Inside, Underground...

The Doctor and the Guardian climbed down the ladder with Daisy and Rose following closely after them, the four of them now all finding themselves in the chamber underneath the London Eye, red lights lighting everything up.

"The Nestene Consciousness." The Doctor mused, looking down into a huge vat that contained a huge, orange, wobbling mass. "That's it, inside the vat. A living plastic creature."

Rose looked down, taking it in before glancing at the Doctor. "Well, then, tip in the anti-plastic and let's go."

"We're not here to kill it." The Guardian spoke up, tearing her gaze away from the vat. "We've got to try and give it a chance."

"Come on." The Doctor nodded for the Guardian to follow him, Rose and Daisy watching them closely as they headed down the walkway before looking back down into the vat. "We seek audience with the Nestene Consciousness under peaceful contract, according to Convention 15 of the Shadow Proclamation."

The Guardian watched as the Consciousness flexed, making her smile a bit. "Thank you. If we might have permission to approach?"

Rose and Daisy were about to follow when Rose suddenly noticed someone move out of the corner of her eye. "Oh, my God!" She shouted, running down the steps with Daisy rushing after her. "Mickey, it's me." Rose ran to his side. "It's okay, it's alright."

"That thing down there, the liquid," Mickey stammered, pointing as the Tyler twins crouched down on either side of him. "it can talk!"

"You're stinking." Daisy wrinkled her nose, then looked to the side. "Aria! Doctor! They kept him alive!"

"Yeah, that was always a possibility." The Doctor waved her off. "Keep him alive to maintain the copy."

Rose's jaw dropped. "You knew that, and you never said?"

"Can we keep the domestics outside, thank you?" The Doctor asked, but straightened a bit with the look the Guardian shot his way before the two of them walked down the stairs to a platform over the vat. "Are we addressing the Consciousness?" He asked, and the plastic flexed again. "thank you. If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilization by means of warped, shunt technology. So, may I suggest – with the greatest respect – that you shunt off?"

Daisy and Rose would have laughed at that had the vat not made a negative sounding noise.

The Guardian rolled her eyes at the Consciousness. "Oh, please, don't give us that! It's an invasion, simple as that. Don't go talkin' about constitutional rights –" The vat made another noise, and the Guardian scowled. "Oi! Did I say I was done?!" She shouted, and the vat fell silent. "This planet is only just starting. These amazing little people, with so much potential, have only just learnt how to walk. But, they are capable of so much more."

The vat then made another noise and the Doctor sighed. "We're asking you on their behalf, please... just go."

Rose and Daisy then looked down, their eyes widening. "Doctor! Aria!"

The Time Lords looked behind them, neither of them being able to avoid the shop dummies that grabbed them. One of them reached into the Doctor's leather jacket and pulled out the vial, holding it accusingly.

"That was our insurance!" The Doctor tried to talk their way out of it.

"I swear, we weren't going to use it." The Guardian quickly shook her head. "We were not attacking you. We're here to help. We're not your enemy, I swear we're not – what do you mean?"

The Guardian and the Doctor looked back again, the door sliding back to reveal the TARDIS, and the Doctor's eyes widened as he quickly looked back to the Consciousness. "No." He shook his head. "Oh, no, honestly, no. Yes, that's my –" He cut himself off, quickly glancing at the Guardian. "our ship." He then paused again, him and the Guardian hearing the Nestene Consciousness say something else.

The Guardian swallowed as her face paled slightly. "That's not true." She told the Consciousness. "We should know because we were there... We fought in the War. And it definitely wasn't our fault. We couldn't save your world. We couldn't save any of them! I wasn't even able to –" She cut herself off before she could blurt out that she hadn't even been able to save her own husband and two daughters. Those three had barely made it a year into the War that would ravage Gallifrey (and many other places) for close to four centuries (of linear time).

"What's it doing?" Daisy asked as the plastic roared.

"It's the TARDIS." The Doctor answered. "The Nestene's identified its superior technology. It's terrified. It's going to the final phase. It's starting the invasion."

"Get out, all of you!" The Guardian shouted. "Just leg it, now!"

Ignoring them, Daisy pulled out her phone and dialed her and Rose's mother's number. "Mum?"

"Oh, there you are!" Jackie's voice came through. "I was just going to phone. How's Rose? Tell her you can get compensation like I said. I've got this document thing off the police. Don't thank me."

Rolling her eyes, Rose snatched Daisy's phone from her. "Where are you, Mum?"

"Oh, hello, dear." Jackie said, greeting her other daughter. "I'm in town."

"No, go home!" Rose shook her head even though she knew Jackie couldn't see. "Just go home, right now!"

"Darling, you're breaking up. Listen, I'm just going to do a bit of late night shopping. Tell Daisy I'll see you both later. Ta-ra!"

"Mum?!" Rose cried, hearing the line go dead. "Mum!"

Daisy sighed in frustration as Rose handed her back her phone before the two of them turned in time to see energy bolts lashing out of the vat.

"It's the activation signal." The Doctor explained. "It's transmitting!"

"It's the end of the world..." Daisy whispered.

"Just get out, Daisy and Rose!" The Guardian called as the dummies shoved her and the Doctor towards the vat, both of them trying their best at avoiding hitting the rail and getting thrown over. "Just get out! Run!"

Rose and Daisy turned as the stairs collapsed. "The stairs have gone!" Rose said before grabbing Mickey's hand, the two of them and Daisy running for the TARDIS.

Daisy suddenly gasped in realization. "We haven't got the key!"

"We're gonna die!" Mickey wailed.

The Doctor and the Guardian grabbed onto the railing, the two of them sharing a look as they both refused to budge, even as the dummies pushed harder and harder at them. "No!"

"Time Lords!" The Nestene hissed.

Rose then looked down and spotted an axe, Daisy looking down herself to see what her sister was staring at before quickly looking back up. "Rose, don't."

"Just leave them!" Mickey cried. "There's nothing you can do!"

"Just trust me." Rose told Daisy, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Do you trust me, Zee?"

Daisy bit her lip, sighing as she relented. "Fine. Just... do what you gotta do, Ro."

Rose grinned at her, then bent down to pick up the axe before running over to a chain on the wall. "I've got no A Levels, no job, no future." She said, hacking at the chain. "But I tell you what I have got: Jericho Street Junior School under 7s gymnastic team. I got the bronze!"

As the chain released, Rose grabbed onto to it and ran across the floor, Daisy watching her sister with wide eyes as she jumped into the air and kicked two of the dummies into the vat. With two of them gone, the Doctor and the Guardian were able to flip the remaining two over their shoulders, making them tumble into the vat as well, the anti-plastic dropping in, too.

"Rose!" The Doctor called as Daisy ran down to help them, the Doctor catching Rose as she swung back.

The Nestene screamed, and the four of them all looked down to see the golden orange plastic starting to turn blue.

"Oh, now we're in trouble." The Guardian grinned, grabbing Daisy's hand as the Doctor grabbed Rose's before the four of them rushed back up to the TARDIS. The Guardian quickly unlocked the door before she and the Doctor tugged the three humans inside and shut the doors behind them.

•••

Inside, TARDIS, Console room...

The Doctor looked at the Guardian questioningly, as if asking her a silent question, a question that he had already asked her once before.

All the Guardian did was look right back at him, sighing after a moment and giving him a single nod, the two of them then going to the console.

•••

Outside, Alley...

Rose and Daisy giggled as Mickey ran backwards out of the TARDIS and grabbed onto the nearest dumpster. Daisy just shook her head before pulling out her phone and dialing her and Rose's mum again.

"Daisy!" Jackie's panicked voice came through. "Where are you? How's Rose? Neither of you go out of the house, it's not safe. There were these things, and they were shooting! And they – !"

Satisfied that Jackie was alive, Daisy hung up, giggling again.

"She's okay?" Rose asked, Daisy nodding before Rose looked back down to Mickey. "A fat lot of good you were." She teased.

"Nestene Consciousness?" The Doctor questioned, Daisy and Rose turning to see him and the Guardian leaning against either side of the doorway of the TARDIS. "Easy."

"You were useless in there." Rose smiled slightly. "You'd be dead if it wasn't for me."

"Yes, we would." The Guardian admitted, nodding as she crossed her arms. "Thanks. Right, then..." She hesitated a moment, sighing before she continued. "We'll be off. Unless, you know... you want to come with us?" She offered, Daisy and Rose blinking in surprise as they looked to each other.

The Doctor chuckled slightly at the expressions on the Tyler twins' faces. "This box isn't just a London hopper, you know." He told them. "It goes anywhere in the universe, free of charge."

"Don't!" Mickey grabbed Rose's leg, pointing at the Doctor and the Guardian. "They're aliens! They're... they're things!"

The Guardian rolled her eyes. "By the way, if you haven't already gotten the impression, he's not invited." She told them, glaring at Mickey slightly before looking back to Daisy and Rose. "So, er... What do you think? I mean, I'd be a bit new with the whole traveling companion thing, but... you know, what the hell?"

"You two could stay here," The Doctor stated, continuing on from what the Guardian had said. "fill your lives with work and food and sleep, or you could go... anywhere."

Daisy raised an eyebrow. "Is it always this bloody dangerous?"

The Guardian smirked. "Oh yeah."

Daisy couldn't help but smiled back just a bit before looking to Rose, her little smile dropping at the look on Rose's face.

Unsure, Rose only swallowed. "Yeah, er... I can't." She shook her head. "I've..." Mickey tightened his grip on her leg, making Rose look down at him. "I've gotta go and find mum, and someone's got to look after this stupid lump, so..." She bit her lip in thought for a moment before speaking again. "But, you know, Zee, this is... an incredible opportunity. You should take it."

"But what about my job?" Daisy asked, stepping closer to her sister. "I'll have to go back to it sometime. And I wouldn't want to go traveling around without you." She then sighed and turned back towards the Time Lords. "I'm sorry, but I don't think that –"

"Hey." The Guardian held her hands up. "We understand. No need to explain." She sighed disappointedly before turning to go back inside the TARDIS. "Guess it just wasn't meant to be."

The Doctor nodded, a bit disappointed himself. He knew the Guardian (who wouldn't admit it) really did need someone. Someone that wasn't him. And, even though he would never say it out loud, the Doctor had really looked forward to having the Tyler twins traveling with him and the Guardian... Well, better luck next time. "Okay." He said simply, turning back to follow the Guardian into the TARDIS. "See you around."

Rose and Daisy both watched as the doors closed before the TARDIS dematerialized, Rose then nudging her boyfriend with the toe of her shoe. "Come on." She said. "Let's go."

"Come on, Mick." Daisy sighed, helping Mickey to his feet before the three of them started heading off down the alley... when the TARDIS engines returned.

The Tyler twins quickly whirled around, stunned, as the Guardian poked her head out the door. "By the way, something the Doctor and I probably should've mentioned... This thing?" She grinned. "It also travels in time."

Daisy and Rose's jaws dropped, the Guardian only winking at them before going back inside and leaving the door open for them to follow.

Rose turned to Mickey. "Thanks." She told him.

"For what?" He asked, confused.

"Exactly." Rose smirked, kissing his cheek before grabbing Daisy's hand, said young woman laughing giddily as she and Rose took off for the TARDIS, both of them having absolutely no idea where they were headed. However, both of them didn't really even seem to care about that fact all that much. As long as they were together... And as they closed the doors behind them, the TARDIS engines starting up, they looked to where the Doctor and the Guardian stood at the console and saw the wide smiles on their faces that mirrored their own. Something about this felt right.

And they couldn't wait to get started.

A/N: Alright, so... What do you think? Good? Not good? Should I even bother continuing? ;)

I've wanted to write this DW series for a long time, and I'm happy that I've officially gotten it started.

It's obviously different than my other DW series The Glorious Series. And it's also different in the fact that our main OC (the Guardian) is already traveling with the Doctor when they meet their companions (Daisy and Rose). I've thought ahead for this series quite a bit and have numerous great plans for it. I'm falling more in love with the Guardian now that I've really started writing her. I also love the backstory I've thought up for her (you got a little mention of it in this episode). We'll actually dive a bit deeper into it as the series progresses.

Anyway, the next update you'll be getting in this book will be the episode "The End of the World", which picks up right where this episode left off.

So, stay tuned!

💋 Love always,

~Maddy