141 - Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown by John Peel

Author:John Peel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-07-12T01:23:35+00:00

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It was heavy going through the swamp. Bors, Garge and Kirksen – who was nervously bringing up the rear – all carried torches made from the dried swamp reeds. They burnt fitfully, and smokily, casting a pale glow over the water-logged ground. Every step squelched. The battered moccasins that the men wore were not up to this, and were leaking cold water.

Bors halted, then turned to the others. ‘We’re getting close now,’ he said, gruffly. ‘Put out your torches.’ He plunged his own into the wet ground. It spluttered and died out. Garge did likewise, but Kirksen clutched his aloft, still nervous. ‘Put your torch out,’ Bors repeated.

‘No,’ Kirksen whimpered, staring about all over the sky.

‘Please... the screamers... the only thing that scares them away is the light.’

Garge laughed. ‘What are you scared of? They’re only bats.’

‘Bats?’ Kirksen laughed, somewhat hysterically. ‘Oh, yes

– only bats! Vampires with six-foot wing-spans! I’ve seen them swarm all over a man and...’ His voice broke off, and he started shaking.

Bors grabbed Kirksen’s torch from the man and plunged it into the ground. It became very dark, and Bors could hear Kirksen’s nervous breathing. ‘Look,’ he growled, ‘if we keep together, they won’t bother us.’

Garge was less sympathetic. ‘Come on, will you?’ he called. ‘I doubt that we were the only ones who saw this ship land. We’re lucky it was so close, but there’ll be others after it soon.’

Bors nodded, which went unseen in the darkness. They could only just make each other out. Ahead of them, across the flat ground, was the ship. The lights from it were barely visible at this distance.

Kirksen whimpered to himself, looking upwards all the time. A sudden flurry of wings filled the air, and a dark shape blotted out the stars for a second. Throwing his hands over his head for whatever protection that might offer, Kirksen scuttled after his two companions.

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