As soon as we arrived at the garage beside the racetrack, we saw Becker's men waiting for us, holding the solid doors open. We parked inside, climbing out in front of the anomaly. A mutual feeling of dread and uncertainty had settled across us all. We didn't know what was going to happen. We didn't even know if we'd come back or live long enough to stop her. There was one thing we all knew though...we had to try.

" So, what do we go? " Danny asked, pulling a bag onto his back. We gathered around in a circle formation, all looking at each other for what could be the final time.
"Stun grenades." Becker said, holding one up for us all to see, "The future predators have a hypersensitive hearing. These should stop them and detect their traps."
" Do you have ear plugs in there?" Connor inquired, pointing at the black bag as Becker added the grenade to it.

"Use your fingers and if you don't want your eardrums to burst I suggest you keep your mouth open." Becker said seriously, turning his head to look at Connor.
"That won't be difficult for Connor." Abby smirked. At least someone could make a joke.
"Don't be too close when you throw it."
"All right, " Danny said with a little nod.
"Let's do this." I said with a nod.

We strode towards the anomaly. I fought to old in my courage which was seeming to wither more by the second.
" No." Connor mumbled, grabbing a beeping anomaly detector from his pocket. " Not now."
" It's Johnson's HQ." Sarah told us, pulling out her own deector.
I sighed, looking between everyone. We looked like a sorry bunch, all half scared to death at the thought of going back to the future.

I wish there was some way I could save my team from this. I'd go alone if I had to; if it would spare them. She's my mother so it's my responsibility to stop her before she kills us all.
"Do you think it's Helen?" Abby asked softly.
" Could be." Danny grimaced.

"We got back there and we're wrong then? ugh." Danny said, running a hand through his hair. We had to make the tough calls together.
" Danny." Connor said, making him look at him. "You have to take the call with Odie."
I sighed, stepping in. "Well. Becker, you check it out. Sarah, you go with him. Abby, Connor, you're with me. Wherever she is we'll stop her." I nodded. They nodded back at me, all except Sarah. Becker didn't nod either, he just looked deeply unnerved.

"Danny, I wanna go with you." She begged, grasping onto his arm.
"Look, I need you to do this for me." He said softly to her. Becker moved closer to me, wrapping an arm around my waist. I lent into him, enjoying the simple contact. For all I knew I could never see him again.
" Yeah but if you don't" Se began, tears clear in her eyes.
" Look, no one is saying goodbye here. We''ll all return. Now, once we're through, you close the 's far too dangerous to leave it open. Unlock it in two hours."

"Danny, here." Becker said, handing him his favourite shotgun. I smiled softly up at him.
"And take care." He added to all of us. He smiled down at me, pulling me into a quick hug. He pressed his forehead against mine, exhaling deeply.

"Look after yourself." He whispered, his eyes piercing my own.
"I will. "I whispered, pulling away. If I stayed any longer I knew I'd refuse to go. I felt my heart tear as I broke away but I had to, humanity was more important than all of us put together. He smiled softly, disguising the sadness I knew he felt inside.
"Unlock it!" I ordered. Sarah nodded and did it. We stood in front of it and I took in deep breath, stepping through the anomaly without looking back.

"It doesn't get any prettier, does it?" Danny said as we stood in front of the anomaly. The future looked just as dark depressing and gloomy as last time. I laughed bitterly to myself. Why would it get any better? It was quiet though, all I could do was wish that we'd get through safely without encountering any predators.
" You all right?" Danny asked Abby who seemed to be staring off into space.
"Ya." She said bluntly. Danny nodded before pointing off down the road.
"When I saw Helen, she was down there. By the church."

" Ok. Let's go." I nodded.
"This way." Danny lead us, shot gun at the ready. I was slightly more nervous with him holding it. I know he had training but it wasn't held in his shoulder, meaning any shots would be delayed, potentially leading to fatalities. We crept by the sides of buildings, eyes constantly scanning for Predators. We couldn't let our guards down. We heard a creak and froze.
"You see Helen?" Abby asked. Danny stuck his head around the wall before moving again. looks like it wasn't her.
" So, where is Helen?" Abby asked. "Where are all the predators?" We looked around for a moment, an eerie silence. Abby had a point. Why were we alone?

"Listen." She said,holding a finger up. we all did as she said, ears strained. A faint buzzing could be heard, growing louder. Watching the horizon, I saw the bugs. I swore under my breath, pushing the others forward. We ran as quick as we could, knowing we'd never outrun them. Hiding was our only hope. We were trapped at the end of the road. Danny let shots off, not hitting any of the creatures. Connor and I pushed at a heavy wooden door. It flung open, revealing an anomaly.
"Get down!" I ordered, my friends diving to the side as the creatures flew straight through the anomaly. We got up with a sigh of relief. We were safe, for now.

"Oh, it stinks" Connor moaned as we entered a dark building. I kept my back towards the wall, ensuring nothing could attack me from behind.. "Why would Helen come here? If it was me I would find some nice little Jurassic beach somewhere." Abby kicked a pole away at her feet, shining her torch around the empty room.
"However crazy she was everything she does makes some kind of sense." Danny insisted.
"Really?" I asked, eyebrow raised. A growl came from the doorway.

I span around and a creature was there. Before Abby or I could react, Danny had lept in front of us, firing a shot at the creature.
" Get back." He shouted, pushing the door closed. We all threw our weight against it, panting heavily.
"Did you get it?" Abby whispered. We were silent for a moment when the door lurched forward. We grunted trying to close it again. "Apparently not." Danny said, his voice strained. It's head burst through the door and Danny jabbed at it with the shotgun. He let go of it and the four of us managed to close it.
"We've gotta get something Keep the door closed." Danny stammered. Abby let go of the door and scrambled for the pole before jamming it through the door handle, locking it, We breathed a sigh of relief, panting.

"Becker is really not gonna be happy with you " Connor said, dead seriously.
" Why? " Danny panted.
"That was his favorite gun."
"We gonna get him a girlfriend." Danny shared a laugh with Connor
"Are you guys blind?" Abby laughed at them.
"No, why?" They asked. I turned around, trying to find something to distract myself before this got embarrassing.

"He has got a girlfriend and she's been dating him right under your noses." She told them. Looks like I couldn't hide from Abby.
"Sarah?" Connor asked, his voice an octave higher.
"No you idiot." She face palmed.
"He's dating O-" She began before I managed to stutter out "Oh my God!"
"What is it?" Danny asked.
" We're in the ARC! Maybe some kinda future version of it. Helen said, "it started all here". This must be what she meant. She's here.I know it.
Come on." I growled, turning the focus back on Helen.

"That's what Helen used to control the anomalies." Danny said, picking up a device on the floor.
"Looks like it's been dead for a long time." I mumbled, looking it over and then handing it to Connor.
"How do you think it works?" He asked, looking hopefully at us.
" I wish I knew." I sighed.
" Did you just" Abby said as we heard something shuffling.
"Yeah." I nodded, bringing a finger to my lips. We snook around until we saw Helen over some type of console.

We all found hiding spots in the room. I watched her intently, trying to see what she was doing. I watched from my position as Danny threw something at her, catching her attention. She span around as Danny dived for her gun. They wrestled before Danny won it, aiming it directly for her. She stopped, a look of shock on her face before it passed. She simply pressed her head to the weapon.
"Don't." He growled. A cruel smile crossed her lips and Danny fell to the floor, spasming. I held back a noise and the urge to run out to him. If she hadn't noticed us, we would've stood a chance.

"Danny, Works better on you that it does on some predators." She said, picking up her pistol. . "Come out of the dark, Connor. That's it.
Good boy." He slowly came out, looking depressed. She knew we were here. She'd kill us all.
"You too, Abby." She said after a pause. Abby walked out, not even looking at me.
"So you found me. I am surprised surprised you had brain to figure it out."
"Whatever you're up to it ends now." Connor growled, his inner courage coming out. I pressed myself against the wall, slowly slinking out.

"Who's gonna stop me? You and Barbie?"
"Just watch us." Abby snarled.
"Nick knew this was important but he didn't know why." She said, holding up the artifact.
"Yeah. But he would have it done. if you hadn't murdered him! " Connor snarled at her, She seemed to smile at his words. I was so close now, I could reach her if I tried.
"I spent every day since his death working it out, preparing for this moment. I know he would have understood." She said, her eyes cold.

"You keep telling yourself that, Helen. One day you may believe it."
"Doesn't matter now. Soon none of this will ever have happened." She smiled, still messing with the console. I stood in the dark, unnoticed. I had to time this perfectly.
"What are you gonna do?" He asked her. Abby was strangely quiet.
" I hope you gonna like this, Connor. I, Helen Cutter, I'm gonna save the world." She smiled. I refrained myself from snorting.
"Since when did you care so much about the human race?"Danny asked, voicing my own thoughts.
"Well. It's not humanity I'm gonna save."

"You know, Helen, you're in dire need of some serious therapy." He spat.
"It's a time map. of every anomaly there has ever been or ever will be. Cutter was right. There is a path. With this we will will never have to wait for anomalies to open will just know where they are." Connor gasped as one lit up the room. My dad was onto something. I felt my heart swell with pride.
"Such a sweet clever boy. What a shame you ever met Cutter."
"Gotcha!" She said, finishing off what she was doing before unplugging her device, " You know, If I were you, make the most of the time have left. Believe me, it won't be long."
"Please, No." Connor gasped as she raised the Artifact above her head. "Please, Helen! No! "
It shattered against the ground in a million pieces as she moved to step into an anomaly she'd just created.

Now was my chance. I pounced at her, knocking her to the floor. We wrestled and she clawed at me, trying to push me off. I got on top of her, her hands pinned when her knee came up and collided with my gut. I spluttered, Helen taking her opportunity. Everybody else just seemed to watch.
"My sweet little Odette." She whispered, her face inches from mine as I lay there, gasping and coughing. "What am I going to do with you?"
"No!" I heard Abby whimper as something hard and cold was pressed against my shoulder. I looked up, my eyes wide. My heart almost seemed to stop.

"I always new you and your father would end in the same way." She said, her lip curling into a smile. I squirmed, trying to break free. A burning pain ripped through my left shoulder as I let out a scream. A bang filled my ears and like that she was gone time seemed to pass so slowly. I was aware of movement but that was it. My mind was screaming at me or was that me screaming out loud? I clutched my arm to my shoulder, blood pouring out as I writhed on the floor.
"Oh my god, Odie." Abby stammered, bending down beside me.

"Abby.. get me the med kit." I hissed, clamping a hand to my shoulder. My vest was soon stained with blood and I pulled Becker's shirt off which served as a jacket, trying not to ruin it. It was similar to the one I'd worn the other day but it was plain red. I thought it would contrast nicely to my black jeans but the blood seemed to be doing it. I heard a screech about predators, or something along those lines.

"Abby, help Danny." I winced.
"Let me help you." She insisted. I looked at her, my eyes locking with her.
"Do as I say." She bit her lip and nodded, scampering away. I felt the wound and could tell that the bullet was in my shoulder still. It wasn't deep but it was in the bone. I didn't have much time either. I grabbed the tweezers from the med kit, beginning to fish it out. I did so as Connor opened the anomaly. Abby grabbed the med kit while Danny scooped up my jacket. He grabbed a hold of my waist as I clutched onto my shoulder, as we escaped through the anomaly.

We sat gasping.
"Odie, let me look at that." Danny insisted. I sat down, panting as Connor closed the anomaly, stopping predators from reaching us.
"I'll be fine." I winced, tears pouring uncontrollably down my face. I could barely tolerate the pain.
"That needs stitching up." Abby said, crouching down.
"Do you remember when I stitched the Dracorex's wound?" I asked her. She nodded. "Just like that."

She instantly got to work, Danny and Connor keeping a lookout for any creatures. I lip my tongue to prevent myself from screaming as Abby pushed the needle through my tender flesh. I was pretty sure I drew blood but the pain was nothing compared to that of my shoulder. When she'd done I thanked her, congratulating her on her fine work. She aided me in wrapping a bandage around it. As long as it stopped bleeding and didn't get infected, I'd be fine. That was a long shot though. Abby helped me to my fee and put the med kit away as I pulled the jacket on, wincing as I did so.

" There's ancient pines, that could mean this is Jurassic, maybe the Cretaceous. Helen's footprints lead that way." He told me. I nodded at him, applying pressure to my shoulder.
"So um what sort of creatures we're talking about?" Danny asked.
" Well um a too many to list. Lot's of theropoda dinosaurs mostly, kinda carnivores. Spinosauri, allosaurus apatosauri, barosaurus " He said as we began to walk.

"Oh, good." Danny said, sarcasm dripping off his words like venom.
"And obviously T-Rex." He said before adding another after a long pause " raptors "
" Yeah. I've got the point." Danny told him.
"No, literally Raptors." He said, pointing at a pack who were eating some sort of carcass.
"They don't look too bad." He said as we all stared at them. They turned towards us and we fled. Abby began to run in a different direction to us.

"Abby! Come here! Fast!" He shouted over his shoulder. We just had to run. We ran, veering off in the direction we saw Abby run in.
"If we get in a tree they won't be able to reach us." I said. The lads nodded, helping me climb in. I climbed high enough and soon they were in as well. We watched as Abby rolled down a slope, stumbling as she ran.
"Connor?" She whimpered.
" Quickly! Come here." We shouted. She ran towards us and Danny and Connor grabbed her arms, pulling her into the tree. T

hey all sat there, panting as I sat against the tree, eyes closed.
"Okay, well these two are juvenile raptors. So at least we know we're in the Cretaceous." Connor told us.
"We've got to find the next anomaly. Before they learn to climb." I gasped, trying to concentrate on staying upright.
"No. No!" Connor shouted.
"What?" Danny asked him.
"This thing just died I think." He said, watching the device die.
" What?" Abby gasped.
"Yep." Me sighed in frustration

"We don't know the route." Abby said.
"We can't open the anomalies." Danny added.
"We can't get home." I sighed, "There might not be a home to get back to."

"Bingo. Over there." Danny said, pointing and handing me his binoculars. "You see?"
" get's through another anomaly, we've lost her." I sighed. We had to find her. I wasn't going to let her end us all, even if it was the last thing I did.
"Any ideas? " Danny asked.
"We could appeal to their good nature." Connor jested.

"Don't think they've got one." Abby said, eyebrow raised.
" Right." I said, my brain kicking back into gear. "Playtime is grenade."
"Come on!I was about to say that." Connor groaned. He shuffled through his bag, removing it.
"Close your ears." I ordered.
" And open your mouth." Danny added as we all braced ourselves as Danny clutched it.
"Two - One" He began to count down. Connor removed his hands from his ears.
" I must tell you one thing before" He said.

He fell backwards, flipping from the branch. he landed with a thud. The raptor's were out thankfully but that was about it.
"Connor? Connor?" We all called when the ringing in our ears subsided.
" Put your foot on it." He told Abby. They climbed down and I slowly followed, struggling.
"Connor! Connor, you okay?" Abby said, shaking his shoulders as we rested him against the tree.
" He's alive." I whispered, pressing my fingers to his throat. "He's alive!"

" Go! " Abby said, turning to us with wild eyes.
"I can't leave you here." I told her seriously.
"You have to stop her!" She insisted, looking between Danny and myself and Connor.
"We gotta get him somewhere safe." Danny told her. She shook her head.
" Finish it!" She shouted.

.We tore through the woods, finding an open anomaly with no trace of Helen. Danny pulled me through. The heat instantly beat down upon us. I could tell we were in Africa. It was hot and dry, rocks stretching out in front of us. We had no choice but to press on. We hiked across the land, hoping it was where Helen was. We rounded the corner and my heart stopped. A tribe of the first humans lay, dead on the ground. Danny kicked the closest one in anger but I saw one, gasping for air.

It held it's hand towards me and I sat beside it. It clutched my hand tightly, fear evident in it's eyes. it's body convulsed before it collapsed on the ground. Anger engulfed me. How could my mother do such a thing?
"You're too late Danny. It's already begun." I heard her voice. I stood up, straightening myself off. "But know, if I hadn't take me to the ARC, I never would have got this far."
"You killed them." I spat at her.

"Oh, you're still alive." She snarled."Humanity is a stain on the face of the planet. And when we're gone, other species would be able to develop in will be no wars, no predators."
"So You've wiped out humanity so how can I still be here? " Danny asked, squinting up at her as she stood on the rocks.
"You're really not very bright, are you, Danny? You know, I haven't finished yet. There's more to kill. But you'll be surprised at how a few hominid started the human race. It won't take long."

"You're gonna kill yourself as well." Danny said, earning a cackle from Helen.
"I don't care."
"Whatever you do, humanity will find a way to evolve. You can't fight nature." I smiled at her.
"You sound just like Nick."
"Good because I'd never want to sound like a scumbag like you." I snarled.
"And you know what? You're both wrong. Goodbye, Danny, Odie."

She let out a scream as she turned around. Danny hoisted me backwards, pulling me out of the path of my fallen mother. A raptor had come from behind, pushing her from the cliffs. She fell to the floor with a thud, both her an the raptor motionless. Danny felt her pulse and looked up at me.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, "She's dead."
"Good, she meant nothing to me." I said. I was telling the truth. I hated the woman and it was a relief to see her gone now. I patted the dead raptor.
"Good boy."

"Come on, we better get you back to Becker." Danny smirked. I shook my head at him.
"It's really not that amusing y'know." I whispered. He shook his head at me.
"I just didn't expect it." He shrugged.
"Danny!" I called in excitement. "Look!"

He followed my arm and his face lit up as we saw another group of early humans. We laughed in joy. We would survive. We walked back to the anomaly, smiles lighting up our faces. All we had to do was find Abby and Connor and then return home. I felt like I was on top of the world.
"Run." Danny shouted, snapping me from my mood. I looked up to see the anomaly, fluctuating in state. We ran, it snapping close. Danny fell to the floor, throwing dirt and screaming. I stood there in shock, pulling Becker's shirt tightly around it. We were trapped with no way to get home.