Doctor Who - Bernice Summerfield - 06 - Deadfall by Gary Russell

Author:Gary Russell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: High Tech, General, Science Fiction, Life on Other Planets, Women Prisoners, Fiction
ISBN: 0426205138
Publisher: Virgin
Published: 1997-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

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Jay Hallett was very bored now. She had stood on this

balcony, overlooking the stupid deserted city for ages.

Townsend had gone walkies and where Lloyd and Connor

were was anyone‘s guess.

And she was stuffed - babysitting Grierson, Lloyd‘s little

protégé because the Top Dog didn‘t want to expose her to any

danger until she and Connor had finished their explorations.

And of course, there had been the warning about

making sure Grierson was with Hallett and not left alone

with Townsend - said in a tone that Hallett knew wasn‘t

worth arguing with.

‗It‘s really beautiful, Jay,‘ Grierson said as she stared at the

city. ‗Bit like home.‘

Hallett glanced back at the doorway wishing Townsend

would return from whatever recce she was on. They had

passed through interminable identical buildings until finding

this walkway. Townsend had gone through the door at the

end and not returned. Hallett originally decided to follow, but

self-preservation had taken over. Perhaps something on the

other side had killed Townsend and she had no real desire to

go the same way.

She smiled suddenly. ‗Jeni, do you want to nip through the

door and see where Marianne‘s got to?‘

‗Sure.‘ Grierson walked off.

Hallett watched her go... Lloyd was going to kill her if

anything went wrong. Then again, maybe she and Charley

Connor were dead already. Whoever killed those AMS

troopers and archaeologists might be searching for her now.

The door shut with a loud bang and Hallett jumped.

Grierson was gone.

Oh bugger this!

Hallett decided to take the risk and follow her – somehow

an angry Lloyd mourning the death of Grierson was more

frightening than whatever might be beyond the door.

Then she saw something out of the corner of her eye. A tiny

black speck on the horizon, getting larger.

Something was flying across the city. A bird of some sort.

Goddess, something was actually alive down here!

Jeni Grierson stood on the edge of a cut-off bridge. Another

three bridges were opposite her, and a tall column in the

centre of the space, but whatever connected all four was

gone. She looked over the edge and could see a round

platform that clearly came up - the long stone column in the

middle was the spindle. Of Townsend she saw no sign.

‗Marianne?‘ she called below, but nothing moved.

Except in the corner of her eye. She looked to the right, in

the same direction she had looked across the city back

through the doorway, where Jay was waiting for her.

It was a tiny black blob, moving across the sky.

No. Two black blobs, flying in their direction.

Marianne Townsend was weaving throughout the city streets.

She had gone on the platform - it operated like a traditional

elevator. There had been a button to call it hidden on the side

of the suspension bridge and she‘d taken the platform into

the city. A path was clearly designated as one to follow, so

she‘d instinctively taken a wholly different route.

She looked up, and in the distance could see the balcony

with Hallett on. No point in calling to her, she probably

wouldn‘t hear from that distance.

She carried on walking through the silly streets of this silly

stone town, wondering what had happened to the silly people

who‘d built it.

Then something caught her eye - two black blobs on the

skyline.

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