SuperWhoLock: Chapter 20
As the demon got up, she brushed off the dirt of the girl's skirt. She looked up, and saw the Winchesters aiming their guns at her.
"I mean you no harm. Honest," claimed the demon.
"Then riddle me this. How is a demon in space, coincidently a thousand miles away from Earth?" Dean asked. The demon shrugged.
"Well, it was worth a shot. Fine, Moriarty ordered me to send your little gang here to some place on Earth, and to trap you guys there. Little did I know, the freaking box could travel through space. Now, I'm trapped here with you guys!" The demon said, repulsed.
"So you're the one that messed up the TARDIS?" The Doctor asked.
"Yep. Now, 12 vs. 1. Seems pretty fair," The demon said sarcastically. Dean looked at Sam, agreeing at one thought they had in mind. Dean started chanting the demon-banishing spell. The demon's eyes widen in fear, frantic.
"No! You wouldn't dare. Do you know what would happen if my soul just aimlessly floated through space? If anything went wrong in the process?!" The demon desperately stated.
"If the process were to result in failure, you soul could wander through space for all of eternity," Sherlock said. Dean was done with the spell, and the demon flew out of the girl. The girl fell to the floor, fishing for air. Ethan quickly went to her aid, and met eyes with the stranger.
"Ethan."
"Yeah?"
"Let go of my hand. I can walk." Ethan's state of panic melted, with him remembering to be more terrified of the girl than for her. However, when she got up, she immediately hugged Ethan.
"Um, Mackenzie, are you ok?" John asked the girl (who was called Mackenzie, so everyone just presumed that was her name).
"Yeah. That thing inside me was a demon,?" Mackenzie asked.
"Yeah. I knew you were possessed with the sulfur I found around you," said Sam.
"Thanks."
"Ethan, was everything the demon said true?" the Doctor asked.
"Yeah. How we mysteriously appeared here, for how long, everything. She didn't lie."
"Do you know a way out of this hotel?"
"No. Sorry. Mackenzie and I looked everywhere down here. We tried not to go up because of the Minotaur." With Ethan's comment, everyone looked at each other with a similar thought in mind. Rory caught everyone's telepathic messages.
"Oh no. No no no. We can't go up there-"
"Oh, come on Rory! You heard Ethan. We have to go up stairs again," said Dean.
"Yeah, I know. Anything I say next won't stop you guys from going up there. What I was going to say was that we need a plan."
"Well of course we have a plan!" Amy said with confidence.
"Ok. Then what is it?"
"I'll tell you. Doctor?" Amy said, defiantly turning away, facing towards Doctor.
"Well, I was hoping that we could avoid the beast from the upper floors, and investigate the halls and understand the functions of the hotel."
"So, really, you have no plan what-so-ever then," said Rory.
"Look Doc, for us to find that blue box of yours, we've got to figure out what chewbacca's wife's doing here, and why it killed that police girl," said Dean.
"And how are we going to find that out without getting killed?" Balthazar aked.
"Dean said the deceased woman upstairs might be connected to the Minotaur. Also, that in the front lobby room of the building, we found various pictures of what might be other victims of the hotel," Castiel said.
"And with Ethan and Mackenzie here, that's proof that the monster's been kidnapping people, and having them trapped here until he gets to them. Also, that the 'phrase him' note Sherlock found with the dead police girl might be connected to the rooms," said River.
"Ok, so we got the part that the monster's been kidnapping people, and killing them. What does 'phrase him' even mean though?" Sam asked.
"Phrase him…"
"I don't know. However, Moriarty didn't know that TARDIS was capable of going through space. This was obviously a set up when River received his false coordinates," said Sherlock.
"Phrase him…"
"Ok. So the monster stole the TARDIS. Maybe we could somhow extract the information from it as to where it hid it," John said.
"Phrase him…" Everyone finally took notice of the continuous phrase being said throughout the room. They looked at one another, trying to pinpoint the speaker.
"Mackenzie…" Ethan asked, concerned. Mackenzie's eyes shot up quickly, gasping at her sudden action. The Doctor went up to Mackenzie, and started sonicing her. The Doctor looked at her in the eyes, and turned off his screwdriver.
"Mackenzie," The Doctor said.
"Look, mister, I don't know why I did that," Mackenzie said defensively.
"Did anything happen to you in the hotel?" The Doctor asked.
"…" The girl only looked down, responding to his question, "I… opened one of the doors. I had to for when the minotaur was chasing me.8" Everyone went silent.
"It was only a few hours ago," she added.
"Do you think this happened to the police woman?" Sherlock asked.
"Not sure. We got enough on our plate now though. However, there are bigger things attend to," said the Doctor.
"Um… Doctor? Do you mind not staring at me like that," asked Mackenzie. The Doctor shot back to face the gang.
"Ok, now we have another problem. We can't leave until we find out what 'phrase him' exactly means," said Sam, "Well, this won't take long at all…"
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Eventually, everyone went to their designated areas around the room, recollecting their thoughts after the current events happening. Sherlock came back to Dean and River after talking to Ethan and Mackenzie.
"Anything new?" River asked.
"Well, besides the fact that Mackenzie's stressful family life has taken great effect on her now, nothing useful," River and Dean just stood there, questioning that last statement.
"Why would she tell you that?" Dean asked.
"She didn't. By her constant habit of rejecting Ethan for any help, that tells us that she doesn't wish for anyone's assistance when it comes to anything personal and that she wishes to be alone most of the time. Also, with the fact that she keeps on stroking the tattoo she has for comfort-"
"She has a tattoo?"
"By the direction her fingers being brought upon on her arm, it depicts a certain pattern. Also, that the cloth of the shirt shows the tattoo slightly. Tattoos are typically looked down upon with parents or family, so of course she would hold that dear and personal to her. Would you like to hear more?" Sherlock asked, waiting for a response.
"I've always wanted to say this… great deduction Sherlock," Dean said, smirking at himself. River and Sherlock stood there in disbelief, "Huh… if only Sammy were here."
"As marvelous as that was, Sherlock, we still don't have a lead," said River.
"Well, I just hope the other groups are doing as well as we are," Dean said. They weren't. Sam, Castiel, Amy and Rory were just as lost.
"You think 'phrase him' has anything to do with the rooms? If so, what does it mean?" Sam asked his group.
"Well, when I first heard the phrase, it kind of brought me to something dictator-like," Rory said. Everyone looked at Rory for the odd comment, and he responded by mouthing, "what?" back.
"Hmm, fear and 'phrase him'. To be honest, it actually does sound a bit like that," Amy added.
"Could it be mind control?" asked Sam.
"No. When Mackenzie and Ethan first arrived here, they noted how they stuck together for the whole time, and that nothing peculiar as of this event here occurred. If it was mind control, why would the minotaur wait to strike now?" Castiel said.
"So, you're saying the people are getting killed out of there own will?" asked Rory.
"What if they are?" Sam asked, "What if something convinced them to go up there, and get killed by that monster?"
"The deceased woman did die with that note on her hand," said Castiel.
"And Mackenzie said that she opened one of the rooms a few hours ago," said Amy.
"So, someone is kidnapped here, they're trapped, they go into one of the rooms, and sees their worst fear. A few hours later, they start saying phrase him, and get killed by the monster… not to rain on anyone's parade, but how does this help us get out of the hotel?" Rory asked.
"Ethan!" Everyone froze, and looked back to see the Doctor helping Ethan up, "My gosh, Ethan, what happened?" Everyone saw Ethan's bloody nose and mouth. He was trying to ease the pain.
"Mackenzie..." Ethan said trying to ignore the pain.
"What about her?" asked the Doctor.
"… she punched me," everyone made a sort of gasp at the comment, "and I'm not sure where she is now, but my guess… up stairs."
"Why would she be there?" Balthazar asked.
"She constantly asked if she could go upstairs. I tried to stop her, but then-"
"You took a blow to the face because of it," said Dean.
"Guys," said John. Everyone looked at him, "I think I know how to get out of here."