"Rose? Are you in there?" Alex and Rose heard from behind them both still smiling from their talk. It hadn't been about something important really, just some random things but it took their minds of the situation.
The door slides open and the Doctor enters. He smiles as he saw Rose sitting there but it quickly disappeared when he saw Alex sitting next to her. He jumped off the small stairs and sat on the other side.
"Hello" The Doctor smiled realizing who the boy was "I'm the Doctor and you must be the other hermit"

Alex smiled and waved, wiggling his fingers realizing that the Doctor had met Jean "Alex"

"Aye, aye. What do you think, then?" The Doctor smiled turning his attention back to Rose who was staring at the window.

"Great. Yeah, fine." Rose nodded finally taking her eyes of the window. "Once you get past the slightly psychic paper." The Doctor laughed. Alex looked at her and rested his elbows on his knees. "They're just so…"

"Alien" Alex finished with a small smiled rubbing his head a small headache forming.

"alien." Rose laughed not seeing the Doctor frown at them "The aliens are so alien. You look at 'em and they're alien."
"Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South." The Doctor stated with a blank look on his face.

"Or Clom" Alex stated looking at the Doctor and Rose, a shiver running down his spine. He knew from all the story's Jean had told him to NOT visit that planet.

"Where are you from?" Rose asked the Doctor getting uncomfortable from all their talk about things she didn't knew.

"All over the place." The Doctor said looking at his hands.

Alex opened his mouth to say something and hopefully change the subject a voice spoke

"Alex?" The voice called, muffled by the door. He looked at it before standing up.

"Sorry, but I have to go" He gave Rose an apologizing smile.

"No, it alright" Rose waved it off knowing she was safe with the Doctor. Alex smiled at the Doctor before he walked out of the room.

-1-

Jean and Alex stood in the main hall talking when the Doctor and Rose entered. The Doctor immediately turned to the console next to the door as Rose spotted Alex. She smiled at his which he gladly returned. There little moment was ruined by Jabe who walked over to the Doctor. Alex frowned and turned back to Jean only to realize she was gone. His frown deepened and turned around trying to find her only to see her walking to the Doctor as he smiled at her. Alex ran a hand trough his hair before making his way over to them.

"-Jean is that dodgy or what?" The Doctor asked Jean seeing her walk to them.

"Very dodgy" She nodded smiling at Rose finally seeing the girl in real life. Rose just eyed the girl. She looked about 18 years old. Black curly hair that was in a braid and two sparking green eyes. This girl didn't look alien either. She turned to the doctor only to see him smiling at Jabe and Jean.

"It's the sound of metal. It doesn't make any sense to me." Jabe nodded looking at Jean and the Doctor. They looked human but her scans showed her different.

"Where's the engine room?" The Doctor asked cutting off both Rose's and Jabe's thoughts.

"I don't know, but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest suite, I could show you" Jabe smiled at the pair. "And your wife" She said looking at Jean.

"She's not my wife. "The Doctor said at the same time Jean said. "I'm not his wife"

"Partner?"

"No." The Doctor looked at Jean seeing her just as confused as him.

" Concubine?"

"Nope." Jean answered this time.

"Prostitute?

"What!?" Jean asked nearly choking on her own spit.

"Tell you what" Rose stepped up seeing the black haired girls nearly pop out of her skull. "You two go and pollinate. I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson." Rose pointed at Cassandra before walking off.

"Don't start a fight." The Doctor called after her. Jean blinked rapidly coming back to reality. A prostitute?!

The Doctor just smiled and held out both his arms.

"I'm all yours." He winked at Jabe taking both their arms at either side of them.

"And I want you home by midnight." Rose shouted as they walked out of the room.

"Earth Death in fifteen minutes. Earth Death in fifteen minutes."

-1-

"Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a Captain or what?" The Doctor asked as they moved forwards in a very tight space. Wires decorating the walls right and left. Jean walked behind Jabe eying the wires swearing she saw something move.

"There's just the Steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal mind." Jabe replied.

"You mean the computer? But who controls that?" Jean asked getting rather curious.

"The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another."

"But there's no one from the Corporation on board." The Doctor said after a moment of silence.

"They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha class. Nothing can go wrong."

"Unsinkable?" The Doctor laughed hearing Jean behind him laugh as well.

"If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate." Jabe frowned.

"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." He stopped and looked back at Jabe. "So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?"

"I'm afraid not." Jabe replied shaking her head.

"Fantastic." The Doctor beamed as he walked further into the shaft leading Jean on who still followed him.

"I don't understand. In what way is that fantastic?" Jabe frowned before following them.

-1-

"So tell me, Jabe, what's a tree like you doing in a place like this?" The Doctor asked as they had made it a bit further into the shaft. Jean was behind again, touching some of the wires.

"Respect for the Earth." Jabe smiled walking closer to the Doctor.

"Oh, come on. Everyone on this platform's worth zillions."

"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." The Doctor smirked having to bow his head just like Jabe while Jean had no problem with the height. Finally a good thing about her height.

"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." Jabe looked back seeing Jean stop and look at a wire, tracing it with her finger.

"Excuse me." The Doctor smiled taking his screwdriver out of his pocked sonicing a panel on the wall. Jean looked over for a moment with a small smile on her face.

"And what about your ancestry, Doctor?" Jabe looked over at Jean only to see her put a finger to her lips. Jabe's eyes widen before turning back to the Doctor and resuming "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." Jabe said softly not wanting to startle the man seeing him stop scanning. "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 gave him a soft smile and was about to place a comforting hand on his arm when Jean beat her to it. The Doctor turned to look at her and slowly placed a hand over hers. A tear fell from his eyes before he finished the scan and heading of trough the now open doors. Jean gave Jabe a thankful smile before following the Doctor.

"Is it me or is it a bit nippy?" The Doctor asked looking at Jean as she entered the engine room. Large fans spun along a narrow pathway.

She just gave him a small smile. "A bit, yeah"

"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 said as he turned to scan another control panel. "Gotcha." The panel fell off and a metal spider fell out. It hurried of behind them as they watched.

"What the hell's that?" The Doctor asked as they watched the spider climb the wall.

"Is it part of the retro?" Jabe asked stepping next to Jean who stood just behind the Doctor.

"I don't think so, lava lamps, bug vans, big TV's… no metallic spiders" Jean eyed the spider.

The Doctor who didn't even seemed to notice what Jean just said pulled out his sonic screwdriver. "Hold on. "

Jabe smiled and lifts her arm, a liana shot out of it grabbing the spider dropping it in the Doctor's hands.

"Hey, nice liana." The Doctor smiled at Jabe.

"Thank you. We're not supposed to show them in public."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anybody." The Doctor looked down at the spider. "Now then, who's been bringing their pets on board?"

"What does it do?" Jean eyed it as well crossing her arms.

"Sabotage." The Doctor muttered turning the spider over.

"Earth Death in ten minutes." The computer spoke.

"And the temperature's about to rocket." Jean frowned looking at the Doctor and Jabe "Come on"

-1-

Jabe, Jean and the Doctor ran down a corridor, around the corner to see a number of staff all gathered around the stewards office. Smoke and a horrid smell filled the hallway.

"Hold on." The Doctor moved his way through them to the door sonicing it. "Get back!"

"Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising." The Computer repeated.

"Is the Steward in there?!" Jabe eyed the two hoping they had a plan.

"You can smell him." Jean remarked holding her sleeve to her nose trying to block out the smell.

"Hold on, there's another sun filter programmed to descend." The Doctor said grabbing Jeans arm and pulling her with him. Jabe smiled at them before running after them.

-1-

"Sunfilter descending" The computer spoke as Alex opened his eyes to find himself on the floor. He sat up and looked around to see Rose next to him. He quickly scrambled to his feet and ran over to her.

"Rose!" He shouted dropping to his knees next to her. He let out a breath as he saw her crunch her nose.

"Sunfilter descending" The computer repeated. Alex looked at the window to see the sunfilter rising, allowing the full power of the sun enter the room. His eyes widen as he quickly picked rose up and hurried to the door and setting her next to it.

"Let is out! Help!" He shouted banging his fists against the door, Rose waking up screaming as she saw the sun enter the room.

-1-

The Doctor and Jean reached the room were the filter was rising. The Doctor quickly wiped out his sonic and scanned the door. "Anyone in there?" He asked as smoke filled the hallway.

"Let us out!" They could faintly hear two voices shout. Alex's and Rose's. The Doctor rolled his eyes but scanned quicker.

"Oh, well, it would be you two" He frowned seeing Jean take of her back and search through it.

"Having fun with your girlfriend?" Jean asked trying to distract herself. Alex was stuck, maybe even dying and it was her fault. If she had just left him on earth, to live his life, this would have never happened.

"Shut up and open the door!" They heard Alex shout through the door.

"Hold on. Give us two ticks" The Doctor smirked at the humans.

"Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising" The computer spoke as the little symbols on the screen changed. The Doctor smiled ready to flick the door open when the computer spoke again. "Sun filter descending"

"Just what we need, a computer getting clever" He groaned and crouched down, his sonic in between his teeth.

"Stop mucking about" Rose whined from the other side.

"He's not mucking about. It's fighting back." Jean groaned as she picked up her bag again and moved to the console next to the Doctor.

"Open the door!"

"I know!" The Doctor shouted back. Humans and shouting, at least Jean didn't shout.

"The locks melted!" They could faintly hear indicating that Rose and Alex had moved away from the door. Jean groaned and crouched down next to the Doctor eying the wires. She smirked and took his sonic.

"Oi" he protested actually frowning as she moved closer to the wires with it.

"Oh shut it" Jean muttered sticking the sonic in between the wires.

"Sunfilter rising" The computer spoke. The Doctor's eyes widen but Jean was already on her feet and tried opening the door but no luck. The Doctor plucked the sonic out of the panel and scanned the door but it wouldn't budge.

"The whole thing's jammed. I can't open the doors." The Doctor glared at the door. Jean closed her eyes and turned to the Doctor.

"You'll go, I'll stay here" The Doctor looked at her for a moment before turning to the door.

"Stay there!" He shouted before running off.

"Where are am I going to go, Cardiff?"

Jean watched the Doctor leave before she stuck her hand in her pocked and pulled out a makeshift sonic. She crouched down again and scanned the panel only for it to spark. She jumped and looked at her arm to see a small scorch patch. She just shrugged it off and scanned the door. She stood up again and looked at the door. "The door is open, just wait for it to cool down" She didn't wait for a response she just ran after the Doctor.

"Doctor!" Jean shouted as she rounded another corner, seeing the window at the back wall crack. "Not this way" Jean muttered to herself as she quickly turned around and ran the opposite way. "Doctor!" She shouted again only to stop and smack herself. "The engine room!" She looked around for the right way and ran off again.

She ran through the vent hey had crossed earlier and through the door. Jabe stood at a panel sweating badly. "Jabe" Jean hissed running closer to her and holding the handle down. "Leave" Jabe nodded before she ran out. The Doctor glanced back expecting to see Jabe in flames only to smile when he saw Jean standing there, not a drop of sweat on her forehead. Jean frowned as she saw the last fan still turning fast. The Doctor stopped and looked at the fan before he suddenly stepped through the fan with not a single cut. He jerked forwards and pushed the handle down. "Raise the shields!"

-1-

"Exoglass repaired" The computer spoke as Alex opened his eyes to see the cracks in the window disappear. He breathed before he looked to his left at Rose. She was breathing heavily before she too turned to him and hugged him.

-1-

The Doctor walked back trough the fans to Jean who had let go o the handle. He smiled at her before he hugged her. "Thank you" He whispered in her shoulder. She smiled and hugged him back knowing he cared for Jabe. "You're welcome"

-1-

The Doctor strode into the main room. All the aliens were breathing heavily or shaking but no one was dead. He walked over to Jabe and her associates and gave Jabe a hug to glad she was alright. Jean walked into the room short after. Her arm wrapped in a white cloth. The burn wasn't severe but the Doctor wanted to check it out before they went back to the main room. She smiled as she saw Alex standing there, his arm around Rose, comforting her as she was shaking. Rose looked up as the Doctor walked past a glare on his face.

"You all right?" Rose asked him softly. He hadn't been happy when he saw the burn on Jean's arm. She had risked her life to help him and now she was hurt.

"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." Jean frowned as she eyed the ostrich egg. Shouldn't if had rotted by now? "Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby."

Jean swiftly walks over to the egg and cracks it revealing the transmitter. She smiled before she throws it at the Doctor. He gives her a small smiled before he continues.

"Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed." The Doctor twists the transmitter making Cassandra appear.
"Oh, you should have seen their little alien faces." Cassandra sasses not aware of where she was. "Oh."

"The last human." The Doctor glares at her.

"So, you passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join, er, the Human Club."

"People are hurt, Cassandra. You hurt them."

"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" Cassandra laughs.

"And creak?" Jean asked from her position next to Alex.

"And what?" Cassandra frowned, as much as she could.

"Creak. You're creaking." The Doctor smirked.

"What? Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens. Moisturise me, moisturise me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot!"

"You raised the temperature" The Doctor glared again, not at all sorry for her.

"Have pity! Moisturise me! Oh, oh, Doctor. I'm sorry. I'll do anything."

"Help her." Rose pleaded not wanting to see her hurting even after what she did. Alex gently tugged her towards him offering her comfort.

"Everything has its time and everything dies."

"I'm too young!" Cassandra screeched before she exploded in pieces of skin and blood. Rose looked away hiding her face in Alex's chest as the Doctor and Jean just stood there a blank look on both their faces but Jean with her eyes closed. The Doctor turned his back on Cassandra and walked out of the room not looking back at any of them. Jean opened her eyes before she walked over to the face of boo and crouching next to him. Alex just looked at his friend with sad eyes as he rubbed Rose's back as she shook.

-1-

"Stop it!" Jean laughed as she walked alongside the face of Boo as he was transported back to his 'home'. After Cassandra had exploded she had stayed with Boo not wanting to face Alex or the Doctor. She knew Alex would ask her questions which she could not answer right now and the Doctor needed Rose right now to comfort her. She looked away from Boo as the wheezing noise of the TARDIS reached her ears. She closed her eyes and signed knowing that the Doctor was gone again.
"Have faith child. You will meet again as will we" She heard Boo talk in her mind. She smiled at him just before he was teleported out. With the smile still on her face she turned around and walked to her TARDIS. As she approached the door Alex was already leaning against the wall beside it.

"Hey…" She said quietly.

"Hey…" Alex gave her a small smile moving away from the wall as Jean walked closer to the door and opened it. Jean smiled as she placed her bag next to the Y-beam and walked over to the console. Alex walked in after her and closed the door. "So where are we going?"

Jean looked up from the console. "Y-you want to stay?"

"Yeah" Alex beamed before he coughed and looked the other way. "I mean… For one more trip"

Jean smiled and ran around the console again. Alex learned from last time walked to the railing and held onto it. Jean stopped running and twisted the last knob. "Let's Go!"