Reese opened the door to her room, walked over to her closet and pulled out some new clothes. She didn't feel tired yet, seeing as she was unconscious for a few hours, so she didn't put on any pajamas. Reese opened the door to her bathroom and turned the shower on. Peeling off her dirt-filled clothes, she stepped into the shower and let the hot water cascade down her back. It had been at least two days since she had a shower, so her hair was basically a grease trap.
Stepping out, she got re-dressed into almost the same clothes she was wearing, only cleaner.
She brushed her shoulder-length hair and squinted at it through the mirror. Nibbling on her lip, she grabbed some scissors from her drawer and set of to find Amy. She found the Scottish red-head in the kitchen, drinking a cup of tea with Rory.
"Hey, Amy." Reese greeted.
Amy smiled. "Hey, Reese, want some tea?"
"Nah I'm good, I need a favor, though." At that, Amy looked concerned.
"What is it?"
Reese held up he scissors in her hand. "Can you cut my hair?"
Amy raised her eyebrows at the request. "Of course, but I'm no hair stylist. Just to warn you."
"No problem." Reese smiled and handed her the pair of scissors. She pulled a chair up and sat in it while Amy stood behind her.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Amy asked.
Reese nodded. "I'm sure."
"Okay, how short do you want it?
"Just mid-neck."
And Amy started cutting, careful to make it even.
Reese talked to Rory during this, so he wouldn't feel awkward.
"All done!" Amy said, putting down the scissors and sweeping up Reese's hair up into the trash. Amy handed Reese a mirror.
"Oh, my God." Reese ran her hands through her hand and smiled. "Thank you, Amy." She hugged the older woman.
"Oh. you're very welcome." Amy said, patting the young girl on the back.
The door to the kitchen opened and the Doctor walked in with a frustrated groan. "Amy, have you seen my other pair of boots, they were in the console room but now they're not." He stopped when he saw Reese's hair. "You cut you hair."
Reese nodded. "I did. Does it look good?"
"It looks great!" The Doctor said, ruffling it himself. Reese smacked his hand away, but laughed nonetheless.
But it was cut short when a familiar pounding entered her mind.
"Reese?" The Doctor asked concerned.
"Uh, headache." She explained.
The Doctor and Amy's faces fell.
"Oh," The Doctor said. He pulled her in for a hug; the headache worsened. "See you later." He let her go.
"Why are we hugging her?" Rory asked. "Is she leaving?"
Reese smiled. "Someone will explain once I'm gone."
Then everything went black.
When Reese appeared again, she landed on the familiar grating of the TARDIS floor.
"Oh, God." She groaned.
"What the hell? Reese?" The teenager opened her eyes and sat up, looking up to find Captain Jack Harkness staring down at her.
"Hey." Reese said. She stood and held out her hand. "Jack nice to meet you."
"But we've meet before?" He asked, shaking Reese's hand.
"Timelines." Reese explained. She spotted Rose talking to the Doctor. "Rosie!" She exclaimed and ran over to hug the girl.
"Hello, Reese. Long time no see." Rose said, hugging her back. "Nice hair."
Reese smiled. "Yeah, Amy did great in my opinion."
"Who's Amy?" A northern voice said. Reese turned and saw the Ninth Doctor with his arms crossed. Reese hugged him and laughed. "Future friend."
"Blimey." The Doctor said when she didn't let go. "Where did you come from?"
Reese finally let go. "Your future, twice. I haven't seen you since the Titanic."
"Oh, wow. Well, we're in Cardiff at the moment, fueling up. But, we should be ready to go in a few hours." He put on one of those headlights and climbed up a latter to presumably fix some wires.
"So from the hug I take it you've met me before?" Rose asked.
"And no hug for me means you haven't met me before?" Jack said.
Reese laughed. "Yes, Rosie I have met you before, a future you, but nonetheless you." She turned to Jack. "Sorry Jack, not yet, but I'll give you a hug anyway." The ex-Time Agent smiled and hugged the teenager.
"Nice hair, by the way."
A knock at the door sounded and Jack walked over to answer it.
"Who the hell are you?" Jack asked the person at the door.
"What do you mean who the hell am I? Who the hell are you?" A voice said. Reese recognized it as Mickey.
"Captain Jack Harkness. Whatever you're selling, we're not buying."
"Get out of my way." Mickey said, pushing his way into the TARDIS.
"Don't tell me this must be Mickey." Jack said, pushing the door close.
"Here comes trouble." The Doctor said from a balcony. "How you doing, Rickey boy?"
"It's Mickey." The man said to the Time Lord.
Rose rolled her eyes. "Don't listen to him, he's winding you up."
"You look fantastic." Mickey told her. They hugged and Jack spoke up from beside Reese.
"Aw, sweet. Look at these two. How come I never get any of that?"
"By me a drink first." The Doctor spoke up, fiddling with some wire.
"You're such hard work."
"But worth it." The Doctor said, smiling.
Reese nudged Jack. "Now look what you did," Looking up at the Doctor. "His ego is going to inflate to the size of the Earth."
"Oi!" The Doctor said, offended. "I can still hear you."
"That's the point." Reese said.
"Rose just rolled her eyes at the two, and turned her attention back to Mickey. "Did you manage to find it?"
"There you go." Mickey handed her something.
Rose held whatever it was up. "I can go anywhere now."
"I've told you, you don't need a passport." The Doctor said.
"It's all very well going to Platform One and Justicia, and the Glass Pyramid of San Kaloon, but what if we end up in Brazil? I might need it. You see, I'm prepared for anything."
Reese saw the sad look on Mickey's face. "Sounds like you're staying then?"
There was a moment of awkward silence until Mickey sighed.
"So, what are you doing in Cardiff? And who the hell is Jumping Jack Flash? I don't mind you hanging out with Big ears up there."
"Oi!" The Doctor protested. Reese stifled a laugh.
"Look in the mirror. Or Reese because she's pretty cool." Reese raised her eyebrows. Blushing, she looked at her feet; Reese had never really been complimented before, save the hair compliments.
"But this guy, I don't know, he's kind of..." Mickey trailed, trying to find the right word.
"Handsome?" Jack suggested.
"More like cheesy."
"Early 21st century slang. Is cheesy good or bad?"
"Bad." Reese beat Mickey to his answer.
Jack turned to the teenager. "But bad means good, isn't that right?"
Reese shrugged. "I wouldn't know, I'm from 2017 and we don't say 'bad means good' that much anymore."
"Are you saying I'm not handsome?" The Doctor asked, walking down the the latter onto the main grated floor.
"Aw, did your pride get hurt?" Reese asked in a voice that suggested she was talking to a baby.
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Shut up."
"We've just stopped off, we need to refuel. The thing is Cardiff's got this rift running through the middle of the city." Reese started.
"It's invisible," Rose continued. "but it's like an earthquake fault between different dimensions.
The Doctor walked up, the light still on his head. "The rift was healed back in 1869..." He smiled down at Rose.
"Thanks to a girl named Gwyneth because these creatures called the Gelth were using the rift as a gateway, but she saved the world and closed it."
Jack and Reese wondered over where the others were standing.
"But closing the rift always leaves a scar and that scar generates energy, harmless to the human race..." Jack broke in.
"But perfect for the TARDIS." Reese said.
The Doctor nodded. "Just park here for a couple of days, right on top of the scar and..."
"Open up the engines, soak up the radiation..."
"Like filling her up with petrol and off we go."
They all raised their hands.
"Into time!" Jack said.
"And space!" They said together and high-fived.
"My God, have you seen yourselves? You all think you're so clever, don't you?" Mickey asked.
"Yeah." The Doctor said.
"Yeah." Rose said.
"Yep." Jack said.
"Of course." Reese said, throwing her arm around Rose's shoulders. Jack reached over and smacked Mickey on the cheek.
They then planned to spend they day wondering about the city. Reese walked back from her room with another jacket as it was a little chilly outside.
The Doctor nodded at her when she was ready and walked out of the TARDIS, Reese, Rose, Jack, and Mickey following him. "Should take another twenty-four hours which means we've go time to kill."
Mickey pointed off into the distance. "That old lady's staring."
"Probably wondering what five people can do inside a small wooden box." Jack clapped the Doctor on the shoulder, laughing.
Reese visibly gagged, causing a giggle to come out of Rose.
"What are you captain off? The Innuendo Squad?" Mickey asked. Jack made a 'W' with his thumbs and fingers and walked off.
"Wait." Mickey paused. "The TARDIS, you can't just leave it. Doesn't it get noticed?"
"Yeah what's with the police box? Why does it look like that?" Jack asked.
"It's her chameleon circuit." Reese replied.
The Doctor nodded, surprised she knew that, even with her 'all knowing power'. "The TARDIS is meant to disguise itself wherever it lands."
"Like it this was ancient Rome, or something, it would be a statue or on a plinth." Reese said. She nodded to the Doctor. "But he landed in the 1960s and she disguised herself like a police box and the circuit got stuck."
"Oi." The Doctor said. "Are you the Time Lord?"
Reese rolled her eyes. "No."
"Exactly." He turned to Mickey. "What she said."
"So, it copied a real thing? There actually was police boxes?" Mickey asked.
The Doctor nodded. "Yeah, on street corners. You could phone for help before they had radios and mobiles. If they arrested somebody, they could shove them inside till help came."
"Like a little prison cell." Reese added.
"Why don't you just fix the circuit?" Jack asked.
"I like it, don't you?"
"I love it, right Reese?" Rose turned to the teenager.
"Of course." She smiled.
"But that's what I meant, there's no police boxes anymore so doesn't it get noticed?" Mickey asked once more.
"Rickey, let me tell you something about the human race." The Doctor said, walking towards the other man. "You put a mysterious blue box slap-bang in the middle of town, what do they do?" He put his hands on Mickey's shoulders.
"Walk past it." Reese replied, linking arms with Rose.
"Exactly, now, stop your nagging, let's go and explore."
Rose tugged on Reese's arm and caught up to the Doctor, linking her other arm with his.
"What's the plan?" Rose asked.
"I don't know." The Doctor replied.
"I'm kind of hungry, what about you?" Reese asked Rose.
Rose shrugged. "I could eat."
"Food it is then." The Doctor said. "Cardiff, early 21st century, and the winds coming from the..."
"East." Reese told the Doctor.
"Trust me, safest place in the universe."
Here's a second chapter because why not. Thanks for reading!