The Angels of Carlon
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Chapter 10: The Touch of Athena
Athena ran into the city. Looking around the place was now completely taken over by the angels. It was impossible for Athena to look at all of them, but none of them seemed to want to come after her. In fact they seemed to be moving out of her way. Athena guessed word had gotten around the angel community about the weird girl who was immune to them. Looking around Athena wondered where the building was. Center of the city, 50 stories tall... Could it be the sliver building? The one Rose had said might have been touchwood or something, but was completely trashed when they went into it. It was in the center of the city and was tall enough. Athena headed for the building knowing exactly where it was.
As Athena finally made it to the building she saw two angels guarding the entrance. "Guess you guys aren't going to move out of the way," Athena said as she thought over what to do.
She looked at them and decided the only way to get in was to move them forcibly. She went and to her hands on one of them planning on moving it out of the way. She was getting nowhere when suddenly when she realized it looked like the statue was changing. Not long later there was a human on the floor instead of a statue. The other angels that Athena wasn't looking at backed away from the door as though it was afraid.
"Weird," Athena said as she walked into the building. The place was like she remembered it. It was a mess and it was clear the elevators were destroyed. "50 floors up. Oh man," Athena said as she found stairs and started taking them two at a time.
"50 stories up. I had to say I was going to go," Athena complained to herself as she walked. It was when she was halfway up and tired she saw an angel there. "Well you're the first one I've seen in a while. Thought you guys were avoiding me." Athena put her hand on the statue planning on leaning against it to catch her breath. Not long later Athena once again saw a statue become human again. "Okay, once was weird. Twice is something," Athena said looking at the unconscious human to make sure the person was alive. She was. Athena shrugged and continued up the steps. "I'm halfway there."
After what felt like hours, but was probably only a while later, Athena finally hit the top floor exhausted and fell to the floor breathing heavily. "50 floors up never again," Athena said as she looked around the top floor. There were angels everywhere. It seemed to be the most guarded, but once again the angels seemed afraid of her and was avoiding her. Even the ones she didn't have her eyes on stayed away. "Well I'm just going to rest for a bit and then find Clyde. You don't mind if I sit here do you," Athena said to the nearest Angel and then laughed.
Athena got up and walked the floor. There were so many rooms and she had no idea where Clyde could be. Then she noticed one room that had two angels standing guard in front of it. "As good as a place as any," Athena mumbled to herself. "Hey guys," Athena said to the statues and put her hands on each of them. She waited a few minutes and the statues turned back into humans. "Thought that would work." Athena said with a smile having no idea why it did work, but she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. She went into the room and looked around the room. She found the familiar form of Clyde on the floor. His legs were completely stone. Athena went over to him. "Hope this works," Athena mumbled as she put her hands on him. Not long later the stone started to disappear.
Clyde opened his eyes. It felt like he had been sleeping for a while. The last thing he remembered was... A dalek! Yes, a dalek, forcing him, Luke and the other person... Athena, back to its ship. Speak of the devil; Athena was stood in front of him, touching him. "You..."Clyde said suddenly feeling weak "what's going on? Where... Who..." Clyde was confused.
"Hey," Athena said leaning back. "What do you remember?"
"The dalek, threatening to kill us..." Clyde said, trying to think. Surely the dalek wasn't behind this. Daleks kill...
"Well, short version, Oswin, the Dalek is really cool and saved us sort of from the angels. They captured you though and they were turning you into one. We saved the doctor, Rose, and some girl named Josie. Doctor found out where you were and sent me to get you. I had to walk up the stairs to the 50 floor of this building to find you so you better be thankful," Athena said filling Clyde in.
Clyde suddenly found himself questioning Athena's sanity. A "cool" dalek, and statues that were turning him into stone... Actually, that part had happened before, sort of. "Your crazy. Where is the doctor?" Clyde said, hoping he could help Clyde from going insane, as his mind felt stretched.
Athena was a little hurt by the crazy comment coming from the boy whose life she just saved, but decided to ignore it. "I think still in his TARDIS. He was going to come meet us later." Athena said. "Although he doesn't know you by the way."
"Right..."Clyde said "well... He doesn't seem to be coming, and I want to get far away from here."
"What's your hurry?" Athena said. "There are angels everywhere out there. We're better off waiting here for the doctor."
"Good point. Why aren't the angels attacking us?" Clyde asked looking around expecting an attack.
"Oh, they're scared of me," Athena stated as though it was the most natural
"What?" Clyde asked. "Are you in control of them or something?" Clyde backed away from Athena scared for a second.
"No," Athena said confused. "If I was in control of them I would have had them bring you to me. Not walk up to the 50th floor. I told you they're scared of me."
"But why are they scared of you... You are human aren't you?" Clyde said getting more confused by the second.
"I thought so but apparently not completely human," Athena said noticing the confused look Clyde was giving her. "Look I'm not too sure about it either. I'm just as confused as you."
"So... You say the angels fear you, so don't come close to you," Clyde summarized. "So what are they doing?" Clyde said, as two angels began entering the room, heading towards them. Clyde looked at them, trying not to blink.
Athena turned around and sighed. She got up went over to them and placed her hands on the angels. Not long later the angels were two unconscious humans on the floor. She turned back around to see Clyde's confused face. "That's why they're avoiding me."
"What the devil... So that's what you did to save me?" Clyde said. "That is cool and really weird."
"Yep and I have no idea why it works. I touch an angel or someone turning into an angel and they're human again. The angels powers also don't work on me, I'm immune to them." Athena sat back down. "Wonder where the doctor is."
"Well, if you can defend us, we should stay here for him, like you said. That way they can't take us out from behind," Clyde said.
"Yeah, the only way in or out is that door. Besides if we move I wouldn't be able to protect you. Also I don't want to walk down those stairs. Its better to wait for the doctor." Athena said.
-DW-
As the doctor and Oswin reentered the Kronos the Doctor called out: "Rose? Luke? Lizzie? We're back, barring from Athena who's got a surprise for everyone when we next meet her. Oh, and I met someone else on my little trip out. Anyone?"
"Yea, we are here," Luke said. "Lizzie is still out though."
"Someone new?" Rose stood up curious.
"Indeed" the Doctor raised his eyebrows teasingly at Rose as she came into vision, "He's in the TARDIS, he's called Zeus – I know! - And he was seconds away from becoming an Angel but he's very fragile at the moment - kind of ironic - so needs his rest. Anyway, it turns out its Petrifold Aggression that plays a major part in the conversion of human-to-Angel" he added to the blond.
"Oh, that... that thing that looks blue! And like rocks!" Rose said, remembering New Earth. "You mentioned it to me-um, Cassandra-but I sort of remember it."
"Well it was the Duke of New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New Manhattan whom was slowly turning into stone but the concepts the same and it WAS Cassandra wasn't it? Oswin!" he turned to the Dalek, "We need to get to Angel Central - by TARDIS or Kronos? You decide!"
"The TARDIS can appear in the building, the Kronos can't," Oswin said simply, feeling like a yo-yo.
"Right, everyone into the TARDIS, now!" the Doctor declared, feeling the need to get to Athena before the Angels; surely not all of them could be converted back thanks to her touch anymore – yes he had suspected it the moment he had detected the genetic match. Turning back into the TARDIS himself the moment everyone who was going was inside and was surprised at no comments regarding the size of the interior of the time machine, nevertheless though, he pointed to Zeus, sitting in the chair looking rather overwhelmed and stated his name to everyone in introduction. Looking at this screen that was tracking Athena he noticed she was 50 floors up apparently remaining where she was.
"Rose, hold that lever in place" the Doctor instructed his companion as he set the TARDIS in motion, controlling the temporal direction of his little blue box and controlling the materialization, arriving on the fiftieth floor of the central building, already running to the door before addressing to the rest: "Loads of Angels, one Athena and hopefully one Clyde – come out if you dare" he gave them a wink before exiting. "Oh…"
He stood in a large room; a smash window overlooking the city letting in cool air, the walls were stone, a large console in the middle – also made of stone – with buttons flashing and Angels in position. Many Angels and no sign of Athena or Clyde, although judging by the amount of Angelic guards by a closed set of double-doors the Doctor suspected they were within. "All pure?" the Doctor asked in general, "no longer able to be touched – too long stone…" this was more to himself as the Angels didn't move, even when he blinked.
-DW-
As Athena and Clyde sat there Athena looked at the doors. "Did you hear something?" Athena asked.
"I think it was the TARDIS," Clyde said as he too heard the sound.
"Was it?" Athena said getting up and heading for the door to look out. She opened the door and saw a ton of angels in front of it along with the doctor and everyone else at the far end. "Okay it was but it's not a good idea to go out there."
"Can they see you?" Clyde asked.
Athena looked at Oswin who seemed to be looking at the door, but not noticing Athena looking from behind. "No I don't think so," Athena told Clyde.
Clyde picked up a rock off the floors, and went to the door. He threw the rock, which hit the dalek on its dome with a clang. Everyone in the room looked around and saw Clyde. "And now they can save us. Touch those angels" Clyde said, grinning.
Athena looked at Clyde. "Seriously, what are you an idiot? There's like a hundred angels out there and I have two hands. It takes like a minute or two of me touching them for them to turn back," Athena said putting her hands on the nearest two angels and waiting as they turned.
"Well, it's a start," Clyde said. The two angels started becoming human, as they suddenly collapsed to the floor, with their necks snapped two angels stood over their dead bodies
"They killed them," Clyde said.
"Keep watching the rubble!" Oswin called knowing the minute their eyes weren't on the rubble the angels would come back. Oswin blew up some of the angels, trying to clear a path to Athena.
Athena had kind of frozen after the angels killed the human she had just turned back. She had never actually seen someone just die like that and this time it was sort of her fault. If she hadn't changed them back they would still be alive, but as angels. 'What was worst,' Athena couldn't help but think 'being dead or being an angel.' Athena saw Oswin trying to get to her and was really clueless on what to do so she just put her hand on another angel hoping she was helping.
Oswin had reached Athena and almost cleared a path. "Get back to the TARDIS, all of you." Oswin ordered.
Athena looked at Oswin and nodded heading towards the TARDIS where the doctor was standing in front of with Rose, Luke, and the other guy who had been in the TARDIS earlier but Athena didn't know the name of. The doctor was just staring at the angels with a look on his face as though he was trying to figure something out. Athena ran into the TARDIS and shortly everyone else did too. Once they were all safe Athena turned to the guy. "So who are you?"
"Zeus," he answered.
Athena laughed. "Guess that makes us father and daughter." Athena joked getting a weird look from Zeus. "My name is Athena. Greek mythology Zeus and Athena were father and daughter." She explained. Zeus laughed. "So how did you get named after a Greek god?"
"Family tradition. You?"
"Don't really know. Ask my mom once and she just said it was appropriate. Never knew what that meant."
"Right," Oswin said deciding to break up the two before something was discovered. "Now, let's get back to the Kronos, then we can take whatever ship we are going on and get far away from here."
"I can't leave," Zeus said to Oswin. "This is my home. My sister is out there somewhere along with my parents and everyone else I know."
"Your home is lost," Oswin said, bluntly. "I'm sorry, but the angels have won."
"Not necessary," Athena said making Oswin look at her. "I mean I can turn angels back to humans. I don't know what's going on with me but this place is the only place I can figure that out. I could help."
Zeus suddenly put his arms around Athena in a hug. "Thank you."
"I don't think we can leave Oswin. Doctor? Rose?' Athena turned the two waiting or an answer.
"There is no way we're leaving," Rose said looking at the doctor who seemed to be in some kind of trance since he had gotten back inside the TARDIS.
"If only I had stunned you instead of Elizabeth, my life could have been much easier," Oswin said to Athena. "Fine, you are right, these people might be savable, and will need destroying if they aren't... I still need to get to the Kronos, as I have an idea, plus we should check on Elizabeth."
Athena almost laughed at the thought of Oswin stunning her. Truthfully it had just been chance that it had been Elizabeth instead of her back then, but Oswin was her friend now. She couldn't see Oswin ever hurting her. She hid a small smirk at the thought she won the argument against the dalek. "Okay, why has Liz been out so long anyway?"
"No idea, it should have nicked out a human for 20 minutes tops." Oswin said truthfully not knowing why Elizabeth had been out so long.
"Well she's the doctors daughter and the doctor isn't human,' Athena pointed out.
"Ooh. Half human, half timelord, part of her thinks she needs to regenerate, but she can't regenerate because she wasn't killed, if she can at all. Her body has shut down while it tries to resolve the issue, but she will wake up in her own time," Oswin explained.
"Oh," Athena said nodding pretending she understood everything Oswin had said.
"Athena, when we get to the Kronos, I will need your hair," Oswin said.
"My hair? Why?" Athena asked confused.
"Did I mention I am a genius?" Oswin said. "I'm going to do a thing."
"I think you mentioned you're a genius once or twice." Athena said. "What kind of thing?"
"No idea, haven't thought of it yet, but your DNA might be the key to beating the angel, so that will no doubt be a part of it. Only a little bit of hair," Oswin said.
"Okay, when we get back I'll give you some hair," Athena said.
"Doctor, what is taking so long to move the TARDIS such a short distance? You just push this lever and do this." Oswin used his manipulator arm to move the TARDIS. "And we are now back at the Kronos"
"Okay, so let's go to the Kronos," Athena said as her and Oswin headed for the door.
"I'm coming too," Zeus said as he followed the two out.
"Where is it?" Oswin asked, leaving the TRDIS. The Kronos had gone. Where it previously had been was now empty. "No... My ship can't have gone..."
AN: And that is where I'll leave you for now. Please remember I'm basing this on a roleplay I'm apart of. If anyone wants to join just pm me and I'll give you a link. As always please REVIEW.