A/N: Here it is, the sequal to my story Exile. Slightly a cliche title but I was struggling for a name and this name seemed to fit. Hope you enjoy the continuing adventures of Ta'sheeka and the Doctor.
I don't own Doctor Who. I only own the mischeviousness of my own chars. ;)
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Chapter one: Loneliness
Alone. The universe is a very busy place, but for a Time Lord in his blue box, that just wasn't the case. He had offered Donna Noble a chance to come with him, but she had refused, and it was just as well, he missed Rose terribly. He was sulking around the TARDIS and just floating in the vortex. He could just as easily float there for the next thousand years for all he cared. Nothing was the same without Rose and the pain of being alone in the universe sunk in deeply.
The TARDIS didn't seem to help him either. She kept breaking down, seeming to sense that the Doctor was in a despondent mood. He'd grumble about having to spend time repairing fused wires, and fused circuits but it was her way of keeping him focused on something other than Rose. The TARDIS was debating something in her cunning circuitry. She had to do something to get the Doctor out of this mood, Rassilon help her if he stayed in the vortex. She could only imagine that if he regenerated, he would more than likely become a sour melancholy soul. She liked the Doctor in his tenth body, of course she liked all the Doctors but, some were more pleasant than others. No, she had to do something and that was all there was to it, even if she had to break something inside of her just to make the Doctor happy.
She went through his mind going through the various people that they had met in their travels. Where exactly were they in the vortex anyway? Earth would be the best place. The Doctor loved Earth, and she did too. But the Doctor was being fussy lately, if she tried to pull herself out of the vortex toward Earth, the Doctor would notice it in a hearts beat. He was too much of an Earthphile and he could sense if she made a minor adjustment toward Earth. Nope it couldn't be Earth this time. The Doctor needed to be with friends. There was always Sarah Jane, but Sarah Jane was just as fond of the Doctor as Rose had been. That idea was out of the question. Then the TARDIS smiled, remembering the strange alien that had been on her earlier. The TARDIS liked her, the Doctor liked her too. The Doctor had made a promise to visit her, but of course the Doctor had forgotten. No doubt, Ta'sheeka probably thought that the Doctor had forgotten her. Well this was one promise the Doctor was not going to break. The TARDIS suddenly came to halt in the vortex putting what ever power she had to divert themselves to Mala'shi. She groaned feeling wiring, paneling and instruments crack inside of her. She heard the Doctor cry out, "Now what!!"
The Doctor hit controls, panels, nothing was working right. "Come on girl, this is no time to be fickle." The TARDIS smiled within herself, and put what power she had in her to dematerializing on Mala'shi and then the panel went dead and smoke came up from the controls. The Doctor frowned, "What have you done this time?" The Doctor had always been suspicious of his TARDIS. She often took him to spots that were not on his agenda. It hadn't been the first time that the TARDIS had done something like this. But now he'd have to work on repairing her and he touched the instruments carefully. They flickered lightly, reassuring him that there was still life in them. He smiled, "You're stubborn old girl, I'll give you credit for that. Now where have you brought us this time?"
He opened the door of his TARDIS and took a peak outside. A veritable jungle was before him. "This doesn't look too familiar. Then again, I could be anywhere. Well first things first. I suppose I had better repair you and then I'll go exploring. Hopefully there will be someone one out there that can tell me where we are."
