Ch.10
Not another one
A/N: It has been forever since I have updated. Had the worst writer's block and didn't know what to do with this story. I can't make any promises about quick updates from this point on but here is a new chapter. I like to read and write crossovers but typically don't like there to be too many in one place. Well this is now going to be the exception. I won't wreck the surprise here but will give some information at the end of the chapter in case readers don't know anything about who I am adding to the story.
The Doctor was at the console of the TARDIS when there was a large disturbance detected from Earth. "What now, old girl?" The Doctor asked his beloved spaceship in a slightly annoyed voiced. He had just returned from a trip to Mars that had not gone so well. All he had been looking for was a bit of fun. He was on his own and had no one to share his adventures with. Rose was off in that parallel Earth with his clone, Martha wanted to stay on Earth working for Unit, Jack had Torchwood, and Donna had no memory of him. At first being alone didn't seem so bad since there was no one he had to watch out for. There was also no one there to stop him. Sometimes he needs to be stopped as Donna had once told him.
The continued beeping of his TARDIS console brought the Doctor out of his deep and sad thoughts. According to the screen a portal to another dimension had just been opened up in Smallville, Kansas. The Doctor wondered what could possibly be happening out in the middle of nowhere. Surely there couldn't be any alien activity happening in a cornfield. At that the Doctor had to give a small smile thinking of the alien stereotype. Well if there wasn't an alien there now then there was about to be as soon as he materialized there.
Back at the Kent farm the Winchesters were just about to head off and were in the process of saying goodbye to Clark, Lois, and Chloe. "Clark it has been good meeting you but now I think it is time we went back to our own lives fighting off monsters and demons," said Dean. "Make sure to keep in touch," said Sam shaking hands with the three they were leaving.
"Bye guys. Don't be strangers," said Lois in farewell.
"Thanks for all of your help," said Clark.
"See ya," said Chloe as the two Winchesters started to walk to their Impala.
It seemed strange that the two Winchesters were finally going to be getting back on the road. They had been in Smallville for longer than they had originally planned. Usually a case didn't take this long. They walked back to their car and Dean slid behind the wheel of his beloved Impala. Dean was glad for the chance to be able to drive for a long distance again. Driving usually helped him with whatever mood he happened to be in since driving relaxed him. Dean turned on a classic rock station and backed out of the driveway as Sam gave one last wave of farewell.
The Doctor has meant for the TARDIS to materialize in a cornfield. Unfortunately the TARDIS didn't always like to obey his instructions and materialized in the middle of a road with a black Impala heading straight for them. "Well might as well go meet the locals," said the Doctor to himself. The Doctor pulled on his long brown coat and stepped out of the TARDIS and onto some unknown road in Smallville. In front of the Doctor stood two young men who had just exited the black car pointing guns at him. "Oi! Lower the guns why don't you. Those things make me nervous," The Doctor called out to the two men on the road.
Dean and Sam had been on their way out of Smallville when a blue wooden box just appeared in front of the Impala. Dean was so startled that he slammed on the breaks. Thankfully he didn't run into the Police box. Dean would have had no clue what the thing was except for that it said Police public call box on the outside.
"Since when can the police appear out of thin air?" Dean asked his younger brother.
"I don't think the police can do that," replied Sam after he had finally managed to keep his mouth from hanging open.
"So would you say we have guns at the ready?" asked Dean.
"I think that would probably be the best plan. I doubt whatever comes out of that thing will actually be a police officer," answered Sam.
To both the Winchesters surprise a skinny man wearing a brown pinstriped suit, long brown jacket, and converse sneakers. He had brown hair that was standing up in all different directions. He was currently shouting to them in a British accent. However, they did not lower their guns as this was definitely not the police and they had no intention of taking instructions from this man.
"Who the hell are you? Dean demanded. "Keep your hands where I can see them." Dean kept his gun steadily pointed at the man with Sam doing the same to the side of him.
The Doctor raised his hands in the air and sighed. "Blimey, I just had to go and materialize in front of two gun toting humans. Couldn't just continue on my way or land hidden somewhere," the Doctor mumbled to himself.
Unfortunately for the Doctor the Winchesters heard what he was mumbling. Only a non human would refer to others as human. "Should I rephrase my question to say what the hell are you? Dean shouted.
"I'm the Doctor."
"We didn't ask for your job description," retorted Sam.
"You wanted to know who I was so I told you. I'm the Doctor," replied the Doctor.
"Doctor is not a name. Think you need to add some more to that. Doctor Who? Sam asked.
The Doctor smiled in spite of the situation. He never got tired of hearing people ask Doctor who. "I'm just called the Doctor."
"Alright Doctor, where are you from?" Dean asked." You've basically admitted that you're not human and that box behind you kind of gives it away as well. Normal people don't just appear out of nowhere."
"Oh I'm from here and there and nowhere important. I'm just a bit of a traveler. Picked up a signal from around here and thought I might check it out. Curiosity does tend to get the better of me. Somehow I always end up at gun point. You can put those down you know. Is it very fair to aim a gun at someone unarmed? Then again that usually does seem to be what happens when you're me. Never carry a gun myself as I can't stand the thought of carrying a weapon. Also comes in handy to say I'm unarmed and then actually be unarmed unless the other person is armed and planning to shoot me. After all I have been through it would be a little embarrassing to be shot in Kansas be two humans who I innocently happened across instead of by some powerful alien enemy already out for my life. Either way that just leads to regeneration and I'm starting to run a bit short on those," The Doctor finished babbling and just stood smiling at the confused looks of the two men.
"Did you understand a single word of that, Sam?" Dean asked his younger brother.
Sam was feeling very confused as he now knew his brother was. Before answering he tried to remember everything that was just said. Sam knew the man was obviously very pleased to have confused them if that insane grin told them anything. "I think I caught most of that," Sam slowly answered his brother as he was still trying to piece everything together. Sam kept watch over the strange man as he whispered to his brother. "From what I can gather he is a traveler who is unarmed and wants us to put the guns down."
"Dean, lower your gun but don't put it away," instructed Sam loud enough so that the other man could hear him.
"Lovely," replied the Doctor with another smile. "So I would love to stay and chat but I must be on my way. Now don't raise your guns again I am just pulling out my sonic screwdriver. I am going to attempt to try and find the direction the signal came from. Even if it is too late I should still be able to get a trace of where it was coming from. How often do portals just open up in Kansas?"
"Portals?" Sam and Dean asked at the same time.
"A portal was opened up from here to another dimension," replied the Doctor." Just need to find it and maybe check out which dimension it opened up into. Portal searching should make for an exciting afternoon. Now I must really be on my way unless you two happen to know about this portal which is unlikely because of the way you reacted to me."
The Doctor was paying attention to his sonic screwdriver and started to walk towards the direction where the signal had come from not at first realizing he was heading towards the two men who had raised their guns again. He looked up to find a gun in his face. "Not this again."
"You're not heading in this direction," said Dean angrily. "You can get right back into that blue box and leave and never come back or you can try to continue on and find yourself dead."
"Don't even try to go this way," added Sam.
"Now why would you two not mind me leaving but not want me to go the way you obviously just came from? The Doctor asked more to himself that the two in front of him. "Maybe you two do know what happened around here. It is obvious that you two didn't actually produce the portal unless you stumbled across some alien technology by mistake but that doesn't seem like it is the case. My best guess is that you are trying to protect someone or something. I am guessing it was that someone who opened up the portal. You two didn't seem too surprised by me materializing here except for the fact that I materialized here. You two have probably seen some unusual occurrences and that have made you be on guard at all times. You two have the look of people who have had seen hard times. Now I see you two gaping at me and I now know I am right about all of the above. Don't underestimate someone who is clever and knows how to use their senses to understand what is around them. Now would you care to escort me to this someone you are protecting?"
"Dude you need to stop rambling. It is too frigging hard to understand you if you are talking a mile a minute," yelled a frustrated Dean. "You talk to him, Sam."
"So you want to meet whoever opened up this portal, right?" Sam asked.
"That would be correct," replied the Doctor.
"We will take you to him. Our friend can take care of himself so if you cause any problems we will leave you at his mercy. Is that clear?
"Of course," The Doctor replied. He was finally going to be able to get on with what he came here for. Smallville must be small if the first two humans he came across knew what was going on.
"I don't want him in my car and I don't want him getting back into that freaky box thing of his," said Dean quietly to Sam. "Plus should we really be taking this guy to Clark? We just left the farm and now we are bringing another problem his way."
"Will you let us tie you up, Doctor? I think that is the only way Dean will let you in his car," asked Sam.
"No problem… You know I never caught your names. Here we have been gabbing and you two never even introduced yourselves. You know that is quite rude. I've been told I am quite rude sometimes so I guess I can't complain. You can introduce yourselves as I'm being tied up and deposited in your car. I don't really fancy leaving the TARDIS out in the middle of the road like this. Knowing you two I am not going to be able to get inside it and I'm sure you two wouldn't come inside even if I asked nicely," rambled the Doctor.
"If we tell you who we are will you shut up? Dean asked exasperated.
"I can try to shut up but that usually doesn't last long," said the Doctor.
"I'm Dean and this is my younger brother Sam. We are hunters of the supernatural. We kill what needs killing."
"Well that's no good," answered the Doctor. "How do you know what needs killing? What paranormal things are you hunting? How do you know you are not hunting innocent creatures? I've done my share of killing but only as a last resort. You two seem to go after trouble. That's no good at all."
"Thought you were going to keep quiet?" asked Dean.
"I tried I really did but you can't expect a guy to shut up when something like that is dropped on him," replied the Doctor. "How about you just call this mate of yours and get him down here. Sound good?"
"He is not our mate. Why does everyone think we're gay?" Dean asked Sam.
"Dean, I think he said mate as in friend, replied Sam with a small laugh at his brother.
"You're correct," answered the Doctor. "Usually just stick to London when I'm on Earth. Need be careful with what I say here."
"Dean, watch the Doctor for a moment while I call Clark," Sam called out over his shoulder as he walked away from the scene a little ways to make the phone call.
Clark was just sitting on the couch with Lois watching a movie and eating some sandwiches for lunch. Chloe had gone home after the Winchesters had left so he finally had some alone time to spend with his new girlfriend. They had been alone maybe twenty minutes when the phone rang. "Sorry Lois."
"Hello, Clark speaking."
"Clark this is Sam we have a situation."
"How can there be a situation? You two just left here," asked Clark.
"Some guy just materialized out of thin air in a blue box and is pretty weird. We are just a little way down the road from your place. Could you bring your truck in case we need to haul that box somewhere?" asked Sam.
"Fine. I'll be there in a few minutes." Clark responded before hanging up.
"Lois, there is some situation happening down the road with the Winchesters that they need help with. It kind of sounds like the Winchesters are holding some guy prisoner not too far from here. I'm going to go check it out. Please stay here since I don't know what the situation is," said Clark rather quickly, hoping to avoid a mad Lois.
"Hurry back and try not to get too involved in something dangerous," said Lois as she stood up to give Clark a goodbye kiss.
Clark got into his truck and drove down the road until he saw a black Impala in front of him. In front of the car he could see Sam and Dean keeping watch over some guy standing in front of a blue box. Clark got out of the car to go stand by his friends and find out what was happening. As Clark was approaching he kept his ears open. He could have sworn he was hearing two hearts. He then ran an x-ray to see if he was correct. Everything about this man was definitely not human except for his outward appearance.
Clark approached the man and stood right in front of him. He was definitely much closer than the Winchesters had dared to get. Instead of being hostile like his friends had been he would try a friendly approach. Clark held out his hand and shook hands with the spiky haired guy in the brown suit. "Hi, I'm Clark Kent."
"Nice to meet you. I'm called the Doctor. Finally I get to meet someone who is not so rude and doesn't feel the need to point a gun at an unarmed man."
"Doctor if you don't mind I want to load your box onto my truck and then we can all go somewhere and chat. Dean and Sam will put their guns away and everything will be civilized. There are just a couple things we need to sort out before we go," said Clark.
"Sounds reasonable. What do you want to know Clark?" asked the Doctor.
"Are you willing to confirm that you're not human?" Clark asked the Doctor.
"Of course I'm not human. I'm pretty sure your friends figured that out. I'm an alien," replied the Doctor.
"You're pretty quick to admit that you're an alien," exclaimed Clark.
"No reason to hide the fact. I arrived here in a spaceship that defies Earth logic and I have been a bit too casual referring to your friends as human which of course sets me apart from Earthlings," explained the Doctor calmly.
"Are you here to invade Earth or cause harm to anyone on this planet?" asked Clark.
"Of course not!" The Doctor exclaimed loudly. "I've put a lot of work into this planet. Now why are you asking these questions as if they are a formality? Are you the one designated to welcome aliens if they happen to land in a cornfield out here?"
"Like you I am not originally from this planet but have lived here most of my life and consider myself an honorary human," Clark said despite the fact that he hardly ever told his secret to anyone and now he was telling a complete stranger. "What did you mean by you have put a lot of work into this planet?"
"I have just saved this place a lot. Plus I have quite a few human friends," replied the Doctor casually." Now I wondered if you were from Earth. Just something about you seemed off. What is your planet of origin?"
"Krypton. It was destroyed when I was a baby. My parents built a spaceship and sent me here. The Kent family adopted me after finding me and my spaceship in a cornfield," Clark sadly replied.
"So you're the last of your kind too," mumbled the Doctor to himself. "Never heard of the planet Krypton but then again one can't know of every single planet out there. " I'm from Gallifrey which was destroyed in a war. To my knowledge I am the only Time Lord left." The Doctor paused for a moment before continuing on. "So I am guessing you are quite a bit younger than me. I'm guessing you are actually the age you look judging by the way you described your family here. I don't remember exactly how old I am. I am probably somewhere in my thousands but I like to keep on saying I am in my nine hundreds. Being over a thousand just seems so old. It is so hard to keep track sometimes with all the traveling I do. Sorry I got off topic didn't I? That tends to happen sometimes. Used to get hit by my friend Donna every time I started rambling on…" The Doctor immediately quit talking. He didn't want to think about his past companions anymore. It made him feel too lonely and too old.
After seeing the pained expression on the Doctor's face Clark decided it was time to get him back to the house. "Sam I am going to load up the blue box and take the Doctor in the truck. You and Dean can start on back to the house. Will you just warn Lois about what is going on?"
"Sure thing, Clark," responded Sam surprised he was being spoken to. Clark had not said anything to him or Dean upon arriving. They had thought Clark could handle the situation so the both of them had thought it best to just keep quiet. Now the two of them got back into the Impala and started back to the farm they had left not too long ago.
"Now if you give me a hand I think we can manage to tilt it into your truck," suggested the Doctor.
"You can't lift it by yourself?" Clark asked surprised. He figured another alien would have some kind of powers like himself.
"Do I look like I can lift that thing alone?" The Doctor asked with a chuckle. His face soon dropped as he saw Clark lift up the TARDIS and set it down in the truck acting as if the spaceship weighed nothing.
"Shall we get going back to the farm to continue our chat?" Clark asked.
"Yeah I think that is a great idea," replied the Doctor with a frown on his face. He quickly switched to a smile. "Allons-y!"
"Huh?" Clark asked.
"Let's go," replied the Doctor.
The two of them both climbed into the truck and headed to the Kent farm where they were going to have a very interesting conversation. Both the aliens were curious about the other one.
A/N: So another chapter finished. After writing this I am super motivated again to write. I loved writing for The Doctor. In case anyone doesn't know The Doctor comes from the popular British science fiction show Doctor Who which has been on since the 1960s. For those who know Doctor Who then you have realized that I am writing the tenth Doctor, David Tennant. To those who have no idea what that means you will find out more next chapter or you can go watch Doctor Who which is a fantastic show. I suggest starting with the new series which started back in 2005 and go through the present episodes and then go back to watch the classic series.