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"Photographic memory you said, then where is she?"
"Oh I don't know maybe she's gone out for some fresh air," Doctor said while propping his legs up on the desk in front of him. He'd learnt the names of the other people in charge other than Rick, there was Melody and then Samuel. Melody was a skinny amber eyed woman, who had a scary gaze, Samuel was a tall dark skinned man who as yet had been silent.
Suddenly a female voice could be heard from outside the door, "See! There you go happy now? She's here, you are all very tetchy is there something here that Phil shouldn't accidentally stumble across?" Doctor asked while the door opened and Phil was standing hand in hand with a little boy. He grinned at the two of them and then jumped up and rushed over when the boy started to freak out.
Phil crouched to his level, "Nikek? This is where I need you to tell him," she nodded at himself, "What you told me, alright? Maybe not in here I don't much like the atmosphere." Phil picked him up under his arms and ran back out of the room while everyone exclaimed at them.
Still running carrying him the three of them entered the TARDIS, shaking the rain from his hair Doctor looked at the little greeny blue skinned boy. "Hello there Nikek! How are you?"
"Erm."
"Confused yes I can share your pain. I am very confused at the moment too."
"I'm not! Oh wow is this a first! I know what's partially going on and you don't!" Phil cheered happily and skipped up the steps to the console, Nikek quickly ran after her seeking her out as safety. Doctor pointed a finger at her and then just decided to let her have her moment, he didn't have the heart to ruin her fun.
"You said you needed to tell me something?" Doctor sat down on the steps which lead upstairs, Phil stood with the boy hiding behind her back. Looking over her shoulder she looked down at him, "Do you want me to tell him what you told me?" She asked while Nikek gave a quick nod, "Alright," Phil shuffled over and sat next to him on the stairs. Nikek jumped and sat next to her, "Correct me if I get things wrong alright?" Nikek nodded, "Basically apparently the rain got worse when the people came-"
"That is a random point to start with, but that could be because of the mining equipment." Doctor cut her sentence off, Phil puffed out her cheeks and then smiled. "Continue please Phil."
"Nikek said that he and his kind-"
"What is he?"
"Doctor how am I meant to know?"
"Because right now you're a fountain of knowledge," he said simply while Phil turned to look at the boy beside her. Nikek whispered in her ear and then she turned back to look at him, "He says he's a Mizar."
"Oh! You lot are wicked philosophers!" Doctor grinned at the boy who then hid behind Phil again. "Continue please."
"Right," Phil nodded and patted her knees. "He had been locked in that room for a few months. When I asked him if he knew anything about Irosium he shook his head, but the adults did." Phil paused, "He then went into detail how his parents and nearly every other adult got interrogated about the coal."
"It isn't coal Phil!" Doctor nudged her on the shoulder and looked at the two of them, "He's taken a liking to you though."
"I know," she laughed and looked at him, "He also said that he'd overheard his parents talking about it."
"The Irosium?"
"Yup."
"And?"
"They just used it to make their homes, but none of them could figure out why the humans seemed so interested in it."
"Hah...you refer to your own kind as humans, sorry that partially amuses me." Doctor laughed and then sighed and leaned back against the steps. "Where do we go from here then?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Fountain of knowledge, that and I would just love to know what you scheme up."
Phil crossed her arms in thought and looked at Nikek who had taken to doodling in the back of one of her sketchbooks. Taking the book when he waved it at her she smiled, "Thanks." Leaning back against the stairs too Phil showed the page to Doctor, "Well what do you think?"
"Yeah sure lets go destroy a mining facility."
"But," Phil said while closing the book and looking thoughtfully at the black cover. "Rick said that they were going to use it as fuel...and stuff."
"Phil? What was the most obvious thing Rick said about it?"
"It's boring to look at?"
"Phil! Use your brain! It is there," Doctor whined and flung his arms up in the air dramatically, Phil crossed her arms and sat thinking. "I'm not helping you on this one, I am going to let you figure this out on your own."
"That's not fair!"
"Well I'm not always going to be there to tell you everything am I?"
"What's that meant to mean?" Phil said while frowning at him, Doctor rolled his eyes and shrugged, "Oh I see, look who has jumped onto the band wagon of shrugging! And the answer is he said it broke two cranes to get it into a little box so how would they get a air craft or whatever strong enough to take it back to Earth?" Phil rambled and nodded looking away from him to Nikek who looked utterly confused by her fast talking.
Doctor grinned and ruffled her hair, "Clever girl!"
"Oi oi...watch it..." Phil waved his hands away from her hair, Doctor laughed and took to pinching her cheeks instead. Narrowing her eyes she crossed her arms, letting him work the moment out of his system he tapped her on the nose and jumped up.
"Exactly my point! Well...your point, shared point..." Doctor trailed off and looked at the two people in front of him looking up at him confused. "Moving on! If they're not using it on Earth then what are they using it for?"
"Weapons?" Nikek asked quietly finding his voice, the two of them looked at him. "It's extremely heavy like Phil said...but it can be halved."
"Why do you say weapons?" Doctor crouched in front of him, Nikek bit his lip and blinked a few times in thought. Finally he looked up at him, "People like to fight." He said simply while looking to Phil who looked a little saddened by his words.
"Can it be destroyed?"
"No...when it's molded to a shape it's like that for life."
"You saying that they're creating unstoppable weapons?"
"It is plausible." Doctor looked at Phil who looked at him confused, "Don't look like that. You know full well what people are like, you lot love to fight really. You can deny it all you want but deep down you enjoy it."
"I don't."
"You're one in a billion then at the moment." Doctor stood up and walked towards the console, Phil sighed and ran a hand down her face.
"How do we get rid of them then?"
"Get rid of? That's your own kind your on about."
"Ha! My own kind? They're not my kind at the moment though are they? They are my future kind, I'm the past kind."
"It doesn't make much of a difference," Doctor shrugged, Phil narrowed her eyes at him and pointed a finger at him.
"Twat." She said which caused him to look at her confused, "You're being a twat." Phil crossed her arms and stayed glaring in his direction. "You make it sound like I was insinuating that death was going to make an appearance. Can I just say, I don't like death, or dying, or fighting?" Phil jumped up and Nikek stood up with her. "They are killing this planet do you know that? Of course you do! You know everything, stop picking holes in my words and use your brain to think up a plan." Phil walked past the console and down the stairs, "Give us a shout when you're done." She waved and walked out of the TARDIS.