TRTSS24: Ranma Who's Trek! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST, DW and other properties belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special Note: This story focuses on the Saotome couple's adventures with the 11th incarnation of the Timelord known simply as "The Doctor".
Author's Note: Possible "Spoiler Alert" notice for Season 5 of "Doctor Who".
Part 11: "The Time of Angels" (C)
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Ranma were discussing the situation, while looking over to see an intense conservation between River and Octavian.
"I wonder why I, or should I say, Cassandra, turned out the way she did?" Ranma asked, as he stared at River…
"Who knows?" the Doctor said, as he studied the book. Being a phenomenal speed reader, the Doctor could completely read a text, and then recite the words from memory verbatim…
"What do you know of the Mad Monk?"
"I know many 'mad monks', but not this one," Ranma said, as he faces the Doctor. "I'm more concerned about Usagi's welfare."
"The Mad Monk was a soothsayer within the Church who studied the Weeping Angels…until he went crazy."
"Obviously."
"Nevertheless, he discovered that the angels' true goal, the means to fulfill their existence, was to capture the Moon Princess, who is the avatar of the Universe."
"That would explain why we ran into them those years ago," Ranma said. "Because of them, Usagi gave up her powers in order to prevent the angels from accessing them while protecting the rest of us. However, in doing so, she was stranded in the past, and aged normally, albeit as an old, amnesic bag lady on the streets London. I'm just glad Rose was around to 'jump start' Usagi's powers, so that she could be fully restored."
"Indeed," the Doctor said, as he glances over towards the Maze of the Dead complex. "We know that Usagi is in there with the angels. The question is why did the angel bring the ship down to this planet?"
"Maybe…it has to do with that army of Weeping Angels that are holed up in the maze?"
"I was thinking the same thing, actually…"
"What else did you find, Doc?" Ranma asked.
"There was a rather strange passage in the book about the eyes of the victim of an angel being not the windows of the soul, but rather the doorway," the Doctor said. "What kind of nonsense is that…?"
Meanwhile, in the portable bunker, Amy was staring at the four-second recording of the Weeping Angel in the vault on board the wrecked starliner…
"Is it me, or is this…angel moving?" Amy asked.
"Pardon?" Dr. Tempo said, as he continued his work, not bothering to look towards the curious Scotswoman…
"I'm telling you, that this angel is moving," Amy said, as she looked towards Dr. Tempo.
Dr. Tempo looks up and turns towards the screen…
"You know, come to think of it, wasn't the angel looking away from the camera?" Dr. Tempo said, as he adjusts his ocular implant.
"That's what I've been trying to say!" Amy said, as she looks away. She then turned to look back at the screen, and saw that the see the Weeping Angel's face was up close with its fangs bared.
"Ahh!" Amy said, as she falls back.
CHUNK!
Amy and Dr. Tempo turned to see that the bulkhead was locked.
"How-?" Amy said, as she turned to look back to see that the angel was now out of the video screen, and was ready to strike. It still had the same consistency of the grainy video image…
"Keep your eyes on the creature," Dr. Tempo said, as he worked furiously to get the final component together. "And don't blink."
"It's easier said than done!" Amy said, as she stared into the creature's eyes. "What are you going to do?"
"I was trying to create a weapon that could affect angels on a quantum level," Dr. Tempo said.
"But…how are you going to get THIS angel?"
"Schrödinger's Cat."
"What?" Amy said in an exasperated manner. "What does this situation has to do with…cats?"
"According to the theory, a creature that is a quantum state is or is not in existence. The Doctor indicated that the Weeping Angels uses this in order to be either faster than a blink of an eye, or mobilized like stone. I was wrong to think that I should create a weapon just kill angels. I understand what the Doctor meant by simply creating weapons, rather than actually solving the problem that would get around problem without the need of doing so…"
TING!
What was supposed to be a sword with a gun attachment to it, became a coiled rod with some fancy lights on it. It hummed with bells and whistles.
"So rather than fight the angels through escalation, let's see what happens when I remove the quantum state."
FLASH!
Dr. Tempo presses a button that emits a strobe-light effect. The angel began to move about, confused as to how it was moving while Amy and Dr. Tempo was looking at it.
"Okay, now what?" Amy asked.
"While it is confused, turn off the monitor!" Dr. Tempo said, as he prepared to blast the image of the angel with an EMP charge. He wasn't sure if his counter-measure would work, but he was up for anything at this point…
"Right," Amy said, as she reaches over to the remote control, which was lying on a nearby workbench, grabs it, points it at the monitor, and-
CLICK!
BWEEEEOOOOP!
And, thus, the angel was gone.
"Whew," Amy said, as she relaxed a bit. She then turns towards Dr. Tempo.
"Thanks, Doc," Amy said with a smile.
"You're welcome," Dr. Tempo said, just as his contraption shorts out.
SPORK!
Just then, the heavy doors open up.
THUNK!
"Amy, Dr. Tempo, the angel-!" Ranma said, as he, the Doctor, River Song and Octavian enters the mobile carrier.
"We took care of it," Dr. Tempo said evenly. He was kind of sore for the Doctor to be so down on him…
"Yes, and no thanks to you guys," Amy said with a miffed expression. "But…how did that angel jump out of the screen?"
"Apparently, the image of an angel takes form of an angel," River said, according to the Mad Monk.
"Mad Who?"
"And Dr. Tempo…you stopped it how?" the Doctor said.
"With my weapon- I mean, my device," Dr. Tempo said, as he shows the artifact to the Doctor. "I distracted it long enough for Miss Pond shut down the monitor that was being used by angel."
"Interesting design," the Doctor said, as he examined Dr. Tempo's device. "It's not every day that a 'quantum nullifier' is built."
"You know about this?" Dr. Tempo asked.
"I'm the Doctor; I know about a lot of things. However, to build one in such a short amount of time takes genius."
The Doctor extends his hand of friendship towards Dr. Tempo.
"I'm glad to have you aboard," the Doctor said with a smile.
"Um, thanks," Dr. Tempo said, as he took the Doctor's hand and shook it.
And then…
BOOM!
"Sir!" said a soldier, as he walks over to the assembled group.
"Yes, cleric?" Octavian said.
"We're through."
"Good. Prepare an insertion team."
"Yes, sir," said the soldier, as he prepares a squad to go into the Maze of the Dead…
"Doctor," Octavian said, as he turns towards the Doctor. "When you are ready."
"Excellent," the Doctor said, as he double-checks the functionality of his "Sonic Screwdriver". He then turns towards Ranma.
"So, are you ready?"
"Let's see: considering that we'll be dealing with an army of Weeping Angels, no."
"Where is your spirit?"
"Humph. Whatever. Let's just get this over and done with…"
"Well, I better fine tune my device, then," Dr. Tempo said. "And I'll see how many discharges I can get out of this thing…"
"Well, sweetie, it looks like we have an adventure ahead of us," River said, as she turns towards Amy. However, she notices that Amy was picking at her left eye.
"Are you okay?" River asked out of concern.
"I think I got a speck of dust in my eye," Amy said. "Maybe it's just nerves…"
"Well, just make sure to stick close to someone competent in this situation," River said. "And when I say 'competent', I say ME. Yes, there is the Doctor and Ranma…and Dr. Tempo, for that matter, but with me, you have brains, brawn AND beauty."
Pause.
"Thus, you have the total package," River said with a grin.
"Aren't WE the confident one?" Amy said sarcastically.
A short while later…
"We're in," Octavian said, as he helped Amy down the rope ladder.
"Pretty dank around here," Amy said, as she slaps her hands together. "And dark, too."
"That's what a graveyard or mausoleum tends to be," the Doctor said, as he looks about beyond the light of the halcyon lights and into the dark. He took his sonic screwdriver, and used it scan the area.
"Oh, dear…"
"The angels are here, aren't they?" Ranma said, as he activates his Sharingan.
DOOM!
"Yep, there HERE…"
"What are you looking at, Ranma-?" Amy said, just as she notices Ranma's eyes.
"Ahh-!"
"What is it?" the Doctor asked.
"Ranma's eyes!" Amy said.
"What's wrong with his eyes?" the Doctor asked, wondering what the problem with Ranma's eyes was.
"THEY are RED with black swirls," Amy said.
DOOM!
"It's not a big deal," River said, after activating her own Sharingan. After all, part of her was Ranma…
"You…you have red eyes, too!"
"Fascinating," Dr. Tempo said, as he activates ocular implant, thanks to being a cybernetic being, to simulate his own "Sharingan".
DOOM!
Amy could only stare in disbelief.
"…"
"Now, this is a bit much," the Doctor said, as she looks at everyone, before focusing on Amy. "Amy, what they are doing is activating a bloodline trait called a 'Sharingan'," the Doctor said.
"Actually, I'm simulating the trait with my ocular implant," Dr. Tempo said.
"Right. Nevertheless, the Sharingan is the result of a mutation or some such, and those who possess this trait are conferred with certain metaphysical and enhanced abilities."
Pause.
"But enough of that," the Doctor said with mild annoyance. "Given the state of affairs, we'll need more light."
"I have a 'Light Orb' for us to use, sir," said a soldier.
"Excellent," the Doctor said, as he takes the orb, and kicks it into the air.
FLASH!
The cavernous Maze of the Dead, located underneath of the Aplanex Temple, is illuminated by the Light Orb. There were hundreds of statues littering about the maze, each one in varying state of decay…
"So, which ones are the angels?" Amy asked.
"All of them, if my ocular implant is correct," Dr. Tempo said. "And I don't think I have enough charges to neutralize them all."
"That may not be necessary," Ranma said, as he scanned the area. "The energy levels are too low to be a threat to us."
"All the same, if they are angels, then we should destroy this place," Octavian said.
"No," River said, as she face the Bishop. "You do that, and you could risk harming the Moon Princess."
"I agree," Amy said defensively.
"All the same, I will not allow a horde of these creatures to escape," Octavian said.
"And I say that if you destroy this place before we have a chance to get Usagi out of here, I will make sure that you remain here with THEM," River said.
"Easy," Ranma said, as he places a hand on River. "We're not going to leave anyone here. As I said, these guys' energy levels are too low to be a threat to us."
"For now," the Doctor said. "And that means that we have time to find Usagi, and leave peacefully."
Pause.
"You wouldn't want to have an innocent life on your hands, now, would you, Octavian?"
"Not to mention the fact that we still have that angel on the loose," Dr. Tempo said.
"Fine," Octavian said. "We do a quick sweep of the antechambers. But the moment I get any sign that these angels are active, we use the final option. Clear?"
"Yes," River said.
"Now that we have that pep-talk, let's go catch an angel and free a princess," the Doctor said.
"Aren't they one and the same?" Ranma asked.
"Depends. Are we talking about these guys?"
"Yeah…no."
Meanwhile, deep in the Maze of the Dead…
The Moon Princess' thoughts stirred. She was glowing, as she has been for the past four hundred years, and was sitting in a lotus position. Unfortunately, she was surrounded by Weeping Angels, who were clamoring for the energy, but was being held back by the Moon Princess' light.
"And so, it begins," Usagi said, as she opened her eyes. She had used her Cosmic Moon Staff as a monitoring device of sorts to keep an eye on the angels, so that they wouldn't attack the human colony on Aplanex…
"And so, it begins," the Moon Princess said.
Tbc.