Welcome To Rapid-Eye City, Chapter 6: A Wave Of Trouble
âI was going for maybe a bridge, but I guessâŠthisâŠworks?â
Holding a new rope and wearing his Intuitive Optitudes, The Para-Doctor stands next to a tree on one side of a large river. Some of the branches extend over the river, as The Para-Doctor surveys the area again.
âSo I canât get a bridge. You want me to use this rope and swing across the riverâŠâ He throws the rope around the branch and pulls, tightening the knot. âThough not in the way you expect, dreams do come true, I guess.â He then runs toward the river and pushes off, gracefully swinging over the river. More than halfway across, he lets go of the rope and lands on the other side, barrel-rolling into a recovery.
âNot bad,â The Para-Doctor says, smiling at the rope.
<Doctor, can you hear me?>
The Para-Doctorâs gaze shoots upward. The voice is Jackâs, but he is nowhere in sight. The voice isnât even in the Para-Doctorâs head; it is simply in the air.
âJack, is that you?â The Para-Doctor asks.
<Yeah, and Riverâs here. You disappeared from the club! What happened?>
âOne of the inmates from the Retussaron ship is loose. He attacked me at the bar and got away. How fast can you get to the TARDIS?â
<Weâre already on the way.>
With that, the Para-Doctor nods and runs back to the TARDIS.
âNo more bars for you, Doctor,â Tara says.
In the TARDIS, The Para-Doctor, Pete, Jack and River stand around the center console as Tara pulls up information on Harbuir.
âVery funny, Tara,â The Para-Doctor says. âAlright, so his name is Harbuir. An Abeatora, the first of his kind. He can create Abeata, these flying creatures that infect the water supply with diminutive eggs. Thatâs why he was locked up on the ship. He poisoned the water supply on the planet Jaer, and people started giving birth to these Abeata left and right, dying during the process.â
âAnd the more Abeata there are, the faster they can poison the water?â River asks.
âExactly.â The Para-Doctor looks at the leftmost display but catches a horrified Pete in his peripheral. âPete, whatâs wrong?â
Pete says nothing. He darts up the left flight of stairs and down a hallway, shouting Belleâs name.