𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 ☆ The Glorious Series ｟ BOOK 1 ｠

The Vampires of Venice [Part 2]

Guido's house...

Guido had brought out a map of Venice. The Doctor, Lexi and Amy we're at the table looking it over with him as Rory sat back among some barrels.

"As you saw, there's no clear way in. The House of Calvierri is like a fortress. But there's a tunnel underneath it, with a ladder and shaft that leads up into the house. I tried to get in once myself, but I hit a trapdoor."

"You need someone on the inside." Amy said knowingly.

"No." The Doctor immediately said.

"You don't even know what I was going to say!"

"We pretend you're an application for the school to get you inside and tonight you come down and open the trapdoor to let us in." The Doctor shot back looking at her with a smirk. Lexi sniggered at that.

"Oh. So you do know what I was going to say!"

"Are you insane?" Rory asked from his spot by the barrels.

"We don't have another option."

"Actually, sis, we have two options... Who's it gonna be?" Lexi asked Amy with a raised eyebrow. They did a quick round of rock paper scissors and whoever lost would have to go into the school. Amy lost...

"Ha!" Amy exclaimed happily.

"He said no, Amy. Listen to him."

"There is another option." Guido pointed in Rory's direction. "I work at the arsenal. We build the warships for the Navy."

The Doctor went over and sniffed the barrels. "Gunpowder." He put a hand on Rory's shoulder. "Most people just nick stationery from where they work."

Rory slowly slid off the barrel and backed away into a dead rabbit hanging by the fireplace.

"Look, I have a thing about guns and huge quantities of explosive." The Doctor explained.

"What do you suggest, then? We wait until they turn her into an animal?" Guido turned away and poked the fire that was going in the fireplace.

"I'll be there three, four hours tops." Amy said.

The Doctor gave a small smile at her persistence. "No, no, no, no, no, no. It can't keep happening like this. This is how they go." The doctor sat on the bed, head and hands. He then took a breath and sat back. Lexi then proceeded to sit by him. "But I have to know. We go together. Say you're my daughter."

"What?! Don't listen to him!" Roy said definitively.

"Your daughter? You look about nine."

"Brother, then."

"Too weird. Fiancé"

"I'm not having him run around telling people he's your fiancé" Rory cut in.

"No. No, you're right."

"Thank you."

"I mean, they've already seen the Doctor. You should do it."

"Me?"

"Yeah! You can be my brother." Amy rubbed Rory's head playfully.

Over on the bed, The Doctor smiled at their interaction, while Lexi gave a look of confusion.

"Why is him being your brother weird," Lexi gestured to The Doctor. "but with Rory, it's OK?"

"Actually, I thought he was her fiancé" Guido said gesturing to The Doctor.

"Yeah, that's not helping." The Doctor chimed in.

"This whole thing is mental! They're VAMPIRES, for God's sake." Rory said exasperatedly.