Arc:

Nick sat at a desk in the ARC hub, recalling Lester as he introduced the team to Jenny. He flashed back to the meeting as Stephen walked in and sat on a chair next to Indie. Abby and Connor stood with Nick, Leek, Jenny and Lester stood opposite them.

'Miss Lewis has been appointed to a senior position on the team. That means she answers to me, and you lot answer to her.' Lester announced.

' I didn't think we answered to anybody.' Stephen remarked as he fiddled with his bandage.

Lester rolled his eyes and sighed 'Scientists.'

' It's quite all right, James. I'm used to working with creative people. Please, do all call me Jenny.' The new woman explained.

'Claudia.' Nick blurted out.

'My name's not Claudia.' Jenny smiled.

'Claudia Brown' Indie said seconds after.

'I think you're confusing me with somebody else.'

Stephen, Abby and Connor exchanged concerned and confused looks in the background.

'No, I know that you think that your name's Jenny Lewis, but you're actually a woman called Claudia Brown. There's a good reason for this, I can explain it.' Nick tried to explain, only making everyone more confused.

Lester then introduced Nick to Jenny, properly and sarcastically 'Yes, meet Professor Nick Cutter. A fascinating study of the tipping point between inspiration and lunacy.'

Leek interrupted 'Is everything all right, Professor?'

Indie began to speak again 'I know this sounds crazy. But you're a lady called Claudia Brown. Please just listen.'

'The lunacy must run down the family line.' Lester slammed his eyes as he voiced his opinion sternly.

Connor decided now would be a good time to attempt to change the topic 'The anomaly detector, Professor, you remember. You said that we should talk about it. Could we do that now?'
Nick and Connor walked away and stopped to talk on the balcony.

Indie looked at Stephen who was giving her an odd look.

'Don't look at me like that. I'm not mad.' She snapped.

He turned away from her and said nothing. He decided it would be best not to, after all he had only just managed to get her to talk to him again so upsetting her wasn't an option.

'Sorry.' Indie apologized 'Anyway, I thought you were going home?' She asked.

'I was going to, but I thought I should pass by to be introduced to the new PR person.' Stephen replied.

Nick walked back down and approached Lester and Jenny.

'Miss Lewis, please accept my and my daughters apologies. It wasn't my or her intention to frighten you.' Nick apologized.

Indie gave the woman an unconvincing smile as she looked at her.

'No problem. Now perhaps one of you can tell me what I'm doing here.' Jenny smiled as she turned back to face Nick and Lester.


Office block:

A man; Terry walked into the office, and went over to the lift. He reached a higher floor and walked down a corridor. He stopped to talk to his employee, Shelley.

'All set, Shelley? Feeling good?' He asked her.

'Fine, thanks, Terry.'

'Well, I hope so. It's only five million quid and all our jobs on the line. Actually, let me rephrase that. That's five million quid and your job.'

'No pressure, then?'

'Nothing goes wrong today. And I mean nothing.'


In the server room a step-ladder started to wobble. It wobbled for a few moments before an anomaly appeared. Thick clouds of murky, brown started to seep through the rip in time and escaped into the building. The lift opened and a maintenance man walked out. He opened the door of the server room and noticed the anomaly. Something moved in the fog around him and then he was dragged off his feet, screaming.


Terry, Shelley and an IT guy sat in a video conference with a Japanese man, MR Nagata.

' Lambert Smith has a proven track record in the premium drinks arena. Our aim is to make the Nagata brand the best-selling Japanese beer in the UK market within the next three years.' Shelley explained.

'Make two… make it two years.' Terry interrupted.

'Two years. We believe this product has wide appeal to younger women in the upper income groups.' She resumed.

The fire alarm started to ring. Shelley paused, before Terry urged her to continue.

'Oh, no, don't stop now, Shelley. Get to the good part.'

' Is something wrong?' The Japanese man asked.

' No, it's just a fire drill, Mr Nagata. It'll stop in a minute.' Terry responded.

Shelley continued to talk.

Outside the office block, everyone else was evacuating, and the firemen started to enter. A fireman and a fire-woman entered into the server room.

'What's that smell?' The fire-woman asked.

'Smells like sulphur. There's no fire in here.' The other one replied.

They both spotted the anomaly and observed it inquisitively.

'What's that?' The fire-woman questioned.

' I have no idea.'

She began to approach the anomaly.

'Chief…' She called out hesitantly.

She turned around, the fireman has disappeared.

'Chief?' She asked.

He suddenly lunged up and grabbed her shoulders. He was covered in thick, dark brown slime.

' Get out of here… The fog! Get out! Run!' The fireman warned as he was dragged back down under.


ARC:

Nick, Lester and Leek stood in Lester's office discussing about putting an investment into an anomaly detector. Jenny was downstairs talking to the rest of the team.

' Well it's been nice to meet you, I hope you enjoy the job.' Abby smiled at Jenny before turning to Connor and Indie. 'Guys, we should probably be getting a move on if you want to grab a movie.'

Indie hadn't made much of an attempt to speak to Jenny and was very quick to get herself moving.

'Well, it's been a pleasure to meet you all.' Jenny smiled back.

Indie gave Jenny another quick smile before heading towards the door.

' Bye. See you tomorrow.' Connor nodded before also heading towards the door.

Jenny looked over to Stephen, who was still sat on the chair.

'Is the girl, Indie? Always like that?' Jenny asked as she watched the girl swiftly leave the room.

'She's had a tough few days, she'll warm up to you. ' He replied


Office block:

The videoconference was continuing to go on. Shelley was still explaining everything to Mr Nagata. She leant down towards Terry.

'Can you smell something?'

' Smell?' Mr Nagata questioned

'One moment, please.' Terry smiled.

A series of adverts appeared on the screen, cutting off Mr Nagata.

'Well, do something.' Shelley panicked

Terry stood up and walked to the door, Shelley and the IT guy followed. They saw the thick fog. Terry opened the door, and they all started to choking from the smell.

'We should evacuate!' Shelley exclaimed.

'I'll go and get help, just stall him' Terry responded before leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

Terry closed the door and started walking through the fog. Shelley and the IT guy watched him go. Suddenly, Terry came up to the window, covered in the thick, brown slime. A few moments later he was dragged away into the depths of the fog.


DVD rental shop:

Abby, Indie and Connor browsed the DVDs.
' No, no, no, no, no, no…' Connor muttered to himself as he flicked through the DVD's on a shelf.

'I think you'll find it's my choice tonight, Connor.' Abby raised an eyebrow.

'What are you talking about? You chose last week.' Connor contradicted.

'No, Indie chose last week, do you really think I would have chosen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? No. How about something romantic for a change?'

'Romantic?' Connor questioned.

'Errm, no ta.' Indie grimaced.

' That's like my worse nightmare.' Connor added.

' I don't know. You know what? I'm going to go home. You choose.' Abby gave in to him.

' Abby, I'm coming back with you so me and Connor don't end up killing each other over a film choice.' Indie smiled.

Abby started to head over to the door with Indie before she turned back round to Connor 'No horror, no action, and definitely no sci-fi. Bye!'

Abby and Indie left the shop. A young woman; Caroline, approached Connor and helped him pick out a DVD.


Stephen's flat:

Stephen closed the door behind him as he entered his flat. He spotted a blood trail and followed it into the bathroom. Helen was sat on the floor, blood streaming out from an open wound in her leg. He remained stood in the doorway.

Stephen rolled his eyes and sighed 'Helen.'

' Stephen. I'm sorry, I didn't know where else to go. I think I need help.'

' What happened?' He asked as he walked over to her and knelt down to view the wound.

'Getting eggs for breakfast wasn't so easy in the cretaceous.'

' What did this to you?'

' A pterosaur.'

'You need antibiotics.'

He went over to a cupboard and pulled out a first aid kit, then tended to her wound.

'No, Stephen, I need sleep. I mean… A decent night's sleep without anything trying to eat me. Let me stay? Just for a little while.' Helen smiled innocently.

'Well, you'll live.' Stephen tried his best to brush Helen's question off.

'You know, I'm sorry about what happened, I was angry. I didn't mean to hurt you.' She apologized.

' But you did. You hurt everyone, you always do.' He responded bluntly.

'How was Indie about it all?'

'Not particularly pleasant.'

Helen smirked slightly. 'She's got a nasty tongue when she's angry, doesn't she? I can always remember her temper from when she was younger. It took a lot to anger her, but once you did, you knew about it.'

'Yeah, well, I think we've sorted it out.' Stephen gritted his teeth slightly.

Helen raised her eyebrows.

'As friends...' Stephen added after.


Arc:

Nick sat at his desk, watching Lester and Jenny who were having a conversation nearby. He stood up and walked over, just as Leek ran up with a handful of papers.

' Report in from the city. Looks like a new anomaly, sir.' Leek announced handing Lester the papers.

' It's a fire. It's nothing to do with us.' Lester handed back the papers.

'We've intercepted mobile calls from inside the building, and there's a lot of chatter about foul-smelling gases, and a possible creature sighting.'

'What kind of creature?' Nick asked, inquisitively.

' Erm, no information on that yet.' Leek replied.

' Creature?' Jenny questioned looking shocked.


Abby's flat:

Abby stood in the flat, feeding Rex whilst Indie was laid out across the couch. Connor arrived with Caroline.

' Abby? Um, this is Caroline.' Connor introduced.

'Wow, hi.' Abby responded.

Indie turned her head, noticing the rather pretty and classy woman who had arrived with Connor. How on earth had he got speaking to someone like her?

Caroline's eyes flickered onto Rex. 'What is that thing?'

' That thing is my lizard.' Abby replied sounding very unconvincing.

'That's… that's Rex. He's harmless. He's really cool, actually.' Connor added.

Caroline reached her hand out to stroke him 'Hello, Rex.'

Rex backed up and nipped at her. Indie chuckled to herself and turned back around.

'Oh, I'm sorry. He's not… he doesn't normally do that. Bad lizard. Bad Rex.' Connor scolded Rex as he flapped away.

'I suppose he's just doing what his instinct dictates.' Abby remarked.

'Erm, I've invited Caroline around to watch this DVD with us. You don't mind, do you?' Connor asked.

'Only, Connor and I were having such a good time. He's really funny, isn't he.' Caroline smiled.

Indie raised her eyebrows and sighed, loudly. Abby looked round to her before quickly turning back around to Caroline.

'Yeah? Yeah.' Abby responded.

' So, are you two a couple, then?' Caroline asked indicating to Connor and Abby.

'He wishes!' Indie called out, as she burst into a fit of laughter, almost falling off of the couch.

' Me and Connor? No. God no. As if.' Abby joined in.

Abby started to walk away towards Indie, Connor went after her. Indie's phone started to ring.

'You don't have to make it sound quite so unlikely.' Connor said quietly to Abby.

'Who is she?' Abby asked sternly.

'Don't know. She pick-.' Connor started before being interrupted.

'Guys, we have to, you know... go?' Indie called out emphasizing the word 'go'.

'Why does it have to be now?' Connor sighed.

' Aw…' Abby responded sarcastically.

Connor apologized to Caroline and managed to get her number written down, on his hand before leaving.


Stephen's flat.

Helen was laid in his bed. Stephen stood on the other side of the room with a cup of tea, looking unamused.

' It's good to know we can still be friends.' Helen smirked.

Stephen glared at her. His phone rang.

'I have to go.' He said bluntly.

' Is that Nick? His master's voice.' Helen commented.

Stephen remained to glare at her. 'I want you gone by the time I get back. Breath a word to Indie...or Nick, about you even stepping foot in here and I ... you'll regret it.'

'You still like her, don't you?' Helen questioned with a small smirk on her face.

He left, without answering, slamming the door behind him.


Abby's mini:

They pulled up outside the office block. Abby rummaged through her bag looking puzzled.

'Abbs, what's up?' Connor asked as he undone his seatbelt.

'I must have left my ID at the flat, we're going to have to go back, otherwise we can't get into the building.' Abby explained as she rolled her eyes and put her seatbelt back on.

'I'll get out now and say to my Dad that you'll be late.' Indie smiled as she opened the door and left the car. She gathered that Connor was going to stay with Abby as he didn't follow her out.


Office block:

Nick and Jenny were walking across the car park of the office, bickering about dinosaurs and the whole Claudia thing.

Indie spotted them and ran over to join them.

'Lester told me you were odd.' Jenny commented to Nick before she turned to Indie.

Indie gave her a quick look and then turned to her Dad, 'Abby and Connor are going to be a bit late, Abby had to go back and get something.'

'Okay, hopefully they won't be too long.' Nick responded before turning back to Jenny. 'Don't put too much faith in anything Lester says.'

Indie walked on in front before being stopped by the police. Jenny and Nick caught up with her and flashed their badges and the three of them continued to walk on, before being stopped again by a Fireman.

' You can't come in here.' The fireman stated as he stood in front of the three of them.

' Sorry, this is a matter of national security. Can you ask all your men to withdraw until I give the all clear?' Jenny smiled, showing off her professionalism.

'What?' The fireman questioned.

'I want all these people back about half a mile. And if any of your team talk to the press, they're fired.' She ordered.

Indie and Nick both looked at each other.

'Now, do as she says.' Nick added. The Fireman walked off and started to follow his instructions.

Nick turned back around to Jenny, 'You always this bossy?'

'I understand the object's to get the job done.' She responded before walking off.

'It's going to be so funny when she actually comes face-to-face with a creature.' Indie said smugly turning towards Nick.

Nick chuckled slightly. The Fireman approached them again.

' So, what do we got?' Nick asked as the three of them gazed up at the tall, office building.

' Some kind of chemical leak. We've got a few idiots who ignored the alarm trapped on the 14th floor. Two of my fire fighters were in there as well.' The fireman explained.

Nick nodded as he tried to process the information he had to form some sort of plan and rescue mission. The fireman walked off as Stephen approached.

'Decided to show up then?' Indie said sarcastically.

'Sorry, sorry, sorry. I got here as soon as I could.' He replied.

'Relax, I was only joking...' She smiled.

Nick studied Stephens reaction to Indie's comment and frowned slightly. 'Is everything all right?'

'Yeah, everything's fine.' Stephen answered.

The three of them started to walk towards the building.

'Where are you going? What am I supposed to do?' Jenny called out as she watched them pass her.

'Ah, you'll think of something.' Nick replied as he continued to walk.


Inside, the fog still moved down the corridors. Nick, Indie and Stephen stood in the stairwell, which was also getting foggy.

'Wait a minute. If there's no fire, the lifts will be safe.' Stephen pointed out.

He opened a door and the thick, fog poured out, making him cough. Indie pushed the door closed, holding her nose.

'Smells like, Sh-something rotting.' Stephen gagged.

'That's their version of the Earth's atmosphere. It's probably Precambrian. It's high in sulphur and carbon dioxide.' Nick explained.

'Yeah, well, It stinks!' Indie responded moving away from the door.

A woman's voice sounded from behind the door. She was shouting for help. The three of them heard the calls and raced through the door. They ended up in an office. The woman; a fire-woman, was crouched up on a counter, with her axe raised.

'There's something inside the fog.' The fire-woman said cautiously.

Stephen peered around the corner and saw the creatures, they looked like very, large, fat worms with spines. He chucked a cart at one of them as it started to approach them.

'Give me your axe.' Nick called out.

The worm headed straight for Indie who was looking in the opposite direction. The fire woman passed over the axe to Nick.

'Ind! Watch out!' Stephen called out as Nick striked it with the axe.

The worm seemed unaffected by the large chunk that had just been taken from its back. It turned around to Nick and it rose up and spat out brown, slime. Nick ducked and the slime splattered across the wall. Nick striked at the worm again and managed to kill it.

' Right, come on. Here, do your job. Get us out of here.' Nick said to the fire-woman.
He handed the axe back. The fire-woman jumped down from the counter.

'Run!' She shouted.

Nick headed towards the door. Stephen grabbed Indies arm and pulled her out of the room followed by the fire-woman. Another worm followed them.

They made it to the stairwell, where the air was clear, just as a worm grabbed the fire-woman's ankle.

'Get the door!' Stephen called back as he tightened his grip on Indie's arm. Indie gave him a stern look and he let go. He turned to the fire-woman and noticed the worm.

'No, no, no. Get back.' He shouted as he tried to drag the woman back.

The fire-woman kicked the worm with her free foot as Nick tried to slammed the door close on it. The creature still didn't let go. Nick grabbed the axe and went to strike the worm.

' Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait! Stop! Stop!' Stephen called out.

Nick paused with the axe still raised. The worm convulsed, and then collapsed. The fire-woman freed herself and moved back.

'It's dead. What happened?' Indie asked.

'I'm not sure. But I think it might be from even further back than we thought. The oxygen in our atmosphere must be like poison to it, so it can't breathe outside the fog. We've got to clear it.' Nick explained.
He turned to Stephen. 'Get on to Connor. Tell him to think of something.'

Stephen nodded and dialled Connor.

The fire-woman started to tell Nick what had happened and what she had seen, 'They said there was a fire in the server room on the 15th floor. But there wasn't, just this fog. And something glowing.'

'The anomaly.' Nick muttered to himself.

'What?' The woman asked, confused.

'That's a long story. Stick to the stairs, stay out of the fog on your way down.'

' There's still people trapped up there.' The women stated pointing to the ceiling.

'We'll find them.' Indie interrupted. She looked towards her Dad, who nodded in agreement.

Nick handed the axe over to fire-woman and she ran off down the flights of stairs.


The fog started to seep into the room where the videoconference was taking place. The screen still played the adverts. Shelley and the IT man sat on the floor on the other side of the room.

'We should just make a run for it. We can't just sit here.' Shelley muttered to the man.

' If we go out there… Well, you saw what happened to Terry.' He responded.

' Can't someone just get us out of here? Please…' She grizzled.


Stephen, Indie and Nick climbed the stairs. Nick's phone rang, it was Jenny, he didn't answer. More fog was seeping onto the stairs, getting thicker by the minute.

' Are you going to answer that?' Indie asked.

Nick looked at her 'It's just Jenny, probably phoning to complain about something.'

'Oh, never mind then.' She smiled in response.

'What do we do now?' Stephen asked.

'Can't go up. The fog's too thick.' Nick confirmed as he looked up to the stairs ahead of him.

'The lift?' Stephen suggested.

The three of them reached the 12th floor and prepared to run to the lift.

Stephen looked down at Indie, 'Tenner says I get there first.'

'Looks like I'm gonna be up a tenner then' She laughed.

'You two are like a pair of kids.' Nick sighed.

They opened the door and Stephen and Indie sprinted over to the lift. Stephen hit the call button, and it started to come down from the 17th floor. The fog was quite thick on this floor.

'Come on, come on, come on!' Stephen muttered impatiently

' Bit competitive?' Indie questioned smirking.

Nick arrived alongside of them just as the lift arrived. As the doors opened a thick cloud of fog floated out. Indie backed up slightly. A worm emerged from the fog and spat at them. All three of them ducked as the slime flew over their heads and splattered across the wall. Nick attempted to strike the worm with the axe but it was knocked from his hand.

'Back to the stairs!' Nick called out as he pushed Indie in front of him.

They both started running, but Stephen became trapped on the other side of the creature. Indie looked back when she reached the door.

'Where's he gone?' She thought aloud.

Nick turned back as he heard Indie's question, he couldn't see him through the fog.

'Stephen?!' He called. There was no reply.