Series 5 - Flesh and Stone

18 0 0
                                    

Everyone recovers from the jump. Amy and I are still sitting on the ground.

"Up!" The Doctor cries, grabbing my hand and pulling me up. "Look up!"

"Ooh!" I yelp as he pulls me forward and then lets go.

"You OK?" River asked Amy, pulling her up.

"What happened?" Amy groaned.

"We jumped," I said excitedly, looking up.

"Jumped where?" Amy complained, standing.

"Up, up, look up!" The Doctor cried giddily, pointing. We both saw the angels at the bottom reaching up to us, with their arms stretched towards the ceiling.

"Where are we?" Amy said faintly.

"Exactly where we were." I responded.

"No we're not." Amy argued.

"Move your feet!" The Doctor commanded and soniced an indentation on the floor.

"Doctor, what am I looking at?" Amy asked, looking around. "Explain."

"Oh, come on, Amy, think!" I cried.

"The ship crashed with the power still on, yeah?" The Doctor added. "So what else is still on?" We are standing on the bottom of the Bysantium.

"The artificial gravity," the Doctor explained. "One good jump," he jumped. "and up we fell. Shot out the grav-globe to give us an updraft, and here we are!" Then he sat back down and returned to sonic the indentation.

"Doctor," Octavian whispered. "The statues, they look more like Angels now."

"They're feeding on the radiation from the wreckage, draining all the power from the ship, restoring themselves," I said very fast, peering down.

"Within an hour, they'll be an army!" The Doctor added.

The indentation opens up into the ship just as the lights start going out.

"They're taking out the lights," I whimpered.

"Look at them, look at the Angels," the Doctor commanded. "Into the ship, now, quickly all of you!" He grabbed my hand and helped down the hole than slipped in as well.

"But how?" Amy complains from above. "Doctor!" She peers down at us and I throw my hands up as the Doctor raises and eyebrow.

"Basic science of a ship," I murmured. "She still doesn't get it,"

"Oi!" Amy fell down beside me and slapped my head lightly. "Heard that!" I giggle.

"It's just a corridor," the Doctor explained anyway. "The gravity orientates to the floor. Now, in here, all of you., don't take your eyes off the Angels. Move, move, move! " he uses the screwdriver on a keypad.

"OK, men, go, go, go!" Octavian calls from above. More of the clerics arrive at the bottom. When Octavian is down, he joins the Doctor. "The Angels, presumably- they can jump up too?" He asked.

The door closes once everyone is inside.

"They're here," the Doctor said slowly. I froze. "Now. In the dark, we're finished. Run!" He grabbed my had but a large door behind us closes, blocking our only escape. I whimper again and try to hide in the Doctor's jacket. Amy grabbed my other hand.

"This whole place is a death trap." Octavian muttered.

"You're realizing this now?" I muttered. The Doctor cracked a smile.

"Ha, no, it's a time bomb," he said. Then backtracked. "Well, it's a death trap and a time bomb. And now it's a dead end. Nobody panic," he added. I yanked on his arm and he yelped. I just glared at him. "Okay fine, since you're only tenish-you can panic,"

Thalia Pond {FULL SERIES}Where stories live. Discover now