Blue Box Bricks
Doctor who Series: Episode 2 - Compatibility issues P6
"Lower your gun Sal." said the man putting his hand on the womans shoulder. Scowling, she obliged. "Now, if we can all just calm down for a minute" he continued "You can put your hands down"
Jackie and Frank lowered their hands, a tinge of embarrassment in their movements. "W...who are you?" Jackie asked.
The man looked at the woman, Sal. She nodded. "We're a retrieval team. I'm Paul, and this is Sal. And who might you be?" Jackie opened her mouth to answer but the Doctor cut in. "Us?, we're just humble inspectors, inspecting this...base." He raised his psychic paper to show them. "It's all down on there."
"That's funny" said Sal, suspicion in her voice. "This base hasn't been much in need of inspection. Not since it was abandoned a year ago." She glared at them "Who are you really?"
The Doctor was taken aback. Abandoned? That couldn't be right. Had he got the year wrong? This was supposed to be the height of human space exploration, it should have been a buzzing hub, swarming with explorers and the like. 'No need to panic' he thought 'Plan B it is'
"Ok, fine" he sighed "we're tourists. Just a trio of harmless tourists". Jackie rolled her eyes. 'Like they'll believe that' she thought.
"Ah" sighed Paul "That would explain it. Command reported a unexplained transport pod about a half hour ago." He raised his wrist and pressed some buttons. Sal raised her hand to her mouth "You're not seriously going to take them back to the ship" she hissed. "What else are we gonna do Sal?" he replied "If we let them wander the base alone, who knows what they could discover"
"Fine". She agreed, begrudgingly. This was not the mission. "We'll take you back to our ship and contact someone to pick you up."
"Marvellous" the Doctor said, rubbing his hands together. "Shall we?" Paul said, setting off.
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They walked for what seemed like hours. Just endless hallways, stretching for what felt like miles. The Doctor was trying to find out exactly what had caused the base to be abandoned. Both Paul and Sal were...cagey, giving few specific details. Frank wasn't used to walking this much. "How much further is it? To your ship, I mean"
"Only about another 15 minutes or so. We're parked in the rear docking bay, shouldn't be too long now."
Jackie was feeling the pain of extended walking. Thankfully, she had her trainers on, and not those ghastly slipper things she had to wear in the lab. 'Thank god' she thought before-
A noise distracted her from her thoughts. A sort of skitting, scratching sound. She turned to investigate. "Doctor" She called softly. He didn't hear. 'Eh, what's the harm?' she thought. She slowly turned and began tip-toeing back the way, leaving the others.
Doctor who Series: Episode 2 - Compatibility issues P6
"Lower your gun Sal." said the man putting his hand on the womans shoulder. Scowling, she obliged. "Now, if we can all just calm down for a minute" he continued "You can put your hands down"
Jackie and Frank lowered their hands, a tinge of embarrassment in their movements. "W...who are you?" Jackie asked.
The man looked at the woman, Sal. She nodded. "We're a retrieval team. I'm Paul, and this is Sal. And who might you be?" Jackie opened her mouth to answer but the Doctor cut in. "Us?, we're just humble inspectors, inspecting this...base." He raised his psychic paper to show them. "It's all down on there."
"That's funny" said Sal, suspicion in her voice. "This base hasn't been much in need of inspection. Not since it was abandoned a year ago." She glared at them "Who are you really?"
The Doctor was taken aback. Abandoned? That couldn't be right. Had he got the year wrong? This was supposed to be the height of human space exploration, it should have been a buzzing hub, swarming with explorers and the like. 'No need to panic' he thought 'Plan B it is'
"Ok, fine" he sighed "we're tourists. Just a trio of harmless tourists". Jackie rolled her eyes. 'Like they'll believe that' she thought.
"Ah" sighed Paul "That would explain it. Command reported a unexplained transport pod about a half hour ago." He raised his wrist and pressed some buttons. Sal raised her hand to her mouth "You're not seriously going to take them back to the ship" she hissed. "What else are we gonna do Sal?" he replied "If we let them wander the base alone, who knows what they could discover"
"Fine". She agreed, begrudgingly. This was not the mission. "We'll take you back to our ship and contact someone to pick you up."
"Marvellous" the Doctor said, rubbing his hands together. "Shall we?" Paul said, setting off.
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They walked for what seemed like hours. Just endless hallways, stretching for what felt like miles. The Doctor was trying to find out exactly what had caused the base to be abandoned. Both Paul and Sal were...cagey, giving few specific details. Frank wasn't used to walking this much. "How much further is it? To your ship, I mean"
"Only about another 15 minutes or so. We're parked in the rear docking bay, shouldn't be too long now."
Jackie was feeling the pain of extended walking. Thankfully, she had her trainers on, and not those ghastly slipper things she had to wear in the lab. 'Thank god' she thought before-
A noise distracted her from her thoughts. A sort of skitting, scratching sound. She turned to investigate. "Doctor" She called softly. He didn't hear. 'Eh, what's the harm?' she thought. She slowly turned and began tip-toeing back the way, leaving the others.