I pulled my scarf closer around me as I walked through the cold night, the streets were abandoned. I shivered at the eerie quietness around me.

'Hello again.' I shrieked and turned around, feeling both relieved and disturbed upon seeing the strange man from the bridge.

'Are you following me?' I asked cautiously. He didn't answer, he just smiled. 'You are following me...'

'Maybe you're the one following me.' He sounded playful.

'I was here first.'

'Says who?'

'Says me.'

'Can you prove it?'

'I- No, but I'm not following you.'

'I'm not following you either. It's merely a coincidence.' The fact that it was dark made it a little less of a coincidence to me. I shrugged, he seemed harmless.

'Alright then.' I turned and continued walking.

'So, why're you out at this hour?' He followed me.

'Going to visit a friend.'

'The one who jumped?'

'Yeah. What about yourself?'

'Going to visit someone.'

'Coincidences tend to happen quite often around you, don't they?'

'This isn't a coincidence though.'

'What is it then, if not a coincidence?'

'I can't think of the right word, but that doesn't really matter now, does it? No! What matters is that you're worried about that friend of yours.'

'What's it to you?'

'A key.' He grinned and walked at a faster pace, passing me by.

'My worry is a key?' I asked curiously as I adapted to his pace, walking beside him once again.

'Weeeeelll, sort of. It's complicated, don't worry about it.' I raised my shoulders and walked up the path to her house, not very surprised that he followed me. I let my hand slide into my pocket, getting out the key I'd been given, holding it out of sight.

'You think I'm going to let a complete stranger in her house?'

'Technically I'm not a complete stranger.' I frowned.

'Do you know her? Are you a relative or something?' That would be pretty much impossible as I knew all of her relatives.

'I'm not.'

'Then what are you of her?'

'Nothing, don't even know her.'

'Then you're a complete stranger.'

'I met her this morning, didn't I?'

'That's- oh never mind. Hang on... I think you know what's wrong with her.' I crossed my arms over my chest and raised a brow at him. 'Tell me.'

'You wouldn't believe it.'

'Try me.' He sighed and scratched the back of his head.

'You're not going to like it.'

'What's that supposed to mean?' He opened his mouth to answer when a window broke on the second floor, the window of Cass' room. Shards of glass came raining down on us and I ducked, my hands over my head, bracing myself. He took his coat and swung it over the both of us. I looked up at him questioningly.

'It's a special fabric.' He murmured. When it had stopped, he stood back up, taking his coat with him.

'What was that?' I was about to yell upwards to Cass, but the man held a hand over my mouth.

'Shh, quietly open the door.' Was he some sort of burglar? Should I be fearing for my life? I carefully brought the key I was clutching in my hands to the lock and opened the door.

'Don't scream, okay?' I nodded and he released me.

'Haylee?' A whining voice came from upstairs, it was Cass, but she sounded so different. Without thinking I ran up the stairs.

'No!' The man yelled as he came after me. I froze at the top of the stairs, staring right into the eyes of three women. Their hair was ablaze and cast looming shadows onto the walls and ground. At their center was Cass, her tears dried by the heat of the women's hair.

'Cass! Are you alright?' I asked worried.

'Haylee, I'm not feeling good…' She fell, but the women caught her.

'What is your business with that girl?' The man asked, standing beside me.

'Power.' Was all they said before vanishing along with Cass.

'Cass?' I turned to the man. 'Where have they taken her?!' He flickered his eyes at me.

'Alright alright, no need to shout. Geez…' He turned and walked down the stairs.

'Probably a space ship.'

'What does 'power' mean? What'll they do to her?'

'Honestly, I have no idea. They use their own fire as a power source for their equipment, this is new.' He walked out the door and down the path, I stood in the door opening, watching him with disbelief.

'Who are you?' He stopped and despite him facing the other way, I knew he was smiling.

'Just the Doctor.' With that he walked off into the darkness.

'Stop! I'm coming too!' I ran after him, tripping over the sidewalk ridge and bashing my nose into the concrete of the road.

'That must've hurt…' I looked up and found him crouching before me, a half worried, half amused look on his face.

'It did…' I mumbled as I sat up, feeling blood running down onto my lips. His eyes widened slightly and he tilted his head.

'That's…' He brought his fingers to my lips and wiped some blood away. I jumped away at the sudden touch and lost my balance, falling backwards and hitting the back of my head on the sidewalk ridge. That was the final drop. After a week of almost no sleep and the worry of just now, I passed out.

I opened my eyes and pinched them closed again when they met a bright light. They dimmed quickly and I carefully repeated the manner, keeping them open this time as I analyzed my surroundings. It was a large room with several beds lined up along the walls, suggesting a hospital. But the walls weren't white, the floor wasn't white and I saw no doctors.

'Took you long enough.' Except for him.

'Sorry?' I felt my head, there was a bandage wrapped around it. 'Thanks…'

'No problem. Can't just leave an unconcious girl out on the street at night, can I?'

'Playing the good samaritan now, are we?' He looked up in surprise.

'I am a good samaritan.' He sounded offended.

'Where are we? Is this your house?' That'd be weird. Who has a hospital in their house?

'Sort of. It's my ship.' Ship… Combining that with the fact that I'd seen an unknown life form not too long ago, I figured he meant space ship.

'You're an alien too.' I concluded.

'Didn't lose any brain cells then? Good for you.'

'The second time was your fault…' I pouted.

'How is that my fault? You're the one who pretended to be a frog. Humans can't jump like that!'

'A frog? You're calling me a frog?'

'They're quite intelligent creatures, you know. I'd say it's a compliment.'

'It's not- Oh never mind… What about Cass, do you know where she is?'

'I located the ship, figured I'd wait for you to wake up before going there.' I swung my legs off the bed and smiled.

'How considerate of you.'

'Right?' He smiled as he exited the room. After a minutes of navigating his awfully big space ship, he entered a room which appeared to be the main control room.

'Alright then. Let's get going, shall we?' I nodded, unsure of what was going to happen next. Was it like a rocket take off? And if so, weren't we going to need space suits or something?

'Space suits?' He frowned. 'Inside a space ship?'

'How should I know? And please don't read my mind, it creeps me out.' I wasn't comfortable, knowing that someone was reading my every thought.

'Not your every thought-'

'Doctor!'

'Okay, calm down. I won't do it anymore.'

'Thank you. Can we go now?'

'We certainly can.'

He pressed some buttons and pulled a lever, the large thing in the middle of the control panel started moving and the most gorgeous sound filled my ears. It was everything, everywhere and even everywhen all in one. It was birth, life and death all mashed together into one awfully wonderful sound. It was the sound of the TARDIS.