Chapter 14
The Doctor swung around. Emma's mum was stood at the door, holding a baseball bat.
The Doctor leapt up, "it's okay, you're not in any danger." He held his hands out to show he was weaponless, not feeling too keen on being whacked with the bat that she was clutching in her hands.
Emma's mum lowered the bat slowly. She didn't look worried. In fact, her face was eerily calm and oddly pale. Her eyes wide and staring, shining as though they were glossed over. She tilted her head slightly at the Doctor, before transforming…
She blinked and her eyelids flitted over, revealing diluted pupils so much so that her entire eye seemed to shine with blackness. Her skin appeared to morph as it became even paler. It was becoming a pasty white colour, with a sheen of sweat over it, or else some kind of glistening fluid. The scariest thing was her mouth, it widened and her teeth grew, sharpened to points which clustered within the expanding mouth, looking sharp and deadly. She had become crouched and animalistic looking as the rest of her body convulsed and changed.
The Doctor initially stared in horror before letting out a yelp. The 'creature' that was once Emma's mum was fully transformed now and was eyeing him up unnervingly. She continued to tilt her head at him, her inhuman nose sniffing the air profusely.
She was blocking the exit. There was no way to get around her and she was beginning to advance towards him!
The Doctor looked frantically around him. The monster knew he was trapped. It grinned, exposing its many sharp, dagger-like teeth at him.
There was only one way to go, really. The Doctor backed up against the open window and clambered onto the ledge. The creature tilted its head at him yet again, but continued to advance. The Doctor looked down at the garden below. It was too far to jump without hurting himself. He noticed the drainpipe not too far from the window. He swung himself towards the drainpipe and gripped onto it as hard as he could, cautiously lowing himself down. He heard a growl from the creature as it poked its contorted face out of the window and stared demonically down at him.
"Aha!" he said, triumphantly as he neared the ground. Narrow escape!
Unfortunately for him the beast wasn't done with him. There was a scurry amongst the shadows of the hedges in the garden and the creature emerged.
The Doctor was confused. How had it beaten him down? He was literally looking up at it a moment ago.
It stood facing him for a moment, tilted its head once more, before turning and running out of the garden and down the street.
But why would it run?
The Doctor, automatically, took chase after it.