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After the Tardis had quieted down, they heard that someone was knocking on the door. The Doctor walked over and opened the door. "Ah, Magnus! Great to see you again!"
Sal's first impression of him was that he was old. Really, really old. He looked so old she was amazed he was still able to drive a car.
"It's been a long time," the man said fondly. He walked up to the Doctor, leaning on his cane. "But you haven't changed a bit."
The Doctor looked sad.
"The curse of being me, I suppose." He frowned. "But right now we need to get going! Only an hour and a half until Maddy opens the portal!" He introduced Magnus to Liam and Sal, and they walked out of the Tardis and got into Magnus's car. Magnus drove.
The first place they stopped was right under the Space Needle. The Doctor, Sal, and Liam all got out and split up, looking for any signs of a disturbance. Sal spotted the ambulance first. She yelled for the others. They came over.
"Where do you think the Seeker is?" Sal asked.
"Probably not too far. It should follow us," the Doctor said, not very reassuringly.
They ran back to the car.
They stopped again, only a couple blocks farther, in front of the Pacific Science Center. They got out. They tried to go in, but stopped when they realized you had to pay, and they didn't have any money.
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Liam.
"I guess, wait until something happens," Sal said.
They didn't have to wait long. A woman ran into the entrance and yelled "Call 911! Someone's dying!"
They ran after her. The person at the desk was too confused and worried to do anything about it.
They saw the victim in the dinosaur exhibit. The man was lying on the ground. Unnoticed to all but those looking for it, a shadow glided away, sensing bigger prey. It glided towards the Doctor. They ran.
"Well, we know it's working then!" he yelled as they ran back down the stairs and out the door. They got back in the car. Sal looked at the clock. 3:51.
The next stop was at the Seattle Art Museum. As soon as they went in, they stopped, disappointed to find themselves in the same predicament again. They waited for fifteen minutes without anything happening. They went outside. 4:15.
"Maybe it's left already," said Sal.
"I should have brought that detector thing," the Doctor said.
However, they were spared from more waiting when Sal saw a shadowy figure coming towards them. They ran again. Three down, one to go. But time was running out.
The next (and last) stop was under a bridge. They got out of the car.
Liam was the first to see the huge carving of a troll under the bridge. "Woah," he said.
Sal and the Doctor turned around. "Awesome!" exclaimed the Doctor.
"Reminds me of a TV show I watched when I was little," said Sal, "it had a troll under a bridge who asked riddles and wouldn't let anyone pass."
They waited for several minutes, watching for any sign of a Seeker. They saw nothing. Sal checked her phone. 4:26. Four minutes until the portal.
Sal felt a strange tingling feeling. She turned around, and saw a Seeker, right behind her. She screamed.
The Doctor and Liam turned around. But they were too late. She had collapsed.
"No, no no no no no!" the Doctor yelled. He and Liam dropped down to help her. Sal was not responding, only breathing shallowly. They picked her up and put her in the car. Magnus called 911.
"Only two minutes until the portal opens," the Doctor said. "We have found them all now. We can kill them. I don't know if that will help her, but it's our best chance. And it will stop other people from dying."
The Doctor ran to the corner. The portal was scheduled to open anytime now. He had to stop this. He had to stop the killing.
The portal opened. At first, Liam thought, it looked just like a regular portal. But then it started to shine brighter, and brighter, until he couldn't look straight at it anymore. It also made an extremely loud and annoying noise that gave him a headache. Let's hope we don't ever have to do this again, he thought.
He saw the Doctor walk towards the portal. He stood in front of it, yelling words she couldn't hear over the earsplitting noise of the portal. He seemed to be taunting the Seekers, egging them to come closer. He didn't know if they could understand him, but he saw three shadows appear around him. Where's the fourth? he thought with alarm. A few seconds later, a fourth spirit appeared. He sighed with relief. It was time to end this.
He looked down at Sal. He could hear the ambulance sirens only a few blocks away, but would they be in time? Would they even be able to save her? Would killing the Seekers make her come back?