Mortal Wounds
Ch.1
The Doctor was too busy to tend to his own wounds when he carried the weak and battered Alzarion in his arms. Tegan and Nyssa not far from behind also in need of medical treatment had entered the TARDIS.
Nyssa who made a mad dash to the console made sure the doors shut behind them. Ensuring the safety of her fellow friends as they made sure everyone was accounted for. Panting and gasping from the ordeal Nyssa slid to her knees to at least to try and conserve what little energy she had left.
Whereas the Doctor set an unconscious Adric to lie on the floor. Tegan who was doing her best to remain calm settled herself near Adric while the Doctor manned the controls. Tegan's eye sight must have been failing her. All the lights in the TARDIS were dimming; the ground beneath the transport began to crumble. Causing TARDIS to buck and toss the inhabitants inside the console room. Just as the planet they were sitting on began to erupt and become nothing in a matter of seconds or even less than that.
Tegan could only pray as she protectively held the young boy. As TARDIS whipped back and forth that the Doctor would perform a miracle as they escaped. She trusted the Doctor, the Doctor always knows what he's doing, the Doctor will save them for sure. Tegan in another moment of weakness squeezed her eyes shut. Too afraid to comprehend what she might see if everything might go wrong. Her strength decreasing every time she felt her body slam against the wall. She could only hope Nyssa was faring better. That everything would be okay soon. She just wanted everything to be normal again.
"It'll all be over soon." she surmised and as her prediction of a smooth sailing TARDIS that traveled galaxies would do in her mind's eye. Not too soon when she felt both her arms feeling as if they were made of liquid. When they could no longer hold Adric anymore Tegan's last memory of him would be sliding yet again to the other side of TARDIS. Watching his limp body join Nyssa's as if fate had dealt Tegan a taunting end of her life as if to say 'she's going to die with them.'
Tegan beginning to see nothing but darkness couldn't stop thinking though. Before lapsing into what she thought was going to be the end…her end…the end of her life. Though Nyssa and Adric could be seen before falling with them. Her mind frantically began concocting reasons why she didn't see the Doctor?
"Doctor," she shrieked calling his name. The last name she decided to cry out before the disarranged and stressed TARDIS regained normal functions again.
The Doctor who stabilized TARDIS minutes before the planet exploded. He found himself lying on the floor next to the console controls. Slightly disoriented he stood up surveying the damage and what he saw next frightened him. All three of his companions were huddled together next to the entrance. His breathe caught in his throat momentarily he knew what he must do.
First recognizing Tegan's crumpled form. Lying right next to Nyssa who curled herself next to Adric. He realized before he reached full consciousness that it was her voice that must have snapped him awake.
Squatting next to Tegan to tend to her first he softly replied in a broken voice. "it's alright, Tegan…no worries…you'll all be safe I'm here."
Even if it was reassurance she could not hear. They were far from danger, long from harm, and away from that horrid planet that nearly claimed all their lives. Standing up again the Doctor shed his frock placing it upon the coat rack. He then rolled up his sleeves with full knowledge that it was going to be a long night. Er, if he could call it a long night seeing they were suspended in space for now. He'd wait to lock on anymore coordinates until his friends were awake what mattered now was Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric were in arms of good health again.
He'd see to it that it would be done.
