Episode 5: Silent Ice Part 5

Tears cascaded silently down Conner’s face, before turning to ice down his cheek. The Doctor walked over to him and examined him.

“You’re ok at the moment; it’ll be a slow process. We need to hurry though,” the Doctor said.
“Is that supposed to make me feel better?” Conner asked.
“Well, I am a Doctor!”

As the icy gas flew down to attack Georgia, she rolled over with an unladylike grunt.

“Stop!” she cried.

The gas stopped. Georgia leapt up on to her feet.

“Now, tell me why you’re here!” Georgia said.

The icy gas glided over to a wall along the Row. It flew up against it, and gave the appearance of icy breath upon glass. Words promptly appeared, as if written in an invisible finger. On the patch of ice was written:

We arrived in a ship belonging to a band of Ice Warriors. After they were nearly defrosted by an enemy, the employed us gasolemu to keep their ship cold. We arrived here, where it appeared they weren’t going to pay us, so we abandoned ship, and left them hurtling off the Acrox Galaxy, where we haven’t seen them since.

That was several thousand generations ago, when the Space Docks were busy. We developed enraged emotions, and slowly began to eradicate all life from the Docks, so we could live in peace. This has now been interrupted by you, so we kill you all!

Georgia recoiled in fear at its words, and as it flew at her again she screamed. The icy gas stopped. It flew off down the Row into the darkness.

The Doctor whipped out the Sonic Screwdriver and disabled Seb’s gun. Seb glared at him angrily, too scared to protest. His eyes were still glowing a violent red.

“Everyone go outside,” Seb repeated.
“What if we don’t?” Caitlin asked.
“I’ll kill you,” Seb hissed.
“Me?” Caitlin asked quietly.

Seb glared at her. Caitlin refused to back down, and continued to stare at him. Eventually, Seb looked away, and the Doctor spotted a weakness- his love for Caitlin! Bending down to whisper in Jess’ ear, he began to plot.

The Doctor leaped forward and grabbed Caitlin. Seb whipped around and tried to help Caitlin, his eyes still red. Jess ran up behind Seb and slipped a teleport on him. She pressed it, and Seb vanished in a blue light.

“High five!” the Doctor cried.

Georgia wondered why the Gasolemu stopped when she screamed. Was it the sound that put it off? Or was it attacking someone else? Hearing a yell, Georgia realised it was attacking someone else. With a slight grin on her face, she sprinted off in the direction of the scream.

Seb shone into existence next to Red. Nancy and Laura, who had backed up against the wall, looked in amazement. Red stopped, feeling Seb’s drowsiness (they were linked telepathically), and, seeing an opportunity, Laura and Nancy made their escape.

“What happened?” Conner asked, trying to divert his mind from his slowly freezing hands.
“Seb and Red are linked,” the Doctor explained “so Jess teleported Seb without coordinates. He automatically latched onto Red. Problem solved! Molto Bene!”
“Bellisimo!” Conner grinned.

Jess and Junaid walked towards them.

“Right,” Jess said, getting down to business “can we leave?”
“The crew are terrified- we won’t be able to survive,” Junaid said.
“What about Bex?” the Doctor pointed out.
“You mean Bex might still be alive?” Conner asked.
“I bet she is,” the Doctor said “the ice knew we wouldn’t leave with the possibility of her being alive.”
“Clever ice,” Conner muttered “but it means we can outsmart the ice and bring her back!”
“Falling into their trap,” the Doctor concluded.
“Does that mean you’ll leave me too?” Conner asked.

Nancy and Laura ran out of the ship, and Laura laughed in delight.

“We got away!” she cried.
“Not yet- Red and Seb are back!” Nancy yelled.

Laura turned around and noticed a ball of gas hovering behind them. She screamed. With a grin, Georgia ran in the direction of Nancy and Laura, sensing danger.

“Of course we wouldn’t leave you,” the Doctor said.
“Well it’s just the same with Bex!” Conner argued.
“It is about passenger safety,” Will pointed out.
“I think we should save everyone!” Caitlin said.
“You can do it Doctor!” Will and Caitlin cried together.

Georgia ran and brushed past the gas, and grabbed Nancy and Laura’s hands. She pulled them through the gas and together they ran off to where they thought the others were.

The door to the cupboard on Row 57 opened slightly. Jess’ face peeked out of it, and quickly ducked when she saw Bex covered in ice. The door opened fully and Jess ran out, surprising Bex. She sprinted off down the Row, turning into Row 58. Bex followed.

The Doctor led the others quietly outside, and they sneaked off down Row 56.

Georgia’s group ran down Rows 35, 42, and 46 before she allowed them to stop. At that moment, the Doctor, Conner, Junaid, Will and Caitlin turned into the Row. Georgia ran and hugged the Doctor. She turned to Conner, and then noticed his hands.

“Not you too!” she cried.
“Sorry,” Conner muttered.

Junaid sidled up to Georgia.

“I’m so glad you’re ok,” he said in his sexiest voice possible.
“Err, thanks,” Georgia said.

She walked quickly over to Conner, and said something to him under her breath.

“No way!” Conner hissed “not unless you pay me.”
“10 quid?” Georgia asked.
“30,” Conner bargained.
“20 quid?” Georgia said.
“Deal.”

Georgia walks up to Junaid, who bends down on one knee to her.

“I know this is sudden, but I felt it was the right thing to do,” Junaid said in a hushed voice.
“It is sudden, yeah, I hardly know you,” Georgia said, embarrassed.
“I thought if one of us dies…” Junaid said.
“I’m sorry,” Georgia said “but I’m going out with someone else.”
“Who?” Junaid said.
“Conner.”

The Doctor nearly dropped the fire extinguisher he was examining in surprise.

“Prove it to me, so I can see you aren’t just rejecting me,” Junaid said.

Georgia had foreseen this happening, and had a plan. She beckoned Conner over to her, who came reluctantly. She placed Conner’s hands on her bottom, and pulled him by the jacket towards her.

“Come here big boy!” she said, pulling him into a long kiss.

The Doctor really did drop the fire extinguisher in surprise. It rolled over to Nancy, who stared at the snogging ‘couple’ in shock and awe.

Just as Georgia let Conner go, Red, Seb, Bex and the icy gas came around the corner. Bex had Jess caught in her icy grip.

“Sorry Doctor,” Jess muttered.
“Nah, it’s not your fault,” the Doctor said “cos I’ve got them cornered!”
“What do you mean?” Georgia asked, a little breathlessly.
“Well, all the people I need to stop lined up here?” the Doctor grinned.
“You sly old dog…” Junaid smiled, putting his proposal behind him.
“Why thank you Captain,” the Doctor grinned “now, let Bex, Seb and Red go, or I’ll stop you.”
“How… How will you do that…? When your friends are dead?” Bex asked.
“I’m warning you, this is your last chance. I’ll stop you,” the Doctor said.
“Do it,” Seb said daringly.
“Gasolem alek de ricoteh sassak su creed,” the Doctor said.
“Nooooo! The Ancient Words!” Red howled. "How does he know?"

Bex, Red and Seb dropped down on to the floor. The ice had gone from Bex and Conner, and Red and Seb’s eyes were no longer red. The gas lunged at the Doctor, and a whitey ghost figure was struggling to keep to the Doctor, as the gas sucked it away.

Before it disappeared completely, Nancy reached down and threw the fire extinguisher at her feet to Conner. Instinctively, he passed it to Georgia, like a hot potato.

Georgia ran forwards and sprayed the icy gas with the fire extinguisher. It froze into a solid block of ice, and clunked to the floor. The Doctor fell to the floor also, but the ghost white figure returned to him.

“What was that?” Jess asked.
“I think it was my soul,” the Doctor said between ragged breaths.
“So you do have a soul?” Georgia said dryly.

The Doctor slammed the metal trunk shut.

“There you go,” he soothed “how did you find that? Do you have indigestion? My poor TARDIS. Good girl, keep the Gasolemu trapped in the freezers forever.”

The TARDIS hummed in reply. The Doctor left the freezer room, and walked along to the console room. Stepping out of the TARDIS, he greeted his friends, old and new.

“Well, we’d best be off,” the Doctor said.
“We’ve already said goodbye,” Georgia said quickly.
“Georgia! You haven’t said goodbye to me yet!” Junaid called.
“Run!” Georgia said.

She pulled Conner and shoved the Doctor into the TARDIS. Bex, Jess, Caitlin, Nancy, Laura, Will and Seb grinned as the TARDIS faded away. Jess turned away, and led the crew back to the ship, relishing in what they could now discover in the universe. The only problem was keeping a lovesick Junaid in tow!

The end.