callisto, an alien from a far away planet, is trapped in a museum of alien artefacts. a man with no name and only a job title finds her and invites her to join him and his companion through space and time.
invasions happen, strange visits and many m...
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THE THING DRESSED like a motorcyclist chased after the trio through the busy, trashed hallways of the hospital. people were crouched on the floor, i'll patients sprawled against the wall while nurses and doctors tried to soothe their worries as best they could without being able to express their own fear.
they rushed down a staircase, the all-leather thing following after them quickly. they went to go down the next set but the judoon trampled up the steps, helmets still on their large heads. callisto span the doctor around before he could moved after her and he span martha around, the zen-whobian dragging them through a set do double doors, sending them sprinting down another long hallway.
no matter how many times they glanced behind them, the human-like figure was still there. callisto took a sudden turn down a corridor and martha, obviously not expecting it, slammed into the couple before allowing herself to get dragged further again. they found an x-ray room the doctor slammed the door closed, locking it with his sonic screwdriver.
"when i say now, press the button!" the doctor ordered callisto, pushing her and martha into the control room attached to the x-ray room.
"i don't know which one." she replied quickly.
"then find it!" he shot back.
"lovely manners." callisto rolled her eyes and searched for any button that might work while he shoved his sonic screwdriver on the x-ray machine. "you got a clue?"
"no, i dunno which one it is." martha breathed and started to flick through a folder.
but the creature broke the door down and the doctor bellowed, "now!"
so callisto's only thought was, big yellow button.
martha looked away down to avoid the flashing light the doctor was projecting onto the creature. the light flashed through the pair, the all-leather one solid all the way through while the doctor's skeleton could be seen illuminated by the light. it wobbled on its legs and face-planted the floor, unmoving.
"what did you do?" martha inquired.
"increased the radiation by 5000%. killed him dead." the doctor explained.
"but isn't that gonna kill you?" martha panicked.
"nah, it's only röntgen radiation. we used to play with röntgen bricks in the nursery." he shrugged. "it's safe for you to come out, i've absorbed it all. all i need to do is expel it." he started to hop up and down a little, twitching and clearing his throat as martha and callisto left the side room, the human watching him oddly. "so, if i concentrate... shift the radiation... outta my body and into one spot. in my left shoe. here we go," he started hopping on only his right leg, "here we go, easy does it. out! out! ow! ow, ow! ow, ow, ah, ah! itches, itches! itches, itches, oh!" he then forced off his left shoe and sock and dumped it into the bright yellow bin beside him. "done."
