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THETA
Jack is almost right behind me as I exit the Estate. The two 'teens' that I had spotted from Jackie's living room still standing by the corner, chatting away. To the untrained eye they seem to be normal teens. Just hanging out after school. Smoking. Nasty habit, smoking. Unhealthy for you and the environment.
One of them looks up, a girl with curly brown hair and a squashed like nose. Her eyes go wide and she pokes her friend. Who glances up, laughing, only to go still. His face goes white.
Then their both running. I grin at Jack before going off in pursuit. We go through alleyways, across roads, and right through a couple restaurants. It is in a park we finally catch up to them. I tackle the girl, and Jack trips the boy.
"We did nothins wrong!" The girl whines. "Jus' smokin'!"
"Really?" I pull out an alien communication device. She goggles at it then says hurriedly,
"It's s'not mine! I don't knows how it gots there! I swears!"
The boy groans. "You're the Doctor, aren't you?" He is looking at me. I nod while standing up and yanking the girl up with me. She frowns poutily, looking around for excape.
"I know who you are, and no you can not do what you are here for." I give them both a glare. From what I can see, they are just a young couple...a young couple who think London would be an easy target for their shenanigans. I don't know what they want to do, but being a young pair of Yae'iouy, I know its something to do with water. Studying the animal life? Ha.
The boy gets a burst of bravery (stupidity, if you ask me), attacking Jack and then me, moving so fast I barely register it as I fall to the ground.
"Ow." Jack sounds more shocked then hurt.
I leap up, tackling the girl again, and in turn knocking the boy over. The boy shouts a very, very rude word in his native language. The girl and I struggle up, her swearing louder and more frequently then I thought possible for a species that doesn't communicate telepathically.
With a big grin I say hello to all the nice people with weapons. One smiles back briefly and I wave to her. She coughs when her C.O. snarls something at her.
"Hi." Jack gives the owner of one said gun a big, charming smile. "Look, we -"
"Are trespassing." The biggest, ugliest, smelliest of them all growls. Must be the leader. He has the most scars, and he is dressed in a slightly more decorative way.
"We aren't trespassing." I beamed. "Jus' walkin' through, and these two looked suspicious."
The Leader snorted. "Bring 'em."
Unique line, that. 'Bring 'em.' Honestly, you'd think after millions of years of evil geniuses they would come up with better lines. I mean, don't they get practice? Go to school and learn to be evil nasties? All right, the school idea is a bit outlandish...
The guards shove us forward. Jack and the girl that I had waved at are flirting. Not even the C.O.'s glare and snarling can stop the two. I study the way they talk, the way they move. And then - an opening!
"Agggg!" The gaurd in front of me yelps. He stumbles, knocking over the next gaurd, who in turn trips another...it is actually funny. Jack pulls the girl he is flirting with away, and we run.
"So...what's your name?" Jack asks as we round a corner, startling a few kids. They dodge out of the way, and listen when I tell them to get into their homes.
"Tyukiolkaeartuia. Just call me Kae'ah." The girl answers. "And Doctor?"
"Yeah?" I glance at her.
"Next time be a little earlier, yeah?"
Well. That's interesting. She was expecting me. Means I should get to know this Kae'ah.
We come to a stop. Kae'ah giggles, causing both of us to raise our eyebrows. With a shrug she explains, "They were so sure nothing would happen they're probably still laying there, like a pack of dandelions."
Both Jack and I smile.
"Well...shall we?" I gesture in the general direction of Jackie's apartment.
"Yes. Lets. I have much to tell you." Kae'ah nods. Behind us I hear some suspicious sounds, so I take hold of both companions' hands and run. Kae'ah stumbles a bit, but Jack is only too happy to help her.
