Another request from a very patient Gaian. I don't own the OC in this fic, Earthest, or the Doctor and his neat little gadgets. This is also my first time writing a Doctor Who fic and is based off of my knowledge stemming from wikipedia articles and about three episodes of the fourth season. So be gentle. =D Enjoy!
A soft groan echoed through the still air of the TARDIS as something rustled on the floor. A moment later, a head poked up in the silent ship, brown hair ruffled beyond comprehension and wide eyes darting all around. The Doctor slowly stood up, holding a hand out to steady himself as he looked all around, either immensely confused or disoriented, though probably a combination of both. After a few moments of surveying the area around him, he asked to no one, "Where am I?"
A noise caught his attention and he looked across the room to where a redheaded woman was laying, previously unconscious. He watched as she sat up, holding a hand to her head, and immediately ran over to her.
Upon seeing the quirky man approach her, Donna jumped back, fully alert and eyes wide. "Who are you?" She, as well, took a look around the craft, then looked back to him. "Where am I?"
"I was hoping you could tell me," the Doctor said, looking around again. "Never seen the place before in my life."
"This...this is a dream, right?" Donna asked, slowly standing up. She jerked away when the man tried to steady her. "Don't touch me."
"I wasn't gonna hurt you," he said. "I'm just as confused as you are."
"Just..." Donna trailed off, motioning with her hands for him to keep his distance. "Is there anyone else here?"
"Haven't a clue," he admitted, standing as well. "I just woke up myself. Odd place, isn't it?"
"You seem awfully calm about this," she muttered, heading across the room, scouring the floor for any others.
"Well, there must be an explanation for it," he said, heading the opposite way with the same goal in mind. "I'm sure it's reasonable."
"Reasonable?" the redhead repeated, skeptically. "I doubt it."
"You don't need to be so negati-" he paused as his foot hit something. Looking down, he set his sights upon perhaps the strangest thing he had ever seen. At least, that he could remember.
Lying on the floor was a girl with brown hair, still unconscious. The strange part about her, which caused the Doctor to stare much longer than he should have, were the copper-colored ears and tail sprouting from her head and tailbone. He bent down next to her and slowly reached out a hand to prod at one of her ears. When it twitched, he jumped back and let out a small yell.
"What is it?" Donna asked, rushing over to him. She stopped and stared at the other girl. "Oh...oh my. What...is that?"
"It's...a girl," he replied, looking up to Donna. "At least, I think it is."
"That's no girl!" the female exclaimed, motioning to the unconscious one. "She's got ears! And a tail!"
"Alright, alright. Calm down." The Doctor sighed and stood up. "I wonder what she is."
"Is she alive?" the redhead asked, studying the half-human girl.
"Her ear twitched," he told her.
"It twitched?"
"Yes, like a cat's."
"That's no cat ear."
"Then a dog."
"She looks bigger than a dog."
The Doctor sighed, rubbing his temples. "A wolf, then?"
After a moment, Donna nodded her acceptance of the answer. "A wolf," she agreed. "Now, there's only one problem..."
"Only one?" the brunette asked, seemingly honestly surprised the other could boil all of their issues down into one problem.
"She's not human," Donna said, as it if were obvious. Which, honestly, it was.
"Well, I can see she's not human, but that doesn't mean she isn't...well, I mean that's no reason to... We should wake her up."
"What if she attacks us?" the woman asked, watching cautiously as the Doctor bent down next to the alien. She shrugged at the look he gave her. "What? Wolves attack."
"So do people," he retorted, turning back to the girl.
"That's two out of two," Donna muttered. Though, she wasn't really sure of that-- if the girl was part animal, who knew what else she was?
"Come on," he whispered, shaking her shoulder lightly. "Wake up."
"I don't think that's going to work," Donna told him.
As soon as the words left Donna's mouth, the strange girl moaned softly, her eyes fluttering open. The Doctor gave the redhead an 'I-told-you-so' look and turned his attention back to the alien girl. "Are you alright?"
Shaking off her daze, the brunette's eyes opened. Upon seeing the Doctor, a small frown touched her lips. "Who are you?"
"I...well...that's a good question, actually." He moved back as she sat up. "I'm not quite sure."
"You don't know who you are?" The half-animal quirked an eyebrow.
"No idea," the Doctor confirmed.
"Well, we have to call you something," Donna told him. "What about Wilfred?"
"Wilfred?" the man repeated, bewildered. "That's a horrible name."
"It's my grandfather's name."
"Well, your grandfather has a horrid name." The scientist thought for a moment before nodding. "Moxx."
"Moxx?" the alien repeated, not sure she had heard right.
"Yes, from Moxx in Socks. I do remember that." Upon seeing the females' confused looks, he explained. "A story I was read as a child. My favorite, actually."
Shaking her head, the brunette sighed. "So be it. Do you know where we are?"
"It looks like a spaceship," the Doctor observed, noticing the sleek design and many, many blinking lights and buttons.
The youngest of the three stood, carefully making her way to the main controls of the ship. While the other female was studying the console, Donna bent down to the floor and picked up some device she had never seen before. It looked like a cross between a laser and a pen. After tinkering with it for a moment, she concluded that it had no real use and set it on a nearby counter top.
"You're not wrong," the brunette finally said, turning to the doctor.
"We're in a spaceship?" the male confirmed. "Like...one that belongs to an alien?"
"Yes." She turned to face the two, looking them up and down.
After a long moment of being studied like some experiment, Donna became nervous. "What is it?"
"I...feel like I know you two," she said softly.
"I'm fairly certain I'd remember meeting...you," the Doctor said. "Who are you, again?"
"My name is Earthest." She shook her head lightly. "I...can't remember my planet's name, or how long it's been since I've seen it, but I believe I remember it being destroyed."
"I'm Donna," the redhead introduced herself. "I'm as human as can be and I'm a temp working for H.C. Clements."
When his turn came, the Doctor simply shrugged. "I've got no idea who I am, or where I'm from, but," he gestured to himself, "I'd say I look pretty human."
"Appearances can be deceiving," Earthest told him.
"Look," Donna said, drawing their attention. She was peering down the hall that led from the TARDIS' console room to the rest of the expansive ship. "There's a hallway down here. Maybe there's a way out?"
"Control rooms usually are in a secluded area of a craft," Earthest agreed.
"Well," the male said, banging his knuckles against a door, "whatever idiot owns this ship must have not read the instruction manual."
"At least we can get out of here." The younger female approached the door, ready to open it, when Donna stopped her.
"What if there are other aliens out there?" she asked quickly. "Ones that aren't so friendly?"
"What if they're already inside the ship?" the Doctor responded. "At least out there we'll have a chance of escaping."
"Unless we're in the vacuum of space," Earthest pointed out.
"What?!" Donna demanded. "We'd be killed!"
Rubbing his temples, the Doctor moved to the door. "I'll take my chances with the great unknown."
"Wait!" Donna shouted, but failed to stop the man from pushing open the TARDIS' door.
Stepping out from the craft, the three looked around. The paved street they stepped out on was lined with lit shops and hurried people-- humans. The Doctor looked around, not quite recognizing the place (not that he would recognize any place at the moment), but Donna was more than happy to see such a familiar sight.
"We're in London!"
Blah. The latter half of this chapter somehow got erased so I had to rewrite it. NOT THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE, but the same basic idea. If you enjoyed (and even if you didn't), read on~