Best Laid Schemes – Chapter I
"AHHHHH!!"
The door of the metallic room crashed open as the Doctor barged in yelling, a cricket bat raised above his head, prepared to be sent swinging. Suddenly the Doctor froze and a smile of surprise leapt up on his face as he bumped into the figure in front of him.
"Donna!"
Donna stood in shock, grasping her large fishing net, staring at the cricket bat the Doctor could have hit her with a second ago. "What the hell do you think you're doing with that, Mr?"
The Doctor glanced back at the bat he was holding then slowly brought it down. "I thought it would be handy…you know, for the Spunckt."
Donna smacked the Doctor on the arm with her net. "You should know better then the run into rooms with a cricket bat!"
"Hey! How was I supposed to know you'd be in here?"
Pop!
The metallic room they were standing in suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a patio outside a large futuristic mansion. All around the pool that popped up next to them were dozens of creatures, all aliens, but all females – sprawled out naked in the sunlight.
Donna rolled her eyes. "Doctor…"
"What?" The Doctor looked at her defensibly. "It wasn't me!"
"I don't look like the type who'd be thinking of naked aliens, do I?"
"Why would I be thinking of naked aliens while hunting down a criminal? Why would I be thinking about naked aliens at all??"
Donna turned and crossed her arms. "Don't ask me Martian boy, I'm not the only male here."
The Doctor looked around the pool area as the female looked at him and started giggling. "It must have been one of the policemen. It can't get into my head."
"What?" Donna raised her eyebrows. "And it can get through mine?"
"Well Donna, I have had a little more practice at this telepathic stuff than you. Come on," The Doctor grabbed onto Donna's hand. "We gotta get that Spunckt before it does anything else."
They ran past the pool and up the large marble steps to the sound of seductive giggling when suddenly…
Pop!
Donna and the Doctor ran into the door.
"Oh for god's…" Donna groaned.
The Doctor rubbed his nose in pain but didn't have to look around to know where he was. He knew that hum; that feel.
The Doctor bounded up the TARDIS's ramp with his cricket bat and checked the consol.
"Well," Donna smiled meekly, "I guess this one was me."
Suddenly there was a crash in one of the many rooms. The Doctor looked over at Donna and put his fingers up to his lips, then they both crept forward, out of the consol room and down the long and winding TARDIS corridor.
The Doctor tiptoed down the hall then stopped at a door. Slowly turning his ear to the door, the Doctor signalled to Donna and put his hand on the door handle.
Donna moved right up to the door and rose her large fishing net, ready to pounce.
In one swift movement, the Doctor opened the door and Donna bounded in, crashing the net down one the small figure huddled up in the closet's corner.
The Spunckt was about the size of a medium sized dog, but looked like a mouse. A mouse with no nose. It was wearing what looked like a very expensive tuxedo, and its tuft of hair on his head was so overly moused it remained perfect even when Donna's net was holding it down.
The Spunckt turned around to face them as the Doctor smiled and raised his cricket bat once more.
"Now we've got you!"
The Spunckt cowered back into the net when his eyes suddenly lit up.
"I know how to get Rose back!" The creature squawked.
The Doctor froze. His face fell as his eyes lost their lustre, the memories of her rushing back.
The Spunckt looked excitedly at Donna, then back to the Doctor, seeing that this was his chance. "I know how to get Rose back." He repeated. "If you let me go, I will show you. Just don't hand me in to the pigs."
Donna looked over at the Doctor, concerned. He had lowered the cricket bat, and was now glaring at the creature, eyes wild with dark fire.
"How?" The Doctor shot at it.
The creature crossed his arms in self-contentment. "This is your TARDIS, isn't it? I've seen what it can do. And I know how you can get it to the parallel world and get Rose back."
The Doctor continued to glare at the Spunckt. "How can you do that? How can you get into my head?"
The creature smiled coolly. "I can hop between realities on a whim. I can do anything." It drew its little hand out through a hole in the net. "Do we have a deal?"
The Doctor paused and stared at the hand. Donna looked over at the Doctor sadly.
"Doctor, I'm sorry, but you can't. This thing's killed hundreds of people, we can't let him go."
The Doctor didn't respond. He edged slightly towards the creature.
"Doctor…"
Suddenly the door of the TARDIS closet crashed open and five huge biped pigs in police uniforms appeared, guns raised. One of the pig-like policemen smiled as he saw the Spunckt enclosed by the net.
"Got ya!"
Pop!
The scene changed to vast grassy plain, the wind sweeping past the Doctor's coat as he remained rigid, staring at the Spunckt.
"Ha!" The policeman rumbled with laughter. "Don't think you can get away that easily! Get 'im boys."
One of the other policemen holstered his gun and pulled out what looked like a large black garbage bag. As two of the other policemen held the Spunckt down the policeman opened up the bag and began to put it on top of the struggling creature.
Pop!
They were back in the TARDIS.
Pop!
In a police cell.
Pop!
In a small straw cottage.
Pop!
The policeman finally tied up the bag with the Spunckt inside it. As the creature squirmed around in the bag and they popped through different scenes the policeman brought out a button from his back pocket. Pressing it, the black bag went rigid, and suddenly turned into a solid black box.
CRACK!
The creature's spell was broken. They had fallen back into reality, back into the dingy side alley of the roaring city.
The Doctor slunk back to one of the walls as the head policeman put his hands on his hips and smiled triumphantly at his little black prize.
"Thank you Doctor, I can't thank you enough."
The Doctor forced a smile. "Oh, any time." He looked over at Donna, who was staring intently at him. "Come on Donna, we're off."
The policeman looked over to the Doctor. "So soon?"
"Oh, you know – things to do, places to visit." The Doctor looked over at the black box. "What's going to happen to him?"
"Execution." The Policeman smiled. "As soon as possible. It's a happy day for Fagrati."
"See you round, Chief." The Doctor turned and headed down the alley to where the real TARDIS was parked.
"You ok?" Donna asked concerned.
"I'm always ok." The Doctor smiled weakly.
"Yeah right." Donna glared at the Doctor slightly. "You can tell me, you know, how you're going."
The Doctor opened the TARDIS door. "I know." He looked up at Donna. "Let's just go…please?"
"Ok." Donna smiled kindly. "Let's go home for a detour. I need to see someone."
The Doctor nodded and followed Donna inside. His mind was rushing a million thoughts a second, ideas, questions, memories – but one stuck out; one that made his hearts stop.
I can get back Rose.
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NB: Why, hello!! Not terribly sure why I'm writing this fic, not because I'm supposed to be studying for my last too exams but more of the fact that it's a Rose Returns fic. And, you know, seeing how Rose is returning for real in two days, don't know why anyone would want to read this.
But here it is. Not really sure where this is going to go yet but I do know it's not going to include anything that's already set up from the finale. Also, it's 10/Rose. With Donna. Love Donna.
Anywho, if anyone is reading and would like me to continue: REVIEW!!
