Chapter 4: Christmas Connection
After telling a story about Christmas to his companion, the Doctor and Sila heard the door to their cell about to open. They were cautious and were prepared to fight whoever's in the other side of the door. When the door opened, it was revealed to be a man in his late twenties and the Doctor and Sila sighed in relief.
"Who are you?" the Doctor asked.
"I'm Lennar, one of Lord Genworth's advisers. Or formerly his advisory." he replied.
"What does he want with us?" Sila asked.
"Nothing. I'm setting you free without his knowledge. I'm getting really tired of working with him. I'm also here to warn you that Genworth is planning something. He mentioned something about a star dying." Lennar said which took interest to the Doctor.
"Wait, what did you say about a star dying?" the Doctor asked.
"One of his advisers reported that the Star of Feckelo is dying and that was his part of the plan for power or something."
"Oh, I see why he wanted to ban Christmas." the Doctor said.
"What do you mean?" Sila asked.
"Think about it, whenever people are sad or gloomy, they would express that they have a black hole in their heart. THAT'S IT!" the Doctor said as he snapped his fingers. "The Star of Feckelo is the oldest star and you know what happens to stars when they die out?"
"It creates a black hole?" Lennar answered.
"A black hole! He's combining the sadness of the Lacassian people and the newly form black that is about to happen. It will make him unstoppable if he has the right amount. Lenner, do you have any transport I can borrow?"
"I can take to the garage." Lennar said and he led the Doctor and Sila to the garage.
Outside in a hanging platform connected to the castle, Zeller stood in the end of the platform as he awaits his plan to go into action. As the Star of Feckelo died, a black is created and the scientists turn on the machine to make Zeller powerful by combining the energy of the black hole and the sadness of the Lacassian people.
"Yes. My conquest around the galaxy has begun." Zeller said to himself as he grew more bigger and now took the form of a giant purple, energy monster.
In the garage, Lenner led the Doctor and Sila to the only transport they could find. The transport looked like sleigh, but an aircraft. "This is the only one working transport we only have. It might not have weapons, but it might fast enough to escape from him." Lenner said.
"That's alright. I might use my screwdriver to beat him." the Doctor said. The three suddenly felt rumbling and they looked at the window and saw Zeller turned into an energy. "It's already started. I have to stop him now."
"Wait, Doctor. Take this." Sila said as she gave him ten grenades that is shaped as a Christmas ornament.
"I thought you said that Zeller's soldiers took everything."
"I lied. And besides, would I waste those on a door?"
"Good thing you kept. Sila, you and Lennar go back into the castle and try to speed up Zeller's machine."
"Wait, why would we do that?" Lennar asked.
"Just watch outside when you're done. Well then, Allons Y." the Doctor said and he flew out of the castle.
"You heard the Doctor, we have to speed the machine." Sila said and she and Lenner ran back inside.
Lennar led Sila to the secret room where the machine is being operated. "Luckily, looks like the king has given everyone a Christmas day off." Lennar remarked.
"And luckily I know a lot about machinery so I'll be doing the work while you watch if there's someone coming." Sila said.
Sila was almost done with the machine until someone almost shot her. She turned around and find that one of the advisers of Zeller's was the one that almost shot her.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." he told Sila.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Lennar said.
"Trying to stop her from destroying Lord Genworth's plans. And it's no surprise that you're working with the enemy, Lenner."
"Well it's better than working with a criminal king."
"He's no criminal. Lord Genworth has made Lacassa better and all of you are just blind to see it."
"You don't realized, don't you? The so called Lord Genworth has been nothing more than a dictator. Not only he banned Christmas, but he took away our voting rights. You think we're living in a free world, but we're only living in a facade. That sixty year war mostly devastated the planet."
"You may have a point, Lenner. But I think I like living in a planet where the e have a phony king rule us."
Before he's about to pull the trigger, Sila intervened and kicked the blaster out of his hand. The adviser ran to get it, but Sila used her martial arts skills to knock out the adviser.
"You shouldn't have done that, you know." Lennar remarked.
"He was about to kill you. I have no choice. Now come on, we have to see what the Doctor is doing."
"Let's go through the dungeons. We should get out of here faster."
While Sila and Lennar are running through the dungeons, Sila saw someone familiar. She saw man in his fifties and really weak in the dungeons. Sila is lost for words as she felt she met familiar.
"What are you doing? We have to find what the Doctor is doing?" Lennar said.
"It's… my father. My father is alive all along." Sila quietly said, "Quick, Lennar, open the door and help him get out of there." she told Lennar.
"I'm on it. You don't have to rush me." Lennar said as he and Sila got her father out of the cells and carried him out of the dungeons and out of the castle to see what the Doctor is doing.