man in the car to it.
“I’m Tom. Katie Smith told me to tell you that she wants to see you at the local park”, Tom explained. The team’s faces all went blank.
”Let’s just hope they come round to it eventually”, Louise thought aloud.
Claudia Brown was at home, ill. She wasn’t really ill, she was upset that her sister, Katie Smith, was reported dead due to “unknown causes” on the news. She rang Alex, Katie’s friend and colleague.
“Hi”, Claudia greeted him in an upset tone of voice.
“Hi, I guess you’ve heard about Katie”, Alex replied.
“Yeah. How did she die?”, Claudia tearfully asked.
“She isn’t”, Alex answered.
“She’s not?”, said a shocked Claudia.
“Well, we don’t know. She got trapped through an anomaly, the same one that leads to the home of the Raptors”, Alex explained.
“Oh. When was this?”, Claudia had her hopes risen and dropped a bit. She knew there was still hope though.
“About a month ago”, Alex told her.
“A MONTH?! Why didn’t you tell me?”, Claudia exclaimed.
“We weren’t allowed. My boss said we couldn’t tell you. We wanted to make sure she was, well, not coming back before we told you”, Alex calmed Claudia down.
“I’m coming over”, Claudia said. She flipped down her phone before Alex could agree.
Tom Bradshaw was walking through the park. He saw a ginger haired woman walk past. He thought he recognised her. He just dismissed it and carried on walking, as his stomach was grumbling.
“Katie’s sister’s coming to visit”, Alex shouted out as he entered the Main Operations Room of the ARC.
“Who, Claudia?”, Mike asked.
“Yup”, Alex replied.
“Why is she coming?”, Ben shouted down from his office.
“She saw the news. She thought Katie was dead. And she wants to have a word with you about not letting us tell her the news”, Alex answered. Ben was not happy.
Tom was sitting at a bench eating fish and chips. He thought he was being watched. He looked up from his food and saw a pretty woman with long ginger hair - the same woman he saw earlier.
“I know you, don’t I?”, he looked around to see if anyone else noticed. He looked back. She was gone. No sign of her.
It was three long hours by the time Claudia had arrived, and she’d brought some friends. Jenny and Lloyd from the main ARC had come with Claudia. They were stopped at the security gate.
“I’m Claudia Brown, Katie Smith’s sister. Alex is expecting me”, Claudia told the security guard. He let them through. They got out of the black car and walked to the entrance and through the long ARC corridor. Claudia pushed open the doors to the Main Operations Room dramatically.
“Hey!”, Claudia shouted when she saw Alex.
“Hi. Nice to see you guys again”, he complimented them.
“Who’s your leader now?”, Jenny asked.
“I was temporary leader, but we now have Louise Hill, who’s new”, Alex explained.
”Is this Katie’s sister?”, Lucie Campbell asked.
“Yes, I’m Claudia, and these are my friends, Jenny and Lloyd. Who are you?”, Claudia introduced herself and her friends.
“I’m Lucie, the team’s PR rep. Are you twins?”, Lucie replied, pointing at Claudia and Jenny.
”No, it’s a long story. I’ll explain later”, laughed Jenny, “Oh, and by the way, you do my job here”.
“Cool!”, Lucie replied. She knew they were going to get on like a house on fire.
“Claudia”, came a booming voice from above. No, not God, it was Ben Taunton. Scarier than God.
“Ben”, replied Claudia.
“Why don’t you step into my office?”, Ben offered, faking a smile.
“I’d be delighted”, fake smiled Claudia.
Tom was just walking round the local park, eyeing some pretty girls.
“Tom”, called a voice. A female voice. Tom turned around. It was that same woman, hiding behind a tree. He went over to her.
“What do you think you’re playing at?”, Tom shouted at her.
“Listen. I’m not here, not fully. I’m bleeding through the faultlines. I’m stuck in the past. I need you to do me a favour”, the woman told him. Does she think I’m stupid? Tom thought, but he listened anyway.
Jenny and Lloyd were catching up with the team. Louise came out.
“Hi, you must be Louise. I’m Lloyd and this is Jenny”, Lloyd introduced them.
“Hi. Is Jenny Katie’s sister?”, Louise asked.
”No, that’s Claudia who’s speaking to Ben in his office”, Lloyd replied. Louise nodded.
“Come and join in”, Jenny invited Louise to come and join the conversation. She was a little wary at first, but she went and sat next to Jenny.
“You didn’t think to let me know?!”, shouted a furious Claudia. She was close to going as red as her hair and steam coming out of her ears.
“We didn’t know whether she was OK or not”, Ben shouted back.
“Yet you told the news stations before me. Do you know how hard it is to find out your own sister is dead on the news?”
Ben didn’t reply.
“I thought not”, Claudia finished. She stormed out and went to sit with the team.
Tom drove up to the ARC. The woman had given him directions to get there. He had a message to give them. He was stopped at the security gate.
“I’ve got a message to give the team. A woman called Katie Smith told me to come here”, Tom explained.
The team and friends were called out to the security gate. Someone apparently had a message to give them. An important one. They all had to go. The security guard left the man in the car to it.
“I’m Tom. Katie Smith told me to tell you that she wants to see you at the local park”, Tom explained. The team’s faces all went blank.
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