In The Realms of the Unreal

Chapter 27

As the malformed results of Dr Moreau's experiments shambled towards the group, Mcclane whipped out his pistol

"Suck on this, you freaks!" Mcclane then blasted a bullet through the forhead of a bloated grotesque pig-human hybrid. Although it caused a wound and splattered innards in front of it, the creature barely even slowed

"Shit" Mcclane cursed

"Save your bullets" the Doctor told him "You'd run out long before you made a dent in their numbers"

The group continued to back against the wall. Escape now seemed hopeless. The only two ways out of the cell were the window above them which was not only far too small for several of them to escape quickly, but was also above a wall that was very smooth with little to no vertices for climbing, and the door which was completely blocked off by Moreau's experiments.

Then the Doctor had an idea

"Do any of you have a lighter?"

"I do" Mcclane replied "I've been meaning to quit for some time, but you know what cigarettes are like"

"Give it to me!" the Doctor demaneded "Quickly!"

Mcclane tossed it over to the Doctor who caught it effortlessly. He then whipped out his sonic screwdriver

"Now stand back"

With that, the Doctor held up the screwdriver to the lighter and flicked both of them on. Immediately a jet of flame blasted out from the lighter which caused the mutants to recoil in fear.

"Hurry!" the Doctor told the group "Get behind me!"

The group then followed the Doctor out of the cell while he continued blasting the flames from the lighter. As they did so, the group were astounded to see the creatures recoiling from them.

When they got outside, the Doctor slammed the door shut trapping the mutants on the other side. He then handed the lighter back to Mcclane

"How the hell did you know that would work?" Mcclane asked

"It's an old Time Lord trick-" the Doctor began to say, but Mcclane cut him off

"No! How did you know that they'd retreat like that?"

The Doctor looked sheepish "Well if I'm honest, it was a lucky guess"

"Never mind that!" Mulder cut in "We've got to find Moreau and Scully!"

The group rushed out of Moreau's house and into the street, to find there was no sign of him, Monty, Scully or any of his creations

"Now what do we do?" Arronax asked

Spying a man sweeping the pavement across the street, Emma called out

"Excuse me! Did you see anyone leave this place before us?"

The man looked at them and thought for a second

"Funnilly enough, I did. There was this old geezer, a short guy with an 'unchback, a red haired bird and some weird really tall bloke"

"Great!" the Doctor replied "Do you know where they've gone"

"Yeah" the man nodded "The old geezer, 'ee flagged down a carriage and told the driver to take 'im to the university of London. Said 'ee 'ad an important gig and all"

At the University of London, the various higher ups had gathered in one of the university's many theatres. For the last few days, the esteemed Doctor Moreau had been promising an exhibition of a new scientific breakthrough, one that he guaranteed would change the course of humanity as they knew it.