The Unicorn and the wasp part 2
The Doctor and Rose were up to their eyes in experimental data. The TARDIS was giving them a large and bright golden glow and the humming was louder and more common as the machine spoke to both of her companions as they tried to discover what the liquid was. Boiling test tubes, Bunsen burners and other scientific equipments were littering the surfaces of the Lab in the TARDIS. The Doctor had pressed his glasses to his nose as he squirted some chemicals into the test tube he was holding while Rose had pressed a pencil through her bun, the hair still framing her face as she looked down at the clipboard and sheet of paper which was pressed into her hands. She frowned to herself before realisation hit her features causing the Doctor to straighten up as he frowned when he looked up at her
"Rose? What is it?" The Doctor asked, the test tube briefly forgotten as he looked at his wife, his glasses still pressed to his nose
"Its Vespiform venom" She stated, not taking a look up from her paper, her face still clouded with understanding, confusion evident in her eyes as she realised the circumstances they had gotten themselves into
"You sure?" The Doctor voiced again coming over to stand very close behind her, his head angled so he was looking over her shoulder as he looked at the paper in front of the pair of them
"Certain, the results show that" She said again, this time moving and passing the Doctor the results and he took them eagerly as he continued to listen to what she had to say "High levels of Peptides and enzymes peculiar to the wasp were found. Along with norepinephrine, hyaluronidase and MCPD which it the substance that stops the flow of blood causing the effects of the membrane destroying elements of Wasp stings being the spreading factor of the swelling and redness. It all fits or it is a sure as hell a strong correlation between the two of them." Rose said to him, the Doctor having one of his eyebrows raised and his mouth pursed together as he listen to her. Her body was now resting against the lab table with her arms folded across her chest, the dress still flattering her figure.
"Then what is an amorphous insectoid species doing here? It's a long way from the hive in the Silfrax Galaxy" The Doctor said with a frown as he looked over at her, she just looked up at him with just as much confusion
"I don't know Doctor, but that's not the only abnormal behaviour it's showing." Rose informed causing the Doctor to frown. Her face moved into a she came to standing in front of him "You always told me that they are an ancient and wise race, a race not known for its violence so why is it showing this behaviour and killing people?"
"That's a good point" The Doctor stated before frowning at her brilliance "Brilliant in fact. Maybe a mutation has occurred in the telepathic recording system causing a corruption of information including cultural heritage"
"Well we will have to find out, because we cannot determine weather a mutation has occurred by looking at it's venom, that's a completely different DNA Base coding" Rose informed again, this time she looked up at her husband with concern written all over her features and shining in her eyes as she stood in close contact with her husband.
"You're right, so all we have to do is find out why this one is killing and stop it" The Doctor said down to her, moving his arms around her waist as hers moved around his neck.
"Easier said then done" Rose said with a smile, a small smile playing on her lips which in turn caused the Doctor to smile down at her before he lent down and placed a gentle kiss onto her lips. He grabbed hold of her hand and dragged her from her spot and towards the TARDIS door
"Come on" He chimed happily as he smiled a large smile behind him and towards Rose. All the while his wife was smiling and laughing as she watched herself getting dragged by her lover.
Donna was walking in the large well kept gardens as she tried to find Agatha while the Doctor and Rose were working on the substance the Doctor had found. She walked around to the back of the house and Donna noticed Agatha sitting with her head in her hands under a small gazebo with plants and shrubs surrounding her. She headed towards the young woman and sat down next to her, straightening out her dress as she sat and smiled over at Agatha who moved her head to look at the young time traveller.
"Do you know what I think? Those books of yours, one day they could turn them into films. They could be talking pictures."Donna said kindly as she smiled at Agatha who had readjusted her frame and was looking over at Donna.
"Talking pictures? Pictures that…talk? What do you mean?" Agatha asked confused. Her eyebrows in a frown, her head shaking over to Donna as she asked her question
"Oh blimey, I've done it again." Donna muttered to herself quietly, her smile falling a little as her eyes moved away from Agatha.
"I appreciate you trying to be kind, but you're right—these murders are like my own creations. It's as though someone's mocking me. I've had enough scorn for one lifetime." Agatha said over to Donna. Her eyes distant as she spoke, her words coming out sharply as she nodded her head in understanding
"Yeah. Thing is, I had this bloke once, I was engaged, and I loved him, I really did. Turns out he was lying through his teeth. But you know what? I moved on. I was lucky—I found the Doctor. It changed my life. There's always someone else." Donna exclaimed passionately, her eyes never leaving Agatha who was looking down at her lap while Donna continued to talk, her head shaking as she tried to make her point.
"I see. Is my marriage the stuff of gossip now?" Agatha mentioned, firstly looking down at her lap before she again turned her attention to Donna who was shaking her head profusely as she realised what she had said
"No, I just—Sorry." Donna defended before loosing her words and sighed in defeat.
"No matter." Agatha sighed as she shook her head "The stories are true. I found my husband with another woman. A younger, prettier woman. Isn't that always the way?"Agatha stated upset and defeated as she spoke over at Donna who was listening to her in comfort.
"Well, mine was with a giant spider but same difference." Donna joked as she looked into the distance, her head shaking to the side again which in turn caused Agatha to laugh at her
"You and the Doctor talk such wonderful nonsense." Agatha smiled happily as she smiled over at his companion.
"Agatha, people love your books, they really do. They're gonna be reading them for years to come." Donna defended and argued her point, her head shaking as she spoke, Agatha just looked at her with her eyebrows raised sceptically, really not believing the woman in front of her.
"Hello. What's that?" Agatha asked as she moved her features into a frown when she spotted something in the grass area and getting to her feet "Those flowerbeds were perfectly neat earlier." She chimed as she pointed in the direction she was talking about, her body moving with her as Donna got to her feet "Now some of the stalks are bent over." She chimed with a frown as she picked up a small leather box
"There you go. Who'd ever notice that? You're brilliant." Donna smiled from her position next to her, a large smile covering her features.
The group had once again reunited with each other and they were sitting in the sitting room. Donna and Agatha were sitting next to each other on the settee opposite the Doctor who was perched on the edge of his chair leaning over a table while Rose was to his right sitting in a small arm chair. He opened the case again to find an array of tools on different shelves.
"Ooh…someone came tooled up…the sort of stuff a thief would use." The Doctor informed the case still in his hands but his eyebrows were raised as he looked up at his friends through his eyebrows.
"The Unicorn" Agatha exclaimed as realisation suddenly covered her features "He's here!"
"The Unicorn and the wasp." Rose whispered to all of her friends and watched as Greeves entered the room with a tray littered with glasses and drinks.
"Your drinks, ladies, Doctor." He stated just as the Doctor rose from his chair and onto his feet as he took both his and Rose's drinks and passed hers over to her. She smiled her thanks as he collapsed into the chair he had been sitting on earlier.
"Very good, Greeves." The Doctor chimed happily as the man left
"What about the science stuff? What did you find?" Donna asked quietly as she held her glass close to her face, her own eyebrows raised as she watched the Doctor pull out the test tube still holding the substance. Rose having cross her legs with her glass resting in her lap between her hands
"It's a Vespiform sting." She informed them with a small smile pressed to her lips as the other two ladies turned their attention over to her
"Vespiforms have got hives in the Silifax Galaxy." The Doctor said to them, his eyebrows raised along with his head held in the air as he once again looked at the substance which was travelling down the tube
"Again you talk like Edward Lear."Agatha informed with a frown on her face and her hands held to her head as she struggled with the things the Doctor was saying
"You have no idea" Rose smiled as she looked over at Donna whose own face was showing a smile as she realised Rose had probably met him.
"For some reason, this one's behaving like a character in one of your books." The Doctor said with his voice quiet as he looked at the substance which then turned to look at Agatha as he raised his glass to sip his drink.
"Come on, Agatha. What would Miss Marple do? She'd've overheard something vital by now because the murderer thinks she's just a harmless old lady." Donna informed, her head shaking once again as she watched Rose shake her head at her, telling her she hadn't written them yet
"Clever idea. Miss Marple—who writes those?" Agatha said with a frown as she looked over at Donna
"Um, copyright: Donna Noble. Add it to the list." Donna smiled as she moved her finger towards her lap
"Rose." The Doctor warned causing his wife to look over at him and she frowned when she took in his laid back form with the large frown on his face
"OK, we could split the copyright." Donna smiled as she waved her head but Rose just moved her form to look over at her husband
"No—something's inhibiting my enzymes." The Doctor said in all seriousness again as he tried to remain absolutely still but before Rose could even comprehend what was going on the Doctor sudden gasped out in pain and jerked forward "Aaahh!" The Doctor cried in agony as he shot forward, his eyebrows moving into a frown, his face scrunched up in pain as he brought his legs up towards his body, his hands clinging onto the side of the chair as the three of them rushed over to his side, Rose holding onto the hand which he had grabbed at her with as he called for a sense of comfort as he vented his agony into her hand "I've been poisoned!" The Doctor yelled as he continued to convulse. His knees jolting forward, his body shaking with pain as Rose moved over to the glass, her hand still present in the Doctor's as the adrenaline, the fear and the worry for her husband moved around her body, her hearts shuddering in her chest quickly as she tried to help her husband, his pain and erratic thoughts being sent to her via their connection.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Donna panicked from his side, her eyes wide as she continued to watch the Doctor move as he tried to lesson the pain his body was in
"Bitter almonds—it's cyanide. Sparkling cyanide!" Rose stated as she pulled the glass to her nose, the hand she was not holding onto the Doctor with she was rubbing her fingers together. The Doctor suddenly let go of Rose's hand and snapped his body from the chair, Rose was quick on his heels and she watched as the Doctor stumbled over his feet and collapsed to the ground clumsily. Rose placed her hands either side of the Doctor thin torso and helped him to his feet before he grasped hold of the door and they bolted towards the kitchen, both of them knowing how to help each other, Donna and Agatha hot on their heels.
The Doctor staggered into the kitchen, his form falling onto the door frame as he pushed himself down the step, his eyebrows still raised, his limbs falling around awkwardly before he grabbed hold of Davenport by the lapels.
"Ginger beer." The Doctor said quickly, his body still shaking with the throbbing it was in.
"I beg your pardon?" Davenport gasped as he looked down at the man who was holding onto him, his frown still pressed to his features
"He needs ginger beer." Rose said to him, the young man snapping his attention to the young woman who was bolting towards the shelves, her hands frantically turning bottles and shifting through things as she tried to find the thing her husband needed.
"The gentleman's gone mad!" The Elderly and head cook chimed as they all scooted over the other end of the kitchen as they tried to get out of the way. Donna and Agatha had finally arrived back into the kitchen when they watched the Doctor grab a bottle and poured some of the liquid into his mouth and then the rest went over his head and down his suit
"I'm an expert in poisons, Doctor. It's fatal! There's no cure!" Agatha cried in a high pitched voice as she rushed to his side, Donna also looking at him worriedly as Rose continued to look on the shelves just as she noticed her husband spitting out the drink and leaning on the table
"Not for me! I can stimulate the inhibited enzymes into reversal. Protein! I need protein!" The Doctor said quickly, his voice echoing around the kitchen, his eyebrows in neutral, his hair lying flat on his head as he continued to cling onto the table in distress. The two of them suddenly helping Rose to search the shelves. The Doctor clung onto his stomach as he started to pant as he tried to bring in the necessary air he needed.
"Walnuts!" Rose shouted as he grasped hold of the jar and pulled off the lid as she shoved them into the Doctor's hands, her voice shaking and her eyes showing so much pain as she watched the Doctor having to go through this.
"Brilliant!" The Doctor stated, his eyebrows raised, his forehead creased as she shoved them into his mouth, his mouth moving quickly as he tried to get them out of the way and try to talk to the others to tell him what he needed, Rose just took in his expression before she found the shelves again.
"I can''t understand you!" Donna cried in distress as she tried to hear what the Doctor was trying to say as the Doctor started to shake one of his hands. "How many words?" Donna asked as she shook her head and her body towards him as the Doctor continued to shake his hand, his mouth chewing on the walnuts as he held up one finger. "One. One word. Shake? Milk? Shake? Milk? Milk! No, not milk. U, shake, shake, shake—cocktail shaker! What do you want, a Harvey Wallbanger?"Donna ranted as she shook her hands, her words tumbling from her lips. Agatha was just rubbing her sides in worry while Rose was trying to focus, she was rubbing her template as a head ache started to form, the pain the Doctor was feeling was openly spreading over to her as the Doctor tried to concentrate on fighting the poison than holding up his shield.
"Harvey Wallbanger?" The Doctor spluttered, his eyebrows still raised as he finally managed to swallow his mouthful.
"Well, I don't know!" Donna cried in defence as she waved her hands towards the Doctor who was doubled over as he tried to lesson the pain, his body unable to stop moving
"How is Harvey Wallbanger one word?" The Doctor shouted once again as he half leant on the table behind him.
"He need's salt Donna" Rose informed calmly as she continued to frantically look at the shelves, Agatha also going to the shelves as she realised what the man needed.
"Salt! I was miming salt! Salt! I need something salty!" The Doctor said in a high pitched voice again as she shook his hand before he leant back onto the table, his eyes screwed shut as his body ached with tremendous pain.
"What about this?" Donna breathed as she stomped over to the Doctor with a brown bag in her hands
"What is it?" The Doctor breathed as he looked up at him
"It's salt."
"That's too salty!"
"Oh, that's too salty." Donna chimed sarcastically as she rolled her eyes and walked back over to the shelves
"What about this?" Agatha asked as she held out a jar towards the man.
"Hmm." The Doctor groans as he grabbed the jar from her hands, he opened it and downed the contents as Rose came to stand in front of the Doctor, his hand reaching out to her a little which she took quickly as she tried to send the Doctor some comfort via their link as he continued to squirm and wriggle as he tried to hold himself up via the table
"What's that?" Rose asked as she moved her arm around her husband's shoulders as he moved closer to her
"Anchovies." Agatha stated just as quickly as Rose had asked as Agatha kept moving around on her feet as she watched the Doctor. He suddenly started to gesture again, this time his hands were up and his palms were out and Donna was immediately guessing again before Rose could tell her what he needed
"What is it? What else? It's a song. "Mammy". I don't know, "Camptown Races"?" Donna shouted to him again, her own hands held out in front of her as her body moved around with the Doctor as Rose continued to rub his back
""Camptown Races"?" Rose shouted with a frown on her face as she moved forward towards Donna with a frown of confusion evident on her features
"Well, all right then. "Towering Inferno"." Donna cried sarcastically, her hands once again waving out in front of her
"It's a shock! Look! Shock! I need a shock!" The Doctor cried, once again his hands waving in front of her, his eyes going wide, sweat and a mixture of ginger bear falling over his form, his skin becoming pale due to the pain he was in. Rose's fear of loosing her husband in this regeneration was starting to threaten her hearts
"All right, then, big shock coming up." Rose started before she grabbed the Doctor roughly by the lapels and kissed him. Her hands moved to his face and she pushed herself onto him, their forms stumbling over the place until they stumbled towards the wall, the shelves rocking under their pressure as her face was pressed right onto his face. Her lips were feverously grasping and yapping at his lips as her passion and her fear was transferred over to him via that one kiss. A kiss that was rather rough for the Doctor. She pulled away from him, her hands moving to his lapels again so she could face him. But the Doctor continued to gap at her, his body still squirming from the pain of the poison
"No... Didn't work" The Doctor cried again, his face scrunched up as his body continued to wiggle, Donna and Rose turned to face each other and Donna waved her on and towards the Doctor just for Rose to roll her eyes before turning back to the Doctor
"Fine. I'm Pregnant!" Rose cried exasperated with a smile as she looked up at him, Donna and Agatha's mouth falling open and the Doctor's eyes bulging out of their sockets as she said that to him
"What?" The Doctor snapped but before he could say anything else he threw his head back and black smoke shuddered from his mouth and his body as he groaned. The force of his detox shoved Rose to the floor who was looking up at her husband in worry, her legs cross over each other, her hand's having caught her fall as she looked up at the Doctor who was now stumbling from his position, his breathing heavy as he looked at his friends.
"Ah! Detox." The Doctor chimed as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve "I must do that more often."
"Well I hope not in public!" Rose stated exasperated as she stared at the Doctor with her mouth hanging open and her eyes wide as she looked up from the floor
"I mean the-the detox." The Doctor stated as he leant down and held out his hands towards her "But the kissing is rather pleasant" He said with a smile just for Rose to hear before he helped her up and held her very close to him as he looked down at her "Can you just clarify that you're not pregnant" The Doctor said so quietly so both him and Rose could share a private conversation, the other's noticing this and so moved away a little. Rose smiled over at him and leant her forehead to his as she closed her eyes as the pain in her head and finally vanished
"Don't worry Doctor, if I'm pregnant I would want you there when I found out" She said comfortingly towards her husband who nodded under her forehead. He held a small smile on his lips and a small laugh moved his torso. He pressed a kiss to her lips softly before the pair of them moved away, moved so they were at arms length to each other
"You ok?" The Doctor asked as he placed his hand delicately to her chin "I noticed you frowning with your hand pressed to your forehead" He said to her gently again, his eyes staring right into hers as they looked at each other
"I'm fine" She nodded as she moved a smile onto her face "You were to busy trying to concentrate on fighting the poison in your system to hold up your shields so I could feel the pain you were going through" She said to him, a smile still on her features but the Doctor's dropped as he realised what he had done
"Oh I'm Sor..." The Doctor started to say but Rose held a finger to his lips to stop him from talking
"Don't blame yourself I would have rather gone through a headache than lose you" Rose said looking right into his eyes a smile pressed to her lips as her husband's also moved into a large smile.
"Doctor you are impossible!" Agatha chimed pulling the two of them from their conversation, her own eyes were wide as she looked over at the Doctor who suddenly pulled away from his wife, he clicked his tongue and winked over at her before he strode from the room as the other's hurried to catch up with him "Who are you?" She asked again as she followed the others evacuating the room before running after them herself.
Night had fallen over the house on the day that they had arrived for the party. A thunderstorm had covered the sky and the English manor as the whole party had been seated for dinner. Agatha and Donna were sitting next to each other as well as The Doctor and Rose while Eddison and her husband were sitting opposite at the head of the table while the other guests had fallen and had been seated around them.
The dinning room was what anyone would think it to be. A large long room holding a table with large elaborate chairs lining the sides, the large windows at either end of the wall with large silk green hangings against the dark wooden panelling's. Lily's and other plants were littering the tables and other surfaces with a fireplace on the other wall in the middle.
A heavy and awkward silence had fallen on the room as people sat to eat their dinner. The Doctor had placed a napkin and tucked it into his collar as if not to spill anything as he sat and watched everyone else eat, his eyebrows were raised, his eyes wide and his mouth pushed together as he rested his chin on his balled up fist as he rested his head on them. Rose however had placed her napkin on her lap like most of the other's and her hair was still pulled up as it had been. She quietly and gracefully pulled her spoon into the soup and up to her mouth silently like the other's and smiling knowingly to herself as the discernable spice from the added pepper tickled her tongue as she ate.
"A terrible day for all of us. The professor struck down, Miss Chandrakala cruelly taken from us, and yet, we still take dinner." The Doctor informed as he continued to survey the room, servants such as Greeves going about their work as they filled goblets and glasses of wine unaware of the Doctor finally tucking into his dinner as Lady Eddison turned to look at him, her own glass present in her hand.
"We are British, Doctor. What else must we do?" The Lady said to him sadly, taking her own sip of wine as the other's continued to eat their food
"And then someone tried to poison me… Any one of you had the chance to put cyanide in my drink." The Doctor said rather quietly, his rough voice coming through. His eyebrows had once again risen and he had stopped eating as he surveyed the rest of the table, a few of them turning to look at him "But it rather gave me an idea." The Doctor informed, his voice brightening considerably as he too tucked back into his dinner, Rose looking over at him every now and then, watching him as he explained himself, his excitement shining through his eyes like he was a child on Christmas day.
"And what would that be?" Golightly asked, his eyebrows raised as he turned his whole attention on the man
"Well, poison." He stated as he held his spoon close to his mouth as he spoke, everyone freezing in the process afraid to eat anymore of their food as they looked over at the man "Drink up." He laughed as he pulled his soup into his mouth, Rose having to fight back a smile as she pressed her spoon to the side of her bowl and place her napkin to her mouth to hide her smile, the Doctor noticing and looked over at her with his own eyebrows raised, his lips holding a large smile as the pair of them shared a look. Donna however had not known of their idea and suddenly tried to spit out her soup politely before looking over at the Doctor who was still eating his soup "I've laced the soup with pepper." He informed them again, as he un tucked his napkin from his shirt and placing it back to the table as he leant back on his chair, Rose placing her hand to the table, the napkin still pressed in her hand
"Ah, I thought it was jolly spicy." Hugh informed happily as he continued to lean over the table as he ate.
"But the active ingredient of pepper is piperine." Rose voiced to them, a small smile on her features as she too looked around at the people around her. Roger who was sitting next to her looked over at her with a frown on his face as she spoke to him "Traditionally used as an insecticide." She finished as she watched the other's frown, Donna looked over at them with her head cocked a little to the left as she understood what they were talking about but before she could continue she looked out of the window as thunder cracked stridently from outside.
"Oh, anyone got the shivers?" The Doctor asked in a high pitch voice his eyebrows raised as he moved his head to someone sitting cross from him, his eyebrows moving into a frown as he lowered his head to look over at who he was looking at. But suddenly thunder crashed again from outside and the lights flashed off. One of the windows bust open causing the wind to fly open the curtains and the wind snuffing the candles as everyone looked around with panic in their eyes, holding their heart in shock as fear began to sweep their bodies.
"What the deuce is that?"Hugh snapped in the darkness but the sound of buzzing started to emanate from inside the room, Rose trying to strain her eye to find out what was going on
"Listen! Listen! Listen! Listen!" The Doctor snapped over at them, his eyebrows raised again, his hair pointing in any direction as his placed his elbow to the table as he held out a single finger as he could hear a loud buzzing
"No…no, it can't be!" Lady Eddison whispered to herself as her eyes flew to everyone around the room, Rose snapping her head to the woman at the head of the table with a frown on her face as her mind was confused at how she could know the sound of that buzzing
"Show yourself, demon!" Agatha said loudly as she slowly got to her feet
"Nobody move! No, don't! Stay where you are!" Rose shouted, getting to her feet as she watched people running, sprinting from their seats as they tried to get to safety, but Rose grabbed hold of the Doctor's sleeve with her mouth hanging open as she watched the Vespiform show itself. Greeves grasped hold of Donna and ushered her out of the room. The Doctor tugged Rose towards the door and grabbed Agatha's arm as they rushed out of the room. But due to the panic and frantic running of people Rose was blocked from her husband, having to fight for the door but she was standing at the head of the table, the Vespiform hovering and towering over her form, his eyes never leaving her and all she could do was stare at it wide eyes as her breathing began to become erratic.
The Doctor had managed to pull Agatha into the hallway outside of the dining room. Greeves and Donna were already there, their chests heaving as they thought about what could be happening in the room as the Doctor and Agatha joined them
"Not you, Agatha. You've got a long life to lead yet." The Doctor managed to say as he walked to the opposite wall and grabbed a sword from the wall display
"Well we know the butler didn't do it." Donna breathed again as she moved her hand a little to the man who had his own eyes wide and who had to take a double take at Donna
"Then who did?" The Doctor asked as he looked down at his companion just for him to notice a frown falling onto her face
"Hang on a minute... where's Rose?" She managed to say. The Doctor's blood ran cold in his body before he snapped his body in the direction of the dinning room as he prayed that his wife would be ok.
Rose was still staring and standing in the direction of the Vespiform. People were still screaming, grasping at each other as they tried to evacuate the room, the wind was still howling through the window, lightning was flashing, Thunder was crashing and Rose could do nothing to help. She noticed the large wasp look to her left and she notice a figure still sitting at the table. She knew what was going to happen before it happened; she held out her arm and began to run over to the figure she knew as Roger
"LOOK OUT!" She shouted and bolted from her spot to try and help the young man but the giant wasp snapped its large body towards her. Her body could feel the air from the rapidly beating wings tickle her exposed skin, the Vespiform hovering menacingly above her, again she tried to get over to Roger, she was so close but a large body hit her and she went flying right across the room. Her body hit the wall with a mighty crash and her back arched, her head having hit the wall badly before she slowly travelled down the wall. Her vision had become blurry, small stars shining in her eyes and her head was throbbing along with her neck as her body was surrounded with paintings and broken vases and sculptures around her. She could feel her body had been slumped to the floor, her head lying on one of her outstretched arms, her eyes heavy as unconsciousness tried to claim her as her mind and body had become dazed due to the hit she had gained from flying across the room.
The Doctor and his friend bolted back into the room, the Doctor holding the sword in his hand, his eyebrows raised as he looked at the position the Vespiform had taken just for him to find it had vanished. He snapped his body around again to try and locate his wife but due to the darkness he was unable to focus properly, he just breathed a sigh of relief when the lights sudden flared back to life. His attentions fell upon Golightly who was breathing heavily with his mouth open in the corner of the room, and Hugh had also fallen from his wheelchair while Lady Eddison and Redmond where still sitting at the table, the rest of the people were cowering close to the walls. The Doctor turned his attention to the far wall and noticed the small figure of his wife.
He snapped his body from the position he had held and bolted over to her, dropping to his knee's heavily, the sword clanging from his side as the others watched him tend to her. He could see her eyes flickering opening and closing, showing she was struggling to stay awake, noticing the damage to the paintings and sculptures telling him she had been pushed to the place she was now. The Doctor ducked is head to the side and lower as he pressed his hands to her cheeks as he tried to look at her. He looked into her eyes to notice a lack of retina contraction showing that Rose was having difficulty focusing her eyes, maybe due to the fact she was dizzy or she was seeing stars.
But the Doctor snapped his attention from the young woman in front of him for only a brief second when he could hear Lady Eddison cry in horror
"My jewellery…the Firestone—it's gone! Stolen!" She breathed as her hand continued to massage the place her jewellery had been homed for years on end.
"Roger." Davenport cried sadly, his eyebrows pressed together as he took a few sorrowful steps towards his lover just as Robina screams and Lady Eddison broke down into tears. She moved to her feet and walked around the table, wailing in sorrow.
"My son…my child!" Donna had noticed that Roger had been stabbed in the back. A large knife was protruding from the middle of the back as Lady Eddison stood over his body, trying to cling onto her son for a brief moment before Agatha moved her into a hug in her arms in comfort.
The Doctor however moved his attention back to his wife. He placed his large hands to her cheeks and moved her head so she was looking up at him.
"Rose? Rose look at me" He said to her, he was sitting on his knees, his torso leaning closer to her as he took in the weary and tired eyes he was looking into
"Doc.. Docto" She tried to say, her words coming out in breaths as she spoke, her head moving into his hand while the other was brushing the fringe from her face. Donna finally managed to pull her sad eyes from the body of Roger as she turned her attention over to Rose and the Doctor, taking one look at the collapsed form of Rose she went over to her friends to see if she was ok. "Wha... What happened?" Rose tried to say, trying to get her voice to work as she looked up at the Doctor confused, the Doctor never once moving from his position, his eyes never leaving hers as his worry was starting to get him worried
"I don't know... I was hoping you could shed some light on the subject" He said to her gently with a smile pressed to his lips. She just grasped hold on his forearm as she pulled herself into a sitting position but as soon as she moved, her head exploded with a throbbing sensation.
"Whoa!" She stated suddenly causing the Doctor to hold her arm and the top of her waist as she began to wobble slightly from her position, her eyes going glassy eyed again and her head going lightheaded due to the sudden movements, her stomach becoming unsettled due to the fact her vision was swimming.
"Rose?" The Doctor panicked a little as he looked right into her stunned eyes; she just readjusted her grip on the Doctor's forearms
"I'm Alright, I'm ok" She started to say before she frowned and closed her eyes as she tried to focus her mind before she blinked a few times and focused her hazel eyes into the Doctor's large brown orbs. The Doctor pressed his large hand to her cheek and rubbed the side of her eyes as he looked down to talk to her, Donna squatted at her side as she watched the pair of them interact, worry for her friend's health was clouding her mind.
"What happened?" Donna breathed once Rose had managed to open her eyes
"I don't... I don't remember" She managed to say with a frown on her face as she gazed distantly into the ground "I remember the Vespiform hovering over me as I tried to get to Roger and then I woke up with you in front of me" Rose said as she moved her eyes towards the Doctor "The wasp must have flung me over here" She managed to say up to him again. The Doctor just nodded, knowing that Rose was suffering with a concussion; all the symptoms were there from the lack of memory to the dizziness and probably the nausea as he took in her pale completion.
"Can you remember anything at all from before you hit your head?" The Doctor asked as he moved his hand from her cheek and down to her hand.
"Ah, I remember trying to get to Roger as the Vespiform was hovering over his body, moving towards him" She said with a frown, concentrating to try and remember anything and then her face moved into realization "It wasn't an accident" Rose said suddenly, her head snapped towards the Doctor and Donna as she spoke
"What do you mean?" Donna asked with a frown pressed to her features
"I mean, the Vespiform had planned to kill Roger. I had got in the way and the Vespiform flung me out of the way when I was trying to protect him. He could have killed me in the process but decided to get me out of the way as he headed towards his planned victim" Rose said, her hand clinging onto the Doctor as she spoke, her other hand going to her head as she could feel a headache coming on.
"We need to stop this thing before it attacks again" The Doctor said as he turned over to Donna who nodded and then got to her feet, the pair of them watched her leave before the Doctor looked back to Rose and smiled at her gently "Come on, lets get you up" He said to her gently before he too got to his feet before holding out his hands towards Rose, prepared to hold her steady. She took his hands and slowly got to her feet, dizziness exploded over her form, her stomach heaved as if she was about to be sick and the room was spinning. She clung onto her husband as she lost her balance and grabbed hold of him when she felt her body falling. The Doctor grabbed hold of her, pressing his arms around her torso as he held her close and caught the attention of Greeves.
"Sir?" He questioned with a frown
"Would you be able to get me a glass of water, a tea towel and some ice please" The Doctor asked politely as he looked towards the older man before he looked back to Rose who winced when she touched the back of her head. The Butler smiled and bowed over to him with a smile pressed to his features
"Of course Sir" He informed before striding from the room. Rose pushed away from her husband when she had managed to gain her strength and started to question the grieving mother of Roger.
The three of them had moved into the sitting room as they waited for Rose to return. The Doctor was standing by the fireplace with his hands pressed to his pockets, his eyebrows in neutral while his mouth was pressed together. Agatha was leaning on her knees from the sofa while Donna had her eyes closed from her position next to Agatha, each one of them waiting for Rose and her answers. The glass of water and ice waiting for her when she arrived to help her work through her concussion. The Doctor knew Rose would need to have someone to rely on during her healing process, this he knew because a concussion isn't just a bump on the head, it is counted as a server head injury and he knew that he would have to keep an eye on Rose. It may not take her as long as it would in a human due to her physiology but she still needed to be careful. They would have to take it easy for the next couple of days to help her through it safely.
He turned his head towards her when she walked through the door and he smiled at her gently as she smiled at him in return, a little of her colour having return to her as she walked into the room. Her eyes were sad and a little dazed but she was getting there.
"That poor footman. Roger's dead and he can't even mourn him. 1926. It's more like the dark ages." Rose breathed as she continued to walk into the room. The Doctor having one of his hands in his pockets as he leant over the small coffee table in front of him. He pulled out the cloth he had been provided with and wrapping the ice in it. He turned to Rose and pasted her the ice as she sat down and she thanked him as she pressed the ice to the inflamed area on the back of her head and neck. A frown on her face as she pressed the cold object to her head. The Doctor also reached into his pocket and pulled out some Tylenol for her headache.
"Did you enquire about the necklace?" Agatha asked her gently when she had placed herself comfortingly, her elbow resting on the side of the chair with the bundle still pressed to her head
"Lady Eddison brought it back from India. It's worth thousands."Rose said over to her, her eyes staring intently to Agatha as she spoke over to him.
"This thing can sting, it can fly… It could wipe us all out in seconds—why is it playing this game?" The Doctor voiced darkly, his eyes staring right ahead, one of his eyebrows raised as his mouth moved in small movements, Rose just looked up at him with sad eyes
"Every murder is essentially the same—they are committed because somebody wants something." Agatha said, her eyes narrowing as she moved her hand a little as she spoke
"What does a Vespiform want?" The Doctor stated never moving his eyes from the spot they had occupied
"Doctor, stop it. The murderer is as human as you or I." Agatha argued as she moved her arm to the arm of the chair as Donna and Rose moved their heads and eyes between them, Rose's headache never lessoning but The Doctor's features suddenly lifted as he moved his head over to Agatha, his eyebrows raised and his eyes wide as he moved to sit next to Rose but opposite Agatha
"You're right. I've been so caught up with giant wasps, I've forgotten. You're the expert." The Doctor voiced over to her as he looked at her, Rose still pressing the ice to her head and neck trying to lesson the pain of her headache
"Look, I told you. I'm just a…purveyor of nonsense." Agatha snapped at him, her hands waving at him before she trailed off and pressed her hands back to her forehead in disappointment
"Oh, no, no, no, no, 'cause plenty of people write detective stories, but yours are the best. And why? Why are you so good, Agatha Christie? Because you understand. You've lived…you've fought…you've had your heart broken. You know about people—their passions, their hope and despair and anger, all of those. Tiny huge things can turn the most ordinary person into a killer. Just think, Agatha. If anyone can solve this, it's you." The Doctor voiced, his eyes wide, his eyebrows raised while Agatha was staring off to space, her hand having moved from her forehead as he spoke.
Later that evening all the guests and the last inhabitants were all gathered in the sitting room. Rose had removed the ice patch from her concussed head but she was still suffering with an extremely painful headache and the Doctor noticed she continued to get dizzy spells which was causing him a considerable amount of concern but he knew that in time she would be feeling better and he just made sure he was there to help her. The Doctor was currently standing in front of the fireplace, one of his hands in his pockets as he looked down at the ground as everyone sat around in front of him, Rose having a space left to her left for the Doctor to sit down next to her
"I've called you here on this endless night because we have a murderer in our midst. And when it comes to detection, there's none finer… Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Agatha Christie." The Doctor informed professionally, his eyebrows wide before he held out his hand to Agatha as she took centre stage and the Doctor fell in the gap next to Rose and placed his arm around her shoulders, making sure not to bump her head in the process.
"This is a crooked house…a house of secrets. To understand the solution, we must examine them all. Starting with you…Miss Redmond." Agatha voiced from her position next to the fireplace, her eyes wide as she looked around at the people in front of her. At the last part of her sentence she moved her head to the young lady who snapped her head in the direction of the writer. Everyone else moved their heads towards the young woman who had shock and worry etched into her features.
"But I'm innocent, surely." She breathed as she never moved her body from the position she had held from earlier.
"You've never met these people and these people never met you. I think the real Robina Redmond never left London. You're impersonating her!" Agatha threatened, her own hands held behind her back as her eyes really studied the young girl who moved her head towards Lady Eddison.
"How silly. What proof do you have?" She laughed as she adjusted her seat on her chair as she spoke over to Mrs Christie.
"You said you'd been to the toilet…" Agatha informed, her lungs filling with air, her eyebrows raised as she looked up to the ceiling
"Oh, I know this—if she was really posh, she'd say "loo"." Donna chimed happily, her hand making an OK sign while the Doctor and Rose looked over at her with their eyebrows raised as Donna continued to eat whatever she was eating
"Earlier today, Miss Noble and I found this on the lawn…" Agatha informed everyone in the room, Rose placing a hand to her forehead in distress as her headache began to increase, the Doctor noticing and moved his hand over hers as he clutched it in his large paw and rested it on his knee. "…right beneath your bathroom window. You must have heard that Miss Noble and Mrs Smith were searching the bedrooms and you panicked. You ran upstairs and disposed of the evidence." Agatha argued, her hands holding the case in her hands as she looked over to Miss Redmond who was taking a drink of wine, her eyes wide with worry.
"I've never seen that thing before in my life." She defended awkwardly
"What's inside it?" Lady Eddison asked, her eyes blinking a little as she looked up at Agatha who was beginning to open the case
"The tools of your trade, Miss Redmond, or should I say…the Unicorn." Agatha stated as she showed the case to everyone and then snapping her eyes to the young girl who had suddenly become very flustered. Everyone gasped and flung their heads in the direction of the young girl. Turning her head to look at Miss Redmond was becoming increasingly hard for Rose as her neck and head had swollen considerably due to the bump on her head "You came to this house with one sole intention—to steal the Firestone!"
"Oh, all right then. It's a fair cop." Robina stated in a sneer, a heavy cockney accent was falling from her lips as she glared at the people in the room as she got to her feet "Yes, I'm the bleedin' Unicorn. Ever so nice to meet you, I don't think. I took my chance in the dark and nabbed it." She said as she strutted over to the middle of the room, she reached under her dress strap and pulled out the necklace "Go on then, ya nobs, arrest me. Sling me in jail." She finished just as she flung the necklace in Rose's direction who caught it with ease, before raising his eyebrows up at her
"So, is she the murderer?" Donna asked with what looked like an olive in her hand, one half eaten in her hand, her eyebrows raised as she spoke up to the woman
"Don't be so thick. I might be a thief but I ain't no killer." Robina defended as she snapped over at Donna
"Quite. There are darker motives at work, and, in examining this household…we come to you…Colonel." Agatha stated as she looked over at Donna who had placed the olive in her mouth, Agatha leaning over to place the tool case on the table before looking over at Hugh who was looking rather flustered
"Damn it, woman! You with your perspicacity! You've rumbled me!" He shouted angrily as he got to his feet. The Doctor having one of his eyebrows raised as he looked intently at the Colonel as his head moved to look over at him, Rose having her face in a frown
"You—you can walk? But why?" Eddison breathed in wonder, her eyes wide with surprise as she took in her husband
"My darling, how else could I be certain of keeping you by my side?" He asked her tenderly, his hand grasping hold of hers
"I don't understand." She sighed as she shook her head up at him
"You're still a beautiful woman, Clemency. Sooner or later, some chap will turn your head. I couldn't bear that. Staying in the chair was the only way I could be certain of keeping you. Confound it, Mrs Christie! How did you discover the truth?" Hugh asked as he moved his head to look over at Agatha who had her mouth hanging open while the two time beings were frowning before Rose leant over to the Doctor who ducked his head so he could hear her
"Don't you ever think about pulling a stunt like that" She joked cheekily as she whispered to the Doctor whose face turned up into a smile
"Oh wouldn't dream of it" He whispered as he pressed a delicate kiss to the side of her head before turning his attention back to Agatha.
"Um, actually, I had no idea. I was just going to say you were completely innocent." Agatha smiled, a little awkward as she smiled a small smile on her face as she spoke to the man
"Ah… Oh."
"Sorry."
"Well, shall I sit down then?"
"I think you better had."
"So he's not the murderer?" Donna voiced, her head shaking in confusion as her eyebrows continued to frown
"Indeed not. To find the truth…let's return…" Agatha asked as she leant over to Rose who was leaning over with a frown on her face due to her headache before passing her over the firestone
"…to this—far more than the Unicorn's object of desire. The Firestone has quite a history. Lady Eddison."
"I've done nothing!" She whispered, her eyes wide as she pulled her gaze away from her necklace to Agatha
"You brought it back from India, did you not? Before you met the Colonel. You came home with malaria and confined yourself to this house for six months, in a room that has been locked ever since, which I rather think means—" Agatha managed to say, continuing on what she was saying as she watched lady Eddison turn away from her, her eyes closed, her lips curling over her teeth as she shook her head in embarrassment, her husband just looking at her concerned.
"Stop, please!" She begged as she tried to hide a sob
"I'm so sorry. But you had fallen pregnant in India…unmarried and ashamed, you hurried back to England with your confidante, a young maid, later to become housekeeper, Miss Chandrakala." Agatha stated as Eddison moved her hands to her mouth. The Colonel looking at her with his eyebrows raised while the Doctor leant his head on his balled up fist which was resting on the side of the chair
"Clemency! Is this true?" Eddison's husband asked
"My poor baby. I had to give him away. Oh, the shame of it." Eddison replied as she looked towards her lap and then to the ground, her voice shaking with emotion as she spoke, Rose and the Doctor continuing to glance at her
"But you've never said a word!"
"I had no choice. Imagine the scandal, the family name. I'm British—I carry on." She replied to him curtly as she picked up her glass and drank from it.
"And it was no ordinary pregnancy." Rose stated as she frowned at the young woman, her comfort and kindness shining in her eyes. Her legs were crossed over one another, her hands resting in her lap as she smiled a small smile on her face as she looked to the older woman sympathising with her.
"How can you know that?" Eddison whispered again as she stared at Rose eyes wide
"Excuse me, Agatha, this is our territory." Rose breathed as she looked up at the writer who was nodding her head forward for her to continue "But when you heard that buzzing sound in the dining room, you said, "It can't be". Why did you say that?" Rose asked her, her eyebrows moving into a raised position as she spoke, her head shaking as she looked at her. Eddison once again curled her lips over her teeth as she spoke to Rose
"You'd never believe it." She whispered just for Agatha to frown down at her
"The Doctor has opened my mind to believe…many things." She said in a casual confused tone as she sat down next to Lady Eddison
"It was forty years ago… in the heat of Delhi one night. I was alone and that's when I saw it—a dazzling light in the sky. The next day, he came to the house—Christopher, the most handsome man I'd ever seen. Our love blazed like a wildfire and I held nothing back. And in return, he showed me the incredible truth about himself. He made himself human to learn about us. This was his true shape. I loved him so much it didn't matter. But he was stolen from me. 1885, the year of the Great Monsoon. The River Jumna rose up and broke its banks. He was taken at the flood. But Christopher left me a parting gift—a jewel like no other. I wore it always. Part of me never forgot. I keep it close. Always."Eddison stated, her husband eager to hear her story, the woman's voice breaking in certain area's or she would stop to take a drink. The Doctor taking a fleeting glance over at Rose who moved her own head to look at him
"Just like a man—flashes his family jewels and you end up with a bun in the oven." Robina stated in her cockney accent from her seat in the corner.
"A "poor little child". Forty years ago, Miss Chandrakala took that newborn babe to an orphanage. But Prof Peach worked it out. He found the birth certificate." Rose said to her, her hand moving from her lap to make her point
"Oh, that's "maiden"—maiden name." Donna informed once again, her mouth full of olive
"Precisely." Agatha said with a smile
"So she killed him." Donna said again with a frown on her face as she swallowed her mouthful
"I did not!" Eddison defended hotly as she drank from her glass
"Miss Chandrakala feared that the professor had unearthed your secret. She was coming to warn you." Agatha said gently, her own eyebrows raised as she looked over at Eddison who had her mouth hanging open as she looked towards the woman who was in front of her
"So she killed her." Donna said again just for the Doctor and Rose to look around at her and she shrugged her shoulders
"I did not!"
"Lady Eddison is innocent. Because at this point… Doctor?" Agatha informed, Lady Eddison breathing in relief and her eyes closed as she watched Agatha turning to the Doctor who breathed in a large breath of air and getting to his feet, his Wife holding a small smile on her features.
"Thank you." He said loudly as he walked over to the fireplace "Because at this point when we consider the lies and secrets and the key to these events, then we have to consider…it was you, Donna Noble…" He stated in all seriousness as his eyebrows moved up and down as he looked down at the ground, his form pacing in front of the fireplace before pointing towards Donna who almost chocked on what she was eating, her eyebrows raised in the process
"What? Who did I kill?" She cried in a high pitched voice
"No," The Doctor dragged out, his tone uneven as he waved his head away from her and then back again "but you said it all along, the vital clue—that this whole thing is being acted out like a murder mystery. Which means…it was you, Agatha Christie." The Doctor informed as he walked over to Donna with one of his hands held out towards her, his eyebrows raised before he pointed over to Agatha who was looking up at him with a frown on her features
"I beg your pardon, sir?"
"So she killed them." Donna breathed as she placed another olive into her mouth
"No," The Doctor said again "but she wrote. She wrote those brilliant, clever books. And who's her greatest admirer? The moving finger points…at you, Lady Eddison." The Doctor voiced as he looked at Agatha before wiggling his finger towards the older lady who breathed back a sob, his eyebrows forever in their raised position
"Leave me alone!"
"So she did kill them."
"No, but just think…last Thursday night, what were you doing?" The Doctor asked, his hands in his pocket as he took a step towards her
"Uh, I was uh…I was in the library. I was reading my favourite Agatha Christie thinking about her plots, and how clever she must be. How is that relevant?" She asked up at him, answering his question as she readjusted the position of her glass in her hand
"Just think—what happened Thursday night?" Rose said to them, everyone turning to look at her, her face in neutral before she turned to face the man sitting next to her. Reverend Golightly.
"I'm sorry?" The man spluttered with a smile
"You said on the lawn this afternoon, last Thursday, those boys broke into your church." The Doctor said kindly, his eyebrows raised as he turned his attention the man who was holding a frown on his face
"That's correct…they did. I discovered the two of them—thieves in the night. I was most perturbed. But I apprehended them." He said with a smile, his eyebrows moving along wit h his head as the Doctor took another step towards him, his eyebrows in a frown
"Really? A man of God against two strong lads? A man in his forties? Or, should I say, forty years old…exactly." The Doctor said scrunching up his face before his eyebrows rose as he lifted his head and then looking back down at the man as realisation flooded Lady Eddison's features
"Oh, my God!"
"Lady Eddison, your child—how old would he be now?" Rose asked her gently as she moved her torso closer to the woman
"Forty. He's…forty." She breathed, nodding her head to the young woman
"Your child has come home." The Doctor said gently and sadly, his eyebrows moving up and down before he looked over at Rose
"Ha! This is poppycock!" Golightly laughed, a smile on his face and he waved his head
"Oh? You said you were taught by the Christian fathers, meaning, raised in an orphanage." Rose informed as she looked at the man who had flung her into the wall, her eyebrows raised as she shook her head to the left
"My son! Can it be?" Eddison whispered as she shook her head over to him
"You found those thieves, Reverend, and you got angry. A proper, deep anger for the first time in your life and it broke the genetic code. You changed. You realized your inheritance. After all these years…you knew who you were. Oh, then it all kicks off 'cause this…" The Doctor said gently, his eyebrows raised as he looked down at the man before his voice raised and he held up the firestone "
…isn't just a jewel—it's a Vespiform telepathic recorder. It's part of you—your brain, your very essence. And when you activated, so did the Firestone." The Doctor said as he walked around the back of the chair, the firestone pressed in his hand as he held it up as he spoke to the man
"It beamed your full identity directly into your mind. And, at the same time, it absorbed the works of Agatha Christie directly from Lady Eddison. It all became part of you. The mechanics of those novels formed a template in your brain. You killed in this pattern because that's what you think the world is. Turns out we are in the middle of a murder mystery. One of yours, Dame Agatha." Rose informed as she turned to look at the man who had gone very pale, everyone hanging off every word she said before she turned her face to look at Agatha who had a frown on her face
""Dame"?"
"Oh, sorry, not yet."
"So he killed them? Yes? Definitely?" Donna said with a frown on her face, waving her hand in front of her as Agatha got to her feet
"Yes." The Doctor said darkly from his seated position on the arm of the chair
"Well, this has certainly been a most entertaining evening. Really, you can't believe any of this, surely, Lady Eddizzz—" The man said with a smile as he moved his attention to the woman who was gapping at him before his head shook at the last part, his eyes closed
"Lady who?" Rose asked next to him
"Lady Eddizzzon…" The man said again struggling to get his words out
"Little bit of buzzing there, Vicar?" The Doctor said loudly as he tapped his voice box and got to his feet
"Don't make me angry." He snapped causing Rose to get out of her chair as the Doctor reached for her but at the same time the man also rose to his feet
"Why? What happens then?" The Doctor breathed, his eyebrows and head raised, his mouth hanging open as he moved in front of Rose for protection
"Damn it! You humanzzz! Worshipping your tribal sky godzzz! I am so much more! That night, the universe exploded in my mind! I wanted to take what wazz mine. And you, Agatha Christie, with your railway station bookstall romancezzz… What'zzz to stop me killing you?" The man argued angrily, a purple glow started to radiate around him, the Doctor's raised eyebrows moving into a frown while the other's breathing had begun to hitch as the man struggled with his words, his face scrunching up in the process
"Oh, my dear God!" Eddison cried as she tried to reach out for him "My child!"
"What'zzz to stop me killing you all?" Golightly snapped before the purple glow became a bright light as the man transformed in the giant Vespiform.
"Forgive me!"
"No, Clemency!" Hugh snapped as both himself and the butler grabbed the woman to the door "Keep away! Keep away, my darling!" He shouted just for Robina to hide behind them the Doctor grabbing hold of Rose whose head was pounding in agony and Donna moved from her chair. But Agatha had pulled the firestone from the Doctor and was heading towards the door and grabbed hold of the Vespiforms attention
"No! No more murder! If my imagination made you kill, then my imagination will find a way to stop you, foul creature!" She screamed before she ran out of the room and through the door. Rose grabbed hold of the Doctor's hands and pulled him from the room as she bolted after Agatha, her husband and best friend following her and following them was the large and giant Vespiform
"Wait! Now it's chasing us!" Donna shouted as she snapped her body down the step and into the direction Agatha had bolted. They had made it through the front door and they skidded to a halt, their breathing heavy as they arrived outside and the door suddenly closed behind them. They could see a car driving past them and Agatha honked her horn causing the trio to run over to her.
EXT. NIGHT, FRONT DRIVE
The DOCTOR and DONNA run outside and close the doors behind them. AGATHA drives past in her car and honks the horn. the DOCTOR and DONNA run to the car.
"Come on!" The Doctor shouted before dragging Rose away from the close door just as the Vespiform snapped the old English oak, flinging it everywhere as it made it's way into the open atmosphere.
"Over here! Come and get me, Reverend!" Agatha shouted from her position in her car.
"Agatha, what are you doing?" The Doctor shouted from his crouch, his eyebrows raised as he shouted towards Agatha and then snapped his body towards the large wasp
"If I started this, Doctor, then I must stop it!" She snapped over at him, her own breathing heavy with fear as she pulled the car into gear and started to drive off while the other three were running to another car. The Vespiform hesitated slightly, looking from Agatha towards the others before deciding and flying after Agatha, the others following closely behind in the second car
"You said this is the night Agatha Christie looses her memory." Donna shouted from the backseat, leaning on the back of the front seat as she spoke over to the Doctor who held a frown and had a tight grip on the large steering wheel in front of him.
"Time is in flux, Donna! For all we know, this is the night Agatha Christie looses her life and history gets changed!" The Doctor shouted over his shoulder, having difficulty with the gear stick as he continued to frown through the windscreen
"But where is she going?" Donna asked exasperated as she snapped her eyes in any direction, Rose doing the same thing before she saw a sign at the side of the road reading 'SILENT POOL' and realisation flooded her face
"The lake! She's heading for the lake! What's she doing?" Rose panicked loudly as she looked towards her husband who took a fleeting glance towards her before he pushed down harder on the accelerator.
Agatha had stopped beside the lake and was getting out of the car just as the Doctor and his companions arrived, the firestone pressed into her hand as she held it up to the Vespiform.
"Here I am! The honey in the trap. Come to me, Vespiform." She bellowed loudly causing the others to stare at her in awe
"She's controlling it." Rose gasped as both her and the Doctor flung themselves from the car, Rose's head still pounding with pain
"It's mind is based on her thought processes. They're linked." The Doctor informed, his words coming out harshly, his eyebrows still in a frown, his teeth pressed together
"Quite so, Doctor. If I die, then this creature might die with me." Agatha said passionately, not once removing her eyes from the wasp even when the three of them arrived at her side
"Don't hurt her! You're not meant to be like this. You've got the wrong template in your mind." The Doctor said right to the Vespiform, his hands held out to his sides as he moved in front of the woman who he held so much admiration for
"He's not listening." Donna snapped as she watched the large wasp moving towards them, her body becoming antsy so she snatched the firestone from Agatha and threw it in the lake. Each one of them ducked and hid away from the large insect as it threw itself in to the lake. They each got back to their feet as they took in the bubbling water which was glowing purple as they all watched in sorrow.
"How do you kill a wasp? Drown it. Just like its father." Donna whispered
"Donna, that thing couldn't help itself." Rose replied as she turned her attention to Donna, her face holding a frown as she looked at her friend
"Neither could I." Donna defended before the pair of them moved their attention back to the water which was beginning to quieten down.
"Death comes as the end. And justice is served." Agatha breathed, never once taking her eyes from the water where the wasp had fallen
"Murder at the vicar's rage." The Doctor replied, his own tone in a whisper before he looked down at his wife who had closed her eyes, her lips pushed together as she shook her head "Needs a bit of work." The Doctor replied as he scrunched up his face and shook his head before looking back at the lake
"Just one mystery left, Doctor. Who exactly are you?" Agatha questioned as she looked down at the ground and then up to the man who was now shuffling on his feet but the time lord was saved from answering the question as Agatha doubled over in pain, her features scrunched up in pain. The Doctor jumped towards her as her body fell into his arms and the three of them all lowered to the ground
"Oh! It's the Firestone! It's part of the Vespiform's mind! It's dying and it's connected to Agatha!" The Doctor said quickly and full of panic as his eyebrows moved into a frown, his mouth moving quickly as he took in the purple light surrounding the woman and Rose looked up at her husband as she noticed the light fading and then Agatha went heavy in her arms as she fell unconscious.
"It let her go." Rose breathed, her eyebrows raised, her mouth hanging open as she turned her attention to her husband "Right at the end, the Vespiform chose to safe someone's life." She whispered
"Is she all right, though?" Donna asked concerned
"Oh, of course! The amnesia! Wiped her mind of everything that happened. The wasp, the murders…" The Doctor said loudly which caused Rose to wince at the sudden loudness of the Doctor's voice, the Doctor noticing and gave her and apologetic look, she jut waved her away
"And us. She'll forget about us." Donna said to him again
"Yeah, but we solved another riddle—the mystery of Agatha Christie. And tomorrow morning, her car gets found by the side of the lake.A few days later, she turns up at a hotel in Harrogate…with no idea of what just happened. No one'll ever know." The Doctor said as he waved his head towards her, his face never changing as they moved their way into the TARDIS
"Lady Eddison, the colonel, and all the staff—what about them?" Donna asked as he flung his trench coat over the banister and Rose going straight to the captains chair due to a dizzy spell as the Doctor spoke over to her from the side of the console
"A shameful story. They'd never talk of it—too British. While the Unicorn does a bunk back to London Town, she can never say she was there." The Doctor said with a smile over at her
"But what happens to Agatha?"
"Oh, great life! Met another man, married again. Saw the world. Wrote and wrote and wrote." The Doctor said with a large happy smile, his eyebrows raised as his eyes lit up with admiration
"She never thought her books were any good, though. And she must have spent all those years wondering." Rose said gently with her kindness falling through as she stared off into space, the other two looking over at her past the central column and towards the place she had positioned herself on the captain's chair, a hand pressed delicately to the back of her neck.
"Thing is, I don't think she ever quite forgot. Great mind like that, some of the details kept bleeding through. All the stuff her imagination could use. Like Miss Marple!"
"I should have made her sign a contract." Donna complained as she clicked her tongue against her cheek.
"And—where is it? Hold on… Here we go." The Doctor said loudly as his eyebrows raised, his finger waving over at Donna before he turned away from her. He pulled something from his pocket and lifted part of the grating that was the TARDIS floor, dangled his legs over the side as he pulled out a chest, Rose coming to sit next to him as he stated to open the chest
""C". That is "C" for Cyberman." He mumbled as he tossed aside a Cyberman chest plate ""C" for Carrionites." He complained again as he held up a globe and shook them a little before he set down the globe which had imprisoned them as well as a bust of Caesar. Again he started to dig and fling away wires when he found the thing he was looking for "And…" He said dragging out as he pulled out a paperback "Christie, Agatha." He said with a smile as he held to out for Donna to have a look "Look at that." He beamed as his companions looked at the cop of Death in the Clouds which had a large wasp on the cover
"She did remember." Donna breathed happily
"Somewhere at the back of her mind, it all lingered. And that's not all. Look at the copyright page." The Doctor said gently, one of his eyebrows raised, his mouth holding a smirk as he watched Donna take the book and look inside
""Facsimile edition published in the year…5 billion!" Donna gasped in shock, her mouth hanging open
"People never stop reading them. She is he best-selling novelist of all time." The Doctor breathed with a huge smile on his face as he looked over at Rose who was smiling at him
"But she never knew." Rose sighed
"Well, no one knows how they're gonna be remembered. We can only hope for the best. Maybe that's what kept her writing. The same thing that keeps us travelling. Onwards?" The Doctor said with a frown before his face and tone shifted to a soft expression and then a smile as he turned to face Rose and Donna who were smiling at him
"Onwards." Donna smiled as she watched the Doctor set the TARDIS in motion and the three of them clumped together with smiles on their faces as they watched the column rise and fall.