Chapter 21. World War Three
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"Wren!" Rose yelled as I scuffled but was successful in releasing the badge that had electrocuted me. Rose dropped beside me as I struggled to regain my breathing, once it had evened out I was able to stand with Rose's help. Margaret began to shake as she was now being electrocuted. Not wasting a second more the three of us escape the room without a second thought.
"No, wait. They're still in there. The emergency protocols. We need them" Harriet says prepared to run back but stops once Margaret appears chasing after us. We run non stop down hallways and different doors as she just smashes through them never giving up pursuit. We seemed to find ourselves blocked by the Slitheen until the lift opens revealing the Doctor who barely glances at us.
"Hello!" He says catching it's attention and distracting it from us as we slipped pass it and into a room.
"Hide" I quickly tell them before hiding behind a desk as Rose hides behind the cabinet and Harriet behind the screen. I take a deep breath trying to calm my heart beat and keep myself calm until I hear Margaret enter.
"Oh, such fun. Little human children, where are you? Sweet little humeykins, come to me. Let me kiss you better. Kiss you with my big, green lips" she says and I peek to see Rose make her way from the cabinet to behind a curtain as she'd gotten closer. Just then two more Slitheens entered and I hide back behind the desk. "My brothers" she greets.
"Happy hunting?" One asks.
"It's wonderful. The more you prolong it, the more they stink."
"Sweat and fear" the other growls.
"I can smell an old girl, stale bird and brittle bones" he said.
"And a ripe youngster, all hormones and adrenalin. Fresh enough to bend before she snaps" Margaret says before slinging the curtain back causing Rose to scream.
"No! Take me first! Take me!" Harriet screams jumping out from her hiding space. I jump out in front of Rose and before I can even think it through I punched Margaret in the face just as the Doctor bursts in with a fire extinguisher. He sprays the two males while Rose pulls the curtain over a stunned Margaret and I cradle my now aching hand. A smirk briefly appearing on my face as I realized this is why the future Margaret hates me.
"Out, with me!" He shouts and we quickly run over to him as he continues to spray them, "who the hell are you?" He asks briefly glancing at Harriet.
"Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North" she introduces.
"Nice to meet you."
"Likewise" she answered as he uses up all the extinguisher and then grabs my hand as we all break into a run.
"We need to head to the Cabinet Room" he yells.
"The Emergency Protocols are in there. They give instructions for aliens" Harriet explains.
"Harriet Jones, I like you."
"And I like you too" she says as the Slitheen appear chasing after us once again. Once we reach the cabinet room the Doctor grabs a decanter from a side table and stands in the doorway holding the screwdriver to it.
"One more move and my sonic device will triplicate the flammability of this alcohol. Whoof, we all go up. So back off" he warns making them take a step back. "Right then, question time. Who exactly are the Slitheen?"
"They're aliens" Harriet said as if it was obvious.
"Yes. I got that, thanks."
"Who are you, if not human?" One of the males asks.
"Who's not human?" Harriet asks.
"He's not human" I answer her and her eyes go wide.
"He's not human?"
"Can I have a bit of hush?" He asks looking at us.
"Sorry."
"So, what's the plan?" He asks looking back at the Slitheen as Harriet leans close to me.
"But he's got a Northern accent" she whispers.
"Lots of planets have a north" Rose whispers back and I hold back a laugh.
"I said hush" he warns us not sparing a glance, "you've got a spaceship hidden in the North Sea. It's transmitting a signal. You've murdered your way to the top of government. What for, invasion?" He questions them.
"Why would we invade this God-forsaken rock?" One laughs.
"Then something's brought the Slitheen race here. What is it?"
"The Slitheen race?"
"Slitheen is not our species. Slitheen is our surname. Jocrassa Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day-Slitheen at your service" the other introduces.
"So, you're family" the Doctor states.
"A family business."
"Then you're out to make a profit. How can you do that on a God-forsaken rock?"
"Ah, excuse me? Your device will do what? Triplicate the flammability?" He asks ignoring the Doctors question.
"Is that what I said?" The Doctor mocks.
"You're making it up."
"Ah, well! Nice try. Harriet, have a drink. I think you're gonna need it" he says handing her the bottle of alcohol.
"You pass it to the left first" she tells him.
"Sorry" he says before handing it to me.
"Thanks" I said with a wink.
"You're welcome, nice right hook by the way" he says with a smirk.
"Now we can end this hunt with a slaughter" they interrupt ready to approach us.
"Don't you think we should run?" Rose asks taking my hand and squeezing it nervously.
"Fascinating history, Downing Street. Two thousand years ago, this was marsh land. 1730, it was occupied by a Mister Chicken. He was a nice man. 1796, this was the Cabinet Room. If the Cabinet's in session and in danger, these are about the four most safest walls in the whole of Great Britain. End of lesson" the Doctor says before lifting a small panel by the door and pressing a button. Metal shutters crash shut across the windows and doors completely shutting us in. "Installed in 1991. Three inches of steel lining every single wall, they'll never get in."
"And how do we get out?" Rose asks as I let her hand go, sit atop the table and take a sip of the alcohol scrunching my face up at the burning sensation. It had been a long time since I had a strong drink, the feeling felt foreign but it was definitely welcomed.
"Ah" he says obviously not haven't thunking that far.
I take another sip and sigh, "anyone else find all the running through different rooms and hiding from big bad monsters a bit Scooby Dooish?" I joke and they all look at me with a raised eyebrow. "Guess not" I mumble taking another sip.
I watch through blurry eyes as the Doctor drags Ganesh's body into a small store room, where the late Anthony Blair is also laid out.
"What was his name?" The Doctor asks.
"Who?" Asks Harriet whom was in deep thought.
"This one, the secretary or whatever he was called."
"I don't know. I talked to him. I brought him a cup of coffee. I never asked his name" she said sadly.
"Ganesh" I answer my words slow and my Scottish accent thicker, "his name was Ganesh."
"Right, sorry" He says walking over and taking the last bit of alcohol I had left and dumping it on the floor, "what have we got? Any terminals, anything?" He asks like nothing happened and I glared at him.
"No. This place is antique. What I don't get is, when they killed the Prime Minister, why didn't they use him as a disguise?" Rose asks as I struggle to stand up from the floor.
"He wasn't their type" I joked.
"He's too slim. They're big old beasts. They need to fit inside big humans" the Doctor answers grabbing me roughly and helping me stand up before sending me a warning glare.
"But the Slitheen are about eight feet. How do they fit inside?"
"That's the device around their necks. Compression field. Literally shrinks them down a bit. That's why there's all that gas. It's a big exchange."
"Wish I had a compression field. I could fit a size smaller" Rose jokes.
"Oh Rose don't we all" I say.
"Excuse me, people are dead! This is not the time for making jokes" Harriet scorns angrily.
"Sorry. You get used to this stuff when you're friends with him" she says.
"Well, that's a strange friendship."
"He's a very strange man" I say sending the Doctor a look.
"Harriet Jones. I've heard that name before. Harriet Jones. You're not famous for anything, are you?" The Doctor asks her while taking in her appearance.
"Oh, hardly."
"Rings a bell. Harriet Jones?" He says going into his thinking mode.
"Lifelong backbencher I'm afraid, and a fat lot of use I'm being now. The Protocols are redundant. They list the people who could help and they're all dead downstairs."
"Hasn't it got, like, defence codes and things? Couldn't we just launch a nuclear bomb at them?" Rose asks.
"You're a very violent young woman" Harriet said and I laugh taking a seat in one of the chairs, letting my head fall back.
"I'm serious, we could."
"Because blowing up the bad guys always works" I said sitting up straight and mocking Rose.
"Well, there's nothing like that in here. Nuclear strikes do need a release code, yes, but it's kept secret by the United Nations" Harriet said.
"Say that again" the Doctor orders pointing at her.
"What, about the codes?"
"Anything. All of it."
"Well, the British Isles can't gain access to atomic weapons without a Special Resolution from the UN."
"Like that's ever stopped them" I mumbled.
"Exactly, given our past record. And I voted against that, thank you very much. The codes have been taken out of the government's hands and given to the UN. Is it important?" Harriet asks the Doctor.
"Everything's important" he tells her.
"If we only knew what the Slitheen wanted. Listen to me. I'm saying Slitheen as if it's normal" Harriet frowns.
"Well I could just tell you what they want, solve everything and we can all go home" I say with a dopey smile and she looked at me curiously yet in disbelief.
"I think you've had a bit much."
"Oh don't believe me? I'll prove it" I started only to be yucked up from my chair and away from the others by the Doctor. He pulled me into a corner and pressed me against the wall blocking my view and hovering over me with an angry expression.
"I'm only having some fun, I wasn't really going to tell her" I whine and he plucks my forehead, "ow!" I mumble slightly glaring.
"What is it?" He asks lowly and I blink a few times making sure my vision was ok.
"What is what?"
"Why'd you drink so much and become this" he says looking me up and down with disappointment in his eyes.
"What is it that I've become love?" I mocked.
"Cynical and sarcastic" he said making me frown and before I could stop myself the words fell out.
"I guess for the same reasons you have" I sassed and immediately regretted it. He turned to walk away and I grabbed his arm, "you know I didn't mean that-" I was cut off as he grabbed my chin making me look into his blue eyes that were scorning me worse than his words ever could.
"You stay here and get yourself together, when you're ready to join the rest of us and help out we'll be over there" he says letting me go, "you better sober up, and I mean sober up fast Serenity Logan." I sighed as he went back and joined the others, wiping my tired eyes with my hands. I am not cynical I thought I was pretty funny, I guess I was a little more drunk than I thought. It's been forever since I actually drank, it just felt good to let loose and relax for awhile guess I over indulged.
"So, what do they want, though?" Rose asks eyeing me before turning back to the Doctor.
"Well, they're just one family, so it's not an invasion. They don't want Slitheen World They're out to make money. That means they want to use something. Something here on Earth. Some kind of asset" he says.
"Like what, gold? Oil? Water?" Harriet lists off.
"You're very good at this" the Doctor praises as I take a deep breath concentrating on sobering up.
"Thank you."
"Harriet Jones. Why do I know that name?" He asks again as a phone beeps catching everyone's attention.
"Oh, that's me" Rose says pulling her phone out.
"But we're sealed off. How did you get a signal?" Harriet asks.
"He zapped it. Super phone" she says before looking at her text.
"Then we can phone for help. You must have contacts" she asks the Doctor.
"Dead downstairs, yeah" he answers.
"It's Mickey" Rose says.
"Oh, tell your stupid boyfriend we're busy" he says dismissively.
"Rude" I said meeting his eyes and the corner of his lip twitches as I walk over and join them, my head much clearer.
"Yeah, he's not so stupid after all" she says showing him the phone which contained a photo of a Slitheen.
"Is she all right, though? Don't put her on, just tell me" Rose says on the phone with Mickey before the Doctor snatches it away.
"Is this Ricky? Don't talk, just shut up and go to your computer" he says rudely and I smack his arm to which he plucks me and I glare. "Mickey the Idiot, I might just choke-" he says actually looking nauseous at being nice to him "before I finish this sentence, but, er, I need you." It was silent for awhile and obviously Mickey agreed as the Doctor plugged in the phone to the conference speaker.
"It says password" echoed Mickey's voice.
"Say it again" the Doctor says thinking for a moment.
"It's asking for the password."
"Buffalo. Two Fs, one L" I say earning a look from the Doctor and then a small smile.
"So, what's that website?" Came Jackie's voice.
"All the secret information known to mankind. See, they've known about aliens for years" Mickey answers, "they just kept us in the dark."
"Mickey, you were born in the dark" the Doctor says rolling his eyes.
"Oh, leave him alone" Rose defends with a smile.
"Thank you. Password again."
"Just repeat it every time" I tell him as the Doctor starts pacing, thinking out loud again.
"Big Ben, why did the Slitheen go and hit Big Ben?" He ponders.
"You said to gather the experts, to kill them" Harriet says.
"That lot would've gathered for a weather balloon. You don't need to crash land in the middle of London" he answers.
"The Slitheen are hiding, but then they put the entire planet on Red alert" Rose said, "what would they do that for?"
"Oh, listen to her" came an annoyed Jackie.
"At least I'm trying" Rose defended.
"Well, I've got a question, if you don't mind" she paused and I sat down already knowing what she was going to ask. "Since that man and his little girlfriend walked into our lives, I have been attacked in the streets. I have had creatures from the pits of hell in my own living room, and my daughter disappear off the face of the Earth."
"I told you what happened-"
"I'm talking to them" she interrupted Rose, "'Cos I've seen this life of yours Doctor, and maybe you get off on it, and maybe you think it's all clever and smart, but you tell me. Both of you just answer me this. Is my daughter safe?"
"I'm fine" Rose tries to downplay for her mother but I see her hesitantly glance at us and even though we're both quiet she knows her life will always be at risk.
"Is she safe? Will she always be safe? Can you promise me that?" I wanted to say something so bad and reassure her but I couldn't. The Doctor gently placed a hand on my shoulder and I leaned back in the chair sighing. "Well, what's the answer?" She asks and then there's shuffling as Mickey takes the phone.
"We're in" he says.
"Now then, on the left at the top, there's a tab, an icon. Little concentric circles. Click on that" the Doctor says ignoring all previous conversation and getting straight back to business. A voice begins talking and we all get silent as to hear it.
"What is it?" Mickey asks.
"The Slitheen have got a spaceship in the North Sea and it's transmitting that signal. Now hush, let me work out what it's saying."
"He'll have to answer me one day" said Jackie.
"Hush!" Mickey says.
"It's some sort of message" the Doctor says.
"What's it say?" Rose asked.
"Don't know. It's on a loop, keeps repeating" he says as the sound of a doorbell rings, "hush!"
"That's not me" Mickey fires back, "go and see who that is" he tells Jackie.
"It's three o'clock in the morning" she complains."
"Well, go and tell them that" Mickey says and I go to protest but the Doctor quickly interrupts me.
"It's beaming out into space, who's it for?" He asks looking straight and at me and as I open my mouth Jackie's loud voice rang out.
"It's him! It's the thing, it's the Slipeen!" She yells.
"They've found us" Mickey says worriedly.
"Mickey, I need that signal" the Doctor says relatively calm.
"Never mind the signal, get out! Mum" Rose yells, "Just get out! Get out!"
"We can't, it's by the front door" Mickey says as there's shuffling in the background. "Oh, my God, it's unmasking. It's going to kill us!" He screams.
"There's got to be some way of stopping them! You're supposed to be the expert, think of something!" She yells looking between the both of us.
"I'm trying!" The Doctor says thinking quickly and pacing again.
"I'll take it on, Jackie. You just run. Don't look back just run." Mickey says bravely.
"That's my mother" Rose says sadly looking between the two of us, resting her eyes lastly on the Doctor.
"Right, If we're going to find their weakness, we need to find out where they're from. Which planet. So, judging by their basic shape, that narrows it down to five thousand planets within travelling distance. What else do we know about them? Information!" He say looking at the three of us.
"They're green" Rose says.
"Yep, narrows it down."
"Good sense of smell."
"Narrows it down."
"They can smell adrenalin."
"Narrows it down."
"The pig technology" Harriet adds.
"Narrows it down."
"The spaceship in the Thames, you said slipstream engine?" Rose says.
"Narrows it down."
"It's getting in!" Mickey yells.
"They hunt like it's a ritual" Rose says quickly.
"Narrows it down."
"Wait a minute. Did you notice? When they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't just smell like a fart, if you'll pardon the word, it's something else. What is it? It's more like, er-"
"Bad breath!" Rose excitedly cuts off Harriet.
"That's it!" Harriet says just as excited.
"Calcium decay! Now, that narrows it down!" The Doctor enthuses.
"We're getting there, Mum!" Rose says to the phone.
"Too late!" Replies Mickey.
"Calcium phosphate. Organic calcium. Living calcium. Creatures made out of living calcium. What else? What else? Hyphenated surname. Yes! That narrows it down to one planet. Raxacoricofallapatorius!" The Doctor yells.
"Oh, yeah, great. We could write 'em a letter" Mickey says.
"Get into the kitchen" the Doctor quickly tells them. There's a lot of noise in the background before Jackie's voice rings out again.
"My God, it's going to rip us apart!"
"Calcium, weakened by the compression field. Acetic acid. Vinegar!" The Doctor shouts.
"Just like Hannibal" Harriet says impressed.
"Just like Hannibal. Mickey, have you got any vinegar?"
"How should I know?" He asks.
"It's your kitchen-"
"Cupboard by the sink, middle shelf" I say interrupting the Doctor and earning a confused yet slightly jealous look from Rose.
"Oh, give it here. What do you need?" Jackie asks.
"Anything with vinegar" I say.
"Gherkins. Yeah, pickled onions. Pickled eggs."
"And you kiss this man?" The Doctor asks while I stifle a laugh. Suddenly there's the sound of the door breaking, a fart and then exploding.
"Hannibal?" Rose suddenly asks breaking the silence.
"Hannibal crossed the Alps by dissolving boulders with vinegar" Harriet answers.
"Oh. Well, there you go then" she says with a smile and we all join in celebrating our small victory before news starts to play across the radio of the Slitheen warning the world that there is a threat in space.
"He's making it up. There's no weapons up there, there's no threat. He just invented it" the Doctor says.
"Do you think they'll believe him?" Harriet asks.
"They did last time" Rose said.
"That's why the Slitheen went for spectacle. They want the whole world panicking, because you lot, you get scared, you lash out" the Doctor said.
"They release the defense code-"
"And the Slitheen go nuclear" he finishes for me.
"But why?" Harriet asks as the Doctor opens the metal shutters revealing Margaret.
"You get the codes, release the missiles, but not into space because there's nothing there. You attack every other country on Earth. They retaliate, fight back. World War Three. Whole planet gets nuked" he says.
"And we can sit through it safe in our spaceship waiting in the Thames. Not crashed, just parked. Only two minutes away" Margaret says triumphantly.
"But you'll destroy the planet, this beautiful place. What for?" Harriet asked.
"Profit. That's what the signal is beaming into space, an advert" the Doctor answers.
"The sale of the century. We reduce the Earth to molten slag, then sell it piece by piece. Radioactive chucks, capable of powering every cut-price star liner and budget cargo ship. There's a recession out there, Doctor. People are buying cheap. This rock becomes raw fuel" Margaret explains.
"At the cost of five billion lives" I said glaring at her.
"Bargain" she teases and I clench my fist.
"I give you a choice. Leave this planet or I'll stop you" the Doctor warns.
"What, you? Trapped in your box?" She asked amused.
"Yes. Me" the Doctor says before closing the shutters on Margaret's laughing face.
"All right, Doctor. I'm not saying I trust you, but there must be something you can do" Jackie's voice rang out.
"If we could ferment the port, we could make acetic acid" Harriet says.
"Mickey, any luck?" Rose asks.
"There's loads of emergency numbers. They're all on voicemail" he says.
"Voicemail dooms us all" Harriet says.
"If we could just get out of here" Rose says.
"There's a way out" I say slowly.
"What?" She asks with wide eyes.
"There's always been a way out" the Doctor says.
"Then why don't we use it?"
"Because I can't guarantee your daughter will be safe" he says louder for Jackie to hear.
"Don't you dare. Whatever it is, don't you" she yells.
"That's the thing. If I don't dare, everyone dies" he said.
"Do it" Rose says without hesitation.
"You don't even know what it is. You'd just let me?" He asks her.
"Yeah" she said with confident.
"Please, Doctor. Please. She's my daughter. She's just a kid, Wren tell him!" Jackie yells and I sigh feeling the weight of what it's like to constantly to be the Doctor. Even though I knew this was going to end all well, I couldn't imagine haven't to make big decisions and being in charge of other peoples lives.
"Do you think I don't know that? Because this is my life, Jackie. It's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will" he says and I gently touch his shoulder.
"Then what're you waiting for?" Rose asks.
"I could save the world but we could lose you" he tells her glancing at me.
"Except it's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine" Harriet says.
"And who the hell are you?" Jackie asks.
"Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. The only elected representative in this room, chosen by the people for the people. And on behalf of the people, I command you. Do it" she tells the Doctor giving him a superior look.
"How do we get out?" Rose asks.
"We don't. We stay here" he says picking up the Emergency Protocols from the Red Box. "Use the buffalo password. It overrides everything" he tells Mickey who starts typing away.
"What're you doing?" Jackie asks.
"Hacking into the Royal Navy" he tells her, "we're in. Here it is. HMS Taurean, Trafalgar Class submarine, ten miles off the coast of Plymouth."
"Right, we need to select a missile" the Doctor says.
"We can't go nuclear. We don't have the defense codes."
"We don't need it, all we need's an ordinary missile" I said.
"What's the first category?" The Doctor asks.
"Sub Harpoon, UGM-A4A" Mickey says.
"That's the one. Select."
"I could stop you" Jackie says.
"Do it, then" Mickey says still typing.
"You ready for this?" He asks Mickey as he takes my hand in his.
"Yeah."
"Mickey the idiot, the world is in your hands" he says kindly and then there's a pause, "fire." There's a click and then everything was silent again as I squeezed the Doctors hand tighter.
"How solid are these?" Harriet asks gesturing to the walls.
"Not solid enough. Built for short range attack, nothing this big" I said.
"All right, now I'm making the decision. I'm not going to die. We're going to ride this one out. It's like what they say about earthquakes. You can survive them by standing under a doorframe. Now, this cupboard's small so it's strong. Come and help me. Come on" Rose says as Harriet and I go and help her.
"It's on radar" Mickey said as we quickly started emptying the cupboard. "Counter defense five five six."
"Stop them intercepting it" the Doctor said.
"I'm doing it now."
"Good boy."
"Five five six neutralized."
The Doctor unplugs the phone and we all climb in the cupboards hoping for the best.
"Here we go. Nice knowing you all. Hannibal!" Harriet shouts and then there's an explosion that makes me cover my ears. Once everything's silent except for distant voices, we climb out the cupboards and the Doctor pushes the steel door off letting us see the distraction.
"Made in Britain" Harriet says as a soldier approaches us.
"Oh, my God. Are you all right?" He asks.
"Harriet Jones. MP, Flydale North. I want you to contact UN immediately. Tell the ambassadors the crisis is over. They can step down. Go on, tell the news" she says taking authority.
"Yes, ma'am" he says quickly walking away.
"Someone's got a hell of a job sorting this lot out. Oh, Lord. We haven't even got a Prime Minister" she says.
"Maybe you should have a go" I said with a smile.
"Me? Huh. I'm only a back-bencher."
"I'd vote for you" Rose says.
"Now, don't be silly. Look, I'd better go and see if I can help. Hang on!" She yells making her way down the pile of rubble. We watch silently as she starts talking to different people and helping out.
"I thought I knew the name. Harriet Jones, future Prime Minister. Elected for three successive terms. The architect of Britain's Golden Age" he says and we watch her proudly for a few more minutes before heading back to the Tardis while Rose heads home to her mother.
Guinea was there to great us when we entered the Tardis, I gave him a hug before disappearing with him in the kitchen. I fixed us something quick and we ate in silence for the most part. It was weird, all the times I've been in danger this time felt so real. Just minutes ago I was almost blown up into pieces.
"Oink" came Guinea's voice and I looked up to see him studying me.
"I'm fine" I said and he tilted his head, "I promise" I say more reassuringly. "I really wish you could stay, but with me jumping all over he place I don't know if I'd ever actually see you. Plus the Doctor promised he'd take you someplace safe where you could live your life without any worry" I tell him as he gobbles down his food. "It hasn't been long but I'll miss you" I said and he stopped looking up at me again.
"Oink" he said sincerely which made me laugh.
"You can say that again" I said with a smile before finishing my food. Once we cleaned up I headed outside the Tardis where Mickey and the Doctor where chatting nicely for once.
"I just went down the shop, and I was thinking, you know, like the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships all in public. And here it is" Mickey says showing us the newspaper article headlined as an alien hoax. "How could they do that? They saw it" he asks in disbelief.
"They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face, nope, can't see it. There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick" the Doctor answers.
"We're just idiots."
"Well, not all of you" he says giving him a look and I smile as Mickey looks appreciated.
"You were brilliant today Mick" I say with a smile and he returns it.
"Yeah?" He questions.
"Present for you, Mickey" the Doctor says handing him a cd, "that's a virus. Put it online. It'll destroy every mention of Wren and I. We'll cease to exist."
"What do you want to do that for?"
"Because you're right, I am dangerous. I don't want anybody following me" he says and Mickey looks at me.
"He has no control of me jumping in and out of his life" I said as Jackie and Rose walk over towards us.
"How can you say that and then take her with you?" Mickey asks.
"You could look after her. Come with us" he says.
"I can't. This life of yours, it's just too much. I couldn't do it. Don't tell her I said that" he says quickly as they approach us.
"I'll get a proper job. I'll work weekends. I'll pass my test, and if Jim comes round again, I'll say no. I really will" Jackie tells Rose.
"I'm not leaving because of you. I'm travelling, that's all, and then I'll come back" Rose tells her.
"But it's not safe."
"Mum, if you saw it out there you'd never stay home" she says.
"Got enough stuff?" I ask and she smiles.
"Last time I stepped in there, it was spur of the moment. Now I'm signing up. You're stuck with me" she says handing her rucksack to the Doctor and heading over to Mickey.
"Come with us. There's plenty of room" she asks him.
"No chance. He's a liability, I'm not having him on board" the Doctor quickly says and Mickey looks relieved.
"We'd be dead without him" Rose says.
"My decision is final."
"Sorry" she says to Mickey and they share a sweet kiss goodbye.
"Good luck, yeah" Mickey tells her.
"You still can't promise me" Jackie says looking at us, "what if she gets lost? What if something happens to you, Doctor, and she's left all alone standing on some moon a million light years away. How long do I wait then?" I honestly felt bad for Jackie, if Rose was my daughter I wouldn't want her to go either.
"Mum, you're forgetting. It's a time machine. I could go traveling around suns and planets and all the way out to the edge of the universe, and by the time I get back, yeah, ten seconds would have passed. Just ten seconds. So stop worrying. See you in ten seconds' time, yeah?" She says comfortingly to her. After they hug Rose follows us into the Tardis and we take off.
"So what adventures next?" She asks happily.
"We've got another stop to make first" he says giving me the look I'd been dreading all day. After flipping a few switches we'd arrived at our destination. I held Guinea's hand and bent down to his height rubbing his head.
"Once we walk out those doors you'll be on your own" I say to him, "I promise to visit you whenever possible ok?" I ask and he nods his head. "You're going to he great I just know it" I say petting him one last time and then standing up follow the others as we exited the Tardis. The scenery was beautiful. The sky was blue, there was lots of green grass and the weather was comfortable. What surprised me the most were the half animals half something else walking around, something I could never explain. They looked like deformed animals from earth though they each had two feet to walk on.
"Hello and welcome to Farminia" a deformed giraffe said walking towards us.
"That giraffe just talked" Rose whispered to me, "and it's lips aren't moving.
"Indeed" I said totally intrigued.
"Oh it's the Doctor" he then says before bowing, "it's wonderful to see you, many thanks for your help again."
"Help with what?" I quickly questioned.
"Well the Doctor invented these little chips that connect to the brain and allow us to speak.
"Wow that's incredible" I say looking at the Doctor who pretends to act nonchalant.
"Speaking of" the Doctor says pulling something out of his pocket, "this ones for you" he says to Guinea before placing it in his ear and then sonicing it. We watch silently waiting to see if it actually worked.
"Hello Serenity" came a boys child like voice.
"Guinea?" I asks feeling my eyes tear up.
"The one and only" he says and I laugh.
"I wondered what you'd sound like if you could talk."
"I'm glad you got to hear it before you leave" he says and my heart swells with sadness. "Don't be sad, you saved me and I owe my life to you. I don't know how I'll ever be able to repay you."
"Repay me by living a fulfilling and happy life ok?" I say and he nods coming over and hugging my leg. "I'm really not good with goodbyes" I whispered.
"Well then I guess we'll see each other later" he suggest.
"Yea, we will" I said giving him a big smile, "see you later then Guinea."
"You too Ms. Serenity" he says and then begins to walk off with the giraffe.
"Hey" Rose says patting my shoulder for comfort, "it's ok, a lot of people aren't good with goodbyes."
"It's not that I'm not good with them Rose, I'm just tired of having to say em" I tell her before heading back into the Tardis. It hurts to meet new people that you really like or just those that have been around awhile and then on day have to tell them goodbye. It was something I'd have to do for the rest of my life but it never got easier.
"Come on" the Doctor said to me, gesturing for me to head upstairs, "Rose give us a minute" he says as I follow him. He opens the door to his room and let's me inside before closing the door behind us. Without hesitation he gets into bed and looks up at me. "Come on then" he says impatiently and I confusedly climb into bed next to him. He immediately wraps me into his arms and holds me tighter than I thought possible. He then gently starts stroking my hair like I like it and I completely relax and feel safe in his arms.
"Better?" He asks.
"Better" I whispered. Again Nine showed me his gentle side and it made me love him that much more. A lot of people may come and go in our lives, but in this moment he was telling me that I would always have him and I hope he knew that he would always have me.