Episode 13: Betrayal and Death Part 3

“We should run…” Zac muttered.
“Perhaps it hasn’t seen us”, Kaylie suggested.
“It’s looking at us”, Mr. Renegade pointed out.
“Good point”, Kaylie said, “Time to run!”
“Thank you Kaylie”, Andrea said, “But we do know what to do!” The huge tarantula lunged at them and they scattered. Zac, Kaylie and two students ran down an aisle and through a pair of double doors. Amy and Andrea hid behind a row of seats as the tarantula turned on Mr. Renegade who froze.

“Stop tarantula!” Mr. Renegade ordered, “I will join you and help you”.
“If…?” the tarantula asked in a long hiss.
“If you don’t kill me”, Mr. Renegade answered.
“I don’t need your help”, the tarantula shouted, “But I do need you as food”.
“Don’t kill me”, Mr. Renegade whimpered, “Kill those two!” Mr. Renegade pointed at Amy and Andrea who were still hiding.

“You horrid man!” Amy shouted, “Kill him Mr. Tarantula!”
“It’s all in his name!” Andrea said, “Renegade means traitor!” Kaylie threw a plastic cup at Andrea and ushered the two girls towards her, as the tarantula turned back to Mr. Renegade. Mr. Renegade ran through another pair of doors and the tarantula followed him.

“Amy, Andrea, come on!” Kaylie whispered, and then she saw a couple of other students hiding in another row, “And you lot!” The group reformed and followed Zac along another corridor.


On Earth Elizabeth and Colin sprayed the spiders with their bug killer and the spiders shrieked in pain and fear. Elizabeth and Colin ran down the stairs and through their front door.
“I know how we can get everyone grouped together!” Elizabeth said, “Wait here”. Elizabeth ran back into the house and ran back out carrying a megaphone.

“Everyone leave your homes and come here now!” Elizabeth shouted, “Distract the spiders and come out here now!”
“That will attract everyone’s attention!” Colin exclaimed, “Well done dear!” A few people rushed out into the street and joined Elizabeth and Colin. Mrs White, Elizabeth and Colin’s next-door neighbour, rushed into the street with a bottle of bug killer too.
“The bug killer will kill all the bugs”, Elizabeth said, “It seems other people had that brilliant idea too Colin”.
“Technically spiders aren’t bugs, they’re arachnids”, Colin replied.
“Shut up!” Elizabeth replied as a family of four ran out of their house followed by a large house spider. Elizabeth and Mrs White sprayed the spider with bug killer and it retreated. More spiders appeared, making snarling noises.
“Spray them!” Colin shouted and the spiders retreated, “Make the spiders scared of us, snarl at them!”

“I repeat everyone come out of your houses!” Elizabeth said through the megaphone.
“You’re attracting the spiders dear”, Colin pointed out.
“Well, it’s half a good plan”, Elizabeth said as more people appeared and joined the group which was getting slowly bigger. People came running from all directions.
“There are loads of people”, Colin said, “And look the spiders are scuttling away”.

“Is everyone from our street here?” Elizabeth asked everyone, “I can’t see Mrs Cotter”.
“Apparently she died three weeks ago and her house hasn’t been sold yet”, Colin shouted.

“Right everyone”, Elizabeth shouted into the megaphone, “We are going to march in that direction. We will march down every street we can and gather all the people from as many streets as possible and save them from the spiders, who are too scared to attack us. We will sing loud songs and keep our spirits up and we will save London”.
“Great speech dear”, Colin said patting Elizabeth on the arm.


On board the Spidership, on floor 0 the daleks and the huge spider leader were talking. They were going to try and contact the magnet warrior ship, which was heading quickly towards the Spidership. The daleks were, for the moment ignoring the humans, who were talking quietly.

“We need to get the doctor here”, Harry said, “As soon as possible”.
“We need to save the world”, Private Roxanne said, “If one of us could damage that machine then”.
“Then that person will be exterminated”, Captain Price pointed out.

“I’ll do it”, Ronald said, “I want to save my parents”.
“You’re only a child”, Private Roxanne said, “You will not die”.
“I’ll do it”, Roger Ummelmann said, “They’re going to exterminate me anyway so”.
“If we can get the Doctor here, then we can save him”, Harry said, “He can save all of us”.
“He does seem brilliant”, Private Roxanne said smiling.
“Who says, we want my uncle alive”, Ronald said, as if Roger was not there.
“You want him dead?” Harry asked.
“He is a traitor to the whole human race”, Captain Price pointed out.
“He’s not doing it!” Harry announced, “None of us are”.

“I have parents on Earth and brothers and sisters and grandparents!” Ronald said, “I will die if it saves them”.
“You aren’t doing it”, Private Roxanne replied, “Anyway none of us know how to tamper with that machine!”
“You just pull out a few of those wires there”, Roger said.
“What about that lever?” Captain Price asked.
“That lever can only be controlled by a dalek’s sucker”, Roger answered.

“Humans will be silent”, the Blue Supreme Dalek ordered as it turned.
“Visual contact with magnet warriors in 10 rels”, Dalek Gain informed the other two daleks.
“I hear that the magnet warriors do not treat alien spiders well”, the huge spider leader hissed.
“Then they shall be taught a lesson”, the Blue Supreme Dalek said.

“5 rels until contact”, Dalek Gain said. Harry, Ronald, Roger and Roxanne had never seen a magnet warrior before while Captain Price had. She had fought them when they had invaded last Christmas. A large hologram of a space ship appeared on a wall. All the daleks turned to it. The hologram showed the interior of the 1st magnet warrior ship. Marshal Skatz stood in the middle with a snarl on his face, while Commander Marr stood nearby next to The Doctor.

“Visual Recognition!” Dalek Gain uttered, “Supreme Dalek I recognise that man”.
“Which Supreme Dalek are you addressing?” the Blue Supreme Dalek asked.
“You”, Dalek Gain replied, “That man is the Doctor”.
“Visual recognition confirmed”, the White Supreme Dalek announced, “He is the Doctor”. The human prisoners looked at each other in amazement. Harry waved at the Doctor behind the daleks back.

“I speak to the daleks!” Marshal Skatz shouted.
“We are the daleks”, the White Supreme Dalek said.
“You are the same daleks who we bought the hypnosis and teleport technology off, confirm?” Marshal Skatz asked.
“That is correct”, the White Supreme Dalek said.

“Wait a second”, the Doctor said stepping forward, “Hi, daleks its me again!”
“Silence Doctor!” Commander Marr ordered.
“I just want to ask something”, the Doctor said, walking to the centre of the room, “Have you been selling technology to other species to get more money?”
“That is correct”, the Blue Supreme Dalek confirmed, “The humans ran out of money so we got them more”.
“So that’s why there was so much stolen technology”, the Doctor said, “The magnet Warriors, the slitheen, the scarecrows, the plague carriers. But you had too much money, am I right?”

“They sponsored the game Doctor!” Harry said, “Virtual Reality”.
“We did that so we could capture people for the spiders to eat”, the Blue Supreme Dalek explained, “But you wrecked our plans! Since then we have been stopping your telephone calls!”
“Conner didn’t get any of Zac’s messages!” Harry remembered.
“We let our guard down for a second!” the White Supreme dalek said, “And the Doctor was contacted”.

Meanwhile, behind the daleks Captain Price had secretly contacted UNIT successfully. She was whispering to Captain Gifford through a walky-talky.
“You mean there are people fighting the spiders”, Captain Price whispered, “They are scaring the spiders. All over the UK? That’s good”.

“Excuse me, Supreme Dalek”, Dalek Gain said.
“Which one?” the White Supreme Dalek asked.
“You”, Dalek Gain replied, “One of the human females is contacting someone”.
“Who are you contacting?” the Blue Supreme Dalek asked.
“No-one!” Captain Price said in a squeaky voice, “Just UNIT!”
“What are you telling them?” the White Supreme Dalek asked.

“They are telling me about the spiders around the world and how they are being scared away”, Captain Price said triumphantly.
“The spiders are scared and the humans aren’t!” Captain Price announced, “The word has spread around the world, from the Doctor, to Georgia, to many UNIT soldiers, to the soldier’s families and friends, to UNIT HQ, to all broadcasting channels around the world. The human race is fighting back”.

“Have you checked your machine recently Supreme Daleks?” the Doctor asked, from the magnet warrior ship. The daleks turned and saw that the machine was making loud whirring noises and smoke was billowing from the top of it. Marshal Skatz and Commander Marr were sneering at the daleks. The huge spider shuddered.
“That machine is going to blow!” the Doctor shouted.

“You are a member of UNIT”, the White Supreme Dalek said, “UNIT did this, so you will be exterminated!”

Suddenly a loud voice broke through the argument.
“This is your Captain!” The voice of Captain Reggie said throughout the ship via loudspeakers. “There are huge spiders that have grown on board the Spidership. They are huge! But you can stop them! Make them scared of you. Stay in large groups. Keep your spirits up. They must be defeated! All people must get in large groups and reach the lifeboats. A member of staff will help you onto the lifeboat and…”
“Dalek Gain block the transmission”, the Blue Supreme Dalek ordered and Dalek Gain pushed a button and the announcement stopped.
“That must be my companion Georgia”, the Doctor said, “She got the Captain to make that announcement and now your plans have gone terribly bad. Oh and Marshal Skatz has something to say!”
“Yes, thank you Doctor”, Marshal Skatz said annoyed, “Daleks we don’t like you! And you think us small and we love going to war. So now we are going to war with you! That’s all!” The hologram vanished before the Doctor could stop Marshal Skatz.

“Dalek Gain, stop that machine from exploding and fix it!” the White Supreme Dalek ordered, “Spider-leader tell all spiders on board the Spidership to be alert for magnet warriors. Blue Supreme Dalek, what shall you do?”
“I will ascend to the bridge and exterminate the Captain and all personnel up there!” the Blue Supreme Dalek replied, “I will take the lift”. The Supreme Dalek exited the room as Dalek Gain pressed several buttons on the machine and the huge spider-leader, linked himself to the other spiders, telepathically. The White Supreme Dalek was also busy with the control panel.

“I’m sorry but if there are people on Earth fighting against the spiders then I must fight too!” Ronald said bravely and he ran into the machine that was making the spiders grow bigger. Dalek Gain turned and fired an exterminator ray at Ronald.
“Nooooo!” Roger Ummelmann cried as he jumped in front of his nephew and got hit by the ray in the chest. His body flashed so his skeleton could be seen and he then fell down dead.

“You tried to damage the machine”, Dalek Gain said, “You will be exterminated”.
“You won’t kill me!” Ronald said, “You killed my uncle instead of me! Or do Daleks not have any mercy”.
“Correct, Daleks do not have any mercy”, Dalek Gain replied, “So he will be destroyed!”


Meanwhile on the top level Georgia and Conner were looking cheerful.
“Right we’ll be off!” Georgia said, “Keep that spider barricaded in there. Keep your spirits up! Stay together and well done!”
“Will you be heading for the lifeboats?” Captain Reggie asked.
“First of all we need to go down to floor 0”, Conner replied.
“Thanks for your help”, Georgia said to Captain Reggie as the lift doors opened.
“It was no problem”, Captain Reggie replied, “See you!”
Georgia and Conner stepped into the lift and waved farewell. Conner pressed a button and the lift doors closed. However, there was a second lift next to the first and as the lift that carried Georgia and Conner descended, the other lifts doors opened.

“You are the Captain of the Spidership, confirm!” the Blue Supreme Dalek said as he exited the lift.
“Confirmed and who are you?” Captain Reggie asked.
“I am the Supreme Dalek and you have alerted everyone on board of my awareness”, the Supreme Dalek replied.
“I’m sorry I don’t know what you mean”, Captain Reggie replied.
“The spiders are my creation and they were to kill all on board”, the Blue Supreme Dalek answered, “So you will be exterminated”.
“At least I saved my passengers before you killed me”, Captain Reggie said boldly, and then added ,“You monster”.

“Exterminate!”

TO BE CONTINUED!!!