Doctor Who: Genetics (12th Doctor Adventures Book One)

Chapter six

"Ready, General?"
"Ready, Dr."
The General whistled for his men to rotate the halligan bar that was being prepped to break through the glass of the cell door and by doing so grant them access to the troublesome man, removing him from the cell and sedating the subject. That was the plan. The plan, however, did not seem to add the Doctor into the equation.

In the cell, the Doctor shuffled on his toes. Keeping himself moving at all points, the subject slipping her hand into his own though he did not even give it a glance. His sonic was pushed against his thigh, his eyes prying on the bar that was being prepared to smash into the glass. The soldiers beginning to swing the bar back and forth, trying to gather enough power to break the glass almost instantly. All the Doctor needed them to do was have a run up, he needed them to. The Doctor was good with calculations, he never forgot to add any factor into an equation, something the General clearly lacked. The Generals mouth opened, "charge!" Was the word the Doctor received via the movement of his lips. Once the charge had begun the Doctor flung open the cell door with the use of his sonic screwdriver and then aimed the device directly to the speaker in the corner of the corridor. A sonic frequency erupted from the system due to his interference which caused the Anchor troops to collapse to be floor and hold onto their ears, General Bainley and Dr Samantha doing the same. The subject followed their actions, her ears in great pain from the frequency but the Doctor pulled her along the lying bodies. Exiting the corridors, back into the hub that the Doctor had first entered from. He soniced the doors that led into the containment facility, resting himself on the sealed metal.

"That should keep them entertained for a while, we'd better be gone by the time they get out." The Doctor explained, looking around to see that the girl was gone. Nowhere to be seen in the lab. He searched all over the room for her, but knew she had wandered off down the long corridors. "Hello?" The Doctor called, popping his head out into the corridor, his head turning right first, "Hello?!" He cried with his head turning left to observe the bare footed experiment trotting along the corridors flooring. He jogged over to the girl who had taken a sharp right into another lab area, he himself taking that sharp turn  to pursue her.

"Hey, hey, hey, where are you off to?" The Doctor questioned, managing to push ahead of her. Not realising what was behind him. The girl just carried on walking forward, shoving the Doctor to the side. Her face blank, devoid of emotion. Shock. Her eyes were glued to what were three cells, smaller than what she had been entrapped in.
"They're me." Her palms felt up the glass of the cells, what she was directing to were bodies. Females with brown hair and a similar facial structure to her despite a few minor flaws. Cell one had a twisted face, the skin highly wrinkled and a lack of legs or arms. Cell two had an occupant with one eye bigger than the other, one hand bigger and one leg bigger than their counterparts. Cell three had the most grotesque features of all, seemingly lacking any sort of skin.
"They were trying to create you for a very long time, the number one didn't mean you were the first, it meant you were the first success. These were the failed attempts, the lost causes." He commented, strutting up to her side. Her eye sockets were now filling with tears. She didn't want to cry but seeing her, well, sisters in such pain brought her no joy.
"But we can save them? You saved me, so why not them?"
"Because they are as good as dead. They are beyond saving. I'd give them a couple of days more, amazing they could even survive years. All that fighting to die today. Their life support systems have been shut down. You were declared a success today so no need for the failures." The Doctor announced to her, the girl simply feeling remorse.
"I'm sorry, but we really have to go." He stated with the girl nodding in agreement.
"I'm sorry." She whispered to her sisters, withdrawing herself from the glass and taking the Doctors hand. Entering the corridors once more.