Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell

Author:Gary Russell [Russell, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera
ISBN: 9781846075636
Google: LbhNTjHhWykC
Amazon: 1846075637
Publisher: BBC BOOKS
Published: 2008-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

‘So why aren’t we marching up to the front door and

saying, “Hello, mate of the Doctor’s, you called, we

came”?’

The Doctor was staring at a car parked across the lawn

in the staff car park. ‘What’s wrong with that car?’

Donna peered through the gloom. ‘They don’t know

how to park straight?’

‘And?’

‘They’ll ruin the grass?’

‘And?’

‘And… the lights are dying?’

‘That’s the one.’

‘So?’

The Doctor grinned. ‘Think about it. How old does that

car look?’

‘New. So it should’ve beeped to tell them they’d left

their lights on. So they ignored it. And if it’s that new, the

thingy wotsit that makes the lights work shouldn’t lose

power so soon. Dad left the lights on overnight a couple of

years ago and they were still on the next morning and the

car was fine. And his car was ancient.’

The Doctor walked towards the car, sonic screwdriver

in hand, and scanned the vehicle. ‘Huge energy drain,

locally,’ he muttered.

Donna tapped his arm. ‘Hey, you seen that?’

The Doctor followed her view. Up in the sky was a

grinning face made of stars. ‘City glow must’ve hidden

that on the drive out here,’ he said quietly.

‘Fireworks?’

‘Let’s hope most people think so,’ he replied.

‘Not fireworks, then.’

‘Not fireworks,’ he confirmed. ‘A Chaos Body at

work.’

‘What’s a Chaos Body when it’s at home?’

The Doctor shrugged. ‘No idea. Your granddad

introduced me to the concept last night. But a new star

that can draw other stars across the sky into an alignment

like that? Pretty chaotic I’d say.’

‘Me too.’ Donna wandered up to the front door of the

Copernicus Array building. ‘Well, we’re not gonna learn

much out here, are we?’ She found a number of bells and

rang the one that said EMERGENCY ONLY.

Nothing happened.

‘Local energy drain, I’d guess.’ Donna smiled at him.

The Doctor sighed and caught up with her, zapping the

door with the sonic and pushing it open.

Total darkness.

‘So, who’s this Professor matey of yours, then?’

The Doctor was using the blue glow of the sonic as a

torch, trying to identify office nameplates. ‘Met him years

ago. One of a number of people on this planet who I can

turn to from time to time if I need specialist help. And

they can call me if they need me, vice versa.’ He pointed

upwards. ‘Professor Melville’s office is one floor up, the

array’s control room is out the back, across the gardens

and turn left.’

‘Dull office or exciting telescope?’

The Doctor grinned, looking slightly spooky in the blue

light of his sonic. ‘Are you trying to influence my choices,

Donna Noble?’

‘Course telescope not, Doctor. I wouldn’t telescope

dream of trying to telescope tell you what to do or where

to go.’

The Doctor gave her a look at the last comment, and

she laughed. ‘Well, all right,’ she said, ‘but not in that

sense.’

‘For some reason, I think we should investigate the

telescope.’

‘It’s like Derren Brown’s in this very room,’ Donna

laughed.

They followed the corridor from the front door till they

reached a set of French windows leading out to a patio.

The Doctor sonicked them open, and they went back out

into the cool night air.

‘We’re being watched,’ Donna said after they’d been

walking for a couple of minutes.

‘How do you know?’

‘My hair is curling,’ she replied. ‘That and the fact that

I can see them ahead of us.

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