Stopping By

by Better-Angels

Frankie has always been different. She is transported from 2579 to 2013. Alone and confused, she tries to make some sort of life for herself. She meets a strange man at a coffee shop who says he is only stopping by but he returns the next day and the next. He discovers where she is from and says he can help her... but can he? Slight OOC with the Doctor :) Review!

1. It all started with a sign

Chapter 1

I hopped off my hover board and kicked it up, catching it underneath my arm. I pressed the button on my wrist band and my helmet disappeared.

My wrist band beeped and a call from Zak came up. I sighed and accepted the call reluctantly.

Zak's hologram snapped into view in front of me.

"Hey." I said, not bothering to hide my bored tone.

"Frankie, baby." He drawled. "How are ya?"

"Average." I said, leaning against the nearby wall, picking at my fingernails with my thumb.

"You wanna come to my place later?" His hologram winked. I rolled my eyes mentally.

"I'm busy... going away for a few days." I said casually.

"Where?" I saw his hologram raise an eyebrow.

"Out of the city, I'm going to visit my aunt, y'know the one with the dogs? Yeah, her."

"Okay, well, EyeMessage me when you get back."

"Sure." I said, pressing a button and Zak's hologram waved and disappeared. "Like that's gonna happen." I muttered as I walked on down the street, kicking at a wall in annoyance.

The Manhattan streets were quite busy, despite the weather which had been simulated for today in this area, cloudy and windy. I wrapped my leather jacket my closely around myself and walked on. People and androids glanced at me as I walked past, most of them doing a double take as usual. I've got used to people doing this through out my life. My hair is naturally blue, due to a genetic mutation in my mother due to experiments she did on herself. She was a world renowned scientist, amazingly clever and a great mother. But she died when I was thirteen. I went to my dad and he said he would let me stay with him if I learned the guitar. He was obsessed with rock and punk music, so then I was as well. I learned guitar pretty quickly and he let me stay with him until I was 18. Then I moved out and continued the guitar, playing it in the street to earn some money.

I turned the corner and walked slower, not really knowing where I was going or really caring. I looked up and saw a sign on the nearest wall;

"Volunteer wanted for scientific experiment."

And a EyeMessage number. It sounded sort of dodgy but I thought what have I got to lose? I tapped the number into my bracelet and almost instantly a tall man in a suit appeared as a hologram in front of me.

"Meet me at the city hall in ten minutes." He said and disappeared as quickly as he had appeared.

"Alright then." I said to an empty space.