Doctor Who: Target - Novelisations [116] - The Faceless Ones by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426202943
Publisher: Target Books
Published: 1987-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

8

The Secret Of The Chameleons

By now even the Commandant was beginning to be convinced.

‘But why would anyone want to abduct all these young people?’ he asked.

‘If we knew that we wouldn’t be standing here,’ said the Doctor abstractedly. He had picked up the sheaf of Chameleon Tours flight schedules and was studying them absorbedly.

‘Inspector,’ said the Commandant, ‘may I have a word with you?’ He moved to a quite area of the room, beckoning the Inspector to follow him.

In a lowered voice the Commandant said, ‘Can we really believe this Doctor fellow? He seems more than a little unbalanced to me.’

Crossland looked thoughtfully at the Doctor. ‘He’s certainly more than a little orthodox, sir. But all the same he’s provided the only leads we’ve got on this case so far. I’d be very grateful if you could arrange for him to have a free hand, at least for the time being.’

‘A free hand?’ repeated the Commandant faintly.

‘Just to – poke around a little, sir.’

‘Are you really suggesting I should let him run around loose in my Airport?’

‘You can rely on me to keep an eye on him, sir.’

‘All right, Inspector,’ said the Commandant grimly.

‘And on your own head be it!’

‘I’m going to check on Chameleon Tours myself. I’ll report back here if I discover anything; but meanwhile I’d be grateful if you’d just let them go on operating normally. I don’t want them to know they’re suspected until I can act.’

‘Quite,’ said the Commandant despairingly. ‘Yes, quite!’

He went over to the Doctor. ‘I’m going to give you the freedom of my Airport for –’ He looked at the wall clock.

‘For twelve hours. After that I shall expect you back here with some real evidence.’

The Doctor put down the schedules and rose, looking at the clock. ‘Thank you very much,’ he said politely. In certain circumstances, the Doctor was thinking, twelve hours could seem like a very short time.

The Chameleon-Meadows was reporting to Spencer in the little room at the back of the Chameleon Tours kiosk. ‘I think he suspects me. He turned one of our own weapons on me – forced me to leave.’

‘You are a fool,’ said Spencer coldly. ‘You should have stayed. Now we do not know how much he has discovered, and whether or not he is believed.’

‘Even if he has discovered the secret of our mission here, they will not believe him,’ said Meadows in confident tones. ‘The minds of these Earth people will not stretch so far.’

‘Perhaps not,’ agreed Spencer. ‘The truth is probably beyond their intelligence. Except for the Doctor…’

‘I know where he is,’ Meadows pointed out matter-of-factly. ‘I could kill him.’

‘You are going to – but not at the risk of your own safety. We still need you in Air Traffic Control.’ Spencer opened a secret drawer in the desk and took out a round black device, the general size and shape of a button. He handed it to Meadows. ‘Take this and attach it to the Doctor. When we are ready I’ll activate it with this.

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