Angels of Shadow chapter 6 and 7

                                              Chapter

                                                   6

The Doctor stopped momentarily. A physic message came through to him and then he knew Tom, human Tom, was no more.

“Doctor, what’s wrong?” Amy looked upset as she wandered over to the Doctor and hugged him. Surprised, he hugged her back and held her tight. “Pond, he’s not human any more. Physic message, humans are not, umm, advanced enough yet.”

“Oi! What did he say?” The Doctor looked at Amy and smiled sadly. He whispered in Pond’s ear. “He said to me this. ‘I’m coming for your blood. Time Lord.’ We need to run. Now” He pulled Amy along, Amy giving a little scream as he did.

The Doctor and Amy caught up with Rory and Belle soon enough. The only thing was, they weren’t moving. The four of them found they were at a waterfall.

“A waterfall? I never knew and I’ve lived here all my life....”

“No time for that, we need to find another way out!” Several readings were taken on the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver then, for the second time in their visit, the Doctor licked something. Belle looked in confusion and Rory gave her a ‘this is normal’ look. The Doctor looked crest fallen. “The only way out is back, into the hands of my would be killer. We need to climb down.” Forbaith Tom burst through the crystal trees, followed by Gortail and the rest of his clan. Tom’s scarlet eyes looked around for the Doctor, who was hiding behind a tree.

“Come out; come out, where ever you are! You can’t hide forever!” Tom said as he sniffed the air. “I know you’re here! Now come out, or your red head friend gets it!!!” Tom grabbed Amy and pinned her to the ground, head over hanging the edge. His eyes raged like a forest fire and he looked about to bite into Amy.

“RORY!!! DOCTOR!!!” Screamed Amy. The other Forbaith looked for the time lord then a high pitched whirring screamed into the early morning. The Doctor casually stepped from behind his hiding place to see the Forbaith all in clutching their eyes with their paws. Amy nearly slid off the over hang but Rory caught her in an instant. Tom looked even angrier than before and he pounced at the Doctor, screwdriver flung out of his hand and coming so close to plummeting off the edge and down the waterfall. Tom’s claws were pressing into the Doctor’s chest and he couldn’t do anything, his screwdriver was under his foot, Amy and Rory were being pushed towards to waterfall’s edge and Belle... Where was she? Belle had gone and the Doctor feared for her. Sharp claws now were putting serious pressure on the Doctor’s chest and he felt about to choke. He swallowed. He never thought it would end this way, his friends on the edge of an abyss, another of his friends probably being hunted by the Forbaith and he was going to be stabbed through both hearts by a Forbaith who used to be his friend. Closing his eyes, the Doctor felt the pressure increase even more. Then it just stopped. Gasping for breath, the Doctor saw another Forbaith; it had knocked Tom off the Doctor’s chest. It was Belle. Her eyes were still blue and she smiled at the Time Lord. She then went on to make the Forbaith herding the Ponds towards the edge flee as she looked a cold stare at them. The Doctor picked up his screwdriver and stood up and he hugged Belle warmly, and then gave an equally warm hug to the Ponds.

“Feeling better?” Belle asked the TARDIS trio as they finished hugging. The smiles she received told her they were and she changed back to human form.

“How can you do that? I am loving that!!!”

“Like you said, strong will.” Behind them, Gortail and Tom looked murderous. Tom’s mouth was drooling as he looked in the direction of the Doctor, Gortail looked at Belle and Amy and Rory looked at each other, worried.

“If looks could kill.... Anyway, you had better run back to the rest of your pack, if you know what’s good for you,” the Doctor said to the two remaining Forbaith, brandishing the screwdriver.

“Next time. Doctor, I swear the next time we see I will you personally.” Tom snarled at the Doctor and left. Sighing, the Doctor returned the sonic screwdriver to his inside pocket. When the Doctor was sure all the Forbaith were out of ear shot, he ran off to get out of the forest. Amy ran after him, followed then by Belle. Rory stood for a minute, reluctant to run, yet again. Kicking at some of the crystal chips, he looked over the edge at the waterfall. And nearly fell off as what he saw sent a chill down his spine. Then he blacked out.

Tom had knocked out Rory. He knew what had happened but had no intention of keeping him. His only intention was taking the life of Time Lord and drinking his blood. He would this traitor and the blue box to get to the Doctor. As the Forbaith took the unconscious Rory back, he smiled grimly and licked his lips. He to his side as Gortail came to his side.

“Time lord for dinner tonight. My friend, we will shall be avenged with the death of the last of the time lords. All our families will be avenged. The Time Lords failed to stop our planet burning in the hands of the Daleks so the Doctor’s friends will fail to stop us ripping out his hearts. This ends tonight.”

                                              Chapter

                                                   7

“Doctor, why were Tom’s eyes red?” Amy was unsure as she entered the village behind the Doctor.

“He was changed with murder and rage in his mind. That’s all. That’s also why he took Rory,” Amy hadn’t even notice her husband’s absence and looked around as Belle came through.

“How do you know?”

“Physic message again. I have to meet them at first dawn.” The Doctor gazed at the half light sun, noticing that the beams of heavenly light were already peeking through. “That gives me half an hour until the sun rises....”

Rory awoke with a start. He found himself staring at a damp, black ceiling. He looked around the dimly lit room and wished he hadn’t. In the corner was a skeleton of a human, and the smell! Rory was nearly sick from the grotesque scent. He spotted a door with a small window and ran up to it to look out. The door was covered in green slime but Rory ignored it. Peering out, he saw he was being guarded by three Forbaith. He tried to break down the door but reckoned he would break himself before he did. One of the Forbaith looked around to him and growled. Rory lent against the door and slid down it. Sitting lent against the metal door, clothes covered in slime, he put his head in his arms and started to cry.

“Oh, Amy. I hope you and the Doctor are okay...”

The Doctor was pacing up and down the village centre, biting his nails, slapping his forehead, acting like a man possessed. Amy was biting her nails for a different reason. Rory. She was scared about what they might do to him. Amy looked up. The sun was rising and she heard a rustling in the woods behind her. Belle was alert and the Forbaith pack stepped out, lead by Tom and Gortail. A familiar voice came from behind Tom and Gortail as Rory was pushed forwards, clothes slimed. His hands were tied behind his back and Rory exclaimed in joy to see that Amy was alright. “Oh my god, Amy, never do that again!!!” Rory yelled out at Amy as the TARDIS came into view.

“TARDIS!!! Yes, my TARDIS is okay!!!” Amy just looked at the Doctor as he jumped up and down like a three year old at Christmas. He ran towards his beloved TARDIS but was pushed back by a Forbaith. He went back to join Amy and Belle and he slipped Amy the TARDIS key and his sonic screwdriver. “Just in case. You know what to do.” Amy looked up at the Doctor and slipped them in her back pocket.

“Time Lord. This ends now. Come with us and your friend and box will be released.”

“And if I don’t?”

“He dies and the box thrown into the waterfall,” Tom’s voice gave an annoying finality. The Doctor thought for a minute and gazed at Rory, then back to Amy and Belle. He mouthed a ‘sorry’ to them all and Amy knew what he was going to do. Rory seemed to know too and shook his head at Amy.

“Doctor, don’t.”

“Amy, I have to. I know what I’m doing,” he closed his eyes and Rory was let go. He stumbled as they pushed him away them he went over to Amy, who looked at him.

“Long story,” Rory said. “I’ll explain later,” Amy, Rory and Belle turned back to where the Doctor and the Forbaith were but they were gone. All that stood there now was the TARDIS. Amy pulled the key out of her pocket and stood looking at it. Walking over to the TARDIS, Amy knew she had to do something, as did Rory and Belle. Amy opened the TARDIS door and gestured for Rory and Belle to come in. Belle’s reaction was more than predictable as she stepped into the TARDIS. Belle looked at Amy.

“Big, yeah?”

“It’s bigger.... On the inside....”

“You’ll get used to it,” Amy said to her as the approached the console. Rory headed up the stairs to change his clothes and Amy pulled a lever. And it all went tonto.

The Doctor was being lead by Tom and Gortail. He wandered slowly, hands in pockets, head looking to the clear skies above him. He looked behind him and he couldn’t see the other Forbaith but he knew they were there. Every now and then amber eyes flitted by in the shadows of the crystal trees. The Doctor hoped Amy knew what she was doing and that she, Rory and Belle would keep his beloved TARDIS and faithful sonic screwdriver safe. Gaze floating back down, the Doctor found himself nearly walking into the Forbaith that was Tom.

“Watch it, Time Lord... You’re lucky that I don’t tear you limb from limb right here, right now,” the Doctor held up his hands in apology as Tom snarled at him. He found they had stopped at the Forbaith base. The door hissed open and the Doctor was pushed in from behind. Not wanting any more bruises from being shoved around, the Doctor walked on behind Tom and Gortail. The interior of the space ship was beautiful. When the Doctor had last been here he didn’t have time to look at the décor. He gazed around him, awestruck. He whistled. “Blimey, done a lot to your ship since the last time. Mind you, there was a war goin-umph!” The Doctor hit the floor hard as a Forbaith leapt out of the shadows at him, rendering the Doctor, for the third time, unconscious.