To a T
I've Got You, Sweetie
The Doctor ran, because, truly, what other option was there? The snarling and growling reached his ear, and it was too close for comfort. The beats of his hearts comforted him, but broke off as the giant creature chasing him took a slash at him. The Doctor could feel painfully the skin the strange creature had removed from his back, taking a bit of fabric from his tweed jacket with it. The Doctor couldn't even remember what creature was chasing him this time. There had been so many different creatures. This one wasn't the worse, but it had a long snout on its ghastly face that contained yellow, pointy teeth. On its curved body it had long blue feathers that acted as both fur and as a tail. Its eight legs had long, deadly claws on the ends that held a paralyzing and torturing poison. The Doctor remembered this fact as he crashed to the ground momentarily, falling into a painful seizure.
The beast- he recalled now that it was called a Fare'houzin- sniffed the Doctor in uncertainty. Fare'houzins were usually peaceful creatures- well, indifferent to others, at least. The Doctor, unfortunately, had wandered into its nest, apparently "threatening" the safety of her babies- yes, it was a she. Although, strangely, the male Fare'houzin carried the eggs, and then the females would take over.
The Fare'houzin hit the Doctor, who was still painfully seizing, and he went rolling to the side. He had ran onto some cliff in a weak attempt to escape the enraged mother. He had almost made his way to the Tardis, too. The Doctor felt the Fare'houzin jump on top of him, and he felt and heard several ribs snap. The Doctor groaned in pain, and pitifully attempted to push the Fare'houzin off of him. The attempt was usually, and really only further angered the beast. A gun shot rang off somewhere, but the Doctor's mind had begun to grow fuzzy and unfocused. The momentum caused by the Fare'houzin falling to the ground was enough force to push the Doctor a little ways away, and unfortunately, enough force to roll him off the cliff.
Hands grabbed the Doctor as he started to fall into oblivion. He was pulled back onto firm ground, and harshly rolled onto his back, earning a pain-filled groan from the Doctor. The Doctor's eyes remained stubbornly shut. Hands assaulted him, pounding on his chest. A hand slapped him, again and again.
"St..op," the Doctor whimpered weakly. The pounding in his head started, and he tried to roll away from the violence of the hands. One last, harsh slap forced the Doctor's eyes to shoot open. "Ri...ver? I-" The Doctor broke out in gruesome coughs.
"It's alright, Doctor." River soothed him. "Let's get you into the Tardis." The Doctor let his head loll back so that he could see his Tardis, his girl, parked only a couple feet away. River dragged, practically carried, the Doctor into the Tardis. Once inside, he let his head drop down onto the familiar grating. The beatings of his hearts were so great he thought they might burst straight out of his chest. He started to hyperventilate, feeling as if he couldn't get enough oxygen into his body.
River leaned down closer to him, her lips inches away from his own. She calmed him with a kiss on his forehead. "Don't worry... I've got you, Sweetie." The Doctor was, indeed, calmed by her words, and allowed himself to fall into a healing sleep.
A/N: Yay for the first one-shot in my first series of one-shots! If you have any prompts, please feel free to send them in! I'll put in a mention of the author who suggest any prompt I choose. Review, please, and tell me what you think!
Luv Trinaluv:)
