Hello. I'm super tired so that's the best you're getting.
I don't own DW. I own a TARDIS shower curtain, a sonic screwdriver, a bunch of shirts, and loads more. Is that close enough?
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Gridlock Part 2
Brannigan's car
"We've got to go to the fast lane. Take us down." The Doctor demanded
"Not a million years." Brannigan refused
"You've got four passengers."
I'm still not going."
"They're alone and they're lost. They don't belong on this planet, and it's all my fault. I'm asking you, Brannigan, take me down."
"Come on, it's my sister!" Susan begged
"That's a no. And that's final. I'm not risking the children down there." Valerie said.
"Why not? What's the risk? What happens down there?" Susan asked
"We're not discussing it. The conversation is closed."
"So we keep on driving." The Doctor said
"Yes, we do." Brannigan said back
"For how long?"
"'Till the journey's end."
"Doctor, please. Do something! I just want to see my sister."
"I will. Calm down. We will get Scarlett and Martha back." The Doctor then grabbed the radio handset. "Mrs Cassini, this is the Doctor. Tell me, how long have you been driving on the motorway?"
"Oh, we were amongst the first. It's been twenty three years now." Woman #1 said
"And in all that time, have you ever seen a police car?"
"I'm not sure." Woman #2 said.
"Look at your notes. Any police?"
"Not as such."
"Or an ambulance? Rescue service? Anything official. Ever."
"I can't keep a note of everything."
"What if there's no one out there?"
Brannigan snatched the mike back and said "Stop it. The Cassini's were doing you a favour."
"Someone's got to ask, because you might not talk about it, but it's there in your eyes. What if the traffic jam never stops?"
"Doctor," Susan whispered "You're not helping."
"There's a whole city above us. The mighty city state of New New York. They wouldn't just leave us." Brannigan said. Though, he really knew that The Doctor was actually right.
"In that case, where are they, hmm? What if there's no help coming, not ever? What if there's nothing? Just the motorway, with the cars going round and round and round and round, never stopping. Forever."
"Shut up! Just shut up!" Valerie shouted
"This is Sally Calypso, and it's that time again. The sun is blazing high in the sky over the New Atlantic, the perfect setting for the daily contemplation." A voice came out of the screen
"You think you know us so well, Doctor. But we're not abandoned. Not while we have each other." Brannigan said to prove his point
"This is for all of you out there on the roads. We're so sorry. Drive safe." Sally said.
"On a hill, far away, stood an old, rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross,
where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown."
Milo's car
'Fast lane access. Please drive safely.' The computer spoke.
"We made it. The fast lane." Milo said
Brannigan's car
"If you won't take me, I'll go down on my own."
"What do you think you're doing?" Brannigan and Susan said
"Finding my own way. I usually do." He opened a trap door in the floor of the car. 'Capsule open.' "Here we go."
"Look after this. I love that coat. Janis Joplin gave me that coat." He said after tossing his trench coat to Valerie. "Susan I need you to stay here."
"But you can't jump." She said "This Martha. She must mean an awful lot to you."
"Hardly know her. I was too busy showing off. And I lied to her. Couldn't help it, just lied." He said
"What about this Scarlett girl?"
The Doctor paused for a moment. He looked up at Valerie. He then looked down again and said, "Bye then."
"Wait!" Susan said "Take me with you."
"Susan this is gonna be dangerous."
"That wasn't a choice, Doctor. I'm going with you."
"Susan we're running out of time." He looked to her again. "Fine, Susan, come here." She walked over to him. "I need you to drop to the car below us."
"Ok, I can do this. First," She took her scarf and covered her face. "Okay, I'm ready."
The Doctor helped her lower herself down, with Susan squeezing both his hands to death. "Bye. I'll need my coat back." He then dropped onto the next car, before sonicing the top trap door open.
'Capsule open.'
"Who the heck are you?" Said a pale guy with a white suit.
"Sorry, Motorway Foot Patrol. I'm doing a survey. How are you enjoying your motorway?"
"Well, not very much. Junction Five's been closed for three years."
"Thank you. Your comments have been noted. Have a nice day!" Susan said before The Doctor hoisted her down to the next one
Soon, in a car.
"Thank you for your cooperation. Your comments have been noted. Do you mind if I borrow this?" He then tired a blue headscarf around his mouth.
"Not your color." Susan said.
Milo's car
"Try again." Cheen said
'Brooklyn turnoff one, closed.'
"Try the next one."
'Brooklyn turnoff two, closed.'
"What do we do?"
"We'll keep going round. We'll do the whole loop, and by the time we come back round, they'll be open." Milo said.
"You're still calling that air vents?" Scarlett said disbelievingly.
"What else could it be?" Milo asked
"What the hell is that?" Cheen asked a little more worried than Milo
"It's just the hydraulics." Milo said to try to make it better
"It sounds like it's alive." Martha said.
"It's all exhaust fumes out there. Nothing could breathe in that."
"What if it breathed the exhaust fumes?" Scarlett asked
"Calling Car four six five diamond six. Repeat, calling Car four six five diamond six."A voice came suddenly.
"This is Car four six five diamond six. Who's that? Where are you?" Milo said
"I'm in the fast lane, about fifty yards behind. Can you get back up? Can you get off the fast lane?"
"We only have permission to go down. We need the Brooklyn Flyover."
"It's closed. Go back up."
"We can't. We'll just go round."
"Don't you understand? They're closed. They're always closed. We're stuck down here, and there's something else out there in the fog."
"Can't you hear it?"
"That's the air vents."
"What are you? Some stupid kid? Get out of here!"
"What was that?"
"I can't move! They've got us!"
"But what's happening?"
"What's got you? What is it?" Martha asked
"Hang on. It's here. Just drive, you idiots! Get out of here!"
"Can you hear me? Hello?"
"Just drive! Do what she said. Get us out of here!" Martha said intensely
"But where?"
"Just straight ahead. And fast!"
"What is it? What's out there? What is it?"
'Capsule open'
"Excuse me, is that legal?" The man asked
"Sorry, Motorway Foot Patrol. Whatever. Have you got any water?" The Doctor asked
"Certainly. Never let it be said I've lost my manners." He handed Susan and The Doctor cups of water.
"Is this the last layer?" Susan asked
"We're right at the bottom. Nothing below us but the fast lane."
"Can we drive down?"
"I'd rather not."
"Please?" The Doctor begged, the man shook his head. "Then excuse me." The Doctor opened the floor hatch.
"You can't jump. It's a thousand feet down."
"No, I just want to look." There was a loud growl. "What's that noise?"
"I try not to think about it."
"What are those lights? What's down there? I just need to see. "There must be some sort of ventilation. If I could just transmit a pulse through this thing, maybe I could trip the system, give us a bit of a breeze." After a lot of sonicing and clever stuff, he said "That's it! Might shift the fumes a bit, give us a good look."
"What are those shapes?"
"They're alive."
"What the heck are they?"
"Macra."
Milo's car
Something was hitting the car. "Go faster!" Shouted Cheen
"I'm at top speed!" Milo yelled back
'No access above.'
"But this is an emergency!"
'Thank you for your call. You have been placed on hold.'
"Turn everything off." Scarlett said suddenly.
"You've got to be joking." Milo said.
"She's right. It's all fog out there, so how can they see us? Maybe it's the engines, the sound, or the heat, or the light. I don't know. Turn everything off. They might not be able to find us." Martha said
"What if you're wrong?"
"It can't be worse than this! Just do it!"
"They've stopped." Cheen said, breathing a breath of relief.
"Yeah, but they're still out there." Milo said
"How did you think of that?" Cheen asked
"I saw it in a movie. They used to do it in submarines. The trouble is, I can't remember what they did next." Scarlett said
"Well, you'd better think of something, because we've lost the aircon. If we don't switch the engines back on, we won't be able to breathe."
"How long have we got?" Martha asked
"Eight minutes, maximum."
The man's car.
"The Macra used to be the scourge of this galaxy. Gas. They fed off gas, the filthier the better. They built up a small empire using humans as slaves and mining gas for food."
"They don't exactly look like empire builders to me." Susan said
"Well, that was billions of years ago. Billions. They must have devolved down the years. Now they're just beasts. But they're still hungry and my friend's down there." There was a clang on the roof
"Oh, it's like New Times Square in here, for goodness's sake!"
A cat dropped in.
"I've invented a sport." The Doctor mumbled
"Doctor, you're a hard man to find. " She said
"No guns. I'm not having guns." The man said
"I only brought this in case of pirates. Doctor, you've got to come with me."
"Do I know you?"
"You haven't aged at all. Time has been less kind to me."
"Novice Hame! No, hold on, get off. Last time we met, you were breeding humans for experimentation."
"I've sought forgiveness, Doctor, for so many years, under his guidance. And if you come with me, I might finally be able to redeem myself."
"I'm not going anywhere. You've got Macra living underneath this city. Macra! And if my friend's still alive, she's stuck down there."
"You've got to come with me right now."
"If he's coming I'm going too." Susan said. "I'm not being left behind."
"The situation is even worse than you can imagine." Hame grabbed Susand and The Doctors wrists. "Transport."
"Don't you dare! Don't you dare!"
Senate
"Oh! Rough teleport. Ow. You can go straight back down and teleport people out, starting with Scarlett and Martha." The Doctor picked himself up, and helped Susan up.
"I only had the power for one trip."
"Then get some more! Where are we?"
"High above, in the over-city."
"Good. Because you can tell the Senate of New New York I'd like a word. They have got thousands of people trapped on the motorway. Millions!"
"But you're inside the Senate, right now. May the goddess Santori bless them." Hame turned the lights on and the whole room was filled with skeletons.
"They died, Doctor. The city died."
"Oh, my gosh." Susan mumbled "How long's it been like this?"
"Twenty four years."
"All of them? Everyone? What happened?"
"A new chemical. A new mood. They called it Bliss. Everyone tried it. They couldn't stop. A virus mutated inside the compound and became airborne. Everything perished. Even the virus, in the end. It killed the world in seven minutes flat. There was just enough time to close down the walkways and the flyovers, sealing off the under-city. Those people on the motorway aren't lost, Doctor. They were saved."
"So the whole thing down there is running on automatic." The Doctor said.
"There's not enough power to get them out. We did all we could to stop the system from choking."
"Who's we? How did you survive?"
"He protected me. And he has waited for you, these long years."
"Doctor." A deep voice said
"The Face of Boe!" The Doctor shouted, running to him.
"I knew you would come." The Face Of Boe said
"Back in the old days, I was made his nurse as penance for my sin." Hame said
"Old friend, what happened to you?" The Doctor asked
"Failing."
"He protected me from the virus by shrouding me in his smoke. But with no one to maintain it, the City's power died. The under-city would have fallen into the sea." Hame explained
"So he saved them." Susan said with a slight smile.
"The Face of Boe wired himself into the mainframe. He's giving his life force just to keep things running."
"But there are planets out there. You could have called for help." The Doctor said
"The last act of the Senate was to declare New Earth unsafe. The automatic quarantine lasts for one hundred years."
"So the two of you stayed here, on your own for all these years."
"We had no choice."
"Yes, you did."
"Save them, Doctor. Save them." Boe said
Milo's car
"How much air's left?" Cheen asked
"Two minutes." Milo said
"There's always the Doctor. That friend of ours. He might think of something."
"Martha, no one's coming." Milo said
"He looked kind of nice." Cheen said
"He's a bit more than that."
"Are you and him?" Cheen asked
"I just think he needs someone with him." Martha replied
"I never even asked. Where's home?"
"It's a long way away. I didn't really think. I just followed the Doctor, and they don't even know where I am. My mum and dad. If I died here, they'd never know."
"So, er, who is he, then, this Doctor?" Milo asked
"I don't know. Well, not really. There's so much he never says."
"But that means that the only hope right now is a complete stranger. Well, that's no use."
"It is, though, because you haven't seen the things he can do. Honestly, just trust me, both of you. You've got your faith, you've got your songs and your hymns, and I've got the Doctor." Martha said to Cheen.
"Right." Milo said, turning the car on. 'Systems back online.' "Good luck."
"And you." Scarlett said.
Senate
"Car four six five diamond six. It still registers! That's Scarlett 'n Martha. I knew they was good. Novice Hame, hold that in place. Think, think, think, think. Take the residual energy, invert it, feed it through the electricity grid." The Doctor said, while sonicing and being clever on a computer he got working.
"There isn't enough power." Susan said
"Oh, they've got power. They've got me. I'm brilliant with computers, just you watch. Hame, every switch on that bank up to maximum. I can't power up the city, but all the city needs is people."
"So what are you going to do?" Hame asked
"This!" He shouted, while flipping a big switch. The lights went out "No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The transformers are blocked. The signal can't get through."
"Doctor." The Face of Boe spoke
"Yeah, hold on, not now."
"I give you my last," Boe said
"Hame, look after him. Don't you go dying on me, you big old face. You've got to see this. The open road. Ha!" The Doctor said, while being clever.
"Sorry, no Sally Calypso. She was just a hologram. My name's the Doctor." He paused "This is an order. Everyone drive up. Right now. I've opened the roof of the motorway. Come on. Throttle those engines. Drive up. All of you. The whole under-city. Drive up, drive up, drive up! Fast!We've got to clear that fast lane. Drive up and get out of the way. Oi! Car four six five diamond six. Martha! Drive up!"
"That's the Doctor!" Scarlett shouted happily.
"We can't go up! We'll hit the layer!" Milo said.
"Just do as he says! Go up!" Martha said
"You've got access above. Now go!" The Doctor shouted on the monitor.
"It's daylight. Oh my God, that's the sky. The real sky." Cheen said, completely in awe of the scy.
"He did it!" Scarlett said.
"Did I tell you, Doctor? You're not bad, sir. You're not bad at all!" Brannigan said to The Doctor over a mic. Meanwhile Hame is tending to Boe.
"You keep driving, Brannigan. All the way up. Because it's here, just waiting for you. The city of New New York, and it's yours. And don't forget I want that coat back."
"I reckon that's a fair bargain, sir."
"And Car four six five diamond six, I've sent you a flight path. Come to the Senate."
"On our way." Martha said
"It's been quite a while since I saw you, Martha Jones." He said, "And you, Scarlett Hunter."
"Doctor!" Hame yelled
Soon Martha and Scarlett run in to see skeletons. "Doctor?" Martha asked worriedly.
"Over here."
"Doctor! What happened out there?"
"Susan!" Yelled Scarlett, she ran over and hugged he. After that, Scarlett went and hugged the Doctor. "You saved everybody." She grinned "Again."
"What's that?" Martha asked, looking at Boe.
"It's the Face of Boe. It's all right. Come and say hello. And this is Hame. She's a cat. Don't worry. He's the one that saved you, not me."
"My lord gave his life to save the city, and now he's dying." Hame said
"No, don't say that. Not old Boe. Plenty of life left."
"It's good to breathe the air once more." Boe said
"Who is he?" Scarlett asked
"I don't even know. Legend says the Face of Boe has lived for billions of years. Isn't that right? And you're not about to give up now."
"Everything has its time. You know that, old friend, better than most." He said
"The legend says more." Hame stated
"Don't. There's no need for that."
"It says that the Face of Boe will speak his final secret to a traveler."
"Yeah, but not yet. Who needs secrets, eh?"
"I have seen so much. Perhaps too much. I am the last of my kind, as you are the last of yours, Doctor."
"That's why we have to survive. Both of us. Don't go." The Doctor said.
"I must. But know this, Time Lord." He paused to breath "You are not alone." He then breathed his last
'Pharmacy Town
"All closed down." Scarlett said
"Happy?" Martha turned to The Doctor.
"Happy happy. New New York can start again. And they've got Novice Hame. Just what every city needs. Cats in charge. Come on, time we were off." The Doctor attempted to lead the girls to the TARDIS.
"But what did he mean, the Face of Boe? You're not alone." Martha asked
"I don't know."
"You've got us. Is that what he meant?" Martha asked
"I don't think so."
"Then what?" Susan question
"Doesn't matter. Back to the TARDIS, off we go." The Doctor walked past Martha, Susan, And Scarlett as they sat in dirty chairs. "All right, you all staying?"
"Till you talk to us properly, yes. He said last of your kind. What does that mean?"
"It really doesn't matter."
"You don't talk. You never say. Why not?"
"I lied to you, because I liked it. I could pretend. Just for a bit, I could imagine they were still alive, underneath a burnt orange sky. I'm not just a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. The Face of Boe was wrong. There's no one else."
"What happened?" All the girls asked.
"There was a war. A Time War. The last Great Time War." He then sat down. "My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. They lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family, my friends, even that sky. Oh, you should have seen it, that old planet. The second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver, and when they caught the light every morning, it looked like a forest on fire. When the autumn came, the breeze would blow through the branches like a song."
Soon, in the TARDIS.
"Hey Doc, mind if me and Susan talk outside before you take off?"
"Of course I don't." He replied. After they came back in Scarlett drew in a deep breath.
"Doctor, take us home." She said.
"What?" The Doctor asked, "Why?"
"We almost died three times, cat people, giant head, kidnapped, talking rhinos, big pepper shakers." She said, "You don't need to leave us forever, just return sometime soon. We just need a break." After the TARDIS landed, Susan headed to the door.
Before leaving she said "Oh, and, go the long way." Then she walked out.
"Goodbye, Doctor. See you soon." She kissed him on the cheek, and left.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED :D
So this is the only one I'll be posting for more than the weekend. I'm working on a mystery episode that none of ya'll know what it is yet.
HINT: Close to Martha leaving.
This weekend I can't work on it because I'm going on a church retreat.
I've got another DW fanfic that lots of people LOVE. You should really check it out. (I post more frequently than this one.)
