The Truth in Time (Reunited AU) - Chapter 6 - Hell'o' Again
(Alright... Here it is. The first of three crazy chapters that change and define this story for good!)
As Clara and the Doctor wandered around they figured out that they were in London, in Clara's present day. Which one they still didn't know. Soon, of course, the Doctor felt the need to go exploring. His chosen place? A creepy abandoned building.
Clara tried and failed, quite miserably, to get him to go someplace less creepy. Something caught his eye about this place and he just had to investigate saying 'she was welcome to go shop and figure out if they were in the right dimension or not' blah blah blah... and not 5 minutes later were they breaking in through the front door of a creepy abandoned office building in the center of London's shopping district. Bad idea.
After being nearly arrested twice they managed to find their way inside and start investigating.
They started by going down. Four floors down to be exact. "Doctor? Just what exactly are we looking for down here?" The Doctor turned around and started walking backwards. "An adventure. What else?" They both laughed slightly, Clara's more nervous than his. It was dark and creepy and there were mice and spider webs and something just felt generally off.
They had no clue that above them there was chaos. Living plastic creatures attacking everything and everyone. It started with mannequins and then trash bins and all sorts of crazy things that were plastic were shooting at people. Yeah. It was chaos.
After Rose had calmed down a bit and was able to pick up Janie again she sent a text to Jake telling him where she was and that she needed a pick-up ASAP. He unfortunately texted back that it would be awhile with the Autons shooting everywhere, they couldn't risk a zeppelin being shot down by one stray shot and the field teams were having a hard time pushing them back and neutralizing the source. She sighed and got up slowly, picking Janie up on her hip as she did. They would have to make it up and wait there for the situation to die down. The best way to do that? Pull up a blue print on her phone and use it to navigate up and out.
Rose found her way to the nearest stairwell. She opened the door to sore disappointment, the entire stairwell was destroyed for the next three floors up. She would have to find another way up. Luckily there was another stairwell that led all the way up, but it could only be accessed from the bottom level, four floors down. Time to get moving. Her flashlight wouldn't last forever and it certainly wasn't daylight anymore. By the time she made it to the bottom (fifth) basement level Janie was starting to fidget and get fussy. Rose checked her phone; it was almost 9 p.m.. Way past Janie's bedtime and if she didn't get some rest soon they might have issues. Rose stepped into the 5th level and looked on her phone for a place where she might be able to lay down Janie for a few minutes and send a text to Jake. She found a long thin room that looked like it used to be a live-in janitors flat. Hopefully there would be a soft place for Janie to lie down.
She looked up to see a few creepy looking statues that she hadn't seen before. She shrugged off the bad feeling she was getting and started walking towards it, hoisting Janie higher up on her hip. She heard a thunk and turned to not find anything but one of the statues looked like it had moved slightly and put its hands down. "That's weird… Maybe I just didn't see it before." Janie fussed even more and signaled for Rose to keep moving. She made it a little farther before she took note of the other stairwell.
Just outside the door to this flat Janie went into a seizure. Rose nearly dropped her and moved quickly to get her down to the ground and pry the magnet off her numb wrist. She kneeled beside Janie trying her best to get her to stop seizing. Behind her the three angels were moving and quickly. Rose heard a scrape and looked up from Janie a split second to see the angel statues had followed her.
Then she blinked. They dropped their hands. Blink. Their faces turned angry. Blink. They got closer. Blink. They turned fierce and deadly angry!
"Clara, grab the kid!" In the next moment a man's hand had taken hold of Rose's left hand and pulled. Speaking to her he whispered four words, "Don't blink and run…" She did as instructed, her eyes never leaving these creatures but her feet leading her backwards quickly away from them. She only knew that some woman named Clara had her daughter and a man whose face she had not seen had taken her hand and whispered 'run' likely saving her life. That was the second time that had ever happened to her…
She backed quickly into the stairwell, the man sliding in front of her and closing the door. In his hand something that sounded deadly familiar locking it with a sharp loud click. Her breath was fast and short, almost to a state of hyperventilation. "Up." Was the only thing the Rose was able to force out. "Yes, right up. Up we go! Clara go, hold tight to that child and get up as far as you can!" "You got it, I'm so out of here! I told you something was off!" The Doctor snapped, "Just go! We are right behind you!"
Rose was fading and fast. She was still losing blood and had been for a good two hours and all this running and panic and carrying Janie was wearing her out. She caught sight of his eyes right before she collapsed against the railing breathing out, "Bloody hell…" The Doctor caught her underneath her arms and moved to get her left arm over his shoulder. "Come on. Just a little longer Rose, climb. I need you to climb." She moved, climbing up the stairs with his help, but never responding other than her cursing right before she collapsed.
They made it three floors up, with the Weeping Angels beating at the door, before Rose finally couldn't walk anymore. The Doctor picked her up and hoisted her over his shoulder carefully, Clara was waiting at the third surface floor and when he reached the first she yelled down to him, "Doc you might want to run!" The Angels had beaten in the door and were making their way up. "Clara you have to watch them! If you watch them we can make it!" He shouted, moving up the stairs faster. She tried, but at that distance it was hard. The Angels had gained on them and made it up to the first basement level as he hit halfway to the third surface level. "Door! Get in, get in! Watch!" He was breathing hard and bolted taking 3 steps at a time to reach the door. Clara held it open and he slid through it turning to sonic it once Clara had it shut.
To Be Continued…
(I know it looks weird cause it's centered. I'm having issues with fanfiction and uploading right now. That's also why it's so late. Sorry!)