Disclaimer: I, of course, don't own Doctor Who. If I did, I wouldn't be doing this. The only thing I own is Luna and her friends and family. I also own the plot. Please read and review
The doctor's moon
Chapter 8
Mrs Edwards woke up that morning knowing that it was her birthday but the present she wanted most of all wasn't going to be there. Luna hadn't come home, sent a card or sent her a present. She dressed and started cleaning the flat. She had never had such a miserable birthday morning. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Letting out a sigh, she got up and answered it to find Alice and Tom smiling brightly with wrapped presents in their arms.
"Happy Birthday, Mrs Victoria Edwards!" they cheered.
She smiled and let them in. It was nice to have someone to keep her company on this special day. They helped themselves to tea and watched their best friend's mother unwrap her presents of a bottle of perfume and a book. But they noticed that she didn't seem that happy.
"Are you alright, Mrs Edwards?" Tom asked.
"Yeah, you look very depressed, Victoria." Alice asked.
"It's just… Luna."
Silence and a miserable atmosphere hit the room.
As they sat staring at their mugs, they suddenly heard the familiar whirring siren of the spaceship they had been waiting for. They all looked at each other with their eyes wide and they grinned brightly.
"LUNA!!!" They all cheered as they dashed outside.
Once outside, they couldn't see anything but the sound was getting louder. As they looked around, Tom spotted the form of the blue police box materialising before his very eyes.
"There they are!" he pointed.
Once the TARDIS was solid, the door opened and Luna stepped out. She saw her mother and friends and immediately ran towards them and hugged her mum with the other two hugging them. The Doctor stepped out after her, shut the door and watched as Luna reunited herself with her family and her friends. Alice then looked over and spotted him standing and watching.
"Well, come and join in." She called.
With an encouraging and welcoming smile from Luna and Victoria, he walked over to join in the group.
The group went to the flat and tucked in to tea and cakes. The Doctor was happy to sit back and relax for a change. He enjoyed tasting all the lovely cakes that Victoria had made. As they chatted and enjoyed themselves, Luna spotted some wrapping paper on the couch by the Doctor's coat. This shock reminded her to do something. She jumped up, dived into her room, grabbed her purse then ran back and pulled the Doctor by his arm.
"Luna," He protested through a mouth full of food, "I'm eating."
"Well hurry up and swallow," She retorted, "We need to go shopping for the TARDIS, ok?"
The Doctor noticed she was winking at him as she said this. He suddenly realised what she was saying and followed her.
"We'll be back later, mum." Luna called.
"Thanks for the cake, Victoria." The Doctor added.
Outside, Luna heaved a huge sigh as they walked to the bus stop for a ride to the high street. The Doctor was fascinated to watch how Luna paid for two return tickets. He followed her to a seat but neither of them had said anything to each other since they left the flat.
"So where are we going?" He asked.
"As I've been travelling with you," She explained, "I forgot to get my mother a present or card."
"So we're going to get her one."
The search started. However they weren't aware that there was trouble brewing. Two 6ft 3in androids were disguised as normal human citizens were walking through the high street looking for something. Luna and the Doctor stepped off the bus and started walking up the street to find Mrs Edwards a present. Luna first got out some money from the bank then went and bought her mother a birthday card. Then it was present finding. The Doctor tried to help by pointing out stuff he'd heard human women liked.
"What about flowers?" He suggested, "Or a purse?"
But it didn't help Luna at all. She was close to giving up.
They came to a jewellers and Luna scanned the displays while the Doctor waited at the door, resisting temptation to examine everything he could see. Suddenly he heard a loud scream. Luna and the people inside the shop heard it too. They all came out as the Doctor's eyes locked on two suspicious looking people with something stuffed under the arm. Luna appeared at his side and followed his gaze. Her icy blue eyes suddenly widened in shock.
"Doctor," She gasped, "They've kidnapped those children.
A boy and girl of about 5 and 8 were crying and screaming for their parents who were running after them.
"Luna lets go." The Doctor said, running off.
She ran after him as they went to help the parents. As they were running, one of the mystery people handed the child they were carrying to their partner. They then skidded to a halt and turned on the Doctor, Luna, and the parents. It pulled out what appeared to be a ray gun. The father of the children grabbed his wife and Luna stood with them. However the Doctor casually but determinedly marched up to the disguised person.
"What is he doing?" The man growled.
"Trust him" Luna simply said.
She knew that her Time lord friend knew what he was doing. Just as she suspected, he pulled out his sonic screwdriver, pointed it and used it. The masked person's clothes suddenly fell away to expose a half robot, half human body. It started shaking them exploded in front of their eyes.
Once safe, Luna approached the Doctor who was now scanning the head of the creature with the screwdriver.
"They are androids." He explained without being asked.
"What do they want with two young children?" Luna asked.
"Who knows?"
There was a pause as Luna looked back at the parents sobbing. She couldn't help feeling sorry for them.
"Luna, we need to get back to the TARDIS and find the other android."
"But it's a twenty minutes bus ride away from here," She replied, "We'll never catch it."
She looked at him as he held up the screwdriver and pressed its button as he looked in her eyes. Suddenly the whirring sound of the TARDIS was heard and the blue box appeared beside them. They jumped in and set off after the second android. Once they were close enough, the Doctor held the TARDIS steady while Luna opened the doors to see if she could get hold of the children. Luna saw the distance that she was at to both the floor and the android. She lay her body from the hips up out of the doors of the TARDIS. The android suddenly stopped, turned and kicked the flying blue box at the side making it jerk and shudder. Luna lost her balance, rolled and almost fell out. She grabbed the edge of the TARDIS and held on for dear life.
"DOCTOR!" She screamed.
He looked over and saw her situation. He ran to her, grabbed her upper arms and pulled to safety. He gave her a comforting hug. She was safe but they still had to save the two children. Luckily, Luna had a plan.
They arrived back at Luna's home and the brunette dived in to the flat and got what she needed. She returned to the TARDIS with a lot of strong rope, Alice and Tom. They seemed curious and nervous but the Doctor filled them in on what had happened. Then Luna explained what was going to happen.
"Ok, the Doctor will fly the TARDIS so that it as close to the android as possible then hold it steady. Tom, when I say it, I need you to lower me out then pull me back up. And Alice, you need to take the children off me when I get back. Both understand?"
"Yes!"
Once everything was settled, the TARDIS set off in hot pursuit of the kidnapping android. It didn't take the police box long to find the android so Luna got ready to go. She tied one end of the rope around her waist then asked the Doctor to borrow the sonic screwdriver. He dug it out and handed it to her. She went to the doors and treaded other end of the rope through a hole on the 'beams' on the inside of the TARDIS. She looked out and saw the android directly below her.
"Ok, Tom, lower me."
Steadily and slowly Tom did as he was told, easing his friend down with Alice guiding him. Once, Luna was satisfied with her position, she gestured quietly to the two children to grab her hands. She then pulled them out with a gentle pop. The kids gripped tight hold of the rope as Luna pulled of the screwdriver and aimed it at the android.
"PULL US UP!" She shouted.
"Go for it Tom." Alice encouraged.
Using all of his strength, Tom started pulling. When Luna felt the tension on the rope, she pressed the button on the sonic screwdriver and held it until the android malfunctioned then exploded.
With the two small children safe and unharmed, the team located their home and took them there. Alice and Tom stayed in the TARDIS while Luna and the Doctor carried the kids to the door. It opened with their mother standing there with joy written over her face. She took her babies off their rescuers and hugged them tight then turned to the young woman and her friend.
"Thank you so much." She said hugging Luna.
"It was nothing." The brunette smiled as the mother kissed the Doctor on the cheek.
"It was nothing at all." The doctor agreed.
The mother turned to her kids and ushered them inside. With a grateful smile, she returned to her house. That's when Luna felt a hand hold hers as they went back to the TARDIS. She looked down and saw the Doctor's hand entwined with hers. When he realised what he was doing, he slipped his hand away and into the pocket of his suit. They returned to see the bright and innocent looking faces of Tom and Alice.
"Luna, we were wondering…" Alice started.
"What?"
"Could we come travelling with you and the Doctor?" Tom finished.
Luna looked at the Doctor waiting for his reaction. He just froze and stared at them in shock. He then looked at Luna who gave him a look that said 'it's up to you'. With a look in her eyes, he folded and agreed to let her friends on board. It was then that Luna remembered that she was meant to get her mother a present. Luckily, while Alice and Tom packed to leave, she got her a picture frame and took a picture of Luna, Victoria herself, Alice, Tom and the Doctor to put in the frame.
Like that? I had a good time writing this chapter and I hope you did reading it. For the next chapter we'll see Tom and Alice's adventure in the TARDIS but I need you to review, so please, please, please help.