Title:
Not grounded forever Part 2 - Secret Relationship
Author:
Ree
Theme: Crackfic - "Right Between the Eyes" by
Garbage
Genre: General
Version: AnimeManga Crossover Doctor
Who - Jon Pertwee
Rating: G
They're not mine...they're not yours unless you are Takeuchi Naoko, or the BBC. Well, some of them might be mine.
Not grounded forever Part 2 - Secret Relationship
Pluto growled low in frustration. 'How dare they!? How dare they do that to him?! The Doctor did not deserve that. No one should be forced to regenerate. And then they changed the dematerialization codes for his TARDIS so it can't go anywhere!' Spinning sharply away from her monitor, she watched the time stream swirl. 'At least he is with friends. UNIT and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart will help him.' Even that comforting thought failed to completely soothe her anger and irritation.
As she watched time swirl by, Pluto felt her frustration build. 'Yes, the time lord is with his friends, but he is still trapped in one spot, and there is nothing that I could do about it.' A thought niggled in the back of her mind, but she ignored it. Her most useful tool for protecting the Solar System and the Time Stream, the ally she had come to depend on, was now essentially gone. She glared in the general direction of Gallifrey.
The Doctor tapped the handle of the sonic screwdriver on the table top and tried to figure out once again how he could repair his TARDIS. 'I've replaced all the broken parts, except the chameleon circuit. That one...' He paused to remember the Guardian of Time who had given him that circuit so long ago. 'No... I can't change that one, she won't be able to control the TARDIS then. Her control I don't mind. So.. what is left?' The clink of metal hitting the tile floor distracted him. Looking up, he saw Sailor Pluto standing next to the TARDIS. "Ah! The Lady of Time, it is a pleasure to meet you again."
Pluto rested her gloved hand against the police box, and then looked over at the Doctor. "I think you have been grounded long enough, don't you?"
His blue eyes twinkled as he brushed his hand over his purple velvet coat. 'She is going to set me free. I just know she is. I wonder where she needs me to go now?' Nodding his head, he agreed. "Quite long enough. I'm tired of being used as their yo-yo. They send me out and then bring me back."
Pluto felt a small smile escape her. "Then you need to rise like a phoenix. I don't care what they have to say, you shouldn't be confined here like this. Not that you haven't been helpful, but I think you can do more good roaming through time again."
"I would love to roam, but the TARDIS is in their control, and this time I haven't figured out what is wrong with it." The Doctor tucked the sonic screwdriver into his pocket.
"The other time lords changed the codes." Pluto glanced down at the papers she held. Sailor Mercury had worked very hard on getting the code. But Pluto thought she had had the hardest part, convincing Mercury to do it without telling her why. 'They don't need to know about the Doctor. But Mercury was the only one I could think of who could do calculations in five dimensions.' She handed the Doctor the computer printouts. "Here. Once you've input the code, you will be free."
The Doctor smiled his first genuine smile in a long time. "And they will be very surprised if they ever find out."
Pluto let her smile broaden. "Yes, they would. Use your freedom wisely, Doctor." She disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared.
Stepping into the TARDIS, the Doctor got to work repairing his ship.
