Timelords Returning
Prologue-The Doctor
The Doctor sat in his T.A.R.D.I.S, staring at the console. He sighed and walked around it twice, listening. It was so quiet, he thought. He missed the usual laughter that filled the room whenever his old companion, Rose was there. He missed the arguing from Donna. He even missed Martha trying to make sense of everything. When he thought about it enough, he could only come to one word that described the feeling in his hearts. Loneliness.
The T.A.R.D.I.S could feel his sadness at the loss of his friends as well. It had an effect on the room. The lights got dimmer as the Doctor's spirits lowered. The Doctor sighed and began pulling random levers on the console, willing the T.A.R.D.I.S to just take him somewhere interesting.
As the engine sounded the Doctor smiled a little and ran a hand through his spiky hair. "Allons-y!" A slight smile found its way onto his lips as his ship landed somewhere in the universe.
He went to the railing in a dash and quickly pulled his brown trench coat over his favorite brown suit and converse. He checked for the psychic paper and opened the doors, stepping out into a white hallway.
Chapter 2- Emily
Down the hall, students were anxiously awaiting the day to be over. I, however was completely happy. It was last core and we had a substitute who let us play on devices. Needless to say, Cassie, Matthew(Metthew) and I were listening to Chameleon Circuit on my iPad and playing Minecraft.
"Emily," Cassie said, angrily as I had stolen her iron, "give it back!" But I wasn't listening. I could've sworn I had heard the most familiar, yet most foreign sound ever. "What?" I said, figuring the sound was just my phone going off in my pencil pouch. Cassie repeated her demand. "Yeah, sure. One second though, I've got to go use the bathroom."
I went up to the substitute and grabbed a pass, just to make sure I wasn't crazy. Slipping my phone into the pocket off my uniform pants, I walked towards the direction of the wonderful sound. Passing the bathroom I peered down the hallway and my eyes widened at the sight.
The object of my dreams was there, staring me in the face. A gasp involuntarily escaped my lips. Quickly, I grabbed my phone and snapped a picture of the blue box, texting to Cassie in all caps, "BATH ROOM PASS. NOW. E HALL. GO."
I walked towards it slowly, touching the door as if it were glass that could break at the slightest touch. "Doctor," I whispered, knowing that if this was here, actually properly here, the Doctor was bound to be around somewhere. I looked down the hall and didn't see any sign of him, or a teacher. I pulled the handle on the door, and slowly opened it.
I peered inside, my brain hardly comprehending what my eyes saw. I took a step back and closed the door. I closed my eyes and pinched my arm. I opened my eyes slowly, marveling at the most amazing thing my eyes have ever seen.
I walked back inside slowly, looking around at what I knew was the T.A.R.D.I.S. "Hello," I said slowly, knowing she would hear me. I breathed in slowly, aware of every movement my body made. I stared at the almost coral looking arches and the turquoise center. It was beautiful. I heard a gasp and slowly turned around.
The Doctor's wide brown eyes looked at me full of surprise. "What... Who... How did you get in here?!" He almost shouted. "The door... It was unlocked... The TARDIS let me in." I murmured. "But, but.." he stuttered, looking around the TARDIS. Suddenly a crash rang out down the hall. The Doctor turned on his heel and ran off. What did I do you ask? Ran after him, what else?
"Doctor!" I yelled after the man as he ran down the hall towards the class room I had just left. Screaming erupted and I heard the metallic voice that could only belong to one thing. The Doctor stopped and turned around on his heel, his eyes showing the panic he truly felt. I heard a loud sound, like a ray, a scream, and then a thump that sounded as if a body had fallen to the ground. "Exterminate!" I heard come from the room as the power went out and the screams got louder.
Students and teachers alike began running out of their rooms, and the Doctor ran into the room where it all began. I saw Cassie run out. "Emily!" She yelled, "There are Daleks in there! They killed Joseph and Logan!" Ignoring the danger, and staring straight past Cassie, I followed him in.
As I ran into the classroom I realized what I had done. Cassie stood at my shoulder, Matthew at the other. The Doctor looked at us in the corner of his eye. "DOCTOR." One of the Daleks screeched. Cassie and Matthew's eyes went wide, their mouths falling open.
"EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE" a Dalek screeched, turning towards us. A green laser shot out of the whisk-looking weapon.
"Get down!" I screamed as the ray of light hit Matthew. He fell to the floor with a thud, dead. "Matthew!" Cassie screamed as her eyes widened even more. I kept my eyes trained on the Doctor. He stood behind a lab table, sonic screwdriver out and ready. "Daleks!" He said, the hate in his voice evident. "This is a school, on Earth. What do the Daleks want here?" He sonic-ed them and looked at it. "No way," he said and looked at them and then straight at me and Cassie.
Cassie and I had always been different. We learned faster than others and easily picked up on foreign languages. We both also had an intense fascination with space. We also had an ability to heal extremely quickly. Once, I fell out of a tree in my yard and broke my hand. The bone jutted out of my skin. There was barely any blood though. I started to whimper when a soft spurt of blinding gold came out and when I looked at my hand all that was left was a thin scar. Cassie had a similar problem. She fell off a pile of rocks and cut the skin just over her eye open. There was a bit of blood and a flash of gold and all that was left was a scar over her eye.
Neither one of us had ever told another soul about that though, aside from each other. I quickly wondered if that would heal me from the Dalek. I doubted it. The Doctor kept staring at us, hope the only emotion I could read in his eyes. "Run! Back to the TARDIS! She'll protect you!" The Dalek turned back towards us, and I began running, as I felt my watch clank against my arm, letting my feet run to the rhythm of the familiar beat of my watch. Cassie wasn't far behind as I opened the door and ran in, panting when I finally stopped.
I closed the door, resting my head against the soft wood. "Please. PLEASE keep them out." I whispered into the wood. I turned to look at the inside of the TARDIS. I rubbed my watch subconsciously, finding comfort in the cool metal. Cassie and I had identical ones. We never removed them. Speaking of Cassie... I turned in a circle looking for her. She was curled up in the corner of the TARDIS control room, her eyes wide and frightened. I walked cautiously over to her.
"Cassie?" I said softly, as she was obviously not taking this in well. "What's wrong?" I crouched down beside her, slowly and noticed she was clutching her watch, which she wore around her neck. "I've got to hide it!" She screamed, her body shaking and convulsing. "Sshh, Cassie. Hide what?" She looked at me, her eyes wild. "The watch. They want to destroy it." I looked at her oddly. She was acting like a crazy person. "Why would the Daleks want a watch? A watch that's older than dirt?" I asked her, trying to convince her everything was okay. She kept shaking a muttering words. I got up and paced around slowly. "Doctor," I whispered, "Please hurry back."
Cassie suddenly shot out of the fetal position. She walked quickly to out of the console room and into the maze of the TARDIS. As I started to chase after my friend, the Doctor burst inside, slightly singed and looking quite confused. "Where's your friend?" he barked. "She left." I responded slowly. He groaned. "Why? Why did she leave? What did she say?" he said in a quick rush.
"Something about a watch and how 'they' wanted it, how she had to destroy it." The Doctor looked startled and took off rapidly towards the hall Cassie had run down. "What did she mean? Was she talking about our watches? Why are-" The Doctor spun around and interrupted me. "You have one too? Let me see." I held out my wrist to him. He took the watch into his hand. "Have you ever opened it?" he quietly asked me. "No," I responded quietly. "Well then, Emily Greer, how do you know it's a watch?"
"What else would it be? It ticks. Sixty times a minute all day" I said looking at him. "Cassie and I have had them since we were little. I just have mine as a bracelet now. If it's not a watch what is it, Doctor? And how do you know my name?"
I felt my heart beat faster and I kept my eyes on the watch. "What did Cassie mean? Who would want a old watch?"
The Doctor simply shook his head and looked over his shoulder. "We have to find your friend." he said. Why won't he answer me? There's something he's not telling me... "EMILY!" I heard the Doctor shout. "Are you okay? You stopped talking. I thought something was wrong." I shoved his shoulder and mocked him, saying, "We need to find my friend before she destroys a old watch." The Doctor gave a soft laugh when we heard a cry of frustration from a room down the hall.
I looked at the Doctor, and he looked back at me. "Allons-y!" He said and took off running towards the direction of the cry. I grinned and quickly followed, loving the feel of the adrenaline pulsing through my veins. The Doctor came to a quick stop in front of a pink door, so fast that I didn't have enough time to stop running. I ran straight into him, which made him hit the door straight on. "Cassie!" I yelled, "It's just me and the Doctor! Everything's okay. You don't have to hide or destroy the watch. Just come out of there, okay?" The Doctor still hadn't moved. He stared at the door, with a look of sadness in his eyes. I knocked on it and yelled for Cassie again, but this time I noticed the name written across the door. Rose, of course. I knew that from the show. The pink door should've told me from the start. I sighed and pulled on the Doctor's arm, forcing him to move back.
He shook his head once, and seemed to snap out of it. I ran quickly towards the door and kicked it in. "Cassie!" I yelled, looking for her. I glanced around the room quickly and saw her in the fetal position with the watch laying on the ground in front of her. Her head was in between her legs, and her long hair covered most of her up. She almost blended in with the wall. The Doctor quickly walked in and grabbed the watch. "Emily," he said quietly, "calm her down and there's bound to be a empty room around here somewhere. Lay her there and then meet me in the control room." I nodded as he walked off, focused on my friend who was shaking harder than I had ever seen someone shake before.
I dashed into the hall, looking for an empty room. I saw a door appear at the end of the hall. I knew the TARDIS had a telepathic link and she had given us an empty room. "Thank you," I whispered. I walked back into the room Cassie was in. I picked her up and carried her into the room down the hall. All that was in the room was a bed and a small table with a glass of water on it. I sat Cassie down on the bed. She was still shaking, and I felt so awful for her. I stood to leave, thinking about the Doct- BAM! Something crashed into me from behind. I spun around to see Cassie, still shaking, standing behind me. "Cassie?" I asked. "Giveittome. Ineeditgiveittomenow." she said, her words blurring together. She sounded absolutely insane. "The watch. The watch! THE WATCH!" she yelled at me. I did the only thing I could think of, I slapped her, straight across the face. My hand stung with the force I had hit her with. She looked straight at me, the insanity slowly leaving her eyes. "Em... Emily?" she asked, before passing out in a heap on the floor. I picked her up and sat her back on the bed. She was shaking far less than she was before. I slowly crept out of the room and closed the door behind me. I made my way to the control room, knowing which ever way I went the TARDIS would bring me there. I entered and walked over to where the Doctor was looking at Cassie's watch.
"She's sleeping," I said quietly, watching the Doctor work. He nodded, running his thumb over the watch. "Emily," he said, his brown eyes staring into mine, "how did you know what all of this is? Who I am? And what I am?" I slowly pulled my phone out of my pocket and showed him my Netflix account. He looked at it and then at me. "No way," he said, "I always knew someone would catch on." He smiled, and I looked at him, full of curiosity. "Doctor," I said, "how did you know my name? What's special about the watch? You never answered me."
"You know what I am," the Doctor said. "Obviously," I responded, rolling my eyes. He Doctor gave a small smile," And do you know how Timelords can become human?" The Doctor asked. I stood thinking. Suddenly, I heard a beat of four. I grabbed my watch. The sound was coming from it. A beat of four. A beat I recognized. It was the heartbeat of a Timelord, coming from my watch. "Do you know how?" the Doctor asked again. "The Timelord essence is put into a watch," I whispered, the beat of four growing louder.
I stared at the watch that I had had for so many years and never thought twice about. "Doctor," I said softly, my voice shaking, "What does this mean? Are Cassie and I... Like you? It doesn't make sense. We're not anyone special. Just average humans." The Doctor looked at me, a grin forming on his face. "Emily," he said, "Yes. I think. Open it." I looked at the watch and shook my head. "There's noise coming from it. Four beats, which keep going. What does it mean, Doctor?" "
"Open it," the Doctor insisted. I cracked the lid open. A torrent of gold light blinded me, but I couldn't look away. The beat of four rang out do clearly it hurt but in that moment, everything made sense, the healing, and the fascination with space... I was a Timelord.