Hey people, I have started getting into the story again, and even though I have exams to revise for, I'd rather be writing this new chapter (: Enjoy! (By the way, I don't know how many floors are in Buckingham Palace so I tried to figure it out by counting the windows. In the end I just went with 4 )
Connor was walking down one of the infinite number of corridors in the palace, the Anomaly Detector held out in front of him. Stephen and Thompson were carrying the Anomaly Locking Device between them, the metal container occasionally banging against their legs.
Connor was slightly worried, if truth be told. Since Becker had informed them over the radio of a creature being here, Connor had began to feel him self worrying more. He had always expected there to be a creature incursion; there usually was, but the fact that nobody knew what it was made him feel anxious.
They'd already searched the ground floor and first floor, and the Anomaly Detector told him that it wasn't underground. The anomaly was either on the floor they were on now, or on the fourth floor.
"Okay, if it's on this floor, then it should be in the room at the end of this corridor," Connor announced, turning back to Bryce, who then went ahead of Connor with West, both men's guns raised at chest height. The soldiers moved with silence and stealth, hoping to create a surprise attack should they find a creature at the anomaly, assuming it was there. Stephen made sure he could reach his pistol in case he was forced to use it and Thompson had already got his in his hand, bearing the weight of the metal chest on one arm instead of two.
Bryce and West came to the room, staying close to the wall and listening intently before spinning quickly into the doorway. It was obvious instantly that something was in that room. There was a quick look of surprise on the two soldier's faces as a low resonating growl sounded from whatever creature saw them. The growl rose in pitch and the two men backed away, loud bursts of gunfire tearing from the guns and into the creature, still out of Connor's sight.
After a few seconds of the deafening noise of gunfire, Bryce and West lowered their weapons. "It's clear." After a few seconds of surprised silence, Connor swallowed and spoke;
"So, the anomaly's there then?" Connor walked forward, intrigued to see what it was that had been shot down. He could barely believe what he was seeing. Collapsed on the floor in front of a shining, glowing anomaly was a dilophosaurus. Blood seeped from the visible wounds, staining the carpet slightly. It wasn't fully grown, only about four metres long, compared to its' possible six metres. "Cool." He stated.
"What is it?" asked Bryce.
"A dilophosaurus. They lived in the early to mid Jurassic. They were pretty awesome predators, and didn't have any other predators to worry about. That we know of anyway." Connor paused for a second. "Cool," he said again.
"I thought they were meant to have big frill things on the necks and spit venom at people, like in Jurassic Park. And they were smaller in that." commented Thompson, joining them with Stephen and crate in tow.
"Nah, there's no proof of that. It would've been cool though." Connor looked sad for a second, but then continued talking. "Besides, no matter how awesome Jurassic Park is, it isn't very accurate."
"Right… Shouldn't you get to locking the anomaly now, Connor? We don't want another one jumping out at us." Stephen began. "And Bryce, pass me the radio. I'd better tell Becker that we've found the anomaly." Bryce handed Stephen the radio, and began to help his two co-workers to unload the Anomaly Locking Device.
"Becker?" There was a pause of about ten seconds before Becker's voice came through.
Yeah?
"We've found the anomaly. Connor's locking it now."
Okay, good. Did we bring Connor's new invention?
"No, we decided it would be safer for us to run some tests on it first. Oh, by the way, tell Cutter that the creature that killed the person you found is probably a dilophosaurus. Bryce and West had to shoot it though." There was a pause, presumably because Becker was informing Cutter of the situation.
Cutter says that once you've got the anomaly locked, you should leave Thompson to guard it, just in case, and then do what we're doing and look for any other creatures.
"Okay. Have you found anything else yet?"
No not ye-. Becker stopped talking, and Stephen could faintly hear Abby in the background, whispering in fear. There's another creature. Then he was no longer talking through the radio. Stephen just looked up at Connor, a look of worry and shock on both their faces.