The Angels of Carlon
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Chapter 4: Clyde and Luke
Back on earth, in London, Clyde and Luke were in a shopping center "Mums birthday is only a week away, and I have no idea what to get her." Luke said as they were walking around.
"Well, lucky boy, you asked the right person. I always get last minute presents. And I think I know the perfect shop for you" Clyde Langer said with a smile.
"Where?" Luke asked not having any idea.
"It's a surprise." Clyde said, and then grabbed his arm as a sudden pain went through it.
"What's wrong?" Luke asked concerned about his friend.
"My arm, it's killing me." Clyde told Luke,
"Let me see" Luke said. Clyde lifted his arm. It was glowing blue "Oh my god. We need to get mum" Luke got his phone out and phoned Sarah Jane Smith. Then Clyde's arm began to stretch out and fade. Luke grabbed Clyde's arm, and both got sucked through a wormhole right as Sarah Jane Smith answered the phone and was cut off as their signal disappeared.
The two re-appeared on a planet of snow. "Mum...no signal" Luke said playing with the buttons on the phone hoping to get something.
"Look, the TARDIS" Clyde said as he ran over to the machine. He tried the door, but it was locked.
"We must have been brought here by the doctor, using the residual Artron energy from mum's wedding." Luke said.
"So where is he then?" Clyde asked looking around hoping to see the doctor. "Surely he would know we would be here"
"Well, it is kind of obvious where he would have gone" Luke said, pointing at the city and the two looked at it.
"Let's go find him then" Clyde said as they both began walking towards the town. Then Clyde stopped. "What if the doctor doesn't know we are here? You've heard what Sarah-Jane said; the TARDIS is living thing... What if the doctor leaves before we find him?"
"I'll leave my phone" Luke said, putting it on the floor by the TARDIS door "He will be able to figure out its mine, and that we are here" They both set off, walking to the city.
As they got into the city they noticed many shattered stone statues. "Where do you think we should look?" Luke asked Clyde.
"No idea, I wonder what happened here" Clyde said, as they turned a corner, to see a row of stone angels. "What are they?" Clyde got closer to take a look at them.
"I don't know Clyde, but there are freaking me out" Luke said taking a step back to put some destined between him and them.
"Why?" Clyde asked, knocking on the head of one of them, then looking back at Luke "They are just stone. I'll admit, odd design, angry angels, but we are probably on a different planet"
"Of course we are on a different planet Clyde," said Luke. All of a sudden they heard a familiar noise, so Luke looked for the source of the noise to see where it came from.
"Isn't that... the sonic screwdriver?" Clyde said, driving the angels from their thoughts, before Luke and Clyde followed the noise, they turned a corner, to see two women and a dalek standing there.
"I don't think so," Luke said pointing at the dalek,
The dalek turned around and spotted the two. "You aren't from this planet! You two, take me to the doctor" the dalek said.
"Run," Clyde yelled and the two turned and ran.
-DW-
"What is the obsession with humans and running from me?" Oswin said, turning back to the female companions, knowing the others would be able to outrun her "Did you know them?"
Rose shook her head at Oswin. "No, I don't know them."
She walked in a circle, going closer to the nearby building to see if the sonic would emit a higher-pitched noise. Still, she had no luck. "Oh, and I'd at least like a reason as to why you want to see him. He won't talk to you anyway, he hates the Daleks."
Suddenly the screwdriver made a sound almost similar to the one it made when it was working normally. Rose froze where was. "Hang on... I think it's makin' that noise when I hold it to this air vent." She crouched to the ground, holding it closer to an air vent that seemed to be partially collapsed.
"You want a reason? Is the fact that 5000 weeping angels are on their way to this town, here within the hour, a good enough reason?" Oswin said.
Rose sighed impatiently, kneeling and trying to clear away some of the rubble from the vent. "Look, nothing personal but you're a Dalek. Okay, yeah, you talk more like a person would, but for all I know you could he part of some secret cult that has really human-like Daleks. And I don't want to risk the Doctor's life."
"I can't explain to you, and even if I did, you wouldn't believe me, as the doctor clearly isn't the only one who doesn't like daleks." Oswin said "but I met the doctor before, and he trusted me. I saved him and his friends, just like I saved you two from the angel earlier. Besides, if you have not noticed, I have not killed or even harmed you yet, nor the two that ran away, or any other humans."
"You did hurt Lizzie," Athena said and backed away when Oswin turned to look at her. "Sorry, but you kind of did. By the way thanks for before and we don't even know where the doctor is." Rose gave Athena a look as Athena realized she had just told Oswin something she wasn't supposed to.
Oswin looked at Athena curious. This girl had just thanked her. That was unusual since she left the asylum. "I only stunned her and your welcome." Oswin turned back to Rose. "And you might not know where the doctor is, but I will stay with you until you do. Besides when it comes to the angels, three heads are better than two."
Rose just sighed, biting her lip to keep from mentioning that Daleks didn't even really have heads... well, she supposed that the alien inside did, but not the metal body. "Fine. If you're so bent on being helpful, why don't you help clear this rubble? I think he's down here somewhere, but it must've caved in."
"There is very little I can do without risking a further cave in, possibly harming the doctor if you are right, and he is down there." Oswin said, "I would probably be more use patrolling for angels"
"Okay, go do that." she instructed and watched as the dalek left.
Rose went back to work, pulling out large chunks of brick and dirt from the vent, until she had managed to clear it out enough to crawl in. There didn't seem to be much blockage ahead. "Athena come here." Rose said and the girl walked over. "Stay here." she told Athena. "Unless that dalek tries to kill you. Then you should run."
"Dalek?" Athena questioned not really having listened to the two talking.
"R2D2," Rose said a little annoyed the name didn't seem to be able to stick in Athena's head even though she has heard it a couple of times now.
"Okay," Athena said as Rose turned around. "Rose." Rose turned back to look at her. "Are you mad at me because I told the…. Dalek?" Rose nodded as Athena finally got the name right. "That I told the dalek we didn't know where the doctor was?" Athena bites her lip afraid Rose would say yes. She had thought her and Rose was becoming good friends and had hoped she didn't just ruin it.
"No," Rose said remembering how new Athena was to all this. "Just be more careful next time." Athena nodded as sat on the floor.
Rose laid down on her stomach and began the descent down the air vent, occasionally running into more dirt and sometimes crushed sections of the vent. Every time she would simply shove the dirt behind her, and bend up the vent as best as she could barely allowing her to get through. It seemed like she'd been down there for hours. Soon she was overheated, sweat soaking through her top and plastering her hair to her face. Rose had never been claustrophobic, but she had a feeling that after this she might be.
-DW-
After running for a bit Luke stopped. Clyde stopped and turned around to look at him. "What are you doing?" Clyde asked wanting to get as much space between them and the daleks as possible.
"We need to save the two girls from the dalek before they are exterminated," replied Luke. "We have to go back."
Clyde hesitated for a moment. Running towards a dalek didn't sound like a good idea. "You're right… but how? The dalek spotted us a mile off last time."
"I don't know just yet, give me a chance to work out a plan mate," replied Luke. "I'm not too sure mate, maybe follow them from a distance to see where they go and then rescue the girls."
"Okay," Clyde said. They walked back to where they saw the dalek, then looked around. They could see the brunette sitting there, but not the blond or the dalek. "Do you think we should go talk to her? The dalek has gone."
Luke looked at the girl trying to decide and was thinking about the blonde that was with her before. The blonde seemed familiar. "Wait a minute," Luke said. "That blonde girl who was here before. I think it was Rose Tyler."
"Rose Tyler?" Clyde asked. He knew that name "The one Sarah Jane mentioned? The one that traveled with the doctor? Are you sure?"
"Yes, Rose Tyler. That's the one mom mentioned." Luke confirmed.
"Do you know who this one is?" Clyde asked pointing at the girl who hadn't seen them yet.
Luke shook his head. "No, never seen this one before. Let's go talk to her." The two walked towards Athena and once they were close to her Athena finally saw them. She recognized them as the boys who ran away, but decided not to say anything to see what they would do.
"We are friends," Clyde explained. "We know the doctor, and Rose Tyler, and we can help you get away from the dalek... where is the dalek?"
"What are the statues that are around this planet? I don't recognize them," Luke asked.
Athena looked at the two boys. They looked likes boys back from her time. "They are called angels. Doctor said not to let them touch you and they can't move if you're looking at them. Who are you and how do you know the doctor?"
"I'm Clyde Langer, and this is Luke Smith, his mum used to travel with the doctor, and we met him once when... It's a long story. Is that dalek coming back?" Clyde looked around as though the dalek could just pop out of anywhere.
"Dalek..." Athena said trying to remember what the word meant. Then she remembered just before getting the word with Rose. She nearly hit herself on the head. She kept forgetting it. Probably because all she could think of when she saw the dalek was R2D2. "Oh the R2D2 robot. Probably. I think it went to patrolling for angels."
Luke looked at Clyde. "R2D2," Luke mouthed to his friend who shrugged not really sure. Luke shook his head. This girl had clearly not been with the doctor for long.
"Rose said to stay here unless the robot tried to kill me. Then run. He, she, it hasn't tried to kill me." Athena said. "I'm Athena by the way."
"You don't get it, we have met daleks before, and they are dangerous." Clyde said.
"That one has saved my life so no. I think I'll wait here." Athena said having no intention of moving. She knew Rose said those things were bad but that one has done nothing to her. "Besides Rose just went down there to find the doctor." Athena pointed at where Rose had gone.
Clyde waited a moment. He couldn't leave Athena and Rose with the dalek, and he didn't think Luke would either. But then again, he had seen the daleks before, and heard Sarah Jane talk about them... But if Athena wouldn't leave, and Rose and the doctor were stuck, he had no choice but to stick around "If you won't move, than we will have to stay here. But I'm moving out of sight, that way I can surprise the dalek if it does try and attack, I can take it by surprise." Clyde said, going into a nearby building.
Athena rolled her eyes. She highly doubted the robot would just suddenly attack. "What's his problem?" She asked Luke who sat down next to her, but Luke never got a chance to answer. At that moment Oswin decided to swing back to see how Athena and Rose were doing finding the doctor. Oswin was shocked to see one of the people who had ran away.
"Stay where you are! Identify yourself!" Oswin walked coming up.
Athena looked at the robot. "Seriously, maybe this is why people don't like you. You could just say who are you instead of identify yourself. Much nicer." Athena said.
"Yea, because people running away from me as soon as they see me is really nice" Oswin said. "Who are you?"
"Well this is Luke Smith," Athena told the dalek. "He knows the doctor somehow."
"Where is the human that he was with earlier?" Oswin said.
"Um," Athena said looking around. She might not think the robot had any bad intentions but she didn't want to give Clyde away. "I don't know."
Oswin could tell Athena was lying about the missing human, but that was irrelevant. It was clear by Luke's open presence that Athena understood Oswin meant no harm. "Is there any news on the location of the doctor?"
"No, Rose hasn't gotten back yet," Athena said.
"Very well, I will continue paroling for angels. By my reckoning, we have precisely 40 minutes until the army of angels arrive." Oswin said, and began leaving.
"That's great. We'll keep our eyes open," Athena said as the robot left. "And make sure not to blink if they come." Athena gave Luke a look. "See we're not dead." Luke gave Athena a look, but didn't say anything.
Ten minutes later Oswin returned. "Luke Smith, go into the silver building. You will find an unconscious woman. Bring her out here."
Luke looked like he wanted to complained about taking orders from a dalek, but Athena said "Yeah go get Lizzie. Rose couldn't carry her anymore and we should have her." Luke looked at Athena and then nodded getting up and heading to the sliver building.
Whilst alone with Athena, Oswin asked, "Where are you from?"
"Earth," Athena answered confused not sure why the robot cared.
"Whereabouts on earth?" Oswin asked.
"Um, United States. I live in LA," Athena said.
"Did you leave any family in LA?" Oswin asked.
"Um my mom and dad, sort of…" Athena paused as she thought of her parents not really wanting to remember what happened before she left home. She then continued talking, "but they probably wouldn't notice I was gone if I left for a year without coming back." Out of all the people to ask her about her home life she hadn't expected it to be the robot.
"What were you doing before you met the doctor?" Oswin asked.
Athena laughed. "Truthfully hiding in the TARDIS library. I was kind of a stow away."
Oswin found that amusing, but was confused on one thing. "But how did you end up on the TARDIS?"
"I walked in. The door wasn't locked and it was just there. Then I heard Rose and the doctor returning and I hid. I mean I had no idea what was going on." Athena said laughing at the memory. Oswin also found it amusing but was curious why the door wasn't locked. Then again she hadn't known the doctor long. Maybe he always left it unlocked.
"How long have you been travelling with the doctor?" Oswin asked.
"Not long. This is my first trip with him so less then a day." Athena said.
"Oh" Oswin said "me and the doctor only met for a few hours, we only actually saw each other face to face for a couple of minutes..."
"Why does everyone hate you guys? Rose said something about a time war?" Athena said and shrugged. "I mean you seem nice and your just a robot right?"
Luke began walking out of the building, carrying Elizabeth "thank you... This is the first time since... In 6 months that someone has talked to me like I am not just a monster. You were the first person... And I am grateful" Oswin said, meaning every word "I am almost as grateful as I am sorry for what I am going to do, I hope you understand..."
"Understand what?" Athena asked confused. She thought she was getting on well with the dalek.
"I know you are there, human, watching your friends, but it is time to come out. If you do, no-one gets hurt" Oswin called "you have 10 seconds to show yourself or the boy gets it"
Athena was shocked by the words. The dalek had been so nice to her. Why was it being mean now? "What are you doing?" Athena asked the robot.
"What must be done," Oswin said.
Clyde came out of the house he was in with his hands up. "Fine, I'm here" he said, glaring at the dalek.
"We are returning to my ship, which is parked next to the TARDIS!" Oswin commanded.
"But why? The doctor and Rose should be up any minute. You wanted to talk to the doctor right?" Athena said hoping to buy time.
"The doctor and Rose are taking too long. With Elizabeth still being unconscious, we will be cutting it close, but I am trying to avoid an encounter with the weeping angels. So, we go to my ship. If the doctor reaches the TARDIS in time, we will go to him." Oswin said. "Now, move"
Athena didn't move at all. "I'm not going anywhere."
"You have parents, and a life, in LA" Oswin said "I had parents and a life once, then the daleks made me one of them, just like the angels will do to you. And I would have rather died than go through that. I can never see my own mother again, my own father. And the day before the shipwreck, it didn't bother me, but now ... I'm saving you before the shipwreck, before the conversion... Before the hell. Trust me, you will regret it if you don't let me help you. Think about them..."
"You have to give me more of a reason to go then my parents. They wouldn't care if they never see me again and I feel the same. My boyfriend and friends are jerks. They don't care about me so of you want me to abandon the doctor and Rose who have seemed to like me even though I've only known them less then a day then give me a better reason." Athena said completely ignoring the part about Oswin's family. Athena still thought Oswin was just a robot and didn't want to figure out what it was if not just a robot.
"If that isn't enough, think about the boys, who I will kill if you don't co-operate, then the other female" Oswin said.
Athena sighed. She didn't know Luke or Clyde but she didn't want them dead. Also Elizabeth had been nice to her. "Fine you win. Let's go." Athena said as she started to follow Oswin.
The three humans walked behind the dalek as Luke carried Elizabeth. Clyde dropped his voice so Oswin wouldn't hear. "Any more smart ideas," he asked Athena, before saying "Actually, do you have any sort of plan?"
"The robot hasn't hurt us yet," Athena defended and realized the robot had threatened to hurt Clyde, Luke, and Elizabeth. The robot hadn't threatened any harm to her though.
"The daleks aren't robots, they are aliens, genetically engineered to feel nothing but hatred... At least that's how Sarah Jane explained it," Clyde explained, as they reached the edge of the town.
"Well they look like robots. Your the first person to explain what exactly they are to me," Athena looked around and then paused. "Look that way and don't blink." Athena pointed at an angel.
A dalek ship decloaked and Oswin said, "They are surrounding the town. Everyone into the ship, it is the only place we can hope to defend. Clyde, keep an eye on the angels with me, we will follow you in a moment" Athena and Luke ran into the ship as Clyde reluctantly obeyed the daleks orders. Clyde looked one way and Oswin looked the other. Suddenly an angel grabbed Oswin's head, holding it in place. Oswin swung her gun around and discharged causing a small explosion. The angel holding Oswins head in place had been destroyed, but it was too late. Clyde had been taken. Oswin retreated to the ship.
AN: Okay this chapter got really long and yeah sorry the doctor hasn't returned yet. Next chapter I promise more doctor and then back to Oswin, Athena, and Luke the chapter after that. Hope everyone liked and sorry it took so long. My power was out for eight days due to hurricane Sandy. If anyone is waiting for my other story Pretty Little Liars to be updated I promise that's the next story I'm getting to. Please REVIEW.