"Ow!" I groaned, grabbing my forehead. "That bloody hurt."
I continued holding my head, as everything got in the right place for a few minutes, until I finally blinked and got up from the cold floor of the Tardis.
I first checked out my body, touching my legs and arms. "Fit, not too skinny and not too shabby." I then groped my breasts. "Symmetrical and not too big, nice." I took my hair down and combed through it carefully. "Blonde and wavy, that's new I've never been blonde before."
"Personality-wise..." I said to myself, analyzing my previous actions. "Well, I like to talk to myself but that's not a first since third me did it too. I'm more relaxed than previously, normally I would already be checking out the damage to the Tardis instead of this self-analyzation. I seem to want to jump down like a child for the fact that I'm alive and well ... yes, that seems to be the human in me. I seem to be somewhat unbalanced mentally, well with three personalities in my head that's a given, I might need to go to the zero room when I fix this mess."
"Ok, ok, ok." I said to myself, babbling seemed to help me think. In the back of my mind, I could feel Rina's amusement at my actions and my time lord self, who I was naming Nari to avoid confusion, was rolling her eyes at the situation. I was the prime personality so I was taking The Rani as my name, I was still mostly my time lady self. The human in me was just a small part compared to the baggage that the Rani had. Yeah, I really needed that zero room.
"Problem - find out how much time I have to fix the Tardis, solution- check how long until the Jackie Tyler is 40 years old." I said. "Problem- the Tardis is broken, and can't reach the time vortex for energy. Solution- fix what I can with this primitive technology, wait for the doctor, connect our TARDISes and hop a ride back. Easy."
"But first things first." I glanced down at the Time Lord robes and grimaced. "I need a makeover, I hope however owned this Tardis had some 21th-century human clothes."
I ran to the closet, really this personality had a bit of child-like attitudes although it was somewhat refreshing. I had just run away from a war, a bit of fun was much appreciated. Rina hummed in agreement and Nari felt like was comparing me to The Doctor's bratty personality. Though luck other personalities, you're not the boss of me.
The clothes in this Tardis were mostly for male, I did find however a pair of female trousers and a simple white shirt and a pair of sneakers. Not something I would use for the remaining time of this regeneration for sure, but good enough.
I walked towards the large mirror after getting dressed and was surprised. "Woah!" I declared, touching my face. "I'm attractive and young." I trailed the rest of my body with my eyes and grinned. "Yeah, I would do me."
I thought about my reaction and shook my head, that was Rina's lovely lesbian personality talking, not that I disagree.
I ran back to the control room, grabbed the Tardis's key and my physic paper and ran out of the door.
Time to explore.
So different universe, new regeneration with bits of human in the head and I still thought that humans were a bunch of barbarian fools. Case in point, they are obsessed to the point they have technology up their ears. Primitive technology at that. If you want to stick tech in yourself at least do it with intelligence, that's what I thought anyway. Not to mention it's Cybermen tech, which is pathetic, and if Rina's memories were correct the Cybermen in this universe were created by a human, which makes it even more pathetic.
"You." I greeted, calling the guy behind the counter at a coffee shop that had a few public computers. "Let me use one of those pieces of ancient tech."
"Miss, you have to have an earpod to connect to the internet." The teen replied, with a bored look on his face.
I smiled, amused. This teen monkey was ignoring me and I did hate being ignored. I reached closer towards him and yanked his tie to make him face me. "Timothy is it?" I asked, glancing at his name tag. He nodded, looking at me with wide eyes.
"I'm Rani and I need you to do a little something for me, pretty please with a cherry on top?" I asked slowly, looking like a cat that had just caught a bird. It seems this version of me will be a terrible flirt, it's bound to be amusing.
"What can I- I do for you, Miss Rani?" Timothy replied, dry swallowing while blushing.
"I need you to find me some information online, can you do that?" I whispered in his ear, the poor ape was as red as a tomato.
"Of course I can." He replied, with a shaky smile. I smirked, quite pleased with herself.
"Fantastic." Would you look at that, I got a new minion.
He looked up the information for her, and I apparently had about a month until the date of birth of one Jackie Tyler. One month to make the Tardis semi-operational, one month until The Doctor and one month until the Cybermen.
The doctor was nervous.
From the moment they had arrived in this strange parallel world the doctor had felt something strange in the back of his mind, a buzz-like sound we couldn't place.
The Tardis was getting herself into shape, in a recharging cycle and would be ready in twenty-four hours. Meanwhile, his companions, Rose and Mickey, had decided to go explore this universe in different directions even after he told them to stay put.
He ended up following Rose, after that business with her dad's death and the Rippers he knew she might do something problematic. Little did he know that at the same moment someone was breaking and entering his Tardis.
I opened the door of The Doctor's Tardis with little problem, the doofus almost never remembered to lock down the front door.
The tardis hummed with my present, greeting me warmly. I grinned, even if this one was the Doctor's Tardis she was quite remarkable.
"I see your recharging." I said, looking at the information on the screen. "My Tardis can't, I was cooking after the regeneration and wasn't quick enough to give her energy. Can you help us out?"
I received a quick humm from the engine, which I believed was a yes. The Tardises were connected since this one was an older model it meant that mine was her little sister. She must be happy to know she's not the last one anymore.
I smiled and encoded my tardis information within her matrix, the doctor doesn't need to know. Let's see how long it will take him to find out.
The Doctor carried a tray of canape's and champagne for the guests in the Tyler mansion, with an amused smirk as Rose's annoyance at being a servant presented itself on her face.
" We could have been anyone." The blonde human said, rolling her eyes at her maid outfit.
"Got us in, didn't it?" He replied, watching the guests. The buzz in his head was getting louder, he wondered what he had missed. There was something that he hadn't realized, he just couldn't figure out what. Maybe something with the earpod thingies?
" You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could've been guests. Celebrities." Rose said, looking at the women who were wearing beautiful dresses. Before she could continue a voice sounded from behind him.
"Don't mind him, he's just too shy to deal with people knowing him." A female voice said with obvious amusement. "He used to fail his tests on purpose, not wanting people stalking him."
He froze, and the buzz on the back of his head tingled with enjoyment. Rose was looking at the woman behind him curiously, and somewhat shocked. Meanwhile, he was still frozen on the spot.
There was a Time Lady behind him, impossible. But apparently possible. How? When the Time Lord closed the walls of reality they had already recalled every single one of them home, the possibility that one was forgotten was slim. Unless someone found a way to break the wall and escaped. Yes, that's possible. By the end, they all wanted to escape.
He thought back at what she had just said and deduced who it was before turning his head. Ushas, The Rani. His old friend sometimes turned enemy, the amoral scientist and possibly the only person who could figure a way into a parallel universe.
"The Rani." He whispered, turning around slowly to look at her.
Blonde and young, he wasn't expecting that. Young yes, he remembered seeing her young in her first regeneration and another time during the war. But blonde? Never. Hell, she had been a ginger during the war. He still thought that was totally not fair.
The short red dress that showed more skin than fabric was also surprising. Sure she had a thing for red in most of her regenerations, but she was always a bit on the conservative side. She was a scientist, appearances never bothered her much. Surprisingly enough, she even had earings on.
Her eyes were glinting with pleasure, they hadn't seen each other in a long time. He took in her expression, she looked more relaxed than before. Dare he says it, more mischievous. She was always serious, at least since the untempered schism.
"You're different." He commented, taking her in slowly. "You're never one to make dramatic entrances."
"Yes well, something went a bit wrong with this regeneration, I'm a tad more dramatic. I did think about knocking you out, kidnapping you and tying you down somewhere but ... been there, done that, got the t-shirt. At least twice." She replied with a cheeky grin and a shrug. "I've been waiting, you're kind of late."
"You were waiting?" He asked confused, how had she known he would end up in a parallel universe? The same parallel universe that she was on?
"For about a month now." She replied, before walking up close to him.
They were face to face, noses almost touching when Rose let out a yelp. "Who the bloody hell is this?"
The Rani narrowed her eyes still looking at his face, ignoring Rose. He continued quietly looking back at her, he almost wanted to cry he couldn't believe she was here.
This was normally the part where he woke up. Out of all of them, she survived. Well, that really wasn't that surprising this was the Rani, after all, the most intelligent and the most bloody stubborn. As if some war and some Dalek could stop her from science. Oh, he wanted to hug her, but knowing her she would probably beat him up with some genetically engineered creature she has stashed somewhere close by.
The time lady grabbed his chin with her right hand, moving his face to the left and to the right a few times. He remained unmoving, wondering where this was going. He wasn't sure, but this version of her was definitely something else.
"Not a bad face, your skin is horrible tho. You should moisturize." She said, before taking a step back while glancing down at his body. "And I just bet you're rude and cheeky."
"And not ginger." He said, grinning. He was still careful, you never know with the Rani. If it was the Master, he knew they would have already been in a confrontation. The Rani, well, it depended on her mood. This her was quite playful, and not as hostile. He was intrigued.
"I noticed, still not hitting that lottery are you?" She replied, the grin back in her lips.
"Hello?" Rose said, glaring at both of them. "The other person in the conversation here, who the bloody hell is this doctor?"
"An old friend." He replied, still staring at the Time Lady not believing she was real.
"Frenemy really." She corrected, rolling her eyes. "I'm not friendly with idiots."
"What about the Master?" He asked without thinking about it, the moment he noticed what he had said he sobered up recalling his best enemy, his once best friend, that had long perished.
"I'm not friendly with idiots." She repeated, looking at his expression before sifting her eyes. "Anyway, it's great your here because I don't feel like cleaning up after these apes. That's what your good for."
"What are you talking about?" He asked, narrowing his eyes. He knew something was up with this universe, apparently so did she. Of course, Rani being the Rani she didn't care about what happened to the apes, as she calls them. This could be another one of her schemes, but it didn't feel like it.
"These parallel humans are still as stupid as the ones from our universe, I'm sure you noticed." She replied, before grabbing a cup of champagne from Rose's tray. "I'm sure you'll figure out this bloody mess quick enough."
"Wait, where are you going?" He called, as she started walking towards the rest of the humans that were mingling. She just popped out of nowhere, he didn't want her out of his sight. Not only to make sure she wasn't planning something nefarious but also to reassure himself that she was there, that she was real.
"Who are you, lady?" Rose asked, frowning at being called stupid along with her race.
She turned around and winked at him, waving with her free hand towards her body. "I'm going to torment some humans with my aesthetically pleasing female form, ta ta."
He watched her walk away, noticing how her dress fell on her hips. He ran his fingers through his head in frustration, before letting out a laugh in delight. He wasn't the last. He didn't end them all, at the very least she still existed. His heart felt so much relief, he couldn't stop smiling.
"Who's she?" Rose asked once more, hitting his arm as a call of attention.
"That's the Rani, she's like me Rose." He replied, grinning from ear to ear.
"You mean she's like you, a time lord?" Rose asked, gaping at him like a fish. "I thought you said you were the last one of your kind."
"Well, technically Time Lady but yes." He replied still not believing his luck. "From the looks of it, she's a bit more bonkers than usual, but I can't believe she's alive."
Rose was about to say something when Pete appeared on top of the staircase and called out. "Excuse me! Thank you very much. Thank you if I could just have your attention, please?"
To be continued ...