DOCTOR WHO: REVENGE OF THE SEA-DEVILS

Chapter 10

SEA-DEVIL BASE, BALTIC SEA, 2521

In a blaze of gun fire the Sea-Devils now led by Argon could only imagine a mass drop of bodies onto the floor of their base, but it never happened. The guns always produced a slight mist when fired and due to the mass firing, they had been misted out.
"Where are they?" asked Argon angrily as the mist cleared to reveal everyone was gone. He quickly gathered and could see the back one of the humans running towards where the Underwater Alliance had docked their pod. Argon and his fellow Devils soon ran quickly to catch up. Despite their ageing appearance and slowing physique, they could still run very quick.
"Why didn't we do this earlier?" called Thurloe to the Doctor as they ran as quick as they could.
"Because you're human...your mind doesn't process as quick as mine..." replied the Doctor.
"What? You're not human? You bloody look it!" said Thurloe.
"I know...its a thing about Timelords..." smiled the Doctor. Behind him and Thurloe was Captain Harridan with the fellow Commanders, but severely lagging behind them was Ophelia and G-Mac. Ophelia's age was desperately catching up on her at the worst moment and G-Mac's portly stature meant he could never run that fast anyway.
"Slow down!" bellowed G-Mac to the others, but they wouldn't listen. The others simply carried on before G-Mac came to a complete halt to gain his breath while Ophelia suddenly collapsed on the floor. Exhaustion was her most likely explanation. Neither of them knew how close Argon and his fellow Sea-Devils were, but when they did, it was simply too late...With a loud bellowing scream from G-Mac, the others could only fear the worse and as Ophelia's scream was heard only moments later, both had seemingly perished.
"Oh my God..." said Commander Kelser. "They're gaining on us!"
"How long are these pathways to the docked Pod?" asked the Doctor to Thurloe.
"A good mile long..." replied Thurloe. "They didn't seem it though when we arrived..."
"It's always the case..." said the Doctor as he then took the lead over the running. In the distance behind them though was the deep banging and noise of the Devils guns as Argon neared. They could hear him breathe deeply and panic was most definitely setting now.
"Everyone, get ahead...I'll keep them at bay! I'm good with a gun!" commanded Larkman to the others.
"You are not..." protested Dusty.
"Oh I am!" he said as he moved out of the running and waited patiently for Argon. As the noise got louder and louder, Larkman readied his gun, but he never got the chance as in a split-second, a Devil had fired at him, and killed him dead. His scream echoed everywhere as the Doctor finally caught sight of the Commander's Pod.
"Finally..." he panted before getting aboard. The others quickly followed and only just managed to close the door as Argon came into view.
"YOU WILL NOT LEAVE!" he yelled as he ran at the door. A loud bang erupted as he did so and everyone inside just hoped they would survive. The Pod was ready to leave now and Argon couldn't do anything, apart from swim after them obviously. The danger wasn't over yet...

CONTROL DECK, HMS DEFENDER, 2521

"Frank, there has to be a database somewhere on this Control Deck that allows you to control all ships that have docked onboard Defender..." said River hurriedly as she rushed around the deck looking for anything resembling what she wanted.
"I don't know..." replied Frank.
"But you must...its standard protocol for a ship of this class!" retorted River.
"I'll come and help..." said Rory as he scanned over everywhere before finally locating something that looked like a database. "Is this it?" he asked. River rushed over and smiled with delight.
"Oh, god yeah..." she laughed.
"Well, what are you going to do with it?" asked Amy. "You can't surely control any ship that isn't this one?"
"Watch me!" smiled River as she hacked into the database. The readings showed that the Titan Pod was the last occupant aboard Defender, and therefore River could have control of it. She'd also gain view of what she was controlling too.
"That's brilliant..." said Rory. "Why didn't you think of this earlier?"
"Because I needed to know deep down that the Doctor was winning...and now I know..." answered River as the display screen kicked into action and there she saw everyone onboard.
"Who the bloody hell are you?" asked Commander Kelser.
"River Song..." replied River. "Ask the man in the Bow-Tie, he can vouch my identity for you..."
"Oh indeed..." smiled the Doctor. "But seriously, what are you doing, River?" he then asked.
"Taking control!" she replied.
"Oh, you do not!" cut in Thurloe. "My Pod, my command, my control!"
"We'll work together then..." said River. "Its that or you die..." she added as Thurloe seemingly agreed. Taking her seat at the deck, River got to grips with what the controls would be like and then fired them into full power. "We are going to win!" she said triumphantly.
"Don't be too sure yet!" called Captain Harridan. "They are seriously gaining on us..."
"Mina?" said Frank as he recognised the voice. "I thought you'd died."
"So did I!" she replied before the Doctor ordered everyone to keep quiet to allow River and Thurloe to communicate as best as they could. Back on Defender though, there were still some Sea-Devils around waiting to pounce and kill. Amy, Rory and Frank could hear them and feared for their lives.
"Take my gun..." ordered River. "...actually, take all three..."
"All three?" said Amy.
"Spares..." revealed River. "One shot and they're dead...I trust you..." she added before letting them go off to finish the job.

HMS DEFENDER, BALTIC SEA, 2521

Leading off in various directions, Amy, Rory and Frank took off with a new-found confidence now that they were suitably armed and proceeded to take out as many Sea-Devils as possible.
"I feel like Lara Croft..." smiled Amy as she hurried along the corridors. Surprisingly, she never came across a Sea-Devil, but could hear both Frank and Rory firing their guns and the screams of pain from the Devils as they died. "That's typical isn't it..." she then muttered to herself. Rory meanwhile was really enjoying the thrill of the moment and tried to make himself look like a Hollywood Action Hero, but really wasn't succeeding.
"Take that, you...thing!" he said as he fired his gun. He couldn't help but enjoy this but knew that the Doctor wouldn't be too pleased. However, he would be pleased as Rory was defending himself, rather well. Whenever anything resembling danger came into sight, Rory got rid of it within an instant. Frank was also having similar success and soon found Amy to assist him get rid of several Sea-Devils all at once.
"Be rid of you!" said Frank proudly as the dead Devils fell to the floor.
"You've got a rather good shot..." remarked Amy.
"I've learnt from the best!" smiled Frank. "River is truly remarkable!"
"Indeed she is!" agreed Amy. The pair of them then listened out for any more intruders but were surprised nothing else happened. Rory came and found them and told them of the good news.
"All gone!" he smiled before Amy went over and hugged him tightly. The Admiral gave him a pat on the back and soon they were back off to the Control Deck.

But what they didn't know was that Frank still had the Diamonds of the Devil with him. The Sea-Devils might have to accept defeat in regaining the planet, but they would still murder millions just to reclaim their craftsmanship. Their revenge was not over yet...