I was finally done with college for the day, I was excited to go home and relax. Even though I had homework, I needed to rest my eyes. They were threatening to close during my professor's lectures and I don't want that. I unlocked my two thousand and five silver Sentra and plopped into the driver's seat. The inside of my car was as hot as an oven because of the remaining of the summer sun was shinings through the car window all day. I pushed the key into the ignition and waited for the engine to roar to life. I was eager to get home and thankfully it wasn't a long drive. I took four right turns and then a left and I was right at my house. I pulled up to the usual spot my car sat on the road because both of my parents weren't home yet. I got the house key out of my purse while in the car. As I walked to the side garage door I locked my car and it made it's usual double beep reminding me that it's locked.
When I got to the side door, at the corner of my eye, I saw something that was navy blue. I turned to look at my yard, it was the same as it was this morning. I looked out in the corn field that was recently cut and saw the navy blue figure. It was a box, a police box it looked like. What was that doing in the middle of a corn field? Did anyone else notice it? I opened the side door and ran through the garage, I opened the kitchen door and greeted my little dog named Dusty. Her little tail wagged as I put my stuff down on the island chair. I ruffled her fur for a little before I was going to let her out. I opened the glass door that lead out to my yard and ran out to the fence gate on the side of my house. The gate slammed shut as I ran out to the field. The left over corn stalks crunched under my high top all black converse. When I got there, I stared at the door. It had a sign that said "Free for public use." I tried to look through the windows but they had a type of glass where it was impossible to look through. I knocked on the door to see if anyone would answer. Suddenly, a young man fell through the doors and plopped onto the corn stalks. He had light brown hair that was greased up and flipped to the side almost covering his right eye. He was wearing a black leather jacket. Underneath was a maroon colored t-shirt and black pants. Was this man drunk? This would've terrified me but for some reason, this man made me feel at ease. He looked handsome and peaceful. I decided to bring him to the house. I know mom wouldn't like me bringing a random stranger into the house but what was I supposed to do? Leave him here?
I closed the box's door and wrapped his right arm around me. He was pretty heavy for someone like me to carry by myself. I opened the fence gate and dragged the young man. Dusty jumped for excitement for the stranger. I struggled through the glass door and up the stairs. I plopped the man onto my bed. I was afraid that there would be some dirt on the man and he would get dirt on my purple bed spread, but I decided to forget about that until later. I turned on my colorful fan for my room gets really hot in the summer, I left the lights off for him to easily rest. I went back downstairs and rested on the couch, Dusty jumped up beside me. Before doing some homework, I decided to turn on the television. There was nothing on so I turned it to Disney Channel for entertainment. How was I going to tell mom about the stranger in my bed? She was going to have a fit. The hours ticked by, I was finished with all of my homework and the man still didn't wake up. My mother finally came home, it was time to face the music. She came in with a smile on her face. We did our normal conversation starter.
"How was work?" I asked terrified. She places her bags on the island.
"Good. How was college?" she smiled while fixing her short dirty blonde hair.
"As usual, boring. Especially the lectures. Hey mom." here it comes, time to tell her. She walked passed the glass door and looked out. She had a worried look on her face.
"What's with the blue box?" she asked tapping on the glass. My hands held onto each other tightly behind my back.
"I was just about to talk to you about that" I asked her to come up to my room. I didn't turn on the lights so I wouldn't wake the man up. Mom did a silent gasp.
"Do you think it's wise to bring a man into the house?" she whispered. I was thankful that she wasn't yelling.
"Well he fell out of that blue box and I couldn't just leave him out in the middle of the field" I whispered back. My mom walked closer to observe him.
"He's really handsome" mom whispered. At that, the man's eyes flew open and my mom screamed at the top of her lungs. I heard my dog running up the stairs and jumped onto my bed. She started to sniff the man's face.
"Dusty get down!" I scream. I had to yell at her a couple of times before she actually listened. The man sat up and stretched along with a obnoxious yawn.
"I'm terribly sorry about that ma'am" the man had a British accent, I loved British accents. There was an awkward moment of silence.
"Okay mister, you have explaining to do" mom ordered with hands on her hips. The man looked at me and winked, I winked back with a smile not knowing why.
"Of course, Of course. Where would it be more comfortable for you?" he asked kindly. We decided to go to the family room and sat on the couches. The man sat on the love seat and the two of us sat on the other. I love these couches, the nice soft green material was relaxing. The man held his hands together on his crossed legs. He had a smile on his face as if this was amusing.
"First off, my name is the Doctor." he said gleefully.
"Doctor who?" my mom asked.
"Doctor, just the Doctor. I don't know what my real name is."
"How did you end up in the field?" my mom asked. She was very interested in the Doctor.
"I was regenerating while flying the TARDIS and it's very hard to regenerate and fly the time machine at the same time."
"A time machine?" mom was shocked.
"TARDIS?" I asked. His smile was bigger than before.
"It stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space. I'm a time lord, I can travel anywhere through time."
"I don't believe it" I challenged. The Doctor stood up.
"Really? Well why don't I show you?" he grabbed my hand and lifted me to my feet. He reached for my mom's hand and she grabbed it as well.
"If you do time travel, would you be able to make it back before my husband gets home?" mom asked curious.
"I can make it as if you never left" he bragged. He let go of my mom's hand but still held onto mine as he lead us to the glass door. He pushed it as he flipped the handle and swung it open. Mom was in the lead and opened the fence gate for us. The Doctor still didn't let go of my hand and it felt nice. We finally reached the TARDIS and when the Doctor opened the door, my jaw dropped. It was bigger on the inside. I turned to my mom, she had my same reaction. The Doctor looked at us with amusement. He started to laugh as he closed the door.
"Where would you want to go? Past? Future?"
"Future!" I suggested. I turned to my mom.
"How about New York?" my mom asked. I turned to the Doctor, he walked to the center controls.
"Alright! Hang on!" he shouted. Suddenly, we found ourselves tumbling all over the TARDIS. I tried my hardest to hold onto something but it didn't work. After a couple of minutes of tumbling, we finally stopped. The Doctor walked out of the room and disappeared. Mom and I stood still wondering what was going on. We waited for a bit before we were going to call him.
"Doctor?" I called. No answer, I didn't want to go wondering off in some place I don't know. After a couple of minutes the Doctor came back in a whole new outfit. He had a brown suit and pants with blue pinned stripes. He had a long tan trench coat of a jacket that had enormous dark brown buttons. He was also wearing tan high top converse. The outfit seemed to fit him a lot better than the leather jacket. He strode over to the TARDIS door and grabbed the handle. He turned to my mother and me and smiled.
"Take a look" he offered as he pushed the door open. I was almost blinded by the sun, it was really warm outside. The two of us walked out and we looked at the city in awe. It did look like the New York we knew and loved only a lot more shinier. I pulled down my tank top to make myself look presentable as I took a step onto the grass, future grass. In the distance I saw flying cars everywhere, I turned to my mom and giggled. So this Doctor was a time traveler. The Doctor walked back into the TARDIS and carried out a basket with a plaid blanket on top. I had a huge smile on my face, a picnic in the future? Now that's something you don't get to do everyday.
"What's that for?" my mom asked. The Doctor walked over to us with his goofy smile.
"It's a thank you. For allowing me to rest in your house and for coming along. I usually travel by myself, it's nice to have company."
"Well alright then let's eat." I said. The Doctor laid out the blanket and plopped on, he patted on the spot next to him. I gladly sat down and my mother did the same. The Doctor handed me some crackers and cheese, good American cheese, that's the only cheese I like besides cheddar. He handed my mom a slice of bread and watermelon. For drinks he handed us a bottle of tan liquid which I believe it was tea. I never had tea before so this would be a good opportunity. The Doctor asked us lots of questions. What we like, if we had jobs, he asked me about college, he must've guessed that I just started. I never told anyone about myself like this before. He told us about his home; Galifrey. He told us about it's beautiful landscapes and the people. He talked about the two suns. He then started to talk about previous adventures he had with monsters, which famous people he met and are friends with. He promised me to take me to some of these places. This was really nice, I was starting to really like the Doctor. I wanted to travel with him more, I hope my mother would let me. She seems to be enjoying herself. After we finished all of the food, the Doctor packed everything up and locked it in the TARDIS.
"I want to show you guys something" he sounded joyful. We walked through the city. He grabbed my hand and swung back and fourth, it was really nice but I didn't want anything romantic to happen between us just yet. Sometime, but not now. My mom was distracted by the shops that lined the sidewalk. I wanted to shop too but I thought it would be wise to follow the Doctor. We ended up at a hospital, of all places a hospital. What's fascinating about a hospital? I looked at my mom with disgust because of where we were headed. I could tell that she was disappointed too. When we walked through the doors, I was surprised. The hospital looked interesting and was huge. I was watching the people, and the nurses who weren't exactly people, they were cats. Cat people. Never saw anything like that in my life. The Doctor lead us to elevators. I ran in quickly before the doors closed. When I turned around I noticed that my mom wasn't there.
"Mom where'd you go?" I asked panicky looking around even though there was nothing to look at but the elevator walls.
"Don't worry, when you were busy looking at the cat people I told your mom which floor we were going. Relax." he patted my back. Relax? How can I relax when knowing my mom was alone in a strange place. The Doctor didn't seem to care and stood in the middle of the elevator. I followed his lead and stood behind him. Suddenly, water was falling like a soft rain. I screamed as my hair was starting to get wet. Then strong wind blew in my face. The Doctor seemed to be enjoying the little bath. After that weird experience the two of us left the elevator. I looked around the hallway that looked like a normal hospital accept for the fact there were cat people walking in every direction. The Doctor started to walk in an unknown direction. I was still worried about my mom. As if she read my thoughts, my mom came stroking around the corner. Safe and sound. I gave her a reassuring smile.
"Good you found your way." The Doctor smiled at my mom. My mom gave him a fake smile and grabbed my arm as we followed the Doctor.
"Did you have to go through a shower on the elevator?" My mom whispered in my ear.
"Yeah and the Doctor seemed to have enjoyed better than I did." I laughed in a whisper. The Doctor seemed to be in a care free mood as we strode along. When we reached this humongous room filled with stretchers and cat nurses, the Doctor gasped with excitement. He ran over to the big glass tank. My mom gasped in horror and pulled me away from the terrifying sight. There was a head, a head inside! It had really big lips and small, kind of small piece of skin representing hair was sticking out over his head. His large eyes were barley opened. His skin looked rotten.
"Don't worry miss, it's the face of Bo. Completely harmless." The Doctor assured. Feeling relieved I released my arm from my mother's grasp and walked over to the Doctor who kneeled down to get a closer look at the face of Bo. I did the same and looked at the Doctor.
"Go on, say hello." The Doctor encouraged. He grabbed my left hand and placed it gently on the thick glass. I turned to the Doctor and smiled. This was amazing. Never in my whole life would imagine myself being face to face with a alien. At least I think it's an alien. I turned to my mom and waved her to come over with my hand still on the glass. I copied the Doctor's movements and placed my mother's hand on the glass. She refused to look at it at first but soon enough, she opened her eyes and felt at ease. I turned to the Doctor and smiled.
"Do you know him?" My mom asked in almost a whisper.
"Yeah we go way back!" The Doctor smiled. I turned back to the face in the tank. It's eyes were on me.
"Who is this Doctor?" The face asked without moving it's lips. I turned to my mother and smiled. She didn't smile back but gave me this disturbed but amazed.
"These are my friends, Jade Collier and her mother..." The Doctor was quiet for a moment.
"Lisa. Smeltzer." My mother answered. The Doctor nodded and turned back to the face and smiled. After a little conversation, the Doctor decided to walk around the room for a bit. Mom stayed by the face of Bo and I decided to wander. I told mom to call me when they were ready. I didn't want to go through the elevator again but yet I didn't want to take the stairs. I brushed my hair out of the back of my red jacket, kicked the heels of my high top converse and decided to take the elevator. Even though I was going to have to deal with the shower again. The elevator did its normal routine and I happily walked out when the door chimed that I was on another floor. It seemed like the basement, it was cold and damp. I saw this weird figure standing a couple of feet away from me.
"Is this the basement?" I asked the stranger. They didn't answer but continued to stare at me.
"This way miss!" He said urgently with a shaky high pitched voice and jogged off. I saw some skinny bars on the ground that looked good enough to knock someone on the head and picked it up. I slowly walked behind the strange figure, I regretted doing it thinking of the Doctor and my mom who have no idea where I am. When the journey was finished, I gasped at the sight of the figure. He was really pale and had strange designs all over his body and face. He was wearing a hospital gown and a wrap around his head. He pointed in a certain direction and I gasped at the horror. There was a square made out of bars and strapped to was skin, paper thin skin with a face on it. I couldn't believe my eyes.
"She is perfect!" The skin who apparently was a woman said with a British accent. I didn't know what was going in, what did she need me for? Before I knew it, the weird man pushed me back and I was strapped to a machine by electricity. Suddenly my eyes were starting to fall. I called out for the Doctor and I fainted. When I opened my eyes I wasn't in my body anymore, I was looking at it. My body was on the ground for a second and then my eyes opened. The strange man lifted me up slowly. I was observing my fingers and hair. I then realized it wasn't me, it was that skin lady. Was I a ghost? Was I still inside my head? This was all too weird for me, I had to get to the Doctor and my mom. I closed my eyes for a second and then I was in another room that was bright and filled with cat people and patients. My mom was standing next to the Doctor starting to panic like she always does when she worries. She decided to call my cellphone which I forgot I had in my pants pocket. The thing was that it was with my body, with that skin lady.
"Jade where are you?" My mom asked. I apparently answered.
"Well come back! The Doctor wants to show you something and what's wrong with your voice?" Mom replied. She noticed something's wrong and then the Doctor will notice when she gets here. A couple minutes past and my body showed up. The Doctor walked over to me and wrapped his arm around me. He was showing me this strange person that had a horrible disease that we never heard of. Mom was hiding behind him disgusted. This was agonizing, it should be me down there listening to what the Doctor had to say. The three of them then decided to go to another floor. My weightless body followed them, I wasn't flying like a ghost. I was just walking like a normal person. I stared at the Doctor's back. There was a time where the Doctor stopped and turned around looking directly at my face. As if he knew I was there. I called out his name but he didn't hear me.
"Doctor, is everything alright?" The skin lady called with my voice.
"Of course sweetheart everything's alright." He lied. I knew that he knew something was wrong. The three of them ended up in this huge room that looked like a stadium. It looked like it could go on forever and ever. The skin lady turned around and looked disgusted. That should've set something off for the Doctor. The three of them walked around looking inside these little rooms that had a green screen that was a little clear to see through. There were people inside that looked like they were sick. The Doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver at the lock and the door opened. Mom hid behind the Doctor and pulled my body closer to her.
"What is that?" The skin lady asked. She turned closer towards the Doctor.
"That's every disease known to man. Don't touch them or you will get them all and die." The Doctor said it coldly this time. He stared at the person sadly. The person who looked like a young woman was covered in rotten skin and it looked like bubbles of air all around them.
"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry." The Doctor said as he closed the door. When they started to turn a corner, a cat nurse came around and ordered them to leave. The Doctor was trying to convince them about how wrong it was to keep these people captive and use them for experiments.
"Another thing I'd like to know is what have you done with Jade Collier?" The Doctor said staring at the nurse.
"I don't understand what it is you're talking about." Said the nurse. The Doctor continued to stare at her.
"What have you done with Jade? Bring her back!" The Doctor said. Mom looked confused.
"I'm fine!" I said looking a little scared at the Doctor and my mom.
"These people are dying and Jade would care! At least a little." The Doctor said as he turned around to face me. He grabbed my shoulders and shook me.
"Bring her back!" The Doctor shouted in my face.
"Never!" The skin lady shouted but it wasn't in my voice anymore.
"Who are you?" My mother asked as she stared into my eyes.
"The last human." The skin lady whispered
"Cassandra?" The Doctor asked as he backed away protecting my mom. Finally they noticed.
"What's horrible was that her own mother didn't even know." Cassandra laughed.
"Where's my daughter?" My mother shouted.
"Oh she's somewhere in here." Cassandra answered while pointed to my head.
"Listen, I can find you another body but please jump out of this one. She's my friend!" The Doctor begged.
"I'm not getting out of this body! I'll have nowhere else to go." Cassandra refused. Suddenly, the scaly looking man appeared.
"My loyal servant is here!" Cassandra exclaimed. She then had a smile on her face and pulled some wires. All the doors containing the sick people opened and like zombies, they walked slowly toward us or at least to the Doctor and my my mother. I hope he keeps her safe. The two ran for their lives. The Doctor held onto my mother's hand. The three of them ran as fast as they could. Left and right they were opening doors and the diseased people would be on the other side. When they were trapped, Cassandra started to panic.
"What are we going to do?" She shouted.
"You are going to give my daughter back!" My mom shouted. She was about to stomp towards her but the Doctor stopped her.
"Give her back to me!" The Doctor demanded. There was a moment of silence.
"Alright you asked for it."
Cassandra floated out of my mouth and headed for the Doctor. My soul was sucked back into my body. I turned to my mom and hugged her.
"That was really weird." I said to my mom and the two of us laughed. I then turned to the Doctor. He was observing himself.
"Oh, I'm a man. Oh I have two hearts!" He was really excited. I had this angry look on my face. Cassandra walked towards me and had a teasing smile.
"I've been inside your head, I KNOW you have feelings for him." His face was so close I could barely breathe. Even though it wasn't him, it was still his face. Suddenly there was banging on the door.
"The Doctor what would he do?" She asked in his voice. I looked around the room to see if there was away to get out. I found a ladder and ran towards it, ordering Cassandra to go first. I followed and mom was the rear. All three of us climbed and climbed until we reached a closed elevator.
"What should I do?" Cassandra asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Use my body for the time being, the Doctor would know what to do!" Demanded.
"Hold on tight!" And the experience was happening again. When the Doctor came back, he shouted and demanded to let me go. Cassandra then went inside a diseased person for a bit until we were through the elevator. Then she flew into me, this was not my greatest day.
They ended up back at the face of Bo was located. A lady was charging at the Doctor with a chair, thinking that they were one of the diseased people.
"No, we're clean!" The Doctor assured. After talking to some people, the Doctor ordered everyone to give him every solution to every disease ad they did. He then jumped through an open elevator with Cassandra, ordering my mom to meet them on the first floor. I realized that I didn't have to follow my body and decided to watch over mom. I followed her through the elevator and waited with her for the Doctor. The doctor came back and ran inside the elevator and he was no longer covered with the solutions. The diseased people were all over the first floor now, heading towards the three of us. When they reached the elevator
When everything was settled down, the Doctor hugged me as tight as he could. Then I ran to my mom. She sounded like she was about to cry hopefully tears of joy. When it was time, the Doctor lead us to the exit.
"So what did you think of your first time traveling experience?" The Doctor asked as he wrapped his arms around my mother's and my shoulders.
"Besides the fact that we were almost killed by deadly diseases and my daughter was possessed by a crazy skin woman, it was really pleasant." Mom answered with a sarcastic tone. The Doctor turned to me and I nodded.
"It was fun, I want to go somewhere else!" I cheered. My mother turned to me with a death glare.
"Not now we're not. Right now the Doctor is bringing us straight home." She demanded. When we reached the TARDIS, mom swung the doors open and waited impatiently for the Doctor to get us ready. He threw his trench coat on a ledge and went to his work. As he was pulling all the contraptions he looked at me with a smile. He winked and I winked back.
Who was this mysterious time traveler? Even though we just met, I was starting to fall for him. He was kind and loving. There was just something about him that made me want to follow him. To be his companion. A loyal companion. I didn't care that our lives were on the line at every moment. I just wanted to be with him. When I look into his beautiful brown eyes all I see is a longing for happiness. Seeking a friend, a mate. Maybe I could be both. I could push away the sad and loneliness he carried. Ever since he literally fell into my life I knew that it would never be the same again and I was okay with that.