Running through the streets with Cyrus guiding them, the group heard the loud fluttering of the beast behind, its shadow big enough that it darkened the area briefly with every flap of the wings. Heavy breathing and rattling grow as the beast flew, the head swaying back and forth on the generated breeze.
Theodore managed to catch sight of the beast above, it's scaly, black, elongated, large, has the head of a viper, looked like a sky serpent with centipede like legs that went down both sides of the body.
Swaying in the air, it hissed, and Cyrus had everyone duck underneath an overturned truck's flatbed with them huddling close together as they hoped the beast didn't descend from the skies above.
His long arm pulling Lila close, Theodore saw the beast as it flew over them, the wings flapping deafened him as he heard them whipping in the generated breeze, the hiss loud as the beast swayed in the breeze.
The golden eyes glistened in the pale grey light as the beast continued flying until it passed over the buildings ahead, disappearing into yonder.
It took a few minutes before the group gained enough courage to leave the safety of their hiding place, looking over yonder where the beast disappeared.
"Wh-what the hell was that?" Lila squeaked as she unconsciously held onto Theodore's arm, frightened by the sight of the beast.
Cyrus tells her it's one of the many large beasts that periodically come out of their dens and hunt the lesser beasts on the ground.
He assessed that it once was a pit viper, decades of mutating and breeding bore the fruit of a massive creature likened to the mythical Quetzalcoatl.
"That's just one of them," he tells Theodore and Lila that there's a diverse ecology born from the nuclear fallout, the next one they'll face wouldn't look the same as this, and he attests this with a wearied look in his eyes.
The one he and the men faced before them, he's certain used to be one of the Siberian tigers that once roamed the zoo, becoming flying demons that hunted people.
Slowly, the group moved onward, their legs trembling with fear as they feared that the Quetzalcoatl would've returned at any point, this time, it'll notice them.
Theodore and Lila shared looks, knowing that Cyrus wouldn't listen to them, he wanted nothing more than to find the power plant, and they shared their concerns privately.
"I don't like this," Lila frowns as she looks at Theodore while they walked while they telepathically conversed.
Theodore agreed with her as he responded, "I know, Lee, but we can't exactly tell them about Al and have him bring us back."
Lila listlessly nodded as she still frowned and Theodore asked what became of the TARDIS.
"Couldn't stick around long, said the whole area's messing with his... whatcha call 'em... he's hanging back for a bit, but he said if we had any problems, he'll pick us up in a jiffy," Lila replied that the TARDIS couldn't remain in its avatar state for long. A mix of the radiation and chaotic energy proved difficult for the aging machine to handle, that it needed to withhold resources for emergencies.
It'll have enough to get them when they need it, but for now, it's hunkered down where it's safe until then.
Nodding, Theodore frowns as he pondered their situation, stuck out in the open of a nuclear fallout world where there's mutated creatures on the cusp of killing them if the situation arises and they're in a terrible predicament where they can't risk Cyrus abandoning them, but they fear that Barkov told the truth.
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The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who
FanfictionIt's never easy stepping into the shoes of the Doctor-more when you're his son-and so, begins the tale of Theodore Levy Smith. The son of the Doctor. Or specifically, his second son. His father's the progenitor of the title and it'd seem that the ti...
