Vampires
"THE LIFE OUT THERE, IT DAZZLES." The Doctor yelled from under the glass, the TARDIS sparking "I MEAN IT BLINDS YOU TO THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT I'VE SEEN IT DEVOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND PLANS!" A small explosion went off, and Rory, for lack of a better word, whimpered. "IT'S MEANT TO DO THAT." Said the Doctor absently while watching Scarlett out the corner of his eye stroke the TARDIS and muttering
"Poor thing."
"BECAUSE FOR ONE PERSON TO HAVE SEEN ALL THAT, TO TASTE THE GLORY AND THEN go back… IT WILL TEAR YOU APART. So I'm sending you somewhere together."
"Whoa, what like a date?" Asked Amy nervously, sending a Scarlett a look, who had yet to look at her except to glare.
"Anywhere you want, anytime you want. One condition, it has to be amazing." The Doctor said as he walked up the stairs "The Moulin rouge in 1890! The first Olympic games! Think of it as a wedding present, because, frankly, it's either this or tokens…" he trailed off listening to Scarlett talk in his ear, "SCARLETT WILLIAMS, YOU ARE BRILLIANT!" He shouted and pulled her to him and gave her a kiss on the cheek which brought a small smile to Scarlett's face, make Amy sulk in the corner and Rory have sudden wish to kill the Doctor for kissing both his future wife and baby sister. The Doctor, unaware of his companions reactions, called to Rory while heading up some stairs
"I know it's a lot to take in, tiny box HUGE room inside, what's that about let me explain."
"It's another dimension." Rory said in a rather bored way
"It's basically dime- What?" The Doctor said
"You just earned massive brother points, Rory." Scarlett said chuckling
"After what happened with Prisoner Zero I've been looking up the latest conspiracy theories." Rory said smiling at Scarlett
"I like the bit when someone says it's bigger on the inside, I always look forward to that" The Doctor said glaring at Rory.
"So, this date," Amy said trying to ease the tension "I'm kind of done with running down corridors, what you think Rory?"
"How about somewhere Romantic?" The Doctor asked right before he pulled down the lever.
The Doctor walked out of the Tardis with a smile and yelled to his following companions "VENICE! VENEZIA! LA SERENISSIMA! ISN'T YOU SISTER A GENIUS?" He shouted towards Rory "IMPOSSIBLE CITY, PREPOSTEROUS CITY! Founded by refuges running from Attila the Hun! It was just a collection of little wooden huts in the middle of the marsh, but became one of the most powerful cities in the world." He said while walking around the little market "Constantly being invaded, constantly flooding, constantly… just beautiful!" The Doctor said at his marveling companions "Ah, You've got to love Venice." He smiled at some woman who gave him a flirty smile. "And so many people did; Byron, Napoleon, Casanova."
Then the Doctor got a worried look and checked his watch "Ooh that reminds me, 1580. That's alright. Casanova doesn't get born for 145, don't want to run into him; I owe him a chicken."
"You owe Casanova a chicken?" Rory asked incredulously,
"We had a bet." The Doctor said, in a matter-a-fact tone.
Scarlett chuckled and the Doctor smiled to himself, he had made her laugh.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" A short fat man shouted at The Doctor, "Papers if you please."
"Proof of residency, current bill of medical inspection." The fat man stated
"Here you go fella," The Doctor said while holding up the psychic paper "All to your satisfaction, I think you'll find." The fat man looked in wonderment at the four before saying
"I am so sorry, your holiness. I didn't realize" The Doctor made the sign of a cross in front of the fat man and said
"No worries, you were just doing your job."
"Sorry, what exactly is your job?" Scarlett asked kindly
"Checking for aliens, Duchess, visitors from foreign lands, what might bring the plague." He said with a short bow to Scarlett
"See where you bring me! THE PLAGUE!" Amy yelled at the Doctor and smacked him,
"Don't worry, Viscountess." He said and bowed and she sighed and smiled in appreciation "No, we're under quarantine here. No- one comes in, no- one goes out and all because of the grace and wisdom of our patron, Signora Rosanna Calvierri" The Doctor and Scarlett exchanged a look,
"How interesting," The Doctor muttered "I heard the plague died out years ago."
"Not out there." The fact man said "No Signora Calvierri has seen it with her own eyes. Streets are piled high with bodies, she said."
"Did she now?" The Doctor said thoughtfully, then he ran off with Scarlett at his side and Amy chasing after them, only to be stopped by Rory who said gesturing to the psychic paper
"According to this, I'm your eunuch."
"Oh, I'll explain later." Amy said awkwardly,
The Doctor, Scarlett, Amy, and Rory watched as girls in white veils walked around a courtyard,
"Those girls aren't pretentious at all." Scarlett chuckled, then suddenly a man ran up to the girls and started lifting there veils calling for one named Isabella. The Doctor and Scarlett exchanged a look of confusion; the Doctor grabbed her hand and pulled her behind him.
"Oh… I hate it when he does that." Amy stated, unhappy that he had taken Scarlett with him,
"Will Scarlett be okay with him?" Rory asked uncertainly
"Well, he gets us into a lot of trouble, but he always gets us out of it."
Scarlett and the Doctor ran to the staircase that the man just passed, they hopped on it so fast that Scarlett wobbled and the Doctor, who was standing next to her had to grab her by the waist and steady her.
"Who were those girls?" a blush-y Scarlett called out to the man,
"I thought everyone knew about the Calvierri school." The man said suspiciously
"Our first day here." The Doctor said walking up to the man "So, okay, parents do all sort of things to get their children into good schools. They move house, they change religion." The Doctor continued "So why are you trying to get her out?"
"Something happens in there," the man said "Something magical, something evil."
The Doctor and Scarlett exchanged an excited look
"My own daughter didn't recognize me. And the girl who pushed me away, her face… like an animal."
"I think it's time we met this Signora Calvierri." The Doctor said; giving Scarlett a smile.
"And what have you been doing?" Rory asked Amy
"Well… Running." Amy answered "And fighting, I've been scared. More scared than I thought I was…"
"Did you miss me?" Rory asked; not looking at her.
"I…" she punched him lightly "I knew I'd be coming back." Amy looked down guiltily
"He was right. It blots out everything else." Rory said walking away
"Rooooory." Amy complained, "This is our date." Amy ran up to him, "Let's not do this, not now." She smiled at him sweetly,
"We are in Venice," Rory started and Amy laughed "And it is 1580."
"I Know!" Amy said; laughing, Francesco looked at Amy and Rory walk pass, a woman with a basket full of flowers walked up to him and held up the flower
"Flowers, Signor?" Francesco shook his head and the woman kept walking. He followed after her and walked up to her, she offered the flowers to him.
Amy posed for Rory to take a picture of her when they heard a female's scream.
"What was that?" Rory asked, Amy ran towards it and Rory ran after her. Francesco stopped drinking the poor woman's blood when Amy and Rory came up, he glared and hid himself behinds his ridiculous cape, Rory kneeled next to the woman,
"She'll be okay." Rory said to Amy, who started running
"Where are you? Amy! Come back!" he called after her,
Amy ran after Francesco, she comes to an abrupt stop in front of one the canals.
"You have my daughter, Isabella!" Guido yelled at the guards in front the school, trying to get in.
"You're not coming in, stop there! We've told you-." A guard protested, not noticing Scarlett and the Doctor sneak along the side and sonic the canal gate. Once the two time travelers entered, Guido stopped trying to get in and left.
The Doctor and Scarlett made their way down stone steps, and into a chamber. The Doctor spotted a mirror on the wall
"Hello, handsome." He said while straightening his bow-tie, looking at his teeth, and winking at Scarlett, who rolled her eyes.
"Who are you?"
The Doctor and Scarlett whipped around to see a group of creepy girls standing behind them, they both turned back around to look at the mirror, nothing, turned back around, the girls were still there.
"How are you doing that?" The Doctor asked "I... am... loving it. You're like Houdini, only five scary girls, only he was shorter. WILL BE shorter. I'm rambling." The last bit he said to Scarlett, who nodded.
"I'll ask you again, signor, signora. Who are you?" The creepy girls asked in unison
"Why don't you check THIS out?" The Doctor said, pulling out a wallet, which had a picture of his first incarnation, he looked at it and sighed "Library card." He put it away "Of course, it's with... He's... I need the spare." He complained to Scarlett who rolled her eyes and jerked her head towards the girls.
"Right," The Doctor said "Pale, creepy girls who don't like sunlight and can't be seen in…" He turned towards the mirror, then looked at Scarlett, who had a look of excitement and a small smile
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked excitedly "But the city. Why shut down the city?
Unless-."
"Leave now, signor, signora or we shall call for the steward... if you are lucky." The girls said while smiling
"Oooh!' The Doctor said as the girls bared their fangs and advanced on the two of them, they ran to the staircase
"Tell me the whole plan!" The Doctor demanded
"That's never going to work." Scarlett said, laughing
"Listen, I would love to stay here. This whole thing... I'm thrilled. Oh, this is Christmas!" The Doctor said, excited while Scarlett pulled him up the staircase.
"Did that just happen?" Scarlett asked excitedly, once they got out of the school and on the other side of the canal "Did we just meet vampires?"
"I think so!" The Doctor said, getting excited and jumping up and down, making Scarlett laugh.
The scene that Amy and Rory saw when they walked up was of the Doctor twirling Scarlett while they laughed and jumped slightly. Rory turned towards Amy, who was frowning slightly, and raised an eyebrow. She shrugged back and walked up to the couple
"We just saw a vampire!" She said while running up, followed by Rory
"We did to!" The Doctor said, excitedly, still holding onto Scarlett's hand
"Creepy girls, night gowns, the whole nine yards!" Scarlett exclaimed, at Rory, who raised his eyebrow and rolled his eyes.
"They were in that school!" the Doctor said, reverting back to puppy mode
"Are you alright?" Rory asked Scarlett, who waved her hand and nodded
"OK, so." The Doctor said while slapping Rory's cheeks "first we need to get back in there somehow."
"What?!" Rory asked
"How do we do that?" Amy asked
"Back in where?!" Rory asked, still in shock
"Come and meet our new friend." The Doctor said, while grabbing Scarlett's hand and running off, expecting the other two to follow.
Inside Guido's house, Scarlett, the Doctor and Amy looked at a map Guido placed out, and Rory sat in the back, next to some barrels.
"As you saw, there's no clear way in." Guido explained "The House of Calvierri is like a fortress. But there's a tunnel underneath it, with a ladder and shaft that leads up into the house. I tried to get in once myself, but I hit a trapdoor."
"You need someone on the inside." Amy said, conspiratorially
"No." The Doctor said without looking up
"You don't even know what I was going to say!" Amy protested
"We pretend you're an applicant for the school to get you inside and tonight you come down and open the trapdoor to let us in." The Doctor said, unimpressed.
"Oh. So you know what I was going to say." Amy said quietly
"Are you insane?" Rory asked
"We don't have another option." Amy said
"Yes we do." Scarlett said without looking up
"We do?" The Doctor asked
"I go in instead of her." She said
"Oh because you're so perfect." Amy mocked
"No," Scarlett said looking up, "Because I have the ability to stave off a vampire hoard. Unlike you…" She mumbled the last part
"He said no, Scar. Listen to him." Rory said, slightly desperate
"There is another option." Guido said, pointing over at Rory, who pointed at himself in confusion "I work at the Arsenal. We build the warships for the navy."
The Doctor walked up to the barrels and sniffed
"Gunpowder. Most people just nick stationery from where they work." The Doctor said
Rory had moved away from the barrels and walked backward into a dead rabbit that was hanging over the fireplace.
"Look, I have a thing about guns and huge quantities of explosive." The Doctor said to Guido
"What do you suggest, then? We wait until they turn her into an animal?" Guido asked, turning to poke the fire in annoyance.
"You know I'd be fine, if it makes you feel better Amy and I could go together." Scarlett said to the Doctor, who smiled slightly, then shook his head.
"No, no, no, no, no, no. It can't keep happening like this. This is how they go." The Doctor said while dropping his head into his hands, he took a deep breath and sat back "But I have to know. Us three go together. Say you're my Fiancée."
Amy felt the tell-tale feelings of jealousy begin to bubble in her again, but she pushed them down "You've got Rory." She thought to herself.
"Why is she your Fiancée? Not brother?" Rory asked, getting a little annoyed with the Doctor's attitude towards his baby sister
"I thought she was his Fiancée." Guido supplied
"You're not helping." The Doctor said, turning slightly red
"I'm not having him run around telling people he's your fiancé." Rory protested
Scarlett turned towards her brother and smiled evilly
"You're right, they've already seen the Doctor, you should do it." Scarlett said
"They've seen you too." Amy pointed out
"Ever dyed someone's hair with washout dye?" Scarlett asked
"I've always wanted to try it." Amy replied
"This whole thing is mental! They're VAMPIRES, for God's sake." Rory said, trying to be the voice of reason
"We hope." The Doctor corrected, a little annoyed he couldn't pose as Scarlett's fiancé, but completely ignoring that feeling
"So if they're not vampires?" Amy asked
"Makes you wonder what could be so bad it doesn't actually mind us thinking it's a vampire?" The Doctor replied
"So, basically, both of our parents are dead from getting the plague. I'm a gondola... driver... so... money's a bit tight... so having my sisters go to your school for special people would be brilliant. Cheers." Rory finished his speech, taking a deep breath, Scarlett (Now With some brilliantly ginger hair) barely holding in her eye roll.
Francesco stepped away from where his mother was sitting on a throne, and up to Amy and Scarlett
"Have we met?" He asked
"I've just got one of those faces." Rory offered awkwardly
"I wasn't talking to you." Francesco said, and looked at Amy
"She's got the same face... which is because she's my sister!" Rory stuttered out
Signora turned to her servant and asked
"Carlo, explain yourself. Why have you brought me this imbecile?"
"Signora, they have references from the King of Sweden." Carlo explained
"What?! Let me see." She demanded and Rory handed her the psychic paper "Well, now I can see what got my steward so excited" She said as she handed back the psychic paper "What say you, Francesco? Do you like them?"
"Oh, I do, Mother. I do." Francesco said while circling Amy and Scarlett
"Then we would be delighted to accept them. Say goodbye to your sisters." Signora said, before Carlo ushered Rory out
"Tell D- Scarlett's fiancée we'll see you see, okay?" Amy called after Rory
"We'll be fine." A red faced Scarlett called after him.
Behind Scarlett and Amy, Francesco bared his fangs.
Carlo led Amy and Scarlett through the school, while the girls of the school watched. He brought them to a room that they would have shared with the girls if they were going to stay there.
"There are clothes on the bed. Get changed and wait here." Carlo ordered
Amy looked around the room and muttered "Blimey. This is private education, then?"
All the girls in the room left, except Amy, Scarlett and one other
"Hey. Hello. I'm Amy, this is Scarlett. What's your name?" Amy said to the remaining girl
"Isabella." She said
"We're going to break you out, but we need to know what's going on. What are they doing? What's their plan?" Scarlett asked, kneeling in front of her and smiled.
"They, um..." Isabella spoke haltingly," They come at night. They gather around my bed and they take me to a room... with this green light and a chair with... with straps, as if for a surgeon."
"And then what." Scarlett asked
"I wake up here. And the sunlight burns my skin like candle wax." Isabella said
A bell tolled and the girls jumped slightly.
The Doctor and Rory sat in a gondola, being driven by Guido, who was wearing Rory's clothes.
"They'll be fine." The Doctor said, half reassuring Rory, half himself.
"You can promise me that, can you?" Rory asked waspishly
Scarlett carried a lamp, leading Amy through the Calvierri School
"We're here." Guido said, and Rory and The Doctor got out of the gondola. The Doctor carried a lit torch, he opened the gate, and went in followed by Rory.
"Right. OK, I'll go first. If anything happens to me, go back." The Doctor said to Rory once they were on the underground staircase
"What happened?" Rory asked "Between you and Amy? You said she kissed you."
The Doctor stopped in front of a wooded door and turned around
"NOW?! You want to do this NOW?!" He asked incredulously, then going through the door
"I have a right to know." Rory said while following "I'm getting married in 430 years."
Scarlett unlocked the grate.
"Let's go." Scarlett said standing up
Then both girls shrieked when they were grabbed by Carlo and Francesco
"She was frightened, I was frightened, but we survived, and the relief of it... and so she kissed me." The Doctor explained while leading Rory through the narrow passage
"And you kissed her back?" Rory said quiet anger in his tone
"No. I kissed her mouth." The Doctor countered
"Funny." Rory said humorlessly
"Rory…" The Doctor said while turning around "Rory, she kissed me because I was there. It would have been you,it SHOULD have been you."
"Yeah." Rory said
"Exactly. That's why I brought you here."
"Another question." Rory said once they started walking again.
The Doctor huffed and rolled his eyes "Yes?"
"Scarlett." Rory said
"What about her?" The Doctor asked tensely
"What do you think of her?" Rory asked, with more tact then one would've expected
"Well she's smart." The Doctor said "And funny."
"Go on." Rory said
"What do you want me to say?" He asked, annoyed
"Just waiting for you to admit you were flirting with her." Rory said with slight malice
"No I wasn't." The Doctor protested
"And saying you'll pretend to be her fiancé is just a platonic gesture?" Rory asked
"I was trying to find a way to get her in here." The Doctor protested, beet red
"If you were only doing that you would have said Brother or cousin." Rory argued
The Doctor, for the second time, stopped and turned around and said "Listen, there is nothing going on between your sister and me, we are just friends."
"Yeah, sure." Rory muttered, suddenly a gust of wind blew through the passage, blowing out the torch, leaving them in complete darkness.
"Can we go and see the vampires now, please?" The Doctor whispered
"Control yourselves!" Francesco ordered as he and Carlo forced Amy and Scarlett done a set of stairs. They entered a room where Signora and the other girls stood.
"You're going to regret this." Scarlett said, the same cold fury in her tone as when they were climbing the Byzantium
"Psychic paper. Did you really think that would work on me?" Signora asked
"Yes, we used something we knew wouldn't work." Scarlett said sarcastically
Then a green light lit up the chamber and Scarlett exchanged a look with Amy.
The Doctor pushed the grate open and started to climb out, using Rory as a human ladder.
"Push." The Doctor said to Rory, and once he was up he pulled Rory up "Come on. There we are. Scarlett, Amy! Where are they? I can't see a thing."
"Just as well I brought this, then." Rory said smugly, pulling out a small pocket torch. The Doctor pulled out a large, flat torch.
"Ultraviolet; Portable sunlight." He explained
"Yours is bigger than mine." Rory said pathetically
"Let's not go there." The Doctor said
Signora circled Amy and Scarlett, who were being held by Carlo and Francesco.
"Where are you from? Did you fall through the chasm?" She questioned, getting only a look of malice from the girls
"Mother this is pointless. Let's just start the process." Francesco said while studying Scarlett's neck
"Hold your tongue, Francesco! I need to know what this girl is doing in a world of savages with psychic paper." Signora said while two of the girls from the school brought forward a wooden chair with wrist straps. "Who are you with? I scarcely believe your idiot brother sent you." Signora said as another girl set a hook into an eye socket "What are you doing in MY school?" she questioned, as a different girl set an IV bag on the hook
"Ok, I'll tell you the truth." Scarlett said "We're from the moon."
Signora laughed and ordered "Put her in the chair."
Francesco forced her into the chair and Carlo fastened the straps
"I'm going to destroy you." Scarlett said in her fury voice
"Oh, make sport of me, will you? Tease me as if I were your dog? Well, this dog has a bite, girl." Signora said while showing her fangs
"Doctor!" Amy yelled, as Signora bit Scarlett's neck
"If we cancel now, we lose the deposit on the village hall, the salsa band." Rory said while sighing
The Doctor opened a chest on the ground, inside was skeletal remains of a human.
"What happened to them?" Rory asked
"They've had all the moisture taken out of them." The Doctor said solemnly.
Signora pulled away from Scarlett's neck, and recoiled when Scarlett looked her in the eyes, chuckled darkly and said
"You're gonna have to do better than that."
"Mother... where you drink from her, may we share? I'm so thirsty." Francesco pleaded
"Of course, darling." Signora said distractedly licking her lips and frowning
"That's what vampires do, right? They drink your blood and replace it with their own." Rory said
"Yeah, except they haven't just had their blood taken, but all the water in their bodies." The Doctor explained
"Why did they die? Why aren't they like the girls in the school?" Rory asked
"Maybe not everyone survives the process." The Doctor explained
Rory walked away, turned and pointed at the Doctor. Anger clear on his face
"You know what's dangerous about you? It's not that you make people take risks. It's that you make them want to impress you. You make it so they don't want to let you down. You have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves when you're around." Each of Rory's words hurting the Doctor deeply,
"Who are you?" The Girls of the school said in unison, each standing in an archway
The Doctor held up the light as the girls drew nearer
"We should run. Run!" The Doctor said, he and Rory being followed by the girls
"This is how it works. First, we drink you until you're dry. Then... we fill you with our blood. It rages through you like a fire, changing you, until one morning you awake and your humanity is a dream... now faded." Signora explained, still distracted
"Or you die." Francesco laughed as he moved a piece of hair from her neck "That can happen."
"And if I survive?" Scarlett said while leaning back on the chair, apparently at complete ease
"Then there are 10,000 husbands waiting for you in the water." Signora said
"Lady," Scarlett said leaning forward and making her voice quieter, forcing Signora to move closer to her "That is messed up." And she kicked Signora on the bulge on her hip. There is a slight electrical buzz and Signora flickered to show a creature with a fish head then flickered back. Signora went to say something but stop when they hear running footsteps and voices from above them
Signora, Francesco, and Carlo, ran upstairs. Scarlett began pulling on her restraints and Amy began undoing them.
The Doctor and Rory ran down the corridor, to be stopped by the sight of Signora, Francesco and Carlo standing in their way.
"Cab for Scarlett Williams and Amy Pond?" The Doctor asked
Amy continued on the first strap when a second hand began doing the other one. Amy gasped but saw that it was only Isabella.
"She bit her!" Amy said, outraged
The girls approached from the other end of the corridor, blocking The Doctor and Rory's escape route
"This rescue plan, not exactly watertight, is it?" Signora said smugly
The Doctor brandished his torch at the girls, making them recoil "Ha ha!"
Amy, Scarlett and Isabella ran down the corridor from the intersecting hall
"Rory!" Amy yelled
"Amy!" He responded
"Quickly, through here!" Isabella said, turning back the way they had come, Followed by Amy, Scarlett, Rory and The Doctor. And being chased by the girls.
"Seal the house." Signora ordered
"Well, they're not Vamps!" Scarlett said as the group ran through the underground stairs
"What?" The Doctor said as he soniced the door
"I saw what they really looked like, they're aliens!" Scarlett explained excitedly
The Doctor chuckled and said "Classic!"
"That's GOOD news?! What is wrong with you people?!" Rory asked completely in shock
"Come on, move!" The Doctor said from the back. Brandishing the UV light at Francesco
"Keep moving! Come on, guys." He pressed
Isabella opened the doorway and ushered everyone out into the sunlight.
"Quickly. Get out. Quick!" Isabella said, stepping into the light and cringing, the Doctor ran back to help
"Oh, Come on run!" He yelled
"I can't." Isabella said, while being pulled into the house.
The Doctor pounded on the door, spasms as the door is electrified, and falls to the ground.
"Is he dead?" Amy asked while Rory checked
"No, he's breathing." Rory said
Scarlett looked back at Guido, who looked down at the ground.
"And so in memory of the children lost to the silence, the traitor is delivered to the arms of those she betrayed." Carlo said to Isabella, who was standing on a plank that extended over the wa
ter, all the girls, Signora, and Francesco watching.
Carlo nodded at a soldier, who started to prod Isabella with a lance.
"Do you expect me to drown? I'm Venetian! I can swim!" She said, not noticing that the water began to bubble "We can all swim!" Isabella said, falling in the water "Something touched my leg." She said, freaking out a little "They're all around me! They bite!" Was her last words until she was pulled under.
"Now leave us." Signora said walking forward
Carlo clapped his hands and the girls left. Signora walked forward and the watered began to bubble again
"Mother! Change your form... or my brothers will think they are being fed twice today." Francesco said from behind her
"Not long now. It's not long." Signora said into the water
Signora walked into her throne room, to find the Doctor sitting on it.
He whistled and said "Long way from Saturnyne, aren't you... Sister of the Water?"
"No, let me guess." Signora smiled "The owner of the psychic paper. Then I take it you're a refugee, like me?"
"I'll make you a deal. An answer for an answer." The Doctor said "You're using a perception filter. It doesn't change your features, but manipulates the brainwaves of the person looking at you. But seeing one of you for the first time in, say, a mirror, the brain doesn't know what to fill the gap with, so leaves it blank... hence no reflection."
"Your question?" Signora questioned
"Why can we see your big teeth?" The Doctor asked
"Self-preservation over-rides the mirage. The subconscious perceives the threat and tries to alert the conscious brain." Signora said chuckling
"Where's Isabella?" The Doctor asked
"My turn." Signora reminded "Where are you from?"
"Gallifrey." The Doctor stated
"You should be in a museum." Signora said shocked "Or in a mausoleum."
"Why are you here?" The Doctor asked
"We ran from the silence. Why are you here?" Signora answered
"Wedding present. The silence?" The Doctor questioned
"There were cracks. Some were tiny... some were as big as the sky. Through some we saw worlds and people and through others we saw silence... and the end of all things. We fled to an ocean like ours and the crack snapped shut behind us... and Saturnyne was lost." Signora said, mourning slightly
"So Earth is to become Saturnyne Mark II?" The Doctor asked
"And you can help me. We can build a new society here, as others have. What do you say?" Signora asked hopefully
"Hmm." The Doctor said, jumping up from the chair, walking up to her and whispering "Where's Isabella?"
"Isabella?" Signora asked confusedly
"The girl who saved my friends." The Doctor clarified
"Oh, deserters must be executed. Any general will tell you that." Signora said, without a care "I need an answer, Doctor. A partnership. Any which way you choose." The last bit said in a very open ended way
"I don't think that's such a good idea, do you? I'm a Time Lord. You're a big fish. Think of the children." The Doctor mocked
"Carlo!" Signora called "You're right. We're nothing alike. I will bend the heavens to save my race, while YOU philosophize."
"This ends today. I'll tear down the House of Calvierri, stone by stone." The Doctor said, Carlo putting his hand on the Time Lord's chest "Take your hands off me, Carlo." He threatened "And you know why? You didn't know Isabella's name. You didn't know Isabella's name." The Doctor said, walking out.
"Attend! Attend!" Signora yelled in the courtyard, the people of the school gathering "The storm is coming!" She started down the steps, her perception filter started to glitch allowing the real creature to show, Signora screamed in frustration.
"Mummy... What's wrong with your perception filter?" Francesco asked tensely
"That idiot half breed must have damaged it when she kicked me..." Signora explained "Now... assemble the girls. I have a job for them."
The Doctor examined Scarlett's neck bites with his sonic screwdriver.
"You'll be fine." He smiled at her "Open wide." And he placed a candy in her mouth.
The Doctor shouted slightly in frustration "I need to think. Come on brain, think, think. Think!" He sat down at the head of the table, everyone on either side of him and Scarlett and the other end.
"If they're fish people, it explains why they hate the sun." Amy said, attempting to weigh in, the Doctor placed his hand over her mouth and said
"Stop talking, brain thinking. Hush."
"It's the school thing I don't understand." Rory offered, the Doctor placed his hand over his mouth
"Stop talking, brain thinking. Hush."
"I say we take the fight to them." Guido exclaimed
"Ah-ah-ah!" The Doctor exclaimed
"What?" Guido asked
"Ah!" The Doctor said, nodding at Rory, who placed his hand over Guido's mouth "Planet dies, so they flee through a crack in space and time, and end up here, then she closes off the city and, one by one, changes people into creatures like her to start a new gene pool. Got it. "
"Then what?" Scarlett offered "They live in the water, they can't survive that long on land, she has to do something. Unless she's going to do something to the environment to make the city habitable ."
Amy looked expectantly at the Doctor, thinking he was going to hush Scarlett. But he just frowned and said
"She said, "I shall bend the heavens to save my race."" The Doctor placed his hands on Amy and Rory's heads, making them nod "Bend the heavens... Bend... the heavens... She's going to sink Venice."
"She's... she's going to sink Venice?" Guido said, unbelievingly
"And repopulate it with the girls she's transformed." The Doctor said, looking at Scarlett who nodded
"You can't repopulate somewhere with just women. You need... blokes." Rory muttered
"She has them!" Scarlett exclaimed "In the canal, she said "There are 10,000 husbands waiting in the water.""
"Only the male offspring survived the journey here. She's got 10,000 children swimming in the canals, waiting for Mum to make them some compatible girlfriends." The Doctor explained, then he and Scarlett grimaced at each other "Ew. I mean, I've been around a bit, but, really, that's... that's... Ew."
A loud clattering came from above them, and they all looked up
"The people upstairs are very noisy." The Doctor said awkwardly
"There aren't any people upstairs." Guido said
"I knew you were going to say that" The Doctor exclaimed "Did anyone else know he was going to say that?"
The sound of wood creaking filled their ears
"Is it the vampires?" Rory asked while looking at the ceiling
"Like I said, they're not vampires. Fish from space." The Doctor stated
There was a loud thump and the girls from the school entered the room as others looked on from the window. The humans and Time Lord stood up and the Doctor flashed his UV light towards the girls.
"Aren't we on the second floor?" Rory asked
The girls at the window broke the glass and the Doctor shined the light at them. He then used his sonic on the girls, showing their true forms
"What's happened to them?" Guido asked, disgusted
"There's nothing left of them. They've been fully converted. Blimey, fish from space have never been so... buxom." The Doctor said, turning red when Scarlett gave him a look "OK.." He said switching the sonic off "Move. Come on." The group ran down the stairs followed by the girls.
"Give me the lamp." Guido said from the back, to the Doctor, who handed it to him.
Amy, Rory and Scarlett ran out Into the sunlight.
"Go, go, go, guys! Keep moving, go, go go!" The Doctor said following them
Guido stopped and shut the door, locking everyone out of his house.
"Stay away from the door, Doctor." He said
"No! Guido! What are you doing?!" The Doctor said while banging on the door
Guido used the UV light on the girls while the Doctor yelled
"I'm not leaving you! What are you doing?!" The Doctor tried to use the sonic on the door, but it didn't work.
Guido lured the girls up into the room where they were before.
"Come on. That's it... Come on." He murmured
"Guido!" The Doctor continued to yell, Scarlett started to drag him away from the door, realizing Guido's plan. The Doctor tried to shrug her off.
Guido grabbed a candle with his free hand and backed towards the barrels
The Doctor finally figured out what was going to happen and started to run away with Scarlett
"We are Venetians!" Guido said, dropping the candle in a barrel
The Doctor and Scarlett fell to the ground, pushed by the force of the explosion. The Doctor pulled Scarlett to his chest so she wouldn't get hit by debris.
Smoke and vapor came out of the bell tower school, clouding the sky. Lightening streaked the sky and a storm began.
"Yes!" Signora said while standing on a balcony
The people on the street began to worry
"In sight of the Lord, protect and keep us!" A man said
The Doctor helped Scarlett up and they looked around at the damage.
"Rosanna's initiating the final phase." The Doctor said for Amy and Rory's benefit.
"We need to stop her. Come on!" Amy yelled
"No, no. Get back to the TARDIS." The Doctor said
"You can't stop her on your own." Amy protested
"We don't discuss this!" The Doctor snapped "I tell you to do something, Amy, and you do it. Huh?"
Amy stormed off, and before Rory joined her he said to the Doctor
"Thank you."
"If you think I'm going to go back to the TARDIS you've got another thing coming." Scarlett said to the Doctor, who smiled and held his elbow out for her to loop her arm through. They both ran off towards the sound of screams.
Francesco opened the gates to the school and looked at the sky. Amy and Rory looked out from the opposite side of the canal.
"Oh, my God!" Amy said "What is going on?"
Francesco looked and recognized Amy.
"The sky, it's like it's boiling." Rory offered
Francesco removed his hat and cape, and as Amy and Rory walked off, he dove into the canal.
The Doctor and Scarlett entered the throne room and walk up to the throne. The Doctor began to examine it and he pulled the back off, revealing circuitry, that he starts to sonic when Signora came in
"You're too late. Such determination... just to save one city. Hard to believe it's the same man that let an entire race turn to cinders and ash. Now you can watch as my people take their new kingdom." She said gloating
"The girls are dead." Scarlett said harshly
"You're lying." Signora said, distressed
"Shouldn't we be dead? Hmm?" The Doctor asked while Signora walked away "Rosanna, please, help me. There are 200,000 people in this city."
"So save them." Signora said, while walking away
Amy and Rory made their way through the streets, to be blocked by a completely wet Francesco. Rory picked up some candlesticks and held them in the shape of a cross
"Amy, run!" Francesco swiped the candlesticks and sauntered towards Amy "way, you freak! Don't! This...this... this way, you big, stupid, great... SpongeBob! The only thing I've seen uglier than you is... your mum! No..."
Francesco turned around and looked at Rory; seething
"Did you say something about Mummy?" He asked
Rory picked up a broom and started to flip it back and forth like in an awful low budget action movie. Francesco pulled out a real sword, making Rory recoil slightly. Francesco attacked and Rory, the timid man only just blocked it.
"Careful! Hit him! This way, bring him this way! Rory!" Amy said, freaking out a bit
Francesco sliced the broom handle off, leaving Rory defenseless. Francesco lunged forward trying to stab Rory, who just dodged it, the sword a hanging drape. Rory wrapped him up in the cloth and backed away.
"Ew! You stink of fish." Rory said while walking into the next courtyard
"Well, I'm hardly going to smell of cheese and biscuits." Francesco said, advancing
Rory tripped and fell backwards onto the ground, Francesco leaped, changing form midair and landed on top of Rory.
"Hey! Mummy's boy." Amy said from the top of the stairs, holding a compact mirror, reflecting the light onto Francesco, who exploded into dust.
"Ohhh… Oh." Rory said, completely covered in exploded alien fish dust.
"That was lucky." Amy said as Rory stood "Why did you make the sign of the cross, you numpty?"
"Oh, oh, right!" Rory complained while walking up the stairs to Amy "I'm being reviewed now, am I?"
Amy simply pulled Rory in for a kiss.
"Now we go help the Doctor." Amy said
"Rightio." Rory agreed, dazed
The Doctor and Scarlett looked out of the balcony onto the city below. They looked at each other worriedly and headed inside.
At the main gate of the school, Carlos dragged a sack of precious heirlooms and items from the school.
"Open the gates!" Carlo demanded.
As Carlo fumbled with the bag, Amy and Rory sneaked through.
The Doctor and Scarlett entered through the main door into the throne room, as Amy and Rory entered from the side.
"Get out!" The Doctor ordered "We need to stabilize the storm."
"We're not leaving you." Rory said
"Right" The Doctor said angrily while walking up to Amy and Rory "So one minute it's, "You make people a danger to themselves," the next it's, "We're not leaving you!" But if one of you gets squashed or blown up or eaten, who gets-."
The ground began to shake, parts of the ceiling crumbled and hit the ground. The four time travelers fell to the ground, The Doctor, again, pulled Scarlett to his chest. He pulled back and looked her over worriedly.
"What was that?" Rory asked, ruining The Doctor and Scarlett's moment
"Nothing. Bit of an earthquake." The Doctor said standing up, helping Scarlett up, and grabbing her hand.
"An earthquake?" Amy asked, flicking her eyes over the joined hands.
"Manipulate the elements, it can trigger earthquakes. But don't worry about them." The Doctor said
"No?" Rory asked confused
"No. Worry about the tidal waves caused by the earthquake." The Doctor turned towards the throne, turning Scarlett along with him "Right, Rosanna's throne is the control hub but she's locked the program, so tear out every single wire and circuit in the throne. Go crazy. Hit it with a stick, anything." The Doctor headed up to the throne, Scarlett walking with him "We need it to shut down and re-route control to the secondary hub, which I'm guessing will also be the generator."
The Doctor and Scarlett ran up the bell tower, covering their ears, and the Doctor holding a controller, which he connected to the throne, storm device.
Amy and Rory pulled out the wires in the throne, making it spark.
The Doctor held the clapper on one of the bells, Scarlett rolling her eyes slightly.
"Shut up! Shut up." The Doctor said as it stilled "That's better!"
The Doctor pulled on one of the cables, but it didn't budge. He climbed up on the rail, he slipped and Scarlett grabbed him, helping him get his balance, then she started to climb with him.
Amy and Rory ran into the courtyard and looked up to try and spot the Doctor and Scarlett.
"There they are!" Rory yelled
The Doctor opened the sphere on the top of the tower and the two geniuses started at the device, trying to see how to stop it.
"Come on! Come on!" Amy and Rory yelled watching the two dangerously precarious people on the tower.
Scarlett pointed to the toggle switch and the Doctor flipped it off. The rain stopped and the clouds cleared immediately. Scarlett laughed and leaned over to kiss the Doctor's cheek, who turned tomato red.
Amy and Rory laughed and hugged each other.
"You did it!" Rory yelled up at the two that were waving at the street.
Signora walked the quay to the water's edge. She tried to turn off the perception filter, but the device died. She pulled off her gloves and striped down to her chemise. She walked up to the plank as the Doctor ran up.
"Rosanna!" He yelled
"One city to save an entire species. Was that so much to ask?" She said, not looking back
"I told you, you can't go back and change time. You mourn but you live. I know, Rosanna, I did it." The Doctor said, advancing slowly
"I have two questions before I go; that girl, who is she?" Signora asked
"Scarlett Williams." The Doctor offered, confused
"What is she?" Signora asked
"Human." The Doctor said, completely at a loss
Signora chuckled and said
"Tell me, Doctor... can your conscience carry the weight of another dead race? Remember us. Dream of us." And she jumped into the water.
"No... No!" The Doctor yelled running forward, the bubbling stopped and the Doctor sighed. And he wondered what Signora had meant about Scarlett.
In the marketplace, the townsfolk cleaned up after the storm, and the time travelers headed towards the TARDIS.
"Now, then, what about you two, eh?" The Doctor asked happily "Next stop Leadworth Register Office? Maybe I can give you away."
"It's fine. Drop me back where you found me. I'll just say you've-." Rory said before Amy stopped him
"Stay…with us. Please. Just for a bit. I want you to stay." Amy said hopefully
"Fine with me." The Doctor smiled
"I feel like we need at least one sane person to help balance it out." Scarlett said laughing, ruffling her older brother's hair
"Yeah? Yes, I would like that." Rory said happily
"Nice one." Amy said, kissing Rory "I will pop the kettle on."
Scarlett unlocked the TARDIS door
"Hey, look at this. Got our spaceship," Amy said happily to Scarlett
"Got our boys." Scarlett said, sending back a wink at the two men
"Our work here is done." Amy finished walking into the TARDIS, followed by Scarlett.
"We are not their boys." Rory said, scoffing a little
"Yeah, we are." The Doctor said clapping his hand on Rory's shoulder, who noticed that the Doctor was slightly red around the ears. Rory smiled slightly, seeing exactly why the Doctor was embarrassed.
"Yeah, we are." Rory agreed, entering the TARDIS, followed by the Doctor, who stopped him and said
"Rory, listen to that."
"What? All I can hear is... silence." Rory said, heading inside while the Doctor pondered the last question of Signora Rosanna.
Who was Scarlett?
Or Rather:
What?
A/N
So I was thinking, if you have any reviews you would like me to answer prompter than when I upload a chapter (Which is slower than I like) Feel free to message it on Tumblr and I'll answer. I think I have a link on my page to it.
I Have also come to the conclusion that all those who commented, are the coolest people ever, and whenever someone comments something nice I have a mini Fangirl. So thank you :)