Chapter 6
The Doctor couldn't sleep all night. After getting Carrissa to sleep, his brain was already at work with the task at hand. Why did they kill the T.A.R.D.I.S.? How did they even do it? No one had enough knowledge to completely destroy such a complex machine as her. It was hard figuring out what was wrong, he had to use a flash light because the lights weren't powered. By the time Carrissa got up, he made no progress. He decided he needed to focus on the bigger task now.
Carrissa came from her room smelling... breakfast? No one had cooked her breakfast. Ever. It was really sweet. It made her feel different towards the Doctor... No. The Doctor was an alien with a wierd box and- he was alien. Never gonna happen.
"Good morning, Carrissa. How do you like your eggs?
...
"Here's a cup of the fertilizer. I don't know why you need it, it seems completely normal to me."
"Yes, but have you ever noticed the little white seeds in it." He stepped closer to Carrissa to show her what he was talking about. Their eyes met and she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head. She quickly looked down at the fertilizer in his hands.
"These seeds are hard to determine what planet they came from. Without the T.A.R.D.I.S to analyze these, I can't be sure. If I had more clues this would be so easy. Is there anything else we have to go off of?"
Carrissa really still didn't understand a word this man said. But she can still try to be some sort of help. "I can go get the rest of the bag, if you want to see more of it."
"Uh, yes, sure." He didn't really seem to be listening. He just continued on with fiddling with the fertilizer.
When she stepped into the garage, the fertilizer was gone, just leaving the bag.
"Doctor! The fertilizer is gone!"
He walked into the garage. When he saw the bag on the floor, his eyes widened. He reached down and gingerly picked up the plain brown bag, as if it would come undone in his hands.
"Doctor, what is it?"
"This is the silk from the Mohandy tribe."
"What are they?"
"They're just like caterpillars but bigger. You might be able to step on a caterpillar, but the Mohandy could easily crush you without trying."
"Are they bad? Do they want to eat us or something?"
"Of course they're not going to eat you. They'll either leave this planet alone, or kill the human race. It depends if there from the north or the south side of their planet, Ribrosts.