He kept running as if he knew where to go. "What are we going to do?" I said, holding onto his hand as he led the way. "We're going to lock ourselves into the canteen." I frowned a little, gasping for low breath "We can't!" , "Why not?" we stopped right in front of the door. We both leaned against the wall, gaining our breaths back. "There are no keys. There's a computerized lock system that automatically locks the doors when it's night or the doors haven't to be used. Like today. We don't need the canteen during Exam Day so the door is locked. See?" I tried to open up the door, without result. "We can't get it!" I shrugged, looking back at him. He grinned a little and showed me the screwdriver again. "We can if we have this." I raised an eyebrow "A screwdriver?", I said pointing. "Nah! It's more than just a screwdriver. It's a sonic screwdriver!" he handed me the device. "Set it to 54 and point it against the door!" I took it and did what he said. The door opened before our eyes and I gasped "I guess I need one of these!" I said looking at the object. The man pushed us both inside the room and told me to repeat the gesture. I did what he said and returned the sonic screwdriver back. The door was now locked again.
He sat at a dining table, offering me a seat next to him. I approached and sat down. "So… what's the plan now?" I said, looking up at him, he shrugged. "We wait until they find us, I suppose." I raised an eyebrow "We wait.. and then what? We die?" he shook his head. "No deaths in here today." I cleared my throat. Had he forgotten we were the only two people alive in that building? He sighed and stared at his feet. "No more, at least. I am really, really sorry for all the losses we had today." I nodded. He looked up at me and clapped his hands once, as to get my attention. "So, who are you, girl?" he asked. "I could ask the same question." I shrugged. "Yep, but I asked first so your turn. Off you go." I rolled my eyes giggling a little "Alright. I am Danielle Clearwater. Regular eighteen years old girl. I attend the last year of A-levels.." I gasped. "What? What is it? Dalek?" he looked around and I shook my head "No, no. No.. I was just.. thinking that my whole future depended on this day. If I don't pass my exams I can't be accepted to University and I can't… oh crap." He sighed again and pulled me into an hug. "Don't worry. We'll deal with this later. I'm the Doctor, by the way. Nice to meet you, Danielle." I let go of the hug "The.. Doctor? Doctor what?" He half smiled. "That's the point. I am just the Doctor. These Dalek things, are looking for me." I nodded, wiping my eyes. "Yes, they mentioned you earlier. But.. why do they want you?" he looked up, sighing. "Oh well. I am a Time Lord. The last of my kind. Our species destroyed each other. Now they want to complete their primary mission." I nodded. "I am sorry to hear about it, Doctor. But.. what's a Time Lord?" he smiled. "A Time Lord is someone who can travel through Space and Time. Yes. Travels in time are possible and yes, aliens are true.. but you probably have already figured that out." I nodded, smiling. "Yeah. Something told me that. So… you can go wherever and whenever you want. But how? You've got a ship or something?" He stood up, proudly. "Of course I have! I will show you once I am done with Daleks." The Daleks were now trying to force the door open. "You, hide.", the Doctor said. "I have seen their future. If I say the right words, at the right time, they'll run off scared." Someway I trusted him. He was all I had at the moment. Friends were gone, future was gone. It was only him and me. I ran behind the counter as a Dalek broke in. "Oi!", he cried out. I looked back at him. "We'll be fine.", he then added.
The Doctor stood in front one of them. Not even scared of what he was going to face. The Dalek walked so close to him. I was secretly praying for this to be over. "It is the Doctor. Exterminate!", said the alien. The Doctor slipped his hands into his pockets. "Yeah. Yep! It's an everyday kind of thing. You always want to exterminate me but what happens in the end? I always survive while you run away scared. Why have you destroyed this place and its people – he was now screaming. – this girl, has lost everything." He walked where I was hiding and helped me up. "You, Dalek things, have destroyed her future. Her friends. Her everything. But there is a day in the future in which me, the Doctor, will overcome the Daleks. You want to evolve, right? You want to transform humans into Daleks. Am I right?" The Dalek stepped back, scared of what the Doctor was saying. "The Doctor knows. He knows. Emergency Temporal Shift! Emergency Temporal Shift!", it yelled before disappearing before our eyes. "It has gone! You made it, Doctor!", he smiled hugging me again. "Yes! I knew this was going to blow their minds! Blimey if your heart races!", he said feeling my heart beating at a unsafe pace. "Well. First time I've seen a Dalek. You tell me!", we both laughed and left the room. "Where to, now?" I asked following him. "Do you want to see my ship or…?" I smiled. He could have seen the excitement in my eyes. "Yes! Please?". He led me the way with his arm. "This way." I nodded and followed his directions. "You're different, Danielle Clearwater. It's like you've known the outer space world for ever." The school yard was full of policemen and my parents stood there as well. "Well. See that man there?", I pointed towards my father and the Doctor nodded after looking at him. "It's my father. When I was a kid, he used to sit me on his knees and we spent the days watching the sci-fi channel. I've been dealing with aliens since I was 5 years old or some." I smiled, looking up at the Doctor who was joggling a key in his hands. "I bet you should say hello to your parents, Dan." I shook my head. "Not now, please. Maybe later, when the police will take all those corpses away." We stood in front of a blue box. One that the police used back in the old days. "This one?" I looked at him, he smiled and opened it up. "Ain't it a bit.. little for the both?" He pushed the door open. "See it yourself."