Okay, I'm back, here's the next part of The Satan Pit. (Love this episode!!)
Previously…
"I've still got life signs, but we've lost the capsule. There's no way out, they're stuck down there.
The Doctor helped Ida to her feet "How much air have we got?" he asked her
"Sixty minutes." she checked her wrist strap "Fifty-five."
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"But we've got to bring them back." Rose said
"They're ten miles down." said Mr Jefferson "We haven't got another ten miles of cable." Suddenly there was a thudding noise, which caused Mr Jefferson to turn towards the door. "Captain, situation report?"
"It's the Ood. They're cutting through the door bolts. They're breaking in."
"Yes." Jefferson said "Same on door 25."
"How long is it gonna take?" Rose asked, wondering how long they had to come up with something.
"Well, it's only a basic frame." he answered "Should take ten minutes" The thudding came again "Eight."
"I've got a security frame, might last a bit longer but that doesn't help you."
Zach said over the comms."Right." said Rose "So, we need to stop them or get out or both."
"I'll take both, yeah?" said Danny "But how?"
"You heard the Doctor." she said "Why do you think that thing cut him off? 'Cause he was making sense. He was telling you to think your way out of this." she paused and turned to the others "Come on! For starters, we need some lights. Zach, there's got to be some sort of power somewhere."
"There's nothing I can do. Some captain! Stuck in here, pressing buttons."
"That's what the Doctor meant." Rose replied "Press the right buttons."
"They've gutted the generators. But the rocket's got an independent supply. If I could reroute that…Mr Jefferson, open the bypass conduits. Override the safety."
Jefferson did as instructed "Opening bypass conduits, sir."
"Channelling rocket feed. In three, two, one. Power."
All the lights came on and Rose clapped"There we go!"
"Let there be light!" said Danny
"What about that strategy nine thing?" Rose asked
"Not enough power, needs 100 percent."
"Right, we need a way out." Rose said "Zach, Mr Jefferson, you start working on that." she walked over to Toby "Toby, what about you?"
"I'm not a soldier." he said "I can't do anything,"
"No, you're the archaeologist." she said "What do you know about the Pit?"
"Nothing, we can't even translate the language."
"Right." Rose said as she turned away.
"Hold on." he said "Maybe…"
"What is it?" she asked
"Since that thing was inside my head, it's like the letters make more sense."
"Well, get to work." Rose told him "Anything you can translate, just, anything." She walked back to Danny "As for you, Danny boy, you're in charge of the Ood. Anyway of stopping them?"
"Well, I don't know."
She grabbed his sleeve and moved him "Then find out." she said "The sooner we get control of the base, the sooner we can get the Doctor out. Now get going. Shift."
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The Doctor and Ida surveyed the damage done to the capsule "We've got all this cable." she said "We might as well use it." she walked around "The drum is disconnected. We could adapt it. Feed it through."
"And then what?" the Doctor asked
"Abseil into the Pit." she answered as if it was the most natural course of action.
"Abseil." said the Doctor "Right."
"We're running out of air with no way back." she replied "It's the only thing we can do, even if it's the last thing we ever achieve."
"I'll get back." he told her "Rose is up there."
"Well, maybe the key to that is finding out what's in the Pit." Ida suggested
"Well, it's half of a good plan." he said
"What's the other half?"
"I go down, not you."
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Jefferson was working on the escape plan "Open junctions five, six, seven." He looked up as another thud came from the door "Reroute filters 16 to24. Go."
Danny was showing Rose something on his computer "There's all sorts of viruses that could stop the Ood." he said "Trouble is, we haven't got them on board."
"Well, that's handy, list things we haven't got." she said "We haven't got a swimming pool either, or a Tesco's."
Suddenly the computer began to beep "Oh, my God." he said "It says yes! I can do it!" He turned to Rose "Hypothetically, if you flip the monitor, broadcast a flare, it can disrupt the telepathy." he explained "Brainstorm!"
"What happens to the Ood?" Rose asked
"It'll tank them, spark-out!" he answered.
"There we are, then." she said "Do it!"
"I know, but…" he said, shaking his head "I'd have to transmit from the central monitor. We need to go to Ood Habitation."
"That's what we'll do then." she said "Mr Jefferson, sir, any way out?"
"Just about." he answered "There's a network of maintenance tunnels running underneath the base. We should be able to gain access from here."
"Ventilation shafts." Rose said
"I appreciate the reference, but there's no ventilation." he said "No air, in fact, at all. They were designed for machines, not life forms."
"But I can manipulate the oxygen field from here, create discrete pockets of atmosphere. If I control it manually, I can follow you through the network."
"Right." Rose said, understanding what he meant "So we go down and you make the air follow us by hand?"
"You wanted me pressing buttons."
"Yep, I asked for it." she said, realising then just how like the Doctor she had become. "Okay, we need to get to Ood Habitation. Work out a route."
Okay, that's this chapter, the next will be up soon, cause I've already written this, I'm just posting it now.
TTFN
Julie.