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So this chapter is really just to show how Clara will kinda take the place of others, so of course some characters won't be there and what not. Anyways, read on!
Chapter Two- Martha
It didn't take long for the TARDIS to pick up on odd signals coming from a hospital on Earth. The Doctor decided to fake an illness to get them in. Clara decided against it. After all a nurse would be in shortly to take notes on his situation and checking his heart beat, well they'll be shocked to find he had two. So Clara decided to fake illness instead and get them a spot in the hospital. The two of them walked in, claiming to be Mr. and Mrs. Smith, much to the Doctor's dislike. Once they were given a bed, the Doctor started to run a scanner to monitor the whole hospital.
A group of doctors in training took a stop at their station, the man babbling about while the class took notes, except for one female who answered his question with ease. She then proceeded to check Clara's heart beat. Clara smiled on and did as she was told, breathing evenly. "Does it all seem alright then?" Clara asked.
"Yes, perfectly so." The female responded with a smile. Though her smile faded a bit when her instructor deemed she was wrong and criticized.
The Doctor smiled and stood from his side chair to stand next to the female. "Care to check mine then?" He asked, raising his brows with excitement.
The female was a bit hesitant at first, but proceeded to check his heart beat as well. Clara watched as the female looked up at the Doctor and he gave her a small wink. The female looked at Clara as well as if to check if she also knew this revelation. Giving her a small nod, the female smiled at the two of them before noticing her class was moving on. The instructor turned to hurry her along. "There's more to see Ms. Jones, if you would care to join us."
The Doctor smiled and held out his hand to her. "Nice to meet you Ms. Jones."
Taking his hand quickly, she shook it firmly. "Please, just Martha, Mr. Smith."
"Not Mr. Smith, just the Doctor." He smiled at her. "Nice to meet you Martha."
Turning to Clara, Martha held her hand out and shook it firmly. "Its not Mrs. Smith, is it?"
"Just Clara. Keep your eyes open." She smiled. This female was smart and nice. And interested in them. Clara already thought it was a good thing Martha wasn't about to run and turn them in. After all, she just listened in on a man's two hearts beating. Once Martha caught up with her class and was out of ear shot, Clara turned to look at the Doctor with a curious glance. "Open about your alienism?"
The Doctor laughed a bit and took a seat. "Hey, you're sick, act a bit sicker." He took out his scanner from his pocket and held it up to his nose. The small lights on it blinked slowly as it continued its scan throughout the building. "Besides, did you get a look at her? She's smarter then that whole group including her guide on. Martha Jones, she's not going to tell anyone."
"No but she might come looking for you." Clara added quickly as she lay back on the bed. Waiting for this scanner to finish up was taking a lot longer then she had anticipated. But there was something about this place that seemed off to her. It gave her a bad vibe, but somehow she knew this wasn't the big and bad situation she was here for. But there was no choice except to let time play itself out.
The scanner started beeping just as it seemed to have started raining outside. The Doctor stood up, holding the scanner at eye level and started walking to the windows. Clara followed him, getting to the window just after he did. "Doctor." She said as her eyes widened. Her hand reached up to lightly pull at his sleeve as she stared out the window.
"Hold on, I'm waiting for the scanner to decipher what is wrong." He said and dismissed her.
She tugged on his sleeve harder. "Doctor." Clara said more sternly, pointing out the window when she knew he had looked up at her. "The rain. It's going up." There was a jolt as the ground shook, many people yelling there was an earthquake. Clara clung onto the Doctor as the whole building began to shake dramatically. They dropped down to the floor, shielding themselves from falling medical equipment.
Suddenly the building stopped shaking. Everyone stood where they were for a moment more, except for the Doctor who jumped to his feet and looked out the window. "Oh, well, we're not in Kansas anymore." He murmured as he took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on.
"We were never in Kansas." Clara joked as she got to her feet and looked out the window. "Wait...that's Earth there." She said, pointing out the window once more.
The Doctor nodded and smirked. "Look who knows their solar system." He took off his glasses, sticking his tongue out and then clicking it a few times as if tasting something. "We're on the moon. And there's still oxygen but it will run out. Shallow breaths Clara." The Doctor turned on his heels and began walking away.
Quick on her feet, Clara turned and followed the Doctor out into the hallway where people were rushing to the nearest window to get a glimpse at where they were. It must be mind blowing. Clara easily remembers her first time stepping onto a new planet with the Doctor. She remembers the first time she moved from one place to another in the TARDIS. Yes it had been onto a plane that was about to crash, but they ended up saving the plane and making it back onto Earth safely. For these people who knew nothing about traveling in space besides the NASA, this was surely about to be an enormous shock. "So what exactly happened?" Clara asked once she caught up to the Doctor.
"Transport. We were transported here by something big. And before you ask about the oxygen, there's a shield around us preserving it." The Doctor didn't stop moving as he spoke. He was following the scanner and trying to find what had brought them all here. Who would transport a whole building?
Clara thought about what he said for a moment. "If the shield around is preserving the air, that means it'll run out like you said. Doctor there are a lot of people in here."
With a nod, the Doctor slowed his pace a bit, leading them to a staircase. Up or down, he didn't know which way, until he picked up on the sound of an engine. There was a ship landing, most likely the same one that was keeping the air in here. Running up the stairs, the Doctor and Clara made it to the roof of the hospital, shutting the door quickly to keep the air inside. Looking over the edge, the Doctor leaned his arms on the railing and sighed. "Judoon, I should have guessed that. A proud race, and protective. There is a rouge alien somewhere in this hospital." He looked to Clara, hoping she caught on to everything he just said.
Clara watched as the Judoon marched their way toward the hospital. "So an alien escaped from their...what, hospital?"
"Mental hospital could be. Or a jail. The Judoon a mercenary police force." The Doctor stood up straight and started walking back toward the door. We have to help them find the alien before the oxygen runs out."
Before the Doctor could open the door, it burst open to revel a short female. Martha Jones stood in the door frame, looking a lot more calmer then a lot of the humans in the building. "Thought I saw you two coming up here." She smiled as she began walking back down the stairs, Clara and the Doctor following close behind. "Figured you might have some answers on how a whole hospital has been brought to the moon, seeing how you have two hearts." She exited out onto the top floor of the hospital which was pretty deserted.
"Well, we have kind of an explanation." The Doctor said, scratching the back of his head as he looked around. "Might want to tell the staff to get oxygen tanks out just in case I take a bit to long to fix all of this. The Judoon are quite impatient. Though they won't harm anyone. They're only looking for it."
Martha looked at him in confusion. Clara smiled at her. "He always talks like that. Bit confusing. First things first, you already know that he's an alien, two hearts and all. So let your mind accept what seems unreal at the moment."
Nodding, Martha took a deep breath. "Alright, explain."
The Doctor smiled at the two females. Clara was proving to be helpful and Martha was proving to be smart and open minded. "Like I said, the Judoon, big aliens with weapons and heads of rhinos are here. They are police. And there is an escaped prisoner here in the hospital. They came looking for it." He looked around once more wondering why not one person has seemed to step out into the hallway yet.
Martha nodded her understanding, obviously trying to process it all. Clara listened carefully and began trying to piece things together. "Alright, so it escaped, but why come to a hospital?" She asked, folding her arms across her chest.
"There must be its food supply here. What's something you can get easily at a hospital and go unnoticed." The Doctor asked, beginning to pace back and forth.
It was quiet for a moment before Martha raised her hand. "Blood! We have packs of blood kept refrigerated in case a patient needs some."
"Ah yes! Brilliant! How can we get to it?" The Doctor asked quickly.
Martha thought for a moment. "The president of the hospital. He has the master key to the building."
Clara winced a bit as her head gave off a sharp jolt of pain, but just as quickly it went away. She cleared her throat as if to brush it off and smiled at Martha. "Lead the way Ms. Jones."
The trio started their journey down the deserted hallway. Once they reached the office, Martha didn't even bother to knock. The door burst open and the trio stopped in the door frame. An old lady stood there, a simple straw in her hand and the president of the hospital on the floor. Two large men dressed in back wearing motorcycle helmets turned to face the door as the old lady smiled at them. "Hello there dears. Caught me having my snack." The lady said with a laugh.
"I've seen them before. One of them bumped into me. And then I saw the other meeting up with him by the elevator." Martha looked to and from each of the men and then to the old lady standing between them. "And her. Mrs. Finnegan. Checked in as a patient."
"That's no patient." The Doctor said, pulling Martha back. "I'm the Doctor. I can help you."
The ladies smile vanished as she looked at the three of them. Putting her straw back in her bag, she looked to her two guards and nodded. "Kill them."
"Well that's not good." Clara said as they started backing out of the room.
The Doctor turned quickly. "Run!" He yelled. The trio ran down the hall as fast as they could, making their way into the radiology room. The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and pushed both females behind the glass. "When I say to push, push the button!" He ran back over to a piece of equipment and began harassing it.
Martha and Clara looked around at all of the buttons he could possibly mean. They both looked upon a big yellow one, nodding to each other and placing their hands on it. The door burst open, the men stepping through one at a time. "Now!" The Doctor yelled. Clara and Martha pushed on the button together, emitting the radiology room. They ducked down behind the counter, waiting for it all to stop. "It's okay now. I've soaked up all the energy. You two can come out now."
The Doctor focused as he transferred all of the soaked up energy to his left foot, tossing his shoe into the bin and then the other at Martha's remark. They left the room cautiously, only to be unlucky and run into the Judoon. It scanned Martha, drawing an X on her hand and moving to Clara. The scanner went a bit haywire, the Judoon becoming edgy and pushing her against the wall. "What are you?!" It bellowed at her.
Clara tried to keep calm as confusion settled in. And then it hit her. She's covered in the Doctor's energy having jumped into his life stream. Basically, she stinks of alien. "I'm human." Clara tried to reason with them.
"You let her go. She is human." The Doctor said seriously. The Judoon turned to him in aggravation, scanning him quickly. "Whoops." He muttered.
"Not human!" The Judoon yelled, reaching for its weapon as others did the same.
The Doctor grabbed Clara's hand and began to run. They ducked as red lasers were fired at them and turned the corner. Running down the hall until they made it back to the radiology area. Clara picked up on a funny sound coming from one of the rooms and pulled the Doctor towards it.
The old lady stood there messing with the equipment as it began to shoot static around. The noise grew in sound as Clara and the Doctor closed the doors. The old lady looked up at them with an annoyed look as she continued her work. "Still alive then? Well, that won't be for much longer." She walked over to them slightly and kept her hands behind her back. Once close enough, she reveled a small can, spraying it at Clara. Instantly Clara fell to the ground out cold. The Doctor fell to his knees, still having a bit of energy thanks to his own immune system. "You're a strong one. I'll drink from you then." The old lady bent down with her straw and stuck it into the Doctor's neck. She began drinking his blood cheerfully just as the doors burst open.
Martha marched in with the Judoon just as the old lady jumped to her feet babbling about how the man and woman on the ground tried to attack her. Martha shook her head and grabbed a scanner from the Judoon's pocket. "She's the one you're looking for!" With that Martha pressed the button on the scanner, revealing her as an alien.
The old lady stepped over to her experiment and plugged it all in. "You'll all go down with me! This will kill anything within a two hundred fifty thousand mile radius!"
She didn't get to finish explaining as the Judoon shot her with their red lasers. Taking a look at what she had been up to, the Judoon confirmed the machine will blow and retreated their troops, leaving the humans to die. Martha tried to plead with them just as Clara was coming to again. Looking up, it was getting hard to breath as their oxygen supply was ending. And yet she saw Martha using every last breath trying to revive the Doctor. Clara crawled over to them, helping her pump at his two hearts. With a deep breath and a few coughs, the Doctor came to. Martha collapsed by his side and Clara pointed to the machine before collapsing.
The Doctor rushed over as quickly as he could to stop the machine. Once it was dead he looked at the females and then rushed to the nearest window. "Don't leave them here to die. Come on Judoon, reverse it." He pleaded as the Judoon ships began to take off. Suddenly it started to rain, making the Doctor smile brightly. "Look at that, it's raining on the moon!"
A bright light and they were back on Earth, oxygen rushing into their lungs. Clara coughed a few times as she sat up, Martha doing the same. Standing up, Clara rushed over to the Doctor, hugging him tightly and grateful to be alive. "You did it!" She exclaimed with excitement.
He hugged her in return having forgotten what a good hug felt like after a victory. Martha came next to hug him a bit weakly and made sure she got herself to an ambulance truck for steady oxygen and a diagnosis. The Doctor and Clara then set off for the TARDIS, waving to Martha as a woman next to her babbled on. Once inside the Doctor set them on their way into the vortex. Clara leaned against the railing, looking around once more at the difference of this TARDIS compared to the one she normally traveled in. It gave off the same lonely feeling.
Turning to the Doctor, Clara walked over to where he sat on the captains chair and sat next to him. "She seems like a good companion. That Martha." Clara watched as the Doctor smirked a bit. "You should bring her along."
Shaking his head, the Doctor leaned back in his seat and placed his feet on the controls. "Nah, I don't really need anyone new right now. I'm already stuck with you." He joked as he placed his arms behind his head and smiled.
Giving him a playful punch on the arm, Clara stood up and placed her hands on her hips. "You should go get her. You don't do well traveling alone, and no one should." Clara gave a small jump as the TARDIS screen turned on to show the news.
'Oh you should have seen it. Earth in the distance. It's everything Mr. Saxon has been telling us. We are not alone.'
Clara grabbed onto her head as another splitting jolt ran through, but this time it didn't go away. "Doctor." She said, her voice low and in obvious agony. The Doctor was at her side in an instant but when he tried to grab onto her, his arms passed straight through her body. She looked up at him, obviously frightened. "Doctor...remember." She said.
Suddenly she was falling through the Doctor's time stream again.