Hi again! This update is a little late, but school kept me from doing much... I'm sitting here at 2:00 in the morning finishing this. And watching Torchwood. But anyways, enjoy the story! I hope!
(Disclaimer: No rights to Doctor Who for me. I only take credit for Phoenix.)
I give a small wave, then asked, "Uh, what's with the welcome party?" I asked.
"Bravo!" Yvonne kept clapping.
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.
I step off from the edge of the Tardis, and onto the ground. Wish I could have arrived before The Doctor, Rose and Jackie walked out.
"Uh, I kind of came for The Doctor… where is he?" I ask.
"Oh, checking out our sphere downstairs. Follow me." She says, than turns in the opposite direction and starts walking.
No matter how much I didn't like her, I still wanted to get to The Doctor, so I followed her.
We eventually arrived into the room of the Dalek sphere, and I made sure no one could see me.
"We tried analyzing it using every device imaginable." Rejesh said.
The Doctor then puts on his 3D glasses. Ooh! I have those!
I dig in the bag I had, which was bigger on the inside, and grabbed my 3D glasses and put them on.
Perfect! Fantastic! I grin.
I could see the void stuff all over it. It was so trippy, but cool!
"But according to our instruments, the sphere doesn't exist. It weighs nothing, it doesn't age. No heat, no radiation, and has no atomic mass." Rajesh says.
"But I can see it!" Jackie exclaims, confused.
"Fascinating, isn't it? It upsets people because it gives off nothing. It is absent." Rajesh says, grinning a bit.
"Well, Doctor?" Yvonne asks.
"This is a void ship." I say, coming out of my hiding spot with my identical-to-the-Doctor's 3D glasses.
"Phoenix! When did you get here? And also, number?" The Doctor says, a happy grin on his face.
"About roughly 5 minutes ago. Got a big welcome party you know. And… 11. Oh. I never got a party for the 10th…" I say, frowning ever so slightly.
He shrugs, and says, "Maybe we do it for the 25th later?"
"That's in your past, isn't it?"
"Yep."
"Knew it!"
The Doctor rolls his eyes.
"Ok, back to the sphere void ship thingy! Void particles all over it you know. It's traveled through the void. But why?" I say, circling underneath it.
"Um, excuse me, what's a void ship?" Yvonne asks, interrupting us.
"Well, it's impossible for starters. I always thought it was just a theory, but it's a vessel designed to exist outside time and space, travelling through the Void." The Doctor says, waving his hands about.
"What's the void?" Rajesh asks.
"The space between dimensions. There's all sorts of realities around us, different dimensions, billions of parallel universes all stacked up against each other. The Void is the space in between, containing absolutely nothing. Imagine that. Nothing. No light, no dark, no up, no down, no life, no time. Without end. Some people call it the Void. The Eternals call it the Howling. But some people call it Hell." I say, still staring at the void ship. The Daleks were in there. Daleks. And we were just standing here.
"But someone built the sphere. What for? Why go there?" Rajesh asks.
"To explore? To escape? You could sit inside that thing and eternity would pass you by. The Big Bang, end of the Universe, start of the next, wouldn't even touch the sides. You'd exist outside the whole of creation." The Doctor says, still flapping his hands about. Seriously, I never got why he did that.
"You see, we were right. There is something inside it." Yvonne stats, excited. She really shouldn't be though.
"Oh, yes." I say, turning back to face them.
"So how do we get in there?" Rajesh asks, already starting to fiddle with his computers.
"We don't! We send that thing back into Hell. How did it get here in the first place?" The Doctor says, yelling in the slightest.
"Well, that's how it all started. The sphere came through into this world, and the ghosts followed in its wake." Yvonne stats, as if it were obvious.
"Show us." I command.
The Doctor walks out and turns left.
"Wrong way!" I yell to him.
He turns around, and walks the other way. I giggle as we start to walk behind him.
"The sphere came through here. A hole in the world. Not active at the moment, but when we fire particle engines at that exact spot, the breech opens up." Yvonne says as we reach the breech spot.
"How did you even find it?" The Doctor asks.
"We were getting warning signs for years. A radar black spot. So we built this place, Torchwood Tower. The breech was six hundred foot above sea level. It was on the only way to reach it." Yvonne says.
"You built a skyscraper just to reach a spatial disturbance? How much money have you got?" The Doctor asks.
"Enough." Yvonne says, smugly. I almost roll my eyes. The Doctor really doesn't need money.
I turn to see Jackie look out the window. I walk over to her, standing next to her.
"Rose is down there, somewhere." Jackie says, still staring out the window.
"She'll always come back to you, you know that right?" I say, staring out with her. The view from up here was gorgeous!
"I know, I just wish I could have a sign that she was safe." Jackie says, sighing loudly.
"Hey, Jackie, you trust me right?" I say, turning to her slightly.
She nods slightly. I smile.
"Then I promise, right now she is safe." I stat, my face turning serious. I wasn't going to tell her mother that she died, I suppose.
But should I tell The Doctor?
Because, in some fanfictions, The Doctor gets really pissed that the girl knew and didn't tell him.
But in others, The Doctor supported that she couldn't tell him.
My life was fucking complicated.
What the hell was I going to do?
I either take the chance of getting kicked out, or risk a paradox.
I'm not sure which one would be worse.
I pace back and forth, pondering on what to do. This wasn't a simple decision, was it?
"What are you worried about?" The Doctor says as he walks up to me.
"Hmm. A decision." I say vaguely.
"What decision?" He asks.
"What if I said I knew something? Something very important, and if I tell you, could save some lives, but possibly create a paradox. But if I don't tell you, you'll get mad at me for not telling you and probably get kicked off the Tardis." I say, still pacing.
"How could I get so mad at you I kick you off the Tardis?" The Doctor says, surprised.
"I've seen it happen." I say, sighing and sitting down on the window ledge.
"You mean I've kicked you out of the Tardis?" The Doctor says, shock apparent in his voice.
"No no no no no! Well, not yet I suppose. It could possibly happen after this, as I said. I've just read stuff where you kick companions out of the Tardis…" I say, trailing off. Probably shouldn't have said that.
He just sighs, rubbing his hand through his hair.
He looked so sexy when he did that…
Stop it Phoenix! No thoughts like that, especially now!
"Well, I would probably not tell me. A paradox would be the worst thing, no matter how bad the thing your thinking of is." The Doctor says, logically.
I nod. "Promise me you won't get mad at me for what is to come, considering you told me not to tell you?" I ask.
"Promise."
I nod my head, smiling. "So be it."
The Doctor then looks out the window, a sad look on his face.
I just left it alone. I had enough problems in my head now. Sorry Doctor, but I don't think I could help with yours.
I walk and sit down in a chair, not far away. I felt suddenly exhausted. Must have been a side effect of Midnight. That was still going on? Ugh.
"Next Ghost Shift's in two minutes." Yvonne called, after about 10 minutes. Finally! The fun part!
"Cancel it." The Doctor says.
"I don't think so." Yvonne says.
"We're warning you, cancel it." I say, sternness full in my voice.
"Oh, exactly as the legends would have it. The Doctor and Phoenix, lording it over us. Assuming alien authority over the Rights of Man." Yvonne says, basically rolling her eyes.
"Let me show you. Sphere comes through." The Doctor says, and he stands up and walks over to the door, then cracks the glass with the sonic screwdriver.
"But when it made the hole, it cracked the world around it. The entire surface of this dimension splintered. And that's how the ghosts get through. That's how they get everywhere. They're bleeding through the fault lines. Walking from their world, across the Void, and into yours, with the human race hoping and wishing and helping them along. But too many ghosts, and…" The Doctor trails off, and then taps the glass, breaking it all.
"Well, in that case we'll have to be more careful. Positions! Ghost Shift in one minute." Yvonne says, tapping her watch. I roll my eyes. Arrogant.
"Miss Hartman, I am asking you, please don't do it." I say, no begging in my voice at all however.
"We have done this a thousand times." She stats, clearly not fazed by our tactics.
"Then stop at a thousand!" The Doctor exclaims, finally letting some of his frustration leak through.
"We're in control of the ghosts. The levers can open the breach, but equally they can close it." Yvonne explains. As if we didn't guess that she would say something like that.
"Okay." I say.
The Doctor and I both grab chairs, pull them around, and sit on them with legs and arms crossed.
"Sorry?" Yvonne asks, clearly confused.
"Never mind. As you were." The Doctor stats.
"What, is that it?" Yvonne asks.
"No, fair enough. Said my bit. Don't mind me. Any chance of a cup of tea?" The Doctor asks.
"One for me too please." I say, smiling a bit.
"Ghost Shift in twenty seconds." Adeola says. Oh, she would already be gone by now, wouldn't she? That's sad.
"Mmm, can't wait to see it." I say, grinning.
"You can't stop us." Yvonne says.
"No, absolutely not. Pull up a chair, Rose. Come and watch the fireworks." The Doctor says to Jackie, but she just stands behind him.
"Ghost Shift in ten seconds. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two" Adeola counts.
"Stop the shift. I said stop." Yvonne says suddenly.
I sigh in relief.
"Thank you." The Doctor says.
"I suppose it makes sense to get as much intelligence as possible. But the program will recommence, as soon as you've explained everything." Yvonne says, back in here 'superior' tone.
"We're glad to be of help." The Doctor says.
"And someone clear up this glass. They did warn me, Doctor. They said you guys like to make a mess." Yvonne says. I smirked a bit.
"It's the way he communicates… Well, I guess I do to. I haven't blown anything up though…" I trail off.
"Oi. Not true." The Doctor exclaims.
"Eh, actually it is. Rose agrees with me." I say, laughing a bit.
He just sighs, giving up.
"So these ghosts, whatever they are, did they build the sphere?" Yvonne asks, once we go into her office.
"Must have. Aimed it at this dimension like a cannon ball." The Doctor said thoughtfully.
I so badly wanted to correct him, but I resisted the urge to.
"Yvonne? I think you should see this. We've got a visitor. We don't know who she is, but funnily enough, she arrived at the same time as the Doctor." Rajesh says over the computer. Then in the picture pops Rose, actually Rose mind you.
"She one of yours?" Yvonne asks.
"Nope don't know her."
"Never seen her before in my life."
"Good. Then we can have her shot." Yvonne stats, like it was natural in a conversation.
Torchwood at this point sucked. I liked it much better when Jack was running it…
"Oh, all right then. It was worth a try. That's, that's Rose Tyler." The Doctor says, pointing at Rose on the screen.
"Sorry. Hello." Rose says. I smile a bit.
"Well, if that's Rose Tyler, who's she?" Yvonne asks, pointing at Jackie.
"That's Jackie. And before you ask, no, we don't travel with her mum. We were going here with just Rose, but Jackie somehow got on board and well… here we are!" I say rather quickly.
"Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don't tell people I traveled through time and space with her mother." The Doctor says.
"Charming." Yvonne says.
"Don't worry, if it gets put on anyways, I know a person who can take it off." I whisper to The Doctor.
"Who?" The Doctor whispers back.
"Someone in your future. Can't tell you yet." I whisper back to him.
"I hang out with someone from Torchwood? What do I turn into?" He whispers to himself, but I hear, and it makes me giggle.
We all then notice the ghost shift is starting again.
"Excuse me? Everyone? I thought I said stop the ghost shift. Who started the program? But I ordered you to stop! Who's doing that?" Yvonne exclaims, confused.
The levers start moving by themselves.
"Right, step away from the monitors, everyone. Gareth, Addy, stop what you're doing, right now. Matt, step away from your desk. That's an order! Stop the levers! Andrew!" Yvonne exclaims, running up to each person.
A scientist grabs one of the levers.
"Stop the levers!" Yvonne exclaims, frantic.
"What's she doing?" The Doctor says, confused at it himself.
"Addy, step away from the desk. Listen to me. Step away from the desk." Yvonne says, bending over next to Adeola.
"She can't hear you. They're overriding the system." I say.
"We're going into Ghost Shift." The Doctor says, in that epic-action-sexiness sort of way.
I grin. Time for the Metal-men to come out and play….