Doctor Who: BBC Past Doctor Adventures [060] - Loving the Alien by Robert Perry & Mike Tucker

Author:Robert Perry & Mike Tucker
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction - Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780563486046
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2003-05-03T22:00:00+00:00

PART THREE

Chapter Thirteen

Police have admitted they are ‘baffled’ by the body of a mysterious young woman which was discovered yesterday washed up by the Thames at Wapping Old Stairs. The woman, whom police have so far failed to identify, is estimated to be in her late teens or early twenties, but who she is remains a mystery.

A London River Police spokesman described the woman as aged about eighteen, with long brown hair and ‘tomboyish’ in appearance.

‘On first sight we thought it was a young man,’ said Inspector Clements. ‘She was wearing a short black jacket and American army-style combat trousers and boots.’

He went on to describe the gruesome manner of her death.

‘She was shot in the face. There was massive damage, which has made her unusually difficult to identify. It was a particularly brutal and sadistic crime.’

He went on to reveal one clue to her identity. ‘She had a tattoo on her back, and from that we believe she had the unusual name – or nickname – of ‘Ace’. That is the name found tattooed on her shoulder, linked by a heart to someone called Jimmy. Attempts to locate this Jimmy have so far failed.’

One theory is that she was a street-walker who picked up the wrong client or offended her overlord. Said Inspector Parks, ‘Her body displayed signs of recent sexual activity.’

He appealed for anyone who might know the identity of the girl to come forward and (continues on page 17)

Cody McBride kicked angrily at the old newspaper that tangled around his leg. The wind carried it off again. It sailed listlessly among gravestones before disappearing into the dark line of trees beyond.

A thin, sharp skein of sleet blew suddenly against McBride’s face, stinging his cuts. He had three broken ribs and a whole mess of bruises and lacerations running the length of his body. He’d been lucky to escape the primate house with his life.

Luckier than Ace.

He had watched in horror from across the caged room as George Limb, that terrible old man, had shot Ace in the head. He’d tried desperately to scramble around the warring, shrieking ape things to reach the bars, shouting himself hoarse.

His progress was slow – other apes were now beginning to fight.

One leapt over him on a single, huge metallic arm. A metal jaw, vicious with pointed steel teeth, bit into the plate-metal neck of a gorilla, which had what looked like a deep-sea diver’s helmet for a head.

He had crawled frantically forward. His shouts were lost in the chaos. Limb didn’t even notice him. The old man had shuffled out, instructing a silent, shaking Jimmy to bag the body and wash up the blood.

‘Turn out her pockets,’ he said. ‘I think her – ah – personal effects will be of more use to me than to the police. And for heaven’s sake, turn the primates off. They’re not toys, you know!’

By the time McBride reached the bars Jimmy was struggling to get Ace – what was left of her – into a huge canvas sack.

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