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"Oh smell that air, barely any smoke and a little bit of mint, actually quite a bit of mint so I make it the 1920s" "you can tell what year it is just by smelling?" Liv asks as she steps out of the TARDIS "oh yeah" "or, maybe that big vintage car coming up the drive gave it away" "shall we go have a look?" "Oh go on then.." We smile as we walk to the garden but there's.. No one there "such a big house and such a nice day... In other words the owners are rich and without yachts or holidays to keep them happy then they party.. So where's the party?" Liv just looks at me and says "something must have happened.." "What are you doing here?!" A woman shouts as she walks out of the house, I give her a once-over and state "ok you seem tense and very scared in which case I'm chief inspector John Smith from Scotland Yard, this here is Liv, she's the plucky young girl who helps me out" she walks over to us and grabs my arm "get inside! It's not safe!" I shrug and we both follow her inside the house..
A man then walks into the room, the same one that was driving the car. He takes off his jacket and states "there's no one around for miles.. I searched and searched Lady Eddison but just.. No one.." "Thank you Reginald, that'll be all" he nods and walks off. We sit down with the lady as I ask her "what exactly is going on?" "Well it all started a week ago.. I was having a party, Agatha Christie herself was there, but then the murders began.." "She didn't.." "Oh no, she's still here, I believe she's taking a nap at the moment.. Not much else to do I suppose" "so, these murders.. Why do they have you so scared?" "Because whatever is committing them it killed half my staff, almost all the guests and the ENTIRE village nearby" "right.. So a bit more than a serial killer then, have you seen them?" "No but.. Lady Agatha says she saw a huge wasp.. Though she's not so sure what she saw" "a huge wasp eh? How huge?" "Oh, bigger than you and I Mr Smith" "so not just your average stinging bugger then.. What was the last murder in the house?" "Professor Peach, he was murdered in the library" "thank you, let's go have a look Liv" she nods as we walk off to the library..
We get in and find the body, I lean down and quickly deduct "blunt force trauma to the head.. With some kind of lead piping, died at 9:02 in the morning" "didn't take you for a detective Doctor" Liv remarks. I smirk and continue looking but then a woman knocks on the door, not Lady Eddison but someone else, a blonde woman in a blue floral dress "what on earth are you doing?" She asks, I just stand up and reply "hello I'm chief inspector John Smith" I hand her the psychic paper to confirm my 'credentials' but she merely says "this is blank.. Who are you really?" "Alright you've got me, I'm the Doctor and this is Liv, we're here to help.. And, you are?" "Agatha Christie" "you're kidding.." She chuckles a little and shakes my hand "oh I love your books, we both do.. What a mind!" "Very nice to meet you Agatha, I read your books at home in my spare time" Liv states "you make a rather unusual couple" "oh no we're not a couple" "well obviously not, no wedding ring" I smirk at her observation and remark "oh you don't miss a trick, but Lady Eddison said you saw a giant wasp, could you tell us more about it?" "Oh I.. I doubt you'd believe me" "trust me, Agatha, we've both seen things you wouldn't believe.. We'd believe you" she raises her eyebrows and sits down before saying "it was a wasp alright.. But one so impossibly large I have trouble believing it myself, and I saw the blasted thing!" "So uh, where did you see it?" "Leaving this room, it left through the window.. I found Professor Peach, I was coming to ask if he wanted any tea.." She rests her temple on her hand and lets out a heavy sigh. I look at Liv, then the window "aha.." I walk over and ask Liv "could you pass me a vial?" She nods and hands me one, I waste no time in putting some of the strange nectar, or honey? In the vial. I scan it with the sonic but "nothing.. The sonic doesn't know what this substance is, and neither do I" "Doctor you're looking in the wrong place.." Liv states "go on.." "Well think about it, a wasp is a wasp, murderous or not, and what do wasps do? They build a nest! SO lady Agatha I ask you this.. Is there anywhere nearby fairly empty and remote?" "Yes uhm, the lake I suppose.." "Looks like we're going on a field trip, come on Liv!" We both run out of the house and into a car..
On the way I can't help but say to Liv "good deducting by the way" "yeah well, I watch a lot of Miss Marple" I chuckle and we eventually reach the lake.. Sure enough, we get out of the car and there's a nest, but no sign of the wasp "can see why it built it on such a huge tree.." "Doctor.. I can't help but think.." "Yeah?" "Death in the clouds, there's a giant wasp in that isn't there?" "Oh my god.. Yes there is! But what does that mean? Something from one of her books in the future has become real?" "Well it's possible don't you think? I mean, we've both travelled far and wide together.. Seen the impossible together, is that really that out-there?" "Well no but- things from books don't just spring to life on a whim.. We'll have to look into it later" another car then pulls up and she steps out, Agatha.. "You found its hiding place then.." "That we did, but what do we do?" "I don't know but.. I was given this under very strange circumstances" she says as she takes off a necklace and hands it to me "the man who gave it to me, if he was a man, said it's called the Firestone.." "Firestone huh?" "Could we use it? To stop the wasp from killing any more?" Liv asks, I examine it in my hands but just say "I don't know.. Maybe?" "Doctor there is something else, when I saw the wasp after it killed Professor Peach the Firestone sort of.. Glowed" "that's it! The Firestone isn't just a bit of jewellery, it's connected to the wasp!" "How?" "I don't know but.. Maybe we can use it to draw it out.. Agatha?" I hand her the necklace and she nods, walking to the edge of the water and raising the stone..
"Wasp, I don't know what you are, but I have power over you! Now come here!" Sure enough, the wasp comes out of the nest, glaring at Agatha. "Agatha be careful!" Liv grabs the necklace and throws it into the water, the wasp following it and landing in the once still water with a mighty splash. "How do you kill a wasp? Drown it.." "Liv that thing couldn't help itself" "neither could I.." "One more question remains unanswered though Doctor.. Who exactly are you?"
After some strange conversations me and Liv are back in the TARDIS, I lean on the console as I say "whatever it was, it was acting out like one of her books.. It created a murder mystery" "so the Firestone was what? Another piece of the puzzle?" "I think so.. But who gave Agatha the Firestone in the first place? And how was the wasp created at all?" Liv just shrugs but then says "let's have another look at that lake.. Maybe we'll find a clue.." We're soon back there but we find nothing at all. We just stand there, looking at the water "well, we may not have answers now but knowing this life.. We'll find out soon enough, right Liv?" I ask with a smile as I look at her, but she's looking at the other end of the lake, all she says is "Doctor.. Look.." I look over and see.. A unicorn, I stand up and just stare at it, Liv stands up too and asks "how- how is that even possible?" "It would seem Liv.. The universe has other ideas of what we consider to be reality and fiction.."
NEXT TIME: A space train, a mysterious mummy, and death...
