The next day, they sat in the parlor discussing the strangers, and the odd events that had occurred the previous day, when Tintin suddenly had an idea. He jumped off the couch and ran out of the room, Haddock ran after him in confusion.

"Tintin, what's gotten into you?" he asked as he followed him to the door. Tintin had just put his shoes back on, and grabbed his coat when he said.

"If the Doctor is distracting the monster, then we can go look for the lost hikers and rescue them." Tintin opened the door, and looked at the Captain. Haddock had one hand on his chin and the other hand under his elbow; Tintin could tell he wasn't too keen about the idea. After a couple minutes Snowy barked to let them know they were taking too long for their journey to start.

"Captain, are you coming?" Haddock gave him a stern look, Snowy started to pull on the Captains pants leg to get him going.

"I think we should trust this Doctor character and let him deal with this, but I can't let you wander off alone again." the Captain grumbled, Tintin turned and walked down the stairs, stopping at the bottom he turned, smiled and said.

"I promise to come back before it gets to ugly Captain, but I don't want to come back until I find the missing people." Haddock grabbed his coat and hat before following the boy, Snowy barked with excitement and ran circles around them.

The police let them go up the mountain to investigate, but they did tell them this had to be the last time. After a while they stumbled upon the old campsite, Snowy picked up a scent and took off, they followed him until he stopped in front of some bushes. Snowy went into the bushes growled and then came out with a bone. Tintin looked into the bushes and saw the pile of bones, upon further examination; he concluded the bones where canine. Snowy went into the woods and barked at them; Tintin followed the dog and discovered a large footprint. Haddock looked around the woods but didn't see any more evidence; Snowy picked up a scent and took off, the two men followed in hot pursuit. After an hour in woods they heard a humming noise, when they got closer to the sound they saw a spaceship in a clearing. Haddock and Tintin stared in amazement; it was as big as a two story building, and as wide as a bus. Snowy growled then ran to the ship, Tintin followed with excitement, Haddock looked over his shoulder, and he knew they needed to tell the Doctor before proceeding any further.

"Tintin we need to go back and…" Haddock trailed off, the boy was gone, he ran to the ship and looked for a way in. After pounding and kicking the ship he heard a door open to his right, Tintin smiled at his friend.

"How did you get in this place?" the older man asked.

"Simple, Snowy found the door he scratched at it until I found the handle of sorts. Now come on." Grabbing the Captains hand he pulled him into the ship and hauled him down a corridor. They stopped in a big room that had a chair facing a window, and a bunch of buttons just in front of the chair.

"This looks a lot like the rocket we flew in doesn't it Captain. Captain?" Tintin turned and saw the Captain staring at something towards the high ceiling, Tintin followed his gaze and gasped. Above them swung three bird cages, Haddock pointed up at one of the cages, Tintin followed his finger and saw a human hand hanging just over the edge of the cage. The boy stared in shock and wondered, was the person dead? Haddock followed the chains that held the cage to the wall, it was a simple pulley system connected to a lever, easy to access and maneuver in a hurry. The Captain went to the wall and let the first cage down; he went over to the cage and saw a man with an injured leg sitting there in shock.

"Do you know how to open the door?" the Captain asked the man pointer to a cabinet near Tintin.

"I-I-I saw the th-h-h-hing put the key in there." The man said shaking. With difficulty Tintin opened the cabinet, on a high hook he saw the keys, Tintin jumped but the keys were too high. Haddock joined Tintin, getting on the Captains shoulders Tintin managed to get the keys. After getting down he handed Haddock the keys and they ran back to the cages. As the captain unlocked the cage, Tintin lowered the other cage and found an unconscious woman. After the Captain helped the man sit up against the wall, he and Tintin carried the woman to the wall, as they carefully set her down, they told the man to try and wake her. Tintin lowered the final cage, Haddock was surprised to see a little girl of six sitting in the corner, she had her knees drawn up to her chest and her head buried in her arms. The captain and Tintin looked at each other, unlocking the cage Haddock carefully went in and knelt in front of her. She started crying when she heard the door open; he gently put his hand on her head and quietly shushed her. Looking up she whimpered, so Tintin stepped in and told her they were here to rescue her, she wrapped her arms around the Captains neck as he picked her up and carried her out. As they walked back to the others, the woman had come to. Seeing the little girl she cried out with joy and the captain passed her to the woman. While the woman cried and hugged the little girl, Haddock and Tintin helped the man up. The group made their way to the entrance of the ship; Snowy ran out first and barked with joy. Once they left the ship, Tintin told snowy to lead them home, with the Captain and Tintin supporting the man they slowly followed the dog. Half an hour into their journey, they heard a roar in the distance, they all froze with fear. The little girl started to sob; Haddock told them they needed to hurry along as fast as they could manage. Twenty minutes later they came to familiar ground, they all cheered with joy but it was short lived when they heard the roar again. Haddock looked at Tintin, the boy nodded, he told Snowy to go find the Doctor and to hurry. The dog took off like a shot, when the dog was out of sight they heard another roar. Tintin couldn't take it anymore, he turned around and started to back track into the woods, the Captain yelled after him, Tintin stopped and turned.

"Get these people to safety Captain, I'm going to try and hold it off." With that he turned and ran back to the space ship.

"TINTIN NO, YOU'LL BE KILLED!" the captain shouted after him, there was no reply. Haddock didn't know what to do, but he continued to the campsite. When they arrived they saw the police coming towards them lead by Snowy. The Captain handed the injured man to one of the officers and made sure they all headed down, the captain knelt in front of Snowy.

"Good boy for bringing the police, now it's extremely important that you go find the Doctor. Tintin's in trouble and the Doctors the only one who knows what to do." Snowy ran off in search of the Doctor. Haddock stood up and ran in the direction Tintin had gone; he only hoped he got there before Tintin got hurt. Tintin had stopped only a couple minute after he left the group, he didn't hear the monster, but he knew it was out there. He crept a little further when he heard something behind him; he turned but didn't see anything. Turning forward he crept a little further; he felt warm air above him, looking up he saw the alien. It seemed to smile at him, Tintin screamed as it picked him up. Haddock heard Tintin yell and ran faster, he stopped when he saw the monster holding a struggling Tintin. The captain grabbed a rock and branch, not sure what to do he threw the rock at its head, turning it roared at the Captain and brought it fist down towards his head. Haddock rolled under it and jumped up behind it. He swung the branch and hit its back; the branch broke upon impact the monster yelled. Haddock used the broken branch to hit the monsters hand, hoping it would let the boy go, it turned its face only an inch away from the Captains. It opened its mouth and roared in his face, Haddock swung the branch and hit its face, causing the monsters head to turn. Its head slowly turned and growled the Captain glared at the beast. The monster swung its free hand and caught him in the chest, Haddock went flying, his back collided with a tree, as he slid down the tree his head hit a rock and his world went black. Tintin yelled in anger and despair as he saw his friend motionless at the foot of the tree. The monster went over to the Captain and nudged the man with his foot, when the Captain didn't move the beast snorted and walked off, Tintin cried out in despair again as he realized the Captain was dead.

Five minutes earlier.

The Doctor and Rose stepped out of the tardis and proceeded to walk in the direction they heard the roar.

"Doctor, do we even know where this thing is?" Rose asked, before the Doctor could answer they heard frantic barking. Turning they saw the white dog; it grabbed the Doctors coat and pulled as hard as it could.

"Isn't that the reporter's dog? What's it doing out here in the woods?" Rose asked, the Doctor knelt in front of the dog. Standing up he faced the woods with a very stern look.

"Rose something's wrong." The Doctor took off like a shot followed by a confused Rose. They ran for a few minutes before they heard the commotion.

"Hurry Rose!" as they continued, they heard a cry of despair before the woods went silent, they stopped in a section of woods that looked like there was a struggle. The Doctor knelt down and studied the ground as snowy wandered around looking for his master, Rose noticed a sailors cap at her feet. She picked it up and turned it over in her hands, her gaze wandered to a tree not too far away. Rose's eyes stopped on a hand under the tree, and near some rocks. She slowly walked to the tree, as she approached she saw black hair and some blood on some of the rocks.

"DOCTOR!" Rose screamed, the Doctor stood up and ran to her, he followed her gaze and saw the man lying on the ground. He knelt down and carefully turned the man over; Snowy walked over, whimpered and licked the man's face.

"Doctor…is he dead?" Rose whispered, the Doctor felt for a pulse, he sighed in relief when he found it, the man was still alive. Haddock opened his eyes to see the Doctor and Rose looking at him with concern. He tried to sit up, but got dizzy, Rose propped him up against the tree, the Doctor pulled out his screwdriver and scanned the Captains head injury, and Haddock flinched.

"No don't worry it won't blow up your head." The Doctor said smiling "Tell me what happened."

The Captain told them what happened from the time he went to the mountains to the time he blacked out. Haddock turned in the direction of the ship, and growled.

"What is it Captain?" the Doctor asked looking in the same direction. Haddock slowly and shakily got to his feet and staggered off Rose, the Doctor, and Snowy followed him.

"Captain please, your hurt, let us help." Rose said, the Captain turned and opened his mouth to respond when they heard a loud rumble, like an engine starting.

"Tintin…" The Captain said in despair, he took off running in the direction of the sound.

"CAPTAIN STOP!" yelled Rose, the Doctor ran after the other man, and Rose ran after the Doctor, Snowy followed the trio hoping to find his master. Haddock ran into the clearing and saw the ship taking off; he ran faster trying to catch up with it not sure what he would do if he caught it.

"TINTIN! TINTIN!" he yelled as loud as he could. The ship rose off the ground and above the trees, Haddock was just below it when he stopped. The ship climbed higher into the sky, there was a burst of light and it disappeared. Captain Haddock stared after it unaware of the Doctor and Rose coming up behind him, there was nothing he could do, no one could help him, and Tintin was gone. His friend and companion, was now at the mercy of the monster from space.