THIS STORY IS MARY SUE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT!
Trivia and In-Jokes: Not exactly the end of June, is it? Well, in my defense my best friend died last month and the following week was my birthday, so it was hard to find the motiviation. I am determined to get this sucker finished before the show turns 50, though. She Aimed and She Shot Me: A lyric from the song Straight Through My Heart by the Backstreet Boys. Abbrara: Barbara, Prince Dex's adoptive mother from Masked Rider. Axilen: The aforementioned expy of Dex's grandfather King Lexian from Masked Rider.
Chapter Ten: She Aimed and She Shot Me
There was barely any time to plan before the former telepaths had surrounded the group, all pointing weapons their way. The man called Janos was in the front wearing a deep frown.
The Doctor and his group raised their hands to show they had no weapons. They noticed that most of the people behind Janos looked as if they would rather be anywhere but there.
Xed, Mogan and Baeel put themselves between their fellow former telepaths and the Doctor's group. "Janos, don't!" said Mogan. "They're not here to hurt us!"
"Out of the way, Mogan!" Janos shouted. "All of you!"
"No, Janos!" said Xed. "They are in search of their friend…they are not here to harm us!"
"Please put the gun down!" Baeel added.
Janos responded by tightening his grip on his gun.
"It's true!" said Linikta.
Janos ignored her. "Baeel, Xed, Mogan…if you don't move, you'll die as well. If you're not with us, you're against us."
The people behind Janos fidgeted uneasily. "Um, Janos?" one of them said. "You didn't say anything about killing anyone…"
"Be quiet, Kazc," he warned.
Kazc exchanged a look with the rest of his group; it was clear that none of them wanted to become murderers regardless if they've lost their abilities or not. They looked at each other, desperate for another solution.
Suddenly, out of the corner of the Doctor's eye he noticed a strange yet familiar ripple heading towards them. He watched as the ripple passed a small pile of rocks, causing them to topple over. Janos jerked his gun towards the noise.
"What was that?" he demanded.
For a moment, everything was still; everyone seemed to be holding their breath. More rocks soon fell as if something was knocking them over and one skittered across the ground as if kicked. Janos became even more edgy at the noise and movement; his gun was shaking in his hands.
"Liars!" he roared, tightening his grip on the gun.
Doctor! Lisa's voice screeched in his mind. He's going to shoot!
He was about to shout a warning when all of a sudden a rock levitated and shot itself towards the former telepaths. Janos fired wildly, panicked, the shots ricocheting around the cave.
"Get down!" the Doctor called as he tried to protect his companions.
In the confusion Janos' group tried to wrestle the gun away from him. Another shot rang in their ears as he fought violently against them and they struggled fiercely until, for seemingly no reason, he jerked as if hit and collapsed.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; however the former telepaths looked concerned. "What happened?" one of them asked.
Kazc knelt at Janos' side along with two others. He was frowning. "He's been stunned…who shot him?" He looked towards the others. "Did anyone fire off a shot during the struggle?"
They all checked their weapons and shook their heads.
The Doctor noticed and was staring at the ripple that had begun the commotion. "I think the answer lies there." He pointed at the deceptively empty space.
"Very good," said a disembodied voice and in place of the ripple a woman holding a gun appeared.
"Abbrara!" Kilbymer shouted. "You're using an Invisi-Arc."
Abbrara nodded. "Axilen activated it for me."
"You saved our lives," said Linikta. "Thank you."
"When I realized what Janos was about to do, I couldn't let everyone become murderers." Abbrara glanced at Janos' prone form on the ground. "Can I suggest we put him somewhere he won't hurt himself or someone else?"
The Doctor wasn't paying attention. His eyes were trained on the cave where the former telepaths had come from. He could see a faint outline of a person standing there watching the proceedings. The figure waved and the Doctor's face split into a wide grin.
"Lisa!" he cried, running over to her outline. He almost hugged her instinctively when he realized she was still insubstantial.
There was a moment of silence, then, I heard the shot and came running. Not like I could do anything, but… Then, They're staring at you, you know.
The Doctor turned to see that indeed the former telepaths were giving him a look as if he'd lost his mind but the scientists were more in the know.
"I thought she was invisible?" said Aryn.
"She is," said the Doctor. "But now that the dampener isn't working, the link between us allows me to see her. Well, almost. It's just an outline."
And I still have to speak to you telepathically. I tried to speak but you didn't hear me.
He relayed that message, then said, "I think it's time we bring her back."
End chapter ten.