Brigadier, the Doctor, Liz, and I decided it was best to go to the barn to check it out; on our arrival we noticed, after exiting the car, that there were claw marks not only on the owner's car but on the barn as well…even the door was partially torn off. We entered the barn as a police officer escorted us inside and we saw Squire barn, covered in claw marks and I had to look away from the sight of it as the Doctor placed a blanket over the body.
"Poor chap", I overheard the Doctor say, "Are they the same marks as you found on Davis, in the caves", Liz asked, seemingly unfazed, "No, these were made from something quite different…smaller perhaps, but very powerful", the Doctor told her.
"I thought you said the thing wasn't hostile", Brigadier said in confusion, "Yes, but I imagine that the squire attacked him with this", the Doctor said as he stood and picked up a pitchfork that laid not too far from Squire.
"May have been cornered", the Doctor added, "And Squire provoked him", I commented, "Precisely", the Doctor agreed.
"What of the wife", the Doctor asked the Brigadier suddenly, "She's at a local hospital, suffering from shock", Brigadier told him.
"Yes, well…we'll need to have a word with her", the Doctor told him, "Perhaps you'd like to stay and do some forensic tests, Liz", the Doctor asked her.
"What for", I asked, "Those claw marks…they weren't the cause of death you know", the Doctor told us, "Then what was", Brigadier asked, "Heart failure, you might say he died from fear", the Doctor told him.
The Brigadier, the Doctor, and I went to the hospital to talk to the wife of the deceased, after talking with Liz on why I shouldn't and eventually she gave in. After speaking to the lady at the front desk and telling her how we needed to speak to the patient about her husband, the clerk refused until the Brigadier showed her his badge and the Doctor gave her a charming smile. The lady glanced between the two men and nodded before letting us go through as I rolled my eyes at the situation.
We walked through the door and went down the hall, I sighed, "At least we're though, but did you really have to do that", I asked annoyed.
"It was the only way to get through", the Brigadier told me confused, "I know that, but Doctor…never mind", I said looking away as the Doctor gave me a teasing confused glance.
As we entered the room, all traces of humor had now vanished as we looked at the poor woman who lied on the bed gasping, staring wide-eyed at the ceiling. We slowly walked into her room and stood next to her bed as she sweated, the poor woman saw her husband dead in the barn…covered in claw marks all over his body. Who knows what she saw to make her so afraid, but we had to find out.
"Now, please I want you to tell me what happened to your husband", the Doctor asked the woman, "Can you remember what happened to him", he asked as her eyes were wide in fear as she gasped for air.
"Whatever she saw seemed to have traumatized her from speaking", I commented, which the Doctor heard, "She was found in the barn, paralyzed with fear. She may have seen something", the Doctor told me as I went around to the other side of the bed and pulled up a chair to sit next to her.
I took one of the wash cloths next to her bed, dunked it into a bowl of cold water that sat on the dresser next to her, and began to dab her forehead with it.
"Have you got a pen", the Doctor asked the Brigadier suddenly and he gave him a pen just as he asked, "And the chart", the Doctor asked and the Brigadier grabbed the chart that hung on the end of the woman's bed and handed it over to the Doctor.
The Doctor turned over the sheet of paper and began to draw on it, before he showed it to the woman I said, "I don't think that's a good idea."
"I know, but it's the only way to communicate with her in her current state", he told me and then turned his attention to the woman as he turned the chart over to show the woman the picture he had drew.
" Have you seen anything like this before", the Doctor asked her and the woman gasped louder as she tried to speak, "Yes…what", the Doctor asked.
"Killed him", the woman said looking up at the Doctor, "Yes", the Doctor asked, "K-killed him", the woman cried.
"What happened then? Where did he go", the Doctor asked her, "It stayed", she told him as her eyes filled with tears, "Yes, where" the Doctor asked her.
"I-in the barn", she told him as her tears spilled over, I took a clean and dry cloth from the dresser to wipe her tears away; she glanced at me thankfully.
"In the barn", the Doctor asked, "In the barn", the woman confirmed, "He's still there", the Doctor told us and Lethbridge-Stewart's eyes widened in realization, "Miss Shaw", he said and then ran out of the room. As I stood, the woman held my hand and I glanced down to look at her as she smiled sadly up at me; a tear fell down my cheek as I looked down at her. Then she glanced at the Doctor, who stood outside of the room…waiting, then she shook my hand so she could get my attention and when I looked down at her again she was still smiling.
I couldn't help, but blush and look away, "We have to go check on our friend", I told her and she nodded as she let go of my hand.
I left the room after smiling at her once more and walked down the hall with the Doctor, "Had she anything more to say", the Doctor asked me and I thought about what the woman's eyes were saying.
She knew something, but even so it was too early to tell, "No, it was nothing", I told him and I could tell he was curious but he dropped the subject as we left the hospital.
We rushed back to the Squire's farm and the Brigadier told the soldiers get the gates open, we ran through the gate and entered the barn to find Liz unconscious on the ground. The Doctor was quick to run up to her, I ran on the other side of her to check on her as well, and check on her as the Brigadier pulled out his gun to search the area of the barn.
Then the Brigadier returned, "Alright, panic over, there's nothing here", he told us, "It must be here sir", a soldier said as he walked in after having check outside, "We have the barn surrounded."
"Alright officer, we can manage", Brigadier told the man as he came over to sit with us.
"What happened" Brigadier asked as the soldier went up to the higher part of the barn, "Well give her a moment, she's just coming around", the Doctor told him and just as he said so, Liz slowly raised her head and glanced at the three of us.
After a moment, she said, "I saw it", the soldier from before called out for Brigadier to come and see what he had found.
Liz held her head as the Brigadier left to see what it was, "Now Liz, this thing…what did it look like", the Doctor asked her.
"It's like a reptile, but it walked upright…like a man", Liz told him, the Doctor nodded as he had her sit down on a haystack and then checked her head.
"Are you alright", I asked her, "Yes, I'm fine", she replied, Liz didn't seem injured from what I could tell and I was relieved that she was alright.
Then Dr. Quinn walked into the barn who was surprised to see us there, "Dr. Quinn", I asked confused, "What's going on", he asked us.
"Liz was attacked, how did you get here", the Doctor asked him.
"Oh? I was on my way back to the research center, I saw all the police and soldiers outside", Dr. Quinn told him.
"So, you're feeling better then", the Doctor asked, "What", Dr. Quinn asked, "I understood you didn't feel too well", the Doctor told him.
"Oh…yes, well I went to my cottage and…now I'm feeling alright now", Dr. Quinn told him; what was that pause, I wondered as the Doctor glanced at me before turning to face Dr. Quinn again, "Whereabouts is your cottage", the Doctor asked the man.
Dr. Quinn seemed curious about the exchange before answering some-what quickly, "By the lake, just north of the center. What's happened to you? Are you alright", Dr. Quinn asked Liz, who seemed like was trying to change the subject away from himself.
"Something attacked me", Liz told him, "What sort of thing", Dr. Quinn asked, "Like a- ", "We don't know yet", the Doctor told him as he cut off Liz and she seemed confused by this.
"Everything's organized, the chopper's already up", Brigadier said as he walked back into the barn, "Well, I'd better get out of the way clearly you're all very busy", Dr. Quinn said as he was about to leave, before Brigadier stopped him.
"One moment Dr. Quinn, just a thought, perhaps you may be able to help us. You know this district, if you wanted to hide, where would you go", Brigadier asked Dr. Quinn, after he told us where to go we all entered the helicopter so we could go to the fields.
We searched the area for a few hours and we still had found nothing, the fields were larger than I thought…there was still so much land to cover.
As we examined the map with the land owner, he apologized, "I'm sorry that I can't be any more help. There's a lot of wild country around here", "Well, thank you anyway. We'll cover the whole area", Brigadier told him.
"I really must be getting back to the center", the man told the Brigadier before he left.
"Dr. Quinn, I wonder if you mind giving Miss Shaw a lift", the Doctor asked him, "I'm sorry I can't", Dr. Quin told him and I looked at him suspiciously.
"But, I thought you were heading straight back" the Doctor asked the man confused.
"I'm going to the garage in the village first. There's something wrong with my car, it might take some time", Dr. Quinn said and then walked away.
"Not to worry, I'll send her back in a police car", Brigadier told the Doctor and we noticed Dr. Quinn was still hanging around.
Once he noticed him, he seemed surprised for a moment before he said, "Oh, I'm going then…excuse me", Dr. Quinn said and then left.
"Odd fellow", I commented before I lifted a brow at what I had just said, "Very", the Doctor agreed and I was glad he didn't look at my face.
"Yes, well I'll get it laid on", Brigadier said then left as well, but not before giving me a some-what amused glance.
I blushed in embarrassment, "Doctor, Acacia, look at the map", Liz told us as we turned around to look back the map to examine it.
"Dr. Quinn's cottage is here and the village is here", Liz said pointing to wo different places on the map that were close together.
"Well", the Doctor asked confused, "This farm is miles out of his way", Liz told us and I raised my brows, then they narrowed, "Something is wrong with his car my a-", "That is strange", the Doctor said as he covered my mouth before I could curse.
Later it was decided that I would head back to H.Q. with Liz, I did this so I could look after her and two because…I didn't have a choice. Brigadier and the Doctor didn't want to risk another person getting hurt, they told me this then drove away in the Doctor's yellow car.
Liz and I went to go check on the major who had ended up getting hurt, "Hello Major", Liz greeted, "How are you", I asked.
"I'm fine, how are you two…please sit", he told us as he laid on the bed. Both Liz and I stayed standing and the Major gave us a look, but didn't say anything about it.
"Did the Brigadier get the message", the Major asked, "Yes, he asked if I could come and see you", Liz told him.
"And the girl", the man asked lifted a brow at the two of us and Liz paused for a moment, "She's here by her own request", she told him.
"Can she not speak for herself", he asked, "I can, sir, it's just… have few words to say in situations like this", I told him.
"Hm, so you're inexperienced", the Major asked me and I hesitated, "Yes, sir", I said and looked down, then he nodded politely, "What of the Brigadier", he asked Liz.
"You're to stay here until you're better", she told him, "How's the arm", I asked as I noticed that his arm was in a sling.
"It's perfectly alright", he said trying to take his arm out before Liz stopped him, "Look, I've got to get out of her", the Major complained.
"Just as Dr. Meredith says so, there's still a chance you could have a concussion", she told him, "Oh, rubbish", the Major said upset.
"Do you really want to take that chance and possibly go unconscious", I asked him and he paused his movements, "No…I suppose not", he said reluctantly.
"Right, now how much do you of what happened to you", Liz asked him.
"Everything, I saw this man, he must have been a saboteur. I took a shot at him and then…and then…everything went black. Look isn't the Brigadier taking any action", he asked us.
"I'm sure he is, just leave it to him", Liz told him, "We must go", Liz said walking towards the door, "And you must stay", I told Major.
"Miss Shaw and Miss Wood, please. I have got to see the Brigadier", the man pleaded with us.
"No, I'm sorry", Liz told him and I gave him an apologetic look before we left his room. As we left I told her that he was going to attempt to leave and she only sighed at that as we exited out of the hospital.
As we exited, the Doctor was quick to pull up and asked if I could join him to check something out. I nodded and entered the passenger seat, then we drove off as Liz gave us a confused look and placed her hands on her hips. We drove up to Dr. Quin's cottage and upon arriving the Doctor asked if I was alright and that he noticed that I was getting paler.
I looked down, so he already knew, "I…haven't been feeling well…if that's what you're asking", I told him honestly, "And I think it's getting worse…is that why you picked me up? To check up on me?"
He didn't say anything as we got out of the car to walk up to the front door of Dr. Quinn's cottage and then he knocked. No answer and the Doctor opened the door after I gave him a look, I sighed as we slowly entered. As we examined the interior, we noticed he kept it the cottage really warm, like a reptile room at the zoo…the Doctor had said. Walking further in, we didn't notice anything strange or out of the ordinary…the again a lot of the door were closed.
When Dr. Quinn found us inside, he insisted or told us to leave his cottage immediately…so we went back to H.Q. that was located at the manor. After I gave the Doctor a hard time about peeking into another person's house and "breaking in", he just chuckled as we drove back in his yellow car.
We went into Dr. Quinn's office after returning to the manor, where we found Liz, "Good you're already here, now we need to look through those files", the Doctor said picking up a big pile of files from inside the filing cabinet and placed it on Dr. Quinn's desk. We looked through all the files about Dr. Quinn that could've be important, then the Doctor went back to the filing cabinet and asked for a paper knife. While I continued to look through the files and Liz handed him another one.
After a while, Liz and I heard a clicking sound right behind us and when we turned around to see what it was, we found the Doctor trying to break into the cabinet.
"Just what do you think you're doing", Liz asked the Doctor, "Breaking open the cabinet, my dear, he's not likely to leave anything important lying around is he", the Doctor replied and then managed to open the cabinet.
"There we are", the Doctor said in triumph and then smiled at the both of us before looking through the files within the cabinet until he found something and pulled it out. What he pulled out was some sort of ball and a few sheets of paper, the Doctor and I examined the papers as Liz looked at the ball.
"It's a globe", Liz said, "Of planet Earth", I added and she nodded, "Surely that's the west coast of America…no, the land masses are all bunched together", Liz said confused as she rolled the globe around in her hands.
"What's that? Let me have a look at that", the Doctor said and Liz gave him the globe to examine as I curiously looked at the globe as well.
"Of course, this is the world as it was before the great continental drift, two hundred million years ago", the Doctor told us. "Pangea", I questioned, "Yes", he said before handing the globe back over to Liz and then took another look at the notes.
"And these notes…are the calculations on the age of the Earth…with reference to the Silurian era", the Doctor told us, before Miss Dawson barged in and questioned us angrily on why we were in Dr. Quinn's office.
"This is Dr. Quinn's private office I shall have to inform Director about this", Miss Dawson said grabbing the phone from Dr. Quinn's desk.
"That won't help Doctor Quinn, will it", the Doctor asked her, "What are you talking about", Miss Dawson demanded, "I'm talking about the caves Miss Dawson", the Doctor replied.
"What about them", she asked annoyed, "There's something down there…and I think Dr. Quinn knows what it is", the Doctor told her and she slowly set down the phone.
The Doctor took a cautious step forward toward the woman, "Now look…you must tell me what you know, miss Dawson", the Doctor told her, "Before anyone else gets hurt", I added.
The Doctor glanced back at me before looking back at the woman and she remained silent, "Maybe even Dr. Quinn", the Doctor added as well and she caved, "Oh…I warned him- ", "Warned him Warned him about what", I asked cutting her off.
"I promised I wouldn't tell anyone…but if Dr. Quinn is in danger…I…" Miss Dawson said before Brigadier barged in.
"Doctor, Acacia, would you come with me", he asked us, before the Doctor waved at the man to be quiet, "Yes, Miss Dawson", the Doctor said, urging her to continue.
"I'm sorry Doctor, I can't help you. And now if you'll excuse me", she said and then walked out. Then the Brigadier closed the door after she was gone and then walked up to the three of us questioningly.
"What was that all about", he asked us as I placed my hands on my hips and gave him a look.
"Never mind Lethbridge Stewart, it's too late now", the Doctor said annoyed before sitting down as I brushed my finger through my hair, brushing it back and then sighed.