The Madman's Voice

"Hello? Hello? Are you alright?"

"What?"

"Oh, good, you're alright."

"What's going on? I can't see anything."

"Oh, that. You're unconscious."

"What?"

"Yes. You're unconscious. So, what's your name?"

"Um, Alex. Alex White. Yours?"

"You may call me The Doctor."

"Doctor who?"

"Yes."

"Doctor Yes?"

"No."

"Your name is Who, then?"

"No."

"Then why did you say yes?"

"It may not be my name, but it's what I'm called the most."

"Then what's your name?"

"Well, looks like you're waking up. Have fun."

"Wait! What's your name?"

"Remember to make sure you have everything in the right place."

"What do you mean?"

"It was a pleasure meeting you, Alex. Now wakey wakey."

…

Alex woke up with a throbbing pain in his, well, everything. He groaned loudly as he tried to stand. He immediately collapsed back to the floor. The exhibit was in even worse shape.

Everything was utterly destroyed! The walls were singed, the robots, earplugs, and photos were all vaporized, and the only thing un-damaged was the phone booth, which now looked completely new. It's gray color was now blue, the sign was now readable, and it was now completely rust-free. "What the Hell is going on?" Alex muttered.

"Alex?" It was Terry calling. "Alex, where are you?"

"I'm in here." He called. Terry ran into the exhibit and saw him.

"Who are you?" She asked him.

"What do mean? I'm Alex."

"Alex White?"

"Yes. Who else would I be?" Alex then felt a sharp pain between his eyes. He yelled out in pain, and Terry jumped back in surprise. "Neutron flow! Jelly Babies! Bow ties! AAAAAH!" The pain subsided. Alex didn't know where all that nonsense came from. He just shouted it for some reason. "What's happening to me?" He asked worriedly.

Terry just stood there, staring at him. "Okay, look. I don't know who you are, or why you're saying you're my little brother, but all I want to know is if you know where he is. Please. I just left him here after that explosion. He's my brother, and I just want to make sure he's okay." Was she crying?

"Are you crying?" She slapped him.

"Of course I'm crying, you ass!" She shouted. "He's my baby brother!"

"Ow!" Alex exclaimed. His sister didn't know who he was, and now she had slapped him! What was going on? "You know I hate when you call me a baby! I'm only two years younger than you!"

She lifted him against the wall by his collar. "Who are you?" She growled.

"I'm Alex! Ask me anything. Something only I would know."

"Fine then. When is Alex's birthday?"

"My birthday's today. You, mom, and dad made me pancakes this morning then the doorbell rang and I brought a box in that was left there. In the box was a smaller box with a key in it." Another blast of pain hit him. "Gallifrey! Daleks! Fish fingers and custard! River! RIVER!"

Terry dropped him in surprise. "Alex, what's happened to you?" Alex was panting on the ground. The pain was gone. For now anyways.

Then Alex heard a voice. You never said it was your birthday. Happy birthday, Alex. Say, how old are you now? Alex jumped up. "Who's there?" He asked frantically. What do you mean by that exactly? "Where are you? Show yourself!"

"Alex, what are you doing?"

Oooooh. You're talking about me. Well, that's a simple answer: I'm in your head. Hello, roomie. Alex stumbled back up against the wall. "I'm going mad. I'm going mad, aren't I?"

"Alex, what are you talking about?"

Alex then realized Terry knew he was who he said now. He smiled. "You cried." He taunted. "You were worried about me."

"I was not!"

"You cried because you thought I was gone. Little miss tough girl/punk rocker cried."

"Shut up!"

I don't get it. Why is someone crying means for ridicule? Alex's eyes widened in surprise. He had forgotten he was hearing voices. "Yep. Definitely mad." He muttered.

Suddenly there was a bright flash of light, and then there was another one of those earplug-looking things, and it had just appeared there! "Scanning for The Doctor." The creature said.

"What is that thing?" Terry asked, worriedly.

"Doctor located. Exterminate the Doctor!" The creature shot a laser into the air, blasting a wall on it's right. "Exterminate!"It kept shooting wildly every which way. One blast nearly hit Terry, but she jumped out of the way.

"HEY! Watch it!" She yelled at it. The creature swiveled to look at them.

"Humans detected. Exterminate the humans!" It shot right at Terry, who barely dodged it. The creature then shot at Alex, who quickly dropped to the ground to avoid it.

Quickly, into the TARDIS! "What's a TARDIS?" The phone booth! Alex didn't understand any of this. "Terry! C'mon!" He called to her and ran past the lasers and ear-plug into the phone booth/TARDIS. Terry followed closely behind. She shut the door behind her and then saw what Alex was seeing.

"Oh my God!" She whispered. The TARDIS was big. Huge! And this is just the control room, the voice said.

"Get out of my head!" Alex yelled. He then caught a look at his reflection in a large, glass tube-thing. He was blonde! And his hair wasn't curly! "What the hell happened?" He muttered. Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that. Yeah, you look totally different now. "Why?" Side effect of regeneration. "Regeneration?" Wow, am I forgetful today. Small thing you should know: you almost died. "Say what?" Yep. You nearly died. You're only alive because you absorbed me after you opened the TARDIS. Say, how did you get my key, anyways?

"Alex, we need to get out of here!" Alex remembered that they were under attack. I can help with that, the voice said. The voice told Alex what to pull and press on what looked like an assortment of random objects. There were shower knobs, a pinball machine, a large handle-lever-thingy. After pulling that there was a whooshing sound, and the entire room shook. "What's happening?" Terry exclaimed.

"As I always say: Geronimo!" Alex shouted, not knowing where that had come from.

"When have you ever said that?" The room stopped shaking. We're here! Alex walked over to the door and pushed it open. "Alex, don't go out there! It's not safe!" Alex stepped outside.

They were outside the museum! In fact, they were at the front door of their family's flat. How had they gotten out there! "How did we escape?" Alex wondered. The TARDIS can travel anywhere in time and space. It teleported you here. Terry stepped out too and saw what had happened.

"Wow." Was all she could say. After the shock was over Terry unlocked the front door and headed inside. "Mum? Dad? Are you here?" Alex heard a small squeal.

"Terry?" His mum said down the hall. "Terry, is that really you?" She stepped into the room and saw them. Tears filled her eyes. "It is you! George! She's back! She's finally back!"

"Mum, what are you talking about?" Alex asked. His mum looked at him as if she was only just meeting him.

"Who are you?" The words stung. Alex hated his new face! He hated his new hair! Oh. Slight miscalculation. You've been gone for about a month or so. My bad. And he really hated the voice in his head! Mum turned back to Terry. "Sweetie, who is he?"

"That's Alex." She explained.

"No. It can't be. He doesn't look anything like him."

"My birthday." Alex said, "When I last saw you it was my birthday. That was about a month ago, wasn't it? You made me pancakes. You took me to the museum. You-" He was silenced by his mother's hug.

"Oh, Alex, it is you!" She pulled away and looked at him. "Why do you look different?"

Don't mention the regeneration. It'll just confuse her. "Shut up!" Alex yelled, startling his mother. "Now, please, tell me who you are, and why you're in my head!"

"Sweetie, are you okay?"

I thought we already discussed this. Remember? You kept asking for my name. "So, then you're-"

Hello, Alex White. I'm The Doctor.