The doctor's moon
Chapter 12
The two kidnapping aliens carried Shakespeare out of the Globe but stopped outside because the playwright was putting up a fight.
"Cecile, my friend," One said, "Can I leave you to sort out our prisoner? I forgot something."
"Of course, Caesar" The other replied.
The alien called Caesar walked back inside the theatre and found his jacket. As he pulled it on, he saw something twinkling from the unconscious crowd. He walked over and found a man in an unusual pinstripe suit and a young woman dressed in the fashionable attire of the era. He saw that the twinkling was coming from the woman's ankle. He looked closely and saw the anklet. Fascinated, he reached over and gently unclipped the piece of jewellery and took back to his partner who had comfortably knocked Shakespeare out. The two grabbed him and rushed to their hideout.
Luna felt her body starting to wake up and her lungs starting to relax as her breathing returned to normal. Slowly, she started to hear a distant voice calling her name. It sounded like she was dreaming it. As she opened her eyes, a blurred face was peering at her. Finally her vision returned and she saw the Doctor above her.
"Are you ok?" He asked concerned.
"Yeah I'm fine, you?" She replied as he helped her up.
"I'm ok."
Once Luna was on her feet, the Doctor gave her a big hug then pulled out his sonic screwdriver and used it to scan for any clues to what the aliens were and where they went. Suddenly he heard a high pitched, shocked squeal from behind him. He turned and saw Luna with her skirt up a tiny bit to show her ankle. The squeal came from a middle aged woman who had spotted the naked ankle.
"Luna?"
"It's the anklet, Doctor, it's gone."
"Those aliens must have taken it. Come on, we need to get to the TARDIS so I can trace it and them."
The pair ran as fast as Luna's dress would allow back to the blue police box.
At the TARDIS, the Doctor scanned the area for any sign of strange aliens or the time lord anklet while Luna got herself changed. She returned to the control room dressed in her dark blue jeans and her lilac, t-shirt. The Doctor looked up and saw her. A big grin spread across his face as she actually looked better in her own clothes than in that Elizabethan gown. Luna saw the distracted look on his face and walked up to the controls.
"Did you find them?" She asked.
"Huh, what?" The Doctor stuttered, "Oh, Shakespeare? Yeah, their not far away and they have the anklet on them too. Look"
Luna went to the monitor and peered in to the screen and saw the DNA blips on the screen.
"So we're going to go there and save Shakespeare."
"Correct. Now let's go."
The Doctor threw on his coat, checked the sonic screwdriver was in his pocket then the team set off on their little mission.
As they dashed through the streets of London, there were Elizabethan women screaming and fainting in shock and men cursing and shouting at them. Luna looked around herself and noticed they were reacting to her. She looked at the Doctor and he tugged at his shirt collar meaning her clothes. She was being looked at as though she was streaking through the streets. Luna just rolled her eyes and continued to follow the Doctor. Eventually they arrived at a strange looking spaceship. It was in the shape and colour of a rolled up scroll. Quietly they sneaked inside, the Doctor going first with his sonic screwdriver out scanning for danger. Luna looked over her shoulder from time to time in case they were being followed. This spaceship was different to the TARDIS. There wasn't as much to look at and be excited at. The ship was made entirely of steel and was freezing cold inside.
"It's so cold in here." The Doctor commented.
"Tell me about it," Luna replied, "I'm freezing here."
"Wear this then."
The Doctor pulled off his long coat and put it over her shoulders for warmth.
"I can't wear this. You'll get cold."
"I'll be fine. Now come on."
Luna tightened the coat around her and followed the Doctor down the corridor.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the centre of the ship. They were on a higher section of the ship to the main section so they could see William Shakespeare tied to a chair with a large dome shaped thing hanging above his head. The two aliens were casually typing at a large control panel and were plotting exactly what Luna had heard, to destroy all literature existing except their own. The Doctor looked at Luna who looked back. They needed a plan fast.
"What are we going to do, Doctor?" Luna whispered anxiously.
"I'll go and stir up some trouble to bide us some time," He replied, "While I do that, you'll go untie Shakespeare and head for the TARDIS. I'll be right behind you. Got that?"
"Yeah, just be careful, Doctor."
"Aren't I always?" He grinned taking out his sonic screwdriver.
She hid herself close to the room and watched as the Doctor disappeared in to the ship.
As Luna watched, the two aliens started lowering the dome towards Shakespeare's head. Obviously this was going to carry out the body swap. Luna wanted to dive in a save the playwright but she knew that the Doctor was counting on her to remain out of sight until his signal. Her guts were telling her save Shakespeare but her head and heart were telling her to do as the Doctor instructed. Luckily she didn't have to wait. The power to most of the ship was cut, obviously by the Doctor.
"What happened?" Shouted Cecile
"The power has stopped!" Caesar spat, "We must have a stowaway hooligan. Let's go and find out."
The two small aliens waddled quickly and angrily through another door, disappearing down a corridor. Taking that as her signal, Luna climbed out of her hiding place and rushed to Shakespeare's side.
"Miss Luna," He gasped, "You're naked!"
"Oh, don't be stupid," She snarled as she started untying him, "Now quietly; I'll get you out of here."
"What about your brother, the Doctor?"
"He'll meet us outside. And he's not my brother, he's just a friend. Now follow me."
Luna quickly led William out of the room and down the corridor that she and the Doctor had taken earlier. At the door, she sent her rescue through first and stopped to look for the Doctor. Where was he? She told Shakespeare to return to the Globe then set off to find the pinstriped time lord.
She was getting worried until she heard his voice of authority travelling through the corridor. She followed it to the control room where she found the two aliens between their controls and the Doctor who was holding the sonic screwdriver at them. Luna hid in the shadows but was sure that the Doctor knew she was there.
"Now, start making your ship fly and leave this planet!" The Doctor ordered.
Without any arguments, the two aliens started pushing the buttons, thanks to the power still left in the ship. The Doctor edged closer to the corridor where Luna was and grabbed her hand. Suddenly the ship started moving. The Doctor shoved the sonic screwdriver into his pocket then as he ran pass and yanked Luna after him. They ran down the corridor as fast as they could to the open door which Luna used before.
The brunette human was terrified to see they were at least six foot from the ground and rising.
"Now what do we do? We can't jump this!" She asked desperately.
"We'll have to." He replied looking straight in her eyes.
He saw the fear in her blue orbs as she starred back at him. He'd never seen her so scared before.
"Trust me."
Those two words made Luna take and deep breath and tighten her grip on the Doctor's hand. He got her to hold on to him around his waist and she did as she was told. She squeezed her eyes tight closed, clasped her hands together and put her face against the Doctor's back. Suddenly she felt them falling then landing with a squelch in thick brown mud. Luna was shaking from head to toe and still holding herself against the Doctor.
"We made it!" She gasped.
"Yeah, I told you we would." He replied.
They turned to each other and hugged tightly. Their hug was interrupted by the arrival of William Shakespeare. They both stood up with mud covering their bodies.
"I have to thank you both for saving me," Shakespeare said, "And I have something for both of you."
He pulled out the Doctor's coat, after Luna dropped it, and the anklet. They thanked him and said goodbye. They were heading to the TARDIS when Shakespeare called them again.
"Doctor, you weren't clear before," He said, "But who exactly are you?"
Luna looked at her hero in a pinstripe suit then turned to the playwright.
"He's a living legend."
With a giggle and a big smile from both them, Luna and the Doctor ran to the police box and were soon gone.