Green Vortex [III]

Planet of the Dead Pt3:

The Doctor chuckled quietly at Galaxy's words that had a slight hint of jealousy in them as they entered another chamber of the crashed ship. "Oh, this is beautiful! Intact, it must have been magnificent! A proper, streamlined, deep-spacer."

"I'll remember that as I'm being slowly tortured. At least I'm bleeding on the floor of a really well-designed spaceship." Christina said.

Another Tritovore joined them and the two aliens aimed their guns at them. One pushed a button on his suit, turning a purple light on.

"Alright, good, yes. Hello." The Doctor greeted. "It's their telepathic translator. It allows them to understand us." Galaxy told Christina and one of the Tritovore clicked. "Still sounds like gibberish to me."

"That's what Galaxy said. He can understand us. Doesn't work the other way round." The Doctor said. The Tritovores started clicking and the Doctor and Galaxy translated. "You will suffer for your crimes. You have committed an act of violence against the Tritovore race. You came here in the 200 to destroy us'."

"Sorry, what's the 200?" The Doctor frowned.

"It's the bus. Number 200. They mean the bus." Christina answered.

"Oh! No, no, I think you're making the same mistake Christina did. I'm the Doctor, by the way, this is Galaxy, Astro and this is Christina. The Honourable Lady Christina. At least I hope she's honourable." The Doctor said.

"We were pulled through the wormhole. That's not the way the bus usually looks. It was damaged, like your ship was." Galaxy said getting the topic back on track. "It was an accident. Promise!" The Doctor added, quickly crossing his hearts.

The Tritovores discussed for several moments before lowering their guns.

"What are they doing?" Christina asked.

"They believe us." Galaxy told her. "What, simple as that?"

"I've got a very honest face." The Doctor shrugged.

"And the translator said we're telling the truth." Galaxy added, crossing her arms.

"Plus the face." He argued and she raised an eyebrow, "Right, so, first thing's first." He went over to the controls and Galaxy went and looked some over, "There's a very strange storm heading our way. Can you send out a probe?" He asked the Tritovore who said something, "Ooh, they've lost power."

"The crash knocked the mainline crystal out of sync." Galaxy reported as she looked over the controls and readings, "We might be able to get it back if..."

Then the Doctor kicked the machine, like he did to the Tardis, and the controls flared to life.

The Tritovores started talking quickly, obviously happy. "Why thank you. Yes I am! Frequently!" The Doctor grinned.

"I cannot believe that worked." Astro said out loud and saw Christina looking at him with surprise, "What? You've seen fly people, me talking shouldn't be that surprising." He said and Galaxy shook her head.

"Okay, we need to launch the probe." She said, flipping a switch which caused something to fly off the ship. She then put in a few instructions and a holographic screen appeared displaying a cloud of colour and light, "The Scorpion Nebula. We're on the other side of the Universe."

"Which is what you wanted. So far away." Astro said to Christina as Galaxy brought up the ship's log and sat down by the Doctor. "Planet of San Helios." He said as they saw a high-tech planet appear on the screen.

"And that's us! We're on another world!" Christina said. "We've been here for a while now." Galaxy replied. "I know, but seeing it like that..." She shook her head. "I know. It's good, isn't it?" The Doctor grinned.