Inside, Tyler flat, Living room, Night...
"The whole of Central London has been closed off as police investigate the fire." The BBC news reporter was saying as Rose watched that evening, Daisy sitting cross-legged across from her in an armchair while braiding her long blonde hair into pigtails. "Earlier reports in the..."
"I know!" Jackie exclaimed as she entered the sitting room while talking on the phone. "It's on the telly! It's everywhere! They're lucky to be alive... Yeah, Daisy was with her!... Honestly, it's aged them. Skin like old Bibles. Walking in now, you'd think I was either of them's daughter." She said as she handed each of her daughters a mug of tea before heading back for the kitchen, spotting a familiar face as he entered the flat, "Oh, and here's himself."
Rose looked up as Daisy glanced to the side, both of them seeing Mickey enter the room before beelining straight for Rose.
"I've been phoning your mobile!" He told her, hugging her before glancing and pointing at Daisy. "Yours, too." He then looked back and forth between the two sisters. "You could've been dead. It's on the news and everything. I can't believe it, Rose, that your shop went up!"
"Mick, don't make a fuss." Daisy sighed as she shook her head, taking a sip of her tea before setting it aside and going back to braiding her hair into pigtails.
"Honestly, we're fine." Rose agreed.
"Well, what happened?" Mickey asked.
"I don't know!" Rose exclaimed.
"A mysterious man and woman made the top floor blow up." Daisy thought.
"What was it, though?" Mickey asked again. "What caused it?"
"We weren't in the shop." Rose shook her head.
"The mysterious duo got us away before it went up." Daisy thought to herself.
"We were outside, heading home." Rose told Mickey. "We didn't see anything."
"They said their names were the Doctor and Aria." Daisy added mentally as she continued making comments in her head. "Aria rappelled down the side of the store, and the Doctor waved the bomb in our faces before he and Aria went to blow the roof up."
"It's Debbie on the end." Jackie said as she reentered the room, holding out the phone. "She knows a man on the Mirror. Five hundred quid for an interview."
"Oh, that's brilliant." Rose smiled, holding out her hand. "Give it here."
And when Jackie handed her the phone, Rose promptly ended the call and handed it back, Daisy smirking as she kept to herself while continuing to braid her hair.
Jackie scowled at Rose. "Well, you've got to find some way of making money. Your job's kaput, and I'm not bailing you out." The phone rang again, and Jackie answered immediately. "Bev! Rose is alive! I've told her, sue for compensation. She and Daisy were within seconds of death! I know! Daisy was with her!"
"What're you two drinking, anyway? Tea?" Mickey frowned, glancing back and forth and seeing what Rose and Daisy were drinking. "Nah, nah, that's no good. Both of you need something stronger. We're going down the pub, all of us. My treat. How about it?"
"Mick, seriously, we're alright." Daisy insisted, taking another sip of her tea.
"Come on," He began, glancing at her. "you both deserve a proper drink." He said before looking back to Rose.
Rose raised a suspicious eyebrow. "Is there a match on?"
"No." Mickey shook his head, but Rose continued to look at him suspiciously. "I'm just thinking about you and your sister, babe."
Daisy snorted, rolling her eyes as she lifted her mug of tea to her lips.
"There's a match on, ain't there?" Rose smirked.
Mickey squirmed under scrutiny. "That's not the point, but we could catch the last five minutes."
"Go on, then." Rose shooed him. "I'm fine. We're fine. Go."
"Oh, and get rid of that, would you?" Daisy added, nodding towards the mannequin arm laying on the coffee table.
"Yeah." Mickey nodded before looking to Rose and giving her a quick kiss, then picking up the arm. "Bye, bye."
"Bye." Rose smiled.
Mickey pretended to strangle himself with arm before then just turning completely around and leaving.
Rose and Daisy then looked away from the doorway and sighed in unison, making them look at each other, both of their minds racing with the exact same thoughts of their evening escapade with the Doctor and Aria.
"Fire then spread throughout the store." The television continued. "Fifteen fire crews are in attendance, though it's thought there is very little chance of saving the infrastructure."
•••
Inside, Tyler flat, Daisy and Rose's bedroom, Morning...
When Rose and Daisy's alarm clock went off the next morning and Rose slapped it off, Jackie shouted from the kitchen. "There's no point in getting up, sweetheart. You've got no job to go to."
Rose flopped back down on her bed, turning her head to the side to see her sister's bed already empty.
"Must already be gone." Rose thought to herself, sighing before actually dragging herself out of bed.
•••
Inside, Tyler flat, Living room...
However, when Rose walked into the living/dining area, she was a bit surprised to see Daisy walk out of the kitchen with two plates in her hands.
"Why haven't you gone to work?" Rose enquired, sitting down at the dining table as Daisy sat a plate in front of her. "It's not like your job was blown up."
"The whole of Central London has been closed off while they investigate." Daisy reminded Rose as she sat down next to her. "In case you forgot, the photography studio that I work at is across the street from where Henricks now used to be. I can't go in to work until that part of town gets a bit less congested."
"Makes sense, I guess." Rose shrugged, picking up her fork.
"You know, Rose, there's Finch's." Jackie said as she walked out of the kitchen, mugs of tea in her hands. "You could try them. They've always got jobs."
"Oh, great. The butchers." Rose rolled her eyes as her mother set mugs of tea down in front of her and Daisy.
"Well, it might do you good!" Jackie insisted as she sat down across from her daughters. "That shop was giving you airs and graces, and I'm not joking about compensation. You've had genuine shock and trauma. Arianna got two thousand quid off the council just because the old man behind the desk said she looked Greek."
"But... Arianna is Greek, Mum." Daisy tilted her slightly.
"Okay, she is. It doesn't matter, though." Jackie shook her head as she stood up from the table, mug of tea in hand. "It's still a valid claim."
Daisy and Rose glanced at each other before bursting out laughing as their mother walked back to her room.
However, the sisters' laughing was interrupted when they heard a rattle from the door.
Rose sighed. "Mum, you're such a liar. We told you nail that cat flap down. We're gonna strays."
"I did it weeks back!" Jackie called out from her room.
"No, you thought about it." Daisy responded as she followed Rose to the door before they both paused.
The screws for the cat flap were on the floor, undone somehow... and then the cat flap moved.
Frowning, Daisy glanced at Rose before they both kneeled down to open it.
Cerulean blue eyes met dark brown while chocolate brown eyes met grey blue.
With widened eyes, Daisy and Rose quickly got to their feet before Rose opened the door as the Doctor and the Guardian shot up.
"What're you two doing here?" The Doctor asked.
"We live here!" Rose retorted.
"And why is that?" The Guardian crossed her arms, leaning against the doorframe.
"Er... because we do?" Daisy raised an eyebrow.
Rose rolled her eyes. "I'm only home 'cause a couple of certain someones blew up my job."
"Doesn't explain why you're here." The Guardian stated, looking to Daisy.
"I work at a studio across the street from where she works. Too congested in that part of town now. So I can't go in either." Daisy shot back, glaring at her. "Not that it's any of your business."
"Well, excuse me." The Guardian rolled her eyes before glancing at the Doctor. "I think we've got the wrong signal."
"Have we?" The Doctor frowned, looking at the sonic screwdriver again before looking back to Rose and Daisy. "You're not plastic, are you?" He reached out and rapped on their heads, making them wince in slight pain. "No, boneheads."
"Sorry to bother you. Bye, then." The Guardian waved at them before grabbing the Doctor's arm to tug him away.
"Nope." Rose said as she and Daisy grabbed their arms as they tried to leave and wrenched them inside. "You two, inside, right now."
"Who is it?" Jackie called as Rose and Daisy led the Doctor and the Guardian down the hall.
"It's about last night, Mum." Daisy lied easily. "They're part of the inquiry."
"Give us ten minutes." Rose added before continuing down the hall.
"They deserve compensation." Jackie said, the Doctor stopping while the Guardian went on.
"Rose deserves it more than me. I just happened to be there." Daisy added before following after the Guardian.
"Fine." Jackie rolled her eyes. "Rose deserves compensation."
"Oh, we're talking millions." The Doctor agreed sarcastically.
Jackie finally gave him a look before smirking. "I'm in my dressing gown."
"Yes, you are." The Doctor confirmed.
"There's a strange man in my bedroom."
The Doctor looked around, noticing that he was actually just inside the door, meaning that he was technically inside her room. "Yes, there is."
"Well, anything could happen."
The Doctor froze, finally getting the hint before he quickly shook his head.
"No."
With that, he headed down the rest of the hall after Daisy, Rose and the Guardian.
"Don't mind the mess." Rose said as she went into the kitchen. "Do either of you want a coffee?"
"Why not?" The Guardian shrugged. "Sugar and cream, thanks."
"Just milk in mine." The Doctor added.
"I think that we should go to the police." Daisy said as she went into the kitchen to help Rose with the coffees. "All four of us."
The Doctor looked down at the magazine on the table and sighed. "That won't last. He's gay and she's an alien."
"We're not blaming you two, even if it was just some sort of joke that went wrong." Rose said as Daisy handed her a spoon to stir with.
The Guardian absently picked up a book and flipped through it inexplicably fast. "Hm, sad ending."
"They said on the news they'd found a body." Daisy informed, she and Rose both completely oblivious to the Doctor and the Guardian's actions.
The Doctor picked up an envelope and read off it. "Rose Tyler."
"Ooh, a photographer." The Guardian muttered, seeing Daisy's open bag hanging on the back of a dining chair, her camera just inside. The Guardian then turned towards the mirror hanging on the wall and tilted her head as she looked at her reflection, smoothing down a few strands of her shoulder length hair. "So... Dark brown hair, dark brown eyes... Never done either of those before."
"Don't worry too much." The Doctor commented as he walked up behind her to examine his own reflection, prodding his large ears. "At least you didn't get these ears."
"All the same, he was nice." Rose recalled, sounding like she and Daisy had absolutely no idea what was going on. "Nice bloke."
"Luck be a lady." The Doctor hummed as he went and attempted to shuffle a deck of cards.
"Look. The point is, if we are all going to go to the police, we need to know what we're saying." Daisy chimed in as she stirred in the sugar for the Guardian's coffee, her and Rose missing the Guardian jump back when all the cards the Doctor was shuffling went flying everywhere. "We want you both to explain everything."
"Yeah, not a good idea." The Guardian shook her head, referencing the Tyler twins and the cards. Her and the Doctor then looked back at the door when the cat flap rattled.
The Doctor frowned. "What's that, then? You got a cat?"
"No." Rose shook her head, the Guardian suddenly jerking back when the plastic arm leapt up from behind the couch and wrapped its hand around her throat. "We did have, but now they're just strays. They come in off the estate."
"Doctor." The Guardian choked out just as the Doctor turned around from the door, his eyes widening before he rushed to her.
"You know, I'd like to have another cat." Daisy mused, taking the cream Rose handed her before putting it in the Guardian's coffee. Said woman fell onto the couch as the Doctor pulled the hand away from her throat, only to stumble back as the hand whirled around wrapped around his throat. "But, you know, they can be a lot of work when you don't have much time to take care of them."
The Guardian panted, rolling her eyes as she sprung to her feet before quickly gripping the arm and trying to pull it off the Doctor just as the Tyler twins came out of the kitchen with mugs of coffee in their hands.
Rose raised an eyebrow at the duo. "What are you two doing."
"I thought I told Mickey to chuck that out." Daisy tilted her head as she and Rose watched the Guardian try and pull the arm away from the Doctor, not having much success.
"Is this some sort of weird skit?" Rose questioned as she and Daisy set the mugs of tea down on the dining table before turning back, only for Daisy to squeal as the arm suddenly let go of the Doctor's throat and launch itself over at her, pulling the Guardian with it.
Daisy choked and staggered back towards the couch, the Guardian grunting as she tried to pull the arm off of her.
"What the hell is going on?" Rose demanded, eyes wide as the Doctor quickly reached inside his jacket and pulled out the sonic, stepping out of the way as the Guardian and Daisy stumbled back and fell on top of the coffee table, smashing it under their weight. Rose's jaw dropped. "Oh, my God! Do something!"
"Just a sec." The Doctor said, stepping over the Guardian and Daisy as they rolled towards him, still wrestling with the arm. "Ah, there we are." He said, finding the right setting before looking back down at the women wrestling with the arm. "Here we go girls."
The Doctor quickly bent down and grabbed the arm, tugging on it a couple of times before getting it to let go of Daisy, said young woman and the Guardian rolling away from each other and panting as they got their bearings while the Doctor gripped the arm tightly, keeping it as still as he could while aiming the sonic at it. Without hesitation, he jabbed the sonic into the palm of the hand, making it go limp.
"Took you long enough." The Guardian panted, glaring up at the Doctor from where she and Daisy were on the floor.
"Oh, it's alright." The Doctor waved a hand as Rose knelt down by Daisy. "At least I've stopped it. See?" He held the arm up. "'Armless!"
"Oh, do you think?" Rose shot a glare at him before helping her sister to her feet while the Guardian got to her feet and snatched the arm away from the Doctor before hitting him with it.
"Ow!" He faked hurt before snatching the arm back from her. "Come on."
•••
Outside, Powell Estate, Stairwell...
Daisy scowled while she and Rose followed the Doctor and the Guardian as they rushed down the stairs. "Hold on a minute, you can't just go swanning off!"
"Oh, really?" The Guardian glanced back at them. "Then what are we doing right now?" She smirked before looking back in front of her again. "See ya!"
"But that arm was moving!" Rose exclaimed as she and Daisy continued to run down the stairs after them. "It tried to kill my sister!"
"Ten out of ten observation." The Doctor said in agreement.
"Seriously, though." Daisy huffed. "You two can't just walk away, that's not fair! You've got to tell us what's going on!"
"No, we don't." The Guardian said as the four of them reached the bottom of the stairs.
•••
Outside, Powell Estate...
"Alright, then. We'll go to the police. We'll tell everyone." Rose said as she and Daisy rushed out of their flat complex, both of them still following the Doctor and the Guardian. "You said if we did that, we'd get people killed. So, your choice."
"And your point...?" The Guardian rolled her eyes, not looking back as she and the Doctor kept walking.
Daisy smirked. "Tell us, or we'll start talking."
The Doctor and the Guardian both paused at that, turning back to the Tyler twins. "Is that supposed to sound tough?"
Daisy fidgeted. "...Sort of."
The Guardian couldn't help but smile a little, shaking her head. "Doesn't work, sweetheart." With that, she turned back around before continuing on.
"You heard her." The Doctor told them before turning back around himself and following after the Guardian.
Rose and Daisy shared a look before quickly running after them. "Who are you two?"
"We told you. The Doctor and Aria." The Doctor said, him and the Guardian not looking back at the two sisters. "I'm the Doctor and this is Aria."
Daisy squinted at them. "Yeah, but Doctor what? And Aria who?"
"Just the Doctor." He replied.
"The Doctor." Rose deadpanned.
"Hello!"
"Is that supposed to sound impressive?"
"He likes to think so." The Guardian snickered.
Daisy giggled. "And who are you again?"
"Carington." Is all the Guardian said. "Aria Carington."
She raised an eyebrow. "Taking a cue from James Bond, are you?"
"Love those movies." The Guardian muttered as the Tyler twins kept following after her and the Doctor.
"Come on, please." Rose insisted. "You can tell us. We've seen enough. Are you both the police?"
"Nope." The Doctor shook his head. "We were just passing through. We're a long way from home."
"But what have we done wrong? How come those plastic things keep coming after us?"
"Oh, so suddenly the entire world revolves around the two of you?" The Guardian rolled her eyes. "Believe us, you were just an accident. Got in the way, that's all."
"It tried to kill me!" Daisy scowled.
"It was after me and Aria." The Doctor shook his head. "Last night, in the shop. We were there, you two blundered in, almost ruined the whole thing. This morning, we were tracking it down and it was tracking us down. The only reason it fixed on you both is 'cause you've met us."
Rose looked at the duo incredulously. "So, what you're saying is... the whole world revolves around you."
"Basically, yeah." The Guardian nodded with a grin.
Daisy laughed. "You're full of it!"
"Basically, yeah." The Doctor agreed with her.
"But all this plastic stuff..." Rose rushed to walk alongside the Doctor. "Who else knows about it?"
"No one."
"Just us." The Guardian stated.
"What?" Daisy asked, rushing to walk alongside the Guardian. "So you're saying you're on your own?"
"Well, who else is there?" The Doctor countered, glancing over at Daisy. "I mean, you lot, all you do is eat chips, go to bed, and watch telly."
"And when you're all doing that, underneath you," The Guardian added. "there's a war going on all the time"
"Okay." Rose huffed and took the arm from the Doctor, making him stop to look at her, which made the Guardian and Daisy stop as well. "Start from the beginning."
Outside, Road...
"She's right, though." Daisy said as the four them walked along the road by the park. "I mean, if we're gonna go with the living plastic, which obviously neither Rose or I believe that, but if we do... How did you kill it?"
"The thing controlling it projects life into the arm." The Doctor answered. "I cut off the signal, dead."
"So that's radio control?"
"Not exactly." The Guardian shook her head. "It's thought control." She informed before sparing a glance at Daisy. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah." She waved her off. "So, who's controlling it, then?"
"Long story." Is all the Guardian said before looking straight ahead again as they all continued walking.
"Come on, seriously." Rose frowned. "What's it all for? I mean, shop window dummies... What's that about? Is someone trying to take over Britain's shops?"
"No." The Doctor shook his head.
"No." She repeated after a moment.
"It's not a price war. They want to overthrow the human race and destroy you." The Doctor could've laughed at the dubious looks Rose and Daisy were giving him and the Guardian.
The Guardian tilted her head slightly as she looked back and forth between the two sisters. "Do you believe us?"
"No." The two of them said immediately.
The Guardian smirked. "But you're still listening."
The Tyler twins stopped as the Doctor and the Guardian walked on.
"Really, though, Aria, Doctor." Daisy called after them. "Tell us... Who are you?"
The Doctor and the Guardian sighed in unison, sharing a look. These two girls just weren't going to give up, were they?
"Do you know like we were saying?" The Doctor began as he and the Guardian turned back to them. "About the Earth revolving?"
"It's like when you were a kid." The Guardian elaborated as she and the Doctor walked back over to the sisters. "The very first time they tell you the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it because everything looks as if it's standing still."
"We can feel it, the turn of the Earth." The Doctor said as he and the Guardian took their hands, like they were wanting them to feel what they felt. "The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling 'round the sun at sixty-seven thousand miles an hour, and we can feel it."
"We're falling through space, the four of us." The Guardian whispered, gripping Daisy's hand. "Clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go..." She and the Doctor let go of their hands. "That's who we are."
"Now forget us, Daisy and Rose Tyler." The Doctor told them, taking the plastic arm back from Rose before waving it in her and Daisy's faces. "Go home."
Rose and Daisy watched as the Doctor and the Guardian walk off, then turned and headed back in the direction of their estate building. When they heard a strange wheezing noise and then the feeling of the wind blowing, they shared a look before quickly running back to try and see what it was, but there was nothing.
The Doctor and the Guardian were gone.
