I do not own anything from Doctor Who. I only own my OC.
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Chapter 1: Meeting Him
"Eve! It's time to get up!" Mum called, bursting into my bedroom.
I just looked at her like she was a madwoman.
"Can't you ever wait? You always rush me!" I cried, pushing my mum out of my bedroom.
"In five minutes, if you're not out that door, so help me, child..." Mum warned, walking off to work in the kitchen.
I gave a heavy sigh and picked up my brush. I ran it through my ruffled morning hair, getting a few tangles out.
I must have gotten pretty tangled up in my hair because Mum came into my room again.
"Thats it." She came to me and dragged me by my arm into the kitchen where she sat me down and roughly worked the brush through my hair.
"Not to rough, mum!" I squealed.
"If you brushed your hair every morning, it wouldn't hurt!"
I dashed out of the chair and smoothed out my sweater.
"You don't have to be so forceful, mum. I'm 18 and a quarter now. You can't keep treating me like a child!" I snatched my brush from my mum's hands.
I finished my hair and slipped my shoes on.
Grabbing the car keys, I left the house in frustrated puffs.
I stepped into the car, turned the engine on, and drove away towards the flower shop.
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"Evelin Heflin! You are 15 minutes late! Again!" Oliv came up to me and waggled a finger in front of me.
Oliv Jonathans had been my friend for longer than I could remember. We went to the same preschool together. Oh gosh. I get these horrible migraines trying to remember. But it feels so faint yet so clear. My mind keeps avoiding it. Oh well.
"I'm, Oliv. I got caught up in the web wound by mum. I'm sorry." I grabbed Oliv's hands, apologizing.
"No need to sound so sorry. I covered for you."
"Oh, thank you," I gave Oliv a hug.
"Don't think I'm going to forgive you anytime soon." Oliv turned away to play with the huge leaves of a plant.
"Oh, I know you. You'll forgive me. But you'll keep it secret." I laughed.
"How has your mum been? I haven't seen her in months." Oliv asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"She's been alright. Same old mum."
"Evelin! Where have you been?" Morice asked, trudging up to me.
"I-I got caught up. Sorry." I smiled sheepishly.
"Thats the fifth time this week!" Morice scolded.
"Oh, get over it." I walked pasted Morice and twirled my fingers around in the skinny leaves of a nearby plant.
Riiiinng~!
A customer had entered the shop.
It was a man. Thin and tall. He had black, slick hair and he wore a business suit. His expression was neutral and blank.
"Can we help you?" I asked, approaching him calmly.
"I seek a specific plant. I placed and order for a Liliquis Adrarian." He confirmed, blankly looking around. His eyes cold and menacing.
"Ah, yes. Mr. Kylik?" I signaled for him to follow me to the check-out desk.
I went around the desk and pulled up a unique plant. It's leaves were very odd. They were spiral and bright purple. The stem was orange and the roots were blue.
"Yes, yes, yes." Mr. Kylik smiled evilly as he petted the leaf closest to him.
"Quite a unique plant, sir. If I may ask, whats the occasion?" I asked, turning to him.
"It's for...my mother? She is deathly ill and I promised to bring her a plant so beautiful and unique. Like this one. But, you are rather a unique beauty as well." Mr. Kylik rested his hand in his chin and smiled up at me.
I blushed like an idiot.
"Well...Thank you." I smiled sheepishly and rung the plant up.
"That will be 61.85 quid." I told him, holding out my hand.
"Yes, yes." Mr. Kylik pulled out his wallet and gave me the money.
I put the quid in the register and sent Mr. Kylik on his way.
"That was some plant." Morice said, approaching the counter.
"Sure was. It took a lot to get that plant." I furrowed my eyebrows.
"How did you get it anyway?" Oliv asked, coming around the desk to stand next to me.
"We ordered it from the Jyloo Islands that rest in the middle of the Southern Ocean." I replied to her question.
Riiinng~!
Another custom came into the shop.
He seemed to run up to the counter.
He was tall and thin, like Mr. Kylik. He had brown, ruffled hair. He wore a long, brown trench coat and a tight, blue suit and pants. Strangely enough, he wore red Converse. He was panting like he was chasing someone.
"You alright, mate?" Oliv asked looking the man up and down.
"Did you just see a man? Black hair, business suit? Ordering a Liliquis Adrarian?" He asked, out of breath.
"Yes. Just left." I cocked my head at this man.
"I need to stop him. Did he say where he was heading?" He looked around at the plants, still puffing.
"Wait. Why do you need to stop him?" Morice asked, eyeing this strange man carefully.
"He is planning to take over the whole of the Earth."
"Sorry?"
"Take over the Earth. He is an alien and it's my job to stop him."
"Why is it your job?"
"Because it is! Just listen! Where is he going?"
"I don't know. He didn't say."
"But...I did see him go down Lorence street." Oliv pointed out, pointing a finger down the street.
"Brilliant. Thank you." The man turned and raced for the door.
"Wait. Who are you?" I asked, reaching an arm out to the man.
He stopped and looked at me.
"I'm the Doctor." He replied, dashing for the exit.
Riiinng~!
He left.
"That was odd."
"Yep."
"Well. On with business."
"Guess so."
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On my way home that night, I kept thinking of that man. That strange, handsome man. Something inside me told me to keep an eye on him.
I made my way towards Lorence street. The street where my car was parked.
I approached my car and began to unlock the door when I heard a buzzing sound.
I left my car to investigate.
Turning a corner, I spotted the Doctor. He was crouching next to a sewer drain, holding a silver stick with a glowing blue bulb at the entrance.
The bolts busted and the Doctor departed down the drain.
I followed him down silently.
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The sewer was cold and damp.
I took my first step and almost slipped.
My instincts kicked in and I gripped the nearest thing to me.
I was grabbed by arms. I almost screamed.
I looked up to see whose arms were keeping me from falling.
It was the Doctor's arms.
I flailed away from him and covered my face.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, almost hissing in my face.
"I-I uh. F-followed you down. I felt I-I needed to d-do so." I stammered, gaining footing on the wet floor.
"Go back. It dangerous down here." The Doctor pointed to the sewer drain exit.
"Fat chance. I want to see what your up to." I frowned.
The Doctor mirrored my actions.
"Fine. BUT, I did warn you." He turned away and walked down a flight of stairs. I shakily followed him.
"Um. Thanks for helping me not fall." I thanked him for the little incident earlier.
We came to a large, metal door.
"No need." The Doctor glanced back at me, smiling slightly.
He pulled out his little stick and aimed it at the lock on the door. He pressed a button and the lock ignited, bursting into sparks.
The Doctor pulled open the door after trying and failing at pushing it inwards.
I snorted.
The hallway before us was dry and carpeted. There were lights lining the walls.
"Now I really think you should go back." The Doctor whispered to me.
"No way." I smiled mischievously.
"You humans. Your so curious. Your so determined."
"Thats funny. You say it like your not human as well." I chuckled.
The Doctor just looked at me.
We stood there for a second.
"Your joking."
"I am not."
"You're an alien?"
"Yup."
"You're an alien going after an alien?"
"I suppose."
"Why?"
"It's kinda what I do. Stop aliens and save planets."
"No way."
"Yes way."
We heard a sudden coughing from down the hall.
I jumped in surprise.
The Doctor looked down the hall.
"Now is the time, Lillican. We shall rule this revolting rock." Mr. Kylik's familiar voice rang out.
"Every stinking human on this planet will be sold into slaver under the Hyao Empire." A female voice spoke. It had a familiar sound to it.
"Hyao Empire. No. Yes! Nooo...Unless..." The Doctor babbled on.
"What is the Hyao Empire?" I asked, confused.
"The Hyao Empire is almost a government of the Hyaolious race. They came here in search of slaves for their masters. They picked the human race." The Doctor sorrowfully looked down the hall.
"How are we going to stop them?" I asked in a whisper.
"Hmm... I just enter the conversation and try to change their minds. It usually turns disastrous in the end but the outcome is...usually good."
"Usually good?" I gulped, nervously.
"Yep."
"Ready the Liliquis Adrarian beam!" Mr. Kylik ordered, coughing again.
"Oh. I wouldn't do that." The Doctor waltzed into the room with me standing timidly at his side.
"Who are you?" The female spoke angrily.
"No..." I gasped when I saw who the female was.
It. Was. Oliv.
My best friend who I've known all my life.
"Evelin. So surprised to see you here." Oliv snickered at me.
"Why? Why Oliv?" Tears ran down my face.
"Oh, Evelin. You were always a cry baby. The death of an ant would make you bust to tears." Oliv teased.
"Then imagine how finding out her best friend was evil feels to her." The Doctor coldly stared into Oliv's eyes, wrapping a comforting arm around my shoulder.
I gripped my head in pain and groaned loudly.
"Whats wrong?" The Doctor asked in shock, checking out my face.
"The migraines. Always. The migraines! It hurts, Doctor. It hurts so much." I cried loudly.
"What have you done?" The Doctor eyed Oliv.
"Perception filter. I've forced my way into Evelin's life, causing her to gain migraine every time she thinks of how we met. We never did met. I just...showed up one day and Evelin thought she knew me since preschool." Oliv laughed, evilly.
"You edited her memories to make her believe you were her best friend." The Doctor growled.
"Back to business?" Mr. Kylik spoke out.
"Ah, yes. Hello. Why are you planning on selling humanity as slave to the Hyao Empire? There are plenty other civilization outs there you can conquer." The Doctor angrily stood up, confidently.
"Not only will humans be a good source of slaver, they also are a good source of fuel for the Hyao Empire. We shall harvest the illusionary essence from the Liliquis Adrarian and use it to make humans think they are living simple lives while they are actually mining the caves of Jytoo, Reineclos, Wellikoud, and many other fuel source planets." Mr. Kylik explained, walking gently around the room.
"Doctor! It still hurts!" I cried out, annoyed.
"Yes, yes, yes." The Doctor picked me up with haste and used his silver stick to make the perception filters malfunction, revealing Mr. Kylik and Oliv's true forms.
They were slimy, fish like cat people. They had paws. Their pupils were horizontal slips and they had three slits for a mouth.
The Doctor retched in disgust as he ran out the door with me in his arms.
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"Evelin? Evelin?" The Doctor shinned a light in my face as I blinked, derping.
"What happened?" I asked, wearily.
"The migraines caused you to go unconscious." The Doctor stood me up and sat me on a chair.
"Where are we?" I looked around, blinking frantically.
"In the TARDIS." He replied.
"The TARDIS?" I turned my head quickly, observing my surroundings.
I was sitting on a seat that was attached to the floor. The ceiling was golden and there was a console with all sorts of complicated doo-dads on it. A blue light was emitted from the console. The floor was hard, metal netting. There were golden coral beams stretching from the floor to the ceiling.
"Whats a TARDIS?"
"My...spaceship. TARDIS stands for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space." The Doctor scrunched up his face. He obviously didn't like calling it a spaceship.
"What about the Hyao-whatevers?"
"We escaped them just barely. I took us back here to gather information."
"About what?"
"Information of our plan."
"We have a plan?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"If we can infiltrate the Hyaolious' base, we can shut down the engines that are supposed to refine the essence of the Liliquis Adrarian. Then the plant will become useless and the Hyaolious won't be able to control mankind." The Doctor explained, taking several laps around the TARDIS console, pressing multiple buttons and pulling levers.
"Right! Allons-y!"
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Hey! This is the first chapter of my Doctor Who fanfiction series "Traveling Free". How do you like it so far? So far, I'm pretty fond of it.
Next Chapter: Spoiled Again
The Doctor and Evelin manage to screw up the Hyaolious engine, rendering them unable to refine the Liliquis Adrarian useless to them.
-NotEvenLikely