"Well...we'd ought to run right now."

The Doctor, Maxine and the three Maghi turned on the spot and sprinted across the sand, repeatedly losing any footing they had. The Herhed was floating behind them, laughing in a somewhat giddy manner.

"Beings! Do not bother trying! Succumb to the power!"

Surprisingly, one of the Maghi stopped.

"Yes! Yes my child! Come forth to the power! Feel it course through your veins, into your heart and mind! Feed on the power!"

"No! Keep running! Come on!"

"You waste your breath."

They didn't stop running, one member of their party gone. They got about a mile away before they noticed they weren't being followed anymore.

"We can stop here."

"Not really. Now, you lot! Is there anything that can get rid of mister shouty?"

"We...had a theory..."

"Go on."

"...sound seems to disrupt the Herhed's concentration...makes him weaker...more vulnerable."

"Great! Brilliant! I've got a speaker and some jumper cables in the TARDIS...which is...West...no, East!"

"South, Doctor."

"I knew that."

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"Little bit here...and bingo! Wahey!"

He clapped his hands together, before forming two thumbs-up.

"We sense the Herhed."

"Dunno whether to be ecstatic or crying. Probably both."

Sure enough, the floating form rose towards them.

"You were...foolish, to say the least."

"Look who's talking, Mr 'my auntie gave me horrible socks for Christmas and now I'm always forced to wear them'! You look ridiculous!"

"You waste your final breaths with petty insults?!"

"I have too many final breaths to waste. Now, would you mind if I fell right now?" He took a dive headfirst into the ground, as the speaker behind him pounded into the Herhed. But instead of growing weak, he...grew. Taller and wider, gaining more muscle.

"I...thought that might happen. Oh dear. Well, you lot made a fool of me!"

"Wait...so..."

"I should've gone on my hunch. You were right, Maxine. They're working for the Herhed."

"You see the truthful path."

"You see, the Herhed's a parasitic farmer. And the Maghi are his pesticides. Sent out to kill whatever they find before he arrives."

"Well done, traveller. We pondered when you would have enlightenment."

"You're obviously thick, then."

"Why so?"

"Because that wasn't sound. It was pure energy."

"And this carries what importance?"

"Big being like you, thrives off of pure sound. Did their screams do anything to you? Oh, by the way, Maxine: don't breath it in!"

Suddenly the Herhed began to shake uncontrollably, his limbs flopping like a helpless fish. There was an underplayed pop, and a cloud of smoke evaporated.

"Your friend couldn't handle the power by the look of it."

The two remaining Maghi growled.

"Now's a good time to run!"he yelled, grabbing his companion by the hand and bursting into a hard sprint. The Maghi were quick and silent, only the hiss of their joints audible. Up ahead, the land flattened out, a sure sign of change.

"Maxine! You go left and I go right!"

"Why?!"

"Unless you want to become a broken pile of nothing, run left!"

So she did, narrowly avoiding the sheer drop-off. The Maghi instinctively stopped too. One stooped over her, while the other dragged the Doctor over.

"You too will pay for ruining the Herhed's plan. For years he had plotted for universal rule. And for what? An idiot to defeat him?!"

"Well...it takes two idiots...to not do their...job." he panted.

"Explain."

But he didn't have to. Two pairs of hands dragged the Maghi to the ground and began to beat them with rocks and clubs. One rose a spear, stabbing one of the aliens through the face. The other smacked a rock at the other Maghi's head, killing it too.

"There...could've been a better way." the Doctor sighed, looking at the dead aliens.

"At least it's over."

"Yeah. Come on. I don't want these two turning on us."

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"and the beings who angered the being who chased were revealed to be tricksters to the brave ones. And the brave ones knew. The Tricksters were banished to the sleep forever, as a punishment for crimes. As for the brave ones? Well, they went on. They vanished into legend. And what a legend it was."