Doctor Who Adventures/Mount Kelshamora

The second episode of season 4 of Doctor Who Adventures.

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“Request for help,” Lydia shouted into her radio looking around the caves. She was in the mountain called Kelshamora, there were many myths about this mountain and what secrets it held. Lydia looked back to Nadine who looked shaken by what had happened.

“Any reply?” Nadine asked holding a gun up and pointing it in varying directions with a torchlight lighting in front of it for aim.

“Of course not,” Chloe stormed in with Max following her “the Time Lords will not help us destroy anything.”

“This should be a special exception,” Max noted “after all, these are the Daleks.”

***

“Come on,” the Doctor begged as Alice shook her head.

“Not happening,” Alice grinned beginning to chuckle.

“How about you Alfie?” The Doctor asked as Alfie also shook his head.

“Got to agree with her I’m afraid,” Alfie smiled as he sat back.

“Afraid? Of what?” A woman asked from behind them as the Doctor quickly turned around.

“Who are you?” The Doctor asked.

“Chloe and this is a time portal so I only have less than a few minutes before I get transported back,” Chloe started “we are in Mount Kelshamora and are trapped with the Daleks completely surrounding us. There is an ancient but powerful weapon that is a weapon that floats in space.”

“The Neutron Blaster,” the Doctor interrupted “a machine that no one can touch and time can’t even affect it. Only Time Lord technology can activate it.”

“Yes … you seem to know a lot could you come and rescue us?” Chloe bit her fingernails as the Doctor was already beginning to run for the TARDIS.

“Definitely so,” the Doctor shouted behind himself “I would not miss this for the world.”

The Doctor opened the TARDIS doors and then quickly closed them as he went around his controls.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What are you doing?” Shalek asked sharpening his sword.

<p class="MsoNormal">“An adventure,” the Doctor beamed widely.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just going to finish sharpening my sword. I won the tournament at that holiday planet you dropped us off to,” Shalek grinned widely.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That sword would have to be a lot sharper to beat what we are up against. Scratch that it would need to be a gun. Scratch that you need an ancient blaster made by the Time Lords that just floats around in space and you will need a Time Lord technology to activate it like the sonic screwdriver,” the Doctor waited as the console began humming lightly.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But it got turned to sand,” Shalek remembered taking a practise swing with his sword.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Well the TARDIS has produced another one,” the Doctor and Shalek watched as it rose from the console of the TARDIS as the Doctor grabbed it and began testing it out waving it through the air.

<p class="MsoNormal">“An adventure if you remember,” Shalek went towards the TARDIS door as he kicked it open. The Doctor quickly followed as Chloe stood only a few metres away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What was that noise?” Lydia shouted as Chloe stood there in amazement looking in awe at the TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just appeared. You must be a Time Lord,” Chloe chuckled as she jumped up clearly excited by this development.

<p class="MsoNormal">“And you said the Time Lords would not help,” Max replied as he pulled his hand out to Shalek to shake his hand.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What sort of battle is this?” Shalek asked sword at the ready. The Doctor shook his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It is called a handshake,” the Doctor told Shalek but the alien knight still clearly did not get it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Sounds like a lousy name for a fighting stance,” Shalek commented as Chloe grabbed the Doctor’s hand and pulled him through the caves.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We do not have enough time for your silly little talk,” Chloe continued running with the Doctor in hand.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is not the way it should be. I should be the one pulling,” the Doctor shouted remembering the last companion that had dragged him along many years ago.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Be quiet it seems to be sleeping. The blue eyestalk is still on but it has not reacted to anything for several days,” Chloe pulled the Doctor in front of the Dalek.

<p class="MsoNormal">“TIME LORD DETECTED,” the Dalek rose it’s eye up to face the Doctor’s.

<p class="MsoNormal">“First time it has spoken for quite a while,” Nadine came in as she stepped in front of the Dalek and began inspecting it. She brought out a device as a green light pulsed around the Dalek.

<p class="MsoNormal">“HUMAN DETECTED. EXTERMINATE,” the Dalek called as it shot just one laser out of it’s gun as Nadine collapsed to the ground gasping for air.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We have to go,” the Doctor shouted as he ran past Chloe and back to Shalek and the others.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No shouting or the Dalek may wake up,” Lydia reminded them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m guessing it may already have woken up,” Max guessed from the Doctor’s and Chloe’s scared expressions.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Shalek get back in the TARDIS and when I contact you through the sonic try to get Handles to lock onto my signal. You may not get a signal so if the Dalek tries to get in then I want you to tell Handles to get you back to where Alice and Alfie are,” the Doctor turned back to the others.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So what now?” Chloe asked as the Doctor looked unsure. He then pulled his new sonic screwdriver out and zapped the TARDIS with it as it left Mount Kelshamora.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You do know we could have just gotten onto that thing and gotten out of here,” Max pointed out as the Doctor shook his head vigorously.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We have to find out how many Daleks there are and try to wipe them out,” the Doctor put his sonic screwdriver back into one of his pockets. They then heard something hovering as all of them knew what it was.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nadine died. You allowed that?” Lydia had put two and two together as the Doctor gulped guiltily “she has survived far more than I have. We literally have no chance,” Lydia shook her head as she ran towards the noise of the Dalek.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What are you doing?” The Doctor asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Suicide. I thought it would be obvious,” Max commented as, there was a dead silence between the group.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Lydia the most basic Human instinct is to survive. So obey it. Embrace it,” the Doctor tried as Lydia had a tear in her eye.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Can I make a confession?” Lydia asked as the Dalek rolled and looked towards her “I am a Time Lord like you Doctor. I have seen my death through the eyes of the Dalek when I hacked the machinery a few years back. I hate this and I wished I had never hacked the Dalek Network but I had and I almost regenerate and then get shot again.” Lydia waited as the Dalek hovered only a few metres away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“EXTERMINATE the Dalek shouted as it shot Lydia once and then again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How do you know my name? I haven’t told you lot yet,” the Doctor was quickly going for answers.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You told me it before I went into this stupid Mountain,” Lydia now had gold streams coming out of her arms and head as her body went up in the air. The Dalek then shot again as Lydia got shot back and the gold streams of light had disappeared. The Doctor checked her life signs with his sonic screwdriver but that only confirmed his worst fears, she was dead.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We must leave now,” the Doctor was solemn as his speech was clearly saddened.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Good idea,” Chloe then started the leaving part of the plan as she started to guide herself, the Doctor and Max through the caves.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What stopped you from escaping before?” The Doctor questioned as he looked behind himself seeing the Dalek slowly following them but not firing.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Several Daleks all over this place including one at the only entrance point,” Chloe replied her breath becoming heavier as she got tired from the running.

<p class="MsoNormal">“And the killjoy says we cannot use the explosives we have,” Max rolled his eyes as he indicated to his backpack.

<p class="MsoNormal">“If we use the explosives then the entire mountain or cave, your choice what you call it, will collapse on our heads and squash us to death,” Chloe reminded him as the sonic screwdriver started emitting a recurring beep as the Doctor quickly took it out of his pocket.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hello?” The Doctor asked like it was a phone.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Doctor,” the cold voice replied through the light end of the sonic.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Who is this? How did you phone the sonic that should be impossible,” the Doctor shouted into the handle end of the sonic as he reminded himself to lower his voice.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You will not be able to tell anything about me because I have a voice cover up on. It will sound like whoever you fear the most,” the voice chuckled.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What does the voice sound like to you two?” The Doctor hurriedly asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">“My mum,” Chloe gulped as she hated that voice.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I thought it sounded like Chloe,” Max commented as Chloe hit him on the arm. But Max was being serious as he flicked a device out of his pocket.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How about to you Doctor?” Chloe remembered the name from earlier.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Nothing like you,” the Doctor gave that much away but that was all he was willing to give away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is your actual name?” Chloe tried as Max chuckled at this.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Time Lords have huge egos. This Doctor probably gave himself his title because he used to be the opposite of a Doctor,” Max noted as the Doctor did not try to deny it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“So is there a Dalek nearby?” Chloe asked as Max’s machine was beeping away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The person has gone,” the Doctor hit his sonic screwdriver frantically desperately trying to get a signal. A silence descended on the ground as they heard a Dalek from above their heads as the rock opened up to the top as they could see the sky although none of them would be able to reach it unless they could jump 10 metres in the air to grab the closest rock to themselves.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Lydia would know how to sort that out. She is great with Time Lord tech,” Max kicked some dust of the floor whilst the Doctor continued thinking about a possible plan.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Where does the entrance to this mountain lead to?” The Doctor asked deep in thought as his eyes were looking along the walls and up to where other Daleks were flying oblivious to the fact the Doctor was directly below them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“A building. We planned to use the hoover beam as we call it,” Chloe started trying to follow where the Doctor may be going with his plan.

<p class="MsoNormal">“As you are taking such a silence I will continue. The beam sucks in a species it gets material from and it seems like whoever Lydia had organised to activate it has not done so,” Max then realised what the Doctor wanted to do “good luck getting that sort of material.” Max chuckled but not being so loud that the Daleks above would hear.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We already have a strip of Dalekinium,” the Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver as he faced it towards his hand as a gold strip of metal started to appear “when I was scanning Lydia for life scans I was actually extracting the very foundations of what makes Dalekinium and the sonic has fused the Dalekinium with a life source or otherwise known as the skin of my hand,” the Doctor showed them his hand which had a gold strip into it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How can you be this smart?” Chloe asked still trying to figure out the explanation that she had been given.

<p class="MsoNormal">“First we have to get to the building. Then what?” Max pondered for a moment as the Doctor waited for Max to get the answer “the Neutron Blaster will pass over and you will activate it with your sonic screwdriver,” Max had his jaw hung in the air for a few moments then closed his mouth.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Exactly. But we have to get to the Neutron Blaster in time otherwise the Daleks will survive,” the Doctor found a new sense of danger and excitement as he began running at full pace running along the pathway inside the mountain as the opening to the sky closed off again so they were plunged into the darkness until the sonic screwdriver was turned back on and provided light.

<p class="MsoNormal">“TIME LORD AND TWO HUMANS HAVE BEEN LOCATED. SEEK, LOCATE, DESTROY,” a Dalek from behind shouted as a laser shot just past the Doctor’s head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I hate how the Daleks always have to disturb the peace around us,” Max complained as the group turned a corner which was not easy to see as they had limited light. A thought then crossed the Doctor’s mind as he started scanning around him and found a signal. He known thought of a phone number. There were a few rings until it was picked up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Doctor?” Alice asked clearly sounding alarmed.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes. The TARDIS should be near you just go inside it and get to the entrance of Mount Kelshamora. I will send the coordinates to Handles so bring Alfie as well,” the Doctor ordered as he hung up the screwdriver.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Who was that?” Alfie sat on a chair with a orange drink with a little umbrella inside it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The phone read that the phone came from a sonic screwdriver. The Doctor needs our help, he said to go into the TARDIS,” Alice got up from her chair as she left half her drink.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Typical Doctor. Always needing our help,” Alfie shook his head as the TARDIS suddenly appeared in front of them as Shalek poked his head out from around the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Did anyone else just see that blue box appear from thin air?” Someone shouted as people started to inspect the box as Alice and Alfie both ran inside of it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Young love,” one of the other people smiled fondly “let them have their space.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile the Doctor had gotten completely lost as he threw his arms up which made the light from the sonic screwdriver flicker for a moment.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We need that light so no more quick movements,” Chloe ordered her more temperamental side coming out.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is your sonic probe faulty?” Max enquired as he took a closer look at it looking for any potential faults.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Just new. Like me the sonic also needs to adjust to a sudden change in appearance,” the Doctor was not sure why it flickered like it had but he was happy with his own explanation “and it is called a sonic screwdriver not a sonic probe.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Lydia told us otherwise,” Chloe sounded snobbish as she said this. The Doctor then realised what the flicker could have been as he put a hand to Lydia’s arm. Then he grabbed onto it as they were pulled violently going through the mountain as the Doctor had to cling on. The others looked scared like they had never been through this process before, which they hadn’t.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Changing personalities, interesting,” the Doctor murmured as he was making a mental account of who these people were.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Do you have any cool words for this?” Max asked trying to think of the movies in which they usually shout something out when being flung through the air.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I used to,” the Doctor pondered for a few moments “what the hell? Geromino!” They then stopped inside a room as they were flung to the ground as Alice looked down at the three.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How did you just go through that wall?” Alice had seen a lot of weird and strange things whilst aboard the TARDIS but still was not entirely used to it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“An early development in teleportation. The TARDIS is the most advanced development that any species will ever see,” the Doctor commented making sure that everyone was safe.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Until the next TARDIS is released,” Max grinned as he walked out of the building. The Doctor put the sonic screwdriver to his hand and the golden strip of Dalekinium went out of his hand and hit the floor as he picked it up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The machine will respond to touching a wall,” the Doctor pointed to Alice’s hand “that is why your hand has a slight electric feel to it that you probably have not noticed. It is only temporary.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“So my hands have electricity in them?” Alice asked as the Doctor nodded as Alfie went out of the TARDIS as Alice walked towards him and pulled out a hand for a handshake. The room went silent as Alfie obliged and shook Alice’s hand as electric hit into him as he collapsed to the ground with the whole room laughing.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Brilliant,” Chloe wiped a tear from her eye from all the laughing as Alfie joined in at his own misfortune.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let’s do this. Everyone in the TARDIS and I will activate the Neutron Blaster,” the Doctor ordered as he put the Dalekinium strip onto the wall as Chloe had ran outside the building and not into the TARDIS as the blue box disappeared from sight. Then the sonic screwdriver started ringing again as the Doctor had begun to walk out the room. He then locked the doors first and made sure nothing could escape from the room. He then answered the ringing.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Good plan. Such a shame you’re not the only with technology beyond any other race,” the person laughed manically. The Doctor looked up as Daleks from the sky were getting pulled into the building.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The building can expand without its exterior getting any bigger. Time Lord Technology for a room seems a bit stupid. And the Neutron Blaster will be in line soon so what will you be able to do about it to stop me,” the Doctor shouted as he finally had a good look at the outside as he saw normal people looking towards him like he was some sort of mad man.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I know all about Time Lord Technology,” the figure laughed again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Stop laughing. Shut up and let me concentrate,” the Doctor ordered as more eyes now looked at him as Dalek’s could be seen hurtling towards the building and then going through the walls.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hi Doctor,” Chloe grinned from behind as she was holding a flower towards the Doctor “to say thanks and I think the person on the other side is a Time Lord of sorts,” the moment Chloe said this the Doctor started going through all the Time Lord enemies he had made over the years but could not think of which one would do a plan like this. Like it was all a set up and then the Doctor realised who it may be. But the sonic flickered as he zapped the Neutron Blaster but nothing happened.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Like I said Doctor. Nothing will happen until the very worst time,” the figure laughed again through the sonic screwdriver but the Doctor continued trying. Then a beam went down from the skies and engulfed the building. The Doctor and Chloe went high into the air as they got hit back by the impact of the laser beam.

<p class="MsoNormal">When the Doctor finally opened his eyes he saw bits of building in the air and a fire which stretched all around the last remains of the building burning it down. Some of the people from the village had begun inspecting the debris that had been left behind. Then from the flames a cold blue eye came out.

<p class="MsoNormal">“EXTERMINATE,” the Dalek shouted as it shot one of the people inspecting the last remains of the building. “EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE,” the Dalek screamed out as it shot dozens of people as bodies started to get caught by fire. The Doctor was still on the ground as he could not get up. The Doctor hovered towards him as its blue eye looked right into the Doctor’s eyes. The Doctor moved backwards but was still on his back.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This can’t be the end. Can it?” The Doctor asked himself as the Dalek’s gun turned to face him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“THE DOCTOR WILL BE NEUTRALISED,” the Dalek shouted as a laser went out of its gun. The Doctor closed his eyes but after a few seconds had passed he opened them again hearing a scream from in front of him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I just had to go and save your life,” Chloe complained feeling her chest burning from the inside as the pain spread around her body as the Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and began scanning everywhere as the TARDIS started appearing around both himself and Chloe who was still in pain as her skin felt like it was on fire. The Doctor pulled himself up, his coordination still bad after the blast from the Neutron Blaster.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is not my TARDIS,” the Doctor realised as he looked around someone elses TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is this where we get a dramatic entrance of whoever the villain is?” Chloe asked as she squealed in excitement. The Doctor hated her changes in mood and wished she would just be happy or angry.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Sorry to disappoint,” Lydia sat in an armchair stroking a black cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How villain like,” the Doctor chuckled at his own joke as Lydia rolled her eyes at the terrible joke.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is just a fake cat. I’m allergic to real ones and Doctor I need help,” Lydia looked into the Doctor’s eyes in which the Doctor saw Lydia was very scared about something.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why are you so scared?” The Doctor tried as Lydia laughed in reply.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Not at all. This is the day my next however many lives you have left starts,” Lydia laughed manically again. Then she stopped and put on a more serious face “I had to trick you into never thinking me as an enemy so I had to fake my death. Using my last regeneration as a shield against the Dalek shot although it means that I am in the process of regenerating but the funny thing is that was my last regeneration.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“So you are dying,” the Doctor was sombre in his tone as he inspected the TARDIS not liking the design that Lydia had went for. The console room was a bright purple colour with flashes of black like she had used paint and had just thrown it around the room.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But I can cheat death for a few more lives at least,” Lydia clutched her stomach as she fell onto the console room floor and then quickly got up again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Leave the Doctor alone Lydia. Your plan is over,” Chloe stated calmly as she also collapsed to the ground feeling where the Dalek had shot its laser into.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We are both dying Chloe. But only one of us will actually have no heartbeat,” Lydia grabbed Chloe and pulled a gun and then pointed it towards her head. The Doctor did not know what to do. “It took me years to make a machine that can change Time Lords thoughts but it worked. Through the time vortex I managed to make you come to this place at the particular time and as you would have hunted me down if I done this with another Time Lord I decided to deal with both of those problems. One stone as Humans like to say,” Lydia’s arm was shaky and the colour from her face began to drain.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You do not have to end it all like this. End on a high note not like this. Nadine died trying to help you and Chloe is now dying after she had saved my life,” the Doctor tried as Lydia looked deep in thought for several moments.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Tell me where you ever the villain? Have you ever been hated for wanting to destroy?” Lydia shouted as tears started rolling down her face.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Once and I regret all the lives that I destroyed in some silly little group but you can end on a high. Otherwise the Daleks will win without me defeating them time and time again. A few may have escaped today but do you really want another Time War?” The Doctor waited for the perfect time as Lydia’s grip on Chloe loosened.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But if it means I live then yes I do want that,” Lydia thought back the Doctor’s efforts.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Then I am sorry. Remember I tried oh I tried but Chloe needs to be in my TARDIS to heal otherwise she will die and I have the feeling that this TARDIS is already trying to extract my regenerations so goodbye Lydia,” the Doctor then disappeared as he reappeared behind Lydia and pulled her away from Chloe. The Doctor then grabbed Chloe and they both disappeared. Lydia was on the floor again but this time she knew she would not get up. Her hand tried to rise up.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Did you get any of his regeneration energy?” Lydia asked as there was no response from her TARDIS. The purple paint in the console room turned to black as the room went into darkness as Lydia took one last breath then her head and arm hit the floor, her body was motionless. Then a tiny bit of orange/gold light rushed into Lydia’s body as the walls went back to purple and the room lit up again.

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<p class="MsoNormal">“What happened in there?” Shalek asked when the Doctor had teleported back in.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Time Lords can teleport from one TARDIS to another if both TARDIS’s have their shields down which luckily ours did. Just going to turn the shields back on,” the Doctor ran down the stairs as Chloe sat down in a chair which magically was fixing the chest wound she had been inflicted with earlier.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What happened to you?” Max questioned looking towards the large flesh wound and the blood that had stained Chloe’s white top.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Shot by a Dalek saving a Time Lords life. Lydia was trying to take the Doctor’s regenerations, I will explain later,” Chloe winked as Max was fiddling with the controls.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Please stay away from the controls,” Handles ordered as Max ran around the console room and began examining the Cyber head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Amazing. Wiring is connected to the TARDIS and it seems your databases were changed including a personality chip,” Max spotted. He then straightened himself up as he saw on the monitor his home. Chloe also got up feeling refreshed and renewed.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Where are you going?” Max asked as Chloe went towards the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Am I not allowed to just sleep on your couch. I just want to sleep and not in something that reminds me of Lydia,” Chloe sighed as she waited for Max to answer.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Sure,” Max grinned as he followed Chloe out of the TARDIS.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Do you think they could be like us?” Alice asked in a dreamlike manner.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Two young adults who time travel with a Time Lord and an alien knight,” Alfie chuckled “I’m sure they can do it.” Alice also chuckled.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I mean what we have,” Alice tried as Alfie nodded his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t see why not. Being together is a funny thing,” Alfie walked down to the stairs to see what the Doctor was up to.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Couples are the worst people to be around,” Shalek shook his head “and you two are not funny together just very annoying,” Shalek complained but Alice was not too concerned with the views of an alien knight.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Adventure anybody?” The Doctor had jumped up to the console room “where are Max and Chloe I wanted to have another adventure with them.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“You have us,” Alice commented “I’m sure you can deal with it now you said about an adventure.”