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

Fear Her

"Well, she looks less like a copper than you do. Who ever are you?" He looked at Rita who widened her eyes beginning to panic clearly not thinking it through.

"Training. New recruits. It was either that or hairdressing, so, voila! He shoved the psychic paper in the man's face.

"I'll give you hairdressing in a minute" Rita muttered under her breath. "Chop chop" the Doctor widened his eyes realising what she meant and ran a hand through his hair she smiled smugly satisfied that the threat worked.

"What are you going to do?" A woman stepping out of her house asking them sounding scared and concerned.

"The police have knocked on every door. No clues, no leads, nothing." An older woman told the Doctor.

"Look, kids run off sometimes, all right? That's what they do." The man told her not wanting to see the truth.

"Saw it with me own eyes. Dale Hicks in your garden, playing with your Tommy, and then pfft! Right in front of me, like he was never there. There's no need to look any further than this street. It's right here amongst us."

"Why don't we-" the Doctor started but was cut off. He looked a little shocked. 2012 for you all 'I'm better than you' Rita thought to herself.

"Why don't we start with him? There's been all sorts like him in this street, day and night." Another woman pointed at the council man.

"Fixing things up for the Olympics." He protested.

"Yeah, and taking an awful long time about it." She countered.

"I'm of the opinion that all we've got to do is just-"

"You don't. What you just said, that's slander!" The council man shouted.

"I don't care what it is."

"I think we need to just-" The Doctor looked at Rita amd Rose for help but they did nothing.

"I want an apology off her."

"Stop picking on him." The old woman spoke up.

"Yeah, stop picking on me." He repeated.

"And stop pretending to be blind. It's evil!"

"I don't believe in evil." the woman spat.

"Oh no, you just believe in tarmackers with sack loads of kidnapped kiddies in their van." The council man snapped.

Rita groaned. 'Fine if you're going to let it continue any longer I'll make them shut up?' She glared at the Doctor, he looked at her in confusion seeing the glare. "Stop arguing!" She shouted and they all stopped. "Silence thank god for that." She looked at the Doctor raising a brow waiting for him to speak, he frowned then realised what she was waiting for.

"Oh, oh, right" he nodded. "In the last six days, three of your children have been stolen. Snatched out of thin air, right?" He asked the older woman held up her hand wanting to talk.

"Er, can I?" The Doctor nodded and the older woman began to explain. "Look around you. This was a safe street till it came. It's not a person. I'll say it if no one else will. Maybe you're coppers, maybe you're not. I don't care who you are. Can you please help us?"

She looked at the Doctor begging for help, he wasn't going to deny helping someone. Rose looked up at a window and saw a girl watching them all. One of the women noticed and headed back inside her house. Rose frowned a little and looked at Rita who shrugged back. 'Sorry RoseToo early for a secret.' "If I know him, he will definitely help" Rita reassured the woman.