Chapter Fifteen
Ian did a double take.
"What?" he said.
The Doctor gave him a triumphant grin.
"That's right, Ian, I'm not your willing love slave. Sorry."
"But I gave you my blood. You should be converted."
"Oh, I am," the Doctor said opening his mouth and showing him his elongated canines. "But there is one essential fact about me that you didn't know about. You see, the whole spiel you were making about us being alike is very true. It turns out that my people's DNA is 98 percent compatible with vampire DNA. Rassilon, who is considered the god on my planet, defeated the Great Vampire back in the beginnings of the universe, but not before he was bitten and changed into a vampire himself. He created the rest of us and wouldn't you know it, we're cousins! So, that combined with the fact that I have a superior mind that far surpasses any human makes me resistant to vampire control."
"So, why did you let me do the blood ritual?"
"Oh, well, the problem is I'm only 98 percent compatible. I'm missing the 2 percent that comprises a vampire's powers such as super strength and speed. Your conversion supplied me with that missing 2 percent which means I can do everything you can do while keeping my identity intact."
Ian gasped when the Doctor snatched him by the throat. He stood up and held Ian aloft in his hand.
"Congratulations, Ian, you just enhanced my natural abilities ten fold and leveled the playing field between us. So…WELCOME TO HELL, VAMP BOY! THE ASS WHOOPIN' IS ON!"
Ian yelled when the Doctor flung him across the room. He smacked against the wall so hard he made a dent and, with a groan, fell forward on his face.
"Rassilon, that felt good!"
He reached down, picked up the unconscious woman, and put her over his shoulder. He bent down to pick up Rose.
"Doctor? She said.
"Yes, Rose?"
"Is…is…it true? Are you really a vampire now?"
"Yes, I am."
He saw the anguish in her eyes and stroked her cheek.
"But…I know a way to become mortal again."
"You do?"
"Course I do. I wouldn't have allowed myself to be converted, if there wasn't a way out of it." He said. "I love food too much to spend the rest of my life living off blood."
He looked over and saw Ian was slowly getting up.
"Now hurry, Rose, put your arms around my neck. I gotta get you and this woman to safety."
"But I can't move."
"Yes, you can. When he was knocked out, his hold over you was broken."
Rose tested her arm and saw that it moved freely. She smiled and flung her arms around the Doctor's neck. He wrapped an arm around her back and held her tight as he stood up.
"Hang on, Rose," the Doctor said. "I'm still getting the hang of my new abilities."
He looked over at Ian who was nearly to his feet. He winked at him.
"Catch us if you can," he said.
Rose gasped when the Doctor tightened his hold on her and jumped up the stairs. Her eyes widened when he cleared the twenty steps in one huge leap and landed nimbly on his feet.
"Wow, I could get used to this," he said.
He grinned down at Ian who was now at the bottom of the stairs.
"What's wrong, Ian? Don't like the new improved me?"
"I will kill you, Doctor. I will kill all of you," he said.
The Doctor pouted.
"Aw, lover's tiff so soon? That doesn't bode well for our relationship."
He smirked when he heard Ian roar with rage and leap up the stairs toward them. He quickly calculated his trajectory and speed and waited until he was almost upon him before he raised his foot and kicked him hard in the chest, sending him back down the stairs.
"Get back down there, vampy boy!" he said.
Ian smacked into the wall at the bottom of the stairs. He looked over at Rose.
"This is brilliant. Maybe I'll stay a vampire after all. I can just imagine myself kicking an army of Daleks out of my way."
He paused for a moment.
"Nah, still isn't worth it trading my mortality for an insatiable blood lust," he said.
"Doctor!"
The Doctor looked down and saw Ian was about to leap up the stairs again.
"Hmmm, maybe it's time to take this battle outdoors," he said.
He tightened his grip around Rose.
"Hang on, Rose. I'm gonna go really fast," he said.
Rose gasped when the Doctor took off running through the house and reached the front door before she could blink.
"Yup, there are definite advantages to being a vampire," he said.
He flung open the door and ran down the stairs to the street. He turned to see Ian was at the door.
"You think you're so clever, Doctor," Ian said.
"I am clever, actually," the Doctor said. "I figured out a way to beat you at your own game and I kept my individuality. Go me!"
He smirked.
"And now the one new skill I've been…dying to try out."
He let out an insane giggle and began to imitate Ian.
"Oooo, I said dying to try out. How droll. I just made a witty little pun. Aren't I fantastic?"
Ian snarled at him.
"Ah, what's wrong? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, you know."
"I will pull your hearts from your chest and stuff them down your throat!" Ian yelled.
"Ooo, nasty and a bit messy, I'll pass."
He sped backwards a couple of meters, as Ian made a grab for him.
"Hold on tight, Rose," the Doctor said.
Rose looked at him.
"Why?"
He grinned at her.
"'Cause I'm gonna do THIS!"
Rose screamed when the Doctor leapt into the air and became airborne. Rose threw her arms around his neck in a death grip. The Doctor winced at the pressure on his throat.
"Boy, it's a good thing I'm not breathing at the moment."
Rose relaxed her hold slightly and looked down at Ian who was following close behind. She looked at the Doctor.
"Why hasn't he done anything to me?" she said.
The Doctor glanced down while he flew horizontally, and saw Ian was closing the distance between him.
"I caught him off guard when I kicked him and I think he's been too preoccupied with killing us to concentrate on your mind right now," he said. "I need to keep him occupied so he won't take that advantage."
He looked back down and saw they were flying over an office building.
"I'm gonna set you and this woman on the top of this building, Rose, so I can have my hands free to fight. As soon as I touch ground, let go and grab the woman when I lift her off my shoulders. I think she's okay for now, but she'll probably need medical attention."
Rose nodded. She hung on tightly while the Doctor lowered himself to the roof. When he landed, she quickly let go and helped the woman off the Doctor's shoulder. When she was lying safe on the roof, the Doctor looked up at Ian who was quickly lowering himself to the roof.
"Here goes nothing," he said.
"Be careful, Doctor," Rose said.
The Doctor managed one quick smile at her before he jumped into the air and sped towards Ian. Rose knelt beside the woman and watched as the two men connected mid air and began to pummel each other with their fists. She winced when Ian finally got in a strong enough punch and knocked the Doctor back towards the roof.
"Doctor!" Rose said.
The Doctor stopped himself moments before he connected with the roof. He craned his neck back and looked at her.
"Yeah?"
Rose rolled her eyes.
"Never mind," she said. "Thought you were gonna hit the roof for a moment."
"Me? Never!" Him, on the other hand…"
He quickly righted himself and pushed off again. Ian tried to dodge, but the Doctor anticipated his movement and landed a haymaker on his jaw. The force of the blow sent Ian flying backwards and the Doctor stood in mid-air with his hands in his pockets watching him.
"Ooops, on second thought, I guess he's gonna miss the roof," he said. "Maybe he'll hit Mars instead."
Ian finally managed to stop himself, turned himself head first toward the Doctor and dive-bombed him.
"Drat, didn't make Mars. Guess I'll have to try harder next time."
Rose's eyes widened. She watched the Doctor stand perfectly still while Ian came at him at top speed.
"Doctor!"
"I know, Rose, I see him!"
He waited a moment more and then at the last minute flew upwards into the sky. He turned around and grinned when Ian's momentum carried him into one of the office building's windows. His grin widened when he crashed through the window and smacked head first into a desk with an enormous 'BANG'.
"Ow, that had to have hurt even for a dead person," he said.
As Ian groaned and tried to get up from the middle of the destroyed desk, the Doctor quickly flew down to Rose and the woman. He picked the woman up and quickly slung her over his shoulder.
"Hop on again, Rose. While he's recovering, I'm gonna move you to safety and then I'm gonna amp things up significantly."
A/N: I am basing some of the vampire stuff and the Doctor's conversion on what occurred in the Doctor Who Missing Adventure, Goth Opera, where Five and Nyssa became vampires for a while. It is a very good novel, if you are able to find it.