"You told me many years ago that this day would come. You told me what to say, so here I am, passing that knowledge to you now, Sage."
Nice, so there is a future me here. What about my family and friends back home? Do I ever get to see them again?
I walk in a daze, feeling the cold tile below my feet. "I don't know what's going on."
"No, but you will." The Face of Boe stops in front of a door, that said in bold letters, RESTRICTED. "Touch the door, think about opening it."
With skepticism, I did as I was told. Two fingers, four, five, my whole hand, and I think of the door sliding open under my palm, and what it would be like to lift my hand off it. We hear a lock click, and the door slides open under my hand, exactly how I imagined it. I stare at the wall that it disappeared into.
"Now do the same but lock it." I touch the door frame now, following the same procedure. The door closed.
"You hold within you an unimaginable power. Sage, there is much to be done in your future." The Face of Boe turns away from me, going back to the room where we came from. "Come now, socialize with everyone. It is a celebration, after all. Of what, I'm not sure, but it is one." Is this his attempt at humor?
Not much had happened in the room, asides from now Cassandra was talking about how she was the last human. As we enter, I could see straight through her sickeningly thin skin. I was so distracted by how grotesque she looked, I almost ran into Rose, who was doing the same thing.
"Oh! Sorry!" I stumble back.
"Oop!" She almost tripped over her own feet.
I dodge behind her, pulling to the same portion of the wall I had been at before. She follows me, wedging herself in the space between the two of us and a pillar.
"So, who are you really? American, right?" Rose questioned. "You seem as confused as I am, maybe even more. Do you know the Doctor or something? And what was that about 'Of course it's you two'?"
I shake my head, what am I supposed to tell her? Yeah, you're from a TV show in my universe? What is this, a bad fanfic? "Yeah, I'm from Utah. I don't know man. I'll let you know as soon as I do. I'm just as lost as you are."
"Right." She blows through her mouth, frustrated. "I'm gonna go for a bit. I need some air." Rose walks out the door, running her hand through her bleach blonde hair as she goes. The Doctor takes notice of her absence and heads after her, on his way being scanned by that one tree lady.
She goes through her whole, "It's impossible thing", but I can only think of one thing. I don't know if I'm human anymore. I don't know what's happened to me, but that little device in her hands could probably tell me.
I tucked my wings into my back, tighter than before, and hesitantly walk over to her. She's still looking at the screen, no doubt at the double hearted x-ray, doubting the results. "Hey, hi. Sorry to bother you. I'm Sage."
"Oh, hello. Nice to meet you, Sage. My name is Jabe, I represent the Forest of Cheam." She politely lowered the device in her hands, which I'm sure was also a way to keep me from seeing it.
I pointed to it, doing my best to remain inconspicuous while making a point. "Listen, I know you just scanned the Doctor, and I need a favor. Can you scan me as well? Don't ask why. Just… Please."
"I don't understand why you would need to be scanned; do you not know what you are?" She furrows her brows at me, tightening her posture.
"Just. Please? I'm dying of curiosity." I beg. I need to know. A horrible feeling eats away at my gut, telling me that it's not going to be what I expect, I know it won't be.
"Very well. As you wish." Jabe scans me quickly, then stares at the screen. "Impossible. I thought the Doctor was improbable, but you are something else entirely." She scans me again, but this time, the screen goes haywire, before burning out. The device dies with a little noise, a small beep and then its off.
"Holy shit did I break the thing? I'm really sorry!"
"No, no. You are impossible." In a hushed voice, she adds, "How are you part Time Lord, part human, and yet, still an unidentified species? Where are you from?" Her eyes seemed to look on me in fear and confusion.
"I'm human. I'm only human." I feel the air leave my lungs. "Pardon me. Thank you for your help, I'm sorry I broke your device again."
I run out the door, the same door as before, same as the Doctor, and my path with the Face of Boe, needing the same space as Rose. Tears rush to my eyes, blood rushes to my face, and I rush out down the hallway into a secluded area. The hallway leads me to a corner with an open vent, booted feet sticking out of the wall.
This seems familiar, wasn't this episode about Cassandra trying to kill everyone or something like that? I think there were little robots, which means-
"Get out of there! Get out of the vent!" I rush forward and grab the feet, just as soon as I hear, "No!" signifying the worst. Without meaning to, almost instinctively, I stretch my wings as far as they'll go outwards, and flap in, using the force to pull myself and the maintenance worker back. I had to do it twice, but I did it, landing backwards on my ass, the maintenance lady landing beside me.
"Are you alright? What's your name?" She barely gets a chance to talk before we hear squeaking, the bots have come out of the vents looking for the person they were supposed to grab before quickly retreating back into the walls.
I bend down to look into the vent; in front of me were maybe half a dozen little bots. Little shits. I wish I could smash them like tin cans, leave them on this ship as paperweights. Cassandra couldn't have been able to smuggle that many in this ship, maybe, 20? 25, at most? I clenched my fists at my sides. Oh how nice it'd be to smash them all, I can imagine it, them crumpling over, falling on their backs.
They twitch as I think of how nice it'd be to clear them all out. Not enough to make them fall over, but enough to make me notice. Is there a glitch in their system, or was that me? I look closer at them, but they quickly scurry away.
In the episode, weren't they much more confrontational? I remember the little bots killing a few characters without what seemed like any hesitation. Who did the bots kill?
I hear a meek voice behind me. "May I speak?"
"Yeah, of course you can." Why was she asking to be able to talk? Was this a detail in the episode I forgot about? I furrow my brows, I still can't remember who their next victim is.
"Thank you for the permission. Also, thank you for saving my life. I don't know what they would have done to me, but I'm glad you were there. I'm indebted to you." She lowered her head.
"No, you're really not in any kind of debt, it's the right thing to do. I hope you're alright. Listen, stay away from the vents, don't go poking around anymore. I've got to figure something out. What was your name again?"
"Ruffalo, and yours?"
I offer her a small smile. "Sage. It's nice to meet you." I need to find the Doctor, I don't think he knows what's going on. I make my way down the hallway to the large room with everyone else, hoping the Doctor is still there.
"Would the owner of the blue box in private gallery fifteen please report to the Steward's office immediately. Guests are reminded that use of teleportation devices is strictly forbidden under Peace Treaty five point four slash cup slash sixteen. Thank you."
The TARDIS is being wheeled away, I remember this scene! I rush through the door, hoping to see the Doctor, and sure enough, he's there conversing with the party. I wedge my way through the crowd over to him as he begins to move from the conversation so he can make sure the TARDIS is kept safe.
"'Scuse me, that's my call." He excused himself, just as I approach him. His eyebrows lift as he sees me. "Oh, what's gone on with you? Come to thank me?"
"Well, no, and yes. Thanks. Walk with me because there's something going on here." He began to walk with me through another hallway off to the right of the room. "Listen, you know that bitchy trampoline? And those balls the Repeated Meme were giving people? It's a trap. Cassandra wants to do something to get money, don't ask me what or why cause I don't know, I don't remember, but those little balls have spiders in them that are getting into the mainframe of the ship."
"And how would you know that? You seemed pretty lost when you first arrived. Speaking of, who are you?" He didn't offer any solace in his questions.