Here it is… Chapter Four. Voices in heads are becoming a real problem for poor Kerralie. And the real reason I want reviews is my cybercat, Dave, is fed on reviews and if he doesn't get them he threatens to eat my story documents. So, help me feed him or he will make sure I never write again. Now, on with the show… er, story, I mean
Chapter Four
As the Doctor hesitated on the edge of Kerralie's mind, the gold liquid flowed up into several shapes. As they solidified he saw they were all Kerralie, but slightly different. One was shining all over, one was dreamy-looking, one was very serious, one kept looking around and the other one was watching him carefully with a kind of knowing look on her face. There was a kind of sigh from all around him and Kerralie's voice said, I thought I told you all to stay out of the way!
"Kerralie, why can I see five of you?" asked the Doctor.
They're parts of my mind which went renegade. Say hello, girls.
Hi, said the serious one.
Hello, said the dreamy one
Nice to meet you, said the one that was shimmering
HOW ARE YOU? Asked the one who kept looking around
Yes, hello, said the knowing one.
I'm really not crazy. It just seems that way to, well, everyone.
"Where's this voice thing then?"
Which one? I'm only kidding. This way.
The liquid light parted to form a sort of road, leading into another part of Kerralie's ocean, and he headed off along it, followed by the Kerralies, who didn't want to miss a thing.
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The Doctor was trying to trace where the voice had come from, when something completely unexpected happened. There was a rush of black light, engulfing Kerralie's mind, the voice boomed again: 'I HAVE FOUND YOU!' and the Doctor was ejected suddenly, crashing back into his body, which was surprisingly painful for something that didn't happen in the physical world at all. He raised his head slowly, a headache sizzling through him. Kerralie was on her knees, but as she looked up it was obvious what was wrong. Her eyes were no longed gold. They were completely black, with no iris, pupils or whites. She looked at him, met his eyes, and the blackness seared into him, like blazing ice.
"Kerralie? Are you OK?"
When she spoke, her voice was a menacing hiss.
"I am not Kerralie. I am Kay."
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Kay was walking around the console in the TARDIS, sometimes trailing her fingers over the instruments. The Doctor could hear the TARDIS calling out, trying to reach Kerralie, but Kay was ignoring her pleas. The Doctor was planning. If he could get near enough to the console he could fly them back to Cardiff and get Jack's help. But Kay was having none of it. She looked up at him, and said, "You won't." She summoned the power easily, and pressed him firmly into one of the support beams, trapping him there. Then she turned back to the controls.
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Kerralie was trapped inside her own mind. When the black wave had swept in, it had formed a sort of cage around her. She wasn't alone. In the cage were all the separate parts of her mind. They were all trying to think of a way out, and they were all failing miserably. Kerralie was trying to listen in on Kay's thoughts, to find out what she was planning to do. And so it was Kerralie who knew first that Kay was flying to Cardiff of her own accord and Kerralie knew exactly why.
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The power which held the Doctor against the support beam was starting to hurt a little. It wasn't crushing, but it was very strong, and impossible to escape from. Kay had put the TARDIS in flight, and now they had landed he risked speaking up.
"Where are we?"
Kay smiled a very scary smile, the kind that makes you think of madmen.
"We're in Cardiff. It was your idea that made me think of this. You see the timeship is refusing to travel through time for me, so I will have to find another way. The rift will do nicely. And now I have the power of time from this girl, I can split it open."
The problem with splitting open the rift is that if it's not done correctly, it can implode the universe- a bit like timelines fracturing. And Kerralie, watching and listening from inside, knew that Kay didn't know how to do it properly, and so would end up killing most of the universe, if not all of it. She tried to free herself from the cage, but it was no use. She would have to watch as the universe was destroyed by her power.
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This being Cardiff, Jack had noticed the TARDIS landing and was wondering where everyone was. Normally the Doctor would have emerged from it by now. So he walked over to it, fished out his key, went inside and was pinned rather unceremoniously into the wall. He saw Kay's black eyes and the Doctor also pinned up against a support beam and realised he had just walked into a very bad situation.
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Kerralie was trying everything. She could feel the power being drained as Kay summoned it to open the rift. And from somewhere inside her, an idea suddenly formed.
This is my mind, and I control it.
The power grew as Kay drew more out.
All those people. No.
She looked at the walls around her, and suddenly they weren't there. The black tide turned gold as she stepped forward. And Kay's voice shouted. NO! as Kerralie called back the power that had been building and sent it all searing into Kay.
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All Jack and the Doctor knew was that the power holding them had suddenly stopped, and Kay had fallen to her knees holding her temples. They glanced at each other and went to her. She was whimpering, rocking backwards and forwards. Then suddenly she looked up, opened her eyes, and they were bright, glowing gold all over. Then the light faded, but her eyes were normal, with the gold cat-eye look she had had before.
"Are you OK?" asked the Doctor, as he and Jack helped her up.
"Fine, thanks. Apart from the possession, I'm great. I didn't hurt anyone, did I?"
"No, though the power was a little crushing," said Jack with typical tact.
"Now all we have to do is sort out whoever did this," said the Doctor, and Kerralie got the feeling that she was far from finished with Kay.
Nearly done. Probably got about a chapter left. You know what comes next: reviewing. Gotta feed Dave. On a completely unconnected note, does anyone know what a chibi is? Loads of people write about them and I have no clue. If you know, post it as part of the review which you ARE going to write, aren't you?
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