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CHAPTER : 3
Standing before them, on eight legs that each must have been the length of Bethany's body, was a spider that rose well over both Beth's 5'5 frame, and even stood over the Doctor's 6'1.
The abdomen was easily large enough to fit both the Doctor and Beth inside, a theory Beth was eager not to try out, but the worst part was the fact that on top of the abdomen sat the upper body of a human, with skin the texture of old leather and coloured blood red with hints of black in spots. The head looked relatively like a human, but spread out at the top like a crown, where four black eyes sat, and it's mouth held a series of sharp yellow teeth.
"Wha..what do I do?..." Beth whispered.
"He can't see in the dark, turn the light off." Beth did as she was told, and as soon as she did, the attic went black.
RAWWWRSH
"Move!..." she heard the Doctor whisper, the felt his cold hand grasp hers and pull her over towards the farthest corner, tripping over a couple of boxes along the way.
The two huddled up into the corner, where the Doctor pulled his pants up and high as he could. "Now..." He whispered. "I need you to keep him busy while I find the key..."
"How do you know where the key is?..." Beth whispered back, listening for the Racnoss.
"I have a way...you just keep him away from the far corner."
Beth nodded, not knowing if the Doctor could see her, then snuck off to the left while the Doctor went along the back wall.
She turned on the light, and searched around the dank space, finding the Racnoss crawling around the support beams. "HEY!..."she cried, waving the light at the giant spider, which retreated as the beam hit it in the face. "OVER HERE YOU BIG UGLY TWIT!.."
RAWWWRSH
The Racnoss began rampaging towards the beam of light, blocking it's face and colliding with one of the angled wooden beams, knocking it out of place.
"MOVE BLONDIE!..." Beth switched off the light and jumped out of the way of the Racnoss, which crashed into an old wardrobe, leaving it in splinters and collapsing on it's side, making it whine and screech in an effort to get up.
RAWWWRSH
Beth ran to the other side of the room, running head-on into her mother's dressmakers dummy.
She pulled herself up and, not being able to see in the dark, turned the light on to find the Doctor, thinking the Racnoss was still out.
"Doctor?..."
RAWWWRSH!
"TURN THE LIGHT OFF!." She heard from across the room. She turned the light to see the Doctor dive into her, knocking the two over right as the Racnoss ran past.
"Thanks..." was all Beth could get out before the Doctor pulled her to her feet.
"I've got the key..." he took the torch from Beth. "Make a break for it when you get a chance...go to the TARDIS and get my screwdriver." he slid the key into her hand, before turning around and shining the light into the creature's face, making it turn towards him,and leading it to the other side of the attic.
Beth wasted no time, she sprinted over to the trapdoor and dropped out, landing in her father's arms.
"Where's the Doctor?..." Jess said as Beth crawled from her father's grasp.
"NO TIME..."
As soon as her feet hit the floor, she took off, making it down the staircase and into the basement.
"TURN ON THE LIGHTS!" She heard the Doctor yell.
RAWWRSH!
A sudden crash startled Beth, but she didn't falter, she reached the TARDIS and put the small gold key into the lock, twisted it and walked into a room twice the size of her house, with gold, patterned walls, a staircase that lead off into another room at the back, and a large circular console in the center which surrounded a massive column climbing up to the ceiling.
She wanted to keep looking around, but knew it wasn't the right time, so she began looking around the floor for a screwdriver.
"BETH!" she heard the voices of Jess and Lauren as they sprinted into the TARDIS, their mouths dropping open when they saw it's interior.
"WHERE'S CATE?..." Beth asked, fearing the worst.
"She's with your parents and the Doctor in your room..."
Beth exhaled. "Good...help me find the screwdriver..." the three girls looked along the floor as thoroughly as before, until Lauren leant down behind the door.
"Is this it?..." she picked up a pen-like object about the length of Beth's hand, completely silver, apart from a golden handle, and a red light that looked like an L.E.D on top.
"Maybe..." Beth took it and pressed a small button, and three thin claws jutted out, surrounding the light on top, and a small screen with the number 00000 on it.
"BLONDIE!..." The girls ran out of the room to find the Doctor ducking under the Racnoss's front leg, which impaled the wall.
"DOCTOR?...IS THIS IT?..." she cried, catching the Racnoss's attention, and it turned to the three girls.
"SETTING 0-2-4-5-3!..." The Doctor yelled.
Beth looked at Screwdriver, backing up as the Racnoss advanced in her and her friends. "HOW DO I ACTIVATE IT?..."
"JUST HOLD THE BUTTON AND THINK THE NUMBER..." The Doctor climbed to his feet and began making a ruckus to distract the Racnoss.
"OI...YOU BIG TWIT!...I"M OVER HERE!..." he waved his arms around and banged on the wall.
It worked. The Racnoss turned and began swiping it's legs at the Doctor, who swerved beneath them like he'd done it a dozen times before.
Beth thought about it. '02453-02453!' she pointed the screwdriver at the Racnoss, and the light glowed red for a moment.
Nothing happened.
"DOCTOR?...It DIDN"T WORK!"
The Doctor tried to duck under the Racnoss, but the spider brought it's leg down onto the Doctor's oversized shirt, pinning him to the basement floor.
"YOU NEED THE CHIP!" He reached into his pocket, and slid the computer chip along the floor to the waiting girl, who pointed the screwdriver at the the chip just as the Racnoss brang it's leg down on the Doctor.
"!"
The girls, the Doctor and the Racnoss all wailed as a high pithed squeal erupted from the chip before the electrodes burst. The Racnoss cried for a second, then felt over, crushing the couch which the Doctor had been lying on earlier that evening.
"Is it dead?..." Jess asked after a moment, grasping onto Beth's hand as they looked over the Racnoss.
"N..no...just st..stunned..." The Doctor gasped from his place on the floor, a giant hole in the London eye t-shirt.
"Doctor?...are you alright.." Beth ran to the Doctor's side, kneeling down to look at the man.
"Fine love, jus..just not used to this body yet.." He brought his hands to his face. "You did well Bethany...remarkably well." Beth smiled. Not only for the praise, but for the fact that that was the first time the Doctor had called her by her name.
"Your welcome.." she gave him her hand, which he took, and pulled the man to his feet.
"Now, I think it's time we get the Racnoss out of your house." He walked into the TARDIS, followed by Beth and her friends.
"Doctor?...how is all this possible?..." Lauren asked.
"Well brownie...that's a secret... but it's bigger on the inside basically..." he hopped up the staircase at the back and walked into the back room.
"Time lo..." Jess began.
"BETH?..." The Greene's and Cate ran into the TARDIS, and were awestruck by the confusing inside-outside conundrum.
"What the hell is this?..." Mr Greene said, inspecting the center column. "What does this do?..." he almost pressed a button, but was stopped by the Doctor leaning out of the back room.
"Please don't touch anything...you might blow us up."
He went out of view again for a second, leaving the Greene's and their guests to look around the interior. "Uhh Bethany...
love could you press the bright blue button on my side of the console please?...thankyou..."
Beth did as she was asked, a little happy with the fact that she was the only one the Doctor actually called by name, and walked around to find a large blue button on the console. She pressed it, and a small screen burst to life.
"HELLO?..." the voice of a handsome, brown haired american man came over the monitor, and the girls behind Beth giggled a little. "DOCTOR?... IS THAT YOU?...I HAVEN"T HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE..."
"JACK!...MY GOOD MAN IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE HEARING YOUR VOICE..HOW ARE THINGS?..." The Doctor said from inside his back room.
"GOOD, DOCTOR, THINGS ARE GOOD...WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?..."
The Doctor walked out of his back room, dressed in a pair of pale. greyish blue dress pants, a blue and white striped dress shirt and a jet black sweater. He was pulling on a dress jacket the same colour as his pants, and was carrying Mr Greene's clothes in a folded parcel, which he handed to the disgruntled man, before turning to the screen.
"I need you to come and pick up a wild Racnoss from Dover."
The man on the screen nodded. "I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL GONE?..." The Doctor shrugged. "ALRIGHT...WHAT'S THE ADDRESS, WE'LL BE THERE WITHIN THE HOUR..."
The Doctor turned to Mr Greene. "Would you mind?..." Greene nodded, then hobbled over to the screen, and said the address to Jack, who nodded again.
"ALRIGHT DOCTOR...SEE YOU SOON..."
The Doctor smiled. "Alright Jack..goodbye." he pressed the button again and the screen flickered out.
"Alright...who's for tea?..."
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'Jack' came with a dozen men, who secured the Racnoss with an electric net and took it away in a truck. The Greene's were given a check to repair the damages to the house and to not mention it to the neighbours, who'd come out to see what the commotion was anyway.
Jess and the others left early in the morning, wanting to go home and get a good days rest, which just left Beth and the Doctor sitting alone in the TARDIS.
"So..you travel space and time in this?..." she asked as he fiddled with a wheel on the console and pressed a few flashing buttons.
"Yep..." he didn't look at her, but she wasn't offended by it.
"Do you ever take anyone with you?..you know..through time?.." The Doctor smiled, he knew where this was going.
"I have before...but no one's with me at the moment." he turned to face the the girl and crossed his arms.
Beth grinned and went up to his side. "So...uhh?..could I come with you?...for a while?.." the Doctor sighed. "I don't have school or anything!..I have two and a half months before I start uni.."
The Doctor turned away from her and began walking up his stairs."You don't come on slowly do you..." he shook his head he walked. Beth took that as a bad sign.
"But I saved your life!..."
The Doctor stopped. "That you did..." he said quietly, turning to face her. "And I assume you believe that your act of heroism is in need of my thanks, and that I should reward you by taking you on a trip to see the stars?..." he walked straight up to her, leaning in until his nose was inches from her face, his bright blue eyes shining like sapphires against his pale skin.
Beth, not knowing exactly what to do, just nodded.
The Doctor watched her for a second, then smiled toothily. "So do I..."
Beth smiled in relief.
"Go get changed and tell your parents that your coming with me, but you'll be back by the end of the day."
Beth nodded, then turned and ran out to find her parents. She told them about the Doctor's decision to take her with him, which Mr Greene immediately siad no. "THERE'S NO BLOODY WAY I'M LETTING MY ONLY CHILD GO OFF WITH SOME WEIRDO JAM EATING SPACE MAN..."
Beth wanted to protest, but the Doctor agreed. "He's right Bethany...I'm too dangerous to be around one as young as yourself..." Beth felt hurt, but knew it wasn't her place to argue.
The Doctor shook hands with Mr. Greene-who was reluctant to do so-and kissed Mrs Greene on the hand. "Thanks for the tea, love.." Mrs Greene smiled-the first time since the Doctor had woken up-and left the room with her husband.
"It's been a pleasure miss Bethany Greene." the Doctor said. "I'll always owe you one for saving my life..." she hugged the Doctor, then watched as he closed the door on the TARDIS and activate it, watching as the police box faded into thin air.
THE NEXT NIGHT
Beth lay in her bed, finding it hard to get to sleep, even though she'd barely had any the night before. Her thoughts were still on the mysterious Doctor and the fact that she'd never see him again.
She rolled over in bed, making out the broken laptop on her floor in the darkness, and sighed. 'I wish I could see him again..." she said to herself, before closing her eyes and begging for sleep to engulf her.
VWORP VWORP VWORP VWORP VWORP
'No way...' Beth's brown eyes shot open, and she looked around her dark room as a blanket of glowing blue began appearing on her bedroom floor. After a moment, the TARDIS appeared and Beth felt like she was going to jump for joy. She hopped from her bed and ran around to the door, knocking frantically on the wood.
"Doctor?..." she said, as the door opened and the familiar electric blue eyes appeared from the darkness within.
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Okay, that's the first one. Hope you liked it, and I apologise that is was short. I just wanted to show how these two met really quick before the adventure began. If anyone is curious on how the Doctor looks, the outfit is based on the middle figure in this picture.
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Thanks for reading.
