Hello people from Tumblr and , it's Mirandafangirl here, this chapter is twice as longer as the others but it's because the crossover is almost over, as some of you might remember, in the tumblr version of the last episode, i posted a note where i asked about YOUR opinion to finish this, if you haven't read it, i'll post it here, IT INCLUDES SPOILERS!

The note said. "sorry for posting with such an awful schedule, but trust me, this fic is almost close to be over and I still don't know if I should (almost) re-write the entire season 8 of The Office or just post chapter six of this fic, (SPOILER ALERT: it's location in the time line will be on the "Tallahasee" episode of The Office, which supposedly happens at the same time than the episode: "The Next Doctor" on the Doctor Who timeline, since this is located with the "Music of the Spheres" mini- episode during the Proms) and then jump forward to the season finale of The Office, maybe 2 or 3 episodes before, (SPOILER ALERT: maybe some more active 10th Doctor's participation and then having Nellie's fate meet again with Donna's for "The End of Time" episode). I'd highly appreciate all your suggestions, after all, this is by a fan for all other fans!" adn i really would love your opinion. Since this episode is based on Tallahasee, maybe i'll just write another episode forward in The Office storyline and then jump to the last episodes of The Office, to make another link towards the episode "the End of time". please tell me any suggestions or reviews you have and thank you so much for reading.

CHAPTER SIX: TALLAHASEE

After being sent off to Florida, while working for Sabre as their Special Projects Manager for 16 weeks, Jo informs Nellie that she will now have to meet with people from Dunder Mifflin as part of a team assembled to cooperate with a new project, (coordinated by Nellie) to launch a chain of retail stores.

Of course this sudden moment of inspiration when Nellie told Jo about her idea, was just Donna's imagination, triggered for the fact that she subconsciously knew she couldn't return to England, even if the Doctor was now on 1851 in London on Christmas Eve, that didn't mean that it was safe for Nellie back there, The Doctor had met his next incarnation (or the man he thought was his first incarnation) and a woman named Rosita, who he thought was his next companion, if anything bad happened on 1851, anything, it could affect the England from the present and if Nellie was there, it could kill her.

Even after 16 weeks after the Graske showed up in the TARDIS, The Doctor hadn't been able to call any of his acquaintances to fix something for Nellie to stay in the US and of course he didn't need to, she had solved it and of course, he didn't need to worry, after all, when he told them about what had happened with Donna, UNIT had appointed someone to check up on her constantly. Mickey and Martha had already met Donna, Jack Harkness had hugger her, so they couldn't be sent to visit her, if she saw them, she'd probably remember therefore they sent a coworker of theirs to spy on her: Todd Packer, an American who was a little too much of an awful person for anyone to stand working with in UNIT, all it took them was a hand-held device that Jack Harkness happily donated to UNIT which allowed them to send Todd back on time to the very beginning of Dunder Mifflin and the timelines would eventually cross paths as planned, when it was the proper time, he'd receive the proper instructions. Of course it was a win- win situation for everyone; UNIT got rid of a really bad worker and they'd have someone checking up on Nellie Bertram for a while, until it was safe for her to come back to her home, in the end, even if she was close to the Doctor, she was a security problem for England, only the Doctor knew what would happen if she remembered anything and nobody could take the chance of finding out, what if she exploded in front of the citizens?, what if she revealed everything to the people? They were not only doing a favor for the Doctor but also protecting the citizens of the UK as they had always done.

Nellie had nothing remotely close to this in her mind when she was waiting for the Dunder Mifflin team to show up on the meeting room, she was nervous but a voice in her head was saying: "Get a grip! You've got this!, let ME, do the talking, don't blow this up again!"

She saw all the people coming into the room and suddenly, Donna Noble woke up inside her head, this time she wouldn't blow anything up, the plan was making a big entrance and for that she needed an unsuspecting loser, hiding in the crowd and then making a strong point…

Jo had given Nellie the file with everyone's work history and picture and when she started planning how to show them her authority, she learned all the names she needed: Ryan Howard, awfully similar to Ricky Howard from Wernham Hogg, could help Nellie to make her grand entrance and also show who was the boss in there.

Dwight Schrute, the American "clone" of Gareth Keenan, both so weird and quirky, but so useful, he'd probably be the one who would try to take advantage but Nellie wouldn't allow that, she needed to have him on a short leash. Unlike Gareth, who seemed to listen to David Brent and David Brent alone, Dwight seemed like the king of guy eager to please the boss anyone who that was. It was brilliant!

Jim Halpert… funny thing, he looked like Tim Canterbury, but Nellie didn't like him as much as she liked Tim. She actually held a grudge against him, for he was the head of the search committee and made her lose her grip when she first came to the US.

The plan was already set up and she'd have everything under control. Donna was taking over from here and things were going to go as she wanted them to go. Everyone took their seats and Nellie was hiding in the crew, right behind Ryan, the show was about to start.

-"Psst. Say, "So who's leading this thing, anyway?"– she said.

-"So who's leading this thing, anyway?"-Ryan said, just as Nellie thought… he was a complete idiot

-"Psst. Say, "I can't wait to meet him."

-"I can't wait to meet him"

"It's show time!" shouted Donna inside her mind, Nellie went on: "Him, you say? Don't think a woman can be a leader?"

-"I…"

-"You poor, simple boy. Expected a man, did you? Strong, powerful. Huge, whopping penis? Well, sorry to disappoint, but my huge, whopping penis is right here", Nellie pointed to her head, "and I'm not afraid to use it. So stop looking at my breasts, and start looking at my penis", everyone started clapping.

-"I'm Nellie Bertram, president of special projects. In the next few weeks we're going to throw everything you know about business out of the window and do it our own way. Are your minds blown? So, how did this special project come about anyway? Well, I interviewed to be the manager of your branch." She pointed to Jim and looked at him with anger… she remembered she played it as the crazy lady, so let's start again: "After you decided I wasn't "a good fit-", I went on a shopping spree, very destructive. I bought thirteen pianos. Then I realized, what if Sabre had a store? Hmm? So I called Jo, old friend, founder of Sabre, and I told her and she grabbed me by the shoulders and she said, "Yes!" So let's talk about the Sabre store then. Probably gonna look stupid, right? Like a big turd with a door on the front, right? What do you think it should look like?"

A woman in the crowd said: " Um, it might be fun if each store had a different theme, like a beach one, a winter one, a jungle one.", Cathy Simms… Nellie looked at her and immediately thought: "Nice idea, hate the winter theme, let's get rid of her"…

-"No, not a big fan of the winter aesthetic." She said

-"Well that was just one idea. It doesn't have to be winter." Who did she think she was?! Nellie had A PLAN, no girl would come here and take away her glory, she was going to pitch her concept and everyone was going to like it, period, she held this meeting because Jo wanted her to, but she was NOT a team player, the last time that happened it was to save a friend… save him from what?... she remembered a little something about everything: a hug from a handsome man, other people: a blonde woman, an idiot guy and a woman with amazing black hair, something about the last name Smith and six people having to help with handling something… she had to watch that time… what was it?

Everyone was staring at her, how long did she lost it? Probably just seconds, moving on!: "Oh, no, it does. It does." Nellie said, regaining her own personality, she couldn´t remember anything else but this was not the time to do that, she had work to do!. –"It has to be winter, and I reject it. So I drew up a design concept. Probably gonna be rubbish, right? Would you like to look at it? Just so you could laugh at it."

Erin Hannon agreed with the idea. Her usual bubbly self was annoying… Nellie thought she was too much of a good person to be a threat, she liked that of course, and she was also really nice to her when she first arrived to Dunder Mifflin…

-"Let me just get the projector working"

Dang, this thing was too complicated, she didn't like it…

-"Jim, help me lower this screen. You're a big, tall man." She had to make this seem funny, otherwise the other might think she wasn't a fit leader… probably sheep boy over there could help her again. She pointed at him and said: "You'd be hilarious trying to do it, like a little boy. Just let go of his balloon"

Then the crazy and annoying Dwight Schrute started talking: "I'll do it! I always say, "You want something done right? Ask Dwight, right? Dwight, right? Dwight. right Dwight, right Dwight. Sorry, now you'll never be able to get that out of your head." Why did he have to be such a nightmare?

-"I can do it." Said Todd Packer… Nellie was strangely attracted to him, she had no idea that UNIT had chosen him to do precisely that, attracting her… Dwight then interrupted her thoughts about Todd with his scream and saying: "There we go"

Nellie kept going with her presentation and she was brilliant, in control, poised, and flirting with Todd Packer, (as UNIT expected of course), everything was smooth until Dwight Schrute stood up and started calling someone in his phone… then he made THE question that Nellie was saving for the end of the presentation:

-"Uh, quick question, "vice president", uh, who is that? There's no name listed."

-"Is there not? Maybe I'm just waiting for someone to wow me." Nellie said, then she took her chance to be a flirt and winked at Todd, who nodded back… she was really interested…Maybe she'd start chatting up with him later, after the meeting.

Dwight then hung up his phone and she could finish the presentation peacefully. The whole team took a break and Todd came close to Nellie, they both started talking, it was just small talk, nothing really important but it was just the beginning of Nellie's plan to flirt with him and Todd's instructions of checking up on her. Martha was too disgusted about his behavior as a UNIT worker to give him any real instructions, so Mickey had to do it, he told him to talk to her, anything would do the trick, but between the unimportant things, he had to ask her subtle questions about Donna Noble, see if she had any subconscious memories that could blow up in any moment.

-"I tell you what though, since my move down to Florida I've really gotten back into hunting big time."

-"Hunting's so primal. Almost sexual." Nellie said… she was REALLY interested and she had to take any opportunity to tell him that right?, besides, she had always thought about her wedding and the clock was ticking for her…

-"Totally, I mean, I'd never bang an animal, you can hardly tell the difference between a boy or a girl, you know, but hunting's intense"

Then Dwight came up to them again… he didn't look well though but he was really weird all the time: -"You talking about hunting? I love hunting. I'm a master hunter."

-"Did you say "masturbator?" Todd asked before Nellie could say something similar… it was really fascinating.

-"I'm a decent hunter, my cousin Mose, that's a masturbator."

-"Why are you sitting down like that?" Nellie asked, he really looked weirder than usual and it was, well, weird.

-"Why is everyone else standing up?, okay team! Let's get back to work!, break's over!" he answered… yep, nothing wrong, he was just trying to catch her eye. It was ridiculous, but yes, they all had to go back to work:

-"We have the Sabre Pyramid, right? Hmm? We've got a bunch of humans. You guys, humans... pyramid. Human pyramid. Do you follow? It's a team-building exercise. You'll love it. Who's in? Hmm?"

-"I'm in!" said Erin, just as Nellie had expected

-"yup, Tallahasee, let's go" said Packer. Maybe he was also interested in her!, at least interested enough to follow her ideas, and that was already a victory, small, but still a victory.

-"Jim, are you in?" said Erin, and then everybody started joining… Everything was perfect and Nellie said: "I feel like I'm in ancient Egypt!", things were amazing… until Dwight Schrute said: " I'll be on top. It's the most important position." Why did he love to bother everyone and be the center of attention all the time?

Sheep boy tried to stop him, he said something about appendicitis… this was really bad, he ignored him and started climbing the pyramid, only to collapse and ruin everything for Nellie…

Commotion, Dwight having appendicitis, Jim being accused of poisoning him… this was a hot mess, again!, until Packer asked if they could get back to the meeting and of course, Nellie returned to her focus, she was in control again and things were quickly focused again: she kept going with the group dynamics, they re-built the pyramid and she explained why it was an important metaphor and after that, it was time for splitting into groups, of course she wanted to be in Packer's group and stuff, so things were good for her again.

Time flew and after three hours, she and Packer were giving their presentation

-"…features a tech support area. Bring in your product, a bunch of nerdy virgins fix it on the spot. Huge for building loyalty"

-"Very good point"

and BAM! Dwight Schrute again… what was wrong with that guy?!

-"Yeah Todd, decent idea. Obvious, but interesting."

-"Dwight?" she asked the minute he walked in, she was really concerned, if this guy died, she'd somehow be labeled as a bad leader…"are you all right?"

-"I'm great. How are you?" She was genuinely concerned, and he just stood there eating a piece of bread! what a douchebag!

He started catching up with his team and she was annoyed rather than impressed, then Dwight stood up trying to give their presentation and she challenged him:" Ah, what is your topic?"

Then he gave his presentation… for a crazy idiot, he was really good… of course, she had to put him to test, since Jim had to almost save his life with a bowl of ice, his beginning was misogynistic and Erin was basically whispering everything to him.

-"Anderson's three pillars of retail. Crucial. So important. Next. Are there any questions?"

-"What are the three pillars of retail?" Nellie asked.

-"ingredients, burgers and killing royalty… the truth be told, we should really disregard Anderson's three pillars, he was later diagnosed with dementia. You know what is important?, Is Dwight's pillars and there is just one: desire. Do we have a desire to dominate the retail space?, not just succeed in it but to dominate, and looking around this room I'm not sure that we do, but we can get there and I can lead us there and that is all that matters"

Well, he actually defined what Sabre wanted to do, maybe under those layers of a douchebag, lied a reliable worker… speaking about crazy… she had been away from her "crazy woman" persona enough, she had to remind everyone she was the boss and she could afford quirkiness, so she quickly said: "Very true. Where there's a will, there's a way. I once spent a passionate night with Hugh Grant's brother, John Grant. He's older than Hugh, just a little bit uglier. How did I pull that off? Sheer force of will. That is very good, Dwight."
-"Thank you very much. Any other questions? Jim?"

-"You are bleeding through your shirt."

-"Oops. That's embarrassing. Egg on my face."

Nellie was really interested in Todd and Dwight proved to be quite an interesting worker so she'd probably include them both in her plans…

-"How are you feeling?" she asked Dwight.

-"Amazing. Just lost four ounces of appendix, already replaced it with muscle."

-"Can I see the wound?"

-"Oh god"

-"Oh! That's disgusting. That's barely healed"

-"You're not paying me to heal, you're paying me to kick ass."

-"A few hours ago, your body was open like a cabinet"

-"That's right"

-"That is amazing. Todd, look at that." Nellie said, only to include Todd and to make him go back to her

-"Oh, yikes. Incoming" he said and tried to touch the wound

-"Ah! Not so fast"

-"Would you come in early tomorrow so we can talk about the store over breakfast? I feel you have a lot to offer." Nellie said, killing two birds with one stone. She was happy to change the conversation because she was frankly disgusted by Dwight's wound and she was also telling them the important thing, after all… Work was her priority and she would be the best at it.

Back on track, she remembered that after this break she had to present a guest she invited, Wally Amos, the founder of Amos cookies and a great retail figure.

-"Everyone, we have a very special guest. He turned an idea into a store, into hundreds of stores. I give you Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos Cookies."

-"Aloha, aloha, aloha. So I hear you're all looking to bake up some dough in the sales game. Well, back when I was regular Amos-"

-"What's under the cloth?" asked Stanley, "he is going to blow it up" said Nellie… he had an amazing skill related to food and it was going to ruin Wally's lecture!

-"We'll get to that." Said Wally… oh hopefully Stanley wouldn't encourage others…

-"Cookies. Bet you anything it's cookies." Packer?! Oh this was getting worst and worst…

-"It's cookies. Let me- let me finish my speech first." All was lost, she had to make an intervention here, good bye to her idea of training people with a successful example…

-"Ah, we get the gist. It's just success and effort, isn't it? So just, don't be coy, make with the cookies!"

Everyone went for the cookies and even if the entire meeting didn't go as she expected, it had been productive for the quest for a vicepresident, so things were going all right for Nellie and the team of Dunder Mifflin was going to help her to be as excellent as she hoped to be.