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Doctor Who

Spirit and Blood

Ch. 2-Secrets and Solutions

Same day/same planet/same location/TARDIS

"So, what you're saying is that you're being chased around by...alien vampires?," Rose asked, clarifying the situation.

"Oh, not just any alien vampires," the Doctor pointed out. "They are everything that you hear about in human stories but much, much more. Once they are born, they grow and get older like any being until they come of age, in which they stop aging altogether. It's one of the reasons that they're one of the longest living planets in all of the universes, next to Aleusia of course. Other than that, they have the usual weaknesses of any normal vampire, but what's confusing me is how exactly those men were able to survive the afternoon sun. Must have something to do with those strange gems they were wearing."

"In which you are correct, Doctor," the young Aleusian replied, coming forward a bit more. "Those jewels are called empazzes. They're found in the underground caves outside Purga, Aleusia's captial city. When they were first found, the miners that discovered them instantly felt weak and had no powers when they got too close to them. Even their special ability was rendered useless when they approached. With the discovery made, our scientists decided to mine all that was in the caverns to study them to see how big an effect they had on our society. They were able to find out that the gems could also change the abilities of other alien species besides our own, as you saw with the Nosferatrosians that were chasing me. Instead of burning away to nothing in the sun, they were able to survive the harsh solar rays. But how they were able to get their hands on them, I still do not know of as of yet."

"Basically, all we have to do is figure out how how they got the rocks, make sure that they don't complete their plans, and get her home safe and sound?," the young human asked, hoping to make things easier.

"And possibly stop the takeover of an entire planet," the Time Lord added. "So, let's get started shall we? But one thing more. You wouldn't happen to be Princess Amoredalia, would you?"

"Oh no. Not in the least," the young alien replied, laughing a bit. "She's my grandmother. I'm Nyrelidee, the thirteenth crown princess of the royal family Sarados."

"Wow, already up to thirteen eh?," the brown haired man asked rocking back and forth on his heels. "How is your grandmother doing by the way?"

"Excellent, to say the least," the young ruler replied. "Still the best archer in Purga, I can tell you that."

"Um, hello?," Rose interrupted. "Shouldn't we be getting on with what we planned on doing?"

"Right," the Doctor snapped back, turning and heading down the gangway outside into the alley. "The best thing to do is scour the city, see if we can draw them out, then go from there."

"Are you blinking mad?," Nyrelidee contradicted. "Now that they have the empazzes, their powers could be limitless."

"Not unless they're the Nightcreed," the Galifrayan suggested. "Then their powers would be limitless."

Instantly, everything clicked in the Aleusian's mind about who had stolen the power blocking jewels. Having only taken a few seconds to think, her eyes grew very big and full of fear.

"I know how they were able to get the gems," she said to the two as they were all outside the TARDIS. "Only one person could have been able to get into the lab, get the gems, and slip back out without being detected: Nosferatros's very own crown Prince Velarin Rekspas, the very first Nightcreed."

In a warehouse in industrial London the group of Nightcreed that were chasing the Aleusian crown princess and were stopped by the Doctor appeared inside and were instantly confronted and surrounded by several Nightcreed guards that enclosed the small team in a close circle. Footsteps were then heard walking around the large group, and voice was heard saying, "So, and I cannot believe that still have to ask this, why did you even decide to return without the target in question?"

"There was a snag in the capturing, my Lord," the mission leader replied. "The Doctor is here, on this planet."

The footsteps stopped which ensued silence for a few seconds as the person the voice belonged to thought about what the group captain told him. Then as if by silent cue the guard parted in the circle to let the person in, who was none other than Velarin Rekspas himself. He walked right up to the Nosferatrosian, looked him straight in the eye and told him, "Then you may as well have jepordized everything I have planned and we have worked for. Now that Lord and Guardian have met, their power can exceed our own, causing the Nightcreed's downfall once and for all. For that, you and you alone will suffer the consequences."

Then the young Noferatrosian ruler ripped off the empaz necklace, pocketed it, then ordered, "Guards take him to his death."

In the blink of an eye, two of the security force seized the former mission leader by the arms and dragged him off to the evening sun where he would burn to nothing more. After they left, one of the Nightcreed piped up and asked, "My Lord, what do we do now?"

"We go back out," Velarin replied with his back to his people. "Find the Doctor, we find her, and return to what we had planned. Nothing will stop us from spreading our chaos and overthrowing all of the planets in our universe, ensuring the survival of our kind, of the Nightcreed code, and the way of the Nosferatrosian life. So says I, the heir to our royal family's throne, the King of the Nightcreed!"

With that, all of the vampires in the room cheered with joy and admiration for their prince and future ruler, who had a much darker scheme that they would never know about until it was too late.


Oh, boy, here we go. Thing are going to get a little hairy. Unless another ally steps in to help save the day, in which will make his or her debut in the next chapter, so stay tuned!