Chapter 2

The Doctor entered the building and flashed his psychic paper at anyone who looked at him. Most of them didn't care and seemed to be frantically trying to escape out the exit. One man pointed him in the direction of the main office of the World Leader and then ran out before the Doctor could even say thanks.

He knocked twice on the big wooden door. So he knocked again, three times. There was still no reply. Luckily, it was unlocked because the sonic didn't work on wood, and he walked in. The Doctor found himself in a large well-furnished room, not unlike the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street.

The Room also contained a short, slightly balding man with a mustache similar to that of Adolph Hitler. It was a poor fashion choice for a world leader but in all fairness to him this wasn't Earth. He was franticly packing suitcases with papers and what appeared to be oranges or possibly satsumas. The Doctor merely shrugged and accepted this. Who was he to judge? It was then that the world leader noticed the Doctor.

"You're here already!?" He exclaimed, "Alright then, name your charges, or are you just going to shoot me? Where's you gang of revolutionaries anyway?"

"Oh! No, I'm not with the revolution." The Doctor said putting his hands up, "Look, I'm alone. I'm not bugged or anything. No guns, just this." He pulled out his Sonic Screwdriver and held it out.

"What's that?"

"Sonic Screwdriver."

"Is it a weapon?"

"Nope!"

"What does it do?"

"Well, its very good at opening doors. I'm the Doctor by the way."

"Sir Perry Vexalion Leader of Messaline. Who exactly are you Doctor?"

"I'm help."

"Its a little to late for that. The only thing I can do now is get out alive. If you want to help, you can help me pack."

"Messaline, hmm, underground war right?" The Doctor asked trying to fill in his history as Sir Perry continued his packing.

"We haven't had a war in two hundred years; not since our founding fathers back in the first week of our settlement here." Sire Perry informed him with a confused frown.

"Oh right sorry. Sometimes I'm a couple...hundred years off."

"If you were there you're a lot older than you look."

"No, but I'd like to get there someday. I'm curious as to how two races had a war and resolved it in under a week. What about the Hath? They still around?"

"Yes, but their population is endangered by the lack of freshwater available. I've been working to fix it, but after this season's Zentle crops failed some, well, most of the population blamed me. I've been trying to buy time until I can find a solution, but the revolution wouldn't wait. Like I said, I'm just trying to get out of here alive."

"Yeah revolutions can get messy. I've been to a bunch of them. The worst was the French Revolution. You couldn't turn the corner without someone shouting, 'off with his head!'"

"Well, let us hope it doesn't come to that." He said nervously straightening his collar and latching his now packed suit case.

"What you need is a Terraforming Device." The Doctor said remembering a lesson back from the academy on Gallifrey.

"A what? Well, I don't know about that, but there is always, The Giver."

Note: Okay, you got me. How could the Doctor have been to Messaline if this is right after Runaway Bride? So I went back and fixed the Discontinuity. I liked the Doctor's witty banter in the other one better, but sometimes we must all make sacrifices. Like in Doomsday.

Reading back over Chapter One I realized that the part where I mention Donna might cause confusion. This story takes place after Runaway Bride NOT after Journey's End. =) R&R please. =)