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Last seen on "Here Come the Girls":
The Doctor's eyes widened and an expression flicked across his face. Rose knew that look well; a penny had just dropped.
'What?' She asked quickly.
The Doctor swallowed. 'It's The Voradon.' He told them darkly.
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"Well, they change their objective every time… kind of like, you know, American Football, they change plays every single time something doesn't work? And well, the Voradon expand…"
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The Doctor whipped out his sonic-screwdriver, which had begun beeping profusely. 'It's The Voradon. They're moving.' He said, as he looked up at them all.
Jack jumped to his feet, navy military coat swinging behind him. 'Let's go.' He said, going into 'time to save the world' mode.
'Where are they going?' Gwen asked as she stood up along with Rose and Alice.
The Doctor frowned at the small display on the screwdriver and looked back up, swallowing. 'They're moving towards the bay.'
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'Sorry Doctor, but you didn't actually say where The Voradon would be hiding.'
He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. 'Oh...well, about that...'
* * * *
"What's going on?" Alice demanded to know, panting. "And what's with all this running? Heels are not good for this type of exercise I'll have you know!"
Rose sighed, and said, "You get used to it."
"Anyway, Alice, this is the Doctor's 'I really actually don't know for once' look," Jack said, casually. He looked at Gwen, then awkwardly let go of her hand, and Gwen rubbed her arm just as awkwardly.
"Its not that I don't know!" the Doctor protested. "It's just that I—I… okay, fine." He crossed his arms indignantly. "But I'd like to see Torchwood do better."
"Really?" Jack challenged.
"Think you can handle it?" the Doctor said, cocking his head in mock-amusement.
"Okay, that's enough!" Gwen said, stomping her foot. "Now are we going to deal with this Voradon mess, or are we going to act like little children who--,"
"Ooh! A shop!" Alice exclaimed, and pointed in the direction behind them. "Can I get a souvenir, ya know, for home?" she acted like it was a "yes", and dashed off to the store. Jack and the Doctor raced after her, leaving Gwen and Rose rubbing their soar feet.
"Remember what I said about little children?" Gwen said, smartly.
Rose rolled her eyes and said, "Welcome to my world."
* * * *
"Rose, look at the size of these bananas!" the Doctor exclaimed, excitedly holding up a bunch of yellow fruit that looked like the size of his own arm.
"Wow," Rose said, pretending to be excited. "That looks like so much fun!"
"Gwen, do we need anymore milk? Or perhaps some bread?" Jack's voice floated from the aisle next to theirs, and he casually threw a loaf of sliced bread over the canned ravioli.
"What's so great about BuyMart?" Rose asked. "Their clothes aren't even the bit decent!"
"Oi', it's better than what we get at the orphanage," Alice replied, tartly, holding up Miley Cyrus's new clothing line to her body. "How do I look in—Rock-star-pink?" she asked, sounding the letters out loud.
Rose ignored her, and the Doctor tried to cheer her up. "C'mon Rose! I'll buy you a necklace or a piece of jewelry," he said, trying to persuade her.
"Sure, from the dollar aisle I s'pose?" Rose scoffed.
"Oh come on Rose! I'm not cheap!" the Doctor protested.
Rose let out a snort. "You're the cheapest date I ever had! Fish 'n chips as a fancy dinner, then you take me to BuyMart?" she turned to Alice. "All of time and space he promised me, and look where I am! Cardiff, eating cod and shopping at a cheap grocery store!"
"Yes, but it's not a chain grocery store—that's why it's so tiny and cozy. Just opened up last month," Jack said, defending him and the Doctor, trying to get Gwen and Rose's looks to fade away.
Eventually it worked, and Rose sighed. "Fine. Gwen, Alice, and I will go into the women's section and try on some clothes and look at some antique stuff. You buy the food," she said. And she strutted away.
* * * *
"May I help you?" a plump, old woman asked Rose, Gwen, and Alice as they approached the counter for the women's jewelry.
"D'ya have anything antique?" Rose asked.
"Sure we do, sweetheart," the woman said. "Here's one." She handed Rose a silver-chained necklace with a blue sapphire hanging off the end. "What do you think?"
To be honest, Rose thought it looked like a giant blue intestine, but didn't say anything mean, instead, Alice piped up, "Um, it's very beautiful! How much is it?"
"Only fifty quid," the woman said.
"Fifty quid???" Alice exclaimed in shock. Rose shook her head, forgetting fifty quid back then for a piece of jewelry was nearly one thousand dollars.
"Um thanks, but no thanks. We're trying to be a little cheaper," Gwen piped up, noticing this as well.
The woman gave them a suspicious look and said, "I see. My name is Laura Racozky, who are you?" she fumbled with the shirt she was folding.
"Uh, I'm Samantha, Samantha Gumm," Rose said, lying through her teeth, sensing something was going on. Gwen and Alice caught on as well.
"I'm Caitlin—Caitlin, er, Tulk," Gwen said, quickly.
"And I'm—Quinn. Quinn Mulligan," Alice also said.
"Samantha Gumm, Caitlin Tulk, and Quinn Mulligan," Laura repeated. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet such—um, fine ladies. Are you with any men?"
"Yes," Alice blurted out. Gwen and Rose shot her dangerous looks, and Alice quickly said, "Um, I mean, I'm here with my dad, and G—Caitlin, is here with her, um, fiancé, and S-Samantha is here with her husband."
"Oh, do they have lovely names as well? Do tell," Laura pressed.
What does this woman want? Rose thought, and she exchanged a quick look with Gwen. Gwen quickly said, "Um, my fiancé's name is Jack Harkness, and Samantha's husband's name is… John, John Gumm."
"Jack Harkness?" Laura asked. "Tell me, is his father's name Jack as well?"
"Uh, yeah," Gwen said.
"And you," Laura turned to Alice. "You, Quinn Mulligan. Do you have a grandmother by the name of 'Alice'?"
Alice got a panicked look on her face, and stumbled, "Uh, no, you must mistake me for someone else." Silence.
"It was nice meeting you," Rose quickly said. And she grabbed Alice and Gwen by the shoulder and the threesome took off running.
* * * *
"What do you s'pose she wanted?" Alice asked. "And how did she know my name?"
"And how did she know Jack?" Gwen continued.
"I don't know," Rose said. They began to walk out of the store. "The Doctor said to meet outside around ten…" they looked around, but the weren't there. "Hm, we're even ten minutes late…"
"Rose—c'mere," Alice said, staring at the trashcan.
"What is it?" Rose asked, and she and Gwen walked over to Alice.
"This is important," Alice said.
"What, Alice?" Gwen questioned.
Alice picked something out of the trash bin, and Rose and Gwen gasped at what they saw.
"That's--," Gwen reached for one item and picked it up. "That's Jack's spare space hopper." She fingered it, gently.
"And that's—oh my God, that's the Doctor's sonic screwdriver in the trash bin!" Rose cried. "And—what's this?" she picked up a black leather covering and opened it, to see a blank, white, piece of paper. "It's the psychic paper," she said, turning pale.
"But, Jack and the Doctor wouldn't just—throw this away, would they?" Alice asked. "I mean, right?"
Rose analyzed the psychic paper, and saw a message written in blood, messy and hard to read pop up on the piece of paper. Rose, Gwen, and Alice turned pale white as they read what the paper had said.
Heed this warning, and go back to the TARDIS. Take these with you, and run for your life. Nowhere is safe. Run, just run, and never come back to Cardiff again. They will find you, and they will get you. Run, just run. Run, NOW! Love from the Doctor, 2009
They ran farther and farther from the BuyMart store, just in time, for the building of BuyMart, to burst into flames.
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