CHAPTER 63

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ATTACK OF THE YETI

Thankfully the next few weeks didn't bring any further attacks against the Bad Wolves (not even from the mystery villain who Rose had seen at UNIT HQ), but they also didn't bring them any missions of significance either. What they did bring however was a massive amount of change in the lives of many of the Wolves. In fact, there was so much change that most of them didn't care that they hadn't been going on any missions for a while.

The biggest and most stressful changes had happened to Rose who had first been almost killed by a brainwashed River Song, then was merged together with Clara Oswald for several weeks, and then was unmerged during a fight with Rassilon only to lose Clara who was tired of having unexpected changes happening to her life after Rose had increased her Vortex powers without her knowledge in order to defeat Rassilon. To say that at this point, Rose wanted a nice exciting new adventure to take her mind off of all of these things was an understatement.

A much better change happened for Kallista who had finally found her mother at last thanks to Rose. She had decided to continue her association with the Bad Wolves mostly because she wanted to get to know the Donna of this new universe better, and she had hopes that she might somehow become one of the Wolves herself. It would definitely give her an exciting new direction for her life that she really wanted (and needed to be honest) now that she finally remembered who she was again.

Donna and Lee meanwhile had a very major change of their own to announce as Donna found out that she was pregnant with (surprise, surprise!) Lauren. Lauren of course couldn't help but want to stick around for a while after this to make sure that nothing happened to her mum before she had her. Well, that wasn't the only reason. She also wanted to get to know what she was like in these early days before she knew her. How could she resist passing an opportunity like that up?

Dorothy and Alex had rebuilt their relationship in an amazingly short time after the damage that Fenric did to it, and they both even felt as if it might have even rekindled it and made it stronger. Dorothy had almost begun to think that maybe Fenric had done them both a favor (without meaning to of course) since now the two of them seemed to be closer than ever. It also turned out that Donna wasn't the only one in the group to become pregnant in that time either. Dorothy had absolutely no idea what the child would be and for once she was glad not to know the future. Rose of course was ecstatic about the whole thing.

As for Michelle and Mark, Michelle had actually started spending more time at Mark's house than at her own. Their relationship had become stronger than ever, and both of them felt as if engagement was just around the corner for them at any moment. They hadn't reached that point just yet, but they knew that it was only a matter of time now. Mark had even picked out a ring, but he obviously hadn't told Michelle that yet. Ileana, who as always acted as Michelle's surrogate mother/big sister all wrapped up into one, couldn't be happier for both of them.

A much more minor change (even though it wasn't minor for her) had happened for Amanda who the Doctor and Rose had built a robotic cat for as her new protector/pet. Amanda had loved her immediately, and the two of them had now become almost inseparable.

Things had changed for Tori as well as she had finally started becoming closer to the others in the group. She wasn't as close to the others as they all were to one another just yet, but she was at least talking to them now which was a huge improvement for her.

Calliope meanwhile had started bringing her now almost two year old daughter, Kimberly, and her husband, Donna's grandfather Wilf, around the Wolves headquarters a lot as well as she grew closer and closer to the others in the group. The Wolves' base had now become almost like a second home for her and her family.

At the start of this downtime, Ileana could constantly sense the presence of the mysterious entity who was watching them all for several days in a row. This had caused her, at the urging of the other Wolves who were understandably paranoid once they found out from Rose that he had returned, to bring some specialists that she knew to the base to seal it against the intrusion of certain unwanted guests. She noticed to her satisfaction that she no longer sensed the mystery enemy spying on them (at least not inside of the base anyway) anymore after that was accomplished. Now if only she could get rid of him for good.

Finally this long period of inactivity that was anything but boring for the group was brought to an end when Martha came up with a new mission for them. She could tell from the eager expressions on their faces that they could hardly wait.

"So what freaky supernatural looking creature that's really an alien in disguise is it this time, Martha? Is it zombies, werewolves, ghosts, witches, vampires, or something else? Hopefully it's something else. I really don't want to see any vampires again anytime soon. I am really, really sick of vampires. I swear that if I see another vampire anytime soon, I'm going to punch its stupid fangs straight down its throat!" Donna said in an irritated voice.

Ileana and Katherine both glared at her as she quickly added, "Sorry, girls. I didn't mean you two obviously. You two are alright. You'll have to ignore me. I'm a little emotional lately. I think it's because of the pregnancy."

"Lately?! Hah!" Ileana said with a snort of derision.

"Don't start with me, Fang Lady. I said I was sorry," Donna said with a note of warning in her voice.

"Donna," Martha said in a tone that clearly told her to stop.

Ileana grinned in triumph as she knew that Martha was one of the few people who could get Donna to shut up no matter how angry that she was.

"Sorry, Boss Lady. You were saying?" Donna said.

Martha couldn't help but smile in amusement at Donna as she said, "Luckily for both of you and all of the world's vampires this isn't about them. It's about Yetis."

"What? Yetis? There's nothing supernatural about Yetis. We're going to lose our reputation for being monster hunters after this one," Donna said in disappointment.

"Yetis are kind of monsters though, aren't they?" Michelle said.

"The ones that I ran into with the Professor once certainly were. I almost ran out of Nitro-9 trying to blow those things up. They were really hard to kill. It was certainly fun trying though," Dorothy said with a fond smile on her face.

"You have a very different definition of fun from the one that I have, Dorothy," Emmy said with a chuckle.

"Those were the robot Yetis that worked for the Great Intelligence. These may or may not be the same ones. These might be actual Yetis which according to UNIT's files could really exist. That's what we have to find out," Martha said.

"So what's going on? Where are these Yeti and what are they doing? We're not going to have to go to the Himalayas are we? I really don't think that would meet my definition of fun," Donna complained.

"No, these Yetis are much closer to home. They've been spotted several times in the last few days in a small village about an hour's drive from here. It's called Thunder's Edge. It's a weird name but a pleasant enough place. At least it was until Yetis started appearing out of nowhere attacking people and tearing up the entire area. What's even worse than that though is that several of the people there have disappeared since the Yetis started attacking," Martha said in a sad voice.

"Disappeared? So they didn't find any bodies? Not even a trace of blood or a ripped piece of clothing?" Calliope asked in surprise.

"No. Nothing. That's why UNIT wants us to investigate. Do you see why we're involved now, Donna? This is right up our alley," Martha said.

"Yeah, I get it now. It's weird and nobody else can figure it out so they dumped it in our laps. Typical," Donna said.

"Maybe they didn't kill any of the people who disappeared. If they had, there would have been some traces of them somewhere unless they disintegrated them of course. Even then, there would be something that we could detect. I'll have to check for traces of scattered human DNA in the area just in case of that. Maybe they kidnapped them instead. Why though?" Calliope said thinking hard.

"Well, good for you. You're really getting into this, Gran," Donna said with a grin.

"What? Oh, yeah. It's just that I hate not knowing something. Once I have a mystery in front of me, I just have to solve it. Besides that, I hate to think about what might happen if I don't stop whatever's doing this," Calliope said.

Donna and Martha both stared at her in surprise as Martha said, "So that's where the Doctor gets that from."

"Yeah, he's always been a chip off the old block," Rose said with a grin as she spoke for the first time since Martha had started telling them about the mission.

Martha gave her a worried look as Rose briefly smiled at her in response to show her that she was alright. She could tell that Rose was still upset about Clara leaving her and the Doctor because she wasn't being her usual vibrant talkative self at all.

Don't worry. She'll be alright sooner or later. It's how she's always dealt with things whenever she became very upset over something. Calliope said in Martha's mind.

Martha nodded and continued on as she said, "We need to get ready to leave soon. We have to find out what's going on here before it spreads any further or gets any worse. Let's just hope that Calliope's right and that no one's been killed yet."

"Maybe I could go on ahead first so that I can be there to stop the Yetis if they show up. It sounds like those poor people really need some protection," Tori offered.

Martha and Rose both smiled at her for taking the initiative for the first time which showed that she was coming more and more out of her shell around them now.

"Not yet. I want us all to go together. Thanks for offering though. Besides that, we already have someone there in case the Yetis show up before we get there," Martha said.

"Wait a minute. Is that where Kallista got off to? I wondered why she wasn't around here bothering me about joining the group today for the millionth time in a row." Donna said.

"Yep, I told Kallista that if she wanted to prove herself that she could start by going on ahead to Thunder's Edge first," Rose said.

"Thank you so much for that! She's been driving me crazy," Donna said with a sigh.

"She just wants to be around you, Donna. She's just like our Jenny in how close that she feels to you because you're the one who gave her a name and convinced her dad to accept her. Well, her Donna exactly did all of that, but you know what I mean," Rose said.

"Yeah, I know. Listen. I like her, Flower Girl. I really do but she's just a little bit too enthusiastic. She's really getting on my nerves, and I'm afraid that I'm going to snap and hurt her feelings. She's too sweet a kid for me to do that to her so that's why I need to get away from her for a while," Donna said.

"I know. That's why I sent her on ahead first. Thanks for volunteering anyway, Tori," Rose said.

"It's no problem. I just wanted to help. I don't want to be thought of as the fifth wheel around here," Tori admitted.

"That's definitely not going to happen, Star Gal. You were destroying almost as many vampires as Lilith was. I'm still impressed about that by the way, Witch Lady. I'm so glad that you're finally cutting loose instead of holding back because you don't want to scare us anymore by what you can do," Donna said with a note of approval in her voice.

"I'm not sure Lana appreciates it, but I'm glad that you do anyway," Lilith said.

"I'm just glad that you're on my side. I can see where all the stories about witches came from now," Ileana said as she put a friendly arm around Lilith and smiled at her making the Carrionite feel a little better than she had previously.

"You don't have to worry about Lilith. She's one of the nicest people that I've ever known. She and Emmy are just like sisters, and Wilf and Kimberly love her too. She's just like one of my own children now. In fact, Wilf and I have actually been thinking about adopting her," Calliope admitted.

"What?" Lilith said in surprise.

Calliope smiled at her as she said, "You're already Emmy's sister in every way but blood so I thought I'd just make it official."

"Thank you. Thank you so much," Lilith said as she embraced her.

Emmy smiled at her knowing just how much this meant to her to have a family again after she had lost her two mothers. It also meant a lot to her because she loved Lilith more than anyone except her mother and (though she'd never admit it) her brother.

"Who'd have thought when I first met you back in 1599 that you'd become the Doctor's sister or one of my closest friends?" Martha said.

"I'm so glad now that I didn't kill either of you. I just couldn't do it for some reason. I still feel guilty about what I did do to you," Lilith admitted.

"It's okay, Lilith. I forgave you for that a long time ago," Martha said.

Lilith smiled at her in appreciation of this as Donna said with a laugh, "We really are the group that believes in second chances aren't we? Half of us tried to kill the other half at one point or another."

"Sometimes we still do try to kill each other," Ileana said with a chuckle.

"Old habits die hard I guess," Rose said as she tried to crack a joke even though the smile didn't reach her eyes.

"I guess that's it then. We'll get ready to leave in the next hour and take Donna's TARDIS there," Martha said.

Just before they all broke up to start packing though, a young woman with a warm smile appeared out of nowhere and said, "Would you be willing to take along a little help?"

Half of the Wolves immediately became alarmed as Donna said, "Just who are you?"

"Relax, everyone. This is Victoria Waterfield. She used to travel with the Doctor," Rose said.

"No. She's not what she seems. She's one of the Great Old Ones," Lilith said in a frightened voice as she placed herself protectively in front of Emmy.

"No, it's not what you think. She accidentally absorbed the Great Intelligence's powers from him after he was defeated in a fight by Clara, Cydonia, and Oswin," Rose explained.

"Yes. Word to the wise: Don't mess with Clara Oswald and her echoes," Victoria said with a grin.

"So if those Yetis were the same kind that I fought before with the Professor, they'd be working for you then. That must mean that they have nothing to do with Brain Boy then," Dorothy said.

"That's Brain Girl now and no they have nothing to do with me. Of course the original Intelligence might have possibly found some way to even come back from being imprisoned in a time loop so I came here to go with you in order to make sure that it isn't him. Wouldn't it be amazing if there really were actual Yetis though?" Victoria said.

"I know! I'd love to find one. I mean it's possible, right? They could be another species that's lived on Earth forever that most people have never heard of like the Silurians," Rose said eagerly as she began to act like her old self for the first time that day.

"I bet you ten pounds that the Yeti aren't from around here," Donna said.

"What makes you think so?" Martha asked.

"Everything we come across is an alien of some sort. These will be too," Donna insisted.

"I bet you ten pounds that you're wrong," Rose said with her familiar face wide grin finally back at last for the first time in a while.

"You're on, Flower Girl," Donna said.

When Rose's head was turned, Donna winked at Martha and Calliope. That was when Martha instantly knew that the bet was just a way to bring Rose back to normal.

Told you so. Of course it helps that I put Donna up to it. Calliope said with a grin.

You sneaky devil you! Martha replied back to her.

Calliope's grin widened even more but she said nothing.

"I'll just wait and go along with you then whenever you're ready," Victoria said as she pretended not to know what was going on around her.

They didn't call her the Great Intelligence for nothing after all.

Just outside the Wolves' headquarters and undetected by anyone, the evil being who had been watching the Wolves for weeks now stood nearby watching people come and go from UNIT HQ. This was now as far as he could go and at first his attempts to keep a watch on the Wolves had been completely frustrated by what Ileana had done to safeguard UNIT HQ from him.

He was too smart to be kept out forever though. He now had a new way of keeping his eyes on them. An inside agent.

"What are they doing now? Report," The being said as he appeared before his newest agent once he was sure that they were both out of sight and not being observed.

"They are preparing to visit a place called Thunder's Edge to investigate reports of some Yetis there," The woman told him.

"Good. Then they still don't know anything about what I'm doing if they're wasting time with foolishness from the local yokels. You're doing an excellent job, my dear," The being said with a grin as he briefly touched her cheek and caused her to shudder in fear.

"Don't worry. I won't harm you. Not this time," The being said with undisguised malice in his voice.

"Please let me go," The woman pleaded.

"I will. This time. Remember though. You must continue to spy on the Wolves and report what they do to me, and you can't tell anyone else about me. You will obey me," The being said as he looked deeply into the woman's eyes.

"Yes, I will obey," The woman said in a monotone voice as all of the fight immediately left her.

Then the mysterious being was instantly gone as he dissolved into nothingness and vanished. One of the UNIT soldiers finally came by and saw the woman standing there with a strange look on her face and immediately called out to her with concern.

"Miss Osgood, are you alright?" The soldier asked.

Osgood blinked and then looked at him with a warm smile as she said, "Yes, I'm fine. I was just lost in thought for a minute there. That's all."

Then she quickly walked away as she unconsciously held her hand to the multi-colored scarf around her neck. She wanted so badly to call out to the soldier and tell him the truth but she couldn't. She couldn't do anything.

"Please, Doctor. Please save me," Osgood whispered to herself as she walked away.

Meanwhile as poor Osgood was filled with anguish and the Wolves prepared to go to Thunder's Edge, Kallista was already there posing as an ordinary tourist as she watched for any signs of the Yeti reappearing. She had been there for several hours already, but nothing had happened so far.

If she hadn't wanted to be a member of the Wolves so badly, she would have already given up and left long ago because she was currently bored out of her skull. She realized now just how much that she had really changed since remembering who she really was again.

"To think that I once thought that visiting places like this was fun," Kallista said with a sigh.

That thought made her wonder if she had somehow lost something since she had liked who Kallista was as a person even if she wasn't very much like Jenny. She hoped that at least something of Kallista still survived inside of her, and it made her almost smile despite feeling suddenly full of melancholy as she realized that she was feeling guilty for possibly destroying a fake identity that was never real.

She had been real to her though.

Her deep introspective look into her life was then suddenly interrupted as she finally got her wish granted at last. Several Yetis now suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started chasing innocent bystanders. She could tell right away that these weren't the robots that the Intelligence had used. These Yetis were real ape-like creatures just like in the old legends about them.

"That's my cue," Kallista said as she dropped the ordinary tourist persona and instantly started attacking the Yetis with blasts of energy from her hands.

As soon as one of the Yetis fell after being hit by one of her blasts, the others immediately teleported away just as quickly as they came. She then raced to the side of the fallen Yeti ready to grab it and go along with it if it tried to leave too.

It turned out that wasn't what it had in mind though. Instead the Yeti lay there looking at her with pain-filled eyes almost as if it was trying to tell her something, and she immediately felt guilty for hurting it.

She decided to see if it was sentient or not so she put her hands on either side of its head in an attempt to make contact with it.

Hello? Can you understand me? Kallista asked telepathically.

She was absolutely shocked by what she heard next.

Yes. Finally someone that I can talk to! My name is Patricia Kelley, and I'm not a monster. I'm human or at least I was. I was turned into this against my will. Please help me! The 'Yeti' replied back to her telepathically.

Kallista said nothing. She just looked at her in stunned disbelief and now felt even more guilty for hurting this poor woman as she immediately called the Wolves.

"Donna, you're not going to believe this," Kallista said.

Next: What is going on here? Who or what is turning people into real actual Yetis and why? The Bad Wolves are determined to find out in the next chapter, and they may not like the answer. In fact, I'm pretty sure that they won't. Plus more on what Osgood and the mystery villain are up to, and Joan Redfern and John Smith return while making more preparations for the wedding. This may not exactly be the best time for that though.