Chapter 4: Run and Hide

Tess sprinted out through the trees, but she knew that the things were still on hot on her heels. She dashed straight out into the open. Bad idea. But, perhaps she could alert the aid of some fat man and his distressed dog. Her hopes were doubted however. She didn't know how long she was out for, but it must have been some time. He was well away, even with his sluggish pace.

She did however see another one of the creatures. It was looming over someone. Someone Tess recognized. It suddenly snapped back to her. She spotted the blue box not far off and then the man. She felt the ground shaking beneath her and knew that if she stopped running now, she'd be killed. But, now she was beginning to do something odd in her head. She was calculating something. She was calculating something and understanding it, each weird figure, each single equation and angle, it was clear.

Tess seemed to see everything in a whole new light. Everything had changed, she saw everything now as some adventure, a thrill and she could now feel an immense power inside of her. It was a bubbling sensation in her chest, rising and falling. Her brain seemed to be happily swelling with this information. New information. Alien information.

With this new stuff going on inside her head, she turned sharply and headed towards the other creature, a slick grin on her colourless face.

The Doctor felt his two hearts stop. His eyes were wide and his mouth was in a silent yell as he saw the sight before him. A sight he'd never wished to see. The whole world had seemed to slow down. He was beginning to run towards Rose. He felt the ground rumbling. The Garthes raised its horns up in a position, ready to pierce straight the ribcage. The horns were thirsty for blood, blotting out the sun. The ground was now shaking. Hang on...the ground was shaking?

The Doctor whipped round and spotted the girl, being chased by another pair of Garthes. A look of mixed emotion was on her face. He only had to glance to see what was going to happen. Without a moment's hesitation, he dived down, straight on the ground and slid towards Rose. He grabbed the crook of her arm and pulled her out of there, into a tight hug, keeping her as close to his chest as he could before he began to scoot backwards. He felt her trembling and could almost smell the fear in the air.

Tess was inches away from the second creature. She could have almost laughed at the look on its face, but felt too sick to do that at this moment in time. It was a matter of physics, angles and something else random to do with maths. Non-human maths of course. She wondered if now she'd be able to beat her own maths teacher at a few of those algebra questions.

Suddenly she went down on her left heel, bringing herself down heavily on the ground, but still skidded under the poised Garthes, whose horns missed her by a breadth of a hair. She heard it grunt and then heard it scream.

All three of the creatures had crashed full on into each other. They all tumbled, shrieking and roaring as they totalled. Tess rolled onto her side and covered her face with her hands as the ball of Garthes rolled past her. There was a terrible crunching noise and something yelping, whining in pain. A twinge of panic flitted through her, like a stray butterfly. She felt guilty. But she also felt proud, impressed at herself for her own actions. Her actions had saved two lives. Two lives that she was now going to enter.

Rose still had her head buried in the Doctor's chest. She was glad for his arms, wrapped around her tight, his voice whispering in her ear, his head protectively over hers. She was still shaking, her make up completely smeared from tears. Her leg was hurting badly, but she ignored it. Sheer shock had over taken her, made her retreat into herself.

But now she turned and looked at the girl. Her back was to them both and she looked shell shocked. She was shaking and was staring down at her hands. The Doctor was now following her gaze and was too looking at the palms of her hands.

The Doctor stood, still holding Rose tight, steadying her form falling because of her leg. The girl turned to them. She was pale and her eyes were wide. Her hands were glowing brightly, so now they illuminated her face.

Slowly, the Doctor lowered Rose back down to the ground and straightened up, staring at the girl. He reached out with both hands and placed them on her hands.

Short,I know, but it will be updated as soon as possible with a longer chapter. Please review!