𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 ☆ The Glorious Series ｟ BOOK 1 ｠

A Good Man Goes to War [Part 3]

Inside, The Maldovarium, 5145, Night...

Dorium was hurrying with a suitcase but paused and looked around.

"Goodbye." He said, opening his case and rearranging the contents. Some figures then appeared behind him.

"You appear to be closing down, Dorium." The Eye-Patch lady told him.

Soon after...

They were now sitting at a table.

"What have you heard?" The Eye-Patch lady asked Dorium.

"That you pricked the side of a mighty beast, Madame Kovarian, and entirely failed to run." Dorium replied as guns were pointed at his head. "I admire your courage. I should like to admire it from afar." He said, pushing the guns away.

"We've been waiting a month." She said. "He's done nothing."

"Do you think so?" Dorium asked as he counted money. "There are people all over this galaxy that owe that man a debt. By now, a few of them will have found a blue box waiting for them on their doorstep. Poor devils."

"You think he's raising an army?" Colonel Manton questioned.

"You think he isn't?" Dorium countered. "If that man is finally collecting on his debts, God help you, and God help his debtors."

"But what about the girl. This 'Alexis Pond'?" Colonel Manton pressed on.

"Not only have you pricked the side of a mighty beast, you pricked the side of a fiery red-headed Scot and made her angry. Never mess with the Scottish, or their family." Was all that Dorium replied with.

"Why?" The Colonel asked him.

"Colonel Manton, all those stories you've heard about the Doctor. They're not stories, they're true." Dorium chuckled. "Really, you're not telling me you don't know what's coming?"

"We're wasting our time here!" Manton exclaimed frustratedly, standing up.

"Agreed." Madame Kovarian said, standing.

"The asteroid, where you've made your base." Dorium began. "Do you know why they call it Demons Run?"

"How do you know the location of our base?" Colonel Manton questioned him.

Dorium sighed. "You're with the Headless Monks...they're old customers of mine."

"It's just some old saying." Madame Kovarian told him.

"A very old saying." Dorium agreed. "The oldest. 'Demons Run, when a good man goes to war'."

Madame Kovarian and Colonel Manton then left, Dorium turning in his seat and watching them go.

He then laughed, getting up before walking into a back storage room on his way out.

"No." He said as he heard the TARDIS noise. "No, no, please! You don't need me!"

He watched as the TARDIS doors opened, letting light pour out before a very familiar figure stepped into view.

"Why would you need me?!" Dorium questioned him. "I'm old! I'm fat! I'm blue! You can't need me!"

Inside, Demon's Run, Hangar...

Manton was on a stage, four headless Monks behind him. The soldiers stood at ease as they listened, Madame Kovarian standing to the side.

"He's not the devil. She is not a goddess. He is not a goblin, or a phantom, and she is not a trickster. The Doctor and Alexis Pond are a living, breathing man and woman; and as I look around this room I know one thing...We're sure as hell going to fix that."