The Doctor and Jess had found themselves in South Dakota, this time they weren't on an alien planet and it was 2008. A few years into the future from when she was originally from. The Doctor had heard about some disappearances happening in an old Manor and The Doctor being The Doctor couldn't resist investigating. They only had been there a day and a half, they were supposed to be heading to the Guns N Roses Concert in Madison Square Gardens in 1991 but as usual they never made it where they wanted to go. Jess was angry at first because it wasn't the first time they ended up in the wrong place but the Doctor had told her the TARDIS always takes him to where he needed to be and she accepted this.
And it turned out there was something worth investigating, After a few hours of only being there they had discovered who or what was behind the disappearances even. The Doctor wasn't happy to discover that they were dealing with The Weeping Angels.
"Doctor, what's wrong? These Weeping Angels, what are they?" Jess was curious as always to find out.
"Oh Jessica, the Weeping Angels are the deadliest creatures in the Universe. They are incredibly fast, and they can send people back in time, it is the kindest way to kill you. These things, they have a unique defence; if any living thing looks at the Angels, they immediately turn to stone that is until you are no longer looked at. They are Quantum Locked. It is also their weakness, since a statue can't look away or blink, the Angels who see each other never move again. These Angels feed off the day's their victims never had."
"How are we supposed to destroy them?"
"We are not going to destroy them Jess. You are going to stay in the TARDIS while I find a way of destroying them"
"But Doctor..." Jessica was shocked because he was never that overprotective of her before.
Later that night while the Doctor went into Hoxton Manor, it had only been 10 mins and Jess was already growing impatiently. She decided to look around for a flashlight; she didn't care what the Doctor said she was going in to help him. She made sure to lock the TARDIS on the way out with the spare key that she was given and always had around the neck hanging on a chain. She turned around and never realised how big the Manor was Oh boy, it's going to take forever to find Bowtie she thought.
As soon as she opened the front door she instantly she regretted because the place was huge and she did not know where to start. She decided to work her from bottom to top as she felt it was the only way to find him quickly. After a while she was getting nowhere and she still had plenty of House to check. It was starting to get frustrating. She found herself down a long corridor and thought she had heard a noise, she turned around but there was nothing there. Turning back around, she had the fright of her life.
"Woah, no need to scream in my face like that" It was the Doctor.
"Doctor, you shouldn't sneak up on people like that. I could of done worse that scream in your face." Jessica was panting for breath.
It took a little moment for the Doctor to realise "Hey, didn't I tell you to stay in the TARDIS." It was more of a statement than a question!
Jess just looked at him with a little smirk "Doctor, when have I ever listened to what you tell me what to or not what to do!"
The both of them decided it was best to stick together. They had finished investigating downstairs and found no evidence of the Weeping Angels so the only conclusion was they were playing tricks on them and purposely not doing anything. The only option now was upstairs and Jessica couldn't help but remember the conversation they had earlier on and her heart was starting race, due to the adrenaline rush and being a little scared.
Upstairs is where everything was starting to go wrong, the flashlights they had were starting to go on the brink, there were loud noises coming from different rooms and thing were moving. It was now clear that they were close to finding the creatures but the Doctor still had no idea what he was going to do.
"It's them isn't it?" whispered Jessica.
The doctor turned around "I'm afraid so Jessica and I still have no idea how I am going to stop them sending more people back."
"Well I think you better think of something like right now." Jess was straight ahead of her not making eye-contact with the Doctor.
It took a moment for him to realise what she was talking about. He could see that she was not making eye-contact nor blinking and he instantly knew why.
"Jessica, how many are there behind me?" He asked while slowing moving toward.
"Just the one Doctor!" She replied slowly and surprisingly calm.
The Doctor then proceeded to turn around himself just to give Jessica a chance to blink. He instantly thought of a plan but he wasn't sure whether Jessica was going to like it "Jessica, you are probably not going to like this but I need to go and have a little look. I suspect this is the only Weeping Angel there is here but I need to be absolutely 100% sure. I won't be long."
Jessica was not sure about the plan but this was the Doctor and she trusted him with her life so whatever scheme he had or was planning she knew it would work in some way "Okay but you promise me, once we get out of here you still owe me that trip to see Guns N Roses. You hear me Doc?"
He gave her a nod and off he went leaving Jessica to do nothing but stare and stare at a statue. If she did this public people would think she was crazy but that wasn't the case. She was staring for her life. She really needed to blink so she called out for the Doctor to hurry up but all his reply was "Try winking Jess!" She was slightly annoyed that she didn't think of that.
It didn't take long for the Doctor to come back. He came to the conclusion that there was one Weeping Angel so he hurried to tell his companion all the while shouting to give her the news "Oh Jess, Looks like it's only the one..." He stopped in his tracks Oh no he thought Jessica isn't going to like this one bit.
"Doctor, what's going on? Why did you just stop mid-sentence?" Jessica knew something was wrong, after travelling with that silly old man for as long as she had she knew how predictable he was at times and now was one of these times.
"I am so sorry Jessica but what I am going to tell you is not very good at all. There are another two Weeping Angels and you are right in the middle of all of them."
"Just an idea here, but isn't that a good thing. I mean aren't they looking at each other right now. You did say it is the greatest weakness and as well as their greatest defence." Jessica said with a questioning tone.
"I did say that but there are not necessary looking at each other, I do have an idea but Jess… When I tell you to I need you to carefully take a step, you will know when I need you to do this. Do you understand?"
"Loud and clear Doctor." Jess replied nervously.
He then starting taking slow steps towards her as well as trying to give her words of comfort at the same time, when he eventually got close enough, he as quick as he could grabbed his companions hand and told her to run. All they had to do was run as fast as they could out of the house and back to the TARDIS.
They had gotten as far as the bottom of the staircase when everything went wrong. Not noticing the bump in the rug, the Doctor and Jess were still running towards the front door when Jess lost her footing and fell to the floor but the Doctor was still running about a few seconds when he realised his hand was swinging freely, he turned around but just as he did it was too late his beloved friend Jessica had been touched by an Angel and could only watch on as she screamed out his name before she disappeared.
The Doctor was again all alone and going through the emotions. He had let another person he trusted him down.
