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Chapter 10

It was still very early in the morning and the suns hadn't risen yet when Martha awoke. She had only had a couple of hours sleep, but she was wide awake the moment she remembered what lay ahead. She was even surprised she had slept at all.

Martha got dressed quickly and swept her long, black hair up into a ponytail. Then she left her room and went to the lobby to wait for Firala and Kilas. The few other guests of the hotel were still asleep.

Kilas was already sitting in the lobby when Martha arrived. He didn't look as if he had got any sleep at all. He was wearing the new shoes Firala had provided for him.

Firala showed up a short time later looking very sleepy. She sat down next to them.

"I don't know exactly where Giranlo is living," Kilas said after they had all eaten some breakfast, which Firala had brought with her.

"Don't worry, we found his flat yesterday," Martha said.

"Then we should go there now. He will leave for work in three hours."

"When will we go to the museum?" Firala asked.

"Directly after we've talked to Giranlo. It will be easier to get into the museum in daytime when it's full of visitors."

"What if Anres has ordered his guards not to let us in. They know we were already in front of that secret door," Martha said.

"Giranlo can help us with that as well. They won't stop us when he's with us."

"Alright, let's go then."

...

When they reached the city the first sun had risen and was bathing the sky in red light. They made their way towards Giranlo's flat.

Kilas opened the panel next to the door and disabled the lock within a few minutes by short-circuiting it. Then he pushed the door open and stepped into the flat as quietly as possible. Martha and Firala followed him just as quietly. It was a small, but comfortable-looking flat. Martha opened a door carefully to look inside. When she saw that it was the kitchen, she closed the door again and moved to the next.

Kilas, who was standing in front of the next door, reached out to the doorknob. He turned it and carefully pushed it open. Through the gap he could see Giranlo, who was still fast asleep, not aware of the intruders. Kilas was very careful not to make a noise but in this moment Firala took a step backwards and knocked over a vase that was set on a small table behind her. The noise was enough to wake Giranlo. He sat up with a start and reached towards his bedside table where a gun was lying. But Kilas was there first. He pushed Giranlo to the side and gripped the gun himself, aiming it at the fishman.

"I'm sorry," Firala whispered as she and Martha followed Kilas inside.

"It's alright," Martha told her reassuringly. Firala was very nervous and Martha could understand it. But maybe it would have been better if she'd stayed behind.

"Kilas," Giranlo said to the former security guard. "What a surprise. What are you doing here? And may I ask what I've done to have a gun pointed at me?"

"You tried to kill me," Kilas said.

"And now you're working for her?" Giranlo nodded towards Martha. "So you really are a traitor."

"You helped your boss Anres to capture the Doctor," Martha said coolly.

"I did. I suppose now you want me to help you get him back?"

"We will make sure everyone will know what Anres did. You could help us and no one will know you had something to do with it."

"You will need proof first. And you won't get that without my help. I would be really stupid to help you get proof that I was involved in kidnapping someone."

"You would do the right thing. Kidnapping people for a collection is wrong."

He smiled at her. "As if I care about that. Anres is paying me well. That's all I care about. And he would have me killed if I betrayed his trust like that."

"I can kill you as well," Kilas said. "Miss Jones was so nice to give you a choice, but we can just as easily force you."

Giranlo eyed the gun that was still aimed at his head.

"You don't want to use violence, do you?" Giranlo asked Martha with a condescending smile. "That's not like you. You've spent too much time with the Doctor. Always try to talk your way out."

Martha returned his gaze. She was still reluctant to do it Kilas' way, but she had to admit that they weren't getting anywhere. Giranlo had no conscience. There was nothing anyone could say to make him help them. But Giranlo was afraid of Kilas' gun. He always kept an eye on it but he did his best to appear cool. And now he tried to get Martha's reluctance to use a gun to get him out of the situation.

"We'll do it your way, Kilas," Martha said.

"Alright," Kilas said. "This is what we're going to do. We'll walk into the Museum and Giranlo will tell the guard at the entrance to let us through. Then we'll go straight to the secret door, and you will open it and take us to the Doctor. And if you do something I don't like, I will kill you."

Giranlo didn't look too happy about this. But he nodded towards Kilas. There was fear in his eyes, but also something else. He wasn't ready to let them win. Martha was sure that Giranlo would try something to stop them. She just hoped Kilas would be able to stop him.

...

Getting into the museum was very easy. Kilas kept his gun hidden, but was ready to use it should Giranlo try anything. He had changed the settings so a shot would only stun a person, but Giranlo didn't know that.

Giranlo simply nodded towards the guard in the entrance hall and led them through the door, Kilas close behind him. They reached the secret door without anyone stopping them. No one was in the corridor when they reached it and Kilas pushed Giranlo towards the wall where they knew the door was.

"Open it," Kilas said and aimed his gun at the fishman.

Giranlo pressed a hand against the wall and it slipped to one side to reveal the small room behind it. Kilas pushed him inside and Giranlo put his left hand on the DNA scanner next to the door. The door slipped open and the group walked down the stairs till they reached the heavy iron door. Giranlo opened that door as well and they stepped through into the room with the glass cases. In one corner of the room stood the TARDIS and next to it Martha could see a stasis capsule. And inside the capsule was the Doctor.

Martha ran towards the capsule and took a look at the display. She was glad that she had some experience with stasis due to her travels with the Doctor.

"He is alright!" she said relieved. She would be able to wake him up quite easily.

Kilas and Firala joined her by the capsule and for a moment no one took any notice of Giranlo. The fishman carefully edged closer to a wall and touched a computer panel.

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