Alyssa landed in the Tardis mid-flight, she looked around and saw the Tenth Doctor, "Hey Doc," She called out, the Doctor looked up from where he was at and smiled as he made his way over to her, he instantly took her into a hug before saying "Where did you just come from?"
"Margaret, the second time," Alyssa said, and the Doctor seemed to grow a bit sadder at the revelation before he broke away from her and walked back over to the console. "What happened last for you."
"The Master," The Doctor said as he messed with some of the controls, as the Tardis had landed. Alyssa let out a sigh "oh now that's interesting." he said, as he looked at some scanning results.
"What is it?" Alyssa said as she walked over to take a look at the results
"Nothing big, just some weird readings from London."
"Trouble?" Alyssa said as she glanced between the screen and the Doctor,
"Could be. But it isn't that big,"
"But it could still become something big right?" Alyssa said as the Doctor realized what she was trying to do, "Possibly." He said as they smiled at each other,
"Should we go check it out?" Alyssa said
"Yes, yes we should," The Doctor said before the two smiled at each other and the Doctor started piloting the Tardis to London to check out the strange readings.
They made their way back to London and found out that the readings came from a Company called Adipose Industries. They made their way to the main building but they instantly went around to the back. The Doctor sonicked open a fire exit door, and they entered. They made their way through the building and as they passed a guard the Doctor flashed him his psychic paper. "John and Alyssa Smith Health and Safety. They made their way to where a presentation about the product for Social Media and went to the projection room to watch the presentation. "Adipose Industries, the twenty-first century way to lose weight. No exercise, no diet, no pain. Just lifelong freedom from fat. The Holy Grail of the modern age." A blond woman with glasses said before she brought out a tiny pill. "And here it is. You just take one capsule. One capsule, once a day for three weeks, and the fat, as they say."
"The fat just walks away." A man in a film said,
"Excuse me, Miss Foster. If I could? I'm Penny Carter, science correspondent for The Observer. There are a thousand diet pills on the market, a thousand con men stealing people's money. How do we know the fat isn't going straight into your bank account?" Penny said as the film was paused,
"Oh, Penny, if cynicism burnt up calories, we'd all be as thin as rakes. But if you want the science, I can oblige." Miss Foster said, and the video was played one again,
"Adipose Industries. The Adipose capsule is composed of a synthesized mobilizing lipase, bound to a large protein molecule. The mobilizing lipase breaks up the triglycerides stored in the adipose cells, which then enter." The Narrator of the film said and continued to explain the science but they couldn't hear the rest as the Doctor realized someone was staring at them weirdly,
"Health and Safety. Film department." The Doctor said before they turned their attention back to the presentation "One hundred percent legal, one hundred percent effective." Miss Foster said after the film finished
"But, can I just ask, how many people have taken the pills to date?"
"We've already got one million customers within the Greater London area alone, but from next week, we start rolling out nationwide. The future starts here. And Britain will be thin." Miss Foster said concluding the presentation.
"So there is something wrong with the pills? That's what the Tardis picked up?" Alyssa asked as they left the Projection room.
"I think so but we should keep looking." the Doctor said before leading Alyssa to the call center in the building.
When they got to the call center they immediately went to a female on the phone. "We deliver within three working days." The Woman said as the Doctor and Alyssa entered her booth,
"John and Alyssa Smith, Health and Safety. Don't mind us." The Doctor said, showing the woman the psychic paper that had his name on it. The lady turned around and looked at the Doctor as she continued "The box comes with 21 days worth of pills, a full information pack, and our special free gift, an Adipose Industries pendant." The woman said as she brought out the pendant for the two to examine. "It's made of eighteen-carat gold, and it's yours for free. No, we don't give away pens, sorry. No, I can't make an exception, no." she continued explaining the pendant to the caller. Before she hung up and the two asked for a list of her customers. "Of course just let me print it off." The Woman said, and the Doctor stood up and looked around the room until he found the printer. "That's the printer there?" The Doctor asked,
"By the plant, yeah." The woman said,
"Brilliant." The Doctor said before he went up again and asked: "Has it got paper?"
"Yeah, Jimbo keeps it stocked." the woman said, and the Doctor just popped back down. Alyssa was looking closely at the pendant. "I am going to keep this for testing," she said before putting it back in the box that it came in and stuffing the box in her pocket. "Excuse me, everyone, if I could have your attention." Miss Foster said as she walked into the room followed by two guards. All the workers stood as Miss Foster continued, "On average, you're each selling forty Adipose packs per day. It's not enough. I want one hundred sales per person per day. And if not, you'll be replaced. Because if anyone's good in trimming the fat, it's me. Now. Back to it." as she said this the Doctor constantly popped up from behind the divider to watch Miss Foster before quickly going back down when Miss Foster looked over at them. Miss Foster left the room and Alyssa burst out laughing before the Doctor glanced at her and smiled, before glancing at the woman and said " Anyway if you could print that off. Thanks." the woman did what he asked, and clicked print and the Doctor stood up for the final time "thanks, then." The Doctor said before the woman pulled him back down and handed him a piece of paper "Oh, what's that?" after taking it,
"My telephone number." the woman said,
"What for?" the Doctor said, completely confused,
"Health and Safety. You be health, I'll be safety." The Woman said, but the Doctor just handed the piece of paper back and said "Not interested," before standing up and walking over to the printer Alyssa didn't follow him and as soon as the Doctor was out of ear-shot she turned back to the woman and said "can you print another copy?" which the woman did, and Alyssa stood up and walked over to the Doctor as he watched the papers print. She smiled at him as the papers finished printing and the Doctor picked them up and realized they were the list of names "but how?" The Doctor said,
"Come on," Alyssa said, and the two took off to one of the addresses.
The house they went to was the house of a young man. Alyssa knocked on the door as she read the name of the sheet. As the Doctor held it out in front of her, The man opened the door and Alyssa smiled at him "Hello! I work with Adipose industries, are you mister Roger Davey?" the man nodded and she continued "My name is Alyssa and this is my associate John Smith. I was hoping we could ask you a few questions about your experience taking the pill." The man let them in and lead the two to his sitting room and the man and Alyssa sat but the Doctor paced in front of the two, "so what has your experience been with the pills so far and how long have you been taking the pills."
"I've been on the pills for two weeks now. I've lost fourteen kilos." Roger said,
"That's the same amount every day?" The Doctor asked, as he stopped pacing and looked at the man,
"One kilo exactly. You wake up, and it's disappeared overnight. Well, technically speaking, it's gone by ten past one in the morning." Roger said,
"What makes you say that?" The Doctor said,
"That's when I get woken up. Might as well weigh myself at the same time." Roger said,
"What wakes you up?" Alyssa asked,
"My burglar alarm." Roger said, " It is driving me mad. Ten minutes past one, every night, bang on the dot without fail, the burglar alarm goes off." Roger said before the three went outside to show them the alarm before Roger's continued "I've had experts in, I've had it replaced, I've even phoned Watchdog. But no, ten past one in the morning, off it goes."
"But nothing has entered the house?" Alyssa asked,
"Nothing. I've given up looking." Roger said,
"Tell me, Roger. Have you got a cat flap?" the Doctor asked, and Roger led them to a door where there was, in fact, a cat flap, " It was here when I bought the house. I've never bothered with it, really. I'm not a cat person." Roger said as the two were on the floor looking out the cat flap. Alyssa was still standing behind the two.
"No, We've met cat people. You're nothing like them." The Doctor said,
"It's that what it is, though? Cats getting inside the house?" Roger said,
"Well it could be, cat flaps let things in, but they can also let things out."
"Like what?" Roger asked,
"The fat just walks away." The Doctor and Alyssa said together, and the Doctor stood up as Alyssa continued "Well thank you for answering our questions, however, you should lay off the pills for a week or two…" Alyssa said, only to be cut off when a device the Doctor made to track the same readings the Tardis picked up without them having to go back to the Tardis beeped. "Alyssa we got to go." The Doctor said as he pulled out the device, "Have a nice evening Mister Roger!" Alyssa said before the two took off after the signal. They ran through various neighborhoods before a black van raced past them and almost hit the two. It would've hit the Doctor if Alyssa hadn't pulled him back, They started chasing after the van before they lost it.
They went back to the Tardis and they examined the Pendant that Alyssa took from the woman they spoke to at Adipose Industries. The Doctor examined it under a magnifying glass and said "Oh, fascinating. Seems to be a bio-flip digital stitch, specifically for.." he trailed off and looked up at Alyssa and around the room, "Specifically for?" Alyssa said, hanging on to every word he said, as he explained that the pendant started a process for those who took the pill that made the fat walk away.
The Doctor piloted the Tardis back over to Adipose Industries so they could get inside the building. Instead of going to talk to one of the employees the two hid in a service closet. The Service closet was small so neither one of them could move without brushing the other. "So what do we now?" Alyssa asked,
"We wait for everyone to go home and then do our own investigating." The Doctor said, and a silence fell between the two, neither of them spoke as the Doctor glanced around and brought out his sonic and scanned for alien technology before he pulled open the wall and revealed a green alien device. "Ah-ha." he said as he began trying to hack into it. "So Alyssa, you never actually told me what happened while you were in the Time War." The Doctor said, Alyssa looked at the ground and the Doctor glanced back at her, "you don't have to tell me." before he turned back to the machine.
"I want to, when I jumped there it was around the final days. I was mostly inventing weapons for the Time Lords to use against the Daleks."
"Weapons?" The Doctor said, in shock that Alyssa had built weapons because she never fired her weapon unless she had his permission.
"I couldn't do nothing Doctor, so many of us were being killed, I had the knowledge to help them so I did, but I never really used the weapons, I was tasked to infiltrate Dalek ships and destroy them from the inside, but I always was with a smaller group they were the ones who put the bombs on the ship I just told them how to do it, but besides that, I was actually apart of one of the groups that was under your command in the Tantalus eye, I didn't know that I was until we were forced to retreat when I learned that it was you, I wanted to get to you but when my commander found out that I knew you, this was after you were named a traitor, he brought me before the council for being an affiliate with you and of course they recognized me, I was put right back in the position I was in before you saved me. I don't know how long I was imprisoned, but it made me remember everything, from before, my life on Gallifrey, my family, the master. You know he wasn't always like that, insane I mean,"
"I know." The Doctor said as he continued to fiddle with the technology.
"I wasn't there when he started attacking earth to hurt you, so I don't know why, do you know?"
"No," The Doctor said, as he paused trying to hack into the alien technology, "Well, it could be because I never told him what happened with you after I saved you. He begged me, but I couldn't. The Master would've tried everything to get you back…. And that would've put your safety in jeopardy. He never looked at me the same way after that…" The Doctor paused before he looked back at Alyssa who was staring at him upset at the revelation "That is just a theory, however. What else did you remember?" He said
"You, the first time I was captured, and put through all that experimenting... Around that time I hadn't known how long I was there for, so I was slowly losing hope of ever getting out of there, and then I heard the Tardis and you came out, and you freed me. When you told me your plan, to put me in another universe, without my memories. You know I actually was really close to hijacking your Tardis, I didn't want to flee to another universe, but then I realized that even if I did run, and go to an abandoned planet and spent the rest of my days there. The Council would never give up looking for me. So I let you do your crazy plan. And the rest you know."
"How did you escape the second time?" The Doctor asked as he turned around to give her his full attention,
"Well, I didn't escape, doc if I couldn't escape the first time around how could I do it the second time? I was rescued,"
"By who?" The Doctor asked,
"Who do you think?" She said, before looking at him, she was looking at her hands mostly as she told the story.
"The Master," the Doctor stated, and Alyssa only nodded, " it was right before he escaped, he wanted me to come with him, it was right before he chameleon arched himself,"
"Why didn't you go with him?"
"I didn't want to, he was about to go to the end of the universe Doctor wear he meets a past version of me, what would've happened if I was there too?"
"Well…" The Doctor started,
"That was a rhetorical question Doc," Alyssa said interrupting him, but she was smiling nonetheless. "Do you need help?" she said as she saw that he was not having any luck hacking into the alien software. The Doctor looked back at the machine then back at her and nodded. Alyssa stood up and walked over to him and started messing with the controls. A couple minutes of silence passed as only the occasional advice from one of the two to hack into the software. The Doctor interrupted the silence as he asked: "How long have you been jumping?" Alyssa paused what she was doing with the software as she did the math in her head
"25 times, Two of those to Torchwood, and one of them to the war.." Alyssa said as they looked at each other, "Don't you want to stop?" the Doctor asked,
"No, I did, when I first started I just learned that this universe was my home and that I was a Time Lady, I wanted to stop jumping, so I could just spend some time figuring everything out, but then I regenerated and it made me realize something, I was still going to be adventuring helping people, which is what I wanted. Yet there was a part of me that wanted to stop jumping. Then I jumped to the Time War, and the one thing that was the same throughout all my jumps was gone, I was alone and I had to figure out what to do next by myself, for 130 years. Then finally I jump again and it was right back to the Tardis, and you, Doc. No matter how many times I jump, I wouldn't trade it for the world, because even though I don't stay in one place for too long, there is one thing that always stays the same, and that's you Doc, even if your face is different even if its years in the future and you know more about me than I do myself, I don't care, because it's still you. You're my constant Doc, and you make the constant jumping okay." Alyssa said, and the Doctor looked at her and they stared at each other for a couple seconds, before the Doctor took Alyssa into a hug, no words were exchanged as they just hugged each other before they went right back to work on the technology.
Hours had passed with no luck hacking into the Alien Technology, and Adipose Industries had closed for the night. The two snuck out of the supply closet and made their way into the roof, which had a window's cleaners cradle. "Well, that will work," Alyssa said, looking at the Doctor who smiled at her before the two walked over to it and got in. the Doctor used his screwdriver to lower them down until they got outside the office of Miss. Foster. They instantly ducked as the door opened and Miss Foster, Penny the news reporter, and two guards entered the room the Doctor got out his stethoscope and used it to listen in on the conversation. As Alyssa dug around her pockets seeing if she could find one of her own. "This is ridiculous," Penny said, as she was held by one of the guards as another grabbed a chair.
"Sit there." Miss Foster said as the guard pushed Penny forward,
"I'm phoning my editor," Penny said as she was forced to sit down in front of Miss Foster's desk
"I said sit." Miss Foster said as the guards started tying Penny up "You can't tie me up. What sort of a country do you think this is?" As Alyssa's hand brushed something long and thin. She brought it out and saw that it was, in fact, a stethoscope, 'ah-ha' she mouthed to the Doctor, who only smiled at her as she put the earpieces into her ears and the metal bit next to the doctor's stethoscope metal part.
"Oh, it's a beautifully fat country. And believe me, I've traveled a long way to find obesity on this scale." Miss Foster said,
"So, come on then, Miss Foster, those pills. What are they?" Penny asked,
"Well, you might just as well have a scoop, since you'll never see it printed." Miss Foster said as the Doctor and Alyssa rose there Stethoscopes to the window "This is the spark of life." Miss Foster said as she showed the pill.
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Officially, the capsule attracts all the fat cells and flushes them away. Well, it certainly attracts them. That part's true. But it binds the fat together and galvanizes it to form a body."
"What do you mean, a body?"
"I am surprised you never asked about my name. I chose it well. Foster. As in foster mother. And these are my children." Miss Foster said as she brought out a white creature thing that was white, but for some reason was oddly cute. "You're kidding me. What the hell is that?" Penny said as both Alyssa and the Doctor poked up to see the creature,
"Adipose. It's called an Adipose. Made out of living fat." Miss Foster said, as she stood up and walked to the front of her desk
"But I don't understand."
"From ordinary human people." Miss Foster said, as the Doctor and Alyssa looked around the room and saw a familiar redhead inside the building looking into the room through a circle window before she noticed the two were there. "Donna?" The Doctor mouthed as she stared at the two.
"Doctor? Doctor!" Donna mouthed, as Alyssa silently let out some snickers, the Doctor glanced at her and said, "you knew about this?" Alyssa could only nod as the Doctor turned back to Donna,
"But what? What? What?" the Doctor mouthed back to Donna,
"Oh my god!" Donna mouthed back,
"But how?" The Doctor mouthed
"It's me!" Donna mouthed pointing with both hands at her face,
"Yes, I can see that." The Doctor mouthed,
"Oh, this is brilliant." Donna mouthed back,
"What the hell are you doing there?" The Doctor mouthed
"I was looking for you." Donna mouthed,
"What for?" The Doctor Mouthed,
"I read it on the internet. Weird. Crept along. Heard them talking. Hid. You." Donna mouthed and jerked her thumb in the direction of Miss Foster, only to realize she had stopped talking and was staring at both of them. "Are we interrupting you?" Miss Foster asked, and the laughter from Alyssa immediately as she looked at the Doctor who mouthed "run" to Donna. Who immediately took off. Miss Foster said, "Get her." as the Doctor pointed his Sonic at the door and locked it after her, before pointing it up at the roof as Miss Foster said "And them." as the cradle went up to the roof. The two ran to the stairs and ran right into Donna. The Doctor hugged her, and as soon as he pulled away Donna said, "Oh, my God. I don't believe it. You've even got the same suit! Don't you ever change?
"Yeah, thanks, Donna. Not right now." The Doctor said as the sound of guards was sounded from underneath them so they ran up the stairs "Just like old times!" he said,
They ran up to the Roof as Donna continued to explain why she was there "Because I thought, how do you find the Doctor? And then I just thought, look for trouble and then he'll turn up." She said as the Doctor soniced the door they used to get up here. "So I looked everywhere. You name it. UFOs, sightings, crop circles, sea monsters. I looked, I found them all. Like that stuff about the bees disappearing, I thought, I bet he's connected. Because the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from that replica of the Titanic flying over Buckingham Palace on Christmas Day. I mean, that's got to be a hoax." Donna said as the three rushed over to the Cradle, and the Doctor started sonicking the controls.
"What do you mean, the bees are disappearing?" The Doctor said, as Alyssa looked between the two, it was obvious that Donna didn't recognize her. The Doctor rushed over to the Cradle and jumped in Alyssa following close behind.
"I don't know. That's what it says on the internet. Well, on the same site, there was all these conspiracy theories about Adipose Industries and I thought, let's take a look." Donna said,
"In you get!" The Doctor said, talking to Donna
"What, in that thing?" She asked,
"Yes, in that thing." The Doctor said,
"But if we go down in that, they'll just call us back up again."
"No, no, no, because I've locked the controls with a sonic cage. I'm the only one that can control it. Not unless she's got a sonic device of her own, which is very unlikely." The Doctor said before Donna finally goes into the cradle. The Doctor instantly sonicked the Cradle and made it start going back down. At a safe speed, a couple of seconds passed and suddenly the cradle started speeding down, Alyssa immediately yelled out "I should stop you from saying anything that jinxes us!" as the Doctor worked on making the Cradle stop. Which he was successful in doing, and he realized that they were by a window
"Hold on. Hold on. We can get in through the window." The Doctor said, as he started trying to get into the building, before he said, "Can't get it open!"
"Well, smash it then!" Donna said as she picked up a spanner and started hitting the glass which didn't help them get in. a sound above them started and Donna and Alyssa looked up to see that one of the cables was starting to burn. Alyssa looked back down at Donna and immediately switched places with her as the cord snapped. Alyssa fell out of the cradle and immediately caught on a metal bit which kept her from plummeting to her death. Donna instantly grabbed a bar to keep herself from falling out of the cradle "Alyssa!" the Doctor shouted as he stared down at her, he tried to pull the cable up but it was too heavy. The Doctor turned around and looked up and pressed his sonic device just as Foster did hers. The Sonic Pen Miss Foster had shocked and she dropped it, the Doctor caught it and glanced at it only for a second before he realized he had seen this Pen before. He put it in his teeth as he made his way to the window and used the pen to open up the window. He climbed inside and helped Donna get inside the building before he shouted back down to Alyssa "Hold on! I will only be a minute." As the Doctor rushed down a couple of floors. Alyssa glanced down at the ground below her and immediately looked back up as terror ran through her. "Never look down when you're about to plummet a thousand feet," she said as she stared up at the top of the building, she felt arms wrap around her legs. She let out a sigh of relief as she let the Doctor pull her safely inside the building. "There you are, you okay?" The Doctor said,
"Yes," Alyssa said, as she smiled at him,
"You need to stop taking unneeded risks. First with Margaret now this, do you think I haven't noticed that you switch places with Rose back with Margaret or with Donna just then?" Alyssa just shook her head, " Do you not realize that both of those cases there would be no regeneration no nothing?" Alyssa said nothing in return as she just stared at him, he let out an angry sigh just as Donna entered the room. "I was right. It's always like this with you, innit?" Donna said Alyssa turned away from the Doctor as he said "Oh, yes! And off we go." before the three rushed out of the room before Penny who was still in Miss Foster's office the room yelled out "Oi!" The Doctor poked his head back in and said "Sorry!" before setting her free with his sonic, "Now do yourself a favor. Get out." before the three ran off. They tried to run out of the building only to stop when they saw Miss Foster walking towards them
"Well, then. At last." Miss Foster said,
"Hello," Donna said,
"Hi, I'm Alyssa," Alyssa said,
"Nice to meet you, I'm the Doctor." The Doctor said,
"And I'm Donna," Donna said,
"Partners in crime. And evidently, off-worlders, judging by your sonic technology."
"Like you can talk you have that sonic pen. Doctor, don't you have it?" Alyssa said, glancing at the Doctor,
"Oh, yes, I've still got your sonic pen. Nice. I like it. Sleek. It's kind of sleek." The Doctor said, as he brought it out, and showed it to Donna,
"Oh, it's definitely sleek," Donna said,
"We introduced ourselves it's only fair you introduce yourself," Alyssa said,
"Matron Cofelia of the Five Straighten Classabindi Nursery Fleet. Intergalactic Class." Miss Foster said, without hesitation,
"A wet nurse, using humans as surrogates." the Doctor said,
"I've been employed by the Adiposian First Family to foster a new generation after their breeding planet was lost."
"Lost? How was a planet lost?" Alyssa said,
"Oh, politics are none of my concern. I'm just here to take care of the children on behalf of the parents."
"What, like an outer space super nanny?" Donna asked,
"Yes, if you like." Miss Foster stated,
"So. So those little things, they're, they're made out of fat, yeah, but that woman, Stacy Campbell, there was nothing left of her."
"Oh, in a crisis the Adipose can convert bone and hair and internal organs. Makes them a little bit sick, poor things."
"Wait you mean to tell me you had someone turned into those adipose things and that person's life was lost, and you care more about the Adipose? That is so messed up." Alyssa said Miss Foster was about to retort, "Seeding a level five planet is against galactic law." The Doctor said, not giving Miss Foster the chance to retort,
"Are you threatening me?"
"That is if you take it as a threat," Alyssa said, "when it isn't, just him stating something."
"I'm trying to help you, Matron. This is your one chance, because if you don't call this off, then I'll have to stop you." The Doctor said,
"We'll have to stop you," Alyssa said, only glancing at the Doctor for a second.
"I hardly think you can stop bullets." Miss Foster said, as the two guards behind aimed the three.
"No, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. One more thing, before dying. Do you know what happens if you hold two identical sonic devices against each other?" The Doctor said as he took out his Sonic Screwdriver,
"No." Miss Foster said, as Alyssa looked Donna and whispered: "cover your ears." Donna looked at Alyssa in confusion before doing it.
"Nor me. Let's find out." The Doctor said, as he put the two sonics together, and activated them, which made a terrible noise, everyone except for the Doctor and Alyssa were affected by it. Miss Foster and her guards covered their ears in pain. After a couple of seconds, Alyssa snatched the Sonic pen from the Doctor and said "Come on!" before the three rushed off.
They made their way to the supply closet where the Doctor immediately started pulling things out of it as Alyssa revealed the machine and took out the Sonic pen and started working on it, "Well, that's one solution. Hide in a cupboard. I like it." Donna said, as Alyssa continued to work, as the Doctor came up behind her and watched what she was doing, as he explained what was going on to Donna.
"We've been hacking into this thing all day because the matron's got a computer core running through the center of the building. Triple deadlocked. But now that's she's got that she can get into it." The Doctor said as he went back to helping Alyssa, " She's wired up the whole building. We need a bit of privacy." The Doctor said, as he ripped out some wires and held them together, Alyssa didn't look up from what she was doing as she said: "Oh so it's okay for you to electrocute two men, but it isn't okay for me to hit someone?"
"Alyssa now is not the time." The Doctor said,
"I know just thought I'd mention it," Alyssa said,
"Wait, Alyssa?" Donna said as she turned to Alyssa. "You can change your face?" she asked,
"Donna not right now," Alyssa said, as she glanced back at her before the Doctor looked at what Alyssa was doing and said "Why's she wired up the tower block? What's it all for?" Before he helped Alyssa more in figuring out what Miss Foster wanted. "You look older." Donna said, looking at the Doctor before he turned to Alyssa "And you look completely different" Alyssa could only nod as she continued to work
"Thanks." The Doctor said,
"You two still on your own?" Donna asked,
"Yup. Well, no. We had this friend. Martha, she was called. Martha Jones. She was brilliant. And I destroyed half her life. But she's fine, she's good. She's gone."
"We didn't destroy half her life doctor, destroying her life would've met much more had happened then what happened," Alyssa said, only taking a glance at the Doctor before turning back to her work.
"What about Rose?" Donna asked,
"Still lost. I thought you were going to travel the world?" The Doctor said,
"Easier said than done. It's like I had that one day with you, and I was going to change. I was going to do so much. Then I woke up the next morning, same old life. It's like you were never there. And I tried. I did try. I went to Egypt. I was going to go barefoot and everything. And then it's all bus trips and guidebooks and don't drink the water, and two weeks later you're back home. It's nothing like being with you. I must have been mad turning down that offer." Donna said,
"What offer?" The Doctor said,
"To come with you," Donna said,
"Come with me?" The Doctor said, before glancing at her,
"Oh yes, please," Donna said, not realizing that he wasn't really asking her to come with them,
"Right." The Doctor said before glancing back at the Doctor
"Inducer activated." The Computer said,
"What's it doing now?" Donna said,
"She's started the program." The Doctor said as Alyssa and the Doctor glanced at each other knowing exactly what the inducer was going to do. "So far they're just losing weight, but the Matron's gone up to emergency pathogenesis." The Doctor said,
"And that's when they convert," Donna said,
"Skeletons, organs, everything. A million people are going to die. Got to cancel the signal." Alyssa said as she brought out the pendant she had out and started using it to shut down what Miss. Foster was doing.
"The Pendant contains a primary signal. If we can switch it off, the fat goes back to being just fat." The Doctor said as he helped Alyssa try to shut off the signal.
"Inducer increasing." The computer said Alyssa paused as she looked back at Donna "you know that pendant you have? I need it or a million people are going to die." Alyssa said, and Donna immediately brought it out and handed it to Alyssa who immediately took it apart and plugged it into the inducer. Which then shut down. Alyssa let out a sigh of relief as she smiled as she heard the Doctor say "Brilliant Alyssa." the three relaxed before they heard a loud noise from above them. "What the hell was that?" Donna said,
"Its the nursery." Alyssa and the Doctor said together,
"Fine. When you say nursery you don't mean a crèche in Notting Hill." Donna said,
"Nursery ship." The Doctor said before the computer switched back on and said "Incoming signal." and an alien voice came through the computer.
"Hadn't we better go and stop them?" Donna asked,
"Hang on. Instructions from the Adiposian First Family." The Doctor said, as he realized what the alien was, he paused as he listened to the transmission before he said "She's wired up the tower block to convert it into a levitation post. Ooo. Oh. We're not the ones in trouble now. She is!" before the two rushed off Donna following, and made their way to the roof. They watched as a bunch of Adipose was flying up and into the spaceship. "What you going to do then? Blow them up?" Donna asked,
"They're just children. They can't help where they come from." The Doctor said,
"Oh, that makes a change from last time. That Martha must've done you good." Donna said,
"She did, yeah. Yeah. She did. She fancied me." The Doctor said,
"Mad Martha, that one. Blind Martha. Charity Martha. I'm waving at fat." Donna said, as one of the Adipose waved at them and the three waved back. Alyssa looked straight and saw Miss Foster flying up towards the ship.
"Actually, as a diet plan, it sort of works. There she is!" The Doctor said, as he also noticed her,
"Matron Cofelia, listen to me." The Doctor said as the three rushed over to the edge of the roof,
"Oh, I don't think so, Doctor. And if I never see you again, it'll be too soon." Miss Foster said,
"Oh, why does no one ever listen. I'm trying to help. Just get across to the roof. Can you shift the levitation beam?" The Doctor said,
"What, so that you can arrest me?"
"Just listen. I saw the Adiposian instructions. They know it's a crime, breeding on Earth. So what's the one thing they want to get rid of? Their accomplice."
"I'm far more than that. I'm nanny to all these children."
"Exactly! Mum and Dad have got the kids now. They don't need the nanny anymore." The Doctor said, right before the levitation beam switched off and Miss Foster fell. Soon the spaceship left earth. The three went down to the bottom level and exited the building. Alyssa took out the pen and inspected it as the Doctor watched her, "you know you should keep that," he said,
"I was thinking about it, but then I wouldn't be able to snatch your screwdriver anymore." Alyssa said, smiling, before she pocketed it, "Oh well, I'll find another way to bug you like that," she said. The Doctor was about to say something before Penny who was tied to a chair exited and yelled at the three " Oi, you three. You're just mad. Do you hear me? Mad! And I'm going to report you for madness." She said before she stomped off still tied to the chair. Alyssa brought out her newly acquired Sonic pen and pointed it at the chair and activated it, loosening the ropes. Penny straightened as the ropes and the chair fell away from her, and only glanced back at the three before once again stomping off.
"You see, some people just can't take it," Donna said,
"No." The Doctor said as Alyssa turned to Donna,
"And some people can. So, then. Tardis! Come on." Donna said, before grabbing the Doctor's arm and yanking her with him. Alyssa just laughed as they made their way to the alleyway where the Tardis was. "That's my car! That is like destiny. And I've been ready for this." Donna said, as she walked over to a blue car and opened the trunk of it and continued "I packed ages ago, just in case. Because I thought, hot weather, cold weather, no weather. He goes anywhere. I've gotta be prepared." as she unpacked her bags and forced a bag into the Doctor's arms. Before she continued unpacking her car,
"You've got a, a hatbox." The Doctor said as he watched shocked
"Planet of the Hats, I'm ready," Donna said as she closed her car trunk door. The Doctor put down all the stuff that Donna gave him but kept one bag under his arm he opened the Tardis door and Donna rushed in before turning back at the door and said " I don't need injections, do I? You know, like when you go to Cambodia. Is there any of that? Because my friend Veena went to Bahrain, and she. You're not saying much." Donna said as she realized that the Doctor wasn't saying that much.
"No, it's just. It's a funny old life, in the Tardis." The Doctor
"You don't want me," Donna said, as her enthusiasm dropped.
"I'm not saying that." The Doctor said,
"But you asked me. Would you rather you two be on your own?"
"Hell no," Alyssa said as she looked at the Doctor then back at Donna "I don't stay in one place and I don't know if a future version of me is going to pop up tomorrow or weeks away. I don't want the Doctor to be alone when I'm not there," as the Doctor put the bags he still had down,
"It's complicated," The Doctor said "the last time, with Martha, like I said, it got complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate."
"You just want to mate?" Donna said, not quite getting that the Doctor was asking only for a friend,
"I just want a mate!" The Doctor said, trying to get Donna to see what he meant. He looked at Alyssa for help but she was laughing too hard,
"You're not mating with me, sunshine! Mate with her." Donna said jerking her head over in Alyssa's direction which cut her laughter right off, she glanced at the Doctor and back at Donna as she was at a loss for words.
"A mate. I want a mate." The Doctor said, and Donna finally realized what he was trying to say,
"Well, just as well, because I'm not having any of that nonsense. I mean, you're just a long streak of nothing. You know, alien nothing." Donna said,
"There we are, then. Okay." The Doctor said,
"I can come?" Donna said,
"Yeah. Course you can, yeah. I'd love it." The Doctor said, Donna let out a shriek of joy before rushing forward to hug the Doctor,
"Oh, that's just," Donna said, before cutting off and realized she still had her mother's car keys. "Car keys."
"What?" The Doctor said,
"I've still got my mum's car keys. I won't be a minute." Donna said before she rushed off, and Alyssa and the Doctor started bringing Donna's stuff into the Tardis before Alyssa felt a headache coming. She stopped and looked at the Doctor and said "I'll see you soon Doctor." before she once again disappeared.