Chapter 2
Dear Diary,
Three people arrived last night, except they weren't exactly normal, nor helpful. One of them insisted we go to the tribe, he ended up dying. The other one, Maria she looks like Ebony so much, I refuse to look at her, it's painful to look at her. The person's condition seemed to be the worst yet, he burned up and then he was freezing. I don't know what those darts do to someone, before they die, but I know it isn't good. Now and again he opened his eyes, but there was no life in them. Maria talked to him sometimes thinking he was awake. But he wasn't, it was just a side effect of the poison, it seems to send you into a coma- That you never wake up out of. When he turned freezing cold I decided to leave, I hate watching people go through that again and again. I ran away, even when I heard Maria weeping I ran away, because I knew that his heart had stopped.
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Maria jumped across the last stepping stone of the river and turned around to look at Frederick. Who looked away quickly, she muttered to Seth "I don't think he likes me much"
Seth's violet eyes flashed at her "No, I read his mind he thinks you look like his deceased love"
"Really?" Maria asked.
Seth nodded "Yeah, I can see why he doesn't want to look at you, you're the spitting image of her"
The Doctor interrupted "How many times have I told you not to read someone's mind without asking them?"
Seth looked at him "Sorry, it's in my nature"
"Does the rest of your race go around reading minds without asking?"
"Yes, most of them, I didn't trust him Doctor, there is something hiding in him, a burning source of cowardice" Seth argued
"That's still no reason to read his mind; it's invading someone's privacy!"
Maria cleared her throat "He's right Seth, you wouldn't like it if we read your mind day in day out"
"I wouldn't mind, at home…." Seth replied.
"Shut up" The Doctor finally said. "We're close, I can smell smoke"
"What does that signify?" Seth asked.
"A settlement, a fire at the centre, the foundations of a civilisation" The Doctor explained. Suddenly a crowd of people ran out of the bushes and charged at them, quick as a flash Seth grabbed Maria's hand and sprinted into the jungle. The Doctor was left standing there amongst the tribe, they were half naked with trails of red paint running down their faces They didn't look to happy either.
The Doctor looked around then grinned confidently "Hello! I'm the Doctor, and who are you?"
The tribe looked at each other in surprise "He can speak our language, that's impossible!"
A large man in the middle spoke up, "Nevertheless he is one of them and we must kill him"
"No…wait why do you have to kill me?"
"Silence" The large man lifted up a long narrow wooden tube and blew into it a dart came out, the Doctor ducked and began to run away.
The Doctor sprinted through the jungle, dodging the trees and nearly tripping over his scarf. Behind him he could see the tribe catching up fast suddenly the Doctor heard a shout "Doctor! Up here!" The Doctor looked up and saw Seth with one arm around Maria protectively. The Doctor grabbed the nearest branch, that's when he felt a stab of pain as the dart hit him in the back. The effects were instantaneous, he heard nothing and saw only blurry silhouettes of the tribe rapidly advancing on him, he tried to climb the tree but half way up his muscles failed to work and he tumbled backwards, he hit the ground with a thump and lay still.