"Okay, Zoey. You first. Where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time?" The Doctor asked me.
"Forwards." I answered.
"How far?"
"100 years."
He did a few twisting and pressing before Rose and I held onto the rails.
He smiled at me, "There you go, step outside those doors. It's the 22nd century."
"You're kidding." I commented.
"That's a bit boring, though. Do you want to go further?" The Doctor questioned.
"Fine by me."
After more pressing and spinning he spoke, "10,000 years into the future. Step outside, it's the year 12,005, the New Roman Empire."
"You think you're so impressive." I said.
"I am so impressive." He replied.
"You wish." I joked.
"Right, then. You asked for it." He smiled. "I know exactly where to go." He spun the dial more, "Hold on."
I smiled at Rose when the TARDIS stopped.
"Where are we?" I asked the Doctor.
He held out his hand for us to go outside.
"What's out there?" Rose questioned.
He repeated the gesture. I grabbed Rose's hand and we walked out of the TARDIS. We were in an empty room. The Doctor followed us out and used his screwdriver on the thing near the door. Then the shutters in front of us started lifting and I pulled Rose closer to it. It was the Earth.
"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying. Like you're gonna get killed by eggs, or beef or global warming or asteroids." The Doctor said, walking up next to me and crossing his arms, "But you never take time to imagine the impossible, that maybe you survive. This is the year 5.5/Apple/26. Five billion years in your future. And this is the day-" He looked down at his watch, "Hold on." A bright wave came out of the sun, "This is the day the sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world."
"Shuttles five and six now docking. Guests are reminded that Platform 1 forbids the use of weapons, teleportation, and religion. Earth death is scheduled for 15:39, followed by drinks in the Manchester suite."
"So, when it says 'guests' does that mean people?" Rose asked as we walked down a hallway.
"Depends on what you mean by 'people'." The Doctor responded.
"I mean people, what do you mean?" Rose questioned.
"Aliens." He answered.
"What are they doing aboard this spaceship? What's it all for?" I asked as he took out his sonic screwdriver.
"It's not really a spaceship. More like an observation deck. The great ans the good are gathering to watch the planet burn." The Doctor answered.
"What for?"
"Fun." He replied before we walked into a big room, "Mind you, when I say 'the great and the good' what I mean is the rich."
"But hold on, they did this once on Newsround Extra, the sun expanding, that takes hundreds of years." Rose said.
"Millions. But the planet's now the property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved. See down there?" The Doctor pointed out the window at a satellite, "Gravity satellites holding back the sun."
"The planet looks the same as ever." I commented, "I thought the continents shifted and things."
"They did, and the Trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's run out, nature takes over." The Doctor replied.
"How long has it got?" I asked.
"About half an hour. Then the planet gets roasted."
"Is that why we're here? I mean, is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth?" Rose questioned.
"I'm not saving it. Time's up." He told her.
"But what about the people?" She asked.
"It's empty. They've all gone, all left." He answered.
"Just Zoey and I, then."
"Who the hell are you?"
We turned around and there was a blue man walking up to us.
"Oh, that's nice. Thanks." The Doctor replied.
"But how did you get in?" The Blue man asked. "This is a maximum hospitality zone. That guests have disembarked. They're on their way any second now."
"No, that's me. I'm a guest. Look, got an invitation." The Doctor showed him a blank piece of paper, "Look, there. You see? It's fine. The Doctor plus two. I'm the Doctor. This is Zoey and Rose. They're my plus two. Is that all right?"
"Well, obviously. Apologies, et cetera. If you're on board, we'd better start. Enjoy." The man replied.
The Doctor turned to us and showed up the blank paper, "The paper is slightly psychic. Shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time."
"He's blue." I commented.
"Yeah." He smiled as he put away the paper.
"Okay."
After introducing us, the man introduced the guests. First there we tree people, a small blue thing with a big head, creepy people in black robes, lizards looking people, giant bird head people, aliens with four eyes, and a big head in a jar. The man said his name was the Face of Boe.
"The gift of peace." Jabe said, handing the Doctor a small plant. "I bring you a cutting of my grandfather."
"Thank you." The Doctor replied before handing Rose the plant. He patted his jacket, "Yes, gifts... um. I give you in return, air from my lungs." He said before gently blowing air onto Jabe.
"How intimate." She replied.
"There's more where that came from." He flirted.
"I bet there is."
Then the small blue person came up to us, "The Moxx of Balhoon."
"My felicitations upon this historical happenstance. I bring you the gift of bodily salvias." He said before spitting on Rose's face.
"Thank you very much." The Doctor smiled.
"Great aim." I commented when he rolled away.
"Ah! The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. I bring you air from my lungs." The Doctor said before blowing air on the aliens in the black robes.
"A gift of peace in all good faith." Teh voice was creepy and one of the robed people held out a silver sphere.
The Doctor took it and gave it to Rose.
"And last but not least, our very special guest. Ladies and gentlemen and trees and multiforms, consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth the last human. The lady Cassandra O' 17."
That woman that came out was no way human in any way. She was a miniature trampoline.
I jumped when the Doctor put an arm around my shoulders.
"Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know. It's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away, and look at the difference. Look how thin I am. Thin and dainty. I don't look a day over 2000. Moisturize me, moisturize me." The trampoline said.
One of the men next to her sprayed some kind of liquid on her.
"Truly, I am the last human. My father was a Texan. My mother was from the Arctic Desert." I watched as Rose stepped away from us and got a closer look at Cassandra, "They were born on the Earth, and they were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honor them and say goodbye." Her voice broke and the other man dabbed away her tears, "Oh, no tears. No tears. I'm sorry. But, behold. I bring gifts. Form Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg." A small blue man came out holding out the egg of the bird, "Legend says it had a wingspan of 50 feet and blew fire from its nostrils. Or was that my third husband?" She chuckled, "Oh no. Oh, don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines. And here, another rarity." Two small blue people pulled out a jukebox, "According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers. Play on."
They pressed a button and Tainted Love by Soft Cell's came on. I laughed lightly when the Doctor started dancing.
"Refreshments will now be served. Earth death in 30 minutes."
The Doctor grabbed my hand and spun me under his arm. He then grabbed my other hand and we dance. I looked over and saw Rose leave the room.
"Come on, let's go find her." The Doctor said.
I nodded and ran out after her. I found her in the rooms we arrived in, talking to the plant Jabe gave us.
"My name's Rose. That's sort of a plant. We might be related."
"I think so, too. You have the same eyes." I joked as I sat down on the steps. "How is she even close to human?" I asked. "Was her mother half roadkill?"
We laughed a little before the Doctor called for us, "Rose, Zoey, are you in there?" He walked in and sat on the seat next to me, "Aye- aye. What do you think, then?" He asked us.
"Great." We both said at the same time, "Once you get past the slightly psychic paper." I added.
"They're just so... alien. The aliens are just so alien. You look at 'em, and they're alien." Rose said.
"Really? Didn't notice."
"Good thing I didn't take you to the deep south." The Doctor replied.
"What's there?" I asked.
"Aliens." He answered.
"Where are you from?" Rose asked.
"All over the place." The Doctor answered.
"They all speak English." Rose said.
He turned to us and laid down, propping up on his elbow, "No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the TARDIS. Telepathic field gets inside your head. Translates."
"It's inside our brains?" Rose questioned.
"Well, in a good way." The Doctor responded.
"Your machine gets inside our heads. It gets inside, and it changes our minds and you didn't even ask?" She asked.
"I didn't think about it like that." The Doctor replied.
"No, you were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the deep south." Rose said.
"Rose, I don't mind her translating languages." I replied.
"Her?" She asked.
"All vehicles are shes, Rose." I said.
Rose looked at me before turning to the Doctor, "Who are you, then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you?"
"I'm just the Doctor." He answered after sitting up.
"From what planet?" She asked.
"Well, it's not as if you'll know where it is." He replied.
"Where are you from?"
"What does it matter?"
"Tell me who you are!" She exclaimed.
"This is who I am, right here, right now, alright. All that counts is here and now, and this is me!" He yelled.
"Yeah, and I'm here, too, 'cause you brought me here, so just tell me!" Rose yelled back.
"Stop fighting!" I yelled before getting up and leaving the room.
After I left the room and went into the main room with all of the guests, the floor started shaking for a moment.
"Honored guests may be reassured that gravity pockets may cause slight turbulence, thanking you." I heard from the speaker.
I sat down next to the Face of Boe and the Moxx of Balhoon, talking to them for a bit before leaving to go look for Rose.
"Rosie... Rosalyn." I said, walking down the hallway.
"Oh, hello." I said to the... Adherents of the Repeated Meme.
They didn't say anything. The one in front of me raised it's metal hand and hit me on the side of the head and everything went black.
I opened my eyes and saw Rose sitting against the door of a room that looked like one we were in earlier. Except that whole wall looked like it was burned.
"Oh, thank goodness you're finally awake. We were nearly killed." Rose said, getting up and helping me to my feet.
"What happened?" I asked, holding my throbbing head in my hands.
"The sun filter tried killing us. The Doctor saved us, but the door is jammed." Rose answered. "Are you okay?"
"My head is throbbing. The Meme hit me pretty hard." I replied, "How long do we have to stay in here?"
"Until the Doctor comes back."
"Earth Death in three minutes."
I sighed and sat down against the door and Rose sat next to me. Then the whole place started shaking.
"Safety systems failing. Heat levels rising. Earth death in two minutes. Heat levels critical."
"Oh, no." Rose said.
"Heat levels hazardous."
The window looking over the Earth and Sun started cracking.
"Shields malfunction."
I let out yelp and grabbed Rose's hand as a burst of light came trough the window and burned into the wall. We sat as close as we could to each other as more light came through and hit the wall around us.
"Planet explodes in 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1"
I kept my eyes open, watching as Earth burned before exploding into rocks.
"Exoglass repaired."
Earth was gone. I look over and saw that Rose's eyes were closed.
"You missed Earth's death." I whispered to her.
"What about you?" She asked, looking over to me.
"I watched. Someone had to watch it go."
She stood up and held out her hand, "Come on."
We walked into the main room and saw smoke coming off some bodies. One I recognized as the Moxx of Balhoon. I also noticed that the bitchy trampoline wasn't in the room. It wasn't long before I saw the Doctor walk past us and to Lute and Coffa. There was no Jabe with them or the Doctor. She must have... passed. He talked to the trees and they turned away, crying from grief.
"She didn't make it." I whispered before he walked over, "You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one, teleportation through 5,000 degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby." He said, walking over to the ostrich egg and smashed it open and picking up the teleportation thingy. "Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed." He twisted the thing and I heard the trampoline.
"Oh, you should have seen their little alien faces." She said before appearing, "Oh."
"The last human."
"So, you passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join the- the Human club." She stated.
"People have died, Cassandra. You murdered them." The Doctor said.
"Depends on your definition of 'people', and that's enough of a technically to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court, then, Doctor. And watch me smile and cry and flutter." She replied.
"And creak?" He asked.
"And what?" Cassandra questioned.
"Creak. You're creaking." The Doctor answered,
She was drying up and her eyes turned red.
"What? Ah. I-I'm frying out. Oh, sweet heavens. Moisturize me, moisturize me. Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys. It's too hot." She exclaimed.
"You raised the temperature." The Doctor said.
"Have pity." Cassandra begged, "Moisturize me. Oh, oh, Doctor."
Rose and I stood beside the Doctor.
"Help her." Rose said.
"Everything has its time, and everything dies." The Doctor replied.
"I'm... too... young."
She shrunk before she exploded, her flesh flying everywhere. I watched as the Doctor left the room. I said goodbye to the Face of Boe before he went on his shuttle. He was quiet nice... and charming.
"Shuttles four and six departing. This unit now closing down for maintenance."
Rose and I were still in the main room, it was now empty. We watched what was left of Earth, floating around. I heard footsteps and the Doctor stood between us.
"The end of the Earth. It's gone. And we were too busy saving ourselves, only Zoey saw it go." Rose said. "All those years, all that history, and only one person was looking. It's just..."
"Come with me." The Doctor said, holding out his hands for us to take.
He led us back to the TARDIS. Rose and I sat in the seat by the console as the Doctor flew her somewhere. Once she landed, he had us go outside. We were on Earth, most likely 2005. I don't now what city, but people were walking around us.
"You think it'll last forever, people and cars and concrete. But it won't. One day, it's all gone. Even the sky." The three of us looked up at the cloudy sky, "My planet's gone. It's dead. It burned like the Earth. It's just rocks and dust. Before its time."
"What happened?" I asked.
"There was a war, and we lost."
"A war with who?" Rose questioned.
When he didn't answer, I asked a different question, "What about your people?"
"I'm a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm left traveling on my own 'cause there's no one else." He answered.
"There's me." I said.
"And me." Rose said after me.
"You two have seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home?" He replied.
"No." I answered immediately.
"What about you, Rose?"
"I don't know." She answered, "I want..." She sniffed the air before looking around, "Can you smell chips?"
He laughed, "Yeah. Yeah."
"I want chips." Rose said.
"Me too." I smiled.
"Me three." The Doctor replied.
"Right, then. Before you get us back in that box, chips it is, and you can pay." Rose said to the Doctor.
"No money." He said.
"What sort of date are you?" I asked him, "Come on then, Dumbo, Rosie, chips are on me." I said, linking my arms through theirs and walking off towards where the chips are, "We only got five billion years till the shops close.
After we got chips we went back to the TARDIS. The Doctor told us where our rooms should be. Rose's room was pink... very pink. The walls were a soft pink and the covers on her canopy bed were hot pink. The curtains on the bed were white. She had a desk and a big closet.
"It's very pink." I commented.
"I love it. Now, lets go see your room." Rose replied, grabbing my arm and opening the door next door.
"Oh, wow." I gasped.
The walls and ceiling looks like space. Like the galaxy. Thousands of stars. I had a canopy bed just like Rose's, but the comforter was TARDIS blue and the curtains are black. I had a desk, too. Also a closet, just as big as Rose's. Both of our rooms also had a bathroom connected.
"Yours is beautiful." Rose said. "It's not pink, but it's still pretty."
I laughed before sitting on the bed, bouncing a bit. Rose yawned, "Night, Zoey."
"Night, Rosalyn."
She left the room and I sighed, I still had a headache. Stupid meme.
"I thought you'd be asleep by now." I heard.
The Doctor was leaning against the doorway.
"Headache. Those meme's aren't very nice." I replied.
"Come on." The Doctor said, grabbing my hand and pulling out of my room.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"You were still unconscious when the sun filter was descending. Must've been knocked you good. You might have a concussion." He answered.
The Doctor dragged me into a room that looked like a doctor's office. He had me sit on one of those bed things while he grabbed stuff.
"The Doctor is gonna play doctor." I laughed.
He smiled, "What you don't think I have any medical training? I'm called the Doctor for a reason."
He shined a light in my eye, "Besides dying almost twice, how did you like our trip?"
"I thought it was fun. I talked to the Face of Boe. Actually more like I talked. He uses telepathy. He was really nice." I answered. We were silent as he did stuff, "What makes Time Lords different from humans?"
"Hmm?"
"Well, you look human. What's the difference between a Time Lord and a human?" I repeated.
"First of all, Time Lords came first, so humans look like Time Lords. And we live for a long time, we're more clever, ans Time Lords have two hearts." He answered.
"Really? Two hearts?" I questioned.
The Doctor nodded before holding up a stethoscope, "Want to hear?"
I nodded and grabbed the tool. He told me where to put the chest piece to hear the heartbeats.
One, two, three, four.
"Amazing." I said as I took off the stethoscope.
He smiled, putting it away, "Good news. No concussion." He held out two pills, "For the pain."
I popped them into my mouth and swallowed, "Thanks."
"Alright, off to bed. Big day tomorrow." The Doctor said, helping me off the bed.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"That's for me to know and you to find out." He answered.
I pouted, "Night Doctor." I said before leaving the hospital room and back to my bed.