Darksmith Legacy by Justin Richards

Author:Justin Richards [Richards, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405905138
Publisher: BBC Childrens Books
Published: 2009-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

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The red emergency lighting was still on in the

the main control room. It bathed everything

and everyone blood red. Clinton was sitting at

his console, checking readings.

'Generator's still out,' he reported.

'Doesn't usually take them this long to reset it,'

Dollund said.

Bobby saw the Doctor's frown. 'You think there's

a problem?'

'I think there are loads of problems. Masses

of problems. Don't suppose you have a security

camera or something in the generator room?' he

asked Clinton.

'We do,' he said. 'But there's not enough power

to run it without the generator.'

The Doctor sniffed. 'Good design. Who sold

you that, then?'

'We can talk to them though.' Clinton pressed

the communicator button. 'Henderson — how's it

going down there?'

The speakers crackled with static.

'Henderson? Lisa?'

Still there was no answer.

'Something's not right. I'm going down there,'

the Doctor said.

He ran from the room, then skidded to a halt,

looking first one way then the other.

Bobby joined him. 'It's this way,' she said.

They ran through the base, dust swirling round

their feet as they kicked it up. Soon they were

outside the generator room. The door was shut.

'It won't open!' Bobby said, trying the controls.

' L e t me.' T h e D o c t o r p o i n t e d his sonic

screwdriver at the controls. The end glowed with a

blue light and there was a flash followed by a shower

of sparks. The door slid open.

T h e r o o m l o o k e d as t h o u g h it h a d b e e n

abandoned long ago. Everything was covered

with a layer of dust. It could have been years since

anyone had been inside. Except for the bodies.

Henderson was lying by the access panel to

the generator. Lisa was slumped over the control

c o n s o l e o n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e r o o m .

Like everything else, both were coated with dust.

'But they've only been here a few minutes,'

Bobby said. Are they...?'

The Doctor was already examining Henderson.

He ran over to check on Lisa.

'They'll be fine,' he said. 'Unconscious — almost

suffocated.'

'But how?'

' C h o k i n g on dust, I s h o u l d think.' T h e

Doctor hauled Lisa out of her chair and carried

her into the corridor. He put her down gently,

propping her against a wall. Then he dragged

Henderson after her.

'Can I do anything?'

'Check their airways are clear and m a k e

sure there's no dust in their mouths. I'll get the

generator started.'

' O n l y H e n d e r s o n and Lisa can do that,'

B o b b y said. 'It's a security m e a s u r e . T h e

computer prompts you and you have to know

the next symbol in the sequence to reset the

systems.'

The Doctor paused in the doorway. 'Can't be

that hard to work out,' he said. And if I'm right,

we need to get power back and get a message out as

soon as we can. We're all in the most terrible danger.

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