"Sounds like they're going to smash it open." Chev said, breathless as they continued to run.
"How very unsubtle of them." The Doctor said.
"Any ideas, Doctor, Celestia?" Charley asked them.
"Thinking, thinking." The Doctor said, calmly as they stopped running.
"Well, well, what are we just standing here for? I don't want to be turned into a Cyberman." Vol said, worryingly.
"He's thinking." Charley said.
"Oh, great." Chev said in annoyance.
"Is there an observation port?" The Doctor asked, suddenly.
"Yeah. Why?" Chev asked.
"Open the shutter. I want to see what they're up to." The Doctor said.
"Vol?" Chev turned to him.
"Right." He said as he opened it.
"Aha." The Doctor exclaimed. Celestia looked at the same direction. She didn't want to let go of his hand because she was extremely worried but she would never tell this to him or anyone else.
"They're trying to get in. Wasn't that obvious?" Chev shouted. Then the door opened.
"Doctor, Celestia, what are you doing?" Deeva asked the Time Lords.
"Oh, sight-seeing by the looks of it." Chev said, still annoyed.
"Er, ma'am, couldn't we just open that door? Then you could just blast 'em with that fancy gun of yours." Vol said.
"Have you seen how many of them are out there? Look." Charley showed him.
"Oh, God." Vol said, worried.
"If she were to miss just one" Charley was cut of by Chev.
"Whatever! Look, they're going to be through the airlock door any second now, so we'd better do something and fast." She urged everyone to act. Suddenly they heard an alarm.
"Oh boy. They've done it." Celestia said.
"What?" Vol asked as Charley looked where the Time Lords were looking.
"They've opened the outer door. They're coming into the airlock thing." Charley said.
"Right. Everyone back. When the inner door opens, all of you open fire. Aim for their eyes. You may be able to disorientate them long enough for me to pick them off one at" Deeva commanded but stopped when she saw the Time Lords tapping. "Doctor, Celestia, what are you doing?" She asked them.
"Doctor? Celestia?" Charley asked them but they ignored the questions.
"What are these emergency controls for?" The Doctor asked suddenly.
"Er, outer door jettison, but what" Vol said but The Doctor interrupted.
Good, good. With independent battery power too. Excellent. For use in emergencies only." The Doctor explained.
"Yes, that should do it." Celestia agreed with him.
"What are you two doing?" Charley asked them. "That'll just let them into" She was cut off by Celestia.
"Charley, they're already in the airlock." Celestia said.
"But if we jettison the outer door they won't be able to close it behind them to effect re-pressurisation." The Doctor explained.
"So? They don't need air." Deeva asked, not getting it.
"Ah, but we do and it's us they want." The Doctor pointed out.
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Fixing The Problems
FanfictionCelestia is a Time Lady from Gallifrey who is the best friend of The Doctor. She met him when they joined Time Lord Academy. They immediately got along and became best friends. She is also coming from a family of, what some people might call, "witch...
