Post by t on Sept 25, 2008 13:46:49 GMT
When the Master and Alice eventually reached the barrow there was nobody in sight. The needle on the Master’s Energy Detection device was nearly registering off the dial. He went quickly into the burial mound, switching on a small pencil like torch, Alice looked nervously round then she followed him down the tunnel.
The Master studied the dustsheet that had been covering Bok then he picked up a chunk of stone. “Hmmm this has bits of skin on it! I’d say this was of more importance to our visitor then the artefacts, which incidentally have also gone. Come on Doctor Cornelius there’s nothing more we can do here, I’ve a feeling we might be needed back in Devil’s End if these energy readings are anything to go by” he mused.
“You mean we trudged all the way up here for nothing, just to find a dustsheet and a few fragments of broken up stone!” Alice began, the exasperation clear in her voice.
“No not at all, I needed to rerun the energy readings that I detected in my TARDIS. Our visitor is giving off very high energy readings but there was something else here probably hidden under that dustsheet that was making the readings go almost off the scale so now we have something else to deal with” the Master explained.
“Any idea what that something else might be!” Alice asked.
The Master shook his head “For the moment no, we shall only discover that on our return to the village” he replied.
When they got back to the road they heard the sound of an approaching car, the Master quickly flagged it down, he opened the passenger door and said “Are you by any chance going anywhere near Devil’s End?”
The driver nodded “Yes I’m driving through it. Come on get in I’ll give you a lift” he said.
Once the Master and Alice were in the car the man set off at some speed
“Hey slow down a bit we want to arrive in one piece!” Alice warned.
The man smiled but didn’t seem to take any notice, when Alice looked at him again she saw he had red eyes and scaly looking skin he hadn’t looked like that when she had first got into the car, he grabbed hold of Alice’s arm, the car began to swerve about all over the place. The man’s fingernails were like talons and they sunk into Alice’s arm, Alice winced and tried to break free
“Join his lordship and bring about a new era, he is waiting to be whole once more, you have the necessary powers to bring about his delivery. Join us Magister or the woman dies” the man hissed.
The Master struggled with the man, he produced his Tissue Compression Eliminator Gun and fired it, the man screamed as he began to shrink
Rod Marlowe was putting cutlery and napkins on the tables in the bar in readiness to serve lunch when the Master and Alice came rushing into the pub. The Master ordered two large brandies and made Alice sit down.
“Bandages and antiseptic cream please Mr Marlowe, we ran into a little bit of trouble on the way back from the barrow. Doctor Cornelius has injured her arm, hurry with those brandies!” the Master urged.
“That thing it looked like some sort of demon, how did it know you?” Alice wanted to know.
The Master took his handkerchief away from the wound on Alice’s arm as Marlowe appeared with a first aid kit, he also put two brandies on the table. The Master dabbed some antiseptic lotion on to a piece of cotton wool and patted it on to Alice’s arm, he then quickly applied a plaster on to the wound.
“There that should be alright now! Drink your brandy my dear, it’ll make you feel better. I’ve no idea how that demon thing knew who I was but it confirms my suspicions that something devilish is about to occur once again here in Devil’s End” the Master said.
At that moment Miss Hawthorne came through the door she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the Master.
Yates managed to stop the Land Rover he pulled frantically on the handbrake and the Land Rover finished up coming to rest on a grass verge. He was sure there was nothing wrong with the brakes so he set off again and tested them they were working fine. He’d only gone a little way when smoke began to billow out from under the bonnet, snatching up the file on the Brigadier from the passenger seat he got out, he could see there were flames coming from under the bonnet as well, the Land Rover exploded, the blast knocked Yates off his feet…….
The Master studied the dustsheet that had been covering Bok then he picked up a chunk of stone. “Hmmm this has bits of skin on it! I’d say this was of more importance to our visitor then the artefacts, which incidentally have also gone. Come on Doctor Cornelius there’s nothing more we can do here, I’ve a feeling we might be needed back in Devil’s End if these energy readings are anything to go by” he mused.
“You mean we trudged all the way up here for nothing, just to find a dustsheet and a few fragments of broken up stone!” Alice began, the exasperation clear in her voice.
“No not at all, I needed to rerun the energy readings that I detected in my TARDIS. Our visitor is giving off very high energy readings but there was something else here probably hidden under that dustsheet that was making the readings go almost off the scale so now we have something else to deal with” the Master explained.
“Any idea what that something else might be!” Alice asked.
The Master shook his head “For the moment no, we shall only discover that on our return to the village” he replied.
When they got back to the road they heard the sound of an approaching car, the Master quickly flagged it down, he opened the passenger door and said “Are you by any chance going anywhere near Devil’s End?”
The driver nodded “Yes I’m driving through it. Come on get in I’ll give you a lift” he said.
Once the Master and Alice were in the car the man set off at some speed
“Hey slow down a bit we want to arrive in one piece!” Alice warned.
The man smiled but didn’t seem to take any notice, when Alice looked at him again she saw he had red eyes and scaly looking skin he hadn’t looked like that when she had first got into the car, he grabbed hold of Alice’s arm, the car began to swerve about all over the place. The man’s fingernails were like talons and they sunk into Alice’s arm, Alice winced and tried to break free
“Join his lordship and bring about a new era, he is waiting to be whole once more, you have the necessary powers to bring about his delivery. Join us Magister or the woman dies” the man hissed.
The Master struggled with the man, he produced his Tissue Compression Eliminator Gun and fired it, the man screamed as he began to shrink
*
Rod Marlowe was putting cutlery and napkins on the tables in the bar in readiness to serve lunch when the Master and Alice came rushing into the pub. The Master ordered two large brandies and made Alice sit down.
“Bandages and antiseptic cream please Mr Marlowe, we ran into a little bit of trouble on the way back from the barrow. Doctor Cornelius has injured her arm, hurry with those brandies!” the Master urged.
“That thing it looked like some sort of demon, how did it know you?” Alice wanted to know.
The Master took his handkerchief away from the wound on Alice’s arm as Marlowe appeared with a first aid kit, he also put two brandies on the table. The Master dabbed some antiseptic lotion on to a piece of cotton wool and patted it on to Alice’s arm, he then quickly applied a plaster on to the wound.
“There that should be alright now! Drink your brandy my dear, it’ll make you feel better. I’ve no idea how that demon thing knew who I was but it confirms my suspicions that something devilish is about to occur once again here in Devil’s End” the Master said.
At that moment Miss Hawthorne came through the door she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the Master.
*
Yates managed to stop the Land Rover he pulled frantically on the handbrake and the Land Rover finished up coming to rest on a grass verge. He was sure there was nothing wrong with the brakes so he set off again and tested them they were working fine. He’d only gone a little way when smoke began to billow out from under the bonnet, snatching up the file on the Brigadier from the passenger seat he got out, he could see there were flames coming from under the bonnet as well, the Land Rover exploded, the blast knocked Yates off his feet…….
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