Parallel: From Another World [1] (The Parallel Series) ✓

Fear Her - Two

"Name yourself!" He ordered it to stop trying to ignore his questions.

"Isolus."

His eyes widened a little. "You're Isolus. Of course." He nodded.

The Isolus began to draw as Chloe spoke. "Our journey began in the Deep Realms when we were a family."

"What's that?" Trish asked.

"The Isolus Mother, drifting in deep space. See, she jettisons millions of fledgeling spores. Her children. The Isolus are empathic beings of intense emotions, but when they're cast off from their mother, their empathic link, their need for each other, is what sustains them. They need to be together. They cannot be alone."

"Our journey is long."

"The Isolus children travel, each inside a pod. They ride the heat and energy of solar tides. It takes thousands and thousands of years for them to grow up." The Doctor explained.

"Thousands of years just floating through space. Poor things. Don't they go mad with boredom?"

"We play." The Isolus stated.

"You play?" Rose questioned.

"Literally creating worlds" Rita added and the Doctor nodded.

"While they travel, they play games. They use their ionic power to literally create make-believe worlds in which to play."

"In flight entertainment." Rose understood.

"Helps keep them happy. While they're happy, they can feed off each others love. Without it, they're lost." He turned to Chloe. "Why did you come to Earth?"

"We were too close." It pushed the paper aside and began to draw again.

"That's a solar flare from your sun. Would have made a tidal wave of solar energy that scattered the Isolus pods."

"Only I fell to Earth. My brothers and sisters are left up there, and I cannot reach them. So alone."

"Your pod crashed. Where is it?" He asked frowning a little.

"My pod was drawn to heat, and I was drawn to Chloe Webber. She was like me, alone. She needed me, and I her."

"You empathised with her. You wanted to be with her because she was alone like you." The Doctor understood why the Isolus picked Chloe.

"I want my family. It's not fair." It cried hitting the bed again.

"I understand. You want to make a family. But you can't stay in this child. It's wrong. You can't steal any more friends for yourself."

"I am alone."

There was a crash from inside the wardrobe and a red glow around the cracks between it and the wall. Chloe then began to shake.

"I'm coming to hurt you. I'm coming." The voice of the dead father that tried to pull Rita and Rose earlier echoed through the room.

"Trish, how do you calm her?" The Doctor asked.

"What?" She looked at him panicked.