Doctor Who - Telos - 07 by Wonderland

Author:Wonderland [Wonderland]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

wrong with her, but it had an unusual quality that suggested she wasn’t

quite there.

When she had finished, she took a step back and said, ‘Across the

heavens, we travel. Nothing here matters.’ She gestured around. ‘All

ephemeral. Death comes when we least expect it. A kiss on the cheek, a

cold touch on the back of the neck. All hearts reach out ... in colours ...

in colours ...’ Her eyes were unfocused; it was almost like she wasn’t

speaking to us, like she was reaching out to something around us that we

couldn’t see. I shivered, felt eyes on the back of my head from a corner

of the room where nothing stood. I told myself it was Mathilda spooking

my imagination.

She looked round at the masked figures then smiled at us and said,

‘They live in a place beyond our lives!

‘Very interesting,’ the Doctor said. ‘But if that’s all, we’ll take our

leave now.’

Mathilda shook her head slowly, smiling dreamily. ‘They’re all around

us, all the time,’ she said softly. ‘Even when you think you’re alone.’

A whisper rustled past my ear. My hair was stirred by the motion of the

unseen. I glanced at Polly and Ben; they could feel it too. Suddenly I

couldn’t shake the sight of that poor girl being dragged into the shadows

by invisible hands in the Goblin’s house.

‘There’s something here,’ I said, moving closer to Ben.

Mathilda’s beatific state faded and she examined us again before

making a dismissive gesture. ‘Nobodies. Give it to them.’

Two of the guards grabbed me roughly and dug their fingers sharply

into my jaw so they could force open my mouth. I struggled, but they

were too strong. The others were also being restrained; only the Doctor

didn’t fight back. One of the masked men produced a small pill ready to

drive it into my mouth. I glimpsed the pattern on it – Blue Moonbeams.

The Doctor freed one arm and plucked the pill from his captor’s hand,

tossing it into his mouth with a broad grin. The rest of us gagged as the

pills were thrown down our throats. There was a brief moment of chaos

as Ben fought back. One of the guards punched him hard in the stomach,

forcing him to swallow. Polly choked; tears sprang to her eyes.

It is not dying. It is not dying.

I managed to catch the pill on the tip of my tongue and pin it to my

cheek, before feigning dismay as I collapsed to my knees, my hair

falling across my face so no one could see. The chalky substance of the

pill started to dissolve; I had to get it out quickly before the acid seeped

into me through the soft tissue. But I couldn’t do it while the guards

were there; they’d only make me take another.

‘That’s enough now,’ Mathilda said to the guards.

As they all moved out, I spat the pill into my hand and threw it away

with disgust. I could already feel a subtle change beginning; the music

was becoming more intense, the colours on the wall glowing with a

strange inner quality.

The Doctor hurried over, his own pill held in his open hand where he’d

cleverly palmed it with a little of his stage magic.

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