Hey guys and girls! This is the sequel to the Doctor's healer. If you are a new reader I suggest reading the Doctor's healer first before reading this one.
It's also a slight rewrite to the original Song for Ten. Most of this will be the same but there will also be some new content too. Enjoy!
A quick description of what Ali looks like. She's 5ft 5 with wavy red hair that falls halfway between her shoulder and elbow. She also has green eyes and wears a charm bracelet on her left wrist. I picture her to look similar to Clary Fray from the Mortal Instrument Movie, portrayed by Lily Collins.
The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS with a smile on his face. "You're in a good mood", Alyssa commented as he locked up the box.
"Why shouldn't I be? I've got my box", he said patting the TARDIS "I've got my girl" the Doctor reached out, pulled Alyssa to him and gave her a kiss "the most brilliant woman in the universe".
"You're biased", Alyssa said putting her arms around his neck.
"Of course I am", the Doctor agreed "but it's still true. You are brilliant".
"I have to be in order to keep up with the smartest, cleverest and most handsome man in the universe", Alyssa said.
The Doctor grinned "Well…" he began.
"Which reminds me I have to catch up with Steve at some point, it's been a while", Alyssa said. She laughed when the Doctor pouted "of course I meant you, spaceman!" she pecked his lips "my spaceman".
"My Ali", the Doctor said emphasising the word 'my'. Alyssa had to admit she did kinda like hearing him say that.
"Absolutely yours", she agreed "And my mother's", Alyssa added.
"But no one else's", the Doctor said firmly.
"Oh I don't know. If you get another companion, you'll have to share", Alyssa told him.
"Why would I want another companion?" the Doctor asked "I have you". Why would he want someone else traveling with them? He had his box. He had his girl. For once in his long lives he was actually happy. Why would he want things to change?
"You never know Doctor. The future isn't set in stone. Now don't we have Adipose Industries to investigate?" Alyssa asked stepping out of his arms.
"Yes we do", the Doctor replied. He held out his hand and Alyssa took it. They walked hand in hand along the busy street towards the large building that housed Adipose Industries. Instead of going through the front door, the Doctor and Alyssa went around the back. The Time Lord opened the fire exit using his sonic and the pair entered the building.
The Doctor and Alyssa walked down a deserted corridor. "John Smith and Alyssa Palmer, Health and Safety", he said showing the physic paper to a guard as they passed.
The Doctor and Alyssa watched the presentation Miss Foster was giving from the projection room. If aliens were involved in the suspicious activity the TARDIS picked up, they didn't want them to know that there was another alien present in the building. "Adipose Industries, the twenty first century way to lose weight. No exercise, no diet, no pain. Just lifelong freedom from fat. The Holy Grail of the modern age. And here it is. You just take one capsule. One capsule, once a day for three weeks, and the fat, as they say…." Miss Foster turned to the large screen.
"The fat just walks away", a male voice spoke, the words appearing underneath the name Adipose Industries.
"Excuse me, Miss Foster. If I could?" A woman spoke up "I'm Penny Carter, science correspondent for The Observer. There are a thousand diet pills on the market, a thousand con men stealing people's money. How do we know the fat isn't going straight into your bank account?"
"Oh, Penny, if cynicism burnt up calories, we'd all be as thin as rakes. But if you want the science, I can oblige", Miss Foster replied. She stepped away from the podium to allow the people in the audience to get a clear view of the screen as it began to show how the Adipose Pills worked.
"Adipose Industries. The Adipose capsule is composed of a synthesised mobilising lipase, bound to a large protein molecule"
"Someone's coming", Alyssa said quietly to the Doctor when she sensed someone approach the door to the projection room. The Doctor nodded and got out the physic paper which he showed to the man who walked in only a moment after Alyssa had warned him.
"Health and Safety… Film department", the Doctor informed the man who nodded. He and Alyssa continue to watch the presentation while the man who entered, the projectionist went about his business.
"One hundred percent legal, one hundred percent effective", Miss Foster said once the presentation had finished.
"But, can I just ask, how many people have taken the pills to date?" Penny asked.
"We've already got one million customers within the Greater London area alone, but from next week, we start rolling out nationwide. The future starts here. And Britain will be thin", Miss Foster replied.
In order to find out more information on the Adipose pill, the Doctor and Alyssa decided to talk to the staff. The pair went up to the call centre where numerous workers were busy answering phones. They headed to a booth where a young woman was talking on the phone "We deliver within three working days"
"John Smith and Alyssa Palmer, Health and Safety", the Doctor whispered showing the physic paper to the woman before he and Alyssa sat down "Don't mind us".
"The box comes with 21 days worth of pills, a full information pack, and our special free gift, an Adipose Industries pendant", the employee, Clare, explained on the phone, whilst giving a pendant over to the Doctor. "It's made of eighteen carat gold, and it's yours for free. No, we don't give away pens, sorry. No, I can't make an exception, no", the female employee said while she was looking at the Doctor who was inspecting the pendant. Eventually the employee finished with that particular phone call which enabled Alyssa to ask about getting a list of Adipose Industries customers.
"That's the printer there?" the Doctor asked jumping up looking around.
"By the plant, yeah", Clare confirmed.
"Brilliant", the Doctor said sitting back down. Much to Alyssa's amusement he jumped back up again asking "Has it got paper?"
"Yeah, Jimbo keeps it stocked", Clare replied.
"What?" the Doctor asked seeing Alyssa shake her head at him.
"Nothing dear", she said with a smile not even bothering to hide her amusement.
"Excuse me, everyone, if I could have your attention", Miss Foster said as she walked in with two bodyguards. Everyone with the exception of the Doctor and Alyssa stood up. "On average, you're each selling forty Adipose packs per day. It's not enough. I want one hundred sales per person per day" the Doctor stood up a little to look at Miss Foster over the divider while Alyssa stayed seated "And if not, you'll be replaced. Because if anyone's good in trimming the fat, it's me. Now. Back to it"
The Doctor dropped back down just as Miss Foster left so she didn't see him. "Anyway, if you could print that off, that would be great", Alyssa said to Clare. She nodded and did as the red head asked. Alyssa got up and headed to the printer to get the list of customers. Before she got there, she noticed that her shoe had come untied. She knelt down to retie her shoe, completely missing a certain ginger walking away from the printer.
"Oh, what's that?" the Doctor asked looking at a piece of paper the employee had given him.
"My telephone number", Clare answered.
"What for?" the Doctor questioned a little confused.
"Health and Safety", Clare replied "You be health, I'll be safety".
"Actually I'm taken. Sorry", the Doctor said not sounding sorry at all. Although the brunette was fairly pretty, he wasn't interested. He already had someone, a beautiful red head whom loved with everything in his hearts. He walked away from the booth and met up with Alyssa as she was coming back from the printer. "Where's the customer list?" the Doctor asked seeing that she wasn't holding any paper.
"It wasn't in the printer", she replied "what's that?" Alyssa asked noticing the paper in his hand.
"It's the phone number of that employee", the Doctor replied.
"She asked you out?" Alyssa questioned.
"Yes", the Doctor replied "but I told her that I was taken", he quickly added.
"Good. Well we're going to need that list reprinted" Alyssa said taking the paper from him "So I'll ask her to do that for us and at the same time I can give this back". She walked back to Clare's booth. "Hi. Me again. Would you mind reprinting that list for me?" Alyssa asked.
"Of course", Clare said.
"Thanks", Alyssa said "oh and you can have this back" she added dropping the paper with the phone number onto her desk.
Next chapter: the Doctor and Ali visit Rodger.