Living Pinocchios
Part II: Rise Up
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Upon the arrival at the hospital, Aiden regained consciousness murmuring out loud to himself. Allison and Jake could only make out a few syllables he was saying. He was describing what he saw in the passageway. "Yellow eyes and claws; they're coming for me!" said Aiden drifting in and out of consciousness. Allison and Jake knew that could mean only one thing the the Diablo were back. "What are we going to do?" asked Allison, staring up at Jake. He just shook his head in response. In that moment, Jake thought about contacting Anaiya and Jack who were living in Venice. If the Diablo were officially back and targeting their son, they would need to bring in reinforcements, including their friends Sam and Josh. In case this was the work of the Doctor. Jakes eyes were welling up; he told Alison to stay at Aiden's side and wait for him to return "Where are you going?" exclaimed Allison "I can't loose you too." "You won't," said Jake, kissing her on the forehead. "I'll be back before you know it." Jake hurried off into the distance. He grasped hold of his mobile phone in his jeans pocket and dialled for Sam and Josh to come and sit with Allison after explaining what had happened earlier that day.
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Eleven years on and the horrors of Allison's encounter with the Doctor are becoming a distant memory, finally settling into a normal life with her son Aiden and Partner Jake, Allison's nightmares appear to be over. That is until the Doctor revives and his revenge is focused on Aiden, thrusting Allison, Jake and a myterious secret council into a race to find the Anticquitta, the one thing that can defeat the Doctor and foil his plans, not only for the life of her son Aiden but that of the whole world. Is time on Allison's side, will justice prevail or will the Doctor finally triumph.
About the Author
M.J.Brinkley writes twisted tales from the edge of dreams and nightmares, specialising in fantasy horror thrillers that dive deep into the human (and not-so-human) psyche. With years of experience working with young people who have experienced trauma, she brings raw emotion and real-world depth to even her darkest fictional worlds. A mother of two wonderfully neurodivergent kids, M.J. juggles parenting, plot twists, and the chaos of a household that includes three dogs, two snakes and one particularly judgemental jumping spider. She lives somewhere between reality and fairy tale, and Living Pinocchio's part II is her latest attempt to make sense of both.