Parallel: From Another World [1] (The Parallel Series) ?

Fear Her

"And in those days, everybody had a tea party to go to."

"Doctor!" Rose shouted louder this time.

"Did you ever have one of those little cakes with the crunchy ball bearings on top?" He asked Rose then looked at Rita about to ask the same question.

"You should really look at this." She pointed to the sign. Rita nodded in agreement and the Doctor turned around continuing his thought explaining to them.

"Do you know those things? Nobody else in this entire galaxy's ever even bothered to make edible ball bearings. Genius." He glanced at the poster. "What's taking them, do you think? Snatching children from a thoroughly ordinary street like this. Why's it so cold? Is someone reducing the temperature?"

"Might just be you" Rita shrugged. "Anyways enough about your body temperature these posters say that all of these kids went missing this week, little strange" she hummed in thought.

"Why would a person do something like this?" Rose asked.

"What makes you think it's a person?" The Doctor questioned. Rose shrugged a little looking to Rita who shook her head confirming it was not a person doing this. They turned around to hear a front door opening and a woman rushed outside emptying her rubbish then retreated back to the safety of her house. They then glanced around the street only to notice the council van and council men were the only people outside except from the trio.

"Whatever it is, it's got the whole street scared to death. Doctor, what-" she looked round to see the Doctor and Rita not beside her. Groaning she followed them up the street. The Doctor was crouched down beside a front lawn and a goal.

"Rita?"

"You can't ask me everything" she rolled her eyes. "I already told you it isn't human, or were you not listening, again?"

"Oh, I already guessed that" he waved her off.

"But I confirmed it" she countered. The Doctor groaned at Rita's helpfullness and stuck out a hand faced down above the grass.

"Rita try it" he laughed a little she rolled her eyes and placed her hand out feeling nothing she rolled her eyes again. "'Stupid superior Time Lord DNA'" she muttered.

"I heard that" he glared at her playfully then concentrated on his hand again. "Ooo, tickles!" He smiled giggling a little. Rita bit her lip holding in a laugh.

The two jumped up at the voice of a man behind them. "What's your game?"

The Doctor looked at the man then Rita rubbing the back of his neck he began to ramble trying to think of something. "My er. Snakes and Ladders? Quite good at squash. Reasonable. I'm being facetious, aren't I. There's no call for it."

"Clever going, officer" Rita gritted her teeth and the Doctor then caught on.
"Yeah that's right" he nodded backing away. "I'm, I'm a police officer! That's what I am. I've got a badge and a police car. You don't have to get. I can, I can prove it. Just hold on." He backed up on the street and Rita followed rolling her eyes at him.

"Sorry he gets a little crazy at times, thinks he all, well I don't even know" she shrugged smiling.

"We've had plenty of coppers poking around here, and you don't look or sound like any of them." The man pointed at the Doctors face.

The Doctor noticed Rose and pointed to her. "See, look. I've got a colleague. Lewis."

'Lewis? Really, Doctor, any name and the first one you think of is 'Lewis' Rita groaned.