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Markers 26, 29-31
Following the Doctor's implication, you rush through the Spacelab and sneak into the anti-matter lab. The lab is now once again staffed and you ask the Doctor's head to help you surprise the group. As you enter, the Doctor's head appears and you instruct all personal to get on the ground. You tie them up with tape and then ask one technician to charge on the fusion beam. He tells you that doing this will drain the entire base of power. You order him to do it anyways.

The lights of the base and the fusion reactor turn off. The technician tells you that you have one good shot.


 * This is the most vital decision of all. Whatever your choice, good luck!


 * If you decide to attack the Fusion Center despite the technicians' pleas and the Doctor's disapproval, the entire Spacecenter comes crushing down. You die, but Omega survives, and when the back-up systems take over, the fusion reaction continues. Omega's revenge on Gallifrey resumes 1.6 seconds later than it would have. Pick a different option.


 * If you decide to go for Omega – ordering the technician to fire a blast at the Chief Technician, secretly Omega in the Doctor's body – you see the Doctor's head shake wildly, telling you not to do this. Indeed, upon being hit, the Chief Technician glows bright white: you have forced the contact of the matter and anti-matter within Omega. The Doctor's body becomes a massive black hole and consumes you, the FERN base, the Earth, and the entire solar system; Omega, however, is able to survive due to his understanding of the "Singularity" gate. You delay his attack on Gallifrey by 4.7 seconds.


 * If you decide to split the torus, shooting the fusion chamber to crack it and free Drax and K9, you instead find that the beam vaporises the unit and its inhabitants. The resulting fireball sinks into the Earth's crust, just as Omega predicted, giving him the energy source he needs. Additionally, the angle you fire at causes the entire Fusion center to collapse. As you watch the ground come closer, you have all the time to reflect. But it is too late. Choose differently.


 * If you decide to stick to the Doctor's 'Quake' idea, go to 32.

Markers 32-33
As you look down at the technician, you see him as a human for the first time. You learn his name is Norman Kovax. You tell him your story, and he believes you. He says they have to stop Omega. You respond that he said earlier that charging the fusion beam would drain the power. Norman admits he was lying. He figures that they have one good shot to bring an end to Omega's plan. He puts aside attacking the chamber, the fusion center, or Omega.

The Doctor's head states: "Quake." Norman immediately understands. At that moment, guards begin attempting to break through the lab's doors. As you free Norman, he explains that he is going to create an earthquake with the fusion beam. As the guards break through Norman takes the shot.

Deep within Amargosas, a geological fault had created a huge underground lake. It was this lake the provided water for the FERN complex. As the beam hit the lake, it vaporized the water in an instant. The shake of the earth follows along the line of least resistance: the pipeline to FERN. The desert cracks and bulges, creating a gigantic mushroom cloud of dust. The destruction continues through the FERN center.

Inside the Fusion chamber, Drax impatiently awaits death. He feels the ground shakes, believing this is the end, until the bell of the chamber cracks open. K9 regains operation and the two "leave their nest."

You and Norman reach the Cadillac. You consider stopping to rescue the Doctor from the anti-matter lab, but his head tells you to go. You take Norman to the top of the Fusion Centre. You reach the Operations Room just in time to be reunited with Drax and K9.

Omega grows furious that someone has attempted to bring an end to his plan to lock Gallifrey in stasis. He meditates, finding the Singularity, and uses his powers to repair the vacuum chamber.

Drax decides to "give him a taste of his own medicine," locking the vacuum changing and beginning the fusion with Omega still inside. Omega immediatley abandons the Doctor's body, fighting for his life against the force of the fusion. Suddenly, a mass waves bursts through the cavern. The last remnant of the underground like is dumping itself in FERN.

The four of you jump into the Cadillac, and Drax activates the HADS just as the ceiling collapses. Afterwards, all that remains is the black surface of the lake which had overwhelmed all.

It is two days later, and you are with the Doctor, in the flesh, for the first time. You stand by the lake, with Drax splashing around. You look at the shattered remains of the Fusion center. The Doctor tells you that if it wasn't for the flood, things would have been much worse, as the molten fire would have burned through to the Earth's crust. You ask if Omega has been destroyed, and after K9 confirms that Omega is not on Earth, the Doctor suspects that destroying Omega is impossible. The Doctor says he reflected on what Omega said earlier, about them being the same. He initially thought they were literally reflections of the same person, "like Jekyll and Hyde."

He has since met with the Keeper of the Rolls on Gallifrey, who debunked this as Omega was born many generations before the Doctor. However, archives show that it's possible that Omega is actually a direct ancestor of the Doctor. So, the Doctor comments, if it wasn't for Omega, he wouldn't be here.

When you ask how the Doctor survived, he explains that when Omega and the Doctor swapped their bodies back, the Doctor did not remain in the fusion reactor. The Doctor then raced to his TARDIS before the Spacelab "made a big hole in the ground." It is noted that the Spacelab crashed into the Pacific Ocean. You ask if the fusion process would ever work. The Doctor invites you into the TARDIS to come and see.

When you exit the blue box, you find yourself once again in the Fusion Center, reclaimed and in a museum. An elderly man shows the room to his two grandchildren. His badge reads 'Chief Executive,' and despite his grey hair, you immediately recognise him as Norman. 20 years have passed.

You exit the man gates to the Centre. All around you is the lake, now populated with ceramic and metal structures. The Doctor tells you is it modelled photosynthesis. This is how scientists have managed to capture the energy of the sun, safely, without any threat at hand. You ask why humans didn't try this earlier, instead of causing so much pollution and making so many bombs? The Doctor says humans are an awkward lot. But he adds that it makes life more interesting.

You ask where you're going next, and the Doctor says he's taking you home. As he drops you off close to where you live, you ask if you'll ever see the Doctor again. "Who knows? says the Doctor. "Everything is possible."

Drax and the Doctor vanish, and you walk home feeling extraordinarily pleased with yourself. You tell yourself next time would be something else again.

THE END