It was close to Christmas; the sky was dark and the air chilly, but the streets were decorated by cheerful small lights and choirs were singing Christmas carols. People with thick coats were running around buying their last gifts, but even though the streets were crowded not everyone seemed to be in a hurry. Outside a restaurant called Suteki, which had its windows decorated with off and on fading red lights, a young woman with long, slightly messy black hair and deep blue eyes, pulled up the sleeve of her grey trench coat, sighing when she saw the time.
"Mou... you're late Saguru..." She looked around, sighing even more when small snowflakes started to fall down, together slowly creating a thin blanket of white.
The woman in question was the eighteen year old Kudou Shinichi, a detective known as 'detective of the east' and 'saviour of the Japanese police force'. She had a brilliant mind and outwitted even the smartest criminals around, and the press and her fans loved her for it, a thing that seemed to have gone worse after she broke up the world's largest crime syndicate ever discovered and with that also revealed the secret of eternal youth. However, the secret had been found out to kill more people than it made younger and thus soon every product that made use of it was taken off the market.
Still, Shinichi had become very famous and rarely had any time for herself left, being chased around by fans and cases very often.
That evening, though, seemed to be one of the rare moments she was left alone, which was nice, considering she had a date with her boyfriend and English detective Hakuba Saguru, who was currently running late.
If it wasn't her, it would be him. Shinichi didn't mind it, but it probably wouldn't take long before her moment of peace would be interrupted.
Just as she though this, angry shouts came from around the corner as a man pushed his way through the crowd, seemingly saying sorry to the many people he bumped into. The man looked very familiar; His neat hair was dark blonde and his facial features seemed to be a mixture of Asian and European, his eyes being a warm brown. He wore a blazer and plain black trousers, and held a small silver object that looked just a bit bigger than an average pocket watch, which he stared at as he reached the main square, stopping not far away from where Shinichi was standing.
The detective was currently staring at him, a frown slowly forming on her forehead, "Saguru?!" when she got no reaction she walked towards the man, who was holding up a strange looking device, as if he was trying to catch a signal.
"Oh come on, where are you..." The man's voice was deep and had a slight English accent. Ignoring Shinichi, his eyes went around the square, almost as if he was looking for someone.
This only caused the detective's frown to deepen, "Saguru!"
Instead of getting the reaction she expected, the man grinned when the machine beeped and lowered his hand,
"Excuse me, m'lady." He quickly pushed her aside, running down the road on his left and left a completely stunned Shinichi behind.
To say she was stunned was probably an understatement. Blinking, the detective looked after the man, who had just disappeared around the corner by now, 'Did he just ignore me..?' A moment or two passed before she started moving, running after where the man had gone, and lucky for her she caught up with him quickly.
He was still running, grabbing metal objects from his pockets as he pushed his way through the crowd and didn't even seem to notice Shinichi was following him.
Soon they had left the centre of Beika City and the crowd grew smaller, the music dying out. The man stopped, looking around again as his small machine beeped quick.
Suddenly people in the distance started screaming and a loud animal like roar filled the air, causing people around Shinichi to panic, some running off.
Hearing the monster like sound, the detective looked up, her eyes widening, "What was..."
"NO!" The strange man had started running again, and Shinichi quickly went after him, stopping when she saw where he was running to.
Just ahead was a large creature, well, huge was a better description. It's body was that of a woman with long black hair reaching past its feet, its mouth filled with long sharp looking teeth that reached past its chin and its hands, more like claws, had long pointy nails that seemed like they were two meters long. Its slender figure was covered with black fur, its back decorated with two large black eagle like wings and with its fully purple eyes it was following the running people underneath it.
Shinichi's mouth dropped open as she stared at the creature, that was lifting people up, sucking blue orbs out of their cheats and afterwards dropped its victim, going to the next.
"What the..." she had already skidded to a halt, staring as panicking people ran past her, screaming as they ran for their lives.
The man, however, ran towards the creature, pressing the button on a device as he jumped in front of it, "Wait! Stop, please do listen to me!"
The creature just glared, screeching as it held its next prey, a young woman who was crying and begging for her life.
"STOP! If you do not hurt anyone I could get you home!"
"Lies!" the creature screeched again, its voice raspy.
The man sighed slightly as it said that, clearly frustrated. "I am most certainly not lying, you have my word... I am lost too and I know all too well what it is like." But before he could finish the creature screeched again, dropping the woman before it disappeared into thin air.
As it did that, all Shinichi could do was stare, her eyes wide, almost unable to process what had happened just a second ago.
The man cursed instead, "No, please come back!" He pulled the machine out of his pocket again, but it had gone silent. Saying some harsh words in another language, he slowly walked to the woman who was unconscious.
Coming back to her senses, Shinichi took a breath then walked to him, "What just happened..."
The man was already kneeling, using a screwdriver like object, with it seeming to scan the woman's body, "She was hurt by an ancient race called Krafastar. Lucky for her it seems it didn't finish its meal. She will be fine in time, you just call an ambulance or whatever it is you humans do." He then stood up, holding up the round metal scanner, that was still silent.
At his answer Shinichi frowned, kneeling herself, "Just... Who are you...? You look like someone I know... but considering what I just saw you can't be him..."
The man grinned, still not looking at her directly, "Well, you might know me, but I do not know you yet for sure, it's a bit complicated, really." He then spun around, walking around her and the woman in a circle, as if he was hoping to improve his reach while he did so.
Shinichi looked up at him, "Well, you can't be my boyfriend..." She frowned again, checking the woman's pulse, which seemed perfectly fine, "And what's that supposed to mean..?"
The man stopped walking, lowering his machine, "Ok, it seems I don't know you after all. Very good, that would make things less confusing." It was clear he was talking to himself.
Shinichi sighed, "You still haven't answered my question..." She looked up again, staring at the strange man's back, "Who are you?"
The man smiled, looking in front of him, his eyes seeming to scan the street, "I'm just the Doctor."
"But what's your name?" standing up, she gave the 'Doctor', who was still swinging his silver object around, an annoyed look.
"I would prefer it if you would just call me 'Doctor'." He then grunted, giving up on whatever he was doing, "Bloody thing with its horrible range..."
Shinichi ignored his muttering and walked towards him, careful not to stand on the woman's hand, "Then tell me Doctor... Why are you chasing that thing..?"
"It is lost, and I would like to get it back where it belongs without any more deaths."
Shinichi stared as the Doctor pulled the 'screwdriver' from his pocket again, "What did it do to kill those people..?" The Doctor messed with it as Shinichi stared, wondering why the man was so rude.
"It removes their energy," The Doctor replied as he concentrated, his eyebrows furrowing, "I suppose you humans would call it a soul. It basically eats them without the all the bloody mess you usually get."
This stunned her, "But that's horrible..!" The Doctor, however, didn't seem affected by the idea at all, "You seem used to this stuff…"
He grinned slightly, "Call it my profession," He then pointed the screwdriver object at the round one, the former making a high pitched buzzing noise, its tip glowing blue.
Shinichi frowned at it, "What are you doing?"
As if it wasn't a noteworthy question the Doctor nodded at the pocket watch like object, "I am reversing the polarity of the structure of the circuitry, hopefully it will increase the range in which it can detect the Krafan radiation waves."
To Shinichi it probably sounded like he had made it all up to seem smart, but even though it would, one would still notice he actually seemed to know what he was doing.
"How did you end up having a job like this..?"
The Doctor shrugged slightly, "It is self-given..."
"I see..." Shinichi frowned at the man, clearly a thrill seeker to her now, when the pocket watch like device suddenly started to beep, "Is it supposed to do that?"
The Doctor grinned as if he'd been victorious, "Yes!" He stood up, putting the screwdriver thing away again, "You stay here." He then hurried down the street.
"Wait!" Shinichi couldn't believe it, not only was the Doctor rude, refusing to look at her the entire time, but he also expected her to sit still? Mumbling insults to the mad man she followed, ignoring the fact they were soon far from the centre of Tokyo.
The Doctor was very fast and it took Shinichi an effort to keep up with him. Inside she cursed herself for wearing heels, having already forgotten her date completely, not that Saguru would have arrived soon anyway.
Still, she somehow managed to keep up with him as they reached the city's harbours, running past worn out warehouses. Ignoring the questions this raised, Shinichi kept following until he stopped, his blazer lifted in the wind as he kneeled and picked up a feather.
"We are on the right track, excellent." He grinned, standing up again, "She should not be far away from here. There is a high probability she's nearby, probably in one of the three nearby warehouses..."
Shinichi caught up, panting, "You figured that out quickly..."
"I thought I had told you to stay there." The Doctor looked around, still refusing to look at Shinichi, then holding up the round silver object, letting it lead him to the right warehouse.
"And you expect me to just sit still after what just happened?" Shinichi gave him a look of disbelief, which the Doctor missed considering his habit to try and ignore her the whole time, "Not only are you rude... You also seem stupid."
The Doctor ignored her insult and frowned, "It is for your sake, this could get very dangerous."
"I'm used to dangerous, considering my line of work." Shinichi sighed, still following the Doctor, who didn't reply this time, and for a long while the two walked in silence, the only sounds coming from the beep of the sensor device and their footsteps. It wasn't until they reached a warehouse to the far right that the Doctor spoke again.
"What might your line of work be then?"
Shinichi, who hadn't taken her eyes off him the entire time, observing the Doctor's movements and deciding he could easily be Saguru's twin brother, blinked in surprise at the sudden question.
"I'm a detective, I tend to be followed around by cases a lot." Frowning, she took her eyes of the strange man and looked up at the warehouse, that looked more abandoned than the others, it's windows shattered, and decided for herself the place looked like it was taken directly from a horror movie, "That Krafastar sure has a nice choice for places."
The Doctor smiled faintly, "Oh yes, quite nice indeed." He walked around the building, checking if the first door he saw was opened, "It is also quite spacey, the perfect place for something or someone large to hide in."
He smiled again, fishing the screwdriver out of his pocket and pointing it at the door's lock.
"Luckily this door is made of metal, it makes using the sonic screwdriver much easier." He then proceeded to put on his sonic screwdriver and use it on the lock, the screwdriver making a high pitched buzzing noise as it's tip glowed blue.
"A sonic screwdriver?" Shinichi watched him mess with frequencies while he worked on opening the lock.
There was a soft click and the door swung open. The Doctor nodded quick then put away the screwdriver in his pocket, pulling his blazer straight, "Yes, it works with sound waves. It can do a lot, but it has limitations." He pushed the door open and walked in, Shinichi following him closely, "For instance, it can't kill, wound or maim, which is the reason that I love using it. However, it can't open wooden objects, like doors, treasure chests, you get the idea."
Shinichi nodded, then looked up as they entered the warehouse's main hall.
It was empty, besides some boxes that smelled like they contained something rotten, so it was hard to miss the large shadow of the Krafastar on the right end of the hall.
It was hunched over, wings hanging down touching the ground in the process and sounds that resembled those of someone who was busy eating echoed throughout the room.
Shinichi shivered in horror, disgusted by the idea of what it could be eating, but the movement of the Doctor distracted her, making her look up as he edged towards the creature slowly. Hiding behind a stack of boxes he motioned Shinichi to follow him. As she did, taking off her heels beforehand to not get noticed he pointed at the Krafastar.
"She is feeding on rats... not as good as life energy I assume, but better than nothing."
"Rats?" Shinichi hissed, looking at him, "Why the entire rat? Why not just its soul like it did with the humans before?"
The man next to her shrugged, "Just the soul probably wouldn't suffice, rats are small creatures." he moved up slow, hurrying to the next stack as silently and Shinichi quickly followed, kneeling behind him once more, "Human beings can't survive on just water, I would assume a Krafastar would need a change of food every now and then too."
Looking at the alien creature Shinichi had to admit he had a point, "I guess that's true." The detective didn't like admitting she was wrong, but on fields she knew nothing it was hard to be right, hell, if she had told herself yesterday she'd encounter an alien she would have thought of herself as crazy.
That was exactly the problem. Just because there had been no evidence there was a possibility creatures like these existed she had assumed there had been none, but that hadn't meant there weren't, and now she had no other option but admit she was completely and utterly wrong about something.
A silence fell as the Krafastar continued to feed and the two observed it, the Doctor slowly moving closer and closer to it, Shinichi following him closely.
As they reached the stack closest to it the teen detective gave the Doctor another look, "Well then, what's your plan Doctor?"
"Talk with her." The simple answer stunned Shinichi and her look turned to one of disbelief.
"You are going to talk with it?"
"Yes." The Doctor stood up, almost revealing himself to the danger just ahead of him, "I can be very persuasive. And it is a she, for your information."
Shinichi quickly grabbed his blazer and pulled him down, "Are you mad?"
The Doctor grunted, clearly annoyed, "Yes I am mad, absolutely bonkers, now can you let me go?" He almost gave her an angry look, but Shinichi shook her head.
"Absolutely not, if you remember, reasoning with it didn't exactly go well the last time you tried."
Pulling his blazer from her hand the Doctor stood up again, straightening his clothes, "Well, there is always something called a second shot. I am planning to risk it, now stay there and don't get involved." With that he walked out in front of the Krafastar, who barely seemed to acknowledge him, "Krafastar!"
It took a while for the female feathered creature to react, but when it did the screech it produced was with ear piercing and horrifying.
"Leeeaaaaavvvee!" The sound it produced was more like a hiss than a word and was absolutely terrifying. Shinichi had to do everything not to cringe and run away, but the Doctor didn't move a muscle, his face not betraying his emotions.
"I am afraid that is not possible." The Krafastar opened its mouth, but before it could speak the Doctor raised his hand, "Now, if you would please let me finish my sentence, I can help you, but you will have to let me!"
His eyes met that of the Krafastar and slow it closed its mouth, tilting it's head, "Ssspeeeaaak."
Immediately the Doctor seemed to relax slightly, and a smile appeared on his face, "You are right to trust me. Now.." He quickly started searching through his pockets, "If you could put on this collar I could bring you back to your home planet." Then out of his left pocket he pulled a large iron collar.
Upon seeing it the Krafastar screeched, "NOOO!" With its eyes full of fear and anger it dashed towards the doctor who was taken aback and fall back as the creature attacked him, scratching his face. Then, with a final screech it flew off through the already broken windows through which it had probably entered before.
"Doctor!" Ignoring the escaping creature Shinichi hurried over to the Doctor, who was lying on the floor, sitting up as he rubbed his head. Kneeling next to him she checked for any major injuries, but besides a large gash on his arm and some bruised and scratches he seemed unharmed, "Are you ok?"
Again the Doctor didn't bat an eye, frowning, "I don't get it... Why would the collar frighten her..."
"I guess that's a yes then..." Pulling out some bandages from her pocket, Shinichi started bandaging his arm as the Doctor stared out in front of him, lost in thought. As soon as she finished he stood up, pulling the scanning object from his pocket again.
"If I hurry I can still find it, it must be hungry so it would try to feed on life energy again." He then briefly glanced at Shinichi's feet, who had stood up too, and turned away, "You should go home, it is too risky for you to come and play my escort."
This annoyed Shinichi even more, "Now you listen Doctor, or whoever you may be, I'm not your escort. Even if I were you could at least look at me!"
"I try to avoid looking at faces, it means I get attached to people." With that the Doctor started walking and Shinichi followed, both leaving the warehouse again, "I have lost too many people, people I tried to protect. Now go home before you get hurt too." He then quickened his pace, the scanner in his hand beeping, and muttered to himself: "Good, she is still nearby." before running off towards the city again.
Shinichi, surprised by his answer, stood still watching him run off.
Maybe the man was right, maybe she should go home. It would be safe... But she also knew that if she wouldn't follow the stranger she'd definitely regret it.
Biting her lip, Shinichi started running, trying her best to catch up with the man calling himself the Doctor.
She soon found out it was not easy to do so, but once she was close to him she noticed him doing something with his strange screwdriver as he ran. All she could do was follow him and wonder what it was he did with the object, it seemed like he changed the settings, making her think he was setting it so it would stun the Krafastar.
As they ran they once more reached the centre of Beika, it not being far, and almost instantly Shinichi saw the alien creature fly over a building and land on a building, searching around for humans desperately.
"Krafastar!" The Doctor screamed as they came near.
The Krafastar screeched and the Doctor came to a stop, Shinichi not far behind him, "Leave me!"
The Doctor, however, ignored it and raised his voice, sounding angry this time, "Under the shadow proclamation this planet is protected! If you are found out to be killing people here you will be hunted down! This is your last chance, go quietly or let me help you!"
The Krafastar didn't seem to like the idea, as it suddenly flew down, ignoring the Doctor completely as it targeted Shinichi, who froze on the spot.
His eyes widened as he realised what it was doing and turned to it, raising his screwdriver that made a very high and loud pitched sound, "I told you to go home!"
"I got that thank you!" Shinichi replied, sounding both angry and scared. She almost fall back trying to get away from the alien creature that targeted her while the doctor kept aimed aiming screwdriver at its head, and after sometime it slowed, close enough to almost touch her. Then, with a loud thud, the Krafastar fell to the ground.
All Shinichi could do was stare at it while the Doctor lowered his screwdriver that no longer made the high pitched sound. He sighed with relief and walked towards it with a soft smile.
"That's better now isn't it."
Shinichi, now regaining her senses, took a deep breath then turned to the Doctor, "How did it even get here..."
"The poor thing must have gotten lost when the herd was moving." he stroked its neck, seeming a lot calmer.
"Poor thing?" Shinichi looked at the Doctor in disbelief, "It killed people!"
"It was scared and trapped, best thing is to get it back."
Shinichi huffed, "Unbelievable..." she turning away from him, folding her arms, "You're just letting it go, even after all it did..?"
Doctor raised an eyebrow, "What else would I do? In the herd it will just go back to how it was." he then put the metal collar from before around the Krafastar's neck, pressing buttons.
"But what about those people?!" Shinichi looked over her shoulder. The strange man still looked calm and composed. Too much like Saguru even.
"I can't bring back the dead..." He answered, his voice filled with sadness, "But I am most certainly not adding to it."
Shinichi shook her head, "Just great..." There were other things she'd do with people who committed a murder, but she knew full well that putting an alien in jail would never work out.
As if reading her thoughts the doctor replied, "Well, what do you want me to do?"
"I don't know..." Shinichi said truthfully, "I just don't like it when a killer leaves without punishment... Whatever reason it had, killing is wrong!"
The Doctor paused his work at her response, then went back to it, "You sound a lot like an old friend of mine."
Shinichi turned around, "Oh really? And where is that friend of yours..?"
The Doctor hesitated, "I have not seen him in a very long time... I have been travelling."
"I see." She stared at what he was doing, "How do you plan to get that thing out of here..?"
"Easily now it is knocked out." With that the Doctor got up, brushing the dirt off his outfit. "Well that is a goodbye from me, excuse me." He was going to walk past her, but Shinichi couldn't let him.
"Wait, you're leaving?"
The Doctor nodded, "Yes, my work is done and I need to get her, the alien, to the Kafa system."
"Then take me." The request was one out of impulse, but Shinichi know that she couldn't simply let the chance to see more of this creature's world slip away from her. The Doctor, however, was so surprised by her request that he quickly turned to face her.
"I am not bringing a tag alo..." for the first time since their adventure had started he was staring at her face, his mouth open in surprise.
Shinichi raised eyebrow, wondering if the man was even more rude than she had imagined, "Something wrong?"
The Doctor stared for a while before he finally answered, "You also look a lot like he did the last time I saw him..."
Shinichi blinked, taking a while before realising he probably meant his friend, feeling slightly insulted now, "Well... That's a nice thing to hear..."
"A very lot like him actually..." he messed with his screwdriver then aimed it at Shinichi like he was scanning her.
This caused the detective to frown, "What are you doing..."
"I am doing a scan..." The man said then read a small screen on the screwdriver, frowning at the result, "This can't be... What is your father's name?"
Surprised by his behaviour Shinichi raised her eyebrow again, "Kudou Yusaku. Why?"
The Doctor was silent for a while, then seemed to smile faintly before muttering: "You good old know it all..." He then looked at her again as he started walking, "Well, what are you standing for? Are you coming or not?"
This surprised Shinichi even more, moving to follow him while wondering what would happen with the Krafastar, "Oh, so now I can come?"
"I just said that did I not?" The Doctor grinned as he walked down several alleys, Shinichi making sure not to lose him out of sight.
"Yes." She answered, "What changed your mind?"
The Doctor smiled but his face remained serious as he toyed with his sonic screwdriver, almost seeming to avoid answering her, "Oh, nothing that matters." Pulling out a weird looking key he walked towards a door that looked odd, seeming out of place in contrast to its surroundings and Shinichi soon realised why. It was too clean.
The alley they were in was dirty and grimy and smelled like some drunk guy had emptied his bladder there, but the door looked new, its blue paint new and definitely more colourful then the darkened red bricks around it.
The Doctor hummed as he went towards it, unlocking it with the strange key.
Shinichi frowned, wondering why he would live in an alley that reeked this badly, "Where are we going exactly..?"
"Into my ship," The Doctor pulled the door open with a smile and held it open as he stood aside for Shinichi, bowing slightly "ladies first."
Shinichi frowned at the man then walked through the wooden door. She didn't know what to expect inside, maybe it was another entrance to the building it was by so it should be a dark grubby place. Instead, however, she found that it was far from that. She couldn't think of a way to describe it; Inside was a gigantic room with a huge round console in the centre that was glowing and humming contently. Around it was an eminent nest of buttons and levers and other odd things like what looked like computer screens hanging from the cylinder. The rest of the room was decorated mostly like a Victorian styled living room with rich coloured chairs around the room with stacks of books and bookshelves, but in addition had odd futuristic items lying around.
"What the..."
As Shinichi was too busy being surprised the Doctor shut the door behind him, going right to console, "Right, it has all been linked in, I just need the coordinates..." He pulled a large screen towards him, typing things on a keyboard that was attached to the console. As he did all sorts of odd shaped circles appeared on the screen and Shinichi couldn't help but think they looked like gears of a clock. All she could do was watch as the Doctor typed and wonder what he was doing.
Just as she thought the circles represented some sort of language he pressed some of them and Shinichi realised they were probably the coordinates of the location he was taking the Krafastar to.
"I would sit down if I were you." The Doctor glanced at her then nodded at one of the seats.
Shinichi blinked, "Sit down?" What would she have to sit down for?
The Doctor smiled, apparently having expected her reaction, "The first hundred trips in the TARDIS are the roughest. If you don't want to fall when we go through the vortex I would advise you to take a seat. I can assure you they are very comfortable."
Not sure how to react Shinichi decided to give in and sat down at the nearest seat, still looking as the Doctor spun around the console, pressing buttons and pulling levers, "Ok..."
The Doctor pressed a few more buttons and pulled down on a lever. At once the whole room shook violently. Shinichi gripped the arm of the chair she was sat, almost being tossed out of it as the room lurched as if it was being moved. The Doctor seemed unaffected by this as he stared at the screen, holding onto the console as the great cylinder in the centre made a loud wheezing and groaning sound as it moved up and down. He was watching the screen closely as the circular patterns that it showed spinned and changed. Then he suddenly tugged a lever down hard and the room shook like an earthquake had hit it, a few books falling from their shelves before it fell completely still.
"There, it is all sorted." The Doctor said as if he had done nothing more unusual than driving a car up the road to drop someone off. Shinichi however was still holding on to the arms of the chair she sat in as if her life depended on it.
"My god..." She muttered, sitting up slightly and seeing her hair in a mirror that was attached to the console like one of the many screens. She quickly tried to straighten it as The Doctor read something from the screen he had been staring at before.
"Right planet... right time too. I should have time before the herd comes to let that one loose." He strode to the door looking back at Shinichi "Would you like to see the outside for yourself?"
"I guess..." Shinichi said doubtful, but she knew she couldn't pass up this chance. If this madman was right then right now they were on an alien planet. Who could ever say they had seen one in their lives? This surely would be the chance of a lifetime, it could never hurt to sneak a peek.
She got up slowly, feeling her legs shake a bit from the toss around she just had, then she hurried through the door after the Doctor, who was already focussing on the Krafastar that had miraculously travelled with them.
Outside the door was a very alien world. Shinichi was now looking out over a vast rocky landscape under a dark but clear sky. When she looked into the sky she could see two large moons, one a soft pink while the other seemed blue, and far away galaxies and unfamiliar stars filled the deep blue of the night.
She really was on another planet.
The Doctor wasn't that mad after all then.
"Incredible!" She breathed, walking towards The Doctor who was kneeling by the large body of the Krafastar who was lying alongside the door, it now a shade of purple as it leant against a large rock formation.
A door to nowhere. They had just travelled with a door that lead to a huge room while it clearly wasn't attached to one.
The detective couldn't help but feel curious about this fact as she looked at the rocks and picked up a small one in the palm of her hand, observing it closely. Under the light of the two moons she could barely make out the odd deep purple colour it had, "It's purple."
"It's the makeup of the planet's structure." The Doctor said as he began pressing buttons on the collar around the Krafastar's neck, "It has three suns as well, so nights do not last very long."
"Where are we?"
"On satellite 5 orbiting the Kafa system, about 120 billion light years from Earth." He said as the collar clicked and fell to the floor, and The Doctor stroked the alien again, almost looking at it like it was a cute pet.
"That's far away from home..." Shinichi muttered as she turned to the Doctor, ready to walk towards him when she was stopped by ear splitting shrieks above them. They both spun around to look in the direction of the sounds, but there was nothing in sight. Still, the shrieks sounded too close to be far away from them.
The Doctor frowned picking up the collar as he pulled out the scanner, "Go back to the TARDIS and do not move too fast. This could be very dangerous."
Shinichi nodded and started to turn back when she saw a huge shape coming from around the rock behind The Doctor and as her eyes widened she saw long talons glistening under the moonlight, "Doctor, behind you!"
The Doctor wheeled around, his hand plunging into his pocket for the sonic screwdriver that was still set to stun, but the Krafastar was faster and sprung forward to him. This one was much smaller than the one that had been on earth and looked male, but it was just as strong and quickly pinned the Doctor down by shoving its talons into his flesh. The Doctor yelled in pain as the alien pinned him and Shinichi stood rooted to the spot desperatly trying to think of how she could save him.
"Stop" The Doctor yelled as he still tried to get his screwdriver out, "I'm not here to hurt you!"
The Krafastar regarded him suspiciously, but seemed to understand what he was saying and almost it seemed like the creature would pull away. Instead it then spotted the unconscious Krafastar behind them and saw the Doctors hand in his pocket, the latter still franticly searching for his screwdriver. Now angry, it snarled then lunged its head forward its teeth sinking into the Doctors neck and the Doctor screamed out in pain, cursing under his breath.
"Doctor!" Shinichi was about to rush forward, even though there was nothing she could do, when the Doctor finally pulled out the silver sonic screwdriver and pointed it right between the Krafastar's eyes. It shrieked in pain and let go of the Doctor hurrying back from him as it clawed at its head.
Shinichi, having realised this was their only chance of escape, rushed forwards, grabbing the Doctor under his arm and tugging him to his feet quickly, hurrying to the door of the TARDIS. The Doctor followed her as quick as he could, both racing towards the door as more shrieks came from behind the rocks and shadows appeared behind them. As they reached it they could hear more wings as the rest of the herd grew closer and the Krafastar that attacked the Doctor had recovered, now growling as it pushed itself from the ground. The Doctor reached forwards with one hand, the other on his neck, and with one pull he opened the door.
The two hurried in, the Krafastar herd not far behind them, the Doctor slamming the door shut behind him then racing towards the console, pressing buttons in order to get them away as fast as possible.
Yuri: And there we go, the first instalment of a fic I've been talking about for half a year, with the second in the making... it'll probably come late too.
Phantom: its a weird-whimey fun thing
Yuri: because time isn't linear like most think... or I'm just lazy.
Phantom: we both are, me more so
Yuri: ah well, enjoy the confusion readers, as I changed my writer name from YouthfulLily to Iwamoto Yuri!
Phantom: and I'm...still Black Phantom ^^'
Yuri: though you did change your dA name. TO BLACKPHANTOM1412! - be sure to check her out.
Phantom: 8D and check yuri out! ...though your already on her ff...
Yuri: you can find the link to my dA on my profile page. Anyway, see you soon in the next chapter and feel free to submit future adventure ideas for the Doctor and his companion~!
Phantom: byes~~