Atomic Power

by Ibriers16

25th April 1986, The Doctor and Jess have arrived in Soviet Occupied Ukraine. At a remote power plant however there is a sinister secret lurking in the cooling pond. Are these creatures mutants caused by the radiation or creatures from outer space and even though they are unaware of it The Doctor and Jess are just 24 hours away from the worst radioactive disaster in Human History.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter One

There only four men on the jetty, the question was which one was going in the water. They were dressed in dark blue boiler suits though each one was wearing a wet suit underneath. All men were tall and broad-shouldered with short cut hair.

The jetty was only about 30 feet long made out of concrete with iron railings running around the edge to stop people falling into the icy, dark depths. They looked around, there was something about the scenery that seemed unreal, it was late April yet there was an unpleasant chill in the air, the vegetation seemed grey and unalive. The water didn't look inviting at all yet they knew that one of them was going in. Soon enough another one arrived Captain Alexi. He was a stout man of middle height and was dressed in a military uniform. He was head of security and he would decide which of the men was going in the water.

In the end he chose the youngest of the men, a man only about 20 years old with fair coloured hair. Stripping of his boiler suit the other men got him ready. The reason why this man was going into the water was simple. Repair work needed to be done on the supports of the jetty so one man would be lowered into the water to carry out the repairs. The other men would stay on top so he didn't get into trouble. Captain Alexi watched carefully as the diver clamber slowly down the iron rungs that were bolted into the side of the jetty and acted as the only way of getting in and out of the water.

With heavy boots on his feet, air tanks on his back and a powerful lamp fixed above his face mask he knew the diver was perfectly safe, but he couldn't have been more wrong.

What happened next only the diver knew from the men above nothing happened for about five minutes then a massive stream of bubbles broke the surface and the diver re-appeared. It was clear he was in trouble as if he was being attacked by something they couldn't see.

Alexi yelled the command to get him out of the water, this the other men did so. Heaving the diver up onto the jetty. The examined him, they turned his over pulling off his face mask and respirator, he looked pale and unresponsive, one of the other men looked at the diver's arm or rather what was left of it. The Diver's left hand and wrist were missing, all that was left were pieces of bone, torn pieces of flesh and that was it. Alexi crouched low "Speak nothing of this" he hissed "Get him to the infirmary"

"What could have done this?" one of the other men asked, Alexi shook his head. As the men carried the stricken diver away he looked out across the water, he may not have known what it was, but he knew that is was something that was very big and extremely dangerous.

He was about to turn at leave when something caught his eye, a large round shape similar to that of a whale had just broke the surface it's skin looked slimy and black, even though Alexi was over fifty feet away, still standing on the jetty whatever it was looked big, very big. Only a little part of it could be seen, but it looked at least ten to fifteen feet long. It was glimpsed only for a few seconds before it disappeared into the depths.

Alexi knew that it must have been the creature that had attacked the diver, by regulations he should have let his superiors know, he knew that the diver's missing arm would raise questions, but if he told his commanding officer that there was some sort of monster in the water, the probably wouldn't take him seriously. Straightening his peaked cap, Alexi turned and walked away.