As I walked out with a tray full of coffee mugs, I saw that the tension was still there. The Doctor and Rose were having a staring match with Alice, while Dylan looked at the whole exchange from behind his phone.
"Coffee, anyone?" I immediately regretted saying that as everyone turned their staring intensities onto me. I laughed nervously and placed the tray on the center table. I passed a cup to Alice, as the Doctor looked at her and then at me, his mug raised to his lips.
"It's too hot," Alice complained, as she touched the mug and immediately pulled her hand back.
"Well, I don't know if it's hot enough for that mirror stuff to melt, though," I shrugged and blew into my coffee. The Doctor looked up at me immediately, both his eyebrows raised.
"It is, otherwise I wouldn't- wait a minute," Alice narrowed her eyes at me, "I thought you said that you trusted me,"
"I trust Alice," I shrugged and took a sip of my coffee. "And I demand to know what you've done to her,"
"But I am Alice!"
"No you're not, you're a mirror replica. Or, to be accurate you're the thing that got out of the mirror," The Doctor grinned at me as I said that and got up, putting his mug down.
He pulled his sonic out of his inner pocket and pointed it at her, "So, what are you? What do you want?"
Alice put her hands up. "Alright, I'm not actually Alice, stop pointing that thing at me,"
The Doctor continued bleeping her. She frowned at him, "I said, stop it!"
"You're made of a mix of glass and silver, like an actual mirror!" The Doctor stared down at his screwdriver, and looked back up in awe. "I thought you were a life form from another dimension! What are you doing here?"
"Wait, so she's made of what a mirror is made of? Doesn't that make her a part of the mirror?" Dylan said, standing up.
"I am the mirror, you fool," She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Wait, so mirrors are life forms now?" Rose asked.
"Okay, so my mirror is a sentient being that ate my best friend?"
"One, I didn't eat her, I merely took her form, and two, all mirrors are sentient. We're not even mirrors, in the first place,"
"Then what are you? I swear, I can help you, just let me know why you're here!" The Doctor said, putting his sonic down.
"And what have you done to Alice, more importantly?" I looked at the mirror, frowning.
"I've just borrowed your friend's body for the time being, stop acting like I've committed an ultimate crime,"
"You've possessed my best friend!"
"Liza, calm down-"
"She took over Alice's body, how is that okay?!"
"I never said it was, just let me talk to her!"
"Liza, listen to him, maybe you're overreacting to the situation," Dylan sat back down and looked at me.
"Overreacting?! How am I-"
"LIZA!" The Doctor yelled, glaring at me. "Stop thinking about your friend for one minute and let me talk, for God's sake!"
I froze, staring at him, eyes wide. I blinked and sat down, staring into my mug. The Doctor sighed. "Like I was saying, why are you here?"
"I shouldn't have been here. I should have been with my kind, conquering and improving the universe,"
"Who are you?" The Doctor frowned.
"I am Kroy,"
"Kroy who?"
"Doctor Who?"
The Doctor took a deep breath, "Doesn't matter, who are you?"
Alice- sorry, Kroy, folded her hands and pressed her lips together, "That doesn't matter then, either,"
I shook my head, gritting my teeth. Things would've been so much simpler if the Doctor hadn't bloody materialized around us. The Time Lord in question continued to stare at Kroy, "It does matter, Kroy, who are you? Why have you taken over Alice's body?"
"I have no other physical form, Doctor, except for being a sentient metal mass,"
"So you attached yourself to a mirror. Why take over Alice though? Why today?" Dylan said.
"You ask too many questions," Kroy looked at him coldly. The Doctor, on the other hand, beamed at Dylan. "Exactly. He asks questions instead of just obsessing over getting the job over with,"
I looked down, biting my lip. Nobody needed to be a rocket scientist to figure out that he was referring to me. Brilliant. My role model hated me. Absolutely wonderful.
"Tell me, Kroy, why?" The Doctor asked again.
"I am alone, Doctor, isolated from my kind. I need to get in contact with them,"
"So you possess the first person you meet?"
"I'm a shapeless figure. I need a body to function properly,"
"What are you?" Rose asked. I jerked up and looked at her- I had conveniently forgotten that she was there.
"I am a Cordelian. The only one in these parts," Everyone was looking at Kroy in awe, not noticing me at all. I looked around and slowly inched towards the thermostat. My coffee mug was empty (since I'd gulped it up earlier), and I had placed it on the table.
After I reached the thermostat, I looked around at everyone. "But why did you decide to resurface today?" The Doctor was asking Kroy.
"I sensed extraterrestrial activity. I assumed it was my kind looking for me, so I made contact with the first person who came in,"
"That's a weird strategy," Rose muttered, and I slowly turned toward the thermostat and increased the temperature a little. Dylan seemed to have noticed me and raised an eyebrow. I gave him a look as to tell him to shut up. He shrugged and turned away.
"It's also completely wrong," The Doctor folded his hands and frowned.
I turned the thermostat up again. Kroy twitched, but seemed to ignore it, "It was the only thing I could do, Doctor, imagine being isolated from your entire species,"
I turned toward the thermostat and increased the temperature, imagining the Doctor's reaction to this. Presumably not a good one. "So you took over an innocent life?"
"It hardly matters, Doctor, what would be the difference if I controlled one body?"
"Individual lives matter too, Kroy. I could take you home right now if you like, just let go of Alice,"
"And that comes from a man with no known identity. A man with no name. Tell me, Doctor, how do I trust you?"
"Just do so, Kroy, please. I swear I'll get you home," The Doctor begged. I looked up at them, just a few feet away. The Doctor seemed to notice me, but looked away immediately, "Or we'll be forced to make you get out,"
I assumed he meant that I stop increasing the temperature until he said so. Kroy hadn't noticed me, and I stayed where I was, trying to remain as unnoticed as possible.
"I am not afraid of your threats, Doctor," Kroy folded her hands and pursed her lips together.
"Kroy, please, just, listen,"
"Or what, Doctor? Will you kill me?" She raised her eyebrows and then laughed. The Doctor, however, frowned. "Kroy, I'm warning you for the last time,"
"And I suspect you're just delaying this because you don't have a plan,"
The Doctor looked at me again. I raised my hand near the thermostat and was ready. "Oh, I do have a plan, I was just afraid to enforce it, Kroy," He folded his hands and snapped his fingers, "Now, Liza!"
I increased the temperature, biting my lip. The heat increased, and I felt the urge to turn on a fan. "Oh my God," Rose whispered, and Dylan gasped. Kroy was screaming and I winced. She still had Alice's voice. "What have you done?!"
I slowly turned around, biting my lip harder, and my eyes widened as I saw what was in front of all of us. Alice was crying silver. The mirror stuff leaked out of her eyes and nose like blood and her screams were getting louder. Rose had her eyes closed and her hands covering her ears while Dylan was staring at the whole scene, his eyes wide.
The Doctor, on the other hand, grabbed my coffee mug and went toward Kroy, who had fallen in her knees. I closed my eyes and pressed my hands on my ears. The screaming was muffled, but it was still heard. I squeezed my eyes tightly, biting my lip hard. Was this ever gonna stop?
A few moments later, everything went quiet. I opened my eyes nervously and looked toward where Alice was. She was on the ground, unconscious, while the Doctor was holding the mug in his hand, staring into it.
A/N: Apologies for the short chapter, I was really busy thanks to school, and have exams coming up soon- Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! What do you think will happen next? Please let me know in the reviews!