Doctor Who_The Triple Knife by Jenny T Colgan
Author:Jenny T Colgan [Colgan, Jenny T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785943713
Amazon: 1785943715
Barnesnoble: 1785943715
Publisher: Penguin Group UK
Published: 2018-07-29T23:00:00+00:00
PICNIC AT ASGARD
Monday 5 May 5147
Stormcage
âOi!â was the first thing I heard.
This was a good sign. Definitely boded well. I risked cracking open an eyelid.
âWhat the blooming heck do you think youâre doing?â
Trying not to throw up would have been the honest answer.
It was the Time Hopper. Traded it with Frodene in the showers for ninety-five sugar mice that had unaccountably arrived anonymously 4,600 years past their sell-by date; and an incredibly rare and holy protective relic Father Octavian sent me years ago, with a letter begging that I keep it by me always in my quest for true repentance. Frodene likes it glinting on her tail.
The Hopper canât get you past the Tesla force field, of course, but â if youâre happy to stay in one place â amazingly, it works perfectly. Here I was, still in my cell, geographically perfect; but on the very day the cell was being built. The bars werenât even fitted yet.
âWhereâd you spring from, then?â
I noticed the workmanâs surprised voice sounded slightly muffled, then realised to my annoyance that I couldnât breathe. They hadnât oxygenated the area yet. So annoying.
âSorry! Gotta go!â I said in a slightly strangulated voice, quickstepping over his tools and stopping merely to grab his keycard and his oxygen supply.
I am almost one hundred per cent sure⦠maybe seventy-nine per cent sure⦠that one of his colleagues would have got to him with back-up oxygen in time.
And after that, we would both need a day off.
Asgard
He was waiting, arms folded, leaning against the TARDIS, pretending he wasnât fidgeting. He hates waiting. If heâs not arriving in the nick of time, it isnât worth it.
âCome on!â he said. âItâs open and everything! Weâre missing it!â
âHello, Sweetie.â
âI thought,â he said, unfolding his arms, âyou only called people that when you couldnât remember their names.â
âNot true,â I replied, ditching the stolen helmet. âItâs also if I canât remember their gender. Anyway, I had to stop at the market.â
He looked dubiously at the wicker basket Iâd brought. âWhat are we having to eat?â
âStop being fussy.â
âI just want toââ
âNo,â I said firmly. âIf youâre picking the location, Iâm picking the food. And, by the way, the location is ridiculous.â
He turned round, gleefully, the vast golden gates spread out before us, shining like mad in the morning sun. âIsnât it?!â
ASGARDâ¢. A planet-sized theme park. It is ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous. âA celebration of all things legendary.â The skies were a heaving, rolling pink, always with a strategic ray of sun bursting through triumphantly; you could take part in a great fire funeral, or join the Beating Tunnel Ship of 10,000 Drums ride; or fly mechanical eagles through thrilling rock falls. They have a 5,000-metre waterfall with a hotel built into the cave behind it thatâs lit entirely by naturally occurring prisms.
âThis place is so tacky,â I said, as we walked through the vast bright shining gates towards the Rainbow Bridge, with thousands of other excited-looking tourists; children bubbling with excitement, wearing their toy winged helmets and brandishing bendy hammers indiscriminately and then being told off for it.
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