AN: Hello Lovelies! It took me longer than I wanted to post this chapter! lots has been going on! Any who, here we go! chapter 4. I don't own Doctor Who or any of the Characters except for Vivanne and any others that you have no idea who they are! :)
Chapter 4
Looking around the TARDIS I walk up and lean against the railing the Doctor is rushing about obviously excited about going on an adventure. Looking around I hear the TARDIS hum, somehow knowing that it is the TARDIS herself I smile and run my hand on the y-beams.
"Hello old girl." I say fondly, hearing a warm hum in reply I know that she is happy to see me. I ponder why I feel this familiarization with the TARDIS, shrugging I turn and watch Rose come up to the Doctor.
"Right then, Rose Tyler, Vivianne, tell me. Where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time. It's your choice. What's it going to be?" The Doctor says grinning at us, giggling I turn to Rose, motioning for her to choose knowing that we were in for a wild ride.
"Forwards."
"How far?" I quickly ask her before the Doctor can, following him up as well. "One hundred years." She grins also following us up. I laugh as the Doctor sends us traveling through time, we come to a stop and I look over at the doors. "There you go. Step outside those doors, it's the twenty-second century." The Doctor tells us grinning from ear to ear I turn to look at Rose who looks a little dubious.
"You're kidding."
"That's a bit boring, though. Do you want to go further?" I can tell that he is egging us on, which is totally fine by me. I wanted to go as far as I could.
"Fine by us." I hear Rose say for the both of us obviously thinking the same thing.
"Ten thousand years in the future." The Doctor tells us, after another brief trip forwards in time.
"Step outside, it's the year 12005 the new Roman Empire." I say, laughing and excited that we were actually going into Earths future, I then stop and look at the Doctor who is looking at me again in suspicion.
"How did I know that?" I ask him quietly, he only keeps staring at me as if I'm a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces. Rose can tell that I am getting more confused breaks in the awkward silence,
"You think you're so impressive."
"I am so impressive." He retorts although he keeps staring at me, uncomfortable I clear my throat and smirk at him, "You wish."
"Right then, you asked for it. I know exactly where to go. Hold on!" He grins manically before sending us off once again. It's a little bumpier that the last rides but we eventually land with a thump. Knowing that we reached the end of the line I run down to the door looking back at Rose who comes down as well a little more slowly but just as excited.
"Where are we? What's out there?" Rose asks, I just laugh and exit the TARDIS looking around in wonderment.
"You lot, you spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible, that maybe you survive. This is the year five point five slash apple slash twenty-six. Five billion years in your future, and this is the day" He starts only for me to cut him off.
"Hold on Doctor" I tap his watch and look out the giant window, waiting for the right time. He watches me as the sun flares. "This is the day the sun expands… Rose… Welcome to the end of the world." I say softly not really paying attention to them anymore. Instead looking through the window, my head starts to hurt as information starts streaming into my head, but instead of staying it leaves just at quick as if something is blocking the information to enter.
I hear the doctor walk up to me but I don't turn to face him, this isn't me, the knowing, the knowledge that enters my brain then leaves… it isn't me, at the same time though it is me, just not Vivianne. "Who am I Doctor? I'm not Vivianne… but I am though, I'm someone else and Vivianne at the same time… but that cannot be, can it? I have to be one or the other… Who is the other?" I mutter to him, turning to face him, I feel my eyes well up with tears. I didn't know what was happening anymore. He sighs and rubs his face with his hands.
"I don't know Vivianne, you confuse me… I feel like I should know you, but your human… completely human, how do you know so much?"
Shaking my head I sigh knowing that it will have to wait for a later time. "Come on then, let's go explore!" I say grabbing Rose who was watching from by the TARDIS. We walk out into the hall and hear the speakers come on about the guests, which of course starts Rose off about who those guests are.
"So, when it says guests, does that mean people?" She questions, this causes me to silently groan almost knowing what is going to happen, "Depends what you mean by people." The Doctor tells her as we continue walking shaking my head at his vagueness, Rose also shakes her head… only in confusion in stead. "I mean people. What do you mean?"
"Aliens." Both the Doctor and I say in unison, I glance at him out of the corner of my eye before turning to Rose who I know will have more questions. "What are they doing on board this spaceship? What's it all for?" Sure enough Rose fires away again this time a little curious myself I turn to the Doctor.
"It's not really a spaceship, more like an observation deck. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn." I gape at him as he tells us.
"What for?!" I ask outraged as the Doctor just shrugs.
"For fun."
I just stare at the Doctor as he goes on about how this is a show for the rich, that all the humans have left earth and the Trust put the continents back into place to look like a classic earth. I was in shock that people would watch this, but at the same time I could understand that everything has a time and must die, even if you don't want it too. In a way I could also understand why people would come to watch, it was like a funeral where people could pay for their respects to the amazing planet.
"But what about the people?" I hear Rose ask being me back to the present, I look at Rose smiling sadly at her as the Doctor just shrugs,
"It's empty. They're all gone. No one left." I carefully watch Rose as I see that sentence sink into her head, coming up beside her I grasp her shoulders in a tight hug. She smiles sadly at me,
"Just us, than." I tense for a second than nod not agreeing at all but hoping that it will make her feel better. We continue down the hall before we are stopped by a bright blue man.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Oh, that's nice, thanks." The Doctor retorts, I raise an eyebrow pretending I was supposed to be here.
"But how did you get in? This is a maximum hospitality zone. The guests have disembarked. They're on their way any second now." The blue man continues to twitter angrily at us, I nudge the Doctor to do something so he takes out a piece of paper out of his pocket and showed Man.
"That's us! We are guests. Look, we've got an invitation. Look. There, you see? The Doctor and wife plus one. I'm the Doctor, this is my wife Vivianne, and this is Rose Tyler. She's our plus one. Is that all right?" He asks, I strain a smile as he introduces me as his wife.
"Please excuse my husband" I smile, while stomping on the Doctor's foot subtly making him grunt in pain, "He is quite the forgetful person. Just this last week he forgot our anniversary, right honey?"
The Doctor nods straining his smile too. Rose is just looking back and forth between us and the blue steward.
"Well, obviously. Apologies, et cetera. If you're on board, we'd better start. Enjoy." The steward says a little flustered before walking towards the podium. "The paper's slightly psychic." The Doctor tells Rose, "It shows them whatever I want them to see." I glare at him putting my hands on my hips so ready to start an argument.
"He's blue." Rose cuts in before World War Doctor could come out. "Yeah." I say still glaring at the Doctor.
"Okay."
"We have in attendance the Doctor, his wife Vivianne, and Rose Tyler. Thank you. All staff to their positions." The Steward calls I take a deep breath and smile gripping onto the Doctor taking my role in. "Hurry, now, thank you. Quick as we can. Come along, come along. And now, might I introduce the next honoured guest? Representing the Forest of Cheam, we have trees, namely, Jabe, Lute and Coffa." The Door opens and a woman and two men made of bark enter the hall. They look friendly and regal, I smile at them.
"There will be an exchange of gifts representing peace. If you could keep the room circulating, thank you. Next, from the solicitors Jolco and Jolco, we have the Moxx of Balhoon." The Steward then continues to call out names of aliens from different planets. "The Gift of Peace. I bring you a cutting of my Grandfather." The woman of the group of trees come up to us and offer a piece of tree in a pot. I smile and take it and pass it gently to Rose. "Thank you. Yes, gifts. Er, I give you in return air from my lungs." The Doctor fumbles searching his pockets for something before breathing on her. I grind my teeth together feeling jealous for some reason even though I am not married to him I still feel possessive. "How intimate." Jabe tells him shooting a look at me. Before the Doctor can say anything she smiles and walks on. "From the Silver Devastation, the sponsor of the main event, please welcome the Face of Boe." I turn and look as a head in a large glass case enter the doorway, I feel a connection to the large head and smile gently at him as he rolls pass. "The Moxx of Balhoon." I hear the Doctor greet a little blue man on a chair.
"My felicitations on this historical happenstance. I give you the gift of bodily salivas." Moxx of Balhoon tells us before spitting on Rose, I cover my mouth with hand as to not laugh out loud. She looks horrified and quickly wipes it off. "Thank you very much." I tell him gently nodding my thanks, then a creepy black-robed group come up and I take a step back behind the Doctor slightly. "Ah! The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. I bring you air from my lungs."
"A gift of peace in all good faith." The creepy group gives us a silver ball. The Doctor takes it and nods as they leave. I take a deep breath and move from the Doctor to stand more by Rose.
"And last but not least, our very special guest. Ladies and gentlemen, and trees and multiforms, consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth the last Human. The Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen." The Steward them calls to everyone as a pink trampoline enters the room.
"Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know it's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away and look at the difference. Look how thin I am. Thin and dainty. I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturize me. Moisturize me." The Trampoline human tells us, "Truly, I am the last Human. My father was a Texan, my mother was from the Arctic Desert. They were born on the Earth and were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honor them and say goodbye." I could see fake tears come and the attendants delicately wipe them away. I snort in disgust at how fake she was.
"Oh, no tears, no tears. I'm sorry. But behold, I bring gifts. From Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg. Legend says it had a wingspan of fifty feet and blew fire from its nostrils. Or was that my third husband? Oh, no. Oh, don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines. And here, another rarity. According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers. Play on!" I laugh out loud as Tainted Love by Soft Cell starts playing. Bopping my head I look over at the Doctor I see him tapping his foot to the beat smiling. "Refreshments will now be served. Earth Death in thirty minutes." The Steward calls out to us. I look over at Rose who looks like she is getting overwhelmed, she runs out and I sigh, grabbing the Doctor and start to follow her. Jabe the tree blocks us before we can get to far and flashes something in our face. "Thank you." She tells us and we nod a little confused and follow Rose.
"Rose? Are you in there?" I call to Rose as we enter an observation deck. She is looking out the window and I come up behind her and rest my hand on her shoulder. She turns towards us and smiles feebly.
"What do you think, then?" The Doctor asks excitedly almost bouncing. I shake my head fondly at him, I was totally fine with all the aliens and different cultures. I knew that Rose however was a little shocked at the looks and everything.
"Great. Yeah, fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper. They're just so alien. The aliens are so alien. You look at 'em and they're alien."
"Good thing he didn't take you to the Deep South." I joke trying to lighten the mood, the Doctor chuckles and nods knowing that it's true. Rose just shakes her head at me confused even more at the way I'm acting.
"Where are you from?" She then asks I groan to myself knowing once Rose gets into a mood there is little to get her out of it. I stay back knowing this could get ugly, and with how jumbled my head is from all the knowledge that's been rushing about, I wouldn't be able to help unless needed.
"All over the place." He shrugs not going into it. I feel a pang of hurt in my chest and I wince a little. The Doctor sees this and comes over and drapes his arm around my shoulders in comfort, I feel like it's for both of our benefits.
"They all speak English."
"No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the TARDIS. The telepathic field, gets inside your brain and translates." The Doctor says, this doesn't concern me, It's awesome that the TARDIS is taking care of us, letting us know what's going on rather than listening to babble.
"It's inside my brain?" Rose growls and I shrug then realize that she didn't see the wonderfulness of the gift. I frown at her confused at why she is getting angry.
"Well, in a good way." I tell her feebly knowing that it's just going to add fuel to the fire. She just glares at me as well before turning back at the Doctor.
"Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?"
"I didn't think about it like that." I tell her hoping to calm her down a bit.
"No, you were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the Deep South, and you! Who are you, then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you? " She yells at me before having a go at the Doctor.
"Rose that's not fair!" I tell her as I step closer to her, the Doctor just shakes his head.
"I'm just the Doctor."
"From what planet?" She asks, ignoring me as I flinch back into the Doctor, he puts his hands on my shoulders in a comforting way.
"Where are you from?" It doesn't seem like she is going to let up.
"What does it matter?" I ask her quietly, which she seems adamant on ignoring everything I say.
"Tell me who you are!"
"This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me." He yells at her in anger dragging me away to the bottom of the observation deck and we look at the earth.
"Yeah, and I'm here too because you brought me here, so just tell me." She screams in frustration. I sigh and lean my head against his arm, tired and confused.
"Are you ok?" I hear him whisper to me. I nod although I know I'm not. I reach down and grasp my watch, it seems to be comforting me. I pull it out and hold it in my hand, rubbing the cover.
Earth Death in twenty minutes. Earth Death in twenty minutes. The computer calls out over the speaker and I hear Rose come down to join us.
"All right. As my mate Shareen says, don't argue with the designated driver." She says as a way of apology, I smile at her and she takes out her mobile phone. "Can't exactly call for a taxi. There's no signal. We're out of range." I tell her jokingly, she laughs lightly and shrugs.
"Just a bit."
"Tell you what." The Doctor tells her and takes the phone and plays with it a little. "With a bit of jiggery pokery."
"Is that a technical term, jiggery pokery?" I call over, he glances at me smiling, before his eye catch my watch in my hand and he freezes a little, raising an eyebrow at him he shakes his head and smiles, although i can tell its a little strained.
"Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery. What about you two?"
"No, we failed hullabaloo." Rose tells him, he nods and gives the phone back to Rose still glancing at me out of the corner of his eye.
"Oh. There you go." He says before walking to me. I hear Rose call her mom and I turn my attention back to the Doctor who is frowning at me, I narrow my eyes and put my watch back in my pocket before backing up a little. He quickly follows me causing me to back up more. We do this for a little longer till my back hits the wall. I curse under my breath and watch him carefully as he stands in front of me.
"Where did you get that?" He asks urgently, I shrug pretending not to know what he was talking about.
"I don't know what you mean."
"That watch! Where did you get it" He growls at me going to grab it but I push him away.
"It's mine! Don't you dare touch it!" I growl back, narrowing my eyes at him, he tries again but I block him again. He glares at me and hold my hands and reaches into my pocket, I struggle to get out of his grip.
"Let go! It's mine! Don't!" I tell him as he pulls it out. I freeze as I see him look at it, he softens his grip and I get out of his hold and hold my hand out, shaking as I do.
"Where? What? How?" He mumbles to himself as he inspects it. I feel something take over my body and a presence enter my mind, It's the same feeling that I get when I get those visions? feelings? It's me… the other me.
"Theta, please give it back to me. All will be explained soon, just give it back" I hear my voice whisper to him, he jerks his head to meet my eyes.
"Who are you?"
"All in good time Doctor" I give him a cheeky grin and grab the watch and put it back in my pocket. The other me then leaves and I gasp as if I was just put under water for a while, I look at the Doctor in fear.
"What happened? What was that? Who was that?" I ask shaking more as the Doctor looks at me carefully. He puts his hand on my cheek and I stare at him wanting answers.
The Doctor looks at me something in his sad eyes, something that wasn't there before. Hope? Why would I give him hope? I'm just a plain silly human… right? But something whispers in the back in my mind that I'm not just a silly human. We feel the spaceship shake and I know that something like that probably isn't supposed to happen. I look at the Doctor and he is frowning so I know that something isn't right.
"We will figure it out Vivianne." He whispers to me with a tenderness that I didn't expect and I feel my cheeks redden. I clear my throat and turn to Rose who finished her conversation with Jackie.
"That's not supposed to happen." The Doctor tells Rose as we leave the observation deck to see whats going on. Once we get there we notice Jabe and go up to her to talk.
"That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that. What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines. They've pitched up about thirty Hertz. That dodgy or what?"
"It's the sound of metal. It doesn't make any sense to me." She replies, The doctor nods and we look around trying to figure out whats going on.
"Where's the engine room?" I ask wanting to figure out what is going on. Something wasn't right and we needed to figure it out fast.
"I don't know, but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest suite, I could show you and your wives" Jabe tells us, nodding to Rose. The Doctor quickly shakes his head at her.
"She's not my wife. Only got the one here" He grabs me and smiles at Jabe who nods in understanding.
"Partner then?"
"No."
"Concubine?"
"Nope."
"Prostitute?" Poor Jabe asks confused, I giggle and look over at Rose who is getting increasingly frustrated.
"Whatever I am, it must be invisible. Do you mind? Tell you what, you go and pollinate. I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson." She points to Cassandra before silently asking me if I want to go. I shake my head no and point to the Doctor.
"Don't start a fight." I tell her as The Doctor offers Jabe and I an arm each. I wrap my arm around his as does Jabe. "And I want you home by midnight." I hear Rose call to us as we leave the main deck.
Earth Death in fifteen minutes. Earth Death in fifteen minutes. the Computer tells us as we walk through the maintenance duct.
"Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a Captain or what?" The Doctor asks Jabe.
"There's just the Steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal mind."
"You mean the computer? But who controls that?" I ask looking back at her.
"The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another."
"But there's no one from the Corporation on board." I point out.
"They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha class. Nothing can go wrong." Jabe tells us and I groan getting the feeling that this might be like a Titanic moment.
"Unsinkable?" The Doctor and I ask in unison.
"If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate." Jabe nods thinking about it.
"You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold. So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?" The Doctor tells Jabe, who nods as I groan out loud.
"I'm afraid not."
"Fantastic." He tells us as we walk further, I sigh and follow.
"I don't understand. In what way is that fantastic?" I hear Jabe say as she follows us.
"So tell me, Jabe, what's a tree like you doing in a place like this?" I ask her after a bit of silence. I see the Doctor in front of us turn his head slightly to listen.
"Respect for the Earth." She tells me and I nod, It was a fair answer to me.
"Oh, come on. Everyone on this platform's worth zillions." The Doctor tells me before smirking at Jabe who shrugs.
"Well, perhaps it's a case of having to be seen at the right occasions."
"In case your share prices drop? I know you lot. You've got massive forests everywhere, roots everywhere, and there's always money in land." He scoffs shaking his head at her. I roll my eyes and cuff his head, causing a yelp of pain and a glare in my direction.
"All the same, we respect the Earth as family. So many species evolved from that planet. Mankind is only one. I'm another. My ancestors were transplanted from the planet down below, and I'm a direct descendant of the tropical rainforest." She tells me smiling gently, the Doctor looks embarrassed and offers a small smile.
"Excuse me." " And what about your ancestry, Doctor? Perhaps you could tell a story or two. Perhaps a man only enjoys trouble when there's nothing else left. I scanned you earlier. The metal machine had trouble identifying your species. It refused to admit your existence. And even when it named you, I wouldn't believe it. But it was right. I know where you're from. Forgive me for intruding, but it's remarkable that you even exist. I just wanted to say how sorry I am." Jabe tells him, I hold back tears and I see the Doctor freeze and nod slowly not saying anything, I put a hand on his shoulder in comfort. He reaches back and grasps my hand squeezing slightly before taking his screwdriver and opens a door. As we enter the Engine Room I shiver a little bit at the coldness.
"Is it me, or is it a bit nippy? Fair do's, though, that's a great bit of air conditioning. Sort of nice and old-fashioned. Bet they call it retro." The Doctor tells us before scanning a panel. "Gotcha." "What the hell's that?" I ask as a metal spider crawls out of the panel and onto the wall.
"Is it part of the retro?" Jabe asks the Doctor, who shrugs looking at the spider.
"I don't think so. Hold on." He then scans the spider and Jabe grabs it with a branch. "Hey, nice liana." I compliment her as I look at the spider. She looks a little bashful.
"Thank you. We're not supposed to show them in public."
"Don't worry, I won't tell anybody. Now then, who's been bringing their pets on board?" The Doctor tells her before looking at the spider a little more closely.
"What does it do?" Jabe asks us and I look at him then at Jabe.
"Sabotage." We both say, before the Doctor continues. "And the temperature's about to rocket. Come on."
Earth Death in ten minutes. We run to a room where we see smoke flowing out of the bottom of the room.
"Hold on. Get back." The Doctor tells us as he uses his sonic on a panel beside the door. Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising. The computer tells us, I hold my breath as I smell burnt flesh. Jabe notices that this is where the Steward resides.
"Is the Steward in there?!"
"You can smell him. Hold on, there's another sun filter programmed to descend." I curse under my breath as we take off running once again towards the room. The Doctor gets there first and starts trying the stop the sun filter from descending.
"Let me out!" I hear as I get to the door. Sun filter descending.
"Anyone in there?" The Doctor and I call as I watch the Doctor fiddle with the Panel.
"Let me out!" I hear Rose yell out to us. My eyes grow wide and I look at the Doctor who rolls his eyes.
"Oh, well, it would be you."
"Open the door!" I tell him urgently hearing Rose tell him the same thing.
"Hold on. Give us two ticks." The Doctor tells us trying to calm us down. Sun filter descending. Sun filter descending. I gasp and jump in place as I watch the Doctor work. Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising. I take a deep breath but before I could calm down, Sun filter descending. Groaning I stand there feeling helpless as he types also getting frustrated.
"Just what we need. The computer's getting clever."
"Stop mucking about!" Rose yells at him.
"I'm not mucking about. It's fighting back." He yells back keeping focused on the panel. I can tell that Rose is getting panicky and to be honest so was I.
"Open the door!"
"I know!"
"The lock's melted!" I hear her yell from farther in the room. Sun filter descending. Sun filterDescending. Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising. Sighing as the Doctor relaxes and goes to try to open the door.
"The whole thing's jammed. We can't open the doors. Stay there. Don't move!" I tell her as we start to move to go to the main room.
"Where are am I going to go, Ipswich?" I hear Rose tell us as we leave, I giggle and shake my head looking at the Doctor and Jabe who both have small smiles. Earth Death in five minutes.
"The metal machine confirms. The spider devices have infiltrated the whole of Platform One." Jabe tells everyone as we enter the main room. Cassandra looks confused but I notice that it's a little fake.
"How's that possible? Our private rooms are protected by a code wall. Moisturize me, moisturize me."
"Summon the Steward." Moxx of Bahloon says angrily, I shake my head sadly and look away.
"I'm afraid the Steward is dead." I hear Jabe tell him.
"Who killed him?"
"This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Boe. He invited us. Talk to the Face. Talk to the Face." Cassandra shrieks looking over at the Face of Boe.
"Easy way of finding out. Someone bought their little pet on board. Let's send him back to master." The Doctor breaks in not wanting to cause a problem… at least for the wrong person. We watch as the Doctor put the metal spider on the ground, it scuttles to Cassandra for a second before goes to the Adherents of the Repeated Meme. I feel like something is off and look at the Doctor, he has a thoughtful look on his face.
"The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. J'accuse!" The annoying pink trampoline shouts. I shake my head and walk with the Doctor towards the creepy group.
"That's all very well, and really kind of obvious, but if you stop and think about it…" The Doctor begins only for the leader to try to hit him. The Doctor blocks and pulls off the arm confirming my thoughts.
"A Repeated Meme is just an idea. And that's all they are, an idea." I finish for him as the Doctor pulls a wire and the rest of the group collapses. He then pushes the little spider and it moves back to Cassandra. I fold my arms and glare at her.
"Remote controlled Droids. Nice little cover for the real troublemaker. Go on, Jimbo. Go home."
"I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed. At arms!" Cassandra pouts as the attendants raise the spray guns, I raise an eyebrow at them.
"What are you going to do, moisturize us?" The Doctor asks her with a scoff, Cassandra just smiles coyly.
"With acid. Oh, you're too late, anyway. My spiders have control of the mainframe. Oh, you all carried them as gifts, tax-free, past every code wall. I'm not just as pretty face."
"Sabotaging a ship while you're still inside it? How stupid's that?" I asked her not really understanding why she would put herself in this kind of situation.
"I'd hoped to manufacture a hostage situation with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous." She states and I roll my eyes and shake my head.
"Five billion years and it still comes down to money." The Doctor states looking disgusted.
"Do you think it's cheap, looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune. I am the last human, Doctor. Me. Not that freaky little kid of yours." She says, I growl at her and go to punch her trampoline face, the Doctor wraps his arms around my waist to stop me from doing something stupid.
"Let me go Doctor! I want to see how far that stupid pink trampoline stretches!" I tell him struggling to get out of his grip, He just pulls me back so I'm against his chest.
"Stay calm Vivi, It's alright." I hear him whisper in my ear, I blush and stop struggling as I feel his breath on my neck. He slowly let's go of me and I quickly step away from him trying to calm down my heart.
"Arrest her, the infidel" Moxx shouts pointing his stubby finger at her.
"Oh, shut it, pixie. I've still got my final option." Cassandra spits at him. Earth Death in three minutes, "And here it comes. You're just as useful dead, all of you. I have shares in your rival companies and they'll triple in price as soon as you're dead. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go? Burn, baby, burn."
"Then you'll burn with us." Jabe tells her. I grin thinking that we have her.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I know the use of teleportation is strictly forbidden, but I'm such a naughty thing. Spiders, activate." BOOM BOOM BOOM "Force fields gone with the planet about to explode. At least it'll be quick. Just like my fifth husband. Oh, shame on me." Safety systems failing. "Bye, bye, darlings. Bye, bye, my darlings." Cassandra states before she teleports out along with her attendants. Heat levels rising.
"Reset the computer." Moxx says starting to sound desperate.
"Only the Steward would know how." Jabe tells him also starting to panic.
"No. We can do it by hand. There must be a system restore switch. Jabe,Vivianne, come on. You lot, just chill." The Doctor tells us before rushing out of the room, I nod to Jabe and we run after the Doctor, back into the engine room.
Heat rising.
Earth Death in two minutes.
Earth Death in two minutes.
Heat levels critical.
Heat levels critical.
"Oh. And guess where the switch is." The Doctor tells us as we enter the engine room, We look and see it on the other side of the very fast spinning, and very sharp fans. Heat levels rising. Heat levels rising. We go to a breaker lever and the Doctor pulls on it and it slows a little. Once he lets go it speeds back up. External temperature five thousand degrees. I nod to Jabe who seems to have the same idea as me and we pull down the lever. The Doctor looks as Jabe sadly.
"You can't. The heat's going to vent through this place."
"I know." Jabe tells him, he shakes his head as if she doesn't understand what the danger is.
"Jabe, you're made of wood." He tells her knowing she would die if she stayed.
"Then stop wasting time, Time Lord." She says, I nod to him trying to keep it down. He nods to us before going to the first fan. Heat levels rising. Heat levels rising.
"You're a puzzle Vivianne" Jabe tells me as the doctor tries to make it through the first fan.
"I get two scans off you. It's like your body is trying to decide who you are. I didn't tell the Doctor, because I feel that you didn't know yourself. The time is coming soon though Vivianne, the time where you choose who you are." I look at her in shock. She smiles at me softly before grunting I look down at her hands holding onto the lever. They are smoking and catching fire. I look and the Doctor made it through the second one.
"Jabe! Get out! I can hold it! Please!" I tell her desperately feeling the heat of the metal start to blister my hands, I know that Jabe must be feeling worse. She smiles at me as the fire starts to run up her arms.Heat levels critical. Heat levels critical. Crying out as she bursts into flames, the heat blasting out and hits my side i'm forced to let go of the lever to protect my self. Backing away I watch as she combusts and turns to ash. I feel a pain on the side of my arm and torso and look down, there is a burn mark from where Jabe and I were touching trying to hold down the lever.Heat levels rising. Heat levels rising. Ignoring it knowing more people will die if I don't, I go back to the lever and press down again, screaming as the metal burns my hands more. Planet explodes in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, I watch as the Doctor presses the switch, four, and Exoglass repair. Exoglass repair. Exoglass repair. The fans slow down allowing the doctor to come back through, I sigh and let go of the lever and collapse to my knees. The Doctor rushes back to me and kneels down in front of me.
"I tried to get her to leave, I tried" I whisper swaying a little from the lack of energy and pain.
"It's alright Vivi I know you did" He comforts me, I nod and start to stand up, he grabs my shoulder and helps me up. We soon get to the main area and walk towards the trees who were waiting for Jabe's return.
"we're sorry." The Doctor tells them, they nod sadly and start to cry. We walk away from them as Rose comes up to us and see's me leaning heavily on the Doctor.
"You all right? " she asks the Doctor gently hands me to Rose, I nod at her to tired to really say anything.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one, teleportation through five thousand degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby." The Doctor growls before stalking over the ostrich egg and smashes it open, inside is a little device.
"Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed." He then uses his screwdriver and beams Cassandra back in.
"Oh, you should have seen their little alien faces." She looks around in shock as if she is surprised to be back.
"Oh."
"The last human." The Doctor spits out.
"So, you passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join, er, the Human Club." Cassandra jokes weakly, I shake my head.
"People have died, Cassandra. You murdered them." I tell her scowling.
"It depends on your definition of people, and that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court, then, Doctor, and watch me smile and cry and flutter " She goes on before she makes a weird noise… it sounds like… creaking?
"And creak?" The Doctor asks, I can see she is confused as I start to smirk realizing what is happening.
"And what?"
"Creak. You're creaking." I tell her as I watch her start to dry up.
"What? Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens. Moisturize me, moisturize me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot!" Cassandra yelps looking around.
"You raised the temperature." The Doctor shrugs watching it with an impassive face.
"Have pity! Moisturize me! Oh, oh, Doctor. I'm sorry. I'll do anything."
"Help her." I hear Rose ask the Doctor, who just stares at Cassandra, she turns to me and I just shake my head.
"Everything has its time and everything dies."
"I'm too young!" Cassandra cries as she explodes flesh and guts flying everywhere. I just turn my head and close my eyes. It was over.
The Doctor helps me into the TARDIS and leads me to the med room. Telling him I'm fine he walks out to go collect Rose. Sighing I sit on the bed and wait because I don't know what to use or not use.
'The time is coming soon though Vivianne, the time where you choose who you are.' I hear Jabe's words whisper in my ear. I start to cry because I thought I knew who I was, now as soon as this… Doctor comes into my life I get confused! I know he knows something about me… or about the not me, me? I wipe my tears away and shake my head.
"How are you?" Rose asks as she enters the room, the Doctor following not far behind. I give them a slight smile and nod.
"Better, I've become kind of numb to the pain now." I tell them honestly. The Doctor comes up and puts some cream on the wounds and I wince and shiver and the slight pain and coldness. He then covers it up with some bandages.
"There that should do it! a few hours and you will be good as new" He tells me and I nod. He stands up and is about to leave but I follow him and grab his arm before he does. He turns back to me and raises an eyebrow. I give him a hard stare trying not to crack under the pressure.
"Who am I?"
AN: BOOM! done! I'll leave it at that peeps! Cheers :)