The Dragon Awakes: Doctor Who AU

Chapter 6

The Doctor caught onto Angel's urgency almost immediately and moved to cover Rose from behind, practically sandwiching her between them. He fingered the sonic screwdriver in his pocket and then he saw them; six hooded figures moving around the townspeople filing out, straight towards them. He had no idea what or who they were, but Angel seemed to have a pretty good grasp of what was going on, so he waited for her reaction. Not like they could do much yet anyway; the aisle was still blocked with people.

Rose felt fear gnaw at her stomach as she felt the Doctor enclose her between them, and she huffed a sigh of air, frustrated again at being the lesser of the three species represented. She clenched her fists, warily watching the hooded people move slowly towards them, then rethinking, grabbed the back of Angel's jacket in case she decided to dart off without warning.

Angel growled as the creatures surrounded them, feeling Rose grab a hold of her duster. Her ears picked something up. What was that? Chanting? Angel growled, she knew that tongue, Draconic.
"What do you want! We are just passing through, we don't want any trouble!" Angel backed up, when these creatures brandished their own weapons, this wasn't good, these things had hostile intentions. She unhooked her staff from under her duster, bringing it out, pressing the button and it shot out. She was intending on fighting them, until one creature stepped in close and she got a good whiff of him. "Doc, I don't know about you, but, this be a good time to make a retreat. RUN!" Angel, Rose and The Doctor booked it out of the amphitheater, they dodging and weaving through the large crowd, Angel getting separated from The Doctor and Rose in the process. She ducked into an alleyway and put her staff away, panting, leaning against the wall, until she was surrounded. Four against one, those were not good odds.

"Angel!" Rose cried as her friend was ripped away from her grasp by the crowd. The masses of people carried her off, and whipping around Rose found she'd lost the Doctor as well. "Well that's just perfect," she hissed under her breath, heart still beating wildly. She spied an alleyway and was about to duck into it when she realised that there was Angel, surrounded by four of their hooded stalkers. She hid around the corner, only her head poking into the alley, desperately trying to catch Angel's eye and not knowing what Angel would want her to do. At the same instant their eyes locked; she saw Angel's eyes widen and then Rose was seized from behind and lifted easily into the air, her arms pinned to her sides. "Get off me!" Rose thrashed in the strong arms of what she knew was a fifth of the hooded men; she could feel his hot breath next to her ear and see the hood out the corner of her eye as he carried her down the alley.

A gloved hand locked itself around Rose's neck, preventing her from crying out again, and she gasped for breath.
Angel snarled, unleashing hell on the hooded figures around her, then ran after the male who had Rose.
"ROSE! DUCK!" She pressed the button on her staff, picked it up in her hand and launched like a javelin it at the male…it getting him in the back of the head…..killing him instantly. She ran over, yanking it out his head, and held a hand out to Rose, having lost her sunglasses in the process, her golden eyes were flaming with rage. "You alright? Come on, lets get out of here. Where's the Doctor?" She wiped the blood and brain matter on her jeans, closing her staff again, growling at herself for not having brought her sword with her as well.
Rose took Angel's hand and was wrenched up from the ground; she stumbled after her best friend, coughing and shaking her head.

"Don't know," she managed, massaging her throat as Angel led her through the crowd. "I lost him just after you; Angel, there's still one left, we've gotta find the Doctor," she rasped, a little unnerved at Angel's flashing golden eyes.
"We will find him, I swear Rose, we aren't leaving until we find him." She moved through the crowd with Rose. "I know my eyes are freaking you out right now Rose and I'm sorry." She moved through the crowd with her, tracking…..The Doctor's scent. 'Come on Doc, where are you.' She thought.
"S'alright, don't worry 'bout me," Rose responded, keeping her eyes peeled for the signature leather jacket. They ducked down a side street, Rose still following Angel, when suddenly there came a roar from somewhere above them and down came the Doctor and the last hooded creature in a tumble of limbs off the roof of the building. "Doctor!" Rose cried, then felt herself be yanked backwards by Angel, out of the way. They landed with a crash, knocking over a few trash cans, but they still tussled with each other, neither of them able to gain the upper hand and both seemingly unaffected by the fall.

Angel growled, moving over, pulling the hooded figure off The Doctor, snarling as she punched the creature in the face, sending it back. She took a fighting stance as the creature came back, charging her. She hit it with an open palm strike to the chest, then an uppercut to the jaw, she was a fierce fighter.
The creature got a few good shots in on Angel before she grabbed him and slammed him against the alley wall, her claws against his throat, piercing skin when she snarled in his ear in draconic.
'Tell whoever you work for, he has pissed off the wrong person. Tell your master that the last dragon in existence is coming for his head.' She let him go, walking out of the alleyway, wiping her claws on her jeans, knowing The Doctor would follow.