Author's note: Meant to be utterly silly and really random, kind of. If any of you have ever been a fan of Trigun (the anime or the manga) you will see the parallels. At least with the Doctor, though I do think that Meryl and Rose do share key personality traits. Unwavering loyalty, compassion for those they do not understand, and faith in the goodness of people but realistic enough to not become disappointed in the human race are just a few things that I see. It's my opinion so it doesn't have to make sense to anyone else. DO NOT OWN EITHER TRIGUN OR DOCTOR WHO. I think that covers everything.
Rose stumbled to a halt. She was in the middle of a dessert that stretched as far as the eye could see. That was just fantastic! She didn't have water and had no idea when the dimensional cannon was going to recall her. Luckily she was pretty hard to kill these days but without water it was going to be really hard for her body to repair the damage.
She really wished that she could have reached the rest of her the strain of being separated from her main body for so long was starting to slow down her body. It was odd being two beings at once that were dependent on each other for survival. Eight hundred and twenty-three years was a long time to exist outside her capsule's casing. It was like a hermit crab without its shell except the shell was alive too and could think for itself and travel through time and space.
Well, she could do that too and even better she had developed a way to sling herself through dimensions. And with the overhaul that she had put the cannon through after her last jump it was now intrinsically apart of herself. Traveling back on her own personal timeline had been tricky but manageable considering that she had gone back to before she could take any sort of humanoid form.
So she had nicked a few pieces from the 'TARDIS', really her granddaughter could have been a bit more creative, and now Rose was being sent to places that would get her closer to her Doctor. Even more important it would take her places that she was needed. Although, where she was at currently seemed as if there was nothing left for her to do, no one was there for her to help.
Rose stood still and closed her eyes to get a feel of the planet she was standing on. The distance from the two suns was longer than the distance between Earth and Sol making the year longer, but the planet had approximately the same length of day and night. Rose had to admit that the feeling of the five moons pulling at planet was different then she was used to. She hadn't been to a planet with this many moons in a long while.
The planet itself was covered with life and that life had its own consciousness which was currently not focused on her. Good, one less thing she had to worry about. Other than that she only felt two different types of humanoid species. Not that she was really that perceptive it was just that she could feel some of them coming closer to her. Their 'songs' were different from each other and getting louder. One in particular was very loud and beautiful.
There were only four people that she could 'hear' and the louder one was not human at all. He had to be some sort of telepathic being which was why he was louder to her. The other three felt human and while their song wasn't as loud as the non-human they were just as beautiful and complex.
She opened her senses further and if it had been dark out the strangers would have spotted her like a beacon. Rose knew she was glowing. But this was important; she had kept this body alive this long by learning caution. Buds were extremely hard to grow, especially the way this one had been.
With all of her senses fully open she saw exactly who the non-human was and smiled. It was amazing what different dimensions could turn familiar people into. Hell, he wasn't the only one familiar in the group. At least this time she wasn't going back on this body's personal time line. Past or future lives didn't cause damage to the fabric of reality. Different life, different person, same soul, she had never done this before.
She sent out a mental version of a greeting and could hear the vehicle that they were traveling in get very noisy with the sounds of yelping and screeching as people started to yell. She hadn't meant to startle anyone, but considering that there wasn't even a dune to crash into, Rose wasn't worried.
A jeep pulled up a short distance away from her and two really tall men were booted out by a tiny woman. Rose could understand why, the two men were grappling with each other. The blond man in red was losing terrible to a man dressed in black, the looser was wailing ridiculously. The only one to notice her at all was a tall brunet woman that sparkled with innocence.
"Hello!" The brunet said with a wave. The rest of her group froze and stared at her.
Suddenly the man in the red duster was standing before her.
"Hello there pretty lady, I heard your message an…"
"You know you might want to be more careful when traveling through the fourth dimension. You could attract higher dimensional beings that you probably have no idea what to do with. Trust me Eternals look beautiful but they're a pain to deal with. And considering all the emotions that are leaking off of you this time around they would never leave you alone."
A confused silence permeated the air after Rose's declaration. None of the group there had any idea of what she just said. Which was good really she couldn't afford for them to want to know her personally. One wrong word and well things could go bad, like her last jump.
"Who the heck are you, lady?" The blond squeaked out. He had picked up on the essence of what she had said if not the particulars.
There was a murmur of 'hoboy' in the background by the man in black as he leaned against the car and lit a cigarette. Rose noticed that he was also casually reaching for something huge in the backseat of the jeep, but from the angle that she was standing at she couldn't see what it was plus the thing was completely wrapped up in canvas.
Rose gave her best impish smile, complete with tong on teeth.
"I'm just a trans-dimensional being that is usually a sexy blue box but has aged enough to personify herself into a humanoid body. In this case, an actual human," Rose said.
"What?" The short woman finally spoke up.
"I'm a traveler that got dumped here and am waiting for my ride." Which was going to happen shortly because right before she was pulled back to Pete's world she could feel thin pull on her body that started from the inside out.
"Look I don't have a lot of time so sorry if I seem a bit odd, no time to explain." With that she reached up and took the blond man's face in her hands after messing up his hair. Rose brushed her fingers along his temple, next. She was asking for permission and a subtle nod granted it. It was much faster to speak mind to mind.
Who are you? What are you? What do you want? His mental voice was smoother and a bit deeper.
I have no time to explain, but I'm here to give you a gift. You always make yourself so lonely, my beautiful idiot. Don't pout, you are and you do. Though I have to admit this you got all the humble. Courage and determination, I like that. I think I'll tell you when I see you later. Rose backed away dropping her hands and broke the connection.
"Sorry got to go, nice meeting you all." Rose smiled and waved, only the tall brunet women waved back.
"Wait, you said gift, what gift?" he almost lunged towards her because there was some a small panic-y part of him that suddenly realized his hand was cold, which was frankly ridiculous considering he wore gloves.
"I already gave it to you before you even got out of the car." Rose gave one more saucy smile that was accompanied by a wink and disappeared.
"What the hell just happened?" The man leaning on the jeep sounded irritated.
"I think the goddess of time loves me," the blond man said dopily. "She even gave me a gift!"
"Dream on, needle-noggin. Now what really happened?" Was the other man's response.
"I agree with Mr. Wolfwood. I admit that the woman was a bit odd but hardly a goddess." The short woman said.
"But Meryl, she really was!" The tall blond whined.
"If she was a goddess, where's your gift?" The sarcastic response came from Wolfwood.
"Er… she said she already gave it to me. Well how I'm I supposed to know what a goddess meant.
"Well I think it's great that Mr. Vash made a new friend." The tall brunet said.
"Thanks, Big Girl!" Vash's gratitude was enthusiastic.
"Great, whatever, just get in the car!" Meryl's voice was taking on a dangerous edge which caused Vash to stand at attention.
"Yes ma'am," Vash saluted then dove in. Underneath Vash's normal antics he felt excited and a little worried. He had never seen Meryl's eyes flash gold before.