Chapter Two – Mother or Father

I could hear River and the Doctor talking about me behind me as we walked through the town looking for clues. They were whispering about how young I was, like a child that grew up physically too fast. Or like an adult who just never grew up at all. I was a little insulted, I was 21, and I thought I was pretty mature at this point, considering I have sort of lived in a bubble all my life. But no matter, we're here to figure out what the Bosheen are doing here on planet Earth. I looked around me at the scene. I could see smoke stacks higher than the Eiffel Tower. I saw massive ships flying around the sky. But most importantly, I saw a giant thing in front of me that was certainly not from this world.

This mammoth creature could almost have been an elephant, if it weren't for the lack of tusks and trunk. It had similar legs – huge, round, and clunky looking – but a cuter face. It was round, and the eyes looked sad, but it was also intimidating at the same time. It had a few little whiskers around the eyes and mouth, which was huge and bared. Actually, the face looked kind of like a pug. Like the dog. It was sorta droppy and wrinkly but cute. I was scared stiff.

"Have you guys finished gossiping yet, I think I may have found something." I said nervously.

"Oh, yes, of course. Quite so. What have you found?" Said the Doctor awkwardly.

"I haven't the slightest idea."

"Oh. Oh my. This can't be…" River stammered.

"Oh yes it can," The Doctor started, and noticing the giant thing begin to move he said, "RUN!"

We ran. Like we'd never run before. This giant thing that looked like it couldn't move fast than a bowling ball going uphill was faster than anything I've ever seen! It was so fast that after only a few moments it was in front of us, and we were staring into its giant eyes. And then it took a step forward, if you can call it a step, and snapped its jaws. We ran instantly in the other direction, when suddenly we noticed that there were four miniature versions of the giant… thing. I can only assume it was a Bosheen. And these were her babies. I also noticed, that she/he didn't leave behind a trail of Gel…

"Oohhhh," the Doctor said, realizing the same thing. "You're their mother! Or father… Well, I assure you, Sir or Madam, We do not want to harm you or your children in any way. We were actually just looking for, um, we were looking for…"

"We were looking for a way to the center of the city. Could you guide us?" River chimed in, just in the nick of time.

"Yes, we would most appreciate it. We're new here, see? And we had hoped to see around the town before we have to leave." The Doctor continued, "Would you be so kind?"

"I have only one purpose in my life, it is to care for these children and the children of all others. And since you are the children of your fathers and mothers, it is my purpose to care for you as well. You shall come with me to my home, where I will take care of you." The Bosheen said, with a rich, solid voice that reverberated through the hills behind us, and was caught and silence among the buildings before us. "You can call me mother or father. Grandmother or grandfather. She, he, or it. I am not a living thing. Not really, I am created, sent to look after the babies that have been put on this planet to grow and develop," That explains the lack of gel! I thought to myself. The sorta Bosheen continued, "The planet Treglar has become next to inhabitable, and all the Bosheen still living there are trying their best to fix it, but there's really not much that they can do. So we're rebuilding here."

"But you can't just claim Earth, its already someone else's home! According to the rules of the Shadow Proclamation, you cannot take over any inhabited planet!" The Doctor exclaimed. He was clearly upset.

"And who are you to decide what we can and cannot do? Are you with the Judoon? No, I don't think so. Are you the Space Police? Did they hire the Ogron to find us? Even if they did, you aren't one. So who are you then?" The Bosheen didn't seem very friendly anymore.

"I'm the Doctor. And you are committing a universal crime."

"And what can you do about it?"

"Oh, so much. And all I need is my sonic…" he reached into his jacket pocket. "My sonic…" He reached into his other pocket, "One second." He searched all his pockets, then not finding his sonic screwdriver, he looked all around him, panicking. Then we all noticed one of the baby Bosheen playing with it. "Ooohhh, found it. Well, I guess the best solution now is just," he paused and looked at the Bosheen, "to run!"