"What's down there? She was in that room with the sphere. What's happened to Rose?" Jackie panicked.
"I don't know." He said abruptly, still holding Violet. He didn't know what was wrong with her, and he couldn't stop to think- not while Rose was down by the Daleks.
When Jackie started to cry, he let go of Violet for a second and went over Rose's mother.
"I'll find her. I brought you here, I'll get you both out. You and your daughter. Jackie, look at me. Look at me." He urged. She did, her eyes red from her tears.
"I promise you. I give you my word." He said sincerely before going back to Violet and holding her again.
They watched as the Cyberman ordered surrender.
"They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand? You're on every street - you're in their homes. You've got their children." The Doctor raged. "Of course they're gonna fight."
"Scans detect unknown technology active within sphere chamber." One of the Cybermen suddenly said.
"Cybermen will investigate." Another said while yet another pushed two member of staff roughly before him. "Units 10 65 and 10 66 will investigate sphere chamber."
"We obey." The Cybermen said.
"Units open visual link." The Cyberman who seemed to be te leader, said. A visual appeared on Yvonne's laptop a few seconds later.
"Visual contact established." What came next scared the Doctor more that he had been in a long while. It was a Dalek.
"Identify yourselves." They heard. When Violet heard the familiar voice, she looked up.
"No, no, no, no. This can't be happening, it can't." She panicked, seeing the Cult of Skaaro on the laptop screen.
"Rose said about the Daleks. She was terrified of them. What have they done to her, Doctor? Is she dead?" Jackie asked, afraid of the answer.
"Phone." Was all he said.
"What did you-" She whispered.
"Phone!" She gave him her phone inconspiciously and he dialled Rose's number. "She's answered, she's alive." He said as soon as she picked up.
"Why haven't they killed her?" He wondered.
"Well, don't complain!" Jackie exclaimed.
"They must need her for something." He was silent for a moment, listening to the conversation over the phone. "The Genesis Ark?" He frowned, not noticing Violet stiffen in his worry for Rose.
They were silent again for a few more moments, before the Doctor took the phone from his ear. "Lost her."
Jackie and Yvonne had been dragged away for an 'upgrade', and the Doctor and Violet sat silently on the window sill. Violet was still shaking, but was thinking at a hundred miles an hour, just as the Doctor was.
A Cyberman approached them.
"You are proof."
"Of what?"
"That emotions destroy you." It replied.
"Yeah, I am." He looked to the side for a second as something caught his eye. "Mind you, I quite like hope. Hope's a good emotion. And here it comes."
Out of thin air, a group of people dressed in black suits, with helmets and guns. One of them gave commands and they destroyed the Cybermen in the rift chamber, the Doctor just managing to move himself and Violet out of the way before the one standing next to them was blown up.
"Doctor- good to see you again." A familiar voice said, approaching them. He took off his helmet to reveal Jake, the boy who had helped fight the Cybermen in the parallel world.
"Jake?!" The Doctor exclaimed.
"The Cybermen came through from one world to another- and so did we." He said simply. "Defend this room. Chrissie, monitor communications." He ordered the rest of the group. "Kill one Cyber Leader and they just download into another. Move!" They did as they were told, leaving only the Doctor, Violet and Jake in the room.
"You can't just- just- just HOP from one world to another. You CAN'T." The Doctor spluttered.
"We just did. With these." Jake threw a large yellow button at him.
"But that's impossible. You can't have this sort of technology." He argued.
"We've got our own version of Torchwood. They developed it. Do you wanna come and see?"
"No!" He shouted, but it was too late- Jake, Violet and the Doctor were transported to the parallel world. The place looked the same, except that it was darker and there were wires all over the floor.
"Parallel Earth - parallel Torchwood. Except we found out what the institute was doing and the people's republic took control." Jake explained.
"I've gotta get back. Rose is in danger. And her mother." The Doctor pushed.
A man walked in, flanked by two soldiers, "That'd be Jackie." The Doctor looked up, stunned. "My wife in a parallel universe. And as for you, Doctor, at least this time I know who you are."
"Right, yes, fine, hooray. But I've gotta get back. Right now." He said quickly, not wanting to waste any more time.
"No, you're not in charge here. This is our world, not yours. And you're gonna listen for once." Pete said, earning him a dark look from the Doctor.
"When you left this world, you warned us there'd be more Cybermen. So we sealed them inside the factories." Pete started.
Jake joined in. "Except people argued. Said they were living. We should HELP them."
"And the debate went on. But all that time, the Cybermen made plans. Infiltrated this version of Torchwood, mapped themselves onto your world, and then vanished." Pete finished.
"When was this?"
"Three years ago." Jackie Tyler's dead husband replied.
"It's taken them three years to cross the void, but we can pop to and fro in a second. Must be the sheer mass of five million Cybermen crossing all at once." The Doctor thought out loud. He looked down at Violet who hadn't moved at all since they had been transported and sat her on a chair close to him. She kept herself upright, but made her hair fall over her face while she thought, blocking out their conversation.
The Doctor forgot, sometimes. She didn't blame him, she knew how his brain- like hers- moved at 100 miles an hour. The people at Cybus Industries had locked her up and tested on her. She was scared of them. They showed her the Cybermen plans and wanted her to enhance them, make them more lethal. When she refused... It wasn't pretty.
She was a weapon. That's all she was, all she ever had been. All she ever would be.
"Violet, we're going back. Gotta end a war, if that's okay with you." The Doctor spoke, trying to be cheery, but she knew he was far from it. Violet nodded and, in a flash, they were back in their world.
"First of all, I need to make a phone call. You don't mind?" The Doctor rushed to a phone.
"You two, guard to door." Jake told two people.
"Jackie, you're alive! Listen-" The Doctor was interrupted by loud screeches that even Violet heard.
"Listen, tell me - where are you?"
"Yeah, which one? Is there any- any sort of sign? Anything to identify it?"
"Yeah, that helps..." He said.
"North corner, staircase 3. Just keep low, we're trying our best."
"I've gotta go, I'm sorry."
He put down the phone and turned to Pete.
"Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler."
"She's not my wife." Peter replied, emotionless.
"I was at the wedding. You got her name wrong." He accused. He moved to Jake and took the gun away from him.
"Now then, Jake-y boy, if I can open up the bonding chamber on this thing, it could work on polycarbide." He stated.
"What's polycarbide?" The boy asked.
"Skin of a Dalek."
Violet felt herself being pulled somewhere, but she didn't care enough to notice. At that moment, she was fighting her fear of the Cybermen so she could actually be useful. She was in shock, she knew that, she just needed another shock big enough to get her out of the one she was in.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and Violet was pushed down by the force of it. Granted, she would have a few bruises, but she was out of her stupor. She heard shooting and shouting, reminding her all too much of the Time War, but she got up just in time to be pulled away by the Doctor.
They were running. The Doctor, Rose, Mickey and Viole were running, and Mickey kept apologising.
"I just fell, I didn't mean it!" He said.
"Mickey, without us, they'd have opened it by force. To do that, they'd have blown up the sun. You've done us a favour!" The Doctor kissed the top of Mickey's head. "Now, run!"
Pete shot the Cybermen, making them drop dead. Once the smoke had cleared, Jackie could be seen. She squinted through the remaining smoke, but her eyes widened.
"Pete!" She shouted.
He smiled, "Hello, Jacks."
"I said there were ghosts, but that's not fair. Why him?" She asked no oen in particular.
"I'm not a ghost." Pete stated.
"But you're dead. You died twenty years ago, Pete."
The Doctor stepped forward ans started explaining, "It's Pete from a different Universe. There are parallel worlds, Jackie-" but Violet pulled him back, stopping him in his tracks.
"Oh thank god, you're okay." He looked at her. She had a blank look in her eyes, but she was out of her shock, finally. She let out a breath and hugged her. "You scared me."
"Is the Genesis Ark open?" She only asked. The Doctor looked at her strangely before nodding. She also nodded and pulled his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket and grabbed her own.
"Since when have you had that?" The Doctor asked, but Violet was already running off. She knew what she had to do. She had been absent enough to let the Daleks declare a war on Earth, and she couldn't let that happen.
Once she found a large, empty storage hall, she held the two sonic devices together, creating a high-pitched sound wave, silent to humans, but she knew the Daleks would be able to hear it.
And they did. A few dozen of Daleks filtered into the hall, circling her. Finally there were so many that she didn't notice the Doctor standing by the door, watching her.
"So, Cult of Skaro!" She shouted, and the four Daleks showed themselves.
"The Unnamed!" They screeched a greeting.
"You survived the Time War." Violet stated.
"We kept ourselves from extinction!"
"I would never willingly commit genocide." She stared at them with a cold face.
"But you did." They accused. "You were the downfall of so many planets. You are the Destroyer of All."
"It wasn't my fault." She looked down, not quite believing it herself.
"It was! And now you will do it again!" One of the Daleks screamed.
"Oh, no. There are so many possibilities. I could put you back in that Genesis Ark, I could imprison you in the centre of a star- I could even make you human! But I won't kill you." Violet spat.
"You will not. We will not be imprisoned again- we would rather die!" They told her.
"Is that how scared you are? The Daleks, the supreme race. But along comes just one Time Lord. You're willing to die because of a single threat?" She asked said calmly, looking at all of them. In her mind flashed hundreds of ways she could end the Dalek race, but she couldn't. Not after everything she had already done.
"The Daleks do not feel!"
"You sure about that?" She stepped closer to one of them, and it reeled back in shock. "Because I think you do. There's still that little bit- just a tiny slither- and that's fear. Because the Universe speaks of me and you are terrified of my mercy. So, I'll let you choose your punishment. I dunno, I was thinking somewhere hot. Or would you prefer cold? Because I know this great little place- bigger on the inside, of course- and it's freezing in there. Really. It'd be fun. OR! How about sandy? Get a little dust in your machinery, but might be nice. You know, for a prison." She rambled as it was usual for Time Lords, relishing all the choices she had.
"Kill us!" One of the Daleks suddenly demanded.
"No." She growled.
"Then we will do it for you!" One of them said. "You will live with the lives of the entire Dalek species on your shoulders. You did this!"
"Self-destruct!" One of them screeched, and blew up.
"No! You can't do that!" Violet shouted.
"This will be our final victory!" Another one blew up, and she could hear various explosions outside.
"Please! No! Just stop! You can't do this!" She screamed, tears flooding down her face. A Dalek close to her self-destructed, hurling debris at Violet. She didn't notice- she just fell to ground as every Dalek that came from the Genesis Ark killed itself.
They truly had won.
Violet sobs got more violent once the silence came. No more explosions. Genocide. It was all her fault. She should have taken them by surprise, but she let her anger get the best of her. The fury of the Time Lords was always their downfall.
Suddenly, arms were holding her. She looked up and saw the Doctor, soothing her. He wasn't scared of her. She knew he had seen everything, but he wasn't scared of her.
"You're not scared of me." She repeated out loud.
"No." Was all he said.
"Only person in existence." She whispered before wiping away her tears and standing up. She brushed her clothes free of debris and looked around, eyeing the damage before choosing to ignore it. She knew she was like the Doctor in that aspect. She just pushed everything away if it didn't fit into the rountine.
"Let's go save Earth." She said, smiling, even though it was killing her to do so.
"What are we gonna do?" Rose asked as she, The Doctor, Violet, Jackie, Peter and the rest of the group ran trough the corridors of Torchwood.
"Escort them out." Violet said before pulling open some double doors. Inside was a storage room, lined with Cybermen, all standing still. Violet hissed quietly.
"You will come with us." The Cyber Leader spoke.
"No, I'm really not. I've had enough of being locked up, thanks." Violet said nonchalantly, moving around the room.
"You were the cause of death of our enemies in war." It said. "You will help us take over the world.
"Except I won't. Don't you remember that you came from these people?" She moved around further, up to the magna-clamps they had seen earlier. "You have their brains. Which means that, technically, they're you." She grabbed the round, black devices with handles on one side and strolled slowly back through the room.
"You're going to turn them all into Cybermen, but you must remember. The pain you felt when you were upgraded... Do you really want to do that to other people?" She asked them, having made it to the door.
"The Cyberment do not feel." The Leader said.
"Alright. Worth a try. In that case- see ya!" She ran through the doors and threw a magna-clamp at the Doctor before they started running.
"We need to get to the rift chamber!" He shouted and headed for the stairs.
"That's forty-five floors up! Believe me, I've done 'em all." Jackie complained.
Jake's head popped out of a door, which held a lift. "We could always take the lift..."
On the top floor, Violet looked out of the windows. There was debris everywhere, remainders of the Dalek species and bemidst it all- Cybermen. The Doctor joined her and they stared silently for a second.
"How did you know what the Genesis Ark was?" He asked her.
Violet looked up at him but turned back to window, not wanting to see his expression. "I built it."
Then, Pete joined them, surveying the damage of the outside world.
"I'm sorry, but you've had it." He said, "This world's gonna crash and burn. There's nothing we can do. We're going home. Jacks, take this." He threw his wife a yellow button.
"But they're destroying the city!" She exclaimed.
He looked at her affectionately, "I'd forgotten you could argue."
"It's not just London, it's the whole world." He took her face in his hands. "But there's another world, just waiting for you, Jacks. And it's safe. As long as the Doctor closes the breach. Doctor?"
The man in question turned around with his 3D glasses on. "Oh, I'm ready. I've got the equipment right here. Thank you, Torchwood!" He started typing. "Slam it down and close off both universes."
"Reboot systems." The computer stated.
"But we can't just leave. What about the Cybermen?" Rose asked.
"They're part of the problem. And THAT makes them part of the solution. Oh yes!" He said with his usual enthusiasm, making Rose laugh nervously.
"Well?! Isn't anyone gonna ask? What is it with the glasses?" He grinned.
Rose smiled, too. "What is it with the glasses?"
"I can SEE! That's what! 'Cos we've got two separate worlds, but in-between the two separate worlds, we've got the Void. That's where the Daleks were hiding. And the Cybermen travelled through the Void to get here! And you lot - one world to another, via the Void! Oh, I like that. Via the Void! Look!" He took off his glasses and put them on Rose.
"I've been through it. Do you see?" The Doctor asked her, dodging about so she could see.
"Reboot in three minutes." The computer announced.
"What is it?" Rose asked, reaching out her hand to try and touch it.
"Void stuff."
Violet laughed at that, and added, "For the lack of a better name."
"Like um... background radiation!" Rose guessed.
"That's it. Look at the others."
"The only one who hasn't been through the Void - your mother." He pointed at her. "First time she's looked normal in her life."
"Oi!" Jackie cried.
"The Cybermen lived inside the Void. They're bristling with it. I just open the Void - end of verse. The Void stuff gets sucked back inside."
"PULLING them all in." Rose shouted with the same enthusiasm as the Doctor.
"Pulling them all in!" He repeated, grinning.
Mickey interrupted, "Sorry... what's- what's the Void?"
Since the Doctor was a little pre-occupied with Rose, Violet answered for him. "The dead space. Some people call it 'Hell'."
"So... he's sending the Cybermen to Hell." He repeated and turned to Jake. "Man, I told you he was good."
"But it's... like you said, we've ALL got Void stuff. Me too, 'cos we went to that parallel world." Rose said a little louder. She flexed her hand. "We're all contaminated. We'll get pulled in."
"That's why you've gotta go." The Doctor told her.
"Reboot in two minutes."
"Back to Pete's world. Hey, we should call it that - 'Pete's World'." He told the man. "I'm opening the Void, but only on this side. You'll be safe on that side."
"And then you close it. For good?" Pete asked.
Violet nodded, "The breach itself is soaked in Void Stuff, in the end it'll close itself."
"But you stay on THIS side?" Rose asked, just starting to realised what that would mean.
"But you'll get pulled in." Mickey stated.
"That's why we got the Magna-clamps. We should be able to hold on for the time it takes." Violet held up on of the clamps.
"I'm supposed to go." Rose said, uncomprehending.
The Doctor looked at her for a moment. "Yeah."
"To another world, and then it gets sealed off."
"Yeah."
"Forever." She laughed. "That's not gonna happen."
There was a crash, shaking the building.
"We haven't got time to argue, the plans works, we go in. You too. ALL of us." Pete pointed at Rose.
"No, I'm not leaving him!" She argued angrily.
Jackie added, "I'm not going without her."
"Oh, my God. We're GOING." Pete said, irritated.
"I've had twenty years without you, so button it. I'm not leaving her." Jackie retorted.
"You've got to." Rose told her.
Her mother's voice rose, "Well, that's tough!"
"Mum..." Rose started as Violet went to help the Doctor with the computers.
"Reboot in one minute."
"I've had a life with you for nineteen years. But then I met the Doctor and... all the things I've seen him do for me. For you. For all of us. For the whole... stupid planet and every planet out there. He does it alone, mum."
She didn't see the Doctor, with sadness in his eyes, take out a dimension jump.
"But not anymore. 'Cos now he's got me." Rose told her, just as the Doctor looped the chain of the button around her neck.
"What're you-" Pete quickly pressed the button, moving them into the parallel world, leaving the Doctor staring at the empty space she had stood in and Violet at the computers, setting up the rift.
Just as the Doctor was going to turn back to help Violet, Rose reappeared. "I think this is the on switch..." She muttered.
Violet turned around in shock, watching the Doctor trying to knock some sense into her.
"Once the breach collapses, that's IT. You will never be able to see her again. Your own mother!" He told her fiercely.
"I made my choice a long time ago." Rose said calmly. He looked at her, stunned. "So what can I do to help?"
"Systems rebooted. Open access."
"Those co-ordinates over there, set them all at six." He pointed to a computer. "And hurry up." He added angrily.
"We've got Cybermen on the way up." Rose told them, seeing the CCTV on another screen.
"How many floors down?" Violet asked, running to look.
"Just one."Violet watched silently as Yvonne, even as a Cyberman, defended them.
"Levers operational." The computerised voice told them, making the Doctor grin.
"That's more like it, bit of a smile! The old team!" Rose said cheerily.
"Hope and Glory, Mutt and Jeff, Shiver and Shake!" He listed.
"Which one's Shiver?"
The Doctor grinned, "Oh, I'm Shake."
Violet walked away from the door and grabbed a magna-clamp, just as the Doctor did. They attached them to the walls next to the levers, securing them.
"When it starts, just hold on tight. Shouldn't be too bad for us but the Cybermen are seeped in Void Stuff. Are you ready?" The Doctor told mainly Rose. She nodded moved to the clamp Violet was at, the Doctor at the other.
"Let's do it!" He yelled. They pushed levers upwards and take hold of the magna-clamps.
"Online."
The white light of the rift appeared along with a strong wind. The Cybermen and debris of the Daleks are pulled in as the trio hold onto the handles tightly.
"The breach is open! Into the Void! Ha!" The Doctor shouted as everything hurtled into the Void.
They watched with smiles on their faces, but there was a small explosion on Rose and Violet's lever, and they faded as the lever slid back down.
"Offline."
"Turn it on!" The Doctor shouted. Since Violet was trapped inbetween the wall and Rose, there wasn't much she could do, so she watched anxiously as Rose used on of her hands to reach for the lever. She couldn't reach it, however, and let go of the clamp completely.
"I've gotta get it upright!" Rose shouted. She pushed the lever upright and Violet reached out her hand to grab Rose's and started pulling her back. Despite her effort, she was about to lose her own grip on the magna-clamp. Rose noticed this and shook her head.
"You know how you said that you couldn't bear to see the Doctor's face if he lost me?" She shouted. Violet nodded. "I don't think I could bear it either. Let go of me, Violet." Rose told her, prying her hand out of Violet's.
"No! You can't... Just hold on, please!" Violet yelled desperately.
"You're losing your grip, too. He can't lose both of us. Please." She had a sincere look on her face, and Violet faltered, her hold on Rose becoming just a little too loose- just enough for Rose to get out of it. She cried out as she got pulled into the Void, the Doctor screaming her name. Out of nowhere, Pete appeared and grabbed Rose. They vanished into the parallel world again a second later.
The Breach closed itself and both the Doctor and Violet fell to the floor, breathing heavily. The wind and the bright light died down, leaving silence behind.
The Doctor stood up slowly and walked to the wall. He laid one palm flat against it and rested his head against it, Violet watching with tears in her eyes. Finally, he slid down the wall and collapsed onto the ground. Violet ran up to him and held him as he sobbed.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She repeated over and over, blaming herself for letting go of Rose. Tears started falling from her eyes, too, as she cradled the Doctor's head in an useless attempt to soothe him. "I'm so sorry, Theta."
They walked back to the TARDIS in silence. Violet made him sit down on the jump-seat as she ran around the console, flying them into orbit around a super-nova before she scanned for any gaps left in the universe and found one in Norway. When she looked at the Doctor, who sat with a blank expression on his face, she sighed and sent Rose a message with her extended telepathic field and, for a few hours, they waited. They sat silently, never saying a word. Violet didn't know if he blamed her, but she knew that she blamed herself. If she had been stronger...
Finally, the TARDIS alerted Violet of Rose's presence, and she took out her sonic to make her visible inside of the control room. The Doctor looked up, seeing Rose standing on a beach.
"Talk to her." Violet whispered and left them alone. She was just in the corridor, still listening to them. They talked for a little while, and she expected them to say goodbye any minute, but she heard her name.
"Can I talk to Violet?" Rose asked the Doctor. He looked around and saw her coming towards him.
"Yeah. She's here." He switched places with her.
"Hi." Rose said.
"Hello."
Rose could hear the pain in Violet's voice. "Don't blame yourself. It wasn't your fault."
"It was, though. If I had been stronger-" Violet was cut off.
"If you hadn't let go, we would have both fallen into the Void. He couldn't lose both of us- he needs you... You'll take care of him, right?" Rose said firmly.
"Yeah." Violet replied grimly.
"Tell him I love him, yeah?" The blonde looked at her pleadingly.
Violet smiled a little. "I will. And thank you, Rose. When you first met the Doctor, he was full of fury and rage, but you made him better. You saved him."
Rose nodded with tears in her eyes, "Bye." She said, her voice breaking.
"Goodbye, Rose Tyler." And with that, the projection faded as the breach closed completely. Violet stared into the nothing for a few more moments before she went to find the Doctor.
Violet found the Doctor in his room, sleeping. After watching his chest rise and fall for a moment, she went into the TARDIS' library and distracted herself with reading at a very slow pace.
She did this for a few hours, until she finally got the image of the destroyed Daleks out of her head. Once she had finished the third book, the TARDIS called out to her.
"Please help Theta. He needs you now." She told Violet. The girl immediately went to his room and found him struggling with nightmares, shouting out in his sleep.
"Theta." She went to him and gently woke him up. He opened his eyes and whimpered.
"Rose is gone." He said, his voice hoarse.
"I know. I'm sorry." Violet stroked his cheek gently, calming him down.
"Can't we get her back?"
She shook her head and smiled sadly. "Not unless you want both dimensions to collapse."
He looked around, as if realising where he was. "Uhm, sorry. Did I wake you?" He said, sitting up.
"No, it's fine. I'm here for you, okay?" The Doctor nodded and ran a hand through his hair.
"You can go, if you want. I just... had a bad dream."
Violet hugged him suddenly, stunning him. "I said I'm here for you." He put his arms around her, too, and they stayed like that for a few minutes, just listening to their hearts beating in sync. "Go back to sleep." She told him softly, and he laid back down. Once his eyes had closed, she went to leave, but the Doctor stopped her.
"Please don't leave." He mumbled, making Violet smile.
"I'll never leave you, Theta. I promise." She heard his breathing become more even and just sat on the edge of his bed for a while, guarding him from his nightmares.
"Thank you." The TARDIS hummed.
She nodded and kissed his forehead, moving to a chair in his room. She looked around. It was quite plain, but he had a few books and journals flying around and a few pictures on the walls. Most of them were of him and Rose, but one caught her eye. It was of Gallifrey. It was taken outside of the Citadel, just as the suns had risen. It was a breathtaking sight, and it reminded Violet of her home.
She spent the rest of the night daydreaming while the Doctor slept. She imagined that she was back on her planet, back before everything had gone wrong.
It was just a dream though. Much too soon, the morning came and the Doctor woke up.
"Hey." He croaked.
"Hi." She replied, smiling a little. "I'm gonna go get something to eat." She told him and got up.
Violet stood in the TARDIS kitchen, drinking a cup of tea, when the Doctor came in. He was dressed and looking a lot better.
"So, any plans for today?" He asked cheerfully, but Violet knew it was just a facade.
"I'm going to get some clothes. I don't want to have to keep borrowing them from the TARDIS wardrobe." She said. While that was true to an extent, she just wanted and Earth day. She needed to get out of the TARDIS and spend a day not worring about the fate of the planet.
"Okay. I'm just going to fix some things in the TARDIS, then." He nodded.
"Oh lord. You're going to blow her up one day, you know that, right?" Violet shook her head but smiled anyway.
"I'm not that bad!" He defended himself. Violet just pointed at the spot where the toaster should have been standing and gave him a look.
"I didn't know it was going to cause an explosion!" He exclaimed, making her laugh.
"Sure you didn't."
"She called you 'spaceman'?" Violet laughed. She and the Doctor were talking about what happened while she was gone shopping. About how Donna Noble, the ginger bride, had appeared on the TARDIS, and about the Racnoss being the center of the Earth.
"Right after she called me 'Martian', yeah." The Doctor leaned back on he jumpseat. "I liked her."
"Maybe we'll see her again." Violet smiled at his enthusiasm before launching into a story of her own.
"I did see something interesting on my oh-so-boring shopping trip, though. Royal Hope Hospital- that one by Chancery Street? There were plasma coils running up it, and I thought 'Hey, might be Judoon.' So I went in and saw Slabs. I mean, Slabs. That's just screaming 'trouble'." She stopped for breath. "Wanna go check it out?"
"Slabs?" He asked, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Violet grinned. "Oh yes."