Chapter 1:
After he dropped Donna off and returned to the TARDIS, he was the most distraught I have yet to see him. He was all alone. The loneliness he felt must have been very strong because he didn't rest one wink. He paced more than usual. I wanted to comfort him, but every time I put my hand on my door, I remember my mission. He must have been like this after Doomsday. He will be fine. He doesn't need me yet. In his 900 plus years I was certain this wasn't the first time he had to say goodbye to all his companions. However, I doubt he ever had to do what he did with Donna and "me" before.
Though I knew I was not to make direct contact, when he finally would go to his chambers I would go into the console room and tidy up a little. Then I would dash back to my room before he could find me there. It probably baffled him, but for all he knows, the TARDIS has learned how to clean herself up a bit. I do it so he doesn't feel too alone. His TARDIS always has been here for him. When I looked into the heart of the TARDIS all those years ago I saw how much she cared for him. Sometimes he forgets that she has always been there. I guess it's hard for him to remember because she is a spaceship. She knew I was here though, and she understood why I was here.
One day we landed into the Victorian era on Christmas Eve. A smile crept onto my face as I remembered the Christmas he spent with us after the Sycorax invasion. It was then that I swore to myself that no matter what happened, I would never leave his side. Even though I ended up in a parallel world, I still managed to pop up to try and alert him of the Dalek invasion, and he never saw it, I never completely deserted him. He ran out as he usually does when he fancies a place he lands, which is everywhere. I ventured out of my room and went to the main room.
"Hey old girl, how are yah?" I asked the TARDIS like we were old friends.
Suddenly the screen on the control panel blinked and showed me pictures of a man who was called Jackson Lake and what happened to him. That wasn't what got me though. It was the Cybermen that were trying to take over London, again. My fists clenched at my side, it was their fault I got trapped in another world in the first place.
"Is the Doctor going to be okay when he faces them?" I tore my eyes away from the screen and looked up and around at the spaceship.
I knew the answer though. When he found the lost Jackson with his companion Rosita he would have all the help he could possibly need. I smiled as I ran to my room and changed into some more time appropriate clothes, so that I wouldn't appear naked to the locals, when I emerged out again there was a necklace on the door, perception filter necklace. Perfect. I put it on as I ran out of the TARDIS, not before thanking her for the necklace and lurked about Victorian, London.
Suddenly I heard the sound of the Doctor shouting at someone, or something. I followed the familiar and heartwarming sound of his voice. I was just in time to see him getting pulled by a rope through an upper story window. Rosita was dashing into the building with an axe. Good thinking. I on the other hand ran around to the other side of the building. God, how did women run around in these corsets? When I got there a Cyberman/dog creature was clambering out the third floor window. I looked around for anything I could use as a weapon. Not finding anything particularly useful, I opted for running after it. It hopped into the driver's seat of a cab, and I swiftly jumped onto the back of the carriage, hanging on for dear life as the horses thundered down the road. The carriage went down many side streets, avoiding any people that would notice the strange looking driver would be my guess, we went past a graveyard where a few Cybermen were approaching a funeral procession. I got off the cab and ran behind a tree to get a better look at the situation, the fast falling snow also helped to hide me from view.
A woman in a red dress lead the Cybermen. That is odd, never has a Cyberman followed a human's orders. She signaled for them to halt as she approached the men mourning the death of a colleague. She spoke to them with an underlying tone of disgust and superiority. Someone's power hungry, I thought, and a bit of an insane feminist. Suddenly the Cybermen were attacking the men, most of those who were gathered were killed except for a few who were given the earpieces that allowed them to be controlled by the Cybermen. It was difficult for me to not take action, but if I exposed myself that would be too high of a gamble. I can't die here, my Doctor needs me alive, even though he doesn't even know I am here.
The four men stood in a uniform line and marched behind Miss Hartigan, with the Cybermen behind them. I was torn between following them and trying to find The Doctor. I ran in the opposite direction and went the square. There was naught I could do in this situation. So I milled about trying to blend in, waiting for either more Cybermen or The Doctor. Whichever came first. It was very quiet though. Like the calm before a storm.
Almost too soon the sun set and the night dominated the sky. It was early into Christmas Day. A stampede of children were running away from through the streets with terror stricken on all their innocent faces. Several people, including myself ran to see what the commotion was all about. A giant Cyberman rose out of the water like a giant metal beanstalk. Though it was not like any other Cyberman I have ever seen, it looked like there was a big open window. It looked like that woman Miss Hartigan sitting on a throne of some sort with a bunch of Cybermen standing around her. It was hard to see from the ground. Then she spoke, something along the lines of everyone going to be ruled by the Cyberking They started shooting lasers out of it's wrist causing people to panic. We all tried to run, but then it stopped. Then a balloon rose in front of the giant Cyberman robot. I looked up to see The Doctor give them one last chance to stop. Then he aimed a beam of high condensed energy at Miss Hartigan. Then the energy dissipated. Several moments later the faint sound of her screaming trickled down for all of us to hear, and then they were all gone. Right as the giant robot started to fall, the Time Vortex streamed out of the balloon and it dissapeared. Then Jackson Lake stood before everyone and started applauding the man that saved all of our lives. When everyone started clapping and cheering, The Doctor looked down, and for a moment I think he looked in my direction, but then he looked away, thanks to the perception filter. After that I ran as fast as I could back to the TARDIS so I could hide in my room. Fortunately balloons take a long time to get back down to Earth.
I almost didn't make it under the his radar, I barely made it into the corrider connecting to the main room when I heard Jackson and The Doctor come in. I pressed myself against the wall to make sure that I wouldn't be noticed. Then as quickly as they entered, they left and I heard Jackson demand that The Doctor dine with him and his son and Rosita. Way to go Jackson. And then I ran to my room.