CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
PROLOGUE
Natalie knew the man had been following her for at least ten minutes. She didn't want him to know she knew. She kept walking, but sped up just a little. He kept coming. There was no one else around and he was coming faster...then a car drove by. She thought of flagging it down. She looked behind her and the man has seemingly disappeared. The car stopped.
"Hey, are you okay?" said a guy about her age, sitting in the car.
"Yeah...I thought someone was following me...but he's gone now..."
"You live in my street, right? I could give you a lift just to be safe..."
She looked at him closely. She did not recognise him.
"No thanks, it's not far now, I'll just walk."
"Are you sure? ARE YOU SURE?" His sudden outburst naturally startled her and she took a few steps back. He laughed. His face started to go white, impossbily white until it seemed to be cracking...what was happening?
Then the stalker grabbed her from behind and pulled her through the bushes.
"Run," he said and, without thinking, she did. She ran with him until they were far away from the road and deep into the woods. She finally saw his face. He wasn't actually much older than her, but he looked terrible.
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
"I'm trying to keep you safe. Trust me."
"What was that...guy? His face..."
"He was an alien," said the stalker, seriously.
"Oh, right, of course," said Natalie, laughing almost hysterically. "And I suppose you're, what, Doctor Who?"
"The character's name is just The Doctor, not Doctor Who," he said. "And I'm human."
"Right..."
"But he's not," he said, pointing at a glowing white shape coming towards them through the woods...it did not look human, but she could still see the smile on that white face, an evil twisted smile... "Run for your life!"
Natalie knew the man had been following her for at least ten minutes. She didn't want him to know she knew. She kept walking, but sped up just a little. He kept coming. There was no one else around and he was coming faster...then a car drove by. She thought of flagging it down. She looked behind her and the man has seemingly disappeared. The car stopped.
"Hey, are you okay?" said a guy about her age, sitting in the car.
"Yeah...I thought someone was following me...but he's gone now..."
"You live in my street, right? I could give you a lift just to be safe..."
She looked at him closely. She did not recognise him.
"No thanks, it's not far now, I'll just walk."
"Are you sure? ARE YOU SURE?" His sudden outburst naturally startled her and she took a few steps back. He laughed. His face started to go white, impossbily white until it seemed to be cracking...what was happening?
Then the stalker grabbed her from behind and pulled her through the bushes.
"Run," he said and, without thinking, she did. She ran with him until they were far away from the road and deep into the woods. She finally saw his face. He wasn't actually much older than her, but he looked terrible.
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
"I'm trying to keep you safe. Trust me."
"What was that...guy? His face..."
"He was an alien," said the stalker, seriously.
"Oh, right, of course," said Natalie, laughing almost hysterically. "And I suppose you're, what, Doctor Who?"
"The character's name is just The Doctor, not Doctor Who," he said. "And I'm human."
"Right..."
"But he's not," he said, pointing at a glowing white shape coming towards them through the woods...it did not look human, but she could still see the smile on that white face, an evil twisted smile... "Run for your life!"