Prisoner Zero

[fractured-npc.livejournal.com]

When: During this thread. / Moving Day Plot (Before the Forgotten Stars)
Where: Leadworth Hospice
Who: Captain Jack Harkness cjharknesstw , Andrew bluesuit_handy , The Doctor stetsons_r_cool ,  Romana 2ndromana, Master traken_master ,  The Doctor bananasgood

What:

A message comes across the globe on every form of electronic medium.


"Attention Prisoner Zero the human residence is surrounded"

"Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. You have twenty minutes to surrender Prisoner Zero."

The message will continue to repeat itself and those who arrive via TARDIS will find themselves inside of the dark Leadworth hospice near Jack's TARDIS.


(OOC: This will be a group thread. A pose order will be established first. Jack, Andrew, The Doctor..
People can come arrive by either their own TARDIS, Vortex Manipulator or hitched a ride inside of Jack's.)

Comments

[iwasforgiven]

Jack has just exited his TARDIS with a flashlight in hand, the message from the Atraxi continues to play through his comm piece that's nudged in his ear. He takes it out so he can think. "Prisoner Zero, I think it's a more of a prisoner number than a description."

The hospice is dark, there's rows and rows of beds that line the ward that they're in with the people are sleeping a soundless sleep. Jack draws his gun from his holster and he holds it along with his old service revolver. "So much for looking for closed captioned security footage."

"Just keep Maret close." Jack tells Andrew, as he shines the flashlight along the room of the sleeping patients.

[bluesuit_handy]

"Seems like an unlikely designator," Andrew replied quietly. He glanced at Märet, but the meta-meta was for once looking mentally present and alert, rather than in danger of wandering off at any moment.

He frowned again at the gun, but tried to concentrate on the issue at hand. "We're all over that footage ourselves by now," he pointed out. "I assume they do mean this building - but are we sure?"

[stetsons-r-cool.livejournal.com]

They're not the only three looking into the issue with Prisoner Zero and there in his tattered clothing from his Tenth Regeneration stands a Doctor in the hallway leading out of the room.

"Of course you two are, you're also going to stir quite a panic with waving that thing all over the place!" The Doctor's going to be on the rude side and he walks over to see the two. He knows both of them well and he throws his arms open. "Captain and Andrew!" It's been awhile, a long while with his attention being drawn elsewhere.

He throws his arms around Jack and then Andrew. "I last saw the two of you at that mockery of a trial, but anyway let's see we've got twenty minutes or the Earth is going to be incinerated." He lets Andrew go and he looks over to see the Meta-Meta but now's not the time for continued introductions but some information as to who or what they're dealing with. "Our friend here is believed to have slipped through a crack in the wall of someone's house."

[romana2]

Romana comes in, she had been following a signal that she had picked up on her Sonic. She smiled at the crowd, "Jack, Andrew, Doctor..." And then her eyes fell to Märet, "Märet you look well! I am pleased to see that."

Then she addresses the Doctor, "A crack in a wall? That seems harmless. What sort of crack?"

[traken-master.livejournal.com]

The Master materialized his TARDIS inside a hospice. From his scanning of news footage, he knew some disappearances had taken place there. His scanner also revealed the presence of at least one Time Lord. The Master shook his head, unsurprised. Earth was being threatened, naturally the Doctor would be at hand.

The Master stepped out of his TARDIS just in time to hear mention of a crack in a wall from Romana.

"Goodevening, lady and gentlemen. Is this crack relevant to Prisoner Zero, whoever he or she might be? I have plans for Earth, at the moment, and it being destroyed in a prisoner hunt would be inconvenient."

[bananasgood.livejournal.com]

Nine shakes his head following behind Romana. "Romana you should know better than to call anything harmless," he scolds gently, "Hello Jack, Andrew, Maret. You haven't seen little me anywhere have you?"

[iwasforgiven]

Jack was listening to the repeat of the call for surrender of who ever Prisoner Zero is and his gun finds itself trained down the hallway. "I'll have to show you how we handle security footage." There's a smile on Jack's face and he turns his head to look over his shoulder to hear that voice.

The voice that goes along with The Doctor in his new incarnation. "And, would you suggest that we offer it tea and crumpets Doctor?" Jack pays attention to the details of this one, his clothing is tattered, ripped and most importantly this one is freshly regenerated.

There's time wasting away and he's faced with a joyful hug. "Wooah, I'm glad to see you too." He's wondering where this one came from but he holsters the gun. Jack will do a good job of listening but he knows of the trial. "I think that answers your questions on if it's just the building."

He's hugged by a very happy Doctor and he returns it. Then Romana comes in and she brings attention to the cracks. "I don't think we're talking about the Rift. But considering where the Atraxi keep their prisoners it's possible."

Okay, so this was to be a mission for two but more people showing up, he's going to blame that announcement from the Atraxi. "I haven't seen him anywhere no."

They've got a little bit of time and they're going to chatter. "I don't think we want to interrupt your delusional plans Master. Okay, we've got an unknown Prisoner Zero to find so our boys upstairs can put him back where he belongs. My thoughts are the Rift brought him here."

[bluesuit_handy]

"The whole Earth?" Andrew balked at the explanation, giving the wall a wide-eyed look as he halfheartedly returned the Doctor's hug. "What - do you know what species Prisoner Zero is? What are we looking for here?"

And now there were people practically crawling out of the woodwork. Andrew greeted each in turn, while Märet hung back. The meta-meta was quite pleased to see Romana, though, and smiled and reached out to touch her hand for a moment when she greeted him.

[stetsons-r-cool.livejournal.com]

He turns around to see all of these people come and he puts his hands to his chest. "All of you are here for me? No, I would hope not well I would, but anyway no we haven't had contact with Prisoner Zero."

The Doctor was in the house of a young girl. "Prisoner Zero, escaped, I heard it in the crack in her wall." He spins around on the heals of those battered old trainers to face Romana, he'll save formalities for a little later when the entire Earth isn't about to be roasted. "It was a very devious crack but no it's not the Rift, I'm afraid."

"Yes, the Atraxi want their prisoner or they plan to punish us for withholding a prisoner." The Doctor's going to motion them towards the next ward and he's been lingering here looking for signs of Prisoner Zero. "I've got a feeling this wayward prisoner is indeed here. Oh, the Atraxi brought a nice big old fleet with them. They're waiting."

Master gets a good old grin, oh talk about a blast from the past. "Master! Oh, you're always as dastardly looking in that beard. I don't think, I'm all beardy like." The Doctor runs his hand along his chin, no beard and he snaps a finger. "Nope, I'm not beardy this time."

[romana2]

Romana caught Märet's gesture and the fact that he was hanging back a bit. So, she walked over to be near him. If they were in as much trouble as everyone was saying, someone needed to be focused on him and Andrew's attention needed to be on helping the others.

She met Andrew's eyes, "Andrew, you do what you must to help the others, I'll be with Märet." She turned to face the meta-meta, "If that's okay with you, that is?"

Her plan, of course, would be to protect him and keep him out of harm's way.

[traken-master.livejournal.com]

The Master ignored the jibe about his plans, paying particular attention to the Doctors and the information being traded back and forth. He smiled and nodded at Maret.

"Greetings, Doctor. No, you have no beard and, forgive my saying so, are looking rather the worse for wear, sartorially. Do we have any information on Prisoner Zero? Perhaps, one of us with a TARDIS should attempt to contact the Atraxi?"

[bananasgood.livejournal.com]

The leather jacket Doctor looked his future self over and shook his head. "You need new clothes," he says frankly, "can't be saving the world looking like a beggar man...wouldn't be right."

The Master's comment about the TARDIS makes him nod. "Jack you and I can handle contact I think," he says, "and the Master can help...wanna keep an eye on this one. Bit trickier than his future self."

He whistles to get the group moving. "Well not much gonna get things moving just standing about yeah?"

Contact Group: Jack, Traken, and Nine (With Atraxi)

[iwasforgiven]

It's been sometime since Jack's worked under his old Doctor he's willing to dish out knowledge he has about the Atraxi to The Doctor as he follows him back to the TARDIS. "Okay, we don't exactly know what our prisoner designated Zero looks like."

This is going to prove a challenge but Jack's up for it. The universe is standing on it's head and something just had to add to it. This is just dandy and he won't go into details about his Doctor. Still he's not comfortable with working with Master but there's little choice in the matter.

"Okay, Doctor and Master, the two of you maybe able to talk with our testy friends. It's their weapon. That's the only thing that's giving us the time to find them. It takes 20 minutes to charge and if there's a fleet up there, the Earth is in big, big trouble."

[traken-master.livejournal.com]

"We need to find out exactly who and what Prisoner Zero is, then contact the others," the Master observed. "It will make their search far easier. The Atraxi will hopefully be at least that cooperative."

Prisoner Zero Hunt: Eleven, Andrew & Maret, Romana (With Prisoner Zero)

[stetsons-r-cool.livejournal.com]

The Doctor stopped only long enough to let the others catch up and he's going to explain to them what he saw on the way. "Oh, I was just in the neighborhood oh, twelve years earlier and well you know a little girl in a big old house by herself is just a little odd. I mean, well not too odd but it was odd enough. She asked me to look into a wall crack and The Doctor suspects something as he goes to head over towards the nurse's station to see if he can pull up anything on the computer systems there.

He leans forward and he goes to pull up a list of 'wandering' patients. "I suspect this crack was the escape route of old Prisoner Zero. 'Prisoner Zero' escaped is what it said." There's a list of the patients all four of them and then it gets even more interesting. The patients are still snug in their beds.

The Doctor's not about to hog all of the fun here and he offers a look. "Either we have some very brilliant sleep walkers or a..." He glances over to Romana and Andrew and time isn't something they have on their side. The clock on the wall continues to click away.

Re: Prisoner Zero Hunt: Eleven, Andrew & Maret, Romana (With Prisoner Zero)

[bluesuit_handy]

"Twelve years? And they're only threatening to demolish the place now?" That didn't seem right. "Wait, wait," he said, needing more of an explanation. "So the patients are up and about - you're sure about that - but they're also present and accounted for?"

He frowned, brow furrowing as he ticked through the possibilities in his head. "It's not them," he said, stating what should be the obvious. "But it's copying them - does the database have pictures of them so we'll know what he looks like if he takes those forms again?"

Re: Prisoner Zero Hunt: Eleven, Andrew & Maret, Romana (With Prisoner Zero)

[bottled_drums]

Märet shook his head in response to Romana's question. "We were in New York," he mumbled, as if that explained everything about what his part in this situation.

When the Doctor and the Doctor-thing got involved in the computer, he looked on for a moment, then walked a few steps off down the hall, looking around as if he expected to see the alien right there. He glanced back at the others impatiently, wishing they'd hurry it up.

Prisoner Zero Hunt: Eleven, Andrew & Maret, Romana (With Prisoner Zero)

[romana2]

Romana allowed the Doctors to be... Doctors. She paused for a moment, "Okay, Doctors, the prisoner might have been here for twelve years, but it could be only as short time for the Atraxi... or it could be years more."

Romana watches Märet carefully. She starts to follow him, "What is it? Do you sense something?"

Re: Prisoner Zero Hunt: Eleven, Andrew & Maret, Romana (With Prisoner Zero)

[stetsons-r-cool.livejournal.com]

There's one thing on the laptop, the date of '2008' in the month April instead of 2011. The Doctor's not going to pay that much mind except for the time. "Yes, it was Twelve years ago, I crashed the TARDIS and to keep her engines from going kaboom I needed to take her on a good run. Oh, the poor girl is still fixing herself as we speak."

He looks at the video with a bit of disappointment showing on his face and he tugs at his chin. "Check my back pocket. I was out with my friend Amy before we ran in here. There should be a picture of one who was roaming outside." The Doctor lifts his head up to hear what Maret is saying and then what he's staring at.

"Maret?" He echos the words of Romana and he wonders if the Meta-Meta sees something.

[fractured-npc.livejournal.com]

There standing at the end of the hallway at a close distance is a man in a blue boiler suit with a large dog. He doesn't seem happy at the intrusion and the dog begins to bark.

In fact both of them begin to bark.

The two begin to edge closer to group and they continue to bark.

[bluesuit_handy]

Andrew gave the Doctor a Look. "I'm not reaching in your back pocket," he said. "You have two perfectly good hands of your own."

Before he could expound on just why the Doctor was being a bit of a twit, the group's attention shifted and he heard barking. He turned his head to see what they were all looking at, and stared at the man and dog. "Right," he said. "Well, that isn't right."

He was alarmed to see Märet take a step toward the pair instead of away like anyone with any sense would. The meta-meta cocked his head, then growled back, unphased.

[romana2]

Märet might not have been phased, but Romana was, especially since the man/dog team had come out of nowhere. She heard Märet growl, "It's okay Märet. Let's take a step back now."

Her didn't jump when the man barked again. In fact she grinned, "Oh, I think someone is quite confused. Märet, play nice, he would be no match for you."

She's hoping that by not directly encouraging or discouraging Märet that he will stay put at her side.

[stetsons-r-cool.livejournal.com]

"Well you can see my hands are a bit occupied." The Doctor looks at the list of the others who went 'sleepwalking' and before he can agree to the 'copycat' there's the sound of the man/dog team barking.

He saw him earlier and he lifts his head up at the sound of Maret growling and there's a smile on his face. "Okay, now that sums it down just a bit." The Doctor traces back his memories of the Judoon and he looks to Andrew. "You remember the Judoon right? They couldn't find our Plasmavore friend due to the fact she was assimilating herself into the human population due to their ability to mimic the internal and genetic structure of another race."

The Doctor watches the man and dog continue with their approach and he glances at Maret. "Now, we do need to see if we can get the Atraxi to notice that our friend here is exactly what they're looking for."

[fractured-npc.livejournal.com]

The team continues to bark and walk towards the group until they find themselves under an air duct.

When The Doctor speaks it's close to being had so a hasty retreat into another part of he hospital is in order. The man and dog stand under it, their bodies seem to loose shape and soon they're sucked up into another part of the hospice.

[bluesuit_handy]

"Course I remember," replied Andrew, never taking his eyes off the unknown alien except to glance at Märet's stiffened back. "Are you saying we're seeing the same thing? Not absorbing them, obviously, unless they're more drained than we realize, but - copying? Inside as well as out?"

He's nattering on, but at the moment what really worried him was the possibility that the meta-meta would try something stupid in the next few seconds, and he wouldn't be close enough to stop him. Andrew inched forward, trying to come up behind Märet.