Keeping an eye on the box, the Captain slowly got up and walked towards it. The Captain pushed on the door; it was locked just like Tintin said. Why was the police box locked? Did the two people have something to do with the blue box? The Captain walked to the other side of the clearing, and into the trees to find the path. After wandering around for a little while he came to a field. Looking to his right he saw the path a few yards away. The Captain got half way across the field when his foot got caught in a hole, tripping and stumbling he fell flat on his stomach.
"Billions of barnacles!" the Captain yelled. As the Captain propped up on his elbow, something caught his eye, looking over he saw a strange silver tool. It was long, slender and had strange blue markings on it. Curious, the Captain reached out and picked it up; upon further inspection he figured it was some sort of pen, the Captain placed it inside his coat pocket, got up and continued his walk back to the manor.
The Captain was walking up the road to the manor when it hit him, what had happened to Snowy? Tintin was probably worried sick by now that he had time to think; the dog went with his master then vanished. Walking into the manor, the Captain had a concerned look on his face.
"No luck finding the two strangers I presume." The butler asked.
"None it's almost like they don't exist. Is the doctor still here?"
"No sir, he left shortly after you did." The Captain followed Nestor into the next room. Tintin was still on the couch except he had a blanket and pillow, the captain sat in the arm chair next to him.
"Ah Captain I was getting worried you wouldn't return…or worse… unless you're the Captains ghost come to haunt me." He said smiling.
"No, I'm not a ghost Tintin." The Captain paused, not sure what to tell him first. "I found the blue box, but not your friends." The young man winced in pain as he sat up.
"Captain I can tell there's something else on your mind."
"Not really, I just found this odd looking pen in the woods." He said as he pulled out the strange device.
"That's a really odd looking pen, are you sure that's what it is?"
"No, now that I look at it I don't see where the ink comes out." The Captain looked at the blue lens then turned it around looking at the pointer part.
"I'm pretty sure this is the ink comes out, and these strange buttons control how much comes out." The Captain fiddled with the buttons for a bit, the blue lens lit up and started whirling. Pointing the lens away from himself, he pushed another button to let the ink out. There was a high pitched noise followed by a sizzle and a crack. The Captain pushed the button harder, there was a loud bang and the noise stopped. Tintin and the Captain turned to see the radio behind them had exploded.
"I don't think that's a pen Captain." whispered Tintin. The Captain got up and carefully set the tool in the top drawer of the desk.
"We better leave it alone until we know what it is." grumbled the Captain. Tintin and the Captain spoke for another hour, discussing what they should do to get rid of the monster and locate the missing hikers when they heard a knock at the door; Tintin looked at the Captain with puzzlement. There was another knock this time louder, Nestor opened the door. There stood a tall thin man with messy hair, a trench coat, and an odd device in his hand. Next to him was a young blonde who was holding Snowy and she appeared to be wearing pants.
"Ello!" they said together in a cheerful voice. "This is Rose," he gestured to the girl "and I'm called the Doctor, you have something that belongs to me."
