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Previously
"Doctor?" she called, "Can we go see my dad? I need to see him," after almost dying wanting to see her dad was a reasonable request.
"Of course," the Doctor smiled softly, "Get the date from your dad we'll land tomorrow,"
"Awesome," Charlie hugged the Doctor before running to call her dad. The Doctor sighed when she left, he thought back to what Alistair had said to him and shook his head.
"She's my best friend. That's all," he muttered to himself, but it didn't sound very convincing, "It's not like her smile makes me smile, or her eyes are so beautiful that I could lose…oh boy," he ground and put his head in his hands. This complicates things.
Wolf Whispers
It had been a few months since Charlie escaped death, and Rose was now a permanent companion just like herself. The girls enjoyed spending time together on the TARDIS. They would have girly sleepovers, do each other's nails and have fashion shows using the TARDIS wardrobe (Although mostly they would be joking around and put together a horrible outfit for a laugh). Charlie and the Doctor still had their movie nights, sometimes they were joined by Rose, they also still spent time in the library together.
Charlie was in her room finishing off her hair. She had styled it so that she had two braids down either side of her head, at the base of her skull the braids turned into two ponytails. She grabbed her light grey melange cardigan that sat just below her hips and slipped her feet into her white low-converse. The cardigan and sneakers complimented her light blue skinny jeans with holes in knee and her thin white vest top that tied off at her bellybutton. Lifting her phone, she left her bedroom and made her way to the console room.
The Doctor had told the girls that they were going to investigate a signal that the TARDIS had found. The ship landed just as Charlie walked into the console room,
"Wait for me!" she called as the Doctor and Rose stepped out the TARDIS.
Charlie followed the two of them and found herself standing in what looked like a museum. The room was dimly lit, and display cases were dotted about the room. Charlie looked at some of them and cringed. Most seemed to be body parts of aliens, not the typical stuff you would find in a museum.
"So, what is it? What's wrong?" Rose asked as she too looked about the room.
"Don't know. Some kind of signal drawing the Tardis off course." The Doctor replied, walking around.
"Where are we?" Charlie called over her shoulder, her nose twitched in disgust as she gazed upon the head of what almost looked like a Sulae.
"Earth. Utah, North America. About half a mile underground,"
"And when are we?" Rose asked.
"Two thousand and twelve," the Doctor felt the wall for a light switch.
"God, that's so close. So, I should be twenty-six," Rose said perkily.
"I would be twelve, or just coming up for twelve I suppose depending on the month," Charlie continued to move around the museum.
"Twelve? God, I feel old," Rose moaned making Charlie laugh.
"Really?" the Doctor raised his brow at Rose causing her to flush and look away.
"Sorry," Rose shrugged, as the Doctor found the switch and turned the lights on.
"Blimey. It's a great big museum," Rose whistled impressed.
"I could have told you that," Charlie said, having enhanced vision was handy sometimes. She couldn't see in complete darkness, but since the room had some light, she managed to see a little better than others.
"Well not all of us have super senses," Rose scowled at the redhead.
"#SorryNotSorry!" Charlie stuck her tongue out to her blonde friend.
"What?" Rose frowned confused.
"Oh yeah, I forgot how much changes between 2005 to 2020," Charlie mused.
"Someone's got a hobby," The Doctor commented as he looked around the cases, "They must have spent a fortune on this. Chunks of meteorite, moon dust. That's the milometer from the Roswell spaceship,"
"That's a bit of Slitheen!" Rose gaped as she passed a display case, "That's a Slitheen's arm. It's been stuffed."
"Oh, look at you." The Doctor raised his brows as he crouched in front of another case.
"What is it?" Rose frowned.
"Is that a…?" Charlie trailed off staring at the head.
"An old friend of mine," The Doctor nodded, "Well, enemy. The stuff of nightmares reduced to an exhibit. I'm getting old."
"Nightmares is right," Charlie muttered, staring at the head. She remembered when the Doctor told her about the Cybermen and what they did to you. The thought made her feel sick even now.
"Is that where the signal's coming from?" Rose asked peering at the head.
"No, it's stone dead. The signal's alive. Something's reaching out, calling for help," the Time Lord reached out and touched the display case lightly causing an alarm to blare throughout the room.
"Thanks for that," Charlie moaned, she covered her ears as a bunch of armed guards rushed in from all directions rendering escaping to the TARDIS impossible.
"If someone's collecting aliens, that makes you Exhibit A," Rose murmured.
"Yeah, maybe not tell the men with guns that, Rose," Charlie rolled her eyes as the guards approached them.
Wolf Whispers
"And this is the last. Paid eight hundred thousand dollars for it," a male voice said as the time-traveling trio entered an office. An arrogant looking man in his 40s sat in a high back chair behind a large glass desk whilst a younger man in his mid-20s showed him some items.
How did Charlie know he was arrogant? Well, she guessed when she saw the large painting of himself behind the desk.
"What does it do?" the man asked, leaning back in his chair.
"Well, you see the tubes on the side. It must be to channel something. I think maybe fuel." The younger man said.
"I really wouldn't hold it like that," The Doctor tried to help, but was quickly shot down.
"Shut it." The woman that escorted them snapped.
"Tell him to shut up again, and I'll kick you so hard in the c-" the Doctor covered her mouth before she could finish are threat, leaving Charlie to glare heatedly at the woman that avoided her eyes.
"Really, though, that's wrong," The Doctor insisted.
"Is it dangerous?" the young man raised his brows.
"No, it just looks silly." The Doctor reached over to take the item but was stopped by the sound of several guns cocking. The older man lifted his finger making the guards back off as he passed the Doctor his item.
"You just need to be," The Doctor gently ran his fingertips down the small object and a soft musical note played, "Delicate," he grinned.
"Can I try?" Charlie asked, once she was passed the musical instrument, she followed the Doctor's directions and soon several notes played from the object.
"It's a musical instrument," the man said in slight awe.
"And it's a long way from home." The Doctor commented, watching Charlie play with a smile.
"Here, let me," the man reached over the snatched the item from the redhead. Charlie glared and smirked when harsh notes played.
"He did say delicate," she mocked, ignoring his narrowed gaze.
"It reacts to the smallest fingerprint. It needs precision," the Doctor said as the man finally got it right, "Very good. Quite the expert,"
"As are you." The man smirked before he chucked the small instrument behind him cashing a crash, "Who exactly are you?"
"I'm the Doctor. And who are you?" the Doctor asked.
"Like you don't know," the man scoffed, "We're hidden away with the most valuable collection of extra-terrestrial artefacts in the world, and you just stumbled in by mistake."
"It's a habit," Charlie shrugged as the Doctor said, "Pretty much sums me up, yeah,"
"The question is, how did you get in?" the man frowned as he looked at them, "Fifty-three floors down, with your little cat burglar accomplice. You're quite a collector yourself, their rather pretty, especially the redhead" he raked his eyes up and down Charlie but flinched back after catching her icy glare.
"You're going the right way for a smack," Rose threatened, crossing her arms over her chest.
"She's English too!" the man laughed, not effected by the blonde's threat, "Hey, little Lord Fauntleroy. Got you a girlfriend." He smirked at the younger man.
"This is Mister Henry Van Statten." The young man told them.
"Am I supposed to know who that is?" Charlie asked, from her blank expression and bored eyes, you could see that she didn't really care. This 'Van Statten' fellow had already proved himself to be arrogant and rude, so honestly, she had no time for him.
"Mister Van Statten owns the internet," the younger man said. His eyes drifted between the trio as if looking for a reaction, most likely one of awe.
"Don't be stupid. No one owns the internet." Rose scoffed, rolling her eyes.
"And let's just keep the whole world thinking that way, right kids?" Van Statten smirked.
"So, you're just about an expert in everything except the things in your museum. Anything you don't understand, you lock up," The Doctor guessed.
"And you claim greater knowledge?" Van Statten scoffed.
"I don't need to make claims, I know how good I am." The Time Lord boasted.
"And yet, I captured you. Right next to the Cage. What were you doing down there?" Van Statten asked, narrowing his eyes.
"You tell me," the Doctor glared back.
"The cage contains my one living specimen," Van Statten told them.
Charlie bit back a flinch. It wasn't too long ago that she too was a living specimen. She told herself that she would do anything to help the poor person/creature that the man had kept locked up.
"And what's that?" the Doctor asked after glancing at Charlie. He could tell by her expression that she was not happy to learn of the living specimen. He hoped he could find out more about this 'specimen' before she tore through the building to rescue it.
"Like you don't know," Van Statten smirked doubtfully.
"Show me." The Doctor demanded.
"You want to see it?" the other man taunted.
"Bloody hell, put your dicks away," Charlie rolled her eyes.
"You can smell the testosterone," Rose agreed, her eyes filled with laughter at the Doctor's sudden red ears from Charlie's comment.
"Goddard inform the Cage we're heading down. You, English. Look after the girls. Go and canoodle or spoon or whatever it is you British do. And you, Doctor with no name, come and see my pet," Van Statten smirked. The Doctor went to follow him when Charlie grabbed his hand, stopping him.
"Doctor," she looked up at him nervous. She didn't like this 'Van Statten' character; She didn't trust him.
"I'll be okay. Hopefully I can find out where the signals coming from and check out the captive," he whispered, "Look after Rose," he lifted his hand to brush some loose strands of her hair back from her face when he stopped himself in time and left the room with Charlie staring after him.
Wolf Whispers
Charlie trailed behind the young man, who introduced himself as Adam, and Rose who looked almost too interested in what Adam was saying. Looks like someone has a crush, she smirked.
"Sorry about the mess," Adam said as they entered his workshop, "Mister Van Statten sort of lets me do my own thing, so long as I deliver the goods. What do you think that is?" he passed a piece of metal to Rose who stared at it strangely.
"Err, a lump of metal?" she raised a brow before shooting a look at her redheaded friend who just shrugged her shoulders as she looked around her. The room was rather small, just one computer and was filled with junk. There several metal shelves scattered in the room and all over them covered in bits and pieces of metal and other trash.
"Yeah. Yeah, but I think, well, I'm almost certain, it's from the hull of a spacecraft," Adam said, watching the blonde; looking for a reaction, "The thing is, it's all true. Everything the United Nations tries to keep quiet, spacecraft, aliens, visitors to Earth. They really exist."
"No kidding," Charlie smirked, she and Rose both shared an amused glance.
"That's amazing," Rose agreed with her signature smile; her tongue cheekily poking out between her teeth, looking at the young man in front of her with a keen eye. He wasn't bad looking she had to admit.
"I know it sounds incredible, but I honestly believe the whole universe is just teeming with life," Adam grinned, happy to share his beliefs with a beautiful woman. The other girl was gorgeous too, but he saw a spark between her and that Doctor fellow.
"I'm gobsmacked, yeah. And you do what, sit here and catalogue it?" Rose asked, following the man around the room more interested in the man himself than what he was talking about.
"Best job in the world," Adam bragged, sharing a laugh with the blonde. Charlie rolled her eyes and mocked the man behind his back gaining an annoyed look from Rose who seen her.
"Imagine if you could get out there, Travel amongst the stars and see it for real," Rose grinned. Charlie frowned frustrated that she couldn't escape from the two so she could snoop around to find information on the 'pet' Van Statten was keeping.
"Sorry to cut in," Charlie interrupted the flirt-fest that was happening, "But this 'living specimen' you're keeping here? Where is it?" she demanded. Just listening to the two of them talking like there wasn't a creature that may need help, made her irritated.
"Erm," Adam nervously looked between the girls. Rose shot Charlie an annoyed look which the redhead ignored, "The cage. It's downstairs,"
"Can we go down there? Can we see it?" Charlie asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I don't know…" Adam rubbed the back of his neck, he wasn't allowed to take anyone down there.
"Come on Adam," Rose coaxed with a flirty smirk on her face, "Where's the harm?"
"I can hack into the comms but that's about it," Adam said reluctantly, he walked to his computer and started tapping on the keys, "It doesn't do much, the alien. It's weird. It's kind of useless. It's just like this great big pepper pot,"
The feed pulled up on the screen and the girls leaned in to get a closer look. Charlie's eyes hardened as she watched a man drill into the aliens casing causing it to scream.
"If you don't take me down there, right now, we're going to have a problem," Charlie threatened the young man. Adam gulped as he stared into her dark eyes, he nodded shakily, and they rushed from the room.
Wolf Whispers
"Level three access. Special clearance from Mister Van Statten," Adam showed the security guard outside the cage his ID badge. The guard nodded, sending looks to the girls. Rose shifted nervously as the guard gazed at her whilst Charlie stared him dead in the eye.
The trio entered the dark cell, the large pepper-pot creature sat in chains.
"Don't get too close," Adam warned as the door closed behind them.
"Hello," Rose called to the alien as Charlie examined the cell, "Are you in pain? My name's Rose Tyler, that's Charlie, we've got a friend, he can help. He's called the Doctor. What's your name?"
"Yes," its voice sounded like nails on a blackboard.
"What?" Charlie frowned.
"I am in pain. They torture me, but still they fear me. Do you fear me?" it asked almost sadly.
"No." Rose said sympathetically.
"I am dying," it spoke again.
"No, we can help," Rose protested as she stepped closer. Charlie stood back watching the exchange. She wanted to help the poor creature, but she also knew to be cautious. You could never tell what their true intentions where, even if they were captives.
"I welcome death. But I am glad that before I die, I have met a human who was not afraid," the creature said.
"Isn't there anything I can do?" Rose asked, stepping even closer.
"Rose," Charlie warned, she didn't want her getting too close.
"My race is dead, and I shall die alone,"
Rose gazed sadly and reached over to stroke its head.
"Rose, no!" Adam yelled.
"Rose!" Charlie lunged for her friend, but she was a second too late. Rose's hand had left a golden handprint on the metal that quickly faded after she removed her hand.
"Genetic material extrapolated. Initiate cellular reconstruction!" the alien cried as it broke the chains.
The guard from outside rushed in with a drill.
"What the hell have you done?" he demanded the trio before walking to the alien that raises the plunger.
"What are you going to do? Sucker me to death?" the guard laughed.
Charlie watched in horror as that was exactly what the creature did. The black sucker covered the guard's mouth and nose and a vacuum sound rang through the cell as the alien crushed the man's skull.
"Go!" Charlie pushed the frozen two out the cell.
"It's killing him! Do something!" Rose cried to the other guard who called through the overhead speakers.
"Condition red! Condition red!" the man called, "I repeat, this is not a drill!"
A few minutes later the Doctor appeared on the screen along with guards and Van Statten. Charlie smiled; she had never been so relieved to see the man.
"You've got to keep it in that cell." the Doctor said sternly.
"Doctor, it's all my fault." Rose told him sadly.
"I've sealed the compartment. It can't get out, that locks got a billion combinations," the guard told the Time Lord.
"A Dalek's a genius. It can calculate a thousand billion combinations in one second flat," the Doctor scoffed.
Charlie stood beside Rose as they watched the keypad on the cell door, the keypad ran through several number combinations before it unlocked. The guards pointed their guns at the opening door as the Dalek was revealed.
"Open fire!" the guard called, and they began to shoot, but the bullets just bounced off the casing.
"Don't shoot it! I want it unharmed," Van Statten's voice came through the comm system.
"Girls, get out of there!" the Doctor called.
"De Maggio take the civilians and get them out alive. That is your job, got that?" a guard demanded.
"You, with me," the female guard nods at the girls and Adam, and they exited the cell.
"Civilians! Let them through!" De Maggio called as the four ran through the incoming group of guards.
Charlie kept a hold of Rose's hand as they ran, not wanting to leave her behind. The group ran through the corridors until they came to some stairs.
"Stairs! That's more like it. It hasn't got legs. It's stuck!" Rose yelled happily.
"Get a move on!" Charlie called, pushing the blonde up the stairs as De Maggio yelled that Dalek was coming. The four ran up the first flight of steps and stopped to watch the Dalek get stuck.
"Great big alien death machine defeated by a flight of stairs," Adam scoffed
"Now listen to me," De Maggio said sternly, her gun pointed at the Dalek, "I demand that you return to your cage. If you want to negotiate then I can guarantee that Mister van Statten will be willing to talk. I accept that we imprisoned you and maybe that was wrong, but people have died, and that stops right now. The killing stops. Have you got that? I demand that you surrender. Is that clear?"
"Elevate." The Dalek said and it began to float up the stairs.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Charlie muttered. Luck really wasn't on their side today.
"Oh my God," Rose breathed, unable to take her eyes off the floating alien.
"Get out, go!" De Maggio shouted at them, not taking her eyes off the Dalek.
"Come with us. You can't stop it." Rose pleaded as Adam ran past her.
"Someone's got to try. Now get out!" the female guard yelled, "Don't look back. Just run," taking the woman's advice the trio ran upstairs and down a corridor. Hearing a scream of pain, Charlie closed her eyes,
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
Wolf Whispers
Charlie listened as the Doctor came over the intercom,
"The Dalek's surrounded by a force field," he explained, "The bullets are melting before they even hit home, but it's not indestructible. If you concentrate your fire, you might get through. Aim for the dome, the head, the eyepiece, That's the weak spot."
Charlie, Rose and Adam ran in front of a load of guards that stationed themselves in the loading bay, hiding behind large crates.
"Hold your fire! You three, get the hell out of there!" a guard shouted at them and the trio ran past them just as the Dalek entered the room.
Rose stopped and turned to watch what would happen, she breathed shakily as its eyestalk locked onto her and it stared at her. Charlie grabbed Rose's hand and pulled her from the room.
"It was looking at me." Rose said.
"Yeah, it wants to slaughter us," Adam yelled.
"I know, but it was looking right at me." Rose yelled back.
"Rose!" Charlie yelled, "Can we just go please? We need to get out of here," Charlie glared.
"It's like there's something inside, looking at me, like, like it knows me," Rose muttered to herself.
Charlie and the others ran through a corridor and up more stairs when Charlie's phone began to ring,
"I'm a bit busy!" she answered the phone, panting as she followed Rose and Adam up several flights.
"Where are you?" the Doctor demanded.
"Level forty-nine." Charlie told him, seeing the number on the stairwell wall.
"You've got to keep moving. The vault's being sealed off up at level forty-six," the Doctor told her sternly.
"That's nice! Let me just hop on my hoverboard and I'll zoom on up there," Charlie scoffed irritated, "Can't you stop them?"
"I'm the one who's closing them. I can't wait and I can't help you," the Doctor said his voice full of worry, "Now for God's sake, run,"
Needing no more encouragement, Charlie and the others raced as fast as they could so that they were not left behind.
"We're nearly there. Give us two seconds," Charlie called panicked as she ran with Rose, Adam in front, down a large hallway.
Suddenly a klaxon began to blare throughout the building as the bulkhead started to close.
"Come on!" Adam yelled and he rolled under the bulkhead.
Charlie grit her teeth and all but threw Rose at the bulkhead, Adam grabbed her and pulled her under just in time as it slammed shut leaving Charlie on the other side.
The redhead sighed and leaned her forehead against the bulkhead door. She was glad she managed to get Rose to safety.
"Charlie, where are you?" the Doctor's voice came over her phone, "Charlie? Did you make it?" he asked forcibly.
"Sorry, Time Lord," Charlie breathed, "I was a bit slow,"
"Charlie," the Doctor said shakily.
"Rose is safe, she and Adam are on their way to you," Charlie swallowed when the Dalek came around the corner.
"Charlie kick the door down, please!" the Doctor pleaded.
"You and I both know I can't do that." Charlie laughed shortly, "Tell my dad I love him. That he's the best dad anyone could have hoped for," she sniffed as tears came to her eyes as the Dalek got even closer.
"I will," the Doctor breathed shakily, "Charlie-"
"Look after yourself, yeah? And don't even think about blaming yourself for this, you hear me? I wouldn't have missed this for the world,"
"Charlie, I-" the Doctor was cut off.
"Exterminate!" the Dalek cried and shot an electric pulse at Charlie. She flinched and dropped her phone, which luckily landed screen up.
Wolf Whispers
The Doctor stood in the office, having ripped off his earpiece so he wouldn't have to hear Charlie died.
"I killed her," he said shakily. Charlie, his best friend. The woman that made his day every time he looked at her.
"I'm sorry," Van Statten offered, watching the Time Lord try not to breakdown.
"Sorry?" the Doctor scoffed, he spun around to face the American, his eyes full of anger, "That girl is worth ten of you! She was amazing. She was empathic, smart, funny. And she was mine," The Doctor's voice quietened at the end, "And I never got to tell her. I could've killed that Dalek in its cell, but you stopped me," he yelled at Van Statten who turned red.
"It was the prize of my collection!" the American argued.
"Your collection? But was it worth it?" the Doctor laughed bitterly, "Worth all those men's deaths? Worth Charlie? Let me tell you something, Van Statten. Mankind goes into space to explore, to be part of something greater,"
"Exactly! I wanted to touch the stars!" the man exclaimed.
"You just want to drag the stars down and stick them underground, underneath tons of sand and dirt, and label them. You're about as far from the stars as you can get. And you took her down with you," the Doctor snarled before he turned away and wiped his eyes.
Wolf Whispers
Down on level forty-six, Charlie opened her eyes when she noticed she wasn't dead,
"What you waiting for an audience?" she snarked, "Kill me, go on"
"I am armed. I will kill. It is my purpose," the Dalek screeched.
"Then what you waiting for?" Charlie glared; she'd rather not draw out her impending death.
"I feel your fear," the Dalek told her.
"What do you expect?" she scoffed, "'Course I'm scared. It's a human emotion,"
"Daleks do not fear. Must not fear," the Dalek panicked and shot both sides of the bulkhead door, missing Charlie altogether.
"Rose Tyler gave me life. What else has she given me? I am contaminated!" it panicked more.
Wolf Whispers
In the office the Doctor paced as Adam and Rose exited the lift. Rose had tear marks on her cheeks as she ran into the Doctor's arms. Both finding comfort in each other for their late friend.
"She pushed me under the door," Rose cried, "She sacrificed herself for me. Why!?"
"Cause that's who she was," the Doctor muttered into her blonde hair, hugging her tightly, "You were quick on your feet, leaving Charlie behind," he spat at Adam who was panting, trying to catch his breath.
"I'm not the one who sealed the vault!" Adam protested.
"Open the bulkhead," everyone froze as the Dalek's voice sounded through the office. The Doctor turned to see the screen had lit up and the Dalek stood with Charlie," or she dies,"
"You're alive!" the Doctor cried happily, walking toward the screen. Rose grinned happily behind him.
"Can't get rid of me," Charlie smirked.
"I thought you were dead," the Doctor said, gazing at his beautiful redheaded companion.
"Open the bulkhead!" the Dalek demanded.
"Don't!" Charlie refused, "If you let it out, it'll kill everyone,"
"What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love?" the Dalek coaxed.
The Doctor raised his brows are Rose grinned behind her hand at his expression.
"I killed her once. I can't do it again." The Time Lord said before opening the bulkhead door, watching as the Dalek and Charlie leave through the door.
"What do we do now, you bleeding heart. What the hell do we do?" Van Statten demanded.
"Kill it when it gets here," Adam suggested.
"All the guns are useless, and the alien weapons are in the vault," Goddard said.
"Only the catalogued ones." Adam told her smirking.
Wolf Whispers
Charlie stood in the lift going up towards the office with the Dalek.
"What'd you mean, love?" she asked suddenly, dodging out the way when it spun its eyestalk around to look at her, "You said 'the woman you love', why did you say that?"
"Your heartbeat increased when he spoke," the Dalek said,
"Then it's my emotions you read not his," Charlie told it, "Not that I-," she was cut off as the lift doors opened and the Dalek glided out.
"Van Statten. You tortured me. Why?" the Dalek questioned the man.
"I wanted to help you. I just, I don't know. I was trying to help," the American stuttered, scrambling backwards away from the Dalek, "I thought if we could get through to you, if we could mend you. I wanted you better. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I swear, I just wanted you to talk!" he back up against the wall.
"Then hear me talk now. Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" the Dalek screeched, ready to shot the man down.
"Wait! Don't kill him!" Charlie stopped it, "You don't have to do this anymore. There must be something else, not just killing. What else is there? What do you want?"
"I want freedom," the Dalek said, swivelling around to look at the redhead.
Wolf Whispers
Charlie and the Dalek made their way to level 1 of the building. Charlie kept shifting her eyes between the Dalek and way in front of her. She didn't trust the Dalek, so she wasn't going to turn her back for even a second. What she needed, was to find the Doctor. He would know what to do about the Dalek. She was startled from her thoughts when the Dalek shot a hole in the roof letting sunlight in.
"You're out. You made it," Charlie stood back as the Dalek got closer to the hole. Suddenly the Doctor and Rose were stood in front of them. Rose approached the Dalek as it spoke to her. While the Dalek was busy, Charlie ran to the Doctor who dropped his gun to his side and welcomed her in his arms.
"I thought-" the Doctor stopped himself.
"I know," Charlie hugged him tight before pulling away.
"How does it feel?" the Dalek asked Rose.
"Get out of the way. Rose, get out of the way now!" the Doctor raised his gun once again.
"No. I won't let you do this," Rose refused.
"That thing killed hundreds of people," Charlie reminded her.
"It's not the one pointing the gun at me," Rose shot a distasteful look at the Time Lord who lowered the gun slightly.
"I've got to do this. I've got to end it. The Daleks destroyed my home, my people. I've got nothing left," feeling a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head to smile at Charlie. Well almost nothing, he thought.
"It just wants to be free!" Rose argued.
The two were too busy arguing to notice the Dalek narrowing its eyestalk on Rose's back, it's energy-gun twitching.
"Rose, move!" Charlie rushed forward, she grabbed the blonde by the arm and yanked her aside, the Dalek's blast missing her by a hair as the girls fell to the floor.
The Doctor, quick as a flash, raised his gun once again and fired, aiming for the Dale's eyestalk. The gun was of alien origins and the Doctor wasn't quite sure where it came from, so he was surprised when the blast from gun did more damage than he thought.
When the smoke cleared, Charlie helped Rose to her feet and the three of them gazed at the now dead Dalek, well what was left of it anyway. The blast from the gun had incinerated the top half of the pepper-pot creature. Only the bottom half was left, the rest melted and broken.
"So that's what it does," The Doctor looked at the gun in his hand, surprised.
"Can I keep it?" Charlie asked, stealing the gun from the Time Lord, ignoring the 'Hey!' coming from the man as she examined it.
"No, you can't!" The Doctor pulled the gun from her hands again, "You alright?" he asked both girls.
"I suppose," Rose said quietly, she really thought the Dalek had changed.
"It wasn't your fault, Rose," Charlie said, catching her expression,
"Well If I hadn't touched it-"
"Charlie's right, Rose" the Doctor cut in, "The Dalek would have found some way to escape,"
"I thought it was changing," Rose muttered as they began to walk back to the TARDIS.
"Daleks are filled of nothing but hate," The Doctor explained, "So much so, that not even your empathic nature could change it,"
"It did good tricking me though," Charlie commented, "When it didn't kill Van Statten or me,"
"It knew you were my companion," The Doctor remembered the Dalek's words 'The woman you love', "Must have figure you'd lead it to me,"
"And I did, didn't I?" Charlie scoffed and shook her head.
"Hey!" the Doctor stopped both girls. Both felt disheartened by the events that took place, taking blame for some or most of them, "Neither of you are at fault for this, understand? You want to blame someone blame the Dalek or Van Statten,"
"I suppose, Van Statten is mostly to blame," Rose nodded.
"I've no problem blaming that prick for this," Charlie shuddered, "I can still feel him undressing me with his eyes," Rose's laugh turned into a yelp when Charlie nipped and her ran away giggling.
"I'll get you for that!" Rose laughed too as she chased her friend, the Doctor watching with a smile as they chased each other playing some form of tag all the way back to the TARDIS.
Wolf Whispers
"A little piece of home. Better than nothing," the Doctor patted the TARDIS, the girls standing beside him.
"Is that the end of it, the Time War?" Rose asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm the only one left. I win. How about that?" The Doctor smirked, but Charlie saw through it and hugged his arm, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"The Dalek survived. Maybe some of your people did too." Rose said softly as she hugged his other arm. The Doctor smiled at his girls as they comforted him.
"I'd know. My race can sense other Time Lords. Feels like there's no one,"
"You've got us," Charlie smiled.
"Yeah, we're not going anywhere," Rose grinned.
"After all you need someone to keep you out of trouble," Charlie smirked before she yelped as the Doctor nipped her waist.
"Keep me out of trouble?" the Doctor laughed as the girls let him go, "You get into more trouble than me most of the time,"
"No, I don't!" Charlie exclaimed, glaring at the cheeky grin the man had,
Rose rolled her eyes grinning as they argued playfully, she jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around to find Adam standing behind her with a smile.
"We'd better get out. Van Statten's disappeared," the young man said, "They're closing the base. Goddard says they're going to fill it full of cement, like it never existed."
"About time," Rose muttered.
"I'll have to go back home," Adam said.
"Better hurry up then. Next flight to Heathrow leaves at fifteen hundred hours," The Doctor told him.
"Adam was saying that all his life he wanted to see the stars," Rose hinted.
"Tell him to go and stand outside, then." The Doctor scoffed.
"He's all on his own, Doctor, and he did help," Rose pouted.
"Come on," Charlie nudged him, "One won't hurt,"
"He left you down there," The Doctor said through gritted teeth.
"He had no choice," Charlie stared him down until he groaned and rolled his eyes.
"Fine, but you're looking after him," he pointed at Rose and he entered the TARDIS with Charlie.
"What're you talking about? We've got to leave," Adam said confused as they entered the blue phone box, "What're you doing? She said cement. She wasn't joking. We're going to get sealed in," he watched as Rose followed them in, "Doctor? What're you doing standing inside a box? Rose?" he slowly creeped into the ship just before it disappeared.
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