The Secrets of Sarah Smith

Opera

a/n this chapter contains abuse and rape of an under 16 so dont read the italics if your upset by it.

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The ship was nothing like the other Teller ships Sarah had been on. This one looked like it was thrown together from a DIY kit. There was scaffolding everywere and bits of old pipes and random metal littered the grill floor. Every soft footstep seemed to bounce around the room loud and deafening. The way was lit only by Sarah's torch that she held in a vice like grip in her right hand. Sarah's heart was pounding out of her chest, She was almost sure she could hear it echo around the ship. Wyatt directed her through a com unit that was in her ear, making her jump everytime he gave her directions after a long pause. Using the small camera on Sarah's shoulder to see were she was.

Sarah began to wonder if there was no Terror kind and really it was the fear of fear its self that kept people away because quite frankly she was terrified and would rather be just about anywere else then where she was right now. She had lied to The Doctor about her greatest fear. Altho lossing her son was her greatest fear it wasn't her only one. She tried burrying it as much as she could but being trapped inside a spaceship with a nuclear bomb and an alien who would use her fear against her made it impossible not to think about it.

"Ok you're coming up close to The Terror kind's level and the bombs, You just need to open the next door and the bombs at the end of the corridor" Wyatt's voice came over the com making Sarah jump and a small scream escape from her mouth.

Sarah lifted her shaking left hand to press the red button on the side of the door. A red button. Why did it have to be a red button? Sarah could never resist a red button. Taking a deep breath and trying to pull her self together, Sarah slamed her palm against the red button as quick as she could so she wouldn't change her mind.

The Door slid open slowly as if it was trying to give her a chance to change her mind. Sarah felt her heart rate quicken to an impossible speed, her breath hitched slightly and her hands became more sweaty. The Door opened fully and Sarah peered down the corridor using her torch. The Corridor was quite wide, wider than she'd expected. Sarah wasn't quite sure what she expected but it wasn't this is just looked like a normal corridor with 2 long walls, a floor and a ceiling made of concret unlike the rest of the ship. As far as she could tell it was completely empty. Her torchlight didn't reach the whole way to the end tho so she couldn't be sure.

Sarah gingerly stepped into the corridor. That one step felt more than just stepping from one room to another, It was the one step that led her to her death. Sarah knew the chances of her leaving this corridor were slim even if she did stop the bomb but she had to do it.

"courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened you know, Its being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway"

The Doctor's words were swimming around her mind as she took step after step down the corridor. The only noise was Sarah's slightly haggered breathing and the sound of her pulse in her ears.

She was half way down the corridor when she heard it, quiet at first barely there but quickly built up, It was the sound that sent waves of terror over Sarah. He breathing became faster and she felt sick. She hadn't heard that noise in so long but its effect hadn't worn off. Verdi-La Traviata: Drinking Song.

The door slammed behind her and Sarah ran to it dropping her torch, the noise of it clattering as it hit the floor barely heard over the music now filling the corridor. Sarah pressed the button and pulled the door but it was locked.

"Sarah" A voice whispered through the darkness dragging out each letter as long as possible.

Sarah knew the voice straight away. She froze in terror.