A N: I know how late this chapter is, please forgive me! I am sorry. Okay, enough with the boring intro thing, here is the chapter!
Roy was sitting on his bed attempting to sew up a hole in his overalls. He wasn't really doing a good job either. He kept poking himself in the finger and the stitching was loose and messy. He had his mind mostly on Elli and he knew she could do a better job.
Roy was sucking on his finger after poking himself for the fifth time when he was interrupted by the sound of Doctor's voice. Roy was feeling resentful to hearing what doctor had to say. It seemed as though his presence brought bad news.
The doctor cleared his throat. "I am afraid that I am the bearer of bad news, Roy." But before he could actually get to what was wrong, Roy cut him off.
"Listen, Doctor. I know Elli hates me. I know she doesn't want to marry me. It's nice of you to come and make it official and all, but I get the point." He put his head in his hands.
"Well, she does seem to be quite upset with you," Doctor replied. "But that is not the bad news," he added.
Roy looked up at Doctor and gave him a look that clearly suggested he did not know what could possibly be worse than what he had thought Doctor was going to tell him. "Well…what is it? Does it have anything to do with Elli?" Roy asked, and for one rare occasion, he was completely serious.
Doctor seemed as though his shoes were exceedingly fascinating and his eyes could not leave them. "Well," he finally said, "I'm afraid so Roy. You see, Elli has…unfortunately caught her grandmother's sickness and she isn't well."
There was a brief silence as Roy realized what he had said. His first reaction was fear, but it was over clouded by a sense of disbelief. "But, but, I thought Ellen was just old and like, her liver was practically dead, or something."
"Err, well, that is what I though too." Doctor took a big breath as though preparing himself for what he was about to say. "But it seems I was wrong." Doctor made a defeated sigh and Roy could swear he saw the light shine off of a tear trickling down his cheek. Amazing, Roy thought, how he could be so untouched when he finds out Elli has a fatal illness, and yet find so much emotion that he is moved to tears when he is wrong. Doctor wiped his face and continued as if he was talking about the weather. "Elli has had all the same symptoms of her grandmother and if she doesn't obtain the right medicine, there could be a chance that she will die."
"And you haven't given it to her yet, why?"
"We don't have it here. This is a very rare disease, and the medicine required is far away and there are many risks in going to fetch it," Doctor said.
Roy thought for a moment. "I could get it. I could go get the medicine."
"I repeat, there are many risks in going to fetch it." Doctor could tell by Roy's face that nothing could persuade him from not going. He sighed in a way that told Roy he would have a chance to go get the medicine after all.
"It's called the Elixir of Life," he said. "It's made by an old woman on a place called Windfall Island. However, the trip there will be dangerous. There are pirates, sharks, and an evil wind god who sends tornadoes at you."
Roy's brief moment of seriousness passed and he yawned and pretended that he had heard everything. "Sounds great…you can come with me."
"What?" Doctor was a bit surprised at this comment. "Of course not! It is way too dangerous. I think you're crazy to go."
"Well I think you're crazy to sit around on you butt while my fiancée is dying in Celia's house."
When Roy was four, he had a small turtle named Specks. Specks was a gift from his parents, but the excitement wore off soon after he got him. Roy didn't mind feeding him or cleaning his cage, but he was a bit disappointed when he found out that his new pet did nothing but eat and sleep. Sometimes, he would sit by Speck's cage on a plastic chair that was about twelve inches high and just stare blankly at his turtle hoping that he would do something interesting.
It was on one such occasion that he noticed the unavoidable stare that his turtle possessed. Specks was eating a leafy piece of lettuce when he looked up at the four year old and gave him a penetrating look, and suddenly, Roy felt like he had to clean the cage of his turtle just to make him stop staring. Then it hit him: this stare could get you anything you want.
For the next week, Roy practiced this stare. And he found that he was right; this was a look that would help him the rest of his life.
Roy looked at Doctor, gave him the cold, hard stare that he had mastered so many years ago. Doctor squirmed uncomfortably and tried to avoid his eyes, but it was no use. It was as though his eyes were glued to Roy's. He continued to stare and finally, Doctor caved in.
"Alright! I'll go! We should leave today if we want any chance of saving Elli. I still can't believe your making me go with you," he muttered. "I hate boats, I always get sea sick."
"Be a man, Hillary! Pack some Tum's and bring a paper bag," Roy retorted as he began to pack his suitcase. Let's see…tooth paste, snorkel, pajamas, yep, I am all set." Roy picked up his bag and his guitar and started to make his way down the stairs.
"What is that for?" Doctor called after him referring to the guitar.
"You said it was a long trip, right?" Roy answered as he ran down the stairs with Doctor following him. Doctor caught up with Roy and suggested that they stop by his house to get his baggage.
They entered Celia's house, Roy feeling extremely uncomfortable. Luckily for him, Elli was asleep. He could almost feel his heart break as he saw her lying in Celia's bed sound asleep, most likely thinking of ways to keep him out of her house. Though he would probably regret this, Roy walked over to Elli. He wanted to hold her, tell her everything was all right, though it was far from that.
Roy stepped closer, ready to lean over and-
"Sorry, visiting hour doesn't start for another 43 minutes. Thank you," Doctor told him as he stepped in front of him.
"You're most welcome," Roy muttered.
"Now come on Roy." Roy followed Doctor past Celia and took him downstairs into his basement. It was pitch black until Doctor lit a torch. Roy looked around him self. He was in a long, stone hallway with a large wooden door at the end. Their foot steps echoed through the hallway as they made their way to the door.
Doctor stopped for a moment and waited for Roy to catch up. He put his hand against one of the bricks and the door at the end of the hallway swung open. Roy's eyes widened. They had entered a large room filled with every kind of weapon imaginable. What did Doctor do in his spare time?
Doctor grabbed several knifes and handed them to Roy. "In the hands of an expert, a knife has over a hundred uses."
"Remind me again how you became the expert," Roy said slowly.
"Five years in the NSA. Then I started my weapon collection, which is what you see here today," he answered as he tossed Roy a grappling hook and a back pack to put it all in.
"Right…"
The door opened once again and Celia burst in and threw her arms around Doctor.
"Where are you going Hillary? I want to know what is going on!"
"Roy and I need to leave to get the Medicine for Elli," he answered as he pried Celia off of him.
"But why the weapons? You know how I hate to see you using them. And why is he here," she asked as she pointed a threatening finger at Roy.
"These are just in case we get into trouble. And we can trust Roy, right?" He turned and looked at him. Roy nodded vigorously.
"Doctor, you are not taking any weapons with you! If you do, I won't marry you." She crossed her arms and looked away. Doctor groaned.
"Fine, we won't take anything. Just let us have one knife," he pleaded. Finally Celia agreed to let him bring one knife and the grappling hook, though she still seemed reluctant to let him go at all.
"What if you miss our wedding day? What if you get captured by pirates and our forced to sing your way out of capture?"
"Celia, that will never happen. We will be fine, trust me." They embraced.
"I will miss you…" she whispered in his ear as he held her in his arms.
Doctor noticed Roy waiting uncomfortably, and told him to go get a boat. Roy started down the hall way, but stopped and looked back over his shoulder and saw Doctor bend down, and kiss his fiancée on the lips. Passionately. "Okay, I admit it: you are one hell of a man, Doctor," Roy said to himself. Quickly turning his head, Roy continued down the path at a much faster pace.
Dr. Hardy leaned over Elli's bed. "She seems to be waking up."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Elli let out a piercing scream and punched Dr. Hardy in the face.
"Calm down Elli! It's just Dr. Hardy," Celia said shaking her cousin.
"He is Dr. Hardy? He's got a freakin' eye patch!" she shouted. Elli tried to calm down, but her thoughts went back to Roy, and she couldn't help but feel anxious again.
"Where is Roy?" Elli asked her cousin with a worried look.
"He…he left."
Elli's mouth dropped open. He left? He went back home? Why hadn't she apologized before? Now it was too late and he had left her. Celia noticed Elli's depressed expression and tried to say something comforting, but before she could Elli leaped out of bed and dashed out of the building.
Doctor Hardy, who was quite calm considering what had just happened, turned to Celia. "I don't think you should say any more to Elli about Roy. In her condition, it would be best if she didn't get to emotional. Besides, we don't want her running all over town!"
Elli had no idea where she was going. She just kept running, tears streaming down her face. She kept bumping into people because her vision was blurry from tears. Her throat felt dry and her heart was pounding, but she paid no attention as all she could think about was how she messed up, how wrong she was.
Elli stopped for a moment to catch her breath. She had run all the way across town and now her lungs were on fire. She looked up and saw the field of forget-me-nots. She remembered the days when she was with him, when nothing was wrong. She ran into the field, looked up at the sky as if asking the gods 'why', and collapsed on the ground in tears.
Happy? I did a nice long chapter to make up for it being so late. New side to Doctor, neh? I don't know for sure, but I think I am the first person to do a story where doctor was in the NSA. The NSA is like CIA, except more secretive or what ever.