The Other Pond

Chapter 13: The Statues Are Alive

Chapter 13: The Statues Are Alive

I don't own Doctor Who or Torchwood whatsoever, BBC does, and I’m just a fan with an idea.

RECAP:

The Doctor climbed down a rope ladder and joined Father Octavian at the bottom, both turning on their torches looking around inside of the main chamber of The Maze Of The Dead. I was right behind the Doctor looking around. Amy and River with the other soldiers joined us.

“Do we have a gravity globe?” The Doctor asked

“Grav globe.” Father Octavian requested, one of the soldiers took out a sphere from his pack and handed it to Father Octavian.

“Where are we? What is this?” Amy asked, I shook my head, didn’t that girl listen to anything.

“It's an Aplan mortarium. Sometimes called a maze of the dead.” River answered

“And what’s that?” Amy wondered

“Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone...” The Doctor responded, he kicked the gravity sphere like a football and it rises into the air, stops and then lights up the cave showing a large number of stone statues. He adds “The perfect hiding place.”

Avery’s POV

Weeping Angels could be anywhere among those statues, majority of those statues could be. I bit my lip, surely there only had to be a few actual creatures of stone that could whisk you back in time and kill you by a death of old age. They were kind in a way, but they sucked up the potentials you could of had in this lifetime. I guess we’d find out soon.

Father Octavian spoke from beside us “I guess this makes it a bit trickier.”

The Doctor replied “A bit, yeah.”

“A stone angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for.” Father Octavian added.

“A needle in a haystack.” River added

“A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle. Of death. A hay-like needle of death in a haystackof, er, statues. No, yours was fine.” The Doctor said

“Right.  Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for. Complete visual inspection. One question - how do we fight it?” Father Octavian asked

“We find it, and hope.” The Doctor answered before walking off, Amy followed right behind him. I was right behind them when I noticed that when River went to follow, Father Octavian stopped her. I slowed down to hear what had to be said, River was hiding something and Father Octavian knew what it was.

“He doesn't know yet, does he? Who and what you are.” Father Octavian asked River

“It’s too early in his time stream.” River answered

“Well, make sure he doesn't work it out, or he's not gonna help us.” Father Octavian ordered River.

“I won't let you down. Believe you me, I have no intention of going back to prison.” River replied. PRISON?! I thought in my head, before picking up speed to catch up with the Doctor and Amy before River noticed I had been eavesdropping. That woman was a felon. Criminal. Reminded me of Mel for sure... But what was River in prison for? I guess I would have to find out.

I caught up with the Doctor and Amy in the upward passage of The Maze Of The Dead. The Doctor was shining his torch in every direction. Amy was following, though she stopped and looked at the many levels above us and all the statues lining the way. I noticed her rubbing the corner of her eye with one finger before using her full hand to rub that eye. There was something wrong, I knew there was, once I noticed her face looking scared after stopping and looking at her hand. Clearly she saw something that we couldn’t see. River came up beside us.