Doctor Who fic

Alana Kelly ran through the halls of local university as fast as she could. She knew she should be trying to find an open door, but considering the late hour she also knew that no door would be unlocked, so she stuck to running for her life to the nearest exit. Alana could hear footsteps behind her and was just about to lose hope of escaping when a slender, but strong arm caught her from behind and pulled her into a dark room. She was pushed against a wall and a hand was placed over her mouth.

"Shhh. I won't hurt you like that nasty Judoon out there. You see, he's looking for someone. That someone isn't me, I promise." A voice in the dark whispered. "I'm going to uncover your mouth, nod your head if you swear not to scream."

Alana nodded and her mouth was uncovered, as promised. "What is a Judoon? Who's it looking for? And for that matter, who are you?" She insistently whispered.

"Well," he began, dragging out the word a bit, "Judoon are an alien race the humans would consider to be a rhino and human hybrid. They make excellent intergalactic policemen. This particular Judoon is looking for another alien, this one being a Vespiform; they look like a giant wasp, but may also take human form." The mysterious man quickly explained.

"You still didn't tell me who you are." Alana reminded him.

"That's because the Judoon is very close. Shhh." He put a finger to her lips.

The man had been right. The footsteps from earlier were now right outside the door. They halted for a moment before continuing on and fading away. All of a sudden the lights were on and Alan was finally able to see her savior. She like what she was seeing. He was a tall, slender man in a blue suit with a reddish tie, faux suede overcoat, and red trainers with short brown hair, a very nice face.

"I'm the Doctor, and you are?" He arched an eyebrow and looked at the young woman before him. She had very short black hair with long white bangs that framed her face, though one side was tucked behind an ear, she also had deep green eye. She wore a short black skirt, crisp white short-sleeved shirt, black pinstripe vest with a black tie that had a purple stripe down the middle, and knee-high black trainers.

"I'm Alana Kelly." She told him, still not sure what to make of the strange yet handsome man before her.

"Pleasure to meet you Alan Kelly, I'm the Doctor, wait…I already said that didn't I? Right, well I suggest you get home." He swept out of the room and down the hall.

"Wait!" Alana dashed after him. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to try and find that Vespiform and find out why the Judoon wants him, which is why I said you should go home." The Doctor answered, not bothering to turn around.

"No, I still have a few questions for you, and I can help you. I know this campus like the back of my hand." Alana was quite insistent.

The Doctor stopped and turned to look at her. He saw that she meant every word. He smiled and nodded. "Alright then, stay close and always be ready to run. Now, what are your questions?"

"What are you? How did you get here? How did you get in here? And what do we do once we've found this Vespa-thing?" She asked him all at once.

"Time Lord, TARDIS, sonic screwdriver, and I have no clue." He smiled brightly.

"Wait…what?" She was greatly confused. "What are all those things?"

"I'm a Time Lord, the last one in fact." She saw a great deal of sadness in the Doctor's eyes, sadness and loneliness, but it was gone as quickly as it had appeared. "TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space, my granddaughter gave her that name. A sonic screwdriver is this." He pulled an oddly cool looking object from the pocket inside his suit jacket. "This little device comes in quite handy during many occasions; the only thing is that it doesn't work on wood." He looked at the tool with frustration.

Alana chuckled. "A screwdriver that doesn't work on wood? That's a bit weird." She smiled up at him.

He returned the smile. "Any more questions?" She shook her head. "Then allons-y!" The Doctor took Alana's hand and ran. She kept up with him with ease, but he never let go of her hand. The Doctor wanted to make sure he didn't lose her.

"Doctor, where are we going?" Alana asked after five minutes of seemingly pointless running.

"No clue." He told her honestly.

"Okay, then wait." She tugged him to a stop. "I've been thinking. You said that the Vespiform is like a giant wasp right?"

"Yes, why?"

"Where would a normal wasp go? Where there are flowers and various other plants right? Well, this university has a green house. If I were a giant wasp creature then that's where I'd go." Alana explained to the oblivious Time Lord.

He grinned big and bright. "That is brilliant!"

"Thank you, but really it's only simple logic. Like I told you, I know this campus like the back of my hand." She smiled humbly.

"Well, there's that too. Now where is the green house?"

This time Alana took the Doctor's hand and ran. The younger woman knew just what turns to make and which doors to go through. They were at their destination in three minutes. A dark figure could be seen inside walking around the dark green house. Alana walked to the door and tried to open it, but the door was locked.

"Any ideas on how to get in? The only way to unlock it is with a faculty member's key card." She looked at him really hoping that he did indeed have an idea.

The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and smiled. "I told you this thing comes in handy." He pointed the sonic at the lock and pushed a button. The light lit up and the device made a whirring sound. In seconds the door was unlocked. The Doctor opened the door and motioned for Alana to go first. "After you Miss Kelly."

"Thank you." She entered the green house with the Doctor right behind her. The two crept slowly towards the dark figure, careful not to make any noise. Unfortunately Alana's foot caught a hose wrong and she tripped. Thankfully the Doctor caught her before she fell, but they still made noise, and the figure dashed towards the door.

The Doctor turned Alana around so he could look at her, at least as much as the little light would allow. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine; now let's go after that thing!"

"Oh yes!" They both chased after what they could only assume was the Vespiform. They didn't need to assume that for long however, considering it transformed right before them.

Alana's eyes widened. "Doctor, what now?"

He took hold of her hand again. "Basically, RUN!" He started off in the opposite direction pulling her behind him.

After a few minutes of running Alana began to wonder something. "Doctor, how fast can a Vespiform stop?"

"Not very fast, especially if they're trying to attack."

"Same with turning I suppose, yes?"

"In a confined space like this, yes…Why?" He had to know what was in this woman's head.

"I have an idea." She smirked at him.

"I'm listening." He looked at her smirk and arched an eyebrow.

"Do you really think that we have time for me to explain? We need to slow this bugger down and perhaps upset him a bit." Just then Alana turned the corner and tugged the Doctor behind her.

"Wait, do you mean to keep turning corners to slow him down, while also frustrating him?"

"Yes, but there's more that I'll tell you when we get where we're going."

"That's brilliant! Why didn't I think of that?" He said the latter more to himself than Alana.

"I'm sure you were trying to figure out what the Vespiform did to warrant the Judoon being here…I'd almost forgotten about that. What do we do if we run into him?"

"He'd be suspicious of the both of us, but he should have his scanner set to rule me out, I may look human, but I'm not. You are human, but I have a plan that is guaranteed to work, it's what I used the last time I ran into Judoon." He thought back to when he met Martha and sighed. He was soon jerked out of the memory by Alana dragging him around another corner.

"Well, as long as you have a plan."

They continued to run with Alana leading the way until she stopped suddenly at the end of a hallway.

"What'd you stop for?" The Doctor looked at her like she was crazy.

"This is where the rest of my plan comes in." She winked at him before turning around to face the approaching Vespiform. He turned and saw the alien round the corner. The Vespiform was quite angry with the game of cat and mouse that Alana had decided to play. The creature brought his stinger forward and lunged.

"Move!" Alana yelled. Move they did. The Doctor grabbed her hand and pulled her to him, falling back into the side hall. She landed in his lap awkwardly, but she was in his lap none the less which caused her to blush. "Thank you Doctor, are you alright?"

"You're welcome, and I'm great, as was that plan. No! That plan was brilliant!" The Doctor smiled brightly.

"Thank you, but what do we do with the Vespiform now that it's caught?" Alana asked as she moved off of the Doctor's lap.

"We talk to him of course." The Doctor told her as he stood and helped her up. The Doctor walked over to the Vespiform just as it removed his stinger.

Alana walked behind him a bit worried about what the alien might do to them. The Vespiform turned back into a human, looking like someone Alana almost recognized, and confronted the Doctor.

"What's the big idea of chasing me and then running away?" He demanded.

"We chased after you to ask why the Judoon is interested in arresting you. As for running away, well, you must admit that a giant bug with a deadly stinger is quite intimidating." The Vespiform nodded in agreement. "Now, back to the Judoon, why is he after you?"

"I've been convicted of a crime I didn't commit and now they wish to execute me for something I didn't do. I know who did but my people won't listen. I came to Earth hoping to start a new life, and I had succeeded in getting a teaching degree and had started teaching here, but then that Judoon showed up and I knew that I had to run again." The alien cast his eye downward in despair.

"I thought you looked familiar, you're the advanced physics professor Hermon O. Terra. I had planned on taking your class next semester." Alana said in realization of who the man was.

"Correct, and I'm glad to hear, I've heard great things about you Miss Kelly. Now, who is your inquisitive friend here?" He nodded his head towards the Doctor.

"He calls himself the Doctor, says he's a Time Lord." Alana answered. "Now, what's the crime you've been convicted of professor?"

"My people believe that I murdered a member of our race. I promise you both that I didn't. Wait, did you say he's the Doctor?" The professor was suddenly quite intrigued.

"That's me! I'm the Doctor; I take it you've heard of me." There was that smile again.

"Yes, I have, and I know what you've done for others. Please help me." Hermon pleaded.

"I promise to do all that I can to help you." The Doctor looked at the Vespiform with the first serious expression Alana had seen on his face.

"I'll help you too professor." She put a hand on his arm. "I still plan on having you as my teacher."

He smiled. "Thank you, thank you both." The relief he felt was more than evident in his voice.

Just as the calm had settled they realized it was only the eye of the storm when the Judoon officer rounded the far corner. As he strode towards them the Doctor stepped in front of his two new friends.

"Move out of the way Doctor." The Judoon grumbled.

"You know who I am? Wait, a lot of people know who I am. What I mean is have we met?" the Doctor tilted his head and arched an eyebrow then it hit him. "Oh! You were on the moon!"

"The moon!" Alana exclaimed from behind him.

"Yeah, long story."

"Yes Doctor, we met on the moon. This makes the second time that you've interfered with my job. Now move so that I can take this prisoner, he has a date that he's already late for."

"I'm not going to let you take him!" There was fire in his eyes burning like a Gallifreyan sun. "This man says he's been falsely accused and I believe him."

"That matters not Doctor. He has been convicted and sentenced, and now he must be dealt with." The Judoon stood firm.

"I can't let that happen. This man is innocent, and I refuse to let an innocent man die if there's anything I can do to stop it." The Doctor was starting to get upset.

"But you can't stop it." The Judoon reached behind the Doctor and grabbed Hermon. "His fate has been sealed." The Judoon began dragging his man along to the waiting rocket outside.

"Doctor, isn't there anything we can do?" Alana looked to the Doctor hoping for a positive answer.

"Oh, I don't know. Think, think, think! Gah! I just don't know." He began pacing.

"What all can that sonic thing do?" The gears in her head started turning.

"Just about anything."

"Does that include making a scanner give a false reading?" She smirked, hoping her idea was another brilliant one.

The Doctor stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her. "Oh yes!" He grabbed her wrist and ran after the Judoon. It didn't take long to catch up and when they did the Doctor began to call out. "Oi! I've got a question for you Judoon!"

The space Rhino stopped and turned, still holding onto his prisoner. "What might said question be Doctor?"

"Did you actually make sure that this is the Vespiform you're looking for using your scanner?" He asked with a cheeky grin.

"No, but I'm most certain that this is the Vespiform I'm searching for." The Judoon pulled out his scanner and just as he pointed it at Hermon the Doctor slipped his screwdriver from his pocket and executed Alana's plan. "It would appear as though I'm mistaken."

"Well, then I suggest you apologize and be on your way." The Doctor said as he gave Alana a quick wink.

"No apologies, but I will leave." At that the Judoon walked off through the building to his rocket.

"How did you do that?" The professor asked once he was sure the Judoon wouldn't be able to hear him.

"I made the scanner give a false reading with this." He pulled his sonic screwdriver out again to show the man.

"That's brilliant, thank you."

"Well, I can't take all the credit, it was her idea."

The professor's eyes widened and he looked to his future student. "Really?" She nodded. "Then I owe you just as much thanks, but don't think I'll go any easier on you once you're in my class."

"You're welcome professor, and I would expect nothing else." She smiled at him.

The trio walked through the school together, occasionally chatting about random topics. Once outside the professor went his own way and left Alana and the Doctor alone a few feet from a 50s police box.

"Well, that was fun." Alana joked as she looked at her new alien friend.

"Indeed it was. I'd like to thank you for your help and sheer brilliance, but words don't seem to be enough." The Doctor pondered on how he should thank the young woman.

"What are you thinking about Doctor?" She really wasn't sure what could possibly be in his head.

"If you could pick any time or place to visit when or where would it be?" The Doctor finally knew what he'd do.

"I've always wished that I could've met the sci-fi author Isaac Asimov, why?" Alana was truly puzzled.

"Hmm, I haven't met him before, sound like fun." He turned and started walking towards the blue box.

"Wait, what are you talking about? It's not like we could actually meet the man." She followed after him.

The Doctor unlocked the door to his beautiful TARDIS and stepped inside, then took one step to the left. Alana walked in then stopped when she saw the inside. "Well?" He prompted.

"I take it this is the TARDIS that you mentioned earlier." She answered breathlessly.

"Indeed it is! What do you think?"

"It's bigger on the inside."

"I love it when they say that." He closed the door before walking towards the console.

"It's also the most amazing and beautiful thing I've ever seen!" She followed him smiling brightly.

"Well that's pleasantly new. I'm glad you like it. Now, you said you wanted to meet Mr. Asimov yes?" He looked at her before pushing buttons and pulling levers.

"Right, are you really going to take me to meet him?" She became very excited.

"Oh yes, you deserve this. I figured a trip of your choosing is the best way to thank you for your help." He smiled sweetly at her.

"Oh thank you!" She hugged him tightly. "I can't wait!"

"Then allons-y!" He pulled the lever and they were off.