Everyone climbs down a rope ladder into a very large underground space.
"Do we have a gravity globe?" The Doctor asks once he's on the ground,
A Cleric hands him one after Octavian calls for it
"Where are we? What is this?" Amy gets down the rope safely
"It's an Aplan Mortarium,"
"Sometimes called a Maze of the Dead," Alex adds on from River
"What's that?" Amy still doesn't quite get it, neither does Poppy
"Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone!" The Doctor kicks the globe into the air, where it illuminates a vast array of mausoleums and statuary "The perfect hiding place,"
"I guess this makes it a bit trickier,"
" A bit, yeah,"
" A stone Angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for," Octavian looks around with his torch
" A needle in a haystack," River comments
"A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle of death. A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, err, statues," he 'corrects' " No, yours was fine," he decides
"Right. Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for. Complete visual inspection," Octavian instructs the Clerks "One question. How do we fight it?"
"We find it, and hope,"
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The Doctor, Poppy and Amy start up walking and Octavian stops to talk to River, it ends with Alex not so subtly threatening him
"Listen, Father Octavian. You know what will happen if either of them found out who we are. If Poppy finds out who she is," Alex spins back dramatically "chaos will ensue, I have a family to get back to after this. Don't test me," She marches off after The Doctor and his companions
"Believe me, I have no intention of going back to prison," River follows.
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"You all right?" Alex asks when she sees Amy rubbing her eye quite a bit
"Yeah, I'm fine. So, what's a Maze of the Dead?"
"Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with dead people buried in the walls," Poppy and Amy raise their eyebrows at River "Okay, that was fairly bad,"
"Right give us your arms," Alex takes out two injections, one green and one yellow, she hands the green one to River
"This won't hurt a bit," River promises, Alex raises her eyebrow as if disagreeing. They inject whatever was in the tube
"Ow!" both Amy and Poppy complain
"There, you see. I lied," River shrugs "It's a vireo-stabiliser. Stabilises your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship,"
"Do you guys get them?" Poppy asks
"We get less powerful ones,"
"Why are ours different colours?" Poppy continues but Amy interrupts
"So, what's he like?" Amy gestures to The Doctor "In the future, I mean. Because you both know him in the future, don't you?"
"The Doctor?" Alex asks casually
"Well, The Doctor's The Doctor," River answers simply
"Oh. Well, that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?"
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MEMORIES THROUGH THE STARS | {2nd - Stars Themselves Series}
FanfictionPoppy Watcher was living her life. Her boring, dull life. Wishing and hoping The Doctor would show up with the TARDIS to whisk her away to see the universe again. But not yet, and so, the spare room of Amelia Pond's house seems to be where her life...
