Author's Notes: Hello my lovely little aliens! Before we get started, I just want to say that I just love all of you guys. You guys make my day with your reviews and comments, even if they are not the nicest or most flattering. I just love all of you guys. Anyway on with the story!
(I do not own Doctor Who)...
"Doc, today was just…so cool," I watched the sky turn darker and darker after the amazing day we had in New York City. We just watched people and ate my favorite American food. It was so simple and so unlike the past month or two with all the running around and fighting evil aliens. The Doctor walked to a food cart for some soda when I took the time to call my friends back home.
"Come on pick up."
It was ringing and ringing until I heard a sigh.
"Hello?"
"Marianne? Marianne is that you?"
"Amelia? Where have you been?! You never called! You never wrote! We thought you went missing!"
"Marianne, I told you where I was."
Marianne went on to tell me it had been six months since they last saw me alive; no policemen saw me, they called other countries and couldn't find me. I was shocked, I thought because there was no time on the TARDIS, time would stop.
'Time will stop...when you're in the time vortex...oh god I'm an idiot!'
"I'm sorry Marianne, I lost track of time and I meant to call but I never had the chance!"
"Sweetheart! Where are you?"
'More like WHEN are we.'
"I'm in America in New York."
"Ok...well, I love you and I hope you're ok. Goodbye Amelia."
"Love you too Marianne, goodbye."
The line went dead and I felt so guilty. I left for six months and made Marianne worry about me for nothing.
"A penny for your thoughts?"
The Doctor brought me a Coke and he had a bottle of water for him. I just looked at it in my hands, not trying to take a sip because I knew it was not going to settle.
"I called Marianne and she's freaking out because I didn't call sooner. Normal drama with her."
He sat beside me and I cozied up closer to him.
"Doctor?"
"Yes?"
"Are there more of your species?"
He didn't respond at first and relaxed his grip to look into the darkening sky. The few stars that braved the skylights winked at us and I felt so guilty. He never was this silent before but I knew that had to change.
"Doctor?"
"No."
"No?"
"I'm the last Time Lord ever."
"I'm so sorry, Doctor…"
"You didn't kill them, you have no reason to be sorry."
"What happened to them?"
He was silent and I could feel his breathing stop suddenly. I felt like I wouldn't hear his voice again if I didn't help him. I laid my hand onto his knee and when he looked at me, I turned my ear towards him to listen.
"I…I killed them…"
"What?"
"I had to kill my species!"
The shout nearly deafened me but I shook my head and looked at my Doc shaking his head into his hands.
"I murdered all the innocent Time Lords and Ladies to kill the most dangerous creatures in the universe. And I was the only one to survive. I am a murderer…"
He glared at me and I could see that he wasn't angry with me but himself for killing his people. I reached up and tried smoothing the lines on his face.
"Doctor…"
"Why are you still here?"
"Doctor…"
"What?!"
I didn't answer but I moved to sit in his lap, to face him and show him that I wasn't moving for anything at all. I opened my arms and all at once realized how uncomfortable it must've been for him but it needed to be done.
He opened his arms when I needed them but he needed to have someone open his heart again. I opened my arms for him and he looked at me as though I had gone mad. I though I was going to have to squeeze him when he leaned forward and hugged me loosely. I tightened the hug and soon felt small wet drops on my shirt.
My Doctor was crying and he was trying to hide them like I once did.
How alike can two people be, even if they are different species?
He promised me no more missions or adventures that involved my life being in danger for a while so I can recover from the time sickness that I caught. For the first time since I met him, I saw the Doctor was nervous and excited to get out and about.
"Hey Doc?"
"Hmmm?" He was working on the TRADIS when I padded into the room in my PJ's and bare feet.
"Do we have any ginger ale? My stomach hurts." I felt like the whiny little child I knew I was acting like but my stomach was killing me damn it! He huffed out a no and I padded over to the panel he was trying to fix. He was frustrated and I knew it wasn't smart to annoy him right now but when was the last time I did anything smart?
"Will the great Time Lord go get some for the sick ape?"
He looked up at me, glaring for a moment but his expression softened and he felt my forehead for a temperature. He guided me to the medical bay and told me to stay put. Being the rebel I was, I tried getting up but TRADIS pulled me back down while the Doctor landed her gently.
'TRADIS, what is he doing?'
'Getting you ginger ale, what else?'
She was a little upset with me since I had decided to go mute after I got sick. I didn't want her dirty circuitry putting images in the Doctor's mind.
'I was just being whiny; he didn't really need to get me anything.'
'I know sweetie, he wants to. Besides he's been trying to fix me for days, it's nice not to have someone poking around in your circuits all the time.'
'Preaching to the choir. Hey TRADIS?'
'…yes?'
'Can you keep a secret?'
'…yes…'
'What would you think if I thought the Doctor was…almost…human?'
She didn't answer for a couple of ticks so I quickly explained my thinking in my mind.
'It's just he acts so much like my species rather than his own and then he acts like he's better than me and then…and then…'
'Honey, I got it…Honestly? I sometimes think he's part human too. But that's our little secret, right?'
'Right.'
"Stupid, ugly ape!"
"Excuse me?!"
Long story short, the Doctor was not happy with the service that ape gave him at the gas station on the planet he landed them on to get me the ginger ale but he smiled and handed me the green can of bubbly goodness. As I sipped it down, he pulled out his screwdriver and held it to my forehead. It felt like an ice cube on my face and I enjoyed every minute of it.
"Well you seem ok but I'm going to keep you here to make sure you are ok."
"Ok," I shifted in the bed and made myself comfortable to go to sleep.
For the briefest moment I thought I heard the Doctor, the great Time Lord, the last of his superior species sigh. And for a moment, I thought I felt rough but gentle lips on my cheek but I was too tired to tell.
I woke up tired and cold and I was so cold in that bed in the medical bay when I decided it was a great idea to go back to my warm bed despite the Doctor's orders. I just walked out when I collided with something big and very solid.
I fell to the ground and saw that I hit the wall. The Doctor reached down and offered his hand.
"Thanks Doc," I said happily as I was lifted to my feet.
"Doc? Who is that?" His voice sounded higher and strange but that could've been my hearing.
"You, you're Doc!"
I thought about the first time he questioned my nickname for him and he told me that unless I was dying that I shouldn't call him that in public. The memory made me laugh a little and I walked towards the Doctor when he took a step back.
"Doc? Are you ok?"
He didn't answer but I saw two more people appear out of nowhere. They looked so different but the TRADIS didn't sound the alarm so they couldn't have been evil…
"Doc?"
It never occurred that this could have been an alien that could've killed me until that moment with two more came. My heart rate quicken and they reached into their pockets for some kind of weapon.
I took two steps back and ran as fast as my legs could carry me when I heard many people running after me and telling me to stop.
The TRADIS knew I wanted my Doctor so she showed the way to his room when I knocked open the door and slammed it in the fake Doctors' faces.
"What is going on?!"
"Doc!"
I ran to him and hugged him as tight as I could when I heard the tale-tell signs of a sonic screwdriver being used on the TRADIS. The Doctor pushed me under the bed and told me to not get out for whatever reason.
"No matter what you hear, do not come out!"
"I promise."
The door busted open and the Doctor was ready to fight but I heard nothing.
No fighting, no grunting, nothing.
The Doctor came back to my hiding space and told me that it was ok and that the people were not there to hurt us. I crawled out and saw eight men standing in front of me. Some were glaring others were smiling and one…one was glaring at the Doctor.
"Amelia Fall, meet…the Doctors."
I shook my head because I thought he was messing with me.
"That's impossible, you said…"
"He said a lot of things he shouldn't have to an ape."
"Excuse me! I may be an ape but I can still kick your ass to Sirius Moon and back."
I glared at the one who said that and he look surprised that I would speak up for myself. I walked to him and glared at him. He didn't visibly shrink but he did waver a little when I started to talk.
"First, no one calls me an ape except for my Doctor, and second, I don't know how you got here and I'm sure the Doc's got an amazing theory to it but I don't care. As soon as we can get you out of here, I will personally push you out of the TRADIS."
I walked toward the door when I looked back at my Doctor looking at me with surprise in his eyes.
"Fix this, I'm too tired and sick to deal with nine Doctors at the same time."
I walked a little down the hallway when I heard another voice, "At least she can count for an ape."
I picked up a heavy vase that I bought at a market and threw it as hard as my ape arm could go. I heard a crash and a cry of pain. I walked back into the room and the one who made the comment was rubbing his head. He looked at me with incredibility.
"And she can throw too," I said sweetly before making taunting monkey noises as I walked back to my room to sleep off the shock of how lucky I was to have my Doctor and not these Doctors.
I woke up and walked to the kitchen where most of the Doctors were there arguing about something being wrong with the time vortex. I tuned them out and went to the counter for some fruit. I slowly ate my banana when I heard something. It was a clanking inside the TARDIS.
'TARDIS, are you ok?'
'Fine, the Doc keeps tinkering around in me and I can barely function with him in there. He really wants these other guys out.'
'He's not the only one.'
I went to finish my banana when I heard the Doc cursing and struggling to keep his head. He walked from the eight other Doctors and leaned against the counter beside me.
"Banana?"
"Please."
I handed him the fruit and we watched the group yell at each other when two, (I think six and seven) stood up and got in each other's faces.
"Girls, girls, you're both pretty, stop fighting," I intervened in my best British accent, which was either really good or really bad because the Doc started choking on his banana from laughing so hard.
The two stopped and looked at each other in anger and walked away. I looked at the Doc, who was recovering from choking and spoke in that British accent again.
"I believe I saved your arse from a beating."
"You did and nearly killed me in the process."
"You're fine, big baby."
I walked to him and wiped some banana that fell onto his leather jacket. It was old and worn but also beautiful, like time never touched it. Then again, it probably never did.
"I haven't got a clue on how to send the other Doctors home."
"You'll think of something, you're the Doctor, you always have a plan."
"You put so much faith in me."
"You never gave me any reason to doubt that faith."
"What about Soldier Planet?"
"You saved me."
"Exlopne?"
"You stopped him remember?"
"I'm not perfect, Amelia."
'But you are perfect, Doctor. 100%.'
I didn't respond but let go of his jacket. I backed up a little and looked at him.
"To an ape that you keep saving, you are a hero, no matter what you may believe."
I walked out of the room and walked to the library to read about the TARDIS' bonding with the Doctors. I got about half-way through when the power cut out and I heard the Doc cussing again.
'TARDIS?'
'Hit a circuit, I'm alright.'
'And the Doctors?'
'Grumpy but ok.'
The lights turned on again and I sighed. I hated the dark but we all knew that from the first night here. I turned the page when I heard someone coming into the room. It was the eighth Doctor and he looked shocked to see me there.
"I'm sorry I didn't know…"
"It's ok."
"Really, I don't want to offend."
"It's nice to be in someone else's company."
He nodded and grabbed a book in his language off the shelf. He sat next to me and read from the book, not speaking to me at all. I sighed and stood up to get a different book when I noticed a small book in the back of the library. It was white and there wasn't anything on it to tell me what it contained.
"Hey Doctor? What's this book?"
"Don't touch that one!"
I turned around and all of the Doctors including Doc were standing behind me and it shocked me to the point of me accidently touching the book. I remember the Doctor reaching for me before everything went white.
Author's Notes: Ok, got to go because I do have to get up in the morning. Leave me a review if you liked or hated the story because they really do make my day. Until next time my lovely little aliens.