HELLO! Here is The Lazarus Experiment. I had fun writing this one. You get to see a little bit more fun interaction between Harper and the Doctor. I hope you guys enjoy it.


Harper's POV

Martha and I hung on tightly to the console as the Doctor worked on landing the TARDIS. It seemed to be a bit more bumpy than normal.

"There we go," the Doctor said as we stood up straight. "Perfect landing, which isn't easy in such a tight spot."

"You should be used to tight spots by now," Martha said causing me to laugh. "Where are we?"

"The end of the line. No place like it." My smile fell at the Doctor's words. I knew what he was doing but it didn't mean I liked it.

Martha nodded her head as if to ask should she go out and the Doctor gave her a nodded in return. She went out the doors and stopped.

"Home? You took me home?" She asked when the Doctor and I stepped out of the TARDIS.

"Back to the morning after we left. So you've only been gone about 12 hours. No time at all really," the Doctor said.

"But all the stuff we've done, Shakespeare, new New York, old New York."

"Yep, all in one night. Relatively speaking, everything should be just as it was. Books, CDs, laundry," the Doctor said holding up Martha's underwear, which she quickly grabbed and hide. "So, back where you were, as promised."

"This is it?" Martha asked.

"Yeah, we should probably…" The Doctor started to say but then Martha's phone rang.

"Hi, I'm out, leave a message," her answering machine said.

"I'm sorry," Martha mumbled listening to the call.

"Martha, are you there? Pick it up, will you?"

"It's mum, it'll wait."

"All right, then. Pretend that you're out if you like." We all laughed when her mum said that. "I was only calling to say that your sister's on TV, on the news of all things. Just thought you might be interested."

Martha turned on the TV and we turned to watch. "The details are top secret…"

"How could Tish end up on the news?" Martha wondered aloud.

"But I can tell you that tonight, I will demostrate a device which will…" An older man was standing at a press conference talking.

"She got a new job doing PR for some research lab," Martha explained.

"With the push of a single button, I will change what it means to be human."

Martha then turned off the TV and turned back to us. "Sorry, you were saying you should…"

"Yes, yes," the Doctor said sounding a little distracted. "We should. One trip we said."

"Yeah, I suppose things just kind of escalated."

"That seems to happen to us a lot," I said with a laugh.

"Thank you, both of you, for everything," Martha said.

"It was my pleasure," the Doctor said before going into the TARDIS.

I gave Martha a wink and whispered, "We'll be right back." She looked confused but I just laughed walking into the TARDIS.

I could tell the Doctor had something on his mind because he had yet to say anything just messed with the controls. I felt the TARDIS take off but then land not seconds later. The Doctor ran to the door and poked his head out, "No, I'm sorry. Did he say he was going to change what it means to be human?"

I walked out of the TARDIS back into Martha living room with a smirk of victory.


The Doctor's POV

I tried my best to straighten the bowtie I was wearing once more. This thing just didn't want to look right. We were all going to a party in honor of Professor Lazarus's invention; which in he's words 'will change what it means to be human'. I was ready to go but still waiting on Harper.

"Love, come on. We need to get going," I called down the hallway to where Harper was getting dressed.

"I'm coming, don't get your knickers in a twist." I heard her soft footsteps echoing down the TARDIS hallways, but when she came into view I think both my hearts stopped for a second or two.

She was in a beautiful two-piece royal blue dress. The skirt barely brushed the top of her knees showing off her tanned legs. Her, still, green hair was pulled up in a fancy up-do showing off the intricate lace of the top of the dress.

She smirked seeing me stare at her, "like what you see, sweetie?" I cleared my throat and messed with the bowtie once more. "And what is going on with your bowtie?"

She came over and straightened it for me and my hands found their way to her hips. "You look lovely, dear," I said as I pulled her in closer.

Her hands slid up around my neck as she said, "umm, you don't look half bad yourself."

I was just about to kiss her when there was a knock on the door, "Doctor? Harper? Are you guys ready to go? We need to leave," Martha called.

I groaned and let my head fall, resting on Harpers shoulder. She just laughed and yelled back, "be right out."

"Oh, come on. It's not like anything could have happened. We only had like five minutes."

She slipped out of my arms and started for the doors. "I'll have you know a lot could have happened in five minutes," I retorted.

"Okay, let me rephrase that… I spent way to much time on my hair for you to mess in up in those five minutes."

I didn't reply knowing she was right. She laughed and then kissed me lightly before leaving the TARIDS. "Oh, what am I going to do with her?" I asked no one in particular, but heard the TARDIS laughing inside my head.


Harper's POV

"Oh, black tie. Whenever I wear this, something bad always happens," the Doctor complained as we three walked to the event.

"It's not the outfit, that's just you," Martha said and I busted out laughing knowing how right she was. "Anyway, I think it suits you, in a James Bond kind of way."

"James Bond? Really?"

"Umm, Bond, James Bond. Now there's a man," I said and watched as the Doctor pouted. "Who's your favorite, Martha?"

"Umm, maybe Pierce Brosnan. You?"

"Who yes, I did like him. But I think I'm more of a classic Bond type of girl, Sean Connery definitely."

"Are you two done," the Doctor asked crossly. I laughed lightly and he asked, 'you love making me jealous don't you?'

'What can I say? You're cute when you get jealous.' But before the Doctor could say anything else we arrived at the event.


Thankfully with the help of the psych paper, the Doctor and I got in with no problem. We were walking around just getting the feel of the place. We were standing next to a large machine in the middle of the room, which I can only guess is the great new invention that we are all here to see, when a waiter walked by.

"Oh, look, they've got nibbles!" The Doctor said taking some. "I love nibbles."

"You're a child," I said shaking my head at him when a lady came up to us and said, "Hello."

"Tish!" Martha exclaimed pulling her in for a hug.

"You look great," Tish, Martha's sister, said. "So, what do you think? Impressive, isn't it?"

"Very."

"And two nights out in a row for you. That's dangerously close to a social life."

"If I keep this up, I'll end up in all the gossip columns," Martha said jokingly.

"You might, actually. You should keep an eye out for photographers. And mum, she's coming, too. Even dragging Leo along with her."

"Leo, in black tie? That I must see." Tish looked over at us, and Martha quickly said, "This is the Doctor and Harper."

"Hello," the Doctor said shaking Tish's hand.

"Hi," I gave her a small wave.

"Are they with you?" Tish asked Martha.

"Yeah."

"But they're not on the list. How did they get in?"

"He's my plus one," Martha said and the Doctor added, "and she's my plus one."

"So this Lazarus, he's your boss?" I asked getting onto a different topic.

"Professor Lazarus, yes. I'm part of his executive staff."

"She's in the PR department," Martha said.

"I'm head of the PR department actually."

"You're joking!"

"I put this whole thing together," Tish said.

"So do you know what the professor's going to be doing tonight?" The Doctor asked. "That looks like it might be a sonic micro-field manipulator."

"He's a science geek. I should've known," Tish said. "Got to get back to work now. I'll catch up with you later."

"Science geek? What's that mean?" The Doctor asked when Tish had walked away.

"That you're obsessively enthusiastic about it," Martha said.

"Oh, nice," the Doctor said proudly and I just laughed at him.

We were looking at the machine when we heard, from behind us, "Martha."

"Mum!" Martha said running to give her a hug.

Martha's mum looked surprised but hugged her back anyways, "all right, what's the occasion?"

"What do you mean? I'm just pleased to see you, that's all," Martha said.

"But you saw me last night."

"I know I just missed you. You're looking good, Leo," Martha said to the young man standing next to her mum.

"Yeah, if anyone asks me to fetch them a drink, I'll swing for them," Leo said with a laugh.

"You disappeared last night," Martha's mum said.

"I… just went home."

"On your own?" She asked eyeing the Doctor.

"These are two friends of mine, the Doctor and Harper," Martha said introduction us.

"Doctor what?"

"No, it's just the Doctor." Martha said as Leo shook our hands. "We've been doing some work together."

"Lovely to meet you, Mrs. Jones. Heard a lot about you," the Doctor said.

"Have you? What've you heard, then?" I was beginning to not like Martha's mum to well.

"Well, you know, that you're Martha's mother and… um… no, actually, that's about it. We haven't had much time to chat. You know, been busy," the Doctor, said sticking his foot in his month.

"Busy? Doing what exactly?"

"Oh, you know, stuff," the Doctor said and then I stepped in to save him.

"We have been working on a paper together. I'm a nurse at the hospital. So we are working on documenting to interactions between Doctors and nurses. You know how well do they communicate, how well the team works together, etc. It's been taking up a lot of our time."

Mrs. Jones was about to say something else but Professor Lazarus stopped her, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Professor Richard Lazarus, and tonight I'm going to perform a miracle. It is, I believe, the most important advance since Rutherford split the atom. The biggest leap since Armstrong stood on the moon. Tonight you will watch and wonder. But tomorrow, you will wake to a world which will be changed forever."

'He's a bit full of himself isn't he?' I asked.

'Yes, yes he is.'

We watch as Lazarus got into the machine and it started up letting off a bright light. I turned my head away leaning into the Doctor's shoulder to block out the light.

But then alarms started to go off cause the Doctor and I to worry.

"Something's wrong, it's overloading," the Doctor said. Sparks started to fly for the equipment and the Doctor ran to the controls. He began to work to stop the machine when Lady Thaw, and older lady who helped fund this project, said "Somebody stop him! Get him away from those controls!"

"If this goes up, it'll take the whole building with it!" I yelled over all the noise in the room. "Is that what you want?"

The Doctor finally got the machine to turn off and he ran back to the door of the machine. Martha and I were already there as he commanded, "Get it open."

Martha pulled open the door and Lazarus slowly came out. We were all shock at what we saw, Lazarus now looked young.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Richard Lazarus, I am 76 years old, and I am reborn!"


The Doctor's POV

"That can't be the same guy," Martha said as we three watched Lazarus get his picture taken by the press. "It's impossible. It must be a trick."

"Oh, it's not a trick," I said. "I wish it were."

"This is really bad, isn't it?" Harper asked me. I just nodded my head yes with a grim look on my face.

"What just happened, then?" Martha asked.

"He just changed what it means to be human," I said.

We watched as Lazarus grabbed a tray of nibbles from a waiter and Harper and I quickly made are way to him with Martha following along. Lady Thaw looked shocked at him, "Richard!"

"I'm famished."

"Energy deficit," I said when we got to them. "Always happens with this kind of process."

Lazarus turned to us and said, "You talk as if you see this every day, Mr.…?"

"Doctor, and well, no not every day. But I have some experience with this kind of transformation."

"That's not possible," Lazarus said.

"Using hypersonic sound waves to create a state for resonance, that's inspired," I countered.

"You understand the theory, then?"

"Enough to know that you couldn't possibly have allowed for all the variables."

"No experiment is entirely without risk," was all Lazarus said.

"That thing nearly exploded," Harper, said, "you might as well have stepped into a blender."

"You're not qualified to comment," Lady Thaw said.

"If I hadn't stopped it, it would've exploded," I said.

"Then I think you, Doctor. But that's a simple engineering issue. What happened inside the capsule was exactly what was supposed to happen. No more, no less."

'Ugh what a class A jerk,' I heard Harper say. I let out a light chuckle, but I think Harper was the only one that heard it.

"You've no way of knowing that until you've run proper tests," Martha said.

"Look at me," Lazarus said. "You can see what happened. I'm all the proof you need."

"The device will be properly certified before we start to operate commercially," Lady Thaw said shocking us.

"Commercially?" Both Martha and Harper asked, and then Martha said, "You are joking, that'll cause chaos."

"Not chaos, change," Lazarus said. "A chance for humanity to evolve, to improve."

"This isn't about improving, this is about you and your customers living a little longer," I spat out.

"Not a little longer, Doctor, a lot longer. Perhaps indefinitely."

"Richard, we have things to discuss, upstairs." Lady Thaw walked away and Larazus turned to follow before saying, "Goodbye, Doctor. In a few years, you'll look back and laugh at how wrong you were."

Lazarus reach out to shake Martha's hand but instead of a hand shake he took her hand and kiss the back of it lightly and the walked away.

"Oh, he's out of his depth. He's no idea the damage he might've done," I said a little worried.

"So what do we do now?" Martha asked.

"Now… well, this building must be full of laboratories. I say we do our own tests."

"Lucky, I've just collected a DNA sample then, isn't it," Martha said holding up her hand that Lazarus had kiss.

Both Harper and I smile brightly and I said, "Oh, Martha Jones, you're a star!"


"Amazing," I said. The girls and I were in one of the labs looking at Lazarus' DNA.

"What?" Martha asked.

"Lazarus' DNA."

"I can't see anything different," she said.

"Look at it," Harper said pointing to the screen.

"Oh my! Did that just change?" Martha asked. "But it can't have."

"But it did," I said.

"It's impossible," Martha said not believing it.

"And that's two impossible things we've seen so far tonight. Don't you love it when that happens?"

"Only you would love that," Harper mumbled but when I looked over to her she had a smile on her face so I knew she was enjoying this as much as I was.

"That means Lazarus has changed his own molecular patterns," Martha said.

"Hypersonic sound waves to destabilize the cell structure. Then a metagenic program to manipulate the coding in the protein strands," I said.

Harper quickly simplified what I said to help Martha out, "basically, he hacked into his own genes and instructed them to rejuvenate."

"But they're still mutating now," Martha said.

"Because he missed something. Something in his DNA that's been activated and won't let him stabilize. Something that's trying to change him."

"Change him into what?"

"I don't know, but I think we need to find out," I said.

"That woman said they were going upstairs," Harper offered.

"Let's go," I grabbed Harper's hand and off we went.


"This is he's office all right," Martha said as we looked around the room.

"So where is he?" I asked.

"Don't know, let's try back at the… reception," Martha paused. I turned to look at her and saw both girls looking at something behind the disk. We ran over there and saw a mummified body. "Is that Lady Thaw?"

"It used to be," Harper said sadly.

"It's just a shell, had all the life-energy drained out of her. Like squeezing the juice out of an orange."

"A little too descriptive there, Doc."

"Lazarus!" Martha said suddenly.

"Could be."

"So he's changed already."

"Not necessarily," Harper said. "You saw the DNA, it was fluctuating. The process must demand energy."

"This might not have been enough," I said.

"So he might do this again?" Martha asked before jumping up and running to the elevators. Harper and I followed quickly behind her.


Harper's POV

We made our way back to the party looking for Lazarus. "I can't see him," Martha said.

"He can't be far, keep looking," the Doctor said.

I was about to follow him when Leo, Martha's brother stopped us. "You all right, Martha? I think mum wants to talk to you."

"Have you seen Lazarus anywhere?" Martha asked ignoring Leo's question.

"Yeah well, he was getting cozy with Tish a couple of minutes ago."

"With Tish?"

"Oh, this is not good," I mumbled as the Doctor joined us.

"Ah, Doctor," Martha mother said coming over to us.

"Where did they go?" The Doctor asked Leo.

"Upstairs, I think, why?"

We ran quickly past Martha's mum as she was speaking, "Doctor… I'm speaking to you."

"Not now, mum!"


"Where are they?" Martha asked franticly when we were back in Lazarus' office.

"The fluctuating DNA will give off an energy signature. I might be able to pick it up," the Doctor said getting out his sonic screwdriver. "Got him," he said pointing the sonic up.

"Where? But this is the top floor," Martha said.

"The roof!" Both Martha and I yelled running back to the elevators.


We stepped out and saw Tish and Lazarus looking out onto the city. "Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act…"

"Falls the shadow," the Doctor said interrupting Lazarus.

"So, the mysterious Doctor knows his Eliot. I'm impressed."

"Martha, what are you doing here?" Tish questioned.

"Tish, get away from him."

"What? Don't tell me what to do."

"I wouldn't have thought you had time for poetry, Lazarus," the Doctor said ignoring the two sisters. "What with you being so busy defying the laws of nature and everything."

"You're right, Doctor. One lifetime's been too short for me to do everything I'd like. How much more I'll get done in two or three or four," Lazarus said.

"It doesn't work like that. Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It's not the time that matters, it's the person."

"But if it's the right person, what a gift that would be."

"Or what a curse," I said. "Look at what you've done to yourself."

"Who are you to judge me?"

'The only two people who have any right too,' I thought darkly. I felt the Doctor squeeze my hand in comfort.

"Over here, Tish," Martha said.

"You have to spoil everything, don't you?" Tish complained as she walked over to us. "Every time I find someone nice, you have to try and find fault."

"Tish, he's a monster."

"I know the age thing's a bit freaky, but it works for Catherine Zeta-Jones." As Tish was talking Lazarus was changing behind her. Then she turned around and we all watch in horror as Lazarus changed into a giant monster. "What is that?"

"Run!" The Doctor yelled. We made for the door and when all four of us were inside the Doctor slammed it shut locking it with the sonic. We ran to the elevators.

"Are you okay?" Martha asked Tish.

"I was gonna snog him!" She cried.

"Bet you're glad you didn't now?" I asked with a light laugh.

Lazarus was trying to get into the building and 'Security one,' came over the PA system as most of the overhead lights went out and alarms started to sound.

"What's happening?" Martha asked.

"An intrusion. It triggers a security lock down. Kills most of the power. Stops the lifts, seals the exits," Tish explained.

"He must be breaking through that door. The stairs come on!" The Doctor grabbed my hand a pulled me along with him.

Before we got very far we head the door finally break. "He's inside," Martha cried.

"We haven't got much time!" The Doctor yelled back and we double our pace down the stairs. But once we got back to the party the Doctor asked, "Tish, is there another way out of here?"

"There's an exit in the corner, but it'll be locked now."

"Harper, setting 54, hurry." He gave me the sonic screwdriver and Martha, Tish, and I ran to the door. Then the Doctor addressed the crowd, "Listen to me! You people are in serious danger. You need to get out of here right now!"

"Don't be ridiculous. The biggest danger here is choking on an olive," one of the party goes said. Right after she said that Lazarus busted into the room roaring loudly. Every started to scream and run towards us.

I finally got the door open and Martha immediately said to direct the people, "Over here, this way! Everyone down the stairs now, hurry!"

"No! Get away from her!" I heard the Doctor yell and turned to she Lazarus kill one of the guest. He them turned to Martha's mum and brother but the Doctor stopped him, "Lazarus! Leave them alone."

When Lazarus turned to the Doctor, Martha and I ran to her family.

"Martha!" Her mother cried.

"Come on, stay with me," she said looking over Leo's injuries, as he had got hit by a table Lazarus had thrown.

"What's the point? You can't control it. The mutation's too strong," the Doctor said.

'What do you think you're doing?' I asked him worried about where his thoughts were going.

'Improvising.' And then he kept on talking, "Killing those people won't help you. You're a fool. A vein old man who thought he could defy nature; only nature got her own back, didn't she? You're a joke, Lazarus! A footnote in the history of failure!"

Lazarus roared and the Doctor bolted from the room, 'get those people out of here,' He thought.

'And you call me reckless. Be safe,' I thought back worried about him.

'I'm always safe.'

"What's the Doctor doing?" Tish asked.

"He's trying to buy us some time," I said and then Martha added, "Let's not waste it." Martha then turned her attention on Leo, "Leo look at me. Focus on me. Let's see your eyes. Okay, he's got concussion. Mum, you'll need to help him downstairs."

I handed her a rag with ice in it, "this should keep the swelling down."

Martha smiled at me and then said to her family, "Go, we'll be right behind you. Tish, move! We need to get out of here."


The Doctor's POV

"It's no good, Doctor. You can't stop me."

I was hiding from Lazarus in some kind of maintenance room, and thankfully the lights were still off because Lazarus was close to finding me. "Is that the same arrogance you had when you swore that nothing had gone wrong with your device?"

"The arrogance is yours. You can't stand in the way of progress," Lazarus retorted.

"You call feeding on innocent people progress? You're delusional!"

"It is a necessary sacrifice."

"That's not your decision to make."


Harper's POV

We made it to the main entrance only to find everyone stuck. The lock down locked the front doors trapping everyone in. "We can't get out! We're trapped," Tish said.

"There must be an override switch. Where's the security desk?" Martha asked.

"Tish!" I said getting her attention when she didn't answer.

"There."

Martha and I ran over to it jumping over the desk. She pointed to a panel and I quickly got to work with the sonic screwdriver. After a second or two the lights came on and the doors were unlocked.


The Doctor's POV

The lights came on after that and I looked up when Lazarus said, "Peek-a-boo."

"Oh, hello." I didn't wait for a response and I ran from the room. 'Really bad timing, love.'


Harper's POV

Everyone made his or her way outside as I heard 'Really bad timing, love.'

'Oops sorry, sweetie, I'm on my way.'

I turned to go back upstairs when I heard Martha say, "I've got to go back." I turned to look at her and saw she was talking to her family.

"You can't. You saw what that thing did. It'll kill you," her mother said.

"I don't care, I have to go."

"It's that Doctor, isn't it?" Martha's mother questioned. "That's what's happened to you. That's why you've changed."

"He was biding us time, Martha," Tish said. "Time for both of you to get out, too," She said to Martha and I.

"I can't leave him," I whispered and Martha took my hand and said, "and I'm not leaving him."

We turned and ran back up the stairs as Martha's mum yelled, "Martha!"


The Doctor's POV

I was now in one of the many laboratories. I decided to set a trap for Lazarus. I quickly rigged one of the lights to spark when the light switch was flipped and then turned on all of the gas valves.

"More hide and seek, Doctor? How disappointing. Why don't you come out and face me?" Lazarus asked entering the laboratory. I was hiding behind one of the disk just waiting.

"Have you looked in the mirror lately?" I stood up facing Lazarus. "Why would I want to face that, hmm?" I ran as he charged and as I left the room I flipped the switch causing an explosion. I stood up quickly and ran. As I turned the corner I ran into Martha and Harper, "What are you two doing here?"

"I told you I was coming," Harper said.

"And we're returning this," Martha said handing me my sonic screwdriver. "We thought you might need it."

"How did you…"

"We heard the explosion," Harper said interrupting me. "It's always you when there is an explosion."

"I blasted Lazarus," I said happily.

"Did you kill him?" Martha asked.

But then I looked over and saw Lazarus pulling the girls to away, "more sort of annoyed him, I'd say."

"What now?" Martha asked when we entered the event room again.

"We just made a big circle," Harper complained.

"We can't lead him outside," I said and Harper immediately said, "Really, wow you're so smart, I would have never thought of that."

Lazarus then came into the room so I open the door to the capsule pushing the girls to it, "come on, get in."

It was a rather tight squeeze with three of us in there; Harper was in between Martha and I and didn't look happy about it.

"Are we hiding?" Martha asked.

"No, he knows we're here. But this is his masterpiece. I'm betting he won't destroy it, not even to get at us."

"You're betting," Harper said and I knew right then she was mad. "You mean to tell me that you trapped us in side the tiny little capsule on a hunch that he won't destroy it. We're trapped in here!"

"Well, yeah, that is a slight problem," I said. 'You okay, Harper?'

'No! I don't do small spaces.'

'Oh, OH, you're claustrophobic.'

'Just slightly.' She closed her eyes and then leaned her head against my chest. I felt bad I put her in the situation.

"You mean you don't have a plan?" Martha asked.

"Yes, the plan was to get inside here."

"Then what?"

"Well, then I'd come up with another plan," I told her.

"In your own time, then," Martha said.

I quickly reached into my jacket pocket to get the sonic but in doing so it made things even closer, and just a bit awkward for us. "Doctor!" Harper said moving away from me as much as she could.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry," I said. "Here we are."

"What are you going to do with that?" Martha asked.

"Improvise." I started to slide down to get to the wire underneath the capsule.

"Oi, watch!" Harper said at one point, but I really was doing the best I could in such a small space.

"Love, move your foot for a minute," I said and when Harper moved her foot I open the control box and started to work.

"I still don't understand where that thing came from. Is it alien?" Martha asked.

"No, for once, it's strictly human in origin," I answered.

"Human? How can it be human?"

"Probably from dormant genes in Lazarus' DNA," Harper said and I added, "The energy field in this thing must've reactivated them. Looks like they're becoming dominant."

"So it's a throwback."

"Umm, good why of putting it," Harper agreed.

"Some option that evolution rejected for you millions of years ago," I expounded on that idea. "But the potential is still there, locked away in your genes, forgotten about until Lazarus unlocked it by mistake."

"It's like Pandora's box," Harper said.

"Exactly! Nice shoes, by the way Martha," I said before getting back to work.

"And you wonder why Tallulah thought he was into theater," Harper said with a laugh causing Martha to laugh also. But then they both stopped as the machine started up.

"Doctor, what's happening?" Martha asked.

"Sounds like he's switched the machine on."

"WHAT?" Harper screeched as Martha asked, "That's not good, is it?"

"I was hoping it was going to take him a little bit longer to work that out."

"I don't want to hurry you, but…" Martha said and I interrupted her, "I know, nearly done."

"What are you doing?" Harper asked frantically.

"Trying to set the capsule to reflect energy rather than receive it."

"Will that kill him?" Martha asked.

"When he transforms, he's three times the size, cellular triplication, so he's spreading himself thin."

"We're going to end up like him!" Martha yelled.

"Just one more," I said and then pulled the last wire. The machine let out one last sound before all was quit. I slowly opened the door and we walked out. I heard Harper give a sigh of relief.

"I thought we were going to go through the blender then," Martha said.

"It really shouldn't take that long just to reverse the polarity. I must be a bit out of practice."

"Or just distracted," Harper said.

'Not my fault, you're the one that decided to wear the short dress, showing so much leg,' I thought back and turned to look at her. She was smirking at me and I realized she was setting me up for that. 'Oh be quiet.'

'I didn't say anything then Doc, but I differently won't be forgetting it.'

I rolled my eyes at her and made my way over to Lazarus. His body lay off to the side of the room, naked.

"He seems so human again. It's kind of pitiful," Martha said.

"Eliot saw that, too," I said. "This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper."


Harper's POV

"Oh, she's all right," Tish running to Martha once we exited the building. The authorities had already taken Lazarus' body away so there wasn't much left for us to do.

"Oh, Mrs. Jones," the Doctor said as Martha's mum stormed up to him. "We still haven't finished our chat."

Martha's mother didn't think for a second before slapping the Doctor hard. "Keep away from my daughter."

"Mum, what are you doing?" Martha asked as I checked on the Doctor.

"Always the mothers, every time," he mumbled.

"He is dangerous. I've been told things."

"What are you talking about?" Martha asked her mum.

"Look around you. Nothing but death and destruction."

"This isn't his fault," Martha defended the Doctor. "He saved us, all of us."

"It was Tish who invited everyone to this thing in the first place," Leo said. "So I'd say, technically, it's her fault."

There was a crash sound from where Lazarus' body had been taken. The Doctor and I didn't wait for a second to run towards the sound and most likely danger.


"Lazarus back from the dead," the Doctor said when we had found the vehicle smashed open and the workers dead.

"We really should've seen this coming," I said shaking my head.

The Doctor started scanning the area as Martha asked, "Where's he gone?"

"That way; the church," the Doctor said.

"Cathedral," we looked behind us and saw Tish had followed. "It's Southwark Cathedral. He told me." We quickly made our way to the Cathedral.


"Do you think he's in here?" Martha asked as we walked up to the front of the Cathedral.

"Where would you go if you were looking for sanctuary?"

We rounded the table at the front of the Cathedral to see Lazarus, human, kneeling on the ground. "I came here before, a lifetime ago. I thought I was going to die then; in fact, I was sure of it. I sat here, just a child. The sound of planes and bombs outside."

"The Blitz," I said softly.

"You've read about it," Lazarus said almost condescendingly.

"We were there," the Doctor said pointing to him and I.

"You're too young."

"So are you," the Doctor said.

Lazarus looked as if he was in pain but he still continued his story, "In the morning the fires had died. But I was still alive. I swore I'd never face death like that again, so defenseless. I would arm myself. Fight back, defect it."

"That's what you were trying to do today?" The Doctor asked.

"That's what I did today."

"What about the other people who died?"

"They were nothing, I changed the course of history," Lazarus said.

"Any of them might've done, too," the Doctor said angrily. "You think history's only made with equations? Facing death is part of being human. You can't change that."

"No, Doctor, avoiding death, that's being human. It's our strongest impulse, to cling to life with every fiber of being. I'm only doing what everyone before me has tried to do. I've simply been more successful."

"Look at yourself," the Doctor said. "You're mutating. You've no control over it. You call that a success?"

"I call it progress. I'm more now than I was. More than just an ordinary human."

"There's no such thing as an ordinary human," the Doctor said kindly.

"He's going to change again any minute," Martha said.

"I know," the Doctor whispered back to us. "If I can get him up into the bell tower somehow. I've an idea that might work."

"Up there?" I asked. He nodded his head and started to move around Lazarus again.

"You're so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older then you look."

"I'm old enough to know that a loner life isn't always a better one," he locked eyes with me and I gave him a weak smile, he knew this was all hitting home for both of us. "In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of losing everyone that matters to you. Tired of watching everything turn to dust. If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you'll end up alone."

"That's a price worth paying," Lazarus said.

"Is it?" I asked.

Lazarus looked at me for a second then turned to the Doctor, "I will feed soon."

"I'm not going to let that happen."

"You've not been able to stop me so far."

"Leave him, Lazarus," Martha said getting his attention. "He's old and bitter. I thought you had a taste for fresher meat."

"Martha, no," the Doctor tried but it was too late. Lazarus lunged at Martha and we ran, Martha, Tish, and I.

"What are you doing?" Martha yelled at Tish.

"Keeping you out of trouble."

"Good luck with that," I said and the yelled, "Doctor, the tower!"

We were running up the stair when we heard a noise from below, "Did you hear that?" Tish asked.

"He's changed again," Martha said.

"Well keep moving," I told them pushing slightly. "And this is why I don't wear heels."

"We've got to lead him up," Martha told Tish as we kept going.

"Harper? Martha?" We heard the Doctor yell.

All three of us looked down from the openings and Martha yelled, "Doctor!"

"Take him to the top, the very top of the bell tower, do you hear me?"

"Up to the top?" Martha asked.

"Martha," Tish said getting my attention but not Martha's who was asking, "and then what?"

"Martha, come on!" I yelled pulling her and Tish the opposite way of Lazarus.

We ran all the way until we ended up at the top of the bell tower. It was a small room with a hole in the middle that went all the way down to the ground floor, but there was a problem.

"There's nowhere else to go, we're trapped," Tish cried.

"Calm down, Tish," I said and Martha added, "This is where he said to bring him."

"Right, so we're not trapped, we're bait."

"He knows what he's doing," Martha said.

I whispered, "Well…" but neither sister heard me.

"We have to trust him."

"Ladies," Lazarus said coming into the room. I push Martha and Tish behind me to protect them as best I could.

"Stay behind me," I told them. "If he takes me, make a run for it. Head back down the stairs. You should have enough time."

"But…"

"Just do it, Martha!"

Lazarus kept swinging his tale thing to get us. Somehow Martha got separated from Tish and I and was trying to keep out of Lazarus' way. Then we heard the organ being played loudly. Martha turned to check on us when Lazarus swung his tale hitting her, making Martha fall. Thankfully she grabbed onto the side of the railing and held on.

"Martha!" Tish yelled.

"Hold on, Martha. Lazarus get away from her!" He was to close to Martha for my liking.

Suddenly the organ got even louder, unbearably loud. Tish and I covered our ears and Lazarus looked as if he was in pain from the noise. Then Lazarus fell, down the hole in the middle of the room. The moment Lazarus fell the organ stopped.

Tish and I lunged forward when Martha's hands began to slip. "We've got you! Hold on!" Tish said and we pulled her up.

"Harper! Martha!" The Doctor yelled.

"We're okay! We're all okay!" Martha yelled pulling both Tish and I in for a hug. "Thanks," she said to us.

"It's your Doctor you should be thanking," Tish said.

"I told you he'd think of something," Martha said.

"He cut it a bit fine though, didn't he?"

"He always does," I said with a laugh. "It's more fun that way."

"Who is he?"

"He's…" Martha stopped for a second and I wondered what she was going to say. "He's the Doctor."


The Doctor's POV

I went to check and Lazarus was gone for real this time. He had even turned back to the old man he was before. I closed his eyes before going to find the girls.

Right when I saw Harper I knew I could breath again. I pulled her in for a tight hug, which she returned, and kissing her on the top of the head. She pulled away so I could hug Martha. I was happy they are safe.

"I didn't know you could play," Martha said.

"Well, you know, if you hang around with Beethoven, you're bound to pick a few thing up," I said.

"Mmm, especially about playing loud," Harper, said laughing.

"Sorry?" I said faking being deaf.

The girls laughed and we all headed out of the Cathedral.


I stuck the key into the TADIS and then turned to Martha, "Something else that just kind of escalated."

"I can see a pattern developing," Martha said. "You should take more care in the future, and the past, and whatever other time period you find yourself in."

"It's been fun, though, hasn't it?" I asked with a smile.

"Yes!"

"So what do you say? One more trip?"

"No, sorry," Martha said shocking me.

"What do you mean? I thought you like it."

"I do, but I can't go on like this, 'one more trip.' It's not fair."

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"I don't want to be a passenger anymore, someone that you take along for a treat. That's how you still see me. I'd rather stay here."

I looked down at Harper and saw she was looking about my with big puppy dog eyes. So I knew what I had to do. "Okay, then, if that's what you want."

"Right, well, we've already said goodbye once today. It's probably best if you just go." Martha turned away and walked away but then turned back to us when she didn't hear the TARDIS leave, "What is it?"

"Well, I said okay."

"Sorry?"

I could feel Harper bounding on her toes beside me as I nodded my head to the TADIS and said, "Okay."

"Oh, thank you! Thank you!" Martha gave me a big hug before Harper pulled her in for a hug.

"Well, you were never really just a passenger, were you?" I said as we all entered the TARDIS.


So…. What did you think? Don't you love the Doctor and Harper? I will do my best to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Thank you so much for reading and please leave a review. Until next time my dear fellow Whovians, keep being awesome!