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Well, this is the last chapter! Thanks everyone who read it, I hope you found it enjoyable!
If anyone is interested in another 'Doctor Who' adventure, I will write others up? Anyway, please enjoy…
Walking back down the pier felt like forever. He hunched his shoulders but he kept his head up. The Doctor tried hard not to cry; why did it always come to death? Why couldn't he have just one day any day where everyone lived? He thought of Rose and how joyful they were on that evening when they stopped the nanogenes in 1941. During the blitz as the bombs were falling around them, they still had time to dance…
He reached Yates on the beach who was crouching over Albert, wiping away the blood with a handkerchief. Both men looked up at him with uncertainty. They will want to know what happened to Padlo…
'Where is he? Did you stop him?' Gianco managed to gasp; he was quite pale.
'Did you kill him?' Yates asked quickly but didn't go further at the furious look on the Doctor's face.
He sat besides them on the sand and took out the whistle which belonged to Harry Padlo. 'He fell into the sea, I couldn't stop him. The fall would have killed him. But…' he turned the whistle over in his hands. 'There's still one mystery left to solve…'
The three men looked at the whistle intently, expecting it to do something. 'This isn't an invention of the Jurisona…and Padlo couldn't have had the ability to create such a thing.'
'So where did it come from?' Gianco murmured.
Daylight broke night from the sea as the sun rose over the horizon. The group made it back to the villa which Gianco leant to the Doctor and Rose for their stay. She was still fast asleep on the couch, completely unaware of her visitors.
Wilson Yates had his arm around Gianco for support and the two men stood by the door while the Doctor leaned in next to Rose and played her a few silent notes on the blue whistle.
In a sudden, her face glowed and her cheeks became rosy. She opened her eyes slowly – everything was blurred – they sparkled as usual when she saw the Doctor beside her, grinning from ear to ear.
'What happened?' She asked, still tired.
'I'll tell you later, you just have to rest here for a bit ok? Don't worry,' he said quickly when she was about to argue, 'I'll be back!' He smiled at her and kissed her cheek.
Leaving Rose with a confused expression, the men headed down the road to another villa. The men had sat on the beach for ages trying to figure out the people behind the whistle. Then it came to the Doctor.
Last night at Gianco's retirement ball there had been eight people sitting at their table. Gianco, his wife, Rose and the Doctor, Padlo…and two representatives of the American congress!
They knocked on their door and were let in. Within an hour they had caught the culprits. It was true; Padlo had been with the sea creature for a few weeks when politicians began to notice his fortune. The American congress had a meeting with Padlo, made him a deal, and gave him Alien equipment to help him use the sea creature to his own advantage. They gave him equipment stolen from UNIT! However, these two representatives had more then wealth on their minds and blackmailed Padlo into taking it even further…
'You two will be arrested immediately for your crimes!' Gianco shouted at them. 'For attempted murder, threatening the natural life of the seas and I think…for the murder of Harry Padlo!'
'You can't just blame us!' One of the men said viciously as local security came and put handcuffs on them. 'What about Frank?'
'What?' Gianco said, confused.
The Doctor stepped in. 'The eighth person on your table, Albert…he was an investor wasn't he? I believe he helped the criminals collect everything they needed for their dastardly plan.' He stared disapprovingly at them.
'Well then, find him and arrest him immediately!' Gianco ordered the security men who nodded and took the struggling congressmen out with them.
Albert Gianco returned to his wife and told her the exciting events of the night. He wasn't put down by the fact that she was worried to death of what could have happened to him. He had a taste of adventure and he didn't want to settle down anymore. He wanted to do something exciting with his life. So after a long and feverish talk with his wife, she agreed he should go back to UNIT and work there part time.
Wilson Yates was no longer self obsessed and ignorant. After meeting the Doctor he wanted to do some good with the world. So he became a Patron of a new organisation that helped people become aware of sea life and to take care of its riches and wild life.
He spoke to the Doctor and Rose about this and they couldn't have been happier for him.
'That's excellent!' Rose beamed and gave him an almighty hug. The Doctor stood behind her trying his best to look pleased but he couldn't help his smile twitch a little.
That afternoon The Doctor was sitting on one of San Muépo's most glamorous look out points. Basically it was just a large rock he was sitting on, looking out over the ocean. The sun was high above and sent a beautiful stream of light over the sea which sparkled like diamonds. But the most beautiful thing about sitting here was that Rose was beside him.
'I wish I wasn't so flamin' useless last night and was down there helping you!' Rose muttered her head on his shoulder.
'Me too,' the Doctor joked. 'No, you're not useless…but I wish you were there!' He laughed.
'What's going to happen to the sea creature?' She asked, 'are you going to take it back to Ilis-Ilipson…' she sighed and the Doctor rolled his eyes.
'Ilupisona,' he stated correctly. 'And no I'm not. Its family left it here on purpose. They don't want it anymore. But…' he said on a happier note. 'All I did this morning was set its frequency back to a more agreeable pitch for both humankind and fish kind alike so that it will be free to wander the depths of the ocean for all its life without anyone poking into its business!' He grinned to himself.
'So no one will be able to see it, or hear it?' She asked.
'No, it will keep to itself somewhere and become a legend. Like a modern Yeti or giant squid.'
Rose smiled and hugged his arm, gazing at the scene. 'It's so beautiful here!'
The Doctor smiled and hugged her too. 'Yeah…it is!'
And they gazed out longingly at the ocean for a long time, just looking at it. And they were sure…just for a second…they could see something large reflected in the water. And they heard a beautiful note of happiness.
The End
Thank you for reading! I really enjoyed writing it, even though it was meant to be for a different kind of story originally. Please R&R! XXX