PART TWO
hristina
screamed, not in terror, but in malice. Suddenly her face was
transformed from that of a pretty young girl, to that of a hideous old
crone, cackling with glee! Whilst the other two hags swooped to attack
she turned to Lavallier. 'Captain Lavallier,' she cackled, 'you are our
pet, now do our bidding!'
Lavallier’s
eyes glazed over and controlled by the hags’ foul enchantment, he drew
his sword and with a fierce cry lunged towards the Doctor, Jack and
Katherine.
Katherine screamed with fright as Jack also drew a rapier and held it before him, readying himself for the inevitable attack.
One of
the hags that floated in the air laughed with contempt at Jack. "You
poor boy, do you think you can hurt us with that?" She pointed to the
weapon and it suddenly began to glow red hot. Jack dropped it to the
floor with a gasp and the crone cackled with malicious glee as he
grabbed his hand in pain.
The
Doctor dodged Lavallier’s clumsy charge and then noticed a pair of
rapiers above a fireplace. He pushed Katherine behind him and turned to
defend her, grabbing one of the rapiers from the wall and flicking it
expertly upwards.
The hag
that had worn the face of Christina the maid hissed at the Doctor as she
pulled a crystal from her robes. "You cannot stand against us Doctor.
Now you will die!"
With a
stroke of luck however, Lavallier’s troops who had been waiting outside
the chateau, had heard the noise from within and came crashing to the
rescue through the open French windows. One of them screamed in terror
at the witches and cowered in abject fear, but the
