I do not own Doctor Who or the tenth Doctor all rights belong to the BBC (unfortunately)! However, I DO OWN my OC.
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First Encounter
It was a cold winter in London. Any way you looked, you could see people bundled in layers of clothing that kept them warm from the raspy wind. Men and women were ravishing the streets and shops for one simple reason. Christmas was just a few weeks from coming. However, not everyone was so concentrated on this holiday. A young looking girl was walking slowly through the streets of London on a route she got accustomed and bored with. Her hat was hiding her long brown hair; her scarf hid her face, letting just her golden brown eyes to be seen. Those orbs were watching the snowflakes dancing around until they would fall on the ground in the same graceful way.
"It's freaking cold and I'm freaking late." She rubbed her small hands and pulled the scarf closer to her face. Days like these, the girl hated. It was cold, everyone was pushing around for more space, like they were the only persons walking on the street, hands full with shopping bags; kids were playing with the snow, not really caring if the next morning they would wake up with a fever; everyone was excited except her and the million other living persons living under the gray sky. The girl sighed from coldness and brought her bag closer, for more warmth. Her feet were taking her back from where she left just an hour ago; the Academy. Ditching school wasn't really what she planned but being herself, it was complicated not to. Why would she stay in the not very heated class room learning something she already knew when she could stay in the warmth of a chair with a hot chocolate in hand, in a small cafe? Her legs started a faster peace. She was running late for the next and last two periods which were history. Her father was an adventurous man, being an explorer and everything, that's why she never ditched history; for his memory and her sanity.
While still being in a rush, the girl heard a faint sound. It wasn't something usual, not that the girl expected something else. Weird things happen to her, a troublemaker with a troublesome past isn't something that anyone would put up with. The past itself was one. The girl rushed to where the noise came from. It was growing louder and louder and she was quite sure it was the right route. The girl found herself on the street parallel to the Academy, between two apartment buildings. There it was…
"That's impossible. This wasn't here an hour ago." She went closer to it, inspecting the blue and old police box. From the front of it, she went slowly in the back, still inspecting closely the box. "This is incredible." The girl gasped when she put her small hand on it. Her ring started to glow a fiery and alerting red.
"And hello there!" The girl gasped and turned around in a blink of an eye. Her eyes trailed from the red pair of converse he wore to a nice but old looking suit and to a pair of big brown eyes with brown messy matching hair and a wide smile. The girl glanced at her hand, to see the ring shining brighter. Her eyes widened and looked back at that smiley face.
"Who're you?" She asked loud enough for him to hear.
"I'm the Doctor. And who might you be?" The girl's mind went overdrive.
"I'm…Evain. Is this" she started and pointed to the police box. "…yours?" He nodded eagerly.
"Why yes it is. This is my Time and Relative Dimension In Space…"
"TARDIS…" The Doctor nodded.
"That would be the short version, yes." The Doctor looked closer at the small girl in front. She was tiny and her golden brown eyes were shining with innocence. Or that's what he saw at a first glance. Evain stared right back at him. "You seem to buy everythin' I say. Usually kids your age aren't very…perceptive."Evain looked blankly at the man in front.
"Kids my age?"The Doctor nodded.
"I'd say you're about 18 years old, seeing as we're close to the academy, I'd say you are a student." She raised an eyebrow and nodded.
"And you're a doctor. But regarding the unexpected blue police box, an item which you don't see at every corner," well... not anymore she thought, "I'd say you live in it…and you also travel with it." The Doctor was surprised for a moment but changed that expression with a smile.
"You're smarter than you look." Evain's nose twitched at the implication of being stupid based on her young looks.
"I'm not a spoiled, useless child. Why did you come here anyway? Is there an alien you should destroy?" He looked deeply in her eyes and shrugged.
"I don't really know. It was the TARDIS' choice." She rolled her eyes and walked back in front of the police box and out on the public street. She raised an eyebrow when she saw nothing. The sight she just came from disappeared suddenly. The Doctor was right behind her and wasn't too bewildered.
"Where is everyone?" The question wasn't particularly for the Doctor but he responded anyway.
"It's cold, maybe they went in their houses to warm up." The girl glanced behind at the doctor, an eyebrow quirking up.
"Every single person?" He shrugged. Now that he looked better, the girl was right. The Doctor went back into the TARDIS and stood there for a few minutes. Evain was in the same place silently watching the police box. The Doctor walked out of it equipped for winter. He had now gloves and a long coat.
"Now, let's see where everyone is!" He exclaimed happily. Evain watched the Doctor passing her and walking down the road. "Are ya coming?" Evain shook her head and walked after him. While walking, the girl couldn't stop from taking glances at the new acquaintance.
"What are you?" The Doctor didn't expect this question or the straight-to-business tone.
"I'm a Time Lord, of course. I travel through space and time in my TARDIS. I'm the last from my species." He glanced down at her big brown curious eyes and saw how much sympathy they held for him. It warmed his hearts so much he couldn't describe it. In his point of view she was an innocent child who wanted more adventure in their life. The doctor was entirely wrong. When Evain opened her mouth to say something else, they heard a big explosion-like sound coming from behind, where the Academy was. The Doctor turned around and sprinted towards it. It was rather hard for Evain to keep up with his long legs, but she succeeded nonetheless.
When they arrived in front of the gate that was separating them from the inside building the doctor saw something moving towards the main building. Evain saw it too, before grabbing the gate and opening it.
"Wait." Evain stopped and glanced at her companion. "We don't know what's there and how dangerous it is. Stay behind me…" The girl rolled her eyes and sprinted towards the entrance leaving the Doctor behind. "Hey!" He started running after her. Seeing themselves at the entrance, the doctor glared at Evain. "What part of 'dangerous and stay behind me' didn't you understand?" Evain rolled her eyes again and opened the door slowly. There was no one. They entered slowly, careful not to make loud noises. Seeing as the hall was soulless, they started walking around, calmer and more confident. "Let's look around." Evain opened the doors from the class rooms on the right and the Doctor, the ones from the left. There was nothing unusual, except the fact that it was empty.
While the Doctor was searching on his own, Evain decided to do the same with her side. She opened more than half of the class rooms and found nothing. She went upstairs, looking through the numerous halls. The doctor entered in a class room from the second level and walked towards the window. The sight outside was saddening. The white streets were empty, the shops were lifeless. There wasn't even a homeless dog. He got interrupted when he heard Evain screaming.
"Um…" The girl was shocked to meet face to face with a tall robot. It was looking down at her with blank robot eyes.
"Humans aren't allowed to roam. You need to be upgraded." Evain cringed at the annoying sound. She glared at it.
"And what if I resist?" The innocent, harmless voice changed in a more confident one.
"Then you are not allowed to live. You get deleted." The girl widened her eyes but narrowed them in the second moment, at the robot. "Delete." That's what the robot started saying again and again, annoying Evain. Even so, she couldn't do anything in that moment to help her or destroy it.
"Doctor!" She yelled, yet there was no one. She backed off, the robot being on her tail. "Doctor!" She yelled again. She started running upstairs when she collided with something. No, Someone. She looked up to see the man she's been screaming after. "Doctor! There's a robot roaming around saying something about upgrading humans and deleting the ones who resist!" The Doctor's expression made Evain realizes he knew what's she talking about and he had meet it before.
"Cyber men." He mumbled. Evain's eyes widened again and looked back. He took something out of his pocket and started pointing it around as he swivelled on the spot.
"Is that a laser thingy?" He glanced at her.
"It's my sonic screwdriver. It goes ding when there's stuff..." "...among other things" He added when he noticed Evain's blank stare.
"So it's an alien laser thingy?" He stared right back at her, slightly amused.
"Yes, definitely not and no." Evain looked at him confusedly.
"What?" The Doctor sighed exasperatedly and turned to face her.
"Yes, it is alien, it is definitely not laser..." he said the word like it was bad taste in his mouth, "... and I've already said it is a screwdriver not a thingy." She nodded and let him point the screwdriver around the hall. "We have to find the cyber man before he takes more humans for conversion." Evain stared stupidly at the man in front.
"He already took them all. Why don't we find him and leave him to take us where the people are?" The Doctor stared quite surprised at Evain. That wasn't a bad idea at all. Why didn't I think of that? He thought, and then smiled to himself. She really was much smarter than she looked.
It wasn't hard to find the cyber man. It was the only metal robot repeating the same annoying word in a very annoying robot-ish voice. The cyber man led the two through some small streets and alleys.
"Where do you think he's going?" The doctor thought for a few seconds.
"Somewhere big, but where?" Evain's nose twitched. It wasn't really a very smart answer.
"We're in London. Where would he take so many people?" He started thinking again. Evain was right, there were many big places but still, there were too many people.
"Maybe he didn't…" Evain raised an eyebrow, curious. "Maybe he didn't take everyone. Maybe they went somewhere. Is there something happening today?" Evain looked into space; drowning in thoughts when suddenly she remembered.
"I know where they are!" The Doctor raised an eyebrow and watched as he got dragged by the small girl through more small streets.
Evain dragged the Doctor until they arrived to the event. It was the center of the city and also where many people were talking and drinking in front of a huge tree.
"So that's where everyone came. And they actually seem to have fun." The Doctor deducted. Evain mentally face-palmed herself.
"Oh yeah, sorry. I forgot everyone was supposed to come here." She sighed, relieved. "But that means the cyber men's work will be easier…" She thought, out loud. When she glanced next to her, there was no Doctor. She sighed again and went searching for the missing companion.
It went almost two hours and Evain still hadn't found the Doctor. She was getting annoyed and couldn't do anything because everyone thought she was just an 18 years old. She sighed and chose to take a break. When she finally took a seat at a random table her ring started to glow the same alerting red colour. She looked from side to side to see there was nothing alien. That was until she saw something in the distance. "Cyber men" She mumbled.
Authors Note:
Sorry if it's boring but it's only the start...there's much more to come :) PLEASE REVIEW :)