M.I.A.
Chapter One
The lights twinkled around the room while Theta danced around the console, wiggling his hips, and hummed to the music playing. He did a little shimmy as he moved the levers when he had the feeling that he was being watched and turned, seeing someone behind him. Francine, Frankie, Douglas leaned on the wall as he shrugged and she walked to him. She still couldn't believe that it was a year ago that she met Theta but never regretted one day with him. She had been hired by Lucy Saxon to take care of him after his TARDIS had crashed on the beach of Bad Wolf Bay and he was in a coma. When he woke up, he was unable to take care of himself and relied on her for every little thing. There was another reason why she worked for Lucy. Lucy had taken her brother, Cameron, and told her that she would have him killed if she didn't do everything she was told. When the Doctor arrived from another universe, along with his family, she helped them free Theta but her brother vanished after the final battle. Theta told her that he'd find him but she had little hope that they would.
"What are you listening to?" Frankie asked, sitting on the jump seat and he looked at her.
"Scissor Sister," Theta said.
"Cool, I love 'em!"
"Weeeeeeeeeeell, truth be told, I'm not a big fan of I Can't Decide."
"How come?"
"It was the song the Master was playing when he had me imprisoned on the Valiant."
He had told her about the year that wasn't as she nodded when the song came on, making him sigh. Shaking her head, she got up and took his hand. She started doing a silly dance as he laughed then joined her and she smiled at him. Placing his arm around her, Theta moved her closer as they looked into each other's eyes and she looked down at his red converse sneakers. Slowly, he lifted her chin when he moved closer and kissed her lips. She didn't mind the coolness of his lips as they kissed until the song was over and he moved back, looking at her.
"Whoa," Frankie whispered as he smiled then looked at the rotor while the lights moved up and down and his TARDIS, which was also his brother's, hummed around them.
"I think she liked it, too," Theta said as he felt a gentle tickle in his head and patted the glass. Letting go of her, Theta walked to the main lever as he nodded and she walked closer, placing her hand on top of his. They pulled the lever as the engines growled around them and Land of a Thousand Words played in the background.
Adam looked deeply into his wife's eyes as they danced and the other couples watched them. Rose's hair was done up in a loose bun as it curled around her neck and shoulders and she was wearing a long blue strapless gown. Adam was wearing a tux as he brushed some of the curls from her face and gentle kissed her lips. They heard some gasps as Rose smiled and he shrugged. She knew that they had to act a certain way since she was the heir to Vitex but she didn't care, wrapping her arms around her husband's neck and he lifted her off the floor, kissing her harder. His hand slowly moved down her back as he held her head in his other hand and his fingers stroked her bottom, making her moan in his mouth. They didn't notice that they were being stared at while she ran her fingers through his hair and felt his crotch throbbing against her legs.
"Oi, that's enough!" Jackie said as Adam felt her slap his back and he placed Rose down. Jackie pointed to where Pete was sitting as they walked to the table and sat down. Jackie sat down, shaking her head, as Adam shrugged and Jackie leered at him.
"Mind explaining what that was about?" Pete asked and Rose saw that his face had a flush of a blush.
"Nothing much, just snogging my wife," Adam said, smiling.
"I swear, he hasn't been the same since he met Alan," Jackie said, shaking her head. Alonzo Arthur Timelord, or Alan to his friends and family, was the clone of the Doctor from another dimension and Alan was the opposite of Adam. Where Alan was a Time Lord, Adam was a half-human husband and father. Rose had become worried about Adam because he would get moody and quiet but that changed when Alan came to help save Adam's brother, Theta. Seeing how free and open Alan was opened Adam's eyes and mind to what he was missing and he had been slowly embracing that freedom.
"Oi, I will have you know that Alan is a great bloke. He just showed me a new way at looking a life. Face it, Jacs, I was turning into…him!" Adam said, referring to Theta when he was at his darkest.
"Well, at least he knows how to behave himself. You keep this up and we're leaving you at home."
"Yay!" Adam cheered softly and Rose cupped her mouth to hide that she was trying not to laugh. Suddenly "I'm On My Way" filled the air as Adam removed his cell phone and flipped it open, pushing the button. "Hello? Oh, hey Brother, we were just talking about you. Hunh? Oh, ok, I'll tell her. Bye."
They watched as he placed the cell phone away as he smiled and picked up the glass of wine in front of him.
"Was that your brother?" asked Rose and he nodded, sipping on the wine. "What did he want?"
"He said that he and Frankie are home and the kids are in bed."
"Was there any trouble getting them to sleep?"
"Nope, they went straight to sleep."
"And that translates into them being awake. Excuse us," said Rose, standing up.
"Where are you going?" asked Jackie.
"We're going home."
"Why?"
"Because, if we left it to my brother, those two will never go to sleep and River has a big exam tomorrow," said Adam as he stood up and they walked to the door. Jackie watched them leave as she sighed and Pete moved closer, placing an arm around her. Placing her head on his shoulder, Jackie smiled when her favorite song started playing and Pete smiled, stood up and lead her to the dance floor.
Alan sat on the couch, reading a book, when he had the feeling that he was being watched and looked at the top of the couch. Sitting on the top of the couch was a twelve inch doll of the Doctor, wearing blue and red striped pajamas, black slippers and a blue dressing gown. It smiled and waved at him and Alan rolled his eyes. Adam's wife had given Rain six chibis after Rain saw the chibi garden of Adam's daughter, River, and three of them looked like the Doctor, one looked like Rain and two looked like Rose. The three that looked like the Doctor were called "Tenny", that chibi belonged to Dorothy, "Stitch" and "Alan", those two chibis belonged to Alan's daughter, Angel and Elizabeth.
"Which one are you?" Alan asked and the chibi pointed to him. "You're…me. Oooooooo-key. Angel?!"
"Yes, Daddy," Angel's asked voice from the kitchen.
"Is Alan supposed to be awake?"
"He's taking a nap."
"No, he isn't!" Alan said as Angel came out of the kitchen and walked to the couch. The chibi of Alan had ducked down behind the couch as Alan reached behind the couch and grabbed it then showed it to Angel. She took the chibi from him as she scolded it then went upstairs, holding the chibi in her arms like a baby. Alan smiled, going back to his book, and gently laughed while shaking his head.
"Duck!" a voice shouted as Jenny ducked down behind the rock wall and looked over at the young man next to her. His brown hair was sticking up in places and the lights from the fires flickered in his hazel eyes. He was dirt and sweaty as he smiled at her and she smiled back. The sounds of explosions filled the air as he reached for the small metal cage between them and she placed her hand on top of his.
"Ready when you are, Highland," Jenny said, sticking the tip of her tongue out between her teeth.
"Stop that. You ken it drives me mad," James "Jamie" Robert McCrimmon said.
"What does? Me calling you "Highland" or my sticking my tongue between my teeth?" Jenny teased as she gave him a quick kiss and he laughed.
"Both, you daft lass!" Jamie said as the laser fire flew over their heads. Looking through the opening in the rock wall, they saw the aliens coming closer and he looked at her. Nodding, he picked up the cage as they stood up and started running. The aliens fired at them as they ran and Jenny turned, firing her laser back at them. Two aliens made a low grunting sound as they fell to the ground and Jamie smiled at her. He loved his little solider but often saw a sadness in her eyes and wondered what could have happened to make her so sad. There were nights when he would wake up, finding her crying in her sleep, and she would ask why he left her. When he asked her about it, she would find a way to change the subject but the night before she had given him a clue. Just before she drifted back to sleep, she whispered "Dad, come back.".
"Hey, Highland, you trying to get yourself killed?!" Jenny shouted when he realized that he had stopped running and smiled, running to catch up with her.