I should have also pointed out that his is sorta AU, sorta not. It's hard to explain, but it'll become more apparent at the end of the story :)
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Matt kept hold of her hand as they all dashed out of the room, only to end up in a metallic hallway. Everything was apparently uniform, because Daleks had no imagination so why would it be anything but practical? It stretched out either side of them, both turning the same direction at the ends but giving absolutely nothing away about their location.
"What do we do?" Danni asked all three of them, "We're running, but where? We're in space, we can't get back!"
"We need to hide." Peter replied, "We're still stalling, so we have to make sure we're keeping them looking without actually being found."
"So, which way?" She asked.
"Left." David decided.
"Right." Matt replied at the same time and it just highlighted the fact that none of them knew what they were doing.
"Okay, okay." Danni started, closing her eyes as she thought, "We need to keep the Daleks chasing us to keep them occupied. They're still going to go through with their little plan, so we need to find any humans they have up here and make sure they aren't converted. We also need to try and let the outside world know we're here, so when the Doctor decides to grace us with his presence, we can let him know we're here." God, how the hell were they supposed to do that? "Oh, we're going to have to split up, aren't we? That's never good, you should never split up!"
Peter nodded, hating the idea as much as she did, but they had more of a chance looking in different places, "Right, Matt, you go right. David and I will go left. Whatever you come across first, deal with it." The other two men nodded while Danni beamed, proud of him for taking charge so readily, "Don't do anything stupid, none of us are actually the Doctor."
"Okay, let's get this over with." David finished with a grin, "Allons-y!"
"Come on, Danni." Matt stated, pulling her gently with the hand he was still holding.
"Come along, Danielle." Peter said, having already grabbed her hand to make sure she stayed by his side. Danni yelled slightly at being tugged in two directions, but both men didn't acknowledge it as they stared each other down.
"She's coming with me." Matt told Peter simply, like it wasn't up for discussion.
"You're a child, she's coming with me." Peter replied.
"What? And you're going to keep her safe?" Matt scoffed, "if I'm a child, you're an old man." Danni turned to look at David, an amazed look on her face as the two men continued to argue in the middle of the Dalek ship's hallway.
"What's going on?" She asked quietly, "Are they really arguing on a space ship?" David rolled his eyes before walking over, planting a hand on each of her shoulders.
"Easily settled, I'll look after her." David decided, "Coming, Danni-Girl?" She beamed and nodded, letting go of the other men's hands as the pair left the two other 'Doctors' gawping after them.
"That was surreal." David told her as they turned left, heading left again down the next crossing they came to.
"I didn't know I was so desirable." She replied as they fell slower until they were walking, "Thankfully you're not like that. Ten never was, either."
"Oh, I don't know." David replied thoughtfully as he peaked in the circle window on the first door they came across. There were a couple of Daleks in there, so he quickly ducked back out of the way, "I remember him finding you trying to saw your arm off. I think if he'd come across another version of himself after that, he'd've bitten their head off."
"Really?" She asked, genuinely surprised and he nodded. Above them, flashing red lights and a screeching noise indicated an alarm being sounded.
"That'll be us." David declared, holding his hand out. A tempting wiggle of his fingers and Danni was being dragged along the corridor. Just up and to the left of them, one of the automated doors opened and two Daleks wheeled themselves out.
"Doctor located! Doctor located!" They screeched, just out of time with each other and David and Danni skidded to a halt.
"And the other way!" He cried, both of them narrowly avoiding being shot at as the Daleks gave chase.
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The room was dark, which seemed like a good sign. David ushered her in first, glancing behind them for Daleks before closing the door. Danni was still not sure why Daleks insisted on splitting their ships up into different sections, surely it would have been easier for them to get around in one, large, open-plan ship?
At that moment, though, she would have thanked them personally if it wasn't for the fact they were the ones trying to kill her and David. They both dashed over to rather large console-like device, with a large sphere obviously for Dalek operation and a large screen with nothing on it, crouching to the floor and hiding behind its thick base.
"Did they," she paused, panting, "see?" David shook his head.
"I don't think so." He replied uncertainly, almost doubled over as he tried to catch his own breath, "Wow, how does he do this all the time?" He was never one for feeling old, but every part of him hurt and he could barely breathe, "Seriously, how does he do this all the time?"
"I have no idea." She gasped in reply, "I can't. Bloody Time Lord Biology."
"But you are a Time Lord." He pointed out and she shook her head.
"Part human." She reminded, "Two hearts, no stamina." They both jumped as the door opened with a 'whoosh', much like they did on Star Trek David noted, and they fell silent. Danni clung to his arm as they both tried to not breathe too loudly and he placed his free hand over hers. She looked down at it, then up at David's face, who was staring at the corner of the console like he was expecting something to come around it at any moment.
'Theta?' She mouthed, completely stunned by just how much like Ten he looked at that moment. David was actually the one who looked least like his incarnation of the Doctor, having aged just a little bit over the last five years, but at that moment she really couldn't tell the difference. The way he held himself, ready to run if he had to, hand grasping hers so she wouldn't be left behind. It all reminded her of later Ten, the last Ten she saw who'd told her he loved her.
The door closed again and there was no sign of anything having entered or left. Still, they stayed quiet and crouched down until they were positive enough time had passed, and Danni sighed sadly, falling against David as she relaxed.
"I hate this." She muttered, "All I want is to go home."
"Hey, we'll get you there." David promised with a smile, "We've just got to do the whole 'saving the world' nonsense first. I thought you'd be used to this by now." He peaked over the console, reminding Danni of the scene from Partners in Crime where he- the Doctor and Donna kept missing each other, "There's nothing here." He stood up, helping her onto her feet afterwards.
"I don't save the worlds. The Doctor does." She corrected, "I think I'm more of a reason that he does it." She didn't like that train of thought. Whenever she tried to figure out what she gave to their relationship, it became very apparent very quickly that she didn't do much at all. She was a comfort, sure, and a constant like he always said, but he was so much more to her. It made her feel incredibly self-deprecating, which she hated because for the most part she didn't really dislike herself.
"So, how did you get your wife to agree to this?" She asked him, "Even if she's been in the show, I'm quite surprised anyone would like their husband going up against Daleks."
"Actually, she was surprisingly okay with it." David replied as he poked the sphere control with a small frown of thought, "She was incredibly jealous that I got to meet you, though. I've been told you're to come 'round for tea."
"Really?" Danni asked happily, "I'd really like that." David turned, having expected her to politely decline, the Doctor didn't really do domestic so he'd expected her to be the same. They shared a bright smile then the room was illuminated as the screen came to life. They both jumped away in unison as it divided itself up into multiple images, spreading out into a grid formation. Danni was unfazed by the technology, but David watched it, amazed.
"Did you do that?" Danni asked and David shrugged.
"I just poked it." He defended and she giggled. Different views of the ship were displayed, obviously different cameras trained on different areas. In the top right was Matt looking very confused, hands in front of him just like Eleven when he'd touch something he wasn't supposed to. Danni tugged on David's sleeve, pointing just in case he'd missed it.
"Hey, look, it's Matt!" She exclaimed, waving like a child. Matt looked very confused, then slowly waved back, "Oh my god, he can see us!" David looked up above the screen, spotting a tiny camera in the corner.
"Up there." He told her, "Everyone can see us."
She grimaced, "Crap, that means the Daleks can too, right?" He nodded grimly. She turned back to Matt, holding her hand flat and using two fingers to run across it like legs before pointing at him, "Run, they can see you." She said aloud, even though he probably couldn't hear them. He shook his head, pointing at the screen that was in front of him before holding up three fingers. She frowned, then counted three across on the top row. It was just an empty room, so she went down one and gasped, "It's the hostages!" She exclaimed.
"Can you see Jenna?" David asked as they both examined the screen.
"No." Danni growled, "There's too many of them and the camera's too far away." She looked at the rest of the screens, "I can't see Peter, either. I hope he's okay."
"He's probably just better at hiding than us." David reassured her, "We need to get moving. We can't do anything here, neither of us are Daleks." She nodded slowly, looking back at Matt. She put both of her hands to her lips, blowing him a kiss before waving at him to let him know they were leaving. He shot her a smirk and a two-fingered salute and she and David dashed back into the hallway.
"Left or right?" She asked him.
"Well, we came from the left." He replied, "Let's head right." She nodded in agreement and let him pull her down the hallway.
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John stared at the spot where Danni had just been stood, ready and waiting to make his big entrance in front of the camera as Captain Jack Harkness for the first time in entirely too long. One minute they were there, the next all four of them had disappeared in a shimmering blue light.
"Cut it!" Alex cried and Steven turned the camera off, ending the transmission. They all dashed into the middle of the make-shift set.
"Where did they go?" Billie asked, all made up ready to look like Rose. There hadn't been much in it, just a change into something much more comfortable, really.
"It must have been the Daleks." Catherine replied.
"Hold on, so they're up there with Daleks?" Billie exclaimed, "They'll kill them all on sight!"
"It's not like we can do anything." Alex pointed out, "We can't get up there without help, and I'm not up for calling a Dalek, are you?"
"We can't just not do anything." Billie argued, "They're up there with Daleks!"
"Let's finish the video." Freema suggested and they all turned to her, "Let's get it on the internet and let the Doctor know exactly what's happened. He still might be able to save them, and Jenna too." With a nod, John ran back over to the camera, pausing before hitting record. It had to be quick, too much information and it could be too late, or the Doctor might just ignore him.
"Doctor, my name is John Barrowman." He said purposefully, "You'll know me as Jack Harkness. The Daleks are here, and they've taken the men who play you. They've taken the actors and they've taken Danni. You have to save them." He turned off the camera again, quickly logging onto any social media account he could think of, "It's going to take a while to upload." He told them.
"I don't think it matters anymore." Alex replied and he turned around to see them all staring across the set. A wind with no source blew around them as a blue box materialized like magic. His mouth dropped slightly as it solidified and the door opened. Out stepped a man in purple, his brown hair in falling over one side of his face in a quiff, a bow tie around his neck. He seemed just as startled to see them as they were to see him.
"Oh, hello." He told them, "Hi, erm, you all look very familiar. Sorry, I was just looking for someone. Don't suppose you've seen her. About this high," he motioned to just below his shoulder, "Blonde hair, brown eyes?" They all just stared, completely blown away by the fact the Doctor was in front of them. He seemed to realise this and motioned over his shoulder with him thumb before clasping his hands together in front of him, "Ah, yes, the blue box..."
"You're looking for Danni, aren't you?" Alex asked and he nodded, blinking slightly in confusion. She looked like River, but she wasn't the Pond child, she was definitely just human. Who was she?
"River?" He asked slowly, testing the waters and she shook her head.
"No, I'm Alex. I play River on TV. We're all actors, and Danni came to us looking for help because we've all been on the show and we've dreamt about her for years." She explained, "She thought that with our knowledge of your universe we might be able to help."
"Help with what?" He asked, now looking suspicious of all of them.
"The Daleks." John replied and the Doctor spun to look at him.
"The Daleks?" He repeated and John nodded.
"She thought it would be a good idea to make them think that you were already here." He explained, "Because with three of you, there was a chance that the Daleks might at least stall in their plans."
"Why would there be three of me?" The Doctor asked nervously, "I'm right here."
"Because they're not you, they just played you on the show. David, Matt and Peter, they play your Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth selves." John continued, "But when they were making the video they were taken..."
"The Daleks have Danni?" The Doctor interrupted, suddenly looking a whole lot more serious than he just had been. The change in his focus was slightly startling, actually.
"You have to save them." He replied, "We can't get up there, they're trapped!" The Doctor stepped back, obviously about to run back into his TARDIS when another, stronger wind picked up around them. Another two TARDIS's appeared next to the Doctor's, from the left came Ten and the right came Twelve.
"Why are you still here?" Twelve snapped, "I was led to believe you actually cared about where she was?"
"Of course I do!" Eleven exclaimed angrily, seemingly not for the first time at the older incarnation, "This is where you told me she was!"
"Well, she obviously isn't." Twelve snapped, turning to look at them for the first time, "Who are these people?"
"Looks like your memory really is failing you, Granddad." Ten told him, catching Billie's eye and smiling fondly, "Hello, Rose."
"Billie." She corrected with a quick shake of her head. The three men really did irradiate something almost intimidating. You could really understand why people would do as they were told by them, "I just played her."
"Ah, sorry." He apologised, not questioning what she'd said at all, "So, where is she?"
"The Daleks have her." Eleven replied.
"Daleks?" Ten asked, surprised.
"They turned up just over a week ago. They've been looking for you, but when they realised you weren't here, they wanted her instead." Alex explained, "We were trying to trick them into thinking you'd turned up when they took her."
"Then why are we stood here nattering like old biddies?" Twelve exclaimed, "Come on, we'll take my TARDIS."
"Oh no, I'm going in mine." Eleven retorted, heading back into his TARDIS.
"No we're not." Twelve protested, "If you try and fly us there we'll miss by at least a hundred years. I'm driving."
"No you're not." Eleven called, dashing in before Twelve could stop him. The older Time Lord growled but stormed in after his previous self. Ten rolled his eyes and started to follow, only to notice the group of people step forward.
"You can't come." Ten told them, "It's safer for you here."
"You can't expect us to sit and wait to see if you save them." Alex replied incredulously, "They're our friends."
"There's already too many people up there." Ten argued, reaching into one of his impossibly deep pockets, pulling out a phone and tossing it to John, "Keep watch, if anything happens you think we should know, give us a ring." He headed into his future self's TARDIS, not in the least bit surprised to find Eleven flapping around the console and Twelve sulking to one side.
"You took your time." Twelve grumbled, "She's not actually Rose, you know?"
"I'm surprised you can remember her name." Ten retorted, "Your memory seems to be failing you these days."
"Stop arguing and help me get to my wife." Eleven interrupted before another argument could break out. Twelve did turn his attention away from Ten, but only to storm over to Eleven, glowering.
"She's my wife." He retorted darkly. Eleven smirked smugly at him.
"Actually," He replied, flipping a switch, "I think you'll find she married me."
"We're all the same man." Ten stated in a singsong voice, wondering if his regenerations really had been so bad that it had rattled his brain.
"I'm the Doctor she's come from." Twelve said, "I'm her husband."
"Were you at the wedding?" Eleven asked, "Didn't think so." The TARDIS shook violently. The bickering stopped, all three men trying to pull her back in line as she speeded towards the ship.
"It doesn't like all three of us being here." Ten stated.
"She." Both Eleven and Twelve corrected and Ten rolled his eyes.
"She doesn't have much power left either." Twelve added, "She's going to struggle making it back."
"We'll fix that when we get Danni." Eleven dismissed as the TARDIS landed with an uneasy thud, "There, see? I can pilot her just fine!" Twelve rolled his eyes, pushing past his two younger selves.
"My Lord, you're a child." He declared, "How she ever fell for your 'pretty boy' face, I haven't a clue."
"At least I don't look like a magician!" Eleven cried, outraged as he followed him out, once again leaving Ten to watch them argue.
He just hoped when he got to finally be with Danni, he wouldn't be such a moron about it.
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Right was a bad idea. Why did he have to suggest right? Danni pushed herself against a wall as a group of Daleks went zooming past, crying out her name in anger but not seeing her. She'd lost David when they'd come face to face with another group of Daleks and now she was wandering around a spaceship on her own, with no bloody clue on how to find any of the three men, or get back to Earth or get in contact with anyone. Basically she was reduced to hiding in the shadows and hoping someone would find her first. Not a Dalek, though. Hopefully the Doctor, but anyone who wasn't a Dalek would be a plus at this point.
Well, perhaps not Missy. Between a Dalek and Missy, she wasn't sure which she'd rather come into contact with. At least a Dalek would be quick.
A hand fell onto her shoulder and she stifled a scream, spinning around, hand raised to smack whoever had touched her. Peter grabbed her hand, stopping her just before making contact with his jaw.
"Danielle, really?" He murmured as she slowly let her hand fall to her side.
"Did you have to sneak up on me like that?" She hissed.
"Where's David?" Peter asked in reply and she shrugged, looking back around the corner.
"I lost him a while ago." She replied, "As far as I can tell he's alright, the Daleks just seem to have been chasing me instead."
"Why do you say that like it's a good thing?" Peter grumbled, taking a look down the hallway himself, "Have you found anything?" She shook her head.
"I think I'm just walking around in circles, if I'm honest." She told him, "I can't say I've noticed any difference between anything I've seen before. It's like it's just the same, long corridor."
"Me too." He agreed, "Come on, then." They both stepped tentatively into the next hallway, following the sharp angled corner right. At the end was a door, which is obviously where the Daleks that had been following her had disappeared into.
"Maybe we should head back that way." She suggested with a nervous giggle.
"There's nothing that way." He told her, "That's why I was heading this way."
"But there are Daleks that way." She pointed out, "What's through there except certain death? I thought you were against me getting killed!"
"If the Daleks are heading that way, there must be something there, correct?" He explained slowly, like she was an idiot and she glowered at him.
"Fine, Mr Fake Time Lord!" She retorted, motioning him to go first, "But if we die, you have to explain it to my husband."
"Stop being so melodramatic, Danielle." He scolded, walking close enough for the auto sensors to go off, shooting the door to the side and into the wall. They both peered in, but the Daleks seemed to have exited through another door across from them. The door had opened up onto a small platform that seemed to overlook another large room. They both walked forward to look downwards, Danni grasping his arm with both of her hands when she saw what was down there.
"Oh my god, it's the hostages!" She exclaimed loudly. The large crowd, at least a couple of hundred humans, all turned and looked up at the sound of a female voice above them.
"It's the Doctor!"
"Look, it's the Doctor!"
"Oh my God, he's real!"
The room broke into life, cheering and shouting for the actor next to Danni, who froze in surprise and slight fright.
"I'm not..." He whispered. Seeing all these people put their faith in him to save the day suddenly made him feel like a massive fraud, which was saying something for a man who played other people for a living.
"He's not the Doctor!" Danni shouted, sensing his unease and wanting them to leave him alone, "He's Peter Capaldi, but the Doctor is coming, I promise!"
"How do you know?" A loud voice called up.
"Because I'm his wife!" The crowd scoffted and she glared down at them all, "Hey, you're on a ship full of Daleks, how about we stop deciding what we think is real or not?" They fell to a quiet murmur of voices, which was good enough for her, "Jenna, you in there?"
"Danni!" She heard Jenna shouting before she saw her hand waving in the air.
"Come on, let the woman to the front people! Friends of the Doctor and all the rubbish!" Danni demanded and the crowd slowly parted, allowing the brown-haired actress to come to the front, "Are you okay, sweetie?"
"Fine!" Jenna shouted up, "Is the Doctor really coming?"
"I bloody hope so!" Danni replied, "Is there any doors or anything to get through down there?" Jenna shook her head.
"Not that I can see."
Danni nodded, of course there wasn't, "Right, so reversing the teleport it is." She looked at Peter, "We can do that, right?"
"I wouldn't even know where to begin with that." He replied quietly, looking quite overwhelmed. She shrugged.
"We'll just find consoles and poke things until it works." She explained, "That's what the Doctor does half the time, I'm sure of it." Without waiting for an answer, Danni turned back to the crowd, "Ladies, Gentlemen and variations thereupon," She called down, "I believe we've all outstayed our welcome, don't you? Me and my wonderful friend Peter here are going to go look for a way to get you sent home. Try not to panic, and try not to do anything foolish. And if we can't find a way, the Doctor won't be far away. He'll save you all, so just hang tight!"
"How can you be sure?" Someone called up, echoed by a load of cheers. She rolled her eyes.
"Don't you listen?" She snapped, "I'm his wife and I'm on a Dalek ship. You think he's really going to just leave me here?" She turned to Peter, "I can see why he gets annoyed sometimes, you know? Listening seems to be a trait a lot of people lack!" She looked down at Jenna, "We won't be long, sweetie!"
"Oh, I'm not going anywhere!" She called back up, "I'm not an idiot."
"Good lass!" Danni praised, pulling Peter out into the hallway once again, "Right, so we're looking for a room with some sort of controls in. They've got sleeper Daleks, so they can't all be Dalek-friendly."
"You're seriously just going to poke things until they work?" He asked and she nodded, trying to decide which way to go. That way was back the way she'd come. Well, she thought so anyway. And that way was the way Peter had appeared, maybe that was the best way to go.
"I don't see what other choice we have." She replied. But then again, she'd been running for a good portion of it. She'd not had a chance to look in anywhere. Yeah, that was probably the best way to go after all. She started walking, Peter falling into step quickly by her side, after all he did have much longer legs than she did, "We need to at least try to save them, right?" He couldn't argue with her there. Seeing all those people looking up at him in hope, like he could save them all had actually hit her harder than anything that had happened so far. He didn't know what to do, they were basically working off a half-formed idea with zero knowledge behind it. All those people, looking at him like he was their lifeline. What could he do? Was this how the Doctor always felt?
"I have a question." He declared, deciding to take his mind off the lives riding on him and turned his mind to the ginger woman in front of, "It's been bugging me for a while."
"Shoot, sweetie." Danni replied, opening a door and finding nothing but spare Dalek parts, "Oh, I did always wonder about that." She muttered.
"How did you get away from Missy?" He asked her and she paused, back straightening as the image of the woman laughing flashed through her head, "I dreamt about what happened during that episode."
"It's a long story." Danni dismissed quickly, "I can't remember where I started running from." She explained, "But there were a few places I had to dismiss to, you know, not die." Peter nodded, frowning slightly.
"That makes sense." He agreed before going back to his question, "But the Doctor saved you, right?"
"Of course." She snapped back, "He always saves me. That's why we know he's coming now."
"How?" He asked, "I mean, you were hidden quite well, if I remember correctly."
"It's a long story." She dismissed again, "Look, he saved me, I'm fine and away from that terrifying woman. How about we drop it?" She opened another door, her heart pounding as the fear she'd felt trapped in that little room, all alone, came back to her. She'd spent most of her time during her time with Missy alone, except from when that door opened and that was infinitely more terrifying...
There was a person in the room, who spun on his heels, alarmed. Matt pulled out his prop screwdriver and pointed at them in reflex and Danni rolled her eyes, silently thanking everyone and everything that he was there.
"It's a toy, what are you going to do with it?" She teased and he lowered it, blushing slightly.
"It's reflex." He grumbled in embarrassment and she shook her head.
"Found anything useful, Spaceman?" She asked and he turned back to the control panel. He'd not moved since she and David had appeared in the corner of the many screens. He'd seen them get separated, but he'd actually managed to get the Daleks off Danni's trail by sending them after a false location report. He'd gotten quite good at using the controls, many of which had no labels or much difference between them at all.
"I saw David heading west on his own." He explained, motioning to the screen in the middle of the left-hand column of images, "I managed to send the Daleks following him towards the north instead." He was basing the directions off which way he was viewing them, but as he had no way of comparing, they would do for now, "The Daleks that were following you are following another sighting of you over here," he pointed to a screen that displayed what appeared to be the main control room, "I'm just sending them fake points so they've been directed away from." Danni looked up at him, completely amazed.
"That's brilliant!" She exclaimed, "How the hell did you manage to work that out?" He shrugged.
"Just prodded a few on the controls to see what they did." He replied, "I somehow managed to hack into their internal communication for the ship. It's not the hive mind, but it's keeping them all in contact." Danni turned back to Peter, looking smug.
"Just prodded a few controls, eh?" She said pointedly and he sighed at her.
"Showing off, Danielle." He warned, joining the pair on her other side, "What about the holding room for the humans? Have you found anything to do with that?" Matt shook his head.
"Not anything I can understand." He replied apologetically, "But," he pressed a couple of seemingly random buttons, "I did find this." Two of the screens disappeared, replaced by two shots of the same room. It had what appeared to be full of upright medical tables with straps, wires dangling off them.
"That's the conversion room, isn't it?" Danni asked quietly, all happiness at Matt's new-found abilities gone. He nodded solemnly.
"No one's been in there yet." He promised her, glancing over to see her looking disturbed. He wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her up against his side, "If we can find a way to cut the power to it, no one can get converted, right?" He offered. She nodded slowly. It reminded her too much of the table the Silents has strapped her to when they'd flooded her mind with the four-beat drumming.
"I guess." She muttered, "I'd be happier if I knew they couldn't get the hostages out in the first place, though."
"Can you deadlock the doors?" Peter asked Matt, "They'll be trapped in there, but the Daleks couldn't get in either." Matt shrugged.
"I have absolutely no idea." He replied before grinning, "But let's give it a shot!" He pressed a couple of buttons as an empty room appeared in the middle screen, slightly bigger than all the rest, "Right, er," he pressed a couple more buttons, but that only served to zoom in on the camera, "nope. What about..." He moved across the control panel, pressed a couple of blue keys and the lights flashed in the room before the door seemed to slam down. A large exclamation mark appeared inside of a triangle, all yellow with the world 'DEADLOCK' flashing along with it.
"That was... surprising easy." Danni commented, surprised. Peter nodded in agreement.
"That was incredible luck." He agreed. Matt just smirked smugly, spinning on the spot before fixing his bowtie.
"Oh, I am good." He crowed, "I am magnificent." Danni giggled, oh, he was adorable. Just like Theta had been, in fact.
"Do we have a feed of the hostages?" Danni asked Matt, who nodded, bringing it up on the centre screen, "Okay, Peter, go tell them what we're going to do. We'll watch from the monitor and we'll only do it when you're out." He nodded, turning to head out when she grabbed his arm, "Please be careful, yeah?" He opened his mouth to ask her exactly what else she thought he was going to be, when he saw the fear in her eyes. She was terrified for him, and the insult died before it had even formed. He patted her hand, gently removing it from his arm.
"I'm quite capable of looking after myself, my pet." He scolded and smirked at the small, sharp intake of breath from her. He might not be able to save all the rest of the humans, including Jenna which was hurting him more than he'd like to admit, but he could keep her calm and safe, "I'm more worried about you stuck here with pretty boy." Matt gasped, turning around and looking deeply offended.
"Pretty Boy?!" He exclaimed and Peter shrugged.
"If the bowtie fits." Danni giggled as he left, heading towards the room.
"He's meaner than I remember." Matt grumbled and she took his hand, giving it a squeeze in comfort.
"He's just jealous." She promised and he nodded.
"That has to be it." He agreed, "I mean, I'm your favourite Doctor, right?"
"You know you're all the same man, right?" She pointed out and he nodded.
"But I'm your favourite, right?" She sighed, chucking her hands up in the air.
"Sure, you're my favourite." She replied, having long given up this argument. Twelve had been just as bad about it, she was used to him fighting with himself.
"Knew it." He replied, turning back to the screen to see Peter head into the large holding room, "Ah, here we go."
"Doctor!" Danni screamed in surprise as all the screens changed into one, large picture. There was a group of Daleks parked in the middle, all staring at them through whatever camera they were using, "We have found the Doctor!"
Danni clung to Matt's arm as she glanced at the door, "Well done." Matt drawled, "Taken your time, haven't you Dalek?" She looked up at him, surprised at just how quickly he slipped back into the persona once again, "Sending your little army after me?"
"You and the Time Child will be brought to us, where you will be exterminated!" It replied angrily.
"Ah, well, that's where the problem lies, isn't it?" Matt replied as the door behind them opened. Danni spun and relaxed as Peter stepped in, eyeing the screen distastefully. Even though she was surprised he'd been so quick, she was so happy that he was there and not with the Daleks. If she only knew where David was, "You're not just up against me, are you? There's three of us, all here because you threated Danni. I thought you would have learnt by now."
"She is your greatest weakness." It told him, "She will lead us to your downfall." Matt felt Danni tense up at that and his eyes narrowed. He knew how scared she was of that, the entirety of his time with Clara had been filled with how terrified she'd been of being a weapon to be used against him.
"She is my wife." He snarled at every Dalek he could see on that screen, "She's my Danni-Girl and you threatened to hurt her. You tried to use her against me." He pulled her hand up, placing a kiss on the palm again, hoping it would relax her, "Quite frankly, I expected more from you, Dalek. Running into your own demise seems rather foolish."
"You are the Doctor." The Dalek replied, "You are merciful."
"Not when it comes to her." Matt promised. Danni spared another glance to Peter, who was still stood off to the side, channelling her husband perfectly. His stance, the way his had his hands in his trouser pockets, the glare, it was just him. No wonder he'd been such an easy cast.
"She will be the first to be converted." The Dalek replied before the transmission went dead. After a moment she turned to Matt, grabbing him by both of his arms and jumping up and down.
"Oh, you're so good at this!" She cried and he beamed, breaking out of her grasp to spin on the spot, clapping his hand.
"I can see why this is so addictive!" He rambled, "The adrenaline is wonderful. I feel like I could fly!"
"It's amazing isn't it?" She agreed, "And you can pull him off so well! We need to get you monologuing, then you'll be just like him!" Matt's heart was racing, this was the best thing he'd ever done. He'd loved his time on Who, and even though it was the right decision, he'd hated leaving the Doctor behind. But this was so much better, he was actually being the Doctor, he was fighting off real Daleks who were terrified of him, even if they wouldn't admit it.
He turned to Danni, stopping the energetic pacing he'd fallen into, and paused. Her wide eyes, the pink in her cheeks. She was looking at him like he was the most wondrous thing she'd ever seen and he could see why the Doctor showed off to her.
He didn't know why he did it, perhaps because he was building himself up to act like the Doctor, and it was what he would do next. It was like the Time Lord was rushing through his veins, and it was so addictive he followed along with the instincts just so it didn't disappear. Without thinking, he grabbed her, pulling her up for a searing kiss.
Danni didn't fight back, she closed her eyes and fell into it very quickly. Almost three years without the Doctor and to have him suddenly kissing her again… the fact that it wasn't really him didn't matter. His lips felt the same, the way his hands clutched at her hips was a feeling she'd not felt since he'd regenerated. He pulled her closer, their mouths moving in harmony and she let herself slowly fall into it, sucking on his bottom lip just slightly. God, it felt so nice to be touched again…
Then, suddenly, she was falling to the floor and Peter had Matt by his collar, looking absolutely murderous at the younger man.
"Keep your hands off my wife." He snarled, shaking him once for good measure.
"Peter, it's okay." Danni reassured, scrambling up and rushing over, "Let him go, its fine really. It's what the Doctor would do next, it's just him being in character." She was quite surprised, really, at his reaction. Peter was reacting just as the Doctor would, but they weren't being watched, so she didn't understand why he was being so angry. Then again, she was still rather surprised at Matt's reaction as well, perhaps they shouldn't have done this at all. She didn't want them to lose themselves to her husband, but maybe this along with the link had been too much. This was getting out of hand, these men didn't deserve to be turned into her husband just because she missed him. She shouldn't have kissed Matt back, she should have pushed him away.
She just missed him so much.
"Yeah, it was…" Matt started before trailing off, his eyes wide in shock, "Oh my god." Danni frowned as he stared over Peter's shoulder, not at all bothered about the way he seemed to be one step away from killing him. Danni frowned and followed his gaze to the door, where Peter also seemed to be stood. Her breath left her completely as she stared at the man in the door, the man who was most definitely was Peter Capaldi, who seemed just as shocked as she was.
She turned around slowly to see the man next to her letting go of Matt, his grey eyes burning into her. Her mouth moved as she tried a few times to actually say something, but she couldn't find her voice. She stopped and tried to take a deep breath.
"Theta?"