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Alyssa sat by the edge of the water in the Chinese Garden thinking about the latest adventure the three of them just been on. They'd gone to the year 1913 to hide out from the family of blood. The Doctor had to make himself human which was extremely difficult to watch as the process was excruciatingly painful for the Time Lord. Alyssa had got a place at a school as their librarian while the Doctor aka John Smith, was a history teacher. Martha became a maid.
She never expected the Doctor as a human to be remotely interested in her, yet he was.
~flashback~
The Doctor is making a sketch of Alyssa. "Can I see?" Alyssa asked when he finished. The Doctor sat next to her on the sofa and showed her the sketch.
"Do you like it?" he asked.
"You've made me far too beautiful", Alyssa said.
"Well, that's how I see you", the Doctor said.
"Librarians aren't supposed to be beautiful", Alyssa remarked "I think the world would rather we stopped. Is that fair? That we stop?"
"That's not fair at all", the Doctor said. Alyssa's heart started to beat faster as he brushed the side of her hair. The Doctor slowly leant towards her and softly kissed her.
~end~
Alyssa recalled the village dance. She was rather amused that the Doctor wasn't as good a dancer when he was human. She then remembered the vision when they touched the watch together.
~flashback~
The Doctor kissing her in the church during their wedding. It then changed to the Doctor holding his first child while Alyssa watched them from the bed smiling. The image shifted to show the Doctor and Alyssa walking with their three children in the park. The image changed once more, this time Doctor is much older.
"They're all safe, aren't they? The children, the grandchildren. Everyone's safe?" the Doctor asked Alyssa.
"Everyone's safe, and they all send their love, John", she replied sitting on the edge of the bed and taking his hand.
"Well, it's time. Thank you", the Doctor said giving her one last smile before closing his eyes.
~end~
"It'll never be like that", she said to her reflection. Alyssa smiled "but I don't care. I love him both human and Time Lord". It was that adventure where she actually got to tell him how she felt even if it was human Doctor.
Meanwhile the Doctor was sitting in the console room also thinking about their latest adventure. He could still hear the words the Alyssa said to him in the cottage.
"It was never a lie. It was real for me too. I do love you John so much that it's hurting me to have you do this. You probably won't remember I said this but I have to say it anyway" Alyssa took a shaky breath "I love you as both a human… and a Time Lord"
He couldn't believe that she loved him too but there wasn't any way she could have been lying. The Doctor heard the emotion in her voice, her expression as she told him. When she asked him afterward if he remembered, he'd lied and told her that he didn't. Alyssa then took off somewhere in the TARDIS probably to be alone.
He shouldn't have been surprised that she did feel the same way that he felt about her. Both Martha and Steve hinted that she did. "Do you think I should tell her how I feel?" The Doctor asked the TARDIS. He got a hum back in reply and the scanner flickered to life showing him Alyssa sitting in the Chinese Garden. It seemed like the TARDIS wanted him to tell her. He got up from the captain's chair and slowly made his way to the garden trying to figure out what to say.
"Hello Doctor", Alyssa said as he approached
"Sexy told you I was coming", the Doctor stated.
"No", Alyssa said "I knew it wouldn't be Martha because she doesn't know this place exists. That left you as you're the only other person here".
"Do you mind if I sit with you?" the Doctor asked.
"Of course not", Alyssa replied and the Doctor did so. They sat there in silence for a bit as the Doctor still thought of what to say.
"Ali there's something I need to tell you", he spoke up.
"Shoot", Alyssa said.
"I… uh like you", the Doctor confessed.
"I like you too", Alyssa said looking at the water instead of him because she'd probably start blushing.
"No, I mean I really like you", the Doctor elaborated. That made her look at him in surprise. Is he about to tell me he loves me? She thought, her heart immediately started hammering at the thought. "I've never really been good at expressing how I feel about anyone especially someone as beautiful and wonderful as you. I have been trying for the past few minutes what to say but I honestly don't know. I'm about 900 years old and I can't even tell you…" the Doctor was cut off in his rambling by Alyssa putting a hand over his mouth.
"Stop rambling and just tell me", she said. Alyssa removed her hand so that he could talk.
"Ali I… I love you", the Doctor said.
"It took me a while to admit it but…I love you too", Alyssa admitted "and I want to spend as long as I can here with you".
"And I want you to stay here as long as possible with me", the Doctor said "believe me, I do but you're with someone else".
Alyssa shook her head "No, I'm not. He broke my heart and I broke it off with him".
"Ali…I'm sorry", the Doctor said. He touched her cheek "I promise that I will ever never hurt you". He'd sooner die for good than hurt her.
"I believe you", Alyssa said softly. She went to kiss his cheek but the Doctor moved his head so that she kissed his lips instead. When she pulled back, the Doctor brought her back in for a much longer kiss.
"So where are we going to next?" Alyssa asked sitting down on the captain's chair. They just come back from their latest adventure which was one in a string of trips that had started with the Red Hatching incident that had occurred several hours after dropping Steve off home. It had been rather interesting experience especially prior to the incident where they met Sally Sparrow, a girl who seemed to know who Alyssa and the Doctor where.
~flashback~
The Doctor, Martha and Alyssa turned when they heard someone calling for the Doctor.
"Hello. Sorry, bit of a rush. There's a sort of thing happening. Fairly important we stop it", the Time Lord said.
"My God, it's you. It really is you", the blonde woman said before looking at Alyssa "and Ali". When they gave her confused looks she said "Oh, you two don't remember me, do you?"
"We haven't have time for this. The migration's started", Martha reminded the pair.
"Look, sorry, I've got a bit of a complex life. Things don't always happen to me in quite the right order. Gets a bit confusing at times, especially at weddings. I'm rubbish at weddings, especially…"
"Especially what?" Alyssa asked interested.
"Oh it's nothing", the Doctor said.
"Right", the red head said clearly not believing him.
"Oh, my God, of course. You're a time traveller. It hasn't happened to you yet. None of it. It's still in your future", Sally stated, eyes wide.
"What hasn't happened?" Alyssa asked.
"Doctor, Ali, please. Twenty minutes to red hatching, Martha said getting annoyed.
"It was me. Oh, for God's sake, it was me all along. You got it all from me", the young woman said realising "Okay, listen. One day you're going to get stuck in 1969. Make sure you've got this with you. You're going to need it", she explained handing over a file of documents to the Doctor.
"Ali we're running out time", Martha whispered to her "20 minutes until Red Hatching".
"Doctor we actually do need to go", Alyssa urged.
"Right. Listen, got to dash. Things happening. Well, four things. Well, four things and a lizard", the Doctor rambled.
"Okay. No worries. On you go. See you around some day", the blonde haired woman said understanding.
"What was your name?" the Doctor asked.
"Sally Sparrow"
~end~
Afterwards the Doctor took both Martha and Alyssa to the moon. It would have been rather enjoyable if he hadn't let slip that it was his and Martha's fourth time. Alyssa stopped being cross with him when he took her back to Celaeno. Martha stayed behind in the TARDIS to let them have some time alone. The Doctor then took the girls to Oceana Spa which both Martha and Alyssa enjoyed.
"Oh I thought we'd just stay here today", the Doctor said coming out from under the console where he'd been tinkering away the past hour.
"What are we gonna do?" Alyssa asked.
"I don't know what you want to do but I'm going to keep working", the Doctor replied.
"No you're not", Alyssa said and suddenly the sonic shot out of his hand and into hers.
"Hey!" the Doctor exclaimed.
"You want it. Come and get it", Alyssa challenged and she ran off. She hurried into the library knowing she could lose him in the vast room. The woman sprinted along isles of books to try and lose the Doctor. She paused to catch her breath and yelped when a pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind.
"Didn't see that coming", the Doctor said plucking the sonic from her hand Alyssa laughed
"No I didn't", she agreed turning around so that she faced him. Alyssa put her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.
"It's an old house", Martha said unimpressed when she stepped out of the TARDIS a day later.
"Don't judge a house by its looks. Maybe it's haunted", Alyssa suggested.
Martha looked at her sceptically "A haunted house? Really?"
The empath shrugged "You never know", she said.
"Why couldn't we go somewhere more interesting?" Martha asked the Doctor when he finally joined them.
"We will afterwards", the Doctor replied "Ali I want you to stay with the TARDIS".
"Why?" Alyssa asked with a frown.
The Doctor couldn't tell her what he read in the folder that Sally Sparrow had given them so he came up with an excuse "because it's…"
"If you're going to say it's too dangerous, don't. I'm not about to let you or Martha walk in there without me watching your backs", Alyssa said walking down the path. The Doctor and Martha followed her.
"Nope. Nothing interesting here", Martha said as she walked into what appeared to be a sitting room.
"Oh come on Martha. We've only been here for a minute. Let's take a look around", The Doctor suggested.
"Sounds good to me", Alyssa agreed. The trio left the room, the Time Lord taking one last look at the room. More specifically the wall where his message was hidden by the wallpaper. Alyssa paused on the stairs.
"Ali?" the Doctor asked noticing her stop.
"I'm ok. You know I think I'm going to have a proper look around downstairs. You two check out upstairs", Alyssa said. She didn't wait for a reply before going back downstairs. As Alyssa wandered around downstairs she couldn't help get the feeling that she was being watched. She shrugged it off and opened the door to basement. Alyssa walked down the steps carefully as the only light she had came from the hallway. When she reached the bottom, she searched the wall for a light. Her fingers found the switch and she flicked it on.
Alyssa jumped when she turned around and saw an angel statue in the middle. Seeing nothing else of interest the woman decided to go back up. However, the moment she turned off the light she heard the sound of stone scraping along the floor. Alyssa flicked the light back on and turned around. She was surprised when she saw the angel statue had moved forwards. Must be my imagination she thought closing her eyes and rubbing her temples.
When she opened her eyes, Alyssa let out gasp as the angel statue was now right in front of her. Its hands were lowered to expose its stone face. "Doctor!" she called but she got no answer. Alyssa shouted his name louder.
The Doctor went back to the stairs when he heard his name being called. He almost fell down the steps in his haste when he heard a scream followed by a crash. He shouted the girl's name hoping to get an answer from her. He hoped the angels didn't get her as that wasn't the way it was supposed to go. At least not according to Sally's file. The Doctor probably shouldn't have left Martha upstairs but when he heard Ali call him, he just acted.
"Doctor", came Alyssa's voice. It sounded very quiet, almost a whisper but the Doctor heard it. He also knew it wasn't coming from the ground floor. Must be a basement. Sure enough he found an open door with steps leading down. The Time Lord quickly descended them and found Alyssa on the floor with chunks of stone scattered around. He went over to her and helped her sit up.
"What happened?" The Doctor asked worriedly looking at the cut on her face.
"Angel statue", Alyssa replied "it seemed to move when I wasn't looking at it"
The Doctor helped her to her feet "that was a Weeping Angel", he explained "and you managed to destroy it?"
"Yep", Alyssa said wincing as they walked up the stairs, the Doctor keeping an arm around her waist to support her. "What's a Weeping Angel?"
"A very dangerous being. They can send you back to the past with just one touch", the Doctor explained.
"Good thing I didn't let it touch me then", Alyssa said "where's Martha?" she asked not seeing the woman by the doorway.
"She's upstairs", the Doctor replied.
"We better go look for her then. What if there are more Weeping Angels?" the woman said worried about Martha.
"I'll get her. Can you make it to the TARDIS on your own?" the Doctor questioned.
Alyssa nodded wincing as she did so "I think I can", she answered.
"Then go. I'll be there as soon as I get Martha", the Time Lord said. He watched the red head leave the house before going back upstairs. The Doctor had a feeling when he saw Alyssa's injury that neither he nor Martha were going to be walking out of Wester Drumlins anytime soon.
Alyssa hadn't meant to pass out in the med bay after she fixed the cut on her forehead but she did. Due to her falling unconscious the red head was unaware that the Doctor and Martha hadn't come back or that the TARDIS had been towed away.
~two day later~
Sally Sparrow followed DI Shipton into the underground car park of the Police Station. She listened to him explain about how all the cars there were picked up from Wester Drumlins over the past two years. The blonde woman noticed a blue police box in the corner. "What's that?" Sally asked.
"Ah! The pride of the Wester Drumlins collection. We found that there, too. Somebody's idea of a joke, I suppose", Billy replied.
"But what is it? What's a police box?" Sally pressed.
"Well, it's a special kind of phone box for policemen. They used to have them all over. But this isn't a real one. The phone's just a dummy, and the windows are the wrong size. We can't even get in it" at those words the door pulled open and a red haired woman stumbled out.
Both Sally and Billy stared at her wide eyed. The woman looked at her surroundings obviously confused. Sally decided to see if there was anything she could do to help. "Miss? Are you alright?" she asked.
"I'm fine. I think. Where am I?" Alyssa questioned, rather confused.
"The Police Station Underground Car Park", Billy replied stepping up. He was a little wary of the stranger epically since she just came out of the police box, the one they couldn't get into.
"Huh must've been unconscious for a long time", Alyssa said "I didn't realised Sexy had moved. I guess it must've looked strange to you to see a police box just appear".
"The box didn't appear here. It was towed. We found it outside Wester Drumlins two days ago", Billy explained.
"Two days? Didn't anyone ask around about me or the box?" the red head questioned.
Billy shook his head "Sorry no one's asked about you…"
"Alyssa Palmer", Alyssa supplied "But you can call me Ali".
"Well then I'm sorry Ali but no one has enquired about you or the police box", Billy informed her.
Alyssa's shoulders slumped "there must've been another one upstairs. That's why they didn't come back", she muttered to herself.
"What are you talking about?" Sally asked confused.
"A Weeping Angel took my friends. I don't know how I'm going to find them. I'm not even sure what year they'd been sent back to", Alyssa explained.
"Ok Ali maybe we need to get you to a hospital", Billy said.
"I'm not crazy", Alyssa retorted.
"No offense but you sound a little crazy and you fell out of that thing", Billy said geusturing to it "come to think of it, how did you even get in there?"
"That is a very long story. And She is not an it", Alyssa replied.
Sally decided that it was a good time to step in "why don't I buy you a coffee or tea Ali?" she suggested. The blonde haired woman had a feeling that Alyssa wasn't at all crazy and could help her figure out what was going on at Wester Drumlins.
"I don't really have time for a cup of tea uh…", Alyssa trailed off when she realised that she didn't know the woman's name.
"Sally. Sally Sparrow"
Alyssa was momentarily surprised by the woman's name. Come the think of it, she did look rather familiar she thought recalling the Red Hatching incident. "You know what Sally? I've changed my mind. A cup of tea would be nice", she said.
"Ali I found this key in the hands of one of the angels when I was at Wester Drumlins", Sally said pulling out a key from her coat pocket after they left the car park. Alyssa stared at it knowing exactly what it is.
"Oh and you'll need this", the Doctor said giving her a key.
"A key?"
"It's a TARDIS key. Call it a frequent flyer privilege and it was about time you got one"
Alyssa ran back into the underground car park with Sally following. "She's gone!" Alyssa exclaimed when she saw that the TARDIS was no longer there.
"She? Are you talking about that police box?" Sally asked.
"Yes. That is more than just a police box. It's a TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimensions in Space", Alyssa explained "it's a spaceship. That can go anywhere in time and space".
Sally's eyebrows shot up "A real spaceship?"
"She's a real as you and me", Alyssa said.
"And this key I found opens the TARDIS", Sally added.
Alyssa nodded "Yep. But what I don't get is why she's gone. She wouldn't go without me unless…"
"Unless what?" Sally asked.
"Unless the Weeping Angels took it", the red head sighed "I just wish the Doctor was here, he'd know what to do. He says I'm brilliant many times but I think I'm out of my depth on this one".
"The Doctor left me a message on the wall at Wester Drumlins. Maybe he wants me to help you figure out what to do", Sally guessed.
"Well I'm gonna…" Alyssa trailed off when a phone rang. It was Sally's mobile. The blonde woman answered it. Alyssa listened to Sally have a short conversation with Billy. "Are you ok?" she asked seeing the expression on Sally's face.
"That was Billy", she replied quietly.
"Billy?" Alyssa asked.
"The man you met. He wants to meet us at the hospital, Geriatric ward"
Alyssa frowned completely confused "but isn't that for the elderly? Your friend Billy didn't look that old", she said.
"I think it would be best to go there so he could explain"
The red haired woman nodded in agreement.
Alyssa stood by the window looking out at the rain as Sally and Billy talked. "She looks nice", Sally commented looking at the wedding photo on the table by the bed.
"Her name was Sally, too. I often thought about looking for you before tonight, but apparently it would've torn a hole in the fabric of space and time, and destroyed two thirds of the universe. Also, I'd lost my hair"
"Torn a hole in the fabric of space and time? The guy you got that from didn't happen to have brown hair; wear a blue suit and converse and a long brown coat did he?"
Billy nodded "I met him in 1969 with a dark skinned woman"
"The Doctor and Martha"
Billy nodded again "He sent me with a message for you Sally"
"And what was the message?" Sally asked.
"Just this. Look at the list", Billy recited.
"What does that mean? Is that it? Look at the list?" Sally pressed.
"He said you'd have it by now. A list of seventeen DVDs. I didn't stay a policeman back then. Got into publishing. Then video publishing. Then DVDs, of course", Billy explained.
"You put the Easter Egg on", Sally said realising. Alyssa didn't understand what they were talking about but didn't want to interrupt their conversation.
"Have you noticed what all seventeen DVDs have in common yet? I suppose it's hard for you, in a way"
"How could the Doctor have even known I had a list?" Sally asked holding up a piece of paper "I only just got this".
"He's a Time Traveller", Alyssa said thinking about the file that the future Sally Sparrow gave to the Doctor. She must've included a list of the DVD's in there. Sally waited for her to expand on that but Alyssa never did.
"As soon as I figure it out, I'll come and tell you", the blonde promised.
"No, gorgeous girl, you can't. There's only tonight. He told me all those years ago that we'll only meet again this one time. On the night I die", Billy said.
Alyssa was saddened to hear that. She gaze landed on the wedding photograph at least he had a happy life. Even if it was in the past. "I'll stay. I'm going to stay with you, okay?" Sally said also saddened by the news.
"Me too", Alyssa said.
"Thank you, Sally Sparrow, Alyssa Palmer. I have till the rain stops", Billy whispered.
After a while Billy spoke up again "the Doctor wanted me to give you a message too Ali"
"What is it?"
"The Doctor is sorry you got hurt and that he left you alone", Billy replied.
"It's not his fault. It's the Weeping Angels", Alyssa said fiddling with the chain around her neck.
"He also wanted you to know that he loves you, his brilliant Ali"
Alyssa smiled at that "thank you Billy for telling me. I needed that"
~Wester Drumlins~
Alyssa waited in the sitting room for Sally's friend Larry to show up. Shortly after Billy had passed away, the blonde woman figured out that the list of DVD's were all the ones that she had. Soon Sally came in with Larry who was carrying a portable player. It didn't take long for him to get it set up.
"Okay, this is the one with the clearest sound. Slightly better picture quality on this one, but I don't know…" Larry said a bit sceptical about the Easter egg being intended for Sally.
"Just play it", Alyssa said and Larry did so. The trio sat down in front of the small screen and watched the Doctor come into view and sit down.
"Okay. There he is"
"The Doctor", Sally said.
"Who's the Doctor?" Larry asked confused.
"He's the Doctor", Alyssa said happy to see him even if it was on a screen.
"Yup. That's me", the Doctor confirmed.
"Okay, that was scary", Sally commented.
"No, it sounds like he's replying, but he always says that", Larry assured her.
"Yes, I do"
"And that"
"Yup. And this"
"He can hear us. Oh, my God, you can really hear us?" Sally gaped at the screen.
"It's just a recording Sally", Alyssa replied. He must've a complete copy of the transcript too.
"And I've got a transcript of everything he says", Larry added showing the girls. He started to read off some of the lines the Doctor had already said when Alyssa interrupted him with
"Are you going to read out the whole thing?" she didn't bat an eye when the Doctor said it with her in perfect unison.
"Sorry", Larry apologised.
"Who are you?" Sally asked.
"I told you at the hospital earlier. He's a time traveller", Alyssa reminded her.
"Or I was. Now I'm stuck in 1969"
Martha stuck her head in "We're stuck. All of space and time, he promised me. Now I've got a job in a shop. I've got to support him!" she said crossly "I really wish you were here Ali. He's been a right nightmare to live with"
"Hey!" the Doctor protested.
"Sorry to hear that Martha. Remind me to make it up to you", Alyssa said. It was strange to be having a conversation with her friends like they were actually in the room and not on a recording.
"I'm going to hold you to that", Martha said and moved her head away.
"1969, that's where you're talking from?" Sally asked the Doctor.
"Afraid so", the Time Lord replied.
"But you're replying to me. You can't know exactly what I'm going to say, forty years before I say it"
"Thirty eight", the Doctor corrected.
"I'm getting this down. I'm writing in yours and Ali's bits", Larry said scribbling down what the girls have been saying.
"How? How is this possible? Tell me", Sally urged.
"Not so fast", Larry said, trying to keep up.
"People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is"
"Then what is it?" Sally asked.
"Complicated", the Doctor replied.
"Tell me"
"Very complicated", the Doctor repeated.
"I'm clever and I'm listening. And don't patronise me because people have died, and I'm not happy. Tell me", Sally said firmly. I like this girl Alyssa thought.
"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey-wimey stuff"
Alyssa laughed at that sentence as it sounded pretty good at the beginning then it turned ridiculous. "That sentence kinda got away from you, didn't it Spaceman?"
"It got away from me, yeah", the Doctor admitted.
"Doctor you've got a finished transcript don't you? That's how you know what any of us are going to say"
The Doctor smiled "that's right Ali. I've got a copy of the finished transcript on my autocue"
"How can you have a copy of the finished transcript? It's still being written", Sally said trying to make sense of how that was possible.
"Like Ali said before I'm a time traveller. I got it from the future" thought so Alyssa thought.
"Okay, let me get my head round this. You're reading aloud from a transcript of a conversation you're still having"
"Wibbly wobbly, timey-wimey", Alyssa and the Doctor said together.
"What matters is, we can communicate. We have got big problems now. They have taken the blue box, haven't they? The angels have the phone box"
"Yeah they do", Alyssa said.
"You mean the Weeping Angels", Sally said.
"Yes. They're creatures from another world"
"But they're just statues"
"Only when you see them", Alyssa said shivering in remembrance of her encounter with the Weeping Angel.
"What does that mean?" Sally asked.
"The lonely assassins, they used to be called. No one quite knows where they came from, but they're as old as the universe, or very nearly, and they have survived this long because they have the most perfect defence system ever evolved. They are quantum-locked. They don't exist when they're being observed. The moment they are seen by any other living creature, they freeze into rock. No choice. It's a fact of their biology. In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn to stone. And you can't kill a stone. Of course, a stone can't kill you either. But then you turn your head away, then you blink, and oh yes it can"
Sally looked up and saw a stone angel "Don't take your eyes off that", she said. Alyssa looked at the angel to keep it fixed while Sally and Larry listened to the rest of the Doctor's message. The Time Lord continued his explanation.
"That's why they cover their eyes. They're not weeping. They can't risk looking at each other. Their greatest asset is their greatest curse. They can never be seen. The loneliest creatures in the universe. And I'm sorry. I am very, very sorry. It's up to you now"
"What am I supposed to do?"
"The blue box, it's my time machine. There is a world of time energy in there they could feast on forever, but the damage they could do could switch off the sun. You have got to send it back to me"
"Larry I need you to look at the angel. I've got to blink", Alyssa said. She blinked when Larry said she could.
"And that's it, I'm afraid. There's no more from you on the transcript, that's the last I've got. I don't know what stopped you talking, but I can guess. They're coming. The angels are coming for you. But listen, your life could depend on this. Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Good luck"
"No! Don't! You can't!" Sally exclaimed as the screen froze.
"I'll rewind him", Larry said taking his eyes off the angel. Alyssa tensed when she could sense the angel move. She glanced up and gasped when she saw the angel towering over them. The trio quickly got to their feet not taking their eyes off the angel.
"Ok we're going to head to the front door. Larry, you and I will keep looking at this one. Sally guide us backwards", Alyssa said taking charge. She couldn't afford to freak out not when Sally and Larry's lives were at stake.
"Right"
It wasn't easy but they managed to get to the doorway with both Alyssa and Larry taking it in turns to blink. Sally ran down the hall to the front door.
"It's locked", she said coming back to them.
Alyssa cursed under her breath. Then she heard something that made her mentally cheer. Get to the basement Ali. "We've got to get to the basement", she said.
"Why?" Larry asked keeping his gaze locked on the angel. Alyssa could tell that he was terrified.
"The police box is down there", Alyssa replied.
"Basement it is", Sally agreed remembering what Alyssa said about it being a spaceship.
"Sally, Larry go. I'll keep the angel here as long as I can", the red head said.
Sally and Larry hurried to the basement where sure enough the TARDIS was sat. Unfortunately there were two more angels down by there too. Keeping their eyes on the angels, the pair make their way to the blue box. As they reached it, Alyssa ran down the steps. She backed up as the third angel was now in the room.
"Why's it pointing at the light?" Larry asked.
"Oh, my God, it's turning out the lights", Sally exclaimed. Alyssa pulled out her key and turned around to unlock the TARDIS while Sally and Larry kept an eye on the angels.
"Quickly!" Larry shouted as the angels drew closer with the flickering light.
"I'm trying", Alyssa snapped as she finally pushed the key into the lock.
"Ali, hurry up! Get it open!" Sally shouted as the angels got even closer to them. Alyssa twisted the key and pushed open the door. Both Sally and Larry fell over their own feet in their haste to get inside. Alyssa quickly slammed the door shut.
The moment they all picked themselves from the floor a hologram of the Doctor appeared "This is security protocol seven one two. This time capsule has detected the presence of an authorised control disc, valid one journey"
Larry takes out the DVD which he'd pocketed. The DVD glows. "Please insert the disc and prepare for departure", the Doctor instructed.
"Give me the DVD. I know where to put it", Alyssa said holding her hand out. Suddenly the ship shook.
"They're trying to get in!" Larry exclaimed.
"The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn't get through there. So I highly doubt Weeping Angels can", Alyssa said snatching the DVD from Larry's hand. She inserts the DVD and the time rotor starts up. Hold on to the console sweetie the TARDIS instructs and Alyssa did so. She and the TARDIS disappeared leaving Sally and Larry behind.
The Doctor grinned when he saw the TARDIS sitting in the alleyway. The same alleyway that he and Martha had appeared in. "that's a sight for sore eyes", Martha commented happy to see the blue box.
"Yep", the Doctor agreed. His smile grew wider when the door opened to reveal Alyssa. She stepped out and ran towards them. Instead of hugging the Doctor first, Alyssa embraced Martha.
"You ok Martha?" she asked.
"I'm better now that you're here. You can look after him", Martha said gesturing to the Doctor.
"Yeah I think I can do that", the empath said. Alyssa turned to the Doctor but she didn't hug him. She punched him in the arm. "That was for being a nightmare to Martha and for not telling us about what was in the file Sally gave you" the red head then hugged him "this is for both you and Martha being safe", she explained smiling.