Doctor Who: Anachrophobia by Jonathan Morris

Author:Jonathan Morris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563538479
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Americas
Published: 2002-03-04T10:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

119

The lamps in the stairwell fluttered and faded. Water cascaded down the central well and into the abyss. Fitz felt himself lunging forward, and grasped the hand rail, swinging himself back. He panted, suddenly suffocating. He couldn’t go on.

There was another rumble. The stairs jangled and creaked, shifting on their moorings. The whole base seemed to be shuddering.

‘The defaulter bombardment. It’s getting closer,’ said Shaw. ‘Come on!’

Fitz clutched the railing and began to heave himself back up the stairs.

‘Where are you going?’ yelled Shaw.

‘The Doctor. . . and Anji,’ said Fitz through clenched teeth. ‘I’ve got to find them.’

‘Forget them!’

‘I can’t –’

‘Come with me.’ Shaw raised his gun. ‘Or I’ll kill you.’

The medical bay lay dark and silent in anticipation. The two figures behind the window also waited. Gazing out into nowhere.

The door swung open and Lane entered. She surveyed the ward with her expressionless clock face and moved calmly between the beds to the quarantine area.

Tick-tock.

Lane arrived at the controls and adjusted some switches. The inner airlock door opened and Ash and Norton moved into the airlock and pulled the door shut after them.

Tick-tock.

Lane adjusted another switch and the outer door gave a clang. Seconds later, it opened and Ash and Norton emerged into the ward, flexing their hands and turning their clock faces left and right in a steady rhythm.

Tick-tock.

They walked up to Lane and nodded in greeting. And together they spoke, their voices transformed into a guttural clockwork parody of humanity.

‘ We have arrived. ’

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