Chloe looked up as she stepped out of the TARDIS.
"This place looks…interesting," she spoke staring at the towering building above.
"Looks like one of those massive buildings they put businesses in," Rose spoke.
The Doctor placed his hands in his pockets. "Kinda sticks out like a sour thumb," he commented. Chloe looked around and saw what the Doctor was talking about. All the other buildings where small, no more then two stories, tiny in comparison to the building in front of them that stretched high into the clouds.
"Might as well take a look," the Doctor grinned in boyish excitement.
"Did I ever tell you I hate heights?" Chloe said as the Doctor and Rose began heading towards the building. Chloe let out a sign when she realised she'd been ignored. Then she began following behind, her shoulders hunched in annoyance. People passed them, not taking time to note the new people to the streets. The three fitted in like any other. There was a large range of different characters here. Quite a few of them looked just like humans, almost humans…except for the three eyes…and the extra nose. The second lot of creatures where half the height of the Doctor and all had thick long black hair. Their skin was bright red, like really bad sunburn. They walked very quickly, dashing past Chloe all the time.
"Hey wait up," Chloe called getting lost in the crowds of people. The Doctor turned around and frowned. He scanned the crowds until his eyes locked on his daughter who was having to dodge out of the way and was getting shoved in all directions. He smiled, then beckoned her with a wave of his arm, then carried on. "Fat lot of good you are," Chloe spoke about her father as another creature bashed into her. "Hey watch it!" she cried.
"Sorry," the person said in a deep voice, then gave her on odd look, as if she looked weird, before carrying on.
Chloe stumbled through the rest of the crowds of pedestrians eventually reaching the entrance of the building. A sign hung over a large pain of glass. "Entrance," it said, but there was no door. Just the glass. Chloe could see the Doctor and Rose stood at the desk talking to someone. How had they gotten in? Chloe stood there looking in wondering what to door. She hoped they would turn around any minute now, but they carried on talking. Maybe the glass moved, she consider. She gingerly lifted a hand to the glass and pressed it forward expecting the feel of cold, hard glass but it seemed to ripple like water. It felt like her hand was engulfed in a thick gooey dry substance. She pushed it further and watched as it passed straight threw it. She pulled it back in shock and amazement. "Cool," she exclaimed then held her breath, closed her eyes and stepped forward. When she opened them, she was inside the building.
"I like that," she said grinning as she grinned back at the magical glass. The Doctor looked around with a smile.
"Thelonian glass," he noted his eyes beaming. "Looks like glass, but isn't. Also stops different types of life forms getting in. You can choose who you let in," he added. "Could do with some of that around the TARDIS for certain people," the Doctor wiggled and eyebrow at Rose.
A frown crossed the girls face. "I hope your not suggesting it's for me," she walked up to her father and Rose.
"Oh, of course not," the Doctor spoke with bags of sarcasm, still beaming. She decided to change the subject. "What are we waiting for?"
"The man behind the desk is going to get someone we can speak too," the Doctor replied. "I told him we where working on a book about the building.""Since when have you been an author," Chloe spoke sitting down in one of the chairs that where spread across the room. The Doctor waved his psychic paper at her. Chloe stood again and took it from him.
"Author James.…" Chloe looked at him shaking her head before sitting down again. One of the red people came back to the desk and looked up.
"You can go upstairs now. Office three there should be Felix Algarve, he will be able to answer you questions."
"Thanks my man," the Doctor said almost skipping to the stairs. Chloe followed with Rose. The stairs spiralled upwards, a door every once in a while was stuck on the spiral. It seemed an odd layout. They reached the top of the stairs and then walked into another open area. Spread around the edge where more doors."Office three, there," the Doctor spoke pointing. The Doctor walked towards the door. He knocked a couple of times."Come in," boomed a voice. The Doctor grinned and pushed the door open. "Why no therman glass?" Chloe wondered. The Doctor shrugged his response as he entered the room.
A man stood with his back to the three staring out the window. Behind him was a desk. It looked like a plain old office.
"Please do have a seat…Mr Kirk," he spoke. The Doctor walked forward and sat down in one of the chairs. Rose sat next to him. Chloe stood behind them, even though there was a third seat. She was highly interested in the fish tank that was at the side of the room.
Chloe saw the man turn around from the corner of her eye. Three eyes wondered independently of each other, inspecting the new visitors to the room.
"I am Felix," he spoke. "I created this building. But I'm sure you know that…Mr Kirk."
"Yes, of course. Felix. This is Rose my assistant and…Chloe put Jimbo back," the Doctor spoke as the small creature began paddling on the top of the water of the fish tank. "Sorry," spoke the girl as she grabbed at the little creature who was rather enjoying the swim. She loved the new personality chip she had installed in him. He had began picking up things he liked and didn't like, even to the point of hiding away whenever the Doctor mentioned attacking him with the sonic screwdriver. The creature paddled faster out of the girls grip until she made a quick dash for him, plunging him under the water slightly. Lifting her hand free, she shook off the water before replacing the creature in her pocket. "Stay!" she commanded and then lifted her head to the seven eyes starring at her. "Sorry," she whispered again before heading back to the seat.
"As I was saying, the names Felix, head of the Perteron Civilisation. Creator of this new land. It is great to have someone from the HAP galaxy. It has been so long since we last had visitors."
"Yes," spoke the Doctor. "We just thought we'd pop by for a cup of tea. You know, tea and a biscuit maybe."
Felix smiled with a slight nod of the head. He pressed a button on the table. Seconds later one of the red-skinned creatures came him. His shoulders where hunched and he kept his eyes fixed on the floor. In his hands, he had a tray of drinks, which he brought to the desk. "Quickly!" barked Felix. The noise startled the creature sending one of the drinks to spill across the desk."You stupid little…"Felix lifted his hands as the creature cowered away."Excuse me," the Doctor stood up. Chloe and Rose gasped at the situation. "Leave!" Felix barked again lowering his hand, realising that his visitors did not like this display. The creature scurried to the door.
"Sorry about that Mr Kirk, Hartens need to be put into line," he reclined into his chair more, knitting his fingers together. "Not the most intelligent creatures in the world, but they're pretty harmless. Make good servants. Yes, harmless unlike the Jewarts."
The Doctor did not reply to this.
"I feel it is my duty Mr Kirk to explain to you the risks of coming to this planet. We are still at war with the creatures that would seek to destroy our civilised ways. The Jewarts are creatures of the dark. Only at night do they plague our streets. Kill and murder. I managed to capture one myself," Felix beamed.
"Can I see," the Doctor spoke. Felix looked slightly put out by this comment. He buzzed in the red HAP once more. "I guess it could do no harm. However, understand they are lying, murderous creatures. Do not trust it," he stood with the HAP behind him. "Follow me," he spoke.
They followed Felix down many corridors and paths into the depths of the building. Exactly where you would find a cell in any film. They walked into a darkened room, which was split either side with glass. Three glass cells lined each of the three walls. Felix pointed to the one occupied cell.
Inside the cell stood a creature hiding in the corner. It hissed as they came near."Mr Kirk I must go. When you are finished just come outside and you will be escorted out. I hope your visit is how you pleased by I must go. I remind you to leave by the time night arrives Mr Kirk. The streets are dangerous by then."
The Doctor took a few steps forward watching the shadows. "Do you come to mock me as well?" the creatures hissed. Chloe watched as his wings stretched slightly and then tucked behind his back."No," the Doctor spoke calmy. "I just want to know why you killed so many of these people."
"You believe the lies of these people," the Jewart replied. "You believe the lies of the people who would enslave a whole race."
The Doctor turned to see the red creature standing behind them, his shoulders hunched over. "Is this true?" the Doctor spoke to the HAP. "I thought you worked for them." The HAP's eyes darted down to the floor, taking a step back."Tell me the truth, I can help you," the Doctor spoke.
"Dull the lights," a voice echoed around the room. The red HAP walked towards a panel on the wall and wiped a single finger across it. The lights drew dim. Slowly the dark creature stepped forward. His form was human, but wings grew from his back. His teeth where long and sharp and there was little resemblance of a nose on his face.
"We are not murders, we are fighting for equality," he spoke. "For us and them," he said nodding towards the HAP. The HAP looked around for a moment then walked forward. He took something from his pocket and handed it through the plastic to the Jewart. "So Felix is enforcing his way of life onto the two other species of this planet" Chloe spoke starring at the Jewart. "Yes," spoke the Jewart. "You must help me, if you don't let me out many of my people will die…tonight!"
The Doctor looked up."What do you mean?" Rose asked what everyone was thinking.
The red creature lifted his head and began to speak for the first time.
"Felix plans to destroy them. He has spys among the Jewarts, Quine here discovered his plans. The spy brought him here to be locked up," the Hap spoke.
"What's he going to do?" the Doctor asked the HAP. "Tonight the Jewarts will try and storm the building and bring down the Perteron Civilisation. However, they have rigged the building with explosives. It's going to explode. Then they'll blame the whole thing on the Jewarts and the rest of the Jewart civilisation will be persecuted even more until they are wiped off the face of the planet."
"They can't do that," Chloe spoke.
"But how does Felix know the Jewarts are going to storm the building?" the Doctor asked.
"He made it happen. The spy has told the Jewarts that the Perteron are holding a meeting here tonight. The Jewarts believe if they storm the building tonight they can arrest some of the most powerful people in the whole of Perton,"
"But instead they're heading straight into a trap," the Doctor spoke.
"Yes," Quine the Jewart spoke.
"And how can I trust everything you are saying is true?" the Doctor asked.
"You are an intelligent man are you not," the Jewart spoke looking the Doctor straight in the eye. Neither of them said another word as Chloe's father turned towards an information panel on the wall. Chloe followed and watched as she zapped through security clearances and into the most confidential files. His eyes flicked over the information, absorbing it. Chloe did the same. He stopped then turned to his daughter before turning one eighty towards Quine. He strode forward and lifted his sonic screwdriver to the door. A crack exploded and the door released.
"Thank you," Quine spoke. "But I must not exit into the light. We cannot survive."
"Kind of like vampires?" Rose noted. "Maybe vampires are real," Rose then thought allowed. The Doctor raised an eyebrow at the comment with a smile.
"Right, we need to get to the Jewarts…" the Doctor began.
"I cannot allow that," someone spoke behind them. The group turned towards Felix. Behind him stood three Pertons holding large weapons. Felix walked forward. "I cannot allow you to sabotage all this work Mr Kirk," Felix said as he walked around the Doctor. "We have worked to hard for you to come in and spoil this."
Quine hissed at Felix as he approached. Felix lifted a torch light object to Quine. Quine shirked in pain at the light. "In!" Felix barked. The Jewart shrunk back into the corner of his cell. "Now you," he spoke turning towards the three companions. He opened the door of the cell next to Quinine's.. "Inside."
Chloe looked to her father. He nodded at her and to Rose. The three entered the cell. "You as well," Felix spoke to the HAP. The red HAP scuttled into the cell with the others.
"And those gadgets of yours," Felix spoke his hand open to the Doctor. The Doctor handed over his screwdriver. Felix turned to Chloe, she frowned for a moment and then her eyes grew wide with realisation. She shook her head for a moment. One of the guards stepped forward."Chloe," the Doctor spoke his tone low, tell her she had to hand him over. He did not need any more words. She understood completely. Reaching into her pocket, she took out the creature that sprung away in her hand. "Sleep," she commanded. Jimbo's bright blew light turned off.
Felix took the two objects before stepped out of the cell. They locked the glass door in front of the three. "You won't get away with this," the Doctor spoke.
"Oh I will," Felix, grinned. "The silly people of my race listen to me. And with a few fake attacks from the Jewarts here and there, they have learnt to fear them," his laugh boomed before he turned toward the door and walked out with the guards.
"What are we going to do?" Chloe asked realising they had a ticking bomb on their hands. Literally.
"We'll think of something," the Doctor spoke as he began pacing up and down the cell. The Jewart seemed to cackle in the cell next to them. "These are impossible to escape," he said slinking back into the darkness. "The last chance is that my people have realised what is going on.""That's an awfully big hope," the Doctor spoke starring through the glass between him and Quine. "I have spent so long in here that I no longer have hope. Every time I get close, my chance is dashed."
Chloe saw a very defeated creature in the room next door. What Felix and his government where doing was so wrong. Just looking at Quine summed up why she and the Doctor felt the need to sat down on the floor her eyes starring at a spot, deep in thought. The Doctor continued pacing. Rose came to sit on the bench at the side as the HAP stood with his hunched shoulders in the corner. Every once and a while the Doctor would stop as if coming up with something. Then he continued walking as if casting the thought aside.
This carried on for some time, Chloe wondered how much time they had left to escape when suddenly the Doctor stopped. "Chloe," he said turning and crouching down to his daughter. He placed his hands on her shoulders, starring deep into her eyes as if reading her. "Chloe, Jimbo. Can you control him from his far away?" he asked. Chloe starred back at her father."I," she began looking around as if searching for the answer in the room. "I don't know. But I guess I can try," she began. She stood to the door, placing her hands on the glass. "JIMBO!" she cried.
"No, no, no, no, it won't work like that," the Doctor spoke. "He's to far away. You'll have to focus your mind," he spoke turning his daughter. "Close your eyes. Imagine you are near him, imagine you are calling him," the Doctor spoke. "But that'll never work," Chloe replied.
"He's connected to the TARDIS, more than anything else," he spoke. "You fixed him with parts of the TARDIS and remember you're connected too. It's a big ask Chloe but you can do it.""Can't you," she pleaded.
"Chloe, he's yours!" Chloe looked at her father before she sighed. She closed her eyes, focusing hard. Trying to connect things in her mind that she didn't even understand. She imagined calling to him in her mind but she felt nothing. Then she imagined calling to the TARDIS as if she where alive. She felt two hands framing her face, the Doctor reaching inside her mind. He guided her through the paths, through the passages and towards him. "Jimbo!" she called and felt something awaken deep inside the TARDIS. The pair opened their eyes breathing heavily. "What was that?" Rose asked. "Hopefully our way out," the Doctor said standing by the door of the glass. Quine had moved from his corner now and was watching the cell next to him with keen interest.
"Do you think he's coming?" Chloe asked her father."I hope so," the Doctor spoke. Chloe wanted him to be but she couldn't help but think that it was her mind playing tricks. She wanted so much to contact him that her mind had convinced her it had. "We haven't got long," Quine spoke. "I can sense the darkness drawing in," he spoke his eyes closed and his mouth open as if he could taste the night.
Moments ticked by, the waiting almost killing Chloe. All three of the companions where pressed to the glass of the cell door, waiting and hoping. Chloe breaths seemed so heavy as she waited. She could here them ringing in her ears. Then there was a click at the door into the cell room and a small blue beam of light straight across the floor. The tiny clink of Jimbo's metal feet rounding the corner caused the three companions to cheer."I never thought I'd see the day when I actually liked that beautiful creature of yours," the Doctor spoke kissing his daughter on the head. Jimbo's beam of light danced on the cell door and within seconds, it clicked open."We'll done boy," Chloe spoke picking up the creature. She turned to Quine's cell and Jimbo realised him."Quick everyone," the Doctor spoke. However, before he could finish Jimbo let out a quick sharp sound.
"What?" the Doctor asked. Chloe watched as the creature leapt off her hand and along the floor. The group cautiously headed around the corner. Jimbo was just around the corner lifting the sonic screwdriver with a beam of his blue light.
"Oh you are a clever boy," the Doctor beamed taking the sonic screwdriver. The Doctor patted the creature on the head and Jimbo clicked happy little noises in response. He scurried over to Chloe who placed him back in his pocket. "This is all well and nice," Quine stated. "Yes," the Doctor spoke clearing his throat. "This way," he spoke. They all began running down the corridor.
"They are arriving," Quine sucked in air. "I can feel them. They are here. We need to be quick,"
They rushed down a corridor and then another. Suddenly a door swung open. The group came to a halt scared of what it might be. The face of a man appeared and then the wings behind him. It was a Jewart, followed by at least 10 more,
"Quine!" gasped the Jewart. "We haven't seen you in ages. We thought you'd been killed
"Quick you must get everyone out of the building," Quine spoke. "It's a trap," he added. "It's set to explode."
The Jewart stopped for a moment considering everything he was saying."Everyone out!" the Jewart ordered before turning back to Quine. "We have some on the second level."
"I'll go," the Doctor spoke as he began running towards the stairs.
"Dad," Chloe cried but wasn't heard over the cries from the other Jewarts as they struggled to exit the building. Rose was already running after the Doctor as Chloe struggled through the crowd of Jewarts. She headed up the stairs after her father.
She reached the next floor and looked around frantically for her father. Jimbo squeaked in her pocket, wanting to get out. She reached inside, realising the creature. He launched himself off her hand and then began running along the floor. "Jimbo," she cried and hoped he was taking her towards her father. "Jimbo wait," she spoke as he began getting further and further ahead. He stopped for a moment and bleeped again before he ran through the glass.
With Quine's help, the rest of the Jewarts had headed back down the stairs the Doctor and Rose had come up. The group had headed back down the stairs moments after Chloe had ran down the other set.
The three began heading down the stairs. "Where's Chloe?" the Doctor cried as he appeared outside of the building with the group.
"She must have got out with the first lot of the Jewarts," Quine spoke. "Not that's not like her," he spoke as he began searching frantically for clues of where she might be. He turned back to the glass he pushed his hands against it about to go hunting for. However, he met resistance that had not been there before.
Chloe paused for a second wondering if her father was still in the building. Surely he had gotten out by now. She saw Jimbo bleeping outside of the window causing her to turn. She placed her hands against the glass and began to push. But just like her father she felt the resistance. She banged her hands against the window hard. Jimbo began to bleep frantically now and a blue beam danced across the glass trying to free her from the giant prison.
"Felix must have blocked the glass. Stopped anything getting in or out," Quine spoke.
"Chloe," the Doctor spoke quietly at first. "Chloe," he cried thumping the glass. "Maybe a different entrance," he spoke. He began running along the side of the glass, his eyes searching the crowds of Jewarts around the buildings in hope of seeing the girl. He turned a corner and in the distance, on the side of the building her saw the form of his daughter. She was banging on the glass, trying to break it, trying to do anything.
"Chloe!" the Doctor cried. But she didn't seem or hear him. Because all she heard was the boom of an explosion.
AN: Well finally explained what happened before the Doctor and Chloe where split up.
This actually took a lot of thought and time. As well as having to go back to other stories to try and get some of the cannon right. (Although, there has been a lot of errors from me with certain things. Anyone notice that Jack fixed Jimbo twice? Hahaha)
This then leads onto the Chloe's Torchwood Adventure Series here:
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It then goes back to the Doctor's Daughter Series 2. If you check out the end of Chloe's Torchwood Adventure you will see this. But I won't tell you when or where in the timeline the Doctor and Chloe meet up. At least…not yet : )
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please feel free to review and send me messages. I do read them all. And as always thank you for the support and encouragement. It's great to know people enjoy reading this little stories.