Doctor Who Eighth Doctor Adventures 04 by Genocide

Author:Genocide
Format: epub

choice between everything and nothing.' 'Maybe. But I've made my decision.' 'No you haven't,' said the Doctor softly. 'And, you know, I think that's part of the problem.' He stood up, then turned and walked swiftly out of the console room. The doors opened for him, revealing rocks, a patch of brown grass, and dry earth, all of it shining in the brilliant tropical sunlight. 'Put my dinner in the oven if I'm not back by five,' said the Doctor over his shoulder. He pulled a white cloth sun-hat out of a pocket, like a magician producing a handkerchief, and put it on his head. Then the doors closed behind him. 'I can't even see a water hole,' said Jo. 'There should be one around here somewhere. There's plenty of game.' Rowenna glanced up, saw her friend standing on an outcrop of rock in a classic explorer pose, gazing into the distance, her eyes shielded by a hand. From her own position propped up against the dead trunk of a thorn tree she could see several large, golden antelope warily nibbling at bushes no more than a hundred yards away, and a few dark shapes that might be jackals squatting in the grass. The alien tree towered over the plain, its colours still flowing in the sunlight. Rowenna wished they could get further away from it. In the distance, a lion roared. The antelope looked up, their bodies visibly quivering. Although she knew there was no immediate danger, Rowenna felt her own body tense, felt the sweat trickling down her back. The whole of her back hurt, as far down as it could hurt, as far as the nerves still worked. She wanted to reach around and massage it, but she knew that it was futile. She would just fall over. 'You need to get up higher,' she said to Jo. 'The water hole could be ten miles away.' Jo stepped down from the rock, sat down in the short grass at its base. Her face was flushed, and there were sweat patches on her shirt. 'I hope it's nearer than that,' she said seriously. 'Julie needs water soon.' They both glanced over to the long grass near the stark form of the strange tree, where Julie sat with the gun, on guard over Jacob Hynes. 'How sick is she?' asked Rowenna. Jo shrugged. 'I don't know. She thinks she's dying, but that's just what Hynes says. She's certainly got a fever. Are you OK?' Rowenna hesitated, then decided on the truth. Lying in this situation wasn't brave: it was just stupid. 'I think I'm a bit feverish. My throat's dry. But my back's hurting a lot, so it's hard to tell. I might just be shaken up.' She hesitated. 'What did Hynes say?' 'Just some demented apocalyptic nonsense. He's going to cleanse the earth of humans, that kind of thing. I don't think he knows where or when we are any more than I do. Though he did admit that the tree is capable of time travel.

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