Doctor Who - The 8th Doctor - 45 - Eater of Wasps by Trevor Baxendale

Author:Trevor Baxendale
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Adventure, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character), Fiction
ISBN: 9780563538325
Publisher: BBC Pubns
Published: 2001-06-14T07:00:00+00:00

‘Liiiaaammmmm. . . ’ the shambling figure cried, reaching out towards him.

Liam was assailed by a dreadful stench, like something from some animal’s flyblown remains. He slid away down the wall, his legs feeling horribly weak.

‘Liammm. . . ’ Rigby’s voice was a slurred, painful rasp. ‘Liammm!’ He seemed to be staring plaintively at Liam, but his eyes were burning red. A scarlet teardrop ran down his face.

‘Can’t. . . stop. . . it. . . ’ he gasped.

Liam almost choked with relief as his mother flew out of the kitchen to protect her son. But Rigby just swatted her aside with one blow. Then he turned back to Liam, who cowered on the floor, wedged between the wall and the carpet.

A part of him knew that he felt ashamed. A part of him recalled the brave young man in the photograph: the man who was his father, the man Liam aspired to.

Rigby’s face grew larger in his vision, tears of blood now streaming down the man’s pasty skin.

‘Ohhhh, Liiaammm. . . ’ he cried, spitting wasps, and Liam caught a glimpse of the insects massing inside his gullet. ‘It hurrrtsss. . . ’

Liam shook his head and cringed back further.

‘It hurrrrts, Liam. . . ’ Rigby gurgled. ‘Help. . . meeee. . . ’

‘Keep away!’ screamed Liam.

Wasps started to emerge from the man’s open mouth, floating out towards him.

‘Right,’ said Kala as they approached the house at a run. ‘We’ll do this my way: Fatboy, you take the rear; Jode and I will approach from the front.’

‘Let’s hope he’s in there,’ said Jode, slowing to a halt.

‘He is,’ Fatboy assured them. He carried on running, leaping the garden fence with one smooth motion and disappearing around the back of the house.

‘This is the place all right,’ said Jode, nodding at the wreckage of the house’s wooden entrance.

‘No foul-ups, Jode,’ said Kala, unhooking her neuro-stunner. ‘I want that device, not a bloodbath.’

Jode just looked back at her. ‘We’ll only get one chance at this. I’m not the one who’s gonna foul up.’

Then he turned and ran into the house.

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Liam suddenly became aware of someone else in the house, a large man in a one-piece coverall stepping over the stunned body of his mother as she lay in the decimated hallway. The man barrelled into Rigby with terrific force, knocking him clear off his feet. The two men went down in a heap, but Rigby’s assailant was thrown instantly clear. Rigby appeared inordinately powerful.

The big man smashed back against the wall, grunting with the impact. For a second he and Rigby faced each other.

And, in the gap between them, Liam saw someone else – this time a tall woman in a matching coverall, aiming some kind of hand weapon at Rigby. A brilliant blue light ignited the hallway for a split second and Rigby staggered backwards, snarling like an animal. The gun flashed again and Rigby gave another bestial howl.

‘It’s not stopping him,’ shouted the woman.

But it had distracted him.

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