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The Whisperer sighed exasperatedly as she followed the Doctor down yet another corridor of the shop in London called Hendriks. They had been chasing Auton's all day, and still couldn't find the source. The plastic melted too fast, and she was about ready to quit.
The Doctor was calibrating the bomb as he went, muttering about weird physics stuff she never tried to understand. She brushed a stray strand of hair out of her face and spoke up. "Doctor?" She asked, beginning to retie her ponytail, which was falling out from running.
"Yes?" The Doctor answered, not looking up from his Sonic Screwdriver.
"How much-"
She was interrupted by the sound of a muffled voice down the corridor and a door slamming.
The Whisperer paled. "Someone's still down here!" She yelped, running alongside the Doctor as they turned and sprinted towards the source of the voice.
Finally they came to a set of large red double doors, shut and locked. Thank goodness the Doctor had the sonic screwdriver, as they could hear Autons and a young girls voice inside.
The Whisperer skidded to a stop, panting from the sprint as the Doctor fought with his screwdriver. The Doctor glanced at her and smirked. "Tired already?" He questioned, pointing his sonic screwdriver at the lock, and then seeing as he had the wrong setting, started flipping through them again.
The Whisperer snorted, crossing her arms. "I may be smarter then you but I'm much of an athlete." She defended, but a playful sparkle was in her brown eyes.
The Doctor shrugged. "Yeah, but recluses almost always are."
The Whisperer chose to ignore the light-hearted jab, instead watching the Doctor reach halfway in the room, half way out, wrapping his hand around a terrified blonde's hand. "Run." He said, as Rose hesitated.
The Whisperer peeked her head around the corner. "It's either us or death by plastic." She remarked, glancing with amusement at the Auton about to karate chop the guts out of her, and finally Rose ducked, jumping out of the way just in time.
The Whisperer squeaked as she twisted to avoid Rose crashing into her, and then started running behind them as the Doctor practically dragged Rose, who was hesitant to follow the two strangers, down the hallway.
They jumped in the lift conveniently place around the corner, The Whisperer just far enough behind for the Autons to catch up with her. She shrieked, and kicked out hard, knocking down the three Autons that had been trying to drag her back by her legs. The momentum sent her forward through the doors right as the lift shut on the hands of the lead Auton.
As the Doctor struggled to pull off the Auton arm that was blocking the door, The Whisperer blew a few wayward strands of her hair out of her face, breathing heavily and letting her pulse calm down.
The Doctor pushed the Auton out finally, at the price of it losing its arm.
"You pulled his arm off?" Rose asked, clearly surprised.
He grinned and tossed it to Rose. "Yep. Plastic."
He glanced at the Whisperer, checking expertly over her body for any injuries. "You okay?" He asked, a hint of worry in his voice.
The Whisperer nodded. "Just a bit of bruising on my ankles." She stood on one foot, then the other, both of her ankles a light purple. "Man those Autons are strong!" She muttered, wincing as she put pressure on her feet again. She had had worse, but it certainly wasn't comfortable.
"Very clever, nice trick! Who were they then, students? Is this a student thing or what?" Rose asked.
The Whisperer snorted. "Why would they be students?"
Rose shook her head, confused. "I don't know."
"Well, you said it! Why students?" The Doctor spoke up this time, giving the Whisperer a pointed look she had long ago figured out meant 'shut up.'
"'Cause...To get that many people dressed up and being silly...Well, they've gotta be students." Rose answered, firmly.
The Whisperer clapped sarcastically and the Doctor grinned.
"That makes sense!" The Whisperer snorted, and the Doctor added "Well done."
Rose, mostly still going on adrenaline, answered "Thanks."
"They're not students." The Doctor said with a serious look on his face, his whole demeanor changing suddenly.
"Well whoever they are, when Wilson finds them, he's gonna call the police." Rose insisted stubbornly.
"Who's Wilson?" The Whisperer questioned curiously.
"Chief electrician...?" Rose let her sentence trail off into nowhere, like a question almost.
"Wilson's dead." The Doctor and the Whisperer chorused as the lift doors opened.
"That's just not funny, that's sick!" Rose cried as they hopped off.
The Whisperer gently held Rose back. "Hold on, mind your eyes, the Doctor get's excited sometimes." She warned, the lift controls sparking wildly when the Doctor pointed the sonic screwdriver at it.
"I've had enough of this now!" Rose protested, trotting behind the time traveller's as they walked off. "Who are you two? Who's that lot down there?" When she got no answer she raised her voice, frustrated. "I said, who are they?"
The Doctor and The Whisperer kept walking, but started to explain on the way.
"They're made of plastic, living plastic creatures." The Whisperer said. "They're being controlled by a relay device on the roof, which would be a great big problem if we didn't have that lovely thing." She motioned at the bomb in the Doctor's hand.
This time the Doctor spoke. "Me and her are going to go up to the roof and blow the relay device up, which should shut down most of the Autons being controlled by it. We might accidentally die in the process but..." The Doctor trailed off.
"But don't worry about us, no! We'll be fine." The Whisperer chirped, propelling Rose down the hallway towards the door. The Doctor opened it and shoved Rose out, grinning cheerfully. "Go home, go on! Go have your lovely beans on toast."
The Whisperer twisted around the edge of the door. "And don't tell anyone about this by the way, because if you do, you'll get them killed." She frowned.
They shut the door and took deep breaths. "You know Doctor, we could at least tell her our names." The Whisperer muttered. The Doctor nodded and opened the door, causing Rose to look back."I'm the Doctor and this is the Whisperer by the way. What's your name?" He asked."Rose?" She answered hesitantly, wondering why the strangers had such odd names."Nice to meet you Rose." The Whisperer said, waving at her with a gleeful wink and then ducking into the building.The Doctor smiled, held up the bomb, and said "Now run for your life!" Before pulling the door shut with a clankAuthors Note:
So yeah. Wrote this a while ago, heavily edited it tonight, and put it up for fun. Now I have two stories on here I don't really plan on doing more, but if you guys want me to I can. Maybe. I'm not one to beg for reviews, but I do like constructive criticism. I won't get offended easily, so fire away. As long as its not flames. Also, any grammar mistakes are mine.
