Faith and Pixie Dust
Disclaimer: All rights of Doctor Who belong to BBC while Peter Pan belongs to Disney.
A/N: Hello! I know this took a bit longer than usual but I found this quite hard to write! Nevertheless, here we go! The final chapter of Part One. As usual, please read and review. Do tell me what you think because I do want to know if I should continue with Part Two or if I should just end it here. Yep.
Thanks! Have a great New Year!
Chapter 4: Part One – Saving Neverland
"Right, so how exactly are we going to stop Jayius?" Rose asked as they trekked through the thick forest of Neverland.
"Well, Neverland is created and ran by Ishin technology. Ishin technology runs very differently from conventional power; it runs on telepathic waves. What Jayius did was to create a similar technology but running on a different power. This new engine, as you may call it, is able to give Neverland a physical existence. So simply put, all we need to is to disconnect the power source. Without power, Neverland will go back to its original engine." The Doctor explained.
"That's all? Just pull the plug?" Rose asked sceptically.
"Yup." The Doctor answered, popping the 'p'.
"But if Neverland reverts back to its telepathic existence then how do we get out of here?" Rose asked.
"It will not revert back instantly, it has to discharge over a period of time. So long as we leave during that window of time, the pathway out of Neverland should still be open." The Doctor reassured her.
"So how do we identify this power source?" Pan asked.
The Doctor tugged his ear. "Welllll."
"That means he doesn't know yet." Rose translated to Pan.
"Hey! I resent that, I am very sure I'll know the moment I see it." The Doctor said haughtily.
"Do all your plans go like this? Just sorta 'Let's just see when we get there'?" Pan asked.
"Yup." The Doctor and Rose answered in unison, popping the 'p' in the exact same manner.
"Brilliant." Pan smiled.
"That's Jayius's lair?" Rose asked as they observed the ship from a safe distance.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Nothing. It's just that with how different everything has been, I did not expect it to look so, well, Jolly Roger." Rose said casually, eyeing the pirate flag flying over the wooden ship.
"Oh, you might not be disappointed after all." The Doctor said, looking at his modified scanner. "I'm getting very high readings of E-particles from that ship. The insides of that ship is not your regular pirate ship. Pan, are there any other ways to get on the ship?"
"Leave it to me." Pan answered with a mischievous smirk.
Half hour later, Rose and the Doctor waited behind a nearby tree for Pan's signal.
"Is this really gonna work?" Rose asked worriedly.
"Have some faith in Pan, Rose. Besides, Neverland is still a partial telepathic existence." The Doctor answered, lips quirking into a smile. This should be interesting to watch.
"Smee!" Jayius barked.
Smee hurriedly scurried to Jayius's side. "Yes, Captain?"
"Have you found out more about our new visitors?" Jayius asked frostily.
"Well Captain, it seems like they landed here in their ship but Pan got to them before any of us could." Smee replied at once.
"They physically landed here?" Jayius asked in clarification, lips quirking into a malicious smirk.
"Yes, sir." Smee said automatically before realisation dawned upon him. "Oh Captain! Our plan is working!"
"Yes, I've realised that. Now the issue is if these visitors are going to pose as problem." Jayius
"Oh, I certainly think so." A cocky boyish voice came from above.
Jayius and Smee looked up to see Pan hovering above their ship wearing a large mischievous grin. Jayius swore under his breath and started thinking quickly; if Pan has gotten back enough energy to fly again, it meant these new visitors might be able to restore Neverland and ruin all of his plans. However, he schooled his features into a look of nonchalance and disdain.
"Ah, Pan. Feeling cocky today I see? So different from your usual self these days." Jayius said mockingly. "You can't win, we have you surrounded."
Pan looked around the ship deck and observed all the men with an experienced eye. In the next moment, he swooped down and knocked three men over. Smirking in delight, he quickly flew up to the crow's nest and knocked out the pirate standing there. He then leaped up and stood on the top of the main mast and looked at Jayius challengingly.
In the next few minutes, Pan deftly and effectively cleared out all the men at the back of the ship, giving space for the Doctor and Rose to sneak onto the ship unnoticed. He shot up to the sky once more, giving the Doctor a quick glance and headed back down to the ship. Once he saw the flash of a brown suit and blonde hair disappear into the lower decks, he turned his attention back to Jayius. They had their own roles to play and he had this.
The Doctor and Rose climbed down the steep staircase into the lower deck. Rose was suddenly struck by a feeling of familiarity as she took in the surprisingly futuristic interior of the ship. She quickly shook it off and followed the Doctor down the narrow corridor. The two time travellers quietly followed the signal from the modified scanner and found themselves running into a closed, locked door. The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and quickly opened it and ushered Rose in.
The cabin was fairly large and contained a smaller version of the laboratory. The Doctor immediately went about to see how he can quickly and safely shut down the system while Rose set out to look for the key Tinkerbell showed her. After a few minutes, Rose gave out a frustrated huff. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to try to calm herself down. When she opened her eyes, she caught a flash of a familiar gold speck. She walked towards the direction of the gold speck and gave the wall a proper look. She raised her arms to feel for anything abnormal about the wall, occasionally giving the wall a light knock.
Rose let out a sound of triumph as she found a part of the wall that was hollower than the rest. She turned to the Doctor and called out. "Doctor! Can you help me sonic this? I think it is a false panel."
The Doctor looked up from the circuitry that he was currently detaching from the mainframe and walked towards the wall Rose was examining. He pointed his sonic screwdriver causing a square outline with a small knob and lock to appear. With another quick buzz from the sonic screwdriver, the lock made a click. Rose muttered a thank you and opened it. She grinned triumphantly when she saw the familiar silver key. She snatched it up and was about to close it when the Doctor stopped her by grabbing onto her wrist. The Doctor then opened it fully once more to get a better look in the safe. He took out a crystal structure and gave her a cheeky grin.
"Alright, I'm gonna go look for Tinkerbell now. I'll see you soon, yeah?" Rose said.
"Be careful." The Doctor told her seriously.
Rose gave the Doctor a reassuring smile and took off. The Doctor then turned back to the laboratory to continue dismantling the essential components.
Rose ran down the corridor aimlessly when a thought suddenly stopped her in her path. Tinkerbell mentioned that she was kept in a cellar. She smiled to herself and headed for the staircase to go down to the lowest level of the ship. She quickly climbed down and saw a whole row of identical jail cells at the bottom level. Sighing, she quickly took out her key to try the doors one by one. She let out a quiet 'Yes!' when the door at the end finally opened.
Inside the small cell was Tinkerbell lying unconscious on the ground. Rose hurriedly got to her side to shake her awake however Tinkerbell remained unconscious. Rose huffed in frustration when she suddenly recalled the small brass key that Tinkerbell had given her. She paused for a while and stared at Tinkerbell's unmoving form. Deciding to just give it a shot, she closed her eyes and focused all her thoughts on that small brass key. When she opened her eyes, Tinkerbell still remained unconscious.
"What do I do?" Rose asked herself repeatedly as she searched her mind for any more clues Tinkerbell might have given her. She ran her fingers through her hair in frustration and forced herself to recall everything she knows about telepathy.
"Just place a closed door in front of all the memories you do not want me to see."
She snapped her eyes open. Telepathy was all about being visual and intent. She knelt by Tinkerbell's side and closed her eyes once more. She then took a deep breath and starting visualising using the brass key to open a locked door and opening the door to see that similar treehouse Tinkerbell seemed to be in the last time.
"Rose. You did it." A soft voice whispered.
Rose quickly opened her eyes to see Tinkerbell stirring. She gave out a sigh in relief and said, "Oh thank goodness that worked."
Rose then patiently waited for Tinkerbell to get her bearings once more. Together, they got up and Tinkerbell looked around the cell as she stretched her unused muscles. When she felt better, she turned to Rose and said with a wide grin, "Let's get out of here."
They cautiously left the cell and started to head back to the upper decks where they can still hear Pan fighting with Jayius and his men. They were walking quickly but silently next to each other when Tinkerbell suddenly spotted a slight mist approaching them.
"Rose, hold your breath and run."
"What?" Rose asked, taken aback as she was unable to see the light mist in their dim surroundings.
"Just do it!" Tinkerbell ordered and took Rose's hand and took off in a sprint.
Rose and Tinkerbell sprinted up the deck but was unable to outrun the mist. Rose collapsed after a minute with Tinkerbell following soon after.
"Oh, quit stalling Pan. You know it is only a matter of time before your little distraction act ends." Jayius said condescendingly as he crossed his sword with Pan's knife. The two arch-enemies are fighting while standing precariously on the edge of the ship. Pan replied wordlessly with a smirk as he effortlessly blocked Jayius's sword once more.
"Well, no matter, he doesn't have to stall much longer."
Pan took the opportunity when Jayius was distracted and knocked his sword out of his grip. He then gave a triumphant grin and shot upwards to the sky. He remained in the sky for a split second before coming back down to stand next to the Doctor.
"I'm sure you know what this is." The Doctor drawled, taking a silver remote control out of his pocket. However, before the Doctor could continue, Jayius interrupted impatiently, "Yes, yes but just wait a single moment, Doctor. It is Doctor isn't it?"
Jayius jumped off the edge of the ship and started signalling to one of his men. "I have something that might persuade you not to press that button."
The Doctor clenched his fists as he saw two tied up unconscious blondes being dragged out onto a plank; Rose and Tinkerbell. In the face of the Doctor and Pan's look of anger, Jayius smiled maliciously. "So you give me that nifty little remote control or your precious girls will be swimming in the bottom of the sea." He then gave a pause for dramatic effect before continuing, "You should know better by now, Pan. I am never unprepared. Well now, Doctor. What would it be?"
"I'm afraid I'll have to decline." The Doctor said lightly even though a storm could be seen brewing in his eyes.
"Excuse me?" Jayius asked disbelievingly.
"Maybe this will be easier for your puny brain to understand." The Doctor said with a hardened tone. "No."
"I'm not joking around. Give it to me." Jayius said harshly.
"No." The Doctor said coldly.
"Well, Doctor you'll see that I really don't kid around." Jayius barked. "Toss them!"
The moment Jayius gave the command, the Doctor ordered, "Now, Pan!"
Pan immediately flew up and into the water where the girls were tossed into while a small explosion can be heard from below the ship deck. The Doctor looked at Jayius coldly, "Now, before you so rudely interrupted me, I would have given you a choice but seeing as how this turned out; I don't really care." The Doctor then jumped off the ship and into the water.
The Doctor immediately swam to when Pan and the two blondes were. Pan had just gotten the heavy rock untied from Tinkerbell and was now struggling to simultaneously hold her down while untying the rock off Rose. The Doctor gestured to him to get Tinkerbell to the shore first and took over untying Rose. Pan nodded and got a better grip on Tinkerbell. Giving the Doctor one more look before kicking himself off the ground.
The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the rope, loosening it. He quickly removed the rock and picked Rose up. As he swam back up to the surface, he could feel his respiratory bypass kicking in.
When they got back on shore, Tinkerbell was already sitting up coughing slightly. The Doctor set Rose on the ground and felt her pulse being dangerously weak. He swallowed the dreading feeling and started to do a few chest compressions, and breathed air into her mouth. After a few repetitions, the Doctor let out a breath he was not aware that he has been holding as Rose spat out water and began to breathe on her own.
"Hello." Said Rose wryly.
"Rose." The Doctor said seriously, looking at her in the eye. "I think we really need to discuss the definition of 'be careful' once we get back to the TARDIS."
In spite of everything, Rose laughed weakly.
"Thank you, Doctor." Tinkerbell said as the four of them stood outside the TARDIS. The Doctor and Tinkerbell were slightly further away from the TARDIS than Pan and Rose were. "Rose was right, you are different from the rest of your people."
The Doctor froze for a moment before saying with deep regret. "I'm so sorry about Ishin."
To his surprise, Tinkerbell gave him a small secretive smile and asked. "Do you know what Neverland is, Doctor?"
"It's a telepathic universe." The Doctor replied automatically. "Why?"
"My people started researching the creation of such universes a long time ago. However, the study didn't amount to much for a long time. Well, not until the war between your people and the Daleks started. We knew that the only way that we can ensure our survival is through telepathic universes." Tinkerbell explained.
"But you're the only one here." The Doctor pointed out.
Tinkerbell smiled once more. "Well, Neverland was a prototype but it was my personal creation. I couldn't just leave it behind."
"So the Ishin are still out there. They're not gone?" The Doctor asked hopefully, his shoulders feeling a little lighter than they did before.
"Nope, they're still out there." Tinkerbell pointed upwards. "Or better yet, they're all still in here." She said, still smiling and gently tapped her temple. "Good bye, Doctor."
"Good bye, Tinkerbell."
"Oh, it has been quite the adventure, hasn't it?" Pan said happily to Rose.
"Absolutely. Thank you for everything, Pan." Rose thanked Pan, hugging him.
"This doesn't have to be good bye for ever, you know?" Pan said, returning the hug. "You can always come back."
"I can?"
"Of course, now that Neverland is back to normal. All you need to do is dream." Pan said mysteriously.
Once all the farewells have been said, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan took off. Rose gave the gorgeous Neverland one more smile before entering the TARDIS. The Doctor was about to follow her in when a tall figure came up to him.
"Please let me leave with you." Jayius said stiffly.
"Absolutely not." The Doctor refused firmly.
Jayius looked slightly annoyed before taking a breath to tamper his temper. "Please, Neverland is so small it's suffocating me. I just have to leave this place. I do not want to spend the rest of my life here."
"You should have thought of that when you gave the command to have Rose drowned." The Doctor stated flatly and entered the TARDIS, shutting the doors behind him.
"Everything alright, Doctor?" Rose asked in concern when she saw the Doctor enter the TARDIS with a dark look on his face.
The dark look disappeared instantly and the Doctor gave a manic grin. "Oh yes, let's get back to our universe Rose Tyler."
Seconds later, the sound of the TARDIS dematerialising resonated all across Neverland, taking with it two extraordinary time travellers; the stuff of legends.
I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words, I scatter them in time and space. A message to lead myself here.
"Rose! Heading back already? The sun is still up!" Vanessa, a researcher at Torchwood, joked.
"Watch it!" Rose laughed and continued. "It's Tony's birthday today. Mum is threatening bodily harm if I'm not at the mansion by seven!"
"Only Jackie Tyler can instil such fear in one of Torchwood's top field agent! I'll see you tomorrow morning then?"
"Yup!"
Rose left the Torchwood base and headed for her car to drive back to the Tyler mansion. It has been over three years since Bad Wolf Bay but Rose has yet to find a way back to her original universe. The Doctor was right, all cracks between the two universes have been sealed. But she has made her promise and she was getting back to him regardless of what it takes. She pulled her car into the driveway at the mansion and checked her reflection on the rear view mirror before stepping out.
"Oh, Rose! You made it on time!" Jackie happily exclaimed when Rose entered the living room.
"Of course I did! Couldn't miss my little brother's birthday!" Rose replied, giving her mum a hug. "Where's the birthday boy?"
"In the nursery with Pete. Get them both down wouldn't you?"
Rose was making her way to the nursery when a children's picture book left on the coffee table caught her attention. She backtracked to get a better look at it. Right there, clear as day was the book.
Bad Wolf Children Classics
Peter Pan
End of Part One
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Note: Hi guys! I'm not sure if I'm doing something seriously wrong here but the lack of response is really quite troubling. As such, I will mark this story as 'Complete' for the time being so I can think it over and perhaps try to come up with a more spectacular continuation (i.e. A plot bunny so fantastic that it refuses to be left alone) before I even begin to write another chapter. Besides, I do think that this chapter sums up the Neverland story quite well too. BUT if you do want me to continue, please leave me a review! Thanks!(: