Episode 13: The Water's Song Part 3

Sam, Sara, Private Rolf and Private Nash heaved stones and rocks off the floor and piled them up against the door. Private Rolf dragged Captain Alton out from underneath the rubble and checked his pulse.

“He’s fine,” Private Rolf said, “Just knocked out and he’s bleeding.”
“I can fix that,” Sara replied, stooping down next to Captain Alton’s body and pulling out a metallic device.
“What’s that?” Private Nash asked.
“Honestly, we got the technology from your empire, it heals cuts and minor wounds,” Sara explained, “You’ll find them in most homes.”
“We don’t have one,” Private Nash replied.
“Yes we do,” Private Rolf replied.
“Well I’ve never had to use it I’m not clumsy,” Private Nash said.

“He’s waking up,” Sam commented.
“Good,” Private Rolf replied, “Sir, are you with us?”
“Yes, I think so,” Captain Alton said, sitting up.
“Careful don’t strain yourself,” Sara told him.
“Who the hell are you?” Captain Alton asked rubbing his head.
“We followed your distress signal,” Sam answered.
“What happened?” Captain Alton asked looking around.
“Our spaceship crashed into the wall,” Sara explained, “It was either that or crash into the sea, we ran out of fuel.”
“Which was Sara’s fault, I’m Sam by the way,” Sam explained.
“Nice to meet you Sam and Sara,” Captain Alton replied, “I suppose we owe you our lives seeing as you destroyed the ships trying to kill us.”
“The danger hasn’t past yet sir,” Private Nash mumbled.
“Oh of course the cult on the other side of the door,” Captain Alton said, “I think it’s time for a chat Mrs Harrbungershon!”

“Oh Captain Alton,” Mrs Harrbungershon called from the other side of the door and rubble, “Long time no see.”
“Not that long, but I’m glad no see right now,” Captain Alton replied.
“Let us in,” Mrs Harrbungershon ordered.
“I don’t think so,” Private Rolf snapped.
“Well then, everybody walk away from the door,” Mrs Harrbungershon told her cult.
“What are they doing?” Sara asked.
“I think they’re about to charge at the door,” Captain Alton muttered, “So we’d better push against the barricade.”
“But it’s covered in rubble,” Sara replied, “We’ll get all dirty. The best bet is to leave the room, get out through another door and get to a safer place.”
“CHARGE!” Dash shouted and the cult threw themselves against the door, causing some of the rubble on the other side of the door to move.

“But we’re in the control centre,” Private Nash explained, “If they get in they’ll be able to destroy every single sea defence along the next 20 miles of coast and then we’ll get killed too.”
“I’ve got to admit I don’t want that to happen,” Sara replied, “But there’s already water on the other side of this thing.”
“Yeah but if ‘this thing’ is destroyed millions will die because the water will be far more widespread,” Private Nash explained.
“Well it’s a good thing I can transfer the main computer’s data to any computer in this facility,” Captain Alton replied, “I’ve got the computer system’s key, so I can control it. I can transfer the data into the key and put it in another computer.”
“That means any computer in the whole facility can be made the main computer,” Private Rolf exclaimed.
“That’s brilliant,” Sara replied, “Use it then, and quickly, the cult won’t take much longer to get in.”

Mrs Harrbungershon, Dash, Kufuedun and the other cult members slammed themselves against the door again and again until it finally flew open, causing most of the cult to fall to the floor. Mrs Harrbungershon picked herself up and brushed herself down immediately.

“Get up!” Mrs Harrbungershon ordered.
“They’ve gone,” Kufuedun commented.
“Very observant,” Mrs Harrbungershon replied sarcastically.
“What do we do now?” Dash asked.
“Find them of course!” Mrs Harrbungershon roared, “Now hurry up!”
“Yes Ma’am,” Dash replied, as the cult left the room through another door.

Captain Alton ran down a corridor, closely followed by Sam, Sara, Private Rolf and Private Nash. They ran through a door and into another corridor. Captain Alton suddenly stopped.
“What is it?” Private Rolf questioned.
“Water,” Captain Alton muttered.
“Where?” Sam asked.
“There!” Captain Alton exclaimed, as a wall of water appeared at the end of the corridor and Captain Alton began running towards it.
“Why are you running towards it?” Sara shouted exasperatedly.
“We need to get through this door! Quickly!” Captain Alton replied, as he reached a door on the side of the corridor and unlocked it with a key. Sara, Sam, Private Rolf and Private Nash joined Captain Alton as he threw open the door, just as the cult entered the second corridor.

“There they are!” Dash exclaimed, as Captain Alton left the corridor, slamming the door behind him.
“Watch out for the water!” Kufuedun shrieked, as she backed away into the next corridor. The other cult members all tried to get through the door at the same time, as the surge of water got closer and closer. Mrs Harrbungershon barged through the others into the corridor beyond.
“Let me through!” Dash snarled, as he tried to get closer to the door. The water reached Dash and the other members of the cult, who hadn’t been able to get through the door in the confusion.

“Dash!” Kufuedun exclaimed, as she reached her arm out into the water to grab Dash before he was swept away.
“Don’t do that!” Mrs Harrbungershon snapped, dragging Kufuedun away from the doorway and slamming the door. There was already a large pool of water on the floor.
“But he’s dying!” Kufuedun replied.
“And if you go near the water you’ll die too,” Mrs Harrbungershon roared, “There are creatures in the water, put in there by the government, they are killing the world.”
“How will destroying this sea defence help?” Kufuedun asked.
“It will give the government a bad name,” Mrs Harrbungershon replied, “Now then lets get to a higher floor and try to find those idiots.”
“But Dash... we need to find his body...” Kufuedun muttered.
“You can stay here if you want,” Mrs Harrbungershon replied nastily, as she began to lead the remaining cult members away.


Natalie had never cried so much in her life. Korena had told Natalie that her sister had been killed and it came as such a shock to Natalie that she had an asthma attack.

“I’m so sorry, I should have told you sooner,” Korena muttered.
“It’s not your fault,” Natalie sobbed.
“There there,” Kimiko said, as her phone began to ring.
“Mum, can’t you switch your phone off?” Korena asked.
“I’m sorry, I’d better take it, Kaito may have some news,” Kimiko explained.
“No it’s fine,” Natalie said tearfully, as if she didn’t think it was fine at all, before returning to cry on Korena’s shoulder.

“Kaito?” Kimiko said into her phone.
“Jagujī,” Margaret hissed.
“Not now mother,” Kimiko replied, “Kaito what’s going on?”
“Nothing much,” Kaito replied, “The waters spread through nearly the whole of Japan now, but there are thousands escaping by climbing the mountains, but the water’s rising.”
“Same here,” Kimiko replied, “Are you and Etsuko alright?”
“We’re fine, Etsuko’s been trying to find us a shuttle,” Kaito explained, “But in all this panic, the shuttles have all been washed away, I’ve been told there are some mid-air shuttle garages, but alot of them have been taken out by missiles.”
“Who would do such a thing?” Kimiko asked.
“Nobody knows, somebody’s locked the entire system so no-one can access it,” Kaito continued.
“Darling, are you saying that the world’s trapped?” Kimiko asked.
“Yes, there seems to be no way out for us if the water keeps rising,” Kaito explained, “And what happened in Los Angeles, it’s happened in a few more places now. I’ve heard the New York UNIT skyscraper’s being destroyed and several other military bases.”
“The water seems to have a mind of its own,” Kimiko said.
“Oh I think it does, we’ve spotted creatures in the water,” Kaito continued, “We don’t know what they are. I’ll talk to you again in a while; we’ve got another load of people heading up to our floor.”
“Of course darling, bye!” Kimiko said.


Conner looked glumly up at Georgia. He had never felt so useless in his life, not even when he had tried to explain the Pythagoras theory to his old school friend Catherine.

“We have to do something,” Georgia announced.
“Like what?” Julian asked.
“I think we need to warm Quentin up, he still looks freezing,” Lee answered.
“I meant something to help with the situation we are in,” Georgia replied, “Are there ladders around here or something? We could climb from here to the factory!”
“Yeah because a ladder would reach that far,” Conner said sarcastically.
“I am f-freezing,” Quentin said shivering.
“What’s that light?” Julian asked.
“It’s the sun, its dawn,” Donald answered, “After a long night.”
“And the world belongs to the Master,” Georgia muttered.


Amita had tried to make Delilah forget the Earth’s troubles and go shopping, but it had not worked. Delilah had insisted that they find a television, and in a shopping centre of immense size it was not too hard to find. Amita and Delilah were sitting in a lounging area, watching a huge flat screen TV.

“As the sun rises in England, the water can be seen covering all low-ground,” Sheba the newsreader was saying, “The midlands, East Anglia, the South and the London district is completely flooded except for the few hills and mountains.”

“I still don’t see why we can’t go shopping,” Amita said glumly.
“I’m tired,” Delilah yawned.
“From space the Earth looks more like a ball of water and a scattering of islands,” Sheba continued, “This has been called the last days of the human race.”
“Why can’t the colony’s help?” Amita asked in a frustrated voice.
“We hardly have any colonies, plus they’re all in debt,” Delilah muttered.
“We are calling out across the stars for help, but we have had no replies yet,” Sheba announced.

“This can only have been engineered in some way,” Amita said, “Like that woman said to me.”
“What woman?” Delilah asked.
“Mrs Harrbungershon or something,” Amita answered, “She suggested I joined her in the fight against the government, I thought she looked a bit batty so I said I needed to buy a cheeseburger and she left me to it.”
“What’s a cheeseburger?” Delilah asked.
“It’s a classic English food thing,” Amita replied, “Anyway then I ran into her husband.”
“And what did he say?” Delilah asked.
“Told me his wife was suffering from a mental illness,” Amita explained, “He said she was hallucinating or something and apologised for her madness.”
“The poor husband,” Delilah said sadly.
“Yeah, he asked me to keep it a secret, didn’t want her to be sent to a home,” Amita continued, “I said I have loads of mad friends, and that I won’t say anything, but then I did used to work in that mental asylum. Those were the days! Are you even listening Delilah? Oh you’re asleep.”


The Master typed something into his computer and thousands of voices seem to call out from it. He made a frustrated noise and turned off the sounds.

“What’s wrong Master?” an Aquari asked from its pool.
“I need the Aquari to take out the telephone masts,” the Master explained, “These humans can’t be communicating with each other.”
“But the news channels are still working,” a second Aquari added.
“Oh, well destroy all TV centres around the world,” the Master explained, “I suppose the Doctor’s companions are out of the way.”
“We tried to find them,” an Aquari answered, “But we couldn’t.”
“Two of them are in the tall building across the road,” the Master replied, “Now where does Lee Hashimoto live...?”
“I can tell you that,” Rack replied smiling.

“Oh it’s you, I didn’t know you were there,” the Master mumbled.
“Oh you won’t notice I’m here, I’m only stopping off,” Rack explained, “I’m off to see an old friend.”
“So where does Lee Hashimoto live?” The Master asked.
“13 Abbey Road, on the 12th floor,” Rack answered, “But your Aquari won’t be able to destroy the foundations or the walls.”
“And why not?” the Master asked.
“That flat building is huge and terraced,” Rack explained, “It will take a long time for you to destroy all the walls and foundations to make it collapse, it would be easier to just make your Aquari make the water rise until it reaches Korena and... Natalie.”
“Who’s Natalie?” the Master asked.
“Oh don’t you worry Mr. Toil,” Rack said leering, “She’s part of my prophecy.” The Master was about to ask something more, but Rack had already vanished in a puff of smoke.
“Well you heard the... erm... Scarrian Devil-man,” the Master told the Aquari, “Now sing to your brothers and sisters, tell them what to do!”
“Shalliosoalemnatisicilsakynoi!” the Aquari sang rising into the air.


“Nani ga noizu ka?” Margaret asked.
“It sounds like the wind,” Kimiko replied.
“That’s not the wind,” Korena muttered, “It sounds like singing.”
“My sister used to be such a good singer!” Natalie sobbed into Korena’s lap.
“I’m sure she was,” Korena replied, as she tried to block out Natalie’s sobs and listen to the strange singing that seemed to be coming from the water itself.
“Shalliosoalemnatisicilsakynoi,” said a number of strange echoing voices.
“I heard that,” Kimiko muttered.
“Oh no!” Korena’s exclaimed.
“Tte nani desu ka?” Margaret asked.
“The water’s rising and fast, but it seems to be only rising around the building,” Korean replied.

“This is horrible,” Kimiko muttered, “I’m phoning Kaito!”
“Mum, we don’t have time,” Korena began, but Kimiko had already dialled the number.
“Kimiko?” Kaito said, as he answered his phone, “How are you?”
“Not good, the water’s rising faster!” Kimiko wailed.
“The water’s risen quite a bit here too,” Kaito muttered, “We’ve got two more floors load of people up here now, but I’m moving to the very top floor.”
“Darling, I want to be speaking to you when I...” Kimiko began but stopped.
“I know, but we must hold...” Kaito’s voice stopped abruptly and only a fizzing noise came from Kimiko’s phone.
“Kaito?” Kimiko shrieked, “The phone’s lost signal.”

“Let’s see what’s going on,” Korena replied, switching on the TV.
“Phone lines are down, it seems the water has been focusing on telephone masts,” Sheba the newsreader was saying, “And the satellites have been turned off by someone unknown. The UN is in panic, most of its headquarters have been destroyed.”
“I’m a useless companion,” Korena muttered, “I’m useless without the Doctor, and where the hell is he? Vanished off the face of the Earth...”


The Doctor walked silently, answering questions put to him by Zac, Kaylie and Beth simply and not giving any detail.

“Doctor, please are Georgia and Conner safe?” Zac was asking.
“They should be fine,” the Doctor muttered.
“Why didn’t they come with you?” Zac asked.
“Because I didn’t have the time,” the Doctor replied.

“Doctor what exactly is going on with the Aquari Aquatics factory?” Kaylie asked.
“Don’t worry,” the Doctor replied.
“That is it Doctor!” Kaylie exclaimed, “If you aren’t going to tell us what’s going on, then I don’t see why we should help you at all.”
“Calm down Kaylie,” Beth muttered.
“No I will not calm down,” Kaylie snapped, “Doctor you need to snap out of this simple, boring, silent state of yours if you want any help from us! We are willing to give it, but please just tell us exactly what’s going on!”
“Alright,” the Doctor said, sitting down on a garden wall.
“Good,” Kaylie replied.

“In the future,” the Doctor began.
“Where Korena comes from?” Beth asked.
“Yes, there, the 40th century, well 41st it was New Year,” the Doctor muttered, “Anyway there is a man, well he’s not a man, he’s a Time Lord.”
“Like you?” Zac asked, “But I thought you were the only one?”
“I am, but he’s out of his time zone, he’s bending time lines to interfere,” the Doctor explained, “The Master was fighting my third incarnation, you know my third self after I regenerated three times, you know.”
“Yes we do,” Zac replied, “Carry on.”

“Well a devil soothsayer...” the Doctor began.
“Rack?” Zac asked.
“How do you know about him?” the Doctor asked.
“Conner and Georgia can speak you know,” Zac answered, “They do know what mouths are for.”
“Anyway, Rack told the Master that he has met my tenth incarnation, so the Master realised that he couldn’t defeat me until then,” the Doctor explained, “So the Master travelled to the 21st Century to lay traps for me, because I frequently visit here.”
“Because of us?” Beth asked.
“Yes, well because Georgia and Conner come from here really,” the Doctor answered, “Anyway, he made the Aquari Aquatics Company here under the name of Mr. Toil.”
“Oooh, he vanished recently with somebody called Spike,” Kaylie interrupted, “They were the ones in the Arctic.”

“Right, yes he did put some Aquari particles there,” the Doctor replied, “Anyway, Mr. Toil, the Master left loads of Aquari particles here and then travelled to the 40th Century, where he was told is also a favourite of mine by Rack.”
“Because Korena comes from there,” Beth said.
“Yes, can you stop interrupting?” the Doctor asked.
“Sorry,” Beth replied.
“Sorry,” Kaylie and Zac said together.

“So in the 40th Century, the Master begins to activate these particles, which have by then matured,” the Doctor exclaimed, “And he created his own army of Aquari, which would take over the world. He waited until I turned up with my companions, then he put his plan into action. He never liked Earth either, so he could get me and Earth out of the way at the same time. Anyway, these particles were so well disguised that they fooled some really nice scientists and they even fooled me.”
“Wow,” Zac exclaimed, “Sorry.”

“These particles cleaned water, neutralised acids, killed bacteria,” the Doctor explained, “They even compressed water, so it could help will global warming, which had stopped because of the Aquari particles in the ice caps, but then the Aquari particles began to mature and due to the cold at the ice caps the particles activated and formed bodies. These bodies, or Aquari, cracked the ice, which helped cause global warming.”
“Then the really nice scientists persuaded the government to release the particles into the sea to stop the global warming,” Zac finished.
“How did you guess?” the Doctor asked.
“Dramatic irony,” Zac replied.
“The Master activated the rest of these particles at the turn of the century,” the Doctor continued, “The Aquari now in the oceans caused them to rise and flood the world, destroying sea defences and emergency services. The Master is now in control of Earth.”

“And you left Georgia and Conner there?” Kaylie asked, “You idiot.”
“Doctor, why did you leave them?” Zac asked.
“They were fine when I left them,” the Doctor replied, “Anyway I can go back and save them, but first you’ve got to help me.”
“Alright, anything to save them,” Zac said.
“Anyway, I need to find some way of stopping the Aquari, so I came here to find out,” the Doctor explained.
“You could destroy the factory and destroy all the particles here,” Kaylie suggested.
“If I do that, Georgia, Conner and Korena will be lost in time forever and Reapers will appear and consume the world,” the Doctor replied.
“So it’s not an option?” Beth asked.
“No, I need to find some way of defeating them in the future, but maybe I can find out more about them here,” the Doctor explained.

“This way then,” Zac said, as he continued down the street. He turned a corner and facing him was the huge Aquari factory.
“That’s it, is it?” the Doctor asked, “It’s big.”
“It supplies water to the whole of London,” Beth explained.
“Well, we’d better get in there,” the Doctor muttered.


Suddenly, the building Georgia and Conner were in shook violently. Lee, who had been standing, was thrown to the ground and several books fell off a shelf onto Julian’s head. The coffee machine toppled over and smashed when it hit the ground.
“Not the coffee machine,” Donald moaned.
“Don’t worry there are more downstairs,” Julian replied.

“What was that shake?” Georgia asked.
“I don’t know...” Lee muttered.
“Was it an earthquake?” Conner asked.
“Not to cause concern, but the buildings swaying,” Georgia said, as she stared out the window and watched as the next building along grew closer and then further away.
“This isn’t good,” Lee replied.
“Oh well done,” Conner said sarcastically.

“In Los Angeles, building’s began to sway before they collapsed,” Quentin explained.
“Oh my God, the Aquari are destroying the walls on the lower floors,” Georgia exclaimed, “We’re going to die!”
“We’ve got to think positive!” Quentin replied, throwing off the quilt he was sitting under.
“Ok,” Donald replied.
“What can we do?” Quentin asked, “Come on ideas, what can we do?”
“We could jump to the next building,” Conner suggested.
“This building is going to sway and crash into another building and this room’s got a great hole in it already,” Georgia said, “Because of those aliens. The point is we’re going to get crushed.”
“The building might swing towards the Aquari factory,” Lee said, “We could jump as it swings close and then get inside the factory.”
“But the building might not swing that way,” Georgia said, making Conner laugh, “What?”
“Don’t worry,” Conner replied.
“We could make it swing that way!” Quentin said.
“Oh yeah, we could push everything to that side, so it falls that way,” Julian exclaimed.
“That might work,” Donald said.
“It’d better,” Lee said, as the building shook again.

“We don’t have time to think up another plan,” Georgia replied, “Everything over there!” Georgia, Conner, Lee, Donald, Julian and Quentin began to push desks and chairs to the other side of the room, as the building shook again.
“Everybody by the hole!” Georgia exclaimed, running over to the hole with the others. The building began to sway in the opposite direction.
“It’s not working!” Lee exclaimed, as the building began to fall towards the factory.
“I can’t do this,” Quentin muttered.
“Of course you can,” Lee replied, “It was you who got us to hold together. JUMP!” Georgia and Conner jumped holding hands, as the building grew close to the factory’s roof. Georgia and Conner landed safely, they were followed by Lee, Donald and Julian.

“Where’s Quentin?” Lee asked.
“He’s still in the building, I think his leg caught on something,” Donald replied, “He’s jumping now!” They watched as Quentin jumped from the building, which was now falling towards the factory roof. Quentin was in mid-jump when something shot up from the water and pulled him into the water below.


TO BE CONTINUED