Chapter 2 – Drahvins!
29 September 2018, The Azores Autonomous Region, Portugal, just
outside the city of Ponta Delaga
The Doctor and her
companions were still behind the trees in the park as they watched
foot soldiers march out of the Drahvin starship. “What are we going
to do?” Felicia asked.
“We
will have to find the leader. Then I’ll have to improvise,” the
Doctor said.
Daniel
gave this some thought, before asking; “Are we just going to march
onto that ship?”
“I
haven’t any other ideas, Dan. We need to find out why the
Drahvins are invading Earth in this time, and why starting at the
Azores,” the Doctor said.
“I see
that, but how are we going to get on board?” Sigrun asked.
“We
will have to wait until all of the soldiers get out of the ship, and
hope that they won’t find us here in the meantime,” the Doctor
said.
“Oh dear”
Felicia said. 'It is certain there is going to be discomfort ahead.'
Soon the soldiers had left the ship, and the door remained open.
“Ok, now, everyone. Run!” The Doctor said.
The Doctor and her companions darted out from behind the tree, and
ran towards the Drahvin starship. The starship looked the same as all
other Drahvin ships she had seen, made out of a trashy tin-alloy that
could easily be punctured by weapons fire or micrometeorites.
The Doctor bounded up the debarkation ramp, followed by Felicia,
Daniel, Jia’hale and Sabir with Sigrun bringing up the rear.
“Ok, we need to
find the bridge,” the Doctor said.
“Why?” Daniel
asked.
“The leader is
most likely to be there,” the Doctor answered.
“Wouldn’t that be at the top of the ship?” Sabir asked.
“You have been
watching too much Science Fiction,” the Doctor objected “Most
often the bridge isn’t on the top, but in a more protected position
within the ship.”
“Wouldn’t it be
worth a try though?” Sigrun asked after a moment of reflection.
“Absolutely.
Otherwise we wouldn’t know,” the Doctor replied.
“Let’s go then,”
Daniel said. The Doctor lead the way along the corridor and soon
found a service shaft that lead upwards. She started climbing,
followed by Daniel, Felicia, Sigrun, Jia’hale and Sabrina. They
soon found themselves on the top deck of the Drahvin transport.
“It’s
clear, and it is likely that the bridge is on this deck, let’s go,”
she said. Her companions followed her out into the corridor, and
followed her towards where the sonic screwdriver was indicating the
bridge was.
They soon arrived at a door, which was locked. “Deadlock seal, the
sonic screwdriver is useless,” the Doctor said.
“We could try a ventilation shaft,” Sabir said.
The Doctor was then in thought.
“Worth a try,” Daniel said.
“Ok, Sab, Dan, we will try it,” the Doctor said. They then looked
along the corridor for any openings to the ship's ventilation shafts.
They soon found one, about 10 meters from the bridge door. This time
the Doctor could open it with the sonic screwdriver. It clanged down
onto the floor.
“Ok, I'll go first,” Daniel said.
“No, Dan, I'll go
first. You don't know what would be in there. It could be booby
trapped!” the Doctor said.
“Of course,” Daniel said, the Doctor usually went first into
dangerous situations like this.
“You can bring up the rear” the Doctor said. The Doctor then
entered the ventilation duct, with Jia'hale following.
Sabir, Felicia and Sigrun followed, and Daniel came last.
The Doctor leapt out of the ventilation shaft onto the Drahvin
Bridge, where many Drahvins were waiting.
“Hello Doctor!” one of them, who seemed to be in charge, said.
The Doctor looked up straight, and her companions carefully exited
the shaft.
'Of course, it has
to be her!' the Doctor thought to himself. “Hello, Kellira,” the
Doctor said, with irony in her voice. The Doctor had run into this
particular Drahvin before. Many times.
You know her?” Daniel asked.
“In a manner of speaking,” the Doctor said.
Kellira made a
signal and suddenly every Drahvin on the bridge were pointing their
guns at the Doctor and her companions, it appeared that the Doctor
was outwitted.
“We are in trouble
now,” Jia’hale said in an exhasperated tone.
“What do you have planned now?” Daniel asked. Sabir, Felicia and
Sigrun were speechless with shock.
“I have no plan,
maybe I should have contacted UNIT or Torchwood before we entered the
ship. It has been so long since I have been in contact with either of
them,” the Doctor mused.
Kellira made another signal and one of her soldiers stepped forwards.
“Silence!” she shouted.
“There is nothing
you, or the Earth associations you referenced, can do Doctor!”
Kellira objected. “Or plan plan is proceeding perfectly. The
Azores will be ours and we can then interfere with Earth's history to
our ends!”
“You can’t do that!” Jia’hale said.
“Yes we can,” Kellira said.
“You Drahvins are all the same, use everything as a weapon.
Whatever your plan is, it will fail” the Doctor said.
“But you have no
plan! Every time we met before, I could see that you had some kind of
plan, you obviously didn't think that the bridge would be heavily
guarded,” Kellira said.
“I have almost
lost count of the times when I didn't have a plan and still won the
day, this will be no different, and as I once told a Dalek Emperor,
doesn't that scare you to bits!” the Doctor said.
Meanwhile Sabir was edging along towards a computer console; all of
the soldier's had their eyes on the Doctor...
“What is your plan?” Sigrun asked.
“Wouldn't you and
your Time Lord friend like to know. You will not find out!” Kellira
said.
“What is the point of taking over the Azores anyway?” Daniel
asked. ‘They are quite isolated.”
“I am not answering that question,” Kellira said.
Unnoticed, the
Doctor grabbed her sonic screwdriver and changed the setting...
The setting hadn't been used for a while, but she was sure it would
work. She activated the setting. Bizzzzt, bizxewt, wizzzte.
“What was
that?”Kellira said as she heard the Sonic screwdriver.
Sabir whirled around
to the nearest computer station. Amongst other things the sonic
screwdriver had brought up a directory listing.
“Call up their plan” he heard Felicia call out.
“That is what I am doing!” he shot back as he began looking
through the files.
Jia’hale and
Sigrun had flanked the Doctor, and they both charged at Kellira ready
to take her down...
Outside the city, the TARDIS waited patiently for the Doctor and her
companions. It then received the signal from the Doctor, via the
communications system of the Drahvin starship that she was in. She
knew that she was in trouble, though not the sort of trouble that she
was afraid of and had been avoiding for a while...
She sent a few
messages to allies of the Doctor via the worldwide internet and then
set into motion, homing in on the Doctor's signal.
Sigrun and Jia’hale
had knocked Kellira over but it wasn't long before she recovered and
fought back. Her soldiers did shoot in the direction of two
companions, and the Doctor, but most of the shots went wild and some
of them fell victim to friendly fire.
Kellira stood up
again. “Feisty are you two? But I am a highly trained Drahvin
warrior, you stand no chance!” she said fuming and charged at
Sigrun, who promptly twisted her onto her back.
“I am also
trained; in Terran Eastern Martial Arts. What do you say to that?”
Sigrun then said.
“That just makes it more of a challenge! It will make no difference
in the long run,” Kellira said.
Sabir had called up
the file containing the plan. “Of course it would be encrypted!”
he said, however he knew how to get around that.
Kellira was still
trying to fend off Sigrun and Jia’hale when an echoing noise came
into the room. “No!” she said.
“Yes, Kellira, I
summoned my ship,” the Doctor said. “I can then use it to further
the destruction of your plan.” The TARDIS finished rematerialising
and she clicked her fingers, opening the doors.
“I haven't decrypted the file yet, but it can be accessed from the
TARDIS,” Sabir as he ran from the computer panel towards the
TARDIS.
“Guards, surround
the Time Lord's ship!” Kellira ordered.
Many of the Drahvin
soldiers tried to surround the TARDIS. But there was an interruption.
Jia'hale lashed out, all feet and fists, and cleared the area near
the door. Sabir unlocked the door and dashed inside.
“Feeling
inadequate now?” Daniel asked. This only added fuel to Kellira's
rage.
“I am more than
'adequate' obligatory male companion. Not even the TARDIS can decrypt
that file!” Kellira said.
“You seen very
confident for a Drahvin who has just been outwitted, unless you
pilfered some encryption software from a derelict Dalek ship,” the
Doctor said. “I wouldn't think even you would risk that.”
Kellira called for
the guards again, but found none were answering. While Daniel and the
Doctor were talking to her, they had either been caught in their own
crossfire, or had been knocked out by Sigrun and Jia'hale.
“You're
still very confident, Doctor. The
Drahvin forces are still as of this moment taking control of the city
of Ponta Delaga, and I am still confident that you cannot change that
fact, or decrypt that file,” Kellira said.
“Sigrun,
Jia’hale, hold Kellira here, Felicia, come into the TARDIS with me,
maybe three and the ship can do what one and the ship can't do.
Daniel, watch the soldiers, make sure they can't make trouble,” the
Doctor said. She and Felicia went into
the TARDIS.
