TimeWarp: Strange Meetings

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15087

Astra found herself in strange pink bedclothes! And in front of her was Fred wearing even stranger clothing. "Fred!" she cried out. "What's going on? How did we get her, how did we get these clothes?"

Fred gave her a strange look. "Astra, don't you remember? This is Dr. Vincent's tower, and as to your clothes, I can only surmise its some ill- humored practical joke."

Now it was Astra who gave a queer look to Fred. "You know this place? Only moments ago you told me that this desert was so wide and grand that no one knew what lurked within its sandy borders!"

Fred stepped back, he remembered saying just that, but that was two days ago! Right then, from out of a corridor, a new figure walked onto the scene, it was a person dressed in desert clothes just like his own. On removing the hood, both Fred and Astra saw that it was... Astra! "Holy Diggers of the Deep!" yelped Fred. "May Ephesina mark me mad!" screamed Astra (both of them, simultaneously).

The 'pink' Astra surveyed herself and her surroundings; her sunburn was gone as were the dragon's fetters, she wore a pink velvet nightdress that seemed to waft and surge about her body, she had no weapon; the room had four walls, one was the colour of red earth while the other three were lined with bookshelves, the shelves themselves lined a passageway that branched to the right about ten feet away from her. But the woman that looked like her was blocking the way.

The 'desert' Astra surveyed Fred and the woman who more and more reminded her of herself. She recalled her first entrance into this tower, she remembered the strange clothing, the library cum bedroom. Her educated mind led her to two conclusions, both equally maddening and dangerous: she was either witnessing an hallucination of things that had passed, or she was somehow taken back two days time!

Fred took in what lay before his eyes; two women who appeared to be the same woman. He did not recognize this place, but he did recall seeing Astra in pink clothing while he was strapped to the Doctor's table. But he knew for certain that the woman in desert clothing seemed to have the same demeanor as Astra whom he had accompanied when the evil voice accosted them in the desert outside.

Both Fred and 'desert' Astra yelled out together, "Zardoz!!!"

The 'pink' Astra took that exact moment to fling three well-aimed books at the woman look-a-like, leap onto the floor while executing a double- somersault over the woman's head and into the passageway! Then she ran for dear life.

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