Chapter 3 – Escaping!
No1 slowly opened his eyes. He had materialised somewhere, but where was somewhere? He groaned and sat up, looking around. He seemed to be in the middle of a long corridor, whose walls were lined with raised circles. He got up and started walking nowhere in particular, having lost all sense of direction. 'What is this place?' he wondered, as he walked. The corridors seemed to be deserted, yet he thought he could feel a presence at the back of his mind.
"Hello?" the demon called out, hoping that someone could hear him. When no reply was heard, he continued walking, as that was the only option left to him. 'I may be doing this for some time,' thought No1 as he came to a t-intersection. 'Why did I leave Hybras?'
Holly landed silently next to Artemis, having completed her thermal scan of the Chateau. The Doctor, who had been walking around in circles while waiting for the elf to return, immediately came forward.
"Well?" he asked eagerly.
Holly didn't reply; instead she told her helmet computer to play the thermal scan file, projecting it as a hologram for all to see. The Doctor smiled as the file's contents showed Amy and Rory's heat signatures freeing themselves, but soon frowned as they ran headfirst into Billy Kong.
Artemis sighed. "It seems as if your friends' escape attempt has failed, Doctor. No doubt they will be taken back to their cell before having guards placed on duty at the door. I'm sorry, but I think that we should now revert to my original plan. Now, Holly, what were you saying about a certain pixie-"
"No need," interrupted the Doctor, pointing at the hologram. Amy and Rory had somehow managed to outsmart Billy Kong and were now running loose through the Chateau. Butler was impressed.
"Not many people slip past Billy Kong," the bodyguard said. "Your friends are very good, Doctor."
"Thanks, err?"
"This is Butler, my butler," said Artemis hurriedly. "But the situation hasn't changed at all. Your friends will soon be recaptured."
"Hmm," said the Doctor, and he mused silently for a couple of seconds. "Ooh!" he said finally, his eyes gleaming.
"What is it?" asked Holly.
"I'll need a phone and a lot of luck," replied the Doctor, looking expectantly around at the group.
"I'm sorry?" said Artemis, slightly confused
"I need someone's phone!" repeated the Doctor, a tad impatiently.
At Artemis' direction, Butler took out his iphone and handed it to the Doctor, who immediately whipped out his sonic screwdriver and held it over the phone. The green light lit up and the tip glowed green.
"What's he doing?" asked Foaly's voice in Holly's ear.
"I don't know; I think he's scanning Butler's mobile," Holly replied.
"With the same instrument he used to scan your DNA?" said Foaly. "Wow!"
The Doctor finished sonicking Butler's phone and immediately started dialling a number.
"What have you done to Butler's phone?" asked Artemis, intrigued.
"I've been extremely clever and enabled the 'Universal Roaming' Function," answered the Doctor, before putting the phone to his ear. "Hello, Pond," he said.
"Come on!" shouted Amy, as she and Rory ran through the Chateau, dodging the occasional guard.
"Err, where exactly are we going?" asked Rory, narrowly missing a vase.
"I don't know, I just hope the Doctor thinks of a plan soon!" answered Amy. No sooner then she said that then her phone rang. Not even slowing down, she took it out of her pocket and answered it.
"Hello, Doctor!" she said, relief evident in her voice.
"Is it him?" asked Rory.
Amy nodded before turning back to the phone. "Of course it was going to be you! Now, do you have a plan?" she said, listening attentively to the Doctor's voice.
"Ok, try to get outside," she confirmed, before turning to Rory. "We need to get outside!"
Rory looked around desperately. "There's a door over there!" he said, pointing to a door at the other end of the corridor. A shot echoed overhead, and the duo instinctively ducked and turned to see Billy Kong running toward them, with at least three other security people behind him.
"Uh, run!" shouted Rory, and he and Amy took off towards the door. Thankfully, it was unlocked, and she ran out onto a thin strip of lawn that lay between the Chateau and a sheer cliff. Rory followed soon after, having locked the door from the outside.
"Ok, we're outside and between the house and a cliff. What do we do?" Amy said into her phone. She paled as the Doctor gave his reply before hanging up.
"What did he say?" asked Rory, noticing Amy's reaction.
"He told us to jump off the cliff," said Amy, as calmly as possible.
"He what?"
"Jump off the cliff, yeah," repeated Amy, and she went to the cliff's edge and looked over it.
"Yep, we definitely jump," she said again. Rory copied her actions and went to look over the cliff as well. He stared down seeing nothing but - BANG! Billy Kong and his men burst open the door and fired another few shots over their heads.
"Come with us, you two, you've got nowhere else to go," Billy said threateningly. "Or I'll make sure you don't leave this place alive, no matter what Miss Paradizo says."
"There's always a third option!" shouted Amy. Gathering herself, she looked over at Rory, who nodded. Amy closed her eyes so that she wouldn't see what was coming. Grasping Rory's hand, she took a deep breath, before jumping off the cliff with her husband, leaving only Billy Kong's startled shouts behind.