So this is Doomsday. The second part of Army of Ghost and the final episode of season two. My OC has changed quite a bit in this episode because of the emergency. Cybermen and whatnot but she is still just a child and that will show through. There is a mention of one of my favourite characters in doctor who and my second favourite assistant of all time Clara Oswald- after Donna Noble.
I looked at my phone, checking to see if I had any messages before putting it in the belt that was going across my black trousers. I was wearing tight fitted trousers tucked into heeled lace up black boots with a fitted v-neck jumped that had ¾ length sleeves and fingerless black leather gloves. My belt had on an ID badge stating I was the youngest and newest member of torchwood three. I wasn't actually an official member of Torchwood however it did get me into places and Jack did call me up to investigate something when there was nobody from his team to spare I got paid quite a lot for my investigations. I also did some work for UNIT on occasion, sometimes I was a liaison between the two teams when Jack claims his team is busy. Really he just doesn't like the UNIT general. I still go from Care home to Care home but I no longer go school anymore. I did it all online.
Of course I never had a gun although Jack wanted me to know how to use one which I did but I still refuse to have one on me. We settled on giving me immense self-defence and martial arts training so I can handle myself well. I was fluent in a few languages and knew a lot about aliens now. I knew when something was up and I trusted my gut. However also on my belt was a sonic screwdriver which was long and thin in a metallic pale blue colour with a purple end. I have no idea why on earth jack decided that a screwdriver had to be more sonic but he said I would get it one day and it was a little joke for him. I also had psychic paper as well and a scanner that picks up unusual readings. That was a Christmas present form Toshiko. My hair was still quite short. The ginger locks was cut into an inverted bob. The front just reaching my shoulders whilst the back brushed my neck. My fringe was still swept to the side and was often tucked behind my ear. My bright blue eyes were brightened with the thick black eyeliner on the top lash that flicked out and there was black pencil rubbed along the bottom lash finishing he outline but it was barely visible. Overall I didn't look like the fifteen year old child I was right now as I straighten my black fitted jacket I was a young adult who looked around eighteen. It was imperative I looked older than I was.
Everybody at Torchwood three and myself were all concerned about the ghost that appeared two months ago. None of us really thought they were ghost. One of my closest friend Clara Oswald who was a few years ahead of me in one of the schools I went to but was one of the nicest people I have ever met thought the same. I used to have a paper round and she always stopped and talked to me as well and we hung out in the library at school. She's three years older than me and I haven't seen her in a few months but we text a lot. Obviously our suspicions were right when the ghost turned into metal men I had been dreaming about on and off for the past five years.
The mobile phone on my belt started ringing and I saw it was Jack. Considering I was crouched behind a marble wall as metal men walked around it, it wasn't the best time. "Jack. Not a good time right now" I whispered to the man.
"Nellie thank god" He sighed in his deep American accent. I could have sworn I heard other people sigh in relief as well. "Please tell me your safe and hidden" He asked and I looked around,. Biting my lower lip. Admittedly tears started to fill my eyes as I watched the metal men shoot at anything and everything. I had face aliens before. I mean I was chased down by a Slitheen only a few weeks ago and had to vinegar it. But that was nothing compared to this. That was one alien. This is many and they were clearly more dangerous. I was scared.
"Not exactly" I replied, begging my voice not to crack. "Jack are they like the ones in my dream. The ones that convert humans to be like them. Be like them or die?" I asked and heard a sigh of frustration on the other end. I think Jack kicked something before retuning to his phone. "Jack answer me" I demanded
"Yes Nellie. They will try to make you like them. They're called cyber man. It's that or kill you but only if your compatible. I don't know hat they will do to you. You don't even have a blood group. Look we all know something is different about you Nels. I'm sorry but I don't… I don't know what they will do to you" He repeated. I could hear his frustration. "Just get somewhere safe" He demanded. Jack was going into captain mode now. "TOSH" I heard him yell the name of the girl "Get up Penelope's location" He told the computer genius. I knew he put a tracker in my phone no matter how much he denied it.
"I'm sorry Jack. But I'm right outside Canary Wolf. Torchwood one. If there is some chance I can help stop this my best bet is in there" I told him looking up at the building.
"Don't you dare Red. Don you even dare" Jack replied fiercely. I shut my eyes a moment.
"Sorry jack" I whispered as I hung up the phone and stood up form my hiding spot, using my id to get into the building. It was even more infested with 'ghost' than outside and dodging them was hard but I managed to get to the lift that wasn't working. With a little help from a certain sonic deice though I was soon on my way up to the top floor. According to the plans I had studied before coming here that's where the leavers were to shut down the ghost shift.
As I slowly entered the room I saw a group of people clad in black pop in and blast away the final cybermen in the control room. I stood amazed as I saw the doctor in front of me. "Doctor? Good to see you" A man said as he took of his mask to reveal a attractive blond man with a boyish grin on his face. I was still amazed that the doctor was here.
"Jake?" The doctor said in surprise, staring at the man.
"The Cybermen came through. And so did we" He told the man. So wherever the cybermen came from. It wasn't this world. Neither were they. I felt a hand raise as I swept my ginger fringe behind my ear. I felt my phone ring again which caused the men in the room to look at me. The doctors face looked even more surprised than when he saw the man called Jake. "Who are you?" he asked me
"Penelope Faye. Good to see you doctor" I told the man with a nod.
"Penny. Wha… what on earth are you doing here?" He question. "It's like some weird reunion" The man sighed.
"Investigating." I shrugged "Course I came too late and the cybermen are already here. Jack's panicking because it's probably I'm not compatible to become a cybermen so I'll just get killed on the spot but hey. I'll go down fighting to save others" I shrugged. My phone started ringing "That's Jack now" I sighed as I picked up my phone and declined the call. He was going to kill me for that later if I don't die via Cybermen. I looked at the readings of the machine Tosh built me. It doesn't have a name but I should think of one. Either way it was beeping at me. The readings on the machine made me frown. "Doctor what else is here?" I asked the man who looked up at me with a grim expression.
Jake started ordering his commanders. "You. What is it you do?" He asked me.
"Sort of a freelancer with a bit to much knowledge of aliens. Some stuff for UNIT. Some stuff for torchwood three which for the record is nothing like this place they actually know what they are doing" I sighed. Jake and the doctor both raised there eyes at me in disbelief.
"Last time I saw you, you were a fourteen year old girl in school who wad quite shy" the doctor told me.
"Yes. And now I'm a fifteen year old home school girl who's had to learn to grow up quickly. I've always looked after myself Doctor. The differently is now I look after myself and the rest of earth as well." I told him before turning to Jake. "You do what you have to do. I'm going to see if there is anybody I can get out. I need to know what else is down there" I told him.
"Be careful. I don't know who you are- but your still a child" Jake responded with a curt nod that I replied. It was a sign of respect to each other.
"Young adult actually" I replied with a cheeky wink before running out down the hall. And towards a staircase. I keep running. I don't have any weapons on me so when I see cybermen standing guard over the bottom of the staircase and can here more coming I know I have no other choice. Pulling out my phone I send a quick text to jack Not dead, simply using my phone to blow up a cybermen I sent. I used my sonic screwdriver, the end lighting up purple to amplify the magnetic waves in not only the phone but also the tracker. As the Cybermen turned around at the sound of the screwdriver I threw the phone at it. Hitting the metal man straight in the chest and watched as he was electrocuted and fell over before I continued to run.
Down the stairs I met a woman with dark blond hair and a tanned face. "Hello" I told her. "Should we carry on running?" I asked and the woman nodded.
"Yeah" She breathed out. "I'm Jackie. Jackie Tyler" she told me.
"Penelope Faye" I replied. It wasn't too long before Jackie's phone started ringing. I could only here one half of the conversation but I could here her say my name.
"Where are we. There's a fire extinguisher" Jackie cried and I laughed slightly.
"North corridor staircase three" I told Jackie and heard her repeat what I said. It wasn't long before whoever was on the phone hung up on her. "Was that the doctor?" I asked her, making a wild but surprisingly accurate guess as she nodded. "I met him twice. He was my school teacher I think your daughter was the dinner lady" I added thoughtfully and Jackie couldn't help but smile
"Yeah. Rose did tell me about that" She said. We run towards a corridor only to be met with two lots of cybermen. As we try to run down the corridor we were met with two more. Before I could do anything they were shot down. Jackie's face says it all. The man who did it. Who shot them down was somebody very dear to her. I found myself walking over to the doctor, Rose Tyler and Mickey Smith who both gave me a look of surprise. I remembered Mickey best of all. He did drive a car through my school doors after all.
All of us watched the reunion between Pete and Jackie Tyler. It brought tears to my eyes. It actually got me thinking about my parent's the ones who abandoned me. If I ever met them again, what would our reunion be like? I suppose I would scream and shout and cry but I would forgive them. Because that's who I am. I always forgive far too easily but I hardly ever forget.
Soon everything is swung back into action and we remember where we were. But it wasn't just cybermen. Not any more. There was the pepper pots I used to draw when I was only seven years old. The ones that Jack told to always shoot in the eye. Daleks. "How are there Daleks here. They're just picture. Nightmares I drew" I gasped as they came near. I felt myself freeze up. The doctor looked down on me and took my hand, giving me a reassuring squeeze before we both started running through the warehouse, careful to avoid any Daleks and cybermen.
Eventually we were in Yvonne Hartman's office and I watched from the window as the genesis ark opened up and thousands of Daleks spilled out. "Time lord technology. it's bigger on the inside" he said.
"Did the time lords put the Daleks in there. What for?" Mickey asked. I looked in realisation.
"It's a prison ship" I gasped. "The time lords put the Daleks into there to hold them and now there all out. How many?" I asked the doctor who looked down.
"Millions" he replied. The Daleks were spread across the sky and the cybermen were pointed up, all trying to shoot the Daleks. The nightmare tin cans however were killing all life forms. Cybermen and human alike.
Doctor can I use your phone?" I asked him and eh nodded, handing it over.
In the center of Cardiff, several figures were sat on the floor in defeat. There was nothing they could do. Jack was still pacing. He knew, he felt it that his little Nellie was still alive but he couldn't be certain. Sure he phones the girl all the time and sends gifts but he hasn't actually seen her in three years. Something he regrets deeply. It was only Gwen Coopers first week and none of the other torchwood members had been faced with something like this either, none of that Jack.
Suddenly the sound of a phone cut through the silence and Jack was quick to answer it "Hello" He called.
"Jack" The voice of Penelope Faye filled up the torchwood hub and everybody visibly sighed in relief. "Jack listen. It's not just cybermen. It's Daleks. Millions of them. I'm not sure when or if they'll hit you but right now there killing both the cybermen and human's. I managed to get rid of one using the sonic on my phone to increase magnetic waves and blow it up that way. The doctor is here. As is Rose Tyler, Mickey and Jackie Tyler." she said. "Jack it's just like my nightmares" she added with a shaky voice.
"Penelope listen to me, just this once. Please try to save yourself" Jack begged. He knew it was no good. The girl would give up her life to save somebody.
"I can't do that jack. I love you all. You the closest thing I ever had to a parent you know. Your like some weird cross between a dad and a big brother" she said. "This isn't goodbye. This is just a heads up. You kill those pepper pots if you can. they've invaded my nightmares enough. I won't let them mess with my reality" She said determined before hanging up. In a fit of frustration Jack through his phone against the hub wall before walking of into his office, slamming the door shut behind him.
I hung up the phone and passed it back to the doctor, sending him curious looks. He was wearing 3d glasses on his face that looked very strange. "Void stuff" He grinned at me and I chuckled slightly. The smile was more forced than normal. "The Daleks are bristling with it, Cybermen all of them. I just open the void and reverse. The void stuff gets sucked back in" The doctor smiled.
"Pulling them all in" Rose grinned
"Pulling them in" The doctor repeated.
"Sorry but what is the void?" Mickey asked. I looked up from where I was standing.
"It's nothing. An empty space. Dead space. Some call it hell" I answered. "Basically he's sending them all to hell. But you just said. All of you other than Myself and Jackie. You all have that void stuff. You'll get sucked in too" I said concerned for these people. Rose looked up at the doctor for a further explanation.
"She's right. that's why you have to go." he said sadly to Rose. "Back to Pete's world. Eh. We should call it that. Pete's world. I'm opening the void but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side" The doctor said. Whilst Rose argued to stay I sat down on the floor. I was safe. I hadn't been to the void. "Are you alright?" he asked em and I nodded. "You could go as well. To Pete's world. Start a new life" he offered and I saw everybody looking at me.
"No I can't. My family and life is here. It may be a rather screwed up one that includes aliens and people I Haven't seen in years and only speak to over the phone but hey. that's my life. You should go though Rose" I told the blond girl who stared at em angrily.
"And who are you to say that" She demanded and I shrugged.
"No one special. But I would go if I was you. You have a family, a mum who loves you, a man who would follow you to the ends of the earth and back and a chance to live a normal life. I was abandoned at birth, left in the streets in the middle of winter. I would do anything to have a mum who cares about me. I made myself a new life, got myself a father figure and raised myself from the age of five. In my opinion your lucky" I told her and I saw her clench her jaws. She couldn't argue with me as much as she wanted to.
"Then why aren't you going"? She asked me
"Not my mother" I shrugged simply. I stood up and went over to the large window where I saw a scared child huddled up in a corner. I looked at the small boy and felt my heart clench. I've been there. I've been that scared child. "Doctor. I probably won't see you again. Not for a while at least. Take care. All of you" I told them. I paused to give Jackie a reassuring kiss on the cheek.
"Where are you going?" The doctor called as I opened the window. There was actually a drainpipe to hold onto which was extremely handy.
"There's a scared and crying child. I'm not going to sit there and let them cry" I called as I made the leap and grabbed hold of the white drain. I heard Jackie comment that I was as mad as the doctor. I disagree. I don't think I'm that mad just yet.
Finally I managed to reach the child "Hey, hey. Whats your name" I told him in a hush whisper as to not frighten him further. The boy looked up at me with wide eyes. "I'm Penelope. Only special people are allowed to call me Nellie but you can if you want" I offered and the boy took my offered hand.
"I'm Joe" he told me in a quiet voice. "I'm scared" He told me. I used my thumb to wipe away stray tears. "I lost my mum, I let go of her hand" he told me. I wrapped an arm around him and pulled him further into the dip underneath the bench.
"I'll help you find your mum. Do you want to know a secret" I told the boy who looked up at me with brown eyes that were glistening with tears. He nodded at me "There is a man up there in the building" I said, pointing to Canary Wolf. "He's called the doctor and he is going to save you. He saved me before and he's saved the whole earth lots of times in secret. Nobody even knows but he's there. The doctor is the earth's guardian angle. Sometimes he gets angry, sometimes he gets sad and sometimes he gets lonely but you know what. He is always, always kind and he will always help" I told the boy. "Whether you're a boy who just wants a family, somebody who can't find the internet or even if you're an old whale" I said making the boy laugh slightly. "The doctor will help you" I whispered.
Just as my speech finished the cybermen and Daleks were being sucked into the room with the doctor. Joe watched in amazement. "Is that the doctor doing that. He really is saving us" Joe grinned and I nodded.
"Yep that's the doctor" I grinned and laughed along with the boy. It took a few minutes but finally the cybermen and Daleks stopped being sucked in. They were all gone. "He won't even get a thank you" I sighed sadly. Joe looked at me.
"Thank you doctor" He said to the air and I looked at him and repeated the words. "Can you help me find my mum please Nellie?" he asked me and I nodded. "Are they gone for ever those things?" He asked me and I looked down at him before looking back at the sky.
"Joe listen to me. I'm going to tell you something but you can't tell anybody else until the time is right. Can you do that?" I asked him and he nodded, his face filled with confusion. "One day the sky is going to go dark in the middle of the day and planets with take the place of stars. Those pepper pots in the sky. They're called Daleks. They are going to come back. When they do you need to hide. Under your bed, in a wardrobe. Even the attic if you must. You and your family and don't say a word. Don't fight back just be quiet and they won't bother you. You need to do this for me okay?" I asked his desperately.
"I promise" He said and I smiled. We walked for a while, me holding the small boys hand until we came across a woman who looked like Joe. "MUMMY" He yelled running into the woman's arms. She hugging him tightly, lifting home of the ground. "Mummy this is Nellie. She looked after me" he said and the woman kissed my cheek and hugged me tight. Thanking me over and over before attacking her sons face with kisses.
I managed to slip away whilst this was happening. It wasn't me that they should be thanking. I slipped into a red London phone box and rung the familiar number. "Jack?" I said. Not waiting for him to reply. I realised something then. I want to help. I want to look after the earth. But I don't wan tot do it with labels. "Jack I'm going away for a while. Doing my own thing. I'll call you when I can. Loves you Captain" I said before hanging up and walking away from the phone box and into my new life.
It's funny how a near death experience can change you. I've had a few of those. I was a brave child up until the age of nine. I would talk to strangers and tell them my dreams, desperate for somebody to listen. After years of being called a freak I built myself a ten foot wall around myself and hid behind it. I was incredibly shy and nervous. It only took one visit to an old friend for that to change. For me to start believing in myself. When I was fourteen I met the doctor and Rose and Sarah-Jane and Mickey and I decided I want to be like them. I want to be confident with who I am and I want to help people. Now at fifteen I'm changing again. I can feel it. I won't be dependant on other people. I won't seek others approval. I am my own person. I am strong. And I am a survivor.
I have dreams. Dreams that make me a freak but they're more than that. I dreamt this would happen. This exact event would happen when I was five years old. The monsters in my dreams are real and so are my nightmares. I should have listen to jack years ago. I used to think I was cursed. I was an outcast because of them. Now I can use them. I can help people because there's no help for me. I'm destined to be alone. I've accepted that. But I can stop others from falling to the same fate. And that's exactly what I'm going to do.
Look out world. I'm coming to save you