I looked at the gas mask patients as they all were getting closer to me, The Doctor and Jack. Suddenly I had an idea and I hoped it was going to work. "Go to your room," I ordered and all the gas mask patients stood still. "Go to your room. I mean it. I'm very, very angry with you. Go to your room, and don't make me say it again," I ordered, crossing my arms across my chest.
All the gas mask patients hang their heads in shame and went back to the beds. I uncrossed my arms as I breathed in relief. "I'm so glad that worked," I said as I grabbed The Doctor's arm. "How did you do that?" Jack asked in shock.
"I just thought about what my Uncle and Aunt used to say when I was getting in trouble when I was younger," I replied before walked over to one of the patients. I sat down on the chair as I stared at him, "Why are they all wearing gas masks?" I asked as Jack stood beside me.
"They're not. Those masks are flesh and bone," Jack said. "How was your con supposed to work?" The Doctor asked him. "Simple enough, really. Find some harmless piece of space junk, let the nearest Time Agent track it back to Earth, convince him it's valuable, name a price. When he's put fifty percent up front, oops! A German bomb falls on it, destroys it forever. He never gets to see what he's paid for, never knows he's been had. I buy him a drink with his own money, and we discuss dumb luck. The perfect self-cleaning con," Jack explained.
"Yeah. Perfect," The Doctor said sarcastically. "The London Blitz is great for self-cleaners. Pompeii's nice if you want to make a vacation of it though, but you've got to set your alarm for volcano day. Getting a hint of disapproval," Jack said. "Take a look around the room. This is what your harmless piece of space-junk did," The Doctor said.
"It was a burnt-out medical transporter. It was empty," Jack said. "Sam," The Doctor said. I got up and walked over to him, "Are we getting out of here?" I asked. "We're going upstairs," He said.
"I even programmed the flight computer so it wouldn't land on anything living. I harmed no-one. I don't know what's happening here, but believe me, I had nothing to do with it," Jack said.
"I'll tell you what's happening. You forgot to set your alarm clock. It's volcano day," The Doctor said and then an alarm went off. "What's that?" I asked. "The all clear," Jack said. "I wish," The Doctor said and then he walked off. I waited for Jack before we both followed The Doctor out.
We looked around but didn't find him so we started to run off, "Mr. Spock?" Jack called. "Doctor?" I called. Suddenly The Doctor peeked out from the top of a staircase. "Have you got a blaster?" He asked Jack. "Sure," He said.
We ran up the stairs to The Doctor, who was standing in front of a secure metal door. "The night your space-junk landed, someone was hurt. This was where they were taken," The Doctor said. "What happened?" I asked. "Let's find out," He said and then looked at Jack, "Get it open."
He moved out of the way and stood beside me. "What's wrong with your Sonic Screwdriver?" I whispered with a frown. "Nothing," He whispered back before Jack's blaster disintegrated the lock.
"Sonic blaster, fifty first century. Weapon Factories of Villengard?" The Doctor asked. "You've been to the factories?" Jack asked. "Once," The Doctor said. "Well, they gone now, destroyed. The main reactor went critical. Vaporized the lot," Jack said. "Like I said. Once. There's a banana grove there, now. I like bananas. Bananas are good," The Doctor said before he walked into the room.
"Nice blast pattern," I complimented Jack. "Digital," He said. "Squareness gun," I said. "Yeah," He said. "I like it," I said and he smirked before we followed The Doctor inside the room.
The room was filing cabinets, electronic equipment and a big mess. An observation window across the room was broken. "What do you think?" The Doctor asked. "Something got out of here," Jack said. "Yeah. And?" The Doctor asked. "Something powerful. Angry," Jack said.
"Powerful and angry," The Doctor repeated. Jack and I walked around, there were child's crayon drawings scattered on the floor and a stuffed teddy bear. "A child? I suppose this explains Mummy," Jack said. "How could a child do this?" I asked sadly.
"Do you know where you are?" A man asked and we turned around to see The Doctor turned on a tape recorder. "Are you my mummy?" The child asked. "Are you aware of what's around you? Can you see?" The man asked. "Are you my mummy?" The child repeated.
"What do you want?" The man asked, "Do you know -"
"I want my mummy," The child cut him off, "Are you my mummy? I want my mummy! Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy? Mummy? Mummy?"
"Doctor, I've heard this voice before," I said. "Me too," The Doctor said. "Mummy?" The child asked. "It's always 'Are you my Mummy?' Like he doesn't know," I said. "Mummy?" The child repeated. "Why doesn't he know?" I asked. "Are you there, mummy? Mummy?" The child asked.
The Doctor started pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. "Mummy? Please, mummy? Mummy?" The child asked. "Doctor?" I asked. "Can you sense it?" The Doctor asked. "Sense what?" Jack asked.
"Coming out of the walls. Can you feel it?" The Doctor asked. "Mummy?" The child asked. "Funny little human brains. How do you get around in those things?" The Doctor asked.
"When he's stressed, he likes to insult species," I told Jack. "Sam, I'm thinking," The Doctor said. "Cuts himself shaving, he does half an hour on life forms he's cleverer than," I said, smirking slightly.
"There are these children living rough round the bomb sites. They come out during air-raids looking for food," The Doctor said as he stopped. "Mummy, please?" The child asked. "Suppose they were there when this thing, whatever it was, landed?" The Doctor asked.
"It was a med-ship. It was harmless," Jack said. "Yes, you keep saying harmless. Suppose one of them was affected, altered?" The Doctor said. "Altered how?" I asked. "I'm here," The child said.
"It's afraid. Terribly afraid and powerful. It doesn't know it yet, but it will do. It's got the power of a god, and I just sent it to it's room," The Doctor said. "Doctor," I started as the tape recorder started making a noise. "I'm here. Can't you see me?" The child asked.
"What's that noise?" I asked. "End of the tape. It ran out about 30 seconds ago," The Doctor said. "I'm here, now. Can't you see me?" The child asked. "I sent it to it's room," The Doctor said, "This is it's room."
I looked over his shoulder, "Doctor." He turned around and we all saw that the child was standing behind him. "Are you my mummy?" The child asked and looked at me, "Mummy?"
"Doctor," I said, moving to Jack's side. "Okay, on my signal make for the door," Jack said. "Mummy?" The child asked. "Now!" Jack said as he pulled something out but it wasn't his blaster. It was a banana.
"Mummy?" The child asked. The Doctor took out the blaster and aimed it at the door. He made a hole in the door, "Go now!" The Doctor ordered, "Don't drop the banana!"
"Why not?!" Jack asked. "Good source of potassium!" The Doctor said as we rushed out of the room. "Give me that," Jack said as he grabbed the blaster and put the door back to normal. "Digital rewind. Nice switch," He said and tossed the banana to The Doctor.
"It's from the groves of Villengard. I thought it was appropriate," The Doctor said. "There's really a banana grove in the heart of Villengard and you did that?" Jack asked. "Bananas are good," The Doctor said.
The child started pounding at the wall and we all stepped back. "Come on," The Doctor said and we started running. Patients were coming from the other way to we ran back but more patients were there as well.
We had no where to go.
"Mummy."
"Mummy."
"Mummy."
"It's keeping us here till it can get at us," The Doctor said. "It's controlling them?" Jack asked. "It is them. It's every living thing in this hospital," The Doctor said. "Okay. This can function as a sonic blaster, a sonic cannon, and as a triple-enfolded sonic disrupter. Doc, what you got?" Jack asked.
"I've got a sonic, um - Oh, never mind," The Doctor said. "What?" Jack asked. "It's sonic, okay? Let's leave it at that," The Doctor said. "Disrupter? Cannon? What?" Jack asked. "It's sonic! Totally sonic! I am soniced up!" The Doctor yelled. "A sonic what?!" Jack yelled. I groaned, rolling my eyes, "It's a Sonic Screwdriver!" I yelled.
Both men looked at me with surprise and I rolled my eyes again. "What are you looking at me for?" I snapped. The Doctor was about to say something but the child broke through the wall. I snatched Jack's blaster away and aimed at the ground. "Going down!" I warned and triggered it, and we fell through the floor.
We landed and Jack put the floor-ceiling as it was back in place. "Doctor, are you okay?" I asked. "Could've used a warning," The Doctor said. "You're welcome," I said sarcastically.
"Who has a sonic screwdriver?" Jack asked. "Oh come on. We're going to go on about this?" I asked in disbelief. "I do," The Doctor said, completely ignoring what I said.
"Lights please and then let's keep acting like Sam isn't here," I said, rolling my eyes before starting to feel the walls. "Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, ooo, this could be a little more sonic?" Jack asked. "What, you've never been bored? Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?" The Doctor asked.
"There's got to be a light switch," I said and felt a light switch, "Yes." I turned it on and the lights turned on, showing that there was patients in the room that were sitting up in their beds.
"Mummy."
"Mummy."
"Door," Jack said and we ran to the door. He tried to use the blaster on the door but it wouldn't work. "Damn it." Jack said.
"Mummy."
"It's the special features. They really drain the battery," Jack said. "The battery?" I asked in disbelief. The Doctor used his Sonic Screwdriver on the door and got it open. We ran to a storeroom and he locked the door. "Don't get it wrong but that's kind of lame," I told Jack. "I was going to send for another one, but somebody's got to blow up the factory," He said.
"I know the feeling. First time I met him, he blew my job up," I said. "Okay, that door should hold it for a bit," The Doctor said. "The door? The wall didn't stop it," Jack said.
"Well, it's got to find us first! Come on, we're not done yet! Assets, assets," The Doctor said. "Well, I've got a banana, and in a pinch you could put up some shelves," Jack said. "Window," The Doctor said.
"Barred. Sheer drop outside. Seven stories," Jack said. "There's no other exits," Sam said. "Well, the assets conversation went in a flash, didn't it?" Jack said. The Doctor looked at me, "So, where'd you pick this one up? Is he your boyfriend now?" He grumbled.
"Doctor," I said. "She was hanging from a barrage balloon, I had an invisible spaceship. I never stood a chance," Jack said. I tried to hid my smile as I looked down and shook my head slightly before looking back at The Doctor.
"Okay," The Doctor started, "One, we've got to get out of here. Two, we can't get out of here. Have I missed anything?" I turned around to see that Jack was gone, "Yeah. Jack just disappeared."