Inside of the room, we saw a group of scientist scattered across the room with a big computer that sat right in the middle as did other small monitors, buttons, switches were scattered along the lower wall. The room was silver from all the technology built into it, but some of the original structure leaked through like the ceiling and parts of the wall.
Some of the scientists walked around franticly both the Doctor and I noticed, "Oh…something is very wrong here", the Doctor told us, as a man who seemed to be the head scientist walk around to check the diagnostics on the monitors.
Which all pointed out to be very bad as he gave us concerned looks, before finally grabbing the head scientist, "Who the blazes are you? Get these scavengers out of here", said the head scientist, the one that the Doctor was dragging around.
I scoffed, "Do we look like scavengers to you", I asked hotly, "By your accent, I'd say you were American…how on Earth did you get here", the man asked me.
His statement took me by surprise, "Well…um…that's, uh… a long story", I finally said awkwardly.
"Doesn't matter…get these scavengers out of here", the head scientist ordered and guards came in to drag us out, "We're not scavengers", both the Doctor and I shouted, I managed to slip out of the guards grasp and the Doctor pulled away from them to walk up to the head scientist.
"No! In two minutes and thirty-eight seconds you're going to have an explosion! The readings say so", the Doctor yelled at the man and my eyes widened at what the Doctor had just said.
"Well, how could you possibly know that, I haven't even…I haven't even processed them through the computer yet", the head scientist told him, not believing what he was hearing. "You need to trust him, he knows what he's talking about", I told the head scientist, who gave me an annoyed glance.
"I don't need to listen to anything, especially words from a young girl", the head scientist told me and I was taken aback, he turned away from me and I grew in anger.
"You should learn to listen to her as well as me when I say I don't need a computer", the Doctor told him.
"If he's right it's already too late", cried a female scientist, "No, it isn't! It doesn't have to happen, if you'll excuse me", the Doctor yelled and then ran around the room to all the different monitors.
First he pressed a couple of buttons and told a scientist to shut down the reactor, "There's insufficient power for that", a female scientist told the Doctor, "Well a quick short burst then from the reactor, now", ordered the Doctor.
I went over to the female scientist to give her my support, "Off", said the Doctor as she turned a knob, "Now link the circuit, with the reactor link", the Doctor told her and she pointed to a couple of switches on the console as she said, "Those switches there", she told me and I nodded before flicking them.
After that she gave me a concerned glance, "Are you alright", she asked me, "Yeah, why", I asked looking at her.
"Your nose", was all she said, before I lifted my hand to my face and felt something wet. Looking at my fingers I saw that they were red. The Doctor came over as the female scientist gave me a napkin, I turned around and wiped my know even pretended to blow it. There was no trash can around so I had to stuff the napkin in my pocket.
"Yes, yes that should hold it steady…it's…it's not perfect mind you. You ought to get an expert in , you know", the Doctor told the man, walking up to him.
"How did you know…it was all bluff, wasn't it, that two minutes and thirty-eight seconds to danger", the head scientist speculated.
"Oh, no it was near enough, give or take a second", the Doctor told him to which the head scientist replied with, "Rubbish."
I narrowed my eyes and placed my hands on my hips, then the Doctor held up his hand and lowered it back to his side. A gesture, I could only assume, that he knew I was about to say something.
"Check your precious computer then", the Doctor told the head scientist and my brows raised in surprise. I smiled amused and watched as the head scientist handed his clipboard over to a female scientist.
She walked over to the middle console which was attached to the large computer and read out loud what it said on the clipboard to which the computer replied with,
"Immediate emergency. In two minutes and thirty-seven seconds, the reactor will explode", the computer said.
"Well a second out. We can't all be perfect", the Doctor told them, I crossed my arms and chuckled as the scientists gave the Doctor baffled looks.
However, it was stopped short when the female scientist said, "We're at half power now, Leader Clent", "Why even Penley couldn't have done better. Where on Earth did you spring from", Clent asked the Doctor.
"So this…computer-robot-thing…what does it do exactly", I asked the female scientist, "It reads number sequences and tells us the best course of action", she told me, "What? You mean to tell me that's all it does? Reads numbers", I asked her.
"Negative: I talk as well, give advice, and instruction", the computer told me, "You mean the scientists can't do it on their own", I asked the computer.
"A computer is more precise", it told me. "H-how did you do that", the female asked me shocked and I looked at her confused before my eyes widened as I stepped back from the computer realizing what I had just done. I spoke to the computer…
Then Clent began to faint and everyone gathered around him, I was glad he attention was off me, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, no, no, no. It's nothing…. just, um-", "It's just an emergency and a ten hour duty spell", a female scientist told him annoyed and worried.
"You need the vibro-chair", she told him. "Yes, you're right. Um, contact medic-control center the moment there's any further-we'll talk some time, come with me", Clent said rubbing his forehead as the female scientist escorted him the medical center.
"Guess we'll follow him", the Doctor said as we followed them out, "Ask him where we are", Jaimie told us as we exited as we all left and followed the scientists out of the room. The female scientist laid Clent down on the "vibro-chair", it was some sort of vibration machine, that had special mechanics and needles. The machine massaged as well as put liquid into the joints that was bothering you.
I lifted my brow at the machine and then looked at Clent as he said, "Now, I'll have proof of your qualifications", Clent told the Doctor and I sighed annoyed.
"Is it really so hard to believe that he knows what he is talking about", I asked Clent.
"It does when it happens to be a scavenger that came in here from the wilderness, American", the man told me as I rubbed my temples, this man was grating on my nerves I thought annoyed.
"Look aren't we wasting time? If you want our help, why not tell us all about it", the Doctor asked the man.
"All about it? All about what? Where have you been all these years", Clent asked the Doctor. The Doctor looked back at me and I shrugged, before he answered his question, "Well…er, as a matter of fact…we've…we've been on retreat. In…Tibet. We're sanctifiers", the Doctor told the man and I cringed at his obvious lie.
"Oh, I see. In Tibet…well if you'll take a simple test, I'll soon know you're up to our scientific standards", Clent told the Doctor.
"I see…and er…if I fail", the Doctor asked, "You'll be evacuated with the other scavengers in due course", the man said amused.
"Oh? Where to", the Doctor asked, "The African re-habitation centers of course", I blinked confused, "Oh no", said Victoria, "What's wrong with Africa", I asked arms crossed.
"It's a desert", Victoria told me, "So", I asked knitting my brows, "I suppose you think we'd be alarmed by this", I asked the man, my anger slowly rising again.
"Really? You'll be living among wild animals, have to make your own food, create your own shelter, and live among savages", Clent told me and my face turned a bright shade of red.
"Excuse me", I said hotly, then I rolled up my leaves and walked up to him to and was about to punch him, before I shouted, "There are more people out there who are just as important, then you sitting in your "vibro-chair"", and then I walked away, violence was never the answer.. Then he glanced over at the Doctor for support, who just stayed silent as he straightened his bow-tie.
"I shall take your test now", the Doctor told him and the man rolled his eyes, before he growled, "Very well, I present to you a problem: All major continents are threatened with destruction, under glaciers of the second ice age. How would you halt the ice surge, and turn the climate back to normal? Forty-five seconds starting now", Clent told the Doctor. First the Doctor gave a long string of theories on how the second ice age came to be, so that he could give a clearer answer to his question.
It was a while before he asked if the Carbon Dioxide was the problem, it had dropped significantly then the Doctor answered with, "I would use ionization", the Doctor finally answered, with only seconds to spare.
"Well? Is he right", Jaimie asked, "Yes, yes he is", said clent as he stood, using his cane for support as he explained to the Doctor how they no longer needed that many plants since they were making their own food now.
"So…you got rid of them? Most of them", I asked Clent, "Well, it's not like we needed them…. we were getting over populated. Hence why we started making our own foods and we needed more room, more and for people to live on. We were running out and Earth became over crowded, what was the use of plants then, if we didn't have room and no longer needed them for food", he asked me.
I stared at the man wide eyed, "Um, let me see…oxygen for one and you know agriculture, multiple animals actually live around these so-called plants that you seem to just not give a damn about", I told him angrily and the man just remained silent.
"Are you alright", Victoria asked as she came up to me, pulling me away from the man, "I'm fine", I snapped pulling away from her grasp and she flinched, "Sorry, I told her…I'm just…tired", I said and rubbed my forehead.
I sighed and asked, "So we met before this…but was I different", and she nodded, "Yes, um…" Victoria said and then pointed to her face and just as she was about to say something, Jaimie pulled her away.
"Stop", he told her, "She deserves to know", Victoria told him, "No", he said, "Um", I said grabbing their attention, "Tell me what", I asked curiously.
"Are you quite finished", the Doctor said walking up to us and then dragged me away, "No telling of secret future events", he told them, "Secret", I asked him and he hushed me. There was something they were hiding and…something was happening to me….what it was I had no idea, but…it worried me.