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A/N Part 3 of Rebels of Lorena. Thank you for all your responses on the last chapter.

I think pretty much everyone hated that the chapter ended on a cliffhanger but I'm evil like that. One of my readers, JollyRoger1, was uncannily close with the guess.

Anyway, here is how the Doctor gets out of it.

Happy Reading!


Rebels of Lorena: Freeing the Hostages

Previously

"I am not a spy," the Doctor said calmly. "If you'd let me explain..."

"Shut up, spy," Ren said, hitting him across the face with the back end of his weapon. "He knew about Milo's wife and everything."

"Then he must be a spy," Bana declared. "And he must be executed."

The Doctor rubbed the trickle of blood from the side of his mouth and turned to face Bana. Bana grinned in an ugly manner and pointed his weapon straight at the Doctor's head. "Die," he declared.

Meanwhile

"We have to help him," Rose hissed to Althea as the two rebels led the Doctor away, claiming he was a spy.

"I know, Rose," Althea agreed. "But we have to be smart about it."

"Then what do you suggest?" Rose demanded.

Althea pursed her lips and looked around. She nudged Rose and pointed out the stairwell at the end of the hall. "The stairway leads to the balcony above the main lounge," she said.

Rose's eyes brightened. "Come on then," she said as the two women hurried away from their hiding place. They raced up the stairwell and reached the balcony. It ran all the way around the top of the main lounge.

"We're still a bit exposed up here," Rose pointed out to Althea.

"But they won't be looking up here," Althea said logically. "The guests are all crouching onto the floor and those three won't take their eyes off them."

"Fair point," Rose agreed as they cautiously walked out onto the balcony and leaned over the railing to take a look. "There he is," she pointed out as the Doctor was seen kneeling before Bana.

"...must be executed," Bana declared.

"They are going to kill him," Althea gasped.

Rose looked around frantically for a way to help the Doctor. Her eyes fell on the giant crystal chandelier that hung from the ceiling of the lounge. "There!" Rose pointed out. "The chandelier!"

"How is that helpful?" Althea asked in confusion, her eyes worried as she watched Bana level his gun at the Doctor.

"Bana and his goons are standing in the same spot. The chandelier is held up by four clasps. If we undid two of those clasps, the chandelier will swing onto them," she said.

"But won't it kill them?" Althea asked.

"Nah, they will have plenty of time to jump out of the way. But it will give the Doctor just the chance to run off again," Rose said. "Come on!"

Althea agreed and helped Rose loosen the clasp from one end. She nodded back at her. Rose loosened the second clasp and the two women pushed in unison as the chandelier swung right at Bana, Ren and Milo.


"Die," Bana declared with an ugly smirk. His eyes turned to the people crouching on the floor. "This is what we do to spies!" he announced. His eyes fell back on the Doctor who stared at him calmly.

Suddenly, the chandelier in the middle of the room swung violently towards them. The Doctor jumped out of the way just in time while Bana, Milo and Ren ducked for cover. The Doctor sprang to his feet and disappeared out of the lounge quickly.

Smiling at the escape, he rushed up the stairs, just to run into Rose and Althea. "Oh thank god," Rose said as she threw her arms around him.

He laughed slightly as he hugged her back. "Wonderful idea, swinging a chandelier at them. Non-lethal yet effective," he praised.

"It was Rose's idea," Althea added and Rose blushed.

"Yeah, enough of that," Rose said, fighting a smile. She turned to the Doctor. "I thought you said they didn't harm visitors?"

"Did I?" he asked. "I probably should have added a 'maybe' in there somewhere."

Rose rolled her eyes lightly and Althea looked at him critically. "You've been injured, Doctor," she said.

The Doctor rubbed his jaw lightly. "Don't worry, Althea. It will heal soon enough. Meanwhile, we have three people holding nearly fifty people hostage," he said.

"We have to get them out of there," Rose said. "Those three are so paranoid, they will probably start killing people if they moved wrong."

"Very astute, Rose," the Doctor murmured. "You are, unfortunately, correct. There is no telling what Bana and his cronies will do and we certainly don't want them harming innocent hostages."

"We shouldn't stand out here in the open," Althea said, leading them into a small room next to the stairs. "One of them might come to investigate."

"Good thinking, Althea," the Doctor nodded as he soniced the door of the room shut behind them.

The room turned out to be a viewing chamber. There was a huge glass window in front of them which showed the city outside.

"Oh my God," Rose murmured as she looked outside.

The market stalls that had been bustling with people and vendors were now burnt to the ground. There was an odd hush over the whole place. No one was about. Smoke seemed to be rising from further down the road where the houses were.

"I didn't imagine it would escalate this quickly," Althea murmured in horror.

"Neither did I," the Doctor said grimly. "Did you manage to get in touch with Valen?" he asked Althea.

She nodded. "He has managed to leave the city and is reassembling troops to fight the rebels," she said.

"What about those law enforcement people that were supposed to get here?" Rose asked.

"They have either been killed or they must have joined the rebellion," Althea said.

"Do you have a plan?" Rose asked the Doctor.

"I never do see the purpose of plans. Circumstances usually ruin plans," he said breezily. "I do have an idea."

"Well, what's the idea then?" she asked, barely restraining herself from rolling her eyes.

"We have to get those hostages out of here," he said.

"Where would they go?" Rose asked, looking pointedly at the destruction in the city outside.

"I meant away from Lorena Major," he said.

"How do they do that?" Rose asked.

"There is a shuttle port in the resort," Althea said.

"Quite right, Althea," the Doctor nodded. "Where is its precise location?"

"In the east wing of the resort," Althea said. "It has a shuttle every hour to Lorena Minor."

"But wouldn't it be closed now? Most of the employees are hostages as well," Rose pointed out.

"No, no," the Doctor shook his head. "The shuttle is very likely to be fully computer-operated. But the east wing will require everyone to go to the other side of the resort."

"And we still don't know how we can get them all there. What with our three friends making it difficult for us," Rose said, shaking her head in frustration.

"May I ask why we are evacuating over fifty hostages when we could simply overpower and restrain the three rebels?" Althea asked.

"The resort is not safe. Neither is anywhere on Lorena Major. Even if we deal with Bana and his cronies, there is no guarantee that more rebels wouldn't launch an attack. And they might be better prepared and trained," the Doctor said.

"So, what do we do, Doctor?" Rose asked.

"First things first," the Doctor said, producing a piece of paper and pencil from his pocket. "Althea, I need you to draw me an exact map of the resort, specifically the quickest and safest way to get to the east wing from the main lounge."

Althea nodded and immediately set about sketching a path.

"Rose," the Doctor said, turning to her. "I need you to come with me. The two of us will lure Bana, Ren and Milo out of the main lounge."

"How are we gonna do that?" Rose asked.

The Doctor grinned at her. "I'll explain. So here is what we do..."


"Have you found the spy yet?" Bana demanded from Ren.

"No, but Milo is still searching," Ren answered.

"He had help. The chandelier would not fall on its own," Bana said, glaring at the broken chandelier.

"There's no one outside," Milo said as he returned to them. "The spy has vanished." He looked at Ren. "Do you really think he has harmed Derina and the kids?"

"You never know with spies, Milo," Bana said. He exchanged an almost amused look with Ren. Milo could be really naive sometimes.

There was a noise right outside the main lounge and the three men turned in that direction immediately. "Milo, go and see what it is," Bana ordered.

Milo nodded and raised his weapon as he walked to the door outside. He stepped out into the corridor and felt a blow to the back of his head.

"Sorry, Milo," the Doctor whispered as the man fell to the ground unconscious. "Rose, tie up his hands and put him in that cupboard over there."

Rose nodded as she used a thick piece of string to tie Milo's hands behind his back. The Doctor helped her lift him as the two of them put him inside the cupboard. As an afterthought, the Doctor took out a handkerchief from his pocket and tied up Milo's mouth as well.

"What about the other two?" Rose whispered.

"Leave it to me," the Doctor winked at her. Before she could ask what he was going to do, the Doctor ran to the door and threw them open. "Hello! Could I interest you two gentlemen in a game of 'I spy'?" he asked pleasantly.

Bana and Ren let out outraged screams and turned to fire at him but he dodged the bullets neatly.

"Hell of a plan, that was," Rose hissed at him as they took cover from the bullets.

"You have little faith, Rose," he said, shaking a finger in her direction. He chanced a glance inside the main lounge and saw that Bana and Ren had stopped firing and were now approaching towards them with their guns raised.

"Get ready," he told Rose. "When I say now, use that crowbar to knock the gun out of Ren's hand."

Rose nodded and tightened her grip on the crowbar that they had used to knock out Milo. The Doctor held up his finger. "Now, Rose!"

Rose brought the crowbar crashing on Ren's hand and he let out a startled cry as the gun clattered to the floor. Rose quickly picked it up and pointed it at Ren. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Doctor taking the gun off Bana who was crumpled to the ground in pain.

"Just a bit of pressure on the right veins," he explained at her questioning look. "Venusian karate, extremely efficient."

Rose could only nod as Bana stood up, still grimacing in pain. The Doctor tied both their hands and left them tethered to a big pillar in the foyer.

"Come along, Rose," he said.

"What do we do with these?" Rose asked, holding up the guns.

"Oh, just toss them in the bin," the Doctor shrugged as they returned to the main lounge.

Althea had already started filling in the employees about their plan and they had started ushering the guests towards the east wing.

The Doctor strode over to where Ratan's body lay and closed his eyes in remorse. He felt a comforting hand on his shoulder and recognising Rose's touch, he silently patted her hand in thanks. He crossed Ratan's hands respectfully over his body and then stood up.

"Are the guests on their way to the east wing?" he asked.

"Yes, sir," one of the employees, whose tag named her as Tia, answered. "But there is something wrong, sir."

"What seems to be the matter?" the Doctor asked.

"It seems like the programming of the shuttle has malfunctioned," Althea said.

"Have the guests all boarded?" the Doctor asked as they made their way to the shuttle port.

"Yes, sir," Tia said.

"Show me to the control room then," the Doctor said.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Rose asked the Doctor as he checked the equipment in the control room.

"It is the security protocol. Program Bad Wolf. It's blocking my access," he said, frustrated.

"Any way to override it?" Rose asked.

"Yes, I should be able to," he said, as he began to fiddle with the circuitry. "Althea, why are you still here?"

"I am not leaving Lorena Major," Althea said.

The Doctor sighed in exasperation. "It's not safe for you here. You should board the shuttle and go to Lorena Minor. Valen will come fetch you when the rebellion is over," he said.

"Be that as it may, I will be staying here," Althea said stubbornly.

"Doctor, did you hear that?" Rose asked, interrupting their argument.

The Doctor and Althea stopped to listen and then looked horrified as they realised that the chants of the rebels were coming closer. "They've entered the resort," Rose said, her eyes wide.

"Althea, just go," the Doctor said, not taking his eyes off the circuitry.

"There is no chance of that happening, Doctor," Althea said.

Growling in frustration, both at Althea's stubbornness and the uncooperative Bad Wolf program, the Doctor shoved the sonic screwdriver into the main circuitry. The whole thing sparked violently but the shuttle began its launch countdown.

5...

The Doctor stood up as he, Rose and Althea faced the doors.

4...

The chants of the rebels got closer.

3...

Rose held on to the Doctor's hand tightly.

2...

The door of the control room flew open.

1...

The shuttle took off and a group of rebels entered the control room.

"There they are!" Bana shouted, pointing at them. "Execute them!"


A/N End of Part 3. Thank you for reading.

So we end on another cliffhanger. Insert evil laughter here. Anyway, let me know how this was.

The next and final part of the story will be up next Thursday. And the story after this one is called 'The Time World' and is set on Gallifrey. Exciting, eh?

Anyway, see you next Thursday.

~ Phoenix