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46 : The Great Conjunction

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The Ood were closing in on them, their beady eyes piercing into EJ as his hands hit against the yellow door. They were becoming red and raw, bleeding from the bone, as he begged for the system to let them through. It was yet to work.

Mr Jefferson was protecting them as best he could with his singular gun, the female guard at his side. EJ momentarily felt bad that he didn't know her name, but that went away as soon as he began to bang his knuckles against the doors again. The pain overrode everything.

Jefferson screamed. "Open fire!" And the woman complied.

Their bullets came in rounds, fast and hard, letting the Ood take the bulk of the damage. The shells fell discarded. For now, in that room, they were safe. Matters only became better when they heard Zack on the comms.

"We're stabilising." He sounded just as relieved as the rest of us were. "We've got orbit."

Rose wasted no time, because when the Ood were knocked down completely, and there was no chance left that they could stand, she ran back to the communicator, leaving EJ by the door. He was half offended, but he knew that the Doctor was at the forefront of her mind. He was at the front of EJ's too. How could he not be?

"Doctor?" She took it in her hand, and she called out again. "Doctor can you hear me? Doctor, Ida, are you there?"

As EJ stepped towards her, the door opened, and the guns cocked. He turned around to see Danny with his hands up. "It's me! But they're coming... it's the Ood. They've gone mad."

  "How many of them?" Mr Jefferson asked as the door closed.

  "All of them. All fifty."

  "Danny, out of the way." He commanded, pushing the boy aside. "Our of the way!"

  "But they're armed!" He tried to warn them. "It's the interface device. I don't know how, but they're using it as a weapon."

     The door opened without them even doing anything, which meant the Ood had more control over the base than they did. The interface was a sphere, the ones that had been attached to their grey shirts, and glowed brightly. As soon as they became known, one of the spheres leapt forwards to grip the young guards head.

     Her screams were bloodcurdling, electricity spanning over her skin, until she dropped down dead. Another to add to the talley. Jefferson shot at them in response, having nothing else to protect them with.

     All of the noise forced EJ to tune out, and he became acutely aware of Toby. He was sat all by himself, out of the way, untouched by everything and everyone. However, he didn't yet go to him. He would, eventually, but only when they were safe, and away from the Ood. Or, at least they would have a plan.

     "Jefferson, what's happening there?" Zack asked, clearly hating that he was being kept in the dark.

  "I've got very little ammunition left, sir. How about you?"

  "All I've got is a bolt gun." Zack groaned. "With all of one bolt. I could take out a grand total of one Ood, fat lot of good that is!"

  "Given the emergency," Mr Jefferson stalled a moment. "I'd recommend... Strategy Nine."

  "Strategy Nine, agreed. Right, we need to get everyone together. Rose? What about Ida and the Doctor, any word?"

  "I can't get a reply." Rose tapped her foot, anxiously. "Just... nothing. I keep trying, but it's..."

  "No, sorry, I'm fine, still here!"