Tea
Haha only a Brit would name a chapter that. Have fun.
Jack - Now this is not a good thing. Definitely not. I'm about to be sold as a slave in Tatum-Riga. Now I'm sure being sold as a slave is unpleasant anywhere, but it is common knowledge that before slavery was made illegal, the Tat-Rigans were known through the galaxy as the most brutal owners. They say that one slave-owner was so rich that instead of giving his slaves food when they were hungry, he worked them non-stop until they died of starvation, then just bought some more. Damn it Jack, you're in big trouble now...
-So the bidding is at 3000 credits...3500 to you sir...4000. 4500...up to 5000 creds...6000 to the gentleman there...7000 creds. 7000 credits? Any advance on 7000?
-7500 credits!
-Thank you, sir...7500 creds...any advance on 7500? Alright, going...going...gone to another mystery human in our fair city. Unchain him, boys! He's yours. If you'd like to hand over the creds…
-Fantastic, thanks you. Right all present and correct? Now run!
Rose - Well we managed to get back to the TARDIS, anyway. But it was a close thing.
-Did you see that brute nearly catch me, Jack? It actually grabbed my hair and all, but then it tripped on its on tail!
-No sorry, I missed it, seeing as I was trying to dodge what they were chucking at me. See that bruise, there? I'm certain one of the frying pans did that.
-Huh, you're lucky with a bruise. If we hadn't had found you…
-Yeah, who'd have though a so-called 'advanced civilization' would allow something like that? It's awful, I keep thinking of those poor little twin Rowners.
-Why so disgusted, Rose? The whole of the human Roman Empire was built on the back of slaves, not to mention the African Trade. It's been going on for centuries and on most planets round here.
-Well I was kinda surprised, seeing as I thought slavery'd been banned in Tatum-Riga. That was what I learned in school, anyway.
-Ah, we arrived a century too early. This city has a long way to go yet…
-Well great, but don't get it wrong again, will you? I thought for a minute there I'd be bought by that mine-owner.
-Oh Jack, poor you! I mean, anything could've happened to you. Could've broken a nail, even! Imagine!
-Look just 'cos I nicked your manicure kit once, Rose, doesn't mean you've got to keep on about it.
-I'm afraid she does, Jack. Plus, it's very funny.
-Oh great, you're ganging up on me again. You always take her side anyway, so how can I win anything? I'm going to bed, to try and recover from my harrowing experience that you two seem determined to ignore. 'Night.
-Night Jack, don't let the bedbugs bite…
-Seriously, watch out. Remember Panual V?
-How could I forget?
So Jack retreated into his cabin, leaving the Doctor and me in companionable silence. Well saying that, the Doctor is under the control panel banging something with a hammer and I'm lying stretched on the sofa with my nose in a book. My nose is actually in the book 'cos it's so thick. It's one of the Doctors Earth History books, because I'm determined to find sometime and place interesting for us to go. Because it's written by some human near Alpha Centauri in about 2500 AD, it's got nearly five hundred of Earth Future to me. Note to self: Tell Mum not to go to Saudi Arabia in May 2024 – the oil runs out and there's a very bloody revolution. The incessant hammering is beginning to annoy me. I put down my book and roll over to watch him. Rose! You're staring at his backside again! Stop it.
-Finished the book already, Rose?
-Eh? Oh, right. No, not yet.
-But you've been reading the last four hundred and ninety-four pages, I'm sure.
-Well, yes. Couldn't resist. What are you doing? Except messing around with that hammer.
-I never 'mess around' with hammers. The TARDIS is being a bit temperamental – have to make her better. It's nearly done.
-Good. I can't sleep with that hammering going on.
-Fancy a cup of tea before you drop off?
-Yeah, thanks. Milk, one sugar, remember.
-Of course I remember it by now. I'll bring it into you.
Now this is luxury. Me in my little nest of quilts, with some nice human music on, reading a copy of Cosmo. True, it's a year out of date and it's all very silly, but still. And the room just got a lot more interesting...
-You in here, Rose?
-Here, drowning in blankets. Tea! Ta.
-No problem. Can I come in? You've done a lot to the cabin, very human.
-Very human? What do you mean...it's my home, this is.
-Your home, Rose? This isn't...
-I've been travelling with you for two years now, spent about a week back in London altogether. It's home for me.
-Ah, well. Good.
-Doctor, um, can I ask about what you said to that that guy Sind-Arak? I mean, he looked scared shitless. Plus you suddenly turned from a pleb into 'sire'. Want to give a girl a hint?
-You won't like it. I'd rather not...
-I think I've heard enough in my life not to be too shocked. Except maybe by Jack's sordid love life...never again. Come on, Doctor. I'd rather know than be worrying about all for ages.
-Alright, I told him my name...well, the name I'm called on Betelgeuse VII at any rate. Ranatusus - Lord, Destroyer of All.
-Destroyer? But you...I mean, you don't do that. You save people -
-And when I'm not saving the Universe? I've watched magnificent civilisations crumble into chaos and anarchy. When I save someone, someone else falls. Death is with me all the time, and he's not such a great companion, believe me.
-You've told me this before, but you have to do it. So what if you always seem to run into trouble? You do save people, Doctor. Remember Jamie in War London? You said it, 'Everybody lives!' And they did, because of you.
-Look Rose, ever thought about what I did before I met you and blew up a shopping centre? I'd just been on Adgareeza. You wouldn't know about it, I left it as plague-infected war-zone. There were beings lying on the streets too weak to move, and the maniac dictator who was in charge of half a continent sent his troops in. It was a massacre, and I could do nothing about it. I left, and the guilt nearly tore me apart. Then I landed on Earth again...
-...and you found me.
-Yes, I found you. I'm so glad I did... What other music have you got on that thing of yours, then?
-Oh, lots of stuff. Have a look if you want, I'm just going to brush my teeth. Mind out, got to untangle myself from these blankets.
the Doctor – I shouldn't have told her. But shouldn't she know that I'm seen as a monster all over the universe? The Time Lords were always seen as messengers of chaos, and I'm the only one left. When I close my eyes I see everything, marching across the darkness. And she's the light; she makes me forget all the pain and suffering I've seen over the centuries. Damn it, if she would ever leave me...What's on this little music thing, then? Hmmm, weird human pop…aha, fantastic!
-Who's this then, Doctor?
-The Kinks, saw them in Glastonbury sometime during the 70's. Now that was a good gig. Where'd you get it from?
-Oh, Mickey was messing about with it last time I was in London. He must've left some stuff on. You went to Glasto?
-Yeah, a few regenerations ago now.
-Cool, I can imagine you up to your knees in mud. Can I change it to something else? How about Jack Johnson…
Never knowing
We're shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments, we're clever but we're clueless
We're just human, amusing and confusing
We're trying but where is this all leading?
We'll never know
-That's humans for you.
-Clueless? Just cos we've not managed inter-galactic travel yet…
-Nah, you'll get there. This is curiosity, that's what drives humans forward. The need to know how everything works, it's fantastic.
-That's why you like us so much?
-Yes…I suppose so.
It's always better when we're together
We'll look at the stars when we're together
-Goodnight, Rose.
Sorry about the cheating, people. Using the wonderful Jack Johnson to get them just in that frame of mind, instead of using my own words. Shocking. But it is lovely though; I'll leave it to your imaginations to think up what was happening during that last bit. Sorry this is relatively short, but had to sell Captain Jack and set the Doctor/Rose mood somewhere. How is everyone? Don't worry, just grin and bear it. Am in a philosophical mood tonight…what's the point of it all? Hmmm. Would you like to review? Mae Ffion wedi blino gyda'r bywyd hyn. Ond mae'r dyfodol yn dod, rhaid dal arno'n dyn. Caru ti.