Doctor Who: Telos Novellas [015] - The Dalek Factor by Simon Clark

Author:Simon Clark
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9781903889305
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Published: 2004-03-18T23:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

We’ve been walking for a while. The tunnel is featureless, dimly lit, apparently a road to nowhere fast. I see nothing ahead of us.

Nothing behind. With the exception of Kye, Tar’ant and the Professor, of course, who follow. There are no junctions in the tunnel. No branches off. Grey, grey… Grey walls forever. Once more my mind spins back those long dead years to when Yo was struck by the vehicle. I hear her cries. I find myself gazing into those brown, trusting eyes again.

Helpless, but knowing I must act to free her from her pain…

‘Four thousand,’ the man declaims.

‘What’s that, Professor?’

‘Four thousand. I’ve counted every step of the way.’

‘We should be reaching the end of it now,’ says Kye; a statement rooted more in hope than in fact.

‘As long as we’re not in a storm drain,’ I add. ‘I hate the idea of being flushed.’

Tar’ant sniffs. ‘You’re not the only one.’

The mournful cry echoes along the tunnel again; a ghostly sound that chills my blood.

‘A storm drain?’ The Professor’s eyes gleam with uncanny lights in the shadows. ‘Oh, I think it’s far more than that.’

We move on.

‘Four thousand and one, four thousand and two, four thousand and three…’

If the Professor’s going to count aloud every step of the way, this will send me as crazy as he is.

‘Four thousand and four, four thousand and five…’

Kye murmurs so the man doesn’t hear: ‘Are you going to shoot him, or shall I?’

I open my mouth to reply; only I don’t get chance. The floor is no longer there – I’m falling. A steamy, warm atmosphere rushes over me. I see ten different shades of green. Then solid ground hurtles up.

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