Still don't own Doctor Who. More's the pity.
The Doctors and the two Roses were escorted into a lift at the end of the room. The two Roses were drawing some attention from the guards.
"You're me, aren't you?" Leather jacket Doctor said.
"Yeah." Brown suit Doctor replied.
"What? What're you talking about? And who's she?" Leather jacket's Rose asked.
"We'll explain later." Brown suit replied, and turned back to leather jacket. "Right now, we have to be ready for the time-healers. This kind of paradox is sure to attract them, worse that rose met herself as well. They should be here any minute. You," He pointed to one of the guards. "How old is this place?"
"Intruder's don't have the right to ask questions. You'll have to answer to Mr Van Statten." He replied in an American accent.
"Who?" Leather jacket's Rose asked.
"The lift stopped at level 01 and the guards stepped out, escorting the prisoners down a corridor and into an office at the end. A small, moustached man sat at a desk, with a young man with brown hair and faint stubble showing him a strange looking device.
"…I paid $800,000 for it." The young man was saying in a British accent when they came in.
"Right." Leather jacket Doctor said, ignoring the guards who had their guns trained on him. "You, baldy, how old is this place?"
"Shut it." A woman wearing a Bluetooth headset snapped. "You show respect when you speak to Mr Van Statten."
"No, it's all right Miss Goddard." Van Statten replied. "I like your attitude." He said to leather jacket Doctor. "And for your information, this place is less than twenty years old. Thoroughly modern."
"Damn." Brown suit Doctor muttered. "Right, we need to come up with something fast. First, we should get up to speed with each other."
"Right." Leather jacket replied.
"Hold it." Goddard interrupted. "First you explain who you are and how you got in."
"Well then," Leather jacket stepped forward. "I'm the Doctor and he's the Doctor, and these are Rose Tyler. We came here in a time machine, but we're both from different timelines. I'm from the future; he's from slightly less of the future. Now, if that settles things, we need to talk." He turned back to the other Doctor and stood next to him, both of them closing their eyes.
"Contact." Brown suit said.
They stood there, some mental connection supposedly between them.
"Ok." Leather Jacket's Rose grabbed Brown Suit's Rose and took her aside. "What the hell is going on? Who are you and who's he? How come you've got a Tardis too? I thought the Doctor was the last of the Time Lords?"
"He is." Brown Suit's Rose replied. There didn't seem much point in keeping the future a secret. The Doctor – either of them – didn't seem to care. "Listen, the guy I'm with is the Doctor. He does this thing, when his body's worn out he… grows another one instead of dying. We're both from the future. Well, our future anyway. And I'm you."
"Oh my God." Leather Jacket's Rose breathed. She reached out a hand and touched her counterpart's face.
"No!" Brown Suit's Rose jumped back. "You can't touch me! If you do, you'll create a time-space paradox that'll threaten the very fabric of the Universe!" She took a moment to think about what she had just said. "Oh my God. I actually understand what that means. Listen; you know when you went back to the day your dad died? No, of course you don't, it hasn't happened yet. Anyway, there're these creatures that'll come and try to kill everyone to 'fix time', because us meeting has made a sort of paradox."
"Right." Leather Jacket's Rose tried to take all this in. "So, basically, you're me, and he's him." She motioned to the two Doctors.
"Yeah."
"Wow. Lucky me in a while, then."
The Time Lord's minds were linked. Information passing from one brain to the others'. Memories, messages, all in the brief space of a few minutes. But there was something missing… something the future Doctor was holding back.
Why? The past Doctor asked.
You don't need to know. The future Doctor said.
The past Doctor settled for this, and continued in the flow of information. But he was still curious… what lay behind the barrier of this new Doctor's mind?
