Episode 13: The Water's Song Part 4

“No! Quentin!” Lee shouted, “How could you, you... water!”
“I’m really sorry,” Julian muttered, comforting Lee.
“We need to get below now!” Georgia exclaimed.
“But... Georgia!” Conner replied, “A little compassion I think is needed.”
“Look I’m sorry Lee and Donald, we can mourn Quentin later,” Georgia told them, “But right now, we have to get out of the way of the building that is about to fall on top of us.”
“Oh yeah,” Donald said, picking himself up from the spot where he had been mourning Quentin quietly. Lee got up and then helped Julian up. Georgia ran along the roof and searched for a hole, or a weak panel.
“Georgia, over here,” Conner called. Georgia and the others ran over to Conner as the geography building smashed into the side of the factory roof, causing them to fall over.

“That’s my life’s work...” Donald muttered.
“Don’t worry mate, most of our stuff is on the internet anyway,” Lee pointed out.
“But the internet isn’t working...” Donald replied.
“I was going to suggest we go down a chimney,” Conner said.
“I did not work with the Prime Minister for 5 years to be forced down a chimney thank you very much,” Julian snapped.
“Well you can stay on the roof if you want,” Conner replied harshly.

“Look, isn’t it obvious how we’re going to get in?” Georgia asked.
“No,” the others replied.
“A huge building just slammed into the side of this building,” Georgia replied, “There may be some damage, perhaps a hole.”
“Oh...”

Sheba the newsreader looked up from her papers and the screens she was watching. There was not as much news to report now, there were no calls coming in, and the internet was down, but the television network was still running.

“We’re getting reports that more buildings are collapsing like they did in Los Angeles,” Sheba read out.
“Sheba, a quick word,” Garry, the news producer, said.
“What is it?” Sheba asked.
“The water creatures seem to be targeting television centres,” Garry explained, “We’re the last centre left in London.”
“What are you saying?” Sheba questioned.
“We’re next on the list, I’m sorry,” Garry replied.
“Oh my goodness...” Sheba muttered, “We’re going to die.”
“Shall we make a last broadcast?” Garry asked.
“Alright,” Sheba replied.

“We need to get out of here!” Korena exclaimed, “The water’s rising quickly outside.”
“We’re going to die anyway,” Natalie muttered, “Like Natasha...”
“I’m sorry, but we have to keep ourselves together!” Korena announced.
“Sheba isn’t,” Kimiko muttered, “She’s crying.” Korena turned to look at the TV screen and she saw that her mother was right, Sheba was crying.

“This is Sheba here,” Sheba said, wiping tears from her eyes, “I have recently got some news that is bad for me. TV centres are going down around the country; they are being targeted by the water creatures. We’re next on the list, so this is my last broadcast.”
“No wonder she’s crying,” Natalie said, she was crying herself.
“I am sorry that you will not get any more news updates,” Sheba continued, “But there aren’t many TV centres left.”
“Mazushii shōjo,” Margaret commented.
“Yes, but we need to get out of here!” Korena exclaimed, wondering why nobody had worked out why they needed to go.

The TV centre shook and Sheba fell to the floor.
“Oh no,” Kimiko muttered.
“LET’S GO!” Korena shouted.

Sheba saw a crack appear in the floor and the building seemed to split in two. Sheba watched as Garry fell through the crack into the water below, to his death. Half of the building fell into the ocean, leaving Sheba alone in half of the news studio. Suddenly, the part of the building she was in collided with the next building along, causing Sheba to slide along the floor until she hit her head on the wall and fell unconscious.

“The screen’s gone blank,” Kimiko muttered.
“Sheba must be...” Natalie assumed.
“That’s it!” Korena exclaimed, pulling open the door of the flat and pulling Kimiko and Margaret out of it, before returning into the room to drag Natalie out of the flat too. They were now standing in a hallway, with stairs going up and down from it.
“We’re going to the top floor!” Korena announced, moving towards the stairs.
“But Mrs Treacher lives up there; she won’t let anyone up...” Natalie began.
“Well...” Korena began, but a roar of water interrupted her. They turned and saw water approaching fast up the stairs.
“Let’s go!” Kimiko squeaked, and she began to climb the stairs, followed closely by Korena, Margaret and Natalie. Behind them, the water burst into Lee’s flat and flooded the whole floor.


The Doctor opened the front gates of the factory with his sonic screwdriver and they swung open. The Doctor walked through the gates and then towards a side door.

“That’s not the way to reception,” Zac pointed out.
“I don’t want the Master to know I’m here,” the Doctor replied.
“Fair point,” Zac sighed. The Doctor opened a small side door, and he had to duck to go through it. Kaylie, Beth and Zac followed the Doctor into a small corridor, with pipes and wires covering the walls and steam sometimes spurting out from small cracks in the pipes.

“So how do we find out this thing?” Beth asked.
“I don’t know,” the Doctor replied, “I improvise.” The Doctor took a few steps forward when suddenly a metal barrier appeared, sealing the corridor off. Kaylie turned as the side door that they had come through slammed behind her and locked.
“What’s going on?” Kaylie asked.
“I don’t know,” the Doctor muttered.
“Are we stuck in here?” Zac asked.
“I don’t know,” the Doctor replied, as water began to shoot out of one of the pipes into the part of the corridor they were in.
“No!” the Doctor exclaimed, as several more pipes burst and the floor became covered in water.
“This whole place is going to flood!” Beth squeaked.
“Doctor, do something!” Zac exclaimed, as the water level rose to above their feet.
“Can you all swim?” the Doctor asked, looking up.
“I can, but I don’t see what this has got to do with anything,” Kaylie replied, “Stop the water!” The water level was rising faster now, and it had already reached Kaylie’s knees. The Doctor rushed over to the pipes and tried to move them, but they wouldn’t budge.

“Seal the pipes or something!” Zac suggested. Zac pulled off his jumper and shoved it into one of the pipes.
“It worked,” Kaylie said brightly, but a few seconds later Zac’s jumper shot out of the pipe, followed by more water.
“Doctor, these were new boots! I bought them yesterday!” Beth snarled.
“You have like 20 pairs of boots,” Zac replied.
“I still bought these boots yesterday!” Beth replied, as the water reached her stomach.
“Nothing’s working!” the Doctor said frustrated, as he pressed his sonic screwdriver against the door they came through.
“Why isn’t the sonic working?” Kaylie asked.
“It’s a deadlock seal,” the Doctor muttered, as he rushed over to the metal barrier, causing water to splash in Beth and Kaylie’s faces.
“My make-ups gone runny,” Kaylie moaned, as Zac laughed, “Shut up Zac!” Kaylie splashed water at Zac, who shut up immediately.

“I’m treading water,” Beth announced, as the water level rose to her shoulders. Zac and Kaylie followed suit as the Doctor made more frustrated noises.
“I should never have brought you,” the Doctor apologised, “This is all my fault.”
“We wanted to come,” Zac muttered, “I just never thought we’d get into trouble so soon.” The Doctor began to tread water too, as the water continued to pour into the room.
“The Master must have done this,” the Doctor said, “Now we’re all going to die.”
“Oh no we’re not,” Beth muttered.
“What?” Kaylie asked.
“The only way is up!” Beth said, pointing to the ceiling, where half of a ceiling tile was missing, and the floor above could be seen. The Doctor swam over to where Beth was pointing and he pointed his sonic screwdriver at the tile.

“What are you doing?” Kaylie questioned, as the tile fell into the water, splashing Kaylie and Beth, causing Zac to laugh again. Kaylie splashed Zac again, and he fell silent again. The water level kept rising and the Doctor helped Beth up through the hole in the ceiling.
“Well done Beth,” the Doctor said, as Beth helped Kaylie up. Kaylie immediately began to shiver when she left the water, but she still helped Beth get Zac up.
“Quickly Doctor!” Kaylie said, and the Doctor pulled himself through the hole. They were standing in a corridor, almost identical to the one below, except that it was not full of water. The Doctor sniffed the air.

“What is it?” Zac asked.
“This way,” the Doctor replied, walking down the corridor.


Georgia, Conner, Lee, Donald and Julian had managed to find a hole in the Aquari Aquatics roof, where Lee’s work building had hit it. Georgia went through first and she dropped down to the fall below, only just missing a pile of glass that had come from a window from Lee’s work building.

“It’s ok, just watch out for the glass!” Georgia called up to the others, as Conner dropped down to the floor too.
“You alright?” Conner asked Georgia.
“I’m fine, but I didn’t see why I had to go first,” Georgia answered, “You are all wimps.”
“Hey, we have manners, it’s always ladies first,” Conner replied, as Lee dropped to the floor.
“Well we got inside,” Lee muttered, “I think I’m going to phone Natalie.”
“All right then,” Georgia replied, as Julian dropped to the floor.
“Is everyone ok?” Julian asked.
“We’re all fine,” Conner answered, “What’s wrong Lee?”
“I can’t get hold of Natalie, the networks gone down,” Lee said, “I don’t even know if she’s alright, what network are you on?”
“Oh, our phones are special and...” Georgia began, as Donald dropped from the ceiling.

“I’ll phone Korena, shall I?” Conner asked, pulling out his phone.
“If she’s there, can I ask to speak to Natalie please?” Lee asked.
“Yeah, if you want,” Conner replied, as he dialled Korena’s number.
“Conner?” Korena panted.
“Korena, are you alright?” Conner asked, “You sound a bit out of breath.”
“Yeah, I’m fine, other than the fact that the water is following us,” Korena explained, “It hasn’t destroyed the building, it’s just following me.”
“The water destroyed Lee’s building,” Conner said.
“Oh dear,” Korena replied, “Well, we’re all ok.”
“Can you pass the phone onto Natalie please, Lee wants to speak to her,” Conner asked, passing the phone to Lee.

“Lee?” Natalie said into Korena’s phone.
“Natalie, I’m so glad you’re alright,” Lee said, slightly breathlessly.
“I’m so happy you’re ok,” Natalie replied, “But you are ok, right?”
“I just nearly got killed, and Quentin’s dead, but I have to tell you something,” Lee answered.
“Your building, oh no, and poor Quentin,” Natalie exclaimed.
“These are radical times, and they drive people to do things out of character,” Lee explained, “The thing is, well I...”
“What is it babe?” Natalie asked.
“Will you marry me?” Lee asked, and Georgia, Conner and Donald’s faces turned from gloom to excitement.
“The whole world’s flooded, I’m climbing stairs to escape my death, now’s not really the time,” Natalie replied.
“Will you think about it?” Lee asked.
“Maybe,” Natalie replied, “When I see you next, then you can give me a ring!”
“About the ring...” Lee began.
“Gotta go now!” Natalie replied, “The water’s reached this floor. Bye!”
“Bye...” Lee muttered, switching off the phone and giving it back to Conner.

“Come on, it’s this way to the staircase I think,” Donald said.
“How do you know?” Georgia asked.
“I’ve been here lots of times before,” Donald replied, “I really can’t believe that Mr. Toil is some crazy alien, and that he did this.”
“He always seemed like such a nice person,” Lee muttered.
“The Prime Minister is a fine example of a nice person,” Julian said quietly.
“Was a fine example,” Conner corrected, causing him to get a whack on the head from Georgia.


Amita woke up in the morning after a couple of hours sleep, she didn’t remember how she had finally managed to get to sleep, but she was shocked to find that Delilah had vanished.

“Delilah?” Amita said standing up and rubbing her eyes, “DELILAH!”
“It’s all right I’m over here,” Delilah called from a coffee shop.
“Why isn’t the TV on?” Amita asked.
“It isn’t working, there aren’t any channels running,” Delilah explained, “I went exploring by the way, we’re on the bottom floor.”
“What?” Amita replied, “But how? I mean the water outside, I mean... I mean... you know!”
“I know what you mean,” Delilah replied, “I guess this place is air tight, or very well built.”
“I thought the devil wanted us dead,” Amita muttered, “Why’d he bring us here?”
“I don’t know,” Delilah muttered, “Maybe there’s something here, I don’t know, something that will kill us.” Amita and Delilah looked around and Amita spotted a poster on a far wall.

“That poster, I swear it wasn’t there before,” Amita commented, “It’s got a picture of a sea defence, it names it too, sea defence 2.12/2.13.”
“I don’t see what importance that is, it’s probably been destroyed with the rest of them,” Delilah commented.
“The devil said, our time is not yet right,” Amita said, “Why would it matter when we died unless we were supposed to do something; maybe we’ve got to help someone somewhere.”
“But how, we’re stuck here,” Delilah replied.
“Maybe there’s some way out, I don’t know,” Amita answered, “The museum!”
“What museum?” Delilah asked.
“We passed a sign for it on our way down here from that games room,” Amita explained, “Come on!” Amita rushed off, followed closely by Delilah, who looked rather confused. A few minutes later Amita rushed past a ticket box and into the museum. Amita searched through the exhibits, but Delilah was still confused.

“Amita, what are we looking for?” Delilah asked.
“An old teleport,” Amita replied, as she walked into the transport section. There was a concord and a Ferrari and all kinds of strange objects that came from as far back as the 16th century. Amita stopped when she found what she was looking for.
“What is that?” Delilah asked, pointing at the strange tall metal box.
“One of the first teleports,” Amita explained, “It can transport you anywhere, within a few hundred miles that is. You don’t need a teleport booth, you just need coordinates!”
“But why did they stop using them?” Delilah asked.
“They found that people who used them more than once got tumours and died,” Amita answered.
“I’m not going in there then,” Delilah replied.
“Come on, we’re only going to use it once!” Amita replied, “Lets teleport to that sea defence.”
“Why there?” Delilah questioned.
“It’s our destiny!” Amita replied, as she stepped into the box.
“We are not going, anywhere, we are safe here, what if we land in water?” Delilah asked.
“Then we died, but come on, we’re going to die anyway,” Amita muttered, pulling Delilah into the box, “It’s a bit cramped. Right coordinates... I’ll guess.”
“No! You can’t guess, that will just make it more likely that we die, Amita stop!” Delilah exclaimed, but it was too late Amita and Delilah vanished.


Captain Alton led Sam, Sara, Private Nash and Rolf up a long flight of stairs. They had barely escaped from the water before and they were making their way to a large secondary control room.

“Are we nearly there yet?” Sara moaned.
“We get there when we get there,” Captain Alton replied.
“So what made you choose us, I mean there must have been loads of distress calls?” Private Rolf asked Sam.
“You were the only ones who weren’t in any real danger from the water,” Sam replied, “We wanted to save somebody, we felt like we had to.”
“Why’s that?” Private Rolf asked.
“Our planet died, the Fidantis’ home planet, it was called Refregge,” Sam explained, “The Aquari attacked it, our planet is where the Aquari particles originally came from. We didn’t know the destruction they caused, we weren’t even sure it was the Aquari particles that did it...”
“We do now,” Sara interrupted.
“We survived because we were the only ones in our shuttle on that day,” Sam explained, “We didn’t know who to save, so we didn’t.”
“That doesn’t make you sound like very nice people,” Private Nash muttered.
“I don’t think we are very nice people...” Sara muttered.
“Because you said that, I’m sure you are,” Captain Alton said, spinning around, “You came to Earth to warn us about the Aquari.”
“The Doctor didn’t believe us,” Sara replied.
“I had a hunch we was an alien, with great knowledge,” Captain Alton said.
“Well he is an alien,” Sam said.

“We’re here,” Captain Alton announced, opening a pair of double doors with a key. The room they entered was huge, and very long. There were leather sofas, TVs, computers, tables, chairs and even a kitchen area.
“Whoa, why have we never been allowed in here before?” Private Nash asked.
“Well we aren’t allowed in here,” Captain Alton explained, “This is a communal area for the Scientists, but they aren’t here and the world is dying so...”
“Well you need to get that key thing into the computer,” Sara said, as she stared around the room. Private Nash and Sam immediately went over to one of the sofas and sat down.

“Use this computer sir, then you can have several screens showing the CCTV footage,” Private Rolf said, taking the key off Captain Alton and inserting it into the main computer’s panel. The screens blinked into life and Captain Alton and Private Rolf sat down in front of them.
“There aren’t any places like this back on Refregge,” Sara commented, she was still staring around, “I mean before the planet was flooded and stuff.”

“Captain Alton!” Mrs Harrbungershon’s voice echoed out of a loudspeaker in a corner.
“What the hell?” Private Rolf exclaimed.
“We may have control of the place, but all computers are linked to the speaker system,” Captain Alton explained.
“I know where you are,” Mrs Harrbungershon announced, “Don’t think you’re getting away from me!”
“From us,” Kufuedun muttered.
“Yes from us, from the cult! That is still strong, you hear me!” Mrs Harrbungershon finished, and the speakers fell silent.

“Well does she really know where we are?” Sara asked.
“She can’t have access to our camera system,” Captain Alton replied.
“But then how does she know where we are?” Sam questioned.
“Perhaps she’s bluffing,” Private Nash suggested. Private Rolf stood up and opened the door to the room. He peered round the corner of the door and yelled as a laser beam missed him by inches.
“They’re right outside!” Private Rolf exclaimed.
“Guns at the ready!” Captain Alton ordered.
“Why didn’t you use guns before?” Sam asked, drawing a tiny zapper-gun from his pocket.
“Because they’ve got guns too, and I’d rather not risk loosing any lives,” Captain Alton replied, “Unfortunately there is no other way out of this room, so I suppose its time to fight.”
“I’m ready then,” Sara muttered, pulling two large zappers from her pocket.
“Whoa, are you compensating for something or something?” Sam said, “Your guns are much bigger than my gun.”
“Let’s stop this conversation here,” Private Nash muttered, loading his gun.

“Let’s set up a barricade here, beside the computers, we can easily win a fight against them,” Private Rolf said.
“That Mrs Harrbungershon’s pretty good for her age,” Captain Alton commented, “But yes, I think a barricade here.” Captain Alton locked the door to the room and almost immediately they could hear the cult charging against it. Sam, Sara, Private Rolf and Private Nash rushed to build a barricade out of sofas and tables and chairs.

“The barricade’s built!” Private Rolf announced, “Everyone get behind it!” Suddenly the cult smashed their way into the room, sending the door crashing off its hinges. Sam, Sara, Private Rolf and Captain Alton rushed behind the barricade, but Private Nash was too slow. Mrs Harrbungershon spotted Private Nash and shot him.
“Noooo!” Private Nash wailed as he fell to the floor and died.
“Shoot her!” Private Rolf ordered.
“Wait,” Captain Alton replied.


Georgia, Conner, Lee, Donald and Julian climbed down from the top floor via a ladder. When they reached the bottom there was a large staircase. Donald led them down the staircase and Georgia showed them the way to the Master’s main room.

“Here we are,” Georgia commented, “I wonder why his door was unlocked.”
“Well, let’s be glad it was,” Conner replied.
“Ah good, I’ve been waiting for you,” the Master said, stepping out of the shadows, “Seal the room.”


The Doctor opened a door with his sonic screwdriver and they stepped into a room that seemed to have a huge deep pool of water in the middle of it. Zac, Kaylie and Beth stepped into the room and gasped at what they saw.

“That’s a...” Kaylie muttered, “That’s an Aquari isn’t it.”
“Yes,” the Doctor replied, staring down into the water. In the deep pool was a huge Aquari, with tiny bubbles pouring out of her back.
“Is she... spawning?” Zac asked.
“Yes, she’s spawning the Aquari particles,” the Doctor replied.

“There’s a control panel,” Beth commented.
“It must control the temperature and water environment,” the Doctor explained, “Keep it at the right temperature for spawning.” Kaylie walked closer to the pool, so she could look more carefully at the Aquari.
“Kaylie, be careful for the wires,” Zac commented.
“I’m fine,” Kaylie replied, as Beth took a step forward and tripped on one of the wires. She nearly fell into the pool and pulled a lever on the control panel to stop her falling in. A blast of an electricity seemed to cover the water.
“Beth, what did you do?” Kaylie asked.
“I tripped and grabbed this lever,” Beth replied, backing away from the pool. The Aquari in the middle of the pool suddenly burst into more water.

“No! No!” the Doctor exclaimed.
“What is it?” Beth asked, “What did I do?”
“You’ve killed the spawning Aquari,” the Doctor replied, “You’ve stopped the production, you’ve changed time!”
“But that means, Georgia, Conner, Korena they’re all going to be lost in time,” Zac replied, “And you said the reapers would absorb the world.”
“I’m so sorry,” Beth said, as she began to cry, “No, I can’t... I didn’t mean... I’ve killed them...”


TO BE CONTINUED