Here be chapter 9! We have thought long and hard about this… well, not really. To anyone who was confused: the chappy titles have nothing to do with the chappy. It's just our crazy minds at work.

Anyway, we don't own Doctor Who or Sailor Moon. I know, big shock for everyone, but… it's true. Now… without further ado, ooooooonnnnn with the story!!!!

Chapter 9: The Mission

11:59 p.m. Peri's room

The darkened hall was silent. It had been that way for a few hours now. Then, a shred of light broke the peace…

"Come on, the coast is clear." A brown haired girl stepped out of a room. She had on a pink pajama shirt with matching pants. She quickly shuffled to her right. "Hurry," she whispered.

Another head popped out of the doorway. "I'm coming." A blonde stepped out next, her pajamas obviously oversized, made for men. The sleeves came down to cover her hands and the legs were rolled, so she wouldn't trip more than usual. "Rei, hurry. I'm hungry."

The next to appear was a raven-haired girl in a red shirt and plaid pants. "Fine," she mumbled, an exasperated look on her face. "Why do we have to do this in the middle of the freaking night?" She rolled her eyes and reluctantly followed the other girls.

Peri, the one in pink, turned to Usagi, who was behind her. "We've gotta be quiet. The Doctor's probably asleep."

Rei snorted. "Well," she whispered loudly. "If he was asleep we would probably hear him snoring."

The other two laughed then muffled their giggles. Usagi turned to Rei and held a finger up to her lips. "Shh, Rei-chan. We have to be quiet." And, at that exact moment, Usagi stomach growled, protesting rather loudly to not having food. The growl echoed through the hall. Rei smirked. "Tell that to your stomach."

Peri, well in the lead, stifled her giggles to peer around the corner at the first intersection. "No one… lets go!"

Usagi held up her hands in a gun formation. "Duh duh duh da da duh duh da da duh." She hummed the Mission Impossible theme as she stalked down the hall barefooted. Usagi looked left, looked right, then made a mad dash for the far side of the intersection. Unfortunately for her, Peri had stopped again to wait for the people behind her. Peri, seeing the girl heading for her, jumped forward a bit, then tripped. Usagi landed on top of Peri, and the two became entangled.

"You get up!"

"No, you get off me!"

"I can't believe this, just stand up!!!!"

Rei sighed and strolled carelessly across the intersection. Her friend gasped and grabbed her by the ankle, pulling her down into the mess.

"Don't be slow Rei, the Doctor might see you! We have to be sneaky, use our elements of surprise!" Usagi said, proud of her strategy.

Snorting, the Martian pulled her leg from Usagi's grasp and pulled the blonde up after her. Finally free of buns-head, Peri stood up and straightened her pajamas. "Sheesh, I never thought you two would be so much trouble!" The two Japanese looked abashed for a moment, unsure what to say. "Oh well, it's fun though! Two girls to be entirely illogical and silly with, who won't complain that I complain too much… and eat too much… and talk to much…" She trailed off. Peri thought a moment then spoke again. "Oh well, what does he know anyways? Let's go get some food!"

At the mention of food, Usagi bounced on her heels, arms flapping hysterically. "Oooooooooh, good idea!!! Let's go!" Rei called this her "I'm-so-happy-let's-eat" dance. Usagi skipped down the hall and Peri, not to be outdone, bolted down the hall towards food. Peri passed Usagi, causing the blonde to pause in her skipping.

"Hey, slow down, we don't know how to get there!" she yelled after Peri, forgetting their earlier decision to "sneak" to the "kitchen."

Peri glibly replied "I don't either!" Laughing generously, she turned a corner two intersections down and stopped dead, just out of sight. "Oh, here it is," she mumbled.

Rei caught up with Usagi as well, and casually sauntered past her. Deciding that she did not want to be last to the food machine, the Odango-princess darted past Rei and towards the corner that Peri had disappeared around.

Rei heard a characteristic "Ooomph!" then more mutterings and threats.

"You shouldn't have stopped so close to the corner!"

"How was I to know that you were going to run?"

Both stopped and looked at each other for a moment. They locked eyes, then examined each other's pajamas. Then both tore into giggles. Peals of laughter echoed through the TARDIS corridors. Rei took this opportunity to make another sarcastic comment, smiling benignly as she said it. "So much for silent infiltration!" Yet again she helped both of them up. Rei took a seat on the bench, letting both of the other girls get their food first. The food machine looked as though it were about to sprout legs and run away, after recognizing Usagi from its earlier beating.

The trio all coaxed food from the unfortunate machine. Peri and Usagi's plates closely resembled each other's, consisting mostly of chocolate and other sugary delights. Rei's consisted of a cup of green tea and a few cookies. The other two had piled confections on top of each other until their plates were heaped high. Only one thing distinguished Usagi's from Peri's.

"Hey! What is this carrot doing here?"

Usagi disgustedly pointed at the miscreant vegetable. She wouldn't even touch it. She grabbed a napkin and used the napkin as a shield between her and the nutritious object. Flinging it off her plate, the offending carrot hit Rei on the forehead. The miko just looked up patiently and kept munching her cookies. After a moment she spoke, to stop the giggling that Peri had taken up, and the gasp that Usagi had emitted.

"You know, one of these days, you should consider eating one of these. It might do you some good. Beta Keratin is good for eye sight."

"My eyes work perfectly fine thank you."

"Well, all I'm saying is that perhaps you won't trip near as much if you can see the things you trip over…"

Usagi crossed her arms and looked mad for a moment. Then she continued scarfing food. Doughnuts and cookies and chocolates and Snap-Krackle-Pop bars and chips all disappeared in the cavern of her mouth.

All three ate in companionable silence. Silence punctuated with giggles. And with Peri trying to talk with her mouth full. Okay, so maybe it wasn't quite silence…. Their eating became more and more pronounced until all abandoned the premise of stealth. Even Rei was laughing and having trouble drinking her green tea. She inhaled her cookies just like the other two. Then she stopped.

"Wait! Peri… Usagi… quiet." She looked at the two, each on opposite ends of the table, and grabbed their arms to settle them. "Could you PLEASE stop giggling???"

Usagi giggled a bit more, then responded with "No! Peri's funny!" To this, Peri laughed even more. Then they saw Rei's face, and their laughter died quickly.

"Something's coming… I don't know what, but I sense…" Peri and Usagi leaned forward, waiting for her to finish the sentence, her proclamation of doom.

Rei couldn't.

The door from the Console room was flung open, revealing….

To be continued…

Don't you just love our cliffhangers????? What does it reveal? And is it clothed? Could it be????? NO! MAYBE? YES!! You'll just have to find out in our next chapter appropriately named: "Everybody Hates Mel!"