NicoleR85: thanks!
This is a crossover with my other OC Melanie Hannigan (the AU version).
"I think a holiday is in order", the Doctor stated as he started up the TARDIS "so where would you like to go, love?" he asked the Time Lady.
"How about a beach?" Alyssa suggested "I hear Tahiti is nice".
"Tahiti it is", her fiancé confirmed.
"Great", Alyssa smiled "come on Amy, let's find something suitable for the beach". She took hold of the ginger's hand and led her into the depths of the ship. "Right, what kind of what kind of thing do you like wearing at the beach?" the pregnant Time Lady questioned to her companion when they got to blue box's vast wardrobe.
"Mostly swimwear and maybe a dress to cover up", Amy answered.
"Ok", Alyssa said "Swimwear please Sexy", she added to the ship. The two females watched as a few racks of swimwear complete with coverups appeared in front of them.
"She never ceases to amaze me", Amy murmured.
"Same here", Alyssa agreed "shall we?" she gestured to the clothes.
"We shall", Amy said going over to the clothing. She and Alyssa rifled through the items looking for something to wear. Amy pulled out a green bikini and showed it to the Time Lady "wear this", she suggested "it'll render the Doctor speechless".
Alyssa barely supressed a smile as she looked over the two-suit in her hands "it'll do more than that", she admitted. Amy's green eyes widened at her implication.
"No way. You…and him?"
"What did you think that we'd be engaged and not done…that?" Alyssa asked her "besides it's not like we haven't mentioned that I was pregnant".
"I know. Its just…the Doctor is so childish sometimes…and the bow tie…" Amy shook her head.
"Trust me Amy. Underneath all that is someone who can rock my world", Alyssa said with smile. The ginger let out a little girlish squeal.
"Sorry", she said apologetically "I've never had anyone talk to me about that stuff before", the ginger confessed.
Alyssa raised her eyebrows "never?" she questioned surprised.
"Nope", Amy said "what about you?"
"I had this friend who I used to share some stuff with", Alyssa said "but you're the first person I've told about me and the Doctor's nocturnal activities. And I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell the Doctor I've said anything".
"It'll just stay between you and me", Amy promised, a tiny bit thrilled that Alyssa had chosen to share something fairly intimate with her. She hoped that the Time Lady would continue to share and confide in her. "So…about the swim suit?" she asked holding it up.
"Why not", Alyssa said taking it from her grasp "I'm gonna go change. Will you be ok here?"
"Yeah of course", Amy assured her. Alyssa nodded and headed off for the changing rooms. On her way to one of the curtained off areas, she plucked a white wrap around dress from a rail and snagged a pair of matching sandals. The Time Lady went into the changing room and swapped her clothes for the dress and swimwear. She then swept her hair up into a messy bun, leaving a few tendrils to frame her face. Alyssa checked to make sure that her engagement ring was still firmly on her finger which it was.
When she stepped out of the changing room, she heard a low whistle. Alyssa turned around and saw the Doctor standing there in shorts and a shirt, checking her out. "Like what you see?" she asked. The Time Lord stepped forward and placed his hands on her hips.
"Very much so", he answered. His eyes flickered over to the changing room then back at the Time Lady. Alyssa knew exactly what he was implying.
"Amy isn't going to be done for a bit", she told him. The Doctor smiled, his hands sliding off her hips to take one of hands and led her into the changing room.
Amy clung onto the console as the Doctor and Alyssa worked in tandem to pilot the TARDIS to their destination. It wasn't long before the ship touched down. The Time Lords went over to the doors, the Doctor's hands pausing on the door handles as he glanced at his fiancée and companion. "Behold! Tahiti!" he declared pulling the doors open with a flourish. What the four of them saw was something they'd not expected. Another TARDIS was parked less than a meter away with the Doctor's previous regeneration standing in the doorway gaping at them. At his side was brunette in a blue summer dress. "What!" the Doctor exclaimed in shock. How was he seeing another version on himself in Tahiti?! He'd never been here before! "Love, tell me I'm just imagining this?" the Doctor asked, turning to Alyssa.
"I'm afraid you're not imagining it", she said apologetically "I can both see AND sense him. He is the previous you".
"What?!" the 10th Doctor repeated.
"H-how? This is impossible!" the Doctor exclaimed, stepping out of the TARDIS, eyes fixed on his previous self.
"Not really Doctor", Alyssa spoke up, stepping after him "you have met yourself before, remember?"
"What?!" Ten said for the third time.
"This is different", the Doctor insisted "he's me but not me".
"That makes zero sense", Amy said with a confused look on her face "is he you or not?"
"He is me but not ME", the Doctor repeated.
"Parallel", Alyssa realised "he's the parallel version of you".
"Yes, love, he is", the Doctor confirmed. The brunette standing next to Ten, glanced at the Time Lord.
"I said a parallel universe didn't I?" she said, a tiny bit smug.
"Elle, travel to parallel universes are impossible", Ten told her.
"But we did it before", the young woman reminded him.
"Yes we did. However, that was simply an accident and I made sure that the crack we fell through was sealed", Ten said "I highly doubt that's happened again".
"How can you be so sure?" the Doctor spoke up, making them look at him.
"I just am", Ten insisted. Alyssa could sense how uneasy he seemed to be at the prospect of being in a parallel universe. She could only guess that he'd had a bad experience in one before and didn't want a repeat.
"But ho-" the Doctor started when the Time Lady put a hand over his mouth.
"You shouldn't push it dear", she said "he's uneasy enough as it is". She removed her hand and turned to the pair "I think proper introductions are in order. I'm Alyssa Palmer and this is my fiancé, the Doctor" she gestured to their companion "this is Amy Pond. Say 'hi'".
Amy moved forward to stand at Alyssa and The Doctor's side. "Hi", she said politely "Nice to meet you both". Ten's companion stepped up, holding out a hand.
"I'm Melanie Hannigan but most people just call me Elle. And of course you know the Doctor, my Bonded".
Alyssa shook her hand "pleasure to meet you", she said politely "we were gonna head to the beach, if you'd like to join us", she offered.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea", Ten replied "no offense to you lot, but I think it's best if Elle and I head off".
"None taken", Alyssa said.
"Well, have a safe journey", the Doctor quickly said taking Alyssa's hand "come along Pond. The beach awaits!" and with that he strode off, pulling his fiancée with him.
"Enjoy your travels!" Alyssa managed to shout at the other Doctor and his Bonded before she got out of earshot. The Time Lady was about to remark to her future husband about how he could've been a little nicer when she sensed something underfoot. "Doctor, stop", she ordered. The Doctor did so and she crouched down, touching the sand.
"What's wrong?" The Time Lord asked.
"I sense something", Alyssa replied.
"Is this part of your powers?" Amy questioned.
"It is", the Time Lady confirmed. She stayed there for a moment until her eyes widened "oh no", she breathed. Before anyone had the chance to ask her what was wrong, she'd bolted back the way they came. The Doctor, Amy ran after her.
As they rounded the corner, they noticed a large sand tentacle dragging screaming Melanie along the ground, the other Doctor clinging onto her, desperately trying to pull her out of its grasp.
"Let go of her!" Alyssa shouted, flinging at hands out and the sandy limb dissipated from the psychic blast, leaving the Doctor and Melanie a heap on the sand.
"Are you alright?" the Time Lord asked his Bonded, frantically checking her over for injuries.
"Yeah, I think so", Melanie replied. Ten helped her to her feet and she glanced down at the sand "What the hell was that thing?" she asked.
"I have no idea", he replied. He looked at Alyssa, who by now had lowered her hands. "Thank you Ali", he said, extremely grateful that she showed up when she did.
"You're welcome", Alyssa said.
"Has the danger passed, love?" the Doctor asked his fiancée. The Time Lady knelt down and lightly placed a palm on the ground. She closed her eyes, her face twisting into one of concentration. The red head opened them after a moment and said
"Yes. Whatever that thing was, its gone for now".
"So what do we do now?" Amy asked.
"We leave", Ten replied.
"But what about that tentacally thing?" the ginger pressed "it still out there".
"If you three want to go look for it, be my guest", Ten said winding his arm around Melanie, holding her close "but I'm taking my Bonded out of here. Not gonna risk it coming after her again".
"If I was in your position, I wouldn't ask you to do that either", the Doctor said, completely understanding where his parallel counterpart was coming from. If it had been Alyssa that it had gone after, he wouldn't hesitate to take her out of harm's way.
"How about we escort you back to the TARDIS?" Alyssa offered "just in case it comes back".
"That's a good idea", Melanie agreed. The Time Lady was able to get rid of it once, she could do it again. The group walked back to where the two ships were parked. But as soon as they got there, several tentacles burst out of the sand!
"Sexy!" the Time Lady shouted watching helplessly as the two police boxes were yanked beneath the sand the by limbs made of the same substance.
"The females are next" an ominous sounding voice hissed from beneath their feet. Before anybody could do anything even more of those octopus like limbs shot through the sand and shoved the two Doctors away from the three females. Then a cyclone of sand whipped around Alyssa, Amy and Melanie, effectively trapping them.
Both the Doctors tried to get close but they couldn't. The wind was too strong. From inside the cyclone, the Time Lady tried to use her powers to create a gap so that they could escape but she was only able to make small ones and they kept disappearing as the sand was swirling around the trio too fast.
"Ali get us out of here!" Amy shouted.
"I'm trying!" Alyssa shouted back. Suddenly Melanie screamed making them both spin around. The brunette was being pulled into the sand! Both Amy and Alyssa grabbed hold of her arms to try and pull her out only to find that their feet was slowly sinking into the sand too. The trio struggled but to no avail.
By the time the cyclone had vanished, all three of the females had disappeared. "Elle!" Ten exclaimed as the horrible emptiness spread through his chest mere seconds before it had gone "where did they go?!"
"Best guess. They've been taken into the ground with our ships", the Doctor said seriously. Whatever that thing was had just made the worst mistake it could ever make in its entire existence. Taking future wife and mother of his child from him was a big no-no. That creature was going to get no mercy from him now.
Out of the three females, it was the Time Lady who woke first. And the first thing she discovered was that she was tied down to an altar...again. "You've got to be kidding me", Alyssa complained, tugging the ropes that bound her wrists. At least there isn't a crazy knife wielding soothsayer this time she mentally added as she concentrated on the ropes. The red head grinned as they stretched to the point of snapping, freeing her wrists.
She quickly untied her ankles and hopped off the altar. It was at this point that she noticed Melanie and Amy were present too, tied down just like she had been. Though unlike herself, they weren't awake. Easy to rectify.
Alyssa went over to Amy first and placed her fingertips on her temples. She closed her eyes and mentally reached out to the ginger, trying to nudge her awake through her mind. It worked as a moment later, Amy stirred. "You ok?" Alyssa asked telekinetically freeing her friend from the ropes.
"I think so", Amy said, sitting up and rubbing her wrists "where the heck are we?"
"No idea", Alyssa said moving over to Melanie "And I don't care to find out either. I just want to get you and Elle out of here as quickly as possible". She repeated the action that she'd done on Amy but she got a very different reaction from the other young woman. The brunette freaked out.
The Time Lady quickly released her and Melanie immediately latched herself onto the red head, trembling with fear. "It's alright", Alyssa said gently "you're safe now".
"My dear, that is where you are very wrong", a rather faux sweet voice spoke up. Alyssa spun around to see what appeared to a blonde haired lady wearing a Greek style dress of all things. The Time Lady pulled Amy and Melanie behind her. "You are not safe at all", the woman continued, taking a step further into the room.
"Is that a threat?" Alyssa asked, feeling a surge of protectiveness rise within her for the two humans she was standing in front of.
"It's merely a statement of fact", the blonde answered.
"Regardless, I don't care for people making threats against my friends", Alyssa shot back " now either step aside or I'll forcibly move you".
Instead of moving, the woman laughed "oh Alyssa…" a flicker of confusion appeared on the Time Lady's face "You couldn't move me if you tried. You powers are no match for me". Before Alyssa could do anything, the woman raised a hand, lifting the Time Lady into the air. Alyssa cried out as she was flung through the air, hitting the wall hard.
"Ali!" Amy and Melanie exclaimed in unison. They rushed to help her, only to be tossed back onto the altars, the ropes wrapping themselves tightly around their wrists and ankles.
The woman walked over to Alyssa and crouched down. She touched the Time Lady's face, the red head jerking her head away.
"You and I are going to have so much fun", the woman smirked before she seemed to disintegrate before Alyssa's eyes and sank into her skin. The red head's body jerked several times before her eyes rolled back into her head.
On the beach, the pair of Time Lords were searching for three females, scanning the sand with their sonic's.
"Of course they are! We just have to get to them", the Doctor replied pressing the tip of the sonic into the sand "come on open up", he urged under his breath. Ten was just as eager for the ground to open up. He wanted his Bonded back for the emptiness in his chest was killing him. He hated feeling it before and they'd chosen to split up. This was much worse as Melanie had forcibly been taken from him.
The Time Lady gasped, sitting bolt upright. She was back in the maze. It the centre to be specific where the Triwizard cup was sitting. "This is an interesting place", the blonde woman remarked making Alyssa quickly get to her feet.
"Get out", she ordered.
"I'm sorry?" the woman asked 'innocently'.
"Get out of my head", Alyssa repeated.
"I'm afraid I can't do that…Alyssa", the woman said.
"You called me by my name before. How the hell do you know it?" The Time Lady demanded.
"I heard you say it", the woman answered "and now that I'm inside…I know all about you" The blonde smiled, eyeing her appreciatively "you're the perfect host for me despite it being a little crowded".
"That'll be because I'm currently using it", Alyssa told her.
"Not for much longer", the woman smirked.
The Time Lady took a step toward the woman "I don't know who the hell you think you are…" she started.
"My name is Moira", the woman supplied.
"I don't care if you're the bloody queen of England", Alyssa shot back "this is my body and you can't have it" she stepped toward Moira.
"She's right", a familiar voice piped up and in a swirl of dirt, Jenny appeared and moved to stand in front of Alyssa "you want to take over my mother, you'll have to go through me".
"Me too", Donna agreed stepping next to Jenny.
"Same here", Steve said. Alyssa watched as the people she cared about appeared one by one. Both the Doctors were included too! As well as James Sven!
"H-how?" Moira stammered staring at them all. She should've been possessing Alyssa by now! Not being confronted by the Time Lady's loved ones.
"The mind is a funny thing", Alyssa said moving out from behind the large group "so full of surprises. And you just stepped into my mind without even considering what might be inside" the Time Lady shook her head "a very costly mistake".
Moira glared at her. She will take ownership of Alyssa's body! With that thought in mind she flung her arms out. Sand tentacles appeared, shoving everyone aside. Alyssa rolled over to see all her loved ones vanish, leaving her alone with Moira.
"Your body is mine!" the woman roared, rushing at the Time Lady.
Alyssa threw out a hand, throwing the woman away. She surged to her feet and darted over to the Triwizard cup. She should've been running away, trying to lose Moira in the maze but for some in explicable reason, she was drawn to the trophy instead.
When she grabbed it, a warmth flooded through her, making her gasp. It seemed to fill her with an overwhelming sense of strength. The Time Lady felt like she could very easily beat Moira. The red head turned to face the woman who so desperately wanted to possess her, the gold flecks in her eyes glowing slightly. She watched Moira get to her feet.
"We may be in your head…but you cannot beat me!" the woman shouted throwing many more sand tentacles at the Time Lady. Alyssa didn't even bat an eye as the flew toward her. She just simply held out a hand and they disintegrated.
Moira growled and started for her only to her stopped by an unseen force. Alyssa calmly walked toward her "I'm going to say this only once. Get the hell out of my head", she ordered, her eyes now glowing a brilliant gold. With an utterly terrified look on her face, Moira vanished.
Amy and Melanie watched as Moira burst out of Alyssa, stumbling to the floor completely scared. A far cry from earlier when she was threatening them. And they could see why when the Time Lady rose to her feet. She appeared to have an aura of power surrounding her. Plus not to mention that her eyes were glowing gold.
With a simple wave of her hand, Alyssa freed both Melanie and Amy again. She then walked toward Moira, who quickly scrambled backward. "My friends and I are going to leave now", the Time Lady stated "Don't try to stop us", she warned. Alyssa turned to the two human females "Lets go", she said. The pair nodded in agreement and they hastily left the room.
Moira sat there for several moments, still very much in shock about what had just happened. But as soon as the shock wore off, her face twisted into one of fury. She opened her mouth and let out an inhuman scream.
Down one of the corridors, the Time Lady and two humans heard the noise and they stopped dead, looking back the way they'd came "I think someone is seriously ticked off", Melanie stated.
"Then let's get out of here before the banshee goes on the warpath", Amy said.
"Agreed", Alyssa said. They started walking again, only managing several paces when the corridor starts to shake. "RUN!" the Time Lady shouted when a wave of sand suddenly came racing toward them. The trio sprinted as fast as they could away from it but it was no use, they were swept off their feet. The Time Lady and two humans screamed as the sand carried them down the corridor, through various twists and turns.
"Oh my god!" Amy exclaimed as the sand in front of them seemed to disappear. That only meant one thing, there was a sheer drop. And they were out to go over it!
The Time Lady's eyes turned gold as she grabbed both females, holding them tightly. The trio suddenly stopped moving as if an invisible force had planted them firmly to the floor. The two humans risked moving their heads from Alyssa's shoulder and gaped when they saw the sand rushing around and over them… and yet not a single grain was touching them. Amy looked to Alyssa, opening her mouth to ask her what was happening, only to stare at her open mouthed.
The Time Lady's eyes were glowing a brilliant gold and even the streaks in her hair were glowing too. "Is this normal?" Melanie shouted over the roar of the sand.
"I don't know! I've never seen this before!" Amy yelled back. They watched as the sand eventually stopped rushing past them. As soon as this happened, Alyssa's eyes turned back to normal as did her hair.
"Are you two alright?" the Time Lady asked looking at the pair.
"Yeah…but what was that?" Melanie questioned. When the red head gave her confused look, she elaborated "the glowing eyes…the hair…the way we just stopped and the sand moved around us as if we were in a bubble".
"Oh…that", Alyssa said "I can't take the credit for it. It's the TARDIS' doing. And in any other situation I'd love to explain it to you but we're still in danger". She stood up, pulling the two humans with her.
"So where do we go now?" Amy asked looking around, noting several doorways in the corridor which she hadn't noticed before due to being rushed past by the sand "do we try one of those?"
"Seems a good a plan as any", Alyssa agreed. They started toward one of the doorways when the Time Lady's head snapped over to another on across that corridor. "They're here", she breathed.
"Who's here?" Melanie questioned.
"The TARDISes", Alyssa replied "I can feel them. Come on!" and with that she darted into the corridor.
"Ali!" Amy called, rushing after her, Melanie close behind. They practically bumped into her when she suddenly stopped.
"You two are a sight for sore eyes", the Time Lady remarked happily. Amy and Alyssa stepped around her to see both blue police boxes sitting there.
"How are we going to get them out of here?" Melanie asked "I can't pilot the TARDIS. Can either of you?"
Amy shook her head "I can't but Ali can", the ginger answered.
"I won't be able to do two at once", Alyssa told them "that's imposs…." She trailed off when she heard the TARDIS speak.
There is a way. You'll need Melanie's key and a little time vortex.
"Scratch that. It is possible", Alyssa amended "but I'll need your key". She held out her hand for it and Melanie paced it in her palm. The second it touched her skin, the metal object turned gold. "Touch that against the console and the TARDIS will take you back to where she first landed", the Time Lady explained, holding the key out. Melanie took it, albeit a little hesitantly "It'll work, I promise", Alyssa added, sensing her apprehension "and we'll be right behind you".
The brunette nodded "I'll see you on the beach", she said and entered the TARDIS. Alyssa and Amy watched it start up a moment later.
The Time Lady turned to the ginger "shall we?" she asked, gesturing toward their box.
"I'm more than ready to leave this place", Amy replied. They walked toward the box, its door swinging open, the TARDIS ready to receive her daughter and the Girl Who Waited.
"You will not escape me!" Moira suddenly shrieked. Alyssa and Amy whirled around to see her standing there, utterly livid.
"Amy inside now!" the Time Lady ordered. Amy ran the remaining distance, entering the TARDIS. "Get her out of here Sexy!" Alyssa said to the TARDIS before she engaged the furious Moira.
Up on the beach the two males heard the most amazing of sounds, the TARDIS' materialization noise. And there were two of them! The Doctor's raced across the sand where they found the ships appear exactly where they'd first landed. Melanie stepped out of one making the converse wearing Time Lord rush over to her, enveloping her in a big hug.
The other Doctor eyed the other one, anxious to his fiancée and companion. However, Amy was the only one who exited the box and she didn't look happy. "Amy… where's Ali?" the Doctor asked.
"She stayed behind to deal with some psychotic blonde chick that was trying to possess her or something", Amy explained.
"What?!" the Doctor exclaimed. They all watched him storm over to his TARDIS but he didn't even get to enter it when the ground suddenly shook rather violently. The group stumbled around, struggling to keep their footing on the unstable ground. The sand then split open and a moment later a hand appeared. The Doctor's eyes widened when he saw the ring on one of the fingers. It was Alyssa!
He rushed over to the large crack, reached down and pulled the Time Lady out. A split second later, the sand closed up. "Is it over?" Melanie asked tentatively asked Alyssa leant heavily against her fiancée, the pair of them both sitting down on the sand.
"Yes, Elle. Its over", Alyssa replied, closing her eyes. She was exhausted.
