Doctor Who: Vanishing Point by Stephen Cole

Author:Stephen Cole
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563538295
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Americas
Published: 2001-05-15T10:00:00+00:00

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Etty clutched the wet, sticky bear to her breast and slumped to the ground outside the building, her voice given out, her throat stinging and strained. She wanted to cry, but such a simple expression seemed beyond her. She just stared down at the note in her hands.

A shadow lurched forward at the periphery of her vision. A dark shape detaching itself from the night, coming towards her.

‘Give me my son,’ Etty hissed. ‘Give him to me.’

‘I can’t,’ the familiar voice said. ‘Not yet.’

The Doctor came closer. He was in his shirtsleeves, looking powdery and pale in the sickly light of the lamp.

‘This is your fault,’ she said softly. ‘I was meant to come alone. It’s the end of everything, now.’

She passed him the note, saw his eyes scan over it.

Tomorrow we do things properly. Go to corner of Badi and Downs. Wait midnight tomorrow. Alone.

I will show you Vanishing Point.

Wear this.

‘This?’ the Doctor queried.

Etty showed him a white plastic bag into which had been stuffed a sea‐green shawl. ‘So they can recognise me.’

‘Not quite a white carnation or a bunch of flowers under the clock at the station, is it?’ the Doctor murmured as he folded the note and put it into his trouser pocket. ‘I’m so sorry, Etty.’

She eyed him coldly. ‘For risking my son’s life?’

‘No.’ The Doctor squatted down beside her. ‘Because there are things I must tell you. About your sister. About…’

He trailed off as twin lights pooled briefly across Etty’s face, looking at her curiously as if it were some kind of trick she’d performed herself.

‘Headlights,’ Etty said dully. ‘Someone’s coming.’

‘Police?’ muttered the Doctor ‘Of course, the explosion… We must get back to Anji.’

Etty felt herself stir a little at the girl’s name. ‘Is she all right?’

‘We were both caught in the blast. She’s hurt.’ The Doctor stood up. ‘The police mustn’t find us here. There’s too much to do. Come on.’

He headed off towards the huge mound of rubble that marked the fallen building, still dwarfing the surrounding structures, and Etty found herself following.

‘Where is she?’ Etty asked quietly.

‘Just round here,’ the Doctor said as they turned the corner of one of the outbuildings.

There was movement here, lights flashing. A police car was hovering, and there were uniformed people setting up lights and cordons.

Barely breaking step the Doctor dragged her down to her knees into cover. She almost cried out in surprise, but he held his finger to her lips. Then he used it to point ahead of them.

Much closer to them than all the other activity, two cowled figures stood over what looked to be a bundle of dark fabric on the ground.

‘Anji?’ Etty whispered.

The Doctor nodded. ‘But who are those two? They’re not police, or Diviners.’

Suddenly a powerful torch beam cut through the two figures. ‘There’s no one about here,’ said a gruff male voice. ‘No one hurt. Just her.’

The cowled figures said nothing. A medic crouched down next to Anji, administered some kind of medicine. The Doctor looked on worriedly.

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