Little Red Cape
The Doctor, Amy and Rory land on a simple forest planet but the village is more than it appears and a familiar face lurks beneath a red cape.
Ch 2
"That's…what they…meant by…thing" Rory voice quivered as the beast roared with its fangs dripping salvia in long ropes. It roared, pure wrath in its eyes.. The Doctor looked towards its feet and saw a badly injured man lying there. He doesn't see how they could reach the man to help him not with that thing still has angry as it appeared to be.
A blue light shot out from the side of him and enveloped the Thing; it froze then fell forward hitting the ground in a loud thud. The Doctor turned to see the grizzly man with a large gun. "The hunter, I presume" The Doctor said and the man nodded.
Before he can ask anything else they hear thundering footsteps coming towards them very quickly. They all take a step back and look around; he hears the sound of guns charging up as they are surrounded by more of the massive beasts. Amy grabbed onto his arm and Rory grabbed onto hers.
The Things started advancing on them as the blue lightening from the guns filled the air, a few fall down but more keep coming then in the other side of the forest two huge bright glowing lights fill the darkness. Lights that looked like two brightly burning eyes, the Things stop in their tracks and look towards the light and to the Doctor's surprise they turn and run in the other direction away from the villagers.
The villagers cheer and shout at the Things retreating backs. "What was that?" Amy asked still in shock.
"Who's afraid of the big bad wolf" the villagers shout.
"So there's a thing that's bigger and badder then those?" Rory asked wanting to leave this planet now.
They help the villagers carry the injured man into the doctor's office. The man in scrubs they saw earlier emerges and quickly takes the patient in the back room for surgery without a glance in their direction.
"There's nothing more we can do here, I have a feeling that he's in good hands" The Doctor said and motioned for Amy and Rory to follow him. "There is something about this village but I don't know what" the Doctor told them once they are outside. "We have to find the girl in the red cape"
"We could always try grandmother's house." Rory offered. Amy and the Doctor look at him. "Come on, a girl in a red cape, a bad wolf where else could she have gone."
"Are you saying were in the story of little red riding hood?" Amy asked with a laugh "That's just a fairytale"
"So was your whole life, Amelia Pond" The Doctor reminded her. "All fairytales are tales passed down through generations and hold some truth."
"So what? Are we going to ask the villagers if they know where little red riding hoods grandmother's house is?"
"We could or we could follow red riding hood" The Doctor said pointed in the direction of the forest entrance where the girl was now walking with a basket in her hand.
"Well if we follow the fairytale grandmothers house is…in the woods" Rory said glancing anxiously in the forest.
"Woods it is then" The Doctor said with a smile and began running after her.
"Wait" Rory yelled. "Did you forget those Things are in the forest."
"Maybe she knows how to avoid them" Amy yelled while turning her head to look at him as she runs after the Doctor.
"Right, I'm sure that's what the guy having his insides put back together thought too" Rory said closing his eyes, opening them then following them.
They run through the forest after the girl in the red cape, she was fast and every time they thought they were catching up she'd speed up, they finally came to a clearing and she walked right into a small one roomed cabin. The Doctor, Amy and Rory slow down and peer into the clearing, near the cabin was a free flowing spring laid with rocks; it looked like something in a fairytale.
But the Doctor felt like something wasn't quite right about it. He took out his sonic screwdriver and held it up to the cabin.
His face can't hide his astonishment as he looks at the readings. This wasn't just a simple log cabin. Hidden beneath the façade was an almost indestructible fortress. And the readings weren't just coming from this cabin; it was coming from all over the village. A perception filter hid the village's true form making it appear simple and old fashioned. But each and every ordinary item held technology that wouldn't be invented on Amy and Rory's world for centuries. The wood in the logs was made from adamantium steel making this home and the village impenetrable to any enemy that wished them harm.
"The Tardis!" The Doctor shouted startling his companions. If this village wasn't what it appeared than the simple villagers could be more than just that, their weapons were the weapons of soldiers and if they had the technology to hide things then they had the technology to find things, like his Tardis.
The three of them took off running in the original direction they came from. When they arrive he lets out the breath he didn't know he was holding the Tardis was still where they left it. He holds out his hands and stops Amy and Rory from going further, and then brings his finger to his lips telling them to be quiet.
A red cape appears from the behind the Tardis, she appeared to be checking it out. They watch her bring her hand into her face, lean her head to side and appeared to be talking to something in her hood. They were too far away to hear what she was saying. But she was alone so the villagers had not yet discovered his Tardis which was strange.
"How did she get here before us?" Rory whispered to them. "We saw her go into the cabin"
Suddenly she turned towards them, her hood hanging low making them unable to see her face. They knew she was looking at them. She then turned and started to run and once again they followed.
She took them back to the cabin where they all stop short as they see another girl in a red cape standing at the door of the cabin.
"There are two of them…" Rory began to say.
"Or more" Amy finished. "We could've been following any of them."
"I think you will want to come inside Doctor" the one on the right said to him.
"You know who I am?" He asked.
"We've heard stories our whole lives" The one on the left replied.
Rory turned to look at Amy. "Hey, don't look at me, my stories could not have reached this far"
The Doctor walked towards the door and looked down at his feet for what reason he didn't know he just felt compelled to but what he saw on the door mat shocked him to the core.
BAD WOLF
His heartbeats speed up; he swallowed and looked at the door. The two girls in the red capes push it open and walk inside. He takes a deep breath and crossed the threshold.
He entered a spacious living room that wouldn't fit in the cabin they saw on the outside. At the other end of the room was another woman in a red cape, her hood was up and her back was towards him. He could see that she was breathing heavily as her back and shoulders moved up and down through the material. She slowly turns around and faced him.
His breath was caught in his throat, he couldn't move. This was impossible, it couldn't be real. Both her hands went to either side of the hood as she lowered it.
"Hello Doctor"
"Rose"
Tbc…