Misfortune: A Time Travel Romance (Ball and Chain Book 1) by David L. Hilton
Author:David L. Hilton [L. Hilton, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-16T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter 5: chapter five:
Hazel's POV
I heard a gunshot, and I jumped, just as everyone else did. I felt my stomach twist, and I fall through the air. A few seconds later, I'm on the ground, face first. "Up. Look up," the Doctor ordered and we looked up, staring at the Angels.
"Are you okay?" River asked, as we stood up shakily.
"What happened?" Amy asked, very confused.
"We jumped," River said.
"Up, up, look up," the Doctor said.
"Where are we?" Amy asked.
"Exactly where we were," I tried to explain, as the Doctor goes to my feet, and moves me over.
He sonics the circular hatch at my feet, and it turned open. "Doctor, what am I looking at?" Amy demanded. "Explain."
"Oh, come on, Amy, think," the Doctor grinned. "The ship crashed with the power still on, yeah? So what else is still on?" Amy blinked when she realized that we were on the roof of the Byzantium. "The artificial gravity. One good jump, and up we fell. Shot out the grav globe to give us an updraft, and here we are."
I grinned, "You have vertigo, don't you?" I patted her on the back, "Welcome to my world."
"Doctor, the statues," Father Octavian said. "They look more like Angels now."
"They're feeding on the radiation from the wreckage," he explained, the hatch was almost opened. "Draining all the power from the ship, restoring themselves. Within an hour, they'll be an army."
Just as it opened, a light exploded, and I jumped. "They're taking out the lights," The Doctor said, helping everyone inside the hatch. "Look at them. Look at the Angels. Into the ship, now. Quickly, all of you."
"How?" Amy asked as I fell into the ship, my feet moving to the floor.
"This gravity manipulation thing is getting on my nerves..." I muttered, going to where everyone else is.
"Okay, men. Go, go, go!" Octavian ordered, and the men go into position. The Doctor moved to the control panel to close the door. "The Angels. Presumably they can jump up too?"
The hatch closed. "They're here, now," the Doctor said gravelly. "In the dark, we're finished."
"That's reassuring," I shot at him, turning to keep eyes on the angels. The door on the other end started to close. "Run!"
"This whole place is a death trap!" Father Octavian muttered, just as the door closed. Nobody makes it.
"No, it's a time bomb," the Doctor corrected, although it really wasn't needed. "Well, it's a death trap and a time bomb. And now it's a dead end. Nobody panic. Oh, just me then. What's through here?"
"Secondary flight deck," River answered.
"Okay. so we've basically run up the inside of a chimney, yeah? So what if the gravity fails?" Amy asked.
"We'd probably all plunge to our deaths," I admitted.
"The security protocols are still live," the Doctor said. "There's no way to override them. It's impossible."
"How impossible?" River asked.
"Two minutes," he answered.
"The hull is breached and the power's failing," Octavian noted. An arm shoots out in the darkness, making me jump back.
"Sir, incoming!" One of the soldiers say.
"Doctor, lights!" Amy asked, as he fiddled with the control panel.
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