The Doctor Returns

"What the HELL is that?" Stephanie Snoey yelled as she heard the strangest sound she had ever heard. It was like a "pshoweoeoeoeoeoe". Then she noticed the blue box flickering in and out right in front of her.

"WTF?" She yelled, and yes she yelled the actual letters, as she backed away. Then, the door opened and a man came out.

Not just any man, a totally gorgeous man. Tall, brown hair, just starting to go gray but Stephanie liked older men so she ignored that part. He was wearing a black and red tuxedo, like the one Benicio del Toro wore in "The Usual Suspects".

"Oh, hello. Who are you?" The man asked.

"I should be the one asking you that! You just materialized out of nowhere in some, police box! What is a police box anyway?" Stephanie asked. She was a New Yorker, and it reminded her of a combination of a phone booth and a toll booth.

"This is a.. what year am I in again?

"Umm, its 2010. How do you not know the year? Are you, retarded or something?"

"Ah yes, 2010. Sorry, I just got out of the hospital, concussion and everything. Now, I really need to go." He put his hand into his pocket and started walking towards Times Square.

"Oh no you don't. You haven't explained what that… that… thing is!" She started following him, asking him lots of questions. She was curious, and once Stephanie got curious she never, NEVER, let go of the subject until she got a satisfying answer.

The whole time the man ignored her. "You know, you can't just leave that there. Someone's going to move it." No answer. "So, What's your name?" No answer. "Are you some kind of secret agent?" No answer, but his mouth quirked a little at that.

They walked all the way until finally he gave up. "If I answer your questions will you leave me alone!" He almost shouted.

"Yes." Stephanie answered. "Ok, so what's your name?"

"The Doctor."

"Your real name."

"The Doctor."

"So the name on your birth certificate is The Doctor?"

"I don't have a birth certificate."

"Oh really? Why not?"

"Because I didn't need one. How long are these questions going to last?"

"I have no idea, I'm just asking them as they come into my head."

"Then your going to have to leave. I can't have anyone with me, not anymore. Not after that." As The Doctor said that, he looked down. Almost as if he was ashamed of something.

"Well I'm not planning on joining you, I just want you to answer my questions." She stopped being as demanding as she said this, even though she still was planning on following him until he gave up. She wasn't such a bitch as to kick him when he's down.

"Duck!" The Doctor pushed her down just as some rainbow blast of something shot through the sky. It hit Grand Central Station and the whole thing collapsed.

"What the HELL was that!" Stephanie asked, looking up at the sky, half hoping another blast would come, half hoping it wouldn't.

"It was a photonic blast. Basically concentrated light shot through a diamond. The signature weapon of the Pyreneans."

"And what the hell is a Pyrenean?"

"An alien race. Why are they here though? They cant live on Earth, they have to be in 150 degrees Celsius, minimum."

"Aliens! Do you really expect me to believe that aliens are here?" Stephanie's mind was working furiously. She didn't believe in stuff like that, and yet no weapon made by man today could completely decimate Grand Central Station, and ONLY Grand Central Station.

"No, not really. But I do expect that you leave. RIGHT NOW!" He pushed her as he said this. Then he reached into his pocket and took out something that looked vaguely like a lightsaber from Star Wars.

"Hell no I'm not leaving! I'll just hang with you, you seem like you know what your doing." She started following him, but he turned to look at her.

"You. Are. Not. Following me." He said, with utmost conviction. Then he turned and ran towards where the blast came from, which was ironically the Empire State Building.

"Oook then, I'll just wait then follow you. You still haven't answered my questions alien man." Stephanie said to herself.

She stood around for about 5 minutes. The first three minutes more rainbow blasts shot out, hitting New York's biggest buildings. This worse then 9/11. At least then we had an idea what was attacking us.

During the last two minutes the blasts stopped, which she assumed was because of The Doctor. She ran towards it, and at first couldn't get in. The doors wouldn't open.

But, she quickly found a rock and threw it into the window. She snuck in, and listened for some kind of noise.

She didn't hear anything, so she ran towards the elevator. Then, "What the hell Stephanie? If you use the elevator, how will you know which floor to get off of? You have to… fuck. I cant do that either, how am I supposed to follow that stupid doctor if I'm exhausted from walking the stairs?"

She found a place to sit and started thinking about which one she should do when all of a sudden the floor came undone and The Doctor fell down it, with two humans in black suits who were on fire following him.

"Oh thank god! I thought I was going to have to find you!" Stephanie yelled as she ran towards him, then stopped. The two fire guys did NOT look friendly.

"What are you doing here!" The Doctor asked, as he ran around them, avoiding their fire blast things.

"I followed you! I wasn't about to let you leave. You still haven't answered my question." She stood there, waiting for him to finish his little game.

He grabbed one of them just as he avoided their fire blast and he accidently tore off a piece of their strange black suits.

When he did this, they screeched and ran away somewhere. He stood there catching his breath, then turned to look at her. "Why did you follow me! Don't you understand that you could have died! This isn't a game!" He was actually turning red. Stephanie already had realized it wasn't a game, but she didn't care. She had once jumped off of a two story building to follow someone who had given her a strange glance.

"You haven't answered my questions, and I will follow you to the ends of the universe to get my answers. Oh, and unlike most people, I mean it."

They stood there looking at each other, until finally The Doctor gave up. "Fine, I'll answer your questions. Later, right now I need to figure out what the hell happened here for the Pyreneans to come here."

"Good." She gave a quick smile and then added "I don't think I'm ever going to run out of questions with you."

"One rule, if your to be my companion you have to listen to what I say. If I say run away, you run away. If I say stay in the TARDIS, you stay in the TARDIS. If I say kill me, you kill me. Are we clear?"

"Yes."

And this is how Stephanie Snoey, a typical college girl, saved the universe from disaster. This is how the soon to be queen of the Underworld got to her quest. This is how The 67th Doctor once again started his journeys after a hundred years of solitary travels.