Doctor Who Eighth Doctor Adventures 60 by Time Zero (Justin Richards) (v1.0)

Author:Time Zero (Justin Richards) (v1.0)
Format: epub

In fact, Anji was alone. He could see her in the distance, a dark figure sprawled at the base of the skeletal fragments of a building. He was worried that she didn’t move. But as he approached, watching all the time for movement, for the woman with the gun to rise up from the snow and replay his own trick of earlier, he saw Anji stretch and shift position uncomfortably. She was tied to the wooden upright, he realised. ‘Where is she?’ he hissed as soon as he was close enough. Anji’s eyes were wide with surprise and fear. She shook her head.’. No Idea. She cuffed me here and went after you, I think.’ She saw the rifle in his hands and her jaw dropped. ‘What - where’s Jacobs?’ ‘He met with a bit of an accident,’ Flanaghan bent to examine the handcuffs that secured Anji to the piece of wood. ‘Very sad.’ ‘Don’t suppose you have a key?’ He shook his head. ‘Nor a saw, before you ask.’ He blew out a long misty breath as he considered. ‘OK, here’s the plan. Lean back, far as you can, so the chain is stretched tight against the wood. And look away.’ She didn’t look happy. ‘What are you going to do?’ ‘I’m going to shoot the chain.’ ‘What if you miss?’ ‘I won’t. But maybe the wood is solid enough to stop a bullet. She just looked at him. ‘Do you have a better plan?’ he asked. ‘/do.’ And he realised that she wasn’t looking at him at all. She was looking past him - at the woman who had just spoken. The woman with the gun. ‘Drop the gun, and turn round very slowly.’ ‘Sorry,’ he murmured to Anji. He dropped the rifle, letting it hang for a moment by its strap before he laid it down in the soft snow. It sank in leaving a shadow of itself in the crust. He turned, slowly. ‘Where’s Jacobs?’ she asked as she approached him. She kept the gun pointed at him, kept her eyes focused on him. ‘He fell off a cliff.’ 169

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