Hello everyone! It has certainly been a while! I am VERY sorry for the long hiatus but life caught up to me in a big way. I have been trying to find time to write and I am now cutting back a few things to do so. I wanna get back to writing and stuff more than anything haha. Anyway, I offer you all of my sincerest apologies! I promise I will be better! Enjoy this next chapter. And as always, reviews are LOVED!
River and the Tin Dog
Chapter Seven
The Doctor burst into the cockpit, K-9 following behind. No lights were on except for the red alert light, bathing the cockpit in red light over and over again.
"Looks like we're alone for the moment." the Doctor said, taking his Sonic Screwdriver from his pocket.
"Affirmative." K-9 said with a nod.
The Doctor started waving the Sonic around, scanning everything he could to find the source of the problem. He only hoped it was an easy problem he could fix.
"Ha ha! Bingo!" he said, snapping his fingers. "There's barely any power coming into the ship. Something must have happened to the battery. K-9, do a scan to see the area that needs to be repaired?"
"Affirmative, master." K-9 said, rolling over to a control box and plugging a chord into it. "Scan in progress."
"Good boy!" he said, taking the communicator River had given him before from his pocket. "River? Can you hear me?"
There was a long pause.
"River? River come in."
Panic began to swim through the Doctor. River had been acting strange, but it was unlike her to not answer.
"K-9! Hurry with that scan!" the Doctor said, turning to the controls of the ship.
"Affirmative master."
The Doctor went to work, sonicing the ship controls, trying to give what little power he could. "If I can get the security cameras working, I can find River." he said, honing his sonic energy onto one area.
"Master, source of problem detected." K-9 said, "Battery is not charged."
"Oh is that all?" the Doctor practically groaned, "Well then K-9, direct any excess power to the battery. Let's get it charged."
"Negative, master. Solution impossible." K-9 said.
"What do you mean? The ships lights are still on. There has to be SOME power still in the vessel."
"My systems detect that the battery and ship are not powered by electricity."
The Doctor stared at him in disbelief. "What else could they be powered by?"
K-9 paused as his lights blinked as he calculated "Kinetic energy."
Realization dawned on the Doctor. "Of COURSE!" He exclaimed, slapping his forehead.
He abandoned the controls, and scooped up K-9. "Come on, we have to find River. Can you lock in to her communicator's signal?"
"Affirmative master." K-9 said, his satellite ears, pointing the way he felt the signal.
The Doctor beamed "Excellent! Now tell me why she was acting so strange."
"Negative."
"Oh well. It was worth a try." he said with a laugh, sprinting in River's direction. "Ready to save the day in the nick of time K-9?"
"Affirmative." K-9 said happily.
"Geronimo!"
As the Doctor was nearing the control room, River's mind raced. Clockwork Droids surrounded her from every exit. She glanced around, trying to find something to help her, but there was nothing. River had no choice.
She pulled the gun she kept in it's holster for last resort measures only out and aimed at the French clown droid.
"Alright then. Come on. I'm not going down without a fight." she said, sweeping her gun left and right.
However, the aroids were not deterred and came closer. River pressed her back to the wall, waiting for the opportune time to shoot.
Suddenly, they stopped. River frowned, her body tense, waiting.
"You will be used." one's voice came before it held up a hand and a strange purple smoke poured from it.
River gasped, holding a hand over her mouth and holding her breath. She only got one or two shots out before she had to breathe, and was overcome by darkness.
As she fell to the ground, the droids approached, picking her up and causing her communicator to fall to the floor with a voice coming from it asking "River? Can you hear me? River? Come in..."
