Vanessa stood next to the Doctor as a procession of veiled girls walked through the streets. "You never told me the results of my tests." The orangette murmured, glancing at the man beside her.
He looked at her, "I didn't? Ah, well, I didn't see anything conclusive. That doesn't mean you're out of the woods though." He said and she sighed.
"It'll be conclusive if I keep going for the experiments." She mumbled, her tired gaze meeting his.
"Then don't. Just travel with us, it's the least I can do." He smiled and she shook her head.
"If I don't go, they will track me and drag me back. I'm part of the time department, they're probably watching me right now. But...thanks, Doctor. Maybe I can avoid them long enough to figure out how to get rid of this." She smiled weakly and looked up as a man ran up to the veiled girls.
"That girl had fangs. I believe we have a few vampires on our hands, Doctor." Vanessa observed as the women left the area.
The Doctor began walking away and Vanessa smirked before following him, "Going to see that man, are we?"
"He knows something about those girls." He said and she nodded.
"It appears his daughter is one of them." She hummed as they caught up to the man from before.
"Who were those girls?" The Doctor asked and the man turned around.
"I thought everyone knew about the Calvierri school." The man said, looking at the two in surprise.
"Fraid' not, sir. First day here and whatnot." Vanessa said coolly.
The Doctor looked around before leaning in, "So, why are you trying to get her out?"
"Something happens in there. Something magical, something evil. My own daughter didn't recognise me. And the girl who pushed me away, her face... like an animal." The man shook his head at his own words.
The Doctor and Vanessa looked at one another, "Seems it's time we go meet this Signora Calvierri."
Timeskip!
Vanessa snuck along the side with the Doctor as he pulled out his sonic screwdriver. He used it on the canal gate and the two snuck in without much difficulty. The two walked to the end of the room and descended down a stairway.
She gave him a small smile when he looked at her and she held up her finger to her mouth. There was a mirror at the bottom of stairs and she had to hold in her giggles when he began fixing his tie.
"Hello, handsome." He said and checked his teeth while Vanessa snuck up behind him.
"Now's not the time to be checking yourself out. Besides, you look pretty good." She chimed and looked in the mirror.
He adjusted his tie one last time, only to see a group of girls in white behind him. Vanessa had a delayed reaction, but she was clearly surprised by them.
"Who are you?" They asked in perfect sync, momentarily unnerving the two.
Vanessa turned around, only to see no one. "Eh?" She mumbled, looking back and forth wildly.
"How are you doing that? I... am... loving it. You're like Houdini, only five scary girls, only he was shorter. WILL BE shorter. I'm rambling." His words made Vanessa crack a momentary grin.
"What the..." She said, looking at the five 'scary' girls.
"I'll ask you again. Who are you?" The girls said, once again in sync.
"Why don't you check THIS out?" He pulled out his wallet and Vanessa tapped him in amusement.
"That's your library card, Doctor. Rory has your real one, remember?" She reminded him and he immediately put his wallet away.
"Right. Going to have to get that back." He said to himself. "Pale, creepy girls who don't like sunlight and can't be seen in…" He looked in the mirror, then at Vanessa, "Am I thinking what I think I'm thinking? But the city. Why shut down the city? Unless…"
She blinked then jawdropped, "Yes, you are thinking that. I was thinking the same thing!" She exclaimed in utter surprise
"Leave now, or we shall call for the steward... if you are lucky." The girls said in sync.
"Ooh." He smirked as they revealed their fangs.
"Okay, we run now." Vanessa said and ran up the stairs as if she heard her favorite store was having a massive sale.
"Good idea." The Doctor followed her, but looked back at the girls, "However, tell me the whole plan. Listen, I would love to stay here. This whole thing... Im thrilled. Oh, this is Christmas!"
They reached the canal and saw Amy running towards them.
"We just met some vampires!" The Doctor exclaimed while Vanessa smiled.
"We just saw a vampire!" Amy's voice overlapped with his as the two jumped around in excitement.
"You two are acting like fangirls." Vanessa said softly.
"We need to get back in." Doctor said, and Rory stared at him in shock.
"What?!" Rory asked, his face contorting into confusion.
"How do we do that?"Amy asked, clearly wanting to get in to see the vampires.
"Back in where?!" Rory looked at the two and Vanessa laughed.
"The vampire's home. Doctor and I found a bunch of creepy girls and I guess that's what we're calling the place." Vanessa answered him as she pointed towards the building in the distance.
"But, I believe our new friend may be able to help us out." The Doctor said with a small smile and Vanessa let out a low laugh.
"Indeed." Vanessa chimed and followed the Doctor when he began walking away.
Vanessa sat against the wall with one hand behind her head and the other pointing at a floating piece of paper. "From what I can see, there isn't a direct way in. However, do you see what I see, Doctor?" She floated it over to him and a light traced the path of a group of hidden tunnels
"What you are insinuating is that we get in through the tunnels, that just happens to go under the castle." He responded, tracing her light path. "What do you know about these tunnels, Guido?"
"I tried to get in once myself, but I hit a trap door." Guido responded, pointing towards his own map.
"You need someone on the inside." Amy said, immediately causing Vanessa to narrow her eyes.
"No, Amy. These are real life vampires, only the Doctor and should be around these monsters." Amy glared lightly at the orangette before faltering at the look of concern the female was offering her.
"Then you can come too, Vanessa." Amy said and the Doctor sat on a nearby bed, his head in his hands.
"No, no, no, no, no, no. It can't keep happening like this. This is how they go. But I have to know. We will go together." The Doctor said, but Vanessa held up her hand.
"Listen, I have dealt with something like this before, so calm down you two." Vanessa paused, her eyes closing in thought, "I have a theory that might just work."
The Doctor was silent as he quickly figured out her plan. It could work, but it was just plain ridiculous in nature.
"I already know you figured it out Doctor. What's your answer?" She smirked as he thought it over quietly.
Amy and Rory tried to figure what was the plan the two were talking about, but these two seemed to be on a whole new level of geniusness. Or was it insanity?
"Alright, we'll go with your plan." He answered and she grinned while walking over to Amy and Rory.
"You two will act as if your siblings, anything else doesn't seem believable enough. My gear is in an invisible state, so I will be able to teleport and intervene in case things get a little too hairy. In the meantime, the Doctor will be heading towards the trap door. All you have to do is keep these guys distracted so that I can get him in, after that it will be a piece of cake." Vanessa explained her plan to the two while handing Amy her pen.
Amy recognized the pen from before and mentally sighed in relief. Rory, however, seemed to disagree with the plan, "These are real monsters! What are we supposed to do? Sit around and wait for them to turn her?"
Vanessa rolled her eyes, "Yes." Her answer caught him off guard until she raised her finger, "And no. I will be keeping a very close eye on her. You won't see me, but I will see you." She said with an amused smile.
"What, are you gonna be on the ceiling or something?" Rory asked, meaning for the comment to be a joke until he saw Vanessa's cool, confident look.
"Precisely." She said and Rory had an astonished look on his face.
"You gotta be kidding me." He muttered and Amy ruffled his hair with a smile.
"Well, let's get moving then." She exclaimed, clearly not getting the idea that these were real vampires.
Vanessa peered down at the spectacle below her as she sat on the ceiling. "Doctor. Signora has just accepted Amy and they're descending deeper into the school now." She said through telepathy and smirked when the male on the other side sighed in relief.
"Good, we'd be in trouble if they killed her on the spot." He responded and she hummed in agreement before ending the telepathy stream.
Disappearing in a blue flash, she reappeared on the ceiling of what appeared to be a bedroom for the creepy girls. Amy was led in there and almost immediately caught view of the gravity-defying orangette. She looked back down to avoid suspicion and looked at a girl who was sitting on her own bed.
"Hey. Hello. I'm Amy. What's your name?" Amy introduced herself to the girl and said girl turned around to look at her.
"Isabella." The girl responded, her face void of any real emotion.
Amy looked both ways before leaning up to the girl's ear. "Listen, we're going to get you out of here, but I need you to tell me what's going on. What is this place? What are they doing?"
"I wake up here. And the sunlight burns my skin like candle wax." The girl's words caused Vanessa to tilt her head.
"It still sounds like we are dealing with Vampires...however, I can't help but feel we are missing something." She said softly through the telepathic bond she shared with the Doctor.
"So you feel it too. I believe we may be dealing with something far more troubling than normal Vampires." He responded, a small hint of worry in his voice.
"What do we do then, Doctor? I really don't want Amy to die here." She was answered with silence causing her to frown. "Doctor?"
"She won't die here, not with the two of us here." He finally responded, right as a bell tolled.
Vanessa cut the connection and quickly followed Amy out the door, an invisibility setting on her gear taking over. "How long till you reach the gate, Doctor?" She asked, landing on the ground behind Amy.
She soundlessly followed the woman as the Doctor thought her question over for a second. "I'd say ten minutes or so. Just keep track of Amy for now and I'll tell you when I'm here."
"Gotcha." She trailed Amy as her ever-curious eyes scanned over her surroundings. Amy was definitely a little less observant, as she failed to notice the skeletal remains of other humans before her.
Vanessa continued following her for what felt like hours until the woman set her lamp down in the middle of a hallway. Amy looked around carefully to make sure no one was following her, and upon picking up the lamp, she ran into a man immediately.
Right at that very moment, the Doctor signaled her to open the bar locking the grate. She teleported instantly and released the bar. She went back to where she had left Amy, only to find that the man and the woman were gone.
"Oh god." She muttered, teleporting frantically around those lower corridors for the woman. Until common sense smacked her upside the head, that is.
"Why didn't I do this sooner?! Vanessa, you can be such a moron!" She smacked her forehead, before her invisible visor covered her eyes, allowing her to see several heat signatures throughout the building.
She finally caught view of Amy and teleported right to her heat signature. Still being invisible, she caught Amy kicking Signora in the hip. The action caused a fizzling sound and the woman pulled back a layer of her dress to reveal a high-tech alien device.
"Doctor! They're aliens, definitely aliens if I've ever seen one!" She exclaimed quickly over the telepathic wave and she could almost detect the smile on his face.
"Well that's good!" He said until she caught him off.
"I know, what isn't so good, however, is the fact that they're heading right for you." She responded as the aliens fled the room.
She sprung into action as her invisibility fell, "Hello, Amy. Lemme get these off of ya." She got one of the buckles off and Isabella, the girl from before, appeared and got the second off.
"They bit me!" Amy exclaimed and Vanessa looked at the wound while pulling out something that resembled the Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
"Just checking to see it's progress, Amy." She murmured while the gear on her arm turned visible. A needle already with liquid was inside a tiny compartment, "This'll slow down the process until we can permanently fix this." She explained and grabbed the needle and injected it near her bite wounds.
Amy stood up from the chair, with the help of Vanessa and Isabella, and ran up the stairs then into a hallway. That's when they met up with the Doctor and Rory, who were completely surrounded by the so-called vampires.
After the short reunion of Amy and Rory, Vanessa observed the Doctor's little light stick and giggled.
Vanessa looked both ways before grinning, "Isabella knows this place Doctor, so stop standing and come on."
She grabbed him by the wrist and began running after Isabella who was leading the pack. "I managed to stop the spreading of the bite. At most it will be stalled for a day." She informed him as they went around a corner.
"Good. We don't need her ending up like most of the skeletons here." He said while glancing behind her at the 'vampires' who were chasing them.
Vanessa clicked a button on her wrist guards and they began to give off a brilliant ultraviolet light. "These will keep them a few feet away, if these are what I think they are." Vanessa muttered while shining the light at them.
"Keep moving! Come on, guys." Doctor pushed Vanessa forward a little as he shined his light stick in the man's face.
The man sent the girls forward after them and Vanessa cursed under her breath. "Feels like I'm in freaking Indiana Jones. Only instead of a boulder, there are a bunch of scary girls."
"I thought you would be used to stuff like this!" The Doctor said and she smirked.
"Oh I am, I just hate running from the problem. I'm more of a person to run towards a problem, Doctor." She shot back with a wild look in her eyes.
"Figured you were that type of girl from day one!" He remarked as they reached the end of hallway.
Isabella opened the door to the canal and ushered everyone out the door. As soon as she stepped out in the light, however, she hissed a little and tried to shield herself from the sun.
The Doctor ran up to help her, but she was dragged back inside by the others as they slam the door. He pounded on the door as an electric current washed over it, Vanessa winced as she pulled him away and put her hand on his arm. The current passed into her own body and she fell unconscious as her gear reappeared out of it's invisible form.
"Is she okay?" Amy asked as she bent down to the girl's form.
The Doctor checked her pulse and nodded when he felt two pulses beating in reply, "She's still alive. Unconscious, but she's fine."
He looked down at Guido, who was looking at the ground in quiet realization. The man would never see his daughter again.
She was truly gone.