Episode 12: Aquari Aquatics Part 4

Amita Stock walked down a busy street, when her phone began to ring. Amita pulled out her phone and saw that it was Natasha.
“Hey Natasha,” Amita said into her phone.
“Mitty,” Natalie replied, “There’s something we need to discuss.”
“I’m sorry for the job joke earlier,” Amita apologised quickly, “It was harsh.”
“No, its not about that,” Natasha quickly replied, “It’s about Delilah.”
“Delils, what about her?” Amita asked.
“You know, her seeing the devil and everything,” Natasha explained, “Her being told by the devil that she will die on New Years day. I think she may just be having trouble sleeping, hallucinations and the like.”
“Yeah, so you think she’s going mad too,” Amita replied, “I once had a friend who went mad, I cared for her, turned out she wasn’t really going mad, she just wanted money from the government. So really it turned out she was mad.”

“Anyway, what if we pretend to believe Delilah?” Natasha said.
“Why?” Amita asked.
“Because I think Delilah needs somebody to believe her,” Natasha explained, “Maybe if we tell her we believe her then she might become fun again, maybe she’ll tell us it was all a big joke or something.”
“It might work,” Amita said, stopping in the middle of the busy street she was walking down, causing the person behind her to stop, but the person behind them didn’t, so a crowd of people behind Amita fell over.

“Have the teleports gone down where you are?” Delilah asked.
“Yeah, ooh people are having a pile on behind me,” Amita said turning round, “I would join in but I don’t want to break my necklace.”
“What do you think is going on with the teleports?” Natasha asked.
“I dunno, I have to walk home, shall we meet at Delils’ later?” Amita asked, “It’s always better if you tell her stuff in person.”
“All right then,” Natasha replied, “I’ll tell you when I’m going round.”
“Bye then!” Amita said, ending the call.


The Prime Minister, meanwhile, was getting hundreds of calls, as was Julian. The government had absolutely no idea why the teleport systems weren’t working, but it was causing lots of trouble around the globe. The Prime Minister was still in Lee and Donald’s science office and they were receiving several calls too. Julian was dismissing most of his callers rather rudely.

“I’m sorry, I have no idea,” the Prime Minister was saying into his phone, “I want an emergency parliament meeting please, and contact all the right people.”
“Natalie!” Lee called down his phone.
“Lee, the teleports are down,” Natalie replied from Lee’s flat, where Margaret and Kimiko were sitting anxiously on the sofa.
“I know, I’m sorry dear I don’t know when I’ll be able to get back,” Lee explained.
“Kimiko and Margaret managed to get here though,” Natalie said, “Just in time actually, did I tell you they were coming today?”
“No you didn’t,” Lee said, “Is Kaito there too?”
“No, he’s stuck in Tokyo,” Natalie explained, “All the teleports went down there first, which is why Kimiko and Margaret decided to come early, just in case and they were right. Do you know why they’re down?”
“No idea, sorry love,” Lee answered.
“Don’t worry, well I’m sure you’re busy,” Natalie replied, “Bye babe!”
“Bye!” Lee said, as he returned his phone to his pocket.

“Look I will call the bloody police if you keep ringing me!” Julian was shouting into his phone, “Seriously! The Prime Minister is BUSY!”
“Who was that?” the Prime Minister asked.
“The Princess Royal,” Julian replied.
“What’s going on sir?” Donald asked the Prime Minister.
“No idea, I’ve called an emergency meeting in parliament,” the Prime Minister explained, “I’m heading there now, if you’d like to show your plans to parliament while you’re there, you can come too.”
“Oh yes please, there’s no time like the present,” Lee said happily.
“Well, I’ve got a private shuttle heading this way,” the Prime Minister explained, “It’ll be here in a few minutes.”


Georgia and Conner were thrown into a dirty, slightly wet cell with walls made of clay, they were deep underground. Georgia stood up and brushed herself down. Three of the Cult members who had dragged them to the cells marched off, leaving one male member behind.

“Great, why do we always get locked up?” Conner asked angrily.
“Because we never do what the Doctor tells us,” Georgia replied, “Don’t worry Conner I’m sure he’ll get us out.”
“I wouldn’t be so sure about that,” the cult member muttered. It was several minutes later until somebody spoke again.

“Excuse me,” Georgia said, “I’m Georgia, what’s your name?”
“Marcello,” Marcello replied, “And I’m not allowed to speak to you, now be quiet.”
“Is that because me and Con Con here are telling the truth?” Georgia asked.
“Don’t call me that,” Conner snarled.
“You are not telling the truth,” Marcello replied.
“So you believe in looking after the Earth, the Earth’s animals that kind of thing?” Georgia asked.
“Yes, that’s right,” Marcello replied.
“Do you think that’s why Mrs Harrbungershon is going to destroy it by flooding the whole place,” Georgia asked.
“What do you mean?” Marcello asked.
“Well your cult follows the belief that we should use the earth to make our lives,” Georgia explained, “But Mrs Harrbungershon is going to destroy the government and then the defences keeping the water from killing the planets population and animals and from destroying many plants.”
“I hadn’t thought of that,” Marcello muttered.
“What about your families? They are all going to die,” Georgia said.
“I know that, Mrs Harrbungershon said that if they didn’t believe then we can leave them behind,” Marcello explained.
“Do you think that’s right, your family brought you into this world,” Georgia replied, “And you’re going to let them die. You seem like a very nice person.”
“It’s not like that, they don’t believe...” Marcello began.
“In killing the world?” Conner interrupted.
“You’re right,” Marcello said, “I realise that now, I’m going to find my family and contact the authorities, and I’ll release you two.”
“Thank you,” Georgia said smiling, as Marcello unlocked the cell door.


Delilah Howell looked up from her magazine, her house was quiet except that beeping noise. She realised it was from her oven and she rushed into her kitchen, where a pot was boiling.
“Why does everything happen to me?” Delilah moaned, as she took the lid of the pot, and smoke filled the air. Delilah coughed as she took the pot off the oven.
“All burnt,” Delilah muttered.
“Like hell,” a voice said behind her, Delilah spun round to see Rack.

“What are you doing here?” Delilah demanded.
“Just seeing you,” Rack explained, “How are you?”
“I’m not very well thanks to you!” Delilah snapped.
“Oh, I would say sorry but I’m not,” Rack snarled, “I came to ask who you told about seeing me?”
“Three of my friends,” Delilah muttered.
“You risked their lives?” Rack asked.
“What do you mean?” Delilah replied confused.
“I told you that all four of you will die,” Rack answered, “You asked me what four and I said you’ll find out later, you chose the three others who will die and that makes four of you.”
“No, I did not! You can’t blame this on me!” Delilah shrieked.
“Better go, see you later,” Rack said leering as he vanished in a puff of smoke.
“I HATE YOU!” Delilah shouted as she threw the cooking pot across the room and cried. Suddenly, her front door opened and Amita and Natasha ran in.

“Aw, Delilah, are you alright?” Amita asked, comfortingly.
“She obviously isn’t, come on Delilah sit down on the sofa,” Natasha said, leading Delilah into her living room. Natasha pulled Delilah onto the sofa and they hugged, as Delilah continued to sob.
“We came to tell you we believe you,” Amita explained to Delilah, who looked at her through her teary eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Natasha asked.
“It’s the devil, he came here again!” Delilah replied, “Oh God it’s my entire fault!”

“Hush now, we’re going to look after you,” Natasha replied, still hugging Delilah.
“He said... he said...” Delilah began but stopped.
“What does this devil look like?” Amita asked.
“He’s got red skin, red horns, and he wears a dark cloak,” Delilah explained, “He’s horrible, I don’t know why he’s coming to me, what have I ever done wrong?”
“I’m sure you haven’t done anything wrong,” Natasha replied, “Now don’t upset yourself, you aren’t going to die! We’re going to have a great night tomorrow, it’s New Years eve, now forgot this nasty devil, he’s making you unhappy, but you can ignore him and stay happy.”
“But I don’t think I can ignore him,” Delilah muttered, “I have to believe him...”


The Doctor looked up from his test tube of Aquari particles, as Korena handed him another test tube full of a blue liquid.
“What’s this?” the Doctor asked.
“The substance you asked for Calcium... something,” Korena replied.
“I need the one next to it,” the Doctor said.
“All right,” Korena sighed and she picked up a green coloured tube and handed it to the Doctor, who took it without thanks and poured it into the test tube with Aquari particles in. The green substance vanished when it came in contact with the liquid particles.

“Good,” the Doctor commented.
“I think he has results,” Private Nash said.
“Do you have results?” Captain Alton asked, “Are these particles good?”
“Oh yes they are,” the Doctor said happily, “Molto bene.”
“Right,” Captain Alton muttered, “Are there any bad results?”
“It seems to compress water...” the Doctor muttered, “But I suppose that’s why they want you to put the particles in the sea.”
“So, what next?” Korena asked.
“I will have to return you to the cells until the police arrive,” Captain Alton said.
“Sir, you can’t do that!” Private Rolf exclaimed, “They just helped us.”
“Even so, that man is an extremely big source of knowledge,” Captain Alton replied, “He seems to know everything, except what is going on in the present day, there is something not right about them.”
“They seem ok to me sir,” Private Rolf replied.
“They seem nice,” Private Nash added, “It would be nice to have them around for a bit.”
“All right they can stay for a bit if it amuses you,” Captain Alton replied, “I suppose you have done a very good job.”
“Thank you,” the Doctor replied, “So where can I get a drink round here?”


In the Aquari Aquatics factory Mr. Toil was working hard. He was typing frantically on his computer and cackling every few seconds for fun. Suddenly, there was a popping noise and Rack appeared in a puff of smoke, causing Mr. Toil to jump.

“Can you stop doing that?” Mr. Toil said angrily.
“Alright,” Rack muttered smiling, “Oh I think it’s about time you tested these particles.”
“Look I don’t really care what you think,” Mr. Toil snapped.
“The Master is getting angry!” Rack gurgled.
“Don’t call me that name, I am called Mr. Toil while I am here,” the Master growled, “Now go away and leave me in peace you irritating thing.”
“If you weren’t the Master, the greatest Time Lord of all time,” Rack said angrily, flying into the air, “I would kill you for that comment, now I shall halt your plans instead!” The computer the Master was working on shut down.
“What have you done?” the Master asked standing up.
“Teleports systems back online!” Rack said, “It will help get some people where they need to be, believe me this will help me kill a few more people. Now BYE!”
“No!” the Master roared, as the teleport systems came back online around the world and Rack vanished in another puff of smoke. The Master’s computer then switched back on.
“Good, Tokyo and Dubai are still offline,” the Master said cackling, “Now to pick up where I left off...”


Natalie, Kimiko and Margaret were watching television on Natalie’s sofa. Natalie had been showing Kimiko and Margaret their rooms and Margaret was not happy that hers did not have a window.

“Teleport systems are down around the world,” the newsreader called Sheba was saying, “Some governments are saying it is for maintenance, others are admitting that they have no idea, we are asking people not to panic and only to go out if you have to, traffic is getting terribly congested in some parts of Britain.” Natalie’s phone suddenly began to ring.

“Mr. Chilvers?” Natalie said answering the phone.
“Natalie, I realise that you won’t be able to get to Los Angeles now,” Mr. Chilvers replied, “Unless you are already there?”
“No I’m not in Los Angeles,” Natalie said.
“Well, as soon as teleport systems come back online can you go please,” Mr. Chilvers ordered, “We need to get this deal sealed as soon as possible, bye!”
“Bye sir,” Natalie said.
“Your boss?” Kimiko asked.
“Yes,” Natalie replied, “I should be in Los Angeles.”
“Arashi ni narimasu,” Margaret muttered.
“What did she say?” Natalie asked Kimiko.
“She said a storm is coming,” Kimiko replied, as the teleport booth’s lights flickered on.
“The teleport system’s back online!” Natalie said happily.
“Sugoi,” Margaret replied.
“This means Kaito will be able to get here,” Kimiko explained, “I’ll ring him!” Kimiko got out her phone and began to ring Kaito, who answered immediately.

“Darling, are you alright?” Kaito asked, “This meeting gone on for ages.” Kaito was sitting beside a long table in a room full of Japanese businessmen and women, it was raining heavily outside and it was dark.
“I’m fine dear, but the teleports are back!” Kimiko replied into her phone.
“Not in Tokyo, and my friend says Dubai’s system is still down too,” Kaito explained, “I know you were hoping I could get home, but I doubt I’ll be able to now.”
“Oh no,” Kimiko replied, “Well let’s hope the system comes back online soon, by the way shouldn’t your meeting be over? It’s half 12 in Japan isn’t it?”
“That’s right, but I can’t help that,” Kaito said, “I’ll try to get home soon, I’ve got to go, bye!”
“Bye!” Kimiko replied, ending the call.
“Warui nyūsu?” Margaret asked.
“Yes, its bad news, teleports are still down in Tokyo,” Kimiko explained, as Natalie’s phone began to ring again.

“It’s my boss,” Natalie said, “Again...” Natalie answered the phone and Mr Chilvers’ voice blurted out of it.
“Natalie are you on your way to Los Angeles?” Mr Chilvers questioned.
“Now I am,” Natalie replied, standing up.
“Good,” Mr. Chilvers replied, ending the call.
“Do you have to go?” Kimiko asked.
“Yes, unfortunately,” Natalie muttered, “Los Angeles here I come. Look after the house, I shouldn’t be gone too long.” Natalie stepped into the booth and typed in the location. She waved at Margaret and Kimiko, and vanished. She appeared at a booth in a restaurant, she stepped out of the booth and looked around. Natalie could see the bright lights of Los Angeles through a window.

“Natalie Penrose?” a man asked as he walked up to her.
“That’s me, you must be Carsyn Hawkes,” Natalie replied.
“That’s right, it’s very nice to meet you,” Carsyn said as he shook Natalie’s hand.


Lee and Donald followed the Prime Minister and Julian out of the shuttle and Lee caught a clear glimpse of Big Ben, looking as clean as ever. The Prime Minister led them through a pair of huge oak double doors and into a reception area, which was all wood-furnished. The Prime Minister walked up to a receptionist working on a computer on a large desk.

“The Prime Minister is here for the emergency meeting,” the Prime Minister told the receptionist, who nodded and pressed a button on her keyboard. A second pair of double doors opened by themselves, and the Prime Minister led Lee, Donald and Julian through them.
“While you are inside you must address the Prime Minister as sir,” Julian explained, “And I must stress that you are not allowed to touch him, that is my... I mean his wife’s territory.”
“Of course,” Lee replied, as he walked through the double doors into the house of Lords. Lee could spot the conservative leader Cameron Davis, sitting proudly on the opposite side of the room. The Prime Minister indicated a seat for Lee and Donald to sit down in, and they obliged. The Prime Minister took some papers out of his briefcase and stood up. The people in the room fell silent.

“About the teleport system, we have no idea why it has gone...” the Prime Minister began.
“That crisis has passed Prime Minister,” Cameron Davis said standing up, “It shows how well informed your party are.”
“Excuse me; it’s not the Prime Ministers fault if he wasn’t told!” Julian snapped, “He was in a meeting with some of our top scientists about a very important matter, which you, uninformed one, have not been told about until possibly now!”
“That will do Julian,” the Prime Minister muttered.

“What is this top secret matter?” Cameron asked.
“It concerns global warming and the rising oceans,” the Prime Minister explained, “If Lee Hashimoto could explain, he is one of our top scientists.” The Prime Minister sat down and Lee stood up.
“Um... hi,” Lee began, “I am here to talk to you about Aquari particles.”
“Look he seems like a terrible speaker,” Cameron interrupted.
“These Aquari particles are in all of the drinking water around the world,” Lee continued, “And they have stopped water-related diseases for ever it seems.”
“Look we know all of this,” Cameron replied, “And I also must insist that these particles are alien and they should not be released anywhere else.”
“The thing is, is that these particles can compress water,” Lee explained, brushing off Cameron’s comment, “This has only recently been discovered, and if we can release these particles into the oceans then the water level will fall, and we will no longer have to worry about global flooding.”
“The particles have been tested and they are completely safe and compatible with the sea life,” Donald Digit added.
“Exactly, we must release these particles into the ocean,” Lee said, “So we can save our planet!”
“These particles have been tested you say?” Cameron asked.
“Yes, they have,” the Prime Minister replied.
“They’ve been tested if the Prime Minister says so, so shut up!” Julian added.

“Well how come, my scientists have recently been doing tests that reveal that these particles are extremely dangerous!” Cameron announced.
“What?” Julian goggled.
“Very, very dangerous,” Cameron continued, “And if you release these particles into the sea, then they will expand and the world will be destroyed.”
“Go and fetch this evidence,” the Prime Minister ordered and Cameron rushed from the room. Cameron ran into a broom cupboard, where a red skinned alien called Sara was waiting for him.

“Sam, you idiot!” Sara told Cameron immediately, “We don’t have any proof that the Aquari are dangerous, we aren’t even sure that they did flood our planet!”
“I had to say something,” Cameron replied, “Is Cameron alright?”
“He’s unconscious still, lets hope you didn’t kill him,” Sara replied, “Now go back in and say you don’t have proof, but that...”
“What do you mean he’s unconscious?” Cameron asked, “He was on the floor.”

“Oh no!” Sara shouted, “He must have escaped, I thought the door opened, I was too busy listening in.”
“Can I take off the disguise now, this human-skin paint is itching,” Cameron asked.
“Oh alright,” Sara replied, as Cameron pulled off his disguise to reveal Sam, the second red alien. Sara poked her head round the cupboard door and Sam did the same. They could see the Prime Minister and the real Cameron talking.

“I don’t understand,” the Prime Minister said.
“I remember being locked in that cupboard,” Cameron replied pointing towards the broom cupboard, “But I certainly have no objections towards your Aquari plans.”
“Well that’s good, but strange,” the Prime Minister said, “You said you had proof that the Aquari particles were dangerous.”
“I’m pretty sure they aren’t,” Cameron said, “You should go ahead with these plans as soon as possible in my opinion.”
“Well that’s good,” the Prime Minister said, “Lee, you can go home if you like.”
“Thank you sir,” Lee muttered.


Marcello marched into the cults’ main chamber, followed closely by Georgia and Conner. Mrs Harrbungershon, Dash and Kufuedun looked shocked at this sudden entrance and all stood up.

“What is going on?” Mrs Harrbungershon demanded, “Why are they free?”
“They convinced me that what we are doing is wrong!” Marcello replied.
“Don’t be silly!” Mrs Harrbungershon said loudly, “You speak rubbish!”
“No, but we’re going to kill all our friends and families who don’t believe,” Marcello explained, “We’re going to kill all those who didn’t have a chance to believe and I know that is wrong, even killing the government is wrong, I don’t know why I was taken in by all your stories anyway.”
“Because they were the truth!” Dash growled.
“I was taken in by your cult,” Marcello muttered, “A cult of madmen! Anyone who is sane will follow me out of here! And as soon as I get out, I am going to phone the police and the government, this stops tonight!” Marcello began to walk off.

“STOP!” Mrs Harrbungershon ordered, “If you don’t stop I will kill you!”
“With what?” Marcello asked, turning around, “One of your spears? I don’t think so.”
“With this,” Mrs Harrbungershon snarled, pulling out a gun. Georgia screamed as a ray of light shot across the room from the gun to Marcello’s chest. Marcello fell to the dirt floor, dead.
“You killed him!” Georgia shrieked.
“Obviously,” Mrs Harrbungershon replied simply, “Now let’s broadcast to the government. Kufuedun are you ready?”
“Yes ma’am,” Kufuedun said, pulling a control panel out of the soil wall and pressing a button on it. Suddenly, a huge screen appeared on the wall.
“Mrs Harrbungershon you said you didn’t use electricity!” Conner shouted.
“That was a lie!” Mrs Harrbungershon replied, “Now broadcast!” Kufuedun pressed a button and Mrs Harrbungershon, and the cult appeared on the screen. She also appeared on screens in the House of Lords, where the Prime Minister was still talking to Cameron Davis, and in the sea defence laboratory, where the Doctor and Korena were sitting drinking coffee, and all around the world.

“Who the hell is that?” the Doctor asked.
“I have no idea,” Captain Alton replied.
“That’s Mrs Harrbungershon,” Private Rolf muttered, “She used to live nearby.”

“Who is that?” the Prime Minister muttered.

“People of the Earth, governments, enemies and friends,” Mrs Harrbungershon said to the world, “I know what our government’s are doing, these idiots, who say they are saving the world, but are really hoping to kill all us normal people. That’s right, they have released Aquari particles into the oceans to make them rise, then they have built the sea defences, which will open like gates and wash away the Earth and its people at the optimum time. The optimum time is when the governments have built enough rockets to take them away from Earth to start afresh.”

“That is rubbish!” the Prime Minister snapped.
“It does sound like rubbish,” Cameron agreed.

“Who’s watching this?” the Doctor asked Captain Alton.
“Any government facility in the world,” Captain Alton replied, “I think.”

“We need to stop the government, before they kill all of you, but we have no mercy,” Mrs Harrbungershon continued, “You have treated us like mad people and idiots, so anybody who has not joined us, dies too! Goodbye planet Earth! Be prepared for the worst. Oh and don’t try and find out where we are, these transmissions can’t be tracked.” Mrs Harrbungershon vanished from the all the computer screens, leaving government facilities around the world in panic.

“It looks like they’ve got completely the wrong end of the stick,” Cameron muttered, “You’d better release the particles before they act, they’re going to try and flood the world.”
“Sir, I’ll contact all the right people,” Julian told the Prime Minister.
“Thank you Julian,” the Prime Minister replied and Julian ran off, pulling out his phone.

At the sea defence Captain Alton answered his phone. The Doctor and Korena, meanwhile, looked on at the now blank computer screen.
“Of course sir,” Captain Alton was saying into his phone, “Immediately.” Captain Alton turned off his phone and faced the Doctor.
“Who was that?” the Doctor asked.
“The government, they want us to release the particles,” Captain Alton explained, “Now.”
“But the woman...” Korena began.
“Is lying,” the Doctor replied, “She’s got to be. I say you release these particles, because it seems like she’s going to blow up these bases.”
“All right,” Captain Alton agreed, running over to his computer.

“Doctor, my family...” Korena muttered.
“I’ll save them,” the Doctor told her.

“And released!” Captain Alton exclaimed, as the Aquari particles poured out of huge vats on the side of the sea defence wall. This happened all over the world.

Mr. Toil looked up from his computer with a wide smile on his face.
“The teleport systems might not all be offline yet, but now I can test the particles...” the Master cackled, “Hmm New York, too big for a test at this time, Los Angeles... just right!”


Natalie gazed over from the paperwork she was reading in the Los Angeles restaurant. Carsyn Hawkes was nearly convinced to let his food company be bought by Natalie’s.

“Well all this paperwork proves we can easily take over your company,” Natalie explained, “Don’t worry we wouldn’t try to get rid of any of your factories.”
“I’m sure you wouldn’t,” Carsyn replied.
“What’s that noise?” Natalie asked.
“It sounds like the ocean,” Carsyn answered, “There must be a storm or something.” Natalie stared out of the window and gasped at what she saw.
“Oh no!” Natalie exclaimed, “There’s water breaking through the sea defence!” Carsyn looked through the window and saw that she was right, the sea defence was being torn apart by a giant surge of water and it was getting closer and closer.

TO BE CONTINUED