Part 2
The hooded figure looked back to see if he's being followed. But the Doctor found a short cut and stopped the figure by flipping him to the ground. "It's too late. The eruption is about to begin." the hooded figure laughed with a feminine voice.
"What do yo mean 'eruption'? What are those 'miracle pills' about?" the Doctor asked.
"Maybe this will answer your questions." the hooded figure said as she hold out her hands showing two eyes drew on each hand and the Doctor was surprised to see them.
The Doctor was about to pick up the hooded figure but was startled when he saw Sgt. Benton and two other UNIT soldiers almost shot her and the hooded figure once again ran. "For Pete's sake, Benton! Didn't I told all of you I will get her by myself." the Doctor said.
"Sorry, Doctor. The Brigadier ordered us to assist you." Benton said.
"Thanks to all of you, the person got away again. Now come on all of you, we better go back to base." the Doctor said and all of them walked back to the temporary UNIT base.
In the UNIT base, Jo looked at the miracle pills UNIT has confiscated earlier while the Brigadier is talking with Captain Yates. When they saw the Doctor back at the headquarters, the Doctor looked really disgruntled. "Did you apprehend the mysterious person?" the Brigadier asked.
"No I didn't capture the person in question. No thanks to you." the Doctor said.
"I'm sorry, Doctor. But you must be assisted in apprehending someone even if the person is unarmed."
"Well, luckily for you, I remember what the person looked like before she ran away."
"It's a female then?"
"Yes. But I don't think she's the only here in Liverpool."
"How does the person looked like?"
"Don't know. She kept her hood on, but I remember that she has eyes painted in each of her palms."
"You mean she's part of a cult?" Jo asked.
"Sort of. She mentioned that the eruption is coming. Captain, is Liverpool built under a volcano?" the Doctor asked Captain Yates.
"No, Doctor. Liverpool and the island of Britain are mostly volcano free." Captain Yates replied.
"Just as I thought. Jo, stay with me here to analyze more of the so called spontaneous human combustion while you, Brigadier, you do some scouting." the Doctor said.
"Affirmative. You hear the Doctor, scout the streets of Liverpool for any unusual occurrence." the Brigadier ordered his men.
"Yes, sir." Sgt. Benton followed and he and the Brigadier exited the base.
"We better hurry Jo, try to scan any of those miracle pills and find out where it came from and how is made." the Doctor said and Jo followed.
With the streets of Liverpool were mostly empty due to paranoia from the spontaneous human combustion, UNIT had an advantage of scouting the streets without causing a public disturbance. The Brigadier and Sgt. Benton walked around while other UNIT forces were in stealth mode in alleyways or behind market stands. So far, they haven't found anything unusual yet.
"Have you founded the mysterious person yet?" the Brigadier asked through the radio.
"No sign of her. The only subjects we saw are only us, Brigadier." a UNIT force replied.
"Well keep looking. The mayor mostly put the city in lock down just for us. There's nowhere she might have escape Liverpool."
"I don't trust this at all. It seems that this cult or whatever wouldn't let this happen." Benton said.
"We must keep our eyes strong, Benton. Even in the most quiet situations, there's something big about to happen."
Suddenly, the Brigadier and his forces felt a small shaking around Liverpool. Luckily, there's were no citizens panicking out on the streets. Benton and a few UNIT soldiers locked their weapons around them to check if there was a monster coming towards them.
"I guess there's going to be an eruption coming." Benton said.
"You're right. We must stop this before it devastates the entire planet. Get me any geologist who lives in this city to scan any volcanic activity under Liverpool." the Brigadier ordered.
"Yes sir." Benton followed and went to any houses he could find.
Back in the temporary UNIT base, the Doctor, Jo and Captain Yates were still checking on the miracle pills and also the ashes of the people that were combusted. "Do you find any readings yet, Jo?" the Doctor asked.
"Nothing yet." Jo replied, "How about you?"
"Yes I think I might have found something. I noticed that the ashes of combusted humans are very unusual. It seems that spontaneous human combustion is caused by some unearthly forces and what seems fascinating about it is that the spontaneous human combustion is more like an accident."
"What do you mean, Doctor." Captain Yates asked.
"Think of it as more of an experiment gone wrong. It means the the spontaneous human combustion wasn't suppose to happen. Jo, did you find out what miracle pills are made up?"
"The machine is receiving now, Doctor." Jo said. The scanner printed out the results of the miracle pill and Jo read the results. "This doesn't seem right."
"What is it?" Captain Yates asked.
"It seems the miracle pill is made out of a magma based substance."
"Just as I thought." the Doctor said, "Captain Yates, warn the Brigadier that we're up against a greater threat."
"Will do." Captain Yates said and left the base.
"Jo, come with me. I think where we could find the makers of this pill."
"Will do." Jo said.
The Doctor and Jo hopped on Bessie and drove to a cavern that's near to Liverpool. When they arrived, they felt a really hot air inside the caverns. The Doctor scanned the area and found some life forms inside the caverns.
"I thought Captain Yates said that there are no volcanoes in Britain." Jo said.
"There really is no volcanoes in Britain." the Doctor said, "Apparently this one appeared a little while ago and this one is man made." The Doctor and Jo entered the caverns and the Doctor took out a flashlight to light the way. They soon found themselves in an edge of a cliff in the cavern and the fall looked very deep. "Watch your step, Jo." the Doctor told her. Suddenly, another shaking occurred and the Doctor fell off the cliff.
"DOCTOR!"