Meanwhile, back in the Master's TARDIS.....Part 23

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 8261

The Twins of Doom are world famous on Terra Prime. Well, make that infamous in some quarters, and famous in others.

Okay, sit down for this one. It's a lulu!

See, depending on the popularity of the current powers that be determines how popular the Twins are to the average citizen of a nation. The coming of the Twins of Doom denotes that there will be disaster coming to the head of a nation. Disaster as in sudden death or some such. It's a prophecy thing, and as such the details of HOW and exactly WHAT will happen to WHO are vague....to say the least. However, ask a Terran if they believe in the Twins of Doom....they'll say yes and even show you pictures of what they look like and how they will arrive. Amazingly enough, this is the ONE thing that almost all religions on Terra Prime agree upon!

This is due in large to a young man who had been the protagonist in a "sector" of the multiverse called by the name of "Addventure" by some. In one of the "story threads" of a universe, Scott Chen gained the powers of a something called an "Author," a being something in the realm of Q from Star Trek as far as power goes. Somewhat unstable from the whole deal, as the demonic entity who called himself the Brazen Man (read episodes 7608 through 7645 using the first options to get an overview of how he is now) knew he would be. Scott entrapped several "Authors" who were people who thought that "Addventure" as only a game online ("their" Addventure was, but the "Author" Scott Chen found them and thought that these "Authors"....mere humans.....were the Authors who had tortured him without respite throughout his life).

.......

Who's to blame for all of it? I leave it to the philosophers!

Anyway, after this and other minor episodes of sabotage, the Brazen Man finally met his end when he met up with the rather angered Department Heads (metaphysical personifications charged with promoting things like: Good, Evil, Order, and Chaos in THIS sector of the multiverse).

Scott, meanwhile, had thrown Betty Ragan into a universe called "Game 2." He then went hither and yon to spread dark rumors about the Twins of Doom. The dark things that would happen IF the Twins showed up on a certain "world" varied....but the event would lead to no good. Scott even reached Terra during the time of Atlantis and spread the rumor of the Twins appearance would bring about the downfall of the nation's leader, this was left vague as to which leader.....which nation....and just HOW this "downfall" would happen , centuries before event. Scott even provided pictures of what the twins looked like, and what they would arrive in! Strangely enough, this setup that Scott had set up mutated little over the thousands of years until the arrival of the Doctor's TARDIS....

Scott was able to turn a Betty into a duplicate of the stunning redhead woman known as Melissa. Thus the Twins of Doom were born. Scott was able to throw them into a world where he had poisoned the people against them.

Bored, he decided to have them, instead of being lynched by the medieval peasants, to be picked up by the Doctor from Dr. Who. Scott had set in motion for the Master to blow up the VLH of Stacy's Earth, sterilizing the planet for some clients of the Master. The Doctor caught wind of this, and believes that the Twins hold the key for halting the machinations of the Master. But they had fallen into a trap. So, after the Master gained the upper hand, he had the Doctor try to fly the TARDIS (the police box one....not the Master's TARDIS) to the Moon to watch the Earth die. Scott uses his Author powers to sweep the TARDIS to a distant parallel of Earth, a world called Terra Prime. A place of magic, knights, and dragons. Also, a place where things have gotten.....weird (more on that later....) Scott was able to throw them there, but finds his way blocked. The skeins of reality have been braced up to incredible levels, and not even an Author can pass without attracting the attention of the wrath of the Rules (Agents of Order). They pounce on this Scott Chen, and send him back....naked and powerless, to "Room 1." They don't want a repeat of what happened to a fellow Rule who died when the universe he was charged with died (long story....read episodes 2958 through 8057 for a clearer....but not yet complete....picture). Brazen Man got around before dying.... Okay, now here's the fun part. Disaster had befallen Terra. The nation of Ethiopia had hit hard by it, and a rogue dragonness called Malachi had been able to use her powers to aid were she could...and organize resources where needed. The government had been thrown into a shamble, so she had pulled things through for those who were left. So grateful were the Ethiopians, that they stunned her by begging her to become their Regent Queen. Malachi soon saw that if she didn't accept, her efforts would be for naught, and the nation would collapse into anarchy, destruction, and more death. She became Regent, and went a step further to enhance her ability to aid her beloved, adopted homeland. She bonded her life force to the land. This gives her incredible power, but also made her vulnerable in a special way. If Ethiopia ceases to be a nation-if it "dies"-then she will die....for real. If she dies, then Ethiopia will cease to be a nation. She will last as long as the nation lasts.

See the problem with the Twins here? The Ethiopians know of their beloved dragon queens bond, and fear for their leader's life....

Back to the fun.

Now, the master was looking nose to beak to the large creature known as Trilling Blackfeather. Trilling is a griffin of ebony black, and like most of these lion/eagle combinations......is HUGE. Griffins can carry a human being on their back in flight easily for long distances. A griffin standing on it's four feet is as tall as a human being standing. Trilling is looking down at the scared evil Time Lord, wondering what HIS story is on this nightmare given flesh. The TARDIS has arrived, and the Twins of Doom have made their appearance. Dark Trilling pauses, and looks away from the Master for a moment to gaze upon the legend in the flesh....and figure out how best to exploit this. He failed to notice the gun that the Master landed upon....

The Master, seeing the monster look away for a moment, does something admittedly stupid in retrospect. Now is his chance! If he shoots this monstrosity, then he can run and get to safety! He grabs the raygun that he is laying on.

Might have worked if he had remembered that the Mark 7 neural disrupter pistol was only lethal on man size smaller creatures. "Man sized" is definitely NOT what Trilling was!

"Stop you fool!" shouts the Doctor right before the Master hits Trilling three times with his weapon. The griffin roars in pain as the shock of the disrupter courses through him. It's painful, but not lethal. A swipe of the griffin's clawed hand tears the disrupter from his hand.....as WELL as the hand that held it! The shock does...however....begins to tear down a wall that had gone up to hide the good Light Trilling from the Dark Trilling (and vice versa). The Mark 7's effects on the mind of a creature of magical origin never was tested, for obvious reasons. It wouldn't have this effect on a normal griffin....but Trilling Blackfeather is a special griffin in many ways. Originally, he was an evil duke known as Zular. He fell victim to Zerm the Unspeakable, and was transformed into the ebony griffin now known as Trilling Blackfeather. Because the dark plumage was seen as an omen by other griffins, Trilling soon became the king of the griffins. Good and well for him, for Zular always wanted a kingdom. However, due to the nature of his transformation (and his unwillingness to accept his new form), insanity struck. He now has two personalities running around in his skull. The one known as Dark Trilling is his original personality....changed in the fact that it now loves being a griffin. The other is Light Trilling, everything that Zular had not been....but was able to fake for appearance sake. To make matters worse, due to the strange nature of the transformation and the nature of Terra Prime, the split personality is different from the more mundane version of it in that the OTHER personality....the one called Light Trilling.....IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER PERSON COMPLETE WITH SOUL.

Well, whoever is the one that pounces on the Master does a real number on him before the Dragons are able to pull him off the Master.

The Master is rushed off to an infirmary (under guard of course....for he DID come out of the now vanished TARDIS).

The Twins, Doctor, and the others are marched off at gunpoint to be stripped and taken care of later. Protest from them fail to get any results, since no Terran (not even the Anglish) speak anything close enough to understand their brand of English. A mage will cast a general translation spell to try to understand what they are saying later.

Malachi looks after the wobbly looking Trilling, who waves her off and says he's okay now....the blast just caused him to react violently.....as griffins are wont to do when wounded (an instinctive reaction).

Malachi then turns and looks warily at the OTHER thing that popped in. It looks like a statue, but......

Malachi and Sigin Dronocis had flown out to find out what the sudden flare of fear had been, and had found this. Well aware of the legend of the Twins, she never the less wishes the sudden arrivals no harm. She isn't that kind of person to kill without cause.

Still, this situation is VERY delicate, and will be taken care of with the stern measures and LOTS of guards.

Malachi then pulls out several spell components and chalks to help Sigin in tracing the wardings to keep the curious away from the strange object....and to keep whatever that might come out of this thing from getting far.....


Later that night

The Doctor looks rather disgruntled. He and his companions are now dressed in the clothing provided them by the stern guards. Their original clothing lays in a pile behind something like a forcefield....but it's being generated by what the Doctor can only call glyphs!

His companions, tired of having no luck at trying to get the guards at letting them out, have retired for the night in a funk.

He taps the warding circle's field that keeps him a prisoner, and then shakes his head.

"This bloody can't be real," he mutters to himself.

Fantastic things have been done that he's witnessed. Things almost magical. Things done by science. However, for the life of the incredible being called the Doctor......

He doesn't have a bloody clue as to how all this is being done!

Whatever the case, though, the Doctor realizes that he'd better at least try to accept the apparent reality in as far as not ignoring it. Whatever this place is, trying to ignore it could prove......harmful. One piece of this place nearly laid the Master low!

Just thank the gods that the Master's TARDIS had somehow been dragged along by....whatever had taken him and his companions here! Hopefully, he could get inside and get it to work. Whatever had killed his TARDIS had spared the other ship. And that other time machine was the key to getting home....and saving Earth.

Hopefully.....

Meanwhile, he's NOT laughing....for there is little to laugh at, here.

"At least they could have given us something with more....style," he mutters, picking at the plain grey pants and trousers he's been consigned with.


The Master hangs between life and death. The mages were able to stabilize his vital signs (the two hearts had drawn shouts of surprise), but little more could be done.

The Military will be called in to see what else can be done. The mages patient will have to wait for a few days. He's unconscious via spell, and so will not be too inconvenienced by the wait.


Finally, on the eve of the vital meeting for the United Nations, Dark Trilling has managed to sneak into the kitchen to slip in the final ingredient for the Helenas' death (difficult to do in his current form....but as Zular he had trained under the best). He's been feeling....odd....ever since that bearded man had shot him with that horrible weapon, but tonight will make up for the discomfort....... He just needs to place this powder in the wine...... And their deaths will be the first step in my revenge, Dark Trilling thinks to himself, chuckling.

The wall finally collapse, and Light and Dark suddenly meet!

"You can't do that!" Light Trilling says aloud, aghast. "If a person drinks it, they may ingest something that will have a lethal effect later on!"

Who are you!? Dark Trilling shouts mentally, struggling for control. I WILL have my revenge!

The kitchen staff finds the ebony griffin squirming on the floor....having an argument with himself!

The Twins of Doom have struck, but not in a way that was expected......

Sigin and the Shaman of the Griffins are the first to the scene, with Trilling's wives a close second, to figure out just what the heck is up!

"Two souls?" the Shaman gasps as he finishes the last battery of magical tests on the his unconscious king.....

"And while you've seen the last part of it.....that's what I've written, sir," Tisbitt says. The Rule and Agent nod, and Tisbitt finds himself back by his body. Good and well, for there was some type of mischievous gleam in that Agent's eye.....

  1. Something to do with a "morphogenic" field not being as crude as it first appeared....

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