Okay, sixth chapter up.
Finally, taken me ages to write this.
Hope you like it.
Please review.
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Jackie Tyler was sitting in the kitchen next to her sister, and brother in law and niece. She hadn't seen them in a while so the fact that they were spending Christmas and New Year with them was wonderful.
They were busy chatting when she noticed something in the corner of her eye. There was a woman; she looked like she was an image being projected into the kitchen but also at the same time like she was really standing there in the room.
"Oh no not again" Meg said but Jackie dismissed this as the figure began to speak.
"Meg, whatever you do, do not obey him" the figure said.
"Obey who?" Meg asked but it was too late as the figure disappeared.
"What on earth was that" Meg heard her mother say, but she couldn't reply as everything went black.
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Rose and the Doctor hurried back to the house, after the Doctor stuffed various bits and pieces into his pockets.
Rose walked into the kitchen and saw all three adults crowding round Meg on the floor. It looked like she had fainted.
"What happened" Rose asked as the Doctor made his way to examine Meg.
"This person appeared" Josh answered.
"Where did she appear?" the Doctor asked as he ran the sonic screw driver over Megs body.
"How did you know it was a she?"
"I just guessed" the Doctor replied.
"There" Jackie answered pointing to just where the cupboard was.
"Is she alright?" Mo asked.
"I don't know. Something has affected her when that figure appeared, I think we better take her upstairs, she doesn't look like she'll be waking up anytime soon" the Doctor said and Josh moved over so he could help the Doctor carry Meg up stairs to her room.
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Rose sat down on the end of Meg's bed, whilst the Doctor did some tests on her with various devices that he had gotten earlier. Mo after all the performance has decided that she needed a lie down, Josh had gone to make sure she was alright and Jackie was making herself busy with cups of tea.
"Is she alright?" Rose asked after another half an hour of silence.
"Yeah she's just been knocked out by something" the Doctor said looking at her and giving her a reassuring smile.
"Good, well I mean it isn't good that this has happened, but it's good that she's alright" Rose said.
"I know what you mean" the Doctor replied joining her side at the end of the bed. "You know you two are very close"
"Well, we grew up together. We both don't have any other siblings so when we were growing up, we could talk to each other and tell each other our secrets" Rose said smiling at the thought "We used to stay up into the early hours of the night, when we were meant to be sleeping and just talk." Rose said.
"That's nice that you can do that" the Doctor said
"Yeah I suppose it is" Rose said "I know a lot of my friends wanted something like that between their cousins. She really is more of a sister than anything else" Rose said her smile vanishing at the thought. "And then all this happens"
"We will sort this out Rose. Nothings going to happen to her, I won't let that happen. I give you my word" the Doctor said looking her straight in the eye.
"I know, thank you" Rose said smiling at him feeling a lot better. "You know this has been quite eventful this Christmas hasn't it"
"Yeah I suppose it has" the Doctor said his face "Mind you I like eventful"
"Yeah me too" Rose said and the machine the Doctor had been using beeped startling Rose which nearly made her fall off the bed. Rose looked at the Doctor anxiously who just smiled at her.
"It's alright, it does that. It means everything is working probably" the Doctor said trying not to laugh at how fast Rose's face had turned from happy to anxious.
"Oh right" Rose said "I knew that" Rose carried on as Jackie came in carrying a cups of tea in her hands.
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Meg woke up and she felt like she had a splitting head ache, she felt like energy had been drawn out of her by some force. She could hear voices in the same room but, it hurt to much to think about who it could be.
"Oh my head" she said sitting up and realising that she was in her bedroom.
"Meg, good your awake. I think I need to ask some questions" the Doctor said and tried to move but Rose stopped him before he got any further.
"Wait a minuet Mister" Rose insisted and sitting on the bed next to Meg. "How are you?"
"Well at the moment I've got a splitting headache" Meg replied. "And I'm wondering what happened. Last thing I remember I was in the kitchen" Meg replied and then it hit her "It was the ghost wasn't it. It's affected me hasn't it" Meg asked.
"Yeah" Rose replied.
"What time is it?" Meg asked.
"Almost ten thirty" replied Rose.
"I've been out for ten hours" Meg said.
"Yep, it really knocked you out" the Doctor said and Meg yawned.
"Right you, rest, that's what you need" Rose said "Come on, let's get going" Rose said dragging the Doctor out to let Meg rest.
"You know I could do with a cup of tea" the Doctor said once they'd gotten out of Meg's bedroom.
"You and your tea, do you ever get bored of the stuff" Rose said smiling.
"Well you can never get too much tea or bananas for that matter. Bananas are very good, I like bananas, their very tasty. Good for smoothes. You know if we were go to go to the planet-" the Doctor said but Rose had burst out laughing before he could finish.
"Oh you and your dirty human mind" the Doctor said guiding her down the hall.
"Well you know who I blame" Rose said
"And who would that be Jack. You certainly like this before you met him"
"I wasn't a lot of things before I met him Doctor" Rose replied and this time it was the Doctor's turn to burst out laughing.
"Come on you, best tea in the world is coming your way" Rose said once they'd managed to stop laughing.
"Oh I don't know about that. Banana Tea is very good" the Doctor said sarcastically.
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"What are you doing?" Rose asked as the Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to read something from the floor.
"What ever is appearing, I think it's coming from below the house" the Doctor said "Is there a cellar here"
"Yeah, but Mo said that they couldn't get in. Something about having to many locks" Rose replied handing the Doctor his tea.
"Well it's a good job I own a sonic screw driver" the Doctor said "Do you know how to get down there?"
"In there." Rose said pointing to a door at the edge of the kitchen.
"Come on then" the Doctor said downing his drink in one go and grabbing Rose's arm before she had time to put down her half a cup of tea.
They walked down into the little stair case, and made their way to the little wooden door at the bottom of the stairs.
"Four locks. Four massive locks on such a small door, who would put four massive locks on a door" Rose said as the Doctor started in the first of the locks.
"Someone who is hiding something" the Doctor said noticing that Rose was still sipping her now half full cup of tea.
"You still drinking that" the Doctor said
"Well yeah considering I don't have a time lord super throat that can put scorching hot tea down their throat. Anyway might come in handy at some point." Rose replied as the last lock was opened.
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They walked into the cellar, a coldness that wasn't in the rest of their house hitting them instantly.
"Stay close" the Doctor said finding Rose's hand.
"Do I ever stray from your side" Rose said
"Normally the first in line" the Doctor replied as he guided her through the dark.
The cellar was surprisingly big, mind you the house was big as well so was the house but the cellar seemed to go on for ever.
The Doctor stopped walking when he saw something lying on the floor a few meters ahead of them.
Telling Rose to stay there he walked forward, towards the object. It felt soft and deadly cold. He ran the sonic screw driver over the object and did the same to the nine others.
"What is it Doctor" Rose asked
"Come here Rose" the Doctor said a certain softness in his voice that Rose knew was bad.
"Oh God" Rose said when she saw what lay before them.
"We've found where those house maids went" the Doctor said.
"But they've been here for years shouldn't they of started to decay" Rose asked looking at the bodies of the women around them.
"Yeah" the Doctor said.
"Then why aren't the decaying?" Rose asked.
"I don't know" the Doctor replied. "But what ever it is, it's dangerous"
"Who are you?" came a voice from behind them. The Doctor and Rose turned around to see that a ghost had appeared in front of them.
"I'm the Doctor and this is Rose" the Doctor replied.
"Are you friends of Meg?" the ghost replied.
"We know her, why?"
"Because you can warn her, tell her not to obey him"
"Obey who?" Rose asked.
"Our Master" the ghost replied.
"And what would happen to her if she did obey him?" Rose asked.
"She would become like us" the ghost replied.
"What's your name, I know that your one of the women lying here" the Doctor replied taking things out of Rose's hands.
"Sophie McLeod" the ghost replied.
"There are more of you I know there are, but there was one name that I didn't get. Her name began with an R. What's the name of that woman?"
"My name is Romana" another ghost appeared next to Sophie.
"Romana" the Doctor said. "What happened to you, to all of you"
"Our souls, their trapped, our master has trapped them" the ghosts replied. "Stop, Meg it is too late for us, but it's not for her" Romana said "Save her Doctor, like all the others. Save her" and with that there was a bright light and the ghosts were gone.
"Doctor" Rose said after a minuet noticing that there was something lurking in the shadows of the cellar, but he hadn't heard her, he was kneeling over one of the women's body, examining her closely. He seemed to of gone a shade paler than what he was before.
"Doctor" Rose said placing a hand on his shoulder, getting his attention. "What does that mean?" Rose asked.
"It means that their not dead not probably. Hector has trapped their souls inside this cellar, that's why it's so dark and cold in here" the Doctor said. "Why would someone do this?. When someone dies, they die. They shouldn't have to stay in a cold body" the Doctor replied.
"Doctor, I think we should get out of here now" Rose said "I've got this feeling there's someone else in here with us that's not safe"
"Your companion is right Doctor, you are not alone in this cellar" a voice from behind them came. The voice wasn't the soft like that of the women's, but a low husky voice, a voice that made Rose feel uncomfortable immediately.
"Who are you?" the Doctor said reaching back for Rose, who took his hand tightly.
"I think you already know the answer to that one" the man said.
"Hector Gustavo, that's right isn't it" the Doctor said.
"Well yes, that's my name" Hector replied. "But who are you Doctor? Who are you really?"
"Why are doing this?" the Doctor asked coldly.
"Doing what?" Hector asked casually.
"Killing these people? Trapping their souls?" the Doctor asked "I'd of thought that was obvious; why else would I be down here. I don't make going into cellars a habit of mine you know" the Doctor replied.
"Well of course, considering you don't even own a house anywhere in the universe." Hector said "You just travel round in your machine, never staying still. How lonely Doctor you must be, always seeing the ones you love alive one day and the next their dead"
"And what do you know about watching people you love die?" the Doctor replied, he was trying not to lose his temper at that.
"Oh I know what it's like. I've watched nine of my most faithful maids die. And I know what you're thinking. Why would someone love a person that's your maid. But they all died"
"Yeah because you murdered them" the Doctor said "If you really loved them, then why would kill them?" the Doctor said.
"Come on Doctor, don't you think it's better to let them dying young and then give them life for infinity"
"Oh I see, that's what you doing. Your killing them but trapping their souls so that they can stay alive" the Doctor said
"Isn't that good" Hector asked.
"It's monstrous" the Doctor replied. "There's one thing that I'm still not clear about though. How come you're still alive, you died in 1845, how can you still be here two hundred years after your birth"
"Well Doctor, have you ever heard of the pearl of souls Doctor?"
"That's not possible. That was destroyed hundreds of years ago" the Doctor replied.
"So that's why your doing this, because that's what's keeping you alive" the Doctor said.
"That's how you killed them, you sucked all of their life energy out of them. Then when they were dead you dragged them down here and that's what you're going to do to Meg" the Doctor replied and was about to turn around but Hector stopped him.
"And where do you think you're going" Hector asked.
"Look it's one thing messing with my people, but it's another thing messing with my family" the Doctor said his temper rising "No one messes with my family or friends and I can tell you that I'm going to stop you from doing this. I'm going to set their souls free" the Doctor said staring right at Hector and Rose could tell he was serious.
Rose had stayed quietly behind the Doctor whilst the two talked, she had felt it was better to let the Doctor do the talking and to her just to stay quiet. She knew that the Doctor would sort all this out for them, he always did.
After the Doctor finished his sentence the two men stood there, staring at each other.
She saw that Hector was holding something behind his back, she looked down at where his hand was, his hand was slowly rising. The Doctor was too busy staring at Hector to notice. Hector had a dagger.
Rose was trying to think of what to do; he was going to stab the Doctor. She could see it happening; Hectors arm was already half way up his back.
"Doctor get out the way!" Rose shouted as Hector was about to stab the Doctor. Rose pushed the Doctor out of the way of the dagger and threw her still warm tea in Hectors face, and then grabbed the Doctor's hand and ran for the door of the cellar.
"Thank you" the Doctor said once they'd gotten back into the kitchen.
"I told you tea might come in handy" Rose replied giving the Doctor a little smile which he returned, but that smile turned to a frown.
"Rose, we need to get everyone out of this house. Now that Hector knows that we're on to him, if we stay here then he might try to control everyone"
"Okay, let's go and get every one out" Rose replied knowing that there was going to be a lot of questions from now on.