Okay so if you know the song 'Early sunsets over Monroeville' by My chemical romance, then you probably have guessed what this soty is about. If you dont know it, they i HIGHLY suggest you listen to it :
watch?v=Q0NERhGOr2w
all in all im not too sure about this story.. I just feel its not as good as my last one, but tell me what you think, ive got another two waiting to be written too. i also dont have an ending yet so im open to ideas :)
(please excuse any spelling mistakes. My computer has no spell check and i suffer with dyslexia. Cry cry.)
Please review! And thanks for reading
Early sunsets over Monroeville
Chapter one – Late dawns and early sunsets
They stepped out of the TARDIS doors in
to a blinding orange sunset.
The Doctor frowned and looked around, confused.
"'One of the best tourist's spots in the universe' he said" Mocked Rose "busiest place you'll ever see" She laughed.
The planet they had landed on appeared to be completely deserted. With only white stone buildings and empty shops standing in the orange glow of the Earth like sunset.
"It Was the last time I was here!" said the Doctor, rubbing the back of this neck in confusion. "Maybe it's a Sunday"
Rose rolled her eyes and laughed as he turned to lock the TARDIS doors and they began walking. The air was cool and welcoming, reminding Rose of the beginning of summertime back on her Earth.
"You were right about it though" she said "It does look just like home, all the buildings an that"
"Well that's what this planet is based on, Italy specifically. But this part is called Monroeville for some reason" he informed
"Wait, you mean like in Pennsylvania, right?" she asked
"Suppose so" He nodded "I just can't figure out why it's so empty."
They walked for a little while longer, looking around.
"Wow, that's weird" said Rose, pointing to a large building, made up mainly of glass with large sliding doors. "This place can't be closed then, all the shops are wide open"
They walked towards the doors and inspected the shopping center.
"God it's massive!" she said, holding out her arms in awe of the large empty space
"C'mon" Said the doctor grabbing her hand "let's have a look around"
They ran through the endless smooth corridors, passing shop after shop, left unattended and open. It was hard for any one, child or adult not to run around when presented with an empty shopping center. It was just so large and free and begging to be enjoyed.
They came across a pair of massively tall escalators that had also been left running and slowly rode to the top floor of the shopping center while catching their breath. They had been skipping around and playing with things for a good 20 minutes now and were starting to get frustrated with the obvious abandonment of the entire area. This was strange.
They were in what seemed to be the center of the building, in a large round room with many corridors leading to other sections of the place. There was a massive circular water fountain in the middle of the space that had been left running. The bottom of the water was filled with clean shining alien currency's where people had thrown their wishes into the fountain and it sparkled magnificently. Rose was balancing on the grey stone edge as they walked and talked, holding on to the Doctor's shoulder every now and again for support.
"It's a bit weird" He said with a frown "This place should be packed. But nothing, not a soul"
"Well maybe every ones on lunch" She said, almost tripping with her arms stretched out in the air.
"But there's just no one"
"Well now thinking about it, with your bloody drivin. Who knows where we are" She joked
"Oi!" he said, giving her a little nudge, sending her tipping backwards off the wall she walked on with her feet landing in the shallow water of the fountain. She gasped in shock of the cold water and he immediately burst out in laughter.
"I'll ave you for that!" She laughed and grabbed him by the neck and shoulders, pulling him over the small stone wall and into the water with her.
"No, no, no!" he shouted, almost landing flat on his face. He too gasped at the cold water now filling his converse and soaking his trousers. "Rose Tyler!"
He started to splash her with the water and she gasped again, holding back the laughter. He giggled and ran around the fountain as she chased him. They continued to splash each other and got soaking wet while creasing over with giggles.
The Doctor was bent with his hands in the water, ready to send a wave a cold water at her face, when he stopped dead. His eyes were focused behind Rose, his now flat brown hair dripping bright water droplets into his face. She stopped laughing for a moment and looked behind her.
In the distance of the shopping center was a man, wondering around in tattered dirty clothing. He dragged one leg behind and walked a slow and painful looking pace.
They stared at him for a moment. The Doctor looked at Rose and then back at the man, a very worried expression on his face. The sight of the man, dragging himself around made them both feel strange. Like he wasn't supposed to be there, or they were hallucinating or he wasn't quite real.
The Doctor stood up straight and continued to step out of the fountain and walk slowly towards the man, with Rose a few steps behind him.
The closer they got, the stranger he seemed. He didn't seem to notice them at all, still dragging his leg along the floor. There was a small trail of blood from his clothes. He appeared to be badly injured.
"Excuse me" said the Doctor "are you alright?"
The man paid no attention. They stepped closer.
"umm.. hello? Are you hurt? I'm a doctor, I can help. What's your name?"
The man stopped walking.
He slowly turned to face them. They both felt a wave of shock and fear upon seeing his face.
His skin was dull and scarred, covered in dark infected looking gashes and holes. His eyes were vacant and stained with a grey blue and appeared to have no pupil at all. His mouth hung open and his body appeared to be falling apart and almost rotting away.
"Oh my god" Rose barely managed to mouth as the strange man let out a horrifying grumble of a sound and started to hobble towards them.
They both started to step backwards slowly as he sped up with a look of anguish and lust on his face.
"Can you understand me?" The Doctor started to ramble "Are you hurt? We're not going to hurt you, I promise, we can help" They sped up walking backwards and the man continued to moan and grumble more aggressively "Hello? What's wrong with you? Look just keep still" Before they had realised they had backed into a small gift shop with no back exit
"Doctor" Said Rose anxiously
"He's clearly hurt" he mumbled back to her "Just clam down! We will help you"
"Doctor, I don't think he's right" She said panicking.
They had completely backed into a wall and the man learched forwards towards them will all of his force.
The Doctors first reaction was to push Rose behind him and cover her from the insane man as best he could. She let out a screech hid her face into her hands.
They braced and closed their eyes, it was over in a second.
A massive boom echoed through the building and practically destroyed their eardrums.
Everything was blurry. The only thing that existed was the horrifying high pitch scream left ringing in their ears.
They were both holding their heads to protect their ears from further damage and the Doctor tried to focus his vision on the attacker.
The Man lay dead on the ground, twitching, eyes still fixed open, a bullet wound through his head.
They stood for a moment, frozen. They were both dripping wet and now spattered with cold flesh and blood. The world slowly came back to them.
In the entrance of the store stood a woman, slowly lowering a large shotgun from her eyes.