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=== Part two: The New British Empire === | === Part two: The New British Empire === | ||
''to | Ajeeth spots the intruders, and orders the insectoids to kill them. As the army is too large to be defeated, Jenny, Strax and Tommy must run from it. | ||
Vastra ponders over the purpose of making the Palace into a greenhouse while sitting on its roof. To her surprise, Lady Cornelia approaches her, complimenting Vastra and calling her "a challenge". The Lady explains that she had earlier met [[Silurian scientist (The Crystal Throne)|another Silurian]], this one a scientist living in a [[South Africa|South African]] [[diamond]] mine. After the scientist told her of the species' history, Cornelia learned that the chamber held a [[genetic splicer]] - a powerful machine capable of extracting genes from one creature and putting them into another. Lady Cornelia used this device to mix wasp and human genes, creating the "ideal worker": industrious, ferocious, and unquestionably loyal. Ruckford had lured hundreds of policemen, now wasp hybrids, to the Palace. | |||
Vastra and Cornelia engage in a sword fight, and both of them display great skill. Meanwhile, Strax, Jenny and Tommy attempt to escape (not killing the wasp hybrids, much to Strax's disappointment). However, Strax is met once again by Ajeeth, and they begin a fight of their own. | |||
Vastra appears to have won the sword fight. However, Lady Cornelia transforms herself into an insectoid hybrid - England's new queen, according to herself. Her eggs are located within the greenhouse, and protected by the wasp hybrid "drones", they will hatch and grow strong, eventually forging the New British Empire. While fighting Strax, Ajeeth too transforms himself into an insectoid, now stronger than Strax. Before he can kill the Sontaran, however, Jenny uses Strax's gun to shoot Ajeeth down. Jenny notices the same gas that turned the policemen into insectoids, and Tommy recognizes it's coming from the boiler room. | |||
Vastra, meanwhile, is nearly defeated. However, she manages to utilize "a gift from a friend" - a red [[sonic screwdriver]] - to break the glass of the Palace. Falling from the now-broken roof, Vastra uses a grappling hook to catch herself on the still-built roof foundation. However, before she can reach the ground, the insectoid Lady Cornelia grabs Vastra. | |||
In the boiler room, Strax throws a grenade at the genetic splicer, destroying it. This weakens Lady Cornelia, making her fall to her death before she can dispose of Vastra. The Silurian manages to use her grappling hook again, this time successfully lowering herself to the ground. The wasp hybrids, meanwhile, transform back into their human selves, their wasp genes dormant now that the splicer has been destroyed. | |||
At their home, the Paternoster gang as well as Tommy (the latter drinking milk which Strax apparently made) converse. Vastra is sad to see a healing device like the genetic splicer used as a weapon and eventually lost forever, but Jenny points out that it will not be lost as long as Vastra remembers it. And while her people may be gone, Vastra still has family in the Paternoster gang... | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
