The Zygon Gambit
Alone, Terry sat, why he felt alone he wasn't sure; Jeff was with him, and he was going home soon. His job was depressing, he hated what he did; he was walking through the sewers, checking pipes. Jeff groaned, he was staring at a device on his wrist that Terry didn't notice before.
"Do I have to? Alright, I'll deal with the human now." Jeff said into his wrist-device.
Terry had known Jeff all his life, his childhood friend, this made Jeff's next actions even more unpredictable. Jeff grabbed Terry by the throat and elevated him off of the floor. Next, he turned orange, and spongy; like an alien.
"Wha.. how...Arghh!" Terry screamed as Jeff stung him. He tossed Terry's body into the sewers.
"It's done" Jeff said, and then, he disappeared.
The Doctor rapidly pressed a large button on the console.
"Come on!" He shouted
The TARDIS shook violently, Avril was struggling to keep on her feet; the Doctor seemed to have more practise.
"So, what exactly are Zygons?" Avril asked.
"Dangerous shape shifting aliens that can kill you with a sting from their... er, I don't know the technical term so I'll just call it a stinger." The Doctor replied.
Suddenly, the TARDIS stopped its violent fit and landed. The Console was silent again, nothing but a steady hum, which Avril liked to think, was the TARDIS singing. The Doctor rushed to the doors and swung them open. Outside, was nothing more than a dim sewer, which stank as bad as one would expect. Avril followed the Doctor outside; the sewer appeared to go on forever.
"So, where and when are we?" Avril asked, deciding now was about the right time to do so.
"Earth, England, Liverpool, 2011ish." The Doctor replied, not really giving her the attention she deserved.
They walked on in silence. The sewer never really changed, just kept going, nothing even worth looking at to be seen. What interested Avril was the smell; it never smelt like sewage or anything else she could think of, it smelt worse.
"Rotting flesh." The Doctor muttered.
"I'm sorry?" Avril replied.
"The smell, its rotting flesh." The Doctor answered.
Avril didn't really know how to respond to that. She kind of wanted to talk about Reach, but thought it was for the best to let it go.
"So, human flesh?" Avril tried to cling to any conversation she could get out the Doctor when he was in one of his thinking moods.
"Yeah, smells like it. And... possibly Skarasen milk." The Doctor said.
"And what's a Skarasen?" Avril asked.
"A creature the Zygons use for milk." The Doctor answered.
"So there are Zygons here?" Avril replied.
"Seems like it." The Doctor mumbled.
They continued their journey in silence from then on; Avril wondered if the lack of conversation might be the thing that almost kills her this time...
Roxy was kinda bored; college was really dull at the minute; where had Avril gone? She was her best mate, the two of them got on so well, a little too well she though sometimes. If she was on holiday, Roxy would know, Avril told her everything. They were inseparable, the two best friends. So why hadn't Avril phoned her, to let her know she was ok? She had rang her time after time, up until her phone was found in the remains of the old college. She was happy that college had been evacuated before the explosion. What caused it is only speculation; the police believed it was the same man who supposedly kidnapped Avril that was seen with her on the college's CCTV. Roxy knew what she'd do to that man if she ever found him.
The Doctor was getting worried, rotting flesh, Skarasen milk and a possible Zygon gambit in the sewers of Liverpool, why couldn't his life be simple? They had earlier passed a service ladder, and Avril had opted for the service root, while the Doctor continued his sewer investigation. He saw a man, crouching in a corner, covered in sewer water. The man turned and started to shift, his structure falling apart. Slowly, he became a Zygon.
Avril knew exactly where to go, a phone booth, to finally do the thing she had been a avoiding; phone Roxy, her best mate. She found a phone booth sitting in the centre of town; she wasn't sure what to say; hello, I ran away with an alien a year ago, so I didn't phone, can you come to Liverpool? She needed an excuse, and she wasn't sure one existed. Then it hit her, she'll show her the TARDIS; she'll believe her then. She picked up the phone..."Hello...
The Doctor stepped away from the Zygon, trying to hope it hadn't seen him.
"Doctor, you will surrender your time vessel to the Zygons, or die!" The Zygon (Jeff) said in a raspy whispering voice.
"You know that's never gonna happen; so how about you give yourself up and leave Earth?" The Doctor replied.
"Please Doctor, we have no planet. We found an inhabited planet to settle our species on, but it was absorbed." The Zygon said.
"Absorbed?" The Doctor sounded interested with the very concept of a planet being 'absorbed'.
"The ship appeared, and then taken it, from time and space. That is why we need your time vessel, to track and recapture it." The Zygon said with a voice of despair.
"I'll help you, but I won't let you take my TARDIS." The Doctor warned.
"Negative Doctor, we cannot trust you, you are our enemy. We must take your ship by force." The Zygon stretched its arm out in a threatening manner; and lunged at the Doctor.
Avril was waiting at the bus stop, waiting to see her friend again; she was worried what she might say. She could leave it, and never tell her; but no, she couldn't. She would tell her everything. Here it is; the bus. Roxy stepped out, that attractive blonde that Avril both treasured and loved. Both girls' eyes filled with tears as they embraced each other with a hug and kiss.
"Where the hell have you been?" Roxy said.
"Look, Roxy. There's only one word for it. I've been fighting-" Avril started but was interrupted by Roxy.
"Aliens..." Roxy stammered.
"Yes... How did you know?" Avril said; she noticed Roxy was looking at something behind her. Behind Avril was a giant, silver, alien ship. This ship happened to be the same ship that absorbed the planet Reach, but Avril didn't know this yet, she would find out however, when the owners of that ship tracked the Doctor to the end of time and absorbed the TARDIS itself. The ship started glowing a red glow.
The Doctor heard the sound of the ship entering the atmosphere; and took a maintenance hatch to the surface, the Zygon in its human disguise followed.
"That is the ship that taken our planet!" The Zygon shouted.
"It's going to absorb the Earth!" The Doctor stammered.
The ship's red plasma glow covered the Earth; then, it started absorbing the Earth...
