Lieutenant Adventures Covid-19 Charity Chapter 19 September 2020. The Death Chase.
The TARDIS cruised through space.
The Lieutenant sighed softly and slowly paced round the console. ‘These Gates have me stumped and this is where I'd usually ask for useless input but nobody's here!’ he exclaimed.
A hooded figure, dressed in a black cloak, his face hidden under his hood, seemingly non-existent, materialised in the console room. There was something about him that suggested he both existed and did not exist, like he was caught half-way between the two.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4DnUjtBrUo&feature=youtu.be The Lieutenant slowly leaned out from behind the console and sighed. ‘Seriously, someone else. I really need to fix the shields!’ he exclaimed, walking out and crossing his arms. ‘And who are you then?’ he asked.
He just stood there, he didn't say anything.
‘Well, if you'll be silent you're welcome to stay,’ said the Lieutenant. ‘I like having someone to talk to.’
He reached out a hand and the hologram came to life saying, 'You escaped.'
‘Escaped what?’ asked the Lieutenant.
The words changed to 'Death'.
The Lieutenant smirked. ‘Yes, many a time.’
The word changed again to 'Last time.'
The Lieutenant laughed a little. ‘Death will not take me any time soon! I’ve got regenerations left my friend,’ he said.
The hologram went out and the figure appeared to be shaking his head.
The Lieutenant crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. ‘You will not take me,’ he said.
'Correct,' he hissed before fading from view.
The Lieutenant frowned slightly after the figure vanished and sighed softly. He pulled the Master Lever and typed in some coordinates.
The TARDIS materialised.
The Lieutenant then walked to the door and said, ‘Shoreditch’, opening the door and nodding when he was right. He looked around slowly around where he'd landed. He saw a gate for IM Foreman and walked off paying it no more attention.
The figure emerged from behind the gate and stood looking in the direction of the Lieutenant.
The TARDIS Cloister Bell rang.
The Lieutenant glanced back at the figure and gave the man a wave. He then heard the cloister and sighed walking back to the TARDIS.
The faceless figures seemed to just follow the Lieutenant with his head, if he had one.
The Lieutenant glanced over his shoulder and then realised the figure had no face and frowned. ‘Wonderful,’ he said looking forward again continuing to walk.
The figure looked up to the sky.
The Lieutenant slowly looked up as well.
The sky suddenly began to burn, lighting up the earth below, glowing red. Nothing but fire filled the sky. People noticed and started screaming and running and there was an earth-rattling vibration, like an earthquake underfoot. The figure looked back at the Lieutenant.
The TARDIS shook and creaked and the Cloister Bell got louder.
The Lieutenant looked at the figure and frowned. ‘I assume you have something to do with this!’ he yelled over all the noise.
The figure just looked back.
He then stretched out an arm and pointed at the ground under the Lieutenant's feet.
The Lieutenant sighed softly and shook his head. He jumped back slightly. ‘Don't start targeting me with this!’ he yelled.
The earth split in two right where the Lieutenant was.
The Lieutenant jumped away from the giant hole appearing under him and growled angrily.
The figure retracted his arm and stood looking at the Lieutenant, the sky still burning.
The Lieutenant frowned and walked into the TARDIS locking the door behind him, groaning.
The Lieutenant pulled the Master Lever again to leave a destroyed Earth.
The TARDIS dematerialised. The Lieutenant sighed softly and shook his head. He set the co-ordinates for Vulcan.
The TARDIS materialised.
The Lieutenant walked out of the TARDIS slowly as he looked around. As he looked around he gasped wobbling. He looked down into a pool of mercury. He gasped softly and managed to catch himself as he wiped his brow. ‘Wouldn't want to fall in that,’ he said, backing away slightly, getting closer to the TARDIS. He sighed and started to walk through the mercury fields making sure to check every step as he walked. He sighed softly seeing what looked like a human colony. He soon enough made his way through and got to the colony, frowning slightly at what looked like damage and destruction.
Just then, a fire broke out within the colony and there was an explosion which sent debris flying. The ground shook.
The Lieutenant ducked down under it gasping slightly in shock. ‘Why would anyone want to colonise here!’ he exclaimed as he slowly stood up.
There was another explosion, closer, with debris flying everywhere.
The Lieutenant sighed. ‘Don't tell me this is that thing again!’ he exclaimed, ducking down.
'Why ever not, young chap?' asked a familiar voice behind him.
The Lieutenant turned around and sighed softly. ‘I thought I got rid of you,’ he said.
'Got rid of me? Why me? No, young chap, I think you're mistaken,' said the Doctor.
The Lieutenant laughed softly. ‘Sorry, I thought you were someone else,’ he said.
'Have we met, young man?' asked the Doctor.
The Lieutenant shook his head. ‘No," he said softly before muttering ‘Not yet.’
'Oh, I see, although, as far as time is now concerned, we have,' smiled the Doctor brightly. 'Anyway, I only popped back for a sample of the mercury, there's something funny about it, I want to analyse it in the TARDIS and run a few tests, you don't mind, do you, young chap?' he asked.
The Lieutenant frowned slightly. ‘Why would I mind at all sir, nothing to me at all,’ he said.
The Doctor grinned and bent down, busying himself with the mercury. When he was finished, he peered at it through a test tube like it was a prize he had always desired. 'It really is a nasty mixture, isn't it? Deadly to the touch, I'd imagine. Anyway, I shan't keep you and I look forward to meeting you, I didn't catch your name?' frowned the Doctor.
The Lieutenant nodded slightly. ‘I almost fell in to one of these pools when I arrived. It does look pretty bad,’ he smiled. ‘I'm the Lieutenant,’ he said.
The Doctor smiled. 'Until we meet, Lieutenant,' he said, walking off with his mercury sample.
There was then another explosion and a fire alarm went off somewhere.
The Lieutenant ran towards the fire alarm.
'Oh, my word!' exclaimed the Doctor from far off.
The figure was coming towards the Lieutenant from the Doctor's direction. The Doctor had briefly mistaken it for heading towards him and not the Lieutenant.
The Lieutenant frowned. ‘Oh, there you are!" he exclaimed before turning and running towards the fire alarm.
The figure was gliding over the ground as opposed to running or walking. It's speed was no match for the Lieutenant but when he realised the Lieutenant was running, he just got quicker.
The Lieutenant ran as fast as he could hoping to find someway to lose the figure then double back to the TARDIS.
When the figure reached the Lieutenant, he seemed to turn into some sort of whirlwind and completely surrounded him. There was nothing to see, only blackness.
The Lieutenant growled softly and looked around him seeing only blackness. ‘What do you want!’ he exclaimed.
'Your life,' hissed the figure.
The Lieutenant rolled his eyes. ‘I told you this already, you can't have that,’ he said, simply.
'I'm not leaving without it,' hissed the figure.
The Lieutenant crossed his arms. ‘Then I’d say you're going to be disappointed,’ he said.
The figure sucked all the oxygen off the planet.
The Lieutenant growled ‘Fine!’ he yelled, drawing a pistol from his back pocket and shooting into the blackness.
'To die, one must, first of all, be alive,' hissed the figure.
The TARDIS materialised around the Lieutenant, Cloister Bell ringing, and then dematerialised with him onboard.
The Lieutenant laughed softly, gasping for air. ‘I wondered how long that would take!’ he exclaimed.
The TARDIS materialised.
The Lieutenant nodded, looking at the console. ‘Random,’ he said, taken aback. ‘Good choice.’ He walked out of the TARDIS and sighed ‘A way to beat death,’ he said loudly, then waited.
The rainbow faded to darkness and the familiar whiteness of Random was gone.
The Lieutenant frowned. ‘Yeah, I thought that was too good to be true,’ he said.
A piece of paper floated towards the Lieutenant.
The Lieutenant frowned and caught it. He read it slowly.
It read, 'To escape the timeful, one must hide somewhere timeless. To escape the timeless...it can't be done...'
The Lieutenant rolled his eyes. ‘Useful,’ he said.
Rainbow suddenly got very chilly.
The Lieutenant sighed softly and walked back to the TARDIS hoping he'd get out before anything else went wrong.
There was then a foul smell coming from Random.
The Lieutenant ran back into the TARDIS and pulled the Master Lever.
The TARDIS dematerialised.
The Lieutenant walked around the console unit and frowned slightly. He stopped and pressed a button. He didn't know why he did but he decided to press it. He turned looking around and frowned a bit more. He then looked back at the console unit. It then exploded in sparks knocking him to the floor. The TARDIS cart-wheeled with sparks flying. The Lieutenant groaned and sat up. ‘What?’ he asked himself. He pulled himself up and looked at the console unit. ‘Where are we?’
The TARDIS materialised.
The Lieutenant slowly walked to the door and opened it. ‘Hmmm, where is this then?’ he asked himself. The Lieutenant walked out the TARDIS onto the Planet of the Boundary. Somewhere he hadn't been before. He then slowly started to walk through the green field towards the sound of the ocean. He got to a cliff and looked down at the crashing waves then looked around trying to see any sign of life. He saw a small camp, some smoke rising from it. He walked over and soon was stepping onto the beach. He looked around and looked into a few tents. ‘Hello?’ he called out. ‘Is anybody there?’ He frowned and shrugged when nobody responded to him. It looked like the camp was lived in but apparently nobody was home. He was about to leave when suddenly a black portal opened at the edge of the beach ‘What the!’ he exclaimed, moving towards it. The portal slowly stabilised and Gallifrey appeared. ‘Gallifrey...but…how?’ he gasped.
The figure appeared beside the boundary.
The Lieutenant frowned and looked at him sighing. ‘Why won't you just leave me alone?’ he asked.
The figure turned to look at the boundary.
The Lieutenant slowly looked at the boundary. ‘What?’ he asked.
The figure I've matured, I'm 1200 now. through it and then it rippled and began to crackle with electricity. It looked almost like smoke was coming off it.
The Lieutenant frowned and walked forwards. He got to the boundary and suddenly crackles of electricity moved across the boundary and struck into him. He was flung backwards, through the air and slammed into the beach. ‘Bow ties are cool!’ he yelled. He growled and then walked off to the TARDIS. ‘If I can't get through that way, I’ll get through another way!’ He pulled the Master Lever and set course for Gallifrey.
The TARDIS dematerialised.
The Lieutenant walked round the console and pulled another lever. The Lieutenant walked round the console and pulled another lever.
The TARDIS materialised.
He then walked out and frowned. ‘Oh, for Gods sake, really? Who keeps trying to destroy my home!’ he exclaimed. ‘Well actually this time they succeeded…’
The roof sounded like it was crumbling and dust kept falling from it. The ground began to shake.
The Lieutenant sighed and looked around before running from the room.
The roof caved in and filled the room with dust.
The Lieutenant came into what seemed like a hallway and panted. He turned back to look into the room.
The roof in the hallway also caved in.
The Lieutenant sighed and rolled his eyes and ran down the hallway again. ‘Where am I going!’ he exclaimed.
Walls collapsed, barely missing him.
The Lieutenant kept running till he made it outside, then started to pant slowly. ‘Bow ties are cool!’ he yelled.
The figure stood outside.
The Lieutenant sighed and looked at him. ‘Why won't you just leave me alone!’ he yelled.
The figured stared at him.
The Lieutenant rubbed his face gently. ‘How much longer are we going to play this game of chase?’ he asked.
'You choose,' said the figure.
‘Well, it ends with my death if we do it your way, doesn’t it?’ he asked.
The figure made no reply. He stretched out his arm toward a nearby wall.
The Lieutenant crossed his arms and sighed softly watching him.
The wall tumbled in the Lieutenant's direction.
The Lieutenant moved quickly out the way. ‘Well, you're the one collapsing all the walls then!’ he exclaimed.
The figure just stared at him before fading from view.
‘Right, time to dig out the TARDIS,’ said the Lieutenant, turning back the way he had come. He dug out his TARDIS, walked in and brushed off the dust, sighing softly. ‘OK, where shall we run to now?’ he asked, pulling the Master Lever.
The TARDIS materialised.
The Lieutenant walked around the console as the TARDIS slowly dematerialised. Once it was in the Time Vortex sparks flew out of the console. ‘Oh no, not again!’ he exclaimed. ‘Don't go hay wire again!’ He ran around pulling a few levers and pressing a big red button.
The TARDIS materialised.
All the lights went off leaving him in the dark for a few minutes then came back on. ‘OK, that was weird. Where are we?’ he asked.
The temperature in the TARDIS started to increase.
The Lieutenant frowned as it started to get hotter. ‘AC on!’ he yelled before turning on the hologram. ‘Ah, that’s why it’s so hot,’ he said.
The AC failed. The TARDIS got ever hotter.
The Lieutenant sighed and walked back over to the console and pulled a lever trying to manually get the AC on. ‘If that won't work can we at least move a bit further away?’ he asked, pulling another lever.
The Cloister Bell rang. Smoke started rising out of the central column.
‘Yes, I know something is wrong, do be quiet!’ the Lieutenant yelled at the TARDIS. He saw the smoke and gasped. ‘No no!’ he yelled, pulling another lever. ‘Come on, just move back! That would fix this!’ he yelled.
The smoke got thicker.
‘Extractor fans on!’ yelled the Lieutenant, hoping that would work at least as he frantically pulled levers trying to get away from Event One happening outside his doors.
The extractor fans failed.
The Lieutenant started to panic slightly. ‘No...no. This isn't how I die!’ he yelled, pulling another lever trying to reboot the entire TARDIS.
Nothing happened. The smoke got thicker. The TARDIS sighed. The temperature rose, if it got much higher, he'd pass out.
The Lieutenant panted softly and was determined not to die here. He pulled the only lever left he could think of and sighed. ‘Alright, if I have to die, we’re dying here together,’ he said softly to the TARDIS as he stood close to it. His finger hovered over a button. if he pressed it the doors would fly open and they'd both die. He went to press the button but I've matured, I'm 1200 now. out and fell to the floor fast. He landed in a heap with a thud, groaning softly.
The Cloister Bell rang.
The figure faded into view in the console room and looked all around the room. He stretched a hand out to the console and the Master Lever fell into position.
The TARDIS dematerialised. The further the TARDIS got away from Event One, the cooler the console room got, the smoke thinned and stopped, the AC and extractor fans came on.
The Cloister Bell rang and the interior of the TARDIS creaked.
The figure looked up at the roof.
The interior of the TARDIS started to shrink to match the size of the exterior.
The figure looked at the Lieutenant and moved closer and closer to him as the TARDIS continued to shrink at a rapidly increasing speed. He bent down and stared at the Lieutenant. 'At last,' he said.
The Lieutenant gasped, awoke and looked around slowly. ‘What...’ He lay back and gasped ‘Oh God, you're here again!’ he exclaimed.
The figure stood up and continued to stare, disappointed.
The Lieutenant sighed softly and slowly sat up. ‘Look just give up. You're not going to be able to kill me!’ he exclaimed rubbing his face gently.
The TARDIS interior stopped for a moment and then started expanding again and returned to it's normal size. The Cloister Bell stopped.
The figure just stared at the Lieutenant, then faded from view.
The Lieutenant sighed again watching him leave. ‘Thank you,’ he said, pulling himself up. ‘Well that was fun, wasn't it…?" he trailed off as he saw nobody else was there.
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The Lieutenant
Thomas Stevens
Death
Liam Hickey
The Doctor
Patrick Troughton
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