42: Hot
"Hello?" Mrs. Jones's voice answered.
"Mum?" Martha's eyes widened as she stood on the ship, surprised the phone had actually worked, though she supposed it shouldn't surprise her much, she'd seen the Doctor and Angel do some VERY amazing things in the time she'd been with them, this should have been nothing, "It's me, it's Martha," she laughed, "Wow!"
"Where are you? Don't you check your messages? I've been calling you."
"Actually, bit busy," she smiled, "Need you to do something for me."
"No. Listen to me. We have to talk about this Doctor and that Angel girl."
"Mum! Please not now! I need you to look something up on the internet!"
"Do it yourself. You've got a computer."
"Oh just do it will you!" she shouted before realizing what she'd done…and laughing a bit, oh she could feel the adrenaline kicking in even now, the time limit, the ridiculous questions, the sun looming ever closer, but still...no reason to shout, "Please."
"When did you get so rude? I'll tell you when. Ever since you met that man."
Martha rolled her eyes, knowing that was where her mother was going with it, "Yes, yes, he's rude, I know, but Angel's sweet and polite so she balances all that out. I'm no more rude now than I was before I met them so can you please just answer a question for me?"
Her mother huffed, "Fine."
"Thank you. I need to know who had more number ones, the Beatles or Elvis?"
"Hang on. The mouse is unplugged," Martha nearly groaned in annoyance, she should have called Leo, "Ok, I'm on. What is this? Pub quiz?"
"Yeah..." she trailed tensely, not really sure how she could explain that she was on a spaceship hurtling towards a sun half a Universe away and probably a bit in the future to her mother who could barely work a computer, "A pub quiz. That's it."
"Using your mobile is cheating."
"Have you found it?!" she really did groan this time, really? Of all times? Her mum picked NOW to talk about cheating on a quiz? Not the time!
"There's over 400,000 results. Give me a minute."
Martha looked up as the ship announced the time left, knowing they didn't have even a minute to spare.
"Impact in 28.50."
~8~
"Doctor," Abi called the Doctor over, looking at the readings with a frown, finally having gotten through them...and then read them again, and a third time, just to make sure what she was seeing was real, "These readings are starting to scare me."
He turned and walked over to her as Angel looked up, "What d'you mean?" he leaned over the side of the ladder's railing to peer down at the results.
"Well," she shook her head, pointing at different things on the sheet, "Korwin's body's changing! His whole biological makeup, it…it's impossible."
The Doctor took the scans and had just started to look at them when there was a crash over the comm., "What was that?" he asked, looking up and around as though he might spot the thing that made the noise.
Ashton walked over to the comm. and looked at the reading, "It's coming from the med-center."
'…burn with me…'
"He's awake," Angel gasped, her eyes wide, the feeling hitting her now along with the words.
She remembered now, where she'd heard those words before, in the MRI room, with Mrs. Finnegan trying to fry half the Earth. She'd gotten a terrible pain in her head, it seemed...way back then...she'd 'glimpsed' this happening...no wonder she'd been so uneasy ever since stepping off the TARDIS. She'd known this was coming since then. But...what was going to happen now that they were there?
Everyone looked around, stunned, not believing that for a moment. It had to be impossible…Korwin was under heavy sedation wasn't he?
"Stay here!" the Doctor shouted as he grabbed Angel's hand and ran out, "Keep working!"
The captain stopped what she was doing and ran after them, it was her husband after all, she was not about to leave him when he might be in danger or hurt.
"Burn with me…" a growl came over the comms., "Burn with me…"
Angel winced, pressing a hand to her temple as she ran on...
'...It's your fault...'
...the Doctor opened his eyes, glowing golden...
'...I'm scared! I'm so scared...'
She shook her head, her hearts racing at the image, the Doctor, in pain, his eyes glowing like the sun outside. But what had happened?! How had it happend? Why were her visions so disjointed? She never knew enough to really be able to work it out till it was nearly too late, like with Martha and Lazarus, she'd gotten lucky then and...she couldn't help but feel like...she wouldn't now.
The Doctor tugged her arm, jolting her out of her thoughts as she and the captain ran with him towards the med-center, when the Doctor slowed down to see Scannell behind them, "Captain?!" Scannell called.
"I told you to stay in engineering!" the Doctor yelled.
"I only take orders from one person round here."
"Oh, is he always this cheery?"
~8~
"Elvis," Mrs. Jones's voice came back on the line.
Martha looked down at the phone, nearly completely forgetting she was still on it at the sound of the man's growling words over the speakers, "What?!" but then her eyes widened, "Really?" she turned to Riley, "Elvis."
"Burn with me…" the voice echoed as Riley turned to the machine, frantically typing the answer, "Burn. With. Me!"
Martha looked up in terror, when the door opened and they ran into the next room, "Mum, you're a star!"
"Now, we need to have a serious…" her mother began when there was a low guttural shout over the intercom, "What was that?"
"I've gotta go," Martha breathed, shutting the phone down, really not sure how to explain THAT one to her mother.
~8~
In the med-center, Korwin, on his knees, growled as a fire shot from his eyes, striking the wall across from him before he shut them and hunched forward, panting. He slowly reached out and pulled a heavy-duty welding helmet from beside him over his head, shutting the protective lens before pushing himself up and walking stiffly out.
~8~
"Doctor, Angel, what were those screams?" Martha's voice called over the comm..
"Concentrate on those doors!" the Doctor shouted as he and the small group ran on, "You've gotta keep moving forward!"
"It'll be alright Martha," Angel added, "Trust me, you'll be just fine."
"Impact in 27.06."
~8~
They rushed past the plastic 'door' to the med-center, looking all around to see Korwin's bed now empty.
"Korwin's gone…" the captain breathed, startled, how had that happened? He'd been sedated!
Scannell turned around to see a large, black scorch mark on the wall, "Oh my God…what is that?"
The Doctor slowly walked over to it, touching it.
Angel stared at it, blinking quickly as it kept...changing. It was like a blob one minute but the shape of a woman trying to cower away the next, "It was supposed to be Abi," she realized with a gasp, knowing it was true though. Abi would have been in that room, with Korwin, if she hadn't...she swallowed hard, feeling a bit sick at the thought that Abi would have burned to death, scared, alone, if she had stayed there.
"Burn with me," the Doctor muttered.
"That's what we heard Korwin say," Scannell said, "He was after Abi?"
"What?!" the captain shrieked, "D'you think…no way! Scannell, tell him! Korwin is not a killer! And he can't make...whatever that is," she gestured at the mark, "He's human!"
The Doctor seemed to realize he was still holding the scans of Abi's, "His bio-scan results…" he read through them quickly, "Internal temperature, 100 degrees! Body oxygen replaced by hydrogen! Your husband hasn't been infected, he's been overwhelmed!"
"The test results are wrong!" the captain grabbed the scans out of his hand.
"But what is it though? Parasite? Mutagenic virus?"
"It needs a host," Angel murmured, still staring at the blob, "It needs something to live in...something...warm..."
The Doctor frowned, walking over to her, seeing how pale she had gotten, the look on her face, and put an arm around her. He knew that, while she had saved Abi from a painful death, she was thinking about what could have happened if she hadn't sensed it in time, 'You saved her,' he whispered to her in her mind, nuzzling his nose against the side of her head, 'Focus on that. She's alive, she's fine. THAT is NOT Abi.'
He watched her carefully as she nodded and pressed a kiss to her temple, rubbing her arm before turning her away from the mark, taking her hands and looking at her, wanting to test her just a bit, "Can you tell me how it got inside him?" he asked, if she was sensing what was in him...she might be able to say how it was spreading.
She frowned, her face scrunching as she concentrated, closing her eyes, trying to figure out what she was feeling, to feel more of it but...she let out a small breath and opened her eyes, shaking her head, nothing. The Doctor nodded, kissing her forehead for her effort, "We'll figure out what's gotten into him," he murmured, "See if we can't find a way to run some tests and..."
"Stop talking like he's some kind of experiment!" the captain cried, slightly hysterical.
"Where's the ship been?" the Doctor looked at her, turning slightly to put his arm around Angel's waist, holding her beside him, not wanting to leave her side really, not when she was clearly alarmed and worried over the whole situation. He could feel it flowing into him from their contact, though he could see it on her face just as well, "Have you made planet-fall recently?" the captain just looked at him, "Docked with any other vessels? Any kind of external contact at all?"
"What is this? An interrogation?!"
"We've got to stop him before he actually ends up killing someone."
"We're just…a cargo ship," she turned away, distraught.
"Doctor," Angel said softly as she looked up at him, "Give her time," she told him, before stepping away from him to the captain's side, gently putting a hand on the woman's shoulder, "I'm sorry this is happening," she squeezed her shoulder in support, being sincere, "I really am."
The captain nodded, taking a few deep breaths before reaching up to put a hand on Angel's, squeezing it in return, "I'm fine," she nodded, "I need to warn the crew," she turned and walked over to the intercom, Angel moving to join the Doctor as he looked at the black burn mark again, "Everybody listen to me! Something has infected Korwin. We think…we think he may try to kill someone. None of you must go anywhere near him, is that clear?"
"Tell them to come here," Angel said suddenly, pulling her hand away from where she'd touched the mark as though SHE had been burned by it.
"What?" the captain looked at her.
"Please."
The captain hesitated, but glanced at the scorch mark. Somehow the girl had known Abi would be the first victim, she'd saved her by having her come to the engine room…if she was asking for the crew to move now…
"Everyone come to the med-center," she turned back to the comm., "Now! That is an order. Drop what you're doing and get here now!"
~8~
The young female crewmember paused in her search through a storage cupboard for parts and quickly dashed down the hall back to the engine room, not even noticing Korwin step out into the very same corridor she had just been in only a moment later.
"Understood Captain," Ashton called over the comm., "Erina? You heard her, head out."
"Already on my way," she called back.
"Impact in 24.51."
~8~
The Doctor, Angel, Scannell, and the captain stood in the med-center, waiting for the crew to join them, the Doctor still looking at the results while the captain sat on a crate, Scannell standing close, Angel remaining in front of the scorch mark, staring at it, "Is the infection permanent?" the captain murmured, "Can you cure him?"
"I dunno," the Doctor said seriously as he frowned at the results, trying to work out what was happening there.
"Don't lie to me, Doctor. Eleven years we've been married. We chose this ship together. He keeps me honest. So I don't want false hope."
He nodded to himself, being honest, "The parasite's too aggressive. Your husband's gone. There's no way back. Sorry."
Angel blinked and frowned at that before looking down…maybe not…maybe it wasn't...
"Thank you," the captain said, looking down as well but far less thoughtfully than Angel, more solemn.
"Are you…certain nothing happened to provoke this?" the Doctor walked over to her, "Nobody's working on anything secret, 'cos it's vital that you tell me."
"I know every inch of this ship. I know every detail of my crew's lives. There is nothing."
The Doctor stared at her harshly, "Then why is this thing so interested in you?"
"I wish I knew…"
"It's in pain," Angel said, reaching out to touch the mark again, resting her hand on it, "And it blames you."
"What?" the captain looked up, startled.
Angel blinked, pulling her hand away from the wall to turn and face the woman, "Sorry…" she shook her head, "I don't know where that came from…"
The Doctor frowned and walked over to her, wrapping an arm around her. Her senses had been getting stronger with time. There were some instances where she seemed not only to sense what was coming, but what was happening around them at that very moment. He'd seen it when they'd met Shakespeare, those little words and rhymes she'd been muttering, it had been Lilith casting her spell on Lynley at the same moment. But she hadn't realized it at the time though it seemed she did now.
And if she was right, this creature, whatever it was, wouldn't stop till it had destroyed them all.
Just then Ashton, Erina, and Abi walked in, none of them knowing just how close they'd come to being killed by Korwin.
~8~
Riley and Martha ran over to the door to Area 17, Martha rushing to hold the clamp to it, "Doctor, Angel, we're through to Area 17!" she called over the comm..
"Keep going," the Doctor called back, "You've got to get to Area 1 and reboot those engines."
~8~
In the engine room a lone figure in a welding mask stepped in. He paused, looking around, only to find it empty. He let out a low growl at that before storming over to the engines, seeming partially fixed, and ripping it apart before walking out.
"Heat shield failing. At 20 percent."
~8~
Riley hit the small monitor in the wall, having trouble getting the computer to work, "Come on!" he looked over at Martha, "Everything on this ship is so cheap!"
And then they heard a bang.
"Who's there?!"
The banging continued and they put down their tools, slowly creeping forward to see what had followed them. There was smoke filling the room behind them, a figure walking through it, "Is that Korwin?" Martha asked in fear.
"Oh my God…" Riley's eyes widened as Korwin walked towards them, welding mask and all, stiff, tense, not like Korwin at all.
"Burn with me…" Korwin growled as he moved up to open his eye shield.
Martha quickly turned and slapped a button to open a nearby door, "Move!" she shouted, squeezing through the gap as it opened, "Come on!" she entered a small room and cowered in a far corner, Riley following her, punching the keypad to close the door, sliding it shut just before Korwin could make to follow them. Once the door was fully closed they sighed with relief, but gasped when Korwin appeared in the porthole, pounding the door, trying to get in.
Riley pushed another combination of the keypad and another hatch opened next to them, an escape pod, they quickly clambered inside, "What is happening on this ship?!"
"Never mind that," Martha gasped, "Where are we?"
"Airlock sealed," the computer stated before Riley could speak, "Jettison escape pod."
"That doesn't mean us?" Martha turned to Riley, scared and angry. But he just gave her a look before lunging for the internal keypad, "Doctor! Angel!"
"Pod jettison initiated."
Riley frantically typed on the pad while Korwin stood, watching them from outside the pod.
"Doctor!" Martha grabbed the comm. next to him, "Angel! We're stuck in an escape pod off the Area 17 airlock."
~8~
The Doctor and Angel looked up in the med-center at Martha's voice, "Korwin's trying to jettison us! You've gotta help us!"
The Doctor's eyes widened as he headed out.
"Get to the engine room!" Angel shouted to the crew as they ran off.
"Why is this happening?" the captain called.
"Do as she says!" the Doctor cut in, "And stay there! I mean it this time! Jump-start those engines!"
The captain and Scannell exchanged a look before the crew of five dashed off in the opposite direction, to the engine room. They slowed though, seeing a scorch mark on the wall just at the end of the room. And they knew what that meant...
Korwin had been there.
They moved forward, stopping short to see the engine devastated, torn apart completely beyond repair.
~8~
Riley frantically tried to reverse the jettisoning process, "Jettison held."
"Thank you…" he heaved a sigh of relief.
Korwin however, just raised his hand and tapped on the keypad outside the pod, starting the process again, "Jettison reactivated."
Martha screamed and started to hit the door wildly while Riley, once again, tried to hold it off, "Come on…"
Korwin entered something else into the keypad, making it more a race of who could type the fastest.
~8~
Angel and the Doctor raced down the corridor, trying to reach Martha in time.
~8~
"Geovinsci sequence…" Riley muttered as Korwin tried to jettison the pod, "This'll get him."
"Jettison pod stabilized."
Both Riley and Martha breathed a sigh of relief, "You're pretty good," she smiled at him.
Korwin just began typing again.
~8~
"Korwin's hacked into the systems," Scannell called as the crew rushed around, trying to do something, anything to fix the engines, "I can't reroute the generators! There's no way I'm gonna be able to jump-start this ship!" he kicked the equipment, "Why the hell did he do that?!"
The captain tried to stay calm, before her frustrations got the better of her and she ran over to the comm., "Korwin?" she called, knowing that, wherever he was, Area 17 or somewhere else on the ship, that he could hear her, that he was listening, "Why are you killing my crew?! How could you do this? What have you done to my husband?!"
"It's your fault!" Korwin's voice replied with a low growl to it, not sounding like her loving husband at all.
~8~
The Doctor and Angel ran at full speed, dashing around the corner of Area 18...almost there...
~8~
Riley tapped the keypad as did Korwin, both racing for control of the pod.
~8~
"That's enough!" the Doctor yelled as they raced around the corner and into Area 17.
"What do you want?" Angel asked Korwin.
"Why this ship? Tell us!"
Instead of answering, Korwin punched his fist through the keypad, causing sirens to blare.
"Jettison activated."
~8~
"He's smashed the circuit," Riley breathed, "I can't stop it. I can't stop it!"
~8~
"What do you mean, it's my fault?" the captain's voice called over the comm..
"It's your fault," Korwin repeated, sounding angrier that the woman didn't understand what he was talking about.
"What is?" Angel asked, "What did she do?"
"Come on," the Doctor goaded, "Let's see you…" Korwin slowly advanced on them, the Doctor pulling Angel back, "I wanna know what you really are…"
Korwin lifted his visor...
"Wait!" Angel shouted, pushing her way forward, past the Doctor to face Korwin, her hands up in surrender, hoping he wouldn't attack, "Talk. What has the crew done? What happened? Please...we weren't here, we don't know...so tell us..."
Korwin lowered his hand, turning to face her, seeming to have calmed at someone asking why the crew were at fault.
She had no idea what she was doing, what she was saying but...it seemed to be working. Korwin was focused on her instead of the pod or the Doctor and that was all she could ask for. She could feel it, vaguely, a feeling like...when she was in a TARDIS and it would hum, like it was calling out, wanting someone to listen, to hear it, and whatever was in Korwin...it just wanted someone to understand it...
The Doctor's eyes widened as Angel started to back away, further away from him, leading Korwin with her. He watched her carefully, not sure what she was doing till she nodded at him and he realized she was trying to distract the man so he could help Martha. He didn't want to leave her to face Korwin alone but...he was there, if anything happened he could turn around and help her. Martha though, she was trapped, but Angel...Korwin had tried to kill before and...
'Go help Martha,' Angel's voice said in his mind, 'Please, I can do this Theta but she needs help. We can't lose her.'
He swallowed hard, knowing how important Martha was to Angel as well and dashed behind Korwin, over to the keypad, trying to scan the mess of wires and fix everything before whatever was in Korwin might try to attack Angel, he had to hurry.
"Airlock sealed," the computer stated.
"You can't say can you?" Angel asked Korwin quietly, watching the man closely, "You try and you try but they can't understand you. You're in too much pain...and...and they don't know how to listen do they?"
Korwin stopped suddenly, seemingly surprised at her words given the way his back straightened and his head twitched.
"Tell me."
~8~
"This thing's locked!" Martha cried, pounding on the porthole.
"Airlock decompression completed. Jettisoning pod."
The Doctor appeared in the airlock window, looking out at her, pounding on the glass, calling her name though she couldn't hear, "Doctor!" she shouted.
"We'll save you!" he mouthed back.
~8~
"Show me," Angel said, reaching up her shaking hands to Korwin's visor.
~8~
"Martha, it's too late," Riley told her gently, trying to pull her back so she wouldn't hurt herself with her hits.
Martha ignored him, pulling away from him to continue shouting and pounding on the window, "Doctor!"
"We'll save you!" the Doctor repeated silently.
"I can't hear you!"
As the pod moved further away, all she could see was the Doctor mouthing 'We'll save you!' over and over.
"Impact in 17.05."
~8~
The Doctor spun around at the sound of a thud to see Angel and Korwin collapsed on the ground and his hearts stopped, "Angel!" he shouted, rushing over to her, shaking her gently, frantic, not knowing what had happened, why she had fallen, if she was alright, "Angel wake up!"
She moaned, screwing her eyes shut before quickly backing away from him with a gasp and pressing herself to the wall, "No, you have to keep back," she said tightly, her hands pressed against the sides of her head.
"What is it?" he asked, holding his hands up as he watched her, startled she was acting that way, or reacting that way.
"Oh my head…" a man groaned. The Doctor looked over in shock as Korwin pushed himself up, pulling the welding helmet over his head to reveal a completely human man, no sign of the thing possessing him, though clearly confused, "What happened?"
Angel groaned instead.
The Doctor turned his gaze on her, eyes wide in fear, as everything fell into place in his mind, "Angel…what have you done?"
She forced her eyes opened just a smidge, but the golden glow of the sun from within he could already see…
~8~
"What did he mean, your fault?" Scannell asked the captain as she stood by the comm. stunned at what her husband had said to her, at what the thing inside him had made him say.
"I don't know," she shook her head.
"So what are we gonna do? Stay here until we burn?!"
Suddenly the comm. crackled back to life, "I need everyone down here NOW!" the Doctor shouted, "Scannell! I need a spacesuit in Area 17!"
"What for?"
"Just get down here!" he nearly growled, "We haven't got time!"
"Well," the captain swallowed, thankful for the distraction, the last thing she needed was her crew to mutiny on her, "Let's go!" she ran out of the room, leading her crew along with her as Scannell grabbed the requested suit.
~8~
"The wonderful world of space travel," Riley commented as they stared out the porthole, his arm around Martha as she sat beside him, just staring at nothing, "The prettier it looks, the more likely it is to kill you."
"He'll come for us," Martha insisted, starting to nod, believing that, "Him and Angel, they both will."
"Nah, it's too late. Out heat shields will pack in any minute, then we go into free fall. We'll fall into the sun way before they have a chance to do anything."
"You don't know them. Angel said we'd be fine, didn't she?" she looked at him, "And if she said it, it'll happen."
"Yeah? How?"
"I don't know, but it will. She's psychic, she knows things. And I believe her. I believe in them. They'll save us, I know it."
"Then you're lucky. I've never found anyone worth believing in."
"No girlfriend?" Martha looked at him, "Boyfriend?"
"The job doesn't lend itself to stable relationships."
"Family then?"
"My dad's dead. And I haven't seen my mum in…six years. She didn't want me to sign up for cargo tours. Things were said, and since then…all silent. She wanted to hold onto me, I know that. She's so stubborn!"
"Yeah well, that's family," she whispered, blinking back her tears as she thought of her own family.
"What about you?"
"Full works," she nearly laughed, "Mum, dad, dad's girlfriend, brother, sister. No silence there. So much noise. Oh God!" she started crying, just a hint of fear and doubt striking her, "They'll never know! I…I'll just have disappeared. And they'll always be waiting."
"Call them."
~8~
The captain skid to a halt at the sight of Korwin standing by the keypad of Area 17, trying to fix the wires, "Korwin?" she breathed. He looked up at her, and she knew, it was her husband again, he was back, "Korwin!" she ran over to him, hugging him tightly as he did her, "Oh thank God..."
"It's alright," the Doctor whispered to someone, "Breathe…"
They looked over to see Angel sitting on the floor, hugging her stomach as she sweated, shaking, looking far hotter than any of them, the Doctor crouched beside her, his hand on her back as he rubbed it, his jaw clenched, his body tense, able to feel the agony she was in, he wouldn't even have to touch her to do it, it was that extreme.
"What's wrong with her?" Scannell asked, not liking the sight of all this.
"She's infected. Somehow she got it to leave Korwin and take her instead."
"And you brought us all down here?!" Ashton shouted, "She'll kill us!"
"Does she look well enough to kill you?!" the Doctor snapped back as Angel grabbed his hand, groaning.
"I asked it...to show me why it's angry," she hissed, her face scrunching agian as she started to shake her head, "But there's so much pain…so much and I…I can't…"
She felt like she could hardly breathe let alone speak. The star...inside her...it was so hurt, so angry, so pained, it was screaming and screaming and it was all she could do not to scream as well. She didn't know what was wrong with it, it was...overwhelming, raging inside her like a fire. But...it wasn't controlling her, it wasn't...it wasn't trying to. Not right now. It seemed like it really had just wanted someone to listen and this...this was how it was conveying the message in her. It was showing her everything it felt...and it hurt. It hurt so badly. She wanted it to stop, not just stop hurting her, but stop hurting in general, no one, nothing, deserved this sort of pain and torment. Whatever the crew had done to make the star this way...she could see why it was trying to take revenge. She didn't agree with it at all, but...it was hurt and lashing out. She just had to hope either the Doctor worked out what was wrong and stopped it or she managed to break through to the root of the pain herself before they all fell into the sun.
"Abi!" the Doctor called as he stood, "Look after her. Scannell, give me that suit!" he snatched it from him, "We've gotta get Martha back, and then we have to help Angel."
A/N: Oh snap...the star's in ANGEL?! OMG! :O Korwin's alive?! So...if he's alive...and Abi's alive...and Korwin didn't infect Ashton...who would try to kill Erina when infected then...they all seem safe so far aren't they? :) Wow...way to go Angel! You save 'em girl! Woo! Lol. Wonder what will happen next...I suppose it would be something like the Storm vs. the Star wouldn't it? :) But, then again, the humans seem safe so far...that star...is angry and it's in Angel who's got a power growing in her that she's only barely starting to understand and control...imagine what might happen if the star discovers it...hmm...
And...woo! You guys not only made it to 400 but surpassed it! Awesome :) So now we get our next sneak peek! But...little surprise, next chapter I'll give you a little teaser about Human Nature/Family of Blood just because...I really am SO excited for those chapters :)
~8~
"Doctor?" Angel frowned, eyeing the man as he stood beside her, he was tense, his eyes narrowed, his fists clenched, his back rigid, and…he appeared to be growling a bit. She blinked and reached out to take his hand, concerned, "Are you alright Doctor?"
He just continued staring across the room at the man who was still smirking suggestively at Angel, his lip curling into a scowl when the man had the audacity to wink at HIS Mate!
Martha though, having come over to them when she'd seen the man trying to speak to a rather confused looking Angel, had to smirk, reaching out to pat the Doctor's arm, "Green is a good color on you Doctor."
~8~
Lol, I couldn't think of a dangerous peek so...we got a double shot of fluff-ish :) Oh Doctor, jealousy looks SO good on you :) I have to say there's a reason he's THAT jealous/protective. But we won't find out why for quite a few chapters :)
Some notes on reviews...
(Just want to put these three in from the last chapter (with some added info), I was posting it, I think, just as those reviews were made so I wasn't sure if the 'notes' had been seen or not)
Oh I loved the Bells of Saint John :) I have SO many ideas for Evy/the Professor/Angel and they're all so different! Lol, I've actually started writing out the Professor's chapter already :) Though, I'm debating redoing the outfits for Evy and the Professor since the Doctor got a new outfit as well. But I'm not sure, Evy's just fits her and I can't really picture a 'Victorian-ish' outfit for the Professor. Hmm...not sure...
Is that the Spies of Warsaw show? That's the only one I know that also has DT in it :) Well, that and the 50th! Woo! :)
Lol, I don't mind at all. I think I might have mentioned it in another series or earlier in this saga so I'm cool with it. I'm from good old New Jersey :)
(And that should end the previous notes, so onto the reviews for last chapter!)
Wow! I did NOT plan that to have chapter 24 be the start of 42, that worked out perfectly though :) Thanks for pointing that happy little accident out! Awesome :) It would have been funny if that chapter started a day earlier though, then it would have been Chapter 24 for the episode 42 on 4/2 or 2/4 either way you use it would have been epic. Darn, JUST missed it :)
Hmm...I don't think I gots a Joy-sey accent lol ;) Nope, I'm weird, I'm near enough to New York where I don't get the heavy Jersey accents around me, but still far enough away from NY to not sound New Yorkish either. Though I've been told by friends from South Jersey that I say 'water' and 'banana' weird, not sure if it counts as an accent though. It's funny because whenever my family goes on vacation people always ask us where we're from because they can never place our accent :)
I think, if all goes to schedule, the 14th makes for the last chapter of Blink :)
Really, Finding Dory? Lol, I think I would LOVE that. Dory was my favorite character in Finding Nemo, 'just keep swimming, just keep swimming' :) She was so adorable I'd be interested to see what they'd do with her :)
I'm not sure if I'd make a good companion or not. I feel like, half the time I'd just want to pull up a chair and eat popcorn as I watched the Doctor make his epic speeches :) I think I'd be more curious as to what would happen in certain situations than worrying about stopping him, like...if I had been there with the Gelth, I wouldn't have pulled a Rose and been like 'Don't do it!' but I wouldn't have been all Doctor and running into it, I'd be more like...let's see what happens and go from there. So I think I'd end up in quite a few binds from that curiousity. But still, the Doctor would be there to save me lol. Not sure if I'd be able to keep up with the running though, I'm pretty thin but there's not a lot of muscle on me. I could definitely out walk the Doctor, I'm a very fast walker :)
I've watched some of the confidentials. Not many though. I think it's because I started with Series 6 confidentials, I think with the God Complex one, and that one seemed more like they were just goofing off and racing cars instead of really showing what went into the shows (if that WAS for that episode...) so it put me off them for a little. I did watch the one for AGMGTW, mostly because of the whole 'who is River Song?' thing and I've seen brief snippets from others. But if there are any that anyone would recommend I'd love to look them up when I get a chance :)
I'm not sure why Rose remembered stopping the Daleks but not Jack. I think, maybe, it might be because she was human and couldn't handle the power so, near the end was when it started to get to be too much for her. Like, she faced the Daleks, that's fine, stopped them, ok, but then started to lose it and brought Jack back and right around then was when it REALLY started to affect her so when she woke up she remembered more of when she had been 'ok' with the Vortex running through her at first instead of near the end. But that's just my opinion :)
Lol, small world! :) That's cool that your mother's from Jersey too :)
Oh I've got SO many twists about who the 'woman in the shop' was. I'll have to wait and see how the series plays out before making it solid though. I sort of think it's either River or Martha since she 'worked in a shop' at one point lol, doubt it would be Martha, but still, it would be a nice way to bring in old companions :)
Lol, dramatic song. Songs like that are always interesting, where they don't say anything but it's funny to see the reactions of other people, especially when it's a trick sort of thing :)
Hmm...there IS a lot of Smith and Joneses aren't there? :) We've also got Sarah Jane Smith, Jo Jones too :) That's one reason I picked Angela Jones as Angel's second name, Smith and Jones :)
Lol! You're right! Stoker (like Bram Stoker/vampires) got his blood sucked. That's so ironic! I completely missed that :)
I loved the twitter joke! I have to say, for Utopia, there'll be a...slightly different reason that the Doctor has for leaving Jack that might make him less of a jerk for doing it :) I could totally see him being rude and ginger right at the end, his last body, just because then he FINALLY gets to be ginger, right in time lol :)
And, Happy Birthday to CommanderHawke667! I hope you have a great day :)