Max POV
"These chambers are all over the city."
They walk in to the chambers. Amy sticks her hand into something in the wall and a light turns on showing us a creature.
"Uh! Turn it off quick!"
Moe yells. Amy sticks her hand back in and the lights turn off.
"They're not moving."
"Maybe they're asleep?"
I come over and pear into the glass tank.
"Amy turn it on again."
"No, Amy, don't"
She already had it on and the doors open up to the two closes chambers.
I walk cautiously into the chamber and examine the creature.
"Max, what are you doing? Amy not you too. Get out of there."
"Some sort of suspected animation?"
"Probably."
"I wonder what these are."
"The Doctor would know. The Doctor always knows."
"Amy he's coming. I promise. He's probably down here now raising all sorts of Hell we have to run our way out of."
She smiles and laughs.
"Hey look."
We look up and there are holes, right above them.
"Wait a minute, I know what these are."
"It's how they came up to the surface, right?"
"Correct Pond. It's a sort of powered transport discs."
"It's our way out of here."
I stop and look at Amy.
"Amy you two are going up. I'm staying down and making sure the Doctor isn't stuck down here."
"I'm not leaving. They have weapons. We can fight back."
I whip around fast and walk towards the man until he's pinned against the wall.
"We are not, I repeat, NOT fighting these creatures. You understand me?"
"They took my son!"
"They have reasons behind their actions. You are not going to open fire on a potential innocent species!"
"I will do as I bloody well please!"
He shoves me back, when his arm colloids with the cut I feel the knots come undone and I knew spread of warmness comes down. I'm bleeding again. When I hit the floor and not moving to get up Amy is there by my side and so is the man.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry I didn't' know."
"Breathe. It's fine."
I fumble with the zipper and finally get it down. The shirt is too drenched in blood to tie back. So is the tank top. Amy stares at me in shock and doesn't react for a bit.
"Here I have an idea. Amy takes her jacket off and then her shirt. She's in a white tank top. She puts the jacket back on and ask the man to lift me up. She slides the jacket off my shoulders, and carefully puts the shirt on me. It's tight and small, but it's good to apply the pressure needed.
"Why didn't you tell me it was this bad! I didn't hear you… I didn't think he did anything."
"Amy it's fine.I'm fine. Amy don't tell the Doctor."
She scoffs and helps me up. I lean a little on her because now the world has gone a bit dizzy.
"Take the guns. Only use them when I say understand?"
They nod and the man takes the guns, handing one to Amy, while coming to my other side.
"Which way now?"
"Door at the end."
"You sure?"
"Nope."
When we walked through the doors, we saw clear glass chambers holding two dozen of the creatures in each.
"Whoa." Moe looked around us
"Yeah."
"Guys, come on. We need to get going. We have to find the Doctor."
"I can walk now. You two stick to the plan."
Amy and Moe nod and Amy walks forward while Moe goes around
"Let them go!"
"Amy Pond, now there's a girl to count on. Where's Maximum?"
"Working on it Doc."
I stood up as straight as I could and ignored the pain. His hands were tied and he smiled at me. I looked forward at who seems to be the head as Moe came into view.
"You're covered both ways,"
"So don't try anything clever, Buster."
I smile at Amy
"Mo!"
Nasreen shouts.
"Now let them go or I shoot."
The leader walks forward and comes very close to Amy
"I'm warning you!"
I step in between them as she reaches to pull the gun from Amy.
"You lay a finger on her, on any of them, you will regret it."
I whisper to her and she takes a step back. She gives me the same expression Mo did. My eyes! I forgot, they aren't use to it. It's strange for them. She flings her fist into my ribs where the cut ends, before I could even blink.
"Don't you touch her!"
She pushes me down as the Doctor yells. She takes the gun from Amy, and pushes her down next to me, and points it at Mo.
"And you?"
The other guards take the gun from him and pushes him forward.
"All right, Restac. You've made your point."
Restac lowers her gun and walks toward the one that spoke out, the one that cut me open .
"This is now a military tribunal. Go back to your laboratory, Malohkeh."
One of the guards hits his back and hisses. He looks at me as Amy tries to help me.
"This isn't the way"
He turns and walks away.
"Prepare them for execution." Restac says
They tied the others to a coulomb and when they came to me, Restac laughs.
"Leave her. She'll die soon enough."
I was between Amy and The Doctor.
"What did you say? Dying? Max what's she talking about?"
"I have a cut on my hand. They think its going to kill me, cause I passed out after the… headache."
"Okay, sorry, as rescue go, didn't live up to it's potential." Amy cut in saving me from explanation.
"I'm glad you're both okay."
"Us too! Lizard man though?"
"Homo Reptilia, they occupied the planet before they want it back."
"After they've wiped out the human race." Nasreen says
"Right, preferred it when I didn't know, to be honest."
Love? Are you sure you're all right?
I look up at him and see his eyes, he's very worried. I give him a smile and a nod. He smiles back then looks to the others.
"Why are they waiting?" Nasreen asks
"What do you think they're going to do with us?"
"Who the leader?"
Restac asks the air then out of no where a screen pops up. Showing the old man and a woman I haven't seen.
"It's them. How are they doing that? How do they know that we're in here?"
I put my head down and focusing on breathing. It's starting to get really painful. That girl's voice though. Something's Wrong.
"Who speaks for the apes?"
There's silence then Rory's voice comes through.
"I speak for the… humans. Some of us, anyway."
Oh great. Someone did something wrong.
"Do you understand who we are?"
"Sort of. A bit. Not really."
"We have ape hostages."
"Doctor! Amy! Max!"
"Mo! Mo, are you okay?"
It's her. What has she done.
"I'm fine, Love! I've found Elliot. I'm bringing him home!"
"Amy, I thought I'd lost you!"
"What, 'cause I was sucked into the ground? You're so clingy."
"Miss you too Rory! Don't worry I'm fine!"
He laughs at that.
"Tony Mack!"
"Having fun down there?"
"Not to interrupt, but just a quick reminder to stay calm."
I look at the Doctor confused.
"Show me Alaya."
Restac sound worried.
"Show me and release her, immediately, unharmed, or we kill your friends. One by one. "
"No!''
"Ambrose…"
"Steady now, everyone."
There seemed to be some kind of argument, from the other side.
"Let Rory deal with this, Ambrose, eh?"
"We are not doing what you say any more. Now give me back my family!"
"You idiot."
I whisper and the Doctor looks at me, confused.
Alaya is dead. Ambrose killed her.
He didn't say a word. He just looked away and down to the floor. Confused. Didn't he hear me?
"No. Execute the girl."
The guards began to untie Amy
"No!, No, wait!'
"Rory!"
"She's not speaking for us."
"There's no need for this."
"Listen! Whatever you want, we'll do it! Amy!"
"Rory!"
"Don't do this!"
The Doctor is yelling and Rory is screaming no. I jump to my feet and stand in front of Amy. Three things happened at once. The screen cuts out, Restac yells fire, and another voice yells stop. Everyone looks toward the third voice. Malekko and another creature walks next to him. From the looks of him, I'd say he's higher up. King maybe?
"You want to start a war while the rest of us sleep, Restac?"
"The apes are attacking us!"
"You're our protector. Not our commander, Restac. Unchain them!"
"I do not recognize your authority at this time, Eldane."
"Well, then, you must shoot me."
The guards begin to unchain them and as soon as the Doctor is let go he comes over to me and hugs me.
"Are you okay? Anything hurt? Broken? Scratched? Anything?"
"Love, please. I'm fine."
"You're warm. Why are you warm? Why is your front warm?"
"Doctor I-"
He takes the zipper and pulls it down. When he sees the blood, at first there is worry, then anger. He turns sharply and makes his way to Malekko.
"What did you do to her? What did you do!"
"Doctor stop it! Stop it now!"
I grab his arm before he can grab Malekko and I begin to fall. The Doctor catches me and picks me up.
"I can patch her up. I'm sorry. I-"
"Restac go play solider. I'll call if I need you. As for her. We shall go to the laboratory so Malekko can fix your mate up."
"She's not- never mind. Rory! Hello!"
"Where's Amy?"
"She's fine, look, here she is."
"Oh Thank god."
"Keeping you on your toes!"
"No time to chat. Max already lost too much blood. Listen, you need to get down here. Go to the drill storeroom. There's a large patch of Earth in the middle of the floor. The Silurian are going to send up transport discs,to bring you back down, using geothermal energy and gravity-bubble technology. It's how they travel and, frankly, it's pretty cool. Bring Alaya. We hand her over, we can land this after all. All going to work, promise. Gotta dash! Hurry up!"
He walks over to me and picks me up once more, carrying me bridal style.
"I'm so sorry Love."
"You came for me. That's all that matters. You came for me"
I kiss his cheek and he smiles sheepishly as we walk back to the lab.
Screw it, I'm gonna give you guys three. Just cause tomorrow is my sister's birthday you guys get three.
I'm sorry again.
~Maxy