Mirror Image
CHAPTER 3
The body on the slab twitched and started to move. Canton reached into his pocket to pull out his gun. He wasn't sure if he needed it but he'd feel safer if it was in his hand instead of his pocket. Private Hudson also reached for his gun. Canton noticed Hudson doing the same as him and gave him a smile. Hudson noticed Canton looking at him and blushed a.
"Where am I?" hissed a new voice coming from the body.
"You're in UNIT HQ. Do you know who you are?" answered Brigadier Mina Anderson taking charge of the situation.
"I'm Ben Grey and you are?" he hissed. The words sounding like it was an effort to arrange them.
"Brigadier Mina Anderson. Do you know what happened to you Ben?" said Brigadier Mina Anderson trying to dig deeper to see what he knew about the Scard.
Ben tried to prop himself himself up to get a better look at his surroundings. He had trouble sitting up and Mina had to help him.
"Before I woke up here I was looking in a mirror then something happened and I remember smashing the mirror. Then I woke up here." Ben hissed every word sounding strained.
"What was the something?" asked Canton relaxing a bit realising there was no immediate threat.
"Them. They live on the other side. They use mirrors to access our world." hissed Ben getting more frantic.
"Who do? Who are they?" pressed Canton determined to find out.
"The Scard." the word erupted from Ben's lips before he flopped down as if all his energy had gone.
"Well now we know for sure that it is the Scard and they are using mirrors." summarised Canton.
After a few moments Ben was able to sit up again ready to answer anymore questions.
"What are they doing to people?" asked Mina carefully not saying the word Scard given the effect it had on Ben.
"They are converting people. Turning them into Full Forms ready for the Seventh One's arrival. They were converting me but I smashed the mirror before they could I am a Half Form I am human but have a physic connection to them. They can't convert me any more but I only have limited time left." hissed Ben franticly not saying the word Scard given the pain it caused him.
"How do the Enemy use mirrors to convert people?" said Canton remembering a term he'd used before when fighting the Silence.
"If you look into the pupil of your reflection when they are waiting they can cross over and convert you unless you can break the connection before it's complete. It can be anytime you look in a mirror but not every time you look in a mirror." Panic was written all other what remained of Ben's eyes. He was scared it was easy to read on what remained of his face.
"Why is this only happening in America?" asked Mina seemingly taking it in turns with Canton to ask the questions.
"They are starting in a America. Trying not to over stretch. They have limited power after last time. They are waiting for the Seventh One to come. Then they will enter our world properly. The Seventh One is coming. The Scard Lord." as he said the word Scard all the life seemed to drain from Ben. It was as if saying the word Scard had enabled them to kill him and cut the physic connection to him. He flopped down on to the UNIT slab all trace off life gone from his body. He was dead.
Everyone was shaken by what they'd just witnessed. This once again showed the shear magnitude of the Scard's power and just how hard they were going to be to defeat.
Mina Anderson was the first one to break the silence. "Private Hudson can you get the medical team in here to deal with Ben's body?"
"Yes mama." said Private Hudson as he gave a salute and walked out of the morgue after a final look at Canton.
Then Mina picked up her walkie talkie "Sergeant I want every mirror in this building removed and destroyed."
"That'll take a lot of time mama." crackled a voice in reply.
"I don't care how long it takes just make sure it's done." she replied in a tone of voice that made Canton not want to get on the wrong side of her.
Finally she turned to Canton to address him "Canton you're with me. We'll see how what we just learnt fits into our investigation. Also I want to talk to you about Private Hudson."
"Shit have I really been that obvious" thought Canton as he followed her out of the morgue.
LATER IN THE UNIT CANTEEN
Private Hudson was sat in the UNIT canteen. A cup of coffee in his hand thinking things over. The Scard, mirrors and Canton. His thoughts were interrupted when he became aware of Canton sitting down next to him.
"Hey" said Canton trying to strike up a conversation "So how long you been part of UNIT?"
"Couple of years now. At first I was part of the regular army but we got involved in an attempted Ice Warrior invasion UNIT spotted my potential and enrolled me." replied Private Hudson wondering to what extend Canton's interest in him stretched.
"Private Hudson what is your first name?" asked Canton getting bored with having to call him Private Hudson all the time.
"Darren. Darren Hudson." he replied.
"Well Darren nice to meet you."said Canton with a charming smile.
"Canton this may seem rude and it may seem like I'm assuming things but don't you already have a boyfriend?" asked Darren keen to get that question off his mind.
"I did have a boyfriend Mike Perry he was the reason I got kicked out of the FBI. But once I started getting involved in fighting aliens we split. He said we weren't seeing enough of each other any more. He said I was too busy being an action hero and I didn't care about him anymore. I mean it's not my fault the Cybermen never invade during the day!" Both men laughed at the last part of that.
"Anyway do you have a boyfriend Darren?" asked Canton egar to know.
"No not at the moment not many people know. Wait hang on a second how did you know?" asked Darren.
"Two ways I know. First off I noticed the way you've been looking at me. Not exactly subtle. And second Brigadier Mina told me after you left the morgue. She's also noticed how we've been around each other. Don't worry your secrets safe with me." explained Canton
Once again both men laughed.
They talked some more finding out they shared a lot of interests. Particularly a growing interest in each other.
"Yeah I like you Canton. It's been nice talking to you but I've gotta go to the bathroom." said Darren Hudson as he walked away from their table.
Canton smiled thinking about their chat. He thought about following him into the bathroom. Then he just realised something. The canteen was on the second floor and the nearest men's bathroom was also on the second floor. The second floor hadn't had it's mirrors removed yet...
So is Private Darren Hudson going to be all right? Tune in next time to find out! Next time the team will also finally encounter a Scard (unless I change my mind!). Thank you for reading and hope you enjoyed it. As always please review and any questions/suggestions just ask.