30 Worlds: Megaforce, Episode XIII: "Doctor and the Descendants"
CHAPTER ONE
The doors into the Briefing Room opened, revealing William, Sofia, Scarlett, Yen Sid, The Doctor and Clara. Sofia and Scarlett sat in their usual places, while Yen Sid, The Doctor and Clara stood and watched.
"Everyone, we have two new crewmembers to introduce," William said. "This is The Doctor and his companion, Ms. Clara Oswald. The time for formal introductions will come later, but for now, please listen very carefully. Master?"
Yen Sid walked up to the holographic projector and tapped a few keys. "This is The World of Descendants," he said. "One quarter of a century ago to the inhabitants of this world, an alliance of the worst villains ever known fought a war against the forces of King Adam—known colloquially as 'The Beast,' for the form he took during his time under an enchantress' spell."
"After the villains were defeated, King Adam imprisoned the villains and all who served them on an island behind a magical barrier. Five years before now, Prince Benjamin—King Adam's son—proposed that four children from the 'Isle of the Lost' be allowed to attend Auradon Preparatory School in order to prove that they were nothing like their parents," Yen Sid continued.
"Those four children are the Key components from the World of Descendants," William said. The projector switched from a satellite view of the World of Descendants to eight images—four of them being the Descendants Key components, the other four being their dreaded parents. "Mal, daughter of Maleficent, the evil fairy who enchanted Princess Aurora, or 'Sleeping Beauty;' Evie, daughter of Snow White's Evil Queen; Jay, son of Jafar; and Carlos, son of Cruella deVil," William said.
The Doctor was the next to speak. "As my future self has informed Prince William and myself, a long-time enemy of mine is at work in the World of Descendants," he said. "The Master, a renegade Time Lord from my lost home planet of Gallifrey, is now allied with your enemies in the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos."
"Your future self?" Flint Lockwood said. "Indeed," Yen Sid said. "I am a future incarnation of The Doctor." "So you already know about what is to happen to us?" Raquel Blue asked. "No," Yen Sid said. "My most recent regeneration compromised my memories of these events."
"Regeneration?" Cecelia Jones said. "The explanations will come with the formal introductions," William said. "For now, we must proceed to the World of Descendants. Alex, return to the Bridge and set the deviator with the proper course."
"Right, William," Alex Russo said. "Dismissed," William said. The crew present departed from the briefing room and went to resume their stations. William stood with Sofia, Yen Sid, The Doctor and Clara.
"Doctor, I need to know everything you can tell me about The Master—his habits, his abilities and, if known, his weaknesses," William said. "Then follow me back to my TARDIS," The Doctor said. William smiled at Sofia. "Sofia, take command and proceed as ordered," he said before kissing Sofia on her cheek.
As The Doctor led William into the control room of his TARDIS, William looked on with curiosity as The Doctor walked up to a bookshelf on the control room's second level and withdrew a book. "This book contains the records of all of my past encounters with The Master," The Doctor said as he handed William the dusty hard-bound volume.
"May this information serve you well," he said. "Thank you, Doctor," William said. A nearby display on the central control pedestal caught William's attention. The Doctor cocked an eyebrow as William seemed to be able to read the Old High Gallifreyian pictographs on the display.
"Damn. We're already there," William said. A beeping sounded from the Mobilates at his waist. "Prince William. Go ahead," William said.
"William, this is Sofia," Sofia said. "We've..." "...arrived at the interphase coordinates for the World of Descendants. On our way," William said before closing the Mobilates.
In the Enterprise's command information center, Sofia and Clara stood at the ship's Galaxy Map as the central access turbolift doors opened, revealing William and The Doctor. Yen Sid looked at William and Sofia.
"From here, I leave things to you," Yen Sid said. "Take care of yourselves." "We will, Master," Sofia said. Yen Sid disappeared. "All right then," William said. "Sofia, Phineas, Ferb, Riley, with me. Kelsi, you have the conn."
Kelsi Nielsen took William's place at the Galaxy Map as William, Sofia, Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher and Riley Matthews entered the turbolift and left the C.I.C.
William saw Clara standing next to Gavan's Glory. "Ms. Oswald, what are you doing down here?" William asked. "The Doctor and Ms. Nielsen both wanted me to come along, just in case," Clara said. "Can your shuttle carry this?"
Clara pushed a motorcycle into William's view. "Sure, Clara," William said. "Just remember: you and The Doctor are both members of my crew now. Just listen to my instructions at all times, and everything will be cricket."
(Note: "Cricket," in this case, is shorthand for "all right.")
Clara gave a joking salute, then smiled as she pushed the motorcycle into the cargo area. Meanwhile, William, Sofia, Phineas, Ferb and Riley went up to the cockpit. As William sat in the pilot's seat, Clara walked in. "Get buckled up for take-off, Clara," William said. Clara smiled, then sat next to Riley at the Science station.
William then turned to the control panel and tapped a button. "Landing Bay Control, this is Gavan's Glory, requesting permission to depart," William said. "Permission granted. Have a safe flight," the controller on duty said.
As the landing bay doors opened, William tapped the engine enable control and grasped the flight control stick. Then, Gavan's Glory sailed into open space. Clara watched as the atmospheric friction caused the area in front of Gavan's Glory to glow red and orange.
Then, as the friction eased, everyone could see the expansive domain of the United States of Auradon. "You do this world-saving thing all the time, Prince William?" Clara said. "Pretty much," William said as he turned the ship onto its planned landing vector.
Suddenly, Ferb reported from Tactical, "William, an A.I.C. scout craft is pursuing a young lady in a wooden area 10 kilometers due north from our planned landing spot."
"Show me," William said. On his tactical eyepiece, William looked on in horror as he recognized the purple and black hair color and outfit of Mal, one of the Descendant Key components. "Ferb, prepare to depressurize the aft compartment," William said as he stood from his seat.
"But my bike's back there!" Clara yelled. "Desperate times call for desperate measures," William said before he left the cockpit.
In the aft compartment, William pressed a button on the buckle of his utility pack. A Megaforce Change Key appeared. "Depressurization in 30 seconds," Ferb reported from the cockpit.
"Megaforce Change!" William said before turning the Key in his Mobilates. "Gavan-G!" the Mobilates called out before the suit of Space Sheriff Gavan (Type G) formed on William's body. Then, as soon as William/Gavan-G got on Clara's motorcycle, it became Cyberian, Gavan's trusty flying motorcycle.
William/Gavan-G activated Cyberian's engine as the aft compartment became lit in red and the rear hatch opened. William/Gavan-G soared off of Gavan's Glory and turned toward where Mal was being chased.
Mal, daughter of the evil fairy Maleficent and one-fourth of the Descendants Key, was afraid for her life as the A.I.C. vessel behind her fired its weapons. She was able to sidestep the first few volleys before a nearby stone highway marker exploded and its shockwave sent her to the ground.
Mal could feel the trickling of blood down her face from a cut caused by a ricocheting pebble. She wondered if she would ever seen her beloved King Benjamin ever again.
But, suddenly, a loud explosion from another source obscured Mal's view. As the smoke, fire and debris cleared from the point of impact, Mal could see a figure clad in silver and black on a blue and silver flying motorcycle fly away from the craft. As the ship that attacked her limped off, Mal felt herself yanked into the sidecar of the flying motorcycle and swiftly buckled into place with its restraints.
"Do not worry, Lady Mal," the silver man said. "I'm taking you back to Auradon Castle." Mal could only nod her agreement with the silver man's proposal before fainting.
::TBC::