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Author's Note: Finally here's the first part of the Long Game episode! Was working on my other Doctor Who stories which is why I haven't been updating this one. On another note, DreamonAlina and I aren't going to be working on this story together, it's just me now but whenever she wants to do an episode, I'm gonna let her but I let you know beforehand if she's going to do one. Anyway, I hope you love it as much as I did writing it! Leave reviews please and tell me what you think! :D

A huge thanks to Ann4ever17, grapejuice101, DreamonAlina, Link's Twin, ShadowTeir, notwritten, Angel of Randomosity, and Tardis-Impala-equals-Delorean for the great reviews! :D

Charlene's outfit for this episode is on my polyvore:)

Charlene's POV…

Feeling the TARDIS stop, I turned to Megan, Rose, and Adam with a great big grin on my face.

"Ready for a great adventure?" I questioned excitedly, wanting to jump up and down. I was very excited to share this with my sister and my best friend.

The Doctor chuckled at my excitement but I actually didn't wait for an answer from them as I skipped out of the TARDIS with the Doctor right behind me. I looked around the space we were standing at. I knew we were in a spaceship from the way it looked. I looked at the Doctor just as he spoke up, looking around himself.

"So, it's 200,000, it's a spaceship…no, wait a minute, space station," he said and I nodded in agreement.

Right, I remembered that now. I hadn't seen this episode for a long time, I didn't really remember much. All I remembered was Adam being stupid and ruining his chance of staying with the Doctor and Rose … which I had to make sure that she didn't give the key to Adam … then again, I didn't really care much for Adam so I didn't care if he messed up but that didn't mean I couldn't try to stop it from happening but I wouldn't try my best to, to be honest. I returned to listening to the Doctor.

"And, uh…go and try that gate over there," The Doctor said, pointing in the direction he was talking about. "Off you go!" He leaned against the TARDIS.

"So, we're really in 200, 000?" I asked even though I knew the answer to it. But still, it was really exciting to experience this in real life. I knew that I would never get used.

"Yeah, 200,000."

"Kay." I nodded, grinning at him excitedly.

He grinned back at me and raised his eyebrows. I giggled as I opened the TARDIS doors and called inside,

"Adam? Rose? Megan? Out you go!"

Adam was the first one to step out and his mouth dropped at the sight of the space station. Then Rose came out and her mouth dropped open and so did Megan's when she stepped out too. I couldn't help but laugh at their expression.

"Close your mouths before flies get in," I teased and Rose and Megan's mouth closed with audible click but Adam was still in shock.

"Oh my God," he said awestruck.

I grinned widely. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it," I told him, patting him on the shoulder. Then a thoughtful expression came on my face. "Then again, I've been doing this much longer and I'm still not used to."

"Yeah that's probably because you're not actually from here, so it'll probably be a while before you do," Megan said to me in a quiet whisper that was unheard by everyone.

"Shh," I shushed my friend, putting a finger to my lips.

My best friend opened her mouth to say something but she was interrupted by Rose.

"Where are we?" she asked.

At the question, I put my hand up, grinning excitedly, ready to show my knowledge. "Ooh, ooh! Let me see if I can get it!"

"Go on then," The Doctor said with a nod and a grin, obviously finding it amusing the way I was acting.

"Great!" I clapped my hands. "Okay! Let's see. So, judging my architecture, I'd say we're around the year 200, 000. And if you listen to the engines." I glanced at the Doctor to see he was watching me, smiling. I flashed him a quick grin before continuing on. "We're on some sort of space station…waiting, no I know it's a space station. And it's a bit hot in here." I tugged at my shirt which was a blue plaid long sleeved shirt and I pushed the sleeves up all the way to my elbows. Damn, no I wished I didn't wear a long sleeved shirt…oh well… "They could turn the heat down. Anyway…" I changed the subject. "Let's try that gate now." I walked towards the gate but I didn't see anyone following and I looked over my shoulder. "Well come on! Don't just stand there! Hop to it!"

They started walking and the Doctor caught up to me first.

"Well that was fun," I said happily. "I have to show my knowledge more often."

"You're getting a big head there, Charlene," the Doctor teased.

I stuck my tongue out at him childishly. "No one can get a bigger head than you, Doctor." I gave him a wink to show I was joking earning a chuckle.

Finally making it to the gate, I opened it up and all of us stepped inside into this room. The room was obviously an observation room if the Earth outside was any hint.

"Here we go! And this is…" I paused as I looked at the Earth. Though I had seen stuff like this before, it was an amazing sight to see and I couldn't help but feel a little awestruck by it all. Heading over to these railing, I looked at Rose and Megan who had made it to my side. Adam was still coming and holding onto the railings for support. When he finally was next to us, I looked at the Doctor.

"Why, don't you describe it this time, Doctor?" I asked and he nodded, going into his knowledge mode.

"The fourth great and bountiful human empire. And there it is. Planet Earth at its height. Covered with mega-cities, five moons – population 96 billion. The hub of a galactic domain, stretching across a million planets, a million species – with man-kind right in the middle."

I grinned, rocking on my heels. "Couldn't have said it better myself, Doctor."

Suddenly there was girlish sigh and a thump and I knew that Adam had fainted but the Doctor and I didn't turn around.

"Adam!" Rose gasped as she kneeled down next to him.

"Uh, you do know he fainted right?" Megan questioned as Adam groaned, obviously Rose woke him up.

"Yep," I replied popping the 'p'. She gave me a look and I protested, "What? He's my sister's boyfriend, not mine." Then I muttered to myself, "Thank God for that." I glanced up at the Doctor, seeing he was holding back a smile and I knew he heard me, and I grinned to myself internally.

-0-

"Come on Adam, open your mind," The Doctor told Adam as we walked through the corridor leading to Floor 139. He had his arm wrapped around his shoulders and around mine while Rose and Megan walked on either side of us (my best friend was next to me and my sister was next to Adam). "You're gonna like this fantastic period of history. The human race at its most important – culture, art, politics. This era has got fine food, good manners—" He was cut off by a man moving past us as we stopped at the entrance of the floor, saying rudely,

"Move of the way!"

"Yes, very good manners," I said sarcastically and both Megan and Rose stifled a giggle and I flashed a grin in their direction.

Suddenly, Floor 139 sprung to life all around us. Food stools were being set up all around and people bustled past us to queue up. It was now very loud and I winced at the loudness of it all. I didn't usually mind loud noise but there was too much of it.

"One at a time…" A chief said from one of the stools and stall keepers got orders for everyone and the place seemed to get even busily. I went over to examine the fast food behind the cases as the chief continued speaking to a spike haired man, who was trying to push through the crowd, in an annoyed tone of voice, "Oi! You mate! Stop pushing. Get back." But he didn't listen. "I SAID, back."

After looking at the fast food, I turned towards the Doctor, eyebrows raised. "Fine cuisine?" I questioned with a 'you got to be kidding me' expression.

"My watch must be wrong," The Doctor said, ignoring my expression as he glanced down at his watch, checking it. "No, it's fine…weird."

"I guess his history's not as good as he thinks it is," Rose stated, going to stand next to me along with Megan.

"My history's perfect," The Doctor protested.

"Well obviously not," I told him teasingly, giving a high five to Rose who giggled.

Wanting to have her say, Megan asked, while titling her head to the side, "He really doesn't like when he's wrong, does he?"

"Nope, he really doesn't," I answered. "But even a genius like him can be wrong." I winked at the Doctor who pouted at me in response. "Isn't that right Doctor?"

He would have responded if it wasn't for Adam speaking up as he glanced around at all the people that were around us.

He would have responded if it wasn't for Adam speaking up as he glanced around at the people that were around us.

"They're all humans," he realized. "What about the millions of planet? The millions of species? Where are they?"

"Good question," The Doctor said absently mindedly as if he was thinking it through which lasted a couple minutes because then in a louder voice, he said, "Actually, that IS a good question." He went over to Adam and jovially put a around Adam's shoulders. "Adam, me' old mate, you must be starving."

"No, I'm just a little time sick," he admitted.

"Nah, you just need a bit of grub." He led Adam to the Chef and asked him, "Oi mate—how much is a cronk burger?"

Rose and Megan shared odd looks, both obviously wondering what the hell was a 'cronk burger'. I actually didn't know myself.

"The credits twenty sweetheart," the Chef replied. He gestured to the long line, annoyed look on his face. "Now, join the queue."

"Money. We need money." The Doctor said stating the obvious. He headed over to this check point, the sonic at the ready. "Have to use a check point." He told us and we followed him to the cash point. He used the sonic on the check point and seconds later, a futuristic version of a credit card fell out and it looked like a metal strip and he handed it to Adam. "There you go – pocket money. Don't spend it all on sweets." With that, he started to walk off but he turned back around at the sound of Adam's voice.

"How does it work?" he asked, examining it bemusedly.

"Go and find out! Stop nagging me! The thing is, Adam, time travel's like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guide book, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double, eat food, and end up kissing straight strangers."

I laughed as Rose, Adam, and Megan stared at the Doctor, brows furrowed. Not used to the way the Doctor talked like I was.

"…Or is that just me?"

"That's just you, Doctor," I told him, laughing again.

The Doctor smiled at my laughter before saying to Adam, "So stop asking questions, go on, do it!" He shooed him away and he turned around and walked into the crowd with Rose following behind him. Megan went to go with them and I grabbed her arm, whispering,

"Keep an eye on Rose and Adam, and another thing, give Rose these," I pulled out the TARDIS from my pocket and I pulled out my phone too. First I showed her the key. "Now, this gets you into the TARDIS." And then I showed her the phone. "And this is my phone. The Doctor fixed it so I could call anyone in the universe. Tell Rose, not to give these to anyone except for me and you. That's it. Got it?"

Megan nodded and took the key and the phone from me, "See you later."

I nodded and she quickly went through the crowd to catch up to Rose and Adam. I turned towards the Doctor and saw the look on his face.

"Oh, I know that look," I said with a teasing smile on my lips as I went up to him.

"What look?" the Doctor tried to pretend he didn't know.

"Oh you know? The one you get when you're curious about something," I answered, grinning. "Well come on, let's figure it out…together like we always do."

With that, he took my hand and we headed over to these two girls who were walking past, chatting with each other, and we stopped them.

"Erm, this is going to sound daft, but can you tell me where we are?" The Doctor questioned.

The African American woman (I remembered her name being Cathica) indicated to a huge sign on the wall. "Floor 139… could they write it any bigger?"

"What he's trying say, what is this floor apart of?" I added in.

"Must've been one hell of a party."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that," I said as I crossed my arms over my chest. "Just answer the question, please."

The other young woman who name's was Suki if I remembered correctly was the one who answered. "Oh, you're on Satellite Five."

"What's Satellite Five?"

Cathica gave him a 'are you serious?' look that almost made me roll my eyes. Though she ended up helping, I didn't really like her all that much.

"Come on, how could you get on board without knowing where you are?"

"I told him that we should have figured where we at before we started wandering around, but did he listen? No," I said giving him a look but he gave me an innocent one back.

"Is he your boyfriend?"

As the Doctor's eyes widened at Suki's question, I looked at her taken aback. "No, of course not!" I exclaimed, a little bit too louder for my taste. "Okay look—"Before I could finish Suki cut me off, her eyes wide as realization filled them.

"Hang on, wait a minute – are you a test?" she demanded quickly. "Some sort of management test kind of thing?"

"You've got us, well done," The Doctor agreed as he pulled out the physhic paper and showed it to them. "You're too clever for us."

"We were warning about this in basic training," Suki said, glancing at her friend. "All workers have to be versed in company promotion."

"Who's she then?" Cathica asked, nodding towards me.

"Oh I'm here to make sure he doesn't mess this test up," I answered, coming up with a lie on the spot. "'Cause that's the last thing we need."

Cathica seemed to take this lie. Both of ours. "Right. Fire away, ask your questions. If it gets me to Floor 500, I'll do anything."

"Why, what happens on Floor 500?"

"The walls are made of gold," she replied as though she was stating the obvious.

I raised my eyebrow at her. "You really think that? Really?"

"Yes really," Cathica said annoyed. I made a face at her but it was unseen as she looked at the Doctor. "You should know that already … Mr. Management. So … this is what we do."

She walked away and started to lead us to the screens as Suki smiled at us nervously.

TBC...

Next part will be longer! Just wanted to update this story since I haven't in a while! Leave reviews and tell me what you thought of the first part of the Long Game! Until next time on CCW! :D