Doctor Who: Spiral Scratch by Gary Russell

Author:Gary Russell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563486268
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2005-08-03T10:00:00+00:00

‘I... I don’t know,’ said the girl, still hidden. ‘It was the word that came into my mind when it arrived. It stopped Mummy.

Everyone stopped moving. I hid here.’

‘Very sensible,’ said the Doctor. He looked upwards. ‘It seems to have stopped raining now. You can come out if you want.’

‘Everyone’s stopped,’ the girl repeated quietly.

‘When?’ asked Melanie. ‘I mean, when did this happen?’

‘This morning,’ came the response.

The Doctor stood up. ‘Well, we’re nothing to do with any

“pulsebeat”, we’re travellers. We’re looking for your friends and family. Can you get out so we can talk properly?’ He looked up into the sky, then ran a hand through his hair.

Dried, by the scorching sun that had been hidden by storm clouds seconds earlier. ‘Odd,’ he murmured.

Melanie glanced towards him and grimaced. ‘That is weird isn’t it.’ She shook the umbrella but no water came away. It was bone dry. ‘Seattle to the Sahara in one minute.’

The Doctor just smiled at Melanie. ‘I think the word is

“freaky”.

They were disturbed by some scrabbling from within the storm drain and Melanie watched as a young girl, about eight or nine, dirty and wide-eyed, crawled out.

She looked at the Doctor, then at Melanie and gasped.

‘I get that a lot,’ said Melanie. ‘This is the Doctor, he’s from a planet called Gallifrey. I’m from Earth. My name is Mel Baal, but my friends call me Melanie. I’d like you to, if that’s okay.’ The little girl nodded, a bit shaken and trying to take in everything, Melanie guessed.

‘I’m Kina,’ she said. ‘They made my mummy stop.’

The Doctor gently scooped her up and, taking the umbrella from Melanie, rested it on the ground, then placed Kina under it, to keep cool.

‘There, is that better?’

Kina nodded. ‘Thank you,’ she said politely.

Melanie smiled. ‘Where has everyone gone, Kina?’

Kina was staring at Melanie, but she was used to that. ‘Where are you from?’ asked the girl.

‘I’m from Earth,’ Melanie said.

‘Do they all look like you there?’

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