Chapter Six: All Dem Hotties Wear Coats

Welcoming Captain Cheesecake.

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I'm touched that you think I'm cool enough to own this.

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Kati-Rose sat on the floor of the library she had conjured in her mind, idly fiddling with her hair. Not her new hair, her old hair. She felt another presence, and jumped up, prepared for an attack, but relaxed and sat down again when she realised who it was.

"Hiya, hot-stuff." she greeted Jack, who had just walked into the room, wearing his trademark WWII coat, "You're cute in your head."

Jack laughed. "This is my perception of myself." he winked, "Speaking of which, why do you look so different?"

"This is my perception of myself." she told him seriously, "I haven't found a mirror outside yet."

He changed the subject, satisfied with the answer. "Liking the mind palace, blossom. Funny, I always thought of you as a secret garden kind of person." he told her, looking around at the beige walls lined with books.

Kati-Rose shrugged, "I have that too, though it's not really a secret. Just there." She jerked her head towards the spiral staircase- sure enough, around the steps there was a small garden that made up her limited knowledge of botany.

Jack laughed. "What's with the solitary confinement?" he asked, sitting down beside her.

"Hardly solitary if you're here." Kati said truthfully, "Speaking of which, why are you here?"

"Don't want to talk to Cassandra." Jack said, "She insulted my dashing good looks."

He posed and they laughed, sitting a while in companionable silence. Kati-Rose couldn't really think of anything to talk about, and Jack was fine with just being there for the girl he saw as his sister.

"Well, best be off. I have a reputation of being dramatic, I have to keep up appearances." Jack told her, and stood up as Kati-Rose did the same.

"See you 'round, hot-stuff." she said, and hugged him just before he disappeared.

She sat back down on the rug, cross-legged, and hummed the Doctor Who theme. Suddenly, the room was filled with a blinding white light and-

oOo

-She collapsed into the Doctor's arms, and he jumped slightly.

"Oh!" he exclaimed in surprise. "You alright?" Kati-Rose tried to get up, but her legs weren't strong enough. "Woah!" the Doctor said, catching her again. "You okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah. Headache." she said softly.

She looked up at his face. His hair was all messed up, and when he saw her watching him, he smiled gently.

"Hello." she told him.

"Hello." he said. "Welcome back."

Cassip (A.N: Cassandra-Chip) broke the moment. (what moment? There was no moment!) "Oh, sweet Lord. I'm a walking doodle."

After making sure that Kati-Rose could stand, the Doctor walked closer to Cassip.

"You can't stay there." He told her sadly. "I'm sorry, Cassandra, but that's not fair. I can take you to the city. They can build you a skin tank and you can stand trial for what you've done."

Cassip considered this sarcastically. "Well, that would be rather dramatic. Possibly my finest hour, and certainly my finest hat, but I'm afraid we don't have time." She smiled sadly, and Kati-Rose gave a sob, attracting Rose's attention.

Her eyes were screwed up (against the headache), and tears (of pain, sadness?) were clinging to her eyelashes. Her skin had a gold tint.

"Poor little Chip is only a half-life, and he's been through so much. His heart is racing so. He's failing." she said. "I don't think he's going to last." Cassandra staggered and fell to her knees as Kati-Rose did the same and vanished in a flash of gold.

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I'm so sorry it's so short! It's less than 700 words, wow. Apologies. If I can get a review from someone other than BowTiesAreCool97 and The Ghostly Horse (though you two feel free to review), I will post the next chapter before Saturday, which is the day I have deemed 'Fanfiction Day'. Yeah. Saturday is now my default upload day, aka the day to expect a new chapter when I haven't bargained an earlier upload date using reviews, and the only reason I will upload new chapters before then from this point onwards is either because I'm very bored or because of the aforementioned bargaining. Yeah... thisissogoingtolast.

Ta-ta (for now),
LoS :D