Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter of Through Time and Space. Oh man, my time for my trip is coming up, and I'm getting SO excited. I'll try and write while I'm traveling. I'll probably try to finish the Defenders. Dude, this show is so good so far. Anyways, the song of the chapter is Cabinet Battle #1 from Hamilton. On with the story!
The Ice Warrior Part 4
I woke in a strange place. It looked like a plant nursery. Man, my stomach hurt. I looked down to see my stomach was bandaged. No wonder my stomach hurt. I looked to my left to find Jamie sitting up. I tried to sit up and noticed there were two other guys in the room. Jamie noticed I was struggling and helped me sit up. I nodded at him in thanks.
"Well, sleeping beauty is awake." One of the men says.
"Yeah, well, try getting shot sometime and see if you can stay awake." I say. "Where are we anyway?"
"Ah, never mind you. Somewhere safe." The other man says.
"Okay, where's Arden?" I ask.
"Arden's dead."
"Arden dead?" Jamie asked. He must have woken up not too long before I did.
"They used some sort of ray gun." The first man said.
"So we failed." Jamie said sadly. I put a hand on his shoulder.
"You came to rescue the girl? Is that it?" The second man asks.
"You've seen Victoria? Is she still alive?" Jamie asks.
"Yes, she is alive." The first man states.
"Then we can still save her! You will help us, please!" Jamie says trying to get up. I'm not going to be able to move much less save Victoria.
"Now you're not yet well enough. We'll discuss it later." The first man says as he makes Jamie sit back down.
"No, it'll be too late them. They might." Jamie held his head. "Oh, my head. No, you must help us save Victoria. It'll be too late."
"I'm sorry, Jamie. I can't stand much less help save Victoria." He sighed and tried to move again. He had started moving when he passed out. "Jamie!" The two men go over and start checking on his bandages. "Is he okay?"
"He's got a fever. He must have passed out." I sat there for a long time worried about Jamie. I tried to get up once and help but the two men, who I have found out are named Penley and Storr, made me lie back down.
"He's going to wake, but his pulse isn't too good." Penley says. Come on Jamie.
"His fever's gone." Storr says. Come on Jamie.
"Well, his body is young. It will heal."
"Then why you looking so worried."
"I don't know yet. The weapon they used on them. Peculiar." I didn't want to say anything, but I was starting to feel sleepy. Jamie is the one in trouble right now.
"Aye, scientifically designed, of course."
"This is no time for debates."
"Aye, it's easily said. I'll away and fetch a fresh drink." At that moment, Jamie's eyes shoot open.
"You'll not keep me prisoner!" He says struggling against Storr's hold.
"Stay still!" Penley says coming back over and holding Jamie down.
"No, get away out of it!"
"Storr!"
"Do not fight us. Your friend can't move. Do you want to leave a friend in need?" Jamie stopped struggling and looked at me.
"I'm fine, Jamie. Go if-" I couldn't finish that sentence as I pass out. When I woke again, I looked over to see Jamie asleep again. I felt something on my forehead. Probably a rag of some sort.
"Oh, they'll help us. I'll talk to them. They'll understand." I heard Storr say. Who help us? The Ice Warriors?
"But they're warriors, trained to kill." Penley says. They are talking about the Ice Warriors.
"Ach, only in self-defense, surely."
"Oh, rubbish. No. We've got to get these two back to the base." Yes, take me to the Doctor. He can take us back to the Tardis.
"No!"
"For the boy's sake. He can't walk." What? Jamie can't walk. I try and move my legs. Thankfully, I can still move my legs. The shot must have missed my spine.
"Oh, ye're trying to trap me. There's no return for me to civilization that Clent represents. This is where I stay." I wouldn't want to live in a civilization like Clent. I can't stand being around him.
"Do you think the aliens are any better? They killed Arden."
"Ach, they were afraid."
"They're ruthless. They place no value on human life."
"Well, I'll talk to them. Someone has to." Just let the Doctor do the talking. He's the best at that.
"We don't know what they're capable of, or why they're here."
"Well, I'll ask questions first, then act."
"It may be too late then."
"We'll see."
"No, wait, Storr. Look, you don't know what you're running into." Penley says following Storr out the exit.
"Now don't try and stop me. You look after the boy and girl." Storr and Penley both leave. I lay there for a while. Even though I wasn't paralyzed, it still hurt to move at all. I really hope the Tardis can fix Jamie. After a while, I heard the voice that always brings me comfort: The Doctor. I hear the door open and some running. I look to my side and find the Doctor had run to me.
"Doctor." He grabbed my hand and kissed it.
"My love, I knew I had a bad feeling about you leaving." I gave out a small laugh.
"Nine lives remember." He shook his head. "I'm in the best shape believe it or not. Arden is dead, and Jamie, well..." The Doctor turned to Jamie.
"What about Jamie?" He asks nervously.
"He can't move his legs." Penley says coming over. The Doctor turns back to me looking a little scared.
"I can move my legs. That's why I said I'm in the best shape. I am in a lot of pain though."
"We'll get you back to the Tardis and fix you up. You'll be just fine."
"I trust you Doctor." He smiles.
"For now though..." He says as he pulls some stuff out of his coat. Must be infinite pockets. "I've got some stuff that can take away most of the pain." He put some stuff on me, which did take away most of the pain. He then turned to Jamie and did the same to him. Jamie woke up while he was doing that. The Doctor finished and put his stuff back in his coat. "Yes, there we are."
"It's good to see you again, Doctor." Jamie says.
"Ah, won't be long before you're on your feet again, Jamie."
"How long?"
"Well, that depends. You've had some sort of shock to your brain. It's affected your nervous system."
"I will walk again though?"
"Oh, yes, of course you will. It's just a matter of time, that's all."
"Aye, well I'll take your word on that."
"What can we do for them?" Penley asks.
"Well the base is the only place he can be treated."
"Yes I know that, but he can't get there alone." One of the glass windows breaks and ice falls in. I grabbed the Doctor's hand. "That's the glacier. It's moving forward even faster."
"Yes. It'll flatten this place in no time at all."
"All right. I'll help you take them back."
"Well, that's just it, you see. I can't go. There's something I must do." My eyes widen, and I grip his hand a little tighter. He turns back to me.
"My love, you'll be fine. I promise I'll be back to get you."
"You don't expect me to face Clent alone? That mouth piece of the computer? He's got a printed circuit where his heart should be." Thank you! Someone else can't stand him as much as me.
"He's a man with a mission. I don't think he can afford to reject you."
"What about me though Doctor?" He looked down at me. "I don't like him, and he probably doesn't like me. I'm not on payroll. He can afford to reject me."
"He'll have me to deal with when I get back, and he will regret ever rejecting to give help to my wife." The Doctor kissed my forehead.
"I'll take care of her, sir." Penley says.
"Thank you."
"If I may ask, what are you going to do?"
"I must speak with the warriors." The Doctor says. That doesn't surprise me.
"No, Doctor!" Jamie exclaims.
"What can you do alone?" Penley asks.
"I have to see whether Victoria got away safely, and I must find out whether this spacecraft is a danger to the ionization program. I admit it won't be easy."
"Doctor, if you go to the warriors you'll be their prisoner." After a few minutes, I finally get on my feet. Penley put Jamie on a sled outside, and we venture out into the snow. As we walk, I hear wolves howling. I hope they don't come close to us. We were doing just fine till the sled got stuck on something. Penley looks around a bit.
"You're caught on a bough or something. Well, it's not much farther now, lad." Penley says.
"How far are we?" Jamie asks.
"Well, we're at the edge of the woods fringing the camp perimeter."
"Can we not rest a while." Penley looks at me. I'm really struggling. Whatever the Doctor did, helped for a while, but the pain is coming back slowly but surely.
"I think so, but a couple of minutes, no more." I basically collapse in the snow.
"Aye, you're right. The Doctor need help right away."
"I wasn't thinking only of the Doctor."
"Wolves."
"Yes. Here we're more of less safe, but the last stretch is open country."
"I don't help much, do I?"
"Well, I'm not exactly a man of action myself. Storr should be here now. I miss him."
"Have you no weapons?"
"Arden's tranquillizer gun, that's all."
"Aye, it's not much."
"Storr was a huntsman. An exper with a bow and arrow."
"It's no good wishing."
"Well, we'd better carry on." Penley says extending a hand to me. I sigh and stand back up. This is awful.
"Aye, lead on McDuff." Jamie says. Just as we were about to move a bear comes through the trees. We freeze.
"Keep very still." Penley whispers. The bear stares at us for a while.
"What is he doing?" Jamie asks.
"He's sizing us up." Penley says.
"Can you not run for it?"
"I don't intend to leave the two of you here as hors d'oeuvre, lads."
"Well, the gun. Use the gun." I whisper.
"I couldn't hit the side of the mountain. I'm a scientist, no a gladiator."
"Well, at least you can try." Jamie says. Penley shoots the tranquilizer at the bear, and it starts coming towards us. It looked angry.
"Quick, get me out of here. I'll tackle him. Get a hold of yourself, man." I stayed frozen in my spot.
"He's charging now!" Penley exclaims.
"Quick, he's nearly on us!" Jamie exclaims. The bear is almost on us, when Penley finally takes another shot. The bear goes down. "Penley! Kate! Are you two all right?" I was breathing heavily. That's when I notice the unconscious bear is on top of Penley. I move over to him and try and help, but the pain isn't letting me.
"If I can get out from under this brute I will be."
"You sure you're all right?" Jamie asks.
"Well, he's clawed me, that's all." We're all injured, great.
"Now we'd better get away, quick. He won't be any friendlier when he wakes up." We finally get back to the base. Penley talks to Clent on the monitor for a bit, and we're finally let back into the base. We are led to the control room. Walters comes and helps Penley with Jamie. I follow behind. I keep up for the most part, but all I want to do is sit down. We make our way in.
"Come on then." Walters says.
"Put him over here." They put Jamie in a chair, and I finally take a seat next to him.
"Rest on that, Jamie, Kate."
"Thank you." Jamie says. I make a gesture in thanks because I'm so tired I can't talk. Walters moves towards the door to leave as Penley walks over to Clent.
"No, stay, Walters. You may be needed." Clent says. Walters nods and stays in the room.
"I'm not liable to be violent." Penley says as he hands over his tranquilizer gun to Clent.
"What do you want?" Clent asks.
"Well, I brought these two. They're in desperate need of medical supervision."
"We are not a first-aid center." Garrett says.
"The boy's paralyzed, and the lady is in a lot of pain."
"How did it happen?" Clent asks.
"They were shot down by the warrior's guns."
"Well, thank heaven their weapons don't deal fatal blows."
"Well, they killed Arden."
"Look, you've got to help." Jamie says speaking out loud. I nod my head.
"Yes of course, boy. Walters will take the two of you to the Medi-Control Center." Clent says. Ugh, more walking.
"No, I didn't mean me. I meant Victoria and the Doctor. Look, they're inside the alien spaceship. You've got to help them!"
"That isn't possible."
"Well it must be. You've got to do something."
"No, we lost contact with the Doctor over an hour ago. I'm afraid there's no hope."
"You mean hope happens to be inconvenient. You've got to stick to your precious schedule, is that it? You've got to wave your splendid ionizer about to prove that it works and never mind about human beings." Thank you Penley for doing my job.
"The computer has decided." Garrett says.
"The computer? Override it. Let the ionizer wait. The computer isn't going to fall apart because it has to mark time for an hour."
"We are marking time. We're not using the ionizer under instructions from the computer itself."
"Why?" Penley asks.
"The spaceship may contain a reactor system that could wipe us off this island if we cause it to explode."
"So what are we going to do?"
"We obey the computer. We will wait." I groan and put my head down. I'm done with dealing with this guy.
"Wait? But that's suicide. The glacier's practically on top of us."
"We still have time in hand."
"Yes, but if the Doctor, if he's still-" Jamie starts to say.
"No." Clent says interrupting Jamie.
"If the Doctor doesn't contact you, what hope is there?" Penley asks.
"There is hope."
"If the Doctor doesn't come back, there is no hope, but the Doctor always comes back luckily for you." I say.
"She's right. Don't be a fool Clent. You're not a man, you're just a machine slave." Penley says. Finally someone who is tired of this guy also.
"Don't you spit liberty in my face, Penley. We know your kind of freedom. Freedom to run away from responsibilities, from service, from moral judgment. I may be a physical coward, but you're a coward in the mind."
"Well at least I have a mind and not a transistorised junction box. I would act, but you daren't. You're going to be destroyed along with your mechanical master."
"Look, you've got to help us, man." Jamie says desperately.
"Jamie, I don't think you're-" Penley starts to say. Jamie grabs Clent's arm, and Clent starts yelling. A man comes in and shoots me, Penley, and Jamie knocking us out.
To Be Continued...
Well, look who's not dead after three weeks. I wrote the beginning before my trip and now its been about four weeks into my trip. I'm so sorry I haven't updated since before my trip, but I didn't have an adapter for a long time. I couldn't charge my computer when I got here in London, and I only had my tablet, which isn't easy to type on. I'm here, though! Hopefully, I can get another chapter up sometime soon. Anyways, I hope you guys have an amazing day! Bye!