Chapter 7. The Hungry Earth
A/N- MissLizziebeth- thanks so much! :) I'm glad you like it, I don't want to stray away to far but I have a complete twist coming up so it won't be to much like others :)
Also I want to do a chapter of their downtime when their not on adventures you know something original. So if you have any ideas of something you've wanted to see happen, comment and let me know. :)
Also, Also Doctor Who no belongs to me :(
Also, Also Also I love Rory! :)
I watched on not really paying attention as the Doctor went on and on with Nasreen and Tony. I wanted to be involved I just couldn't remember this episode, it seemed so familiar. Rio, Amy dressed brightly, the Doctor eating grass and a big drill. It was like it was on the tip of my tongue but I couldn't say it, it was stuck.
"Earthquake?" Amy asked pulling me out of my thoughts, I turned to see her squatting beside a hole in the floor.
"What's going on?" Tony asked but the Doctor ignored him.
"Doubt it, because it's only happening under this room" he answered Amy.
I jumped as two more holes appeared in the floor, then three more, one being beside me.
"What the hell is that?" I asked moving closer to the Doctor.
"It knows we're here. It's attacking. The ground's attacking us" he said.
"No, no that's not possible" Nasreen argued.
"Under the circumstances, I'd suggest, run!" He yelled.
We ran away from the holes but more keep appearing and Tony's foot got stuck in one. I immediately run and help him ignoring the Doctor yelling for me to stay back.
"Stay back, Amy. Stay away from the earth" the Doctor warns and just as she reaches us to help, a hole appears beneath her and her legs get stuck.
"Amy!" I yelled even more worried for her since I couldn't remember what was going to happen.
"It's pulling me down" she said struggling.
"Doctor!" I yelled and he took in the scene.
"Amy!" He yelled coming over and grabbing her hand.
"Doctor, help me, something's got me."
"Stay away from it."
"Doctor, the ground's got my legs."
"I've got you" he said struggling to pull her up.
Nasreen helps me pull Tony free and I immediately run to Amy and grab one of her hands. She looks up at me worriedly and I give her a soft smile.
"Don't let go" she said.
"Never" the Doctor and I said together.
"What is it, and why is it doing this?"
"Stay calm. Keep hold of our hands. Don't let go." He told her, "Your drill, shut it down. Go. Now!" He yelled at Nasreen and Tony and they ran out of the room following his orders.
"Can you get me out?" Amy asked.
"Amy, try and stay calm. If you struggle, it'll make things worse. Keep hold of our hands" he said again not sure himself as he and I shared a look before focusing back on her.
"We're not going to let you go" I said as the ground shook and we both fell away as she sank more. I jumped on my stomach laying down and grabbed her hand again as the Doctor quickly grabbed her other.
"It's pulling me down. Something's pulling me" she screamed.
"Stay calm. Now, hold on till they can just shut down the drill" he said breathing hard and struggling. I squealed as I tried to tighten my grip but she was steadily slipping out of my hand.
"What's pulling me? What is under the earth? I don't want to suffocate under there."
"Amy, concentrate, don't you give up."
"Tell Rory" she started as she let go and sank lower.
"No. Amy! Amy, no!" I yelled as she disappeared in the ground.
"No! No! No! No! No. No! No. No. No. No" the Doctor repeated standing up and sonic'ing the ground but receiving nothing. I stared at the ground confused and upset, whatever was down there I was going to punch for taking Amy.
"Where is she?" Nasreen asked and I didn't even look up.
"She's gone. The ground took her" the Doctor answered gently touching my shoulder.
"How can something be coming up when there's only the Earth's crust down there?" Tony asked.
"You saw the readings."
"Who are you, anyway? How can you know all this?" Nasreen asked.
Red lightning shoots through the sky.
"Whoa, did you see that?" She asked somewhat excited.
"No, no, no" the Doctor mumbles pulling out his catapult and shooting a stone into the air. It hits some sort of energy shield.
"Energy signal originating from under the Earth, we're trapped" he said walking towards the church again and I followed behind them slowly picking my brain trying to remember what was going to happen.
"Doctor, something weird's going on here, the graves are eating people" Rory's voice came from behind us and I cheered up instantly running to him and hugging him.
"Are you ok?" He asked concerned and awkwardly hugged me back.
"Not now, Rory. Energy barricade, invisible to the naked eye. We can't get out and no one from the outside world can get in" the Doctor said lazily as I let Rory go.
"What? Okay, what about the Tardis?"
"The what?" Nasreen asked.
"Er, no. Those energy patterns would play havoc with the circuits. With a bit of time, maybe, but we've only got nine and a half minutes."
"Nine and a half minutes to what?"
"We're trapped, and something's burrowing towards the surface" I told him.
"Where's Amy?" He asked looking back at the Doctor having finally noticed her absence.
"Get everyone inside the church" he told the others before walking over to us, "Rory, I'll get her back."
"What do you mean, get her back? Where's she gone?"
"She was taken into the Earth."
"How? Why didn't you stop it?"
"I tried. I promise, I tried."
"Well, you should've tried harder!"
It was silent for a moment and I gave
the Doctor a look that said to fix this quickly.
"I'll find Amy. I'll keep you all safe, I promise. Come on, please. I need you alongside me." He said sincerely before walking away to the church, I pulled Rory into another hug.
"She loves you" was all I said before pulling him into the church.
"So we can't get out, we can't contact anyone, and something, the something that took my husband, is coming up through the Earth" Ambrose states and we all nodded.
"Yes. If we move quickly enough, we can be ready" the Doctor added.
"No, stop. This has gone far enough. What is this?" She asked irritated.
"He's telling the truth, love" Tony told her gently.
"Come on. It's not the first time we've had no mobile or phone signals. Reception's always rubbish." I was starting not to like this lady.
"Look, Ambrose. We saw the Doctor and Wren's friend get taken, okay? You saw the lightning in the sky. I have seen the impossible today, and the only people who's made any sense of it for me, is them" Nasreen said.
"Him?" She asked looking at the Doctor.
"Me" he said with a smile as she glanced at me.
"And her?" I waved slightly and she just looked away not believing, yea I definitely don't like her.
"Can you get my dad back?" Elliot asked looking at me and I shared a look with the Doctor before bending down and giving him a smile.
"Yes" I said and he gave me a small smile in return.
"But" the Doctor cut in, "we need you to trust us and do exactly as we say from this second onwards, because we're running out of time." He stopped in front of Ambrose and she gave him a skeptical look before swallowing.
"So tell us what to do."
"Thank you" he said to her before turning to the others, "we have eight minutes to set up a line of defence. Bring me every phone, every camera, every piece of recording or transmitting equipment you can find."
I was handing Elliot different crayons as he was coloring his map for the Doctor.
"Wren's a funny name for a girl" he said not looking up from his drawing.
"Well it's only a nickname, my real names Serenity" I said with a small smile handing him a blue crayon.
"It fits you" he said looking up at me.
"Oh yea?" I asked looking back as he studied me.
"Where are you from?"
"London, years ago."
"But you still look young." I laughed at that before scooting closer to him.
"Let's hope I'm lucky enough to stay that way."
"I want to live in the city one day, is it brilliant?"
"Sorta, it has it's ups and downs but I would of loved to grown up here, it's quite peaceful. Have any room? I might move beside you."
"Sure we can switch" he said with a smile, "I'll move my family to your house in London and you can bring your family here." My smile fell and I looked off into the distance sadness washing over me.
"I don't have a family Elliot" I said and he touched my arm making me look at him.
"What about the Doctor and Rory and your friend that was taken? Aren't they your family?"
I thought about them and smiled at him a little, "yeah. When I think about it Elliot you're right I do have a sort of dysfunctional family."
"And if you want" he started squeezing my hand, "I could be apart of your family." A watery chuckle came out as I hugged him tight.
"You're the sweetest boy I've ever met" I said kissing his cheek and he blushed.
"Thanks, so is that a yes?"
I nodded, "that's a definite yes."
"Good" he smiled, "we can get married one day and you'll be my wife" he said with a smile as he stood up and grabbed his drawing leaving me outside on the steps with wide eyes. Did he just say his wife?
"Elliot" I called after him wanting to quickly defuse whatever he was thinking in that little clever mind of his.
"Look at that. Perfect. Dyslexia never stopped Da Vinci or Einstein. It's not stopping you" I heard the Doctor say and I walked over to them.
"I don't understand what you're going to do" Elliot asked.
"Two phase plan. First, the sensors and cameras will tell us when something arrives. Second, if something does arrive, I use this to send a sonic pulse through that network of devices. A pulse which would temporarily incapacitate most things in the universe."
"Knock 'em out. Cool." The Doctor nodded and then finally noticing me he smiled.
"You ok Wren?" I nodded quickly as Elliot smiled at me.
"She's happy because we're going to get married one day" I bit my lip as the Doctor looked at him shocked and then me confused.
"No" was all he said as he pulled me closer.
"Yes" Elliot said grabbing my hand.
"She's mine" the Doctor whined and I smacked his arm before whispering in his ear.
"He's a child" I said and the Doctor pouted as Elliot just smiled a little.
"Is it monsters coming? Have you met monsters before?"
"Yeah" the Doctor said bitter and I bumped his arm.
"Rude" I muttered.
"You scared of them?" He asked.
"No, they're scared of me."
"Will you really get my dad back?"
"No question" he said with a small smile before patting his shoulder and getting back to work.
"I left my headphones at home" Elliot said and the Doctor nodded for him to go. After a few minutes I had a weird felling in my stomach and I got worried for him.
"I'm going to check on Elliot" I said and he frowned.
"But I want you to stay with me" he whined and I rolled my eyes before kissing his cheek.
"There's no need to be jealous of a kid Rude Boy, you know I'm all yours" I smirked with a wink making him blush, "be back" I said leaving the church.
I didn't actually know where I was going, and after walking for awhile the sky began to turn black and my heartbeat picked up.
"Elliot!" I yelled and just as luck would have it I walked right into him. He looked a little frightened and was relieved to see me.
"Are you ok?" I asked checking him over and he nodded showing me his headphones.
"Got em."
"Good" I smiled grabbing his hand, "now let's get back to the others."
Just then something fast moved behind us and I gasped feeling panic run through me.
"Run" was all I said before we both took off towards the church weaving through graves. I kept turning around to see it still right behind us.
"What is it?" Elliot asked worriedly.
"I don't know just keep going just keep running" I told him pushing him a little to go faster. As we reached the church I tried to open the door but it was stuck, we began banging on it as hard as we could turning to see whatever it was still there.
"Doctor!" I yelled.
"Mum!" Elliot called.
"Elliot!" Ambrose called on the other side.
"Wren!" I heard the Doctor yell.
"Let us in" Elliot yelled still pounding.
"Push, Elliot. Give it a shove." She said.
"Mum. Hurry up!"
"Doctor hurry there's something out here" I yelled before stopping as a shadow appeared over us. We both turned around slowly and I immediately pulled Elliot into my arms.
"Stay away!" I yelled reaching for my gun but before I could touch it I was hit hard over the head and I fell to the ground.
"Wren!" Elliot yelled coming to my side. I blinked a few times touching the back of my head as my vision got blurry.
"Wren" he called again and I lost all consciousness.
They finally got the door opened to see no one was there.
"Wren!" The Doctor called and looked into the dark.
"Elliot! Where is he? They were here. They were just here." Ambrose said running off into the graves.
"Ambrose, don't go running off!" The Doctor called before reaching down and picking up Wren's sonic gun. He squeezed it tightly and briefly closed his eyes trying to control the anger he felt coursing through his body.
"I swear on all the stars in the universe Serenity Logan I will save you" he whispered.
"Dad!" He heard Ambrose yell and he quickly made his way over to the others.
"What happened?"
"My dad's hurt." He helped pick him up, "Get him into the church now."
"Elliot's gone. They've killed him, haven't they?"
"I don't think so. They've taken four people when they could've just killed them up here. There's still hope, Ambrose. There is always hope."
"Then why have they taken him?"
"I don't know. I'll find Elliot, I promise. But first I've got to stop this attack. Please, get inside the church." She paused for a minute before deciding to trust him.
"Come on, Dad." Rory walked over to the Doctor as they left.
"So what now?"
After figuring out the creature was Silurian and capturing it the Doctor entered the room to talk with it.
"I'm the Doctor. I've come to talk. I'm going to remove your mask" he said walking over slowly kneeling down and removes it gently. "You are beautiful. Remnant of a bygone age on planet Earth. And by the way, lovely mode of travel. Geothermal currents projecting you up through a network of tunnels. Gorgeous. Mind if I sit?" He said picking up a folding chair and sitting in front of her. "Now. Your people have some friends of mine. I want them back. Why did you come to the surface? What do you want? Oh, I do hate a monologue. Give us a bit back. How many are you?"
She just watched him before replying, "I'm the last of my species."
"Really. No. Last of the species. The Klempari Defence. As an interrogation defence, it's a bit old hat, I'm afraid" he said not believing her one bit.
"I'm the last of my species" she repeated.
"No. You're really not. Because I'm the last of my species and I know how it sits in a heart. So don't insult me. Let's start again. Tell me your name" he said trying a new approach.
"Alaya."
"How long has your tribe been sleeping under the Earth, Alaya? It's not difficult to work out. You're three hundred million years out of your comfort zone. Question is, what woke you now?"
"We were attacked" he said in anger.
"The drill" he stated simply putting the pieces together.
"Our sensors detected a threat to our life support systems. The warrior class was activated to prevent the assault. We will wipe the vermin from the surface and reclaim our planet" she said sternly.
"Do we have to say vermin? They're really very nice."
"Primitive apes."
"Extraordinary species. You attack them, they'll fight back. But, there's a peace to be brokered here. I can help you with that."
"This land is ours. We lived here long before the apes" she argued.
"Doesn't give you automatic rights to it now, I'm afraid. Humans won't give up the planet" he argued back.
"So we destroy them."
"You underestimate them."
"You underestimate us."
"One tribe of homo reptilia against six billion humans? You've got your work cut out."
"We did not initiate combat, but we can still win."
"Tell me where my friends are. Give us back the people who were taken."
"No" she said stubbornly.
"I'm not going let you provoke a war, Alaya. There'll be no battle here today" he said putting the chair away.
"The fire of war is already lit. A massacre is due."
"Not while I'm here."
"I'll gladly die for my cause. What will you sacrifice for yours?" He gave her one last look before exiting the room and meeting up with the others. He explained his plan and they all listened taking it in.
"You're going to what?" Rory asked.
"I'm going to go down below the surface, to find the rest of the tribe, to talk to them" he stated simply.
"You're going to negotiate with these aliens?" Ambrose asked with disgust.
"They're not aliens. They're Earth-liens. Once known as the Silurian race, or, some would argue, Eocenes, or Homo Reptilia. Not monsters, not evil. Well, only as evil as you are. The previous owners of the planet, that's all. Look, from their point of view, you're the invaders. Your drill was threatening their settlement. Now, the creature in the crypt. Her name's Alaya. She's one of their warriors, and she's my best bargaining chip. I need her alive. If she lives, so do Elliot, Mo, Amy and Wren because I will find them." He said seriously looking each one of them in the eye, "While I'm gone, you four people, in this church, in this corner of planet Earth, you have to be the best of humanity."
"And what if they come back? Shouldn't we be examining this creature? Dissecting it, finding its weak points?" Tony asked.
"No dissecting, no examining. We return their hostage, they return ours, nobody gets harmed. We can land this together, if you are the best you can be. You are decent, brilliant people. Nobody dies today. Understand?" He asked and Nasreen began clapping before awkwardly stopping and everyone gave each other a look of agreement.
I awoke with a jump and blinked my eyes from the bright light above me, I groaned at the pain I felt in the back of my head. I tried to rub it only to fell my arms strapped, I opened my eyes to see I was strapped tightly to a table. I swallowed at the tray of needles and tools next to me, I immediately began to struggle.
"Elliot!" I called, "Doctor!" There was no answer.
A door opened and a green lizard man entered with a white doctors mask across his mouth. Immediately all my memory of this episode came back.
"Silurian!" I yelled and he stopped approaching me, "your Silurian, I know that and I can help. You're not under attack I promise all of this is a big misunderstanding."
He just watched me for a moment before proceeding and grabbing a scalpel.
"No no wait!" I yelled struggling against my restraints, he hit a button and my head was restrained.
"This'll only hurt for a moment" he took the scalpel and used it to slowly cut across my forehead. I screamed in pain until he was done, I gasped and struggled to breath as tears fell down my face.
"Now let's have a look inside" he said reaching for my cut.
"No no no no! What are you crazy I need that to live" I shouted and before he could open me up something beeped and he sighed.
"Twice in one day" he mumbled leaving me in the room. I sighed aloud but was on high alert again as I heard footsteps approaching. I tried to wiggle free but my head was hurting and my vision was blurry as blood started dripping into my eyes.
"Serenity Logan, your savior is here" a voice called and I looked from one eye to see a blurry Amy.
"Oh Amelia Pond you beauty" I said as she unhooked me and gave me a towel for my head.
"Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yea just had my head cut open so a Silurian could see what my brain looks like, but other than that I'm pretty peachy. Thinking about going swimming later" I said sarcastically making her smile.
"Where's the Doctor?" She asked.
"I have no idea, somewhere being rude I presume."
"Well then, let's get out of here I found a friend." She asked helping me up.
"Is he a doctor or a nurse because I think I need one" I mumbled closing my eyes and leaning against her shoulder as she held me up.
"Yea sorry I think he can only drill holes."
