Episode 7: Be Civil Part 4

“How dare you say only one of us is needed?” Georgia said, “I’m not going to die”.
“No you aren’t, the rest however will”, the leader said.


The doctor and Cromwell found the place where Private Jeroke’s had been minutes before. The Doctor and Cromwell were carrying Conner nearby when they saw a lightning bolt hit the tent.
“The lightning must have burnt the tent to a cinder”, Cromwell said looking sympathetic. There was a square of burnt grass.
“No, there are no signs of a burnt tent, just grass”, the Doctor said, “They’ve been teleported and I’m guessing there’s a ship around here”.
“A ship?” Cromwell asked, “We are nowhere near the coast, there are no ships nearby”.
“No a spaceship”, the doctor replied, “It flies through the air like a bird”.
“Who invented that?” Cromwell asked, “Is it another royalist secret weapon”.
“No its alien”, the Doctor explained.
“But not foreign these aliens are from the stars”, Cromwell said, “Well perhaps their ship is the hill”.
“Of course Conner said there is a hole in the side of the hill”, the Doctor said, “And we need to go through there”.
“Where shall we leave the boy?” Cromwell asked.
“We’ll leave him with a guard before we leave”, the Doctor said, “Let’s find that hole in the hill”.

Five minutes later the doctor was scanning the hill side for an entrance.
“This ship must have an entrance”, the Doctor said.
“Doctor, there seems to be a man over there”, Cromwell said pointing. The doctor jumped down and saw a royalist soldier walking up the hill.
“Hello, you look slightly out of place”, the Doctor said.
“I am a scout”, the man said, his mouth did not move when he spoke.
“Really, then why doesn’t your mouth move when you speak”, the doctor said.
“Because I wear a mask”, the man replied, “I was burnt”.
“Why do you have green hands”, Cromwell asked getting involved.
“I never clean them”, the man replied quickly.
“Right then lets see what alien you are”, the doctor said grabbing the hat off the man. The hat came off, along with the mask. The man’s face was purple and very smooth.
“So, you’re going to capture me are you doctor”, the man said in a much higher, girlier voice.
“So you’re not a man you’re a woman with a voice changer”, the doctor said, “And you’re purple, lovely colour, and you’re a plague carrier”.
“A plague carrier”, Cromwell asked.
“Well that isn’t their official name, but they like that name”, the doctor said, “I mean who would like to be called the poomavorians”.
“Don’t utter that word in front of me”, the female snarled, “And are you going to capture me or not”.
“No, you are going to capture us”, the doctor replied, “As long as you don’t give us the green plague and you tell me what you are up to. Oh and can you tell us your name, it’ll make things easier and you know our names”.
“Fine doctor, I’m Cerone of the fourth and last plague carrier constituent”, Cerone said, “Follow me I’ll show you the entrance”.

The doctor and Cromwell followed Cerone for a couple of minutes. Suddenly Cerone stopped and got out a silvery object she pressed a button on it and a hole appeared in the hill. The hole was big enough for a grown man to get through so the doctor and Cromwell walked through it after Cerone. They entered a long metal corridor. At the end of the corridor was a door through which the doctor went through. They entered the huge dome which was the centre of the hill.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Runny had been watching the doctor, Cromwell and a purple man enter through a door in the side.
“Fancy that”, Mrs. Runny had said as the door had closed, “That man lives under the hill”. Mrs. Runny raised her eyebrows and waddled off.

Back inside the hill, the doctor and Cromwell had entered the dome and were surrounded by a crowd of plague carrier troopers. In the centre was the tent with Georgia, Captain Placard, Private Williams, Miss Williams and Sergeant Jones. Nearby Zac was struggling with a couple of the guards.
“Ah, so he has arrived”, the leader of the plague carriers said stepping out of the crowd, “As I was saying we only need her and him”. The leader pointed at Georgia, then Zac, then said, “But now we have you doctor, we need you”.
“Why do you need him?” Cromwell asked, “He’s only a doctor”.
“We need you too”, the leader replied to Cromwell, “Two great minds in the same room, a time lord and a great commander. You can fix the fuel".
“As I was saying”, Georgia began, “We are not going to do anything you want”.
“Yes you will or they die”, the leader snapped.
“Who’s they?” the Doctor asked.
“The people with the green plague”, the leader replied, “We can kill them if you want”.
“Right then I’ll help you”, the doctor said, “But first tell me why you are here, Why you are giving people the green plague, Why you need me, why you are dressing up as royalists, etcetera etcetera”.

“Fine I will answer your questions”, the leader replied, “I am Chief Warlo of the fourth plague carrier constituent. We are here because we crashed here. We crashed here 100 years ago”.
“Wait, you’ve been here 100 years”, Zac asked speaking for the first time.
“We were in suspended animation”, Chief Warlo answered, “When we crashed we started loosing power. There was just enough to keep us alive for 98 years, then some of us woke up, it took us a long time to find food and water, then we had to find out where we were, fix all our systems, wake the others”.
“And that took you two years?” Cromwell asked.
“We had to defrost”, Cerone said.
“You lot are useless that’s the problem”, the doctor said, the plague carriers narrowed their eyes.

“We only gave the soldiers the green plague”, Chief Warlo explained, “Because we had no fuel left, we still had the germs that causes the plague. If we gave the germs to the people then we could steal the people and use them as fuel”.
“Why did you dress up as royalists?” Sergeant Jones asked also speaking for the first time.
“Well our two useless masters of disguise said that these people were royalists taking part in the civil war”, Chief Warlo said.
“Hey, it was our historian who told us that”, Cerone said.
“Hang on how do you lot know about the English Civil War”, the doctor asked.
“We are from the future”, Chief Warlo said.
“Where’d you get a time machine from”, Zac asked, “I mean you must have travelled in time”.
“Stolen technology”, Cerone replied, “We bought it, it cost loads though”.
“Stolen technology?” the doctor said thinking.
“The slitheen had stolen the hypnosis technology off the magnet warriors”, Zac said.
“But the magnet warriors must’ve stolen it off someone”, Georgia said.
“Anyway, it’s just a coincidence”, the doctor said, “Where are the people who you gave the plague?”
“Through here”, Chief Warlo replied pointing through another door. Chief Warlo entered the room followed by Cerone, the doctor, Cromwell, Georgia, Sergeant Jones and Zac. The other three humans stayed by the tent terrified.

Inside this side-chamber was a large cage, standing in the cage were about 20 people with the green plague. There were several guns or lasers pointing down at the people with the green plague. There was also a control panel in the room.
“Why did you steal Georgia and Zac anyway?” the Doctor asked examining the controls.
“We needed to lure you here”, Chief Warlo answered, “We thought it’d be easier to let you do some jiggery pokery than kill all those people”.
“Yes, well done”, the doctor answered, “I’d better get on with the jiggery pokery and cure these people then”. The doctor started fiddling with the controls bleeping his sonic screwdriver here and there. They all waited patiently until the doctor exclaimed, “I’ve done it”. The doctor then pressed a button on the controls and there was a bang!

“Doctor nothing’s happening”, Georgia said.
“Wait the people with the green plague”, Zac said, “They’re snarling and doctor the doors opening”.
“They haven’t been cured you idiot”, Chief Warlo screamed, “You’ve turned them into zombies”.
“Ewww”, Georgia said. The green plague zombies smashed out of the cage and started to waddle towards the group.
“RUN!” the doctor shouted and they started running for their lives. They ran into the dome where all the plague carriers started panicking running in every direction.

“Doctor”, Chief Warlo said quickly, “There are four other chambers with people with the green plague in”.
“Don’t tell me”, the doctor said running, “I’ve let them all loose”.
“Exactly”, Chief Warlo replied. Georgia screamed as more green plague zombies crashed into the room. Miss Williams and Captain Placard backed away into the tent as the green plague zombies saw them. Georgia and Zac rushed to the exit but as there was only a small hole, it was taking a long time to get everyone out and the green plague zombies were drawing closer and closer….


TO BE CONTINUED!