Racing to the rescue

'Ok so do you have any idea where...these things may have taken her...Doctor?...Doctor!'

Clara was trying to keep pace with the raging Time Lord as he marched his way back through the battleworn corridors of UNIT. It seriously looked worse than it had done 4 hours ago, he'd left Kate on clean up task putting in protocol 7, and an immediate lockdown over the facility just incase the 'Oozekind'(a name the Doctor had chosen for them having not actually managed to pick out one from his huge encyclopedia or monster knowledge.) came back. It was like a new species had just decided to land on Earth and attack for there own good.

They were heading away from the TARDIS which didn't immediately worry Clara, there had been many a time before when they had had to find another means of transport to get away, sometimes a big blue box just wasn't really subtle enough.

One of the surviving soldiers. Sergeant Denson to be precise was accompanying the duo as where Kate's orders. He was a young stocky man, perhaps a little inexperience when it came to battle, but Kate assured the Doctor he was clever and a good eye.

They'd made there way to the vehicle storage unit, as the Doctor made his way to the drivers seat of a dark SUV, Denson was there to with Clara's blessing tell the Doctor perhaps he would be better at driving so that the Doctor could keep his hands free if he needed to do so.

Having an angry Time Lord driving to possibly to what could be your death really wasn't what Clara had in mind.

'Maybe...perhaps..I don't know. The OozeKind have a crazy theory trying to get their kind to reproduce so they can I assume take over.. They'd need some scientific facility to do so which I'm guessing was why they just tried to attack UNIT when they realised what it actually would have the equipment they need to make sure they can keep this up. It was UNIT's own doing that caused them to be attacked by bringing the OozeKind to the exact place they needed to be, but then I broke the connection when I latched onto Angel's mind, and therefore broke into their...their...''

'Queen Bee as it were' Clara broke in trying to be helpful but it received a dirty look from the Doctor and she shrank back in her seat just a fraction, until his face softened when he realised what he'd just done.

'Sorry... anyway...on point of where they would go 're probably able to drain a person's knowledge when they infect them as it where, so where would the next place be to go after a top scientific base is off the list. One that deals with all manners of sciency technological babble all the time...

Denson looked to Clara through the mirror, and it didn't take a genius to work out where the Doctor meant

'A hospital?'

''I think so, they'd need to keep Angel alive, any risk to her dying well.. They need a back up to make sure nothing can go wrong. That and I put a tracker on her '

Clara saw a tiniest of smiles on the Doctor's face before it disappeared, a well known look of worry that Clara recognised sat behind those orbs.

''So which one are they at then? ''

The Doctor didnt' look at her this time, as Denson accerlerated the SUV now, managing to get through quite easily the thick crowds of London. 'Sometimes' Thought Clara, having a government organisation on your side did have its benefits.

'Royal London..lets just hope we make it there on time.

Immediately the trio could tell something was wrong.

The car park was deserted, cars had been left with doors open, bonnets up.. Possessions on full show. As if everyone who had been there had upped and left for a very specific reason.

The Doctor's eyesbrows drew together worriedly.

'No sign of any...'zombies''

'Shouldn't that be a good thing Sir? '' Denton pointed out but Clara noted that worried look from the Time Lord again.

'They'll know we're coming, they should have patrols or distractions to make sure we don't make it inside...Unless...''

''Unless? Sir? 'Denton slowed the SUV to a stop and looked to the other male beside him.

''Unless we're too late'

Suddenly in a heart breaking and chilling split second, a deafening scream filled the area around the car park, coming straight from inside the hospital.

Angel.

The Doctor shook with anger and was already running before Denton and Clara could move.

'DOCTOR!..Wait.. !'

This had big fat trap written all over it ' ,Thought Clara' The hospital was huge, there was no way if Angel had screamed that they'd have been able to hear it from where they sat...Not unless they had means of copying her scream and using it to trick the Doctor...

The only problem was...how did they achieve that scream from Angel in the first place?

Without a second further hesitation..Clara and Denton followed the Time Lord in pursuit.

The corridors were darkened and empty.

Glass had shattered from the broken lighting in the ceiling, bed sheets were chucked around the floor, but thankfully there were no signs of any dead bodies. It seemed the hospital had been evacuated well before the 'Ooze Kind had managed to take over. Perhaps Kate had managed to get a word out to the hospitals before UNIT had been taken down.

Clara shivered into her leather jacket, even though the heating was still on. It was perhaps the deserted hallways that creeped her out, or knowing that before she had come inside, thousands of dead bodies could have been lying here. Thankfully, it was a different story.

The Doctor was a few metres ahead, slamming through the doors trying to find where Angel might have been taken. Though his rage was clouding his reaction and he was furious.

'Doctor. They won't have taken her to ICU ...she won't be down here'

That made him pay attention and pause for a second, though the desperation and franticness was evident in his eyes, it sent a pang in Clara's chest.

'Where? Where is she? '

Clara couldn't smile back because she was scared for that young teen who had only just found her father again.

'The maternity ward. '

Author's note: Ok so this has been a long time. I have never forgotten to finish this story. Just been super busy But the next chapter will be up soon enough.