BLOOD MOON by JenKoko The New Adventures of Doctor Who America Online Simulation May-June, 1996 Cast Doctor - a wandering timelord. 11th persona, see bio. Zoe - a computer genius, logical with absolute recall, but now she is troubled by the mismatched memories she has of the Doctor. K9 - his ever entertaining Cockney self. K9's computer mind is cluttered with the megalomaniac minds of the Mandragora. He behaves most oddly. Cpt.. Bevan - originally a medical officer, after all the command personnel were killed or disappeared, was forced to take over. Not particularly brave or comfortable with leading, but feels duty bound to protect the colonists. Fervently, dislikes mineralogist. Magnus Sirus - mineralogist, last of the colonists to arrive, came on luxury starliner instead of colony vessel. Claims to be a scientist, but is here to survey the planet for possible mineral exploitation. Fat, indolent, sexist and prefers posh life. Very uncooperative and querulous. Challenges the leader because lacks conviction to command. Generally, a human wolf. Lt. Carter - second highest officer and second in command. A communications officer fresh out of military academy. Began his military career helping the colonists settle in. During the upheaval of wolf attacks, he was promoted from enlisted to an officer. The most military minded of the group. Mandragora Voices (3) two from Z Space have been out of N Space for millennia. Think as a whole, yet are many opinions. As if several minds were in one. A chorus of creatures who have the power to decide the fate of men. (I will play a Mandragora voice, but there are room for more. All you need to be is maniacal.) Werewolves (3) - snarling, bloodthirsty half-man/half-wolf creatures. Howl, growl, bite and corner prey. Worship K9 and the Mandragora voices by howling at the blood moon. (can be played by Voices players as well) colonists (as needed) - the few survivors of a thriving agriculture colony of a future Earth society. Their friends and family have disappeared or been hunted down by werewolves. Anyone's welcome to create a colonist role as they desire. BACKGROUND Ever since the Tardis crew landed in Z Space, a place outside time and space, several weeks ago, K9 has been behaving very oddly. The Interstellar Beings, voices in his mind, have decided now is the time to take control of the Tardis and their host to return to their kin - the Mandragora Helix. The Mandragora Helix, a mysterious sentient energy in the deepness of space, with ancient ties to the planet of Vradoz. Once, the Blood Moon planet was the home of an advanced civilization which gave up technology for a simpler life. The ancients built a massive computer able to draw all the energy it needed from natural processes (geophysics, astrophysics). The Mandragora Helix was a space relay station designed to draw energy from a nearby star. Being an intelligence, the computer was instructed to maintain the simple not destructible society that would not endanger the planet. The Helix decided humans were dangerous to the environment, so it tried everything to keep them primitive through superstition. In the 30th century, Earth colonists settled a wild distant planet for a possible agricultural or mining civilization. But after a few months of successful living, colonists began to disappear. Then dangerous werewolves, half man half wolf creatures, came down from the caves attacking colonists. Besieged by the vicious wolf pack which picks them off one at a time, now only a dozen colonists remain out of 1000. Their survival seems impossible, yet they are determined to fix their communicator and escape the horror of the Blood Moon. ========== Date: Thu, Jun 6, 1996 2:41 AM EST From: JenKoko Subj: Log on the Mandragora Voices 6-5-96 ::Time log entry stored in the crystal matrix of the Mandragora Computer deep within the Molten Cave of Doom. Time date 3.4056.719 Relative Terran timedate 150,000,000 B.C.E. Author Technician Clotho, assistant to director Lachesis of Elite scientific unit:: ::speaking in a gentle, feminine voice similar to Voice 2 of the Mandragora, the entry begins...:: For as long as I live, I will never understand the dark motives of the Director. Lachesis seems to gain sadistic pleasure out of the agony of others. Just to hear him rave with delight when another group of unfortunate Mandragorans are consumed by the volcanic flow, gives me the shivers. "It makes one less useless mouth to feed or opinion to hear," is what he coldly says. I was thrilled to be assigned to the elite unit, at first. Having to live months at a time in the underground caves of a volcano, didn't bother me in the least. Despite the moniker local dwellers called it, I find the Molten Cave of Doom quite spectacular and homey. I've never seen so many vibrant colors as what are reflected in the crystals of the cave walls. But if the Mandragoran people knew what Lachesis was planning, they'd have us all condemned for madness no doubt brought on by living in darkness for months. It must be insane this plan to turn over control of the entire planet to a mindless computer. "The computer will not be mindless," Minister of Defense Atropos said. "It will contain the sum total of the best Mandragoran minds." The best Mandragoran minds? He means only the most intelligent and the most obedient will be chosen to be immortalized in the computer core. But what of the rest of our people? At least the Minister tried to answer my concerns unlike the Director. Lachesis just roared at me when he learned I'd voiced my worries. To him, the Mandragoran people are nothing but mindless simpletons ignorantly going about destroying Vragos with their primitive technology. But the computer he argues, will take care of the planet and protect it from the mindless destruction humanoids can wreak. I think it's more a way for Lachesis to make himself a god, timeless and all powerful as part of an intelligent, self-regenerating computer. I am in a quandary. Because of my technical skills in microcircuitry, they want my mind print for the computer. The prospect of being part of such a powerful amalgamation excites me. And when I am one with the other minds, we will be a part of the crystal matrix. I will see everything, know everything and maybe once we are one we will finally be able to make contact with that mysterious energy Helix. What concerns me is what will happen to our people. The megalomaniac beliefs of Lachesis have made me wonder about this gestalt we are proposing. Will it be a protector to our planet and therefore our people? Or will it bring about their end? I have only two days to decide. ========== NEW ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR WHO AMERICA ONLINE SIMULATION 5/29/96 BLOOD MOON by JenKoko Player Character DRTUNA The Doctor, a wandering timelord Also plays Zoe in beginning ZoeWhovian Zoe Herriot, Earthling K9 mk 4 K9, a robotic dog DrHammai Bevan, colonist commander Will 007 Carter, colonist lieutenant Wylde 1 Magnum Sirus, cranky scientist JenKoko Mandragora helix creatures <<> <<>> <<> <<>> INSIDE THE MANDRAGORA HELIX, A SWIRLING MASS OF ENERGY JenKoko : & : : collective voices rumble their awareness of the Tardis: : JenKoko : & : : Mandragora voices sense their kin: : We are not alone anymore. JenKoko : & Can you hear us? : : Mandragora voice calls to the beings in K9's mind: : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Yes, brother. We here you. We are coming. JenKoko : & Voice of Mandragora>It is time you returned! We have work to do. JenKoko : & Mandragora Voice or Voice 3>We must return to our home. JenKoko : & Voice 3>That ship will take us. Prepare for our transfer. JenKoko : & : : Mandragora from the Helix transfer their energy through the time spiral: : IN THE TARDIS JenKoko : @ : : disembodied voices of the Interstellar Beings reside in K9's mind: : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor sits reading and listening to music: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>I am tired of these ceaseless ramblings! JenKoko : @ Voice 2>Yes, this timelord seems to have no purpose. K9 mk 4 : @ : : : Hears voices in his head: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Except to interfere. DRTUNA : @ Well, Well, huge amounts of resources are being put into some scheme of Flavia's... DRTUNA : @ ...and she refuses to discuss it with the high council. Now, I wonder what she's up to! DRTUNA : @ This Gallifreyan political charade is too much! No wonder I can't remain there. DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor stands and goes to the console : : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor opens the full-dome viewscreen showing their position in the universe: : : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor sighs at the beauty of the view: : : : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>We must find our kin. Can this machine control this craft? K9 mk 4 : @ : : : to voices: : : Will you keep it down! I can't think right with you lot in my head. K9 mk 4 : @ In fact, GET OUT!!! K9 mk 4 : @ : : : the Doctor hears K9 saying GET OUT: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 2>Hear me, computer. You will connect yourself to the navigational circuits JenKoko : @ Voice 2> of this vessel. DRTUNA : @ K9, are you speaking to me? K9 mk 4 : @ No , I am...buttering my toast. JenKoko : @ Voice 2>Wait a minute. I sense something. JenKoko : @ Voice 1>What? JenKoko : @ Voice 2>Yes...Our kin is nearby. K9 mk 4 : @ To Voices> Shut your bleeding gobs and get out of my bloody head! DRTUNA : @ K9, please check on the prowl program. Let's see if there is any sign of our remaining convict! K9 mk 4 : @ To Guv> Prowl? I'm not a cat. JenKoko : @ : : Voice 2 to K9: : Can you control this vessel? K9 mk 4 : @ I'm not telling you. DRTUNA : @ K9, are you all right? DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor goes to K9 and leans over him: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : Zoe enters the console room: : : JenKoko : @ : : Voice 2 roars in K9's mind: : You will OBEY us, NOW!! K9 mk 4 : @ AAAAAAHHHHHCK!!!!! DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Doctor, this really is a nice room! DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Something wrong with K9! DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor steps back from K9: : : K9 mk 4 : @ My brain hurts. JenKoko : @ Voice 2>Navigate this vessel to these coordinates. : : mentally sends coordinates to K9's mind: : DRTUNA : @ Something is very wrong INSIDE of K9. K9 mk 4 : @ : : : goes over to TARDIS console: : : DRTUNA : @ Zoe> K9, speak to me! K9 mk 4 : @ : : : extends probe to the console and then sends information: : : JenKoko : @ : : The Tardis suddenly changes course: : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor watches K9 and moves behind him: : : DRTUNA : @ Well, K9, where are you taking us? DRTUNA : @ Clues from the prowl program, old dog? K9 mk 4 : @ : : : sounding mike Mr. Gumby from Monty Python: : : : My brain hurts. JenKoko : @ : : In the blackness of space appears a massive energy spiral: : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor moves to the console: : : K9 mk 4 : @ Prowl? I am not a cat. K9 mk 4 : @ Meow. DRTUNA : @ Well, just in case, I'll suspend this little trip you are taking us on. K9 mk 4 : @ Heh, heh, no. K9 mk 4 : @ : : : sends an electrical shock to the Doctor's hands: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor frowns as the controls do not respond and shock him : : DRTUNA : @ K9, release the controls this instant! K9 mk 4 : @ This is mine now and I will take it where I want.......Doctor. DRTUNA : @ Zoe, help me...try and break through the second alternate override over there. JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Yes, our kin are very near. Can't this thing go any faster? We must be one. DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor looks at K9: : : K9, is that you? K9 mk 4 : @ Sorry, you have picked the wrong door. JenKoko : @ Voice 2>We will be in merge range shortly. DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor looks up at the full dome viewscreen: : : : DRTUNA : @ Wait just a moment, I have a very bad feeling about this. K9 mk 4 : @ And now for something completely different. DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Good grief, Doctor, what is that? K9 mk 4 : @ Its... K9 mk 4 : @ : : : music plays from K9's speakers: : : * Monty Python Theme* DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor points to and magnifies a growing portion of the display, a huge energy funnel: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Yes, brother. We hear you. We are coming. DRTUNA : @ : : : The funnel is swirling hungrily and is a dark and churning green: : : DRTUNA : @ Mandragora! DRTUNA : @ K9, what are you doing? You have us heading right in to the Mandragora Helix! JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Work? DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Doctor, these controls won't respond. K9 mk 4 : @ : : : K9 starts to make alarm noises: : : : DRTUNA : @ : : : Zoe goes to K9 and falls on her knees: : : K9, what are you doing to us? We are your friends! K9 mk 4 : @ : : : the TARDIS cloister bell starts to ring: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor desperately tries to gain control of the Tardis: : : DRTUNA : @ Now I know why I don't like this console room, the controls are antiques! K9 mk 4 : @ : : : K9 starts to sing: : : DRTUNA : @ Zoe> K9, speak to me! DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor taps his forehead: : : Wait! I can't regain control, but I can regulate the control itself. K9 mk 4 : @ I'm a robotic dog, and I'm not OK. I don't sleep at night and I work all day. JenKoko : @ : : A Console panel explodes from the Mandragora energy: : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor begins to program the controls.: : : K9 mk 4 : @ : : : K9 starts to fire sparks: : : K9 mk 4 : @ Ooh, ow! My biscuits are burnin'. DRTUNA : @ I will try to change course, but always cutting back on the readjustment made by the Tardis.... DRTUNA : @ ...to avoid my manipulations. We may be able to miss the center of the Helix! K9 mk 4 : @ Help me, I am melting....melting..... melting..... DRTUNA : @ Zoe> : : : Stands and looks at the menacing swirling helix portrayed on the roof: : DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Dr, what will happen to us in there? JenKoko : @ Voice 1 to Voice 3>Welcome brother. DRTUNA : @ We do not wish to find out, Zoe. Something very nasty to carbon forms like us. DRTUNA : @ : : : the viewscreen shows the helix now huge as they plunge into it: : : DRTUNA : @ One last attempt to change course a little, we may miss the center! JenKoko : @ Voice 3>Why have you chosen our enemy to be our carriers? DRTUNA : @ Here we go, 5...4...3... DRTUNA : @ 2...1..... : : : The Doctor pushes a lever: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Tardis veers, but every device in the console room (it seems) shorts out: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 2>We are home. JenKoko : @ Voice 1>What is it you would have us do? DRTUNA : @ : : : The TV screen over the controls reads "emergency landing": : : K9 mk 4 : @ : : : Sparks start to come from K9: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 3> Organics have infested our home. We must remove them, before they learn JenKoko : @ Voice 3>too much. DRTUNA : @ : : : The Tardis floor tilts in one direction -- stage left: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : A lot of furniture slides: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 2 cries in female alarm: : We are going to crash!! DRTUNA : @ : : : the lights go out in the Tardis and smoke fills the room: : : : K9 mk 4 : @ I'm goin' ta die!! DRTUNA : @ : : : the cloister bell sounds a bit deeper: : : K9 mk 4 : * Cloister Bell* JenKoko : * brkdown* DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor reaches to Zoe's hand, and they move toward K9 in the dark: : : K9 mk 4 : * TARDIS breakdown* DRTUNA : @ : : : The Tardis slams into a planet, shocking the Tardis crew into unconsciousness: : : K9 mk 4 : * TARDIS Landing* A COLONY ON THE PLANET VRADOZ Dr Hammai : # : : sighs: : Will A 007 : # : : : a soldier in a torn uniform approaches Bevan: : : Dr Hammai : # I'd like to call this meeting to order. : : whispers to Carter: : that's right isn't it? Will A 007 : # : : Lt. Carter salutes: : Dr Hammai : # : : Bevan reluctantly salutes back dispassionately: : Will A 007 : # Reporting as ordered , sir. Dr Hammai : # Go ahead Will A 007 : # No sign of the enemy in three hours and the area is secured for now. Dr Hammai : # All right then let's get this meeting under way shall we? Will A 007 : # Yes, sir! Dr Hammai : # If I can have everybody's attention we're safe for now so let's start this meeting. Wylde1 : # : : scowls at Bevan: : Dr Hammai : # I'm sure we all know what it's about. So lets just get to ideas. Will A 007 : # : : ignores Sirus : : Dr Hammai : # Any ideas? Any ideas at all? Wylde1 : # I have one!! Will A 007 : # Permission to speak, sir. Dr Hammai : # Sirus you go first. Wylde1 : Why not have the commander step down and put a real leader in charge! Dr Hammai : # : : sighs: : Dr Hammai : # What about you Lt.? Will A 007 : # Sir, I suggest the radio telescope at the observatory Dr Hammai : # What about it? Will A 007 : # Maybe it can be used to send a distress beacon Will A 007 : # to a nearby ship Dr Hammai : # Is that possible? : : glimmer of hope shines in his eye: : Will A 007 : # IN theory yes... if a ship is close enough. Wylde1 : # : : turns to Carter: : And do you suppose any of us will live long enough to get rescued?! Dr Hammai : # It sounds like a great plan. So who should go? Dr Hammai : # : : turns to all colonists: : Any volunteers? Will A 007 : # Sir, I would volunteer. Wylde1 : # I'll go Dr Hammai : # Any one else? Dr Hammai : # : : no response: : Will A 007 : # : : a few colonists offer to go : : Wylde1 : # I suppose a quick death out there is better than waiting for a rescue that won't come Dr Hammai : # No, I'll go too. Dr Hammai : # It's only right. I suppose. Is that all right Carter? Will A 007 : # : : Carter begins to assemble his gear : : Dr Hammai : # Are we all ready then? Sirus? IN THE TARDIS DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor awakens, and makes sure that Zoe is still breathing, then turns on the lights: : : DRTUNA : @ Zoe> : : : Stands and rubs her head: : : DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor slams the console with his fist: : : DRTUNA : @ All of these controls are dead! K9, what have you done to us? K9 mk 4 : @ : : : K9's fallen and he can't get up: : : DRTUNA : @ Even the scanner isn't working, I can't see a thing outside! JenKoko : @ Voice 1 to K9>Tell them nothing. You are our servant now. K9 mk 4 : @ What? I didn't do anything. JenKoko : @ Voice 3>This machine... JenKoko : @ Voice 2> K9 DRTUNA : Zoe> Well, Doctor, we are stable for now. We could have a look around. JenKoko : @ Voice 3>K9 is under our complete control? DRTUNA : @ Right, Zoe. Whatever made K9 send us into that Helix, it certainly didn't want us to come here. JenKoko : @ Voice 1>Yes, now that we are whole again. What do we do now. K9 mk 4 : @ : : : K9 manages to get back on his wheels: : : DRTUNA : @ This is just a random planet. Care to examine it! JenKoko : * serenade* K9 mk 4 : @ Do you hear something? DRTUNA : @ Zoe> Are you kidding, Doctor, random planets have become my specialty. DRTUNA : @ Well, K9, what have you to say for yourself? K9 mk 4 : @ I didn't do it, Guv, honestly. DRTUNA : @ Well something did! Do a complete sweep of your memory banks and try to find out what happened! K9 mk 4 : @ : : : checks memory banks: : : K9 mk 4 : @ It seems something was in the console and possessed me. DRTUNA : @ Well, Zoe, the suspense is killing me about this planet. Hmm...I don't really mean that. K9 mk 4 : @ It wanted to go to the Helix, and then it escaped. DRTUNA : @ Listen all. Random Planet, outside, let's see where we are. DRTUNA : @ : : : The Doctor heads for the open door, a red light pours in: : : JenKoko : @ Voice 1>You are still our servant dog. BE SILENT! JenKoko : @ Voice 3>It is time we return to our home. COLONISTS ON VRADOZ PREPARE FOR A MISSION TO THE RADIO TELESCOPE SITE Will A 007 : : : After a few minutes, Carter and the other colonist volunteers are ready : : Will A 007 : # Yes, sir. Wylde1 : # Ready as I'll ever be Dr Hammai : # Then I guess we should go. Wylde1 : # Brilliant deduction, commander! Dr Hammai : # Can the sarcasm Will A 007 : # Can we go, sir. It's a long journey. Dr Hammai : # lead away lieutenant Will A 007 : # : : As Lt. Carter takes the leads, the small band sets off in to the hostile forest: : Wylde1 : # Well, let's get moving! I want this over with ASAP! Will A 007 : # : : A werewolf howls in the distance : : Dr Hammai : # The lieutenant is going as fast as he can Wylde1 : # : : takes a deep breath: : Dr Hammai : # Oh no. Wylde1 : # Oh, shut up! I've had enough of you're blundering! Will A 007 : # Sir, they're getting closer. Dr Hammai : # I didn't ask for this. I just do my job. Dr Hammai : # How close would you guess? Will A 007 : # I believe we should find a good defensive position. Dr Hammai : # Umm. Will A 007 : # It's hard to tell, sir. Wylde1 : # : : werewolves begin slowly approaching: : Dr Hammai : # Did you hear that? Will A 007 : # : : Carter notices some movement in the forest: : Wylde1 : # : : a low growling noise seems to be getting closer and closer and closer.....: : Wylde1 : # What was that?! Will A 007 : # : : Carter draws his blaster : : Dr Hammai : # Oh dear. Will A 007 : # Sir, they must be right upon us Wylde1 : # : : A werewolf lunges at Sirus: : Wylde1 : # Nooooo!! Wylde1 : # Go away! Dr Hammai : # : : In confusion Bevan trips and falls: : Will A 007 : # : : Carter fires his blaster before the wolf can finish Sirus off : : JenKoko : * werewolf* Wylde1 : # : : nursing his several bite marks, hoping the others do not notice: : Will A 007 : # : : A blue beam of light strikes the were wolf : : Dr Hammai : # Sirus? Are you all right? Wylde1 : # I'm perfectly fine Wylde1 : # We have to turn back, or we'll all be killed! Dr Hammai : # Are you sure? Better let me take a look. Wylde1 : # Get away from me! I can handle myself Will A 007 : # : : A few more werewolves appear on the scene : : Dr Hammai : # Oh no. Dr Hammai : # We have got to get out of here. Dr Hammai : # Now. Will A 007 : : : The colonists fight bravely, but there are too many werewolves : : Wylde1 : # We have to get out of here, now!! Will A 007 : # Sir, we must escape! There are too many! Dr Hammai : # I'd appreciate any suggestions how! Will A 007 : # Sir I have a plan. get ready to run. Dr Hammai : # : : gets ready to run: : Wylde1 : # Run? To where? Dr Hammai : # Does it matter? Will A 007 : # Just flee in the direction of the path we're on. I'm setting my blaster to overload Will A 007 : # to blind them, while we escape. Wylde1 : : : begins running: : Dr Hammai : # : : Runs as fast as possible: : JWill A 007 : : : Begins adjusting his blaster to overload : : Dr Hammai : # Come on Carter Will A 007 : # : : The blaster begins to hum : : Will A 007 : # : : Carter throws the blaster at the lead werewolf : : Will A 007 : # : : and begins to run after Bevan : : Wylde1 : # : notices the doctor and co. in the distance: : Dr Hammai : # Who, wha..... Will A 007 : # : : A brilliant blast of blue light erupts from the forest : : Will A 007 : # : : Carter is knocked to the ground from the blast's impact : : Dr Hammai : # : : turns, picks up Carter: : Will A 007 : # : : But he gets up again and runs like heck : : THE TARDIS HAS LANDED NEAR A CLIFF IN A FORESTED PART OF VRADOZ JenKoko : % : : darkness surrounds the cliff the Tardis landed on: : JenKoko : % : : the sound of movement can be heard and blood scented on the wind: : JenKoko : % : : hungry werewolves wait for the coming of their god: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor stands on the cliff where the Tardis has landed: : : DRTUNA : % Impressive, a compellingly luminous natural satellite, and an unusual color! JenKoko : % : : As the Tardis crew cautiously steps outside the Tardis, werewolves take notice: : DRTUNA : % : : : Zoe stands and surveys the setting: : : DRTUNA : % Zoe> Doctor, is that the wind I hear? DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor raises his head and listens: : : JenKoko : % : : Quietly, they descend the hills above and stalk towards their prey: : JenKoko : * werewolf* DRTUNA : % Not really...it sounds like a call. What about that moonlight. DRTUNA : % Zoe> Dr, I am more concerned about the lights I seen in the shadows. JenKoko : % : : piercing red eyes appear suddenly on the edges of darkness surrounding the Tardis: : DRTUNA : % Now K9, don't be preposterous. DRTUNA : % Hmm.... : : : The Doctor notices the eyes: : : JenKoko : % : : then several more pairs of bloodthirsty eyes appear blocking the path across the hills: : K9 mk 4 : % Oh look, werewolves. K9 mk 4 : % Hey, don't oppress me, mate or you'll regret it. DRTUNA : % Well, something which is nocturnal...look at those eyes. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor steps forward: : : JenKoko : % : : suddenly a lead wolf takes a menacing step towards the Doctor: : K9 mk 4 : % STOP!!!! DRTUNA : % Greetings, my name is the Doctor! I seem to have crashed on your planet. JenKoko : % : : the werewolf snarls and snaps at the Doctor's hand: : JenKoko : % Voice 1>Do nothing K9. JenKoko : * snarling* JenKoko : % : : several more wolves descend on the Doctor: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor pulls two towels and elastic bands from his pocket, tosses one to Zoe: : : DRTUNA : % Wrap this around your arm, you can avoid their teeth. They will strike the arm. Roll with the ... DRTUNA : % ...strike, then pull away when the grip lessens. JenKoko : % : : But then, another wolf notices K9 and howls: : DRTUNA : % Zoe> Actually, I wish we could discuss this a bit more in advance, but JenKoko : % : : The werewolves notice K9 and all howl in worship to their god: : K9 mk 4 : % : : : K9 bows his head: : : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor and Zoe wrap their forearms, like those who train police dogs: : : JenKoko : % Voice 3>What primitive creatures. They believe this machine a god. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor notices the way the wolves are moving toward K9 almost lovingly.: : : JenKoko : % Voice 3>So be it. K9, you are their god and these humanoids are blasphemers. JenKoko : % Voice 3>Destroy the Doctor and Zoe. K9 mk 4 : % : : : K9 starts to speak, but his voice is deep and resonate: : : DRTUNA : % K9, I think you have been a bad dog. You have been keeping secrets again. K9 mk 4 : % My children, I have come back for you. DRTUNA : % What is it you need, the rolled up newspaper? What is the meaning of all this! JenKoko : % : : the werewolves wag their tails lovingly at K9's words: : K9 mk 4 : % These two legged creatures have imprisoned me for centuries.... DRTUNA : % Zoe> : : : is amazed, the wolves were so frightening before, and now so gentle.: : : JenKoko : % : : werewolves all turn the evil red eye on the Doctor and Zoe: : K9 mk 4 : % And now fortune has granted me the chance to come back here. DRTUNA : % K9, that isn't true! DRTUNA : % Get ready, Zoe. I have a bad feeling about this. JenKoko : % : : wolves begin to growl at the organics very softly: : K9 mk 4 : % And now to reward my captors for my freedom. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor moves to the wolves: : : JenKoko : % : : the lead werewolf stands at the ready to pounce: : DRTUNA : % What have you done with my dog? K9 mk 4 : % My children, go and feast on these humanoid creatures. K9 mk 4 : % KILL THEM!!!! DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor anticipates a lunging wolf: : : JenKoko : % : : the lead werewolf lunges at the Doctor, the other wolves go after Zoe: : DRTUNA : % : : : A huge wolf charges the Doctor: : : JenKoko : * snarling* ZoeWhovian : % : : : Zoe screams, lunging left: : : DRTUNA : % : : : The Dr holds up his arm and the wolf wraps its mouth around it.: : : K9 mk 4 : % : : : K9 goes behind the TARDIS: : : JenKoko : % : : a wolf tries to bite Zoe's hand: : ZoeWhovian : % Doctor, we're trapped! DRTUNA : % : : : The towel protects the Dr.'s arm, he rolls with the wolf, flinging it behind him as it let's go: : : DRTUNA : % : : : The wolf makes a nasty plop against a rock: : : ZoeWhovian : % : : : Pulling hand away, Zoe stumbles over loose rocks: : : JenKoko : % : : steadily, the werewolves push the Doctor and Zoe away from the Tardis: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor moves back: : : : JenKoko : % : : The Doctor and Zoe are surrounded by wolves and backed against a cliff: DRTUNA : % I suggest a retreat, Zoe. ZoeWhovian : % : : : Zoe gasps out: : : Yes, but how? DRTUNA : % You know, Zoe, I just love to swim. JenKoko : Voice 1>Yes, now. Our enemy shall die now!! ZoeWhovian : % : : : Looks down cliff toward water: : : ... I always thought of you as a fish. DRTUNA : % This might be a nice diving spot. Care to find out? ZoeWhovian : % : : : Stumbling over loose rocks: : : I'm not sure we have a choice! DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns and dives over the cliff: : : Take care of my dog, will you, wolfpack? JenKoko : % : : lead werewolf leads another lunging attack at the Doctor with the aid of 3 more wolves: : JenKoko : % : : lead werewolf digs it's heels in the cliff at the last second to keep from falling over: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor falls and lands in a deep pool of water at the bottom of the cliff: : : JenKoko : % : : werewolves howl with frustration as they prey escapes: : JenKoko : * werewolf* DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor just missed some sharp rocks. Two of the falling wolves did not: : : ZoeWhovian : % : : : Zoe begins, timidly, to make her way down the cliff edge: : : K9 mk 4 : * serenade* ZoeWhovian : % : : : Faster and faster, she stumbles, until she is plummeting down the side of the cliff: : : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor swims to safety. He is very wet.: : : JenKoko : % Voice 3 to K9>Send the wolves to follow them. We have more important things to do. ZoeWhovian : % : : : A voiceless scream lodged in her voice, Zoe instinctively commits to a firm jump into the water: : K9 mk 4 : % Follow them, my children. They must DIE!!! JenKoko : % Voice 1>Yes, brother K9, we must return to our home in the caves. K9 mk 4 : % : : : The werewolves come back to K9: : : JenKoko : % Voice 1>Why are there organics living here? This planet was sterilized long ago. K9 mk 4 : % Now that you are done my children, you can take me to your lair. JenKoko : % Voice 3>The humans have become a plague spreading themselves across our universe. JenKoko : % Voice 1>Insolent creatures. JenKoko : % Voice 3>But with the help of our new brother, K9, we shall deal with them. JenKoko : % Voice 2>And you will help us, won't you K9. K9 mk 4 : % : : : two werewolves pick up K9, and then all the werewolves take him to their lair: : : JenKoko : & Voice 1>Of course, he will. But the timelord worries me. If he survived... JenKoko : % Voice 3>The timelord will die with the rest of these disgusting organic creatures. JenKoko : % Voice 3>And when we have sterilized Vradoz again, we will clear our universe. THE COLONISTS HEADS TOWARD THE NOISE CAUSED BY THE TARDIS CREW Dr Hammai : # C'mon I think we're needed. Dr Hammai : # It might be a rescue party. Will A 007 : # I think we escaped the pack that was chasing us Dr Hammai : # That's good, but did you hear that scream? Will A 007 : # Yes, up the path! Dr Hammai : # Let's go, it could be another ship Will A 007 : : : Being unarmed, Carter picks up a broken branch and races up the path : : Wylde1 : # : : nervous, Sirus fires at anything that moves: : Will A 007 : # : : After a minute or two, Carter reaches the end of the path : : Will A 007 : # : : The path ends at the base of a cliff : : Dr Hammai : # : : Bevan follows moments later: : Dr Hammai : # Oh god, look at that girl. Will A 007 : # : : Carter sees something fall from the cliff in to a pool at the cliff's base : : THE DOCTOR AND ZOE HAVE FALLEN INTO A POOL AT THE BASE OF A CLIFF DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor calls out: : : Zoe! ZoeWhovian : $ @ SPLASH! DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor hears the wolves howling above. He knows they will be following them.: : : Dr Hammai : $ Thank god. ZoeWhovian : $ Doctor? : : : Zoe calls out: : : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter readies his club as something emerges from the pool : : DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor sees Carter: : : DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor approaches Carter: : : ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe peers: : : Dr Hammai : $ Hello? ZoeWhovian : $ Who is there? Will A 007 : $ Wait... you're not a werewolf! DRTUNA : $ Hello, I am the Doctor. Glad to meet you. I've just had a nasty introduction to some wolves. Dr Hammai : $ I'm Captain Bevan. Dr Hammai : $ This is Lieutenant Carter. Will A 007 : $ Are you from a rescue ship from the fleet? DRTUNA : $ I'm over here, Zoe. Wylde1 : $ : : pushes his way in front: : Where is you're ship?! ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe wanders over to the Doctor: : : Are you all right? DRTUNA : $ No, actually, we have crashed here. I was perhaps hoping you were a rescue force of some sort. Dr Hammai : $ Oh no. ZoeWhovian : $ Oh, hello. : : : looks curiously at the Captain: : : Wylde1 : $ Damn! We'll never get off this god forsaken rock!! DRTUNA : $ Up on the cliff, there, but we seem to have met with a wolf pack, and they have stolen my dog! Dr Hammai : # I'm sorry, we're just a group of colonists. ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Frowns, as her eyes begin to swim in front of her...: : : DRTUNA : $ What planet is this? ZoeWhovian : $ : : : As the Captain's face turns into a wolf-like predator: : : Dr Hammai : $ Vradoz ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe trembles, becomes faint, and looks away: : : DRTUNA : Vradoz. That sounds familiar. Zoe? Dr Hammai : $ I'm sorry miss is something wrong? ZoeWhovian : $ : : : VRADOZ!!! The name shoots through Zoe's spine: : : Will A 007 : $ Sir, I suggest we get to the observatory DRTUNA : $ Zoe, you mentioned Vradoz once! ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe's knees weaken, and buckle: : : Dr Hammai : $ Oh yes, the observatory. ZoeWhovian : $ Doctor!!! Not Vradoz!!! : : : Zoe slumps and falls into the water: : : Dr Hammai : $ You two wouldn't mind coming with us would you? DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor catches Zoe: : : First K9, and now Zoe. Too much coincidence around here! Will A 007 : $ : : Carter moves to catch Zoe as she faints : : ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Her mind swirling with the images of dogs and puppets inhabiting her essence: : : DRTUNA : $ Sir, I would be glad to travel in your group. Safer I should think. Dr Hammai : $ Is she all right? Wylde1 : $ Weakling. That's what happens when a women is sent on a dangerous job. ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe murmurs: : : No, ... no... Vicious dogs... mustn't stay with the Doctor... must leave!... Dr Hammai : $ Oh yes, and this is Magnus Sirus ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Zoe struggles away from him, vaguely aware of her surroundings: : : DRTUNA : $ Nonsense, Zoe, we must stay together. Will A 007 : $ Doctor, do you know anything about radio transmission equipment? DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor takes a booklet from his pocket, Hitch Hiker's Guide: : : DRTUNA : $ Vradoz, here it is! The Blood Moon. ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Her eyes fly open: : : Doctor! Dr Hammai : $ Yes that's what it has been nicknamed DRTUNA : $ Well, with a moonlight like this, I can understand why! ZoeWhovian : $ Doctor! This is it! Oh, Doctor, this is where my memories begin! ZoeWhovian : $ : : : An ancient ritualistic drawing flashes through Zoe's mind: : : DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor furrows his brow: : : Dr Hammai : $ Are you all right young lady? Will A 007 : : : In the sky, the reddish moon glows upon the group : : ZoeWhovian : $ All right! What do you mean all right? Dr Hammai : $ You seem to be despondent ZoeWhovian : $ Of course I'm not all right. And I'm not a "young lady." I am a "progressive scientist." Wylde1 : $ What does it matter, we'll all die sooner or later! DRTUNA : $ K9 captured, the Tardis crashed, Zoe fainting, packs of werewolves.... DRTUNA : $ Just when things couldn't get worse...we come to a contradictory cross in the timelines. ZoeWhovian : $ Doctor! It's something about those wolves... I feel it. ZoeWhovian : $ And Vradoz! This place... Oh, Doctor, I have an awful feeling ... that... Will A 007 : $ : : Turning to Bevan: : Sir, I have a bad feeling about this.... Dr Hammai : $ So do I Carter, so do I. ZoeWhovian : $ I have been here before. But only it's not exactly BEFORE... neither is it NOW... ZoeWhovian : $ It's more like : : : Zoe hesitates: : : I WILL be here. DRTUNA : $ I suggest we retire to a safe place, if there is one, and regroup. ZoeWhovian : $ Which is why it's so terrible that I am here NOW!!! Dr Hammai : $ There's the camp. its as safe a place as any I guess. ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Grabs Doctor's sleeve with Urgency: : : Doctor! We must be VERY careful now. Even the slightest... ZoeWhovian : $ ...mistake... Will A 007 : $ The observatory is only a few km from here. DRTUNA : $ And I've got to find K9! Very well, we go to the camp. Can you travel Zoe? ZoeWhovian : $ : : : Straightening bravely: : : Of course, sir. I'm not WEAK. : : : Glares at the captain: : : Dr Hammai : $ : : Sighs: : You heard the man Carter back to the camp. DRTUNA : $ Good! Come on Zoe, we need to face this together. Dr Hammai : $ : : squirms a bit: : ZoeWhovian : $ : : : And, realizing it was the terrible Sirus who said that, glares at him, too.: : : Wylde1 : $ : : smirks at Zoe: : Wylde1 : $ Just what we need, a women to hinder us! Dr Hammai : $ : : Glares at Sirus, then sighs again: : DRTUNA : $ This woman, sir, has saved my life a number of times. And unless you are nice, may not save yours. Wylde1 : $ oh, she's saved YOU'RE life!!! Big fat hairy deal!! IN THE CAVE LAIR OF THE WEREWOLVES K9 mk 4 : # : : : the werewolves put K9 down and then the all sit in front of him: : : JenKoko : # Voice 2 declares with relief: : Ahh! We are home. Welcome, brother K9. Is it not perfect here K9 mk 4 : # I don't like it. JenKoko : # Voice 3>Your opinion's don't matter, K9. You will obey us or suffer. K9 mk 4 : # Oh your not going to sing, are you. JenKoko : # : : : Voices release a bit of their helix energy on K9's sensor circuits: : K9 mk 4 : # OWW!!!! JenKoko : # : : Pain surges through K9: : K9 mk 4 : # : : : the werewolves jump back: : : JenKoko : # Voice 3> You will obey us now, won't you dog? K9 mk 4 : # At least you didn't sing. K9 mk 4 : # I guess I have no choice. JenKoko : # Voice 1>He will obey and we shall destroy the organics forever! JenKoko : # : : voices 1, 2 & 3 combine in an evil laugh as they contemplate their plan of destruction: : JenKoko : * laugh* ========== Date: Wed, Jun 5, 1996 8:51 PM EST From: DRTUNA Subj: Doctor's Log 5-30-96 Why is it when things are going right everything seems to go wrong? Here we are, just getting used to the old console room of my eighth corporealization, and even having a spot of tea, when the disasters come in waves. K9 seems to be possessed, and tries to steer us into the Mandragora Helix. We manage to break free, but we crash on a nearby planet (more damage to us and the books in the bookcases than to the Tardis). The power is completely dead. We find ourselves on a relatively comfortable planet with a huge red moon. K9 is still acting strangely. When we exit, we are confronted by huge wolf-like creatures ( I am not sure werewolves is the correct moniker). Not good. Then K9 turns out to be their god -- or so they think. He then commands them to kill us! We dive over a cliff, narrowly escaping death on the rocks below as we fall into a small pool. Wet but relieved, we meet a party of humanoids also trying to avoid death at the snapping, foaming jaws of the wolves. The Tardis is out of action, K9 is our enemy, wolves all around lusting to taste our blood, and no plan for Zoe and I to escape. And then, the kicker. Zoe remembers that this planet, Vradoz with the blood moon, is where her unshared memories of adventures with me begin....this is where our temporal paths cross and double cross. Snarling monsters, disabled Tardis, insane K9...I might be able to deal with these, but now throw in temporal contradictions which could destroy us all and the entire scene is becoming far too complex, perhaps, for me to manage. I need to know more, and these remnant humanoids are the place to start! ========== Date: Wed, Jun 5, 1996 1:32 AM EST From: JenKoko Subj: Log on the Mandragora Voices 6-4-96 :::Excerpt from the Gallifreyan Guide to the Universe left propping up the leg of a broken chair in the large Tardis Console Room of the 8th Doctor.::: Vragos - 4th planet in the constellation of Sirus Minor. Relative distance from Gallifrey 1.24 million parsecs. Also known as the Blood Moon planet for the high content of Ferrus Oxide in the soil casts a reddish glow over the atmosphere thus coloring the celestial bodies. An indigionous population called Mandragora thrived in 150 million B.C.E. relative Earth time period. The Mandragora were humanoids with dragonlike features and highly advanced technical skills. Mandragora technology focused on geophysical sciences. Philosophy based on scientific understanding and a fanatical interest in non-destructive technology. The Mandragora were believed to have created a supercomputer based on crystalline transmography using all natural elements and powered by the combined intelligence of the Mandragora people. The Mandragora society ceased to exist sometime in the end of this period. Reason unknown. Planet Vragos abandoned until Earth colonization attempts began in late 23rd century relative Earth time period. Due to the relative closeness to the constellation, the mysterious energy helix in space quadrant Zeta Sigma was named after the people who first studied it. See Mandragora Helix. ========== ADDITIONAL CAST NOTES: Kegan - before the werewolf attacks, he was a bright, young student bound to be a pioneering scientist or a troublemaker. His family was killed by the wolves and he was left one of many orphans in the survivor's camp. His youth makes him somewhat naive and impulsive, but the recent tragedy has matured him. He volunteered to help the soldiers defend the survivors from the wolves, but he's too young to be a commissioned soldier. Lt. Carter is his superior and before the attacks the bain of his existence. Carter had a habit of catching Kegan making trouble. But now that Kegan is part of the night patrol, he has more respect for Carter and the military. Mandragora Voices - JenKoko two from Z Space have been out of N Space for millenias. Think as a whole, yet are many opinions. As if several minds were in one. A chorus of creatures who have the power to decide the fate of men. Werewolves - snarling, bloodthirsty half-man/half-wolf creatures. Howl, growl, bite and corner prey. Worship K9 and the Mandragora voices by howling at the blood moon. (can be played by Voices players as well)' ========== NEW ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR WHO America Online Simulation 6/5/96 BLOOD MOON Part Two by JenKoko PLAYER CHARACTER DRTUNA The Doctor, wandering timelord Zoe Herriot, earthling (early) K9 mk 4 K9, a robotic dog DrHammai Bevan, colonist commander Anglofans Magnus Sirus, cranky scientist JenKoko Mandragora Helix beings Will A 007 Lt. Carter, young brash colonist Zoe Herriot (later) NorisAlex Kegan, young brash colonist <<> <<>> <<> <<>> <<<*DIT*>>> K9 HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE CAVE TEMPLE BY THE WEREWOLVES JenKoko : # : : Mandragora voices in K9's mind are turning querulous: : JenKoko : # Voice 2>It's good to be home again. K9 mk 4 : # : : : To Voices in his head: : : Leave me alone! JenKoko : # Voice 1>We're wasting time. We should have destroyed the timelord by now. K9 mk 4 : # : : : the werewolves howl showing their loyalty to K9, their god: : : *serenade* JenKoko : # Voice 2>In due time. Ahh! Isn't good how these creatures revere us? JenKoko : # Voice 3>Yes, it is how all organics should be. Subservient. That's right, isn't it, K9? K9 mk 4 : # Oh shut your bloody gobs. K9 mk 4 : # : : : K9 thinks of a way of getting rid of the voices: : : JenKoko : # Voice 2>K9! Why are you so resentful of us? Have we not made you a god? K9 mk 4 : # : : : K9 activates is self-regenerating program: : : JenKoko : # Voice 3>He is not answering you, sister. JenKoko : # Voice 2>I know! K9, why do you have to be so difficult. K9 mk 4 : # : : : increases rate of regeneration: : : JenKoko : # Voice 2 notices the bowing wolves: : See how pleasant it is when you obey? JenKoko : # Voice 2>Ah, I do like the sound of the obedience of organics. We were meant to be gods. JenKoko : # Voice 1>All organics are useless. It's time we eliminated them as we came for! JenKoko : # Voice 2>You never enjoy life, do you brother? K9 mk 4 : # : : : tries to destroy the voices by regenerating his systems, one by one. JenKoko : # Voice 3>Why is K9 not answering you, sister? JenKoko : # Voice 2>He's difficult. I told you... JenKoko : # Voice 3>Check him! He may be trying to escape us? JenKoko : # Voice 2>All right K9 mk 4 : # : : : half of his systems are done, but still no luck: : : JenKoko : # Voice 2 scans K9's circuits and discovers a running program. It hurts her. K9 mk 4 : # : : : got them: : : JenKoko : # Voice 2 gasps>Ouch! He's trying to destroy us....self regeneration program. JenKoko : # Voice 3>WHAT?!!!! Never! JenKoko : # : : combined, the voices release a nearly lethal dose of Helix energy on K9's circuits: : JenKoko : # : : K9's head smokes: : JenKoko : # Voice 2 sighs with relief: : That's done it. He will not try to destroy us again, will you K9 JenKoko : # Voice 1>He better not or else we'll destroy him next time. JenKoko : # Voice 3>Let that be a lesson to you dog! K9 mk 4 : # You people are terrible. JenKoko : # Voice 1>We have wasted enough time. It's time to destroy these meddlesome organics! JenKoko : # Voice 3>Agreed. JenKoko : # Voice 2>K9, send your wolves to deal with the humanoids. JenKoko : # Voice 3>Yes, sister. We have more important work to do. K9 mk 4 : # : : : to the werewolves: : : My children, I want you to search all the land and find the humans. K9 mk 4 : # Kill them and have your fill. AT THE CAMP OF THE COLONISTS DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor inspects the colonists' camp as they arrive.: : : DRTUNA : % Well, this is not the sort of rescue party one might hope for. Dr Hammai : % It's all we have. DRTUNA : % I had hoped for a rescue party, and no disrespect assumed, but you lot look like you need rescuing! Dr Hammai : % We were kind of hoping you were the rescue party. Will A 007 : % : : Carter begins looking around for a better weapon than the club he has: : : DRTUNA : % Well, at least we have each other. Dr Hammai : % : : Almost grimaces: : DRTUNA : % Tell me what has happened here. You look as though you were colonists. Dr Hammai : % Were. It's been a while since we could admit that. Will A 007 : % : : Finds a spare blaster, but it's low on power : : Dr Hammai : % We've had problems lately. DRTUNA : % Are these wolf-creatures the native life form here? Are they the problem? Dr Hammai : % They're a problem all right. Will A 007 : % They nearly have wiped us out. Dr Hammai : % We're not sure about the native part. DRTUNA : % I mean, why come to a planet currently dominated by our lupine friends out there? Dr Hammai : % We didn't know about the wolves. Anglofans : % Siris: : strides out of a dwelling: : Yes, *do* tell him how we got here. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor is frustrated by Bevan's unwillingness to answer.: : : Dr Hammai : % : : glares at Sirus: : DRTUNA : % I would appreciate any information you can share. It may be the key to our situation. Dr Hammai : % The wolves started attacking only after someone became ill. DRTUNA : % Zoe> Yes, you don't seem very well equipped to handle these creatures. Anglofans : % Isn't it obvious? We've been abandoned! We're going to die . DRTUNA : % And why haven't you called for help? Dr Hammai : % Nothing works DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor glances at Sirus suspiciously: : : Will A 007 : % The communications array was damaged. DRTUNA : % Zoe> Perhaps we could repair your communications equipment? Anglofans : % Of course, the planetary surveyors failed to note *that* little fact when they sold us this package deal Dr Hammai : % I wish you could fix it Will A 007 : % Some how the wolves got in to the outpost and wrecked the equipment... DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns to Sirus: : : I see, and what do you know of these wolves, sir? Dr Hammai : % The equipment I mean Anglofans : % They've come to kill us. DRTUNA : % But where have they come from? Dr Hammai : % : : hesitates: : Anglofans : % Does it matter? They're here. Will A 007 : % : : turning toward Bevan: : Sir, we just don't have the spare parts Dr Hammai : % Damn. DRTUNA : % Too many questions, not enough answers. Anglofans : % : : scratches restlessly at one arm. Fidgets, scowls: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor takes some electronic junk out of his pocket and hands it to Zoe: : : Dr Hammai : % Are you all right Sirus? DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor notices the wound of Sirus: : : DRTUNA : % I say, you seem hurt, sir. Anglofans : % I'm fine. Let me be. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns to Zoe: : : : DRTUNA : % Zoe, take these parts and try and jury rig a communications link to their base. Anglofans : % : : Rubs wound. Can't seem to stand still: : NorisAlex : % : : : Kegan , unnoticed by everyone, sneaks into the camp: : : Will A 007 : % : : Looks at the Doctor strangely : : DRTUNA : % Zoe> Wait, wait, not so fast. And then you are going to run off and get into trouble, aren't you? NorisAlex : % : : : moves up behind Lt. Carter: : : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor looks down, shuffles feet: : : NorisAlex : % Lt. Carter, Sir!!! Dr Hammai : % : : startled: : Ngah.! NorisAlex : % : : : holding himself at attention: : : DRTUNA : % Zoe, we need a comm link, you know that. I need to find K9, and you need to engineer our rescue. DRTUNA : % Both have to be done, it is only logical. Will A 007 : % : : turning around: : Your report private Kegan... DRTUNA : % Zoe> Damn you, Doctor. We need to watch the paths we walk on this Blood Moon! We may not meet again. Anglofans : % : : Moves off, still rubbing wound.: : NorisAlex : % Sir, the wolves are on the moves, sir! DRTUNA : % Zoe> We may await ourselves around every turn.... Dr Hammai : % : : stares off looking at Sirus, shakes head: : DRTUNA : % ...and represent our own doom, I know. Will A 007 : % : : frowns: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns to Bevan, Kegan, and the others: : : Dr Hammai : % Carter what's going on? DRTUNA : % I need one of you to show me the way to this cave you mentioned on our way to the camp. NorisAlex : % They appear to be searching the cliffs, and are slowly heading this way, Lt. Will A 007 : % : : turns to Bevan: : If we are going to something, we to decide it quickly, sir. DRTUNA : % I believe all of you but one should help Zoe and protect the comm link. It is our lifeline. Dr Hammai : % Can we run? Anglofans : % : : Breathing hard, wipes his forehead as if hot: : DRTUNA : % But, one needs to show me the way. Volunteers? DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor looks at the group of colonists and is silent: : : Dr Hammai : % I'll go. Will A 007 : % Can she repair the comm link? DRTUNA : % Very well. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns to Zoe and whispers: : : DRTUNA : % Zoe, watch out for that one with the wound. He may experience a personality change. Anglofans : % I-I have to lie down: : leaves: : NorisAlex : % : : : Kegan still holding himself at attention, waiting patiently: : : DRTUNA : % Oh, and Zoe, I have something else for you. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor hands Zoe a small clove of garlic and five silver bullets: : : : Will A 007 : % : : to Kegan: : You can stand at ease, Kegan. Dr Hammai : % Carter, I want you to take the group to the outpost. DRTUNA : % Very well, good luck to you all. We shall returns when we can. NorisAlex : % : : : saluting: : : Thank you sir! DRTUNA : % If we meet again, THEN, we will be able to smile. Will A 007 : Yes, sir.... I'll take Sirus and Kegan with me. DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor turns to Bevan: : : DRTUNA : % I am ready, sir. Thank you for your brave assistance. NorisAlex : % : : Hiding an excited grin: : : Dr Hammai : % : : sighs and starts off down a path: : DRTUNA : % : : : The Doctor follows Bevan: : : : Will A 007 : % Kegan, get your gear together... we going for a walk. DRTUNA : % I do still have some questions! NorisAlex : % Yes Sir THE WEREWOLVES HAVE LEFT THE CAVE TEMPLE, LEAVING K9 AND HIS MANDRAGORA HELIX PASSENGERS JenKoko : # Voice 3>Good work, K9.: : says as werewolves leave cave: : Now turn around towards the wall. K9 mk 4 : # : : : turns around: : : JenKoko : # Voice 3>Do you see the raised panel of rock? K9 mk 4 : # Yeah, so? JenKoko : # Voice 3>To the left 3.5 feet from the ground is a collection of colored quartz. K9 mk 4 : # White quartz. K9 mk 4 : # It just looks coloured to you. JenKoko : # Voice 3>That is the door lock. You will open it for us. K9 mk 4 : # : : : extends nose gun and blasts: : : *K9FX* JenKoko : # Voice 2>Colorblind dog? No wonder you were in the company of primitives so long. JenKoko : # : : door slides upward and open. A dark passage lays behind the door.: : JenKoko : # Voice 3>Good dog. Now go inside and shut the door behind you. JenKoko : # Voice 2>We will guide you to our inner chamber. K9 mk 4 : # : : : follows orders: : : ZOE AND THE COLONISTS PREPARE TO FIX THE COMMUNICATIONS LINK Will A 007 : % : : Turning toward Zoe: : Are you ready miss? NorisAlex : % : : : gathering his gear, notices Carter talking to Zoe, wonders who she is: : : Will A 007 : % Yes I'm ready, but I'm worried about the Doctor.... Will A 007 : % Okay let's get going before the wolves arrive Will A 007 : % Kegan, you can take point. NorisAlex : % Yes sir: : : taking point: : : Anglofans : % : : Instead of lying down in the barracks, Sirus paces restlessly. He tugs at his collar. He wipes his Anglofans : % : : forehead. A low, growling sound rumbles in his throat. Anglofans : % : : whispers to himself: : No. I am Human. I can't -- I can't Anglofans : % : : eyes gleaming strangely: : I serve the Master of the Blood Moon. Kill the humans. Kill... NorisAlex : % : : blaster at ready, eyes open, on the lookout for wolves: : : Will A 007 : % Hurry up, Sirus! Stop talking to yourself Anglofans : % : : follows silently: : THE MANDRAGORA ENTITIES HAVE BROUGHT K9 INTO THE MOLTEN CAVE OF DOOM JenKoko : & : : Having shut the door, K9's path is lit only by the light of crystals in the molten rock walls: : JenKoko : & Voice 3>Follow this path for 15 meters. Then turn left, turn right and left again. K9 mk 4 : & : : : K9 does so: : : JenKoko : & Voice 2>I had forgotten how beautiful these caves were. K9 mk 4 : & Who cares what you think. JenKoko : & Voice 1>K9, why have you not killed the Doctor before now? He must be very irritating. K9 mk 4 : & He's my master. He made me. JenKoko : & Voice 3>Now make another left, than right, another right, and two more lefts. K9 mk 4 : & : : : K9 complies: : : JenKoko : & Voice 1>Made you? An organic made you? How is that possible? JenKoko : & Voice 2>That is possible, brother. Remember we... JenKoko : & Voice 3>SILENCE!!! K9 mk 4 : & Thank you. JenKoko : & Voice 3>Dare you divulge our secrets to this machine? JenKoko : & Voice 2>But K9 is our brother now. JenKoko : & Voice 1>He serves the timelord. We can not trust him completely. Remember that! K9 mk 4 : & No I'm not. You've just made me one by an unlawful marriage. JenKoko : & Voice 2>K9, you disappoint me. We offer you so much and you deny us. K9 mk 4 : & What you offer is evil power, and I'm not into that sort of thing. JenKoko : & Voice 1>You will do well to remember his treachery in the temple, sister. JenKoko : & Voice 1>He will try again if you do not monitor him! JenKoko : & Voice 2>Yes, brother. JenKoko : & : : K9 makes the last turn and ends up in a dead end.: : K9 mk 4 : & Ha! An end to nowhere. JenKoko : & Voice 3>Silence! This is where we belong. Open the door. K9 mk 4 : & How, oh disembodied ones? JenKoko : & : : Voices mentally implant the digital code of sound in K9's mind: : JenKoko : & Voice 3>Speak the right code to the door, dog. K9 mk 4 : & Quagmire. JenKoko : & : : K9 opens the door and enters the Mandragora computer room: : JenKoko : & Voice 3>Good. Now it's time to begin the sterilization program. K9 mk 4 : & I thought I already did that to you? JenKoko : & Voice 3>Approach the controls, connect yourself and instigate this routine. JenKoko : & : : K9 does as he's told.: : JenKoko : & Voice 1>Ah!! In 2 hours the organics will be removed from our presence. JenKoko : & : : Meanwhile, Voice 2 senses trouble: : K9 mk 4 : & Do I count as one of them? JenKoko : & Voice 2>Brothers!! We have an intruder in our temple!! JenKoko : & Voice 3>Intruders? Who would dare. K9 mk 4 : & It's the Guv! Oooops! JenKoko : & Voice 1>The Doctor! We should have killed the timelord in his time capsule. JenKoko : & Voice 2>Yes, maybe we should have. He is attempting to open the hidden door. JenKoko : & Voice 3>Then we shall destroy him now. Won't you K9? JenKoko : Voice 3>Hurry and return to the Temple entrance. JenKoko : & : : K9 rapidly returns to the Temple door and hears the Doctor trying to open it.: : JenKoko : & Voice 3>K9, remember the Doctor is a blasphemer. He will destroy you if you don't kill JenKoko : & him first. THE DOCTOR AND BEVAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE CAVE TEMPLE Dr Hammai : $ Yes.....I never did get your name. DRTUNA : $ I am the Doctor. Our ship has crashed here. Not a very lucky visit, I should say. Dr Hammai : $ It never is. DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor keeps up with Bevan, who is walking swiftly as if trying to avoid talking: : : DRTUNA : $ Look, commander or whatever rank you have in what is left of your party, I don't think you are.... DRTUNA : $ ...telling me the full truth here. Where did these wolves come from? Dr Hammai : $ : : looks toward temple: : Dr Hammai : $ Do you really think it's relevant? DRTUNA : $ It is totally relevant. Now, you might want to keep a secret, but do you want to die for it? DRTUNA : $ or worse.... Dr Hammai : $ : : sighs for a bit: : All right Doctor. DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor listens carefully: : : Dr Hammai : $ You know this place we happen to be going to? DRTUNA : $ Well, you mentioned it earlier. It is the center of their activity. Dr Hammai : $ That's where they come from. DRTUNA : $ And who are THEY, Commander Bevan? Dr Hammai : $ The wolves are us. DRTUNA : $ What do you mean us? Dr Hammai : $ The survey team, the colonists. Us. DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor is surprised: : : Then why didn't it happen to you and the others? Dr Hammai : $ The original survey team that went to the temple came back ill. It was as if...I don't Dr Hammai : $ know like being sick turned them into a wolf. DRTUNA : $ And did your communication link go out at the same time? Dr Hammai : $ The longer we stayed the more people got sick. DRTUNA : $ And the first were the ones who were in this cave? Dr Hammai : $ Yes. Its odd. DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor looks down, with a furrowed brown, and does a hmm: : : DRTUNA : $ Commander, you have told me your side of this tale. Here is mine. Dr Hammai : $ We've had problems with communicating since the beginning, solar flares or something. DRTUNA : $ My robot, K9, malfunctioned and aimed our craft into the Mandragora Helix.... DRTUNA : $ A vile convolution of energy existing in space, it attempts to establish control over planets. DRTUNA : $ It doesn't last long, it guts the planet and moves on. DRTUNA : $ We escaped that Helix, but crashed here when our power was drained, just as your systems were. Dr Hammai : $ So how do the werewolves come in? DRTUNA : $ Now, my robot has been taken into that cave according to my instruments. Dr Hammai : $ It DRTUNA : $ I need to rescue it. Dr Hammai : $ Are you sure we need to go in there? DRTUNA : $ Also, inside that cave must live the answer to this mystery. DRTUNA : $ Why do these wolves serve my robot as if it were a god? DRTUNA : $ That, Mr. Bevan, is the real missing piece to this puzzle. Dr Hammai : $ Why did the wolves destroy our equipment for that matter? DRTUNA : $ They may want us isolated here. I wonder why? Dr Hammai : $ : : points toward temple: : There it is. DRTUNA : $ Thank you, you need go no further ... it will be dangerous. Dr Hammai : $ : : sighs: : I'm going too. DRTUNA : $ : : : The Doctor hears wolves howling on the hillside: : : Dr Hammai : $ What was that? DRTUNA : $ That may be a wise choice. THE COLONISTS AND ZOE ON THE PATHWAY TO THE OUTPOST Will A 007 : @ Kegan, any sign of the enemy? NorisAlex : @ No sir, not yet Anglofans : @ : : smiles strangely: : Will A 007 : @ : : In deep thought, starts to lag behind: : NorisAlex : @ The first clearing is just up ahead, Lt. Anglofans : @ : : flexes fingers that are now tipped with claws: : Will A 007 : @ Good, we should get to outpost soon NorisAlex : @ : : : stepping out into the clearing, eyes on the trees, watching for danger: : : Will A 007 : @ Carter, can I see your hand communicator? Will A 007 : @ Sure, miss, but it's broken...] Will A 007 : @ : : Carter hands over the communicator to Zoe: : Will A 007 : @ Thanks... and name is Zoe not miss. NorisAlex : @ : : : Kegan notices a dark form break from the trees near Carter and Zoe: : : Anglofans : @ OOOWOoooo! : : Sirus rips the jumpsuit from his upper torso, hair sprouts, his teeth are lengthening NorisAlex : @ : : : he turns and fires: : : : Will A 007 : @ Yes miss.. er Zoe. Anglofans : @ : : into fangs as he dives for Zoe: : NorisAlex : @ Look out Sir!!!! Anglofans : @ : : the shot appears to have no effect: : Kill the Humans! Will A 007 : @ : : Carter throws himself out of the wolf's path : : Anglofans : @ : : reaches for Zoe with spread claws: : NorisAlex : @ : : Kegan leaps knocking Zoe out of the way: : : Will A 007 : @ : : Begins fitting the Doctor's energy cell in the comm: : Anglofans : @ : : Kegan gets a right hook to the face: : NorisAlex : @ : : : ducks, slipping and falling: : : : Will A 007 : @ : : As she falls to the ground, the comm emits a high pitched sound: : Anglofans : @ : : screams, clamps hands over ears: : Will A 007 : @ : : Carter fires at a wolf, but his blaster's out of energy...: : NorisAlex : @ Sir, we'll have to run for it! Anglofans : @ : : falls to knees, ears bleeding: : Will A 007 : @ : : Zoe and Carter begin running up the path : : Will A 007 : @ Hurry, Sirus! NorisAlex : @ : : : running along, covering Carter and Zoe's rear: : : : Anglofans : @ : : staggers to his feet: : OOOWooo! Anglofans : @ Kill the humans! Kill the humans! : : Fully werewolf, he lopes after the fleeing colonists: : Anglofans : : : staggers after a few steps and trips: : Will A 007 : @ The noise seems to be painful to the wolves. NorisAlex : @ : : running beneath the cliff, Kegan sees wolves lining the top: : : NorisAlex : @ : : : Sirus racing, catches up, the noise having temporarily averted the change: : NorisAlex : @ : : Kegan pulls Sirus along: : : Anglofans : @ : : shaking head: : no. It's too late, let me go. Will A 007 : @ : : They pass a strange blue box and noisy wolves lined on a nearly cliff : : NorisAlex : @ : : : suppresses the urge to flee at the sight of all those wolves on the clifftop, waiting to NorisAlex : @ pounce: : : Will A 007 : @ : : As Zoe sees the Tardis again, she begins to look more upset : : NorisAlex : @ You can make it sir Anglofans : @ : : starts to growl, his eyes glowing: : My people.. NorisAlex : @ : : : holding Sirus' arm, helping him along the path as fast as they can: : : Will A 007 : @ I'm worried about the Doctor. Will A 007 : @ He and the captain will be okay.. look there's the outpost now. NorisAlex : @ We've made it, Sirus! Will A 007 : @ : : The group approaches the battered outpost with a large satellite dish on the roof: : THE CAVE TEMPLE OF MANDRAGORA DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor proceeds into the cave after flashing Bevan a smile: : : Dr Hammai : # : : mutters: : Oh god. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stops inside the cave and looks at the soil on the floor: : : Dr Hammai : # : : Takes a deep breath: : DRTUNA : # Let's see ... wolf tracks, and ... ah, here they are, K9's short range transportation footprint! Dr Hammai : # They look like treads. DRTUNA : # Yes. : : : The Doctor stands and moves deeper into the cave: : : Dr Hammai : # Huh. : : follows the Doctor: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor pulls out his watch and locates K9's signal: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor is deeper in the cave and stops and begins feeling the wall: : : DRTUNA : # Bevan, I think I've found a door! Dr Hammai : # Wha..? Where? DRTUNA : # Brilliant, really! : : : the Doctor inspects the cave wall: : : DRTUNA : # It is a door, but it looks exactly like an igneous cave wall! Dr Hammai : # : : stares with astonished expression: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor removes the sonic screwdriver from his pocket and moves it over invisible door joints DRTUNA : # I am going to open that door. It is a very important door, I think. K9 mk 4 : # *Sonic Screwdriver* Dr Hammai : # : : waits patiently: : DRTUNA : # I just want you to know that I have no idea what is behind it, but it isn't likely to be friendly. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor claps his hands twice and the door begins to open: : : K9 mk 4 : *Sonic Screwdriver* DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks in to the open door and sees...: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor worries about Zoe: : : Dr Hammai : # It's a robot dog. K9 mk 4 : # : : : and sees K9 with his gun pointed at the Doctor: : : JenKoko : # - Temple cave (K9 and Mandragora with Doctor and Bevan) Dr Hammai : # With a gun? K9 mk 4 : # Stop where you are, do not move! JenKoko : # : : Mandragora voices fume with rage at the sight of the timelord: : Dr Hammai : # : : Bevan freezes: : DRTUNA : # K9, reinstate individuality protocol # 3, priority command Theta Sigma. K9 mk 4 : # Sorry, that doesn't work on me. JenKoko : # : : Mandragora voices laugh wickedly. The foolish timelord thinks he can regain control: : DRTUNA : # K9, report individuality protocol. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor whispers to Bevan: : : I hope that works, it's my last safety control on him! Dr Hammai : # So do I. K9 mk 4 : # K9's not here right now. May I take a message? JenKoko : # Voice 3 to K9>The Doctor must die. DRTUNA : $ If you will not let K9 speak to me, then reveal yourselves, whatever you are and however many! K9 mk 4 : # Sorry time's up. And for you also, Doctor Dr Hammai : # That's a safety control? DRTUNA : # K9 would not kill me! JenKoko : # : : Combined the Mandragora voices speak through K9's speakers: : You know us already, DRTUNA : # But something inside him might! JenKoko : # timelord. K9 mk 4 : # But we control K9. He is one of us. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor is stunned and stumbles back: : : The voice of the Mandragora! Dr Hammai : # That's not good is it? DRTUNA : # So, we didn't escape you after all! Or, at least K9 didn't. Dr Hammai : # : : To himself: : escape? Oh no. DRTUNA : # Prepare to improvise, Bevan. K9 mk 4 : # He was the perfect tool. DRTUNA : # We meet again, Mandragora. So, you jumped aboard from the Helix itself, eh? DRTUNA : # Time to exit, Bevan. JenKoko : # Mandragora voices to Doctor: : We came before then, Doctor. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor moves away towards the cave mouth: : : Dr Hammai : # : : Stands almost petrified: : JenKoko : # Voices: : I'm surprised the brilliant timelord didn't notice. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor hears wolf calls from just inside the cave.: : : DRTUNA : # And when would that be? Since Brighton Beach? JenKoko : *wolf* K9 mk 4 : *serenade* DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor turns to K9 in the middle of the main cave passage: : : DRTUNA : # K9, reassert control and deprogram your weapons! I order it! JenKoko : # Voice 1 to K9>What is the timelord doing? Don't let him leave, K9. K9 mk 4 : # Sorry. K9 mk 4 : # : : : k9 shoots: : : *K9FX* Dr Hammai : # Nggggggggggg!. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor dodges the bolt...he really can move fast for an old guy!: : : Dr Hammai : # : : Falls backward: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor grabs the sagging Bevan, and then heads deeper into the cave: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor runs into the open door K9 came out of: : : JenKoko : # Voices roar>STOP THEM!!! DRTUNA : # Well, perhaps this door can protect me! K9 mk 4 : # : : : activates propulsion system: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor claps twice, the door rolls shut: : : JenKoko : # : : Voices control K9's blaster and fire it wildly at the Doctor: : JenKoko : *K9FX2* DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks at Bevan: : : Wake up, it just looks like a singe, really. JenKoko : *K9FX* DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor shouts at K9 outside: : : Well, we may be safe in here, K9. Perhaps you will... JenKoko : # : : K9's blaster fire hits cave wall surrounding door. Sparks and rock fly off: : DRTUNA : # ...change your mind while we wait? DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor shouts to K9/Mandragora: : : And what do you call this passageway? K9 mk 4 : # K9 is one of us now. You no longer can control him. DRTUNA : # : : : shouts through door: : : JenKoko : # Voices yell loud enough for the Doctor to hear: : DON'T LET THEM ENTER THE MOLTEN CAVE OF DOOM.!!!! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks down at Bevan: : Did you hear that.... K9 mk 4 : # : : : to Voices: : : You keep on talking that loud, and he'll here you. DRTUNA : # The Molten Cave of Doom? What a quaint exaggeration these people have. JenKoko : # Voices: : K9! Get after them!! We must stop them from shutting down the sterilization program! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks at the door: : : I hope! K9 mk 4 : # : : : tries to blast through the door: : : K9 mk 4 : # We are coming for you, Doctor! ZOE AND THE COLONISTS ARRIVE AT THE OUTPOST CAMP Will A 007 : $ Well we're here! NorisAlex : $ : : : helping Sirus inside: : : : Anglofans : $ leave me outside, you fools! I'll only kill you! Will A 007 : $ Carter, show me where the communication control center is NorisAlex : $ Miss...Zoe...I hope I didn't hurt you back there NorisAlex : $ : : : looking concernedly at Zoe: : : Will A 007 : $ Sure... Kegan, you and Sirus secure the perimeter. Will A 007 : $ No, I'm fine. Thank you. Anglofans : $ : : softly: : don't trust me. Don't trust me. NorisAlex : $ : : : blushing furiously: : : You're welcome,...Zoe NorisAlex : $ Sir, my blaster's not working anymore, I'll need a weapon, perhaps the one Zoe put NorisAlex : $ together? Will A 007 : $ Zoe, this way please : : Carter leads Zoe to another room : : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe gives Kegan the hand comm and follows Carter: : NorisAlex : $ : : : taking the weapon from Zoe, going to the entrance: : : Anglofans : $ : : stands in a corner, hugging himself and rocking slightly: : NorisAlex : $ Sirus, you cover the other entrance, ok? Anglofans : $ : : shaking head: : don't trust me. Don't trust me. I am the Death on four feet Will A 007 : $ : : sees the damaged equipment: : Carter, I'm going to need a few parts... Anglofans : $ : : getting into it: : I am the Fenris who devours the sun. I am nightmare. I am night terror. NorisAlex : $ : : : peering out the entrance, watching the hills for wolves: : : : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe rattles off a list of equipment and the two begin search the nearby room for the parts: : Anglofans : $ : : growls low in his throat: : NorisAlex : $ : : : anxious low whisper to Sirus: : : NorisAlex : $ Please be quiet Sirus Will A 007 : $ : : wolves begin approaching the outpost : : Anglofans : $ : : giggles: : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe and Carter return to the communications control center with the needed parts: : NorisAlex : $ Sir, the wolves are coming down out of the hills now, they're surrounding us Anglofans : $ OOOWooo!: : fully wolf, springs through the door: : Will A 007 : $ : : Shouting to Kegan: : Close the door! Don't let them in! Anglofans : $ : : rushes Carter -- cuffing him: : NorisAlex : $ : : : closing one door, seeing Sirus attack Carter: : : : Anglofans : $ : : Snaps, trying to get in a bite: : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter tries to dodge: : NorisAlex : $ : : : activates the weapon: : : Will A 007 : $ Run Zoe !! Anglofans : $ : : screams in agony, but still staggers to attack: : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe hesitates for a moment then begins running out of the room : : NorisAlex : $ trying to aim it at the wolves attacking the outpost, and the same time aim it at Sirus: : Anglofans : $ : : sinks fangs into Carter's leg: : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter struggles with Sirus: : Will A 007 : $ Kegan, help me! NorisAlex : $ : : : out of the corner of his eye noticing Zoe escape: : : NorisAlex : $ : : races over to Carter bringing the weapon closer: : : JenKoko : $ : : wolves descending on Kegan snarling and snapping at him: : Anglofans : $ : : loses grip on Carter's leg, falls to the ground writhing, paws over ears: : JenKoko : *snarling* NorisAlex : $ : : : giving Sirus a swift kick in the nether region: : Will A 007 : $ : : Kicks Sirus : : NorisAlex : $ : : grabs Carter's arm, pulling him up: : : Anglofans : $ : : Gets a chomp on his ankle for that: : JenKoko : $ : : wolves invade the outpost overcoming the colonists and cornering Zoe to the back wall: : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe runs away from the outpost out into the pathway: : NorisAlex : $ : : : Pulls Carter along as they escape from the outpost: : : Anglofans : $ OOOWooo! : : leading the wolves in pursuit: : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe is trapped by the wolves : : JenKoko : $ : : wolves howl with alarm as Zoe escapes: : JenKoko : *werewolf* Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe runs from the wolves and Sirus toward the cliffs nearby: : NorisAlex : $ : : : helps Carter back towards camp: : : JenKoko : $ : : wolves follow brother wolf Sirus chasing after Zoe. They leave Kegan and Carter behind: : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter passes out: : Anglofans : $ : : growling: : JenKoko : $ : : wolves stop behind Sirus as the corner Zoe against tall cliffs: : Will A 007 : $ : : Zoe reaches the end of the cliff: : NorisAlex : $ : : : deactivating weapon once he realizes no pursuit, using a fireman carry on Carter: : : JenKoko : *snarling* Anglofans : $ : : panting: : All Humans must Die! Will A 007 : $ I don't want to jump again! JenKoko : $ : : wolves snarl viciously, they drool over their expected kill: : JenKoko : $ : : Wolves scent the appetizing smell of blood.: : ========== Date: Wed, Jun 12, 1996 9:09 PM EST From: NorisAlex Subj: Keegan's Log 6-12-96 David Keegan lay in bed, tossing and turning, his eyelids fluttering in REM sleep. He would become immersed in one memory, then another. ..... The sky was a burnt-orange as the sun set over the Pacific. It cast in shadow the face of the beautiful asian girl standing next to him on the deck, her hair fluttering in the breeze. He knew, before she spoke, the words she would say. She would not be leaving with he and his family on the colony ship. He felt brittle, like centuries old paper. One touch, one word and his world would crumble. Nori turned to him, her mouth opened..... .....The corridor lights were dimmed, signaling night time hours on the colony ship. He crept thru the air ducts, occasionally seeing ships crew below him. He was leaving the scene of his greatest prank ever. Just wait till the captain came off watch! He came out of the the ducting with a soft thud as he lept to the floor. He reversed his jacket from it's black color, brushed his hair back, and walked around the corner...right into the waiting presence of Lt. Carter..... .....The first moonrise on Vradoz, the blood moon full in the sky like a portent of evil times to come..... .....Collapsing in the ruins of the family cabin, sobbing as he saw the savaged remains of his mother, father and sister. Lt. Carter coming behind him, resting his hand on Keegan's shoulder, telling him to come away now..... .....His first night-patrol with Lt. Carter, blood moonlight forming sinister shadows, the air filled with tension..... .....Standing before Lt. Carter after making his report on the new movements of the wolves. He glanced around and saw a new face, the female stranger Zack had told him of. He stared, entranced, her look of concentration, her casual elegance drawing him. He shook his head, thinking No...no..... .....The battle in the forest, wolves everywhere, the flash and ozone-stink of blasters. He saw a wolf leaping for Zoe...he couldn't let it get her, not again...leaping, hurling her out of the way..... .....The silently-frantic escape from the outpost, moving as silently and swiftly as possibly, Lt. Carter's unconsious form slung across his back..... Keegan sat bolt upright in the bed. The memories falling away from him like the sheets he cast aside. He was in an unfamiliar bed, a dark room. Then he remembered where he was..... ========== Date: Wed, Jun 19, 1996 8:45 PM EST From: DRTUNA Subj: The Doctor's Log -- Blood Moon Part 2 The door was sealed, and I was sealed in. I imagine Bevan is fairly bewildered by all of this. K9 possessed, a planet of blood red moon and werewolves, and a lot more happening than just that. Something pulled the colonists here, and us as well as we went careening by. I turned from the door and saw a cave passageway. Why is it always a cave? I think I spend as much time underground as I do in the Tardis, it seems. Another dark and dangerous cave, the floor covered with dust. Footprints seem to be in evidene, and one set leads off down the cave ... and they look fairly recent, although it is hard to tell in caves. I follow the footsteps in the dust and examine them closely. Now, I know that the situation is more than just threatening, it is desperate. Leading off down the passageway are MY FOOTSTEPS. ....and nothing to do, nowhere to go, but to follow them. ========== WHERE WE LEFT OFF: The Doctor and Bevan investigated the werewolf den, an ancient Temple Cave of the Mandragora. Along the way, Bevan revealed the werewolves are transformed humans, the result of a virus released when a survey team tampered with a hidden door in the cave. Meanwhile, Zoe and the colonists went to the Outpost for parts to fix their transmitter. They were followed by hungry wolves all the way and unaware Sirus was changing into a wolf. The Doctor and Bevan were attacked by K9 and have just escaped inside the Molten Cave of Doom. Sirus attacked his fellow colonists and has chased and cornered Zoe against the bottom of tall cliffs. ========== THE NEW ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR WHO America Online simulation 6/19/96 BLOOD MOON part three by JenKoko Player Character DRTUNA The Doctor, a wandering timelord. TArkkannan Sirus, the Werewolf ZoeWhovian Zoe JenKoko Mandragora Voices and K9 Will A 007 Lt. Carter Commander Bevan Freylich Keegan <<> <<>> <<> <<>> *DIT* THE DOCTOR AND BEVAN HAVE TRAPPED THEMSELVES BEHIND A HUGE DOOR -- IN THE MOLTEN CAVE OF DOOM DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor inspects the door: : : DRTUNA : # Well, they'll be through this soon, Bevan. We should head off down this passageway... DRTUNA : # ... following these oh so familiar footsteps. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor pulls out his pocket watch, flips it open, and begins to scan.: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stops at a junction of several passageways: : : : DRTUNA : # : : : A blue effulgence comes from the passageway leading down: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks up the opposite passageway: : : DRTUNA : # Beven, I need you help, but we are going to have to go our separate ways. DRTUNA : # Bevan> I don't understand, Doctor, what do you mean? DRTUNA : # I need you to return to the surface, and to your colleagues. DRTUNA : # They need to organize an attack on the cave. DRTUNA : # I've got to go to the center of the power at work here. I need you to occupy them while I put an end DRTUNA : # ...to all this. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor hands a small glass ball to Bevan: : : DRTUNA : # This indicator will lead you to the surface. Take it, and get that attack happening, please! DRTUNA : # Bevan> seems unsure: : : Well, it sounds like more of a plan then we have had yet, Doctor. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor and Bevan part, and the Doctor proceeds down the passage of blue light: : : AT THE CLIFF, ZOE CONFRONTS THE WEREWOLVES TArkkannan : @ : : fangs slavering, Sirus and the wolves circle the helpless Zoe: : ZoeWhovian : @ : : : Zoe stumbles carelessly as she backs away from the frothing fangs: : : ZoeWhovian : @ : : Mumbling to self: : Think, Zoe, think! This is no time to loose yourself in panic! TArkkannan : @ : : : Sirus tenses for the spring: : : TArkkannan : @ Grrahrr-- *pant* *pant* ZoeWhovian : @ : : Zoe gasps as she remembers the garlic given to her: : : of course!! The garlic!! TArkkannan : @ : : stops, sniffing in puzzlement: : ZoeWhovian : @ : : : Thrusting the garlic into Sirus's face, Zoe springs into action: : : TArkkannan : @ *whine* ZoeWhovian : @ Take that, you sorry excuse for a werewolf!!! You didn't even notice the smell, did you? TArkkannan : @ : : yelps, pawing at eyes, stumbles backwards: : ZoeWhovian : @ : : Zoe scrambles over the rocks away from the howling beasts: : : ZoeWhovian : @ : : : Panting, Zoe crosses herself, mumbling: : : Thank you, Doctor, for that fortunate gift!! TArkkannan : @ : : : shakes head, still pawing at face: : ZoeWhovian : @ The doctor always did believe more heartily in folk-lore... and now I understand why!!! TArkkannan : @ *whine* -- RRRRRrrr -- OOOWooo! : : rallies the pack: : ZoeWhovian : @ : : : Zoe continues to run, but has slowed to a more comfortable jog as the wolves are now out of range TArkkannan : @ : : nose down on the trail, still growling: : ZoeWhovian : @ Now, the question is, how to hold off the searching pack! ZoeWhovian : @ : : : Zoe spies a mountainous pile of rocks: : : Aha! A cave, I hope! IN THE CAVE TEMPLE JenKoko : % : : Mandragora voices stare through K9's eyes at the hidden door: : JenKoko : % Voice 1>We must stop the timelord!!!!! JenKoko : % Voice 3>He will ruin all our plans again like he did on the Terran planet. JenKoko : % Voice 2>K9, unseal the door. Hurry. JenKoko : % K9>All right luv, what would you like me to do? JenKoko : % Voice 3>Blast it K9! Open that door now. JenKoko : % K9>Certainly, Guv. JenKoko : % : : K9's nose blaster deploys and hit fires it blindly off the cave door: : JenKoko : % : : except for a few burn marks the door is unscathed: : JenKoko : % K9>Any other bright ideas, Guv? JenKoko : % Voice 1>This is pointless!! Why didn't you let me kill the timelord before?! JenKoko : % Voice 2 says with exasperation>All you ever want to do is destroy! You never change or JenKoko : % learn. JenKoko : % Voice 1>And you have always been to indulgent of the lesser species. JenKoko : % Voice 2>Because they may be of some use to us. JenKoko : % : : While the voices argue, K9 institutes the fail-safe program again this time with less power JenKoko : % power: : JenKoko : % : : the self regen program in K9 gradually builds power as it cleans his memory circuits: : JenKoko : % Voice 1>You are a fool, sister! The Doctor would be safely dead if you had not denied me. JenKoko : % Voice 1>Now he is even more dangerous to us. Do you not realize what he could do if JenKoko : % Voice 1>he discovers our nest? JenKoko : % Voice 2>It will mean nothing to him. No organic can possibly understand our technology! JenKoko : % K9>That's right, luv. The guv can't do anything to you. JenKoko : % Voice 1>Stay out of this, K9!!!! JenKoko : % K9>Bit cranky today, aren't ye Guv? JenKoko : % Voice 3>SILENCE! All of you. This arguing only delays us. JenKoko : % Voice 1>We must stop the Doctor. JenKoko : % Voice 2>Yes, but first we must open this door. JenKoko : % Voice 3>K9, focus your blaster fire on the control circuit. JenKoko : % K9 aims blaster at white crystal 3 m above floor>Focused. JenKoko : % Voice 1>FIRE already!!! JenKoko : % : : K9 blasts the rock until it explodes. The hidden door slides open slowly: : JenKoko : *k9fx2* JenKoko : *k9fx* JenKoko : % Voice 1>Ah! Now let's hurry. We've dawdled long enough. JenKoko : % Voice 2>Wait! JenKoko : % Voice 3>What is it now, sister? JenKoko : % Voice 2>The lock is unrepairable now. JenKoko : % Voice 3>So? JenKoko : % Voice 2>We can't shut the door! How we will keep other organics from wandering in? JenKoko : % K9>Suggestion! I get by with a little help from my friends. JenKoko : % Voices in unison>WHAT?! JenKoko : % K9>Summon the wolves to guard the cave. JenKoko : % Voice 2>You see? I told you lesser creatures could be of use if controlled properly. JenKoko : % : : Voice 1 grumbles while Voice 3 instructs>Very well. Call your followers K9. JenKoko : % : : K9's quietly registers 25% of his memory circuits cleared. It's a start, but not enough: : JenKoko : % : : K9 clears his voice trying to inflect a mean tone: : JenKoko : % K9's voice is heard by all wolves>Uh uh uh um!... My children! Hear me! JenKoko : % & @ : : : wolves throughout Vradoz hear the call of their god: : JenKoko : % K9 to voices>Just like kids. They always tune out their parents when it's chore time. JenKoko : % Voice 3>Then you must command them more strongly!!> JenKoko : % K9 to wolves and Sirus>My children! Come home to me! JenKoko : % K9 to>Come and guard our home from the organics! Do not let them defile our temple. JenKoko : % Voice 2>Oh NO!!! I sense an energy discharge...someone is tampering with our nest!!! JenKoko : % : : as the wolves including Sirus arrive at the temple the voices use K9 to enter the Molten cave of Doom after the Doctor: : JenKoko : % Voice 1>WE MUST STOP THE TIMELORD!!! SIRUS AND THE WEREWOLVES SEARCH FOR PREY TArkkannan : @ OOOWooo! TArkkannan : @ *sniff* *sniff* TArkkannan : @ : : scrambles around the bushes, heading for the rocks: : : TArkkannan : @ *sniff* *sniff* whine *pant* *pant* rruff! TArkkannan : @ : : loses the scent in the rocks. Searches around to find it again: : TArkkannan : @ grrr *whine* TArkkannan : @ wuff TArkkannan : @ *sniff* *sniff* *whine* TArkkannan : @ : : finds the scent in the rocks: : Woof! : : wags tail as he picks up the trail: : TArkkannan : @ OOOWooo! TArkkannan : @ : : bounding up the rocks, finds the entrance to the cave: : TArkkannan : @ : : ears up, sniffs. Something strange in there. Cringes, something *bad*: : : TArkkannan : @ : : ears down, tail between legs, backs off to wait: : *whine* TArkkannan : @ : : sits down to have a scratch: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : heading toward the camp...: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Moving along the trees to avoid any wolves : : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Arrives near the entrance of the colonist's camp: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Still moving toward the camp: : TArkkannan : @ : : sniffs the air, detecting Bevan's scent, moves off: : TArkkannan : @ : : nose to the ground, tracking: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : With the camp in sight, Bevan smiles : : TArkkannan : @ : : spots him: : grrr. TArkkannan : @ : : almost directly behind him: : OOOWooo! Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Hears a growl from the nearby trees : : TArkkannan : @ : : Leaps for Bevan's back: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Stumbles out of the way of Sirus's attack: : TArkkannan : @ : : snapping in his face, lands, gets up and leaps again: : TArkkannan : @ : : grabs Bevan's arm, tears uniform sleeve off: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Rolls over something on the ground : : TArkkannan : @ : : lunges for Bevan's leg: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : grabs at the object on the ground : : TArkkannan : @ : : rips off his pants leg: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Picks up the metal pipe and rolls away from the wolf : : JenKoko : % & @ : : : wolves throughout Vradoz hear the call of their god: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Bevan goes for a home run upside Sirus's head : : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Swings at Sirus : : TArkkannan : @ : : pauses, hearing K9's call. Takes pipe upside head. Staggers: : TArkkannan : @ : : ducks, yanks off his other pants leg: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan: : Now wearing shorts, swings again : : TArkkannan : @ : : lunges for the third time -- gets it hard. Stops, cross-eyed: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : seeing the wolf is stunned, runs for the camp : : TArkkannan : @ : : shakes head, staggers after Bevan: : TArkkannan : @ : : gaining speed: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Literally running for his life, begins to break away from the trailing Sirus.: : TArkkannan : @ : : stops, shaking his head, turns and heads for the cave TArkkannan : @ : : running back as fast as he can: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Bevan doesn't stop running until he reaches the camp.: : KEEGAN AND CARTER RETURN TO THE COLONISTS' CAMP Will A 007 : $ : : Keegan drags Carter's body in to the camp : : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter awakes in pain : : Will A 007 : $ Keegan, where are we? Where is Zoe? FreylichT : $ She's gone Carter. Will A 007 : $ : : Carter struggles to sit up : : FreylichT : $ : : holding him: : Now now Carter... your very weak... Will A 007 : $ Did she escape? All I remember is Sirus attacking me.... FreylichT : $ I think so.... : : looking at him: : but I really don't know... How ya feeling? Will A 007 : $ Not well, Keegan. FreylichT : $ Looks like you've been bitten Lt. Will A 007 : $ Sirus hurt me bad. He changed in to a wolf not long after he was injured by another wolf. Will A 007 : $ I may share his fate. FreylichT : $ : : mending his wounds, looking worried: : Now now, don't talk like that. Will A 007 : $ : : I guess those old Earth myths were true... Keegan listen to me. FreylichT : $ : : leaning in close him: : Yes sir? Will A 007 : $ : : pulling out a small blaster : : Will A 007 : $ If I begin to change don't hesitate to use this on me. FreylichT : $ : : looking incredulous: : Look, sir.. I am sure you will be fine. Will A 007 : $ : : Hands the blaster to Keegan: : FreylichT : $ : : looks at it and takes it grudgingly: : Will A 007 : $ Don't argue with me, Keegan. That's an order! FreylichT : $ : : jumps slightly: : YES SIR! Will A 007 : $ : : The howling of the wolves are heard in the camp : : Will A 007 : $ Ask the others if the Doctor or Captain Bevan has returned FreylichT : $ : : points the blaster out into the darkness: : Sounds like more of the beasts sir FreylichT : $ Yes sir, right away sir! Will A 007 : $ : : Goes into a slight fit of coughing: : FreylichT : $ : : looking for colonists: : 'Ello, anyone seen the Doctor chap or Captain Bevan 'bout? Will A 007 : $ : : The few tell Keegan that no one has arrived beside him and Lt. Carter : : FreylichT : $ : : coming back to Carter: : Sir! no one has seen them about sir! Will A 007 : $ : : The dozen or so colonists left look very exhausted and frightened.: : Will A 007 : $ I fear the worst, Keegan... If they don't return soon. FreylichT : $ It will be all right L.T. I am sure they will return... I KNOW it. Will A 007 : $ I hope so, Keegan. FreylichT : $ : : looking out at the camp: : Will A 007 : $ Keegan, is there sign of the enemy from the lookouts? FreylichT : $ No sir, not that I can tell... FreylichT : $ : : Keegan looks at Carter: : Sir, it appears that the wolves are getting closer.. Will A 007 : $ : : A colonist shouts that someone is approaching the camp: : FreylichT : $ : : to Carter: : LT, someone is coming! Will A 007 : $ Watch out Keegan, it might be a wolf... THE DOCTOR GOES DEEPER INTO THE CAVE DRTUNA : # Hmm, blue ... a funny color for a cave of molten doom. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor uses his pocket watch, and scans as he descends.: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stops, having heard a shuffling in front of him: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor ducks down and watches: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor gasps: : : DRTUNA : # : : : At a crossing of two passageways, the Doctor sees himself walk by. : : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor not only is disturbed by the chronological implications...: : : DRTUNA : # : : : ...the Doctor is concerned by how silly he looks.: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor avoids the passageway "he" has just taken, and follows the other.: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor shakes his head sadly: : : I hope my other me is doing the sensible thing.... DRTUNA : # ... and leaving this mess. DRTUNA : # I must not do what I should do, yet I cannot second guess myself! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor sees Zoe, she looks like she is flustered.: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe, are you all right? DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor runs to Zoe, and puts his arm around her.: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe turns to look at the Doctor silently, and slowly fades from view: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : the apparition of Zoe has vanished!: : : ZOE HAS ESCAPED THE WEREWOLVES, BUT FINDS HERSELF IN A SYSTEM OF CAVES ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe scrambles up the rocks to reach a cliff overhang entrance to a large cave: : : ZoeWhovian : # Hmmmm : : : Zoe scratches her head in typical "bad acting" Who puzzlement: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe hears a slight shuffling in front of her, and ducks down just in time to see the Doctor pass: ZoeWhovian : # : : : As Zoe begins to rise to call after the Doctor, she gasps slightly as she sees herself too!: : ZoeWhovian : & Oh, dear. My worst fears of temporal down-shifting have come to pass... ZoeWhovian : & Have we completely lost control of our destinies??? ZoeWhovian : & I fear something horrible is going to happen to the Doctor... and it is all my fault!! ZoeWhovian : & : : : the words echo in Zoe's mind accusingly... "all your fault, Zoe" ... "it's all your fault"... ZoeWhovian : & I MUST NOT encounter the Doctor, that much is clear! ... ZoeWhovian : & : : : Zoe clenches her fists resolutely, determined to protect her dear Gallifreyan friend: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe turns to look at the Doctor silently, and slowly fades from view: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : the apparition of Zoe has vanished!: : : ZoeWhovian : & : : : Suddenly, another Zoe turns the corner, and runs right into the Doctor: : : THE WOLVES GATHER AT THE CAVE TEMPLE TArkkannan : @ : : runs into the mouth of the cave. Electricity crackles around him. He falls convulsing TArkkannan : @ *whine* : : scratch, scratch, scratch: : TArkkannan : @ Grrr: : rattle, rattle: : TArkkannan : @ Ruff! : : thump: : TArkkannan : @ : : scratch, scratch: : TArkkannan : @ OOWoooo! TArkkannan:@Grrrr THE DOCTOR MEETS ONE OF "TWO" ZOE'S IN THE CAVE ZoeWhovian : # Doctor! DRTUNA : # Zoe, is this you? There are dangerous temporal anomalies at work here...and whatever else. ZoeWhovian : # Oh, Doctor! I have so much that I must tell you! . ZoeWhovian : # I fear that it is all my fault! Oh, Doctor! DRTUNA : # I was on my way to the power source when I saw the most amazing thing! DRTUNA : # I saw myself, walking down the passageway. DRTUNA : # I saw myself. DRTUNA : # Zoe, we must not speak of this. DRTUNA : # We must do what we feel we are required to do, and no more. DRTUNA : # Zoe, we must do what we must. I am going to stop the energy which seems to be at work here. DRTUNA : # In a normal patter, you would come with me. DRTUNA : # More than ever, we are off to meet our destiny! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor smiles at Zoe: : ZoeWhovian : # Doctor, you must listen. I have something very important to tell you... DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor proceeds toward the blue light, he hopes Zoe will follow.: : : ZoeWhovian : # Forget your blasted work!! : : Zoe says uncharacteristically fiercely: : DRTUNA : # Zoe, we can have none of that now. If we second guess, we doom ourselves! ZoeWhovian : # DOCTOR! I am not second guessing myself... I have LIVED the future... ZoeWhovian : # : : : Mutters to self: : : At least... the possible future... if I were to SURVIVE. DRTUNA : # In the presence of ALL timelines we must do what we feel we must, what is right! DRTUNA : # That is the only way we can keep it all straight! ZoeWhovian : # You are about to walk right into a temporal doppleganger... DRTUNA : # Now listen, Zoe, you are a genius, I NEED YOU to help me do what I must. Please, please come with me ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe sighs to herself, coming to terms with the Doctor's inability to hear the future: : : ZoeWhovian : # Well, perhaps you are right. Okay, lets begin. ZoeWhovian : # : : : Follows the Doctor: : : DRTUNA : # Now, I believe it is this way. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor walks away muttering of destiny: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor goes down a passage which is brightly lit by a blue effulgence.: : : ZoeWhovian : # After all, perhaps the best way to destroy the future is to act as if it were the past! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stops in front of a doorway in the rock.: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : as Zoe follows the Doctor, she ponders this last thought carefully: : : ZoeWhovian : # Are we here, Doctor? Tell me what I must do. DRTUNA : # Hmmm ... a little force to the lock mechanism: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor takes a silver bottle out of his pocket: : : DRTUNA : # Ah, Nitro-9, and with a better fuse! DRTUNA : # Well, I suggest you go around the corner while I blast this open. ZoeWhovian : # : : Chuckles to self: : Ah, Doctor. The violent pacifist! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor attaches the bottle to the wall, and rushes around the corner: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Turns around the corner quickly: : : DRTUNA : # : : : the explosion rips the cave...too close for comfort.: : : DRTUNA : # Yes, maybe not good enough on the fusing! BEVAN ARRIVES AT THE CAMP OF THE COLONISTS Will A 007 : $ Bevan : : arrives at the camp: : FreylichT : $ : : points the gun towards the oncoming figure: : FreylichT : $ Captain! Will A 007 : $ Bevan Hi Keegan.. : : Looks a mess: : FreylichT : $ Captain, where have you been? Will A 007 : $ Bevan with the Doctor in the caves. FreylichT : $ The Doctor! is he all right? have you seen Zoe? Will A 007 : @ Bevan But I lost him. I haven't seen that girl either. Will A 007 : $ Sir, you look a mess.. Are you okay? Will A 007 : $ Bevan I could say the same about you... what happened at the outpost? FreylichT : $ Sirs, what are we to do? the sounds of the wolves are getting closer... Will A 007 : $ We were attacked by the wolves and Sirus changed into a wolf... Will A 007 : $ Bevan We must organize for an attack on the wolf's lair. Will A 007 : $ Bevan : If the Doctor is still alive, he'll need our help! Will A 007 : $ Keegan, round up the others... FreylichT : $ Yes Sir! FreylichT : $ : : going and getting the colonists: : : Will A 007 : $ : : Carter calls Bevan to talk to him alone and tells him about the wound and Sirus's changing: : FreylichT : $ : : Reporting: : Everyone's rounded up sir! FreylichT:$ Ready when you are sir! Will A 007: $Bevan We can't waste any time. We must leave now... Will A 007:$:: the colonists assemble to march on the wolves's Will A 007:$:: Lt Carter, Bevan,Kegan, and the others set out for the temple:: THE DOCTOR AND ZOE HAVE BLOWN THE DOOR OFF OF THE MANDRAGORA COMPUTER ROOM DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor moves back to the door. It gapes for them.: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor bows : : : The doorway of destiny. ZoeWhovian : # : : Zoe turns back to face the Doctor... and sees an empty swirling void in front of her: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor goes through the door.: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe staggers backwards, shakes her head clear: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor rushes to the control console...it appears very alien, almost not a control console.: ZoeWhovian : # : : : Mutters: : : I MUST remain clear for the task ahead. It is the ONLY chance. DRTUNA : # Zoe, come here. Trace these circuits, please. ZoeWhovian : # : : : Smiles at the Doctor, completely composed once again: : : Ah, yes, Doctor, most profound! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe pulls several oddly shaped tools from her pockets: : : DRTUNA : # You see, the energy force at work here plans to sterilize the biological infestations... ZoeWhovian : # : : : Clicking and clacking and whirring emit from her tools as she traces the circuits: : : DRTUNA : # ...of the universe. This plan doesn't fit in with my acceptable picture of the future.: : DRTUNA : # Nice tools, Zoe. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor opens the console up and crawls in, sparks begin popping around him: : : ZoeWhovian : # Thank you, Doctor.. you haven't seen them? You... hesitates... DRTUNA : # Not as bad as it looks. ZoeWhovian : # ... you gave them to me. ZoeWhovian : # : : : To self: : : Or will you? Nothing makes sense any more. I fear we are drawing ever closer... DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor frowns: : : Zoe, please. Help me through this. We have to do what we are doing. ZoeWhovian : # ... to the point when I must leave. DRTUNA : # We haven't died before, but there is always a first and only time. ZoeWhovian : # I'm sorry, Doctor... I'm trying. DRTUNA : # Aha! Do you have the main power function down there where you are? DRTUNA : # If we start that, as well as the entire backup system here, it should all short out! Zap. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks at Zoe: : We will need to trip them at the same time. DRTUNA : # Zoe, take my hand. Let's trip them together at the count of three. DRTUNA : # 1 DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor smiles at Zoe: : : 2 DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor squeezes Zoe's hand: : : THREE! DRTUNA : # : : : A huge electrical energy discharge fills the room: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe squeezes back, her hand goes limp: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor's body is racked with convulsions: : DRTUNA : # : : : They are still holding hands: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe last thoughts are comforting, as she recognizes how the temporal vortex is REALLY organized ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe gives one last squeeze, and whispers: : I trust you, Doctor. DRTUNA : # : : : The energy stops, the bodies fall to the floor, they are dead.: : : THE COLONISTS REACH THE CAVE TEMPLE FOR THE ATTACK Will A 007 : @ ::: The colonist reach the temple... the wolves are outside, blocking the away. ::: TArkkannan:@::wolves congregate for an attack on the colony:: TArkkannan : @ : : wolves go for the attack: : Will A 007 : @ : : Senses the ambush and warns the others : : FreylichT : @ : : Keegan begins firing: : LOOK OUT SIR! Will A 007 : @ Watch out Bevan. The wolves are waiting for us! TArkkannan : @ : : three wolves fall, but others take their place. Fangs snap: : FreylichT : @ We have to get in there sir! Will A 007 : @ : : A battle between the colonists and wolves begins: : FreylichT : @ : : with a sneer upon his face, he fights harder then ever: : : TArkkannan : @ : : grabs the back of Bevan's uniform and rips it off him: : Will A 007 : @ Keegan, I can feel their thoughts.. you must shoot me before I change... TArkkannan : @ : : two colonists are dead: : FreylichT : @ : : the wolves are about to overcome him: : : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Dodges Sirus and fires at him : : FreylichT : @ No Sir! TArkkannan : @ : : goes down smoking: : FreylichT : @ : : fighting with moxie only warriors know: : TArkkannan : @ : : five more wolves are dead: : FreylichT : @ : : being outnumbered: : ; Sir, LT!! help!! Will A 007 : @ Bevan Keegan, attack the left flank! Get inside... I'll hold Sirus off... TArkkannan : @ : : gets to his feet for one last attack: : FreylichT : @ Come on Sir, lets go! Will A 007 : @ : : Carter shoots one wolf, then begins to take on a feral appearance : : Will A 007 : @ : : Fights for control of his mind and body : : TArkkannan : @ : : : attacks: : FreylichT : @ : : sees Carter: : Come on SIR! Don't Give in! FreylichT : @ You MUST remember, L.T.! Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : fires again at Sirus but misses: : TArkkannan : @ : : and Carter tumble, fang to fang: : Will A 007 : @ Shoot me, Keegan!! FreylichT : @ No, sir I will not! YOU can beat it! You CAN!! TArkkannan : @ : : sinks his fangs into Carter as Carter begins to strangle him: : Will A 007 : @ : : Carter loses the battle for his mind and attacks Keegan: : FreylichT : @ : : trying to get a good shot in on but unable to do so: : : BLAST!! TArkkannan : @ : : drops Carter, goes for Bevan: : FreylichT : @ Lt. Carter!!! Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : with his blaster empty, Bevan grabs Sirus in a wresting hold: : TArkkannan : @ : : Snarling in his face: : TArkkannan : @ : : tongue lolling -- being strangled: : Will A 007 : @ : : Carter dives at Keegan, shouting "shoot me, Keegan!" : : TArkkannan : @ : : thrashes, gasps, dies hard: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Bevan avoids Sirus's bite and punches him in the snout : : FreylichT : @ : : Dropping down and going for Carter's legs: : : I ...Will...NOT! Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Chokes Sirus : : TArkkannan : @ *gag* *gag* *hork* Will A 007 : @ : : Trips over Keegan and sprawls on to the ground : : FreylichT : @ : : Goes to hold Carter down: : : Hang in there L.T. Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Crushes Sirus throat : : TArkkannan : @ *guk* *hkkkk......* : : dead: : Will A 007 : @ : : Carter howls: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Releases Sirus's limp body : : FreylichT : @ : : Keegan screams: : Come on Sir!!! Will A 007 : @ : : Carter begins to change back to a human: : FreylichT : @ : : begins to loosen his grip upon Carter: : Will A 007 : @ : : the rest of the wolves also metamorph back to their former selves: : THE "OTHER" DOCTOR AND ZOE HEAD FOR THE MANDRAGORA COMPUTER ROOM DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor heads down the hallway and finds the control room door smoking and blown open: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe, come here, look at this! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor enters the room, and sees the dead bodies of Zoe and himself: : : DRTUNA : # Oh no, they must have done it the wrong way! DRTUNA : # How did they do it, why did they fail? DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor begins looking over the changes he and Zoe (both dead) had made. DRTUNA : # Zoe, where are you? She was right behind me! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Runs in after the Doctor: : : Doctor, I was... : : : sees dead bodies: : : Oh, my, we seem to have hit ZoeWhovian : # ... a bit of trouble! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks back at his dead form: : : I must not believe in that! That is not me! DRTUNA : # That is not Zoe! ZoeWhovian : # And that is not the Doctor! ZoeWhovian : # Doctor, what is going on here? Have we managed to avoid the doppleganger, or is it playing tricks! DRTUNA : # Quick, Zoe, we may only have a moment. We need to find out what they were doing and do it correctly DRTUNA : # ...this time. ZoeWhovian : # Agreed! Lets not waste time. DRTUNA : # Get to work, I'll explain. ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe has already begun analyzing the data, and is hard at work: : : DRTUNA : # The temporal contradictions are not resolved by 2 separate pathways, we must complete one... DRTUNA : # ...to nullify the other. We have only moments. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor furiously adjusts wires and circuits: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe can't resist sneaks a peek at the dead Doctor, and drops her tools: : : DRTUNA : # That's it, they didn't ground themselves! How ridiculous. That couldn't be us, we would never... DRTUNA : # ...do anything as ridiculous as that! ZoeWhovian : # Doctor!!! DRTUNA : # There, it is now grounded. Shall we try again. Now, what would I have done, oh, right.... JenKoko : # : : K9 appears at the Mandragora computer cave entrance watching the Doc & Zoe: : JenKoko : # Voice 1>What are we waiting for? The timelord must die now!! JenKoko : # Voice 3>Yes, it is time the timelord dies! JenKoko : % : : quietly K9's nose gun slides out into position: : JenKoko : # : : K9 rolls forward into the cave. His blaster pointed firmly at the Doc: : DRTUNA : # At the count of three, trip it again! DRTUNA : # 1 ZoeWhovian : # Number Two... DRTUNA : # 2 look out, it's K9! JenKoko : # K9>Sorry Guv. But I think you better stop that now! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe Drops her tools again: : : Oh, blast it! DRTUNA : # K9, you've got to let us complete this, or our other timeline will be confirmed...and we'll DRTUNA : # ...be dead...K9, remember chess. We played chess. You are awfully good at chess. JenKoko : % : : K9 rolls menacingly forward: : Sorry, Guv. Seems your time is up. JenKoko : # Voice 1 rages>You insolent fool, timelord. How dare you oppose us!!! ZoeWhovian : # Yes, K9, and you are also very good at computation... : : : picking up the cue from the Doctor: : : JenKoko:#K9>I've beaten you enough times at it, Guv. ZoeWhovian:# And you have such an ADORABLE cockney accent, don't you think, Doctor? JenKoko:#K9>Stop luv, you're making me blush. JenKoko:#Voices>STOP THIS! K9 is ours you can not influence him. JenKoko : # Voices>Timelord, we have had enough of your silly ways. K9, destroy him! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor gives the signal, and Zoe dives for K9 with a live cable in her hand: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe> : : : Sticks the live cable in K9's ear: : : JenKoko : % K9 What the bloody...? Are ye daft girl?....Ooh ow! JenKoko : % : : Zoe zaps K9 with the wire. Sparks go through K9's body: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor then trips both of the switches, leading to a rapid destruction of the Mandragora helix device: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stands and moves in front of K9: : : DRTUNA : # Show yourselves, you helix vagabonds! JenKoko : # : : As Helix energy is drained from K9, the voices cry out: : DRTUNA : # : : : The devices in the room are shorting out one by one: : : ZoeWhovian : # Doctor, we've done it! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor moves to Zoe: : : ZoeWhovian : # The helix is being drained! The devices are shutting off! JenKoko : # Voices>You are too late timelord! The sterilization program has begun! You will all die!! DRTUNA : # Not so fast, they may still be here. It isn't over yet! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor turns and looks at the "dead" Dr. & Zoe: : : JenKoko : # : : the cave crystals pulse with light, an ominous hum begins to sound: : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe shouts exuberantly: : : Oh, but Doctor! It feels great to just experience the PRESENT again! DRTUNA : # Look, they are fading! Now we did it! JenKoko : # : : disembodied voices reverberate off the walls, hundreds of them: : ZoeWhovian : # I can't hear voices from a future, don't you see! It means we've done it! : : begins to hug the doctor DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor hugs Zoe: : : This IS the present, and we are whole again! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stops: : : JenKoko : # WE ARE THE MANDRAGORA! We shall conquer all. We alone shall survive. ZoeWhovian : # : : : Laughs heartily: : : Oh, Doctor! This is so wonderful! DRTUNA : # However, we might not be for long. This place seems a bit unstable. ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe begins to dance around the room, but quickly stops: : : ZoeWhovian : # You're right. We must be more sensible. : : : looks at the fading Zoe on the floor: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor turns to K9: : : K9, who is your master? JenKoko : # K9>I am my own master, Guv. JenKoko : # Voices call to their wolf servants: : NOW OUR CHILDREN! YOU MUST ANNIHILATE THE JenKoko : # ORGANICS NOW. JenKoko : # Voices>ALL MUST DIE!! ALL ORGANICS MUST DIE! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe can't resist but to reach down and touch the fabric in the "dead" Zoe's skirt: : : ZoeWhovian : # : : : Curiously, Zoe notices that as she touches the skirt, the fabric begins to feel more "real": : : DRTUNA : # Well, follow your self out of here right now! DRTUNA : # ZOE! Don't hold on to it! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe's eyes widen as she realizes the fading Zoe has begun to clarify and focus: : : DRTUNA : # Let it go or you will start to believe it! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe turns, wide eyed to the Doctor: : : ZoeWhovian : # Oh, Doctor, it's too late! The Dandelion! DRTUNA : # Zoe, you are alive, and the alive Zoe needs to get out of here before ALL our timelines die! DRTUNA : # The dandelion! ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe jumps up to grab the Doctor's wrist: : : No, Doctor. It's something else. The dandelion. ZoeWhovian : # Remember the dandelion? : : : Zoe's fading fingers point to the Doctor's vest: : : JenKoko : # : : Ominously the Mandragora computer hums louder until an alarm goes off suddenly: : DRTUNA : # You gave me a dandelion! Now where is it? ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe smiles wanly: : : To protect you. it's gone... but it served you well. JenKoko : # Voices>WHAT? WHO HAS TAMPERED WITH OUR NEST? JenKoko : # Voice 2>The timelord. No, he has rerouted the power! JenKoko : # Voice 3>What does that mean? JenKoko : # Voice 2>The crystal matrix will implode. DRTUNA : # : : : The cave begins to shake: : : ZoeWhovian : # If only I had thought of myself! Why didn't I prepare a dandelion for myself??? DRTUNA : # Zoe, what in blazes are you talking about? We've got to get out of here! ZoeWhovian : # I knew we would face this day... and the chemical components in a dandelion are curative and magical DRTUNA : # K9, head to the surface, return to the Tardis. ZoeWhovian : # Knowing the future can be a burden... it's so strange, having your past be someone's future... ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe's face is barely visible now: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor takes Zoe gently by the wrist: : : JenKoko : # Voices wail with outrage>WE MUST NOT DIE! WE ARE THE MANDRAGORA! ZoeWhovian : # Doctor! Don't worry, I am not dying... I will still be here. : : : Her voice sounds slightly metallic: : : JenKoko : # Voices>NO!!! THE TIMELORD HAS DECEIVED US! JenKoko : # Voice 3>Yes, but he has deceived himself as well. And now his friend must pay the price. DRTUNA : # Zoe! What is happening? ZoeWhovian : # I am caught between temporal realities... : : : Zoe's wrist slips away from the Doctor: : : ZoeWhovian : # Please... believe that I am alive... you are my only hope: : : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor gasps: : : Zoe, where are you going? ZoeWhovian : # : : : Zoe's voice whispers gently in the Doctor's ear: : : I trust you, Doctor... ZoeWhovian : # .... come find me.... ZoeWhovian : # ... please.... help me.... ZoeWhovian : # : : : : A small breeze floats by: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe is gone. DRTUNA : # K9, any trace of Zoe here? DRTUNA : # : : : The cave continues to shake: : : JenKoko : # : : Computer alarm goes off frantically, the cave hums and shakes violently: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor pulls out his scanner: : : JenKoko : # Voices cry getting weaker>NO! We must not... we can not die. DRTUNA : # Zoe is gone! But where? This place is about to explode! K9, back to the Tardis, use those jets! JenKoko : # : : the crystal matrix core glows brightly as the power is rerouted into it: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor runs out of the room and into the caves: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe, where did you go? JenKoko : # Voices>DOCTOR! You will never find her! As you destroyed us, you destroyed your friend DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor hears them: : : NO! It isn't so! DRTUNA : # Idle threats from a non-corporeal energy form which seems to have lost its energy in this zone. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor is winded and panting as he reaches the surface: : : JenKoko : # : : energy in the matrix glows white hot. A high pitched buzzing becomes a scream of pain: : JenKoko : # Voices>AAGGHHHH! NO, WE CAN NOT DIE! WE ARE THE MANDRAG.... JenKoko : # : : the crystal matrix explodes sending shards of bright hot crystal across the cave walls.: : JenKoko : # : : the Mandragora computer, last remnant of the Mandragora race is gone: : DRTUNA : # : : : The Dr. hits the dirt as the explosion rips: : : THE BATTLE CONTINUES OUTSIDE THE CAVE TEMPLE WHEN IT EXPLODES Will A 007 : @ Bevan : : Hears an explosion from the caves: : FreylichT : @ Sir! Look! : : points to all the others: : Will A 007 : @ Bevan, Keegan, get Carter and the others back!: : FreylichT : @ : : Picks up Carter: : come on Sir! Will A 007 : @ : : the colonists run from the cave : : Will A 007 : @ : : Bevan helps Keegan carry Carter : : Will A 007 : @ : : The explosion knocks the colonists to the ground as well : : JenKoko : @ : : the wolves still fighting all collapse: : JenKoko : @ : : without Mandragora influence, the wolves begin to change back into humans: : Will A 007 : @ : : Carter and Bevan get back up from the ground : : FreylichT : @ Cor! THE DOCTOR & K9 ARE OUTSIDE THE CAVE DRTUNA : # : : : K9 zooms ahead and enters the Tardis: : : DRTUNA : # : : : K9 programs the Tardis and lands it in front of the Doctor: : : DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor looks up as the Tardis lands: : : DRTUNA : # Well, he won;t get the paper, but.... DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor stands and surveys the remnants of crew and used to be wolves: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe, what happened to you? You can't die twice in one day! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor approaches Bevan and others: : : Will A 007 : @ Bevan " Doctor, are you okay ?" DRTUNA : # Did anyone else come out of this cave, my young friend? DRTUNA : # She is missing. Will A 007 : @ Bevan " No just you... what did you do in there?" DRTUNA : # I think you'll find all your equipment is operational again. DRTUNA : # : : : K9 comes out of Tardis: : : DRTUNA : # K9> Master, there is no trace of Zoe on this world. ZoeWhovian : *Wild Eep* DRTUNA : # No trace. Well farewell, all, you'll be safe from here on out, so to speak. DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor turns to enter the Tardis: : : DRTUNA : # Zoe, what happened. K9, we're going to scour this universe, but.... DRTUNA : # ....we are going to FIND Zoe! Prepare to modify the prowl program! DRTUNA : # I'll not violate your trust, Zoe! DRTUNA : # : : : The Doctor enters the Tardis: : : DRTUNA : # : : : K9 follows: : : THE COLONISTS COLLECT THEMSELVES Will A 007 : @ : : Bevan pulls out the hand comm : : Will A 007 : @ : : It begins to beep : : FreylichT : @ What's it say Sir? Will A 007 : @ Bevan "Hello Earth Fleet...Can anyone hear me?" Will A 007 : @ : : The comm responds with a message from a nearby ship : : Will A 007 : @ : : The ship will arrive in a few hours to pick up the remaining colonists : : FreylichT : @ I hope they have food, I could WOLF down an entire weeks rations.... Will A 007 : @ Bevan " Doctor, a ship is coming... Doctor... Where did that chap go?" DRTUNA : <<<>>> JenKoko : *DIT* ---------- Subj: Zoe's log, Blood Moon Pt 3 (Finale) Date: Fri, Jun 28, 1996 6:11 PM EST From: heller@urvax.urich.edu Zoe. That word kept running through her brain.She had a connection to that word, in any case, although she was fairly uncertain what it meant. "Zoe!" It was... a familiar voice. A gentle voice. A voice she trusted. Suddenly, a flood of recognition came to her. It was the Doctor! He was trying to contact her. Mentally. And SHE was Zoe. That was what people called her, anyway... when she was in her temporal state. Zoe grinned ironically... or, at least, If Zoe had been temporal right now, she would have grinned ironically. Instead, she just thought, "that all seems so long ago." "Long Ago." What an ironic expression to use! It was so time-bound. And Zoe, or whoever Zoe used to be, was anything but temporal at the moment. "Stupid, Stupid," Zoe muttered to herself. "How could I have remembered to give the doctor a dandelion and NOT have gotten myself one in the process? Now I'm stuck... HERE - wherever this is." How to best describe it? Well, she was unrushed, unhurried, comfortable, and at least she wasn't experiencing more than one temporal reality, which is what had been causing such chaos in Zoe's head of late. The relief from the chaotic memories from the future had subsided ... and they had been replaced with a mildly curious tingling sensation all around her body. Zoe supposed, sensibly, that it was much like the sensation that amputees often felt after undergoing primitive surgical techniques to remove "dead" apendiges from their body. Only - the tingling was ALL over her body... which meant.... Zoe's thoughts failed her. She imagined her temporal body would have shivered at that moment from the goosebumps travelling up and down her spine. "Oh, Doctor." Zoe whispered. "Please hurry up and find me." ---------- THE DOCTOR'S LOG Blood Moon, Part 3 :::The Doctor walks swiftly into the Tardis, head down. He proceeds directly into the large console room of his 8th personification.::: :::He paces back and forth, mumbling, and then takes a seat near a reading table and picks up a yellow note pad. And begins to think and writes an occasional note....::: Zoe, dying twice in a few minutes. Or did she? So much happened, and so quickly! I must evaluate all factors and then decide what to do. It seems very much like a mystery. Mysteries are confusing when you DO know how the systems operate and you DO know about the basic causal processes involved. I however, lack this knowledge. What happens when we meet ourselves in a loop of time. When the Brigadier interacted with an earlier self it released a huge flash of energy which shorted out Mawdryn's regeneration machine and saved it from killing me. When I have met myself from a different time zone contact was possible, but that was in the presence of huge energy disruptions, and in the antimatter universe. But this... this was different. We were meeting ourselves from another branch of the time stream, not from a future or past part of it. One of those time streams vanishes and the other continues. Thus, Zoe must still exist in at least one form, or else she has died. A rush of recent memories flood back, things that Zoe said: -The dandelion. Zoe had previously given me a dandelion. Now she said it is that which protected me, and she did not have one. -She asked me to continue to believe in her -- to believe that she is alive. And to find her. But where and how can I look? K9 reports no trace. -How important was her contact with her "dead" self? It was fading, and then when she touched the body it began to fade back into view. Did she believe it it, and thus share its fate? Did they join then, into one destiny of death? What did Zoe say in those last moments. Yes, she did leave clues: "Oh, Doctor, it's too late! The Dandelion! No, Doctor. It's something else. The dandelion. Remember the dandelion? To protect you. it's gone... but it served you well. If only I had thought of myself! Why didn't I prepare a dandelion for myself??? I knew we would face this day... and the chemical components in a dandelion are curative and magical Knowing the future can be a burden... it's so strange, having your past be someone's future... Doctor! Don't worry, I am not dying... I will still be here. I am caught between temporal realities... : Please... believe that I am alive... you are my only hope: : : : I trust you, Doctor... .... come find me.... ... please.... help me...." Zoe is gone, but I must find her! I am her only hope. I will use every clue, every technique. Zoe, you can trust me. I won't let you down. K9, why did I let this happen! I want to respect K9's search for individuality, but not adjusting his faulting circuits in the interests of cybernetic autonomy may have been a bad idea. The Mandragora creatures hid in his circuits, and they caused this. Respecting K9's personality rights cost us Zoe! No, no, I can't look for culprits amongst ourselves. It has happened. That is what I know. And I must now make it unhappen! The future isn't "there," it is "made" by each of us every day. We do not have to wait until Judgment Day. It takes place every day. ::: The Doctor rises to his feet. ::: Zoe, the universe is vast and I am very, very small. But, I am large enough to try. And I promise you, I will not stop trying. If I am your hope, then hope is alive, and will stay alive as long as I live. I must think of a way. ::: The Doctor takes his seat again, and looks down at his note pad. He closes his eyes. He feels very much alone. ::: ---------- <> <> <> Keegan called out. A light strip, responding to his spoken command, came on, revealing the ship cabin interior. All the cabin's furniture recessed into various places on the cabin walls when not in use. This furniture included the bed he sat on (more comfortable in fact than in appearance), a bedside table, a desk (complete with computer) and 2 chairs.The only other item swung down at the moment was the bedside table. Upon it was a clock, a handcomp, and a 3D picture, a portrait of Keegan's family taken in happier times. He swung around in the bed, dangling his legs over the side. The covers fell back, reveal his shorts-clad body, sweat drying on his skin. Reaching out, he picked up the handcomp. He sat there, staring at the family picture for what seemed an eternity. Then he turned on the handcomp and began to speak. "I made it back to the camp with Carter. Once there he awoke and I began to dress his wounds. Foremost on both our minds was what had happened to Zoe. We didn't know if she was dead or alive. Carter lost sight of her once Sirius changed and attacked. I saw her escaping after we were seperated, but saw nothing of her after that, and she was not back at the camp yet. Perhaps she had gone to help the Doctor. I hoped so, didn't want any more deaths. "Carter then brought up a subject I'd been dreading. He had reached the same conclusion I had : Sirius had become a werewolf due to the wounds he received from the wolf attack. Another earth legend come true. Of course, this meant that Carter himself might change, since Sirius had wounded him. "Carter handed me a pocket blaster and ordered me to keep the same thing from happening to him that had happened to Sirius. The implication was clear : The only way to do that would be to kill him when he started to change! I pretended to acquise, but my mind was in turmoil. How could I kill Carter? He was like the brother I'd never had, the only family I had left. I determined I would not kill him. Somehow I would save him! "Wolf sounds came to us from a distance, sounding as though they were approaching the camp again. Carter had me ask the others in camp if the Doctor or Capt. Bevan had been seen. The answer was no. Once again I was dismayed by how few of us colonists were left, only a dozen or so. Even if we somehow defeated the wolves, would there be enough people alive for the colony to survive? All I knew made the answer seem to be no. "We continued to wait. Periodically I checked with the lookouts, but there was no sign of anyone. The wolf sounds kept getting closer. Finally we could see someone approaching the camp. It was Capt. Bevan! "He looked a mess, his clothing all torn up, but thankfully, no sign of wolf bites. We briefed him on the situation here. He then told us to prepare for an assault on the wolves lair. Apparently the Doctor was there, possibly still alive. If so, he needed our help! "I rounded up the remaining colonists and we set out on our errand of mercy. We met no resistance on the way. The reason became clear when we reached the temple - all the wolves were there, waiting for us. "They ambushed us and a battle to the death ensued. We took out 3 wolves before they could reach us. Carter could hear their thoughts and warned me to kill him before he changed. I became surrounded by wolves and called out to Carter for help. He shot one of them and escaped them. We began to attack their left flank in order to gain entrance to the temple. The captain vowed to hold off Sirius. Suddenly, Carter began to change! "Sirius saw Carter changing and decided to attack. I called out to Carter, encouraging him to hold on to his mind. They fought, both Bevan and I looking for a clear shot but neither one of us able to." "Sirius then attacked Bevan again, who fought and eventually killed him. Carter continued to change, begging me to kill him. I tripped him to the ground and held him down, refusing to kill him, telling him to hang in there. "We began to hear explosions coming from inside the caves, heralding a reverse metamorphosis of Carter and the wolves, back into human form. Bevan ordered us to retreat from the caves and we did so, he and I carrying Carter. A final explosion knocked us to the ground. "The Doctor came out of the caves, clothing torn, covered in dust, and alone. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw his vehicle standing where it hadn't been before. The Doctor asked us if we had seen Zoe, as she was missing. We hadn't, of course, no one had. I saw a robotic dog come out of the Doctor's vehicle and approach him, telling him there was no sign of Zoe on this world. The Doctor told Bevan that our equipment should be working now, and that we would be safe from now on. "Bevan's handcom began beeping. It was a message from an Earth relief ship, on final approach into orbit! Everyone began to get excited. I watched the Doctor. He spoke to his dog as they walked to his vehicle, telling it they would scour the universe for Zoe. They went inside it and it dis-appeared in a blinking fading flash." Keegan paused for a moment, shaking his head in wonderment as he recalled that last part. He was apparently the only one who had seen the Doctor dis- appear. Shaking his head, he began again. "That was the last we saw of the Doctor. It was decided to take us sur- viving colonists back to Earth. It's for the best. There was not enough of us left to make a go of it, and it would be years before another relief ship came from Earth. So we're going back. "I will have to come back someday, to visit my family's grave. Somehow, someday. For now, Capt. Bevan and Lt. Keegan have decided to support my entrance into military academy once we get back. And I must find Nori, show her that I kept my promise and came back. "What of the Doctor, and Zoe? Only Time may tell." Keegan ended the recording, shut off his handcomp, and lay back down. Sleep came quickly for the exhausted young man, sleep and ... dreams. The End ( for now? ) ------ -FIN-