Krynos Rising
CHAPTER 1
Esta Pa was running. Esta Pa was running fast. She was running from them. They were after once gain. A vine lashed out and nearly caught her. Don't let them touch otherwise you'll become like them she reminded herself. Not far now. Not far to the shuttle. Not far to what I have to call home these. Come on Esta focus she reminded herself. Think like that will slow you down then you'll get caught. She could hear them gaining on her. Don't let them catch you otherwise Jander will have died for nothing. The thought of Jander speed her up. She was nearly there. They were almost in touching distance of her. Made it. Esta opened the door of her shuttle and quickly locked it again. She slunk down feeling safe in what had become her home and base of operations. Esta Pa let out a little tear how had this happened. How had she become the last one. Would anyone be able to come and save her?
Inside the Tardis its usually comforting humming was masking the growing uneasy atmosphere. The Doctor looked at Magenta his green skinned companion with her white hair tied in a pony tail and dressed as glamourously as usual. She wasn't going to be happy oh well best tell her thought the Doctor.
"Bad news Madge we're not on Panacea." The Doctor could see the cheerful approach wasn't working. Why did things always have to be so difficult with Magenta he thought.
"Doctor dear you are trying to get me to Panacea to help me regain my memories. So please kindly explain where we are and why?" Magenta said with a tone that could kill.
The Doctor let out a long drawn-out sigh.
"Well Madge where we are I have no idea and why the Tardis detected a distress signal and have landed us right along side it to help out the distressed."
The look Magenta shoot the Doctor showed him she wasn't happy.
The Tardis landed in a green leafy valley. This was the planet Krynos a jungle world more or less devoid of animal life. At this point in its timeline Krynos is a peaceful planet but it has a dark shadow falling on its future...
Magenta stored out of the Tardis followed by the Doctor close behind.
"So Doctor where is your distress signal? I thought you said the Tardis had landed us right along side it!" said Magenta with a lot of cynicism.
"Well when I said right along side I may have actually meant within half a mile or so" said the Doctor trying to avoid his travelling companions gaze.
Esta Pa decided it was time to go out again. She needed the fresh air. It wasn't good being cooped up like this. But they'd be after her again. No she had to go out what if someone had answered the distress signal. They could be in danger. They could need her help. She needed to go out Krynos wasn't going to claim another victim not after Jander. How could the research survey have been so wrong how had it said there was no hostile life when she could barley step out for fear of being attacked...
The Doctor and Magenta had been wondering round for about half an hour no. They still hadn't found the source of the distress signal. The Doctor was still optimistic Magenta was getting bored.
Esta Pa had notice the strange new people and was following them. The skinny man in the brown suit and the green skinned woman. Esta wondered if the green skinned women was one of them but the man seemed to be calling her Magenta.
The Doctor and Magenta where getting deeper and darker into the valley on Krynos. The ground was getting harder to walk on becoming a mass of tangled vines. Suddenly the Doctor tripped on one of the vines. Magenta saw a figure flash in front of them. The Doctor looked up and saw a samurai sward coming down on his neck..