Chapter 2:
"Amy!" The Doctor screamed as he ran around another corner. "Amy! Where are you?"
A voice came from one of the side streets that made the Doctor feel slightly relieved. "I'm over here!" He turned down the street and found Amy in the middle, lying on her back in pain. He ran to her and knelt down beside her body.
"Hey, you ok?" Amy then sat up groaning. She was slightly bruised and had a small amount of blood tangled in her hair and running down the side of her face.
Amy glanced at the Doctor, "Fine, fine. But what the hell happened?"
"Well, for a start you left the TARDIS when I told you to wait for me..."
"Do I ever listen to you Doctor?" Amy asked with her eyebrows raised.
"No... anyway, what do you remember?"
Amy closed her eyes in pain and thought for a moment. "Well, I remember running to find out about the scream and the next thing I know I'm on the ground. I saw this creature and then it ran away when it heard your voice. What was it?"
The Doctor scanned the area quickly before he returned his attentions back to Amy. "Don't know yet, but I think we need to check it out."
The Doctor stood up and offered his hand to Amy. She took it in her own and stood up, before the Doctor ran down one of the streets with her being dragged close behind.
They ran down the winding streets for what seemed like hours until they found what they were looking for. In the middle of the street there was a woman with long blonde hair and eyes that were the deepest shade of blue-surrounded in redness. She was crying. Her white dress was stained with the blood of a man whose body was at her feet. She hugged him and let out another scream, tears flooding down her cheeks again. Amy looked up to the Doctor and held on to his tweed jacket. "What do you think happened?" she whispered as she turned her head to stare again at the scene before her.
The Doctor stood motionless for a moment, taking in the scene before him before he answered her. "I'm going to find out." The Doctor quickly walked towards the lady and flashed her his psychic paper. "I'm the Doctor, let me have a look." He placed the paper back in his jacket pocket and scanned the body. There was a pool of blood surrounding the body, which was filled with gashes and bruising. He turned the body over, careful not to get any blood on his outfit. The shirt was bloody and ripped - in the shape of a claw. The Doctor peered over to the woman next to him. She was sobbing as quietly as she could, obviously trying to keep a brave face in her situation. "What's your name?" he asked considerately.
The woman glanced momentarily at the Doctor before looking back to the ground. "Genevieve."
"Do you know this man, Genevieve?"
Genevieve nodded slowly and burst out into a fresh batch of tears. The Doctor reached over and hugged her. She cried into his chest for a moment before regaining composure and looking up to meet gazes with him. "He was my brother." She replied, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "Fernando."
"I'm really sorry."
"What did this to him?" She cried, whipping her eyes. "What could be so evil?"
The Doctor looked back to the body and then up to Amy, whose eyes were shining with pride. He smiled at her and then looked back at the Genevieve. "Whatever it was, I promise you, I'll find out. Leave it all to me." She looked up from her brother's body at this reply and studied the Doctor's facial features. She smiled at him after a moment and stood up.
"Thank you sir, but what is your name?"
The Doctor stood up and motioned to Amy to join him. She quickly waddled to his side. "I'm the Doctor and this," he replied pointing to his red-haired friend, "is Amy."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both." She said.
"Us too." Amy spoke smiling. The Doctor and Amy started to walk off towards the TARDIS, when they heard a noise behind them.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" The Doctor turned to face her and thought for a moment. He finally gestured a hand towards her. "Come on. Come with us." The woman smiled and followed them as they walked the way back to the TARDIS. "We'll figure it out together."
The trio walked into the blue police box and Genevieve looked around in wonder and awe. "It's bigger on the inside! How is that possible?"
The Doctor spun around from where he was standing, "I know! Cool isn't it!" He turned back to the controls and began pressing things onto the keyboard."Now, let's have a look..."
Genevieve looked at Amy slightly confused and received a shrug of the shoulders in reply. Amy walked up to the Doctor, "So, what are you doing?"
"I'm having a look at stuff..."
"I can see that. And how exactly is that going to help us find out what the creature is?" The Doctor's eyes darted towards his companion and his face lit up like a little boy realising the most amazing thing in the world.
The Doctor quickly ran down to his chest and grabbed the identifying machine he used to help him figure out the invisible creature when they met Vincent van Gogh. "This." He packed it in a suitcase and walked towards Genevieve. "Is there any place we can stay that's close by to where you live?"
"Actually," she replied, "you can stay with me if you like."
"Oh, you're very kind." he said, patting her on the back and waling ahead of the 2 girls. The girls then followed him out of the TARDIS and they walked back to Genevieve's apartment, the Doctor running to keep up after locking the TARDIS' doors. They walked up a staircase on the outside and stepped into the room. It was quite a small apartment, but it felt like a home. Amy planted herself on the couch near the wooden fireplace and sighed. "Man, I am soo tired."
The Doctor sat down next to her, dropping his suitcase at the side of the couch. "Me too. It's been one hell of a day."
Genevieve, after a few minutes, reappeared in a nightgown and motioned for Amy and the Doctor to follow her. They got up and followed her down the small corridor to a door at the end of the hallway. "This was my brother's room. You can stay here tonight." Genevieve then left and Amy opened the door. They went inside and found a small room with quite a big bed in the middle of it. Its antique frame looked slightly like the frame on Amy's bed in her room.
"So, do you want to sleep here?" The Doctor asked, "I'll happily sleep elsewhere..."
Amy walked over to the bed and sat on the edge. "I would love to! But Doctor, there would be no other place for you to sleep."
"Maybe by the fireplace..."
"Hey!" Amy said, glaring at him. "You are not sleeping on some uncomfortable couch, even if it is near the fire. You can sleep here too." The Doctor felt like his eyes were about to pop out from his skull. Keep cool...
"Fine." He eventually said, giving in to the war in his head.
After a few hours of the three discussing what to do in the lounge room, eating a dinner of pizza and pasta, everyone finally went their separate ways to bed. The Doctor went down the hall to the room and Amy got up to follow him before Genevieve pulled her back. "I know." she whispered to Amy, who rose her eyebrows n confusion.
"Know what?"
"That man... you like him don't you."
Amy's face relaxed and she quietly chuckled. "You think I like the Doctor?"
"I know you do." she replied, "I can see it in your eyes."
"Is it really that obvious?" Amy asked, after scanning the area to check that he wasn't there.
"Just to me." she replied smiling. "Anyway, you need some clothes for tonight." She grabbed Amy's hand and dragged her into her bedroom. She opened her draws and began searching through the contents. She finally pulled out a silk nightie and handed it to Amy. "Here. Take this."
"I can't take something like this. It's so beautiful." Genevieve placed it in her arms and then waved her out of the room.
"I want you to." Amy walked out the door and walked back towards the room. "Oh and Amy," Amy turned around to see Genevieve's head popping out from behind her bedroom door. "Have a good sleep." she winked and then shut the door. Amy smiled and then got dressed in the bathroom, before walking into the dark bedroom and quietly slipping into bed with the Doctor.
"Goodnight Pond." he said a few moments later.
Amy turned her body away from him and shut her eyes, letting her thought take her away. "Goodnight Doctor." she replied and drifted off to a peaceful sleep.