The Madman

by emshepherd75

This is my first fic so sorry its so short: After the Doctor loses Rose he travels alone for a bit and when a Dalek ship shows up in central London he runs to help. Along the way he runs into two best friends who are eager to help no matter what dangers they face or how many times he tells them to stay put. First in Intertwined Destinies.

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Suddenly a dark figure tackled us from the side just as the Dalek fired a blue ray from its whisk end. It was the Doctor. He pulled us up, grabbed our hands, and said, "Run!" and we did.

"I told you to stay put!" he said as we rounded a corner because the Dalek was following us.

"Haven't you figured out that I'm not going to listen," I huffed. We stopped running in front of a door. The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver.

"What are you doing. We have to keep running." Selina said.

"Just wait," I said

The door clicked open. The Doctor pushed us in, and closed the door after himself. The Doctor stared at the door waiting for the Dalek to pass and a few seconds later it did. After all that running, I was having trouble breathing.

"Erin, are you ok?" Selina asked.

The Doctor came over, looked into my eyes, and I saw his eyes for the first time. They were so beautiful but looked thousands of years old.

"She has asthma," Selina explained to the Doctor. "Erin do you have your inhaler?" She asked sounding worried.

"Yes." I wheezed. I pulled it out and took 2 puffs of it. The Doctor scanned me with his screwdriver. He looked genuinely worried about me even though we just met.

"It'll be ok. It will pass in a second." I lied. The Doctor looked like he wasn't going let me continue on with him, but then he said, "Ok, then. Let's go."

We left the room walking much slower than before and headed back towards the roof door.

"Doctor, what was that thing?" Selina asked.

The Doctor's eyes looked sad as he said, "That was a Dalek. They are the worst creatures in the universe. They've killed entire races and now I have to stop them from destroying another one." He said and then whispered to himself the word "again". Selina and I pretended not to hear it.

When we reached the roof door he turned to us and asked, "Ok. You can either stay here or come with..."

"With you." Selina said before he could finish.

"Are you sure?" He looked at our faces and knew we were sure. "Ok." He opened the door and we climbed up to the roof the Doctor stood under the ship and called up to it. "This is the Doctor here and these are my two companions."

"Your what!?" Selina exclaimed.

He waved her off and spoke to the ship again. "Permission to come aboard?" He asked with a smile.