Chapter 16: The Slitheen
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Wildfire- Jonathan Jeremiah
Only when they walk away
When staying's not your choice to make
Do you feel a real light?
Do you feel a real light?
And you'd give anything to reverse
Because now you've found your purpose
The one place to surrender
Kit held onto the console as the Tardis shook. They had brought the body of the pig back to the women, Sato. They had examined it and came to the conclusion that the pig was just an ordinary pig that got modified. After that they snuck away from the women and left the hospital. They were now heading back to Rose.
As they landed, the Doctor looked at the computer screen in concentration.
"So let me get this straight," Kit spoke up. "Whoever did this took a pig, made it human-like then got a spaceship, put the pig in it and sent it to earth?"
"That's what it appears to have happened," the Doctor replied, still looking at the screen.
"But why? Is it suppose to be a distraction?"
The Doctor shook his head slowly and looked over at the screen on the console. "I'm not sure."
"Maybe it's a fake," she muttered, thinking over the information they had.
"You might be right," the Doctor agreed.
"So why are they—
Before she could finish her sentence, Rose burst through the doors. She held a worried expression on her face.
"All right, so we lied," the Doctor confessed without turning to look at Rose. "We went and had a look. But the whole crash landing's a fake. I thought so. Just too perfect. I mean, hitting Big Ben. Come on, so I thought let's go and have a look—"
"My mum's here," Rose interrupted.
Kit turned around to see Jackie with a shock and terrified look on her face. Beside her was Mickey or Rickey, she couldn't remember, with a face of pure anger.
"Oh, this should be good," Kit mumbled.
The Doctor turned around and then rolled his eyes. "That's just what I need. Don't you dare make this place domestic," he told Rose.
Kit gave him a questioning look. She didn't understand his whole 'don't make things domestic' rule. Things were always quite domestic with her Doctor. She didn't know what this Doctor had against it.
"You ruined my life, Doctor," Mickey accused, causing the Doctor to roll his eyes again. "They thought she was dead. I was a murder suspect because of you."
The Doctor turned to fully face him. "You see what I mean? Domestic."
"I bet you don't even remember my name," Mickey snapped.
"Rickey."
"It's Mickey."
Kit frowned. "I pretty sure you told us it was Rickey."
His head snapped to her. "No! You just assumed it was Rickey!"
Kit just shrugged. "Well, Rickey suits you better."
"It doesn't matter! My name's still not Rickey!" He fumed.
"Then you should think about changing it," Kit teased, causing the Doctor to snicker and Mickey to grow even more angry.
Before Mickey could yell at her, Jackie suddenly took off running out the door.
"Mum, don't!" Rose yelled to her. She turned to the Doctor. "Don't go anywhere." She pointed at Kit. "Don't tease Mickey." She then turned her focus of Mickey. "And don't start a fight!"
She then ran after her mom. This left the Doctor, Kit and Mickey to watch each other awkwardly.
The Doctor went back to looking at the screen. "You can leave now, Rickey."
"It's still Mickey!"
"Then, you can leave now, Mickey."
Rose suddenly came back through the doors and up the ramp. She came beside the Doctor.
"That was a real spaceship," she commented.
"Yep," the Doctor replied.
"So it's all a pack of lies? What is it, then? Are they invading?"
"Funny way to invade, putting the world on red alert," Mickey added.
Kit nodded slowly. "He has a point. Even if it was meant to be a distraction, they now have the government and everyone looking out for more possible threats. So, they're either stupid or it's something else," Kit concluded.
"Yeah, but what?" The Doctor questioned more to himself.
"So, what do we do now?" Rose asked.
The Doctor shrugged. "Nothing."
"Nothing?" Rose asked in disbelief.
"Well, there's not much to do until we know more," he explained.
"So, we're just suppose to wait here until they tell us some new kind of information?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"You're useful," Mickey grumbled.
"Well, if you have any bright ideas on what to do then, by all means, tell us," the Doctor snapped. Mickey didn't say anything. "No? Nothing? Well then shut up."
The Doctor went back to the computer screen and Kit grinned. "Someone's jealous," she whispered so only the Doctor could hear.
He glared at her but didn't say anything. Kit tried hard not to laugh. She may be young but she'd watched enough movies to know that the Doctor totally had a crush. It was kind of funny to see.
The Doctor suddenly bent down and lifted up one of the grates. He took out his sonic and crawled in the space.
Rose gave him a bemused look. "What are you doing?"
"Well, seeing as we're just waiting here, I might as well be productive," he replied.
Rose didn't say more and just shook her head. The Doctor went onto his back and started fiddling around with the wires. Kit sat down crossed legged and watched him work again.
Mickey looked down at him. "So, what're you doing down there?"
"Ricky—"
"Mickey!"
"Rickey. If I was to tell you what I was doing to the controls of my frankly magnificent time ship, would you even begin to understand?"
"I suppose not—"
"Well, shut it, then" The Doctor put on a fake smile.
Mickey grumbled and went back over to Rose. The two started to talk intimately and the Doctor looked away.
The Doctor looked over to Kit and gave her a puzzled look. "Are you always going to sit there and watch me as I work?"
"Are you always going to be working on the Tardis?"
"Probably."
"Then yes."
"Well, I don't know why you would. It's not like you can understand what I'm doing."
Kit tried to hide her smile. "Try me."
The Doctor watched her like he was considering telling her but then shook her head. "Trust me, you won't understand. You're too young and even if you were older, you still wouldn't get it."
Kit frowned. She had to keep reminding herself that this Doctor was different. This Doctor didn't know that she could help fix the Tardis. This Doctor didn't know that she did this all the time. This Doctor didn't know how much helping him with the Tardis meant to her.
His eyes grew soft and he sighed. "But I suppose you can help me."
"Really?" Kit smiled excitedly.
"Yeah, I could use the extra hands. Here, hold there two wires together." She did as she was told and he soniced the wires together.
Kit smiled widely. Her relationship with this Doctor might not be like her relationship with her Doctor but that didn't mean it wouldn't get there. They did this for a bit, the Doctor telling her to hold this and do that, and Kit happily obliging.
Finally, the Doctor said, "Got it!" He jumped up and helped Kit to her feet as well. He went over to the computer screen. "Patched in the radar, looped it back twelve hours so we can follow the flight of that spaceship. Here we go." Nothing came up so the Doctor hit the screen. "Hold on. Come on." The trajectory popped up on the monitor. "That's the spaceship on its way to Earth, see? Except. Hold on. See? The spaceship did a sling shot round the Earth before it landed."
"What does that mean?" Rose asked.
"It means it came from Earth in the first place. It went up and came back down. Whoever those aliens are, they haven't just arrived, they've been here for a while. The question is, what have they been doing?"
The Doctor started flipping to different channels. Each news report showed chaos on the streets.
"How many channels do you get?" Mickey suddenly asked.
"All the basic packages," the Doctor replied.
"You get sports channels?"
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Yes, I get the football." He stopped flipping through the channels. "Hold on, I know that lot."
"It is looking likely that the Government's bringing in alien specialists - those people who have devoted their lives to studying outer space."
"UNIT," the Doctor pointed. "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Good people."
Kit watched the screen. This UNIT looked different from the one she knew. She wondered if Kate Stewart worked there yet. She really liked Kate. She was an amazing woman and she hope to one day be like her.
"How do you know them?" Rose asked, watching the screen intently.
"'Cos he's worked for them," Mickey responded and Kit gave him a questioning look. "Oh yeah, don't think I sat on my backside for twelve months, Doctor. I read up on you. You look deep enough on the Internet or in the history books, and there's his name, followed by a list of the dead."
Kit rolled her eyes. "Good job, Rickey, you know how to use a computer."
"If you know them, why don't you go and help?" Rose questioned.
"They wouldn't recognise me," the Doctor replied and Kit figured he meant that he'd regenerated since then. He started moving around the console. "I've changed a lot since the old days. Besides, the world's on a knife-edge. There's aliens out there and fake aliens. We want to keep this alien out of the mix. I'm going undercover. And er, I'd better keep the Tardis out of sight." He then turned to Mickey. "Ricky, you've got a car. You can do some driving."
"Where to?" Mickey questioned as they all made their way down the ramp to the doors.
"The roads are clearing. Let's go and have a look at that spaceship."
"Finally!" Kit exclaimed.
They walked out of the Tardis but then stopped. A helicopter spotlight shone straight down on them. Someone yelled at them to not move and raise their hands up. Police cars and armed personal carriers surrounded them, yelling more orders. People with guns ran out of the cars and encased them. That seemed to be the last straw for Mickey as he took off running. Jackie suddenly came out shouting for Rose but the soldiers stopped her.
"Well, I wasn't expecting this to happen," Kit muttered, raising her hands up.
The Doctor smiled. "Take me to your leader."
Kit wanted to face palm. "I really do hate you."
"No, you don't," the Doctor told her again with a cheeky grin.
The armed police escorted them to a fancy car. They piled in with Kit being squished into the middle.
Kit was worried. If they were getting arrested, then they would realize she didn't exist and probably start asking question. Or they could throw her into the foster system.
"Are we being arrested?" Kit asked the Doctor nervously. "Because I can't be arrested."
The Doctor seemed to know what she was trying to say. He shook her head. "Don't worry, Kit, we're not being arrested. We're being escorted."
"Escorted?" Kit questioned.
"Yep, to Downing Street." The Doctor started to laugh.
"You're kidding me," Rose exclaimed.
"I'm not."
Rose shook her head. "10 Downing Street?"
"That's the one."
Rose started to giggle. "Oh, my God. I'm going to 10 Downing Street? How come?"
"I hate to say it, but Mickey was right. Over the years I've visited this planet a lot of times, and I've been, er, noticed."
"Now they need you?"
"Like it said on the news. They're gathering experts in alien knowledge. And who's the biggest expert of the lot?"
"Patrick Moore?"
Kit burst out into laugher as the Doctor frowned. "Shush, you."
"So, not Patrick Moore?" Rose asked.
"No, apart from him."
Rose smiled widely. "Oh, don't you just love it."
"I'm telling you. Lloyd George, he used to drink me under the table," he told them. "Who's the Prime Minister now?"
Kit shrugged. "How are we suppose to know. We missed a year, remember."
"Are you going to be hung up on that all day?" The Doctor asked.
"Just until it's not funny."
They pulled up to Downing Street. All over the place were paparazzi taking pictures. They got out of the car and Kit was blinded by all the lights flashing. She ducted her head and made her way to the door.
Once inside, Kit was struck by a horrible headache. She groaned, knowing what that meant. It meant that one of the Doctors enemies were here from the future. She winced as it got worse and worse the further they went in. They were lead into a room with a good number of people. Kit tried to look around and see if anyone looked out of place.
A man came out of one of the rooms and pulled her away from her search. "Ladies and gentlemen, can we convene? Quick as we can, please. It's this way on the right, and can I remind you ID cards are to be worn at all times." Everyone started to make their way out the door.
The man came up to them. "Here's your ID card."
A pudgy man stopped beside them and Kit's head pounded. "The Doctor doesn't need a ID."
The other man gave him a questioning look. "Sir?"
"This is the Doctor!" He exclaimed. "He doesn't need ID." Kit narrowed her eyes on the pudgy man.
"But everyone needs—"
The pudgy man waved him off. "Just give it to one of his companions. I don't care."
"But they need clearance and—" But they pudgy man just walked away. The man straightened. "Well then, I suppose one of your companions can come with you."
"I don't go anywhere without the both of them," the Doctor told him.
"I'm sorry. You're a code nine, these two are not. You're lucky that one of them can get in."
Kit had a feeling that she needed to go with the Doctor but didn't want say that. The Doctor looked between the two of them with a frowned.
"Actually," an older women pipped in, coming up beside them. "I need to talk to one of these here girls." Everyone gave her a questioning look. "Oh, don't worry. I just need to ask one of them some questions for my research on cottage hospitals."
"And how does talking to these girls have anything to do with cottage hospitals?" The man asked.
"Well, they're, er, young and if anyone is going to do something dangerous at the cottage, it's the youth," she explained. She took Rose hand and pulled her along. "Don't worry, I'll take care of her. We shouldn't be too long."
Rose gave the Doctor a pleading look. "But—I—" But Rose was out of sight before they could stop the women.
"Well, I guess that settles it." He gave Kit the ID badge. "Don't loose it." He then walked away.
The Doctor and Kit looked at each other. "Well, that was strange," the Doctor said.
"Very," Kit muttered.
She looked down at her ID badge. She got a strange feeling from it. It wasn't a good feeling and something was telling her to not put it on.
"What's wrong?" The Doctor asked, probably noticing her frown.
"I got a bad feeling, that's all. Like something's not right with this whole thing."
"I guess we'll find out. And even if something bad does happen, you got me to protect you," he told her with a smile.
Kit rolled her eyes. "Oh, yeah, that makes me feel so much better."
The Doctor glared at her. "Very funny. We should probably head down before they start."
Kit was about to agree when she saw the man that was giving her a headache go down a different hallway with a different pudgy man.
"You go, I, um, have to go to the bathroom."
"The bathroom? Now?"
Kit shrugged. "What can I say? I have a small bladder."
"Fine but don't be too long."
"Promise."
The Doctor left. Kit waited until he was out of sight and then went down the hallway where the two pudgy men went. Some security guards gave her questioning looks but she just showed her ID. When her headache increased by a door, she knew they were in there. She looked around and saw that no one was watching her. She then pressed her ear up to the door.
"Are you sure this won't work?" Kit heard one of the men say.
"Of course I'm sure. I know what happens, remember?" The other man said. "Killing the Doctor with the ID card like you plan to kill the others won't stop him."
"Then how are you going to kill him?"
"Just trust me."
"That's not good enough. I need to know."
Kit heard someone sigh. "Fine. I'll kill him with this."
"A laser blaster?"
"Simple but effective. The Doctor won't know what hit him." He started laughing. "Just make sure you distract him. I'll take care of the rest."
There was a pause. "You better be right about this."
"I am."
Kit suddenly heard foot steps coming to the door. She jumped back and rounded a corner, hiding behind a wall. Kit watched them leave the room and walk down the hall.
She sighed in relief and then looked down at the ID badge in her hands. She suddenly threw it to the ground and stepped on it. It smashed into little pieces.
Kit then ran back down where she came. She caught a glimpse of one of the men going in one door and the other, the one that gave her a headache, stand outside another. She watched him take out his gun and then put it behind his back. He then entered the room but not closing the door fully. Kit smiled. The universe was really working with her day. It did kind of owe her for the last trip.
Kit went up to the door and looked through the gap. What she saw, she wasn't expecting. A different pudgy man was unzipping his forehead. Blue light flashed before her eyes. He started to peel away his skin to reveal a big green alien. She only just recognized it. Her Doctor showed her a brief picture.
"We are the Slitheen," it told everyone.
The other man stood up from his chair. "Thank you all for wearing your ID cards." He took out a remote. "They'll help to identify the bodies."
He pushed a button and the ID badges emitted an electric shock to everyone but the Doctor.
"And for you Doctor," the future Slitheen said. "A quick death."
He took the blaster from behind his back and pointed it at the Doctors head.
A/N- Hey everyone! I hope you liked this chapter. This episode has really given me some trouble but I hope it's not too bad. Also, I'm having some trouble with this website. I'm pretty sure it's not giving alerts to people who follow my story. Hopefully it won't happen again but if you're not getting updates please let me know. Thank you!