Raggedy Weirdo

by TheSkyIsClearAndSunny

"I stood there. In the backyard from all those years ago. Watching the box disappear just like it did all those years ago. Red comes from behind me and so does Rory. He had just left. I thought he might actually help me this time. I was so wrong. I had let myself feel that thing called hope like I did all those years ago. Only to get smashed once again. By that Raggedy Weirdo."

1. Chapter 1

Raggedy Weirdo

I stood there. In the backyard from all those years ago. Watching the box disappear just like it did all those years ago. Red comes from behind me and so does Rory.

He had just left. I thought he might actually help me this time. I was so wrong. I had let myself feel that thing called hope like I did all those years ago. Only to get smashed once again.

By that Raggedy Weirdo.

12 years before

It was any normal day. I stayed at Red's house for the night since my foster parents were once again like Stay away! As long as we get money you don't come here! They didn't like me at all. I was apparently not what they asked for. Whatever that means! I'm used to being a disappointment. But I didn't have to move yet so that was a good sign.

Anyway, here I was! Red was my best friend since I moved here two years ago when I was 5. I also met Mel's and Rory who are awesome. Red and I, though were like salt and pepper. But we looked nothing alike.

While she had dark red hair I had light blonde hair with curls while hers was straight. I had light blue eyes while she had green.

Red and I are playing with dolls upstairs in her room. I heard a voice coming from that scary crack again. That crack always scared me. Plus the growls coming from down the hall. But I thought I was hearing things since Red said she never heard growls.

I clutch on to my necklace. Inside the necklace was a picture of my birth parents. The ones who just were gone. Without a trace.

It was the only thing I had that was really mine. And the only thing I had left of them other than their memory. Sometimes I worried that I would forget them completely forget them.

I sigh. "We need someone to help you with that." I said to her. She nods. "Then we need someone to help you find a family." She states.

"I doubt that's happening anytime soon, Red. My new foster parents hate me!"

It was true. Red frowns. "We can ask Santa." She suggests. I raise an eyebrow. "Do you think Santa brings parents too?" She giggles. "About the crack! But we can ask Santa about that too!" She states. I nod. She was too smart!

I put down the Spider-Man action figure I got from back home. My parents gave it to me. It seemed like a whole different life. But it was only 2 or 3 years ago.

What hurt the most is that they didn't take me with them. Was I that much of a disappointment that they left a 4 year old?

I shake my head from my thoughts while Red puts down her pretty stuffed doll she is holding.

We go over to her bed. She closes her eyes and so do I.

"Dear Santa. Thank you for the dolls and pencils and the fish. It's Easter now, so I hope I didn't wake we, but honest, it is an emergency." Red starts. I continue.

"There's a crack on Red's wall. Her mean aunt says it's just an ordinary crack."

Red giggles at the part about her aunt. "But we know it's not because at night there's voices." She said.

A shiver runs through my spine. The voices creeped me out. I tried listening once but it didn't work out. I only made out Prisoner Zero has escaped. I think I must have heard wrongly. My foster parents say I make mistakes all the time. And adults are usually right.

"So can you please, please send someone to fix it and can you bring Raven nice parents too." She pleads desperately.

"If it's not too much. Preferably Spider-Man." I said. Red laughs at me. "Or a policeman or…" She trails off when we hear a big crash. We both jump and look over out her window and see a lot of smoke.

"Red it's Spider-Man!" She shakes her head and we both go over to her window. There crashed into her shed was a blue box. I look at the side and read out Police Box.

"Thank you Santa." Red whispers.

Red gets on a small coat and some boots and I get a flashlight and no shoes. I had on socks anyway. We both run outside. I shine my torch over at the box.

Suddenly the doors swing open. I back up a step holding Red's arm making her step back with me. More smoke fills the air. Then a rope flies out this box and ropes onto something behind us.

We hear grunts and groans and soon a man pokes his head out the box. He had light green eyes and brown floppy hair. He looks over at us with a smile. I realize my breathing picked up a little bit.

"Could I have an apple? All I can think about. Apples. I love apples. Maybe I'm having a craving? That's new. Never had cravings before." He rambles. He gets out all the way and I see he has raggedy clothes on.

It looked like a suit. But not the jacket but what was underneath. My foster dad wore those. He looks inside his box.

"Whoa. Look at that." He comments with a smile. "You okay?" I ask him. He looks back at us. "Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Hell of a climb back up." He said like it was no big deal. A library? I realize he is wet. "How did you get wet?"

"I was in the swimming pool." He states. "You said you were in the library." Red comments. "So was the swimming pool." He said in a duh tone. I give him an odd look. He just grins at me.

"Are you a policeman?" Red asks. He leans in. "Why, did you two call a policeman?" He asks.

"Did you come about the crack in my wall?" Red asks.

I'm so glad she didn't mention about my family request. And Spider-Man. He gives us a look.

"What crack? Argh!" He said before falling. I gasp and run over. I try to bring him to his feet but I only get him to his knees. "You alright?" I ask him. He looks up at me.

"No, I'm fine. It's okay. This is all perfectly norm-"He starts before golden dust flies out of his mouth tickling my nose before going up in the sky. I look at it in amazement. The man looks at me with a smile.

"Who are you?" Red asks.

Soon his hands start glowing as well. I let go of his arms and look at the golden dust curiously. That is super cool.

"I don't know yet. I'm still cooking. Does it scare you two?" He said looking between us. I shake my head. "No it's amazing." I said to him in wonder.

He smiles at me but shakes his head. "No, no, no. The crack in your wall. Does it scare you guys?" He asks us. I look at Red before nodding my head.

"Yes." She said with hesitation. He shots straight up causing me to almost fall over in surprise but he catches me by shoulders.

Red looks over at us curiously. He steadies me before turning to Red. "Well then, no time to lose. I'm the Doctor. Do everything I tell you, don't ask stupid questions, and don't wander off." The Doctor said.

That was a weird name for a weird man. He was a raggedy weirdo.

He starts walking the wrong way but hitting a tree anyway. I sigh and Red and I run over to him. "You alright?" I ask him. He nods blinking. "Early days. Steering's a bit off." He said shaking his head.

After giving him an insane look, Red and I help him up. We lead him in the house and while Red gets him an apple I grab him a towel. He smiles at me. "Thanks." He said. I nod.

"You're welcome." I said with a small smile.

Part of me was curious if he came about my request too, but I didn't want to be rude. He doing this for us was already too much. He seems to read the look on my face and gives me a curious look.

"What you thinking about?" He asks. I shake my head laughing a little. "Red and I were just asking Santa to send someone to fix the crack and for something else. Just when I started to doubt he exists." He smiles a little.

"What was the other thing?" He asks me. I shrug. "Something impossible." I said with a small smile. He raises an eyebrow. "I like impossible." He tells me with a smile of his own. I was about to answer when Red yells for us to come in. Saved by the yell.

I flee to the kitchen and he follows drying of his hair a little. I see Red walking up to the Doctor a red apple in hand.

"If you're a Doctor why does your box say police?" She asks. He frowns and takes the apple biting into it. He spits it right out. "That's disgusting. What was that?" He questions us. Of course. "An apple." Red states.

He hands me the apple. I throw it in the garbage. "Apple's rubbish. I hate apples. Now you Blondie you were saying?" he says.

Blondie? Original. Real Original. Luckily Red interrupts.

"You said you loved them." Red states. The Doctor looks at her. "No, no, no. I like yoghurt. Yoghurt's my favorite. Give me yoghurt." He said. Red goes off the fridge. "You were saying?" He said while raising an eyebrow. I shake my head.

"It's nothing important." I said trying to change the subject.

Maybe he would ramble about how much he loved important stuff?

He was about to answer when Red came back with a pot of yoghurt. He pours it in his mouth and then spits it out. I gag in my mouth. BLAH!

"I hate yoghurt. It's just stuff with bits in." He said with disgust. "You said it was your favorite."

He wipes his mouth and hands me the pot. I again throw it in the trash. "New mouth. New rules. It's like eating after cleaning your teeth. Everything tastes wrong. Argh!" He said before twitching violently.

I steady him and he stops putting a hand on his head. "What is it? What's wrong?" Red asks him. He shakes his head.

"Wrong with me? It's not my fault. Why can't you give me any decent food? You're Scottish. Fry something." He orders. Red does just that.

Getting pans and I sit down at her table. The Doctor sits by me. "So what was the other thing?" he asks. He would not let this go.

Finally seeing it was pointless and that he wouldn't let it go I answer. "Parents. I'm a foster kid. My foster parents don't really care about me and I want people who do."

He gives me a sad look. "You said it was impossible?" He questions. I nod.

"Most people only take foster kids in for the check that comes with. To them I'm just profit."

I felt kind of uncomfortable. Talking about this with him when I only just met him.

"What's your name?" He asks me. "Mackenzie but I want to be called Raven." I tell him. "Well I like Mackenzie. It's like a name in a fairytale. And Mackenzie, I am going to help you find that family you are looking for."

I raise an eyebrow. "Really?" I ask him in disbelief. He nods. "Yeah. I promise. After this we will go looking. Sound good?" He asks with a smile. "Sounds amazing."

Something was coursing through my body. It filled me to the core. It was a good feeling. A feeling that told me everything was going to be okay. It was hope. I smile at the feeling. I never felt that before.

Red gets bacon and puts it on the pan causing it to sizzle.

"Ah, bacon!" He said happily.

After a few minutes Red puts it on a plate and passes it too him. He smiles and takes a bite. It seems good for like two seconds, but he spits that out too.

"Bacon? That's bacon? Are you trying to poison me?" He asks her. I laugh at him and Red smiles too.

She gets a can of beans and puts that in another pan. She turns the stove on.

The Doctor looks over at her curiously. "Ah, you see? Beans." He said smiling.

Red puts that on a plate and I set it down in front of him. He smiles taking some in a spoon and eating them. But again spitting them out in the sink.

"Beans are evil. Bad, bad beans." He said with a frown.

Red looks at me ready to quit. "Red I got this!" I said making a super hero pose. "God speed Raven, god speed." She said before saluting.

I imitate the sounds of horns at a funeral for someone in the military, and Red laughs while the Doctor frowns. But there was a gleam of amusement in his eyes.

I get a plate from her cabinet and some bread. Then I get some butter from the fridge. I smear the butter on the bread and hand the plate over to him.

"Bread and butter. Now you're talking." He takes a bite and immediately runs outside with the plate.

I hear a crash and a cat meow loudly.

"AND STAY OUT!" He yells shutting the door. Red looks at me. "This is impossible!" I shout. Red laughs. "Giving up already?" She asks. I nod. "Raising the white flag here."

The Doctor walks back in the kitchen and Red looks in the fridge.

"We got some carrots." She suggests. I sigh. "Carrots? Are you insane? No. Wait. Hang on. I know what I need. I need, I need, I need fish fingers and custard." He said taking those items out.

A few minutes later he has a bowl full of custard and is dipping fish fingers in it. Red and I eat ice cream.

"Funny." Red said after a few bites from her spoon.

"Am I? Good. Funny's good. What's your name?" He asks her. "Amelia Pond." She said at the same time I said Red Pond. We both laugh. "Oh that's a brilliant name. Mackenzie and Amelia Pond. Two names in a fairytale." He said with a smile. I smile brightly at him.

"What's your last name Mackenzie?" He asks me.

It was so weird hearing someone call me that. I never went by that. Well adults called me that but my friends called me Raven.

"Unofficially Pond. I stay here all the time might as well be one. But the name on my birth certificate is Price." I state. He nods. "Mackenzie Price. Has a nice ring to it. Are we in Scotland, Price?" he asks me. I shake my head. "Nah Red is from Scotland though. She just moved a couple years before I did." Red nods. "It's rubbish, England." She said with a pout. I pat her back.

"I know honey." I say in a mom tone of voice and she laughs. "So what about your mum and dad, then? Are they upstairs? Thought we'd have woken them by now." He asks.

Red's smile fades. "I don't have a mum and dad. Just an aunt." She says with a sigh.

I look at her with a sad smile. That was one of the reasons we bonded. She knew what I went through. We understood each other. We looked out for each other.

"I don't even have an aunt." The Doctor states.

I look up at him. He had a smile on his face but his eyes told other stories. He lost someone alright. It was as clear as day.

"You're lucky." Red comments. He nods. "I know." He said with a small smile. "So, your aunt, where is she?" He asks her. "She's out." Red said. "She's mean." I mutter mentally cursing the woman.

Red elbows me and I laugh. "And she left you two all alone." He said in disbelief.

"We aren't scared." I say to him reassuringly.

"Course, you're not. You're not scared of anything. Box falls out of the sky, man falls out of a box, man eats fish custard, and look at you two, just sitting there. So you know what I think?" He said scooting closer. "What?" Red asks. "That must be a bit of a scary crack." He said. Another shiver. "Yeah…" I said under my breath. Red's look changed as well.

Fear. That was in both of our eyes. Just the mention of it.

We lead him to Red's room. Red goes to get something while I show him where the crack is.

"So what about you're foster parents?" He asks me. "They don't really care. They don't want me at their house. So I usually stay here or at Mel's." I answer. He frowns at that statement. "Why do they even have you if they don't want you?" I roll my eyes.

"Money."

These foster parents I've had for 2 weeks to a month and I wasn't messing it up now. I didn't want to move again. I didn't want there to be even a possibility of leaving Red. I've been lucky so far. But that could change at any second.

"I think Mackenzie that everything will work out. And I'm here to help. I promise you I won't leave you until I know you're happy with a family." He promises.

Then I feel that amazing tingling again. Hope. It was like the sun after a cloudy day. The double rainbow after a storm. It felt good. I felt good.

"Thank you." He smiles at me. "You're welcome Mackenzie." He said. Red came back with an apple. "I used to hate apples, so my mum put faces on them." She said before handing it over.

It was a very happy apple. Just like me. Well if I was an apple that is.

"She sounds good your mum." He said throwing it in the air and catching it. Then he puts it in his pocket. "I'll save it for later." He said with a small smile.

Then he walks over the crack running his fingertips along the rough wall.

"This wall is solid and the crack doesn't go all the way through it. So here's a thing. Where's the draught coming from?" He asks himself.

He takes out a silver thing that was blue at the end. A light comes from the blue end and he runs the light across the crack. He stops it and looks at the silver object.

"Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. You know what the crack is?" He asks us. "A hole in disguise?" I ask sarcastically.

He smirks but shakes his head. "It's a crack. But I'll tell you something funny. If you knocked this wall down, the crack would stay put, because the crack isn't in the wall." He said.

I raise an eyebrow. "Where is it then?" Red asks. "Everywhere. In everything. It's a split in the skin of the world. Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together right here in the wall of your bedroom. Sometimes, can you hear?" He asks us. "Voices yup." I say popping the "p".

The Doctor empties Red's nighttime glass of water and uses it to listen to the crack. Red gapes at him.

I laugh. "I'll get you more water later." I say to her. She nods. "Prisoner Zero?" He asks. "Prisoner Zero has escaped. That's what I heard. What does it mean?" I ask him. He sighs. "It means that on the other side of this wall, there's a prison and they've lost a prisoner. And you know what that means?" He asks us. "What?" Red asks. He sighs. "You need a better wall." He said before jumping into action.

He moves the table that is front of the wall away and talks as he does so.

"The only way to close the breach is to open it all the way. The forces will invert and it'll snap itself shut. Or…" He trails off.

"Or? OR what?" I ask him panicky. He looks at both of us. "You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine and you think they're probably lying to m4ake you feel better?" He asks us.

"Yes." Red and I both say in unison.

"Everything's going to be fine." He said before smiling nervously.

He reaches out his hand and takes mine. I take Red's. He points his blue silver thing at the crack in the wall. The light glows and the crack opens. Inside the crack is a room. With what looks like cells in it.

"Prisoner Zero has escaped." A loud booming voice said from the crack. "Hello? Hello?" The Doctor calls out.

Suddenly a large blue eye ball appears looking at us. I jump back in surprise and clutch my locket around my neck. The locket always seemed to give me strength at the worst situations. The Doctor pulls me back.

"You're okay." He said his voice changing to one of amusement and wonder to one of seriousness and calming. I nod at him. Trusting him.

He looks at the eyeball. A bolt of light goes to the Doctor, and he doubles over, pulling me down with him, then the crack closes again.

He groans and Red looks at us. "There, you see? Told you it would close. Good as new." The Doctor said his voice changing back. I laugh. What a rush!

Aliens are real. Huh. Spider-Man better be too! "What's that thing? Was that Prisoner Zero?" Red asks.

The Doctor shakes his head. He pulls out a piece of paper that is in a brown wallet.

"No. I think that was Prisoner Zero's guard. Whatever it was, it sent me a message. Psychic paper. Takes a lovely little message. Prisoner Zero has escaped. But why tell us? Unless." He said finishing his ramble.

"Unless what?" I ask him. "Unless Prisoner Zero escaped through here. But he couldn't have. We'd know." He said.

He runs out of the room taking me with him. He lets me go and we both stand in the hallway. He looks he is pondering on something.

"It's difficult. Brand new me. Nothing works yet. But there's something I'm missing. In the corner of my eye." He said looking out of the corner of his eye.

Then suddenly loud bells thong and the Doctor jumps out of his trance. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" he shouts running down the stairs.

We follow him running. He runs to his box which apparently has bells. "I've got to get back in there. The engines are phasing. It's going to burn!" He shouts. He pulls the rope from earlier.

"How can a box have engines?" I ask him. "It's not a box. It's a time machine." He said. I raise an eyebrow. "You got a real time machine?" Red asks surprised

"Not for much longer if I can't get her stabilized. Five minute hop into the future should do it." He said. He drops the rope inside the box. "Can we come?" I ask him. He shakes his head.

"Not safe in here. Not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes, I'll be right back." He says jumping on the edge of the box.

Panic courses through me. What if he doesn't come back? I didn't want to say anything either. But Red did it for me.

"People always say that." Red said. He looks over his shoulder. He jumps down and kneels in front of us.

"Am I people? Do I even look like people? Trust me. I'm the Doctor." He said with a smile. I finally speak up.

"Wait! Prove it!" I say taking off my necklace. He raises an eyebrow. "This was my parents. When they were still alive. This is the only thing that they left behind. Prove your coming back. Bring it back." I said dropping it in his hand with hesitation. No.

I was going to trust him to bring it back.

He looks up at me with a small smile. "You have my word." He promises putting the necklace around his neck.

He jumps back in his box. "Geronimo!" He shouts and the doors shut. The box disappears.

My heart clenches. He will come back. He will come back. I had hope. I say to myself. Plus he had my locket. So he had to come back.

Red runs inside to grab stuff and I sit down on the dirt. Red comes back with a suitcase a jacket and a hat.

We sit there. Seconds turn into minutes, Minutes turn into hours. Soon it was sunrise and Red had fallen asleep. But I hadn't. I stayed up all night. He didn't come back. Tears run through my eyes. The hope that I felt died.

Guess I'm not getting my necklace back. I looked back at Red. She would be crushed. I had to stay strong for her. I had to keep her happy.

She slowly wakes up. "Where is he?" She asks. I shrug.

"Probably just running late. He does have a time machine." I say with a small smile of reassurance.

My voice sounded dead. I was killed on the inside. He promised. He made me feel hope. And he lied. He wasn't coming back.

"But he should have been back by now. He promised!" Red said. Tears coming down her eyes. I hold her.

"Shh…It's okay, it's okay." The Raggedy Weirdo had left us, broken.

We end up going inside. I gave Red a cup of water.

"Thanks, I can't believe he just left." She said through sobs. Poor Red… "I know. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry he hurt you." I said while hugging her tightly.

I was sorry that I let myself feel hope. The feeling now made me want to cry. Because there was none. The one man I thought could finally save me before I was broken completely just took off.

Never to be seen again. With my necklace as well! The only thing I had left of my parents!

At any moment her aunt would come home and ask about the shed. I would make up a story and say it was batman. Or the Hulk.

"The Hulk is more believable." Red comments when I tell her my plan. I nod. "True. I already unpacked your bag."

She nods sadly.

"Do you think he's going to come back?" She asks hopefully. I pause. I look at her with sad eyes and shake my head slowly.

At that moment I made a promise to myself. I would never to let myself feel that bitter emotion again. And I was no longer Mackenzie. Mackenzie was shattered and broken. Any sliver of hope gone. In her place was a girl I liked. A girl who didn't hope. A girl that was carefree. That girl's name was Raven.

10 years later…

"Ouch!" I yelled. The tattoo artist glares at me. "It wouldn't hurt so much if you stayed still Raven!" she yells at me. I rolled my eyes. In the last ten years since the…whatever his name was left! I was really wasted right now. Anyway, since the nurse or whatever left, I lost all hope for anything good. So to make it official today on my 17th birthday I was getting a tattoo.

"And done!" I look at my arm.

The tattoo said Hopeless and above it was the blue box on fire. "Thanks! How much do I owe you?" I ask her looking through my bag for my twenties. She shakes her head.

"On the house kiddo! Happy birthday." She said with a smile. I smile leaving the parlor. I decide to meet up with Red.

I had dyed my hair black and I even wore like all black. So now with my tattoo I looked that much cooler. I got my nose pierced too but it hurt a lot so I ended up taking it out and the hole closed itself up. That was 2 years ago.

I go to Red's and knock on her door.

Unlike me, Red didn't lose all hope. She still looked out her window for that stupid blue box every night. I hated that. But I loved that she still looked as well. That was Red for you.

She opens the door and smiles at me. Then looks down at my arm. "OH MY GOD YOU ACTUALLY GOT IT!" She yells excited for me.

We had been talking about putting the Doctor behind us forever and that's when I suggested I get a tattoo and she change her name. She changed it to Amy. People didn't dare call me Mackenzie so I didn't even bother. They knew better.

"Yes I did! Pretty sweet right?" I ask her. She nods. "It looks awesome and I just got my name approved! Goodbye Amelia Pond!" She said. I smile. "Goodbye Mackenzie Price!" She pulls me inside and Mel's is there smiling at me. "Hello Sweetie, love the tattoo." She said.

I smile brightly at her. "Why thank you Mel's! Got any bourbon?" I ask her with a slur.

I just remembered I was drunk. Huh funny how things slip your mind! She nods handing me the bottle and I take it and chug the vile liquid down my throat.

"JESUS!" Mel's yells. Amy laughs while I roll my eyes at the two of them. Or was it three?

Mel's and I end up going home and out of the corner of my eye I see a man. He looked like him, except he wore a tweed jacket and a bowtie. He stares at me deeply. Almost like he was guilty. I shrug figuring it was just my drunken brain creating delusions.

"What is it?" Mel's asked. I look back where the man is. Then look back at her.

"Absolutely nothing."

Mel's and I lived together. Well for the moment. Due to the fact, that these foster parents I had at the moment were…bad. Did drugs and all that fun stuff. I tried complaining to my social worker, but sadly she said it had been too soon.

So when we got to Mel's I stumbled my way to my bedroom. Or her guest room. The room was filled with boxes of my old elementary school stuff. Some art work. I was rather good at painting and drawing. Who do you think drew the sketch of the box? MOI!

There was bed in the corner of the room. It had a bunch of my drawings sprawled out on it. I walk over and hold the one I had drew in my sleep.

It was me, but it wasn't. In the drawling she was the girl Mackenzie. But she looked a little older then how old I was now. She had her long blonde curls and colorful clothes and she was beyond happy. Holding her hand was the raggedy weirdo. But in this drawing he didn't look Raggedy at all. He had a tweed jacket and a bowtie.

I was leaning my head on his shoulder and we were sitting in the doorway of his blue box. But not on Earth. In space right in the air. There was billions of stars and planets below us and in the background was a star exploding.

At the bottom of the drawing was the words "The girl who waited and the man who ran away." In cursive. Sighing at the photo still having a massive headache I set the photo on one of the dressers and climb into bed.

I needed to forget him.

2 years later…

Unbelievable. My hair was back to blonde because my stupid foster parents last year said they wanted to see my blonde hair. So after a year, my blonde was back. And god did I hate it. But the tattoo still remained so I was happy. But since they were no longer my foster parents I was going to buy black hair dye. My phone rings. It's Red.

"Yellow? Trying to buy black hair dye!" I said to her annoyed.

"Someone broke in the house. He's still here." She said manically.

That makes me stop turn the other way and run to her house. Once I reach the backyard I see the door wide open. I didn't even see the blue box sitting there. I grabbed a rake and ran into the house.

"RED!" I yell. "Up here!" She yells. I run upstairs and I see she is dressed up like a police woman. Those guys were always on my back when I was drinking.

Apparently I was "underage". Whatever! "Where is he?" I ask her holding up my rake. She points.

I go to the direction of her hand and my heart stops.

It was him. The man who caused me to lose all hope. The man who crushed my happy part of me and turned me into Raven. That man was unconscious handcuffed to the air thingy.

I turn to Red. "How is he here?" I breathe out after a few minutes of silence. She shrugs. "I-I I don't know." She stammers out.

I look at the man. He looked the same. I clench my rake and Red seeing what I was thinking about speaks up.

"Raven put the rake down. I already hit him with a cricket bat." She said. I nod and end up dropping it with a loud clank. He slowly opens his eyes and I cringe. Oops.

He looks around. "White male, mid-twenties, breaking and entering. Send me some back-up. I've got him restrained. Oi! You, sit still." She says in her "radio." I look at her.

I follow her lead. "Good work partner!" I said holding up my hand. She gives me a look and I realize my arm tattoo is in full view. If his eyes were in focus we would be screwed. So I put my arm down.

For the first time since I got it, I wanted to hide it. I didn't want him to know it was us. "Cricket bat. I'm getting cricket bat." He said a little bit stunned.

"You were breaking and entering." Red states. I nod. "That's right weirdo! Breaking into my friend's house. HOW RUDE!"

Red stifles a laugh trying to act serious. "Well, that's much better. Brand new me. Whack on the head, just what I needed." He said seriously. No trace of sarcasm in his voice.

Our eyes meet and his eyes almost look like he recognized me. "Stupid foster parents." I mutter under my breath.

If they hadn't had taken away my hair dye, my hair would still be black and he wouldn't recognize me. Red had a hat on so her hair was in the hat. It would take him a little longer to recognize her.

"Do you want to shut up now? I've got back up on the way." Red lies. "Yeah what she said!" I said. Red elbows me. "Hang on, no, wait. You're a policewoman. And you are?" he gestures to me.

I give her a look. "She's my undercover partner!" She spits out. "YEAH BUDDY!" I shout. I was undercover. AWESOMENESS!

"And you're breaking and entering. You see how this works?" Red said trying to draw attention off of me. He looks between us.

"But what are you doing here? Where's Amelia? And Mackenzie?" He asks us. My blood goes cold. I flinch and Red grabs my hand and squeezes.

"Amelia Pond? Mackenzie Price?" Red asks him. He nods.

"Yeah, Amelia. Little Scottish girl. Mackenzie. Little American? Where are they? I promised them five minutes but the engines were phasing. I suppose I must have gone a bit far. Has something happened to them?"

Yeah Mackenzie died. I took her place. I look at Red. "What should we tell him?" I whisper to her. She thinks for a moment. "I got it. Just please let me do the talking. This might be a prank."

Oh yeah. This would be a Mel's thing to do! Red turns back to the man.

"They haven't lived here in a very long time." Red said. He looks at us. "How long?" He shouts. I cough and in between I mutter 12 years. Red elbows me once again.

"He might recognize us. Have to go for a little sooner than that." She whispers. I groan but nod. "6 months." Red said simply.

THAT ISNT A LITTLE BIT SOONER! Six months was the time it took for me to realize he was never coming back.

"No. No. No. No, I can't be six months late. I said five minutes. I promised. I promised Mackenzie I would give her back her necklace. IT CAN'T BE SIX MONTHS! What happened to them? What happened to Mackenzie and Amelia?" He shouts desperately and his voice dripped with panic.

I flee down the steps tears in my eyes. I couldn't do this. Red runs after me.

"RAVEN STOP!" She yells. I snap my head back.

"NO! I am going to buy my dang hair dye!" "Mackenzie…" She said sadly and desperately. She did not just call me Mackenzie.

"Mackenzie is dead! Why can't everyone see that! Why do people want me to be her!" I yell. "Because! You lost hope for anything! We don't care about the stupid hair. We want you to have hope again!" Red shouts. I shake my head tears streaming down my face.

"I never hope. IT WAS ONLY ONE TIME THAT I DID! And guess what? The universe smashed me with a freaking blue box!"

Didn't she understand? I couldn't hope for anything. If I do I get smashed. I run out of the house slamming the door behind me. I walk down the stairs.

Soon I make it too the town square. I needed to get my hair dye. But as soon as I reach for the knob someone shouts from behind me.

"DROP THE DOOR HANDLE!" The person shouts. I groan. I turn around to see Red and the Doctor a distance away.

"WHAT!?" I yell at her. Why couldn't I just get my dang hair dye and pretend this day never happened?

"He knows." She said in panic. With those words my heart stops. "WHAT HAPPENED!?" I yell. "The stupid shed! The stupid freaking shed!" She shouts.

I always knew that shed had it out for me. "Also it didn't help us shouting downstairs." She said. Ugh.

"Well freaking fantastic. Can I get my hair dye now?" I ask her. The Doctor runs over to me.

PERFECT! The more the misery!

"You're Mackenzie?" He asks me. I glare at him.

"Mackenzie's dead." I spat.

I was Raven now. I wasn't letting anyone call me Mackenzie. Especially not him. "Right Raven, whatever. What happened to you?" He asks me. "Red would you tell him to jump off a cliff." I said walking away.

I hear The Doctor and Red talking behind me. He was complaining about being hit with a cricket bat and she kept repeating 12 years. Good for her!

I walk to an ice cream van. Instead of its normal happy tune that I really needed to hear right now it played a message.

"Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated." The message plays. What the?

The Doctor runs over and then his gaze goes to my arms which held my tattoo. He places his hand on it and I move my arm away from him.

"Bruh this isn't Twilight." I said to him. He looks at me. "What happened to you?" He asks me. "I never got the family I was looking for." I said simply. He shakes his head. "No I promised I would-"he starts but I cut him off. "You lied." I say to him.

It was supposed to sound cold but my voice was shaking. So were my hands. I just wanted to go to Mel's and cry.

"What's that? Why are you playing that?" Red asks. "It's supposed to be Clair De Lune." Jerry/Ice cream guy said to us. I smile.

"Love that song. Sup Jerry!" I said to him. He smiles. "You get your hair dye yet?" He asks me. I sigh. "Nope. Mean people keep interrupting." I said with a frown gesturing to the Doctor.

He smiled and got out a box of black hair dye. OH MY GOD!

"JERRY!" I said excitedly and shocked. "Well we all know how much you like it. Thank you for helping me last week." He said handing me the hair dye. I nod. "You're welcome Jerry!"

I would have to do that when I got to Mel's. But sadly the message starts coming out from everywhere with a speaker.

"What's going on?" I ask Red. "Prisoner Zero." She said. Oh great!

"So now everyone from that night thinks they can come back and everything will be fine! FUN!" I shout sarcastically.

The Doctor looks at me. He cup my face in his hands searching my eyes for probably any sign of the old me. I try to shrug out of his grasp but he holds me tighter.

"Can we talk about this later?" He asks me. I sigh but nod.

Why did I nod? Because you want to forgive him. I voice in the back of my head says.

Because Mackenzie wasn't dead.

She was just buried deep inside me and with the Doctor back she was climbing her way back up. And I hated that.

Then the message repeats for the 5th time reminding us it was still there.

"Doctor, what's happening?" Red asks.

The Doctor takes my hand and we run with Red following behind us. He jumps over a fence and I do too. We barge into Mrs. Angelo's house. Poor old lady, now she too would have to deal with his craziness too.

"Hello! Sorry to burst in. We're doing a special on television faults in this area. Also crimes. Let's have a look." He said letting go of my hand. Red looks at me. "I got free hair dye!" I say with a smile. "You alright?" She asks me.

We both knew I wasn't. So I don't answer. I look on the T.V. to see a big eyeball on the screen. Just like the one from my childhood. What the?

"I was just about to phone. It's on every channel. Oh, hello, Amy dear. Are you a policewoman now? And Raven! Did you get the hair dye from Jerry?" She asks me.

I nod. "Yeah I did! I can't wait to have my black hair back!" She nods smiling at me brightly. "Well, I work for the station sometimes." Red said answering Mrs. Angelo's question.

"I thought you were a nurse?" Mrs. Angelo said to Red curiously. "I can be a nurse." She said. "Or actually a nun?" Mrs. Angelo says.

I wanted to laugh so badly but that would be a bad friend move.

"I dabble!" Red said clearly uncomfortable. "Raven, Amy, who's your friend?" She asks us. I scoff. "He's not a friend of ours." Red elbows me. "Rude." She said with a frown. I shrug.

"I don't care!" Ooh I wonder if Mrs. Angelo would let me stay to do my hair! I wanted my black hair.

"Who's Amy? You were Amelia." He comments. And then he points to me.

"And you were Mackenzie." He says. "Yeah and now I'm Amy." Red said. The Doctor gives us a look.

"Amelia Pond. Mackenzie Price. Those were great names." He pouts.

"Correction I didn't change my name! I just got a tattoo. No one calls me Mackenzie, because they know better. And besides, those names were a bit fairytale." BURN! He gives me a look.

"Well than consider me no one, Mackenzie." He said with a smirk. I raise an eyebrow. "I already do." I say to him. He looks at me with a deep long look before returning to what he was doing.

"I know you, don't I? I've seen you somewhere before." Mrs. Angelo said.

Oh no. Red and I's comics. Mine were a bit dark for a 7 year old while Red's were awesome. Mine were about that whole night me finding hope again and then losing it forever. Like I said DARK!

"Not me. Brand new face First time on. And what sort of job's a kissogram?" He asks. Red had told him. Red and I both got jobs as a kissogram. Red please make something up!

"We go to parties and we kiss people. With outfits. It's a laugh." She said.

I face palm. "Red you told him I was one too! TRAITOR!" She rubs the back of her neck. "Yeah sorry." She said with a nervous laugh.

I shake my head at her. "You two were little girls five minutes ago." He shouts. I stalk over to him. "Well not for us. YEARS HAVE PAST! Let it go!"

He steps closer to my face. "Mackenzie please. Where's that sweet little girl?" He asks me. I move away.

"Destroyed." I spat at him.

Silence.

"You sound worse than Red's aunt." I said after a few moments. He groans. "I'm the Doctor. I'm worse than everybody's aunt." He said in a duh tone.

Mrs. Angelo up at him like he was insane.

Immediately he speaks up. "And that is not how I'm introducing myself." She nods.

He holds up her radio and uses his silver thing to flip through channels. The message repeated in different languages and he put the radio down.

"Okay, so it's everywhere, in every language. They're broadcasting to the whole world." He said rushing towards the open window sticking his head out of it.

"What's up there? What are you looking for?" Red asks curiously. "Okay. Planet this size, two poles, your basic molten core? They're going to need a forty percent fission blast." He said.

Jeff comes in and looks at me. He has never seen my hair blonde before. I haven't seen him in a year. "Raven your hair." He said in shock. I nod. "Yeah I know. Not me at all. I'm going to dye it later." He shakes his head.

"You should leave it." Jeff said. The Doctor walks up to Jeff getting in his face. "Finally someone who sees the craziness." He said patting Jeff on the head before continuing.

"Anyway, they'll have to power up first, won't they? So assuming a medium sized starship, that's 20 minutes. What do you think, twenty minutes? Yeah, twenty minutes. We've got twenty minutes." He said backing off of Jeff. "Until what?" I ask him.

"Are you the Doctor?" Jeff asks.

Crap.

"He is isn't he? He's the Doctor! The Raggedy Weirdo! All those cartoons you two did as kids!" Mrs. Angelo said.

I roll my eyes. "I did one. And I had to have counseling for a month when I read it in class. Remember that Red?"

She nods. "Yeah I do. That was like dark for the age though." She comments. I roll my eyes. "That's reality!"

She shakes her head at me. The Doctor's eyes go to mine.

"Where is that Cartoon?" He asks me. I shrug. "Somewhere at Mel's in a box." I say to him. He smiles. "I want to see that later." He said. I shake my head. "No way, I am totally burning it."

"Not if I get there first." He says in matter of fact tone. He wouldn't make it. "Yeah right!" He just smirks.

Oh he had a plan! Probably a rescue mission for Mackenzie.

"Gran, it's him, isn't it? It's really him!" Jeff shouts.

"Jeff SHUT UP! YES IT'S THE DOCTOR! We can praise the lord later!"

They all go silent at my outburst. Finally after a few moments, I turn back to the Doctor.

"Twenty minutes till what?" I ask him. "The human residence. They're not talking about your house, they're talking about the planet. Somewhere up there, there's a spaceship, and it's going to incinerate the planet." He said.

My face turns blank. "Twenty minutes until the end of the world."

We walk out of Mrs. Angelo's house and into the streets. "Where is this place? Where am I?" The Doctor asks. "Leadworth." I answer. "Where's the rest of it?" He asks. I shake my head. "This is it." I said.

"Is there an airport?"

"No."

"A nuclear power station?"

"No." I answer horrified

"Even a little one?"

"No." Red answers horrified as well.

"Nearest city?" He asks me. "Gloucester. Half an hour by car." I said. "We don't have half a half hour? Do we have a car?" He asks.

"NOPE! Sorry Raggedy Weirdo we do not!" I said irritated.

Why would he want to know about a nuclear power station? Do people even have those in a small town! LIKE COME ON!

The Doctor growls frustrated. "GREAT! Twenty minutes and I got a post office!" He yells gesturing to the not open post office. "And its shut! What is that?" He asks running over to the pond. "A duck pond." Red said. "No crap Sherlock!"

Obviously that was a duck pond. It couldn't fit anything else. She shakes her head at me.

"Why aren't there any ducks?" He asks her. "There never are." I say to him shrugging.

"Then how do you know it's a duck pond Mackenzie." He says with a small smirk knowing that he would bother me.

Wanting to ring his neck, Red saw my look and immediately backed me up a little bit. "It just is! Is it important! This duck pond?" She asks him giving me a look.

Which basically said BACK OFF! Chill down or some lame stuff. Part of me didn't want to listen, but I did.

The Doctor groans and clutches his chest. "I don't know. Why would I know? This is too soon. I'm not ready, I'm not done yet." He said before toppling over.

I wanted to go over and help, but decide to just stand still.

"What's happening? Why's it going dark?" Red asks. I look up. A black disc covers the sun, like a total eclipse. What the? "Dude I thought eclipses were at night!?" I say surprised.

"They are. So what's wrong with the sun?" Red asks shocked as well.

The Doctor just shakes his head. "Nothing. You're looking at it through a force field. They've sealed off your upper atmosphere. Now they're getting ready to boil the planet." He said with a small laugh.

Yeah totally a laughing matter Weirdo! People start walking out with their phones in hand. My god seriously? This was my species.

"Oh, and here they come. The human race. The end comes, as it was always going to, down a video phone." He said with a shake of his showing disapproval.

"Man, today is not the day to be human." Come on people! "This isn't real, is it? This is some kind of big wind up." Red said. Considering the possibility that could be it I smile.

"THAT'S IT! It is Mel's! I knew it." Knew it.

Totally killing Mel's. Well after she makes me toast. She makes good toast.

"Why would I wind you two up?" He asks us. "Duh! Because you were hired by Mel's! I totally knew it!"

Thank god! Aliens weren't real. This was all just a huge prank! Had to be!

"Mackenzie. This." He says pointing to the sky. "Is not a prank. This is real." He said.

No this can't be! If it was and this guy who he says he is then the eyeball thingy was real too! The eyeball thingy was creepy as heck.

"You told us you had a time machine." Red said. He nods. "And you two believed me." he points out. I shake my head.

"Then we both grew up! You can't just come back here and pretend everything is okay. And that all that stuff you said 12 years ago was true! It isn't fair!"

He sighs. "I know. I know that isn't fair Mackenzie. Don't you think I don't know that? But growing up is something you never want to do." He said seriously.

Sighing I look away from him. "No. Hang on. Shut up. Wait. I missed it. I saw it and I missed it. What did I see? I saw. What did I see? I saw, I saw, I saw." He said while hitting his head.

Then a few seconds later a grin appears on his face.

"Twenty minutes. I can do it. Twenty minutes, the planet burns. Run to your loved ones and say goodbye, or stay and help me." The Doctor said.

I smirk. "BYE!" I said turning around and proceeding to walk away, but he catches me by the arm. "What?" He asks confused. I roll my eyes.

"I said bye! I'm out of here. Going to dye my hair. Maybe even join a band for 20 minutes. Who knows! BYE!"

Red frowns as well. "No." Red says. The Doctor and I look at her confused. "What?" He asks her. Red proceeds to grab his tie and pull it down. "NO!" She shouts dragging him away.

Laughing really freaking hard I follow closely behind, intrigued as what will happen next. She grabs a random guys keys and shuts the Doctors tie in the car door and locks it. I almost fall over because of how hard I was laughing.

This was unreal. I approve Pond. I approve. "Are you out of your mind?" He shouts at her trying to get his tie free. "Sorry Mr. Henderson. Do you mind if we borrow your car?" I ask him. He smiles and nods.

"Sure did you get your hair dye yet?" He asks me. I nod. "Yeah. I'm going to dye it once we get this issue resolved which hopefully involves him going far, far away." I said pointing out to the sky.

He laughs and walks away to have his daily cup of coffee that he has at this time. Red gives me a thankful look making me give her a thumbs up.

"Who are you?" Red asks him angrily.

May the interrogation begin. WHO DONE DID IT!?

"You know who I am." He said. I scoff. "Sure we do. And I'm the freaking Queen of Leadworth! So seriously who are you?!" I ask him getting in his face a bit.

If only we had an interrogation light. Sigh. "Look at the sky. End of the world, twenty minutes." He pleads with us. Red scoffs. "Better talk quickly then." She said.

Again Red! You're going to make me cry! I'm so proud! I thought she would be falling for his lame act. Thankfully she's not. Just because he's cute doesn't mean we're falling for his bull crap. Like COME ON!

"Catch." He said to her tossing her an apple with a smiley face. Then he turns to me and gestures me to come closer. I do. "Open your hands." He said.

I obey and I feel something metal drop in my hands. I look down and see it. My parent's locket. The golden locket. The silver long chain. The engraving of my parent's initials with a heart on the front of it.

Tears come in my eyes just looking at it. Just holding it in my hands. He tilts my head up.

"I'm the Doctor. I'm a time traveler. Everything I told you two twelve years ago is true. I'm real. What's happening in the sky is real, and if you don't let me go right now, everything you've ever known is over." He said pleading.

Red looks at the apple in her hands. I look at the beautiful locket in my hands.

"I don't believe you." Red said. I could deny it. But the truth was. I did. I believed him.

"Just twenty minutes. Just believe me for twenty minutes. Look at it. Fresh as the day you gave it to me. And you know it's the same one. Amy, believe for twenty minutes. Mackenzie you two. You know that's the same locket. Not a sign of rust on it. Absolutely in the same condition. You know it's not a year older. Believe me you two. Believe me for twenty minutes." He pleads.

A single tear falls from my eyes and I clench on the locket in my hands before turning to Red.

She unlocks the car door with a click of a button. I open the door and the Doctor is set free. Red gives him a look.

"What do we do?" Red asks. He smiles brightly. "Stop that nurse." He said running in a direction. Red follows. Once I secure my necklace back in its rightful spot, I follow them.

Lots of freaking running. The Doctor runs over to where apparently Rory the nurse is standing and snatches his phone away. Bruh! You never snatch a phone away! The Doctor looks through it before tossing it back.

"The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why?" He questions him. Rory looks shocked and stutters for a reply.

"Amy. Raven!" He shouts. Smiling brightly at him I wave. "Sup dude." I said "Did you get your hair dye?" he asks.

Dang it! I left it at Mrs. Angelo's house! Good job!

"Yeah but I left it at Mrs. Angelo's. I think I'm going to have to get that later." Rory nods. Noticing the Doctor's confused face, Red speaks up. "Oh, this is Rory, he's a friend." She says. Friend? Oh Red. You are in for it.

"Boyfriend." Rory corrects. "Sort of boyfriend." She said.

Remember that earlier statement where I said just because the Doctor was cute we weren't being fooled by his act. Yeah forget it. With that sentence Red killed it.

"Amy." Rory and I warn in unison. Red raises an eyebrow at me calling her Amy.

"Mackenzie?" She said. I growl at her and she backs up throwing up her hands in surrender.

"That's what I thought Pond."

"Man and dog. Why?" The Doctor says growing inpatient. Rory's face lights up in recognition.

"Oh my God, it's him." Rory said in realization. I face palm. "Oh great." I said sighing. "Just answer his question, please." Red stutters. "Oh boy, here we go." I mutter under my breath.

"It's him, though. The Doctor. The Raggedy Doctor. The Raggedy Weirdo!" He exclaims. "Thank you captain obvious." I say with a shake of my head. "Yeah, he came back." Red says. "And I have wanted to bang my head very hard against a wall ever since." I mutter earning a small laugh from Red. "But he was a story. He was a game." Rory said

The Doctor groans and lifts Rory up by his shirt. "Man and dog. Tell me now!" He said irritated. Rory shakes his head.

"Sorry. Because he can't be there. Because he's-"Rory starts then the Doctor joins in.

"In a hospital, in a coma." They said in unison. Rory looks back surprised but then just nods. "Yeah." He said simply. The Doctor smiles letting go of Rory's shirt.

"Knew it. Multiform, you see? Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a life feed. A psychic link with a living but dormant mind." He said tapping Rory on his temple.

Suddenly we hear a dog barking from behind us and we all turn around to see an older man with his dog. The man is wearing a blue jumpsuit looking as if he is the one growling at us.

"Prisoner Zero." The Doctor said taking a step.

I raise an eyebrow. "That's Prisoner Zero? Bruh I can take him." I said putting my fists up ready to fight.

Red shakes her head and then makes me put my fists to my sides. The man barks, growls, and takes a step towards me, but the Doctor steps in front of me. I don't know what look the Doctor gave him but the man and the dog step back from me.

Red and Rory raise an eyebrow while I look at him speechless. It was kind of like a wolf protecting one of its own. Like a pack. Weird. Then out of nowhere a space ship drops down from the sky. An EYEBALL spaceship! Holy crap!

"Jesus!" I said laughing a little. The Doctor brightly at me and turns back to Prisoner Zero while taking my hand in his own.

It was like all those years ago. I try to pull my hand back from him, but he had other plans, and instead held my hand tighter.

"See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology. And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver." He said using his other hand to pull out said screwdriver.

Suddenly, The Doctor makes all the streetlights explode, the car alarms go off and poor Mrs. Welter's scooter zoom off down the road. A fire engine goes past on its own, two tone blaring. The fireman run after it.

"I think someone's going to notice? Don't you?" He said a small smile playing on his face.

The Doctor blows up a red telephone box, then the screwdriver explodes. He yelps and drops the screwdriver on the ground.

Finally letting go of my hand, he goes to retrieve it on the ground. Of course though, it's completely destroyed. "No, no! No, don't do that!" He said throwing it on the ground angrily.

The Eyeball ship scans a little bit more before flying away.

"Look, its going." Rory said pointing. "Nah!" I say with an eye roll.

The Doctor looks up from his spot on the ground and shoots straight up, causing me to jump and almost fall over. Luckily, Red caught me before I did.

"No, come back. He's here! Come back! He's here. Prisoner Zero is here. Come back, he's here! Prisoner Zero is..." He stops when he sees it's pointless.

I turn back to Prisoner Zero to watch him melt down the drain.

"DANG!"

Red looks at the drain astonished. "Doctor! The drain. It just sort of melted and went down the drain." She says pointing at the drain. The Doctor scoffs. "Well of course it did." He said like it's the most obvious thing in the world. "What do we do now?" She asks him irritated.

"Who's up for a movie?" I ask clapping my hands together smiling a little. They all give me a look like really. Which causes me to shrug. "Suit yourselves."

Raggedy Weirdo decides to ignore my comment and speaks up. "It's hiding in human form. We need to drive it into the open. No Tardis, no screwdriver, seventeen minutes. Come on, think. Think!"

"So basically, summed up version, that melty thingy stalked Red and crashed at her house for twelve years? Jeez Red I told you I heard growls. But did you listen? NOPE!" I say laughing.

Red glares at me which only makes me laugh harder. Weirdo gives me a weird look making me stop and awkwardly cough when I see no one laughing with me. No one has a sense of humor anymore!

"Multiforms can live for millennia. Twelve years is a pit-stop." Weirdo tells me making me raise an eyebrow. Jeez that thing is old.

"So how come you show up again on the same day that lot do? The same minute!" Red asks.

"Maybe they had a date and time all set. Maybe they travel together. OH! I can picture that too." I say trying extra hard to make someone laugh. Because this seriousness was killing my vibe.

"They're looking for him, but they followed me. They saw me through the crack, got a fix, they're only late because I am." The Doctor says pacing. Probably trying to figure out to save our lazy butts. Seriously? No we aren't scared of aliens. But we are going to take pictures! So there. Idiots.

"What's he on about?" Rory asks confused.

"The weather."

"MACKENZIE BE QUIET FOR FIVE SECONDS SO I CAN THINK!" The Doctor snaps.

Immediately my mouth shuts. Okay then…

The Doctor sighs and turns to Rory. "Nurse boy, give me your phone." He orders.

"How can he be real? He was never real." Rory questions us. But I just make a motion showing a zip on my lips.

"Phone! Now! Give me!" The Doctor repeats.

Rory sighs but hands over the phone while speaking. "He was just a game. We were kids. You made me dress up as him. Though Raven was never really interested as much." Rory comments pointing to me, causing me to roll my eyes. I had other things to worry about other then something stupid like the Doctor. I have a life…sort of.

While Rory talked the Doctor scrolled through photos on Rory's phone. His screen savior was Rory, Red, Mel's and me at a party we went to. Though it was recent, I couldn't remember what it was for.

"These photos, they're are all coma patients?" The Doctor asks scrolling through photos of random people. One of them being the man and the dog.

"Yeah." Rory replies probably still trying to wrap his head around this situation.

"No, they're all the multiform. Eight comas, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero. "The Doctor corrects.

"He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma?" Red asks curiously. Oh Red even I figured out that one.

"Well, the coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog." The Doctor states. Took the words right out of my mouth weirdo. But right now I was on a silence strike.

They will beg for my sarcasm. MUHAHA!

"Laptop! Your friend, what was his name? Not him, the good-looking one." The Doctor says out of the blue making Rory frown.

"Thanks." He says frowning making me pat him on the back.

"Jeff?" Red asks making Rory's eyes widen.

"Oh thanks!" He frowns even more. Resulting me flicking Red in the back of her head. She winced and rubbed the spot I abused.

Deserved it Red. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DEFEND YOUR BOYFRIEND! If I wasn't proving a point that you guys needed my sarcasm, I would soooo mouth her off.

"He had a laptop in his bag. A laptop. Big bag, big laptop. I need Jeff's laptop. You two, get to the hospital. Mackenzie you're with me. Get everyone out of that ward. Clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done." The Doctor says taking my hand in his, and pulling me towards him and away from them.

Back to Jeff's! Ugh!

When we did make it to Jeff's house, we found Jeff in his room on said laptop.

The Doctor slammed the door open and immediately spoke up. "Hello! Laptop. Give me!" He says before trying to take it from him. But Jeff kept it close to his chest and his hands trying to prevent him from taking it.

Or maybe prevent him from seeing what's on there? Why else would he try to hide what's on the screen? Oh Jeff…

"No, no, no, no! Wait!" Jeff pleads. I really want to see if my theory is right. I'm like super clever.

"It's fine. Give it here!" The Doctor says snatching it away. Oooo…he snatched something! Someone tell an adult! I need an adult!

"Hang on!" Jeff yells one final attempt to stop the Doctor, sadly failing.

The Doctor takes the laptop and sees what Jeff was browsing. Sadly I see it too. And immediately gag.

"AH!" I yell and the Doctor covers my eyes. Theory proven. Innocence gone. I will never unsee that.

Thanks for that Jeff!

"Blimey. Get a girlfriend Jeff." The Doctor exclaims typing away already getting the image off the screen and uncovering my eyes. I was thankful that I only got a second of that. But it's still burned in my head.

Then Mrs. Angelo enters the room.

HE WAS LOOKING AT THAT WHILE HIS GRANDMA WAS HERE!? Fore shame. I shall never look at Jeff the same way again.

"Gran." Jeff pleads looking at Mrs. Angelo and me with a pleading look and looking at the Doctor as if he was insane. Which he is.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Angelo questions. Who knows? Who freaking knows? No seriously, if anyone has ideas please speak now!

"The sun's gone wibbly, so right now, somewhere out there, there's going to be a big old video conference call. All the experts in the world panicking at once, and do you know what they need? Me." The Doctor states, then four boxes appear on the screen with names and information in them making him smile at his success.

He freaking hacks like someone from freaking Anonymous. Jeez…

"Ah, and here they all are. All the big boys. NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore." The Doctor says pointing to each box showing us.

"I like Patrick Moore." Mrs. Angelo interrupts.

The Doctor smiles. "I'll get you his number. But watch him, he's a devil."

Jeff is wide eyes and scoots closer to the Doctor on the edge of his bed, while I kneeled beside him on his right. Mrs. Angelo in front of us in the doorway.

"You can't just hack in on a call like that." Jeff exclaims.

"Dude he just did."

Six faces come up on the screen. He shows them his blank piece of paper. It looked familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"Who are you?" Patrick Moore asks.

"This is a secure call, what are you doing here?" Another man asks. Not sure who he was.

"Hello. Yeah, I know you should switch me off, but before you do, watch this." the Doctor says before typing away fast paced.

"It's here too, I'm getting it." Moore says to the other people.

"Fermat's Theorem, the proof. And I mean the real one. Never been seen before. Poor old Fermat, got killed in a duel before he could write it down. My fault. I slept in. Oh, and here's an oldie but a goodie. Why electrons have mass. And a personal favorite of mine, faster than light travel with two diagrams and a joke. Look at your screens. Whoever I am, I'm a genius. Look at the sun. You need all the help you can get. Fellas, pay attention." The Doctor rambles out.

Too many words, too fast. That just made me get a head rush.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Someone from NASA asks confused.

The Doctor takes out Rory's phone starting to type on that as well.

"I'm writing a computer virus. Very clever, super fast, and a tiny bit alive, but don't let on. And why am I writing it on a phone? Never mind, you'll find out. Okay, I'm sending this to all your computers." The Doctor says hitting send to whatever mombo jumbo he was doing.

This guy was a genius weirdo.

"Get everyone who works for you sending this everywhere. Email, text, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, radar dish, whatever you've got. Any questions?" the Doctor asks.

"Who is your lady friend?" he asks pointing at me. OH GOD! What the freak isn't he like fifty? Cringe.

"Patrick, behave." The Doctor says jokingly, but when I looked into his eyes, it held seriousness.

The freak? I may be very childish, but I don't need someone to defend me like I'm a child.

Dunderhead weirdo.

"What does this virus do?" Another guy asks.

"It's a reset command, that's all. It resets counters. It gets in the wifi and resets every counter it can find. Clocks, calendars, anything with a chip will default at zero at exactly the same time." The Doctor explains. Then he continues.

"But yeah, I could be lying, why should you trust me? I'll let my best man explain." He says turning to Jeff patting his back. Jeff stays silent not realizing the Doctor was talking to him.

The Doctor clears his throat. "Jeff, you're my best man."

"You what?"

The Doctor sighs and lowers the camera so it's not showing us anymore.

"Listen to me. In ten minutes, you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen is going to be offering you any job you want. But first, you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working. This is it, Jeff, right here, right now. This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world." The Doctor says smiling brightly at the young Jedi.

Sorry I had too.

"Why me? Why not Raven? She's clever." Jeff says pointing to me.

The Doctor turns to me as if remembering I was there.

"Mackenzie, is coming with me." The Doctor says firmly.

"Besides it's your bedroom. Now go, go, go!" The Doctor rushes out, pulling me out of the room.

But we soon return. Just for the Doctor to say this. "Oh and delete you internet history."

After leaving their house, we see the runaway firetruck pass us. The Doctor and I both share a look and nod in agreement.

Then hightail after it.

Finally, after running for five minutes, we both make it in, the Doctor driving and me in the passenger seat.

"So, Mackenzie, How's life?" the Doctor asks.

"Fine."

"That's all I get?"

"Pretty much."

The Doctor was about to respond when Rory's phone goes off. He sighs and gives me a look saying this isn't over which I only shrug in response.

"Hello?" The Doctor asks.

After a few moments he responds. "Look in the mirror."

Another few moments go by and he replies again. "Don't worry, I've commandeered a vehicle." He says before hanging up.

Then being the childish guy I can already tell he is, proceeds to put the sirens on and honks his horn.

"What have you been up too?" the Doctor asks.

"Stuff."

"Oh come on!" he pouts.

Silence is my response causing him to groan in annoyance.

"You were chatty ten minutes ago." He whines.

"That was then. I try to live in the moment." I tell him sticking out my tongue.

Raggedy Weirdo rolls his eyes and focuses his attention back on the road.

The phone starts ringing once again making me wish it would just turn off and he answered it automatically.

Jeez dude get a phone! Stop being a lazy nincompoop!

"Are you in?" the Doctor asks notifying me that it was Red.

"You need to get out of there." The Doctor says frantically. Those words make my eyes widen. Red was in trouble.

"What's going on?!" I try to take the phone out of the Doctor's hand, but he slaps my hand away.

"Amy? Amy, what's happening?" The Doctor asks frantically.

"POND TALK TO US!" I shout taking the phone out of his hands.

"We're in the coma ward, but it's here. It's getting in." Red tells me sounding scared.

"Which window is she at?" The Doctor asks taking the phone out of my firm grip, and repeating his question.

"Okay." He says hanging up then the hospital comes into view. Then he does the most stupid ever. He crashes the latter in a window.

"How do you feel about heights?"

"No! No way!" I tell him. Heights…worst fear.

"Mackenzie, Amelia is in danger." He reminds me.

"I'm not going up there. That's final."

The Doctor grabs my shoulders make me look into his eyes. "Mackenzie. I promise you I won't let you get hurt. Please. Trust me."

Trust him? Could I?

Believe me for twenty minutes.

"I swear to god if I die…I will haunt you for all eternity. I will be that barnacle on the side of the ship that never goes away!"

He smiles and we both get out and start to climb the latter.

Well this is where I die…I always thought it would be at the hands of those creepy machines I drew that favorite phrase were EXTERMINATE!

God they looked like a jacked up version of the star wars machines. Chills…

"Mac, I won't let you get hurt."

I nod and start going farther up with him trailing behind me.

Don't look down…

Fudge I just looked down.

The latter was wobbly but I had to keep moving. My entire body was shaking.

See I had this anxiety…and I wouldn't be surprised if I had my monthly panic attack about now.

When we reach the window, I climb through and see a huddled Red and Rory on the floor.

"ELLO! Sorry if we're late!" I yell patting them both on the back, calming my fast beating heart, before turning to see a woman with two identical children.

"What the…" I ask tilting my head to the side in confusion.

"Mackenzie Price." They all say creepily in unison.

"Holy fudge. It's a horror movie! Come on unfair! I avoid this crap after I listened to Red's aunt watch Chucky!"

That's when the Doctor dramatically enters through the window.

"Right! Hello. Are we late? No, three minutes to go. So still time." He says patting Rory and Red on the back like I had just done.

"Time for what, Time Lord?" the older woman says smirking at him before turning to me.

The Doctor turns from them and holds out a hand for me to take. I roll my eyes before taking it and he pulls me up.

"See? That wasn't so bad." He whispers in my ear.

"I hate you."

"No you don't." He states bopping me on the nose.

Raggedy Weirdo straightens up his tie, before he turns to Prisoner Zero.

"Take the disguise off. They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies."

"The Atraxi will kill me this time. If I am to die, let there be fire." She says having a grin on her face.

This woman…or man…or was it thing? Holy crap wasn't the Doctor an alien. Brain hurts…

"Okay. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again. Just leave."

"WHAT HE SAID!" I say out of the blue wanting to be a part of things.

They both gave me an insane look making me raise my hands in surrender.

"FINE! I'll shut up."

The Doctor pats my head before continuing the conversation.

"Anyway, you came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again. Just leave."

"I did not open the crack."

"Somebody did."

"The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from? You don't, do you?" She says then laughs.

"The Doctor and the TARDIS doesn't know. Doesn't know. Doesn't know." She mocks then turns to me.

"The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."

That's when the clock changed into all 0's.

Oh! That's what he was doing with that rambling and button pushing? Oh…

I feel dumb.

Might as well name me Dumbo now.

"And we're off! Look at that. Look at that!" He says pointing to the clock.

Prisoner Zero looks bored and turns to the clock before turning back to us. By now Red and Rory were off the floor and on their feet looking at us curiously.

"Yeah, I know, just a clock. Whatever. But do you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out. And do you know what the word is?" The Doctor asks smirking proudly then I continue.

"The word is zero creepy people!"

"Now, me, if I was up in the sky in a battleship, monitoring all Earth communications, I'd probably take that as a hint. And if I had a whole battle fleet surrounding the planet, I'd be able track a simple old computer virus to its source in, what, under a minute? The source, by the way, is right here." He says pulling out Rory's phone.

Oh so that's why he did all this on a phone.

Duh Raven. Duh.

Sigh!

A bright light fills the entire room.

"Oh! And it looks like they just found us."

"The Atraxi are limited. While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me." The woman points out.

Oh Doc. Top that!

"Yeah, but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favourite bit. Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you. Every form you've learned to take, right here. Ooo, and being uploaded about now," OH YOU GOT YOUR BUTT HANDED TO YOU! HOW DO YOU FEEL?!

"And the final score is, no Tardis, no screwdriver, two minutes to spare. Who da man?" The Doctor yells raising his arms in the air.

We all looked at him in silence.

I wouldn't have even gone that far.

Well I would've but it would've been cooler than that. Plus there would be fireworks in the background. Cause I deserve fireworks.

Someone get me fireworks.

"Oh, I'm never saying that again. Fine."

"No Weirdo, do it with fireworks next time!"

"Well I didn't have time to stop at the store did I Mackenzie."

"I'm just saying dude!"

"If I may interrupt! I shall take a new form!" She announces.

"EW! I DON'T WANNA SEE THAT THOUGH!" I say covering my eyes.

"Oh, stop it. You know you can't. It takes months to form that kind of psychic link." The Doctor says.

The woman smirks at me. Her eyes glowing as I started to feel very lightheaded.

"And I've had years."

Then just as I watched Red fall, darkness enveloped me.

Coma linked dream

"MACKENZIE!"

I knew that voice. It was the raggedy weirdo.

"Mackenzie! Amelia! You've got to hold on! Mackenzie please don't sleep! Open your eyes! Please! Open your big blue eyes!"

I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't.

But I did picture him.

The Raggedy Weirdo.

"He gave me hope. Hope for something new.

Showing up at our door from something blue."

I pictured him from the first time I saw him.

"He made promises of a family. I gave him my trust.

He abandoned me."

"Poor Mackenzie and Amelia. Still just children inside. Dreaming of the day their magic Doctor would come and save them. What a disappointment you've been." I heard someone say but it was my voice that said it.

"Now days are set in stone. Any chances are at a lost.

I've given up on the cause."

"No, They're dreaming about me because they can hear me. Amy was the one who saw you. Amy…"

"He took off into the night. He promised to be back.

Looks like I've been had."

"Mackenzie listen to me. Amelia is about to show you an image. I need you to keep thinking of it no matter what. You can do this."

"I'm not okay. How can I be?

How can I even pretend to be?"

Suddenly an image ran through my head. It was a beast. The most horrific monster I've ever seen. I wanted to push it away…

"Raggedy Weird, you flew away.

And now, these broken shards are what's here to stay."

"No. No!" I heard little Red shout.

The image stayed in my head. But in the background I could see the Doctor smiling at me.

Waking up….

When the light refilled my eyes, tears were streaming down my eyes as old wounds were reopened. The poem I wrote in lyrics were running through my head as well as the image of Prisoner Zero.

I automatically cling to the closest thing to me.

"I've got you Mackenzie. I've got you."

Make that a who.

I honestly didn't care that he called me Mackenzie. I just needed comfort.

"One second Mackenzie. Rory hold her or Amelia. Someone." The Doctor says handing me over to them and then quickly get embraced by them both.

Rory was more focused on what the Doctor was doing, but Red held me tight. Whispering soothing words in my ears as the Doctor talked on the phone.

I couldn't hear anything but about two seconds later he threw Rory his phone back and then stood me up. "Okay. Now I've done it." He says before dragging me away with Red trailing after him.

"What did you do?" I sniffle out wiping my eyes of any traces of tears. Taking deep breaths in.

The Doctor stopped walking completely causing me to crash into him.

"I need new clothes." He states before making a B-line for the locker room.

What the heck?

Rory soon catches up and we all follow the Raggedy Weirdo inside.

"He brought all the aliens back after getting rid of them!" Rory complains.

"Let's hope he knows what he's doing then huh?"

"Oh trust me Mackenzie Price. I do know what I'm doing all the time. Well most of the time anyway." The Doctor defends. "Now, I'm saving the world - I need a decent shirt. To hell with the raggedy. Time to put on a show." He says picking out a few shirts making Red's and I's eyes to widen.

"You just summoned aliens back to Earth. Actual aliens, deadly aliens, aliens of death, and now you're taking your clothes off." Rory says as the Doctor proceeds to take his shirt off.

Immediately, I turn around blushing insanely.

Come on Weirdo! Get a bathroom!

"Amy he's taking his clothes off." Rory states.

"No crap Sherlock!" I yell at Rory from my turned back.

"Do what Mackenzie is doing if it embarrasses you." The Doctor says.

"Are you stealing clothes now? Those clothes belong to people, you know." Rory says as he turns his back. But Red keeps facing forward.

"Aren't you going to turn your back?" Rory asks Red.

"Nope."

EW!

Once the Doctor is dressed, we go up to the roof.

He has tons of ties around his neck, not choosing which one to wear just yet.

Just as we walk outside, the giant mother eyeball ship flies overhead. I wave for the Doctor to go, but he holds a finger up.

"Which tie?" he asks me holding them each up.

"Go!" I say shoving him over there causing him to laugh lightly before walking over.

"Come on, then! The Doctor will see you now." He shouts at the eyeball.

Oh god that was cheesy. Way too dang cheesy.

The huge eyeball drops from the ship making me jump back right into Red who pushed me right back forward.

Meanie! I could die!

The eyeball looks at the Doctor before shooting something that I guess scans him. "You are not of this world."

Dear lord! All their voices are so fudging creepy!

"No, but I've put a lot of work into it." The Doctor states before looking through his ties once again. "I don't know. Mackenzie won't tell me which one. What do you think?"

Oh my god! He is absolutely insane.

"Is this world important?" er, Atrax something say.

"Important? What's that mean, important? Six billion people live here. Is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a threat to the Atraxi? Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. Is this world a threat?" The Doctor asks the eyeball.

The eyeball projects the Earth from its eyeball scanning the history I guess. "No."

"Are the people here guilty of any crimes in the law of the Atraxi?" The Doctor asks.

ATRAXI...I was so not going to remember that.

The eyeball searches through all our major leaders in history and comes up with the same answer. "No."

"Okay. One more. Just one. Is this world protected? Because you're not the first lot to come here. Oh, there have been so many." The Doctor says.

A projection of the Exterminate machines show up making me flinch back and Red to raise an eyebrow but it moved to fast for her to see what I flinched at.

"And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?" The Doctor asks.

Suddenly different men popped on the screen. Some old. Some young. Some middle aged. And then in the end the Doctor stood behind the projection. Now wearing a tweed jacket and a bow tie.

I just now realized Rory and Red were holding clothes.

Well I'm observant.

"Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically, run."

The eyeball had a look of fear cross through his eye before he goes back in his ship and they all fly very, very fast away.

"You did it!" I yell.

Maybe I could trust him…

Red hugged me tightly before pulling away. "Is that it? Is that them gone for good? Who were they?" She asked expecting to see the Doctor.

But he was gone.

No.

No please no.

I started running.
Down the stairs.

"He gave me hope. Hope for something new.

Showing up at our door from something blue."

Out the door.

"He made promises of a family. I gave him my trust.

He abandoned me."

Through the streets, Red trailing after me. But I just kept running.

"Now days are set in stone. Any chances are at a lost.

I've given up on the cause."

People moved out of the way. Trying to get me through. I'm pretty sure I heard Jeff even say my name. But I had to stop him from leaving me again.

"He took off into the night. He promised to be back.

Looks like I've been had."

I was almost there. Just a few more blocks.

"I'm not okay. How can I be?

How can I even pretend to be?"

But when I finally got to Red's yard I watched him go in his blue box and shut the door.

"Raggedy Weird, you flew away.

And now, these broken shards are what's here to stay."

I stood there. In the backyard from all those years ago. Watching the box disappear just like it did all those years ago. Red comes from behind me and so does Rory.

He had just left. I thought he might actually help me this time. I was so wrong. I had let myself feel that thing called hope like I did all those years ago. Only to get smashed once again.

By that Raggedy Weirdo.

My entire body felt like it had been ripped to shreds. I fell to the ground.

An empty feeling took its place in my heart. I didn't hear anyone anymore.

Just the ringing in my ears.

I knew I was crying, and I knew that Red was holding me, but I felt like I couldn't breathe.

So I let the darkness swallow me whole…

A/N: THIS ISN'T THE END! THERE WILL BE MORE CHAPTERS! TOOK ME MONTHS TO WRITE SO WORTH IT THOUGH!