Dollhouse Stories update
When we last left our heroes...
No sooner has John Hart returned from investigating the patio, then Jack makes his entrance. All these surprises are starting to strain the Time Agent, and even Jack's adorably frilly apron isn't enough to assuage his jumpy nerves.
Still smarting from the head injury, Jack makes a valiant if woozy attempt to turn on the charm. Sexily distracting the guards has always been his speciality.
That whack with rolling pin has jogged his memory - he's suddenly recalled what a good team he and John made, back in the day, all the fun they had - and what's he doing hanging around with these losers anyway? They really should get back together...
Without knowing where the other housemates are, and all the firearms but one upstairs, John Hart has them out-gunned 10 to 1. As far as they knows, Hart doesn't know of Ianto's clandestine entrance. If Jack can distract him long enough they might be able to get the jump on the intruders. Ianto hangs back and waits for the signal.
Thanks to River Song and her badass application of taffeta, the Davids have gotten out the window and down to the grounds. With cat-like tread, they make there way towards to entrance.
Yes, I mean that cat-like tread.
Doctor Bride's dress didn't fit through the window, after refusing to take it off or use it for more rope, he got left behind. And the Repair Droid... well, no-one invited him. That guy's creepy.
So with River Song leading the way, the Davids stealthly access the patio. Or semi-stealthily clamour onto the table, across the spilled barbeque set, and onto the patio.
But where they really should be looking is up; their sneaking around has not gone unnoticed.
The Master knows better than to tangle with his superiors - in number, of course, not intellect.
With a moment's hesitation, he legs it up the roof to his transport - and by his he means John Hart's, although the Master is sure he isn't the original owner either. Is there really such a thing as ownership in times of need? Besides, John's not the only one who's going to be disappointed. The Master's had to run off without retrieving what he's come for, after all that hard work -
There's something to be said for looking up, because as the Master is mentally justifying abandoning John to the wolves, he too fails to notice an ominous shape just above him...
Bonus time!
Panda is, of course, from skellerbvvt 's beautiful fic, Press the Ache Until It Goes Away. Read it.
You might have noticed that John's motorbike is not a standard Doctor Who toy.
If you can recognize where it comes from, you'll get a prize ^_~
I wasn't orignally going to use that particular video of "Cat-like Tread", as it's simply too cracky to be believed, but the Doctor Who eyecatch at the end sealed the deal. Who am I to resist?
Crossposted like whoa to torch_wood , action_tales (check them out, they're awesome), doctorwho , and doll_houses