[Danny]

[OOC: read 'Pyke' first]

When Olm reached his hut, he knocked gently to give Jase a warning to get out of sight, then opened the door.

The first thing he noticed was the empty bed, and the empty bottle of antitoxins beside it.

The second thing he noticed, as he ran to the bedside, was the broken window at the back.

The third thing he noticed was the burnt-out shell of Jase lying on the floor between the door and the bed...

Rushing from the bedside, he crouched beside what was left of Jase, and looked inside. His inside was almost completely hollow; nearly all of the circuitry had been scooped out and destroyed, and the remains lay scattered across the floor like litter.

"What's that?" Cho'yo's voice cut through Olm's reverie, and Olm remembered the crowd outside, looking in at him.

He looked down. "Well..."

A voice interrupted him. "I know what that is." All eyes in the crowd turned to the slig who'd spoken. "Saw a few in the Factory where I worked. That's a Drone, one of the new Glukkon guards." He turned to Olm, followed by all eyes in the crowd. "What's it doing here?"

Olm said nothing, but looked down.

Cho'yo frowned at him. "Wasn't Spider here before?"

A voice came from the back of the crowd. "He's been kidnapped!"

A murmur went up. Cho'yo frowed at Olm again. "Do you know where he is? Does this... thing have anything to do with it?" He indicated the lump of cold metal on the floor. "And how about the lizard?"

Olm hid his face is his hands. "I don't know, but Jase - the Drone - has nothing to do with it, I know. He was on our side."

Cho'yo's eyes narrowed as another murmur went up in the crowd. "Guards? Take the lizard back to its cell. And take our Former Doctor with it." And despite Olm's protestations, he was carried away...