A/N
I DID IT GUYS! I got the wifi working again! Achievement. Anyway, back to normal...
Hello readers! I give you, chapter 10! Back to the normal story line/episode plot. I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter. I'm thinking of doing more original chapters along the way so tell me what you think!
Sorry about the huge A/N in the last chapter. Had a lot of stuff I wanted to say.
Side note: I apologise if there are any spelling or grammar errors in any of the chapters. I do miss things occasionally but I do try to go back and fix them if I see them.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who (sadly), only my oc's and plot/ideas.
I really hope you enjoy this chapter!
- Hunter of Artemis
The Doctor, flanked by Lucy and Sarah Jane on one side, and Rose and Mickey on the other, stood in the parking lot of the school and looked on as the kids walked inside for another day of classes.
"Sarah, Lucy and Rose, you go to the maths room, crack open those computers, I need to see the hardware inside," The Doctor said looking straight ahead, "Here you might need this," the Doctor handed the sonic to Sarah Jane as Rose held her hand out on his other side. She glared at SarahJane for a moment before she turned her attention back to the school.
"Mickey surveillance," the Doctor continued, "I want you outside."
"Stand out side?" Mickey asked incredulously as the rest of the group started to walk towards the school.
"Here take these," Sarah Jane said as she tossed Mickey the keys to her car, "You can keep K9 company."
"Don't forget to leave the window open a crack," the Doctor called back.
"He's metal!" Mickey yelled back in annoyance.
"I didn't mean for him," The Doctor replied as Lucy hid a smile.
"What are you going to do?" Rose asked the Doctor quickly.
"It's time I had a word with Mr Finch," The Doctor said darkly.
He reached down and gave Lucy's hand a squeeze as they walked through the doors of the school. Lucy looked up at him surprised, before she gave him a smile and they separated and went off to do their jobs.
…
Lucy and Rose were sat on some on the chairs in the computer lab while Sarah Jane had crawled underneath one of the desks and was trying to sonic open one of the computers.
She came out after a while and tried to sonic a computer screen before she frowned in confusion, "It's not working!"
"Give it to me," Rose said annoyed as she took the Sonic screwdriver and crawled back under the desk where Sarah Jane had been moments before.
"Used to work first time in my day," Sarah Jane said as she left Rose to work.
"Well, things were a lot simpler back then," Rose muttered, but was still heard by the two other women.
Sarah Jane leaned back against the desk and said, "Rose, can I give you a piece of advice?"
Rose came out from underneath the desk and started to work on the screen before she said, "I have a feeling you're about to,"
Sarah Jane sighed, "I know how intense a relationship with the Doctor can be. And I don't want you to feel I'm intruding…"
"I don't feel threatened by you," Rose interrupted as she turned to look at the woman standing beside her, "If that's what you mean,"
"Right! Good…" Sarah Jane trailed off, "I'm not interested in picking up where we left off."
"No?" Rose asked, "With the big sad eyes and the robot dog, what else were you doing last night?"
"I was just saying how hard it was, adjusting to life back on earth,"
"Thing is," Rose started as she stood up, "When you too met, they'd only just gotten rid of rationing. No wonder all that space stuff was a bit too much for you,"
"Rose!" Lucy exclaimed. Seeing this argument in the show was kind of funny, but seeing it in real life was horrible.
Rose looked back at Lucy in surprise, like she had forgotten she was there and looked a little sheepish, before Sarah Jane got up and gave a retort to Rose.
"I didn't have problem with space stuff. I saw things you wouldn't believe,"
Rose turned back, forgetting about Lucy once again.
"Try me," Rose taunted.
"Mummy's," Sarah Jane tried.
"I've met ghosts," Rose answered.
"Robots. Lots of Robots," Sarah Jane tried again.
"Slitheen. In downing street," Rose shot back.
"Daleks,"
"Met the Emperor,"
There were just firing them off now, trying to outdo each other.
"Anti-matter monsters,"
"Gas mask Zombies,"
"Real living Dinosaurs,"
"Real living Werewolf,"
"The, Lochness Monster!" Sarah Jane shouted.
Rose paused, "Seriously?"
"Oh," Sarah Jane said as she brought her hands to her face.
Rose gave a little giggle and Sarah Jane joined her, Lucy smiled at the two. Even though the fighting was horrible, she had to admit it was a little funny.
"Listen to us," Rose laughed, "It's like me and my mate Shireen. The only time we ever fell out was over a man, and we're arguing over the Doctor…"
Sarah Jane smiled before Rose started awkwardly, "When he was traveling with you, would he do that thing where he'd say something at like, 90 miles per hour, and you'd go 'what' and he'd look at you like just you dribbled on your shirt?"
"All the Time!" Sarah Jane laughed.
The both laughed a little before Sarah Jane asked amused, "Does he still stroke bit of the Tardis?"
"Yea! He does!" Rose laughed, "I'm like, do you two want to be alone?"
This time Lucy joined in the laughter as well as they all broke out into hysterics. They were all doubling over in laughter, and Lucy was glad she was sitting down. Otherwise she thought she might have fallen over she was laughing so much.
"How's it going?" The Doctor asked seriously as he walked into the room.
"What?" he asked confused as the three laughed harder when they saw him.
"Look, I need to find out what's programmed inside these," he said.
That just made the three laugh more. Lucy actually fell off her chair onto her knees she was laughing so much.
"What? Stop it!" the Doctor said feeling slightly flustered.
They just kept laughing away until eventually they calmed down and the Doctor slowly approached them, still a bit weary.
They all stood to attention though when the school's intercom system went off, "All pupils to class immediately. And would all members of staff please congregate in the staff room,"
Everyone but Lucy glanced around at the others in the room. Lucy could only think about the teachers. Rose hurried off to the door as she realised kids would probably be streaming into the class any minute.
She started directing students to another classroom as Lucy turned to the Doctor.
"I can't shift it," the Doctor said as he soniced on of the computers hard drives.
"I thought the sonic screwdriver could open anything?" Sarah Jane asked.
"Anything except a deadlock seal," The Doctor told Sarah Jane before he said, "There's got to be something inside here… What are they teaching those kids?"
"I need to go," Lucy said quickly. The Doctor turned to her confused.
"Why?" The Doctor asked, "I need you here,"
"But…" Lucy trailed off as she bit her lip. Every second she wasted meant that the teachers were getting closer and closer to their deaths.
Lucy contemplated telling the Doctor about the teachers when suddenly the projector turned on and showed a code running.
Lucy looked down in sadness. She was too late. All the teachers would have been dead by now. She gave a sigh before she steeled herself. Right now they needed to focus on saving the kids. She could mourn later.
"You wanted the program," Sarah Jane said as she looked at the computer in front of her and saw it was running the program as well, "There it is."
Everyone turned to look at the projector screen and the Doctor stepped forward so he could see it better.
"It's some sort of code," he said as he examined the symbols that were running across the screen.
"No.." the Doctor whispered as it dawned on him what the code was, "No they can't be…"
"The Skasis Paradigm. They're trying to crack the Skasis Paradigm," the Doctor realised.
Lucy nodded as Sarah Jane asked, "Skasis what?"
"The god maker, the universal theory. Crack that equation and you've got control of the building blocks of the universe. Time and space and matter, all yours to control," the Doctor explained darkly.
"What, and the kids are like a giant computer?" Rose asked.
"Yes," Lucy answered for the Doctor, dread filling her up.
"And their learning power is being accelerated by the oil! That oil from the kitchens. It works as a conducting agent. Making the kids cleverer," The Doctor explained as he walked about the room, flustered.
"But that oil's on the chips. I've been eating them," Rose said nervously,
"What's 59 times 35?" the Doctor asked.
"2,065," Rose answered immediately.
The Doctor gave her meaningful look and she realised, "Oh my god."
"But why use children?" Sarah Jane asked, "Why can't they use adults?"
"No it's got to be children," the Doctor said darkly, "The God maker need imagination to crack it. They're not just using the children's brains to break the code…"
"They're using their souls," Lucy finished angrily.
She hated anything that put children in danger. Adults or aliens, she could almost handle. But children. That's where Lucy drew the line.
"Let the lesson begin," Mr Finch said calmly.
Everyone turned to glare at the man (well, Krillitane) who had put all those children's lives at risk.
"Just think on it Doctor. With the Paradigm solved, reality becomes clay in our hands. We can shape the universe and improve it," Mr Finch said as he slowly moved towards the Doctor.
"Oh yeah? The whole of creation with the face of Mr Finch?" the Doctor retorted, "Call me old fashioned, but I like things as they are."
"You act like such a radical, and yet, all you want to do is preserve the old order? Think of the changes that could be made it this power was used for good," Mr Finch said as he stepped closer to the Doctor.
"What, by someone like you?" the Doctor laughed.
"No. Someone like you."
The Doctor looked slightly confused as My Finch continued, "The Paradigm gives us power, but you could give us wisdom. Become a god at my side."
My Finch stepped forward again towards the Doctor in an attempt to sway him, "Think of the things you could do. Think of the civilizations you could save. Perganon, Ascinta. Your own people Doctor, standing tall. The Time Lords, reborn!"
Lucy shook her head as Sarah Jane said, "Doctor, Don't listen to him!"
"You could be with him throughout eternity," My Finch turned to Sarah Jane, "Young, fresh. Never whither, never age, never die."
"Their lives are so fleeting," Mr Finch continued as he walked towards the three woman. Rose and Sarah Jane backed up slightly while Lucy held her ground and stared the Krillitane down.
"So many goodbyes," he continued, turning away from Lucy's glare and back to the Doctor, "How lonely you must be Doctor. Join us.
"I could save everyone," the Doctor said as he stared out at nothing.
"Yes," Mr Finch whispered.
"I could stop the war," the Doctor said in a daze. The Krillitane smiled in triumph at the Doctor's words.
"No," Sarah Jane said suddenly.
"The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship. Everything has it's time, and everything ends," she finished solemnly.
Lucy slowly walked towards the Doctor when she saw he wasn't moving. She stepped in front of him and grabbed his hand gently in hers. He broke out of the trance he was in and looked sadly down at the girl before him. She smiled up at him sadly and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. She held his gaze for a moment longer before she stepped to side and eg do of his hand.
The Doctor looked back up at the screen at the front of the room for a moment before he turned quickly and grabbed a chair, before he threw it at the screen.
It shattered and the Doctor screamed, "Out!" before he grabbed Lucy's hand and they all ran out of the room.
They ran down the corridor and down some stairs before they ran into Mickey. They could hear screeching echoing down the hallway from all where they had just come from.
"What is going on?" Mickey asked out of breath, before they saw Krillitanes coming at them from down another hallway.
They all turned and ran in the opposite direction before they ran into the cafeteria. The Doctor ran for the door at the other end of the room, pulling Lucy along with him. He tried to open the door but found it padlocked shut. He went to go and sonic the door open when Mr Finch burst into the hall followed closely by the rest of the Krillitanes.
"Are they my teachers?" the young boy (Kenny) who had showed up with mickey asked.
"Yeah, sorry," the Doctor answered distractedly as he watched the Krillitanes fly around the room.
"We need the Doctor alive," My Finch said as he glared at the group of people in front of him.
"As for the other's, you can feast."
The Doctor's eyes widened at that and he dived at Lucy as one of the Krillitanes flew at her. He pulled her to the ground as the Krillitane flew straight over them. He helped her up but they stayed in a crouch as they kept being dive bombed. The only thing keeping them from attacking Lucy was the fact that the Doctor was shielding her. The others though didn't have the Doctor to shield them. They were barely managing to keep the Krillitanes at bay by using chairs to bat them away.
Then, a laser shot one of the Krillitanes and it fell to the ground. They all turned to see K9 roll in with and start to shoot at the Krillitanes.
"K9!" Sarah Jane exclaimed as Mr Finch screamed in anger.
"Suggest you engage running mode, Mistress," K9 said as he rolled towards them.
The Doctor stood up and spotted an open door on the other side of the room and shouted, "Come on!" before he grabbed Lucy's hand again and made a dash for the exit.
"K9, hold them back!"
"Affirmative, Master," K9 said as they all ran from the room.
They ran down a corridor and ran into a classroom, and the Doctor soniced the door shut behind them.
A/N
And that was chapter 10! Boy that was a mission. I have this bad habit of not writing ahead of time so it gets to about 10 on a Sunday night and I go I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING and then write like mad until something half decent comes out. Bad me. One day I'll learn...
Also I know this chapter ends kind of abruptly but I wasn't sure when to finish it and was worried my wifi would poop out again so I just stopped... Hope that's okay!
Anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review telling me what you thought about it!
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- Hunter of Artemis