Episode 5: Angels and Demons Part 3

The Doctor and Conner looked around to see where the scream had come from.
“She was at the clothes shop,” the Doctor said, “But I’m not sure whether the scream came from there”.
“Don’t Time Lord’s have special hearing powers,” Conner asked.
“Not really,” the Doctor replied shortly.

“I’ll see if she’s forest,” Conner suggested, “You go and see if she’s at the Drapers.” The Doctor nodded and walked down the village high street towards the drapers shop. Conner, meanwhile, walked quickly into the forest.


Georgia felt the hand lift from her shoulder; she spun around and saw nothing. Nobody was there. All she could see were trees and some large bushes. She turned back towards the village and walked out of the forest, glad to be out of it. Georgia didn’t notice a man watching from behind a tree, he had observed the whole scene, but he had not touched Georgia’s shoulder…


The Doctor walked into the draper’s shop, where he saw Dalen Eriksen sewing a blouse. Dalen looked up as the Doctor walked in and smiled.
“Would you like to buy something?” Dalen asked.
“No, I’m looking for a friend,” the Doctor replied.
“Oh, who would that be?” Dalen questioned.
“Her name’s Georgia, I think she came into your shop a while earlier,” the Doctor answered.
“Oh, yes she was here,” Dalen said, “She was going to buy a dress."
“She probably went to find me to get some pocket money," the Doctor said.
“No she heard a scream and went to find out what was going on,” Dalen informed the Doctor.
“That means she went into the forest!” the Doctor exclaimed rushing out of the draper’s shop. Dalen followed the Doctor quickly out of the shop, to find Georgia stumbling down the high street. The Doctor saw Georgia and he hugged her.

“What’s the hug for?” Georgia asked.
“I’m glad that you’re alive," the Doctor said, “That forest is dangerous!”
“Yes, I know," Georgia said, “Three goblin things chased me through the forest."
“Right…” the Doctor began.
“But I saw a cottage and ran towards it, and this woman ran out, and threw boiling water over the goblins,” Georgia continued, “Then I talked to her and found out that she was once a Time Agent, but she seems to forget most of the stuff she says, like half of her is from here and the other half is a Time Agent."

“A Time Agent?” Dalen asked, “Goblins?”
“Oh, hello," Georgia said, “A Time Agent is, I don’t actually know…”
“It doesn’t matter,” the Doctor replied, “Continue with your story Georgia”.
“And so I left her and I was almost at the village went I heard someone following me,” Georgia continued, “Then I felt a hand touch my shoulder, I screamed and the hand lifted. When I turned around nothing was there."
“We need to talk to this woman," the Doctor said.
“Doctor, where’s Conner?” Georgia asked.
“He went into the forest to find you," the Doctor replied.
“But the forest’s dangerous and there’s the goblins and the thing with a hand," Georgia stammered.
“He should be OK," the Doctor replied, “He can look after himself. We need to talk to Gertrude first, anyway."

“What about me?” Dalen asked.
“You stay here,” Georgia replied.
“But I want to know what’s going on,” Dalen replied.
“I’m sorry, it’s just too dangerous," Georgia said, “Bye." Georgia followed the Doctor into the forest.


Conner, meanwhile, was walking through the forest, still looking for Georgia. He peered through the undergrowth of the forest and wondered whether she was in there at all.
“Georgia," Conner called, “Are you there?” There was a cracking of twigs and Conner looked up to see three goblins, which jumped on top of him, and bound his hands with rope.

“Let go of me!” Conner snarled.
“Oh, OK," Kap replied.
“Don’t let go idiot!” Yap snarled, “We’ve been through this!”
“Oh yeah,” Kap remembered, “I did remember!”
“No you didn’t," Ziap snapped.

“Who are you?” Conner asked.
“We are servants," Ziap answered, “To the greatest being in the universe. He is the Devil!” Conner looked shocked at this news, but thought that it couldn’t be real, the Devil doesn’t exist.
“He’s coming!” Yap squeaked. Conner heard a popping noise, which he seemed to remember from before…

There was a popping noise and a puff of smoke. As Conner began to pass out he saw a red man with a smile wave at him and cackle.

“Rack!” Conner exclaimed.
“Yes, who are you human thing?” Rack asked, as he walked along the ground, Conner was facing the opposite direction.
“I’ve cheated death," Conner said, thinking of the Final Destination films. Rack walked past the goblins and turned around to see who the human lying on the ground was.

“Conner Bennet!” Rack roared, “You should be dead! I killed you!”
“You didn’t kill me,” Conner replied, “It was the Magnet Warriors, they were pulling the Spidership into space, and the spiders and Daleks who had gone to war with them."
“But you would have survived if you had not received that phone call,” Rack replied.
“That was from my mum,” Conner pointed out.
“The phone signal was bad, it could’ve been anybody,” Rack said shrugging.
“You tried to kill me?” Conner asked.
“Yes,” Rack replied shortly, “But I didn’t single you out, if you think you’re special."

“Who else did you kill?” Conner asked.
“Well, I freed Roger Ummelmann from UNIT Portsmouth,” Rack explained, “He had no idea what had happened, the lock just fell off and he walked away. He teleported to the Spidership, where he died, as I knew he would.”

“Well I didn’t die,” Conner said.
“Just a wild guess but did Timespan take you prisoner?” Rack asked.
“Yes,” Conner replied.
“Miss Swade was killed I presume,” Rack asked.
“How do you know?” Conner asked.
“I have contacts all over time and space,” Rack replied, “So you managed to survive me, you won’t be surviving much longer."
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Conner snapped.
“We’re going to have you drawn and quartered!” Rack snarled, “Take him to the Caverns!” Conner gasped as Rack vanished in a puff of red smoke. Yap, Kap and Ziap grabbed Conner and dragged him away through the forest.


Georgia and the Doctor were walking through the forest along a dirty track, which looked like it was never used. This was the track that Georgia had used to get back to the village from Gertrude’s house. The Doctor was telling Georgia about Red and Red’s tale.

“She met this strange person in the forest,” the Doctor explained, “I think that this person was the one who disguised himself as her Granny.”
“Well maybe it was this Rack person,” Georgia said, “He’s the goblins’ leader.”
“You didn’t mention him before,” the Doctor said worriedly, “What was his name?”
“Rack,” Georgia answered.
“This is bad news!” the Doctor exclaimed.
“Why?” Georgia questioned.
“Well when we visited that spooky planet,” the Doctor began.
“The planet where that Hag came from?” Georgia asked.
“That’s the one,” the Doctor replied, “Well while we met that friendly witch, Conner explored that shopping street a bit further and he met a devil-like man called Rack, who predicted that he would die. Conner did die, well sort of and Rack was right, well almost.”

“So Rack means bad news,” Georgia asked.
“I think so,” the Doctor replied, “This time he seems to be meddling with time.”
“Doctor perhaps Rack is stupid-,” Georgia began.
“What?” the Doctor exclaimed.
“No, listen,” Georgia said, “What if Rack found the book of Red Riding Hood and thought it was real or something.”
“That might well be right Georgia,” the Doctor replied, “Well done! But we need to speak to Gertrude if she’s a Time Agent.”
“She’s been following Rack as well,” Georgia added, “Through time and space.”
“Then she’ll be even more helpful,” the Doctor said.
“You won’t get much out of her, she’s mad,” Georgia replied.
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” the Doctor replied.

“We’re here,” Georgia announced, as they passed a group of bushes and came across a little cottage. A woman rushed out of the cottage with a large smile on her face.
“Georgia, you came back,” Gertrude said.
“Yes, I did,” Georgia said smiling, “This is the Doctor by the way."
“Nice to meet you,” Gertrude said, “Is he the person you travel with?”
“Yes I am, nice to meet you,” the Doctor said, as a look of shock suddenly came across his face.
“Doctor, what’s wrong?” Georgia asked, noticing his face.
“Conner’s in the forest, with Rack!” the Doctor exclaimed, “Rack thinks Conner’s dead!”

“Who?” Gertrude asked.
“Rack, the one who you’ve been following,” the Doctor replied, “Well that’s what Georgia said.” The Doctor turned to Georgia, who nodded. Gertrude had raised her eyebrows.
“I’ve never heard of Rack,” Gertrude replied, “And who are you?”
“I’m the Doctor,” the Doctor replied, “I travel in time, like you have I think.”
“Travel in time?” Gertrude asked.
“Doctor, she’s forgetting herself again,” Georgia explained, “Like she did when I was here before.” The Doctor looked at Georgia darkly and nodded.

“Oh you’re back,” Gertrude said to Georgia.
“Yes, we’ve already said hello again,” Georgia replied. The Doctor got out his sonic screwdriver and pressed it against Gertrude’s head. Gertrude shrieked then fell to the ground.
“What did you do to her?” Georgia said loudly.
“I’ve fixed her memory,” the Doctor answered, “Let’s take her inside, where she can recover. Meanwhile, Conner’s still in the forest and so is Rack."


Back in the Village, Red walked downstairs. She was incredibly annoyed that her mother had banned her from venturing into the forest. Mr. Smith had seemed like a very nice man and Red wanted to help him. As Red entered the living room, she saw that her mum had fallen asleep by the fire. This was her chance, Red thought. She put on her Red Hood and put on her shoes. She checked that her father was not around before opening the front door and leaving the house.
Red sprinted into the forest and kept running until she was a fair distance away from the village. Red headed in the direction of her Granny’s house. This was where she had last seen the man, who had disguised himself as a wolf then her granny. This was where Red thought that the Doctor would go, but she was wrong.


Dalen Eriksen was annoyed that she had been told to stay in the village, as if she was useless. She grabbed her coat as the day was turning slowly to night. It always did go dark early in the North. She found the track that the Doctor and Georgia had taken to Gertrude’s house and followed it quickly and carefully.


The Goblins stopped dragging Conner and left him on the floor. They had reached a huge pile of wood in the middle of a clearing in the forest. On one side of the clearing was the edge of a mountain, where the dimly lit entrances to several caverns could be seen. A small goblin rushed towards the other goblins with a burning stick. He nodded at Ziap and they continued to drag Conner into the caves. Rack was already inside busying himself with a book. There were many other Goblins in the cave too, squabbling over food.

“Ah the boy has arrived,” Rack snarled at Conner.
“We dragged him all the way here,” Yap said, proud of himself. Rack nodded at the goblins and they scurried off to the join the other goblins.

“So how would you like to be the entertainment for tonight Conner?” Rack asked.
“I’d rather have a sleep,” Conner replied.
“Oh you will,” Rack sneered, “You will have a very long sleep, once you’ve been killed in front of my Goblin minions! You will be killed and we will all be happy, except you of course, but nobody cares about you.”
“Thanks a lot,” Conner replied glumly.
“Isn’t it wonderful when nobody cares about you,” Rack said happily, “Nobody cares about me, except my goblins.”

“Were the goblins with you on the Spidership?” Conner asked.
“No, I hired them soon after, when I visited their home planet to set off a volcano,” Rack answered.
“Sounds nice,” Conner lied.
“It really was,” Rack exclaimed, “So do you think that seeing a 16 year old cut into pieces is good entertainment?”
“No!” Conner shouted back.
“Let’s have a second opinion,” Rack replied and Yap, Ziap and Kap appeared as if Rack had summoned them out of nowhere.

“I’d love to see him get cut into pieces,” Ziap said.
“As long as we can eat him afterwards,” Yap agreed.
“But first Roast him on the bonfire,” Kap added and Yap and Kap licked their lips, as Ziap frowned.
“I don’t think we should eat it,” Ziap said.
“You may be a vegetarian, Ziap, but it is only fair to give the others what they want,” Rack replied, “Of course you can eat it.”
“I have a name!” Conner snarled.
“Yes, it is rather boring isn’t it?” Rack asked, “Not like Rack, or Kap, or Ziap”.
“Thank you sir, I’m glad you like my name,” Kap said.
“He named us those names idiot!” Ziap said whacking Kap on the head.

“So Conner, that is decided,” Rack informed them all, “Conner will be drawn and quartered then roasted on the newly lit bonfire and we can all have a feast.”

TO BE CONTINUED!