Lethbridge-Stewart - Dogs of War: A Doctor Who spin-off short story. by Andy Frankham-Allen

Author:Andy Frankham-Allen [Frankham-Allen, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Candy Jar Books
Published: 2017-09-27T23:00:00+00:00

— CHAPTER SEVEN —

The enemy agents didn’t appear to be in a rush, which troubled Lethbridge-Stewart somewhat. He had a feeling he and Gilmore were being herded liked sheep, with a wolf waiting for them. The driver wouldn’t have stopped the train without good cause. Yeti blocking the way would be cause enough. He had many questions, but they would have to keep. For now. First they needed to get out of the train. He looked back, past Gilmore.

It was hard to see through the narrow emergency doors, even though several behind them were now open, but he could see enough to spot a Yeti a couple of carriages back. Smashing its way through the narrow gap between seats, ripping out the poles usually used by passengers for balance. The enemy agents didn’t seem bothered that the Yeti was closing in on them. It was no threat to them.

Perhaps he had been wrong. Had the Great Intelligence returned? He had seen it take over people before.

They had reached the first carriage. Lethbridge-Stewart had no intention of checking the driver’s cabin, no matter what Gilmore wanted. He’d seen what Yeti could do. He stopped in the small gap between carriages. It wasn’t much, but with a struggle he felt sure he could climb to the top of the train. There was a bit more space above the train – enough for them to escape. He looked back, through the windows to the tunnel outside. There! Another, smaller, tunnel branched off a short distance away. If they could climb to the top of the train, and then slide down, they could avoid the Yeti that were obviously waiting for them at the front of the train.

He told Gilmore his plan. The vice-marshal looked up at the map above the seats. ‘We’re halfway between Monument and Tower Hill, which means…’ He nodded. ‘Yes, that tunnel must lead to the old Tower Hill Station, or Mark Lane as it used to be called. After you, Colonel.’

Lethbridge-Stewart pocketed his revolver and handed the case to Gilmore and then, with some difficulty, clambered up the gap between carriages. He coughed at the dust on top of the train, and found himself having to lie almost flat to avoid banging his head on the roof of the tunnel. They really didn’t allow for much space when building these sub-surface tunnels. He reached down for the case, idly wondering what road they were beneath. Aside from the recently opened Victoria Line, he knew that the Underground tunnels tended to follow the roads above, from station to station, to avoid tunnelling beneath houses and other buildings. It was a logical concession back when the Underground was first built, but techniques had improved a lot since those early days, as the Victoria Line proved. Pity he couldn’t dig upwards. Escaping to the surface would have been preferable to being chased by Yeti in the tunnels again.

Gilmore handed him the case, fired a couple of shots into the carriage, and began to climb.

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