Skye is the Limit: Season One

This is a story I have been planning for a while. I hope you all like it.

Chapter One
 “Why do you have to spend an hour getting ready?” Mr Davis asked his daughter, Skye. “You don’t need to wear makeup.”

 Skye rolled her eyes. Her father nagged her constantly.

 “Because I want to look good, Dad” She tells him. “I don’t want to look like a twelve year old.” Her father gave an unhappy sigh.

 “You look more like a painted whore.” He said as he walked into the other room.

 “Dad!” She exclaimed. She followed him into the living room, where he sat down in his chair.

 “It’s those bloody friends of yours.” He continued. “Always going to parties and drinking. You know in America you wouldn’t be allowed in a bar.” Skye sat on the armrest of her father’s chair.

 “Well this isn’t America now is it?” She remarked. “Besides I am twenty.” Her family was from America but she was raised in Manchester, England. Her father still had a midwestern accent, but Skye’s had evolved to sound more british.

 Skye looked at the clock on the mantle and stood.

 “I have to go.” She kissed her father on his head. “I will see you tonight.” Mr. Davis gave a humph as he opened a book.

 Skye threw on a coat and scarf over her outfit, it was midwinter.

 Skye met up with her two friends, Marilyn and Ashley, at a pub. They had already ordered drinks by the time she got their. She took a drink and listened as they talked about the clubs they were going to go to that night. The girls finished their drinks and left the pub.

 They linked arms and huddled together against the cold as they prepared to cross the street. They stood on the corner waiting for the light to change. When the light signaled to cross a car came to a stop at the front and several men yelled some obscene things at the Skye and the other girls. The girls glared at them.

 “Hey, watch what you say. They are ladies not tramps.” A voice said behind the girls. Skye turned to see who spoke. A tall lean man with wavy brown hair stood before her. He was scowling at the men, but turned to look at her. He gave her a concerned look.

 “You alright, ladies?” He asked. Marilyn and Ashley expressed their gratitude as they crossed the street. Skye nodded her thanks but was quiet. She felt something was odd about the man.

 “Say what’s your name?” Ashley asked the man. He stated that his name was John Smith. Skye thought it sounded fake.

 “Why don’t you come to the clubs with us tonight?” Marilyn asked him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “Thank you for the offer, but I am afraid I have some other matters to attend to first.” He politely declined. He gave them a bow and walked in the other direction. Skye began to follow him. Ashley grabbed her arm.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “What are you doing?” She asked Skye. Skye kept her eyes on the man. She mumbled that she would meet them at the club and went after him. She heard her friends call to her but she ignored them. She couldn’t shake the thought that something was off about the man.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> She was getting close to the man when she thought she had better fall back a bit. Skye followed him all the way to a warehouse in a shabby neighborhood. It was dark by the time they got there. She hesitated outside the building but decided she had gone that far she might as well go in.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> There were no lights inside. She could only see from the moonlight coming in through the skylights. She had lost track of the man. She walked for a while trying to figure out where he went. She was about to give up when she heard a loud bang. Skye followed the sound and found stairs going down to the basement. She went down them.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> The basement gave off an eerie glow. Skye reached the bottom of the stairs and saw the man standing with his back to her. The man called out. She ducked behind a pillar. Skye gasped when she saw a strange creature come out of the shadows. It was a sickly yellow colour. It coughed and wheezed. It approached the man but it’s eye were full of hate.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Skye quickly moved behind another pillar so that she could see the man’s face. He stared at the creature but didn’t show any emotion. There was a moment of silence, then the man spoke.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “We had an agreement.” He said. “You broke your promise.” The creature hissed then spoke in a strange language. Skye didn’t understand it but the man did. His face changed, he looked apologetic.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “I can help you.” The man pleaded. “I can take you back to your planet where you can be cured.” The creature responded and spit at the man’s feet.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “I can’t let you keep killing these people. That’s why I had to poison you.” The man’s face grew cold again. “We both know that your home is the only place with the cure.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> The creature hissed and stumbled forward. It reached to attack the man, but fell on the ground. The man crouched down to look at the body. Skye watched all this in shock.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “You can come out now.” The man said. “He is dead.” The man stood and turn towards the pillar that Skye was peering from. Skye pulled away in surprise. She listen as he took several slow steps toward her. She looked at the stairs. Could she make it there before him? She decided she had better try. Skye bolted for them.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “Wait a minute!” The man followed behind her. Skye lept to stairs but he was getting close to her. She made it to the main floor and ran for the door. The man was quicker than her and managed to grab a hold of her. She turned to him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “What the hell was that!” She screamed at him. “What was that thing? Why did you kill it?” She pushed him away and tried to get away from him. He reached out and pulled her back to look at him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “It was an alien.” He said. “I didn’t want to kill him but he was killing people.” Skye stared up at him in disbelief.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “Aliens aren’t real.” She whispered weakly. She realized that they were standing very close, she moved back a step. The man laughed.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “How can you be so sure of that?” He chuckled. “Have you ever been to space?” Skye looked at her feet. Honestly she was rather open minded about aliens. She thought it was a bit selfish to think they were the only ones in the entire universe.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “You still didn’t have to kill it.” She said looking back up at him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “I offered to cure him but he wouldn’t let me.” He said solemnly. Skye didn’t know what to say to this.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “Who are you?” She asked instead.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “I told your friend that I’m John Smith.” He replied. Skye rolled her eyes. “What, You don’t believe me?”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> “There is no way you are that is your real name.” Skye said. The man nodded.

“You're right, that’s not my name.” He looked her in the eye and said. “My name is The Doctor.”

Chapter Two
Coming Soon