AN: Glad your enjoying the story, this is likely to be the last update til the 24th/25th July, although I'll try. Well done to Ninja girl Rebecca, H. was the person who said last chap's quote, 1 point!

This chap:

"Love is a choice you make from moment to moment." ~

Ok, so the space bats- or Kelelawar, are actually a band of renegades, trying to turn human beings into food and make the elixir for eternal life. And as it turns out the blood of a Time Lord is a miracle ingredient- step forward captured Doctor. Amy's on her way, but can she get there before Bat leader Grigatri slits her Time Lord's throat? What about Gyatso- head monk, Sonam, his apprentice, and Anil- martial arts master. Will they be able to help- or are they simply walking into danger...?

Enjoy!

The Doctor shut his eyes, thinking. I'm sorry.

He wasn't sure to who or for what- but he felt, at that moment, very sorry for a lot of things, and so he hoped it counted. He waited for Grigatri to draw the blade across his throat- draining his blood and killing him once and for all…

"OI!"

The Doctor's eyes snapped open- he knew that voice.

Sure enough, there was Amy Pond- still wrapped up like a redheaded Eskimo, looking as fierce and beautiful as she had since he'd met her again in Leadworth- dressed up as a police woman who'd handcuffed him to her radiator.

The Doctor grinned, momentarily forgetting the blade at his throat.

"Amy!"

Amy smiled back, and Anil joined her on the other side of the vat.

"Hello Doctor- been busy?"

The Doctor shrugged, still hanging over the vat, a knife to his throat, held by the Kelelawar. "I think I annoyed them."

Amy rolled her eyes, grinning. "You think?"

Grigatri- who'd been watching the exchange with a faint expression of disgust, interrupted. "What a lovely reunion. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to add the final ingredient."

He went to slit the Doctor's throat-but Amy shouted over to him, and his spindly fingers froze.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

The redhead's accent came across loud and clear as she dug in her pocket and withdrew a tiny transparent perfume tester bottle.

The Doctor squinted, raising an eyebrow at her, and the girl grinned.

"Doctor, you're gonna love this." She turned to Grigatri. "Oi, you, Space Bat."

Grigatri hissed but turned to Amy, keeping his knife at the Doctor's thoat. The Time Lord could feel the cool metal resting on his skin, scraping it a little. He really hoped Amy's plan would work- whatever it was.

"It's pretty obvious this stuff is poison." Amy said, holding up the perfume bottle. "The 'elixir' one of you offered to me last night, that you told me to drink."

The Doctor's eyes widened, wondering why she hadn't told him. Amy didn't meet his gaze. Instead she continued to address the Kelelawar.

"And you lot haven't exactly been trying to hide your presence- when you took the Doctor and headed in the direction of the local 'haunted caverns', it was pretty clear where you'd gone. So all we needed to do was to get here and get one of you to drink some of this."

The bat's hissed and the Doctor raised both eyebrows. Amy caught his look. "Yeah, ok, maybe not the most advanced plan, BUT!" She caught the attention of the Kelelawar again.

"Looks like I lucked out, because, if I was to, say…" She paused, unscrewing the lid of the perfume tester. "Tip this into your vat, then I might very well poison all your friends still asleep."

She stared at Grigatri hard, holding the bottle over the vat. "I'd do it. So help me- I would. Let. Him. Go."

Grigatri watched Amy for a moment, then withdrew the knife from the Doctor's throat. The Time Lord was pulled back from the edge of the vat, hissing in pain as his broken bones were jolted.

He felt Amy's worried eyes on him and tried to smile reassuringly.

Her attention shifted back to Grigatri as he stepped forwards. "What now girl? What do you want us to do?"

Amy took a deep breath. "Leave this planet. Leave and never return."

The Doctor couldn't help smiling in pride, watching her face off against the huge bat-creature over the grisly vat, her little perfume bottle clutched tightly in her fingers.

Grigatri shook his head. "No."

Amy raised her eyebrows. She began to tip the bottle- though it was clear she didn't want to. Then suddenly, a slender hairy white arm wrapped around her neck from behind.

Amy screamed, dropping the bottle. It fell just outside the vat, shattering on the rocks. Amy's hands flew to the arm around her throat and the Doctor struggled, shouting, "Amy!"

Anil, next to her, threw a punch at the creature and it bit him hard- it was like the Kelelawar but not, smaller- about the size of a small human, and it had no wings. But other than that, it was just as they were, including it's sharp teeth.

Anil let out a shout, clutching his bloody hand. Amy turned her head and bit into the things hairy arm. The creature bit her back in the shoulder and her mouth opened in pain. She stilled as blood trickled from her shoulder.

The Doctor watched, eyes wide in panic. The thing turned, so it was revealed, and Grigatri smiled.

"Hello Sonam."

Oooooh, traitor! Now what? Hmmmm. Sorry, super short chap, to pass the time, please do send me all your conspiracy theories on where you think this is going, take care and I really hope your still enjoying this!

Kat