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

The Satan Pit

There was a loud crash and Rita's eyes widened. "Doctor get out!" She screamed into the comm.

"The cable's snapped!" Ida gasped.

"Get out!" They both ran out the capsule and dived to the ground as miles of steel cable arrived at a harsh speed.

"Doctor, we lost the cable! Doctor, are you all right? Doctor!" Rose frantically asked in the comm. Rita placed a hand, on her should.

"Rose"

"Comms are down," Zach informed them.

"Rita is he all right" she looked at the brunette a tear rolling down her face.

"Doctor? Doctor, can you hear me?" Rose snapped her head to comm again begging for anything to tell her that he was okay after the brunette gave no answer.

"Yeah" she gave the blonde a hug. "Their good" She finally whispered

"I've still got life signs, but we've lost the capsule. There's no way out. They're stuck down there." He told them sighing in the process

"But they're now stuck" she lightly sobbed.

"I know, but the Doctor will find a way, he always does," she told her trying to give some hope to Rose. The blonde sniffed then raised her head.

"But we've got to bring them back."

"They're ten miles down. We haven't got another ten miles of cable." Said Jefferson before snapping his head towards the door after a loud bang filled the room. "Captain? Situation report" his eyes were fixed on the door.

"Guess who" Rita hisses at the door. "The Ood want to get us, you heard the beast, this is our grave, not without a fight from me" Rita spat clenching her fists.

"Yeah, it's the same on door one, they're cutting through the door bolts. They're breaking in."

"Same for us," Rita said not looking at the door.

"How long's it going to take?" Rose asked.

"Well, it's only a basic frame, it should take ten minutes."

"Eight actually Rita corrected him just as another bolt was cut.

"Eight minutes," he said.

"I've got a security frame. It might last a bit longer, but that doesn't help you."

"Right. So we need to stop them, or get out, or both." Rose suggested.

"I'll take both, yeah? But how?" Danny crossed his arms.

"You heard the Doctor. Why do you think that thing cut him off? Cos he was making sense. He was telling you to think your way out of this. Come on! For starters, we need some lights. There's got to be some sort of power somewhere."

"There's nothing I can do. Some Captain, stuck in here, pressing buttons."

"That's what the Doctor meant. Press the right buttons."

"They've gutted the generators." He told her.

"But..." Rita added drawing out the word. "Think Zach"

"But the rocket's got an independent supply. If I could reroute that. Mister Jefferson open the bypass conduits. Override the safety.
Thank you, Rita"

"Opening bypass conduits, sir." He started to press some buttons on a screen.

"Channelling rocket feed in three, two, one. Power." The lights then flickered back on.

"There we go." Rose grinned.

"Let there be light!" Jefferson beamed.

"Rose what are you thinking?" Rita asked.