The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

Rainbow In the Dark Pt. 3

There's tapping behind Lila, near the window she peered into, and she stood with her back towards it with Theodore beside her, as they both heard the tapping noise.

"I've seen plenty of horror movies to know that nothing good comes from turning around," Lila coughed as she whispered to Theodore who hesitated at the thought of turning around.

He conversed with her telepathically as they stood frozen in place, hearing the tapping behind them.

"Could be a person," Theodore suggested the notion that a person would've suddenly sprang up from wherever they hid just to tap on the window.

Further disproven as Lila reminded him that they couldn't get inside the parliament building despite multiple attempts.

Theodore's fist should've gotten them inside, but it didn't, his Sonic Screwdriver couldn't, either, though that's a minor design flaw in a long line of flaws that Theodore's desperate in removing.

The tapping continues as they conversed about what they should do and Theodore suggested that if it's really a person, they would talk. Sounds simple enough, if they're a person, they'll want to talk to the only two people walking around on the topside.

"After you, maestro," Lila ushered him on with his plot to deducing if they're dealing with an actual person or something they don't want to think about.

Sucking air through his teeth, Theodore exhales before calling out, "If you're a person behind us, say something!"

He waited with Lila for a response, still not turning around to look in the window, because nothing good comes of doing so, and everyone expects them to do it, even killers.

The tapping continued and Theodore conversed with Lila as they weighed their options since the first idea didn't work.

"Not answering," Lila noted as Theodore chewed on his inner lip as he pondered their options.

"Maybe they're mute?" Theodore suggested that whoever's behind them can't answer because they're mute.

Shrugging, Lila responded that it's worth a shot.

Exhaling, Theodore called out again, this time, "If you understand me, stop tapping, it's distracting."

Surprisingly, the tapping stops, and Theodore's relieved, the tapping's gone on too long for his taste.

"Well, we know they're not deaf," Lila shrugs as she looked at Theodore.

That's good, because Theodore didn't want to have to mime things without looking behind.

Now that the tapping stopped, they're given a new set of challenges, what to do with the knowledge, and if they're going to risk looking behind.

Not even for a bonus, Lila isn't looking behind. Theodore wouldn't, either, not even for a year's supply of jelly babies.

"If you understand me, tap once if you're human, tap twice if you're an alien," Theodore calls out to whoever's behind them at the window.

He saw Lila looking at him questionably until he told her that's better for them to find out now than later, at least from his standpoint.

Frowning, Lila turns away as they waited for a response.

They started hearing tapping, but whoever tapped only tapped three times.

Raising her brow, Lila responded with, "What's three?"

Theodore wearily shrugs as he replied that he doesn't know, he never gave a response for three taps.