Attack on the Castle

"My dad's not crazy!" said Rose.

"He was raving like a lunatic!" said LeFou. "We all heard him, didn't we?"

The mob yelled in agreement but Rose stood her ground.

"He is not crazy and I'll die before I let you take him away!" she shouted.

"Rose, what's happening?" asked Pete, coming out of the house.

"Pete! Tell us again, old man, just what was the alien like?" LeFou sneered.

But Pete found himself unable to speak as Rose held his hand tight.

"You see? He's so nuts he can't even defend himself! You don't get much crazier than that!" said LeFou, making the mob laugh.

They then grabbed Pete and tried to hall him off.

"You can't do this!" Rose yelled. "Let him go!"

But the keeper didn't listen and Jimmy put a hand on Rose's shoulder. "Poor Rose, it's a shame about your father."

Rose looked into his eyes and realized the truth. "You did this, didn't you?"

"Maybe I did and maybe I didn't."

Rose smacked his hand away and glared at him. "How could you? You know my dad's not crazy!"

"I don't know what I know. But I do know I can clear this up if—"

"If what?"

"If you'll marry me. It just takes one little word, Rose."

Rose's eyes blazed as she gave Jimmy the famous Tyler Slap. "Never!" she snarled.

"Have it your way!" said Jimmy, angrily as he held his red cheek.

Rose then ran into the house and grabbed the mirror, praying it would be enough to convince the mob to release her father. "My dad's not crazy and I can prove it!" Show me the Doctor!

The Doctor's image appeared in the mirror. He was standing by the silver watch and wearing clothes not seen in the village.

"Is it dangerous?" asked a woman.

"No, he'd never hurt anyone. Please, I know he seems different, but the Doctor's kind and caring, really. He's my friend," said Rose, gazing lovingly at the mirror.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you had feelings for this monstrous freak," Jimmy growled.

"He's no monster, Jimmy, you are!"

Anger burned in Jimmy's eyes as he grabbed the mirror from Rose's clutches. "She's as crazy as her father! The freak will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"

"No!" said Rose.

"We're not safe until his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the freak!"

"Yes!" cried the mob.

Man I:
We're not safe until he's dead!

Man II:
He'll come stalking us at night!

Woman:
Set to sacrifice our children to his crazy rituals!

Man III:
He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free.

Jimmy:
So it's time to take some action, boys
It's time to follow me!
Through the mist, through the woods
Through the darkness and the shadows
It's a nightmare, but it's one exciting ride
Say a prayer, then we're there at the drawbridge of a castle
And there's something truly terrible inside!

It's a freak!
He's got fangs, razor sharp ones!
Massive swords, killer hands for the feast!
Hear him roar, see him foam, but we're not coming home 'til he's dead!
Good and dead!
Kill the Freak!

Rose grabbed the mirror and Jimmy's hand. "No, I won't let you do this, Jimmy! You can't kill him!"

Jimmy just threw her to the ground. "If you're not with us, you're against, Rose. Such a pity! Bring the old loon!"

Pete struggled against his captives. "Get your hands off of me!"

"Lock them in the cellar! We can't have them running off to warn the freak!"

Rose and Pete were quickly tossed into the cellar of their house and locked inside. Rose pounded on the cellar door as hard as she could."Let us out of here!" she yelled.

Jimmy:
We'll rid the village of this Freak.
Who's with me?

Villagers:
I am!
I am!
I am!

Light your torch!
Mount your horse!

Jimmy:
Screw your courage to the sticking place!

Villagers:
We're counting on Jimmy to lead the way!

Women:
Through a mist, to a wood
Where, within a haunted castle
Something's lurking that you don't see every day!

Villagers:
It's a freak, one as tall as a mountain!
We won't rest 'til he's good and deceased!
Sally forth!
Tally ho!
Grab your sword!
Grab your bow!
Praise the Lord and here we go!

Jimmy:
We'll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!

Rose grabbed one of her father's tools and tried unsuccessfully to open the cellar door. "I have to warn the Doctor! This is my fault. Dad, what are we going to do?"

"Don't worry, Rose, we'll think of something," Pete assured her. He could see the love in his daughter's eyes for the Doctor and knew she would not rest until the Doctor was safe.

"Rose?"

"Luke!" Rose looked out the window and saw Luke outside. She managed to open it just enough for Luke to get in. "Luke, you shouldn't be here! You've got to get to the Doctor! They're going to attack!"

"Rose, just use your key to call the TARDIS," said Luke. "She'll get you to the castle."

"I'll try," said Rose.

She clenched her key and focused on the TARDIS and within moments, the ship arrived, stunning Pete as the three of them went inside and flew off to the castle.

Villagers:
We don't like what we don't understand
In fact, it scares us
And this monster is mysterious, at least!
Bring your guns!
Bring your knives!
Save your children and your wives!
We'll save our village and our lives!
We'll kill the Freak!

XXX

Back at the castle, the others were moping and Sarah-Jane was sending off a search party to look for Luke, who'd gone missing.

"I knew it! I just knew it was stupid to get our hopes up," Mickey grumbled.

"Maybe we should've just kept her out of the castle," said Jack.

"What good would that have done?" said Gwen. "I don't know what's worse—Rose being gone or Luke's disappearance. Do you think he went off with her?"

"Sensors show multiple humans approaching the castle," said K-9.

Jack, Sarah-Jane, Gwen and Mickey exchanged gleeful looks before going to look outside, only to be horrified to see an angry mob approaching, that was being led by a tall man with the Doctor's mirror.

"Oh, crap, oh crap!" said Jack. "Invaders!"

"And they've got the Doctor's mirror!" said Sarah-Jane.

"Sarah, warn the Doctor! If it's a fight they want, then they'll get one! Who's with me?" said Mickey.

XXX

Jimmy:
Cut down a tree, and make it a big one!
Take whatever booty you can find.
But remember, the Freak is mine!

Villagers and Doctor's Friends:
Hearts ablaze, banners high
We go marching into battle
Unafraid, although the danger's just increased!

Raise the flag!
Sing the song!
Here we come, we're fifty strong
And fifty Englishmen can't be wrong!
Let's kill the Freak!

XXX

"Pardon me, Doctor," said Sarah-Jane.

"Leave me alone, Sarah-Jane," said the Doctor.

"Doctor, you've got to snap out of this! Luke's gone and the castle is under attack! We need you! What should we do, Doctor?"

"I don't care anymore. It doesn't matter. Just let them come," said the Doctor, not taking his eyes off the watch.

XXX

Villagers:
Kill the Freak!
Kill the Freak!

Jack:
This isn't working!

Gwen:
Think, Jack!
We must do something!

Jack:
Wait, I know!

Villagers:
Kill the Freak!
Kill the Freak!

Villagers:
Kill the Freak!
Kill the Freak!

XXX

The mob eventually broke in and walked in, unsuspecting of the trap that had been laid for them. LeFou picked up Jack and suddenly Jack yelled, "NOW!"

Instantly, the mob was attacked and scared to death by the household objects. It was crazy. One man got locked into a chest and eaten, Sarah-Jane poured hot tea on another, Mickey stabbed LeFou in the backside when he tried to melt Jack, Martha jumped off the railing and squished a man, Jack burned another man when he tried to pluck Gwen's feathers, and K-9 led ten men to the kitchen where they were almost burned by the oil that caught fire after K-9 hit it with his laser.

"AND STAY OUT!" Mickey yelled, when they had finally chased out the mob.

Jack then kissed Gwen and hugged Mickey before Mickey smacked him away.

But Jimmy remained unaccounted for.

XXX

Jimmy snuck up the stairs and to a high room. He had a bow and arrow and a dagger made of a special poisonous metal that would kill anything permanently—even a freak like this thing Rose liked so much. He would kill this freak one way or another.

He finally found the West Wing and saw the Doctor sitting hunched by the window. The Doctor just looked at Jimmy sadly before turning his gaze to the window.

Jimmy aimed his arrow and struck the Doctor in the shoulder blade, making him cry out in pain before Jimmy shoved the Doctor out of the window and onto a ledge at least eighty feet off the ground. Rain poured all around them as he kept beating the Doctor in the chest, but the Doctor made no attempt to fight back.

"Get up!" Jimmy snarled, before kicking the Doctor again. "Get up! What's the matter, Doctor? Too kind and caring to fight back?" he sneered.

"Do what you want with me," said the Doctor, hoarsely. "I've got nothing to live for now."

"It will be my pleasure," said Jimmy, grabbing a huge black spike of stone.

The Doctor just closed his eyes and waited for the blow that would probably make him regenerate, but all he heard was the sound of the TARDIS. He looked and saw its glow in another room and out of the room and Rose came out of it.

"No, Jimmy, don't!" she yelled.

"Rose?" the Doctor whispered, in disbelief.

He couldn't believe it. She came back. She came back!

Suddenly, the Doctor found his strength and immediately fought back. He grabbed the stone before Jimmy could strike him and sent it flying to the ground before lunging at Jimmy. The two of them fought as hard as they could on the slippery roof. Soon, the Doctor hid himself among the statues as Jimmy grabbed a club.

"Come on out and fight!" Jimmy yelled, striking the statues. "Were you in love with her, freak? Did you honestly think she'd want you when she had someone like me? It's over, freak! Rose is mine!"

Suddenly, the Doctor came out and with a flick of his screwdriver, caused the stone club to shatter into dust before he grabbed Jimmy by the throat and held him above the edge.

"Please, let me go! Let me go! I'll do anything! Anything!" Jimmy cried.

The Doctor felt his anger disappear as he remembered Rose saying those exact words once before. He held Jimmy close and growled, "Get out," before tossing him to the ground.

"Doctor!" Rose yelled.

The Doctor looked up and saw the beautiful face he hadn't expected to see again. "Rose," he whispered. He skillfully climbed up the roof, clung to the railing and touched Rose's face. "You came back."

Rose covered his hand with hers, enjoying the feel of his touch.

Suddenly, the Doctor let out a yell of pain as Jimmy sank his knife in between the Doctor's hearts and then Jimmy went flying off the balcony and fell to his death at the bottom of the cliff. Rose grabbed the Doctor before he could fall and carefully lowered him to the floor of the balcony.