Doctor Who 842 - Escape Velocity by Colin Brake

Author:Colin Brake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-07-13T03:48:25+00:00

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Fray’kon faced Tyler, weak from loss of blood. He was swaying slightly but still had the strength to bring up his weapon and point it at the human.

‘Just you and me now, huh,’ gasped Tyler. ‘Looks like your pal Pierre-Yves got it wrong. I did make it into space. Big time.’ He reached for the control that would open the exterior door. Even as he did so Fray’kon was squeezing the trigger of his weapon. A blast of energy hit Tyler in the chest, knocking him backwards but crucially towards the control. The doors flew open and both Tyler and Fray’kon were pulled into the cold vacuum of space.

The Doctor, Anji and Fitz stumbled towards the TARDIS buffeted by a series of explosions. ‘I think this ship’s had it,’ Fitz shouted above the cacophony of destruction. The Doctor unlocked the door and ushered Anji then Fitz inside. Then with a last sad look back at the crumbling space cruiser the Doctor followed them and shut the door.

The elephantine wheezing and groaning that announced the departure of the TARDIS was inaudible as the lower decks of the battle cruiser collapsed in on themselves. A moment later the vessel broke up and was engulfed in flames.

Chapter Nineteen

Mission: Impossible

Anji, Fitz and the Doctor watched as the Kulan fleet was engulfed by a series of massive explosions, destroying all of the ships. It felt like watching some bizarre firework display. Anji shivered, surprised at how detached she felt. The Kulan were dying in terrible numbers, in horrible ways, and all she could feel was relief.

She tried to console herself with the thought that they had been planning to do far worse to the people of Earth, and she recalled what had happened to Spear, Tyler and (of course) Dave and allowed a few tears to fall down her face. She wiped them away quickly, before either of the men could notice.

Fitz only had eyes for the Doctor. All this death, he thought. He looked at the Doctor curiously. The Doctor had never been a violent man: he had always sought to minimise death. And then he had been forced to destroy his home planet, wiping out his entire race. Fitz wondered what that had done to his friend. The amnesia he could understand – the Doctor’s subconscious protecting him from the full horror of what he had done – but what else had changed?

Fitz remembered seeing the Doctor grappling with Fray’kon and the sudden, vicious way he had appeared to thrust the alien’s already injured head against the wall. Had that really happened? Had the Doctor become more violent, more callous? Now, watching the deaths of the thousands of Kulan, the Doctor seemed sad rather than angry.

The Doctor shook his head and switched off the scanner. ‘Those who live by the sword. . . ’ he commented sadly, failing to complete the quotation.

‘They would have done the same to us,’ Anji growled darkly.

‘Would they?’ The Doctor didn’t seem so sure. ‘Sa’Motta wouldn’t have hurt a fly.

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