A/N: Thank you to TwilightHayley for yet another lovely review, and to kelsealynn77 for Faving! :D

Sorry for the cliffhanger last time. But an aspiring writer's gotta do what an aspiring writer's gotta do. ;)

Macabre

Chapter 4: Apprehension

The Doctor and Amy were up and out of their room quicker than you could say 'I think I love you.' They darted down both flights of stairs that they had been led up only moments ago, but when they reached the bottom Amy came to a halt, standing stock still, whereas the Doctor ran straight over to the body that was lying on the floor of the foyer in front of them.

'That's horrible,' Amy whispered, her eyes wide with fear and her voice full of compassion.

The body of a man was in a heap, face down, on the red carpet of the foyer, and blood was streaming from a wound in his neck. The man was deathly pale and had blonde hair, and as the Doctor rolled him over Amy realised that she recognized him.

'But th-that's the man who let us in before.' she said, sounding more scared than before. The Doctor hadn't said anything at all since they'd got there. 'Doctor. Aren't you going to say something?'

'Not until I've at least come up with a theory on what could have done this!' he snapped, whipping out his sonic screwdriver and scanning up and down the body. The green light illuminated the man's face and showed that he had been smiling before he died.

'I don't think it was him screaming,' Amy said after a moment. 'I'm pretty sure it was a woman.'

Suddenly, a woman's voice, high pitched and hoarse from fear, filled the air. 'There!' it cried, and Amy looked around to see the blonde woman from before, Sophia, pointing at the body (which the Doctor quickly jumped away from) and shrieking at the top of her voice. She was accompanied with three men, all dressed in the same black clothes, so Amy supposed that they were police. 'There it is! It was horrible! It suddenly just fell from a few floors up...'

One of the policemen pushed his way forward and looked at Amy and the Doctor, the picture of suspicion. 'And what are you doing here?'

'We heard someone scream.' Amy said.

'Yes, so we came down here,' the Doctor continued for her, sounding less shell-shocked and more calm. 'And we found poor old...well, we don't know his name, but we found this man lying dead on the floor.'

'Oh.' Sophia put in. 'It would have been me you heard screaming.' She sounded apologetic. 'I was sitting here at the desk, and suddenly this body just comes flying down from nowhere. It frightened the life out of me!' Sophia was shaking and her forehead was creased with worry.

'Would you like to tell me exactly how you found the body, sir?' the policeman asked, directing the question at the Doctor.

'He was lying face down.' the Doctor answered. 'I only turned him over to get a look at his face, to see if there were any further injuries.'

'An what, pray tell, gives you the right to do that?'

Without a moment's hesitation, the Doctor had his psychic paper out and was striding towards the policeman. 'As well as being a lord, I am also a doctor!' he said confidently.

The policeman studied the paper, then nodded slowly. 'Okay. Go on.'

'Yes. He doesn't seem to have been injured much from the fall that Sophia described, although I dare say he'll probably have been bruised on the way down. The main injury here is that awful bite on his neck.' The Doctor pointed to the still bleeding wound on the man's neck.

'Bite?' Amy repeated, grimacing. 'You mean there's some sort of animal in here?'

'Not an animal,' the Doctor said. 'But possibly something more humanoid.'

'What are you implying?' the policeman roared. 'You think one of us did it? Or a guest?'

'Exactly that, police officer. I don't think everyone here is as Covalian as they seem.'

Suddenly, Sophia glared at Amy. 'I know she isn't.'

'What?' all of the police officers said at once, intrigued.

'Me?' Amy squeaked.

'You're a human, aren't you?' Sophia challenged.

'Well, yes, but I don't see how that makes me a suspect!' Amy replied angrily.

'Wait.' one of the other policemen said. 'You're human? But that's amazing! We haven't had a human here for decades!'

Amy's fury died down a little. 'What? Why?'

'Well...most of them are too scared to come here.' he replied sheepishly, eyeing Amy with wonder and some sort of respect.

'Wh-'

The Doctor grabbed Amy by the arm and began to lead her away before the situation got even more complicated. 'I'll explain later.' he said, to both her and the policeman before taking her back up to their room.

-DW=3-

As the door to their room was shut behind them, Amy turned to the Doctor.

'Why did we have to leave? What's happening here?' She was angry with him, he could tell.

'Because I don't think it's safe for too many people to know that you're a human. And I don't know what's happening, but I have thoughts.' The Doctor's expression was grim as he replied.

'Like?' Amy prompted.

There was a pause. 'Well, okay, I don't have many thoughts yet, but one thing I do think is that maybe there are people here that are more thirsty for blood than normal.'

'Because it's so normal to be thirsty for blood.' Amy drawled sarcastically.

'Oh, you know what I mean.'

'Yeah.' Amy sat down on the edge of the bed (or, one of the two) and inhaled deeply.

'Are you alright?' the Doctor asked quietly.

'Yeah, fine, you know, the usual. Great party, great food, then a dead body comes and lands in the foyer. I'm used to that.' Amy's voice was shaking as she spoke and she looked on the verge of tears.

'Oh, Amy.' the Doctor said, putting his arms around her. 'I'm sorry.'

She returned the hug and murmured. 'It's okay.'

The Doctor suddenly let go of her and looked her in the eye. 'No, it's not okay. It's not fair on you that things had to go wrong like this. You've been through far too much in your short lifetime to deserve any of this, so it's not okay. I wasn't saying sorry to be comforting, I was saying sorry because I meant it. I'm sorry that all of this had to happen today, and I'm sorry that I didn't come back for you when you were small. I just...' the Doctor trailed off, breathing heavily. He hadn't meant to say so much at all.

Amy blinked, surprised. 'Okay. Wow.' She let out a long, low whistle. 'Unexpected.'

The Doctor went and sat next to her. 'It's a shame it took a death for me to say that all to you.'

Amy gave him a small smile, and covered his hand with hers. 'Never mind, eh? At least it's out in the open now.' she said quietly.

The Doctor looked up at her and their eyes locked. They gazed at each other for a while, unsure. Then Amy tilted her head slightly, and before either of them could say anything, their lips met, gently and slowly, a kiss full of meaning.

They broke apart and, overcome with emotion, Amy began to cry.

'Well, that's boosted my ego.' the Doctor said dryly as he hugged her again, letting out a shaky laugh. Amy laughed too through her tears, and then the pair sat in companionable silence, for there was nothing left to say.

A/N: Yes, I put in a kiss, because I'm nice. Also, I wanted it to happen before some stuff. Am I going to fast with this relationship? :S