Oh, joy, it's Chapter 3! Glad folks are enjoying it. Still don't know where it's going…Yep, no ownership of either of these shows; if I did I would be floating head doctor with a laser screwdriver :)

As I was pulled down the hall by an excited Elliot, I wondered what, exactly, was going on. "What, exactly," JD said, pulling himself out of Elliot's grip, "is going on?"

"JD, I told you!" she grinned. "There's an alien in the hospital."

"Yep. Think I established that already." The Doctor had caught up, followed closely by Dr. Cox and Carla.

"Who the heck are you?" Elliot was clearly unimpressed.

"Oh, I'm the Doctor. The alien."

"What?" Elliot laughed. "You're not the alien, you look…completely…human…" Her gazed changed from one of annoyance to adoration.

"But, wait, Elliot," JD cut in. "If he's not the alien, then who—" A loud hiss came from the elevator.

As the doors dinged open, a giant lizard head stuck out. It looked both ways, then came farther out, followed by a bulky, leather-clad body. It began running towards the group. Faster and faster it pounded, with single-minded intensity. "I think it's charging at us."

"Great catch, Janice. Now get out of the way!" Dr. Cox, sarcastic in the face of danger, shoved the group as a whole out of the way of the creature as it continued through the hallway.

Coughing, JD leaned upward. "Dr. Cox, I didn't say anything." But you reached over and hugged me! To save my life! I knew you cared!

Groaning, Carla sat up as well. "What was that thing?"

"The alien." Eliot was still just lying there. "It's been running up and down every floor. No one knows why."

"Looked more like some jackass in a mask." Dr. Cox was already standing.

"No, pretty sure it was an alien. Masks don't commonly have gills."

"For the last time, Newbie—"

"Dr. Cox, it wasn't me!" JD protested, slipping back to the floor with a yelp.

The Doctor looked askance at the poodle-headed resident from the floor. "You know, I really don't know why you keep mistaking me for your protégé." Dr. Cox just stared, mouth open. "Now, I think, just think mind you, that that alien is the exact reason I was dropped here."

"Waddaya mean, dropped?" Elliot asked.

"Well, the TARDIS, she sometimes has a mind of her own," the Doctor replied off-handedly. "Now! To see where that lizard got to!"

"Hold it right there." Dr. Kelso was storming down the hallway, looking much like the lizard had, only marginally slower. "I demand an explanation for all this. What in god's name is running around my hospital?!"

"To be honest, I have no idea. Well, maybe one or two. Up to six, really. That's a good number, six, very balanced—"

"Dr. Dorian, will you please take your patient back to his room?! He is clearly mad, and not helping this situation!"

"Dr. Kelso, he says he's an alien and—"

"Out! Of! My! Sight!" the chief of medicine bellowed.

"Oh, not a problem, sir, whoever you are, I was just off!" With a cheery wave and a manic grin, the Doctor ran down the corridor.

"Now. Would someone care to explain?"

JD, Carla, and Elliot all began to explain their lack of knowledge on the alien. At the same time.

Dr. Cox gave a wolf whistle. "Listen, there, Bobbo, we're just as much in the dark as you are. Now if ya want an explination, I would say to follow that 'alien' and tear his mask off."

"He went that way," JD pointed in the direction the Doctor ran off in.

Dr. Kelso gave a grim grin. "When I catch who's behind all this…Come on!" He started marching, then running, with the others in tow behind him.

Elliot turned to Carla as they ran. "Isn't this exciting? A real live alien!"

"I just hope it doesn't hurt anyone."

A scream rang out from down the hall.

"That's chocolate bear!"

"You recognize my husband's screams?"

"Hey, we were in college together. I know him."

Another scream caused them to run faster.

((I'm just…too…tired…Must…leave…cliffhanger…again…))