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Jan. 5th, 2007 09:54 pmIt came suddenly, this shockwave through time. A vast explosion, an almost limitless silent roaring, a reeling blow to every sense that left all ten incarnations of the Time Lord on the floor where he'd been standing.
A deep, sonorous bell tolled from within the depths of the TARDIS.
Every TARDIS.
The Doctors picked themselves up. Those who weren't in a console room already ran for said area. Ten different screens all bore the same message:
TEMPORAL INSTABILITY
SITUATION CRITICAL
And a lot of other information scrolling below that large-type message--blocks of Gallifreyan text, images, more text. Each Doctor squinted at it and frowned, thinking hard. And still the Cloister Bell droned.
Something had to be done, and quickly.
There wasn't anything for it, and each one simultaneously reached for a newly-installed communication node, the one that would put him in contact with each of his other selves, until they formed a bizarre ten-way partyline.
"How many realities has this hit?" Ten asked.
Six shook his head. "Far too many to count, by now."
"It's radiated out from a central location," Eight supplied, busy at the controls. "I should have it traced in a moment...."
The information reached their screens a beat later. Seven frowned. "The Nexus."
"Hardly surprising," Two opined.
"Plenty of time for opinions later," Five interjected briskly. Then he frowned at the readouts. "This isn't very specific."
"The TARDIS is having trouble narrowing it to a specific location," Three observed.
"The energy wave is still too powerful," Five added.
"Can't exactly twiddle our thumbs and wait for it to be so kind as to dim," Four reminded them.
"We've a general location, anyway," One put in. "Someone'd best go and take a closer look."
Ten and Eight both started for the door. No-one seemed about to stop them, as perhaps more than one would be able to get a fix on the location sooner. they slipped out the doors, popping into two different timespaces in the Sanctuary.
The rest stayed, worked at trying to narrow down the cause and its location, and at ignoring that persistent bell.
A deep, sonorous bell tolled from within the depths of the TARDIS.
Every TARDIS.
The Doctors picked themselves up. Those who weren't in a console room already ran for said area. Ten different screens all bore the same message:
TEMPORAL INSTABILITY
SITUATION CRITICAL
And a lot of other information scrolling below that large-type message--blocks of Gallifreyan text, images, more text. Each Doctor squinted at it and frowned, thinking hard. And still the Cloister Bell droned.
Something had to be done, and quickly.
There wasn't anything for it, and each one simultaneously reached for a newly-installed communication node, the one that would put him in contact with each of his other selves, until they formed a bizarre ten-way partyline.
"How many realities has this hit?" Ten asked.
Six shook his head. "Far too many to count, by now."
"It's radiated out from a central location," Eight supplied, busy at the controls. "I should have it traced in a moment...."
The information reached their screens a beat later. Seven frowned. "The Nexus."
"Hardly surprising," Two opined.
"Plenty of time for opinions later," Five interjected briskly. Then he frowned at the readouts. "This isn't very specific."
"The TARDIS is having trouble narrowing it to a specific location," Three observed.
"The energy wave is still too powerful," Five added.
"Can't exactly twiddle our thumbs and wait for it to be so kind as to dim," Four reminded them.
"We've a general location, anyway," One put in. "Someone'd best go and take a closer look."
Ten and Eight both started for the door. No-one seemed about to stop them, as perhaps more than one would be able to get a fix on the location sooner. they slipped out the doors, popping into two different timespaces in the Sanctuary.
The rest stayed, worked at trying to narrow down the cause and its location, and at ignoring that persistent bell.
