Chapter 12

Aliens of London

part 3

"So, what're you doing down there?" I heard Mickey ask to the Doctor as I watched from the chair, which I had pulled my legs up on. I was still trying to think about what I had said as I watched them. I wasn't crying or really feeling anything at the moment in time. I was just quiet because I didn't know what to do. Rose came up to me as the Doctor called him Ricky again. She rubbed my head with a soft smile and I returned it.

"I know you don't want to talk about it know, but you can always talk to me about it later, don't let it get to much into your head. I promise I won't tease, or joke about." She whispered softly to me. I nodded and thanks her. I closed my eyes for a second and tried to compose myself and act they way I normally act.

"Some friend you've got." mickey turned to us, and Rose responded with.

"He's winding you up." Mickey looked upset, but so did I, he didn't need to act like that, but Rose decided to go up to him and apologise. Though he did act like that, I also shouldn't have said some of the stuff I said to him as well. I listened to the conversation they were having and I began rubbing my mouth hand as I watched. Mickey then turned his head to me and sighed before walking up to me leaving Rose. I made room for him to sit down, knowing he was going to talk to me.

"I'm sorry about what I said to you." He apologised to me knowing that though he was angry he was wrong to say some things to me and I spoke.

"it's okay." I spoke softly to him. "I'm sorry as well. You do mean something to me and I shouldn't acted like that. You are still my friend, it's just that it hurt me for you to shout at me. I understand what had happen to you and apologise for that, please believe when I say that we weren't meant to go for so long." I also apologetic and he nodded accepting to apology.

"I believe you, you have no reason to lie." He breathed and held out his hand. "Lets start again, this time." He spoke and I grinned and shook his hand, nodding.

"Okay, Mickey." We then let go of each other hand and the Doctor voice came from below where he was working on the Tardis. I watched as he went to the monitor and I went over to where he was, so did the others.

"Got what?" I asked him and he began to explain.

"Patched in the radar, looped it back twelve hours so we can follow the flight of the spaceship, here we go... hold on..." He began and then whacked the computer screen. "Come on!" we began to watch the screen "That's the spaceship on it's way to Earth... see? Except... hold on... see, the spaceship did a sling shot round the Earth before it landed."

"But that means it came from earth" I pointed out.

"Exactly" He nodded to me "It went up and came back down. Whoever those aliens are, they haven't just arrived. They've been here for a while. The question is, what have they been doing?" He thought out loud before turning to me. "Alright?" he questioned and I nodded.

"Yeah just needed a bit, like earlier not my day, sorry I hit you." I told him and he nodded.

"It's alright, sorry about checking without telling you." He responded and I laughed.

"Okay we should stop with all the apologising now, and find out what's going on." I grinned at him and he grinned at me before Mickey began to speak.

"How many channels do you get?"

"All the basic packages." The doctor told Mickey.

"You get sports channels?" He asked.

"Yes, I get the football." He responded to Mickey annoyed, looking back at the screen "Hold on, I know that bloke."

"It is looking likely that the government is bringing in alien specialists - those people who have devoted their lives to studying outer space." The reporter spoke.

"UNIT! United Nations Intelligence Task force - good people." He claimed.

"You know them?" I wondered out loud and Mickey answered for him.

"'Cos he's worked for them. Yeah, don't think I sat on my backside for twelve months, Doctor. I read up on you. You look deep enough on the Internet... and in the history books, and there's his name. Followed by a list of the dead." Mickey explained to us.

"That's nice. Good boy, Ricky." The Doctor spoke sarcastically and I couldn't help but smirk. I saw Rose look at me with a smile, seeing as I was slowly coming back to my old self again now as I wasn't think much of it.

"If you know them, why don't you go and help?" I questioned him.

"They wouldn't recognize me. I've changed a lot since the old days. Besides, the world's on a knife-edge. There's aliens out there and fake aliens. We want to keep this alien out of the mix. I'm going undercover... and eh, better keep the TARDIS out of site. Rickey! You've got a car - you can do some driving." He answered, and began to walk out of the Tardis. We followed suit.

"Where to?!" Mickey demanded.

"The roads are clearing. Let's go and have a look at that spaceship." The Doctor stated. Once we stepped outside helicopter lights shined on to us, while someone shouted for us not to move. Police cars and soldiers began to surround us surprising me.

"No!" We heard and saw Jackie being grabbed by two soldiers.

"Raise your hands above your head! You are under arrest!" The loudspeaker spoke as we rose are hands.

"Take me to your leader!" The Doctor grinned as we looked up.

…...

"Rose climbed in beside me as we entered the 'police car' as I sat in the middle with the Doctor on my other side.

"This is a bit posh. If I knew it was gonna be like this - being arrested - I'd have done it years ago." Rose began.

"We're not being arrested, we're being escorted!" The Doctor responded.

"Where are we being escorted too?"I questioned confused.

"Where'd you think? Downing Street!" He began to laugh, causing Rose and I to laugh as well.

"You're kidding." Rose claimed.

"I'm not!" He was still laughing.

"10 Downing Street?" Rose asked seriously.

"That's the one!" He assured while nodding.

"Why?" I wondered.

"I hate to say it, but Mickey was right. Over the years I've visited this planet a lot of times, and I've been, uh – noticed." He answered truthfully.

"So, Now they need you?" I noted.

"Like it said on the news - they're gathering experts in alien knowledge. And who's the biggest expert of the lot?" He questioned.

"Patrick Moore?" Rose guessed and I laughed. Obviously the Doctor meant himself.

"Apart from him!" He quickly responded, I shook my head smiling.

"Ah, you must love it." I grinned.

"I'm telling you, Lloyd George - he used to drink me under the table. Who's the Prime Minister now?" He exclaimed then asking us who is the prime minister was.

"How should we know? we missed a year." Rose admitted, the car pulled down to downing street. I waited for the Doctor to get out of the car before following him out. I looked around alarmed by the amount of paparazzi around us and I grabbed Roses hand once I got to her before entering.

….

"Ladies and Gentlemen, could we convene? Quick as we can, please. It's this way on the right and can I remind you, ID cards are to be worn at all times." A man spoke out to everyone in the room, and then approached the Doctor. "Here's your ID card. I'm sorry, your companions don't have clearance."

"I don't go anywhere without them." He stated looping the ID card around his neck.

"A part from earlier." I jokingly jabbed at the doctor, but meant no harm by it. I saw him give me a glance before the man spoke again.

"You're the code nine, not the girls" He explained as a woman came up to us. "I'm sorry, Doctor... it is the Doctor, isn't it? they'll have to stay outside." He signalled at us.

"They're staying with me." He stated to the man.

"Look, even I don't have clearance to go in there. I can't let them in and that's a fact." He expressed.

"It's alright Doctor. Rose and I will be fine, you go." I told him linking my arm with Rose who stood beside me.

"Excuse me? Are you the Doctor?" I turned my had to see the brunette lady trying to get the Doctor attention, but he was more focus on asking us if we were sure.

"Yeah, they're the experts, you should hear what they've got to say." Rose replied and I nodded.

"Plus you can tell us about it later." I gave him a smile.

"I s'pose so. Don't get into any trouble." He agreed to go alone.

"We won't" Ro and I promised in unison before the doctor began to follow the other people into another room.

"I'm going to have to leave you with security." The guy spoke to us as the doctor left before the quickly interrupted us and spoke once again.

"It's alright. I'll look after the girls. Let me be of some use." She smiled at us. "Walk with me. Just keep walking..." We started to before I turned around the male again.

"Just curious what's your name?" I asked the man wondering what his name was.

"Indra." He smiled at me and I nodded.

"Indra" I repeated "It was nice to meet you." I then began to walk away again with the two other females. I began to look around admiring the house before the lady told me not to look around.

"That's alright... don't look round! Harriet Jones, MP Flydale North." She was acting nervous but showed us her ID. "This friend of yours... he's an expert, is that right? He knows about aliens?" She questioned distressed and upset.

"Yeah, may I ask why you want to know?" I looked at her curiously before she started to cry and Rose and I began to comfort her.

"Hey now. Why are you crying?" I questioned softly.

"They turned the body into a suit! A disguise for the thing inside!" She told us what happen as we stepped into the cabinet room and she began to cry again.

"It's alright! I believe you. It's... it's alien. They must have some SERIOUS technology behind this... if we could find it..." Rose and I began rummaging around the room. "... we could use it." She went to open a cabinet and we both jump as a body fell out and I jumped.

"Oh, my God! Is that-?" I questioned shocked by the dead body and covered my mouth subconsciously.

"Harriet, for God's sake! This has gone beyond a joke - you cannot just wander-" We turned around to see Indra's standing there, with an annoyed expression before noticing the dead body. "Oh, my God. That's the Prime Minister!"

"Ohhh!" We suddenly heard behind him to see a large woman with blonde hair, which was known as Margaret. "Has someone been naughty?" She shuts the door behind her as she entered.

"That's impossible. He left this afternoon. The Prime Minister left Downing Street, he was driven away!" Indra exclaimed to us confused.

"And who told you that? Hmm?" Margaret announced and walking towards Indra. "Me." She stroked the hair out of her forehead.

"Indra get back" I went to grab him to pull him back, but I was to late and Rose grabbed me. Margaret revealed herself to be a big fat alien and had grabbed on to the man's neck, strangling him to death.