Lost Predator by Alicia Brodersen

Author:Alicia Brodersen [Brodersen, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SCIENCE FICTION
ISBN: 9780141918549
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2009-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

Several days later, Cutter stood in the middle of his office in the Department of Evolutionary Zoology at Central Metropolitan University. Spending so much time at the golf course had inspired him to concentrate more on his game and right now he was taking a putt, using a Sauropod bone as a golf club.

‘Shot!’ said a familiar female voice behind him appreciatively, as the ball successfully landed in a cup lying sideways on the floor.

Cutter turned round, smiling. He was usually happy to see Claudia standing in the doorway of his office, and today was no exception. She looked very pretty in her black business suit, her long brown hair sitting loosely on her shoulders. Cutter motioned for her to sit down.

‘I’ve been thinking about Helen,’ Claudia said immediately, wincing as she said Cutter’s wife’s name out loud. ‘She saved my life. Things were much less complicated when she was just the enemy.’

Cutter smiled. He’d given up trying to predict Helen’s behaviour a long time ago, and it made him uncomfortable to talk about it. Especially in front of Claudia.

Claudia watched him curiously, wondering how he really felt about his wife. But that wasn’t the reason for her visit today.

‘If we’re going to defend ourselves,’ Claudia began, ‘we’ve got to discover why anomalies are opening and predict when the next one will appear.’

‘Well,’ Cutter mumbled, picking up another bone and testing its suitability. ‘It may be possible to do that.’

‘Are you going to tell me how?’ Claudia asked, raising an eyebrow.

‘I’ve got ideas, but I don’t have any proof,’ Cutter said, lining up a new golf shot. ‘I need more time.’

He looked up as Claudia closed her eyes and frowned.

‘Are you OK?’ Cutter asked, suddenly concerned.

‘Um, I haven’t been sleeping well,’ Claudia admitted, shrugging off his concern. ‘Bad dreams.’

After the terror of the Pterosaur attacks, she’d been having nightmares that saw her waking up in a cold sweat. But she didn’t want to tell Cutter. After all, she was meant to be a cool and calm representative from the Home Office. She could handle it. And besides, she didn’t want anyone thinking she was crazy.

In the Forest of Dean, the SAS had erected a large metal barrier around the site of the original anomaly where Rex and a Gorgonopsid had arrived from the past. Barbed wire was rolled out along the edge, with warning signs and red lights flashing at various intervals along the fence. No one was getting in or out of the site.

But as an SAS soldier patrolled the perimeter, a sudden sound – like metal tearing – made him look up towards the anomaly, which shimmered in the air. He quickly went over to it, cocking his gun as a precaution. But nothing seemed to have been disturbed.

The soldier spun round as the eerie sound seemed to swoop through the trees in the forest behind him. Going into a sprint, he bolted through the woodland and back to the perimeter fence where he’d been moments before. A

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