Chapter 2

The Warriors

Amy and Rory were being almost carried by the giant. They were approaching a massive structure with dome that had what looked like a garden inside. They were approaching the door to the structure and it was opened by two of the other giants.

"GET OF ME!" Amy was struggling to break free from the grip of the creature.

"I don't think we'll be able to hurt them in any way. They are giants in armour. I'd take that as a hint that they don't get hurt very easily"

They were pushed inside and the doors closed. There were many other giants inside.

The giant holding them had spikes on its helmet. Its eyes were covered but the green mouth was visible. Tufts of fur emerged from joints in the armour. The rest were similar except for one at the end of the corridor. This one had a more streamlined helmet and armour that looked lighter than the armour on the others.

"Who are these?" said the Giant with the streamlined helmet.

"I found them outside a blue box" said the giant holding Amy and Rory. "It seemed to appear out of thin air"

"Were there any others?" asked the stream lined helmeted Giant

"I didn't see anyone else and the blue box only seemed big enough to accommodate two" the giant holding the couple replied.

Amy and Rory were silent. They had the element of surprise and they weren't going to give the game away.

The Doctor was running round the TARDIS console looking tense. The TARDIS being bigger on the inside was great but it didn't have enough electrical sockets. His eye fell on the TARDIS console which had two sockets which were almost invisible. He rushed over and plugged the kettle in. Then he Ran down one of the many flights of stairs and found a tap. It looked new. He suspected that the previous taps had become part of the console. He poured it into a cup and then ran back to the control room making sure he didn't spill the water. He left the water to boil. When the water was boiled he poured it into an insulated flask. He then pressed a few controls and the TARDIS dematerialised.

Meanwhile Amy and Rory were being questioned by the giants.

"What are you doing here" said one giant

"We're just sightseeing" said Amy still resisting

"I doubt that" replied the giant "you were sent from earth to investigate the disappearance of the mars mission weren't you?"

"What are you...?" Rory was interrupted by the sound of the TARDIS landing right next to where the giant with the streamlined helmet was standing. The doors opened and the Doctor opened the door.

His eyes fell on Amy and Rory

"Hello!" he said "Did you miss me?"

"Doctor!" shouted Amy causing crackling noises on the space suit radio. "What are these Things?"

"Martians, Amy" replied the Doctor "Sometimes known as ice warriors. They're reptiles underneath that armour"

"Well that's great but I was kind of hoping for a way to fight them!" Amy shouted back.

"I have just the thing!" said the doctor pulling his flask out of his pocket.

"How the hell did you do that?" said Amy who had a shocked expression on her face.

"It's the pockets" said the Doctor "They're bigger on the inside"

He turned to the Streamline helmeted Martian.

"Ah! The Martian nobility. The Ice Lord. Tell me your intentions and give me back my friends or I'll use this!" The Doctor showed the Ice lord the flask.

"What is this?" asked the Ice Lord

"It's a flask of water which I've only just boiled and I'm not afraid to use it" the doctor replied "Now hand my friends over first"

"Fine" said the Ice Lord looking angry. He directed for the Ice Warrior holding Amy and Rory to bring the couple over.

"I've extended the force field slightly" said the Doctor "So get inside take off the space suits and join in on our chitchat"

Amy and Rory rushed inside the TARDIS and quickly took off their space suits.

"Well," said the Doctor when Amy and Rory returned to the door "What your plans then Ice Warriors"

"We have no plans" said the Ice Lord "I am Axyr, a Martian of peace."

"You said something about a disappearing mars mission" Amy spoke up

"We do not know what happened to the expedition" Said the Ice Lord.

"Then why were you worried about the ideas of us investigating?" replied Amy. The Ice Lord was silent for a moment then shouted.

"GET THEM!" suddenly the Ice Warriors were closing in. The Doctor wave the flask in their face. It was batted away by one of the warriors and some of the water spilled on Axyr. He screamed and as the warriors stopped to help him The Doctor, Amy and Rory rushed inside.

"We need to get out of here fast!" said the Doctor. Just then the door opened and one of the Ice Warriors was about to walk in. The Doctor quickly pressed some controls and the TARDIS dematerialised. The warrior was half inside half outside the TARDIS as this happened and started screaming. There seemed to be a blazing fire outside the TARDIS which the Ice Warrior was being sucked into. In just a moment it was outside and the Doctor quickly went over to close the doors avoiding looking outside but the fire outside the TARDIS seemed to be pulling him out. He managed to close the doors and fell to the floor.

"What was that?" Amy asked.

"The Time Vortex" the doctor said breathlessly "You could die if you're sucked into it. That Ice Warrior was partly inside and partly outside when the TARDIS dematerialised and that's not good. Not good at all, if you looked closely you would have noticed he was missing a limb or two. The remains are still on Mars."

"So where are we going?" Amy asked.

"Earth" replied the Doctor simply "We need to inform the people at the top"

The flight noises of the TARDIS stopped and the Doctor headed for the door. He opened it and was confronted by a man in military uniform pointing a gun right at his head.

"Oh" said the Doctor raising his hands into the air "They've sent someone to welcome us"