The creatures walking around were humanoids. They had lilac skin and shimmering hair, but they were humanoids all the same. The doctor and Rose looked at each other and smiled. Hand in hand, they entered the throng of purple people and tried to get a feel for this planet. All of them seemed to be going towards one building in particular. It was large and dome- shaped and made almost entirely out of what seemed to be obsidian. Raising her eyebrows, Rose silently asked the doctor if they should go, to which he consented with a shrug. When they neared the building, they saw the guards out front. They tried walking in without giving them a second chance, but the muscular men with cropped hair crossed their spears in front of them.
"You. This way. "One said, pointing towards the side of the building.
They walked off that way while the guards each pulled a necklace off and held it over the doctor and roses heads. They were a small crystal lenses hung from a leather string, and the guards watched intently as the one above Rose swung in a different direction as the doctors. Nodding at each other, the guards suddenly grabbed her by the arms and dragged her into the building kicking and screaming.
"Rose!" The doctor called as he ran after them.
While they had been off with the guards, two new ones had taken their place and they refused to let him through the door. Frustrated and just a bit scared, he confronted one of the aliens in line. She looked up at him curiously before smiling at him with a calmness that was almost irritating.
"Excuse me, but what is everyone going in there for?"
She stopped smiling to answer him.
"Only the women go in there. It is the fertility center."
"My friend, they took her in there." he said, trying to make her understand his urgency through her voice.
"Then congratulations. I'm sure she will be excellent at birthing. "
"And how exactly, if you don't mind me asking, do you give birth?"
"The young incubate for a period of ten hours before using the mothers stomach lining for food and clawing their way out." she said, as though it were the most natural thing in the world. She smiled again.
The doctor went pale as he thought of that happening to his poor Rose. He ran harder than he ever had back to the building to try to find another entrance.
