Disclaimer: I own the three soldiers who's names you don't recognise, the girl and the boy. However much I wish I owned Becker, it will sadly never happen apart from in my dreams and my own little world :P
Turning in a slow circle, Becker frowned. The street was empty.
"Report," he said into the headset.
"Nothing here," Wilson said.
"All quiet," Matthews agreed.
Becker muttered something to himself angrily. Connor's eyebrows rose. 'Wow,' he thought. 'Twice in one day. Unbelievable.'
"Morgan?"
Silence.
"Morgan?" Becker sounded worried.
"They're coming towards you now," Sarah said.
"Where the hell is Morgan?" Becker demanded, turning to face back the way they'd come.
"We found the anomaly but he got pulled through. I locked myself in the car when the raptors came through."
"Stay there," he ordered.
They could see the raptors now. Kneeling, he prepared to fire.
"Wait a sec," Connor said quickly. "We've seen no raptors until now, and we haven't seen any screaming people either. So, who told Lester they were raptors?"
Becker stared up at him, thinking hard. "Someone knows about the anomalies. There's a leak."
"Look, can we talk about this later," Abby interrupted. "I don't really want to be eaten alive."
Becker aimed again.
"And tranq. them," Abby said, holding down a gun for him.
"No way," he said firmly. "There's too many. No-one is going to die because we were too scared to kill a few creatures!" He fired a shot, killing one instantly.
Swinging to the left, the raptors entered a tall building.
"Queen's Theatre," Connor read.
"Is it showing anything?" Becker sounded stressed.
"Les Miserables."
"Shit!" Becker swore. 'Just when I thought today couldn't get any worse…'
"Copper, huh?"
Looking round, Danny saw nothing but trees.
"Up here."Tilting his head, he watched a girl jump off a branch. His cry of alarm faded as she landed lightly. She grinned at him.
"Can you not read?" he asked. "No trespassers."
"Old Dougie don't mind me being here," she replied. "Said I might as well walk Sam in here seeing as then he can't chase any other dogs." She grinned cheekily. "He's got five sets of pups already from when he's run off."
"Look, you need to get out of here," he told her. "It's dangerous."
"Can't. Gotta find Sam."
He sighed. "What's your name?"
"Dr. Maise."
He stared at her, surprised. "You're a doctor? How are you even old enough?"
"I'm 25. It's not my fault I look 18." She looked grumpy now and he laughed. "So, who are you?
"Detective Constable Quinn. I'm from London and need you out of here," he said seriously.
"What's in here that's so dangerous?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Glancing round, he asked, "Have you seen anything weird?"
"Other than you? No."
"Right, the exit is over there. Go to the school and ask for Jenny Lewis. She'll organise a search for your dog." He walked off further into the forest.
"Hey, no way! I'm coming with you!" She ran after him. "I wanna help."
He looked her up and down. "Can you fight?"
"Sure, even in these." Her jeans were skinnies, her top fitted with sleeves that didn't look very flexible.
"If you get killed, don't blame me," he said finally.
Suddenly, a scream echoed through the trees.
"Crap," he muttered, charging off with her close on his heels.
As he reached the anomaly, he saw the dinosaur charging at something.
"Oi!" Danny yelled, waving his arms around.
"What the hell are you doing, Quinn?" Dr. Maise hissed, grabbing his arm and yanking it down.
"If I don't distract it, that boy is dead," he replied tersely.
The creature span round and roared.
"Shit," she muttered.
It was almost 10 metres long, with short front legs, a long tail and a sail down its back. Its jaws were massive as it roared again.
Gulping, she set her jaw firmly and asked, "Can you distract it again, Quinn? I need to get to the boy."
Danny could see a red shirt and legs from behind the creature. "Yeah," he said. "Good job I practised running yesterday." He smiled encouragingly at her, but she could see the worry in his eyes. Before he went, he told her one last thing. "And my name's Danny." Before she could reply, he started shouting at the dinosaur again and ran to the left. The creature followed. Taking advantage of this, she sent up a quick prayer and ran to the boy. 'He'd better be alive,' she thought, not daring to think of what the consequences could be for Danny.
Next chapter should be up soon, it's only short, though the one after should be longer.
And what did people think of tonights episode? Was anyone sat on the edge of their seat, praying desperately for our favourite action man to live? Or was I the only one crazy enough for that? And Becker topless. What a view :P
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