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Series 3 Episode 4
"Unravelling"
Guest Starring: Lucy Brown
“So how are things down your end?”, Katie Smith was in her office, speaking through the phone to her sister Claudia Brown, from the main ARC team in London.
“Just the usual. We’re one member down, but it’s quite a big team anyway so we’re coping”, Claudia spoke back.
“Really? Who’s gone? And how?”
“Lloyd left. I thought I told you? Oh well. It was of his own accord. I don’t blame him really, he was stuck in the future for an awfully long time. It’s enough to drive even the sanest people crazy”
“Fair point”
There was a knock at the door.
“Right, I’ve got to go now. Speak soon!”, Katie hung up, “Come in!”
It was Alex. He brought in a newspaper and put it down on Katie’s desk.
“What’s this for?”, she was confused.
“Read the front page”, instructed Alex. Katie read the headline and the article. Her eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets. When she finished, she looked at Alex in total shock.
“Ben, Lucie, we’ve got a PR emergency”, Katie walked into the Main Operations room and shouted up to Ben’s office.
”What on earth are you talking about?”, Ben yelled back, walking up the balcony. Lucie was just behind him.
“What we do here has leaked to the front page of the tabloids”, Alex announced.
“How did that happen?” Georgia asked, from next to Alex.
“We don’t know, and that’s what we need to find out”, Katie replied.
“How can we track someone like this down?”, Mike queried.
No-one replied to this. The team were completely stumped.
“Let’s get on to the newspaper companies that printed this. Locate their source”, Lucie suggested.
“Right, let’s go!”, Katie decided.
Lucie spent an hour or so on the phone to multiple newspaper companies. They all led to some girl called Leila, but they didn’t specify a surname. Until she spoke to The Sun - they gave the full name - Leila Samuels. Lucie knew that name, it rang a bell in her head, but she couldn’t think why or who she actually was. She decided to look on Facebook. It was the easiest way to find someone. She thought Leila Samuels would be quite an uncommon name, and she was right. Only five people came up. The first person she clicked on looked far too young to have leaked something like this. The second and third had no profile picture. The fourth seemed useless aswell. But the fifth set off alarm bells for her. This Leila Samuels was a photographer for the local newspaper. Lucie looked at her profile picture. She recognised the face, but again, she didn’t know where from. She then looked at the school. Lucie instantly picked up on that, and remembered the Leila Samuels from her class at secondary school. The bad memories were returning.
Lucie remembered Leila always bragging about her camera, and when Lucie brought hers in to take photos on their last day of Year 11, Leila laughed at her camera, saying Lucie couldn’t afford a camera as good as hers. But that wasn’t the first thing. Lucie was bullied by Leila and her friends in Year 9. Lucie was very bright at school and was always listening and paying attention on class. Leila thought of this as a perfect opportunity, and decided to verbally abuse her, calling her horrible names. Lucie was dreading each day. She was surrounded by girls that she thought were nice. But one day, it turned physical. The girls all surrounded her, and were pushing her about. She sobbed in her bedroom at home. She ended up telling her tutor about the girls, but they always said they’d get their revenge. Leila made the odd comment to Lucie afterwards, but apart from that, they were fine with her.
Lucie shuddered. She’d forgotten these bad memories and they had just come back. And now the same Leila was out to get her, yet again.
Lucie walked down the ramp from her part of Ben’s office (their desks were separated by a glass wall, with a door-size gap at the end linking the two rooms). She met with Katie, and explained her.
“Right, we need to track down this Leila. Can you get me an address?”, she asked Alex.
”Sure I can”, Alex replied. He ran off to his desk.
10 minutes later, the team were on their way to Leila’s house. They arrived, got out of the car and knocked on the door. Lucie was at the front, with Katie just to the side. No answer. They move out of the way as the soldiers bashed in to the door and entered. They walked in to the front room. They saw something they’d never have imagined to see. It was nothing other than - an anomaly.
“I see you’ve found me”, came a voice from the side. The soldiers moved the direction of their guns to Leila. She clicked her fingers and two adult Raptors walked through the anomaly.
“There’s no way out”, she said. Another anomaly opened in front of the door and another Raptor came through there. The team were surrounded, and Leila was totally in control. Leila laughed.
“Just the usual. We’re one member down, but it’s quite a big team anyway so we’re coping”, Claudia spoke back.
“Really? Who’s gone? And how?”
“Lloyd left. I thought I told you? Oh well. It was of his own accord. I don’t blame him really, he was stuck in the future for an awfully long time. It’s enough to drive even the sanest people crazy”
“Fair point”
There was a knock at the door.
“Right, I’ve got to go now. Speak soon!”, Katie hung up, “Come in!”
It was Alex. He brought in a newspaper and put it down on Katie’s desk.
“What’s this for?”, she was confused.
“Read the front page”, instructed Alex. Katie read the headline and the article. Her eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets. When she finished, she looked at Alex in total shock.
“Ben, Lucie, we’ve got a PR emergency”, Katie walked into the Main Operations room and shouted up to Ben’s office.
”What on earth are you talking about?”, Ben yelled back, walking up the balcony. Lucie was just behind him.
“What we do here has leaked to the front page of the tabloids”, Alex announced.
“How did that happen?” Georgia asked, from next to Alex.
“We don’t know, and that’s what we need to find out”, Katie replied.
“How can we track someone like this down?”, Mike queried.
No-one replied to this. The team were completely stumped.
“Let’s get on to the newspaper companies that printed this. Locate their source”, Lucie suggested.
“Right, let’s go!”, Katie decided.
Lucie spent an hour or so on the phone to multiple newspaper companies. They all led to some girl called Leila, but they didn’t specify a surname. Until she spoke to The Sun - they gave the full name - Leila Samuels. Lucie knew that name, it rang a bell in her head, but she couldn’t think why or who she actually was. She decided to look on Facebook. It was the easiest way to find someone. She thought Leila Samuels would be quite an uncommon name, and she was right. Only five people came up. The first person she clicked on looked far too young to have leaked something like this. The second and third had no profile picture. The fourth seemed useless aswell. But the fifth set off alarm bells for her. This Leila Samuels was a photographer for the local newspaper. Lucie looked at her profile picture. She recognised the face, but again, she didn’t know where from. She then looked at the school. Lucie instantly picked up on that, and remembered the Leila Samuels from her class at secondary school. The bad memories were returning.
Lucie remembered Leila always bragging about her camera, and when Lucie brought hers in to take photos on their last day of Year 11, Leila laughed at her camera, saying Lucie couldn’t afford a camera as good as hers. But that wasn’t the first thing. Lucie was bullied by Leila and her friends in Year 9. Lucie was very bright at school and was always listening and paying attention on class. Leila thought of this as a perfect opportunity, and decided to verbally abuse her, calling her horrible names. Lucie was dreading each day. She was surrounded by girls that she thought were nice. But one day, it turned physical. The girls all surrounded her, and were pushing her about. She sobbed in her bedroom at home. She ended up telling her tutor about the girls, but they always said they’d get their revenge. Leila made the odd comment to Lucie afterwards, but apart from that, they were fine with her.
Lucie shuddered. She’d forgotten these bad memories and they had just come back. And now the same Leila was out to get her, yet again.
Lucie walked down the ramp from her part of Ben’s office (their desks were separated by a glass wall, with a door-size gap at the end linking the two rooms). She met with Katie, and explained her.
“Right, we need to track down this Leila. Can you get me an address?”, she asked Alex.
”Sure I can”, Alex replied. He ran off to his desk.
10 minutes later, the team were on their way to Leila’s house. They arrived, got out of the car and knocked on the door. Lucie was at the front, with Katie just to the side. No answer. They move out of the way as the soldiers bashed in to the door and entered. They walked in to the front room. They saw something they’d never have imagined to see. It was nothing other than - an anomaly.
“I see you’ve found me”, came a voice from the side. The soldiers moved the direction of their guns to Leila. She clicked her fingers and two adult Raptors walked through the anomaly.
“There’s no way out”, she said. Another anomaly opened in front of the door and another Raptor came through there. The team were surrounded, and Leila was totally in control. Leila laughed.
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