Thanks to Ulquiorra-Schiffer-4, DoctorReidIsInTheHouse, savethemadscientist, Caitlin600, Midna the Pokemon, Doctor and Bad Wolf, scarlet rose white for following/faving my story.
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NicoleR85: thanks! I wasn't going to have Josie allow herself to get hit again. Its gonna be interesting having Jack and Josie together, I can tell you now.
The Doctor and Josie burst into the TARDIS and raced up the ramp. "Hold on, this is gonna be close", the Time Lord told her as he frantically worked at the controls. There was a distant boom which rocked the ship just as the engines started up. Soon the TARDIS was off, zooming through the time vortex.
"Are we gonna see the fruits of our labour then?" Josie asked with a grin. The Doctor threw an unamused look "What?" the woman asked "You know you were gonna say something like that spaceman".
"No, I wasn't Earth Girl", the Doctor fibbed. He was actually going to say something like that but Josie beat him to it. He didn't really mind though, he liked the little rapport that had developed between them. He pulled a lever setting the TARDIS towards their destination, Villengard which incidentally was the place they'd just left…after setting up a weapons factory to explode. "Here we are", the Time Lord said when the engines stopped "lets see how it looks". The pair walked down the ramp, opened the door to find a lush banana plantation outside.
"It looks good", Josie remarked "definite improvement from before". The Doctor stepped out and took one of the banana's. He unpeeled it and had a bite. "How is it?" Josie asked.
"Fantastic", the Doctor replied. He broke off a chunk and held it out for Josie to try. The young woman took the piece of banana and popped it into her mouth.
"Tastes good. Better than Earth bananas", Josie said. She swallowed "I wonder how they'd taste in a banana split", she mused aloud.
"Lets find out", the Doctor said. He and Josie spend a few minutes picking half a dozen or so bananas before going back into the TARDIS. Moments later, the blue box vanished.
"Mmmm", Josie hummed appreciatively, spooning up some more banana and ice cream "this is so good".
"You said it", the Doctor agreed. Suddenly the lights in the kitchen started to flash, followed by an alarm. The Time Lord shot up from his chair and ran out of the kitchen. Josie hurried after him.
"What's going on?" she asked as they reached to the console room "what's the emergency?"
"It's mauve", the Doctor replied rushing over to the scanner as the TARDIS shook around them.
"Mauve?" Josie asked confused.
"The universally recognised colour for danger", the Time Lord answered.
"I thought red was the colour for danger", Josie said tightening her grip.
"That's just humans. By everyone else's standards, red's camp. Oh, the misunderstandings. All those red alerts, all that dancing" the Doctor answered. He gestured to the monitor which showed him the object they were chasing. "It's got a very basic flight computer. I've hacked in, slaved the Tardis. Where it goes, we go".
"And that's safe, is it?" Josie questioned.
"Totally", the Doctor lied. After he said that, part of the console exploded "Okay, reasonably. Should have said reasonably there".
"Nah, you don't say Spaceman", Josie said with as much sarcasm as possible. The Doctor glanced back at the monitor.
"No, no, no, no! It's jumping time tracks, getting away from us", he said frantically working at the console.
"What exactly is this thing?" Josie asked.
"No idea", the Doctor replied.
"So why are we chasing it?" Josie questioned.
"It's mauve and dangerous, and about thirty seconds from the centre of London"
"Do you know how long you can knock around space without happening to bump into Earth?" The Doctor asked stepping out of the TARDIS, Josie following.
"Five days?" Josie guessed "Or is that just when we're out of milk?"
"Of all the species in all the universe and it has to come out of a cow", the Doctor muttered and started to walk away from the TARDIS "That object must've come down somewhere quite close" the Time Lord continued "Within a mile, anyway. And it can't have been more than a few weeks ago. Maybe a month".
"A month", Josie repeated "Why am I not surprised".
"What's that supposed to mean?" the Doctor asked.
"Well…I didn't wanna say this and potentially hurt your feelings…but you're piloting skills are a tad…well…bad".
"My piloting skills aren't that bad", the Doctor said.
"No? Cardiff 1869…12 months instead of 12 hours…" Josie listed off "Oh! And you dropped that companion of yours…what was her name?" Josie paused thinking "Sarah Jane! That's it. You dropped her off in Aberdeen, not Croydon. Shall I go on?"
"Ok, I've had a few mistakes…" Josie rolled her eyes "but in this case it isn't my fault. The object, whatever it is was jumping time tracks all over the place. We're lucky that we're only a month out".
"What's the plan, then?" Josie asked "Scan for alien tech?"
"Josie, it hit the middle of London with a very loud bang. I'm going to ask", the Doctor replied pulling out his physic paper. Josie raised an eye brow at the psychic paper. She knew of course what it was thanks to the dream of Rose's first trip with the Doctor.
"Think the psychic paper is broken", she said. The Doctor looked at it.
"It works perfectly fine", he told her "'Doctor John Smith, Ministry of Asteroids'", he read aloud.
"Is that what it says?" Josie asked "cos I didn't see anything written on it".
"That's interesting. Either your too clever for it or you being a dream psychic has allowed you to see past the illusion", the Doctor remarked.
"I highly doubt it's because I'm too clever", Josie said "I'm a 21 year old shop assistant. Hardly a genius".
"Just because you're a shop assistant doesn't mean you're not clever Josie", the Doctor said "I think any one who's able to keep up with me, is rather clever in my book".
"That's only due to my dreams", Josie pointed out.
"I'd say it's a little of both", the Doctor countered "Now, door, music, people. What d'you think?" he asked nodding to the door they'd been walking towards.
"I still think it would be quicker to scan for it", Josie answered "But of course you're not going to go with my suggestion", she added under her breath as the Doctor got out his sonic. She watched as he worked on getting the door open with the instrument. The woman frowned when she heard a faint call of
"Muuuu-mmy?" She glanced over her shoulder but didn't see anything. The call sounded again and this time Josie walked down the alley trying to look for the source. When it sounded the third time, she looked up at the rooftops. Her eyes widened when she saw a child standing up there!
"Doctor! There's…" Josie trailed off when she saw that the Time Lord was no longer in the alley way, the door he'd been working on was wide open. Josie started off towards the door but stopped. She glanced up at the child. She wanted to tell the Doctor about the child but at the same time she didn't want to leave him or her alone. "He's gonna kill me for this", Josie muttered running over to the ladder on the building where the child was standing. She quickly climbed up the ladder, slipping on a rung in her haste to get to the roof.
"Mummy?" the child, whom Josie could now see was a little boy, called.
"I'm almost there. Don't move", Josie warned now seeing how close the boy was to the edge. She climbed up onto the roof and looked up at the boy who was on a section above her head. How the devil did he get up there? The ladder didn't reach that far and there wasn't any other way up that she could see. Suddenly a rope swung into view. "Well…that's a piece of luck", Josie remarked. She grabbed the rope and gave it a tug to make sure that it was secure. It was. She took a breath "here we go", she muttered and began the climb.
Josie gave a yelp when the rope came away from the building. She glanced up "You've got to be kidding me!" she exclaimed. She was hanging from a ruddy barrage balloon! She tightened her grip as the balloon drifted away. "Why didn't I just get the Doctor?" she complained, flinching as planes zoomed past her.
An explosion went off below her which scared the life out of her. And then she lost her grip. Josie screamed as she plummeted through the air. Her body jerks to a halt as a blue beam appeared from nowhere, keeping her suspended in mid-air. "Okay, okay, I've got you", an American voice assured her.
"Who's got me?" Josie asked feeling a mix of surprise and scared. Oh, and a dash of adrenaline. "Who's got me, and you know…how?"
"I'm just programming your descent pattern", the American voice continued "keep as still as you can and keep your hands and feet inside the light" there was a pause "oh, and could you switch off your cellphone?"
Josie raised her eyebrows "are you frigging kidding me?" she asked.
"Nope. It interferes with my instruments"
Josie scoffed under her breath but turned her phone off. "There. Its off. Happy?" she asked with a much sarcasm as she could muster while she was suspended in mid-air".
"Very", the American voice said "Now, hold on tight!"
"To what?!" Josie exclaimed.
"Fair point"
The 21 year old screamed as she zoomed feet first down the tunnel of blue light before ending up in the arms of a rather good looking man. "Nice catch", Josie replied somewhat breathless and still trembling a little from the adrenaline that was still coursing through her veins.
"Thanks", the man said giving her a smile "you ok?"
"Well…I've just hung from a barrage balloon…did my first experience free falling. Not fun at all. And then I went down what I'd consider to be the most craziest slide. All in all I feel fine", Josie said. The man set her carefully on her feet. "Why, are you expecting me to faint or something?" she asked.
"Well, you do look a little dizzy…"
"Nonsense!" Josie waved him off "I'm fine! And as much as I'd like to stay at chat, I've got to find my friend". She took a step forward and promptly passed out. Thankfully, the man, Jack Harkness, managed to catch her. He took her in his arms and gently placed her on the bed at the back of his ship.