Hey everyone! I know it has been a while since I updated anything. Sorry about that, I have a severe case of writer's block, so I decided to just start new stories. I am working on multiple and this is just one I have wanted to do for a while. I do not own Doctor Who or the idea of someone traveling through the Doctor's timeline. Several authors have done so and I do not know where the idea originally came from. I only own my OC Krystal Lake and whatever OCs I create in the future but, as River Song would say, 'Spoilers.' Excuse any spelling or grammatical error, even though I am a native English speaker, I still suck at the writing rules of English. I just confuses me to no end. Also, sorry if the format is weird, still pretty new to uploading stories ti . Anyway enjoy the story, as this is an extra long chapter to my standards, and as the Tenth Doctor would say 'Allons-y!'
Well, what a fine mess I got myself into this time. Let me start by introducing myself. Hello, my name is Krystal Lake or at least that is what everyone knows me by. My real name is only known by me and is the biggest secret I have. I started travelling through the Doctor's timeline when I was 14 years old. I was walking home from school wearing a TARDIS t-shirt that had the British flag on it with jeans and TARDIS blue converse. All I wanted was to go home and watch some Doctor Who, I needed to catch up on the new season with Peter Capaldi. Anyway, suddenly a bright light filled my vision and I landed in the middle of London with the woman who was actually a Dalek from the episode Asylum of the Daleks. I didn't have any time to react when it spoke to me.
"Krystal Lake has been found and acquired." it simply spoke. Then everything went black.
"How much trouble, Mr. Pond? Out of ten? 11." The Doctor stated to Rory's question of how much trouble they were in. Then they heard another Dalek being lead into the room followed by me. Who, should I mention was still in a state of shock. I just walked over to them and poked them all in the chest, starting with Amy, moving to Rory, and last the Doctor. They looked at me concern written on all of their faces.
"Krystal, are you alright? You are never scared of the Daleks." Rory asked. I just opened and closed my mouth a few times, trying to find the right words. I was about to speak when the platform we were standing on suddenly shifted upwards. We entered a room full of Daleks.
"Where are we?" Amy asked, "Spaceship right?"
"Not just any spaceship," the Doctor answered "The Parliament of the Daleks. Be brave."
"What do we do?"
"Make them remember you. Well, come on then. You got me! What are you waiting for! At long last, it's Christmas! Here I am!"
"Save us." the Daleks said. "You will save us."
The Doctor asked confused, "I'll what?"
"You will save the Daleks!"
The Daleks all started chanting 'Save the Daleks' at us confusing the Doctor even more.
"Well," the Doctor stated, "this is new."
The Doctor started to pace the room, giving me, Amy, and Rory time to talk.
"Krystal, where were you before this, you seem tense? Did something happen in your last jump?" Amy asked me.
"Well, I was walking home from school when this bright light appeared. Then the Dalek lady over there knocked me out and brought me here. Why does everyone call me Krystal? That is not my name."
Rory and Amy exchanged nervous glances, knowing that this was more important than their failing marriage right now.
"So, this is your first time here?" Rory asked, wanting to clarify.
"This is a dream isn't it. I mean, no offense but, you're not real. Also, what do you mean by 'jump?'"
"Krystal is the name you are called here because according to you, 'A new start means a new name.' And no this is not a dream. The Doctor will explain everything later. Lastly, do not tell us your real name. That needs to be kept a secret" Amy explained nervously leaving me looking shell-shocked. Rory quickly changed the subject by asking, "What is he doing?" pointing to the Doctor. Amy glad for once that her soon to be ex-husband understood what they needed quickly replied.
"He's chosen the most defendable area in the room, counted all the Daleks, counted all the exits, and now he's calculating the exact distance that we are standing apart plus Krystal's expression and starting to worry." The Doctor looks at them concerned and Amy continues,"Oh! Look at him frowning now. 'Something's wrong with Amy, Rory, and Krystal and who's going to fix it?' And he straightens his bow-tie!" she finishes, sarcastically. The Daleks suddenly speaks.
"We arrived." it states to us, or more like to the Doctor.
"Arrived where?" the Doctor challenges.
"Doctor," the lady turned Dalek said, "The Prime Minister will see you and the Otherworldly now.
"Do you remember who you were," the Doctor asked, "Before they emptied you out and turned you into their puppet?"
"My memories are only re-activated if they are required to facilitate deep cover or disguise."
The Doctor looks at her sadly and states, "You had a daughter." hoping to get some sort of response but all he is meet with is, "I know, I've read my files. Otherworldly, the Prime Minister wants to speak with you as well." she states looking directly at me.
"Oh, I'm 'The Otherworldly?'" I ask pointing to myself, "That does not have a good ring to it, is that really all you could come up with?"
Amy and Rory visibly relax, seeing how I was acting like the Krystal Lake that they know even though I am so early in my timeline, apparently. The Doctor though just looked confused as to why I didn't already know that
"My apologies Prime Minister," the lady, Darla, I believe said, "It seems that the Otherworldly is at the very beginning of her timeline with the Doctor."
"No, matter she can still help." said the Prime Minister. While the Doctor just looks at me with a shocked expression that soon turns into sadness
I slowly make my way next to the Doctor to meet the Dalek Prime Minister. I tried to prepare myself but, it didn't work. I was still pretty scared. He was a shrivelled up Dalek flesh inside of a tank with some kind of liquid inside of it.
"Do you know of the Dalek asylum?" he asked the Doctor and I with a croaking voice. That catches the Doctor's attention.
"According to legend, you have a dumping ground. A planet where you lock up all the Daleks that go 'wrong,' the battle-scarred, the insane. The ones even you can't control. Which never made any sense to me." stated the Doctor.
"Why not?" asked the Dalek Prime Minister. Although it looked like he directed the question to me, not the Doctor. So, I answered,
"Because, you would just kill them." I say flatly to him. The Doctor nodding angrily at him, agreeing with me.
"It is offensive to us to extinguish such divine hatred." states the Prime Minister easily. The shocked the Doctor and I was afraid he would strangle the Dalek Prime Minister right there. If he had a neck to strangle that is.
"I thought you'd run out of ways to make me sick, but hello again. You think hatred is 'beautiful?'" asked the Doctor.
"Perhaps that is why we could never kill you."
"The asylum occupies the whole planet, right to its very core." said Darla, stepping back towards Amy and Rory as the platform begins to open.
"How many Daleks?" I asked. Hey, if I was here in reality or a dream, (I am still not sure if it is real yet.) why not steal some of their lines. I look down to get a good look at the planet below.
"A count has not been made. Millions certainly."
"I like our chances already." I mutter sarcastically.
"All still alive?" The Doctor asked with a slight smile, having heard my comment.
"We assume so. The asylum is automatically operated, supervision is not required." Darla responded back.
"Armed?" asked Amy.
"Daleks are always armed."
"What color?" Rory asked. The Doctor and Amy give him puzzled looks while I just grin broadly at him. "Sorry there wasn't any good questions left but, by Krystal's reaction I assume it was still a good one." he said with a ghost of a smile to my reaction. The Doctor and Amy both turn to me and see me grinning like mad and gave me a look that said, 'You better explain now.'
"What, it is a good question. Dalek colors indicate what unit or rank they are." I explained for them. Amy just looks at me weird while the Doctor gives me another soft smile.
"We have received this signal from inside the planet." Darla continues, ignoring our interaction. Classical music begins to fill the room.
"What is that noise!" a dalek asked, "Explain!"
"It's me." said the Doctor.
"I'm sorry what?" Rory asked, not sure if he heard what the Doctor said correctly or not.
"It's him, playing the triangle. Or, so he claims." I clarified for him.
"I got lost in the mix." the Doctor defended, "But you got a piano solo in there somewhere as well." he said to me with a smile plastered on his face, waiting to see my reaction.
"Really?!" I asked with wide eyes, "Can't wait for that then." I continue to grin at he and he grins back with equal intensity.
"Carmen, lovely show," the Doctor continues while getting out his sonic screwdriver and scanning the receiver, "Someone's transmitting this. Have you considered tracking back the signal and talking to them?" He is only met with silence, "He asked the Daleks." he jokes with himself. He then tries to communicate with whoever is transmitting the signal, "Hello, hello Carmen?" He calls into the receiver. A voice comes through,
"Hello," she says softly.
"Hello, hello, come in." the Doctor continues.
"Hello," she says excitedly, "Yes, yes, do you read me?"
"Reading you loud and clear. Identify yourself and report your status."
"Hello," she repeats and then asked, "I'm sorry, but are you real? Like actually, properly real?"
"You know, I am wondering the same thing. Apparently, he is actually properly real." I say, looking directly at the Doctor, wanting some explanation.
"Yep, thats me, the Doctor. Actually properly real." the Doctor replies seriously, looking at me and patting his cheeks in front of my face. The voice does not noticed how serious his voice became and introduces herself, even though I already know who she is.
"Oswin Oswald, junior entertainment manager on the Starship Alaska. Current status, crashed and shipwrecked somewhere, not nice. Been here a year, provisions are good but, keen to move on."
"A year?" the Doctor asked, shocked, "Are you ok, under attack?"
"Some local life forms, been keeping them out though." Oswin replies.
"What have you been doing this whole time, Oswin?" I ask, "Are you not bored by now?" Everyone looks at me weirdly at asking this type of question and not the types the Doctor was going to ask.
"Been making souffles." She replies instantly to my question, sounding a little confused as well.
"Souffles, against the Daleks?" scoffs the Doctor but, it does not look like he is going to ask another question, so I ask it in hopes to lead where he needs to go.
"Where did you get the milk?" I ask curiously, trying to get the Doctor's attention.
"This conversation is irrelevant!" a Dalek declares. The Doctor's head suddenly snaps up. Looks like he pick up on what I was trying to say.
"No it isn't!" he yells, then he looks at me and smiles, "Clever, Krystal, very clever!" I smile back at him rubbing the back of my neck, blushing a little from the compliment. The Dalek ignores him and cuts off the signal. "A starliner has crashed into your asylum, damaging your shields, and if a ship got in. Then everyone can get out. A tsunami of insane Daleks, even you don't want that."
"The asylum will be cleansed!" a Dalek states to us.
"Then why is it still here?" the Doctor challenges, "You have enough firepower on this ship to blast it out of the sky."
"The asylum force field can regenerate itself, it can resist our barrage." Darla states.
"Then turn the shield off." the Doctor states the obvious.
"We can't. The shield generator is in the core of the planet, inaccessible. A signal from inside the asylum is blocking our access," Darla replied.
"A small task force can sneak through the barrier and turn off the signal," said the Doctor, "Surely you've got a way to put inmates in. Send a couple of Daleks."
"None have reported back!" a Dalek stated.
"Oh," the Doctor said in realization and started to clap sarcastically, "That's good, that's very good. And what do DAleks do when they can't do the job themselves?"
"The Predator of the Daleks will be deployed!" the Dalek responded, looking directly at me. The Doctor looked confused as to why I was the Predator to the Daleks.
"Me?" I asked confused, "Even if I was Predator of the Daleks, which I am not, what makes you think that I would actually help you?"
"Because you have no choice!" the Dalek Prime Minister responded. That is when two male Daleks grabbed me by the arms and Darla put a black bracelet on my wrist.
"You will need this, it will protect you from the nanocloud." explained Darla. I was freaking out.
"Nano- what?" I practically screamed as I was being dragged by the two male Daleks towards the main platform
"She's only a child!" the Doctor yelled at them, starting to go towards me only to be held back by some more Dalek puppets, "She can't do that herself!" Darla continued to explain to me what I must do, ignoring the Doctor.
"The gravity beam will convey you close to the source of the transmission," Darla said, "You must find a way to deactivate it from there."
"You're going to fire me at a planet?" I asked, struggling in the two male Dalek's hold, "That's your plan?! I get fired at a planet and I am expected to fix it?" I look down to the planet below.
"In fairness, that is slightly your M.O." Rory said.
"Rory!" I scolded, "Don't be fair to the Daleks when they're firing me at a planet! I am so going to get you for that later!" That is when the Doctor, Amy and Rory were all fitted with similar black bracelets. "Hold on, what do you need them for? I know I said I was going to get Rory for that but, I can do that on my own freetime." I asked.
"It is known that the Otherworldly requires the help of the Doctor and his companions." Darla explained. Then I was shoved into the beam. I could hear Rory, Amy and the Doctor all calling my name. I then hear them being thrown out as well a few seconds later. I blacked out after that, I am seriously worried about the damage it might cause be considering how many times I had blacked out over the past few hours.
I woke up with a groan and with Rory examining my face with worry. He must of gone into super-nurse mode when he saw my unconscious. I could feel nothing was broken or sprained which was relief. I lifted my arm and lightly smacked in the arm.
"What was that for?" he asked, smiling slightly.
"You were being fair to the Daleks when they were firing me at a planet." I responded. He chuckled lightly see that I was fine and started to help me up.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I forgot that this is you first adventure seeing as you are acting like the Krystal that usually shows up. Glad to see you haven't changed much though. I thought travelling with him for that long changed you in some way or another. Why do they call the Predator of the Daleks?" Rory explained to me.
"Honestly," I responded, " I have no flippin' idea why." That is when Rory discovered an underground bunker of some kind. We descended it and started to look around when we spotted Daleks, and tentatively approached it. They looked rusty, as if they have not moved in many years, centuries even. Rory made sure that I was behind him before touching one of the Daleks and immediately jumping back afterwards. It stayed completely still. He sighed in relief and took out a torch and motioned me to follow him as we explored.
We found more Daleks inside of the asylum. All dead, apparently. Or so we thought until Rory moved and eyestalk that was in the way and it slowly slide back. We both jumped, Rory once again placing me behind him as the Dalek woke up. We stepped back but, I slipped in on one of the balls that was in the ground and sprained my ankle. Rory was examining my ankle when the Dalek spoke and he froze.
"E-ee-eggs," it stuttered out. "Eggs," it repeated.
"Are these your eggs?" Rory asked and reached for it but, I put my hand on his arm and shook my head frantically. I was staring at the Dalek with wide eyes. This is real, I know that because people don't feel pain in a dream and I did when I tripped. So, that is a real Dalek waking up to kill us. I thought, just grasping how dangerous the situation was.
"Exterminate!" the Dalek said, as Rory's eyes widen and he went to pick me up and carry me as the Dalek started to fire. He kept running as I was still frozen in shock and fear until Oswin's voice called out,
"Hey, the door at the end run for it! They're waking up but, they are slow. The door at the end. Just run for it! Now. Now. Now!" she commanded Rory he ran through the door as Oswin closed it just in time before the Daleks could hit us. Rory immediately set me down to properly examine my ankle. It was swollen and a little discolored.
"I don't have any supplies with me but, the good news is that it is not broken. The bad news is that you still can't walk on it or it will make the damage worse. I can carry you until I can give you proper treatment."
"Ok, thanks Rory." I said as Oswin comes back through the transmitter,
"So! Anyway, what are your names?" she asked
"Uh.., I'm Rory and this is Krystal." Rory responded.
"Lovely names, especially Rory. First boy I fancied was named Rory. Actually, she was called Nina. I'm Oswin. Now beakly boy tell my how Gem is doing."
"I'm fine, ankle is just a little sore." I replied, "Why did you call me 'Gem?'" I asked curious.
"I don't know, suits you better the Predator." she replied, "Do you even know why they call you that?"
"Not a clue but, I assume I will find out later." I responded.
"You should get out with Nina. The Daleks aren't going to stay stunned forever."
"Any idea on how we can get out of this place?" Rory asked.
"Down the corridor, first turn on you left. Now trot along." Oswin instructed. Rory pick me up and followed her directions.
After a while the lights started to cut off and Rory's torch I was holding died. He looked up at the ceiling and called for Oswin to help get us out of this mess.
"There is a door beside you. Go through there." she instructed. Rory quickly followed her instructions. "Okay, you're safe now." she said once we were through the door. Suddenly there was an explosion.
"Oswin?" Rory asked, "What was that? It sounded close by."
"That would be the Doctor Rory. Go find him." I instructed. He nodded and ran into the room, only to be met with melted Daleks.
"Doctor!" Rory yelled, "Where are you?" Suddenly the Doctor appeared beside him with an unconscious Amy in his arms.
"Run!" he shouted. And Rory ran.
We were in safest room that there was and the Doctor laid Amy down and Rory rested me next to her. The Doctor immediately came up to me and inspected my ankle, making me wince. The swelling had gone down a little thanks to Rory carrying me the whole way here.
"What happened?" the Doctor asked softly.
"I just tripped on one of those ball things that the Daleks have on them. Nothing too serious. We have bigger things to worry about." I told him looking towards Amy seeing her without a bracelet. The Doctor frowned at my lack of concern for myself but nodded knowing what I had just said was true.
"Thanks for redirecting them Oswin." said the Doctor.
"No problem." she replied.
"Will being unconscious help her? Slow down the process?" Rory asked the Doctor, knowing better than to ask me about the future. Which I was grateful for.
"You better hope so," said Oswin, "Because pretty soon, she's going to try to kill you."
Amy groaned then and started to wake up muttering, "Ow."
"Amy, you still with us?" the Doctor asked stroking her hair soothingly.
"Amy," Rory whispered, "It's me. Do you remember me?" he asked.
She then slowly opened her eyes and slapped Rory across the face. I couldn't stop the laughter that came from me at Rory's expression.
"Same old Amy." the Doctor said, smiling.
"Do you know how you turn someone into a Dalek?" Oswin asked, sounding tense, "Subtract love, add anger. Doesn't she seem a bit angry to you?"
"Well, someone's never been to Scotland!" Amy said while standing up and glaring up at the ceiling.
"How about you Oswin?" the Doctor asked, "How come you're ok? Why hasn't the nanocloud converted you?"
"I mentioned the genius thing, yeah? I'm shielded in here." she replied.
"Clever of you," the Doctor said while jumping down from the platform that is in the middle of the room, "Now, about this place. The Daleks up top think the ones down here are planning some sort of breakout but, look at this place! It's a wreck!"
"Well," Oswin said, "I've had nearly a year to mess with them, not a lot else to do."
"A junior entertainment manager hiding out in a wrecked ship, taking on the most advance warrior race in the Universe! I love it!" the Doctor exclaimed while laughing, "But, you know what really gets me, well, me and Krystal, the souffles, " the Doctor said suddenly turning serious, "Where do you get the milk?" he then turned to Rory and Amy asking them, "Seriously is anyone else besides Krystal wondering about that?"
"No!" said Rory, "Frankly, no. Twice."
"So, Doctor," Oswin said, "I've been looking you up. You're all over the database. Why are the Daleks so scared of you? There's all sorts of warning about you, Krystal as well being the Predator."
"Because I am the man with a plan!" the Doctor called back.
"We're all ears!" Rory called to him. The Doctor jumped back onto the platform and told us his plan.
"In no particular order, we need to neutralize the Daleks in the asylum, save Oswin from the wreckage, escape from this planet, treat Krystal's ankle properly, and fix Amy's and Rory's marriage."
"Ok, I am counting three lost causes, not including Krystal's ankle." Amy said.
"Oswin," the Doctor continued, "there is a Dalek ship in orbit,"
"Yeah, I got it on the sensors." she replied.
"There is a forcefield around this planet, the Daleks want it turned off but can't because there is a signal blocking them. I assume you have something to do with this." the Doctor said.
"Yeah!" replied Oswin smugly.
"As soon as that signal drops, the shields get turned off and the Daleks will burn this whole world including us. So, the question is, how fast can you drop that signal?" the Doctor asked
Oswin.
"Pretty fast" she replied but questioned him, "but, why would I do that?"
"Because this is a teleport, am I right Oswin." asked the Doctor.
"Yeah, internal use only," she replied. The Doctor then ran over to the platform and started to sonic it.
"I can boost the power. Then once the forcefield is off we can use this to beam us right off the planet."
"But, you said that as soon as the forcefield is down the Daleks would blow us up!" Rory protested.
"We'll have to be quick, yes," replied the Doctor.
"Ok, we'll be quick but, where do we beam up to?" Amy asked.
"The only place within range," I spoke up, drawing their attention to me, "The Dalek mothership."
"We'll be exterminated on the spot!" Amy protested.
"Ok," Rory said sarcastically, "So this is the type of plan that allows us to live four seconds longer?"
"What's wrong with four seconds? You can do loads in four seconds!" the Doctor defended, "Oswin, how fast can you drop that signal?!"
"I can do it from here, as soon as you come get me." Oswin replied.
"Just drop the signal and come to us," said the Doctor but, before Oswin could respond I spoke to the Doctor,
"Trust me Doctor, just go and find her. Oswin send him the map to find you!" I said. The Doctor frowned but, nodded at me.
"Sending it now, Gem." Oswin replied.
The Doctor handed Rory the teleport controls before he left and told him,
"If it get too dangerous here when the Daleks attack, you go without me, ok?" he said to Rory in a whisper so neither Amy nor I could hear him.
"And leave you here to die?" Rory asked.
"Oh, don't worry about me, you're the ones getting beamed up to a Dalek ship to get exterminated." the Doctor replied.
Rory nodded, "Oh, yeah. Love this plan!" he said sarcastically.
"What do I do?" Amy asked.
"You heard what she said. They're subtracting love. Don't let them." he said seriously, then he turned to look at me, "Krystal, look out for them for me, ok?" he asked. I gave him a two-fingered salute with a smile. He gave one back with a smile as well and ran off to find Oswin. My heart sank at the thought of what Oswin had become without her even knowing.
I knew what happened next and I did not want to intrude on Amy and Rory's moment together so I just faced the other way while they talked. When I turned back around, nothing could have prepared me to see what I saw. Amy and Rory kissing, let us say, with a lot of love. I didn't even noticed the destruction around me or even when the Doctor came back to see me with a horrified look mixed with astonishment at how long they can kiss each other. Next thing I know I am in the TARDIS with the Doctor talking to the Daleks. The thing that really snaps me out of my daze is the Daleks saying,
"Doctor who? Who is the Otherworldly?" they all yelled at the Doctor. I smiled widely knowing that just forgot me and more importantly the Doctor.
The Doctor had just dropped off the Ponds and lead me to the medbay of the TARDIS to fix my ankle. We were both silent until I spoke.
"So, this is all real. Can you explain anything to me?" I asked.
"I'm sorry Krystal but, all I know is that you come from another universe where my life is a t.v show and that you jump around my timeline." the Doctor responded sadly.
"So, I can't see my friends or family again?" I asked, as the tears staring filling my eyes.
"Give me your phone, you can talk to them. But you will never see them in person again, I'm afraid." I nodded and gave him my phone, and he soniced it. Universal roaming was activated. As soon as he handed it back to me, my body began to glow. As if I was regenerating but, softer than that.
"Doctor, what's happening?" I asked him worried.
"That just means that you are leaving to see another version of me, see you soon." he said with a small, sad smile on his face as he waved at me. Suddenly, I am being thrown around the TARDIS. Once it stops I see none other than Martha Jones staring at me with disbelief and the Tenth Doctor smiling madly at me. I gave them a nervous wave.
"Hey, when are we?" I asked nervously. That just makes the Tenth Doctor's smile widen.