Title: Wolf Whispers
Rating: T/M
Summary: All Charlotte 'Charlie' Banks wished for was her freedom and her prayers were answered in the form of a Doctor.
Pairing: Nine/Charlie
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Disclaimer: I own Charlie and any other OC characters. I do not own Doctor Who.
Wolf Whispers
Previously
"There you go. Out those doors, is London, 2023. Your back home, Charlie."
"Really?" Charlie beamed, she couldn't wait to see her dad and sleep in her own bed, instead of a solid mattress on a cell floor.
"Yep. Have at it!" he gestured to the doors and Charlie all but ran to them. She took a breath before pushing them open and stepping out.
"Erm, Doctor?" she called hesitantly from outside
"Yeah?" he called back, lifting his jacket from the seat and putting it on. The least he could do was make sure she was settled before leaving her…if that was what she wanted.
"Could you come here a moment!" the Doctor frowned at the urgent tone and quickly made his way out the TARDIS
"What's wrong- oh!" he blinked stupidly, they seemed to be aboard a space station. Though it was dark and empty, from what he could see from the multiple storage boxes and furniture, there should be people around.
"I'm sorry to say, this isn't London, 2023." Charlie said as she took in the creepy dark station.
The Doctor sighed, he went to apologise and suggest they return to the TARDIS, when suddenly a near by door slammed open and torch lights shined on the duo, blinding them
"Hands in the air!" a stern male voice called as Charlie and The Doctor found themselves surrounded with half a dozen guns pointed at them.
Slowly they both raised their hands, eyes wide. Charlie turned her head and glared at the Doctor who offered a sheepish smile
"Oops?"
Wolf Whispers
~The Bridge, Apollo Ark. 7541
The planet, Pivonoe, was not unlike Earth in regard to its atmosphere. This made it a perfect place to build a human colony. Captain Read of the Apollo Ark was in charge to make sure everything went smoothly. After all she had over 15,000 colonists to find a home for. Captain Read had to stay abord to keep an eye on everything on the Ark, so she sent down a ground team made up of 4 scouts.
"Now remember this is reconnaissance only. If you encounter any wildlife or other inhabitants, remember to follow protocol. We only get one shot at saying 'Hello'. Good luck down there." Captain Read told her ground team. She prayed everything went right, they had a lot riding on this.
~Landing Zone, Pivonoe. 7541
The ground team entered the shuttle after gearing up and made their descent to the planet. The team was understandably nervous, but they were experienced scouts and could handle anything.
The planet was beautiful, the sky was blue just like earth and there was all kinds of alien plant life and wildlife roaming the landing zone. The air made it possible for them to remove their helmets and take in the planet more. They spent a few hours scouting the land for their colony and they ventured a bit further.
Unknown to them, they were being silently watched. The eyes followed their every move as the 'watchers' whispered back and forth to each other. The ground team continued to search around the area when one of the team saw a shadow moving into a cave. He halted his fellow scouts and pointed out what he saw. Together, the ground team made their way slowly to the cave. The cave was dark and damp, it was silent apart from the wind whistling through the cave.
As they ventured further into the cave, there was a scream and sudden gun shots before multiple shots followed it, and then there was silence.
Wolf Whispers
~Operations, Apollo Ark. 7541
Charlie continued to glare at the Doctor who was avoiding her eyes as they were frogmarched from the TARDIS and through the space station.
"Where are you taking us?" The Doctor asked one of the guards at his side,
"The Captain would like to know how you and your box got onboard and into the Operations area, given there was no aircraft on the scanners." the guard deadpanned, glaring at him cautiously.
"Where is everyone?" Charlie asked as she looked around, she hadn't seen another person apart from the guards.
"The Captain will discuss that if required." Another guard told her,
"She's right you know. This place looks like its set to house at least 10,000 people" The Doctor said, confused as to why a large ship would be so empty.
"Enough!" the guard said sternly, making the Doctor snap his jaw closed.
"Someone's moody." Charlie whispered to herself. The Doctor heard this and tried to conceal his sniggers.
Wolf Whispers
~The Bridge, Apollo Ark. 7541
Charlie and the Doctor were shown to the Bridge where Captain Read was waiting for them. Charlie was not going to lie. She was quite nervous. Sure, she had taken the whole 'alien' thing in stride, but that didn't mean she was ready to be dragged through a spaceship at gunpoint.
"It'll be okay." The Doctor whispered to his young friend. He could see how nervous she was about this whole thing. He was lucky, everywhere he went he seemed to be drawn into something, so he was used to it.
Charlie smiled forcibly as she continued to eye the guns with apprehension; Her mind reciting every bit of training she was put through.
"Captain Read," one of the soldiers saluted, "We've brought the intruders, ma'am."
"Thank you, Adams. You're dismissed." She folded her hands behind her back and walked down the steps towards Charlie and the Doctor.
"Captain Read," she introduced herself "You will identify yourself and how you came to be aboard this ark." She ordered, standing firm.
"I'm the Doctor and this is Charlie." The Doctor removed his psychic paper from his pocket and held it out to the Captain, "We've been sent to help."
"Doctor John Smith and Trainee Agent Charlie Banks," she read out making Charlie frown confused, she hoped the Doctor would explain "Universal Investigation Department. Looks like they got our message, follow me." She nodded and walked away expecting the duo to follow her.
"What was that? Universal what?" Charlie whispered to the Doctor, extremely confused as to why Captain Read would accept a blank piece of paper as ID.
"Psychic paper," he whispered back as they followed the Captain, "It tells the read whatever you want it to."
"But it was blank, shouldn't I have been able to see something too?" she asked.
"It only has a slight psychic property, because of your abilities, it must have cancelled it out." He explained as they stepped into a small conference room. The room had an oval-shaped table with seats around it, there was a large screen.
"Take a seat" the Captain said, they followed her instructions and she pulled up an image of a planet on the screen, "A few days ago, we sent a small team of scouts to do some reconnaissance on the planet below us. We are hoping to settle a colony on the planet, but our communication with the team cut out after receiving a final message," she flicked to the next image which showed the text 'HOSTILE INHABITANTS' flashing on screen, "We're not clear on what happened down there but we sent a notice out to the UID and they've sent you."
"Yep! That's correct, they totally sent us." Charlie beamed; the Doctor tried his best not to facepalm at her.
"Why is the ship so empty?" he asked Captain Read, "There should be at least over 10,000 people onboard and I've only seen a few guards at best."
"This is a colony ark. There's over 20,000 human colonists in Cryostasis pods onboard." The Captain told them.
Charlie shifted at the mention of Cryostasis. She had only just been rescued from her horrible ordeal; she didn't really want to be near Cryostasis pods if possible.
The Doctor nudged her with his arm slightly and raised his brows, silently asking if she was alright. The young girl nodded with a small smile at his concern before turning back to Captain Read.
"You'll be sent down to Pivonoe; the planet below along with another ground team made up of 4 soldiers. You are to find out what happened to the scouts and report on any hostile beings you come across." she told them, signalling them to follow her once again.
"We're not really going down there are we? With 'hostile beings'?" Charlie asked nervously playing with her braid.
"It'll be okay. This is what I do, I help people. I can't very well leave until I find out what's happened." The Doctor told her. To be honest he welcomed the distraction these days. It hadn't been that long ago since the Time War and it was still fresh in his mind. All his people, his family… he shook his head removing that thought from his head. He couldn't think about that right now.
Wolf Whispers
~Shuttle Bay, Apollo Ark. 7541
The Shuttle bay was quite big. There were two dark blue Kodiak shuttles along with an armory, several weapon modification stations, a small gym and a lot of cargo containers.
Charlie and the Doctor met with the small team that was going groundside with them and the Doctor was handed a communication device linked to Captain Read.
"Zack Matthews" English male in his thirties with brown shaved hair and blue eyes.
"Olga Gerbur" a young German woman with blonde neck length hair and blue eyes, she was in her mid to late twenties.
"Sami Franco" an Italian/American female in her early thirties with brown hair in a tight bun with green eyes.
"Vern Boil" a middle-aged American male with no hair and brown/green eyes.
The group of six entered one of the shuttles and readied themselves for descent.
"You'll be fine. I'll won't let anything happen to you." The Doctor held her hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Okay." Charlie whispered; she could feel herself shaking slightly as the shuttle shuddered to take-off.
She really hoped nothing bad would happen while on the planet.
Wolf Whispers
~Landing Zone, Pivonoe. 7541
The shuttle landed near where the previous one did. The group got out the shuttle and took in their surroundings. Charlie was mesmerised. This was her first alien planet after all. She took in the different flora and fauna about her and smiled. It was unbelievable. The Doctor watched her with a smile, it was nice to see her happy after what she went through.
"Let's look around. See if we can see anything" The Doctor said, Charlie stayed close to the Doctor was they explored the area. He used his sonic screwdriver to scan everything he encountered.
"What's that?" Charlie questioned as they ventured a bit further than the landing zone.
"Sonic Screwdriver. Very handy tool to have" the Doctor said as the four soldiers caught up with them.
"Anything?" Zack asked, keeping his eyes peeled for movement of any kind.
"No, nothing." The Doctor said as he continued to scan the area.
As they approached a mountain side, Charlie began to shiver and look around her, something the Doctor took notice of.
"Charlie?" he asked softly, watching the red-head twitch "What's wrong?"
"I can feel someone watching us. More than one person, a group. It's making my skin crawl" she said back, rubbing her arms under her sleeves.
"Stay close" the Time Lord said, and he took her hand, so he didn't lose her.
The group came across a cave and decided to investigate. As they entered the cave, Charlie twitched harder and covered her nose.
"Doctor, somethings not right." She whispered and the ground team pressed on leaving the Doctor and Charlie near the entrance
"What do you smell?" he asked quickly, noticing she seemed to be recoiling while holding her nose.
"It smells like corpses. Not too long – just a few days. Smells human? Could be the scouts?" she suggested still holding her nose, she felt sick. She hated having enhanced senses that were five times stronger than regular humans.
"Right, come on!" he grabbed her hand, and they ran to catch up with the others, only to find them held at gunpoint by a group of what looked like human sized lizards. They had two arms and two legs, with a long, muscular tail. They also had four eyes which sat far in their sockets and were gold in colour.
"Doctor…" Charlie trailed off as the aliens turned their weapons on the duo.
"We surrender." The Doctor told the aliens who grabbed the group and took them to a transport beam that was further into the cave.
"Second time today, is this common?" Charlie asked as they "Aliens pointing guns at you."
"Usually," he shrugged, "Everything usually works out okay in the end. And the first lot were humans" he reminded.
"Right," Charlie sighed, "Do you know what species they are?"
"Sulae," he answered quietly, "Reptilian race. It's said their harmless, wonder what changed."
"Well, let's see if we can find out." The red head said as they were transported using the beam.
Wolf Whispers
~Transport, Sulae Base, Pivonoe. 7541
The group appeared in large alien base. There were several large alien devices placed around the room and there was limited lighting making it quite dark. The Sulae forced the group into another room, there was a larger Sulae in the room who spoke.
"More of your kind," he hissed, "Why do you torment us?"
"Torment you? You killed our scouts! And we will avenge them!" Zack exclaimed angrily and grabbed one of the alien's guns. He was about to pull the trigger when he was hit with the butt of the alien's gun and knocked out cold.
"Zack!" Sami cried as they were all grabbed by more Lizard-creatures.
"Take them away!" the larger one said as he turned to face a wall.
The group was dragged back out to the hallway and The Doctor along with the ground team were taken down a corridor to the right while Charlie was taken left.
"Doctor!" she cried as she realised, she was being separated from the others.
"Charlie! Where are you taking her!?" the Doctor shouted as he struggled to get to his young friend.
"Let go of me! Doctor!"
"I'll fix this, I promise!" he shouted to her as she disappeared down a dark corridor. He only hoped he could keep his promise.
Wolf Whispers
~Women's Camp, Sulae Base. Pivonoe. 7541
Charlie breathed deeply as she was separated from her new friend. She knew in herself that she could escape at any time, but she preferred not to use her abilities unless absolutely necessary. She trusted the Doctor to figure out what was happening, he had one of those faces and Charlie had always been an excellent judge in character.
"Where are you taking me?" she questioned one of the Sulae.
"Woman Camp." The male Sulae answered.
"But why just me?" Charlie asked frowning as they passed down a long hallway, "There were two other women taken with the others!" Charlie was extremely confused as to why only she was separated. It's not like the other two woman looked like men, they were very obviously women.
"They are soldiers, you are not." One of the guards said, pulling Charlie into another transporter beam with him.
Charlie opened her eyes as they landed in another dimly lit hallway.
'This place is just filled with hallways, god I'd get confused if I had to live here' she thought.
She was taken into a large room that was brightly lit compared to the rest of the of the place.
As she entered hundreds of eyes tuned to look at the strange pink fleshy being that was pushed in,
"Hello…" Charlie waved nervously at the attention she was receiving. Being alone in a room filled with aliens wasn't high on Charlie's bucket list, but she supposed none of what happened to her was.
One of the Sulae stepped forward and spoke.
"Who are you?" she asked fearlessly, the unknown creature wasn't armed and didn't look dangerous at all.
"M-my name is Charlie, I'm human – that is my species" Charlie stuttered in surprise when she heard the Sulae speak English. She thought that was strange given they were aliens, reptilian ones at that. She supposed they should be hissing or something…was that racist? She hoped not.
"Charlie, my name is Estoi." Estoi looked different from the male Sulae Charlie had seen. Her thick scales were a coral pink colour and she was slimmer than her male counterparts. In fact, all the Sulae in the room were all pale colours varying from pinks to blues.
"Estoi. That's a lovely name." Charlie smiled, "Can I ask, do you what's going on? I arrived with my friend, the Doctor, to find out what happened to the humans that came before us."
Estoi looked back at the other females and the children that were peeking out from their mother's legs, gazing at the strange creature.
"We haven't heard much." She began, "One of the guards said that they discovered a shuttle landing not too far away. They went to investigate and came across your kind. They watched for a while, observing them until they entered the cave." She explained to Charlie as they both sat down.
Wolf Whispers
~Command Centre, Sulae Base. Pivonoe. 7541
The Doctor was panicking inside, he needed to find Charlie and find out what happened here. He still didn't understand. The Sulae were a passive race, they once welcomed other species, it didn't make sense for them to suddenly become aggressive.
The ground team were still restrained whilst the Doctor had been let go by the guards.
"The Chief would speak to you." A guard told the Doctor, who nodded and followed him to another room.
In the room, stood the large Sulae from the first room they encountered.
"Chief Busa, the prisoner as you requested." The guard touched his fist to his chest and left the room.
"You are different from the others," Busa spoke, watching the Doctor with careful eyes, "Two heart beats, what species are you?"
The Doctor closed his eyes and took a shaky breath,
"Time lord" he said quietly to the Chief.
"Truly?" Busa asked, shocked at the man that stood before him, he should be dead… or in an museum.
The Doctor swallowed a lump in his throat and nodded.
"I'm sorry for your loss" Busa said solemnly, the Doctor nodded in thanks and changed the subject.
"I want to help, but I don't know the whole story of what happened. I know about your species, Chief Busa. You're not an aggressive race."
"You're right. We're not." Busa sighed and gestured for the Doctor sit across from him, "When the humans arrived on Pivonoe, we observed them at first. There was just four of them and we were unsure as to what their purpose was. When they discovered the cave to our base…" he trailed off, rubbing a clawed hand across his face.
"They came across your guards." The Doctor nodded as he listened intently.
"Yes. I don't know if seeing them spooked the humans or if they were just trigger happy in general, but one of humans shot one of my men first. We have footage of it happening," Busa stood and walked over to the large alien device in the room. It looked like a large computer with multiple screens. He pressed some buttons and a screen lit up and played exactly how Busa told the Doctor.
The screen showed the guards standing by the transport and two humans appearing, one of the humans seemed to flinch and shoot their gun which hit one of the guards killing him. The other guards drew their weapons but didn't fire them. Two more humans appeared and started to shoot unprovoked causing the guards to retaliate and kill them.
The Doctor closed his eyes and sighed. This was all down to a trigger-happy human solider.
"How can I fix this?" the Doctor asked, feeling annoyed at the human who started this. Speaking of humans, he needed to find Charlie.
"I want the human commander to take responsibility for this mess. We are not in the wrong here. Humans showed up and caused this. I have women and children frightened." Busa hissed, his eyes narrowed into slits.
"I'll speak to the human Commander about this. Hopefully we can sort this out without anymore bloodshed." The Doctor told the Chief, "Is there anyway to contact the Female camp? I'd like to contact my friend if possible." He requested, he needed to tell Charlie what was going on.
Busa pressed a few buttons on the device to call down to the female camp. The biggest screen lit up as a slender coral pink Sulae came on the screen.
"Chief Busa," she hissed in greeting, "Doctor," she nodded at the Doctor who frowned having never met her before.
"Estoi," Chief Busa greeted the female leader, "The Doctor would like to speak to the human female,"
Estoi nodded and gestured to the side of her, Charlie stepped into the shot.
"Doctor!" she smiled, happy to see him again.
"Charlie, I'm glad your alright." He grinned at her, "I've discussed the situation with Chief Busa, and he has shown me footage of–"
"The Humans shooting unprovoked," Charlie finished, at the look of surprise in the Doctor's eyes, she continued, "Estoi told me,"
"We need to find a way to contact Captain Read and explain what's happened," the Doctor said.
Wolf Whispers
~Containment Cells, Sulae Base. Pivonoe. 7541
The ground team stood huddled as they watched the two guards from inside their cell. They agreed that they had to gain control over the aliens. Sami clutched her chest as she pretended to have chest pains causing the guards to open the cell to check on her.
When the guards entered, Zack and Vern quickly dispatched them and took their weapons. The group decided to split up, Sami and Vern would take the route that Charlie was taken down and Zack along with Olga explored the base looking for other guards.
Wolf Whispers
~Women's Camp, Sulae Base. Pivonoe. 7541
Charlie played with some children after her discussion with the Doctor who was going to try and contact Captain Read, she only hoped they could resolve this without any more bloodshed. She enjoyed playing with the children, they were just like human children in regard to how they acted. Charlie also spoke with a few adults, but she mainly stayed with the kids.
She was in the middle of playing with Saede - a female child with coral-coloured scales, when there was a grunt of pain from outside the doors. Charlie stood and placed Saede behind her as the doors opened revealing Sami and Vern,
"What are you doing?" Charlie asked in shock as they raised their guns at the females and children.
"Humans need this planet." Vern snarled as he kept an eye on the Sulae.
"Just calm down," Charlie said slowly as she edged towards the two humans.
"They killed our people!" Sami argued, "Why shouldn't we retaliate?"
"You don't even know what actually happened!" Charlie argued back, "Maybe if you let them explain-"
"No! We've done enough talking it's time for action!" Vern yelled, scaring everyone but Sami and Charlie.
"We haven't done any talking!" Charlie yelled back, seriously pissed off at the humans in front of her, "You lot have been looking for 'action' since we landed on the planet!"
"Enough of this!" Sami rolled her eyes and grabbed Saede from the crowd causing her and the other children to cry in fear, and the females to grab the other children to keep them safe. None dared move towards the humans in case they hurt Saede.
Charlie glared harshly at the two humans, suddenly she was in front of them surprising the rooms occupants who hadn't seen her move. Charlie punched Sami in the throat causing her to lose her grip on Saede who ran back to her mother. Charlie grabbed Sami's gun and smacked her round the head with it and knocking her out before spinning and kicking Vern's gun out of his hand and smacking him with the gun as well.
"Do you have anything to tie them up with?" Charlie asked Estoi who walked over to a cabinet that contained some weapons and restraints.
Charlie was passed some metal cuffs that reminded her of handcuffs, but they were chunkier and sturdier, she used them to restrain Sami and Vern before she sat them in a corner away from everyone.
"Keep an eye on them," she told Estoi who nodded and had a few females to stand guard with the guns from the humans.
"Charlie, take this," Estoi held out a boa staff to the young woman, "For protection," Estoi noticed she refrained from killing the humans, so she figured a weapon she could use to intercept the humans rather than kill them.
"Thank you, Estoi." Charlie took the black and gold staff from the woman and ran from the room.
Wolf Whispers
~Command Centre, Sulae Base. Pivonoe. 7541
The Doctor and Chief Busa were speaking to Captain Read after managing to contact her with the device the Doctor was given. They explained the situation and even sent the footage to the ark for her to view. Captain Read agreed to find another planet to settle on and she apologised for the trouble her people caused.
Meanwhile with Zack and Olga, they had finished exploring the station and were making their way back to the Command Centre. They took care of any guards they came across and they stood outside the room where the Doctor and Chief Busa were.
The Doctor and Chief Busa were discussing what to do next when they heard the door opening and guns powering up. They turned to see Zack and Olga standing there with their guns pointed at them,
"Whoa, let's just calm down," The Doctor tried to sooth the humans.
"I don't think so, we're taking this planet," Zack smirked.
"Captain Read already knows everything. We showed her the footage of what really happened. The ground team shot first and they killed the Sulae guards unprovoked,"
"Liars! They must have altered the footage somehow!" Olga yelled and was about to pull the trigger when her legs were swept out from beneath her causing her to drop her weapon, Zack turned to help his friend when his gun was kicked out of his hand and both Zack and Olga were hit in the head hard knocking them both unconscious
"Charlie!" The Doctor grinned happily seeing his friend again. He would have rather dealt with them in a non-violent way, but even he could see that he and Chief Busa would have been shot if the redhead hadn't turned up at that moment.
"Hello, Doctor," Charlie lowered the staff and approached the men, "Can we leave now?" she desperately wanted to get home to see her dad and sleep in her own bed.
The Doctor laughed at his new friend and turned to Chief Busa who thanked them both for their help. After making sure the guards were okay (having only been knocked out which surprised them), the Doctor and Charlie along with the restrained ground team, made their way back to the landing zone with a guard escort.
Captain Read had sent down another shuttle along with some guards to keep an eye on the ground team. The Doctor boarded the shuttle and Charlie was about to follow when she heard her name being called,
"Charlie!" she turned to see Estoi running after them, "I wanted to give you this, as thanks for protecting us," Estoi held out a small package, Charlie opened it to see a blue crystal necklace.
"Wow, it's beautiful," Charlie gazed at the necklace as it seemed to glow as she held it.
"The crystal shows the mood the wearer is in. It's blue now, which means you feel happy and sociable. I included a list of colours in the package, so you know what each one means" Estoi smiled at the redheaded human.
"I love it, thank you," Charlie hugged the woman and said goodbye as she stepped into the shuttle and buckled up. She waved as they took off back to the Ark.
Wolf Whispers
~Shuttle Bay, Apollo Ark. 7541
Captain Read was waiting for them when they exited the shuttle,
"Doctor," she greeted "Thank you again for your help, both of you" she nodded at Charlie who smiled at the Captain, "Get them out of my sight!" she ordered the guards who had the ground team and dragged them out the room.
"Thank you for agreeing to looking for somewhere else," the Doctor said.
"Well after what my men did, we couldn't very well stay here," Captain Read said as she walked with them back to Operations where the TARDIS was sat.
"Good luck, Captain" Charlie and the Doctor waved and entered the TARDIS.
The Doctor looked at Charlie who leaned against the railing,
"Let's get you home," He said and started to dance around the TARDIS.
Wolf Whispers
~Holland Park, London, 2023
Once the TARDIS stopped causing Charlie to fall to the floor laughing once again.
"Come on then, let's see if I got it right this time," The Doctor grinned and Charlie rushed to open the doors.
Charlie stepped out into the sun and grinned when she saw the familiar row of houses.
"You got it right," she said breathlessly, it had been so long since she had been home. She grabbed the Doctor's hand and dragged him with her up the trail towards the house.
Charlie stood outside the house gathering up the courage to knock on the door when it suddenly opened,
"Charlie?" the man in the door looked to be mid-forties with short red hair and blue eyes. He was about six-foot in height and was quite slim.
"Daddy!" Charlie cried and launched herself at her dad who caught her in surprise. He looked up at the man who stood behind his daughter and narrowed his eyes.
"Darling who's this? We weren't expecting you until tomorrow." Her dad, whose name was James, questioned.
"Let's go into the living room and I'll explain," Charlie suggested. Her dad nodded and led them both into the large family room after closing the front door.
~Banks Residence, Holland Park, London. 2023
Charlie sat beside her father on the sofa as the Doctor sat in an armchair.
"Where's Michael?" she asked her dad about his boyfriend's whereabouts.
"At work, he won't be home for a few hours," James told his daughter who snuggled back into him, "Darling what's happened?" his daughter seemed different, he knows it had been a while since she saw him because of the academy.
"Daddy the academy…it wasn't what you thought it was," Charlie sniffed, seeing her dad has made her emotional.
Charlie spent the next few hours explaining to her father what she went through for years, she told him about her training and the experiments. Her dad was upset that his daughter had to go through all that she has, and he was grateful to the Doctor for saving her.
By the end of her tale both Charlie and her father were crying, and the Doctor had deep sadness in his eyes. Charlie realised she'll probably have to repeat the tale again once Michael gets home, as if he could read her mid, James told his daughter.
"Don't worry about Michael, I'll explain what's happened" James wasn't 100% sure he believed in aliens but his daughter has never lied to him before, and she went through a horrible ordeal for years and this 'Doctor' saved her so he was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"I was in the middle of making lunch, do you guys want anything?" James asked and stood up after wiping his eyes.
"I'm okay just now, daddy." Charlie smiled and the Doctor shook his head as well. James left the room leaving the two of them alone.
"I should get going," The Doctor said quietly to Charlie who looked at him.
"Oh," she said softly, she made a new friend in the Doctor and she was saddened that he was leaving, and she might never see him again.
"I was thinking…if you wanted to," the Doctor started, "you could come with me?"
"Is it always that dangerous?" Charlie asked, she enjoyed the thrill of their adventure. After everything she went through, she was glad to have some excitement.
"Sometimes." The Doctor confessed gazing into her eyes.
"I'd love to, but I can't. Not yet at least. I just got home, and I need to spend time with my dad," Charlie said regretfully, "Tell you what, give me a month and see if you still want me to travel with you. If you do, pick me up." Charlie stood and followed the Doctor to the front door.
"Okay," the Doctor accepted, grinning. He should have realised she would need to spent time with her family after not seeing them in years.
"Daddy!" James popped his head out the kitchen, "The Doctor's leaving,"
"Thank you again for rescuing my little girl," James shook his hand.
"It was my pleasure." The Doctor waved to the two of them as they watched him disappear into the TARDIS.
"Why did he go into that police phone box?" James asked very confused.
"Just watch," Charlie grinned waiting for her dad's reaction.
"What…" James' eyes widened as the TARDIS slowly faded away, "How…?"
Charlie giggled and pulled her dad back into the house. She had a month with her family, she looked forward to travelling with the Doctor, if that is what he decides. It helped that it was a time machine, so she could even visit once a month or something, but for now she was home.