Disclaimer: No I do not On Doctor who I own Danny nd Gareth though my preciouses
Danny had been chasing the Hearse but it had gotten out of sight which he should have guessed would have happened because cars were much faster than humans. He had stopped and looked around to see if there was anyone to ask about whom the hearse had belonged to of course there was no one the Street seemed empty. Danny was going to give up and make his way back to The Doctor when he felt a change in the air, he turned around and at that precise moment in a blinding blue flash Gareth appeared crashing into the nearby streetlamp as he did but with a big grin on his face.
"You lost them then?" He asked him curiously before Danny replied with something else looking almost confused.
"I'm sorry but did that not hurt," he was watching Gareth carefully there was no evidence that crashing into the streetlamp had hurt one bit.
"Nah I'm used to it, could crash into a pitchfork me and not even yell out," Gareth replied causing Danny to give him a look that said 'are you serious.' Gareth just grinned back at him before walking up and typing something into his Vortex manipulator.
"So The Doctor asked Charles Dickens driver if he knew who the Hearse belonged to and he said it's the Undertaker's, he's not far from here but I think we should go the quick way and meet The Doctor there." Gareth told him, which took a while to sink into Danny who stood there for a few minutes thinking it through.
"So are you saying The Doctors heading there with Charles Dickens, the Charles Dickens?" Danny asked excitedly, causing Gareth's smile to grow wider into a beam.
"Oh yes, now come on lets go," with that Gareth grabbed Danny and pressed a button on the Vortex manipulator and appearing right outside the Undertakers place where they waited for The Doctor to arrive, they did not have to wait long he arrived five minutes after they had arrived. The Doctor stepped out of Carriage first and Dickens came straight after, Dickens headed for the Door the Doctor, Danny and Gareth behind him. Dickens was about to knock on the door when there was a small clatter behind him, he, Danny all turned to look to find that Gareth had tripped over something on the floor.
"what I'm clumsy just get to saving the girl," as he said the Doctor rolled his eyes and turned back to the door, Danny was trying not to giggle, Dickens knocked on the door, he had to Knock another time before it was answered. The girl that Danny had seen earlier answered the door, Danny smiled sheepishly she was beautiful.
"I'm sorry, sir, we're closed." The girl said looking at all four of them a little worriedly, Danny raised an eyebrow before himself replying
"A weak excuse if I ever heard one," this was soon backed up by Dickens himself
"Since when did an undertaker keep office hours? The dead don't die on schedule. I demand to see your master." Dickens sounded a little irradiated by the girls excuse, The Doctor and Gareth's eyes were on the gas lamps.
"He's not in, sir." The girl replied trying to keep clam, she tried to shut the door but Dickens forced it open before it even shut, now he was angry
"Don't lie to me, child!"
"I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Dickens, but the mater's indisposed." She replied rather sacred, Danny felt sorry for her and would have said something but at that moment the gas lamps chose to flare up.
"Looks like you have a problem with your gas there girl," Gareth said nodding towards the gas lamps while taking a step to go inside.
"What the Shakespeare is going on?" the question came from a now rather confused Charles Dickens, Gareth and The Doctor were already inside the house by the end of the sentence pressing their ears to the walls, Danny was standing back watching the two, The Doctor and Gareth Glanced at each other, before they turned to the others.
"There's something inside the walls" Gareth said to them all before he tapped on the wall, he pressed his ear to the wall again while The Doctor spoke.
"The gas pipes. Something's living inside the gas." Danny groaned but a scream clearly a scream from Rose stopped him from saying anything, the girl closed her eyes in dismay, Danny pushed past her running towards Roses voice, the other's following behind. They got to the Door where Roses screams were coming from when they heard her say
"Let me out! Somebody, open the door! Open the door!" Danny instantly tried The Door Knob hoping it would open from the other side, The Doctor and Gareth took another Route kicking the door down in one swift kick each.
"I think this is MY dance." The Doctor said in a serious yet cheeky tone while pulling Rose from the Corpse's Grasp. Gareth meanwhile looked the Corpses up and down before speaking
"We must be in a Movie, even though I have seen this somewhere before, reminds me of something someone told me once before, a story set in Victorian Cardiff It might of even included you guys." He noticed no one was really listening to him and he sighed shaking his head, but kept his eye on the Corpses.
Dickens who had actually been listening, in some way responded but mainly just in general about the Corpses standing in front of him. "It's a prank? It must be. We're under some mesmeric influence." His tone misbelieving.
"No, we're not. The dead are," The Doctor would have finished the sentence himself but just as he said the last word Danny chipped in with a cheeky Grin plastered all over his face, one replicated by The Doctor just a few seconds after. "Walking."
The Doctor turned back to Rose now focused on her.
"Hi."
"Hi! Who's your friend?" was Rose's response; she nodded in the direction of Charles Dickens.
"Charles Dickens." Came The Doctor's Rather Blunt reply, as if it was some everyday occurrence
Rose Response was one that suggested that she should have guessed. "Oh. Okay."
Finally turning to the Corpses The Doctor got ready to speak to them, Danny though seemed rather amused
"These Guys seem to just be waiting for us to stop talking, not that scary really." He mentioned finding amusement within the situation. He then turned his full attention to Rose.
"You Okay, you're not hurt or anything," he asked in a rather protective tone, not in the way of a boyfriend but The Tone was still protective.
"Yeah I'm fine, just a little Shaken," She gave him a reassuring look before turning her attention back to what was going on in front of them with The Doctor and the Corpses.
"My name's the Doctor. Who are you, then? What do you want?" One of the Corpses opened their mouths to speak sending shivers down both Danny's and Gareth's Spine.
"We're failing. Open the rift, we're dying. Trapped in this form - cannot sustain - help us." They had finished their speech when both the Corpses raised their heads to the ceiling. The blue gas that had been around their mouth left them with a wailing sound and both of the corpses fell to the floor. Gareth moved to check on them and took a small reading on the bodies. He shook his head; there was no longer anything in the Corpses. In the End, they all headed for the Parlour. On the Way, there minute by minute a small pain had grown in Danny's mind until.
"Do not Trust them," Danny frowned to himself, he tried to respond back to what he presumed was The TARDIS; well he hoped it was, but he found that he could not do so. Maybe it was something to do with the Distance from The TARDIS, but then how had it connected him at such a long distance, shaking his head he decided to think nothing more of it and just assume for now that it was actually The TARDIS trying to help them in some way.
They were now in the Parlour where the Man named Sneed was pouring everyone some Tea, Rose did not care she was too busy raging at Sneed over being Kidnapped, Danny would of chipped in but it was fun to watch.
"First of all you drug me, then you kidnap me, and don't think I didn't feel your hands having a quick wander, you dirty old man." At the last part both The Doctor and Danny could not help but Snigger.
"I won't be spoken to like this!" Sneed responded in an offended tone.
"Trust me she will speak to you anyway she likes." Was Danny's response, before Rose started continuing with her rant.
"Then you stuck me in a room full of zombies! And if that ain't enough - you swan off! And leave me to die! So come on - talk!" She demanded of Sneed.
"It's not my fault, it's this house! It always had a reputation. Haunted. But I never had much bother until a few months back. And then the stiffs…" Dickens' face turned to one of mild offence
"…the er, dear departed started getting restless."
"Tommyrot." Was the disbelieving reply from Dickens. As Sneed continued talking The Doctor and Danny who was standing next to each other were approached by the lady known as Gwyneth. She gave them both cups of teas.
"Two sugars, sirs, just how you like it." They both looked at her curiously as she went about her business, Danny after taking a few sips of the Tea walked over to where Gareth was, he quickly whispered something into his ear, Gareth's face for a moment looked blank before he smiled and waved to the other room. As they left for the hallway the others were still talking.
"One old fella who used to be a sexton almost walked into his own memorial service! Just like the old lady going to your performance, sir! Just as she planned."
"Morbid fancy." Was Charles reply still not believing one word of what was said, The Doctor not having noticed Danny's and Gareth exits spoke up.
"Oh, Charles, you were there."
"I saw nothing but an illusion. "
"If you're going to deny it, don't waste my time. Just shut up." The Doctor finally said rather harshly, causing Dickens to stop almost stunned. The Doctor directed his attention to Sneed.
"What about the gas?"
"That's new, sir, never seen anything like that." Came his totally honest reply
"Means it's getting stronger, the rift's getting wider and something's sneaking through." Rose having picked up on what The Doctor said chipped in.
"What's the rift?"
"A weak point in time and space. The connection between this place and another. That's the cause of ghost stories, most of the time." Seemingly having some sort of revelation Sneed spoke again
"That's how I got the house so cheap." Dickens snuck out of the room unnoticed by anyone, though considering he would have been directly opposite from him Gareth might have noticed
"Stories going back generations. Echoes in the dark. Queer songs in the air and this feeling like a... shadow. Passing over your soul. Mind you, truth be told, it's been good for business. Just what people expect from a gloomy old trade like mine." He spoke telling of what he knew The Doctor and Rose listening to him intently.
The Doctor having noticed the disappearance of Charles Dickens makes to move out of the room to go and find him. Rose looks around and frowns' noticing Danny was missing.
"Danny!" she shouted out, she heard a small reply and smiled softly to herself glad he was okay at least.
A/N: Seriously sorry for the wait guys been busy this year and not been feeling well should hopefully have another update soon, sorry this was not longer.