Mirror Image
CHAPTER 5
All to aware of the newly discovered abilities of the Full Forms Brigadier Mina Anderson and Canton approached the body between them and the old warehouse carefully with guns outstretched.
"It's all right it's just a Half Form." said Canton and they walked into the warehouse. The warehouse was cold and damp. It was more or less empty apart from a line of seven mirrors along the back wall.
"Do not look in the mirrors." reiterated Mina with a small hint of fear in her voice.
"So this was the home of The Cult Of The Mirror Image. Looks like they didn't leave after all either that or they left to do something else..." pondered Canton aimlessly.
From outside they could hear someone approaching. The two of them ducked into a side office attached to the main warehouse after checking if had no mirrors in it. When they could finally see who was approaching it was someone they both recognised. The Scard Lord inhabiting Private Darren Hudson's body.
The Scard Lord walked to the line of mirrors along the back oft the back of the warehouse. "Not long now fellow Scard. The bodies approach as the Seventh hour of the crossing over is nearing." hissed the Scard Lord.
Part of Mina's UNIT training had been notice things. Whilst the Scard Lord was communicating with the rest of the Scard on the other side of the mirror she noticed he was only looking in one mirror, the one in the middle, as if he had to avoid the 6 other ones surrounding it.
"I shall return when the hour is near." he hissed as he turn to walk out of the warehouse. Once again avoiding looking in the other mirrors.
The Scard Lord left the building and Canton and Mina left the side office they had been hiding in.
"We should have a look round here. Look for anything which might give us a lead as to what the Scard are planning. Or anything we can use against them." said Canton.
They split up to cover more ground faster in their surveillance of the warehouse. After having been looking round for a while Canton thought he'd found something helpful.
"Hey Mina I think I've found something." he shouted to her across the warehouse.
Mina walked over to where Canton was standing. She could see he was holding an old, dusty leather bound book entitled The Book Of The Scard. They opened the book and found it had been written by the Cult decades earlier. Together they read through it to gain more knowledge on their foes.
The first part of the book detailed the history of the Scard and the origins of the Cult. How the Scard had had influence on Earth for centuries. How a Roman cult had become human contacts and servants of the Scard. How the only way to free a body of the Seventh One was to make it see itself in a circle of seven mirrors before the seventh second part was concerned with plans and prophecies. For the Scard seeking out a mysterious time traveller for revenge. For a future Scard attempt on Earth in the seventh decade. It said how for seven weeks humans would be converted into Full Forms before the arrival of the Seventh One. Then the seventh hour after the arrival of the Seventh One the gateway would be opened in the home of the Cult had abandoned seven years earlier. This was to allow the Scard to cross over to Earth. The book said that a human organisation would become involved. A love would get torn apart and both sides of it would be involved in the final stand.
"So this has all been planned out for decades it's not just a random attack and they knew about us." summarised Mina.
"The Cult hasn't died they have other plans that are going to be putting into action. When the three off us get back to UNIT HQ make sure you get someone to keep an eye on them." wondered Canton.
"Hang on the three of us?" Mina questioned.
"You didn't think I was giving up on Darren did you?" said Canton with determination in his eyes. "The Cult have just given me the answer how to get him back. That book said the body of the Seventh One could be freed if it looked into seven mirrors within seven hours."
Mina looked at him and knew that after this was over UNIT would be employing him full time.
"The Scard Lord took other Darren 3 hours ago. And look how many mirrors there are in here."
Mina looked other at the back wall lined with mirrors not looking in any of them.
"Maybe things aren't as hopeless as they seem." she said. "I'll call some back up."
"Sergeant can you get over to our location with back up." said Brigadier Mina into her walkie talkie.
"Yes at once Brigadier." came the reply.
When the soldiers arrived Mina got them positioning the seven mirrors in a circle immediately. The circle took up most of the gloomy warehouse. The seventh mirror was open and acting as a door. Everybody knew what they needed to do. A UNIT medical team were on standby if necessary. UNIT was ready for the final stand. Canton was ready for the final stand. They were waiting for the Scard Lord.
A massive thank you to everyone who's read this so far I am so grateful to all of you. The speed of updates shall slow down a bit as I'm going back to school tomorrow so updates will probably become weekly. But don't think I'm giving up on this story I still have another 1 or 2 chapters planned. If you think the content of The Book Of The Scard sounds like foreshadowing it is but not for this story. Yep I have a sequel planned with the scard and the Doctor! Thank you once again for reading as always please review.