As Rose was walking away, I turned back to Maura. I mentally debated having her come along or not, but eventually, I couldn't let her leave my sight. I wanted to keep tabs on her. "Come on."
Turns out I was right to have her along, as we both got knocked out by Cassandra. As I woke up, I could feel Maura getting scared, but she still felt a bit dazed as if she couldn't believe it was real. That was not good. I grabbed her hand while I tried my best to get us out. But it seems as if luck is a big factor in this regeneration as we got out in the nick of time.
Unfortunately, it lead to us getting cornered by the Flesh. Really, what is the fascination with slaves? I've never understood it, even from our history.
"We're trapped! What am I going to do?" Cassandra cried.
"Well, for starters, you're going to leave that body. That psycograft is banned on every civilized planet. You're compressing Rose to death."
"But I've got nowhere to go. My original skin's dead."
"Not my problem. You can float as atoms in the air. Now, get out. Give her back to me." I don't have time to deal with a selfish ape.
"You asked for it." I felt her start to press into my mind and quickly blocked it off. She might be in control, but I could take the reins back at any time. During this time, I paid attention to what was happening out there.
"Blimey, my head. Where'd she go?" Rose asked. Maura pointed towards me.
I felt my mouth move without me giving the order. It was weird. "Oh, my. This is different."
"Cassandra?" Rose seemed a bit shocked.
"Goodness me, I'm a man. Yum. So many parts. And hardly used. Oh, oh, two hearts!" She started dancing in time. "Oh, baby, I'm beating out a samba!" This is humiliating!
"Get out of him." Rose, I can take it!
"Oo, he's slim, and a bit foxy. You've thought so too. I've been inside your head. You've been looking. You like it." Really?!
I saw the Flesh catching up, meaning Cassandra saw them too. "What do we do? What would he do?" Cassandra frantically exclaimed. "The Doctor, what the hell would he do?"
"Ladder. We've got to get up." Rose started to lead the way but Cassandra plowed her way through.
"Out of the way, blondies!" I swear, Cassandra, you're getting on my last nerves. My patience hasn't been tested like this since my children decided to redecorate the kitchen. We got stuck at the top of the ladder as the doors were locked.
"If you get out of the Doctor's body, he can think of something." Rose shouted up.
I decided against taking over unless it was an absolute emergency. Hopefully, this would force her to go somewhere else.
"Yap, yap, yap. God, it was tedious inside your head. Hormone city." She's a young human female, of course it was going to be hormone city. Just because you're too stuck up to remember those days…though let's be honest. You're husbands were probably bribed to deal with you.
"We're going to die if-" A nun grabbed Rose's ankle. "Get off!" She shouted.
"All of our good work. All that healing. The good name of the Sisterhood. You have destroyed everything."
"Oh, go and play with a ball of string." Cassandra retorted.
"Everywhere, disease. This is the human world. Sickness!" The nun hissed. Finally, Rose got her off, but the nun fell to her death after being touched by the Flesh.
"Move!" Rose shouted.
They packed as far as they could at the top. "Now what do we do?" Cassandra shouted back down.
"Use the sonic screwdriver."
Cassandra grabbed the sonic and held it precariously. "You mean this thing?" I swear to Rassilon, Cassandra, if you drop that…
"Yes, I mean that thing."
"Well, I don't know how. The Doctor's hidden away all his thoughts." *snort* Of course I did; my head, my rules.
"Well, then just get out for a bit so he can do something!" Finally a rational idea.
Cassandra huffed, but did as Rose suggested. But instead of floating as atoms in the air, she went into Maura.
That was not okay.
That was nowhere near the realm of okay.
I could feel her pain as she was mentally invaded. "Cassandra! Get out of her! Now!" I funneled the Oncoming Storm into my voice and my gaze. One way or another, Cassandra would leave. However, it seemed as if Maura was fighting back as well for Cassandra quickly left to go into one of the Flesh. I watched Maura slump in relief and could feel the damage she had done. She looked up and saw me watching and waved me off. I left it for now.
"Oh, sweet Lord. I look disgusting." Cassandra cried out.
I quickly opened the elevator and Rose and Maura followed. I grabbed Maura's hand and started closing the doors.
"No, you don't." Cassandra flew back into Rose. She slumped into a sitting position.
"That was your last warning, Cassandra!" She sat there and stared off into space sadly.
"Inside her head. They're so alone. They keep reaching out, just to hold us. All their lives and they've never been touched." I couldn't help but be softened by her epiphany. I held out my other hand and dragged them back to Ward 26.
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