Bolded italics- Gallifreyan Speech
Italics- Telepathic Communication
Regular- Terran English
Vivian I
Vivian gave out a soft groan as she began the process of coming back to consciousness. Her head felt like it was spinning. Her body hurt everywhere and she… wait. Why was she on a soft bed? She shouldn't be in bed. The last thing she remembered was….
Vivian shot upright and snapped open her eyes. She was in an unfamiliar, white room sitting on a bed. She looked over to her right and saw an unfamiliar Time Lord sitting on a chair next to her bed, watching her intently. He was about a head shorter than she was, wearing a tweed light purple jacket with a black vest with black buttons. She could see a white color from a shirt and a purple bow tie around his neck. He had black pants and shoes. He had floppy brown hair. His face looked young but those eyes… those eyes were old. Very old.
"Where in the Void am I?" Vivian demanded in Gallifreyan, her eyes still darting around the room, trying to make out where exactly she was.
Her hearts were pounding, still expecting a Dalek to come bursting through the doors. But as she continued to listen, Vivian could only hear quiet, and perhaps a series of faint whispers outside of the room.
The Time Lord leaned back in his chair, making it creak. That definitely wasn't Gallifreyan made a craft-maker would never make something that creaked like that, "What do you remember?" The Time Lord asked.
Vivian swallowed, trying to calm her growing nerves, "I remember… I remember gun fire. Smoke. Screams." Her breathing grew faster, "Bodies. The sounds of 'Exterminate'. What happened? Where is everyone? Why can I only sense two of us?!" At each question her questions grew faster and more panicked as Vivian began again to scour the room to find any signs of familiarity. She knew for a certain that she wasn't on Gallifrey anymore. The question now was what planet was she on.
The Time Lord foolishly put out a hand to rest on her arm. At the movement Vivian panicked and quickly slid over to the right side of the bed, grabbed the Time Lord's hand that was on her arm with her right hand and twisted it in a way that she was able to get her back to him. Vivian then heaved him over her shoulders and sent him flying to crash into the white cabinets on the other side of the room. "Don't touch me." Vivian growled as the Time Lord sat there for a moment, stunned that she had gotten the upper hand on him, "Now, where in Rassilon's name am I!?" Vivian yelled.
Vivian heard frantic knocking at the door and a muffled women's cry of, "Doctor! Doctor are you alright?" the woman said in English…. Terran English.
At the name 'Doctor', Vivian froze. Her eyes widened and she took a step back. Her training meant she knew all the potential threats to Time Lord society. The Doctor was number one on that list because of his disregard for the Laws of Time.
The Doctor, not taking his eyes off of her yelled back to the voice, in Terran English, "I'm fine! Don't come in! I'm handling it." Vivian suddenly had the sinking feeling that she was on Earth, which shouldn't be possible. Just a moment ago she was on Gallifrey fighting in the war. The Doctor slowly and cautiously stood, his arms up in the universal, 'do not attack' pose, and changed back to Gallifreyan, "Listen, somehow a Time Lord was able to capture, artistically, Archadia during its fall-"
"It's fall?" Vivian echoed, "If Arcadia falls, Gallifrey falls. You know-" Vivian's eyes widened as she took in her surroundings once more, "No." She whispered, "This isn't how it ends."
"I'm sorry." The Doctor said, his voice pained, "Gallifrey is-"
"Don't you DARE finish that sentence!" Vivian yelled, "Gallifrey can't have fallen." Vivian blinked, then said quietly, "What about the rest of the universe? Since we evidently lost the Daleks are going around unchecked! We failed. I failed."
The Doctor sighed, "I ended the war."
Vivian blinked at that statement, "How is that… wait, The Omega Arsenal." Vivian took a deep breath, in and stepped back until her back hit the wall, "You used The Moment, didn't you."
The Doctor paled, "How do you know that? Who are you? Only The High Command and Council members are supposed to know of The Omega Arsenal."
"You know about it." Vivian snapped back, "As for my name, you may call me Vivian." Vivian straightened to full height. Vivian knew just what to say to give her the upper hand, even though she was forbidden to speak of what her job was, since Gallifrey was gone, it didn't really matter anymore. Besides, The Doctor would just find out anyway, if he already didn't know, "I am a member of The Gifted, chosen personally by Rassilon himself."
If it were possible, The Doctor paled even more. Yep, he knew who she was "The Gifted Program." The Doctor breathed out, "You gave me your code name, didn't you. Any chance of telling me your real name?"
Vivian rolled her eyes, "I'm not that stupid, Doctor. I know what happens when you tell people your real name. Tell me, why do you call yourself, and let other people call you Doctor? You know that isn't your real name." Vivian then smirked, knowing exactly what pressure points to push, "Doctor Who?"
"I think you know the answer to that question, Vivian." The Doctor replied, coldly.
Vivian crossed her arms and glared at The Doctor, "Where am I? Why am I on Earth?"
"Well, if you would let me finish, I will tell you." The Doctor said.
Vivian sat down on the bed, not taking her eyes off of The Doctor. "Go ahead."
"As I was saying, a Time Lord was able to capture, artistically, Archadia during its final hours. Somehow, it was found and made its way to Earth. U.N.I.T., that is Unified Intelligence Taskforce brought it to England's National Gallery. While it was in transit, it started to fall. They caught it in time, but not before you fell out."
Vivian let out a short breath. She was alone now. "The war was lost then."
The Doctor winced, "More like mutually assured destruction. Though I was in the process of dealing with a crisis on Earth, you were just one of them."
"Have I been studied?" Vivian asked coldly.
"They had you hooked up to a monitor to make sure you were breathing. Other than that, no."
"You said there was a crisis. What crisis?"
"I'm actually not sure yet. I decided to deal with you first. But because I'm here it's probably alien in nature."
"I thought Earth was a class five planet."
"It is. Only certain people in the government know about aliens. I'd like to keep it that way." The Doctor said, rubbing his face, "Which gets harder and harder every time someone does something stupid that I end up having to clean up."
One thing that Vivian was good at, was crises. "Well, mysterious crisis on Earth, that sounds like fun. Never been on Earth before." Vivian said in fake cheerfulness. She needed to get her mind off of what happened to Gallifrey or she would go insane.
The Doctor blinked at her eagerness, "You want to help?"
"If you haven't noticed, Doctor. I'm kinda out of a job and a place to stay." Another thing Vivian was good at survival. And she would survive at all costs, including blending into a society her culture looked down upon.
"Well, I better tell Kate and Clara that I'm okay." The Doctor said, then he rolled his right shoulder and winced. "You did manage to catch me off guard."
Vivian smirked. "That was the plan." Then her eyes narrowed, "Who are Kate and Clara?"
The Doctor sighed, "Kate Lethbridge-Stewart is the leader of U.N.I.T. Clara Oswald, well, Clara is my companion."
Vivian closed her eyes and pinched her nose. She heard about The Doctor's strange habits of collecting companions from one the Gifted Program's lectures on The Doctor, "Please don't tell me she's another one of your strays."
"Oi! No dissing Clara." The Doctor protested.
Vivian opened her eyes and raised her eyebrows, "So, am I going to meet them?"
The Doctor sighed and ran his hand through his hair before saying, "I guess so. But you will stay in my sight at all times. Don't wander off."
Vivian gave an inward smirk, The Doctor didn't trust her. It also worked both ways, she would never trust him considering what he did to their people, "Very well."
The Doctor switched to English, "Clara, Kate, you can come back in now. No one else though." The Doctor called through the door. The door clicked open and two female humans walked in. One was around as tall as her, light skinned with short blond hair that went to her chin and blue eyes. The other was about a head shorter with brown hair and eyes.
"Doctor, are you alright. We heard a loud crash." The brown haired girl immediately went next to The Doctor, her eyes searching him as if to look for an injury.
The Doctor gave the girl a soft, small smile, "I'm alright Clara." Ah. Vivian thought. She must be the companion. That means the blond is Kate Stewart, head of U.N.I.T.
"So, who is she?" Clara whispered, her eyes darting to Vivian then back to The Doctor. "Anyone you know?"
"She is right here." Vivian huffed, looking over the girl. She didn't seem like much. Though whatever reason The Doctor had for allowing a human female twig to follow him around she wouldn't judge, yet. She would watch her carefully to see why a Time Lord, even if it was The Doctor, would take interest in a human, "You forget, Clara. Time Lords and Ladies have excellent hearing." She scolded the girl. Vivian wouldn't tell humans she could read lips, her hearing did extend farther than a normal Time Lady though.
Clara's cheeks flushed a combination of red and pink, she mumbled, "Sorry."
"My name is Kate Stewart, head of England's Unified Intelligence Taskforce with the goal of protecting Earth." The woman with blond hair said, stepping forward a bit.
Vivian eyed Kate cautiously, "You think I'm a threat?"
Kate took a sharp breath, "To be honest, we don't know yet seeing as you just woke up."
"Kate," The Doctor started, "Vivian here has agreed to help us."
Kate looked Vivian over, seeing how Vivian was in tight, dirty black pants and a tight black shirt with rips, dirt and dried blood stains and her hair was a mess, "Would you like to change into something less, dirty first?"
Vivian looked down at her clothing, startled to see how dirty it was. She looked back up at Kate Stewart, "That would be appreciated, thank you." Kate radioed for clothing.
A few moments later, a man dressed in black with a gun strapped to his waist entered with a bag. Kate took it then handed the bag to Vivian. "These should be in your size."
Vivian smiled slightly and mumbled a thanks before The Doctor, Clara and Kate left the room for her to change in private. Pulling her clothing off and putting on Earth clothing Vivian sat down suddenly. It abruptly hit Vivian that Gallifrey was gone. Her people, gone. Vivian breathed in then out, multiple times before she had control of her emotions again.
Vivian was strong. She was a warrior, a soldier. She never backed down from any challenge thrust upon her, no matter how low the chance of survival was.
She looked in the mirror on the other side of the room. Vivian stood stock still, staring at her reflection. She wore dark jeans, a pure white blouse with a long black jacket that reached to her ankles. She wore black flats. Vivian pulled her thick brown hair back into a series of braids. She touched up her face with makeup, She left her old scar alone, but a new, dark red scar ran from her right cheek in the middle to the bottom of her chin free of makeup, though covered up the smaller scars.
Scars were important. They showed your courage in the battle field. They told others that you wouldn't take any of their bullshit, that you were tough and strong, especially if the scar transferred with you through regeneration.
Vivian opened the door. "I'm ready."
A/N: If you see any glaring errors that I missed, please review so that I can change them. I edit the chapters myself so I might not see something right away. Reviews are appreciated.
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