Krynos Rising
I realise this has been written very quickly but I had to get it out quickly. (I'm not going to be making a habit of next day updates.)
CHAPTER 6
The promise of a way to remove these Krynoids from time had enlivened everyone into putting even more effort into the search for the Tardis. Magenta was fairly sure they were almost there when she noticed a clearing that looked like the one the Tardis had landed in at the end of this valley. She was right the Tardis was in this clearing.
"Well done Madge." said the Doctor congratulating his companion. "Now all we have to do is go inside connect the Chronosteen sword to the console then use the Sonic Screwdriver to emit a signal across the whole of Krynos removing the Krynoids from this time zone. Simple!" Once again Esta thought it was anything but simple.
The Doctor and Magenta walked into the police box and Esta followed apprehensively. Was this police box really the mighty time and space machine the Doctor and Magenta had talked about? Esta decided to through caution on the wind and go inside to find out. The Doctor and Magenta were already at the console of the Tardis chatting about the plan. They saw Esta walk in open mouthed then walk out again. Magenta raised an eyebrow the Doctor saw this and said "Leave her for a minute she'll come round they always do."
Esta had finally got her head round the confusing dimensions in the Tardis and was ready to help the Doctor and Magenta. "Esta pass me your sword again" asked the Doctor. Once again Esta passed the sword to the Doctor. The Doctor then proceeded to wire the Chronosteen sword to the console. All this technical stuff was a bit beyond Magenta so she zoned out on the Doctor because of this she was first to notice what had happened to Esta.
Esta was bend over clutching her stomach in pain her face contorting in agony. The same kind of agony as when the Krynoid had tried to convert her earlier.
"Doctor look at this" he needed to look at what was happening to Esta.
"Not now Madge this is important." The Doctor decided that whatever it was it could wait until after he'd finished.
"No really Doctor look at Esta." Magenta was once again getting infuriated by him and considered slapping him again. The deafening growling of a Krynoid filled the Tardis.
"Doctor I thought you said she was cured?" asked Magenta unnerved at the transforming Esta. By now Esta was nearly all green and very little of the blue Eland was visible.
"I thought she was but being away from the sword and the temporal energies of the Tardis must have reawaken and accelerated the Krynoid virus." said the Doctor briefly looking up from the console.
"Well hurry up with that sword because you've got a very nearly mature Krynoid in your Tardis that might be about to attack us. So no pressure but this should really be when you save the day." Magenta told herself not to get hysterical.
Esta had almost fully transformed into a Krynoid now and was starting to flex her tendrils. A tendril extended from what had once been Esta's arm and lashed out at Magenta. Magenta may have let out a scream but she'd deny it if any asked her! The Esta Krynoid tried again to attack Magenta this time it succeeded in latching on a vine. The Doctor was working fast he thought he'd managed to wire it up but was it enough? Was the connection strong enough? He activated the Chronosteen and turned on his Sonic Screwdriver. Hoping that it was enough to stop Krynos rising.
Magenta was the first one to notice the effects of the Chronosteen as the Krynoid infection descended down her arm just as it had done with Esta earlier. The vine unravelled from Magentas wrist and went back into Estas arm. The Krynoid virus reserved itself on Esta at the same speeded up pace it had took her over. It was still painful for Esta and hard for the Doctor and Magenta to watch their new friend in so much agony. Once again Esta was herself. She passed out and collapsed onto the Tardis floor.
TWO DAYS LATER ON ELAND PRIME
Esta woke up from her relatively peaceful sleep. How had she got to her bed? In fact what had she been doing for the last few days? She decided to go in to the kitchen for a cup of coffee to calm her nerves and help her wake up properly. In the kitchen was a tall man who had dark hair. Jander! She ran towards him surprised to see him. No hang on he'd been there all the time. She kept on running into his wide embrace.
"Woah babe calm down. What's wrong?" he asked.
For a moment Esta had a sensation of aggressive plants, a box that was bigger on the inside and an impossible man with a green skinned woman. For a moment she thought Jander had died. But that was all a dream. Wasn't it?
She smiled at the man she loved. "I don't know."
She thought she heard the sound of an impossibly old engine fading away. But it was all a dream as she snuggled up to Jander.
BACK IN THE TARDIS
The Doctor and Magenta watched Esta snuggle up with Jander on the Tardis monitor. Pleased to see their new friend happy and content with the man she loved. However Magenta was far from happy and content with what had happened on Krynos she wanted answers from the Doctor.
"Doctor before you sneak of to wherever you go I have a few question." Magenta demanded.
The Doctor had a resigned look on his face but stayed around to try and explain to Magenta what had just happened. "Ok fire away Madge!"
"One why were the Krynoids on Krynos before they were supposed to evolve? Two who planned it and why? Three was it really someone's experiment? Four how did Esta get hold of Chronosteen? Five are all the Krynoids really gone from this time zone? and Six is Esta safe now?"
The Doctor was a bit taken a back by the final question and he didn't really no the answer to the rest of them.
"Magenta this is far from over. At some point I have a meeting with a time traveller and find out those answers. But in the mean time how about we try and get you to Panacea?"
The Doctor pulled a leaver and they flow of into the Time Vortex
This is the end of Krynos Rising I hope everyone enjoyed reading about the Krynoids, Esta Pa, The Doctor and Magenta Pryce. As always reviews are gratefully appreciated. Magenta's questions (and Martha's questions from my previous story) shall be answered in my next story The Final Experiment. The Final Experiment is and 11th Doctor and River story and the conclusion to my Multi-Doctor/Multi-Companion trilogy. Once again I hope you enjoyed Krynos Rising (I certainly enjoyed writing it) and I hope you'll read The Final Experiment.