Fae'th Friday at least some things are on time

The adventure continues...


The Rani frantically searched through the Doctors pockets, letting out a small sigh with each failed attempt.

“Where is the Key and that precious sonic screwdriver of yours? I would really like to know”
“Yes so would I actually,” The Doctor said while he looked down at his chest in curiosity. He always put the key and sonic screwdriver in the same pockets, well 99.45% of the time. By shear law of averages the Rani should have found it by now. The missing items were as much a mystery to him as it was to the Rani, only one of them was getting angrier by the moment and it wasn’t the Doctor. The Rani stopped and threw her hands down to her side in frustration. Then she looked over and Julie and smiled.
“Perhaps I should have my Noc friends here search your delicate companion. Though they could get a little over anxious in their searching her, they are still very thorough .”
“Take me one on one and I will show you just how delicate I am .”
“Oh really,” the Rani put her finger to her pursed lips as she thought for a moment, “Alright let her go. This will be a most enjoyable experiment.”
The Doctor was so focused on trying to figure out where his two prized possessions were that he failed to notice Julie get into her usual fight stance once she was freed from the Noc’s grip. The two women circled each other with fists raised. The Noc chuckled in delight as the Doctor’s mind worked over the possibilities. The Rani was about to take her first swing when the solution hit the Doctor.
“Ah HaH!!!” The Doctor’s exclamation caused the Rani to turn her head involuntarily in surprise. Julie saw her chance and swung as the Rani turned her attention back to Julie. The Rani’s jaw ran headfirst into the Companion’s fist as a voice rang out.
“Doctor duck!!”
The Doctor did so instinctively. He saw a silver boomerang fly above him and through the skull of the Noc that held him. The Boomerang then changed course and passed through the Noc that had held Julie just a moment ago. Both beasts slumped to the ground at the same time the Rani also connected with the floor.
The Doctor took Julie’s hand as they ascended up the gold pile to the TARDIS. They were joined by a figure that came out of the Shadow of the TARDIS. The Boomerang flew towards the figure and attached itself to the figure’s Arm.
“Shaden” Julie exclaimed with a smile
The Doctor held out his hand and Shaden handed over the two items.
“I was only holding on to them for safe keeping.”
The Doctor easily opened the door and the three poured into the TARDIS. Only after three steps into the TARDIS Shaden ran into the back of the TARDIS. Julie ran right into the back of Shaden, she was then squished by the Doctor who just closed the door behind them.
“Um if you don’t mind me saying chief, for a space ship I was expecting something abit more roomy.”
“What, what?” the doctor asked as he looked around at the bare wood door staring back at him.
“Normally there is a lot more room than this, honest. I Don’t under..”
“ssshhhh” Shaden shushed Julie. The loud steps of Draconis had stopped just outside the TARDIS. They could hear Draconis’s voice through the wooden walls.
“Water” Draconis exclaimed, followed by the sound of a splash and a startled yell of a female.
“The Rani wake up. Where are they?” Draconis asked
“I don’t know, but they couldn’t have gotten far.” The Rani said as she spat water out of her mouth. The three in the box tried not to make a noise. Shaden noticed a symbol in the shape of a C inside a diamond shape on the wall in front of him and rolled his eyes. He knew the symbol and realized what had happened to the Doctor’s ship. There was a loud cracking sound from above and the box was flooded with light. As their eyes adjusted they looked up at Draconis who smiled back at them. The four walls of the Faux TARDIS fell outwards.
“Well now this is unexpected wouldn’t you say Doctor” The Rani stood at the bottom of the gold pile with her arms crossed and a smile on her face.
“Now where were we, hmmm” Draconis asked. Shaden, in the meantime slid his hand in his bag and whispered something. A round stone ball leapt into the thief’s hand. In one swift motion Shaden spun around and gave an unexpected push against Julie who ran into the Doctor. The two landed with a thud on the wooden faux TARDIS wall that was in front of the Doctor. Shaden jumped on the board as well and the three surfed down the pile of gold. They knocked into the Rani, who was thrown back to the floor, and continued to glide on the wall through the large doorway they had used to enter the chamber. Shaden threw the stone from the bag at the doorway at the same time Draconis launched a stream of fire from his mouth. A wall of stone appeared to fill the doorway in time to block the fire.
Julie and the Doctor picked themselves up.
“Well I never expected you to be the hero type.” Julie stated with a smile.
“Don’t get all doe eyed sweetheart. You were just in the way, ended up coming along for the ride.”
“Oh you…..”
Julie spun around in frustration and stared at the fountain.The Doctor seemed in a bit of a daze, a slight twing of pain hit his gut as he realized the TARDIS was truly lost at least for the moment. He shook his head and realized there would be time to worry later, they still had the issue of getting out of the palace. He dusted himself off and walked over to Shaden.
“So how do you suggest we get out of here, I can assume that wall will not hold Draconis for long.”
“You are a quick one chief. To get out of here all we have to do is ask.”
Shaden grabbed the Doctor by the coat and Julie by the hand.
“PALACE STABLES!!!”
The three were pulled through a blur of hallways, they changed course twice and caused Julie’s stomach to flip. The next thing she knew, they stopped in the doorway of a huge stable and also next to two Noc guards. The Doctor pointed his screwdriver at the one by him and knocked him out with a sonic burst while Shaden pulled the boomerang and used its blade to decapitate the guard next to him. The Doctor looked back in time to see the guard’s headless body drop to the ground. Shaden took off down the aisle.
“Must you.” The Doctor asked as he pointed at the body.
“Let’s go Doctor” Julie asked as she pulled him by the sleeve. When they caught up to Shaden, the thief pointed at a wagon that was already attached to two draft horses.
“Our Chariot awaits.” The three ran up to the wagon and as soon as the three were aboard, Shaden jumped into the driver’s seat and gave the reins a whip, accompanied by a “HeeYa”
The horses took off immediately down the middle of the stable. The Doctor moved to take the seat next to Shaden. He handed the reins to him.
“If you would be so kind, I prefer shotgun.”
“I am sure you do” The Doctor snipped as he gave an extra whip of the straps. Five Noc guards appeared in the stable entrance. Shaden threw the boomerang and directed it towards the group. The Noc could not scatter in time before the boomerang had chance to cut across all five of their necks. The wagon passed the bodies and exited into the night.
As the group traveled down the bumpy road, an eerie choir of howls filled the air. Julie could see in the distance three pairs of red glowing eyes followed them. When the eyes passed under the torches that lined the road the rest of the dog beasts were revealed. They were same beasts that were chained up to the pillars.
“We’ve got Company!!”
“Well that didn’t take long.” Shaden stated. He threw the boomerang and guided it towards the head of the lead dog. It caused sparks to fly as it connected to the beasts skull.
“We may be in a bit of trouble.”
The wagon lurched up and one of the barrels that were in the back of the wagon hit Julie in the arm. Liquid leaked from it that had a smell that reminded Julie of kerosene. She watched the boomerang bounce off the heads of the dogs again and decided to take action herself. She pushed the barrel off the back of the wagon and to her surprise the barrel did not immediately break but instead decided to roll towards the dogs. The lead dog did not hesitate and smashed through the barrel sending its liquid contents flying. All three dogs were covered in the liquid. Julie tossed another barrel out the back of the wagon which yielded the same result as the first. Julie then grabbed the boomerang from Shaden just before he was about to throw it. She threw the boomerang at one of the road torches and knocked it to the ground. The dogs ran over it and immediately were engulfed in flames. The dogs screamed in pain as they tried dropped to the ground in vain to roll the fire out.
Shaden smiled as the boomerang came back to rest on his wrist. It was not long before they were at a fairy gate. They ran the wagon into the middle of the circle of stones but nothing happened. Doctor and Julie looked over to Shaden who continued to stare straight ahead, as if he was trying to will the gate to work. Then he slapped his forhead so loud it echoed against the black stone walls that surrounded the fairy gate.
“Son of a Bitch.”
“You don’t have the key to the gate do you.” The Doctor asked as he stepped out of the wagon. He then helped Julie out of the back of the wagon.
“Well how are we supposed to get out of here now?” Julie asked concerned.
“No worries, you have me.” The Doctor replied as he held up his sonic screwdriver. He immediately went over to one of the stone arches and ran the sonic screw driver across the faint symbols on the underside of the arch. He knew he had seen these symbols before and knew what technology he was dealing with. How it ended up on Fae’th he wasn’t sure but one thing he knew was the universe worked in mysterious ways. The symbols lit up in a bright green light that brought a smile to the Doctor’s face.
“Be careful there Chief, last time someone tried to hot wire one of these his insides became his outsides.”
“Trust me, this is my specialty.”
There was another howl in the distance. As the Doctor ran to the other arches to activate their symbols, Shaden turned the wagon in to the direction of the path they just came down. He slowly moved it out of the circle. The Doctor activated the last arch and a large bright flash of light blinded them all for second. When their eyes were adjusted again, white sparkling light danced in the middle of the circle of stones.
“Time to go.” The Doctor said with a smile.
Shaden saw three pairs of red eyes in the distance.
“Not a moment too soon. Go on get through the gate you two I will be right behind.”
“You can’t take the..”
Julie’s protest was cut off as the Doctor grabbed her and they both fell into the sparkling light. Shaden jumped off the wagon and grabbed a nearby road torch. He then tossed it into the back of the wagon that still contained three barrels. He then smacked the rear end of one of the horses with the flat side of his boomerang, accompanied by a ‘heeeya’. The wagon took off straight toward the dogs. Shaden had just enough time to watch as the wagon collided with the dogs and exploded. The force of the explosion pushed Shaden through the gate.