A/N As previously mentioned by Stark, this is Mika's Dr Who Fan fiction. This is also my first solo fan fiction, and I'll be starting from the 9th doctor on, completely from my OC's point 'o view. FOR ALL YOU ROSEXDOCTOR LOVERS… NO. I absolutely HATE Rose, one of the reasons I'm starting from the 9th is just so I can dis Rose. Enjoy! ~Mika
"What do you see Vanessa? Tell me about your dreams." said, her voice almost distant. A background noise.
"Fire," I started, "Fire, war, and death… so much death. Metal creatures flying overhead, screaming at the people below. A red sky, silver trees, burning, destruction everywhere. And the pain… the sorrow and the hate and the greed. Unimaginable greed, consuming the people… destroying them… and then I'm fighting, fighting for my life. There's someone else there too, a man, fighting with me…"
"Who is that man Vanessa? Tell me what he looks like."
"I don't- I don't know. His face is shadowed, I can't see it. But he fights, he fights with me. I fall, and he's pulling me away… and then it all stops."
"You wake up?"
"No, I'm… I'm in space, flying… no, looking. Looking out a window into space. There's a planet, it's red, like mars but different, like it's engulfed in flames… like it's on fire… Hell fire. And then I- I wake up." I open my eyes, deciding to leave the last part out. Flying into space, and in the corner of my eye a blue box flying away, then I hear a noise, like an engine. For some reason it felt like I had to keep that part to myself.
"Well , It's the same as always isn't it, except this time you're fighting. Is everything okay at home? Trouble with your boyfriend maybe?"
"I don't have a boyfriend …" I said, rubbing my hands together, "But I do feel like I need… I don't know something different."
"A vacation, perhaps?" smiled, "What do you think of the so called "space craft" landing in the Temps?"
"I don't know why that's relevant, but I heard they actually found and alien in the ship! That's so Fascinating!" Just thinking about the ship got me excited. Actual aliens! dropped her smile, suddenly looking seriously professional.
"That's nonsense , the whole thing was a hoax. Your dreams of different planets are taking you away from reality," I frowned at her diagnosis, "it's like a defense system for you, you go off into some fantasy world to escape the troubles of life. Like your memories, for instance, have any resurfaced?" I shook my head. The one thing that frustrated me the most, of course my shrink would bring it up.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing," I didn't want to go into the details. There was so much about my past I had forgotten, and so much I had done to find it out, all resulting in nothing.
Squat.
sighed, "Well, I guess that's it for today, pick up your medicine downstairs. And please, Vanessa, no more fantasy, maybe you'll make some friends this week." She smiled and ushered me out.
"It's not fantasy," I growled to myself, "Its science."
I exited the building, completely ignoring Jenny holding the bottle of pills out to me. I didn't want them; I didn't like how they made me feel nothing… Numb.
Squat.
I grabbed my coat, slipping it on and immediately reaching for my pocket watch. It always brought me comfort, even though it was completely broken, I couldn't even open it. Whenever I touched the cool metal it was like the watch sung to me, such a sweet melody… Maybe I really was crazy?
Because of my lack of a proper vehicle, I walked down the street to catch the bus. I rode it all the way to my apartment and figured I'd just sleep until it was time to get up and go out to eat. Dinner with myself at a nice fancy restaurant? Wouldn't miss it. I dropped my keys in the bowl near the door and shrugged off my coat, placing it on the hook, also near the door. I made my way to my room, and dropped onto my bed. I was out in five minutes.
That noise. I knew that noise. It was the noise that tormented me in my dreams. I turned to my left and there it was.
The blue box. The blue police box I always saw, flying away from me. The light on top was blinking, and it was fading out of view. I ran towards it, yelling, screaming for it to stay, but when I tried to touch it completely disappeared. I turned to the right, and there it was again, but this time, the door opened and I couldn't run towards it. It was like my feet were glued into place. A man stepped out, his body a silhouette, that kept changing, morphing nonstop. He stood in the door of the police box, staring in my direction for what felt like forever, until finally… he held out his hand.
Come with me, His voice was all around me, but it wasn't a voice, more like an… understanding. And only then was I permitted to move. Without hesitation I stepped forwards, reaching out for him.
"Who are you?" I asked carefully as I slowly stepped forward. When I reached him he answered.
"The Doctor."
I gasped and sat up in my bed, breathing heavily. Well that was new, I thought. I had never had that dream before, weird. I glanced at the clock and hopped out of bed. It was time for dinner, and I figured I would look at least halfway decent before going in public. I sauntered over to the bathroom, trying to run a comb through my thick curly hair. I managed to untangle my hair without scalping myself and put on just a little bit of make-up. Then I put on my necklace and admired it for a second. It was beautiful, with a circular metal pendant set in a small flat grey stone, on three sides of the pendant curves were cut out with three dots on each side. I had had the pendant all my life… or what I could remember of it.
When I deemed myself presentable, I grabbed my coat and walked out the door. Once my feet hit the pavement something hit me, it felt like a brick wall.
"Oh, what the…?" The man above me grumbled and then looked down at me, "Oi! You should really watch where you're going…"
I blinked up at him and he grabbed me around the waist, pulling me up with him. "U-um…" I was stunned, mostly with the sudden human contact, "okay?" It came out as a question; it wasn't every day I get trampled on the street, and then blamed for it.
"Doctor!" A blonde woman came running towards us, and came to a sudden halt when she saw me.
Doctor?
"Ah Rose, there you are!" The man smiled, letting me go and turning to the girl, "Look who I ran into!" Rose turned to me and smiled, "Hi."
"Uh, Hi."
"Rose this is…" he turned to me, "what's your name?"
"Uh, Vanessa," I said, unsure of how this situation would play out.
"Hi Vanessa! I'm the Doctor and this is Rose," he said, grinning.
"You're the Doctor? Doctor who?"
"Just the Doctor."
"Sorry to interrupt," Rose said, "But don't we have to… do that thing we were going to do?"
The doctor frowned, "Thing… thing, thing, thing… OH that thing. You're right," he turned to me, "Bye." I was just about to say something but they sprinted away before I could say anything. I watched them run away and turn a corner, and I was about to walk away from the strange scene when I heard it.
That noise.
I sprinted in their direction, turning the corner just to see the object of my dreams disappear before my eyes.
The Blue Box.
I couldn't believe it; the thing of my dreams was real. Actually real! I stood staring at the spot the police box had been just a few seconds ago. I wasn't crazy. I wasn't crazy. And that meant, that man. That Doctor…
"The Doctor and Rose…" I muttered. After a few minutes, I willed my legs to move, walking towards the space where the box had once been. I didn't even make it halfway when someone jumped out and grabbed me, covering my mouth with a towel. I didn't have a chance to scream.
My head pounded, like it had been for a month now. They had taken my things, my necklace, and my watch. Even as I begged them to leave it alone, they took it. It was alien technology, they said, it was theirs now. My necklace was made from alien material, and was now being worn by the man I had come to hate over the past month.
Van Statten.