Phase Seven
Come on to my House

"What do we do now?" Sadie asked hurriedly, eyes wide. The sirens were still screaming, alerting the powers-that-be, whoever that was, that there were intruders. "Doctor! What do we do!?"

The Doctor thought quickly. Running would be fairly useless. Sure, it would get them away from whatever was coming for them right now, but it would also lead them away from what was causing the inhabitants of the planet to act so strangely. So, stay and face whatever was coming and get to the bottom of the mystery, or run and leave the planet altogether.

In the end, curiosity won out.

"We wait. I'd like to have a talk with whoever is behind all this." Sadie's mouth dropped open.

"We're just going to wait?"
"That's what I said." Sadie stared at him incredulously for a moment, and then marched herself back into the open cage. "What are you doing?"

"I'm not an idiot," she replied, pulling the door closed, but making sure not to lock it. "I've no idea what sort of insane monsters might be coming towards this room at this very moment, and I'm not going to just stand there like a moron waiting for them to come and eat me alive!"

"Oh, it's highly unlikely any eating would go on—wait. Did you just call me a moron?"

"She sure did," Jackson replied, smiling ever so slightly. The Doctor shook his head. Heavy footsteps could be heard approaching now. The Doctor waited calmly, leaning against the wire mesh of Sadie's cage. The footsteps grew closer and closer. The black creature from before burst into the room, followed closely by three small roly-poly beings that looked very much like toys. All were brightly colored, with rosy cheeks, large sparkling eyes and curly, golden hair. Sadie's mouth fell open for the second time in the space of about ten minutes.

"THAT is what is behind all this?!" she exclaimed.

"They're not things, Sadie, so don't call them 'whats'. That's just rude," The Doctor commented. Jackson gasped, falling to his knees.

"Oh…my…" he stammered. "It's them…"
"And they are?"

"We are the Onkitalls," one of the roly-poly creatures, the shiny blue one, responded in a pleasant sing-songy sort of voice. "We understand that someone has some questions for us about our planet."

"That would be me," The Doctor spoke up, strolling over. The Onkitalls only came up to about his knees. "Nice to meet you! I'm the Doctor, and that girl over there in the cage is Sadie."

"We are most happy to meet you, Doctor and Sadie," the Onkitalls chirruped sweetly in unison. The Doctor paused a moment, a little unsure how to react to these strange creatures. Sadie cautiously swung the cage door open and moved to stand just behind the Doctor.

"Right," The Doctor said finally. "You said this was your planet, so you're the ones who are making it so that everyone sings, correct?"

"That is correct, Doctor," the blue Onkitall replied. "Oh, you are most definitely a smart one!"

"Thanks. But the question now is why? Why would you want everyone to sing all the time?"

"That is easy," the Onkitall answered. "Life here was so boring and plain until we arrived. Now everything is enjoyable and all the people are happy. Don't you think it's wonderful?"

"Wait," Sadie broke in. "Jackson told me that to keep the singing going, there had to be sacrifices. Is that true?"

"Of course it is."

"Sacrifices? You've been making them give sacrifices just for the ability to randomly burst into song?" the Doctor questioned, brow furrowed. He didn't like this development at all. "No more. That is ending today. No more sacrifices."

"You can't do that!" Jackson shouted, pressing himself against the wires of his cage. "The sacrifices are necessary, we all know that, and we WANT to give them!"

"But why?"

"We do not question, Doctor," the Onkitall chirped. "But let us warn you." The Onkitall's eyes glowed a deep red and its voice became menacing. "It would not be wise for you to try to stop us."

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Notes: Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've been insanely busy, and suffered from a bit of writer's block as well. Not a good combination! Anyway, I'll hopefully be wrapping this one up soon, and then I have plans for future Sadie/Doctor adventures! :)