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Chapter Forty Five Aquatech Angus started pacing back and forth but backed away from Cameron as Cameron smiled at him and the Doctor cupped his head in his left hand, tapping his fingers on the desk. "Fine, two weeks ago my men found this cylinder near the north shore of the loch," Angus said and the Doctor nodded. "Where did this cylinder come from?" the Doctor asked. "How should I ken? It was just there." "I do remember seeing a report about rift activity somewhere near here," Jack said. "Did they find anything?" the Doctor asked while Doc and Theta walked to the window and looked at the dark clouds moving across the sky. "That doesn't look good," Doc said. "Um, Brother, is this normal?" Theta asked as the Doctor spun around on his bottom and looked out the window. Getting off the desk, he walked to the window and watched the lightning fill the sky. "No, that's not normal," he said as Angus inched toward the door then stopped and pulled on his legs, trying to free them. "Och, this is getting ridiculous!" he shouted as they turned around and looked at him. Cameron leaned against the TARDIS while he wiggled his fingers and Theta sighed, walking to him. "Stop that," he said and gently smacked the back of Cameron's head and Cameron sighed, letting Angus go. "Where were we?" the Doctor asked as he sat back on the desk and Doc sat next to him. "I was talking about the rift activity," Jack said and the Doctor nodded. "Where is this cylinder?" Doc asked. "That's classified," Angus said then gasped as he started floating into the air and Cameron smiled, waving at him. "Let me down!" "Cameron Douglas, put him DOWN!" Theta said and Cameron sighed, lowering Angus to the floor. Angus backed away from Cameron then backed into Jack, spun around and Jack glared at him. "Where is the cylinder?" Jack growled. Angus led them to the door when they left the office and headed down the hallway. After taking a short lift ride, they walked down a long hallway and the pipes overhead hissed. Steam appeared from some of the pipes while Doc and Theta scanned the pipes and Angus walked around a corner. They walked into a large room with cement walls, floor and ceiling and a large tube rose from a silver cylinder sitting in the center of the room. 'Whoa, look at the size of that thing, Doctor!" Cameron said as the Doctor, Theta and Doc looked at him and he frowned, blinking. "What?" "Just wait until I tell Jamie that you stole one of his tag line!" Theta said while Cameron thought for a few seconds then laughed. The Doctor walked toward the silver cylinder when he took out the sonic screwdriver and scanned it. Theta and Doc walked toward them when Doc saw the large grate near the cylinder and a blue green liquid trailed from the cylinder to the grate. He followed the trail when he knelt down and noticed a crack in the cylinder and stood up. "Brother," he said as the Doctor walked to him and looked at the crack. The blue green liquid floated down the side of the cylinder as it headed to the grate and he scanned it. "It's kelnarium," he said then started pacing back and forth and thought for a few minutes. "Now, if this has been leaking for the last two weeks, it has to be going into the sewer system. If that's the case then these people would have died, along with everything in the loch." "But no one's dead," Theta said and the Doctor nodded. "And, seeing that they're not, then it begs to ask where this grate leads," the Doctor said and scanned the floor. "What's under this room?" "It's a large cave," Angus said and the Doctor nodded. "So you drilled into the cave and set up a drainage system?" "Aye," Angus said, nodding. "Was there anything in the cave?" "Aye, there was a large pool of water. We took some readings and it doesnae lead into the loch." "Are you sure?" Doc asked and Angus shrugged. "Right, first thing we have to do is seal the leak then we're going to go see what's in that cave," the Doctor said when he, Doc and Theta walked to the silver cylinder and took the sonic screwdrivers out of their pockets. Setting the sonic screwdriver to the right setting, they sealed the crack in the silver cylinder then scanned it for any more leaks then placed the sonic screwdrivers back in their pockets. "Let's go." They left the room while the last of the kelnarium dribbled down the grate and a soft dripping sound filled the air. The rain pounded down on Gwen, Frazer and Angel as they watched the people running into the shops and restaurants and Angel held onto Frazer. The wheezing sound filled the air as they watched the TARDIS materializing next to them and the doors opened. The Doctor walked out as he looked up at the lightning flashing across the sky then looked at them, walking closer. "You're all wet," the Doctor said with a grin then noticed the look in Frazer's eyes. "What's wrong?" "This is no ordinary storm," Frazer said and the Doctor nodded. "I figured that. So what's causing it?" "My godmother's coming," Frazer said and the Doctor blinked. He knew who M'Yari was as he nodded and looked up at the clouds. "Why is she coming?" "She knows what happened tae Loch's parent." "And how did she find out?" "The same way as I did, she heard its death song," Frazer sighed and the Doctor nodded. "Which means we have to deal with the kelnarium spill and a ticked off fey." "What are you talking about?" Angel asked and the Doctor gave her a quick recap on what they found out at Aquatech. "So where is this cave?" Frazer asked. "Cameron sent the co ordinance to your TARDIS," the Doctor said as they nodded then went inside the TARDIS and closed the doors. The Doctor looked up at the lightning crackling across the sky then sighed and went inside the TARDIS, closing the door behind him. The wheezing sounds filled the air as the TARDISes dematerialized and the lighting flashed brightly in the sky. The cave was lit by glowing crystals which were embedded in the walls and the soft sound of water dripping filled the air. At the center of the cave was a large pool, which was surrounded by rocks and the grate that led to the room above the pool sat directly over the calm water. The last of the kelnarium dripped into the water as soft puffs of mist spread over the water and the water turned a blue green color. The cave entrance was at the end of a long tunnel and lying on the ground was Loch's parent. Its skin had dried out to a dull gray color and blue green foam dripped out of the corner of its mouth. Its dead eyes started at the entrance while a soft wheezing sound filled the air and two TARDISes materialized near the pool. The doors opened as the Doctor, Doc, Jack and Theta walked outside and the Doctor closed the doors, locking them. "Right, there's the grate," the Doctor said while he looked up at the ceiling of the cave and pointed at the grate. They walked to the pool when they took out their sonic screwdrivers and scanned the water. Angus saw the anger in the Doctor's eyes when he backed toward the TARDIS then grunted when he walked into Frazer. "An' where do you think you're going?" Frazer asked when he gently placed his hands on Angus' shoulders and turned him around, softly pushing him toward the Doctor. "Jack!" Ianto said when he ran passed Frazer and Angus and Jack grunted when Ianto wrapped his arms around him, hugging him. Jack rubbed his back as he sent love into his mind and kissed his cheek. "What are you looking at?" Frazer asked while Angus watched them hugging and gently pushed Angus forward. Frazer stopped when he felt a cold chill blowing through him and he looked at the tunnel leading to the cave. Walking toward the tunnel, Frazer walked along when he could see something blocking the light from the entrance and turned around, looking back up the tunnel. "Doctor, I think you need tae see this!" The Doctor, Doc and Theta ran down the tunnel when they stopped near Frazer and they looked at what was in front of them. "What is that?" Doc asked when the Doctor walked closer and ran his hand along the dry skin. Sniffing his fingers, he sighed then walked back to them and looked at the ground. "What does this smell like to you?,'" the Doctor asked softly as they sniffed his fingers and Frazer's eyes went wide. "That smells like Loch," he said and the Doctor nodded. "I think we just found its parent," the Doctor said, sighing. "Do you think this was its den?" Theta asked. "Yep," the Doctor said when the ground suddenly started shaking and they ran back into the cave. The rocks fell from the ceiling as Gwen and Angel ran out of the TARDIS and Angel closed the doors. She ran to Frazer as they looked around and the chain around Frazer's neck was glowing. Suddenly a bright light flared as they covered their eyes and Angus screamed. "Blimey, you scream like a girl!" Theta said with a grin when the light died down and they looked at the figure standing in front of them. The figure was dressed in a long white robe and golden sandals and her long white hair blew around her head. Her crystal green eyes flared as she held the wooden staff made of sacred ash in her hand and she glared at them. "Who is that?" Doc asked. "That is M'Yari," Theta said. "What is she?" "She is a really pissed off fey," Jack said. "And she's my godmother," Frazer said and Doc slightly smiled. "You have a...?" Doc asked when M'Yari walked to the pool, sniffed the water then screamed loud enough for them to cover their ears. "Who has done this?" she demanded when she turned and looked at the Doctor. "You, tell me who did this!" "Easy now, Good Lady, there is no..." the Doctor said when M'Yari slammed the end of the wooden staff on the ground and blue lightning shot across the ground. "You will tell me now or I will kill you all!" she shouted when Ianto, Gwen and Jack took the guns out of the holsters and pointed the guns at her. "Jack, no, let me handle this!" the Doctor shouted as he held his hands out then looked at Cameron and saw his hair floating around his head. Blue lines moved up his neck then across his cheeks and the Doctor sighed. "Cameron, stand down!" "Godmother!" Frazer shouted as M'Yari turned and looked at him as he walked closer, taking her hand in his. "Fraz'let?" she asked and he nodded. "Aye, now calm down an' let the Doctor tell you what is going on," he said as she looked at the Doctor and growled. "I better like what I hear or they will die," she said as the Doctor walked to her and placed his hands behind his back. "First of all, NO ONE is going to die! Second, what happened here was an accident. That man over there did not know that something lived down here," he said then looked at Angus and Angus was hiding behind Doc. "You didn't know what was down here, right?" "Aye, I had no idea that something lived down here when we installed the grate," Angus said as M'Yari looked up at the great and a golden light flared in her eyes. "Third, if he had known what was down here, I am sure that he would have found a safer place for it," the Doctor said as M'Yari walked to Doc and looked at Angus, locking eyes with him. Her eyes flashed as he gulped and she turned around, looking at the Doctor. "He has darkness inside him," she said then looked at Angus. "Tell me, what is a space whale?" "Oh bugger," Jack thought then set up a privacy block and showed the others the space whale they had encountered. "And he was the one that employed them to do it?" Theta thought. "Yeah," Jack thought and the Doctor rubbed his face with his hands, frowning at the smell of dead Nessy on his hand. "You wa-want tae ken what a space whale is?" Angus asked as she stamped the staff on the ground and blinked. "Did I speak incorrectly? What is a space whale and why do I scent death around you?" she asked and Angus started sweating. "A space whale is a giant creature that resembles an Earth whale which travels the stars and can be used as guides for spacecrafts. They have several flippers and tentacles like protrusions down their stomachs and used a form of whale song to communicate," the Doctor said and M'Yari nodded, looking at Angus. "And what did you do with it?" she asked and Angus muttered his answer, making her tilt her head to one side. "What did you say?" "We found one and used it as food," he said and she blinked. "You killed it?" "No, it was alive when we started harvesting the meat," he said as she growled and her eyes turned red. "Uh-oh," Jack whispered as M'Yari growled and the runes on her staff started glowing.
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