The Doctor Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 The Watcher took his time catching up with them, sure that the creature would not attack him - not with the strange power it had witnessed him wield against it. He saw Jasra and Brax up ahead - she appeared to be attempting to decipher the hyroglyphs along the side of the entrance. He glanced at them, and could make them out quite well from this distance. He didn't recognize them instantly, but it wasn't hard to work them out - they were numbers, similar to ancient Dybolian. He watched as Jasra tentatively pressed a pattern of figures, and was impressed when the doors opened. He approached them, and heard her asking Brax what seemed like a somewhat personal question. He cleared his throat gently. *There will be time for that later, Jasra. We must locate the Shard before Kira - she cannot be allowed to touch another Shard, or she will fall under the influence of the Black Guardian. Come.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Doctor stirred, a bright light shining in his eyes. He tried shielding his face from the harsh light, but a pair of string hands pushed them down as he was dragged to his feet. "You will open this," a voice hissed in his ear. He saw a long, gloved finger pointing towards the TARDIS. The Doctor tried to speak, but the Shard was weakining him immensley, and he couldn't work up the strength. He was thrown to theg round roughly, and a foot met his face. "Now!" *I........can't....* said the Doctor thickly through a bleeding nose. *The door..... can't be opened without the, uhm..... the... the key. Which your master destroyed about four hours ago.* "Then use this," said the soldier, throwing the sonic screwriver at him. *Not even... that can open it. Not even high grade explosives could open the door now that it's locked. Only the key...* The soldier spat on him. "You will open it now, or you will die!" The Doctor whimpered slightly, then tried to stand. After a few attempts, the soldier grabbed him by the hair and pulled him to his feet, and threw him at the TARDIS door. The Doctor wipped the blood from his eyes, and activated the screwdriver. He tried the entire sound wave scale to try to manipulate the lock, but failed. *You see?* he said. *It needs the key.* "There are others, are there not?" *No,* said the Doctor. *That was the only one.* He knew there would be consequences if they found out he was lying - both Nyssa and Tegan had a key to the TARDIS. He just hoped they knew enough to not come after him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Jasra could feel her face begin to flush, although she didn't know why or more importantly, how to control it. She looked at the stranger with uncertainty. He certainly knows a lot about us," she said to Brax telepathically. "I'm not sure I trust him." She looked at Brax for guidance on whether or not to follow this man who called himself the Watcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 "He does, doesn't he? I wonder if he works for the droid, and I will tell you of the carving later." "Lead on then, Watcher. If you know where it is, we need to get to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Jasra nodded in response to Brax's telepathic words. She felt more confident with him near her, and trusted his judgement to follow the Watcher. As they followed him through the door to the Temple, Jasra paused just at the threshold. There were more symbols on the inner side, and she ignited her lightsabre in order to see them more clearly. There was a sentence written over the door, and a column of letters on the side. "You won't solve me. Not at all. Not ever," she read across the lintel. Then she looked at the letters on the side. "Not ever," she read from top to bottom. "Brax? I have a feeling that the door will close once we leave this first chamber." She thought about the riddle for a moment, then grinned. "Nevermind. I think I figured out how to open it." As she stepped across the threshold and into the next room, the door to the temple shut securely behind them, just as she had expected. Holdng her lightsabre up like a torch, she proceded forward, unsure of what the temple held besides the shard. She could feel it, pulsing like a heartbeat within her. And she knew Kira would be feeling it as well. Crystal, too. And perhaps even Karda now, as its effects seemed to be broadreaching. Strangely, Brax seemed almost immune to the shards' effects. Perhaps it was because he hadn't been directly exposed to any of them yet. Or perhaps his ability to balance the Force within him gave him some measure of immunity. Either way, Jasra felt better with him nearby. "Seek me... the voice from her dreams hissed to her once again. "Release me... Join me... "Can anyone else hear that?" Jasra quietly asked Brax and the Watcher. "Like a whisper?" They had reached an intersection in the passageways. "It's coming from that direction," she said leaning her lightsabre more to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 The Watcher nodded. *Stay here. The Shard would have untold power through either of you. Through me, it would posses nothing but trivial knowledge. Trivial for it's purposes, anyway - the Black Guardian has no need for my knowledge.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 "Black Guardian?" Jasra raised a wary eyebrow, and then looked at Brax. "I'm sure the Doctor mentioned a Black and a White Guardian once." Jasra sent her thought to Brax. "Think this one's working with him?" "I'm sure I've heard mention of him before," she said out loud. "From someone else," she added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 *Yes, I'm sure the Doctor has mentioned both Guardians before. And do try to keep the personal conversations in your heads more... private. I wouldn't want to overhear anything I shouldn't.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Brax listened, "We will go with you to the shard, Watcher, we do not know if we can trust you, I assure you that we can handle the power of the shard. And your other choice is that we goon alone and you stay here in a bloody mess." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 "It doesn't have to be bloody," Jasra said, switching her lightsabre to the other hand. "Lightsabres sear wounds immediately." Her comment startled her, and she frowned slightly, not knowing whether she said it out of distrust, fear, or because of the effects of the shard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 *Alright... but no one is to touch the Shard. Under any circumstances. I have brought equipment for handling the Shard. Brax, you or myself should collect it into the sealed case. Jasra is affected by it far more than us. In fact, I believe it would affect me the same way it affected the Doctor. We must be cautious. Come.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Jasra's brow furrowed, as she followed the Watcher and Brax deeper into the tomb. "It's not affecting me that much," she pouted. "Release me.... Join me....." the voice from her dream continued to whisper in the dimness. "And you said you could hear those voices, too. Right?" she asked them tentatively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 "Voices?" Brax frowned, looking at her. "I just hear our voices." He paused suddenly, and turned toward a wall. "Here, passage. Jasra decipher this." She knew he could do it ... but she needed to learn, and had done well with the front door. There was a carving in the wall, though no signs of a door. A circle with the same kinds of symbols that had been around the front door, a series of 9 that repeated, in various patterns around the circle nine times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Jasra studied the wall. "Nine symbols. Repeated nine times. One circle... but no hole for a door." She looked at Brax for a hint, but he merley leaned non-chalantly against the opposite wall and grinned. "No hole for a door," she repeated. "Or is it a whole?" She looked at the symbols more closely. "They're numbers again. But that one is different. Two ones. One over the other. Divide?" She gave a quick look at Brax, then grinned and proceeded to push in some of the symbols. "Eight and one is nine. And eight and one is nine. Nine and nine next to each other is ninety nine. Ninety-nine. Divided by," she added the new symbol to the sequence, "ninety-nine equals one...." She pushed the ninth and last symbol for 'one', and the circle began to depress and rotate. "...hole." Jasra grinned, pleased by her success, but suddenly her grin faded and worry took over. "So, you don't hear the voice?" she asked Brax. "It whispers to me. Asks for release." She paused. "Asks me to join it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 He watched her figure it out. "Good job, and no I don't hear the voice. Could it be the crystal itself calling to you?" He frowned, and motioned for her to move aside, there was a lip along the top of the hole in the wall, and he grabbed it, lifting himself up and sitting down on the edge. "Let's keep moving, if the voice keeps talking, let us know what it says." The hole had turned into a slide of sorts and he released the lip, sliding down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 The Watcher stepped up to the whole, and looked down. "I'm not sure how deep it is. Perhaps we should wait and see if Brax has survived. You can sense him, correct?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 "And so will you, if you don't step aside." The snap-hiss of a lightsaber filled the chamber, and a blue blade appeared from the darkness, inches from Brax's neck. A moment after, Kira seemed to fade in from the shadows, her eyes glinting. "Maybe you weren't as fast as I thought you were, if I was able to catch up with you so easily." her eyes flicked to Jasra for a moment. "Back to your traitorous ways, I see." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 "Cloudy, cloudy, starless, black..." Crystal murmured, literally appearing out of nowhere. "Angry thoughts confuse her, frighten her... twisted, we all are." She stared at the Watcher for a moment, eyeing him quizically before continuing in a slightly more panicked voice. "Untwist... Untwist!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 (I am really confused ... Brax just took a slide into a chamber that is down below were the watcher and jasra are, so unless we're assuming that they followed, how is Kira looking at Jasra while threatening Brax?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 ((Erm...me, too. Confused, that is. I was actually waiting for the Doctor to edit his post (because that's how I understood his OOC message) so maybe he'll edit Jasra and the Watcher to slide down the tunnel after Brax. Doctor?)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Edited. Sorry about that, chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Brax stood motionless for a few moments, then shifted his weight, and was somehow standing a few feet farther away. His gauntlets glowing his eyes staring at Kira. "Are you ready now then? Jasra wanted me to wait, but here is as good a place as any to kill you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 ((OOC: Sorry for the confusion, guys. I was away for the weekend, and when I got back yesterday I didn't have time for a longer post, so I didn't really post as Kira following you guys. But...well...she did. Obviously And with Crystal's powers, it would have been far easier for the pair to bypass those puzzles and catch up.)) IC: As Kira's muscles tensed, she stared at the alien. "I'm ready, though I'm not so sure it will be my blood that will spill today." As she shifted, she felt the metal tube housing the Shard press against her skin. Her reassurance was in there. She was more than ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 The Doctor struggles to stand, collapsing onto his knees. He could feel Kira. Through the Shards, he could feel her anger as if it were his own - and what he felt terrified him. He crawled on his knees back to the TARDIS, and pulled himself to a kneeling position. He tried once again opening the door, knowing full well that it wasn't going to open. But he had to keep trying - it was the only thing keeping him sane at this point. He fumbled in his pockets for a DNA encoder - and found it destryoed, most likely crushed as he was thrown around like a bag of potatoes. He collapsed to the ground again, the Shard in his pocket weakwning him. He had tried taking it out, but was always beaten when he did. He had no choice but let it kill him slowly as he waited for Kira to come for him - or the Shard. Either way, he would be rid of the pain. He grimaced as a fresh wave of nausea broke over him. He could sense Kira's hatred rising. She was giving in to her base emotions - giving in to the Dark Side. He could practically see her eyes glowing in the dark - before he realized that a pair of deep yellow eyes actually were staring at him through the dark. *Wh... Who.... are... you...?* he asked. The eyes moved closer, revealing a thin, aging body with a lanky form emerged from the shaodws. His face was that of an old man - possibly 80 years old, it was difficult to tell - and the Doctor saw kindness in his eyes. "That blue box isn't opening, son," he said gently. "Best conserve your energy." He came up to him, lowering a water bottle to his lips. "Drink up. You look like you could use it." The Doctor drank, savouring the feeling of the liquid coating his throat, stripping off the layers of dried blood. *Thank you...* said the Doctor faintly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Kira leaped back, her limbs moving with the grace of a born hunter. She crouched, her saber lowered, her eyes glowing with golden anticipation. Her lips curved upward, parted slightly to reveal the glimer of fangs beneath her lips. "Now then, if you're ready..." ~*~*~ "Where are we going?" Disciple asked as he pushed away yet another branch of yet another plant, "It seems as if we've been walking forever. Surely Kira wouldn't have allowed us to land too far from the Shard." "Damn it." Atton murmured, and he jogged ahead, thinking to find Kira and Crystal, who had taken the lead. "Hey, Kira--" He looked around. There was no one there. "Kira?" he called, "Crystal?" No answer. He paced forward, and found a small opening in the foliage where hanging vines had been cut away. Judging by the slight singe on the edges of said vines, they were severed by a lightsaber. As he stepped beneath them, a large, ancient temple came into view. "Double damn." That temple was where they had gone. He could sense it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Tegan swore under her breath as another branch, moved by Atton, smacker her in the face. She heard him calling Kira's name, then begin cursing. "What?" she asked, Nyssa coming up behind her. "Atton, what is it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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