The Doctor looked at Rose. "Where'll we go this time?"
"It's your turn, mate," she told him, laughing.
"Ooooh, is it?" He preened for her amusement. "In that case, I say we head for-"
An alarm on the console beeped. "That," he finished, pointing at the accompanying blinking light. "Distress call! What you say we have a bit of a look? Back in time for tea."
They grinned at each other. He flipped a switch and set the TARDIS in motion. "Dangerous?" Rose asked, doing that smile with her tongue she knew this regeneration had copied from her.
"Oh yes!" he said, and held out his arm. She laughed at him, but took it graciously as the TARDIS landed. He walked her to the door, then stepped through.
Fwit! he heard, and then felt something pierce his neck. He reached for it. A dart. The world was getting fuzzy, but he held on to one thought.
Rose! But he heard another fwit and then a thud. A second later, his body made another.
A/N: this is a very short chapter; most will be longer. This was just to get the story started, and then the scene cut (and I needed to go to bed, tbh) so I ended the chapter here. More is coming. I'm going to try to update one of my stories about once a week, but which and when exactly will vary. This story will have 3-6 chapters more, depending how I break it down. The plot is ready, the words are not.
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