Hey! whassup? I have decided to start this story, because I was bored, and I wanted to make a new story. Not abandoning anything, just making something new!
I DO NOT OWN DOCTOR WHO, I ONLY OWN MY OC.
All my life, I have never seen a show that makes me cry as much as Supernatural. Scratch that, DOCTOR WHO BITCH. I SWEAR TO GOD. I have seen everything from The Office, to American Horror Story, and nothing has me as hooked. Maybe Supernatural. Followed closely by Sherlock. Yep. I am a SuperWhoLock fan.
I was watching the first episode again, the Ninth Doctor on the screen, blowing up the store Rose worked at, and could think only of one thing. What if I could travel with The Doctor? Alas, I was real, and he was fictional. I would be a great companion, too! I like history, traveling, I am too curious for my own good, and... nevermind I despise running. I can run, I just... unless something is chasing me, as I rule, I don't do it.
Suddenly, as the TARDIS came into view on screen, for some reason, I could hear it. The TARDIS sound. The thing is, that sound wasn't coming from the computer. I was coming from... behind me. I turned around, and there was nothing there. I hummed, and looked at the clock. 2:00 in the morning. I must be hearing things. I turned off the computer, and turned to go to bed. I laid down, and as I slipped into unconsciousness, I could make out a faint outline of people standing by my bed, and everything went dark.
When I woke up, something felt different. I got up, ready to face the day in Chicago. I was a student at the University of Chicago, and History Major, English Minor. I also worked at the local Baskin Robbins, (honestly I quoted Ant Man every day) I got up, changed into my comfiest clothes, and when I stepped outside, I gasped. I was not in Chicago. No. I stared at the British Flag, and I didn't even notice when I muttered a "Motherfucker." my phone buzzed, and I pulled it out. I turned around, trying to hide it, (it's an iphone, I could only see flip phones as far as the eye could see.) I looked around, not seeing anyone on the floor I was on currently, and looked down.
Josephine,
I know you are confused, because I remember being confused. Yep, it's me! or, you. From the future. Your Future. I'm sitting in 12's TARDIS right now, while he's doing... something with the console, I can't see him from here. He's a very lovable idiot, you know. Look around: you're not in your apartment building. I suppose through all the confusion, you didn't quite notice that, I didn't my first time. Look to the left, and to the right. Yep, you're in the Powell Estate. Your new next door neighbors are the Tylers; yes, as in Rose Tyler and Jackie Tyler. You are 19, and now she is 18. You get a year here, before you've got to swan off with the Doctor. yes, that Doctor, you imbecile. Apply for a job at Henrick's, they'll hire you. That's how you'll meet The Doctor. You've read the fanfics about fans being stuck in the Whoniverse, now it's your turn. Be like River Song(ish) and you should be just fine. Don't worry, you can finish school online, but you won't get far before The Doctor shows his face, so get as far as you can, but don't think you'll finish any time soon. However, just because you know that you'll end up here, in Twelve's TARDIS, doesn't mean that it can't change. Remember: TIME CAN BE RE-WRITTEN. For now, just live peacefully in London until the Nestine show their ugly mugs. Get to know the Tyler's, you'll be happy you did. Anyway, Theta's muttering about those one monsters, Y'know, the one we can't quite figure out? In little Danny Pink's room? Yeah that one. Anyway, have fun, and always remember: Run!
I looked up, and thought about what I had just read. For all I know, this could be a dream. I quickly pinched my arm: not a dream. I turned my head to see the spot where Ten rambled about pilot fish and then passed out. My thoughts were interrupted by someone opening a door close by. I turned around, only to be met with Rose Tyler. Rose Tyler. I love all of the companions, but I could really relate to Rose. I don't know, team Blonde maybe? I just really like her, okay? I stood staring, slightly stuttering. She must have noticed my discomfort, because she spoke first.
"Hello, you must be the new neighbor." She stuck her hand out in greeting, which I took gratefully. "Rose Tyler. You?" It took me a moment to gather my bearings.
"I'm uh-Josephine, Josephine Packard. But please call me Jo. I hate being called the long name. I just moved here from America." She smiled, and explained that she had lived here her entire life. We started chatting, and eventually we got onto the topic of employment. "Do you know anywhere near here that's hiring? I need somewhere to work while I finish school." Her face lit up as she informed me that Henrick's is hiring, (something I kind of already knew) and that she could grab me an application. She invited me in for a cup of tea, and I accepted. We talked till about lunchtime, when I realized that I should probably go back to my apartment and just finish unpacking. I told her this, but I dismissed it, saying I only had a few things to do but thanks for the offer anyways. I walked back to my apartment, assessing what had happened.
"okay. okay, I can do this, all I have to do is keep my head down for a while." I looked up where my TARDIS poster should be, but was not. "I'm so screwed."
~0~
I had survived here for six months, and had finished my generals, and was starting my major. History was my major, and I knew that shit would come in handy. Rose had easily become my best friend, and Jackie, the mother I never had. My mom wasn't ever in the picture, it was just my dad'n me. She didn't leave, she died, in childbirth. I was walking back to my flat, thinking over everything that had happened in the past few months. Supernatural over in America had aired, so I could watch that on the CW website. In this moment, I wasn't watching where I was going, and I bumped into someone. My bags of food spilled everywhere. The stranger I bumped into was holding a few books, and those fell as well. Apologizing profusely, I bent down to pick up the dropped items, at least, I did, until I heard the stranger laugh. Then I realized it wasn't a stranger. I froze, then after a second, I stood, trying not to laugh.
"Captain Jack Harkness." I looked him in the eyes as he said this.
"Are you using your own name as a pick up line?" I managed, laughing. Jack's face broke out into a smile and we laughed like old friends.
"How are you, Jo? The Doctor here with you?" He looked a little expectant, and a little too happy. I sighed.
"Actually, Jack, you're not the only one who's waiting. I'm waiting for him too." At my words Jack's face morphed from hopeful to sad and angry at the same time.
"Wait-he left you too? Leaving me, that's okay, I'll just chew 'im out a little. But leaving you? Oh-ho-ho, he's dead now." He looked absolutely murderous.
"No, Jack, Jack. He didn't leave me. I haven't really... met him yet. I'm waiting for our first meeting." His face flooded with understanding.
"Oh, so wait, you're meeting me before you've met him? Ha! You've known me longer, officially." I giggled at the proud look on his face. I invited him back to my flat (after picking up the dropped items of course) and I made him watch Supernatural with me, and we just... talked. About everything. And Jack being Jack, well, I was in no way uncomfortable gushing over the Winchester boys to him. I told him everything that had happened to me, and honestly, he reminded me of an older brother. As an only child, it was nice.
I had no idea Rose had seen him walking into my flat with me, and the next day at work, she would not stop pestering me about who he was, and whether or not we had 'snogged'.
British people are weird.
~0~
A year. It had been a year. I had gotten into the pace of the life I was living; Rose had turned 19, and I was 20 now.
Rose and I both worked at Henrick's, and everyday, we clocked in, worked, she had lunch with Mickey at the fountains, and I met Jack at a small pub around the corner, then we worked some more, and clocked out. Like...well, clockwork.
One day, something felt different. I woke up with an odd feeling in my chest. I chalked it up to the date I had tonight. Jack didn't approve, wouldn't tell me why, but I didn't need his approval. I got up, like normal, and headed to work, like normal, went to lunch with Jack, like normal, and clocked back in, like normal.
What wasn't normal, was what happened at the end of our shift. We were walking out, when a guard stopped us with money for Wilson. I followed Rose into the basement, and it hit me. I wasn't gonna make that date. I was actually disappointed. His name was Toby, nice guy. Cute too, liked books and stuff, and his mom was American.
We got into the elevator and it started going down. "Have you ever realized, that elevators are just big boxes pulled up and down by a string?" Rose gave me a dry look.
"Gee, thanks, never would've thought of that." she deadpanned. It was not uncommon for me to make comments such as these. The elevator dinged, and we got out.
"Wilson? Wilson we've got the lottery money." Rose called out, me following close behind. We walked over to Wilson's office, and at this point, I knew exactly what was going on. Wilson was already dead, and we would be too, if things didn't go exactly as planned. "Wilson?" Rose knocked on the door and looked back at me. I shrugged, not knowing what exactly to say. What do you say, huh? Oh yeah, Wilson's dead, let's go in here and hope a man you've never met before saves us! That'd go over well. "you there?" She tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. "Look, we can't hang about, 'coz they're closin' the shop." The yelled through the door, and I just kinda sat there, feeling sorry for Wilson. In the show, it wasn't of much consequence, but now, I felt bad. I knew Wilson, he was nice, if a bit eccentric. I would've saved him, if i'd known the date he'd die. He had no where else to go, poor bloke. "Wilson." I jumped at Rose's voice ringing out again.
"Oh, come on. He's not in there, that's for damn sure."
We heard more clanging, and we walked into a storage room full of mannequins. We walked halfway in, when the door slammed shut, horror movie style. Rose and I ran over to the door, trying in vain to get it open. Something fell again, catching our attention. I was pretty sure that we were gonna be okay, so I decided to tease Rose a little.
"We're gonna be those white blonde girls in horror movies. Y'know, the ones who die first."
"Shut up." I snickered at her fear, before I noticed a head turning towards us. I had the urge to swear, but I could only really think of that one time a guy swore in front of The Tenth Doctor (can't remember who) and he yelled at them not to swear. I swear I've been working on it. Rose turned towards the Dummy, while I guided her steps backwards. I guided her until we got to the spot where The Doctor grabs her hand and whispered 'Run," and stopped.
"Why did we stop?"
"Drama." I wasn't gonna tell her about the show, she'd say I was a 'nutter.' She scoffed at my answer, and I turned to face the Murder Dummies with her, grabbing her hand. They then raised their arms, and in a moment of doubt, I wondered whether he'd get here on time or not. My fears were silenced when I felt a hand wrap around mine. I looked up, and there were the blue eyes of The Ninth Doctor.
"Run." And we ran.
~0~
We ran through doors, the Nestine Duplicates following closely behind. We finally reached the elevator, and hopped in, barely closing the doors, only an arm poking through, an arm The Doctor pulled off. The doors closed, leaving Rose to look in disgust.
"You pulled his arm off."
"Plastic Rose, plus, not really the focus here." I blurted, a little excited to be meeting The Doctor, of all people. He tossed the arm at us, and I let Rose catch it.
Rose looked at me, then at The Doctor. "Very funny then, nice trick. Who are they, then students?" She accused him. "Is this a student thing or what?"
The Doctor looked genuinely confused. "Why would they be students?"
"...I don't know," She looked to me for backup, and I adopted a fake confused look on my face, one that Rose (and The Doctor, for that matter) could probably see right through.
"Well you said it, why students?" I asked, mocking her,(just a little.)
Rose scrambled for an answer. "Cause..to get that many people dressed up and being silly, they got to be students." The Doctor turned around, and praised her. (I could never tell if he was mocking her or not...)
"That makes sense, well done." (Really? Is he actually praising her or mocking her? Maybe both?)
Rose paused. "...Thanks."
"They're not students" I couldn't help but steal The Doctor's lines. I would explain everything later to him, but for now, I was really excited to mess with him. At my words, he looked back at me in slight confusion, but shrugged it off.
Rose looked at me. "Whoever they are, when Wilson finds them he's gonna call the police."
"Who's Wilson?"
I answered for Rose. "Chief Electrician." The elevator doors opened.
"Wilson's dead." The Doctor said before stepping out.
"That's just not funny, that's sick!" Rose scolded, but I didn't say a word, knowing he was right. We walked out of the elevator, and he stopped us.
"Hold on! Mind your eyes." He began to sonic the elevator button.
"I've had enough of this now," The button sparked. "Who are you, then? Who's that lot down there?" I looked at Rose in slight exasperation.
"Rose, is this really the best time for these questions? Maybe we could save them for after we get out hm?" The Doctor looked at me in approval, but didn't stop moving. Rose ignored me and kept asking. "I said, who are they?"
"They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. And they're being controlled by a relay device on the roof." He reached into his jacket. "Which, would be a great big problem, if I didn't have this." He turned to us, holding a small device. "So," He began running again, "I'm gonna go upstairs, and blow it up." He opened the door. "And I might well die in the process, but don't worry about me, no. You two go home. Go on, go and have your lovely beans on toast." He shoved us out. "Don't tell anyone about this, 'coz if you do, you'll get them killed."
He slammed the door.
Rose turned to stare at me, when the door opened again.
"I'm The Doctor, by the way, what are your names?"
"Rose" She muttered.
"I'm Jo." I waved, introducing myself, cool as a cucumber.
"Nice to me ya Jo, Rose." He wiggled the bomb. "Run for your life!" And with that, he shut the door.
"Come on." I muttered, dragging her away, just as we reached the other side of the street, the building blew up. Yup, I had definitely missed my date.
~0~
I was in the Tyler's flat, listening to the Telly. Telly! Oh, God, I was turning Native! Jackie got us tea, which I drank. I was kind of in a trance. Would The Doctor want to travel with me? Or just Rose? I'm not anything special, not like his companions, it's not like it matters, anyway. He barely talked to me. At least I've got Jack. He'll never leave me. huh. He can't really, not by dying, at least. Rose might fly away, but Jack'll stay. I was broken out of my reverie by a text from Jack. Speak of the Devil.
Jack: Hey you okay? Would run over but don't want Rose meeting me too early. I know you're not dead cuz you threw a rock at my window as you ran by.
I chuckled. I did throw a rock. But rock is the wrong word. It was A PEBBLE, FOR GOD'S SAKE. It's not like I was trying to break his window!
Jo: I'm good, thanks for asking. Yeah, saw The Doctor. He's doing good. This him hasn't met you yet though.
Jack: Oh.
Jo: Don't worry, just a few more years, I promise.
I reassured him. Mickey came in at one point, fussing over us, mostly Rose, but me too. Rose had him throw out the arm, not like that would keep it away but whatever, and then at one point, Rose insisted that I stay over. I didn't object, I wanted to see The Doctor in the morning. So I stayed.
Rose's alarm went off, and I was not getting up for that. Nope, I didn't have work, my job blew up, I wasn't getting out of bed until it was necessary. I fell asleep again, until I heard Jackie's voice practically yelling that Rose and I deserve compensation. I stumbled out, my blanket between my legs, and grabbed his arm, pulling him into the living room, therefore saving him from Jackie's attempts at flirting. I let go of his arm, and stumbled into the kitchen.
"It's too early to be alive." I mumbled, my Utahn accent thick. I was born and raised in Southern Utah, but went to Chicago for school. Rose brought my coffee out, having known by now what I like. I smelled it. "Coffee. The American Addiction." And I took a big gulp. The Doctor was staring at me, in slight confusion. He started to walk around the room, while Rose was in the kitchen, making him coffee. When he started to comment on his appearance, I finally spoke up. "What, have you never looked at yourself in the mirror before?" He turned to me and shrugged.
"Not really, no." If I were anyone else, and if I didn't know what I do, I would have been confused, but I just nodded, sipping my coffee some more. He then started messing around with some cards, which prompted me to take the cards from him before he spilled them everywhere. Then, we were both stopped by some pattering. The Doctor commented, heading towards, the noise, me following close behind. He asked me if there was a cat, to which I responded with the negative. Suddenly, the arm shot out and grabbed The Doctor by the neck. We both started to struggle, trying to get it off of his neck when Rose walked back in, not even bothered. Seeing as it was me, I could see why she would think I was pretending. She just commented on giving men (and me) plastic hands. She asked him his name again, when we got it off him, and it latched on to my face. I stumbled backwards, trying to pry it off, but it wouldn't budge. I almost fell on the table, but The Doctor caught me, and with his help, we stopped it from crushing my skull.
I wasn't really surprised when it went for Rose next.
It shot at her face, and latched on. With our combined strength, and all of us falling on the coffee table, therefore breaking it, we managed to get the hand off, and The Doctor deactivated it with his sonic screwdriver.
"It's all right, I've stopped it. There you go, see? 'armless." He threw it at me, and I caught it deftly, then handed it to Rose, who looked at it in shock.
"It's too early for this bullcrap." I muttered. Rose looked at me incredulously.
"It's 9:00. That's not that early. How are you so calm about this?" I looked at her with a deadpan look.
"Sweetheart I lived in Chicago for a year. This isn't the worst thing I've seen." She just hit me with the arm, followed by The Doctor.
"Ow!"
We were following him out of the Estate, Rose in her clothes, and me in my dressing gown.
"Hold on a minute, you can't just go swannin' off!"
"Yes I can, here I am. This is me, swannin' off! See ya!" Rose was pestering him about everything, and in her situation, I probably would to. But I didn't. 'Cuz I already knew.
"That arm was moving! It tried to kill us!"
"Ten out of ten for observation, Rose." Yes, I stole his lines again, but I couldn't help it. At my words, Rose turned around and glared at me. "Wow, if looks could kill, I'd be dead." The Doctor must have heard what I said because I could hear him snicker a little. I made The Doctor laugh!
We resumed our walk, and Rose kept pestering him, telling him he couldn't walk away without telling us what was going on. She caught my attention when she said: "Alright then, we'll go to the police. We'll tell everyone." The Doctor smiled at that. "You said if we did that, we'd get people killed. So, your choice."
"Whoa, Rose. Number 1, don't drag me into your threats. Number 2, that is the most pathetic threat I've ever heard. And I have heard a lot." She just glared at me. I just turned to The Doctor, playing dumb. "Who are you, though?"
"Told you, I'm The Doctor." He had a large grin on his face, no doubt from my shutdown of Rose's threat.
"Yeah, but, Doctor What?" I didn't do the thing. (Insert smug emoji here.)
"Just the Doctor."
"The Doctor." I deadpanned.
"Hello!" he waved, using the plastic arm. I decided to have a little fun. I don't always remember the exact lines, but I know how it goes, so... Rose stopped me from further questioning him by speaking up.
"Is that supposed to sound impressive?" It is impressive, Rose.
"Sort of."
We skipped to his sides, and tried to get information out of him. Well, Rose did.
"Come on, you can tell us. We've seen enough." She paused. "Are you the police?"
"No! I was just passing through. I'm a long way from home." Rose still looked confused.
"But what have we done wrong? Why do those... plastic things keep coming after us?" Now the Doctor started to ramble about the egocentrism we were displaying. More, Rose was displaying.
I started to make fun of him. "So... what you're saying, is that the entire world revolves around you."
"Sort of, yeah." I snorted at his answer.
"I call bullcrap, man. Who else knows about all this? lemme guess: just you." I pointed at him, mocking him playfully.
"Yeah." He didn't catch the jab. Or if he did, he didn't show it. The Doctor started to explain about the Nestine, and Rose asked questions, while I just listened, already knowing everything anyways.
"I mean, shop window dummies, what is that all about?" Rose asked, gaining my attention once more. I stepped in front of them, facing them, walking backwards. I gestured with my hands and joked:
"Someone is trying to take over Britain shops, OooOoOooo! Scary!" We all laughed, then I continued. "Nah, I reckon, they want to overthrow the Human race and destroy us or something." The Doctor looked at me, puzzled, as if wondering how I knew that. Rose looked shocked at the information. "I watch a lot of TV, people, this is the typical plot!"
I turned back around to walk side by side with them. Rose stopped, and stopped me too. "Really though, Doctor. Who are you?" He stopped, smiled to himself, and spoke.
"Do you know like we were saying? About the Earth revolving?" He walked towards us. "It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it, 'coz everything looks like it's standing still?" He was getting closer, and was now in our personal space, looking at us both intensely. "I can feel it." He grabbed my hand. "The turn of the Earth." He was looking me in the eye now, serious. "The ground beneath our feet is spinning at 1,000 miles an hour. And the entire planet is hurtling round the Sun at 67,000 miles an hour. And I can feel it, we're falling through space, all of us, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world and if we let go," He let go of my hand. "That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler, Josephine Packard." He grabbed the arm back and used it to wave at us. "Go home." He started to walk away.
Rose took my hand as we watched him walk away, pulling me along the sidewalk as I watched him get into his box. She wasn't looking as I saw the TARDIS disappear. We both heard it whooshing, and we ran back to investigate. Once we got to the spot we had come from, we didn't see anything. No box, no Doctor. I looked down, and noticed that I was in my dressing gown and some flats.
"Shit. I am out in public in nothing but my dressing gown, how did I not notice?" Rose looked at me and was too stunned to laugh, so I just pulled her back to the Powell Estate.
After I changed into jeans, an old Led Zepplin t-shirt and some red converse (yes like Ten's), we headed to Mickey's, where Rose and I looked up the Doctor. We found a bloke named Clive and contacted him, arranging to meet with him, and Rose somehow convinced Mickey to drive us there. I went in with Rose, while Mickey stayed out in the car. I just listened to Rose and Clive talk, trying to remember as much as I could for future reference. When Clive said the whole ominous death line, I really wanted to stand up for the Doctor, but I couldn't, not without looking suspicious. As we left, I tried to remember what happened to Clive and his family, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember. In the car, I noticed Mickey's behavior, but said nothing. I honestly could never figure out why Rose didn't pick it up sooner.
We drove to the pizza place and sat down. Of course 'Mickey' wanted to know everything.
"I'm not going on about it Mickey, really, I'm not. 'Coz, I know it sounds daft, but I don't think he's safe. He's dangerous." I tuned them out, wondering when exactly The Doctor was gonna come over. Finally, I noticed him walking over with a bottle of wine. He brought his finger to his mouth and made a shushing motion. He offered the champagne to 'Mickey' and then Rose. I stood up slowly, preparing to grab Rose and run out to the TARDIS.
"Don't mind me, I'm just toasting the happy couple. On the house!" And with that, he shot the cork into fake Mickey's forehead, distorting his face. He just moved it to his mouth, then spit it out. His hand then morphed into a large block, smashing the table. Someone screamed, and I put fake Mickey into a headlock and began to pull. The Doctor caught on to what I was doing, and began pulling with me, and together we pulled his head off. The Doctor held the head in his hands, and the eyes opened.
"Don't think that's gonna stop me." I grinned at the sight, and The Doctor and I exchanged looks, both grinning. The couple at the nearest table screamed while the body kept destroying the place. Rose hit the fire alarm, yelling at everyone to get out, which they did. We all began to run, through multiple doors, until we came through the last door, and the Doctor leaned his body weight against it, and I followed suit. He quickly soniced the lock, giving us time.
Rose ran over to the gate, trying to get it open while The Doctor sauntered over to the TARDIS.
"Open the gate! Use that tube thing! Come on!"
"Sonic Screwdriver." was his only reply. I decided to ask him something a normal person would ask.
"Why aren't you running to the gate?" He turned to me, eyebrow raised.
"Why aren't you?"
"Well, let's see, you have saved our lives more than once, so when I see that you aren't worried, I'm going to assume you have a good reason not to be." He smiled at my answer. It was true, the first time I saw the episode, when I saw him doing that, I knew something was up. He got out a TARDIS key, and suggested we go in there, and with raised eyebrows, I followed.
When I entered, I stopped. This was the first time I had seen Sexy in person, and she was every bit as beautiful as I thought she'd be. I stammered, trying to find the right thing to say, but simply stuck with, "Beautiful." The Doctor had been listening to me, waiting for my reaction, and when I made my statement, he perked up, seeming proud.
I looked around, finally locking eyes with him. "It's amazing. I've never seen anything like it. How does this work? How does the inside fit? No, It can't fit, but I can sort of be a...pocket dimension or something?" I finished my rant, and he looked at me in surprise and pride. The moment was ruined by Rose's entrance.
I turned to see her run back out, run around the ship, then back in. She burst in declaring that it was gonna follow us.
"The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door! Believe me, they've tried. Now shut up a minute." He was hooking things up to the head. "You see, the arm was too simple, but the head's perfect. I can use it to trace the signal back to the original source." He finished hooking it up. "Right. Where do you want to start?" He looked to both of us.
"Um- The inside's bigger than the outside?" Rose stated, a mix of a question and a statement.
"Yes."
"It's alien."
"Yep."
"Are you alien?"
"Yes." Rose just looked stunned, while The Doctor seemed to gauge our reactions. "Is that alright?" He seemed to be asking more Rose than me, understandably, I mean, I was taking all of this pretty well.
"Yeah." we chorused, Rose more stunned, me more curious and excited.
"It's called the TARDIS, this thing. T-A-R-D-I-S, that's Time And Relative Dimensions In Space." Rose's face screwed up with emotion, and she started to sob. I put my arms around her.
"Hey, Mickey's all right. I'm sure of it. We're gonna find him. Doctor, your head's melting."
At my words, the Doctor started frantically tracing the signal, while I comforted Rose. He followed the signal, muttering frantically, when finally, everything went still. He went outside, followed by Rose, telling him that it wasn't safe. I waited a moment after they both left, just admiring the beautiful interior of something I thought I would never see.
"Hello, Old Girl." I walked up to the console, and patted it. "you're beautiful, aren't you? Wow." I muttered under my breath. I then walked outside, just in time to catch Rose asking about the headless fake Mickey, and the Doctor answered saying that it melted with the head. I sat there listening to their bickering, and when the Doctor called humans apes, I lost it.
"Oh really? Apes, wow, thanks, I really feel respected, Doc. You know what? Each life is special and precious! Yes, I understand that you are trying to save everyone, but that does not mean that you can just carry on, acting all heartless! God!" I threw my hands up in exasperation, and looked back at him. His stunned expression told me that he did not expect me to explode like that.
Rose took the silence as an opportunity to ask about why The Doctor sounded like he was from the North, to which he replied that lots of planets have a north.
"What's a police public call box?"
"It's a telephone box, from the 1950's." I supplied. Thank you History major.
"It's a disguise." He finished, looking proud of his ship. Rose just looked tired.
"Okay, and this-this living plastic, what's it got against us?" Rose asked, walking forwards.
"Nothing. It loves you. You've got such a good planet, lots of smoke and oil, plenty of toxins and dioxins in the air. Perfect. Just what the Nestene Consciousness needs. Its food stock was destroyed in the war. Its protein planets rotted, so Earth, Dinner!"
"How do we stop it?" I asked, looking him in the eyes. He grabbed a vial out of his jacket, looking excited.
"Antiplastic." my face lit up.
"Antiplastic?"
"Antiplastic!" We were both grinning like idiots.
"We've got to find it first." I proposed, while he started walking past us.
"We?" He turned back to me.
"Yes, 'We.' I don't know about Rose here, but I want to help." Rose nodded, looking determined. He shrugged, accepting it.
"How do you hide something that big in a city this small?" He asked, mostly to himself. Rose looked confused.
"Hold on, hide what?"
"The transmitter. The consciousness is controlling every single piece of plastic. So it needs a transmitter to boost the signal."
Rose still looked confused. "What's it look like?"
"Like a transmitter. Round and massive, somewhere slap-bang in the middle of London. A huge, metal, circular, like a dish, like a wheel, radial. Close to where we're standing." All this time he'd been talking we had started walking over to the other side of the TARDIS, where he turned around, standing in front of the London Eye. "Must be completely invisible." I tried not to laugh as Rose and I nodded at the London Eye, waiting for him to notice it. "What?" He turned around, then back at us. "What is it? What?" He turned around once more, then back to us. "Oh." I could almost hear the music. Then he smiled. "Fantastic!" I almost squealed out loud at the famous line. Then the running began again. We ran over to the London eye, and whilst doing so, The Doctor grabbed my hand. In that moment, I felt like a true companion.
When we arrived, The Doctor spoke once again. "Think of it. Plastic all over the world. Every artificial thing waiting to come alive. The shop window dummies, the phones, the wires, the cables-" I couldn't help but steal Rose's line.
"The breast implants."
"Still we've found the transmitter, the Consciousness must be somewhere underneath." Rose ran over to the edge, pointing out a shaft, and we went over to it. He gestured down and looked at me, with a sassy smile. "Ladies first." I smacked his arm lightly, but still went down first. I could hear him snickering above me, along with Rose at his joke. When we had climbed all the way down, I walked over to a door, the only door, and waited to see them both behind me. Then, I opened it. We walked in, and The Doctor took the lead.
"The Nestene Consciousness, I presume?" I looked to The Doctor, he merely nodded. Rose told him to just tip in the Antiplastic and for us to just leave, but he stopped her, explaining that everything deserves a chance, something that I agreed with.
We descended further, then The Doctor called out. "I seek audience with the Nestene Consciousness under peaceful contract according to Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation." The vat said something I didn't quite understand, but The Doctor did. "Thank You. If I might have permission to approach." That was when Rose noticed Mickey and ran down to him. I looked at the Doctor who rolled his eyes, and smacked his arm lightly.
"Doctor, Jo, they kept him alive!" before The Doctor could say something insensitive, I responded.
"Told ya we'd find him girlie." I winked, then smacked the Doctor's arm when he rolled his eyes again. I started to follow him down, but he stopped me, then turned around.
"Stay on these stairs. In case something happens," he paused. "Then take those two and run. Got it?" I rolled my eyes. As if. Still, I nodded. "Good. See ya." I watched as he approached the Consciousness from my spot on the stairs, hidden from view. "Am I addressing the Consciousness?" It gurgled. "Thank you. If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilization by means of warped, shunt technology. So, may I suggest with the greatest respect that you shunt off?" I snorted at this, and he turned and smiled at me in my hiding place. "Oh don't give me that, this is an invasion, plain and simple. Don't talk about constitutional rights." The consciousness snarled and roared. "I am talking!" it quieted. "This planet is just starting. These, stupid little people have only just learned how to walk, but they're capable of so much more. I'm asking you, on their behalf, please, just go." Suddenly, I noticed the Dummies coming up behind him.
"Doctor!" I didn't get to yell, Rose did, because one approached me, and dragged me over there, to the edge next to him, obviously deeming me a threat for some reason. The Doctor looked increasingly panicked every second, and tried to wriggle out of their grip. They then took the Antiplastic out of his jacket as the Consciousness roared in indignation.
"That was just insurance! I wasn't gonna use it!" It roared again. "I was not attacking you, I'm here to help. I'm not your enemy, I swear, I'm not." It roared again. "What do you mean?" The TARDIS was brought out, as the Consciousness roared again. "No. No, no! Honestly, no!" It screeched. "Yes, that's my ship." It roared as the Doctor and I looked up at the ship, then each other, then the consciousness as it roared again. "That's not true! I should know, I was there. I fought in the war, it wasn't my fault! I couldn't save your world, I couldn't save any of them!"
Fear had clouded my mind, and in that moment, I couldn't remember anything from the episode. It felt like years since I had last seen it, and it was true, it's been year.
"What's it doing?" I had to ask. He looked at me, and practically shouted:
"It's the TARDIS. The Nestene's identified it as superior technology; it's terrified. It's going to the final phase." We were both struggling now, trying to escape. "It's starting the invasion get out Rose, just leg it, now!" There was nothing he could do about me, so it didn't hurt that he didn't yell that at me at all.
I got an idea. If I could just hit the Dummy holding the antiplastic hard enough, just bump into him a little, maybe I could knock him over the edge. I had to do was get out of the hold of the Dummy keeping me there.
Just then, the Nestene shot a bolt of electricity at the ceiling. "It's the activation signal! It's transmitting!" The Doctor yelled in desperation.
I looked to Rose, seeing her still there. "Get out, Rose, Mickey, Just Run!"
We struggled more, then the Nestene Consciousness hissed something that was really confusing: "Time Lords." My gaze shot to the vat and so did the Doctor's. I looked confused, and he looked shocked, maybe even...hopeful? I turned back to look at Rose and Mickey, unaware of The Doctor's gaze on me.
Just then, I saw Rose run over to a chain, chop if off, and swing over to us, effectively knocking the Dummies holding me off the edge and letting The Doctor throw his off, so I could take the Antiplastic back, unscrew it, and throw it into the vat. Rose swung back, we caught her, and we all ran up to the TARDIS, but not before the Doctor declared: "Now we're in trouble." I grinned at him, and the place began to explode, cutting off the signal.
When we got to the top, Mickey was hugging the TARDIS. The Doctor unlocked it, and we disappeared.
We landed, and as soon as he could, Mickey ran out of the TARDIS, terrified. Rose walked out, calling her mum, and I was behind her, trying not to giggle at the euphoria of having survived. Jackie picked up the phone, and I could hear her babbling about something or other. I laughed, and pressed the end button for her when she pulled it away from her face.
"Fat lot of good you were," She scolded, She didn't get to finish because Mickey directed our attention to The Doctor, standing in the doorway of the TARDIS.
"Nestene Consciousness?" he snapped his fingers. "Easy!" Rose easily retorted before I could.
"You were useless in there! You'd be dead if it weren't for us!" she gestured to me. The Doctor didn't argue.
"Yes, I would." He paused, "Thank you." There was an uncomfortable silence. "Right then! I'll be off." He looked a little nervous. "Unless, uh, I don't know, you two could...come with me?" My jaw dropped. I knew he would ask Rose, I just wasn't so sure about me. "This box isn't just a London-op, you know, it goes anywhere in the universe, free of charge." I opened my mouth to respond when Mickey cut me off.
"Don't. He's and alien, he's a thing!"
The Doctor simply responded: "He's not invited. What do you think?"
I almost accepted right away, but stopped. What if he just felt obligated to ask me? If he really wants me to come, he'll do the whole, 'did I mention it travels in time?' thing, then I'll accept. Plus, I gotta make sure that Rose is a priority here.
He saw my hesitation. "you could stay here, fill your life with work, and food, and sleep, or you could go-uh, anywhere."
"Is it always this dangerous?" Rose asked and I looked at her. He just nodded and replied:
"Yeah." When he said this, Mickey wrapped his arms around her waist, as if trying to convince her to stay.
"Yeah, I can't, um, I've gotta go and find my mum, and, someone's gotta look after this stupid lump so..." The Doctor looked disappointed. Then he shifted his gaze to me.
"And you?"
I paused, and thought. Rose has to go with him. Stay with her. "I've gotta finish school, and my Dad's probably worried sick, he hasn't heard from me in days, so," I paused. "Next time." I smiled sadly at him.
The Doctor looked devastated, but obviously trying to hide it. It hurt. "Okay. See you both around." He stepped back, about to close the door.
"Doctor!" He looked at me. "I wish I could, I just don't have the time. Next time I see you though, if the offer's still up, I'll take it." He nodded again, and closed the doors.
I sighed, hoping he got the hint. The TARDIS began to disappear, and my sad smile faded into a frown. What if he didn't come back?
We stared at the spot the machine was just seconds ago, then Rose whispered something along the lines of, 'let's go.' and I didn't protest. She began helping Mickey away, and we started to leave when we heard the TARDIS engines once more. I grinned, knowing he either got my hint, or just wanted to come back.
The TARDIS solidified, and The Doctor poked his head out. "By the way, did I also mention it travels in time?" He retreated his head back through the door and walked back in, but left the door open. Rose turned to Mickey.
"Thanks." Mickey just looked confused.
"Thanks for what?" We smiled and looked at each other.
"Exactly." She said, and then she kissed him on the cheek, running right behind me into the TARDIS, closing the door behind us.
So, what did you think? eh? I was just binge watching Doctor who when, I decided to make a story about it! tell me your thoughts! Tell me what works, what doesn't, I wanna hear it all!
DFTBA!