Smith, Jones, and Anderson- Part 1
It was a full month until Susan Jane Anderson was fully recovered physically. Mentally was another issue entirely. The Doctor and Susan never had their 'chat' but it was clear that Susan would never forgive The Doctor. She knew that It was not The Doctor's fault, but she was having a hard time dealing with not being able to see any of her friends or family again. She didn't even know if they were alive.
The Doctor was worried about Susan. She was drawing into herself. She would spend hours on end in the hologram room, staring at her city. The Doctor hoped that one day, Susan would forgive him, but he knew that it would take time. The Doctor was looking at the console screen and the Tardis beeped at him. The Doctor frowned slightly at the readings.
The Tardis had been tracking some weird energy spikes at a hospital in London. As far as he knew, the energy spikes were harmless. But, to be on the safe side he would go check it out. He asked the Tardis, in his mind, where Susan was. The reply took longer than usual, which was a bad sign. The Tardis would always ask Susan if The Doctor could go to her. Sometimes she would say yes, other times, no. The Doctor would always respect her wishes.
The Tardis replied Susan Jane Anderson says yes to your request, but Doctor, I suggest caution. The Doctor went to go ask her if she wanted an adventure.
I was sitting in the library reading up on alien races. So far I had read about Slitheen, Ice warriors and Judoon. I knew I was going to meet Martha one day so I was currently half way through a book on the Judoon when the tardis said in my mind The Doctor wishes to see you. "Tell him I'm busy." I muttered.
The Tardis usually granted my request but today she says You really should see him. Something about a hospital. My book falls to the ground. Hospital. I thought. Martha. I take a deep breath and say "Yes, fine. Tell him I said yes." I picked the book back up off the floor and waited for The Doctor.
A few minutes later The Doctor knocks on the library door. "Susan, can I come in?"
"Yes." I called. The door slides open to reveal The Doctor, still in his blue suit. The Doctor comes over, glances at the piles of books next to me and the book that I was reading.
"Reading up about aliens?" The Doctor asks.
I hesitated and said, while still reading "I should be prepared."
The Doctor takes a deep breath and says "I've been monitoring some weird energy signatures in a hospital in London. Do you want to come check it out?"
I look up at The Doctor, and smile and say "Definitely. Let me change first."
"OK." The Doctor said. "Meet me in the control room in 10 minutes."
"Sure." I said. I closed the book, placed it on the chair and went to my room.
My door was a solid blue color, like the outside of the Tardis, with a silver name plate that said Susan Jane Anderson. I went in. The walls where the outline of parallel NYC. There was a queen sized bed in the middle, up against the wall. The floor was hardwood with soft blue rug in a circle in front of my bed.
There was a three doors in my room. One led to a lab, where I could be Susan the genius. One led to a bathroom and the other led to a closet. I glanced at the corner of the room and saw three violins on stands, like for guitars but for violins. One was a regular style, wooden. The other, blue in color and electric and the third, an alien version, like Earth's but five strings instead of four.
The closet door slid open to reveal a wardrobe, chosen for me by the Tardis. After I finished showering and picking out my cloths, I looked at myself in the mirror between the closet and the bathroom. I was wearing pair of dark blue jeans, green camisole and a jean jacket to go with it. I also chose sneakers, because I knew I was going to be running soon. My brown hair was now down to my shoulders, so I put it in a ponytail to get it out of the way.
I went into the bathroom, put on make-up, to outline my brown eyes then said "Yep, already for my first real adventure with The Doctor."
"Well then class. John Smith was admitted in yesterday with severe abdominal pains. Jones, why don't you see what you can find." My head snapped up from the book I was reading. I looked at The Doctor, then back at a young dark-skinned medical student whom I remembered as Martha Jones. I forced myself not to get too excited. I was meeting the Martha Jones!
Martha pulled a stethoscope off from around her neck and said "That wasn't very clever, running around outside, was it?" she asked The Doctor and me.
"Sorry?" The Doctor said.
"On Chancery Street this morning. You came up to me and took your tie off. You picked it up." I tried to look puzzled, but since I saw this episode on T.V. , I knew The Doctor and I hadn't done it yet.
"Really" I The Doctor asked. "What did we do that for?"
Martha replied "I don't know, you just did."
The Doctor continued. "Not me. I was here, in bed. Ask the nurses if you want to."
Jones gave us a weird look. "Well, that's weird, 'cuz it looked like you two."
"As time passes, I grow ever more infirm and weart, Miss Jones." Said Mr. Stoker.
"Sorry." Martha said. "Right." She put her stethoscope to the left of The Doctor's chest, looking puzzled for a moment, before moving it to his right side. Martha's eyes widened as she heard a second heart beating. She looked at The Doctor who just winked at her.
"I weep for further generations." Stoker sighed. I was beginning not to like him, but I remembered that he dies, so I felt a little bit sorry for him. "Are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones?"
Martha panicked and said "Um, I don't know...stomach cramps."
"That is a symptom, not a diagnosis. And you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart." He picked up the chart and snapped his hand back, receiving a small shock."
Martha spoke up, not fazed by Mr. Stokers comment. "That happened to me this morning." She said.
"I had the same thing on the door handle." Said one of the other male students, Morgenstern.
Then the other female student, Swales jumped in. "And me, on the lift."
"That's only to be expected. Mr. Stoker explained. "There's a thunderstorm moving in and lighting is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by... anyone?"
"Benjamin Franklin." I said, my genius self was seeping through.
"Correct." Mr. Stoker exclaimed.
"My mate Ben, that was a day and a half. I got rope burns off that kite, and then I got soaked..." The Doctor said. I laughed. This was one of my most favorite parts in this episode.
"Quite..." Mr. Stoker commented, clearly concerned for Mr. Smith's mental state.
The Doctor continued right through the comment, as always. "...and then I got electrocuted!"
"Moving on." Mr. Stoker said. "I think perhaps a visit from psychiatric." Mr. Stoker whispered to one of the nurses that was passing by. I didn't hear him, but remembered him saying that from watching it back home.
When the class was out of sight, The Doctor got off his bed and stood up. I got out of my chair and put my book down on top of it. The Doctor said. "I noticed how you reacted when Mr. Stoker said the student Jones's name. Do you remember that from the T.V. show?"
"Maybe." I said mysteriously. Then I smiled for the first time in what it felt like was decades.
The Doctor raised his left eyebrow at me. "I'll take that as a yes. Is there anything I should know about her in advance?"
"Doctor." I sighed. "You know I can't say anything that might affect your timeline."
The Doctor groaned. "Fine." He said. "Lets go exploring!"
"Alons-y." I say. I get a glare from The Doctor as I used his favorite catchphrase. After, The Doctor went into a bathroom to change into his blue suit.
During our walk of the hospital, we passed the staff room where Martha Jones was talking on her cell phone and Swales was watching the rain. We walked a couple more feet and the building started to shake. The Doctor and I fell down and rolled around. After the shaking stopped, The Doctor helps me up and says "Was that going to happen?"
I nodded. "We need to get to a window." I said. The Doctor looks at me with a weird look and I take off running to the nearest window.
Before I can reach the window, the doctor pulls me towards his bed and closed the curtains around us. "What are you doing?" I exclaim, then I remember that The Doctor emerges from the curtain in the episode.
The Doctor says "Shhhhhh." and puts a finger to his lips. I nod.
Then I hear Martha Jones saying "Alright, everyone back to bed, we've got an emergency but we'll sort it out." I pictured Martha, in the episode walking over to the window to open it. "It's real. It's really real. Hold on!"
"Don't!" Swales cries. "We'll lose all the air we have."
Then I heard Martha reply."But they're not exactly airtight. If the air was going to get sucked out, it would have happened straight away, but it didn't. So, how come?"
The Doctor pulled back the curtain for his, and my, dramatic entrance. "Very good point, Brilliant, in fact."
Martha blushes and says to me, "I didn't catch your name."
"Susan Jane Anderson." I replied, thrilled to finally be talking to the great Martha Jones.
"Martha Jones." Martha said holding out her hand.
I took it and shook it. "Very nice to meet you." I say. The Doctor glanced at me, I ignored him.
I continue, going on to genius mode. "Well, then. The question is, how are we breathing? There must be something holding the air in, perhaps advanced technology. But we don't have that kind of powerful technology, not yet anyway. I'm guessing forcefield but if we don't have that technology, that means... " I trail off as everyone looks at me, astonished. I blushed. "Sorry, I'm kinda a genius."
The Doctor looks at me with a grin on his face, then at Martha. "Is there a balcony on this floor, or a veranda to check out Miss. Anderson's hypothesis?"
Martha nodded yes. "By the patients' lounge, yeah."
"Fancy going out?" The Doctor asks.
"We might die." Swales says.
"We might not." Martha said.
"Oh Martha Jones, I like you. Come on." The Doctor said, taking her hand and running off.
We followed Martha towards the balcony. I dropped behind to see how Swales was handling this. I vaguely remember from the T.V. show that she had a hard time adjusting . "How are you?" I asked.
Swales looked at me and said "How are you not freaking out?" Okay. I thought. Not the answer I was looking for.
"I'm sort of used to this stuff." I said. Swales raised her eyebrows. "What does that mean?" She asked.
Before I could answer, The Doctor said "We're here." The Doctor turned around to me and saw Swales. "Who said she could come?" The Doctor said.
I glared at him as Swales looked like she was going to cry. "I did." I said to The Doctor. I didn't like how he treated her in the episode.
The Doctor glared back and said "Fine. Now, lets go outside." Martha and The Doctor pushed open the doors. I grabbed Swales hand and squeezed it.
We walked out onto the balcony. I took a deep breath, it would be noticed if i didn't. I already knew what caused this, but everyone else needed to find out for themselves. The Doctor looked at me suspiciously.
"You knew we would be safe." The Doctor phrased it like a question but i knew it was a statement. In response, I picked up a penny on the ground and threw it at the invisible barrier. The barrier rippled blue out from the impact spot like someone dropped a rock in a calm lake.
"Well, that explains it." Martha said, completely missing the somewhat silent conversation between The Doctor and me. I glanced at Swales. She was staring at me. Yep, she listened alright. I thought.
"How does this work?" Swales asked, completely amazed that we could still breath even though she saw the forcefield. The Doctor went into The Doctor mode to explain what happened to Martha and Swales. I barely listened. I noticed noises like engines and knew the situation was about to become more intense.
I turned my attention to the conversation. It was at the point where The Doctor was saying "All those people, suffocating."
"But why?" Martha asked.
The loud rumble got louder and as the Judoon ships flew over head I said "Heads up, ask them yourself." Three huge spaceships landed aways away.
"Aliens." Said Swales, shocked.
"Real, proper aliens." Added Martha.
The Doctor stared at the ship, resentment in his eyes. "Judoon." The Doctor and I said at the same time. The Doctor spun around and said "WHAT?" I shrugged.
"You already know how I know." I told him. "And no, I couldn't have told you earlier. Timelines and all that."
The Doctor glared at me "We'll talk later."
Swales raised her hand. "Um, If I might interrupt, who are the Judoon and how do you two know their name?"
Martha jumped in. "Yes, Doctor, how do you know their name and If I'm not mistaken, you didn't know that Miss. Anderson knew about them either."
I grimaced. "Long story, very long and we don't have time. I'll tell it after this is all done."
The Doctor took over. "Their called Judoon. Their not so bad, compared to others."
"Others?" Swales said faintly. I looked at Swales and said with a grin "Oh yes." Then I rattled off some species that I knew. "Judoon, of course, Slitheen, Sontarans, Slurians, Plasmavores, Time Lords, and many more."
I thought that this was a way I could help without any clear help, but I did emphasise Plasmavores. The Doctors eyes narrowed as he noticed and I winked.
"Oh." Martha and Swales said weekly.
They stayed silent so The Doctor said "Do you want to get closer?" Despite being overwhelmed, both Sawles and Martha nodded. The Doctor took off running.
"Oh, I just love this part." I said quietly. Martha overheard and gave me a look of puzzlement. I winked and continued running.