What Do Monsters Dream of?
Jess heard it again, that creaking sound, at the bottom of her bed. The room was dark; she could only just make out the edge of her bed. The noise started again, it was like something forcing its way through her floor; but she'd never dare get up and look. Never, except for this night. Tonight, she felt brave, maybe because Jimmy from her class had smiled at her today, either way, it didn't matter. She raised her head above her covers and peered over her bed. The noise stopped. The shadow, which she assumed to be her jumper, suddenly moved upwards. It was almost like something had noticed her, for the first time. What the heck was it? Her heart jumped to about 12 beats a second, she was terrified. Suddenly the room went totally black, like she had been blinded, she went to let out a scream, but found she couldn't. Her vision returned, but her voice didn't. This was the least of her worries. Above her, staring her square in the face, was a hooded figure, it's face millimetres from hers. She strained her eyes, to see its features; instantly she regretted it. It had jet black skin, followed by jet black eyes, a rotted hole for a nose, and a lipless mouth, that had no tongue or teeth, just a dark hole. She realised that it was draining something from her...but what? And then, it struck her, it was stealing her voice... For reasons she couldn't explain, she tried to run, but found she couldn't move. She was paralysed. There was nothing she could do, but sit and stare into its horrific eyes.
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Crowe's close, a place where children would play and adults would gossip; well, up until about 3 weeks ago, up until the monster arrived. The whole street had gone dark, the fact that it was autumn probably didn't help. Suddenly a streak of dark energy, and lightning started brewing in the heart of the street, soon enough an unusual sound started, followed by the shape of the TARDIS ripping into existence. Soon enough, a man, wearing white trainers, black trousers, along with a black shirt and tie, strangely covered by a dark blue blazer stepped out; followed by a an attractive looking brunette, wearing a parkour, and grey jeans.
"Ha! Told you I could do it! Earth! Ireland! Dublin, I think..." The Doctor grinned.
Avril raised her eyebrows. "What happened to the fifth moon of Sinda Callista?"
"Well... you don't wanna go there anyway. It's boring! You want Ireland, 2005." He replied with a wink.
Avril smiled weakly, and nodded her head.
The Doctor sniffed the air... "Something's wrong..."
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"What do you mean, she won't talk?" Lauren asked.
Lauren is the kinda teenager who usually couldn't care less about what her little sister gets up to; but this time seemed different, she knew Jess had been complaining about monsters for weeks now. Lauren was too embarrassed to admit she'd seen things moving in the dark herself.
"She won't move, or talk, or anything..." Her dad answered.
Lauren waved her hands in front of Jess's eyes; no response. This wasn't right, it was like she was looking at a corpse, but she was breathing...
*Knock Knock Knock Knock*
"I'll answer it." Lauren ran downstairs, and pulled open the door.
Standing there was a man and a woman. The man looked young, but with eyes much older; the woman was about her age, if not, a year older, 17 maybe.
"Hi, I'm the Doctor; and according to your neighbours, you have a problem that I can help with." The Doctor said, with a grin.
"And I'm Avril, the Doctor's...assistant..." Avril grinned.
"Dad!" Lauren shouted. She smiled at Avril and then went to find her dad.
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The Doctor was sitting in the kitchen with Lauren's father.
"She'll definitely recover, I'd bet my TARDIS key if I was a betting man. It's just shock, might take a month or two, but she'll recover. What I'm interested in, is: what was it that frightened her so much?"
Keith, Lauren's dad, looked at the Doctor long and hard. "So it's temporary, it's definitely not permanent?"
"Looks like it, like I said, just shock." The Doctor took his shoe off and started hitting it with his hand. Keith glared at him. "Got a stone in it." He explained. "What I mean is; something, in her room, has scared her so much, that she refuses to even move. As for the lack of speaking, it's like something has drained the sound out of her."
"She has been complaining about monsters for about a month." Keith said.
The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "Monsters?
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The Doctor was examining Jess's room. "No sign of monsters. But, definitely some form of energy conversion has taken place; it's like..." He tapped a wall at the bottom of Jess's bed. "Something escaped through her wall."
"What do you mean?"
"Not sure yet, I'm going to need a longer look."
Keith sighed. "Maybe we should check on the girls?"
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Lauren was sitting in her room, talking to Avril, but something caught her eye. She dared a look up; her attention was caught by the wall.
A wraith-like creature hovered out of the wall... it grabbed Avril by the wrist, and dragged her through the wall...
The Doctor sprinted in the room. But it was too late... Avril was gone.
"What happened?" The Doctor prompted.
Lauren didn't reply.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" He demanded while shaking her by the shoulders. With no reply, the Doctor pulled out his screwdriver, and started scanning the wall. "It's the same disturbance! Argh! This is ridiculous! Ok...yes...no...yes!...No, that'll never work...YES! Oh there's going to be all kinds of trouble today. I've got a plan... AND I'M FURIOUS!"
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Night time, Lauren was starting to doubt the Doctor's plan, she didn't feel safe, alone in her room, a creature lurking behind the walls. Funny how strange shapes start to form when it's dark, its strange when they move... wait...move? The shape was getting bigger...or closer. The wraith was right on top of her now, breathing in her face...
"Boo!" The Doctor's voice suddenly broke the disturbing silence.
The creature turned towards the Doctor, panicking, it raced for the wall.
"Oh no you don't!" With that, the Doctor reached for the creature's arm, and was pulled into the wall with it.
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"Ah, that makes sense; the creature can open portals throughout the universe, but requires other beings to survive... it's a parasite! But it can choose how it feeds... Jimbo here seems to like sound waves, but instead of buying a truckload of IPods, it drains the voice of poor defenceless children! Sonic screwdriver; opens doors and fills you in on the enemy's back story." The Doctor beamed. He was in some form of shield world, and Avril and several other people were standing behind him.
"Hi! I'm the Doctor, and you're all going home!"
Avril instantly engaged him in a hug.
"Ok, now I need to close off this portal, leaving the creature trapped. Anyone got a stereo?"
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Back in the TARDIS, Avril and the Doctor were preparing for their next adventure.
"So, what did you do?" Avril asked.
"Basically, I trapped the demon in the shield world; it's free to starve to death." The Doctor said coldly.
"Starve?" Avril asked.
"Yes." The Doctor confirmed.
Suddenly, the TARDIS shook, the whole console burned red.
The scanner burst into life, and standing there was a man, and two familiar creatures.
"Hello Doctor! We are the AOSMAG!" The man said.
"What!" The Doctor blurted out.
"The Alliance Of Skaro, Mondas And Gallifrey! Yep, you guessed it, it's me! Your lord and MASTER!" The man laughed.
Behind him, a cyberleader and Dalek glared at the screen. "Exterminate the Doctor! Bring him to us!"
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