ODDITY ⇆ DOCTOR WHO

0.49 | P.O.T.O

〖PLANET OF THE OOD 〗

BULLET'S RICOCHETED off of the metal containers behind them. Upon exiting the container the red-eyed Ood's wasted no time attacking nearby guards. Valarie glanced back while they ran, to not only spot Solana running behind them but also a lot more Ood with those glowing red eyes than she had anticipated behind there. She couldn't stand to watch for so long. The guards had opened fire and shot at all that moved.

They left the warehouse the way they came, running down the open alley again and swinging around a corner to take a breath. Solana doubled over, attempting to catch her breath.

"If the people back on Earth knew what was going on here." Donna appeared ready to tear into Solana for what she was aiding in doing here.

"You're so stupid." She replied harshly, still out of breath. "Of course they know."

"They know exactly how you treat them?" Valarie asked her, finding that hard to believe.

"They don't ask! Same thing." Solana dug herself deeper into the idea what they are doing wasn't that bad. Valarie felt disgusted in that moment to even share humanity with the likes of Solana.

"Solana, the Ood aren't born like this. A species born to serve could never evolve in the first place. What does the company do to make them obey?" The Doctor asked.

"That's not my department, I don't know."

"Oh, because you don't feel the need to ask?" Valarie spat, reaching her boiling point.

"That's Doctor Ryder's territory." She tried to explain.

"Where's he? What part of the complex?" He pulled his map back out and opened it, holding it out to her. "I could help with the red-eye, just show me." The Doctor tried to bargain. Snow fell around them, and the cold air almost stung to breathe in against lungs already struggling to breathe again.

"There." She pointed to a section of the map. "Beyond the red section."

"Come with me. You've seen the warehouse. You can't agree with all of this. You know this place better than any of us, you could help." Solana searched their faces for a moment for an answer and dropped her head. She then stood tall and proud with a cowardly face and bent her neck towards the alley again.

"They're over here! Guards! They're over here." She called out. Their faces dropped, and he pulled the two women along. They were forced to run again, but this time they knew where they were going. Or at least a rough idea. They rounded a corner before he immediately jerked them the other at the sight of two guards. They continued to a door. He dug for the screwdriver as his head picked up and his eyes widened.

"Oh, can't you hear it?" he asked aloud. "I didn't need the map, I should have listened." He shoved the door open. They spilled inside. He shut it and used the screwdriver to cause the lock to spark. They were locked in now.

"Did you just lock us?-"

"Listen." He grabbed a flashlight off a breaker box and turned it on. "Listen, listen, listen, listen!" He told them. The building smelt of mildew and looked unkept. The thudding of their feet was all she could hear, despite the Doctor's insistence to listen. He followed a deaf sound like a dog following a scent down a set of stairs in the back of the room. They ventured down the stairs into a room littered with cages.

"Oh, my head." He hissed.

"What is it?" Valarie asked him.

"Can't you hear it?" He asked. "They're singing." He lead them to a darkened cage. Reaching out for a giant rusted switch, he turned it. A light shined on a group of Ood, around six of them. They huddled together at the light before turning away from the strangers and back into the circle they had formed.