Feeding Time.

A War with the Gods Interlude.


In a white, non descript hallway, a hushed voice broke the eerie silence. "Did you hear what she did to her last Doctor?"

"I heard." Was the grim reply from a second figure.

"Well, what did we do to piss off the boss?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, this is like a suicide mission, so how come we gotta do it?"

"We've got her dinner here, that should keep her distracted long enough for us to get out in one piece. If not, well, you've got the tranq gun."

"Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me." The first voice brightened up a little, as he pulled the compact air propelled dart gun from his pocket.

The two men stopped, as they reached their destination. A room with more locks on the door, than either of them had ever seen. Steve doubted that Fort Knox would have as many. "They really want her under lock and key don't they?"

"Yeah, direct orders from Mr Wolf."

Mention of the name made Steve spin in his tracks, almost tangling him up in the cord he held in one hand. "You know the rules. You never mention any of THEM by name." James looked ashen as he realised his mistake. His eyes darted around him as though he expected a sudden and brutal retribution for his discretion. None came.

Both men looked at each other as they took the keys from the chains around their necks and stood at either side of the large metal door. "Ready?" Steve asked, James nodded a mute reply. Both men inserted the keys at the same time, as per regulations. It was the only way the door could be opened.

As the large mechanical bolts slid gently from their housings, the door started to creak open. "Dya think they add that creaking noise to freak people out?" James asked, his voice hushed to little more than a whisper.

"Well, if they did, it's w**king a treat." Steve replied.

Finally the door opened fully, and they could see into the room, well, in theory they could. There was no light in the room, none at all. Almost no light entered from the hallway, as though the light itself were afraid of the inhabitant of the room.

"Hey in there, we brought you your dinner." James shouted into the gloom.

"Is it my birthday?" A hushed voice asked from the gloom.

"No, I don't think so." Replied Steve.

"But you brought me a puppy. My daddy always brought me a puppy for my birthday. He enjoyed watching me play with them. They're so pretty. I used to collect them. But they got smelly after a while. Bad doggies." The last two words made the guards jump, so visceral had the words been, the gentle voice had become something altogether more threatening. Then the voice changed again, "Are you sure it's not my Birthday?"

"Pretty sure," James sounded uncertain, this conversation had not been what he had expected at all. "It's only December 11th. Your birthday isn't until June."

"That's my human birthday silly. Nobody celebrates their human birthday." The speaker laughed, a twisted laugh that changed pitch every second, it was a laugh that could, on a bad day drive the listener completely insane.

"Well, aren't you going to bring in my doggy? I want to play with it before it dies. Things always die in this room. Except me of course. I'll be here forever, won't I? But forever isn't as long as you people think. Forever is almost over, I can smell it in the dark and taste it in the wind. Hello puppy. Come to mummy." The little dog, young as it was, struggled and fought against the leash that held it in place, the other end of the cord held tight in Steve's hand.

"OK, I'm coming in with your dinner, just stay back." Steve shouted into the murky darkness. "Keep that thing up and ready to fire if she tries anything, shoot her." James nodded as Steve took a step into the ink black room.

"What kind of puppy is it? Oh it's a spaniel. I love spaniels. What's her name?"

"She doesn't have one." Steve replied as quickly as he could. he wanted out of the room as soon as possible.

"That's sad. I think I'll call her...... Lady Elizabeth Montgomery Alexander. That's such a lovely name for a doggy isn't it? I think so, don't you think so?" Steve spun as he realised the voice was coming from behind him, far too close behind him. Hands grabbed his head and broke his neck before he could utter a sound. "That's it. Come to mummy Lady Elizabeth, yes that's right, you didn't want to stay with the big scary man did you?" James could hear the puppy's plaintive whines from the hallway.

"Steve? Are you OK in there? It's time to come out now Steve." James shouted into the dark, more in desperation than anything else.

"I think your friend got lost in the dark," The voice came from just inside the room, just beyond the edge of the darkness. "Do you know why I called my puppy Lady Elizabeth?" The voice asked, as white hands, swathed in red satin flew from the Darkness to grab James, and drag him into the small room. "She was the first person I ate." Were the last words James heard in the mortal world, he felt cold skin on his neck, and then razor like teeth break the skin, he screamed as his life bled away, feeding this creature.

A few moments later the voice returned. "Come on Lady Elizabeth. There's a party going on, and everyone's invited. It's an end of the world party, with treats for everyone." Then, for the first time in several years, Drusilla took her first step into the light of the hallway. "I'm bored of this place now. There's no life anywhere. Now stop smelling that dead mans bottom, that's a naughty doggy. There was a loud yelp as the puppy experienced the pain of chastisment for the first time in it's short life. "Now come on. We have a party to go to, and I don't even have a party dress, neither do you for that matter. You dirty little minx." Drusilla added with a giggle, as she danced her way along the hall. The lifeless corpse of the puppy trailing along behind her.

"Not long till the guest of honour arrives. When I was a girl, I was told his blood was like wine. I want to know if it's true."

:fear: Creepy

I had to read that twice after the reveal at the end :o

Woohoo !! :yahoo: Dru is back :thumbsup:

wow :fear: that was unexpected ... :thumbsup: for the return of dru

keep it coming :)

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Same comments as the above ones. Keep it coming.

Haze

Did you randomly choose the names Steve and James :lol: ;)

Great stuff Jamie sweetie!!

I don't know what you mean Karen :shifty: :whistling: :lol: