Chapter 26

I ran out. The rain fell on me, but I wasn't scarred. I looked up just to make sure that it was safe. I wasn't stung. Everyone watched from the TARDIS. "Come on!"

They came out one by one. Each looked up and smiled when they realized what was going on. I didn't pay much attention to what they were doing. My mind was set on how lucky Earth was to have the Doctor.

For a few minutes, I looked up. The sky poured out buckets of rain. For that moment, it was the most beautiful sound in the universe.

Something grabbed my right shoulder. "We need to get to UNIT," Ella whispered to me.

"Why?"

"We're being honored, that's why."

"Why?"

"Because we did a bloody good job! The '38 UNIT insisted that we be the ones to take credit!"

I turned my head to her.

"Let's go!"

I looked away. "Everyone in the TARDIS. UNIT likes us now."

They slowly followed my command. I was last in.

"Let's go," I told the console.

I pressed a button and I was no longer in leather. I had a white button up shirt on with a long, black jacket covering it. I opened up the back more, which was intentionally ruffled up.

"Oh, professional now, are we?" Twelve asked.

"If I don't know what I'm doing, I might as well look like I do."

"And navy high tops," Ten commented, not amused.

"Because white ones with a pinstripe brown suit are much better, smart one," I replied sarcastically.

"Hey, I have a practical sense of fashion. I always have, unlike you."

"Can really tell that, Dad," Jenny rolled her eyes to Six.

"What? I do!"

She pointed at Twelve. "He's dressed best out of all of you."

He looked at his informal jacket that covered a dark green polo shirt. "Well, thank you."

We materialized inside UNIT's base. No one was there. Twelve and I stuck our heads out first. He scrunched his face and stepped out with me. "By the 2030s, they're definitely... Ehm..."

"Upgraded?" Josh (or Nigel) suggested as he and everyone else came out.

"No, that sounds too much like the Cybermen. Not class, Nigel."

"We should probably go find someone," Ella stepped in front of us.

"Yes... You all go ahead," River was mesmerized by weapons hung up on the wall.

Jenny went over and started staring at them with her. "Yeah; we're fine."

Eleven and Ten went over to them and pushed them towards us. "No, you're coming with us."

I walked with Ella, Josh, and Twelve about half of a kilometer ahead of everyone else in the corridor. It was a good distance for me; I liked being in front.

We weren't just walking, we were listening for voices. Anyone would probably recognize us to give us directions.

Whispering came from a nearby room. Twelve signaled for everyone behind us to stop walking so we could see who was there. Ella went a bit further, gun in her grasp.

"D'you really need that?" her brother asked her.

"Just in-" she paused, listening to the voices that we couldn't hear that well. She put the gun away and ran into the room. "And I wasn't invited here?" she exclaimed.

The Doctor again signaled for everyone, except for Josh and me, to stay behind. We went over besides the door, leaning against the wall next to it... Until Josh left into the room.

"Nigel...!" he stepped aside, about to go in before he saw that more people were in the room. He started to back away. "My apologies..."

"Aren't you a scientific advisor?" a male voice asked.

The Doctor looked in once again. "Oh," he held on to the o. "Oh yeah... Oh, no. Two...?"

Ella spoke, "You all are from 2013, right? And you're from Oxford? Cambridge? Ok, anyway, this is Derek and Jaden, they trained with us. And this is Eva, she trained with us also, and Alexia trained as a scientific advisor."

"Yeah, I remember you. You gave me a ton of tips," Alexia said.

"And you know our former- for you two, at least- and future- for you two- professors."

"Ugh..." I envisioned him shuddering. "Two. As if one Chatterton isn't enough..."

I knew what was going on, so I walked in. "Just because it begins with ch doesn't mean it's his bloody name, Doctor."

There were about twenty people in the room. Four were the ones Ella knew, four were... Ian and Barbara. Two must've been from the past and two from the future. I didn't know the other twelve. They all looked at me for a quick moment and then at my brother.

"Now you're the Doctor?" one of the Ian's asked.

"Well, after eleven regenerations... Eleven, right. I feel old now."

One of the Barbara's turned her head to Ella. "You finally met the Doctor?" (I then knew them apart- the one on the right were the ones from 2013)

"Yes; had a few adventures with him."

"Ah, so two former assistants told her about me. Unless you're in on this, also, Ian. Or is it just impossible?" the Doctor grinned.

"All in all, you're still the same man," the future Ian said.

"You're right! Crazy man with a police box!"

"And he gives random names out," Josh added.

Twelve stuck his index finger out to him. "Shut up, Roran."

"Exact same man," the first Doctor came in from the doorway.

"I don't even follow my own command to stay in the same place..." Twelve muttered.

Both pairs of the former companions went over. "What happened here?" the first asked.

Twelve explained, "The 'meeting your younger self' paradox. Happened with us a few times."

Suddenly, Oduya came in beside him. "Will the 2038 UNIT military and science affiliates please come with me? You too, Doctor."

"Which one?" Twelve asked.

Oduya stared at him, baffled. The first answered, "I'm the Doctor, also, and some of those clowns back there are, also."

"We'll take all..."

Some of the ones who I didn't know walked out with Ella, Josh, the Doctor, one of the Barbara's, and one of the Ian's.

I looked around the room when they were all gone. "Are you related to the Doctor?" the Ian who was still there asked.

"Yes, his sister. I think you'd remember me."

"Sister?"

I turned around and nodded. "Invasion? Sixty-five or sixty-six? That Time Lady dressed as a UNIT private? I might've looked different; everyone says I look sixteen now."

"You're her?"

A loudspeaker went off: "Thalia de Lungbarrow, please report to Hall H2."

"And where is that?" I asked.

"Take a left, go two flights up the stairs, and make a right," Barbara instructed.

"Alright, thank you," I ran out, but then stuck my head back in the doorway. "Oh, and don't forget those two that came in- Isabella and Ni- Joshua. They'll become pretty important. Bye!"

I was not that far out the door when I stopped. I took my sonic out and scanned for security cameras. None. Yeah, they definitely needed the improvement.

If the world didn't end because the Doctor danced, what could I do, having more control with the universe?

"You're welcome, world," I started dancing to the staircase.

A/N: Thanks to yearofthedays for the favorite! Almost done, readers!