BAD WOLVES

I do not own Doctor Who, and I am making no profit off of this.

CHAPTER 1

Victoria Collins was racing for home before the sun went down. She didn't think that she was going to make it this time.

Her boss had made her stay later than her usual time even though she kept telling her that she had an appointment that she had to keep. She wouldn't listen no matter how hard she tried to get her to let her go home.

Now she was afraid that it was already too late. She could feel herself already beginning to change. As the moon started to appear in the sky, she could feel her mind retreating while her other self tried to take its place.

"Please not yet! I don't want to kill anyone! Please!" she begged.

She raced toward her home and just got inside when she felt herself beginning to physically change now. Hair was sprouting up already, and her teeth were elongating.

She raced quickly to a secret chamber that she got into with a button behind a picture on her wall. As she closed and locked the door behind her, she pushed a button and a cage descended from the celling trapping her while a small hole opened to the night sky letting in a beam of moonlight near her head.

If she tried to open the cage now before the moon disappeared, the moonlight would be redirected and filtered through a diamond inside of a light chamber that was suspended from the ceiling near the cage and pointed directly at her. The light chamber would then magnify it until it became deadly enough to kill her. It was her own trap for herself to prevent her from leaving until sunrise.

She breathed a sigh of relief. She had made it in time. She knew that she couldn't chance something like this happening again though. She had to find help. It was the last thought that she had before the Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform that had infected her long ago completely took her over. She finished her transformation into a werewolf and howled upwards at the night sky.

Rose Tyler was called out to the site of a weird incident by UNIT. The Brigadier had told her on the phone that a man had died in front of several witnesses because he couldn't breathe. Medics arriving at the scene soon discovered that there had been water in his lungs. He had drowned on dry land!

As she arrived, Rose was greeted by the Brigadier personally. He was there waiting for her. She wondered just how big this case was. Alistair usually didn't do anything but special assignments for UNIT these days.

"Miss Tyler, it's wonderful to see you again! I hope that you're feeling well," the Brigadier said as he greeted her.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Rose, Alistair? We're friends," Rose chided him with a small smile.

"I'm afraid I just can't bring myself to do that just yet. Decades of manners and etiquette prevent me from calling you by your first name," the Brigadier admitted.

She reached over and hugged him affectionately for a minute surprising him. He flushed a little in embarrassment.

"Sorry! I know that you have to appear all tough in front of the troops and all that. I just couldn't resist. You never change, Alastair. It's one of the things that I adore about you," Rose told him with a wide grin.

"Yes, well. Please don't do that again. It doesn't exactly send the right message. Although I do appreciate the sentiment," the Brigadier said with a smile.

The UNIT soldiers all stared at Rose with curiosity now. Who was this woman that could get away with giving the old man a hug like that? He was usually tough as nails and would bristle at such a thing from anyone else.

"Is there some reason that you keep staring at our guest? Don't let me catch any of you doing that again! Face front! Eyes straight ahead!" Colonel Mace ordered as he chastised his troops.

They all turned away from Rose now. They were all still wondering though just who was she.

"I'm sorry about that Miss Tyler. I had thought that our soldiers had better manners than that," Colonel Mace said chagrined.

"It's okay. I'm afraid it's probably my fault. I hugged the Brigadier in front of them," Rose explained as she looked sheepish.

Colonel Mace tried somewhat unsuccessfully to suppress a smile at the mental image now in his head.

"Yes, well. Be that as it may, it's still no excuse for them to act in such a manner. That's not why we called you here today though to discuss proper instruction for the troops. We have a very strange case that we think could use your own rather unusual expertise," Colonel Mace said.

"You mean it's something so unbelievably weird that you think that only a Time Lord could figure it out, and you can't find the Doctor," Rose said with an astute grasp of the situation.

The Brigadier laughed at her wit and insight as Colonel Mace simply said, "He doesn't answer his phone."

"He never does! I don't even know why he had the TARDIS install one for in the first place if he's never going to use it. We never had a phone when I travelled with him. He had to do some jiggery pokery on my cell phone," Rose said with a smile at the fond memory.

"The Doctor has never been known for being easy to find. You, however, are on Doctor Jones' speed dial so we decided to call you," the Brigadier said honestly.

"Is Martha here?" Rose said excitedly. She looked forward to seeing her friend again.

"Yes but she's busy being interviewed by our researchers at the moment. She has information about this death that we believe should be archived," Colonel Mace said.

"What kind of information?" Rose asked.

"She says that she's seen this kind of death before when she was traveling with the Doctor. It was caused by alien witches according to her," Colonel Mace said.

"Carrionites," Rose said instantly.

"I told you that she would know all about them, Colonel. Miss Tyler is an expert on all species of aliens," the Brigadier said with a touch of pride in her on his face.

"It helps when you are one I suppose. I'd hardly say that I'm an expert on all aliens though. Just an expert on most aliens! You don't have to feed my ego. I'm not the Doctor! I hope that you remember that this time, Colonel," Rose said with a grin at Colonel Mace.

Colonel Mace flushed with embarrassment at the reference to an unfortunate incident in his past where he had mistaken her for the Doctor.

"Oh, don't get all upset, Colonel. I'm just winding you up. I don't hold any hard feelings about that. It's fine," Rose said as she playfully slapped his shoulder and smiled at him.

Colonel Mace smiled and his embarrassment vanished. He realized that she was just trying to make a joke as a way of breaking the ice between them. Rose's friendly jovial manner took a little getting used to for him. He was used to aliens acting well, alien. She was very different from the Doctor. She wasn't alien at all. She was all too human.

"It sounds like the Carrionites to me. It would help if I could ask Martha to be sure. Can I see her soon?" Rose asked.

"She will be here very shortly, Miss Tyler. She shouldn't be much longer," Colonel Mace said.

"I also need to call in another expert on weird activities. I believe that you've worked with her before. She's the one that suggested that UNIT start using silver bullets for werewolves in the 1990s I believe," Rose said with a slight smile.

"Ah, Miss Van Helsing, correct?" the Brigadier said with a fond smile.

He had worked with Ileana personally for a case involving an invasion of werewolves from the planet Vulpana. She had suggested that they keep silver bullets handy afterwards after they were caught woefully unprepared on that occasion.

"That's the one. You're going to love her, Colonel. She's an expert on anything weird like witches. I guess it's because she's kind of a kindred spirit to them in a way," Rose said with an enigmatic smile.

"What do you mean, Miss Tyler? How is she a kindred spirit to alien witches?" Colonel Mace said confused.

"Her last name should be a dead giveaway. She's a vampire hunter, Colonel. A vampire hunter who also happens to be a vampire," Rose said with a wide grin.

Colonel Mace blanched at her words.

"Don't worry. She's on our side. She doesn't attack humans," Rose assured him.

"She's very nice and friendly actually, Colonel. I've worked with her before. You have nothing to worry about," the Brigadier added.

Colonel Mace nodded but still looked pale. He really didn't look forward to meeting, much less working, with a vampire!

Rose tried not to laugh. She was deliberately trying to wind Mace up. She liked to play games with him. He was just so predictable, and his reactions were so hilarious! His stiff, formal manner just brought her mischievous side out in full force every time she met him.

The Brigadier shook his head at her and gave her a small smile. He knew what she was doing as well. He couldn't help but be amused at her antics despite their improper nature.

When Ileana did eventually come, she was nothing like Mace expected. He wasn't sure what to expect, but she certainly wasn't it.

The happy, laughing young woman that arrived was nothing like any vampire he had ever seen in fiction. When he said so to her face, she turned to him and said.

"You haven't seen my dark side yet, Colonel. When I get angry, you'll wish that I was one of your movie vampires. They're much friendlier," Ileana said with no trace of humor on her face this time.

The Colonel grew very uncomfortable at this statement.

Ileana patted his shoulder to reassure him as she said, "Sorry to scare you, Colonel. I didn't mean anything sinister by what I said. That wasn't a threat to you or anyone here. It was just a statement of fact. I get scary sometimes. I even scare myself. I'm not a danger to humans though. I only feed on other vampires I promise," Ileana said with a reassuring grin.

"A vampire that feeds on other vampires?" Colonel Mace asked incredulously.

"I'm a special case," Ileana said with a grin but didn't elaborate.

"Quite. Well I suppose that I should let you get on with assisting Miss Tyler on this case then," Colonel Mace said as he tried to make an excuse to get away from her.

"Sure. See you later then, Colonel. Sorry about the scare," Ileana said with a small grin.

"Have you been teasing Colonel Mace?" Rose asked her with a mischievous look on her face.

"Not intentionally. I scared him by accident," Ileana admitted.

"It's so much fun to watch him squirm isn't it?" Rose said with a giggle.

"Oh, yes!" Ileana admitted with a wide grin.

Ileana believed that she was going to like this assignment. It was already turning out to be great fun.

Next: Rose and Ileana investigate the Carrionites, and Ileana meets Victoria in the process. Will they be friends or foes?