Parallel: From Another World [1] (The Parallel Series) ✓

The Satan Pit

"How do you know he won't?" Toby asked.

"Some things" She paused thinking of the right words. "I just know" he looked at her a little strange then nodded not questioning her further. She left Rose with Toby to calm him down and picked up the comm listening in.

"Okay, we're in. Bring us up." Rita heard Ida through the comms.

"Ascension in three, two, one." He goes to press a button to start to bring them up but the power cuts out.

"Oh good" Rita muttered under her breath. Rose got up then stood beside the brunette.

"This is the darkness. This is my domain." A deep gravily voice speaks through the comm and an image of the Ood with red eyes show on the monitors around the group. "You little things that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns which die"

"That's not the Ood. Something's talking through them." Zach told them.

"Not someone, something," Rita told them.

"Only the darkness remains." The Voice began to speak again.

"This is Captain Zachary Cross Flane of Sanctuary Base Six, representing the Torchwood archive. You will identify yourself." He ordered it.

"You know my name."

"What do you want?"

"You will die here. All of you. This planet is your grave." Toby began to freak out his eyes frantically moving around the room.

"It's him. It's him. It's him." Toby panted out

The Doctor then cut in feeling that everyone was now starting to panic a little bit more. "If you are the Beast, then answer me this. Which one, hmm? Cos the universe has been busy since you've been gone. There's more religions than there are planets in the sky. The Archiphets, Orkology, Christianity, Pash Pash, New Judaism, San Klah, Church of the Tin Vagabond. Which devil are you?" He asked.

The voice of the beast then replied. "All of them."

"What, then you're the truth behind the myth?"

"This one knows me as I know him. The killer of his own kind." The Doctors eyes widened a little ignoring its statment he questioned it again changing the subject off of himself.

"How did you end up on this rock?"

"The Disciples of the Light rose up against me and chained me in the pit for all eternity." It spat.

"When was this?"

"Before time."

"What does that mean?" The Doctor asked.

"Before time." It repeated once again. The Doctor frowned then repeated the question not satisfied with the answer the beast was giving him.

"What does before time mean?"

"Before light and time and space and matter. Before the cataclysm. Before this universe was created." It finally answered.

"That's impossible. No life could have existed back then."

"Is that your religion?" The beast asked him.

The Doctor paused thinking of a reply. "It's a belief."

"You know nothing. All of you, so small." The beast then began to look inside the group of people bringing out there deepest fears and secrets. "The Captain, so scared of command." "The soldier, haunted by the eyes of his wife." Jefferson then looked around trying to ignore the beasts voice but not able to. "The scientist, still running from Daddy. The little boy who lied. The virgin." The beast stopped for a moment.