"And that weird muchkin lady with the big eyes?" the Doctor laughed as he was in the middle of retelling a story to Mickey, just as the Hatter walked in.
The Doctor and Rose were slumped on the captain's chair, both laughing as Mickey stood next to the console, pressing something that the Hatter couldn't see from where she was standing, but she guessed that the Doctor had told Mickey to do so.
"Do you remember? The way she looked at you!" he continued, looking at Rose as they both laughed, "And then she opens her mouth and fire comes out!"
Rose let out an ear piercing shriek of laughter, "I thought I was gonna get frazzled!" she giggled.
"Yeah!" the Doctor nodded, almost clutching his sides as he laughed, the Hatter shook her head as she watched him fondly, "One minute she's standing there, and the next minute-rawwwh!" he began mimicking fire coming out of his mouth, Rose doing the same before going back to laughing all over again, "It reminds me of when me and the Hatter blew up the Rani's laboratory and the Rani was still working inside it".
"I remember that," the Hatter smiled, making everyone jump, not seeing her first enter, "For a moment there, I thought the Rani was going to breathe fire herself, or at the very least kill us, but luckily for us she was too busy yelling and calling us every swear word in the Universe".
"And then there was that time we accidently set fire to the Master's bedroom when he was off studying, and we started running around the room, trying to put it out when he walked in," the Doctor started laughing again, making the Hatter crack up laughing as well, "I can still remember the Master trying to strangle me while you tried to pull him off me".
Both Time Lords eyes meet, setting them off once more as Mickey glanced at Rose, noticing that she was glaring at the Hatter. He looked around for something to say and thought about what the Doctor and Rose had been talking about before. Clearing his throat, he looked over at Rose, "Where was that, again? What happened?" he asked her, trying to sound convincing.
Rose gave Mickey a small smile and went to answer, but the Doctor got there first, "Oh, it was on this um...uh, this...uh planet thing, asteroid," he tried waving it off, clearing his throat as he forced himself to look away from the Hatter, "It's a long story, you had to be there..." he said before frowning at Mickey, "Um...What're you doing that for?"
The Hatter frowned and walked around the control panel to see what was going on, frowning as she looked back over to the Doctor, "I thought you asked him to do this, didn't you tell him that he could stop?" she asked him.
"When was that, anyway?" the Doctor asked, trying not to look at the Hatter's face. Not that it would be much use; she always seemed to be able to tell when he was lying, just as he could with her. He guessed that was what happened when you knew each other for as long as they had.
"About half an hour ago..." Mickey trailed off as he saw the Hatter's face darken, looking as if she was going to slap the Doctor.
"Doctor!" the Hatter shouted, giving the Doctor a cold look, "Do you really want me to slap you because all you had to do was ask, you know?"
"Um," the Doctor winced, still not looking at the Hatter. She could be scary when she was angry, "You can let go now".
Rose snigged slightly and the Hatter gave her a look that made her stop, looking at the ground, embarrassed by her actions to Mickey. Mickey, after all, was her friend and therefore she should have been treating him as such, not laughing at him.
"Well, how long's it been since I could've stopped?" Mickey asked, letting go of the button, trying not to blush.
"Ten minutes?" the Doctor winced at the look on the Hatter's face, "Twenty?...twenty nine..."
"Doctor," the Hatter shook her head, giving him a disappointed look, making him wince at how disappointed she sounded, looking down.
"You just forgot me!" Mickey exclaimed, glaring at him.
"No, no, no!" the Doctor said quickly, trying to defend himself, "I was just...I was just...I was calibrating. I was just...no; I know exactly what I'm doing".
"I'm glad someone dose," the Hatter gave the Doctor another look, shaking her head at him. She knew that the Doctor and Mickey didn't get along as well as they should, what with being the Doctor's companion, but that didn't mean that the Doctor had any right to treat Mickey the way he did, especially after it was clear that Mickey had never done anything wrong.
Suddenly, the TARDIS console exploded, sending both Mickey and the Hatter flying backwards as they had been standing right next to the console. The TARDIS started shaking violently, sparks flying around, jolting, as flames began flying everywhere. The Doctor half jumped out of his chair, running over to the console, frantically trying to stop whatever was happening.
"What's happened?" Rose shouted over all the sound, trying to keep herself attached to the chair as she was tossed around.
"The Time Vortex is gone!" the Doctor yelled loudly, ducking slightly as sparks flew up at him, "That's impossible! It's just gone!"
Mickey glanced over to were the Hatter had been standing before, but he couldn't see her until he looked over to his left hand side, only to see her lying on the ground. From what he could see through the sparks coming off the consol, she wasn't moving and she wasn't holding on to anything, simply lying on her back with her red hair covering her face. Her hat was missing and she looked odd without it.
"Brace yourself!" the Doctor yelled, grabbing hold of the console, "We're going to crash!"
And as if on cue, the TARDIS did, throwing them all backwards as gas marks fell from the ceiling, and the lights went out, sending them in to the dark.
"Everyone alright? Rose? Mickey?" the Doctor asked, looking around as he slowly pulled his self-up from the floor.
"I'm fine," Mickey called, slowly moving over to the Hatter, "But I think the Hatter could be a lot better," he adding, sounding very concerned as he reached the Hatter.
Faster than Mickey or Rose thought the Doctor could move, he had rushed over and kneeled beside the Hatter, and carefully pulled her into his arms. He gently moved her hair from her face to show a gash in her hairline, slowly blood trickled down her face. She was un-concessions from the blow from hitting something, more than likely from hitting one of the side rails.
"Rose, get me the first aid kit and a damp cloth," the Doctor told her, not looking up from the Hatter. Rose did as she was told and after a few minutes of the Doctor cleaning and stitching the cut up, the Hatter looked less pale and more herself, despite her still missing her trade mark hat.
"Is she going to be alright?" Mickey asked as the Doctor finished wiping the blood from her cheek.
"Right as rain," the Doctor said softly, forcing himself to relax as he told himself over and over that she would be alright, that he wouldn't lose her again, not after he had just got her back, "But I'll have to watch her closely for the next few hours. That was a nasty knock she took and I wouldn't be surprised if she is a little confused when she wakes up".
"I don't think we have to wait long for that," Mickey commented, just as the Hatter slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times to bring things in to focus.
"Ow, what happen?" the Hatter asked after she worked out that she was lying in the Doctors arms and that Mickey and Rose were also sitting next to her.
"We crashed and you hit your head," the Doctor told her gently, so not to worry her too much, "Don't worry, it's only a small cut and in a few hours later you should be feeling like your old self".
The Hatter frowned slightly, feeling as if something was wrong when it hit her, "Doctor, what's the matter with the TARDIS?" she asked, her voice sounding softer then usual Something's wrong I can feel it".
The Doctor blinked at her for a moment before looking over his shoulder, "Its dead...the last TARDIS in extinct, dead," he breathed, sounding stunned, unable to fully believe it, not wanting to.
The Hatter winced at how hollow the Doctor sounded, "I still don't know where my TARDIS is," she remarked, trying to distract him, "I think it's on Earth some were, but I'm not sure," but it didn't seem to work, so she tried to move, only the Doctor didn't seem to notices and didn't loosen his grip.
"You can fix it, yeah?" Rose asked, trying not to get annoyed at the Hatter. It wasn't her fault that she got hurt, it could have happened to any of them, after all.
"There's nothing to fix's," the Doctor sighed, finely noticing the Hatter trying to sit up and began helping her.
"Well, we've landed…we've gotta be somewhere," Rose tried to reason, trying to grasp at straws. The TARDIS couldn't be…well, dead. There had to be something they could do, after all, they were Time Lords, weren't they supposed to know this sort of stuff?
"We fell out of the Vortex," the Hatter groaned slightly, closing her eyes and putting her head back against the wall that the Doctor had lent her against, "Finish off Doctor, it hurts to think right now," she mumbled.
The Doctor frowned at the Hatter, looking concerned, "like the Hatter said, we fell out of the Vortex, through the void, into nothingness," he explained to the humans, "We're in some sort of no-place...the silent realm...the lost dimension".
"Otherwise known as London!" Mickey called from the doorway, grinning. While the other three had been talking, he had decided to investigate outside and discovered something quite interesting.
They looked over to see Mickey walking outside, laughing. Rose quickly climbed back on her feet and followed after him. The Doctor blinked a few times, having not expected that to have happened before shaking his head and quickly helping the Hatter get up, following after his companions, but at a slower pace.
"London, England, Earth. Hold on..." Mickey was saying as they came outside to see a place that looked very much like London but with only one big deferent's that the Doctor and Hatter had noticed. Mickey jumped down a small stone wall, grabbing an abounded newspaper and reading the cover, "First of February this year…not exactly far-flung, is it?"
Rose jumped down beside him, still trying not to notices how the Doctor was helping the Hatter to stand as she stood beside Mickey, looking around.
"So, this is your London?" the Hatter asked, sounding and beginning to look more like herself as she tried not to smile.
"Yep," Mickey nodded, almost seeming to be smug at having known something the Doctor hadn't.
"Your city," the Doctor looked at him.
"Just as we left it".
"Bang on".
"And that includes the zeppelins?" the Hatter and the Doctor asked in unison, looking up at the sky.
Rose and Mickey stoped what they were doing and looked up at a zeppelin, just as it flew overhead, "What the hell..." Mickey breathed, staring up in wonder.
"That's beautiful," Rose smiled, also looking up.
"I have to agree with you there," the Hatter nodded as she slowly walked over to them with the Doctor right next to her, eyeing her in case she should feel dizzy.
"Okay, so, it's London with a big international zeppelin festival," Mickey shrugged.
"This is not your would," the Doctor said and the Hatter nodded before wincing as she felt a sharp pain shoot through her head, just on her temple.
"But if the date's the same..." Mickey said slowly, confused before an idea came to his head, "...It's parallel, right? Am I right? Like a parallel Earth where they've got Zeppelins, am I right? I'm I right, aren't I?"
"The next time, Mickey, someone tells you that you're not smart, you tell me," the Hatter smiled at him, "Because you really are brilliant".
"Must be," the Doctor nodded, still watching the Hatter, carefully.
"So, a parallel world," Rose nodded, still trying to not look at how close the Doctor was standing beside the Hatter, "Where..."
"Oh, come on," Mickey said, turning to face Rose, "You see it on films. Like an alternative to our would were everything's the same but a little bit different, like...I dunno...traffic lights are blue, Tony Blair never got elected..."
"And he's still alive..." Rose gasped, staring at a poster of a man holding a bottle of some sort of health drink, "A parallel world and my dad's still alive..." she started walking over to it with the Doctor, Mickey, and a little slower the Hatter as they followed after her.
"Don't look at it, Rose," the Doctor told her sternly, "Don't even think about it. This is not your world".
"But he's my dad...and..." she reached over and touched the poster. The picture of Pete sprung to life, saying 'trust me on this' before winking back at them, "Okay, that's weird," she breathed, "But he's real! He's a success!" she smiled, recalling what her mother used to tell her about him, "He was always planning these daft little schemes, health-food drinks and stuff. Everyone said they were useless. But he did it".
The Doctor grabbed Rose's shoulders, making her turn around to look into his eyes. The Hatter also moved closer to help the Doctor to explain.
"Rose, if you've ever trusted me, then listens to me now," the Doctor said urgently. Rose glanced over her shoulder at the poster, "Stop looking at it!" she turned back and looked at him, "Your father's dead. He died when you were six months old. That is not your Pete. That is a Pete. For all we know, he's got his own Jackie, his own Rose. His own daughter who is someone else, but not you," Rose started to turn around but stopped herself.
"I am sorry, Rose, I really am," the Hatter told her quietly, but sternly, "But you can't see him. Not ever. I'm so, so sorry".
Rose didn't answer as Mickey touched her shoulder, comfortingly. The Doctor gave Rose another look before putting his arm around the Hatter and helping her to walk back inside the TARDIS.
...
"Doctor, I'm fine," the Hatter sighed as the Doctor walked her inside the TARDIS, "It's only a small cut".
"You were still out cold for fourteen minutes," the Doctor replied, frowning as he gave her a sideways look.
"Doctor, I'm a Time lady," the Hatter reminded him, rolling her eyes, "I have had worse and I don't doubt that I will in the future as well".
"I don't care," the Doctor said, turning the Hatter around to face him, "I could never forgive myself if something happened to you. Look, I know that you're a lot stronger then you look, but for now, just let me worry about you".
"But I'm fine," the Hatter sighed, "Missing my hat and with a slightly sore head but still fine".
"If you so fine then what is the speed of light?" the Doctor asked at once, raising his eyebrows.
The Hatter opened and closed her mouth a few times before sighing, "Okay, so maybe I am less fine then I thought," she admitted reluctantly before adding, "But I don't need you to be standing next to me all the time. Anyway, it's Rose you should be concerned about".
"Rose?" the Doctor blinked, "What do you mean Rose?"
"I mean that we have just landed in a parallel would were her father is still alive," the Hatter pointed out, "She's the one you should be watching, not me".
"Mickey can look after her," the Doctor said and as if on cue, Mickey walked inside, making the Hatter give the Doctor a look, "I told you to keep an eye on her," he sighed, looking at Mickey.
"I told you, Doctor," the Hatter shook her head, "But no, Mr Know it all won't listen to the woman who just might know more about women then he, human or not".
"She's alright," Mickey shrugged.
"She goes wandering off, parallel world, it's like a gingerbread house," the Doctor groaned, "All those temptations calling out".
"Oh, so it's just Rose then?" Mickey glared at the Doctor, "Nothing out there to tempt me?"
"Of course not, Mickey," the Hatter cut in, giving the Doctor another look, "I'm sure there's plenty but…" but the Doctor cut her off before she could finish.
"Well, I don't know," the Doctor said, talking over the top of the Hatter, "I can't worry about everything...if I could just get this thing to..." he suddenly kicked the TARDIS console.
"Doctor, you know how much she hates it when you kick her," the Hatter frowned at him, but he ignored her.
"Did that help?" Mickey asked.
"Yes," the Doctor as the Hatter laughed.
"Meaning no," the Hatter laughed.
Mickey joined in the Hatter's laughter, "Did that hurt?"
"Yes," the Doctor said before rubbing his foot, "Ow. We're not meant to be here. The TARDIS draws its power off the Universe, but it's the wrong Universe. It's like diesel in a petrol engine".
Mickey frowned, "But...I've seen it in comics. People are hopping from one alternative world to another, it's easy".
"Not in the real would, Mickey," the Hatter sighed and the Doctor nodded.
"Used to be easy," the Doctor said, "When the Time Lords kept their eye on everything, you could hop between realities, home in time for tea. Then they died, took it all with them, the walls of realities closed, the world's were sealed. Everything became that bit less kind".
"My Grandfather was the person to invent the machine that first made it possible," the Hatter commented, "He was made Lord President because of it. By the time I was around, though, he was already dead. Shame to, my father told me that he was a lot like me. Didn't like rules, well, most rules".
"Wish I could have met him," the Doctor smiled slightly.
"But how did we get here?" Mickey asked.
The Doctor looked at the Hatter who was frowning.
"Sorry Doctor, but you saw yourself earlier," the Hatter frowned, "I'm still having trouble with things I could have worked out without needed to think about before hitting my head".
"To bad you don't have a hard head like me," the Doctor smirked at her before becoming serious, "I dunno. Accident? Should've been impossible, now we're trapped".
Suddenly, the Hatter kneeled on the floor just below her feet, "What was it you used to say in school? Nothing is impossible, just a bit unlikely".
"What is it?" the Doctor asked, also kneeling down.
"What?" Mickey asked, watching them.
"That there..." the Doctor pointed at a small green light that the Hatter had seen, "Is that a reflection?"
"It can't be a reflection because there is no light for it to be coming off," the Hatter reminded him.
"It's a light!" the Doctor cried excitedly, "Is it? I think that's a light! That's all we need!" he and the Hatter removed the grilling floor just above the light, "We've got power! Mickey, we've got Power! Ha!"
The Doctor quickly jumped down, pulling things out of his way as he went.
"Carful, Doctor," the Hatter called down to him, "She's already going to be upset with you for kicking her, you don't need to add pulling her apart".
"It's alive!" the Doctor cried, reaching the light.
"What is it?" Mickey asked.
"Nothing," the Hatter said, smiling, "It's tiny, insignificant little power cell".
"Nice to see that you're starting to sound like your old self, Hatter," the Doctor called up to them, "It's clinging onto life. But with one little once of reality tucked away inside!"
"Enough to get us home?" Mickey asked, hopeful.
"Not yet," the Hatter replied, moving out of the way so the Doctor could climb out, "It will need changing up".
"We could go outside and latch it up to the national grid!" Mickey suggested, grinning.
"Wrong sort of energy," the Hatter smiled at Mickey, "But brilliant idea".
"It's gotta come from our Universe," the Doctor told him.
"But we don't have anything..." Mickey trailed of as the Doctor looked at the Hatter who nodded.
"There's us..." the Doctor said, putting the power cell on his hand and leaning forward at the same time that the Hatter did the same thing. They both took a deep breath before blowing on the cell, making it glow brightly.
"We just gave away five years of our lives," the Doctor told Mickey, grinning, "Worth every second!"
"Usually you would give it ten years, but with two of us, we just have to give it five each," the Hatter added, "You know, Doctor, I think your right about starting to sounded like my old self".
"It's going out," Mickey frowned, watching as the glow died down, "Is that okay?"
"It's on a recharging cycle," the Doctor said, "It'll loop round, power back up and be ready to take us home in...Hatter what do you think, twenty four hours?"
"About that," the Hatter nodded, "Maybe twenty, if were lucky".
"So, that gives us twenty-four hours or so, in a parallel world?" Mickey asked as the Doctor gave the power cell a small kiss.
"Shore leave!" the Doctor grinned, "As long as we keep our heads down. Easy. No problem!" he pocketed the power cell and helped the Hatter to stand up, putting an arm around her when she swayed slightly.
"Sorry, got a little dizzy," the Hatter breathed, leaning against the Doctor, resting her head on his shoulder.
The Doctor frowned slightly, looking deeply concerned once more, "Okay, so let's take it slow".
The Hatter rolled her eyes, "I just got a little dizzy. Anyway, we had better go and tell Rose the good news".
...
They found Rose sitting on a bench outside, looking at her phone. The Doctor made the Hatter sit on the bench before sitting between Rose and the Hatter.
"There you are!" the Doctor grinned at Rose, "You alright? No applause, the Hatter and I fixed it!" he held up the power cell, "Twenty-four hours or so, then we're flying back to reality," Rose didn't even glance at it, to lost in her own thoughts, "What is it?"
"My phone connected," Rose told them, softly, "There's this...Cybus network, it finds your phone. It gave me internet access".
The Hatter frowned at the name 'Cybus network' but decided to think about when her head wasn't hurting anymore, or at least until things were a little more sorted.
"Rose, whatever it says, this is the wrong world," the Doctor said.
"I don't exist," Rose said, ignoring the Doctor.
"What do you mean?"
"There's no Rose Tyler," Rose repeated, "I was never born. There's Pete, my dad, and Jackie...he still married mum...but they never had kids".
"I'm so sorry, Rose," the Hatter told her, sincerely.
The Doctor reached out and tried to take the phone away, "Give me the phone".
Rose pulled away from his reach, "They're rich. They've got a house and cars, and everything they want," she paused a moment, thinking, "But they haven't got me," she stood and walked away from the bench before turning back around, "I've gotta see him".
"I'm sorry, Rose, but you can't," the Hatter said as the Doctor helped her to stand up, "That's not how it works".
"I just wonna see him," Rose said, talking more to the Doctor then the Hatter.
"I can't let you!" the Doctor said and the Hatter nodded.
"You just said twenty-four hours," Rose pointed out, slowly backing away.
"Rose, doing this is breaking just about every rule," the Hatter said, "You can't become his daughter".
"That's not how it works," the Doctor agreed before turning to Mickey, "Mickey, tell her".
"Twenty four hours, yeah?" Mickey asked, looking thoughtful.
The Doctor and the Hatter looked in-between them, "Where're you going?" the Doctor asked, looking worried.
"Well, I can do whatever I want!" Mickey said, moving back.
"Please, Mickey, don't do this," the Hatter pleaded, the last thing they needed was to get into a fight, or worse, to be separated from each other.
Rose started walking backwards, "I've got the address and everything".
"Please, Rose, don't do this to," the Hatter sighed.
"Stay where you are, both of you!" the Doctor called to them, looking frantic, "Rose, some back! Mickey, come back here right now!"
"I just wonna see him," Rose repeated.
"Yeah, I've got things to see and all," Mickey agreed.
"Like WHAT?" the Doctor turned on him.
"Doctor," the Hatter gave him a look but he was to busy looking at Mickey to see.
"Well, you don't know anything about me, do ya?" Mickey said getting angry, "It's always about Rose. I'm just the spare part".
"No, you're not, Mickey," the Hatter shook her head, despite how true his words were when it came to the Doctor, but defiantly not to her. Or though they hadn't known each other long, both she and Mickey had managed to form a bon, one that reminded her of her old companions.
"I'm sorry," Rose called before walking away, "I've gotta go".
The Doctor looked in-between Rose and Mickey as they both walked away.
"Go on then," Mickey called, gesturing to Rose, "No choice, it there? You can only chase after one of us, and it's never gonna be me, is it?"
The Hatter was about to walk over to Mickey, but the Doctor tightened his grip on her and looked back at Rose before looking at Mickey, "Back here in twenty-four hours," he told him before pulling the Hatter, quickly but carful as they tried to catch up with Rose.
"Doctor, one of us should go with Mickey," the Hatter said. trying to pull away, but the Doctor was moving too fast, "Why can't I go with Mickey and you with Rose?"
"Do you know what the speed of light is, yet?" the Doctor asked, not stopping.
The Hatter sighed, "If anything happens to him..."
"Don't worry, I'm already starting to blame myself," the Doctor sighed.
...
Rose, the Hatter, and the Doctor walked along the streets while Rose filled them in on Mickey's family. The Hatter was still upset about not being with Mickey, but she had to agree with the Doctor about her head still not being right.
"Mickey's mum just couldn't cope," Rose explained, "His dad hung around for a while, but then he just sort of wandered off. He was brought up by his Gran," Rose smiled, "She was great woman. God, she used to slap him!" she laughed.
"Poor Mickey," the Hatter sighed, "His Gran reminds me of the Doctor's mother. Remember how she used to hit you on the back of your head if she thought you were being rude".
The Doctor laughed, "Good old mum. Too bad she believed in rules and that Time Lords where better than everyone else. But she was a lot better than most Time Lords".
"She still didn't stop your father from kicking you out of your own house," the Hatter frowned.
The Doctor didn't say anything else so Rose went back to her story.
"And then she died," Rose said sadly, "She tripped and fell down the stairs. It's about five years ago, now. I was still in school".
"I never knew," the Doctor shook his head as the Hatter nodded her agreement. Mickey hadn't told her anything about his family, mostly talking about his time with Rose and Jackie.
"I don't think it's something you would just say when you first met someone," the Hatter sighed.
"That's Mickey. I s'pose I...we just...take him for granted. Do you think she's still alive, his Gran?"
"I hope she is," the Hatter said, "For Mickey's sake, anyway".
"Could be," the Doctor said nodded at the Hatter, "Like I said, parallel world, gingerbread house. We need to get out of here as fast as we can".
Suddenly, a short alarm sounded and everyone around them froze. The Doctor, the Hatter, and Rose looked around, not understanding what was happening.
"How odd," the Hatter remarked, walking over to a man.
"What're they all doing?" Rose frowned.
"They've stopped..." the Doctor frowned, "Look at that!" he said, going over to the man that the Hatter was looking at and waving a hand in front of his face.
"It's the earpieces...like a Bluetooth attachments, but everyone's together," the Hatter said thoughtfully, looking around.
"It's the earpieces…" he trailed off, blinking a couple of times as he looked back at the amused Time Lady, "I was just about to say that".
The Hatter laughed and nudged his side.
Rose's phone beeped and she pulled it out, "It's on my phone. It's automatic, look. It's downloading. Is this what they're all getting?" the Doctor and the Hatter peered over her shoulder as Rose began to scroll through the daily updates, "News...international news...sports...weather..."
"They must get direct download into their heads," the Hatter said.
"TV...schedules...lottery numbers..."
"Everyone shares the same information. Daily download published by Cybus Industries".
The download scrolled down to 'Joke' and everyone around them laughed before going back to their daily lives.
"They really need to work on their jokes," the Hatter remarked, reading the joke with an unimpressed look, "How can people think this is funny?"
"You lot, you're obsessed," the Doctor shook his head, "You'd do anything for the latest upgrade".
"Oi...not my lot," Rose reminded him, "Different world, remember..."
"It's not that different," the Hatter shrugged, "It's only parallel".
The Doctor grabbed Rose's phone and pressed a few button's, "Oh, look at that. Cybus Industries owns just about every company in Britain, including Vitex. Mr. Pete Tyler's VERY well connected".
Rose looked up at the Doctor, looking hopeful.
The Doctor sighed, giving in, "Oh, okay. I give up," he tossed Rose's phone back, "Let's go and see him".
"Your pathetic, Doctor," the Hatter shock her head, "You sound just like a father with his daughter begging you to give her a lollypop".
Rose gave the Hatter a cold look before walking off with the Doctor giving the Hatter an amused look.
"You know me Hatter," the Doctor said, "It wouldn't be a lollypop, now a bag of jelly babies, now you're talking".
Sorry about the long update but I had school and didn't get much time to do any writing for the past week. Now, let's just say that the Hatter's family played a very big role in making Gallifray, and that she was very powerful member and would have been even more respected if she hadn't become friends with the Doctor, but even before she met the Doctor, she never fitted in with the other Time Lords because she didn't like the rules and she acted differently than a normal person in her role would have. Anyway, I hope you liked it, please review and tell me what you think :)
Edited 2/08/2013.
