Triple Threat
Chapter 10
"What the…" the doctor whispered as Elizabeth's body began to glow. His eyes grew wide as he recognized what was happening to the young woman but he couldn't believe it. The woman who had been about five foot nine or ten shrunk to no taller than five foot four – shorter than Isabella but still taller than Katherine. Her wavy and frizzy brown hair transformed into long ginger locks with a complexion that matched.
Freckles appeared all over the bridge of her nose which turned into a button nose. Her face was very doll like. She was so sweet looking, especially while sleeping like that.
"You guys, come quick," he yelled as he hurried to his feet. Then he moved to her side as the other females ran out before stopping. He placed the stethoscope against her chest on one side. He heard a strong and stable heartbeat. He moved it to the other side and it was the same thing as the first.
"Who the hell is that and what happened to Elizabeth?" Katti demanded and he flinched at the roughness he heard in her voice. However, he couldn't help but feel a slight happiness. She'd finally spoke – something that happened since her sister died.
"This is Elizabeth, she regenerated," The Doctor said as he took a peek at her eyes. They dilated when the light hit them and had turned baby blue.
"What, how is that possible," Martha demanded as he watched Isabella draw some of her own blood using her kit then run it through the TARDIS.
"This can't be right," she whispered as he moved to look at the DNA. As soon as he glanced at it he recognized Time-Lord markers in it, they weren't active but they were there. He knew that if and when she regenerated for her first time all of the markers would become active.
"How is this possible," he asked glancing at those three, suddenly struck by the fact he felt someone else out there. He could sense it. He could feel another time-lord presence in the universe.
He didn't understand and that scared him. He knew he was the last. He should have felt if there was another one out there but he hadn't. How was that possible?
All these questions ran through his head he almost forgot he wasn't alone, that is till Katti spoke up.
"Shouldn't she be waking up?" Katti asked and he looked to see her nervously poking her sister's face.
"Katti, stop poking Elizabeth," Isabella said grabbing her sister's hand as she went to poke her again.
"Sorry, had to see if she was really real… wait, this means I'm a Time-Lady. I'm like the doctor… this is so cool," Katti stated, her mouth moving faster than his mind could comprehend which was pretty fast.
"Katti, slow down and breathe," Martha stated. "You still need oxygen to survive. I don't think Elizabeth to find her sister regenerated due to oxygen deprivation."
"Oh, you are such a doctor," Katti said as she laughed. The doctor rolled his eyes before he could stop himself. Then he leaned over and picked up Elizabeth in his arms. Her body was much smaller and skinnier. She weighed barely anything as he held her.
"Where are you taking her?" Isabella asked nervously.
"To her room, we need to get her in a very safe surrounding. This is going to be messy when she wakes up and we need her comfortable and safe feeling or she could hurt us or even herself," he stated having flashbacks from when he was young which caused him to shiver.
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Katti saw The Doctor carry her sister out of the room and couldn't help but notice his little shiver. He was nervous or scared and that was always a bad thing. A part of her remembered what he had told them about Time-Lords who had changed due to Corvoline poisoning but right now she was just too happy her sister was still alive.
She chased after him and watched him lay her on her bed. He straightened up and looked directly at her.
"Do you still have those hand cuffs I found when you first moved on here?" he asked.
"Of course not, you told me to get rid of them so I did," she lied, thinking he was trying to trick her.
"Now is not the time to play coy Katherine. If you have them I need you to go grab them and bring them here," he stated and she looked at him confused.
"Why do you want her to bring you handcuffs?" Bella asked.
"Because, Elizabeth going to be very unstable when she regenerates. When I was young, about your ages actually, I watched a woman change from sweet and happy to sad and weepy to angry and violent to suicidal in a matter of moments. That same woman tried to kill her doctor then she went and tried to kill herself. I kept her from finishing it but she had permanently scarred herself that day. I met her sister a year later and learned three days later she'd succeeded in taking her own life. It didn't make sense to me at that time. Suicide was very rare on Galfry. She could attempt as well," he states and Katherine didn't argue.
She ran from the room and brought a pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs and a pair of purple fuzzy handcuffs with her. He handcuffed the young woman, feeling bad about it but not able to do anything about that.
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Bella stood in the doorway. Hours had passed and she still couldn't believe that the young girl she was looking at was Strong and controlling Elizabeth. She looked too fragile, too sweet and loving. She looked like a doll someone had crafted out of the most fragile porcelain they could find.
It didn't make sense. She found Elizabeth's markers in her DNA but still. It was too strange. Katherine was going ecstatic but Isabella couldn't help but question this.
A Machine being bigger on the inside than the outside was one thing. An Alien piloting it with two hearts and several strange abilities she could understand. Her sisters and herself being aliens was something too hard to swallow. She wasn't an alien. She didn't feel any different than the girl she'd been yesterday.
How… how was this possible? She knew a mom and dad coming together made it possible but still. This was just wrong.
"Isabella," the Doctor's voice spoke sweetly and she turned to see him. He was an alien. Two hearts beat within his chest – similarly to the two hearts that would one day beat within hers. It sent shivers up her spine to know this.
"Hi, Doctor," she stated quietly.
"You okay?" he asked and she nodded. He obviously didn't believe her. "What's bothering you?"
She remained silent for quite a while then she finally broke the silence. "How did we not know? We have this alien blood in us and we were completely ignorant of it. We always assumed we were normal even though we obviously were not. We figured our intelligence, telepathic connection, and other special gifts were due to our father's experiments on us. We never… we never even considered we." She stopped. She didn't know what to say.
However, he spoke up. "I'm not surprised you didn't think much of it. Besides, there are things about you similar to time-ladies of Galfry but there are other things that are nothing like other time-lords. I've never seen anyone with such person specific abilities like you three. Your sister's visions… I've heard of them with slight visions but nothing like hers. Besides… you three are still very young. For what information you three had on a basic level was extraordinary considering you never had the training most on my planet receive. Don't feel bad… I'm a Time-Lord and I didn't see it."
She chuckled.
That's when they heard a sound. It was the sound of a very feminine, childlike, groan. They turned to see Elizabeth's new face turn from one side to the next…
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