The Chase of the Killsectobot

I was living in London when it happened. I longed to travel the world, and the man that I met that day allowed me to do such things. But with him came three things. Adventure, danger and excitement...

I found him while I was out at the shopping centere. Thursday night it was. Late night shopping. I had gone with my sister, Megan. But she escaped before it happened.

We were walking around, browsing in shop windows as we passed, when it happened. The ground begun to shake, there were a series of loud noises. And then, nothing. Silence. We thought it was over, but Megan being the worrier she is ran off, into the distance. She called it fleeing for her life.

I jumped back as the ground beneath me begun to shake and reveal what looked like a combination of a fly, spider, mosquito and wasp. But it wasn't small. It was huge.

Slowly, it rose up, out of the ground and begun to fly, as quick as lightening, towards me. I ran then as first as I could.

As I reached a dead end, a door opened, a hand shot out, grabbed me and pulled me in, closing the door behind it.

I begun to panic. But stopped when the hand that had pulled me into the room with him had switched on a light, revealing himself to be a normal man. Or so I thought. He thrust his hand in front of me. "I'm The Professor." He said. "And you are?" He seemed curious. "Lorraine." I said, shaking his hand.

The Professor grabbed my hand, and took off then. We raced down a corridor, turned and then down another one. "It's after us." He had puffed. "We have to get away." He sounded paniced then. "Or what?" I paused, and turned to face him. "Or it'll kill you." The Professor looked wide eyed. "Alright then. Let's go!" I led the way this time, running aimlessly, in an attempt to escape the beast.

After a while of running up and down random corridors, The Professor led me out into what seemed like an empty courtyard. We headed towards what looked like a cardboard box.

The Professor jumped inside pulling me after him, and once inside he clicked his fingers three times. What we were in shook a little and then transformed into something longer in height rather then width. A door appeared. 'That must've been the exit.' I thought.

"So what on earth was that thing coming after us back there?" I asked. "A killsectobot." Said The Professor. "A what?" I didn't think I'd heard him right. It wasn't something I'd ever heard of in my life before. "A killsectobot". He said again. "It's a monster. I've been chasing it for days." He had a hint of excitement in his voice. "Why would you want to chase something that can kill you?" I asked. "To kill it first. Before it has a chance to kill anything else." He explained.

"And what's this we're in then?" I asked, slightly curious. 'This man was not like any other I'd ever met before. I think I like him.' I thought to myself. "It's the TAST." He replied. "Time and Space Transporter." "I see." I replied.

Suddenly we heard a series of loud noises outside the TAST. "It's coming." The professor said, heading for what looked like a control room. "Make yourself comfortable." He turned to me. "And once seated, stay seated. Oh and hold on to something. You're in for a wild ride." He said.

The TAST begun to shake. We were on the move.

We kept traveling like that for a long time before we stopped somewhere. The Professor wento outside. I stayed in the TAST. I wasn't allowed to go out. He said it was too dangerous.

I heard the series of loud noises, what souynded like crashes of metal and a huge sonic boom before The Professor re-entered the TAST. "He' gone. Dead." The Professor announced. "Now let's get you home." He said.

Once again, he entered the control room and we travelled for a while before we stopped. "Here's your stop Lorraine." He called. I begun to walk towards the door. And when I turned around, The Professortood at the other end of the short hallway to bid me farewell. "Thank you." I said. "No. Thank you Lorraine. For allowing me to have company in my travels today." He replied.

I opened the door and stepped outside. We had landed right outside my driveway. "How did you..." I paused and looked around. But The Professor and The Tast were gone. All I had left of him was the memory of the adventures we had shared that day.

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Dedicated to my mother Bethany. I know how much you love Doctor Who. And now you have your very own adventure with a similar version of him.

Basil & Hazel

There was once a couple who were in their early 50's. Basil and Hazel.

Basil and Hazel had been married for 30 years, during which time they had had three children. Ben, Mia and Sam.

Basil loved to garden. Hazel loved to cook. So everyday, Basil would do the gardening and pick the fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden. Then Hazel would cook some. They lived like this for50 years straight until Hazel died at the age of 71. Basil was 74.

The day after Hazel's death, Basil disappeared. Or so the community thought. He was not seen or heard from until he turned 78, when his children found him at home and came to visit. "Dad what's going on?" Sam asked. "Where on earth have you been Dad?" Mia still sounded worried.

Movie Nights

There was once an older woman who lived in a small town in Colourvale, Parkeston. This older woman was named Angela. Angela loved helping those around her, and playing with the children who lived in the neighbourhood.

Another of her loves was movies. So she rented out the local community hall and showed movies there every Saturday night for a small donation. The movies came from a company called Bigpond Movies. She would show 2 movies and put questionares for people on their seats.

But one day, the mayor of Parkeston wanted the movie nights to stop, as he claimed that it was copyright infringment because she was charging donations. The community was outraged. Angela was upset.

The mayor's wife, who attended the movie nights with their children, talked some sense into him. She said that it was a good community event, and the donations were split. Half went to charity, and half want towards renting the movies. And so the mayor aggreed to go with his wife that weekend to see what it was like. He liked it and agreed to let Angela continue to run the movie nights.

Two weeks later, Angela recieved the community service award from the mayor himself after several nominations from the community.

The movie nights continued until Angela's passing, when her children continued her work.

Second Chance

I had been sitting by the window in my room for ages. Waiting. I was waiting for my best friend Summer to arrive at our doorstep. Just then, my mother came in to my room and sat on my bed.

"Summer's not coming, sweetheart." She said, apologetically. "What? Why not?" I felt a tear stream down my eyes. "Her mother rang me before. She said she doesn't want Summer to associate with you as your a bad influence." Mum explained. "Apparently." She added. "You've got to be joking." I didn't want to beleive what Mum had said. "I'm afraid I'm not." Mum sighed, and left the room.

I sat in my room for days, trying to think of a plan to overcome Sumer's mother. She'd always liked me, I couldn't believe this sudden change within her.

Mum thought of an idea in the last week of summer holidays. She talked to Summer's mum over the phone. They talked for a long time. And eventually Mum convinced Summer's mum to give me a second chance.

"I've done it, Coralie." Mum smiled. So it was agreed, the next holidays Summer would come over again. And I would have a second chance.

Missing Him

There was once an elderly couple. Audrey and Kevin. They had owned a sweet little cafe just by Oceanview Beach in Colourvale for around 10 years. Audrey had always baked for the cafe. Pies, cakes, pastries. But when Kevin grew ill and passed away, Audrey no longer wanted to bake.

She sat in her favourite rocking chair in their home for days. "I baked for him." She would say. "He's gone now. I just can't do it." She'd argue, when people begged her to bake again.

A week after Kevin's passing, Audrey's youngest daughter Emily came to live with her, and help take care of her in her old age."Mum, you should bake while you still can." Emily pleaded. "No. Kevin's not here. I can't." She said.

The community pleaded with Audrey for ages, and it took a lot of convincing. But eventually, she aggreed and baked flat out at the cafe she had bought with Kevin until she grew too elderly.

Hesitant Love

I had been in love with the same man for 3 years straight. The only problem was, he was dating someone else. But one day, he finally noticed me...

"Hi." He said. "Carmel, isn't it?" "Yes." I replied. "Aren't you General Mulligan?" "Yes I am." He replied. The guy was an army general.

We went out for coffee and talked. I told him about my job as a paramedic, and he about his job as a military general.

On our third date, he told me his first name. "My name is Roger." He had sounded embarrased. "Don't be embarrased." I rubbed his back. "Roger is a nice name." I was trying to impress him. And it worked. He asked me out again.

One month later, we had our tenth date. We went out dancing, and then to a nice little cafe in Colourvale.

On our 50th date, something amazing happened. Roger propsed to me. And I said yes.

We were married 1 year later on the date when he first noticed me. The fifth of July.

In Awe

There was once a small girl whose mother worked full time. So she was babysat by a friend named Belinda.

The girl was always longing for Belinda to come round and loved to play endlessely with her when Mum wasn't home.

They would ussualy have dinner then watch a movie and play some games. The little girl was in awe of Belinda. But when Belinda left, the little girl would go to her room and cry her little heart out, longing for her to come back. And when she did the little girl was as happy as ever.

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Dedicated to ny friend Indra, a real friend and role model to me.

Best Friends Torn Apart

There were once 2 dogs. One named Cocoa and the other named Chip. Cocoa and Chip were the best of friends and lived together. But one day something almost tore them apart...

Chip was the oldest of the two at 6 years of age, whereas Cocoa was only 3. Chip and Cocoa were sitting side by side on their day beds when Chip begun to get sick. Their owner rushed out and took him to the vets.

Cocoa didn't understand what was happening and wimpered at the back door for days, pining for his best friend.

Chip came back 5 days later and stayed for three days out the back before his eyelids closed one last time.

Double Blind Date

One of my friends had organised a blind date for my best friend Jane and I. So we decided, since we both had a blind date, to make it a double blind date.

So we met that night at Cupids Arrow Cafe, one of the most romantic cafes in Colourvale. Jane and I met first, out the front and then waited for our dates to arrive. Jane had said that her blind date would be wearing dark blue and his name was Collin. Mine had said he would be wearing light blue and that his name was Derek.

Around 15 minutes after Jane had arrived, our blind dates arrived. Together. They both looked puzzled, as they looked around what looked like for somebody. Most likely Jane and I.

The one in dark blue spotted us and nudged the man in light blue. They walked over. "Hi Jane right?" asked the man in dark blue. "Yes." Jane sounded slightly nervous. But then again, this was her first blind date. "I'm Collin"

"You must be Derek." I said to the man in light blue who was standing beside me. There was silence amongst us for a split second. Then Derek spoke. "Yes." He too seemed slightly nervouss. "I'm Madison." I replied.

"Should we go in?" Asked Derek, beginning to usher Jane inside. "Sure." I said, following Derek and Jane, Collin by my side.

Halfway into the date I realised something was wrong so I went to the restrooms, gesturing for Jane to follow me. She did.

"Have you noticed something wrong going on in our date." I asked her, we sat on the couches provided in the sink section of the ladies room. "Yes." Jane agreed. "I think we like eachother's dates!" We said in unison, staring at each other.

Meanwhile, back at our table, Collin and Derek were saying the same thing. "I think I like your date Col." Derek confessed. "I think I like Jane." Collin agreed.

When we came out of the restrooms, they told us what they had discussed. "Oh good." I said. "We were thinking the same thing!"

So I ended up ending the date with Derek, and Jane with Collin.