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Chapter 3
It took a while until expedition leader Archer came into the dining area. "I think I'm ready to activate the android. River, do you want to join me?"
River looked up from her diary. She had been shortly lost in thoughts, but then nodded and followed her boss to sickbay.
Archer walked around the bio bed around which a lot of cables and technical instruments lay on the desks. He searched a switch on the side of the android and suddenly his eyes opened.
"Where am I?" he asked, to River's surprise not with a cybernetic voice, but with a normal one. At least, he couldn't be an upgraded cyberman, she thought with relief.
"You're aboard the Colorado. I'm Captain Marcus Archer, chief of the archaeological mission. That's my team member River Song," he said and nodded to her.
"Archaeological mission?" the android asked surprised and sat up.
"Yes, we're archaeologists. We found you in the cave. Can you tell us what happened?" River wanted to know.
"What year is it? My internal clock seems to malfunction."
"It's the year 4785. How long have you been lying there?"
The android seemed to calculate for a few milliseconds. "My last records before my deactivation are from Stardate 47239.7, the year 2370. This means that I have been deactivated for 2415 years." He seemed to be surprised by the fact as well. He looked up to River and Marcus, probably not knowing what to say.
"Can you tell us what happened? We found the Weeping Angels in the cave. We could kill two of them, are there more?" River asked curiously.
"First, I think he should tell us who he is and how he came here, okay?" Marcus intervened and looked at the android, making him clear that he should explain.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Data of the Federation star ship Enterprise. We had been in this solar system to witness the sun collapse. Due to energy readings on the surface, an away team, including me, beamed down. We found the angel statues to which referred to as Weeping Angels if I am correct. They hunted us and I stayed on the surface for that the away team could safely beam up. But I think one of the men did not make it and became a statue himself, if that is possible. However, I found shelter in the cave where I had to deactivate myself due to system malfunctions. I believe that the angels did not recognize me as a life form as soon as my network shut down."
Archer nodded and tried to process what he has just heard. "How many angels have been caged in the cave with you?"
"I am not sure, but I believe it must have been three or four."
"We've only found two which means that some are still on the surface," River mentioned. "We should leave this planet as soon as possible."
"I agree," Marcus said and walked out of the room.
River helped Data to get up. "You need to explain us more details once we're saved."
"Do I understand you correctly? I have been lying on the surface for over two thousand years and...all my friends are dead?"
They both followed Marcus to the bridge of the little ship. Greg and Samuel were both sitting at their stations, checking something. "Captain, I think you should see this," Greg suddenly said and put it on the main screen.
"Is that the camera at the main entry?"
His team member nodded. They all looked at the two angels who stood in front of the entrance, their hands widely open as if they wanted to attack.
"Launch the ship," Archer demanded immediately. Samuel didn't react. "Samuel, I gave you an order!"
Samuel turned around slowly. "I cannot move my hand, sir."
"What are you talking about?"
"It is made of stone. Don't you see it?"
Archer wanted to come closer but River held him back. "Have you looked into the eyes of an angel?" she asked her team member.
"I don't know," Samuel answered anxiously.
"What does it mean?" Data asked and walked toward them as well.
"Who looks into the eye of an angel becomes himself an angel."
"How do you know that, River?" the boss asked.
"A friend of mine explained that to me. And I saw it with my own eyes," she explained.
Archer turned around and strived his hands through his hair. All people looked at him, expecting new orders. But when he turned around, he looked puzzled. Data and River turned around and saw what startled him. Samuel had become an angel himself, he looked like a stone stature, his eyes covered in his hands, standing at them.
"Okay, nobody looks away. Greg, you continue staring at the screen for that the two angels from the outside don't enter. River, Data, you look at this angel. I will start the ship," Archer said when he was able to talk again. He walked over to the main console in front of the bridge.
"I register an increase of chronotron particles. Is that normal?" Data suddenly asked.
"Usually not, except if we're planning a time jump," River answered quickly but confused.
"I see that as well," Archer said.
"Is it coming from the angel?" River wanted to know and both she and Data went closer to it.
"I d not think so. My internal sensors read a strange energy pattern in this room but without a Tricorder I cannot sense from where it comes exactly."
"You seem to be a really advanced android," River mentioned while they both stood only inches from the angel away.
"Are no more androids developed?"
"Not on our planet and the next few systems. We've had too much negative experience – no offense intended."
"None taken."
"If you aren't too busy flirting, I'd inform you about the increasing energy pattern right behind the angel," Greg suddenly said and a moment later, it could also be seen.
"What is that?" River asked surprised and they all looked startled at the yellow-orange 'cloud' forming only a meter away from them. It went brighter and it was rather a simple white light.
"Is that a wormhole?" Data asked and he tried to scan the phenomenon.
"I don't know. It might be a coincidental appearance of an Einstein-Rosen-bridge," River answered and wanted to step back but suddenly there was this pull and she tried not to fall forwards.
Data wanted to walk backwards as well but he felt how the bridge folded space and time and created an increasing gravity that pulled him somehow forward. Archer grabbed the console and tried not to let himself fall towards the energy reading. Data tried to grab something as well and his network wasn't fully functioning yet so that he could not use the full power of his body.
Suddenly, archaeologist Song grabbed his hand because she couldn't hold herself anymore. He felt how he was losing the floor under his feet and was pulled into the wormhole. River tried to grab the angel statue but it had already loosened any hold on the floor.
Hand in Hand with the android, she was pulled into the wormhole as well and suddenly lost her orientation and for a short moment her consciousness.
