Chapter 3: Crissera
The Doctor looked up. He didn't have many other choices as he was tied up. This made him wonder who this Gahiji really was and how he got a rope of Cranon. The thing that really confused the Doctor was what Gahiji had said. How could a man he just met know his name and want revenge. The only thing that made sense was that this man's father had known him and Gahiji blamed the Doctor for something that had happened but he had not been to ancient Egypt in this persona yet.
Gahiji loomed over him. The room they were in was a regular household shrine. The walls and ceiling were made of mud bricks. There were hieroglyphics on the walls with prayers for the different gods and statues of cats and scarab beetles. The Doctor was on a small sacrifice table and there was a larger one next to him.
"What are you going to do," The Doctor asked.
"That's simple," Gahiji replied, "I am going to tell you my plan and let you go."
The Doctor looked at him. Every skill he had ever learned for telling when someone was lying was telling him that Gahiji was telling the truth but there was no way this could be true.
"You see," Gahiji said. "There is…" he suddenly stopped talking and looked to the left.
The Doctor strained to see what he was looking at but wasn't able to move enough.
"Oh you are clever, aren't you," Gahiji said. "A perception filter working to remove you from my view but you made one fatal mistake." He walked over towards the door but the Doctor was unable to see what he was doing. "You knocked into something that belongs to me which removed the filter completely." He suddenly lunged at something and the Doctor could hear a girl screaming.
"What's going on?" the Doctor asked.
Gahiji walked over to the Doctor holding dragging a squirming Egyptian girl by the hair. She was in her late teens and tanned with blue eyes and black hair. "This clever minx has use of a perception filter and was in my temple without permission." He threw her to the large sacrifice table and more rope tied her into place.
"w-w-what are you doing to me," the girl squealed.
"That depends on you," Gahiji said. "All you have to do is tell me your name and what you are doing here."
"M-m-my name is Crissera," She whispered. "I saw you taking this man," she gestured at the Doctor, "Here and I followed."
"Then you may go Crissera," Gahiji said.
He clapped twice and the ropes let her go, she stood there shaking and when he gestured for her to leave she started to run towards the entrance. She was only halfway when a dart flew from the wall and hit her in the shoulder. She fell to the ground but got up, and took the dart out. Flicking it away she ran off.
"Was that really, necessary," The Doctor asked. He was hoping that Gahiji did not notice that his ropes were also loose after he let her go.
Gahiji walked over to the dart and picked it up. He walked over to a wall and touched a random brick. That section of the wall flipped around to show a small bit of circuitry. He dropped the dart into a small section and a map appeared on the monitor with a small red dot heading north quickly.
"Now, I know her name and where she is, so she cannot get in my way," Gahiji said, "But on the topic of my plan. He pressed a button and the map changed to a picture of the Pyramid-in-progress. "There is a strange creature that is in this pyramid. It is wounded and at the moment is recovering. In a few days, the pyramid will be completed and it will wait until it has enough power to break out."
"What do you want me to do about this?" The Doctor asked.
"Kill it," Gahiji replied.
"Why would you want me to do this?"
"Too many questions, but let's just say that if you fail to kill it," He pressed a button and a large Norgrin A-36 Shooter was lowered from the ceiling, "It won't have anyone left to kill."
"Who are you?"
"Kill it and you will find out."
"You show an ability to kill everyone in this city but are unable to kill this creature," The Doctor said, "What is this creature?"
"Let's just say that when you see it you will know exactly what to do." Gahiji turned around. "I'll go and get something you might find useful for this job.
The Doctor waited until he was out of the room to stand up and brush the ropes aside. Genius technicians the Cranons were. How did Gahiji get these in the first place? Maybe they sent a probe and he discovered it. Or maybe he was hiding something.
The Doctor walked over to the room Gahiji went through and saw a long corridor and a flight of stairs. He wanted to explore but common sense prevailed over curiosity. Or was that curiosity being overwhelmed by greater curiosity. Either way, he wanted to know how dangerous this creature was. He walked out and was immediately hit by the heat.
Yet another question about this Gahiji, why was it so cool in his house. The Doctor looked back at the small one-storey building, caught his bearings and walked off towards the Pyramid.
Gahiji looked at his monitor. It was actually funny how the Doctor thought he was let free by accident. He watched as the Doctor moved out of view and switched the screen to the map of Egypt. The little blue dot of the Doctor was moving at a steady pace towards the pyramid.
It was good. It was very good. It was time for the next part of the plan.