Sorry it took so long for this chapter guys. Loads and Loads of work to do. By the way if any of you know loads of stuff about the Libelles and the French Revolution, please GIVE ME ALL YOUR INFORMATION! Thanks!
Zayzay: Don't worry, when I first started this story I intended on the fifth Doctor being involved. My next chapter or two will involve him but he wont have a major part like the seventh and eighth have at the moment.
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The Doctor had grabbed Jackie and ran for their lives. This was what he needed to leave the underground base and get back to the TARDIS, but he wished it did not involve a high probability of death. Jackie was bouncing over his shoulder, as the venom was still working in her body he was forced to carry her. The Doctor was grateful, as this meant he didn't have to listen to her screaming and whining.
The Doctor had ran into another room, to escape the tidal wave of spiders, which was filled with people talking casually, unaware of the danger behind him. The Doctor didn't wait to tell them to leg it. They'd soon figure it out. He continued to the only exit, hoping he'd find a way out of this maze.
The Doctor reached the door, when the Brigadier came screaming into the room followed by a multitude of spiders. Everyone panicked and ran towards the Doctor who stood in the only exit.
Screams rose everywhere but the Doctor did not linger. He ran, with Jackie over his shoulders, as many people ran past him. He didn't recognise most of them, but none stopped to help him with Jackie.
"Quick, follow me." A voice said beside him. The Doctor turned and saw Liz Shaw running beside him. Her hair was now a mess and her face red from running. She ran ahead and the Doctor tried to keep up.
This body was never meant for running, the Doctor thought. Indeed, his legs were far too short, his stomach far too round, his body in general too aged and he was carrying a woman on his shoulders. Not the best body for running long distances.
People were still running past the Doctor, some with blood over them.
The Doctor ran through countless number of doors and many a time he lost sight of Liz Shaw, but kept in the general direction of the fleeing public.
Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of running, he entered a room and he saw daylight coming from the ceiling. There was a ladder against the wall, with people already climbing. Liz Shaw was waiting at the bottom.
"Hurry up! We got people waiting down here!" She shouted up to the people towards the top of the ladder.
The people on the ladder hurried up, while the people on the bottom waited anxiously to get to safety. The Doctor was surprised to see not many people were at the bottom, and not many people had gone up either, considering the amount of people that had passed him.
The Doctor finally got onto the ladder, and started climbing. Liz Shaw was right after him. The Doctor strained to reach the top of the ladder, as he was carrying Jackie as well.
There was a commotion below. The Doctor took a quick glance below and saw the Brigadier still being chased by spiders, and still not caught yet. For an old man, he was quite a sprinter.
"Get up quick!" The Brigadier screamed at the Doctor.
The Doctor hurried up, as did Liz Shaw, and reached the surface. He looked about. The sun was shining. It was a beautiful day.
He was still in the estate. The underground base must spread very far if it can reach the Houses of Parliament and the estate. People were lying down, catching their breaths.
Liz Shaw and the Brigadier were the last to come out of the little hole in the ground. They both grabbed the metal disc and placed it back over the hole.
The Doctor could have sworn he saw a few legs trying to get out.
The Brigadier looked about, "Is this all who survived?"
Their numbers were few. There were no soldiers with them. They had one commanding officer, a scientist, Miss Smith the journalist, a paralysed woman, a dozen civilians and an alien being from another planet.
"More or less." The Doctor said. The Doctor picked up Jackie and started to walk back to the TARDIS. He more or less knew where he was.
"Where do you think your going?" The Brigadier asked.
"To sort out this mess, Brigadier!" The Doctor replied without turning around.
There was a rumble underneath them. The Doctor stopped and turned back towards the group. The metal disc was shaking. The Doctor knew what that meant.
"Run quick" The Doctor said while legging it himself.
The group started to run but the disc had already moved and spiders came crawling out of the hole. Only they were not alone. There were spiders already on the surface. Thousands of spiders were already waiting to pounce on these humans who had killed their queen.
The Doctor kept running even though he could see spiders crawling down buildings, almost completely hiding them from view. The group behind were too slow for some of the spiders and were caught easily.
The TARDIS was in sight. He had never felt so relieved to see the TARDIS in his life.
He got to the TARDIS door and put Jackie down to get the key.
Spiders were almost at the bottom of the buildings already and making their way towards the TARDIS.
Most of the group had been caught. Sarah Jane Smith had fallen when they came out of the hole in the ground. Liz Shaw got caught coming round the corner towards the TARDIS. The Brigadier was running towards the Doctor, unaware that Liz Shaw had died right behind him.
The Doctor found the key and opened the door. He picked up Jackie quickly and went through. The spiders were almost on top of the TARDIS now.
The Doctor could see the Brigadier almost reaching the TARDIS. His face was full of hatred that the Doctor had survived, as the spiders crawled over him.
Death has finally caught up with him, the Doctor thought.
The Doctor closed the TARDIS door.
Spiders crawled all over the TARDIS, hiding it from view.
A groaning sound began and the spiders jumped off the TARDIS.
A light was shining from the top of the TARDIS, as it was fading from view.
The Doctor had eluded the spiders yet again.
NOTE ON THIS CHAPTER:- I finally brought an end to the substory. I'm going back to the original idea now of why the Doctor is regenerating backwards and why Rose died.
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