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Creative Writing: The Black Death

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The Black Death “Clara! roared The Doctor. Hold on!” “I am!” replied Clara irritated. “What’s up old girl? What has you in such a state?” inquired The Doctor. The TARDIS thrashed about as the screen read “WARNING, EMERGENCY LANDING!” It then stopped before the TARDIS toppled over and filled with smoke. “Extractor fans!” called out The Doctor. “That felt like we will caught by something in the time vortex,” said Clara. “Hmm, I suppose that is a possibility,” The Doctor reluctantly said. The two time-travellers then opened the door. The Doctor stuck his head out first, tasting the atmosphere quickly shutting the door. “This is not safe, not one bit.” “When isn’t?” Clara scoffed. “Put this on,” The Doctor said as he gave Clara her Orange space suit. “What? Why? We’re not in space, the TARDIS says were in… 1349, England.” Clara’s throat became lumpy as she started to breath heavily. “Exactly. Now put it on!” “Right.” They climbed out of the TARDIS, finding it on its side. Clara turned around to be surprised by a figure that had a birds head. “Ahh! What the bloody hell is going on? Is it halloween or something?” “No miss, it’s the Black Death.” …show more content…

A sharp scream was then heard as the figure ran for the hills shouting “It’s back, preserve thou offspring’s souls!” Clara and The Doctor gave each other look as if to say time to get back to work. The Doctor too her hand and ran towards the scream. They found the source of the scream to be a young girl. Her stomach had been punctured. Through the hole, The Doctor and Clara could see particles of clear dust. “I have never seen anything like this,” said the Doctor, scanning the body with his sonic sunglasses. “This is definitely not the work of the Black Death. This is more… devilish, halloweeny…

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