Download - Doctor Who: Dark Tide Part 2
DARK TIDEBy Jon Wesley Huff
Part Two
LUCIE!!
holDON!
TO WHAT,EXACTLY?
To Me.
great--
we canget a quickcuddle in befo--
OH.
SPLOOSH!you’re
welcome.
AS You can seedoctor, youR friend
is quite safe.
yes, i’mbeginning tosee a numberof things.
if you’llescuse me...
of course,go on--
i’ll be rightbehind you. don’t take this
the wrong way...
but why iseveryone bothering to recover that
stuff?
practicallyis. but the
plauge hasn’tleft us much--
looksancient.
PLAGUE?! arestian plague?where are you and the doctor from?
quarantine shut the whole
system down.
the war drove everyone
away...the
plague keptthem away.
for overa hundred
years.
a hundred?but why haven’t
you--
i don’tknow--
made yourown stuff?
becausewe can’t.
you haveto understand...
my peopleused to have a
simple life.
we never leftthe ocean.
or vidscreens.
or enviro-suits.
we had noneed of
buildings.
i remember mygreat grandfather
telling me stories...
how his mother wouldmake the broken bits
of coral dance.
the way hedescribed it...
shaping thewater withher mind...
her mind?like you did when
we fell?
can you alldo that?
oh no. you see,that’s my “gift.”
less and less ofus can talk
to the waters these days.
for overa hundred
years.
which is why i haveno choice. not really. i’ll have to join them.
the architects.
they live belowthe city. sedated.
hooked up to machines.
in a dreamless sleep,forming the citywith their minds...
tell me, lucie.what sort oflife is that?
kela. theyoungest of
the architects.i’ve--
i’ve known her sinceshe was a bud on her
mother’s back.
i’m sorry,gahrman panka.
I am.it’s
strangethough--
the water...it’s only
covering her mouth.
not a dropanywhere else.
we passed through a weak-
field toget in.
keeps the waterout, but let’s usin. pressure point
sensitive.
she was drowned.the water overwhelmed
her respiratorysystem.
nevertouched her gills,
so she coudln’t extract the oxygen that way.
A small, focused amount
of water,
tell me gahrman,
the ones whochose to stay in
the ocean?
n-not sincethe peace accords.do you-- do you
really think afterall this time--
I- I won’t allowit doctor. i won’t. my
father’s father sacrificed too much
so we could liveour lives the way we
choose!
if they wanta battle, we’re more than--
with enoughconcentrated pressure to be allowed entry
through the weak- field.
how long has it been since you have been in contact with
the rest of your people?
now wait, gahrman.don’t break out thewar drums just yet.
right now it’sonly a theory. one
of many.
Maybe the doctor and i can help get your father
to listen to you--
i wish i could believe
that.
well, we could
try.
no. i know what it means. to him.
to everyone.please.
just leaveit.
look, let me getthe doctor. then wecan continue this
little chat.
oh, andkyril...
thankyou.
moments later...
OY!
don’t troubleyourself worrying
on my account.
perfectly fine, me.
lucie miller!I never had a
doubt otherwise.
hello?
who?
GLITTERING
MIND
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the time is at hand, water
talker. the shadow has rested too long on our backs. do you understand our need?
do you understand what we ask?
it is a sacrifice, we know we understand if you are hesitant in any way. it all went so wrong. but
we understand now. we understand our
mistake.
HGkkk.
SPl-urp.i hearyou.
yes.
i think iunderstand.
gl-glkkk
Ms. miller,where is my
son?
watching hislast sunset.
which, by theway, is so thoroughly
messed up i--why,
how dareyou!
well someoneneeds to--
Aieeeeee!
what?
it came fromthe beach!
gahrman panka!i’m so sorry.
we headed back...and he was--
just lying
there...
doctor!
it’s kyril.but i justleft him...
he’s so still.
no, lucie, look.
he ismoving.
oh my god.doctor...
his face...
doctor, the water!
what’shappening to the water?
ANd...
we are the falls.
whirlpools.
oceans inside.
therushing.
thebreaking.
and the dark, dark
tide.
alright,doctor.
we’ve an army ofcreepy water zombie
things.
what dowe do?
“do,”lucie?
i don’t saythis often--
but if i’mright in mythinking--
(and frankly,I usually
am)
we “do”
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absolutely.
nothing.