Hey guys, so here is chapter 33. I've never been a huge fan of this episode but I like how the chapter came out. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy.


Harper's POV

I walked into the control room to see the Doctor sonicing Martha's phone. "Well, there we go, universal roaming. Never have to worry about a signal again."

He tossed Martha her phone back, "no way, this is too mad. You're telling me I can phone anyone anywhere in space and time on my mobile?"

"As long as you know the area code," I said with a laugh.

"Frequent flyers' privilege," the Doctor said happily. "Go on, try it." But before she could try it the TARDIS started to shake and alarms went off. "Distress signal. Locking on might be a bit of…" we were suddenly knocked down.

"Turbulence," I said from the ground.

"Sorry," the Doctor said giving me a hand. I let him pull me up as he said, "come on, girls, let's take a look."

"Automated distress signal transmitted," we heard as we stepped out of the TARDIS.

"Wow, now, that is hot." The Doctor was right it was boiling in here.

"Automated distress signal transmitted."

"It's like a sauna in here," Martha said as she took off her jacket.

"Venting systems working at full pelt," the Doctor said.

"Doesn't feel like they are," I said looking around.

"They're trying to cool down… wherever it is we are. Well, if you can't stand the heat…" He went through the door and instantly it was cooler, but not much. "That's better."

"Oi, you three," we heard a man yell and watched as two man and a woman ran towards us.

"Get out of there!" The woman yelled as the first man yelled, "seal that door now!"

"Who are you? What are you doing on my ship?" The woman, who apparently is the captain, asked.

"Are you police?" The other man asked.

"Why would we be police?" The Doctor asked and I added, thinking about my hair, "do I even look like police?"

"We got your distress signal," Martha said.

Then the Doctor asked, "If this is a ship, why can't I hear any engines?"

"It went dead four minutes ago," the captain said.

"So maybe we should stop chatting and get to engineering, captain," the first man said and I thought, 'someone needs to take a chill pill.'

I saw the Doctor let out a small smile but before he could reply we heard, "Secure closure active."

"What?" The captain said in shock.

"The ship's gone mad."

"Who activated secure closure?" A young girl asked as she ran to us. "I nearly got locked into area 27. Who are you?"

"He's the Doctor, she's Harper, and I'm Martha, hello!" Martha seemed distracted as she said this and walked over to a window.

"Impact projection, 42 minutes, 27 second."

"Um… I'm sorry, but did that just say impact projection?" I asked getting a bit worried; this was feeling too much like the impossible planet to me.

"We'll get out of this, I promise," the captain said.

"Doctor," Martha said but the Doctor ignored her and asked, "42 minutes until what?"

"Doctor, look!" This time both the Doctor and I went over to her and looked out to see a sun that was far to close to us.

"42 minutes until we crash into the sun," the captain said.


The Doctor's POV

"How many crew members on board?" I asked the captain as I ran back to her.

"Seven, including us."

"We transfer cargo across the galaxy," one of the man said. "Everything's automated. We just keep the ship…"

"Call the other," I said interrupting him. "I'll get you out!"

I ran to the door we had came in and heard, "What's he doing?"

"Doctor, don't!" The captain yelled and right when I opened the door a blast of hot air knocked me back. Harper and Martha were by my side that instead as the young girl went to shut and lock the door.

"But my ship's in there!"

"In the vent chamber?" The young man asked.

"It's our lifeboat," I said.

"It's lava."

"Temperature's going mad in there," the young girl said. "Up 3,000 degrees in 10 seconds and still rising."

"Channeling the air. The closer we get to the sun, the hotter that room's gonna get."

"We're stuck here," Martha said in anger.

'I could make it…' Harper thought, but I shut that down quickly, "No!" I said pointing right at her; she scrunched up her nose in annoyance, but thankfully didn't try to press the thought.

"Anyways, so we fix the engines," I said turning back to the crew. "We steer the ship away from the sun, simple. Engineering down here, is it?"

"Yes," the captain said as I lead the way.

"Impact in 40:26"


"Blimey," I said as I looked around. "Do you always leave things in such a mess?"

"Oh my!"

"The hell happened?"

"Oh, it's wrecked," it was clear to see this was not the norm.

"Pretty efficiently, too. Someone knew what they were doing," Harper said.

"Where's Korwin?" The captain asked. "Has anyone heard from him or Ashton?"

"No."

"Do you mean someone did this on purpose?" Martha asked.

"Korwin, Ashton, where are you?" The captain called over the intercom system. "Korwin, can you answer? Where is he? He should be up here."

"Oh, we're in the toragy system," I said as I looked through the computer. "Lovely, you're a long way from home, Martha. Half a universe always."

"Yeah, feels it," she said sarcastically.

"And you're still using energy scoops for fusion," I said looking at the captain. "Hasn't that been outlawed yet?"

"We're due to upgrade next docking. Scannell, engine reports."

"No response," one of the men, Scannell, said.

"What?" The captain asked.

"They're burnt out. The controls are wrecked. I can't get them back online."

"Oh, come on, auxiliary engines. Every craft's got auxiliaries," I said.

"We don't have access from here," the captain said. "The auxiliary controls are in the front of the ship."

"There are 29 password-sealed doors between us and them. You'll never get there on time," Scannell said.

"Wow, whose brilliant idea was that?" Harper said and then Martha asked, "can't you override the doors?"

"No, sealed closure means what it says. They're all deadlock sealed."

"So a sonic screwdriver's no use," I said and Harper looked at me and I knew then she was worried.

"Nothing's any use. We've got no engines, no time and no chance," Scannell said.

"Oh, listen to you!" I said, "Defeated before you even started. Where's your Dunkirk spirit? Who's got the door passwords?"

"They're randomly generated. Reckon I'd know most of them. Sorry, Riley Vashtee," the young man said.

"Then what are you waiting for, Riley Vashtee? Get on it," I said.

"Well, it's a two person job," Riley grabbed the equipment, "one to take this for the questions; the other to carry this. The oldest and cheapest security system around, eh, captain?"

"Reliable and simple. Just like you, eh, Riley?"

"Try to be helpful, get abuse, nice," Riley said.

I saw Martha and Harper look at one another and then Martha said, "We'll help you. Make ourselves useful." Martha grabbed one of the pieces of equipment from Riley.

"It's remotely controlled by the computer panel. That's why it needs two."

"Oi, you two be careful," I said as they walked away.

"You, too," Martha said and Harper gave me a tight smile.

'You okay?' I asked her.

'I'm just getting a strong feeling of déjà vu. This reminds me so much of our trip to the impossible planet.'

'Maybe a little, but we will be okay. I promise. I love you.'

'Love you, too. Be safe.' And with that I watch Harper follow Riley and Martha.

"McDonnell, it's Ashton," we heard over the intercom.

"Where are you? Is Korwin with you?" The captain asked.

"Get up to the med centre now!"

"Impact in 34:31."


"Korwin, it's Abi. Open your eyes. I need to take a look at you." The captain, McDonnell, and I entered the med centre to see a woman, Abi, and a man, Ashton, holding down another man, Korwin.

"Korwin!" McDonnell said, "What's happened? Is he okay?"

"Help! Help me," Korwin screamed. "It's burning me!"

"How long's he been like this?" I asked.

"Ashton just brought him in," Abi said.

I took out my sonic and scanned him but McDonnell yelled, "What are you doing to him?"

"Don't get too close," I warned, but McDonnell didn't listen and said, "Don't be stupid, he's my husband."

"And he's just sabotaged our ship," Ashton said.

"What?"

"He went mad. He put the ship under secure closure," Ashton told us. "Then he sent a heat pulse to melt the control."

"No way! He wouldn't do that," McDonnell defended her husband.

"I saw it happen, captain."

"Korwin? Korwin, open your eyes for me a second," I said.

"I can't!"

"Yeah, of course you can. Go on," I tried again.

"Don't make me look at you. Please."

"All right, all right, all right. Just relax," I reached behind me and grabbed some medicine and then asked Abi, "sedative?"

When she nodded yes I gave it to Korwin knocking him out. "What's wrong with him?" McDonnell asked.

"Rising body temperature, unusual energy readings. Stasis chamber," I said finally looking at the machine Korwin was in. "I do love a good stasis chamber. Keep him sedated in thee. Regulate the body temperature. And just for fun, run a bio-scan, a tissue profile, and a metabolic detail."

"Just doing them now," Adi said.

"Oh, you're good. Anyone else presenting these symptoms."

"Not so far."

"Well, that's something."

"Will someone tell me what is the matter with him?" McDonnell said.

"Some sort of infection. We'll know more after the test results. Now, allons-y! Back downstairs, eh? See about those engines, go. Hey," I said getting McDonnell's attention because she had yet to move. "Go. Call us if there's news. Any questions?"

"Yeah, who are you?" Abi asked.

"I'm the Doctor," I said as I ran from the room.

"Heat shield failing at 25%. Impact in 32:50."


Harper's POV

"Hurry up, will you?" Martha said impatiently.

"All right, fix the clamp on," Riley said back to her. I was looking over his shoulder to read the question.

"What are you typing?"

"These doors' trip code is the answer to a random question set by the crew. Nine tours back, we got drunk, thought them up. Reckoning was if we're hijacked, we're the only ones who know all the answers."

"You thought it was smart to come up with questions and answers while drunk? Man, I hope you at a real alert drunk," I said with a laugh.

"So you type in the right answer…" Martha said.

"This sends a remote pulse to the clamp," Riley finished for her. "But we only get one chance per door. Get it wrong, the whole system freezes."

"That's comforting, you better not get it wrong," I said getting more worried.

"Okay, 'Date of SS Pentallian's first flight?' That's all right, go!" Riley said as the door opened.

"Yes!" Martha cheered.

"Twenty eight more to go!" Riley said as we ran to the next door.


The Doctor's POV

"Abi, how's Korwin doing?" I asked, calling from engineering. "Any results from the bio-scan?"

"He's under heavy sedation. I'm just trying to make sense of this data. Give me a couple of minutes and I'll let you know," she said. That wasn't much to go on, but it was a start.


Harper's POV

"Harper, Martha, Riley," we heard the Doctor call. "How are you doing?"

"Area 29, at the door to 28," Martha called back.

"Yeah, you've got to move faster."

"We're doing our best," I said back.

"Find the next number in the sequence: 313, 331, 367. What?" Riley said after he had read the question.

"You said the crew knew all the answers," Martha said.

"The crew's changed since we set the questions."

"You're joking," I said frustrated.

"379," the Doctor said.

"What?" Martha asked the same time I asked "How?"

"It's a sequence of happy primes. 379."

"Happy what?" Martha asked.

"Just enter it."

"Are you sure? We only get one chance," Riley said.

"Any number that reduces to one when you take the sum of the square of its digits and continue iterating until it yields one is a happy number. Any number that doesn't isn't. A happy prime is a number that's both happy and prime. Now type it in!" The Doctor explained, and then mumbled, "I don't know. Talk about dumbing down. Don't they teach recreational mathematics any more?"

"No," I said, "and we're through!"

"Keep moving fast as you can. And, girls, be careful. There may be something else onboard the ship."

I looked at Martha to see her looking scared. "Anytime you want to unnerve us, feel free."

"Will do, thanks," the Doctor said back to Martha.

"Impact in 30:50."


"I can't believe our lives depend on some stupid pub quiz," Martha said when we got to the next door. "Is that the next one?"

"Oh, this is a nightmare. 'Classical music, who had the most pre-download number ones, Elvis Presley or the Bee-atles?' How are we supposed to know that?"

Martha and I looked at each other and then laughed at Riley pronunciation of two of the most famous artist ever.


The Doctor's POV

"We need a backup in case they don't reach the auxiliary engine in time," I told McDonnell, Scannell, and Ashton. "Come on, think. Resources. What have we got?"

"Doctor?" Martha called.

"What is it now?"

"Who had the most number ones, Elvis or the Beatles? That's pre-download," Martha asked.

"Elvis," I said but then thought about it. "No, the Beatles! No, wait… um, um, oh, what was the remix? Um… I don't know I am a bit busy."

"Fine," Martha said. "I'll ask someone else."

"Now, where was I? Here comes the sun. No, resources, so the power's still working, the generator's going, if we can harness that… oh!"

"Use the generator to jumpstart the ship," McDonnell said.

"Exactly! At the very least, it will buy some more time."

"That is brilliant," McDonnell praised.

"I know, see? Tiny glimmer of hope…"

"If it works," Scannell said.

"Oh, believe me, you're gonna make it work."

Scannell left to get to work and I smiled over to McDonnell, "that told him."

"Impact in 29:46


Martha's POV

"Hello?"

"Mum," I still cannot believe I'm calling my mum from space and the future. "It's me, it's Martha. Wow!"

"Where are you? Don't you check your messages? I've been calling you."

"Actually, a bit busy. I need you to do something for me."

"No, listen to me. We have to talk about the Doctor," my mum said.

"Mum, please, not now! I need you to look something up on the Internet."

"Do it yourself. You've got a computer."

"Oh, just do it, will you?" I yelled but then turned to look at Harper and Riley. Harper was trying not to laugh while Riley looked shocked so I added, "Please."

"When did you get so rude? I'll tell you when. Ever since you met that man."

"I need to know who has more number ones, the Beatles or Elvis."

"Hang on, the mouse is unplugged." I groaned in frustration. "Okay, hang on. What is this, pub quiz?"

"Yeah, pub quiz."

"Using your mobile is cheating," mum chastised.

"Have you found it?"

"There's over 400,000 results. Give me a minute."

I looked over at Harper and rolled my eyes, this was going to take some time.

"Impact in 28:50."


The Doctor's POV

"Doctor, these readings are starting to scare me," Adi called.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Look, Korwin's body is changing. His whole biological make-up… it's impossible." Adi stopped talking and then we heard, "this is med centre. Urgent assistance requested. Urgent assistance!"

"Stay here! Keep working," I yelled as I ran from the room.

"Urgent assistance!"

"Burn with me," we heard over the intercom.

"Captain? I told you to stay in engineering," I said as I saw McDonnell and Scannell behind me.

"I only take orders from one person round here," Scannell said heading to med centre.

"Oh, is he always this cheery?" I asked as McDonnell and I followed him.


Harper's POV

"What? Really? Elvis," Martha said as her mum gave her the answer. "Mum, you're a star."

We heard a loud scream come through the intercom system, "I've got to go," Martha said hanging up on her mum.

"Doctor, what were those screams?" I yelled into the intercom.

"Concentrate on those doors. You gotta keep moving forward!" He said not giving us an answer.

"Impact in 27:06."


The Doctor's POV

"Korwin's gone," McDonnell said looking around med centre.

"Oh my, tell me that's not Lerner," Scannell said looking over at a burnt outline of a human.

"Endothermic vaporization," I said looking it over. "I've never seen one this ferocious. 'Burn with me'."

"That's what we heard Korwin say."

"What? Do you think… no way," McDonnell said. "Scannell, tell him. Korwin is not a killer. He can't vaporize people. He's human."

"These bio-scan results. Internal temperature, 100 degrees, body oxygen replaced by hydrogen. Your husband hasn't been infected. He's been overwhelmed."

"The test results are wrong," McDonnell ripped the results from my hand.

"What is it, though? A parasite? A mutagenic virus? Something that needs a host body, but how did it get inside him?"

"Stop talking like he's some kind of experiment."

"Where's this ship been? Have you made planet fall recently?" I asked, "Docked with any other vessels? Any sort of external contact at all?"

"What is this, an interrogation?"

"We've got to stop him before he kills again."

"We're just a cargo ship."

"Doctor, if you give her a minute…" Scannell said and I could see then McDonnell was having a hard time.

"I'm fine. I need to warn the crew." She went over to the intercom and said, "Everybody listen to me. Something has infected Korwin. We think… he killed Abi Lerner. None of you must go anywhere near him. Is that clear?"

"Understood, captain," Ashton said back.

"Impact in 24:51."


"Is the infection permanent? Can you cure him?" McDonnell asked me as I looked over the results.

"I don't know."

"Don't lie to me, Doctor. Eleven years we've been married. We chose this ship together. He keeps me honest. So I don't want false hope."

"The parasite's too aggressive. Your husband's gone. There's no way back, sorry."

"Thank you."

"Are you certain nothing happened to provoke this? Nobody's working on anything secret? 'Cause it's vital that you tell me," I said.

"I know every inch of this ship. I know every detail of my crew's lives. There is nothing."

"The why is this thing so interested in you?" I asked McDonnell.

"I wish I knew."


Harper's POV

"Doctor, we've moved to area 17," I called over the intercom.

"Keep going. You've got to get to area 1 and reboot those engines."

"Really is that what we were doing, I had no idea," I mumbled to Martha who laughed at me.

"Heat shields failing at 20%."

"Come on! Everything on this ship is so cheap," Riley said hitting the computer. We heard a bang from the way we had come and Riley asked, "Who's there?"

"Is that Korwin?" Martha asked when we saw someone walking this way. I immediately got in front of her.

"No, wait a minute. Oh, Ashton, what are you doing?"

"Burn with me."

"Well, if you want to help…"

"Burn with me," I pulled Riley behind me also. "Burn with me."

"Move!" Martha yelled as she open a door to our right. "Come on!" We ran in and Riley locked the door. Ashton appeared in the small window so we all got into the escape pod.

"What is happening on this ship?" Riley asked.

"Never mind that. Where are we?" Martha asked.

"An escape pod," I said and then the computer said, "Airlock field. Jettison escape pod."

"Does it mean us?" Martha said in panic and then screamed "Doctor!"

Riley start to work to keep us from being jettisoned, "Pod jettison initiated."

'Doctor! Help,' I thought starting to freak out just a bit.

"Doctor, we're stuck in an escape pod off the area-17 airlock. One of the crew's trying to jettison us, you've got to help us," Martha called.

'Harper, I'm coming. I will save you!'

"Tell me you can stop it," I said to Riley. The Doctor better hurry.


The Doctor's POV

'Doctor! Help,' I heard Harper and then heard Martha call, "Doctor, we're stuck in an escape pod off the area-17 airlock. One of the crew's trying to jettison us, you've got to help us."

'Harper, I'm coming. I will save you!' I thought back.

"Why is this happening?" McDonnell asked.

"Stay here. I mean it this time," I told them. "Don't start those engines!" I had to make it to Harper and Martha in time.


Martha's POV

"Jettison held."

"Thank you," Riley said as we all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jettison reactivated."

"Come on," Riley said getting mad. "Sierpinski sequence. This'll get him."

"Jettison held. Escape pod stabilized."

"You're pretty good," I told Riley. Harper closed her eyes and let her head fall back and said, "we're not out of the water yet."


The Doctor's POV

I rounded the corner and saw Ashton standing there. "That's enough!" He turned a bit towards me and I asked, "What do you want? Why this ship? Tell me."

But then he smashed his fist into the controls.


Harper's POV

"Jettison activated."

"What!" I screeched.

"He's crushed the circuit. I can't stop it. I can't stop it!"


The Doctor's POV

"Come on, let's see you," I said to Ashton. "I want to know what you really are."

Ashton got right in my face back then backed up howling in pain. "Airlock sealed," the computer said. He walked right past me, slamming into my shoulder in the process.

''McDonnell, Ashton's heading in your direction. He's been infected, just like Korwin."

"Korwin's dead, Doctor," Scannell said.


Harper's POV

"Everything's locked," Martha said banging on the door.

"Airlock decompression completed. Jettisoning pod." I started to cry thinking about leaving my Doctor.

"Doctor!" Martha suddenly sounded excited. I didn't have to look to know he was there.

"Martha, it's too late," Riley, said.

"Oh, now don't say that," I replied never giving up on him.

"Doctor!" Martha tried again but then said, "I can't hear you."

Then we were jettisoned, I got up and pulled Martha into a hug. I turned to watch the Doctor. He was standing at the window mouthing something. 'I'll save you!'

'I know,' I thought back sadly.

"Sorry," Martha said looking at the Doctor.

"Impact in 17:50."


"The wonderful would of space travel," Riley said after a couple of minutes. "The prettier it looks, the more likely it is to kill you."

"He'll come for us," Martha said.

"No, it's too late. Our heat shields will pack in any minute and then we go into free fall. We'll fall into the sun way before he has a chance to do anything."

"No, you don't know the Doctor," I said. "I waited a couple hundred years for him and he found me."

"You waited how long? You're only like 25 at the most," Martha said in disbelief.

"What can I say, I look good for my age."

Martha shook her head at me and then said, "well, I agree with Harper. I believe in him."

"Then you're lucky. I've never found anyone worth believing in."

"No girlfriend? Boyfriend?" Martha asked.

"The job doesn't lend itself to stable relationships."

"Family, then?" I asked.

"My dad's dead. I haven't seen my mum in six years. She didn't want me to sign on for cargo tours. Things were said, and since then, all silent. She wanted to hold on to me. I know that, she's so stubborn."

"Yeah, well, that's families," Martha said.

"What about you two?"

"I only have the Doctor," I said. "Martha on the other hand…"

She laughed and then said, "Full works. Mum, dad, dad's girlfriend, brother, sister. There's no silence there, so much noise. They'll never know, I'll just have disappeared and they'll always be waiting."

Riley and I looked at each other and the he said, "Call them."


The Doctor's POV

"I can't let you do this," Scannell said as I put on a space suit.

"You're wasting your breath, Scannell. You're not gonna stop me." Nothing could stop me saving Harper.

"You want to open an airlock in-flight on a ship spinning into the sun. No one can survive that."

"Oh, just you watch."

"You open that airlock, it's suicide. This close to the sun, the shields will barely protect you."

"If I can boost the magnetic lock on the ship's exterior, it should re-magnetize the pod. Now, while I'm out there, you've got to get the rest of those doors open. We need those auxiliary engines."

"Doctor, will you listen. They're too far away. It's too late."

"I'm not gonna lose them."

I stepped into the chamber and waited. "Decompression initiated."

'I'm coming, Harper.'

"Impact in 12:55."


Martha's POV

"Hello?"

"It's me again, sorry about earlier," I said to my mum.

"Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Martha?"

"Mum… you know I love you, don't you?"

"Of course, I do. What's brought this on?"

"I never say it. I never get the time or never think of it, and then… I really love you," I was doing my best not to cry. "Tell dad, Leo and Tish that I love them, too."

"Martha, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, promise."

"Where are you?"

"Just out."

"With anyone nice?"

"Some mates."

"What mates?"

"Mum, can we not just talk?"

"Of course. What do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know, anything. What you had for breakfast, what you watched on telly last night, how much you're gonna kill dad next time you see him, just anything."

"Is the Doctor with you? Is he there now?" Mum asked harshly.

"Mum, just leave it.

"It's a simple enough question."

"I better go."

"No, Martha, wait…"

"See ya, mum." After I hung up I started to cry so both Harper and Riley brought me into a hug. How were we going to get out of this one?

"Impact in 11:15."


The Doctor's POV

"Heat shields failing at 10%."

I opened the outer door and felt the heat immediately. I struggled to reach the buttons. "Come on!" I finally pushed the two buttons.

"Doctor, how are you doing?" I heard Scannell ask.

"I can't… I can't reach. I don't know how much longer I can last."

"Come on, don't give up now."

I reached as far as I could and pulled the door off the panel. I just had one more lever to pull and it would be done. But I was struggling to reach it.

'Come on, sweetie. You can do it,' I heard Harper and reach one last time pulling the lever.


Harper's POV

I was staring out the window when the pod gave a big shake. "We're being pulled back," Riley said.

Martha came up beside me and said, "I told you, the Doctor!" We are laughing and I gave Martha a hug. He had done it.

"Impact in 8:57."

"Airlock recompression completed." When the doors unlock I immediately got out to find the Doctor, something was wrong. When I saw him I become even more worried. He was still on the ground and it looked as if he was in pain. But what worried me the most was that he had blocked me out.

"Doctor? Doctor, are you okay?" Martha asked.

"Stay away from me." The Doctor's eyes were glowing like the sun so I pulled Martha back, but then went to his side.

"What's happened?" McDonnell asked coming over to us.

"It's your fault, Captain McDonnell," the Doctor said.

"Riley, get down to area 10 and help Scannell with the doors, go," McDonnell ordered.

I pulled him into my side, he was burning up; I tried to make him stop talking and rest but he didn't, "You mined that sun, stripped its surface for cheap fuel. You should have scanned for life!"

"I don't understand," McDonnell said.

"Doctor, what are you talking about?"

I know then what he meant, "it's alive," I said and the Doctor added, "That sun's alive, a living organism. They scooped out its heart, used it for fuel and now it's screaming!"

"What do you mean? How can a sun be alive? Why is he saying that?"

"Because it's living in me," I gasp at the Doctor. That's why he blocked me out. "Humans! You grab whatever's nearest and bleed it dry. You should've scanned!" He screamed.

"It takes too long. We'd be caught. Fusion scoops are illegal," McDonnell said.

"The get rid of them," I growled out, it was her fault my Doctor was in pain.

"Harper, Martha, you've got to freeze me, quickly."

"What?"

"Stasis chamber," I said quickly.

"Look, you've got to take me to below- 200. Freeze it out of me. It'll use me to kill you if you don't. The closer we get tot the sun, the stronger it is… med centre. Quickly! Quickly!"

Martha and I quickly started to pick the Doctor up, but as skinny as he is, he is not light so Martha turned to McDonnell and said, "Help us!"

"Impact in 7:30."


Martha's POV

When we got to the med centre Harper let go of the Doctor to set up the stasis chamber.

"Harper, where are you?" The Doctor asked reaching his arm out.

"It's all right, I'm here," Harper said coming back over to him. "Martha go and set it up. Minus 200, yeah?"

I went to do that as McDonnell and Harper got the Doctor in the chamber. "But you don't know how this equipment works," McDonnell said. "You'll kill him. Nobody can survive those temperatures."

"He's not human," I explained. "If he says he can survive, then he can."

"Let me help you, then."

"You've done enough damage," I spat out.

"Martha, now's not the time," Harper said. "We need all the help we can get."

"Ten seconds. That's all I'll be able to take, Harper."

"Doctor," Harper said calmly like she was trying to calm him down. My heart was breaking for them.

"It's burning me up. I can't control it. If you don't get rid of it, I could kill you and Martha. I could kill you all. I'm scared. I'm so scared."

"Hey now stop it," Harper said taking his hand. "I need you to just stay calm."

"You saved us, now we're returning the favor," I said grabbing onto his other hand. "Just believe in us."

"It's burning. Kill me, then it won't happen."

Harper's eyes got wide and I immediately said, "That's enough. We've got you."

"There's this process… this thing that happens if I'm about to die…"

"No!" Harper said forcefully, I've never heard her talk to the Doctor like that. "I'm not going to hear talk like that. It's not going to happen. You ready?"

"No," the Doctor said but I looked at Harper and she nodded her head yes so I started the stasis chamber up.

"Heat shields failing a 5%."


Hearing the Doctor's screams was painful. I looked up at Harper and saw her watching the Doctor. It was her eyes that concerned me; she looked as if she was in pain also. But I guess since they are so connected she was in pain. All of a sudden the power was cut from the med centre. The stasis chamber stopped before it got to minus 200.

"No, Martha, you can't stop it. Not yet," the Doctor yelled.

"What happened?" I asked.

"The power's been cut in engineering," McDonnell said.

"But who's down there?" Harper asked.

"Leave it to me," McDonnell said running from the room.

"Impact in 4:47."


Harper's POV

"Come on, you're defrosting," Martha said both of us just waiting for McDonnell to turn the power back on.

"Harper, Martha, listen, I could go at any moment. You've got to go."

"No way," Martha said instantly.

"Get to the front. Vent the engines. Sun particles in the fuel, get rid of them."

"I am not leaving you."

"Yes you are," I said and she turned to me. "I'll stay with him, but you have got to vent those engines. Give back what they took. Martha I need you to do this."

"But, what about you?"

"I wouldn't leave him in a million years. Now go!"

"I'll be back for you," Martha said to the Doctor before running from the room.

"Impact in 4:08."


"Harper, you need to leave. I can't stop it," the Doctor said and I turned around to say something but saw he was making his way out of the stasis chamber.

"I can't die, so bring it on."

"Impact in 3:43."


"I can't fight it anymore," the Doctor said walking closer to me. I had to admit I was a little frightened at this moment.

"Doctor please," I begged. I was up against a walk with nowhere to go.

"Burn with me."

Right as the Doctor's eyes started to open I closed my own.

"Impact in 2:17."


Martha's POV

"Primary engine critical. Survival estimate projection, 0%."

I was running. I had to make it to the front of the ship and fast.

"Martha!" I heard the Doctor over the intercom. What happened to Harper?

"Doctor, what are you doing? Where's Harper?"

"I can't fight it. Keep back, Martha. Burn with me. Burn with me, Martha!"

I wanted to go back and check on Harper but I had to keep going.

"Impact in 1:21."


"Impact in 1:06. Collision alert. Collision alert. Collision alert. Fifty eight second to fatal impact."

"Vent the engines, dump the fuel," I said running into the front of the ship.

"What?" Scannell asked.

"Sun particles in the fuel," I heard from beside me. I turned to see Harper standing there looking a bit dazed. "Um… right sorry. Get rid of them."

"Do it!" I yelled, deciding I would ask later. "Come on, Doctor, hold on."

"Fuel dump in progress. Fuel dump in progress."

"Ah, the engines are firing!" Scannell said as we were being tossed around.

"Impact averted. Impact averted. Impact averted."

"We're clear, we've got just enough reserves," Riley cheered.

I didn't stay around from long though, "Doctor!" I said as I ran from the room.


Harper's POV

The moment I heard the computer say impact averted I ran from the room. I need to see if the Doctor was okay. I ran as fast as I could and then stopped when I saw him. But his eyes, well they were back to the normal beautiful space filled out I loved.

I smile and let out a sob running over to him jumping into his arms. He pulled me in for a tight hug kissing the top of my head.

"We're safe. We're safe, it's okay, we're safe," he kept saying over and over.

I only pulled away when I heard Martha come running over to us. The Doctor pulled her in for a hug also and then she gave me a hug. We were safe.


"This is never your ship," Scannell said as him and Riley looked at the TARDIS.

"Compact, eh? And another good word, robust," the Doctor said smiling. "Barely a scorch mark on her."

"We can't just leave you drifting with no fuel," Martha said.

"We've sent out an official mayday. The authorities will pick us up soon enough," Riley explained.

"Though how we explain what happened…" Scannell said.

"Just tell them," I said as the Doctor put his arm around drawing me into his side. "That sun needs care and protection, just like any other living thing."

The Doctor and I entered the TARDIS but I heard Riley stop Martha as we shut the door.

"Wanna bet they end up kissing?" I said with a laugh.

"What? No, not going to happen."

"Our usual wagers says it does," I said smirking at him.

"Oh, you're on." He laughed before looking serious. "I thought that I had…"

"You didn't. I'm fine, okay. But… I don't know what happened. One minute I was sure I was a goner and the next I'm in the front of the ship with Martha."

The Doctor had a frown on his face like he was trying to figure it out. "So you don't know how you got there."

"No, I just sorta appeared there."

"So, didn't really need you in the end, did we?" Martha asked as she walked into the TARDIS, but when the Doctor didn't smile she said, "Sorry, how are you doing?"

"Now, what do you say? Ice-skating on the mineral lakes of kur-ha, fancy it?" The Doctor asked ignoring her question.

"Whatever you like," Martha said and I let out a sigh at them. The Doctor really needs to learn to let others in.

"By the way, you'll be needing this." The Doctor walked up to her and handed her a key to the TARDIS.

"Really?" Martha asked excited.

"Frequent flyers' privilege. Thank you."

"Don't mention it," Martha said but then got out her phone, "Oh, no! Mum!"

I watched dial the number to call her mum as the Doctor got the TARDIS ready to go.

"It's me again… I'm sorry about earlier. Over-emotional mad day… Yeah, tonight, do my best. Just remind me, what day is it again?" The Doctor and I looked at each other and laughed lightly. "Right, of course. I'll be round for tea, roughly… Anyway, I've got to go. See you later. Love you."

"Okay so the big question is…" I said once Martha had hung up the phone. "Did you kiss Riley or did he kiss you?"

"Oh, come on, Martha would never…"

"I kiss him," Martha said interrupting the Doctor.

"Yes!" I cheered as the Doctor groaned.

"What…?"

"We made a bet and the Doctor lost. Do you want to tell Martha what you have to do?"

He look very unhappy and said, "I… I have… I have to wear a tie with rubber ducks on it for two days."

Both Martha and I busted out laughing as the Doctor sulked watching us. It was two of the best days ever!


So what do you think? I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. I have big plans for the next two chapters and I'm really excited to get started on them. Thank you so much for reading and please leave a review. Until next time my dear fellow Whovians, and as always continue to be fantastic!