"Rosie Posie where ya goin?" Anna called after Rose with her purse slung over her shoulder.

"Gotta hand Wilson the lottery money! Go on I'll catch up." Rolling her eyes Anna turned back skipping to fall into step with her. "No chance! I got no idea how to get back to your place dork comin with you." She took hold of her hand cheekily, "Sides you're going down into the creepy murder basement Wilson's the only one bonkers enough to actually like being down here." Rose rolled her eyes and lifted up the bag with a wiggle.

"Just you wait talking like that soon enough you'll be the one get's caught handing in the lottery money." "Oh Rose don't say that!" Anna cackled throwing her head back as they went and got Rose's tonguey grin in return.

Hop skip and a jump down the elevator to the basement later they turned the corner. "Wilson! Wilson are you there we've got the lottery money!" There was no response from the chief electrician, causing Anna to lean in and whisper, "Always was a strange one wasn't he?"

Rose sighed, "Wilson we can't hang around they're closing the shop, Wilson!" Now she was starting to get wigged out the longer this went on. They jumped nearly out their skins hearing a loud clatter down the hall.

"What was that?" Anna whispered feeling her eyes bug out and stomach crawl up her throat. "No idea," Rose said just as quietly, "think it was Wilson?" Another crash caused her to whip her head upwards not seeing the other girl's head shaking 'no'.

Anna really did not want to go check it out, only reason she was not bolting off was Rose's hand still clasped tight round hers. The further they went the more Rose called for Wilson, her voice shaking the more scared she got. Not that Anna would ever mention it, she knows the mighty power behind a Tyler slap.

"I hate these things, doesn't it feel like they're staring at ya?" Anna whispered, feeling if she spoke any louder something would jump out the shadows. "Yeah," Rose muttered, not entirely listening. Anna could feel it in her bones, it was about to start and she didn't quite know how to feel about any of it. After so long at the Tyler residence it almost felt like her old life was a lifetime ago.

More crashes and Rose turned dragging Anna with her, "Is that someone mucking about?!" She yelled hoping to startle the noisemaker into revealing themselves. "Rose, I think we should go…" Anna glanced about hoping to see him but there was nothing as of yet. "R-rose?" She gasped seeing a mannequin's head move. "Rose!" This time she yanked on Rose's hand, this wasn't students or anything else of the like and she damn well knew it.

"Yeah you got us, very funny."

"Rose I don't think this is a joke c'mon!" Anna hated to admit it but she was scared, these stupid things couldn't be reasoned with to let them go far as she was concerned. Yet she also had never felt more alive, adrenaline junkie to the last breath. Rose finally seemed to get that something was up, lease that's what she figured regarding Rose's expression of panic.

They quickly got backed into a corner, adrenaline junkie Anna may be yet even she was frozen, instincts overloading her brain unable to send a full message to her legs.

Rose jostled to the left and Anna turned to be face to face with a man who had a quite legendary nose and set of ears, "Run." It was just a word, but that one word melted the ice stopping her from moving and Anna ran like she was in a thirty meter dash and in it to win it.

He still had Rose's hand in his own so Anna dropped the one she held knowing the three of them as a chain would literally slow them down massively. Which, her call probably bought them a few seconds as in the elevator a plastic arm still pushed through causing the door to not close properly. The Doctor tugged at the thing until it flew off with a pop leaving a clear space for the doors to close properly.

"You pulled his arm off!" Rose cried out in alarm, "Yep, plastic." the Doctor said turned to the doors.

"Oh my god it's like we're in some under budget D rated horror movie." Anna said with a chuckle right as Rose said, "So is this a student thing or what? Nearly scared us half to death."

The Doctor turned brow raised, "Why would they be students?" Rose wasn't expecting to be asked to back up her assumption and stuttered a bit, "Also D rated? Think that's a bit harsh." He was teasing...she hoped.

"To get that many people dressed up and being silly, got to be students." Rose pursed her lips, Anna figured she knew back of her brain what the truth really was. "Come off it least with B rated movies you get the over acted moanie groanie zombies, this lot were like farts." Rose sighed knowing what was coming, "Silent but deadly." She delivered the pun with a manic grin managing to get a short laugh in return.

"That makes sense, well done," He said to Rose, "they're not students." He giveth compliments then he taketh away apparently. Rose shot her an exasperated expression, for some reason still holding onto the arm, "Well when Wilson finds them he will phone the police."

"Who's Wilson?" He asked turning towards them again, "Chief electrician." Anna piped up fiddling with the strap of her bag.

"Wilson's dead." He said it so...coldly. Matter of fact in almost the way an automaton would. "What do you mean he's dead? Did one of those things get him?" "That's not funny that's sick!" Anna and Rose interjected at the same time, their voices mixing one out of shocked anger and the other confusion.

"Hold on. Mind your eyes." He was ignoring everything they were saying just trying to get the two of them out where he still had enough time to plant the bomb.

"Who are you then? Who's that lot down there? I said who are they?" Rose shouted her last question, less than pleased about being ignored.

The Doctor stiffened before turning round to look Rose directly in the eye,"They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. They're being controlled by a relay device in the roof, which would be a great big problem if I didn't have this. So, I'm going to go up there and blow them up, and I might well die in the process, but don't worry about me. No, you go home. Go on. Go and have your lovely beans on toast. Don't tell anyone about this, because if you do, you'll get them killed." Well that was one way to put it, Anna thought mildly to herself once the door was promptly shut in their faces without a by your leave. Rose looked dismayed toward Anna before the door opened once more. "I'm the Doctor by the way what're your names?"

"Rose," "Anna." They said, Anna in a much more cheery manner to Rose's befuddled one.

"Nice ta meecha Anna and Rose, now run for your lives!" He said in a manic tone, waggling the bomb about as if it were as dangerous as the morning paper. They stood stunned for a single moment before Anna realized that this was an actual BOMB.

"We should go, we should really go." She stressed yanking at Rose's hand once again pulling them into a sprint knowing they had only seconds.

True to form they hardly made it out to the street before the building exploded in a mass of flames. Rose then took charge pulling them from the shambles that once was their job, walking straight past the out of date blue phone box on the side of the road. "Was that phonebox there this morning?" Anna said, not actually sure because for all she knew it was and she just never noticed. "Who cares it's probably just an art thing." They continued on due to Rose's insistence, yet Anna still glanced back at the box until it went out of sight.

She was quiet on the bus back to the Tyler's, mind racing trying to remember how everything all went. It had been years since she had seen Doctor who episodes fully through what with the BBC taking it off of American Netflix. And now she was left with her aching mind pounding the gears for some semblance of a timeline. At least a basic one what with her presence no doubt throwing at least some events off course. And that was even if she could come along! Anna could do well and hope but in the end what did that really do for anyone in the long run with getting things done?

Rose and Anna were on the couch teas in hand with a frantic Jackie Tyler informing every single person she knows the nitty gritty details and Jackie Tyler embellishments via the huge clunky phone of 2005. If she remembers correctly her home land line back in 2005 looked absolutely nothing like the one here which...might just be a British thing. It was hard to figure out really, having to try and figure out if things were just a time thing or specifically British in that time.

"I know. It's on the telly. It's everywhere. They're lucky to be alive. Honestly, it's aged them. Skin like an old bible. Walking in now you'd think I was Rose's daughter. Oh, and here's himself." Honestly the speed Jackie could go from topic to topic was always impressive to Anna, it was also endearing because it was so much like her own mother that she couldn't even be mad about any of it. Rose's stupid boyfriend Mickey had entered the scene, and was about to open his gob in three two- "I've been phoning your mobile. You could've been dead. It's on the news and everything. I can't believe that your shop went up!"

"I'm alright honestly! Don't make a fuss." Anna rolled her eyes slumped so that her jaw was resting in her hand against the arm of the couch. "Hello to you too Mickey." She said, sarcasm burning through every word. She was thusly ignored by Mickey leading to another annoyed eye roll, yet no matter, she popped up and meandered into the kitchen deciding that she deserved some calories later than usual after all the day's events. Now, where in the utter bleedin hell were the Digestives?

"Jackie?" Anna called out through the funky cupboard door opening to look out to the lounge, "Where'd you put the Digestives?"

"Lower left cabinet from the sink love! Should watch how many you're eatin you may of had a shock now but it might stretch your clothes in no time." Yes, thank you Jackie. Anna took it in stride more than comfortable with the shape her body was in, instead grabbing the custard from the fridge. She wanted this treat before crashing from exhaustion thank you very much!

Rolling her eyes she took the bowl of custard with the last of the Digestives tossed inside to her and Rose's room, crumbs can go to hell this was a dessert in bed kind of night.

Anna was the kind of light sleeper that would snap fully awake soon as any noise louder than breathing was uttered. She wasn't sure why it always woke her up so fully, but it was always with a racing heart as if running for her life. Said a lot about her if she were truly honest, least with herself. She always laughed seeing the way Rose looked in the morning, it may have made her a terrible friend but it was absolutely hysterical the way her hair went absolutely everywhere as if she stuck a finger in a light socket.

Rose was the furthest thing from a morning person, snarly as hell until she got her first cuppa but her in the morning was nothing compared to Anna if she was hungry. A hangry Anna was a terrifying sight indeed because the hanger made it so she didn't even realize why she was a snarly asshole. Which was soon to be the case, at least if she stayed in bed any longer.

"There's no point in getting up sweetheart!" Jackie called out over the alarm, "Got no job to go to." Thanks for the reminder, Anna thought while cricking all her joints. Anna had her nose buried in a book absently drinking what had to be her third cup of tea this morning. Rose rolled her eyes fondly at how she yet again was sitting on the counter perched as if she were a bird.

"She's on the counter again," She whispered to her mother pretending it's a conspiracy and not the normal behavior exhibited from the other. "Anna darling, why do you sit up there love?" Jackie asked even though she gets the same answer every time she asks. Just like every other time all she got a shrug which was all they were going to get out of her when she's so deep in.

Anna only surfaced when a voice she wasn't used to said, "What's she doing on the counter?"

To which Rose just brushed him off with a, "Leave her alone don't bother her, not like she will be coming up for air anytime soon anyways." Oh what she didn't know. She hopped down while Rose made up a cuppa for the Doctor, light on her feet so as to not let on she'd moved while Rose chattered on.

"Oh that won't last! He's gay and she's an alien." Anna snickered moving to sit in her favorite chair watching him as if he were a fascinating animal. He picked up one of her books she'd left on a side table, flipping through it creating a fan with the pages, "Sad ending." Why he was pretending he hadn't noticed her she didn't know. He stepped in front of the mirror and flitted his ear lobes, Anna still wasn't 100% percent sure if it was confirmed this was him seeing himself just after regeneration but she was going to take it as such.

"Able to hear snide comments at any volume?" He turned and...for some reason actually looked surprised. "Thought your sister said you weren't coming up for air any time soon?"

Anna blinked trying to not sigh in exasperation, "I'm American…" He just waved a hand as if it physically was asking her 'so what?' "We're not related?"

"Could've fooled me with the thing one thing two shtick you got going on." Now she was so confused she didn't even know what to think. "What the- how? I've got red hair she's blonde!"

"Taken after your dad most likely, least you got your mad mental curls from your mother." She gaped at the mad man, she'd spent her life wondering what they would say to each other if he was real and...she had him up and assuming she was Jackie Tyler's daughter for...some reason or another. God was Rose still talking?

"Have you got a cat?" the Doctor suddenly asked curiously leaning over the back of the couch.

"No," Rose said still from the kitchen, "They used to, now there's just strays round the estate." Anna explained further settling into the couch. The Doctor hummed before throwing himself backwards, hands grasped on a mannequin arm that was covering his face. "You are kidding right?" She frowned, forcefully closing away her knowledge to where she can't have it be seen first hand. The Doctor still pulled at the thing and so Anna stood to approach.

"I told Mickey to chuck that out. You're all the same. Give a man a plastic hand. Anyway, I don't even know your name. Doctor, what was it?" Rose said from the entryway causing Anna to smirk to herself, knowledge or not she LOVES when people just refused to do the thing.

"Uh Rose?" Anna said before the hand flew off the Doctor's face, but instead of landing on Rose like Anna assumed would happen the stupid thing chose to try and suffocate her instead! What complete and utter bullshit! Anna heard Rose shriek in alarm, could feel hands grasping at her arms and torso, one though was cupping her head. Just when she thought she might black out from the lack of oxygen burning in her lungs the stupid thing popped off into the Doctor's hand. Within half a second he pressed the light of his screwdriver into the palm and after some twitches it stilled.

"It's all right, I've stopped it. There you go, you see? Armless." He joked with a small grin that made Anna groan and flop backwards to the floor.

"Do you think?" Rose never liked when Anna made her jokes at inopportune times, and showed the Doctor no mercy from his fate with a smack from the arm in question. "Ow!" The Tyler slap doesn't discriminate apparently. He jumped to his feet and brushed off his pants before abruptly saying, "Bye then."

That caused Anna's head to pop up from the floor, "Whoa whoa whoa! Wait hold on a minute!" She called out scrambling to her feet then charging right after him barely pausing long enough to catch her feet in some flip flops before racing out the door. The only reason she did was just because this was the estate after all, you never knew what you could step on. Anna could hear Rose behind her, not that it was hard when her very distinct voice yelled after the Doctor.

"Hold on a minute you can't just go swanning off!" What a sight they must make; Anna couldn't help but giggle to herself thinking about what the gossip must later look like with her in her pajamas, Rose looking decidedly much more put together yet was still racing after a bloke who looked to be in his forties yelling her head off. What they could spin out of that alone would be actually rather astounding.

"Yes I can. Here I am. This is me, swanning off. See you." Oh honestly, did he really think that would work?

"But that arm was moving, it tried to kill Anna!" "Rosie! Come off it I'm not important enough for it to try and kill me!" She chimed in, "I just got in the way trying to get it off 'im." She waved a hand to the man in question shooting him a wink. He was putting on an air of exasperation and wanting to 'swan off', however he had slowed down by a considerable degree to fall into step with the two which was really kind of him. After all he was just about six foot from a basic guess and Rose and Anna were only round five foot six, plus the latter was in flip flops their gait was nothing compared to his.

"Like she said, you lot were just an accident it was after me to begin with." He said all matter of factly.

"But it tried to kill her." Rose stressed the word trying to get through to him why she was so upset. All Anna could do was take up her hand if only because she could read between the lines.

"It was after me, not you. Last night, in the shop, I was there, you blundered in, almost ruined the whole thing. This morning, I was tracking it down, it was tracking me down. The only reason it fixed on you is 'cos you two have met me." He said with an eye roll, yup completely missed the point of what she said altogether.

"Oh so you're saying the world revolves around you?" Rose said with a smirk making Anna snicker. "Course it does! Ears that big they'd have a gravitational pull big enough for the Earth and then some."

"Oi! Save your life and you thank me by making fun of me ears?" He pouted and she just grinned, "Yup!" Popping the 'p' like how his next self would was one of her biggest habits.

"But all this plastic stuff," Rose said back to business, "who else knows about it what's it all for?" True, did Unit know about it? Or, god forbid, Torchwood? "No one, just me." A pained expression flitted over his eyes for half a second.

"Is it alive? Or is it man-made?" Anna asked trying to find a way to bring aliens into the line of question. "Anna how would it be here if it wasn't man-made?" Rose gave her a funny look.

"Aliens, Rose, aliens!" Rose though just rolled her eyes and sighed, "Just because you're from Nevada does not mean you can convince me that Area 51 is real."

"It is too!" Anna said indignantly, "Telling ya one of these days people will storm the place to try and break in, will actually be a historical date you mark my words." No need to tell her that it already happened for her in that regard.

The Doctor, highly amused, said, "They do love teasing you lot who look close enough, however this thing isn't the same kind of alien as at Area 51."

Anna gasped and cheered, "No! You're kidding!" He just shrugged, "It's easy, you lot just eat chips, go to bed, and watch telly, while all the time, underneath you, there's a war going on."

Rose frowned and went straight to business, "Okay. Start from the beginning. I mean, if we're going to go with the living plastic, and I don't even believe that, but if we do, how did you kill it?"

"The thing controlling it projects life into the arm. I cut off the signal, dead."

"So mind control." Anna mused aloud. Which caused him to turn to the two of them, "You alright?" They both nodded and Rose just continued on.

"But what's it all for? I mean, shop window dummies, what's that about? Is someone trying to take over Britain's shops?" Anna again pictured something funny enough to give her the giggles, what she missed was the Doctor himself trying not to laugh.

"No, this isn't a price war, they want to overthrow the human race and control you. Do you believe me?" Rose was a simple girl, an easy 'No' in regards with something so far out of her everyday normal life. "Yet you're still listening," He pointed out before turning to Anna, "and what about you then?"

She looked him up and down, staring into his eyes a long while before nodding, "Yeah, you're telling the truth."

He looked surprised, but shook it off and then started off without them. "Really though Doctor, who are you?" Rose asked causing him to freeze in his tracks and turn to face the two. He thought for a moment, and then closed the distance to take Rose's free hand. When he did the same to Anna she jumped feeling a sort of static go up her neck and the back of her skull.

"Do you know like we were saying about the Earth revolving? It's like when you were a kid. The first time they tell you the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it because everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling round the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go." The moment he dropped their hands Anna felt the drop in her stomach, freefalling back to reality after being taken somewhere else by his words alone. "That's who I am. Now, forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home." He locked his steel gaze onto Anna and continued, "You as well, Anna Tyler." Then he turned, plastic arm in hand, going off down the street by himself with his shoulders hunched up to his ears.

Anna couldn't move, she had felt his heartbeat through his hand. Her own was trying to grasp at where his was while holding Rose in a vice grip.

One thing was for sure, Anna was staring at the Tardis off in the distance and came to the one and only conclusion possible for that entire exchange with the Doctor. He was enigmatic, textbook enigmatic even, how the hell was he supposed to expect them to forget him after something like that? She could never, and this adventure? She was all in.

A/N

Hiiiiiii! To those who came from Iron Fall I have spoken and this is what was born. To everyone else welcome welcome, you've crossed into a dangerous world and what a ride it shall be. This surely has been done before in countless ways but eh whatever I'm just here for a good time and hopefully you all will be as well. Let me know what you think, it helps keep the plot paths clear and all. Toodles my doodles ;)