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Charlene's POV…

It had been a couple days since Madame de Pompadour and the Doctor seemed to be back to normal, but I knew he was still hurting about it. I would have tried to get him to talk about it then I thought if he wanted to talk about it he would and I would be there for him. But if he didn't, I wouldn't force him to talk about it. Right now though, the Doctor, Mickey, and I were relaxing in the TARDIS for a change as it hovered in the Time Vortex and the Doctor was enthusiastically talking about a trip that me and him had went on a long time ago it seemed like.

"And that weird munchkin lady with the big eyes? Do you remember?" he enthusiastically asked me as he threw his arm around my shoulder (he seemed to be doing that a lot lately). But I didn't mind obviously as I automatically leaned into his side.

"How can I forget that?" I said with a grin, nudging him in the side playfully, earning a nudge back. I giggled. "Remember the face she gave me? It was like…" I pulled the face she gave me at the same time as the Doctor did and bursted out laughing.

"And then she opened her mouth and fire comes out!"

"I seriously thought she was going to burn me!" I managed to say through my laughter.

"Yeah!" The Doctor nodded in agreement. "One minute she's just standing there and the next minute – rawwh!" We mimicked the fire coming out of our mouths and we cracked up again. So hard that the Doctor and I accidently hit heads but this only fueled our laughter.

"Yeah…where – where was that, then? What happened?" Mickey asked.

"Oh, it was on this … um… uh, this planet thing, asteroid," The Doctor answered kind of distractedly as I tried to calm my laughter. "It's a long story, you had to be there." He looked over at Mickey and noticed that he was pressing a button on the console, "Um…what are you doing that for?"

'Cos you told me to," Mickey said slowly.

The Doctor blinked, "When was that?"

"About a half a hour ago…"

"Um. You can let go now."

He let go of it and I sniggered.

"Well, how long's it been since I could've stopped?"

"Ten minutes? Twenty…?" The Doctor looked down sheepishly and I sniggered again as he used the arm that wasn't around my shoulders to rub the back of his head just as sheepishly. "Twenty-nine?"

"You just forgot me!" Mickey cried indignantly.

"No, no, no! I was just – I was calibrating. I was just… no; I know exactly what I'm doing."

As soon as those words left his mouth, the TARDIS console exploded violently, sparks and flames everywhere. It was so sudden that I let out a shriek of surprise as it felt as if the TARDIS was falling.

"What happened?!" I exclaimed to the Doctor as I managed to grip onto the console as he scrambled to his knees and frantically tried to operate the console. I tried to help the Doctor with the console to put my learning to the test but it wasn't working for me either. This was the first time I wished that the fob watch was open so I was a Time Lady and could be more useful.

"The time vortex is gone! That's impossible – it's just gone!"

"But how—"I didn't finish my question as the TARDIS bumped violently, still feeling as if it was falling, almost causing my grip on the console to loosen but I managed to keep from fully losing my grip. And it helped that the Doctor wrapped a tight arm around my waist.

"Brace yourself! We've gonna crash!"

I closed my eyes tightly, gripping onto the Doctor's waist as hard he was gripping mine as we finally crashed, throwing us backwards. Mickey followed right afterwards from the other side of the console. Gas masks fell from the ceiling while we crashed to the ground with me onto of the Doctor. The TARDIS was completely dark and I couldn't see anything. I felt frantic hands on my back almost as if it was searching for any injury…least that's what it felt like.

"Carly? You alright?" His worried voice warmed my heart and I gave him a squeeze to show I was fine then told him as such,

"I'm fine." Then I called for my sister's boyfriend, "Mickey? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I'm okay, sorry."

We all stood up slowly and the Doctor looked up at the rotor and the console, a devastated look on his face.

"She's dead," he breathed out.

I gripped his arm instantly with a worried look on my face, "What? What do you mean?" I asked this already knowing the answer from the bad feeling in my gut. Normally I could hear the hums of the engines of the TARDIS but it wasn't there anymore and it was dark all throughout the TARDIS. I just couldn't believe it. She couldn't be dead.

He shook his head slowly as a clicking sound sounded as the engines cooled down. "The TARDIS is dead," he said quietly, walking slowly around the console.

I followed him, "But I'm sure you can fix it, right? She can't be dead."

He met my eyes and shook his head again. "There's nothing to fix. She's perished." He pulled a lever back and forth fruitlessly.

"But –"My eyes teared up, "But she can't be dead. She's the last TARDIS in existence. She just can't go out. I mean… there has to be something you can do."

"There isn't," The Doctor told me softly, squeezing my shoulder comfortingly.

"Well, if you can't do anything, there must be someone who can, we can get help," I pressed on.

He gave me a frustrated look, letting his hand fall from my shoulder. "From where?"

"I don't know…" I said lamely. "But we landed somewhere, right?" I laughed, "I mean, come on, it's not like the void is gone, right…?" He gave me this pointed look and my mouth dropped, "It's gone! Then where the hell are we?"

The Doctor nodded solemnly, "We fell out of the vortex, through the void, into nothingness. We're in some sort of no-place…the silent realm…the lost dimension…"

"Otherwise known as London!"

The Doctor and I looked at Mickey, who was by the open doors of the TARDIS letting in the sunshine, and he had a grin on his face. He laughed and stepped out of the TARDIS. The Doctor and I shared a look before following Mickey out of the TARDIS.

"London, England, Earth. Hold on…" He jumped down off the low wall and picked a paper out a dustbin and looked at the cover.

I jumped down from the low wall too and stood behind Mickey, looking over at his shoulder at the cover of the paper.

"So, it's February of this year –"I said, reading it.

Mickey nodded as he looked over at the Doctor who was still near the TARDIS but close enough where he could get to us. "Not exactly far-flung, is it?"

The Doctor jumped down, looking around as he snuffed his hands into his coat pocket. "So this is London?"

"Yep."

"Your city."

Mickey nodded with a small grin, still looking at the paper, "That's the one."

"Just as we left." The Doctor put a huge emphasize on those words and I finally noticed what he was trying to saw as I looked up and I gaped at the sight of the huge zeppelins up in the sky.

My sister's boyfriend hadn't noticed yet. "Bang on."

"And I'm guessing that includes the zeppelins," I said, still gaping at the sight of them.

Mickey followed our gazes and he turned around, finally noticing them. It was his to turn to gape in shock.

"What the hell?"

Even though I was shocked by the shock them, I couldn't help but think how beautiful they looked floating up in the sky. "It's beautiful."

"Okay," Mickey started slowly. "So, it's London with a big international zeppelin festival." I knew that he was trying to make sense of it all and I patted him on the shoulder, hopefully in a comforting way.

"This is not your world."

"But if the date's the same…" He worked it out, almost at the same I did. This was a parallel universe… "It's parallel, right? Am I right?" He sounded excited, "Like a parallel Earth where they have zeppelins, am I right? I'm right, aren't I?"

The Doctor shrugged casually, "Must be."

I wasn't pay attention to them anymore. My eyes were locked on a poster that was right in front of us and my heart beat against my chest. He was still alive… Pete Tyler was still alive… I knew he wasn't my real father as I was adopted and because I wasn't really human, but I couldn't help but feel happy that he was actually alive in this world.

"And he's still alive," I said in a distant voice that wasn't my own as the Doctor and Mickey shared confused looks. "A parallel world and my dad's… I mean, Rose's dad…is still alive." I had to remind myself that Pete Tyler wasn't my father, but it was hard to because even though I never really knew him, I felt as if I did from what Jackie told me and Rose. I made my way towards the poster, eyes still on it, barely noticing Mickey and the Doctor following me.

"Don't look at it, Carly," The Doctor said behind me sternly. "Don't even think about it. This is not your world." I heard the double meaning behind his words. I knew that he didn't mean to have it in there and probably didn't realize the double meaning but it was there and I faltered in my steps. After learning all this stuff about me, about who I really was… I felt as if I didn't know where I belonged anymore and that hurt. But I ignored the pain in my heart as I finished my way up to the poster.

"Charlene…"

I ignored the Doctor's warning tone as I touched the poster with my hand. But I jumped ad jerked my hand back when the picture moved (reminding me of those pictures in Harry Potter). The Pete in the poster winked as he said with a thumbs up,

"You can trust me on this."

"That's weird," I mumbled as I continued to stare at the poster with unfocused eyes, "But he did it. He actually did it. He's a success now … I remember Jackie saying that people always saying that his schemes were useless, but he did it…" I was happy for him even though I knew that he wasn't my real father. I felt myself being grabbed by the shoulders and was turned around so that I was facing the Doctor and he bended down slightly to look me in the eyes with a urgent look in his face.

"Charlene, if you ever trusted me, then listen to me now."

I couldn't help but glance at the poster.

"Stop looking it!"

I closed my eyes for a moment and met the Doctor's eyes again, forcing myself to keep the gaze and not look at the poster.

"Your adopted father's dead. He died when you were six months old. That is not your Pete. That is A Pete. For all we know, he's got his own Jackie, his own Rose; his own Charlene… him and Jackie could have still adopted you. And that is a different Charlene, it's not—"

I cut him off coldly, "I get it. It's not me. I get it."

The Doctor flinched at the coldness in my voice and I felt tears gathering in my eyes. I glanced away from him, but I didn't look back at the poster. I felt a hand grasp my chin and I was meeting the Doctor's eyes with my teary ones. His eyes softened as they looked into mine.

"Look, Carly, you can't see him. Not ever."

I just gave a tiny nod in response, rubbing my eyes to get rid of the tears that were still gathering in them. "Okay," I whispered as Mickey rubbed my back comfortingly.

The Doctor pulled me into a hug and I buried my face in his chest, closing my eyes tightly.

-0-

I managed to get away from the Doctor and Mickey. I needed to be alone right now. I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going. I was just walking, lost in thought.

But eventually, I found myself walking along the banks of the Thames where I found a bench and I sat down on it, still lost in thought. I was thinking about my adoption, finding out about me being a Time Lady. At the moment, I felt as if I didn't belong anywhere. I didn't belong in this alternate universe … I didn't belong in my world… I didn't know anything anymore. And it was so frustrating. I unconsciously played with the fob watch, thinking about when it opened, would I still feel the way I felt now. I knew I belonged with the Doctor … but where did I belong?

I was broken out of my thoughts by a zeppelin flying over my head, low in the sky. I noticed the logo that was stamped on the bottom.

Cybus…

I curiously looked at it with my head titled to the side. Cybus… Why did that sound familiar? I didn't have that much time to think about that question because my phone beeped. I pulled it out of my pocket with the hand that wasn't playing with the fob watch. There was a message on the screen which said, "welcome – free trial period.'" Curiously, I pressed select and the news showed up on the screen, replacing the message.

"…And its good news for Brittan as John Lumic returns to the country of his birth. Mr. Lumic, the inventor of high-content meal, has denied allegations of ill health."

The news still played, but a different man took the screen and I knew that this was John Lumic. I listened rather intently to what he had to say for a reason I didn't really know. I just flet as if it was important.

"We're all flesh and blood, but the brain is what makes us human. And my mind is more creative than ever."

It switched back to the newscaster.

"With shares in Cybus Industries doubling in price, Mr. Lumic."

I closed it off and stuck my mobile back in my pocket, before looking back up at the zeppelin. I realized that Mr. Lumic must be in there. Then I thought … if I was getting the news, would I be able to get internet access? If I did, I could search Pete Tyler up…

I shook my head. That wouldn't be a good idea. I knew that I wouldn't like what I would find on there. It was just this feeling I had. I bit my bottom lip; thumb brushing against the words on the back of the pocket watch unconsciously. Before I could stop myself, I pulled my phone out of my pocket again and searched Pete Tyler on Goggle. And just like I thought, there was stuff that I read that made my heart break a little bit more every time I read something about Pete Tyler.

A little while later, I was still sitting on the bench, once again lost in thought. My phone was still in my hand but I wasn't looking at it as I had returned to play with the fob watch.

"There you are!" I heard the Doctor cry, sounding happy.

But I didn't glance up at him, continuing to play with the watch.

"You all right? No applause, I fixed it! Twenty-four four hours, then we're flying back to reality."

I finally looked at the Doctor, who was now sitting on the bench beside me, with a fake smile. "That's great." I sighed to myself as I glanced away, eyes going to the phone and I knew that he noticed from the sigh he gave.

"What is it?"

"My phone connected," I said softly, meeting his eyes again. "There's this... Cybus network, it finds you're phone. It gave me internet access."

The Doctor's face turned serious, "Carly, whatever it says, this is the wrong world."

"I know… but I don't exist."

He frowned confused, "What do you mean?"

"There's no Charlene Tyler… they didn't adopt me in this world, they don't even have Rose. She wasn't even born. There's only Pete…and Jackie…they still got married, but didn't have any kids."

"Give me that phone." The Doctor tried to snatch the phone away from me, but I jerked it away from him.

"Don't," I said warningly and he sighed again, this time more heavily as he stopped trying to take away the phone. I continued with what I was saying, not looking at the Doctor or at Mickey. "They're rich…they've got a house and cars and everything they want." I paused and I knew I sounded close to tears when I said, "But they haven't got me or Rose."

I stood up from the bench and walked away from it before stopping and crossing my arms over my chest as I thought to myself. I needed to go see him. with that thought in mind, I turned to the Doctor.

"I'm sorry…" I apologized to the Doctor who got a confused look on his face but that disappeared at my next words, "But I have to go see him."

The Doctor stood up, "You can't."

"I just wanna see him, Doctor. That's it!"

"I can't let you!"

I glared at him, "You just said twenty-four hours! That's just enough time to go see him and then go come back."

"You can't become their daughter, that's not the way it works!"

"Don't you think I know! I know I can't become their daughter, I know that. But I have to see him. And you come with me if you want, but I'm going to go see him."

"You can't." He turned to Mickey, "Tell her."

"Twenty-four hours, yeah?"

The Doctor looked and sounded bewildered, "Where're you going?"

"Well, I can do what I want!"

"And I've got the address and everything," I added in as I walked backwards in the opposite direction of where Mickey was going.

He looked from me to Mickey frantically. "Stay where you are, both of you! Charlene, come back here! Mickey, come back here right now!"

"I'm sorry, really I am, Doctor, but I have to go see him," I said, looking pleadingly at the Doctor.

"Yeah, I've got things to see and all."

"Like WHAT?"

"Well, you don't anything about me, do ya?" Mickey questioned. "It's always about Charlene. I'm just a spare part."

The Doctor looked at me silently telling me to stay there.

"I really am sorry," I told him softly before I walked away, not glancing back.

-0-

"Mickey's mum just couldn't cope," I said softly to the Doctor who had caught up to me a little while ago and asked me about Mickey and about who he was looking for. Our hands were connected together as we were walking. "His Dad hung around for a while, but then he just…disappeared. He was brought up by his Grans." I smiled to myself then frowned, "I don't remember much about her though, but I do remember her being a great woman and that she died when me and Rose were still in school."

"I never knew."

"Well, you never asked."

"You never said!"

"You could have asked."

"You could have said."

I giggled for a moment before sighing. "That's Mickey… I guess we just take him for granted." I looked at the Doctor curiously, "Do you think she's still alive, his Gran?"

"Could be. Like I said, parallel world – gingerbread house." It was the Doctor's turn to say as he looked around at the people who were around us on the street we were walking on. "We need to get out of here as fast as we can."

"After we see Pete," I reminded him.

"Carly—"Before he could finish his protest, a short alarm sounded and the people around us suddenly froze. We looked around, confused looks on both of our faces.

"What are they all doing?" I asked the Doctor, still confused.

"They've stopped."

"Look what they're wearing," I suddenly said as I noticed the earpieces that were on every single person. They flashed and beeped silently.

The Doctor let go of my hand and went over to one of the men that had stopped and squinted at the earpieces. "It's the earpieces…like Bluetooth attachments, but everyone's connected together."

My phone suddenly beeped in my pocket and I took out it, looking at it. "It's on my phone," I told the Doctor, looking over at him. "It must be automatic. It's downloading too. Is this what they're getting?"

The Doctor moved to my side so that he could look at the phone. I showed him it as he pulled out his glasses and slipped them on. I scrolled down through the 'daily downloads,' as I read from it,

"News…international news…sport…weather…"

"They get it direct, downloaded right into their heads," The Doctor explained.

I nodded before continuing on scrolling while reading out loud, "TV schedules… lottery numbers…"

The Doctor took the phone from me but I didn't protest. "Daily download published by Cybus Industries."

'That was the company John Lumic was a part of.' I realized, frowning to myself.

On my phone, it scrolled down to 'Joke' and everyone around us laughed before they went on their merry way. The Doctor and I stared, completely nonplussed as the crowd carried on like nothing happened.

"You lot, your obsessed. You do anything for the latest upgrade."

"Technically it's not my lot," I corrected, lifting up the fob watch.

"Oh right." The Doctor looked sheepish.

I shook my head at him. "And besides that…" I continued, "It's a different world, remember."

"It's not SO far off. This place is only parallel." The Doctor pressed a few buttons on the phone. "Oh look at that." He showed me the phone, "Cybus Industries owns just about every company in Britain, including Vitex. Mr. Pete Tyler's VERY well connected."

I didn't say anything for a moment before saying in a flirty tone of voice, "Doctor…"

He looked at me and I fluttered my eyelashes at him, moving closer to his side. His face flushed immediately and he gulped.

"Have I ever told you how handsome you look your glasses," I flirted, playing with the labels of his suit jacket. I was unable to stop myself from grinning especially when the Doctor flushed even more. "Makes you look…" I pretended to shiver, "Sexy."

"Um, um, um…" he sputtered and I giggled. "Oh, okay." He seemed to realize what I was doing and he cleared his throat still flushed as I moved back from him, trying so hard not to laugh. "I give up." He tossed the phone back to me before hurriedly walking away as he called to me, "Let's go see him."

I was still trying to hold back my laughter as I followed behind the Doctor.

TBC...

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Rise of the Cybermen, Part 2...