The Crawling Terror by Mike Tucker

Author:Mike Tucker [Tucker, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8041-4091-1
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2014-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

The Doctor clung to the sidecar for dear life as Constable Charlie Bevan drove the vintage motorcycle at breakneck speed through the narrow country lanes. Behind them he could hear the spider as it crashed through the undergrowth, but its speed was no match for the Norton and soon they had left it far behind.

With the noise that the old bike was making, however, they were likely to attract the attention of everything else in the village, human or otherwise. The Doctor fumbled in his pocket for his sonic screwdriver, activating the sonic shield. That should keep them safe from the mosquitoes at any rate.

Charlie leaned over and shouted above the roar of the engine. ‘Where are we headed?’

‘The big meadow just beyond the stone circle,’ the Doctor yelled back. ‘When you get there, just head for the police box!’

‘The what?’

‘Just drive!’

Charlie twisted the throttle and the Norton hurtled forwards. Before long they were back at the village green and Charlie brought the bike coasting to a halt in the lane alongside the Post Office.

‘What have you stopped for?’ asked the Doctor in irritation.

‘Look,’ whispered Charlie, pointing to the far side of the green.

A huge crowd of people – men, women, children – was standing motionless in the centre of the village. Several of the huge mosquitoes were perched on the top of the war memorial, basking in the sunlight, or clinging to the stone sides, their wings occasionally filling the air with a low drone.

‘It looks like the entire village …’ breathed Charlie in amazement.

The Doctor tapped his teeth with his sonic screwdriver. ‘Is there another way to get to the meadow?’

‘We could take the ring road, but there’s no telling whether it’s going to be passable.’

‘Then we’re just going to have to go through them.’

Charlie looked at him in horror. ‘You’re not suggesting that I run them down?’

‘Of course not!’ snapped the Doctor. ‘Just concentrate on keeping this thing on three wheels, and let me worry about clearing the way.’

He twisted the barrel of his sonic screwdriver, making careful adjustments to the settings, altering the sonic shield that he had been using to protect them from the mosquitoes to operate on a much wider scale. He needed to be careful. These people were unwitting participants in the events that were unfolding. He wanted something that was painful, but not damaging. He also had to focus the beam so that he and Charlie weren’t affected.

Satisfied that the settings he had would give the desired effect, he turned to Charlie Bevan. ‘Right. Let’s see what this can do.’

Directing the screwdriver towards the waiting crowd, he pressed the activation stud. The effects were instantaneous. The crowd of villagers reeled, clutching at their ears.

‘Go!’ yelled the Doctor.

Charlie threw the Norton into gear, sending it roaring across the village green. A few at the edge of the crowd made half-hearted attempts to reach for them as they swept past, but Charlie proved to be an experienced bike rider, and managed to manoeuvre the big Norton so that they were always just out of reach.

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