"Right then, Rose Tyler, Morgana you tell me. Where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time. It's your choice. What's it going to be?" he beamed at them while flicking levers
They shared a look before Rose tentatively suggested "forwards?"
"How far?"
"One hundred years." She grinned at Morgana who had to laugh
"There you go. Step outside those doors, it's the twenty-second century."
"You're kidding." She denied
"only a hundred years?" Morgana asked a little underwhelmed
He nodded in agreement "That's a bit boring, though. Do you want to go further?"
She laughed "Fine by me."
"Ten thousand years in the future. Step outside, it's the year 12005, the new Roman Empire." The Doctor challenged them, and Morgana moved further into the room staring at him
"you think you're so impressive" she accused her eyes playful
"I am so impressive" he parried
"then impress me alien boy" she challenged, and his eyes lit up
"Right then, you asked for it. I know exactly where to go. Hold on!" he warned before flipping a switch
The TARDIS shook for a couple of seconds and Morgana briefly wandered about his capabilities to pilot her, she could feel amusement that wasn't her own and chalked it up to the TARDIS. They then stopped with a final shudder and Morgana spun towards the doors.
"Where are we? What's out there?" Rose asked and Morgana glanced at the Doctor who merely winked back.
Morgana took the initiative and moved towards the door, carefully opening the door before she moved out into the new environment, it was sleek and reminded her of those minimalistic houses there wasn't even a window! She saw the doctor walk over to a podium type thing and began to fiddle with it, low hissing noise and one wall moved out of the way leaving behind a massive window.
"You lot, you spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible, that maybe you survive. This is the year five-point five slash apple slash twenty-six. Five billion years in your future and this is the day- "he looked at his watch "This is the day the Sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world."
Morgana stared down at the earth and its beauty before her attention was captured by the sun which turned red and flared.
"are there forcefields?" she asked, and he looked approvingly at her
A computerised voice spoke up "Shuttles five and six now docking. Guests are reminded that Platform One forbids the use of weapons, teleportation and religion. Earth Death is scheduled for fifteen thirty-nine. Followed by drinks in the Manchester Suite."
"So, when it says guests, does that mean people?" Rose quizzed as they walked down one corridor following the Doctor who seemed to know what he was doing, being their guide and all.
"Depends on what you mean by people." The Doctor said
"I mean people. What do you mean?" Rose explained and Morgana snorted, people were even a wide spectrum not even including the whole 'supernatural' side of things
"Aliens." The Doctor answered briskly
"What are they doing on board this spaceship? What's it all for?"
"It's not really a spaceship, more like an observation deck. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn" he told them
"what for?" Rose seemed dumbfounded
"for fun, of course," Morgana replied she had been apart of nobility for almost as long as there had been the idea of nobility, they got bored and needed entertainment constantly, rather like spoiled brats.
"Mind you, when I said the great and the good, what I mean is, the rich." The doctor said
Morgana laughed and spoke up "obviously"
The doctor glanced at her derisive tone "you've been involved in the rich?" he asked
"I am a part of the rich and the nobles, you're in the presence of a Lady" she teased them with a wink
"But, hold on. They did this once on Newsround Extra. The sun expanding that takes hundreds of years."
"Millions, but the planet's now the property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved. See down there? Gravity satellites holding back the sun, just like you thought Morgana" he said
"The planet looks the same as ever. I thought the continents shifted and things." Rose observed as she looked down on the earth Morgana just took the sight in, she had seen some beautiful events, and this was certainly one of them.
"They did, and the Trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's run out, nature takes over." He explained to the pair of them
"How long's it got?" Rose questioned
He took another look at his wristwatch before speaking "About half an hour and then the planet gets roasted."
"Is that why we're here? I mean, is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth?" Rose looked at him and Morgana was reminded of just how young she was
"I'm not saving it. Time's up."
"But what about the people?" Rose asked and Morgana felt like it must be empty after all surely it would be evacuated?
"It's empty. They're all gone. No one left." He said and there was something about his tone that made Morgana frown
"how did humans handle interaction with aliens?" Morgana questioned and he chuckled
"they were fine, they explored and were delighted by the new knowledge" he explained happily
"so…no fighting?" she interrogated curious about it all and what of her species? Were there still werewolves and witches? Did they find a new earth that they could channel magic? Her family, where they still out there? Annoying each other so much they went to different galaxies but still meeting up? She felt a thrill at the idea of it, that even so far in the future her and her siblings were still out there, delighting in life.
He dimmed slightly "no, there was fighting but you humans, you figured it out in the end, evolved to fit right in" he perked back up
Rose seemed overwhelmed as she whispered, "Just us, then."
Morgana tilted her head as she regarded why there where here, yes, the earth was dying but still there was some beauty to be found even in death, it was a part of Nature's cycle and humanity still lived albeit in a different way.
Morgana turned and spotted a tall dark blue-skinned man with golden slit eyes striding towards them, she tugged on the Doctor's sleeve who turned as well, a friendly grin on his face
"Who the hell are you?" the man demanded, and Morgana rose an eyebrow
The Doctors grin faded "Oh, that's nice, thanks."
"But how did you get in? This is a maximum hospitality zone. The guests have disembarked. They're on their way any second now." He interrogated them, clearly flustered
"That's us, how can you be so incompetent you cannot realise that we are your guests?" Morgana sneered at him "I am the Lady Morgana; these are my plus two Rose Tyler and The Doctor" she flipped her long hair over her shoulder and stared down at him-arrogance was the key to not being questioned.
"ah-well, I- "the man was taken back by her hostility that was from a long time acting the part of a stuck-up lady.
"see look we have the invitation?" The Doctor held up a blank piece of paper to the man
"Well, obviously. Apologies, et cetera. If you're on board, we'd better start. Enjoy." He walked off and the Doctor and Rose turned to face Morgana
"how did you do that?"
"Are you really a Lady?" they both fired off and Morgana grinned mischievously
"yes, I am an actual Lady and it's from long experience, the rich and nobles are hardly ever kind towards the catering staff, if you want to be taken as nobility or not questioned? Act the most childish brat and their superior, throwing in a threat to call 'daddy' to have them fired works wonders" she winked as Rose giggled and the Doctor nodded approvingly
"what was that?" Rose asked him and he turned to show them the paper
"The paper's slightly psychic. It shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time." He told them and Morgana was impressed, so it was rather like compulsion?
"it's blank?" she glanced up at him "does it fade after a time?"
He chuckled and his eyes twinkled "No, you're just too clever for it"
"He's blue," Rose commented
"Yeah."
She swallowed before seemingly accepting it "Okay."
"We have in attendance the Doctor Lady Morgana and Rose Tyler. Thank you. All staff to their positions."
The man spoke again "Hurry, now, thank you. Quick as we can. Come along, come along. And now, might I introduce the next honoured guest? Representing the Forest of Cheam, we have trees, namely, Jabe, Lute and Coffa."
A woman who looked like a tree came in escorted by two larger males of her species, she was rather beautiful with dark green bark and the bark on her head formed a crown on top of her head.
Once again the steward announced someone "There will be an exchange of gifts representing peace. If you could keep the room circulating, thank you. Next, from the solicitors Jolco and Jolco, we have the Moxx of Balhoon."
The alien this time was similarly blue-skinned, but he had a bulbous head and body that was situated on top of a golden circular transport.
"And next, from Financial Family Seven, we have the Adherents of the Repeated Meme."
A group of black-robed bipeds then moved forward, Morgana could not discern anything from them, not even a scent or heartbeat
"The inventors of Hypo-slip Travel Systems, the brother's Hop Pyleen. Thank you."
This time it was a group of fur-clad reptilians
"Cal Spark Plug. Mister and Mrs Pakoo. The Ambassadors from the City-State of Binding Light."
These two were avian in nature, with wickedly curved beaks and dark coloured feathers.
Jabe the tree lady came up to the trio and smiled gently "The Gift of Peace. I bring you a cutting of my Grandfather."
She handed the Doctor a rooted twig in a small pot and Morgana peered closely at the cutting.
"did it hurt?" she asked and Jabe smiled at her
"No, not at all" she reassured
"Thank you. Yes, gifts. Er, I give you in return air from my lungs." The Doctor then breathed gently on Jabe who smiled coyly
"How intimate." She purred
"There's more where that came from." He said and Morgana giggled
"I bet there is." She flirted and Morgana and Rose shared incredulous looks
"From the Silver Devastation, the sponsor of the main event, please welcome the Face of Boe." The steward finished
A large glass case was moved through the doorway, barely fitting. It contained a giant humanoid head with straggly hair and squinting eyes. The eyes landed on her and she felt a brush against her barriers
"Hello Morrigan" Morgana was shocked…surely not
"it is" she felt a flash of a smirk "come and talk to me?" he asked, and she moved towards him
"Morgana, what are you doing?" The Doctor questioned
"to see an old friend apparently, don't worry I'll be fine" she reassured before walking over to her old friend.
"Jack what happened to you?" she murmured as she crouched in front of his tank, her had pressed against the glass
"time, Mori" he said his eyes seemed so old and she felt small in front of him
"well I did always love your eyes" she grinned, and his smooth rich chuckle sounded in her head
"still have to be introduced as a Lady eh?" Boe teased her
"as if I'd be anything less" she sniffed haughtily tossing her hair
"it's odd, you always seemed so old to me and now, look at you, so young" he ruminated staring into her eyes deeply
She softly smiled "I'm not used to being considered young, Jay Bird but I hope I will always be older than you" he got the meaning behind the words that they would still be together so far in the future
Morgana's head tilted as the Doctor called out for her
"go Mori, your adventures have just begun, I fear I'm far too old for running these days" he chuckled self-deprecatingly
"I'm sure this thing comes with wheels, you'll be fine" she soothed him
"go, old friend, I'll be here when you return- just don't mention me to The Doctor" he reassured, and she placed a kiss on his tank before standing and striding to find the Doctor
She wandered around, briefly taking a look at the talking skin flap before she left the room, she wandered down the corridor until she heard the doctor's distinct voice
"Aye, aye. What do you think, then?" she grinned hearing him and headed into the room to hear Rose's reply
"Great. Yeah, fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper. They're just so alien. The aliens are so alien. You look at 'em and they're alien."
"Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South." The Doctor chuckled
"what's the deep south?" she asked as she walked in, The doctor turned towards her and grinned, she couldn't help the gentle smile she gave back
"ah, I'll show you one day" he promised, and her smile widened until her dimples were on display
"Where are you from?" Rose questioned him
He shuffled uncomfortable "All over the place." He evaded
Rose carried on "They all speak English."
"No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the Tardis. The telepathic field gets inside your brain and translates."
"she knows all those languages?" Morgana asked, she already knew she was telepathic and had allowed her inside her shields, she had the feeling that if the TARDIS really wanted in her mind, nothing would stop her
"knows every language that ever was, if she doesn't know something…well that's rarely happened" the Doctor waved off
Rose seemed disturbed "It's inside my brain?"
"Well, in a good way." He defended himself
"yea imagine if we had to muddle along without the help? All the people we'd offend!" Morgana mocked horror to hopefully calm things down
"Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?" Rose was angered
"I didn't think about it like that." He shrugged
"No, you were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the Deep South. Who are you, then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you?" she demanded,
"what does it matter Rose?" Morgana moved into the conversation as the Doctor shifted uncomfortably
"I'm just the Doctor." He said
"From what planet?" she interrogated
"Well, it's not as if you'll know where it is!" he said
"he has a point Rose; it doesn't matter where he's from" Morgana said, and the doctor seemed thankful he was being defended
"Where are you from? And what about you? Don't think I haven't picked up the little comments you give out!" Rose turned onto Morgana who rose an eyebrow
"What does it matter?" The Doctor demanded,
"what about me?" Morgana questioned in amusement
"Tell me who you are! Both of you!" she commanded
"This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me." The Doctor was fed up and so was Morgana
"I'm someone who was born on earth but I'm not exactly human" Morgana replied "and I do not do well with being ordered, so step carefully"
"Yeah, and I'm here too because you brought me here, so just tell me."
"take action for your own decisions, you decided to go with the Doctor as did I" Morgana snapped, irate with the child
The computer then interrupted "Earth Death in twenty minutes. Earth Death in twenty minutes."
Rose seemed to deflate, and she sighed
"All right. As my mate Shareen says, don't argue with the designated driver."
She pulled out her phone and pressed some buttons "Can't exactly call for a taxi. There's no signal. We're out of range. Just a bit."
The Doctor perked up and said, "Tell you what." He grabbed her phone and began taking it apart
"With a little bit of jiggery-pokery."
Rose laughed "Is that a technical term, jiggery-pokery?"
He grinned at them "Yeah, I came first in jiggery-pokery. What about you?"
"No, I failed hullabaloo." She grinned tongue in cheek
He handed her phone back "Oh. There you go" he turned towards Morgana who handed her phone over with a small smile "what about you?" he played
"I struggled with voodoo and ancestral magic is a pain dealing with the judging spirits but I excel with Traditional magic, seeing as how I have endless energy, elemental magic and mind magic I've turned into an art form and I can use divination but I have to be careful" she informed him with a straight face and delighted in the suspicious look his face took
"you're having me on" he accused
"I'm just trying to be open" she delighted in the reluctant amusement on his face
She glanced over to see that Rose had finished her conversation with her Mother
"think that's amazing, you want to see the bill." The Doctor said clearly in a good mood
"That was five billion years ago. So, she's dead now. Five billion years later, my mum's dead." She uttered
They both grimaced before the Doctor spoke "Bundle of laughs, you are."
Suddenly the space station shook, and the Doctor caught her by her elbows when the station shook
"That's not supposed to happen." He commented with a grin
They entered back onto the main deck as the Doctor spoke
"That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that. What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines. They've pitched up about thirty Hertz. That dodgy or what?"
"Doctor she's a tree," Morgana said
Jabe nodded in agreement "It's the sound of metal. It doesn't make any sense to me."
He then asked, "Where's the engine room?"
"I don't know, but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest suite, I could show you and your wife." Here she gestured towards Rose
"She's not my wife." The Doctor denied
"Partner?" Jabe asked and Morgana found her confusion rather adorable
"No." he denied again
Jabe looked between them then suggested "Concubine?" Morgana giggled
The Doctor threw a look at Morgana "Nope."
Jabe spoke with a straight face but her eyes twinkled "Prostitute?" Morgana snorted loudly biting on her bottom lip
Rose snapped "Whatever I am, it must be invisible. Do you mind? Tell you what, you two go and pollinate. I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson."
The Doctor glanced at Morgana "you're coming with us" he ordered grabbing her hand and striding off Jabe following.
"Is this a punishment?" she asked as she was dragged off
"Earth Death in fifteen minutes. Earth Death in fifteen minutes." The computer called ominously after them
"Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a Captain or what?" The Doctor asked her
"There's just the Steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal mind." She explained
"You mean the computer? But who controls that?" he asked as he tried to figure out what was going on
Jabe answered easily "The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another"
Morgana interjected "But there's no one from the Corporation on board. Where are they?"
"They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha class. Nothing can go wrong." Jabe explained
"Unsinkable?" The Doctor asked a frown crossing his face
Jabe shrugged "If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate."
"ugh, like the titanic?" Morgana complained, thankful she hadn't gotten on that ship, Elijah had wanted to but some issues in France came up preventing him from going, one of her children Anne-Marie, however, had gone and she had been stuck in the freezing Atlantic ocean for hours before rescue, she still distrusted boats a hundred years later.
"You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold. So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?" the Doctor questioned
She hesitated as if only just coming to that realisation "I'm afraid not."
The Doctor grinned "Fantastic."
Jabe was confused "I don't understand. In what way is that fantastic?"
Morgana answered "it means stupid people who think they know what's going on won't come stumbling in and ruin the actual rescue" she grinned
"Exactly!" the Doctor beamed
They were now at the maintenance duct before the Doctor began speaking
"So, tell me, Jabe, what's a tree like you doing in a place like this?"
"Respect for the Earth." She said
"oh, were you born down there?" Morgana asked interested
"I was evolved from the rainforests below, the Mikaelson foundation was involved" Jabe answered and Morgana was surprised to hear what her family had gotten up to.
The Doctor wasn't having it "Oh, come on. Everyone on this platform's worth zillions."
'Zillions' Morgana mouthed to herself, even her family didn't have that much…well she didn't think so, Nico was the one who was in control of the family finances.
"Well, perhaps it's a case of having to be seen at the right occasions," Jabe admitted
"In case your share prices drop? I know you lot. You've got massive forests everywhere, roots everywhere, and there's always money in land." He said and Morgana was impressed with his depth of knowledge
Jabe didn't deny it and diverted the topic "All the same, we respect the Earth as family. So many species evolved from that planet. Mankind is only one. I'm another. My ancestors were transplanted from the planet down below, and as I said I'm directly descended of the tropical rainforest."
The Doctor hummed "Excuse me."
He used his sonic screwdriver to scan a door panel which was marked 'Welcome to Platform One' he began fiddling with the keypad as Jabe began speaking again.
"And what about your ancestry, Doctor? Perhaps you could tell a story or two. Perhaps a man only enjoys trouble when there's nothing else left. I scanned you earlier. The metal machine had trouble identifying your species. It refused to admit your existence. And even when it named you, I wouldn't believe it. But it was right. I know where you're from. Forgive me for intruding, but it's remarkable that you even exist. I just wanted to say how sorry I am."
Morgana watched as a tear fell down his eye and onto his cheek, she gently slipped a hand into his and squeezed, he reciprocated the action and looked at her gratefully.
The moved into the maintenance duct and it eventually led them into the engine, they climbed down and landed on a catwalk within the engine room, the engine room was massive, spanning the entirety of platform one, in front of them were massive fans.
"Is it me, or is it a bit nippy?" He asked "Fair do's, though, that's a great bit of air conditioning. Sort of nice and old fashioned. Bet they call it retro." He rambled on as he opened up a panel "gotcha"
Suddenly a metallic spider came out and started scuttling along the wall
"What the hell's that?" Morgana asked in shock
"Is it part of the retro?" Jabe wondered
The Doctor shook his head "I don't think so. Hold on." He attempted to use his sonic screwdriver to shut it off, but it didn't work, Jabe however lassoed it with part of her body and Morgana looked at her impressed.
"Hey, nice liana." He complimented
"very impressive" Morgana chimed in
She blushed prettily "Thank you. We're not supposed to show them in public."
"Don't worry, we won't tell anybody. Now then, who's been bringing their pets on board?" the Doctor reassured
"What does it do?"
"Sabotage." He said grimly
"how come?" Morgana asked, surely someone wanted something from sabotage.
"let's find out" he had a determined look on his face
"Earth Death in ten minutes." The computer chimed
"And the temperature's about to rocket. Come on." He ordered
The computer chimed again "Earth Death in ten minutes."
They passed outside of the steward's office, but the smoke was filling the corridor and the Doctor intervened ordering the assistants to move back. The Doctor used his sonic on the panel again to open up the door and Morgana's nose wrinkled as the smell of burnt flesh assaulted her nose
"Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising."
Jabe seemed shocked as she asked, "Is the Steward in there?!"
"You can smell him. Hold on, there's another sun filter programmed to descend." The Doctor said grimly before he ran off, Morgana following soon after.
Morgana heard Rose's scream and she grabbed the Doctor by his hand and dragged him in that direction, soon they were at the door and he began messing with the panel, trying to stop the sun filter from descending.
"Let me out!" Rose called out
"Oh, well, it would be you." He grumbled to himself
"Open the door!" Rose demanded,
"it'll be alright!" Morgana called
"Hold on. Give us two ticks." The Doctor added in and Morgana heard the computer speaking on the sun filter rising and then descending
"Just what we need, the computer's getting clever." He called in warning
Rose shouted back "stop mucking about!"
"He's not!" Morgana called back "the computer is fighting him"
"Just open the bloody door" Rose yelled
"I'm trying!" the Doctor bellowed back frustration on his face
"The lock's melted!" Rose called
The computer spoke "Sun filter rising. Sun filter rising."
"The whole thing's jammed. I can't open the doors. Stay there! Don't move" He ordered
Rose snapped back sarcastically the fear fading out for relief "Where are am I going to go, Ipswich?"
The computer announced Earths death in five minutes.
They headed back to the main room and Jabe informed the others
"The metal machine confirms. The spider devices have infiltrated the whole of Platform One."
The skin flap spoke up "How's that possible? Our private rooms are protected by a code wall. Moisturise me, moisturise me."
The Moxx ordered, "Summon the Steward."
Jabe's tone was sad "I'm afraid the Steward is dead."
"Who killed him?" the Moxx said
Skin flap started again "This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Boe. He invited us. Talk to the Face. Talk to the Face."
"Leave him be" Morgana snarled, her hackles rising immediately
"or what pixie?" Cassandra snapped back
Morgana opened her mouth to retort but the Doctor got in the way, placing a hand on her arm "Easy way of finding out. Someone bought their little pet on board. Let's send him back to master."
The metal spider scuttled towards Cassandra before scanning her, it, however, decided to change its mind when it turned and went over to the robed group
"The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. J'accuse!" Cassandra gasped and Morgana was getting really tired of the mouthy piece of paper, her blood smelt rather revolting to her, but she was sure she could still drain her dry, desperate measures and all.
"That's all very well, and really kind of obvious, but if you stop and think about it" here he reached up and tried to pull the hood of one of the robes, but the being lashed out, the Doctor grabbed his arm and yanked it off, causing sparks to fly and the memes to fall to the ground "A Repeated Meme is just an idea. And that's all they are, an idea. Remote controlled Droids. Nice little cover for the real troublemaker. Go on, Jimbo. Go home." He encouraged the spider nudging it with his foot, the spider turned and scuttled back towards Cassandra who looked enraged.
"I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed. At arms!" Cassandra spat and Morgana rose and eyebrow, the Doctor was a handsome man…she coughed and shook the thought away.
The Doctor rose his arms placing his hands on his chest, a mocking look on his face "What are you going to do, moisturise me?"
Cassandra smirked "With acid. Oh, you're too late, anyway. My spiders have control of the mainframe. Oh, you all carried them as gifts, tax free, past every code wall. I'm not just as pretty face."
"you're not even that!" Morgana hissed, moving in front of the Doctor, not much of a shield, but she could handle acid, the Doctor might not.
"oh sweetie, you wish you could be so thin" Cassandra sneered at her
The Doctor then spoke up "Sabotaging a ship while you're still inside it? How stupid's that?"
She rolled her eyes "I'd hoped to manufacture a hostage situation with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous."
The Doctor spoke disdainfully "Five billion years and it still comes down to money."
"and here I was hoping humanity had moved on" Morgana snapped, still stood firmly in front of the Doctor
"Do you think it's cheap, looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune. I am the last human, Doctor. Me. Not that freaky little kid of yours or that pixie in front of you" Cassandra spat
"your vanity will be your downfall" Morgana warned
"Arrest her, the infidel" Moxx demanded
"Oh, shut it, gnome. I've still got my final option." She smirked
The computer then announced, "Earth Death in three minutes."
"And here it comes. You're just as useful dead, all of you. I have shares in your rival companies and they'll triple in price as soon as you're dead. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go? Burn, baby, burn." She let out a loud cackle
"Then you'll burn with us." Jabe pointed out
Cassandra faked remorse "Oh, I'm so sorry. I know the use of teleportation is strictly forbidden, but I'm such a naughty thing. Spiders, activate." Suddenly there were a series of explosions that rocked platform one
"Forcefields gone with the planet about to explode. At least it'll be quick. Just like my fifth husband. Oh, shame on me." She relished and Morgana felt hatred for the cow rise
A warning came from the computer "Safety systems failing."
"Bye, bye, darlings. Bye, bye, my darlings." She mocked before her and her attendants beamed out
"Bitch!" Morgana hissed angrily, no one got the best of her and lived!
"Morgana calm down" the Doctor ordered, and she took a deep breath, she couldn't lose control not now, a rampaging original would just make this whole thing worse.
"heat levels rising." The computer warned again
"Reset the computer." The Moxx suggested
Jabe shook her head "Only the Steward would know how."
"No. We can do it by hand. There must be a system restore switch. Jabe, come on. You lot, just chill." The Doctor beamed but halted when Morgana grabbed his hand
"Jabe can't go," Morgana said
"why not?" he asked
"I can help" Jabe argued
"I know you can" she soothed "but think if the heat levels are rising, how much can you handle? Heat plus wood means fire" she warned
The computer chimed in as if to back her up "Heat rising."
"She's right, Jabe you stay, Morgana can you handle it?" he asked seriously, staring deep into her eyes
"yes, I can" she nodded determined, she could just heal from any damage dealt too her
"Well let's go" he grabbed her hand and dragged her back to the engine room.
They once again ended up in the engine room
"Oh. And guess where the switch is." The Doctor asked sarcastically
"I'm going to guess it's behind the fans with the wicked looking blades" Morgana answered cheerfully
"right in one" he chirped back both ignoring the computer that was warning about critical heat levels, Morgana could feel how hot it was and only getting hotter.
"External temperature five thousand degrees." The Doctor pulled on a lever and the computer fans slowed but when he released the lever the fans would speed back up.
He looked uncertain and Morgana stepped up beside him and pulled on the lever herself, she had slipped off her ring and placed it into her pocket not wanting the metal to melt into her hand.
"You can't. The heat's going to vent through this place." The Doctor spoke and he looked heartbroken
"I will be fine, I promise" she spoke up again
"your only human" he argued
"I'm more than that just show a little faith yes?" she provoked "Now get going alien boy, quicker we do this, the less I'm going to get roasted"
He bit his lip but finally nodded, looking deeply in her eyes before he turned and began walking towards the fans, Morgana pressed down on the lever, using her superior strength to keep it locked in place. She watched as he glanced back before hopping through the second fan, she hissed viciously as her hand caught flame before it healed but beginning to smoke again, she could feel the heat burning into her, causing her neck and face to burn viciously, she hates to see what she'd look like right now half burnt but healing slowly only for the process to begin again.
She dimly heard the Doctor yell for the shields to raise, but soon cool relief overcame her and she healed, she saw the doctor rushing back through and she turned falling into a crossed leg position as she stared down at her hand waiting for it to return to her usually pale skin.
"Alright?" he asked reaching out a hand palm out to help her up, she gratefully took it
"yes, thank you" he overshot how strongly he tugged her up and she stumbled into his jumper clad chest, she had been severely injured so had to heal and it left her weak and thirsty.
She breathed in and immediately stilled, her joints locking and her jaw straining as her eyes darkened and her fangs begged to be released.
"Morgana?" he asked looking down at her halo of honey gold hair unsure of why she was impersonating a statue, he went to tip her chin up, but she interjected
"No! don't! please" she begged he ceased, his arms going back to wrap around her waist "just…I need a second" she ground out and felt him nod against the top of her head.
She didn't intend to be harsh, but she hadn't noticed…or maybe she just needed to feed but when she breathed in, she had gotten an uncontested amount of his scent and she felt her bloodlust rise. She had smelt some tempting blood in her life indulged in it even but he just smelt like pure ambrosia and her gums ached. She managed to wrangle her bloodlust under control, and she took some hurried steps from him, she needed to feed and soon.
"are-are you okay now?" he asked quietly, wanting to help her if she needed it
"yes, yes I'm fine" she muttered embarrassed, no matter how mouth-watering he smelt it was no excuse for her to let loose with her bloodlust like that.
The Doctor was furious, he didn't know how but Cassandra had caused Morgana pain and he was going to have payback, he took Morgana's hand before he stormed back towards the observation deck, unknowing of the oncoming storm that had taken over his visage.
"You all right?" Rose asked tentatively, as The Doctor released Morgana who was ashen with dark bags underneath her eyes
He spoke calmly but his eyes were filled with fire "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one, teleportation through five thousand degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby." He grabbed one of the ostrich eggs and smashed it which revealed a small device "Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed."
The light beamed again, and Morgana could hear Cassandra's voice speaking "Oh, you should have seen their little alien faces." She fully formed in front of them and her face fell "Oh"
"The last human." The Doctor sneered
"So, you passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join, er, the Human Club." She made up
"as if anyone would want to be affiliated with you" Morgana sneered flipping her hair, impatience written all over her face
"People have died, Cassandra. You murdered them." The Doctor said calmly having noticed the smoking chair where the Moxx should have sat.
"It depends on your definition of people, and that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court, then, Doctor, and watch me smile and cry and flutter" she spoke her tone reassured and triumphant
"And creak?" The Doctor tilted his head
"And what?" Cassandra demanded sounding panicked
"Creak. You're creaking." Morgana smirked
"What? Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens. Moisturise me, moisturise me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot!" Cassandra begged and Morgana felt satisfaction flash across her face, delighting in her upset.
"You raised the temperature." The Doctor pointed out
"Have pity! Moisturise me! Oh, oh, Doctor. I'm sorry. I'll do anything." She begged
"Relax, Darling!" Morgana called mockingly
"Help her," Rose begged
The Doctor looked at her young eyes but didn't do anything, she had hurt people, hurt Morgana she had to pay "Everything has its time, and everything dies."
"I'm too young!" Cassandra called before she burst, her blood and flesh splattered on the floor and Morgana moved nimbly so her shoes weren't stained, she checked her other clothing and sighed in relief
"Blood is such an annoyance to wash clean" she explained to Rose, apathetic towards the death but Rose seemed upset.
Half an hour later, Morgana walked back next to the Doctor and Rose, after saying goodbye to Jack, she stood next to the Doctor watching the asteroids that were once the earth floating around the red giant that the sun was.
"The end of the Earth. It's gone. We were too busy saving ourselves. No one saw it go. All those years, all that history, and no one was even looking. It's just- "she trailed off
The Doctor interrupted "Come with me."
They piled back into the TARDIS and were transported back to their present time, they walked out of the TARDIS and saw the stream of people, a man was selling newspapers and crying out about the 'big issue' The Doctor turned to them and began speaking.
"You think it'll last forever, people and cars and concrete, but it won't. One day it's all gone. Even the sky. My planet's gone. It's dead. It burned like the Earth. It's just rocks and dust before its time."
"What happened?" Rose wondered
"There was a war and we lost." His eyes were sad
"A war with who? What about your people?" Rose questioned
"I'm a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm left travelling on my own 'cos there's no one else." The Doctor's tone was devastated and yet resigned
"There's me." Rose said
"and me" Morgana chimed
"You both seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home?" he asked
"I don't know. I want. Oh, can you smell chips?" She started sniffing the air
"Yeah. Yeah." He grinned
"I want chips," Rose stated
"Me too." He agreed
"Right then, before you get us back in that box, chips it is, and you can pay."
"No money." The Doctor shrugged
"What kind of person goes around with no money?" Rose demanded and Morgana laughed
"Chips on me, I think it's time I admitted to a few things" She admitted wryly
"oh, do we finally get the answers to your riddles?" Rose teased and Morgana nodded
Morgana ensured that they stayed before she headed off to get them all chips, she also took a detour, thankful for her speed as she went and nicked a blood bag, she strode back towards them handing over the chips.
"Can we go somewhere private?" she asked and the Doctor nodded, they piled into the TARDIS and he led her over to one of the TARDIS buttons, he placed her hand on the button and instructed her to think of the place she wanted to go, there was only one place she wanted to go to. A few minutes later and they had landed, she sent her thanks to the TARDIS who hummed in response.
They left and Rose gasped at the sight in front of her, The Doctor letting out a whistle at the impressive sight
"where are we?" Rose asked and Morgana smiled gently going and sitting on the edge of the mountain, soon joined by the other two, flanking her and eating her chips as she gathered her thoughts.
"This is the mountain Blåmannen, of the island kvaløya and down there- "she pointed down at the beautiful town cradled between the foot of the mountain they sat on and the bay "-is where I was born"
"your Norwegian?" Rose asked, "but your accent is British? And what has this got to do with how you're different"
"My accent is European love" she grinned, before taking a deep breath "and it's because when I was born here, it was known as the kingdom of Norway"
The Doctor frowned "but the last time Norway was a kingdom was seven hundred years ago"
"I know" she smiled "I was born in this Kingdom, a thousand years ago, to a Viking father and witch mother, My name is Morgana Mikaelson, I am the only Tribrid in existence and I'm the phantom Queen of the supernatural"
Rose spluttered "you're a THOUSAND?!"
"I'm one thousand and thirty years old, I was born in the year nine hundred and seventy-five Anno Domini" she smirked at their baffled looks "I look good, don't I?" she winked
Rose seemed to pull herself together "what's your routine?" she teased
"I moisturise" she giggled at the scandalised look on Rose's face before she turned and looked at the Doctor who was staring intently at her
"how" one word but it was an unwavering demand.
She acquiesced "Long, long story short, I was born here a thousand years ago, my twin died, and we moved from the old world to the new, you would know it today as America. We grew up in the state of Virginia, in the year one thousand and one AD my little brother died and we were turned into vampires-" she glanced over the gory details and the Doctors eyes sharpened picking up on it here she pulled out the blood bag from her pocket and Rose squirmed slightly "however some family secrets came out, it turns out my mother had cheated on my father, my brother was a hybrid, part vampire part werewolf- however, events occurred and it took centuries until he was a full hybrid similarly with my other brother Kol, he lost his magic but I regained it for him. for myself I'm the only Tribrid in existence, part vampire, part werewolf and part witch" she finished playing idly with a corner of the blood bag.
"so that's why you joked about being altered" Rose realised
"heightened speed, strength and senses but at the cost of heightened emotions" Morgana explained happy that Rose wasn't freaking out
"Magic isn't real" The Doctor denied
"yes, it is" Morgana countered
"Prove it" He demanded again
She rolled her eyes-albeit fondly before focusing on the flowers around them "petalis volant" she chanted and the petals flew off the stem and she spoke again "ortum, claudorum" the petals flew around them before stopping, The Doctors eyes gleamed and Rose laughed in delight as she used a pointer finger to delicately trace one of the petals
"Fantastic" The Doctor grinned
"so, can you turn into a wolf?" Rose interrogated as Morgana let the petals be caught and carried off by the wind
"yes, werewolves are usually forced to turn every full moon and are reverted back to basic instincts and will attack and kill anything that crosses their paths but hybrids part vampire part werewolf don't have to turn but if they do, they keep their mind, a hybrid face is different from a vampire one, however" she explained finishing off her chips
"in what way?" The Doctor asked curiously, it wasn't often he stumbled across new knowledge
"Their true face is a slightly transformed version of their human face, which includes red, blood-shot eyes with protruding veins around the eyes, as well as elongated fangs. A hybrid's face is a transformed version of their human face as well, similarly, our veins will protrude, while only the canines will sharpen for normal vampires, we are 'double fanged' both the canine and incisor will grow, and our iris's will glow golden, with time you learn how to control it so you can show it or hide it" she shrugged pulling the plastic cap off the blood bag before sucking on the opening drinking the pint of blood quickly
"gross" Rose muttered while the Doctor just looked fascinated
She felt a lot better and the trio sat quietly each ruminating while watching the sunset over her long-ago home.
Morgana was relaxing on the jump seat as Rose stretched before heading off to bed, both she and The Doctor bid her goodnight, The doctor was fiddling with the console his back to her before he turned and looked at her.
"Can we talk?" he asked
"of course," she smiled
He walked over, gently grabbing her hand before heading over to the TARDIS doors and opening them, showing her the entirety of space, he had picked a rather beautiful spot showing radiant stars, burning suns and colourful galaxies, he tried not to notice the stars that played in her eyes. He helped her sit down her legs hanging over the side of the TARDIS before he mimicked her, their shoulders brushing.
"So, a Mikaelson?" he asked, and she grinned wryly
"yep I suppose you've heard of us?" she probed, and he laughed staring out into space the swirling galaxies and twinkling stars mesmerising them.
"just a bit, you haven't really kept a low profile, I heard rumours of magic and werewolves and vampires but I always dismissed it" he admitted "I thought you were Eternals who had fled the time war"
"Born and raised on earth and then changed into the original-and only- Tribrid in the universe" she grinned but he spotted the pain behind her eyes and carefully prodded
"It must be lonely" he muttered, and she sighed before slumping
"I suppose if I can or will admit it to anyone it would be you" she smiled ruefully
"I'll keep your secrets" he promised, eager to know about her but also wanting to ask that one question that burned at the back of his throat
"careful, us Mikaelsons love our oaths and vows" she teased, she turned a serious look crossing her face and he saw just how ancient and tired her eyes were…he felt kinship rise within him "I'm the only one of my kind, ever. That such an absolute word you know? I love my siblings and they can understand the different parts of me, Finn can understand the heightened emotions, Elijah can understand the struggle of control and Rebekah can understand the blood lust. Niklaus can understand my desire for a pack, my total loyalty and my devotion and Kol can understand my love of magic and the power I feel from mother nature"
"but?" he urged
"but they can't understand all of it at one time…the love I hold for my family fuels my need to defend them and when a threat occurs If I let my absolute control slip…I'm capable of such destruction and then that constant pulsating from the earth the call to do magic and the fact no one is really capable of going toe to toe with me? It's such a lonely existence…" she trailed off "I can't admit to anything of this to my siblings or my children because they always look to me to be so strong and to be their rock"
"you have children?" he asked quietly, looking vulnerable as he played with his hands
"yes, many over the years, some still with me some not" she answered
"I'm sorry," he said
"it's quite alright, immortality is not for everyone and some of my children had no desire for it, I gave them good lives and I was there every step of the way until the very end. I will carry their memories in my heart and carve their names in my soul" she smiled
"well, I'm not scared of you and while I'm not supernatural I'm certain I'm your equal" he said playfully
"sure, I'll let you think that" she grinned back
"I need to ask something," he said nervously, and she looked at him seriously
"What is it?" she squeezed his hand gently
"a thousand years ago did you meet a man? He had a beard and grey hair and-"he was cut off
"that leather coat and red scarf! He had such sad brown eyes" she remembered
"yes" the Doctor was amazed she remembered
"I promised him I would always forgive him" she reminisced her eyes growing distant
"well, you've been open and honest with me so I should do the same" he answered
"go ahead" she gave him all of her attention
"well, as a Time Lord we have our own way of tricking death, we regenerate. Every cell in our body dies and is replaced. This- "he gestured at his body, deciding to bare his soul this one time, to take a chance, she had done the same for him "-is technically my tenth body but I always refer to it as my ninth, we get twelve but that doesn't matter. That man you spoke to…well it was…me-" he couldn't bare to look at her and he glanced down at his hands, feeling bile rise "I did something horrible and I know you promised but I-"
A finger was pressed to his lips and he peeked at her luminous green eyes
"you don't have to say" she reassured pulling her hand back "Odin knows I've done horrendous things over the years and while I don't regret what I did, I regret that I had to resort to those actions, I promised you a thousand years ago and I'll promise you now, I forgive you Always and Forever"
She was smiling gently at him, her eyes soft and sincere and his hearts thumped again, he swallowed heavily, mouth dry.
"I-I c-can't" he heaved heavily, emotions overwhelming him, and she nodded understanding
"I must say for someone roughly a thousand years old your looking good, especially since I last saw you, you were old and grey" she winked at him cheekily soothing the odd tension that had been created between them "or did you cheat with this magnificent ship?" she questioned and he laughed in relief
"No, actually-"he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly- his cheeks flushing, having shifted closer to her during their talk "- I've forgotten how old I am, I usually say I'm nine hundred though"
She giggled and pinched his cheeks "aww, your so young, such a baby" he knocked at her hand laughing
"Alright, alright" he joked
"back in my day…" she trailed off with a shriek as he attacked her sides, tickling her mercilessly
He eventually let up before commenting "I might be older you know"
She was slumped against him, her head resting against his chest as she peeked up at him, mischief in her eyes "is your mind going in your old age?"
"OI!" he played outrage, but his blue eyes twinkled in amusement
There was silence for a while as they watched the view in front of them, Morgana to comfortable to move and the Doctor not minding.
"what's your favourite colour?" he blurted wanting to know something…mundane about her
She arched an eyebrow at him "well Finn's is green, Elijah likes purple- but royal purple- Nico likes blue but when he's in a mood it's the blood of his enemies, Kol likes orange but that burnished bronze sort of orange- unless he wants to be annoying then it's that horrendous garish neon orange and Rebekah likes pink, the soft sort, like blush or ballet pink" she rambled
"While that's lovely useless information to know about your siblings I meant yours" he said
She sat up seemingly shocked "no ones asked that before" she pushed away from the feeling of almost…intimacy before answering to his expectant look "oh, I- ah Ummm-" she looked into his eyes "blue- deep blue," she said and he chuckled
"alright deep blue it is" he replied "mines burnt orange"
"Freya- she, ah, she liked yellow like the sun and Henrik he liked red, he used to pick these wildflowers for me, Red Trillium it's called" her smile was bittersweet and he could understand so he quickly changed the topic
"you must have seen some amazing events though?" he asked, wanting their conversation to be light and happy
"I was usually busy with my duties but every now and again I did, after all, I did found and build New Orleans" she revealed, and he gasped
"NO!" he said shocked and she laughed
"yep" she reaffirmed, and he gaped at her
"you have to tell me!" he demanded childishly
"you know I think I'm feeling rather tired" she taunted him and dodged his wild grab for her, scrambling out the way but grabbing him by the back of his coat as he almost went toppling out of the TARDIS
"That's not fair!" he called petulantly as she almost danced her way back into the TARDIS, carelessly waving her hand in the air as she walked away
"Night, Night Doctor Dearest"
"Nighty Night Morgana"
Seemingly incapable of letting him have the last word, she stuck her head back in the room calling out "oh, and Morgana is not my real name!" leaving the Doctor slack-jawed she twirled out of the room, cackling loudly.
A/N:
soooooo what did you think? Reviews mean a lot!
Yea they opened up a bit at the end, little playfulness, I hope it doesn't come across as too rushed...but the Doctor has opened up to her before- admittedly when she was a stranger- and she's had this pent up for a thousand years and finally she's met someone whose on her 'level' as it were. Rose and she are going to be friends but Rose reminds her of a human Rebekah so there will be that barrier of Morgana seeing her as a younger sibling so not really admitting her deepest secrets, she will still open up to Rose though!
also some translations-
petalis volant- petals fly
ortum, claudorum- stop, halt (something like that)