Wanderer of Time: Silence Begins (doctor who)

Chapter 43: The Dark Side of Fear

Everyone groaned as they lay scattered around the floor of the shuttle. The Doctor held onto Wanda tightly to his chest as he had grabbed her the moment the rocking had begun. He moaned lightly in her ear as he felt his head and shoulder throbbing from being slammed into different seats. Wanda panted in fright as she listened to the Doctor's rapid beating hearts. Her hands shook as she gripped at the material of the suit jacket of his. Her mind jumbled about, racing to formulate a plan of action. The barrier in her mind was banging around, in a fit from her fears and from what had happened. It also felt extremely on edge in feeling the shift within the shuttle, feeling the new and stronger energy dwelling within the area. Wanda gulped, feeling similar as the barrier. For once, they were both on the same page.

"Are you all right?" she breathed to the Doctor.

"Arms, legs, neck, head, nose: I'm fine. You?" he replied briskly.

"Never better," she said weakly. She felt his hands tightened around her in comfort. They both scooted away from each other, standing up in a stumble.

"Everyone else?" the Doctor called out to the group. "How are we?" Wanda glanced up, seeing the small television screens from behind the Doctor. One went fuzzy for a moment before the face of Rose Tyler appeared. She mouthed out both the Doctor and Wanda's names before the screen went fuzzy again and she vanished.

"Rose," Wanda breathed softly, her eyes wavering as she dearly wished to see the lost companion, and to simply be safe with her friend and the Doctor. The Doctor did not hear her as he continued to ask everyone if they were all right.

"Earthquake, must be," Hobbes groaned out, trying to dismiss the whole event.

"But that's impossible," Dee Dee disregarded his statement. "The ground is fixed. It's solid."

"We've got torches," Eveleen spoke up from the darkness. "Everyone take a torch. They're in the back of the seats." Everyone gathered their own torch, shining them around in the darkness. Jethro quickly pointed out Sky who sat huddled into a ball with broken up seats and dented walls around her. Everyone turned their torches onto her, seeing the mess beside the woman. The woman could be seen with her hands tightly pressed into her head as she remained firmly in place. Unmoving.

"What's happened to the seats?" asked Val, unnerved by seeing all the torn up seats.

"Who did that?" questioned Biff.

"They've been ripped up!" Val cried in disbelief at the sight. The Doctor went over to Sky, reaching out to comfort the woman, thinking that she was frightened by what had happened.

"Don't touch her!" Wanda exclaimed in alarm, stopping the Doctor in his tracks from kneeling next to the woman. He glanced back at the Time Lady, seeing the terror in her eyes.

"Wanda?" he questioned carefully.

"Just . . . just don't touch her," Wanda breathed. She felt the same fear as she had with the sun possessing Korwin. Alarm bells went off in her mind, screaming for her to place as much distance as possible from the woman. Wanda could sense something wrong with the blonde woman. Something very, very wrong. The Doctor carefully pulled his hand back and stood up from Sky, eyeing her closely.

Eveleen could be heard trying to contact the driver and the mechanic. She walked swiftly over to the door of the driver's cabin. Pushing the button, the door opened and revealed the burning harsh sun from outside. Everyone cried out and covered their eyes as it blinded them. Eveleen slammed her hand on the button, making the door go back into place. She backed far away from the door in fright.

"What happened?! What was that?!" Val cried.

"Is it the driver? Have we lost the driver?" Biff asked Eveleen.