(Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who and the Half-Life series.)
Infinity Squared
By: RoboAngel
Chapter 2: Timeless
After what felt like forever trying to follow the Rings of Infinity, Ed and FIDO finally made it to their destination. They arrived at a rusty metal door with the infinity symbol painted on it but without the arrow. Ed and FIDO looked at their surroundings to see where they ended up at. It appeared that they were at an old apartment complex. Ed shrugged her shoulders and said, "I guess this is the place." Ed opened the door and went inside with FIDO following behind her, but little did they know that in the shadows of the alley two CC soldiers were watching them.
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Ed and FIDO climbed a few flights up the stairs and ended up on the fifth floor of the apartment complex. Ed and FIDO slowly and cautiously walked down the hall and peered into the apartment doors that were smashed open. "Looks like no one's home," said Ed disappointedly, "I was really hoping that we were really going to get some help. Maybe we took a wrong turn or maybe…"
But before Ed could finish the door at the end of the hall burst open and CC soldiers poured out while saying, "Civilian, cease and desist!"
Ed knew that if they ceased and desisted they were dead. She looked at FIDO and asked, "Well what do you think boy? Die like cowards or die fighting?"
"The second one ma'am," said FIDO as if nothing bad was going on.
"Same here," said Ed and the two of them ran to the nearest apartment. Ed frantically looked around to find either a weapon or an exit but the apartment was bare and dirty. Ed tried to think of a way to defend themselves but it was too late, a CC soldier was already at the front door with his rifle raised and ready to shoot. Ed pointed to the soldier and said, "Sick 'em boy!" FIDO obeyed and ran towards the soldier. The soldier shot at FIDO but he dodged the bullets and jumped onto the soldier. FIDO opened up his chainsaw-like mouth and began to drill into the soldier's throat.
Another CC soldier appeared at the front door with a stun gun in his hand but FIDO was distracted with his first kill. Ed ran to FIDO to help him and yelled out, "FIDO look out!" FIDO immediately looked up to the CC soldier with the stun gun but it was too late, the soldier shocked FIDO into Shut Down mode and fell to the ground. "No, leave my dog alone!" yelled out Ed as the soldier picked up FIDO in his arms.
The soldier faced Ed and looked like he was about to say something when another CC soldier burst through one of the broken windows with a repel line. The soldier with FIDO looked at the other soldier and Ed took the opportunity to dart into the kitchen and then to the bathroom. She locked the bathroom door and found another door behind her. "That probably leads to the bedroom," thought Ed, "maybe there's a fire escape I can use. Once I escape, I'll find a way to get FIDO back." She felt horrible leaving FIDO behind with Civilian Control, but she had nothing to fight with and nothing to protect herself with. If only she had her APE suit again.
Ed opened the door to the bedroom and found a soldier standing before her, Ed started to back up but the soldier quickly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her towards him. Ed fought and struggled to get free but the soldier was too strong for her. The soldier covered her mouth and nose with a cloth. "He's trying to drug me," thought Ed and tried to fight it off her face.
"It's alright, I've got you," said the soldier as Ed was beginning to feel the effect of the drugs.
Ed's entire body was beginning to feel heavy, she wanted to scream and fight but her body wasn't going to let her. Her vision was getting blurry, her eyes lids were about to close, and before she fell into a drug-induced sleep she heard the Doctor's voice calling out to her, "Emma!"
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Ed's body lay limp in the soldier's arms. He removed the cloth from her face and smoothed out some of her hair. He carried her in his arms and left the bedroom. He went into the living room and walked to the CC soldier with FIDO in his arms. "Let's get them out of here," said the soldier with Ed and led the other soldier out of the apartment and to the elevator.
They both got into the elevator and were about to go down into the basement when another CC soldier with a rifle in his hands said, "Where are you taking those two? They were supposed to be executed."
"Change of plans, the Warden wants to have them questioned," said the soldier with Ed.
"I never heard that order," said the soldier.
"Oh well then," said the soldier with Ed, "Sucks to be you!" He then pressed the button for the basement and went down before the CC soldier caught up with them. When they reached the basement, the two soldiers ran to an old vending machine. "We better hurry before CC catches up with us," said the soldier with Ed as he gently laid her down on the floor. He punched in a code of soft drinks buttons and the machine opened up to an underground pathway. He picked up Ed and led down the pathway as the vending machine closed.
The path was dark, narrow, and wet but the both of them knew it like the back of their hand so they weren't worried about being lost. They made it to a metal door with a little door at eye height. The soldier with Ed knocked on the door three times and the little door opened up. A pair of female blue eyes peered through the little door and the woman said, "Your mark." The soldier with Ed and the soldier with FIDO stood side by side to let the woman see their mark. On both of the soldiers' goblin-like masks was the infinity sign carved in right between the eyes. "Okay, you're clear," said the woman and opened the door.
The two soldiers stepped into a room that was used for a high tech base. People in blue jumpsuits, street closes, and wilderness gear were working on computers, planning strategies over maps and blueprints of cities and buildings, and preparing weapons. The soldier with Ed carried her to a small bedroom at the far end of the room. He gently placed Ed onto the bed and turned to the soldier with FIDO. "Take FIDO to the Underground, have Tom take care of him," said the soldier who carried Ed, "I want to talk to her alone, okay?"
"Alright then, good luck Casanova," said the soldier with FIDO and laughed through his mask.
"Shut up Mickey," said the soldier annoyingly and slammed the door. He walked to a chair that had a leather jacket and a pair of goggles hanging on it and dragged it to the bed. The soldier sat down and looked at the floor. "I can't believe that actually worked," said the soldier and looked up to Ed's sleeping body, "You were hard to track down Ed." Half of him was expecting her to answer but the drugs put her in a heavy sleep so she couldn't hear or speak anything.
The soldier just looked at her face for a few minutes and then down the rest of her body. "My God, you are so beautiful," said the soldier, "I remember how your jumpsuit showed off your curves and they still do after all these years." He then looked back at her face and said, "You are as beautiful as the first day I saw you. You haven't aged one bit and that's a good thing." He then took off his glove and got up from his chair, he leaned into Ed's face and stroked her face with his ungloved hand. "I'm a man now and I have a chance to…" said the soldier but before he finished his sentence Ed's eyes opened and the soldier immediately stood up and backed away.
Ed sat up straight on her bed and tried to back away from the soldier as far as she could. "Who are you?" demanded Ed, "What do you want from me?"
"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you," said the soldier.
"Hurt me?! Excuse me but what was that stroke-my-face gesture?" demanded Ed.
"Oh you felt that?" asked the soldier now embarrassed.
"Of course I did you pervert!" exclaimed Ed.
"But I'm not a pervert Ed," said the soldier and started to walk towards Ed slowly.
"How do you know my name?" asked Ed.
"I know because I was there at the White Peak Incident 18 years ago," said the soldier and continued to walk closer to her, "I was with you when you fought the centipedes and their queen. I was with you when my sister Annie died, I cried so much but you were there to wipe away my tears."
Ed's eyes widened as she realized who the soldier really was and said only one word, "David?"
The soldier sat down on the bed and nodded. "Allow me to show you," said the soldier and removed his helmet, revealing the face of a young man in his mid-thirties with thick brown hair and brown eyes. He looked into Ed's hazel eyes and smiled. "I've missed you so much Ed," said David in his Scottish accent.
Ed covered her mouth and tears flowed down her eyes. "It's been 18 years and you've grown so much," said Ed. She couldn't believe that the man before her was once a teenager she saved and protected at White Peak 18 years ago.
"Yeah," said David as he took off his other glove and wiped away Ed's tears, "and now I'm here to wipe away your tears."
Ed wrapped her arms around him and hugged him as she cried out with tears of joy, "I'm so happy! I'm so happy to see you're alive."
David wrapped his arms around her too and said as a single tear ran down his cheek, "I'm glad you came back…Welcome back." Ed buried her face into his shoulder and started to cry non-stop as David comforted her in his arms. After such a long day of being in such a strange place at a strange time, Ed finally found an old friend.