((Hello! This is GunslingerAngel bringing you the third chapter of The Engineer: Installation. Sorry that it has been a while since I updated, I was just a little bit tired but my goal for the summer is to finish this story so don't worry. I'll finish this story sometime by August, maybe, and I hope that all of you are enjoying this story and that cheat sheet I created is helping you all out! Please note that I do not own Doctor Who (I miss the Ninth Doctor but the Tenth Doctor looks really great!); I have only seen the first season because I'm stuck in the western hemisphere (USA), and I do not own the book The Engineer. P.S. The Eighth Doctor will be here. Please enjoy and review! Thank you eeveekitty85 for staying with me! You're the best!))
Key: Thoughts are /…/ and Speaking is "..."
((Words of Warning: THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THINKING!))
The Engineer: Installation
Ch. 3: The Lonely Angel and the Broken Angel
He called me his broken angel…He was the only one who noticed me and Clockworks…He talked to me the whole time…He saved my life, but he also changed it…
Kara slowly closed her eyes. She was exhausted and was in so much pain. She wanted to let go and sleep for all eternity, but that British man kept on talking to her like as if he knew what she wanted to do but he wouldn't let her.
/Don't sleep, don't let go Miss…Miss/ asked the British man.
/Gozenhozer…my name is Kara Gozenhozer/ answered Kara, with her eyes open, as she lay on the ground in her exoskeleton with Clockworks still on top of her.
/Kara…What a pretty name. It would be a shame to have a woman with such a pretty name to die like this/ said the British man.
Kara gave a smirk and replied /Thank you…Don't worry I'm not going anywhere./ She slightly turned her head and looked at Clockworks, he was in pretty bad shape. His left arm and leg were gone and a third of his torso had shattered into pieces, which were now in Kara's left side. She could barely move her left arm and leg which frightened her.
/That's good to hear…I'm about to land. Where are you/ asked the British man.
/I'm on the roof of Omni-Fortress #34/ replied Kara.
/Good, good…Other Time Lords will be there, so I'm sure it's not going to be so hard to find you/ said the British man.
At a distance, she heard the sound of the elevator going down and then going up to the roof. She held her breath, thinking that it might be more Daleks coming to exterminate what's left but fortunately, it was the Time Lords searching for any survivors. Many of them passed her, she wanted to call out to them but the sharp pain from her left side stopped her. Her eyes began to stream with tears. /They're never going to find me…/ she thought. She then heard a strange sound, it kind of sounded like a moaning machine or something, and felt a great gust of wind coming from the direction that the sound was coming from. She looked in that direction and her eyes began to widen as she saw a big blue box materialize next to the elevator. A man in strange clothing ((The Eighth Doctor apparel)) stepped out of the box and started to look around the roof for something, or perhaps someone.
/Keep talking to me/ said the British man.
/Okay…about what/ asked Kara as her eyes followed the man in strange clothes.
/Oh how about…Things that you like to do/ said the British man.
/Okay…Well, I like to build robots and gadgets, and I like to fix things too/ said Kara.
/Is that all? Come on! There's got to be something else…That's just too…too/ said the British man.
/What/ asked Kara as she continued to look at the strange looking man who was getting closer to her.
/Too nerdy or something like that, I'm sorry but that's what I think/ answered the British man.
Kara laughed out loud, ignoring the pain on her left side. /I like to do some other things and I'm not a nerd…Well, not that much/ she said to defend herself. The laugh made the strange looking man look right at her. Her eyes met his and he gave a big grin.
/Found you/ said the British man. It was then that Kara realized that the man she was talking to in her mind was the man who had come out of the blue box, he was searching the roof for her! Tears streamed down her eyes and she smiled in her mouth mask. The British man crouched down next to her, held her right hand, and inspected Clockworks. He looked up and motioned someone to come to him. Once that person came to him, he said, "Help me get this android off her."
"Is he offline?" asked the other person. Kara felt a shiver down her spine. She hoped and prayed that Clockworks was still alive. He and Tock were the only ones she had now and she didn't want to be alone.
"No, he's in sleep mode now. Pretty smart move if I say so myself. We can put the android into my TARDIS. I'll take the both of them to Gallifrey for proper medical attention." said the British man as he let go of Kara's hand and took hold of Clockworks' right side while the other person took hold of his other side. They gently lifted Clockworks off her body and quickly put him inside the British man's blue box. The British man returned and slowly took off Kara's goggles and mouth mask. He looked at her tearstained face and then the rest of her body. When he looked back at her face, he smiled at her weakly and she smiled back. "Ello my broken angel," said the British man. Kara wanted to say thank you but she couldn't because of her left side.
/Don't worry about talking to me. I already know what's holding you back/ he said. He quickly unbuckled her from her exoskeleton, gently lifted her up, and carried her in his arms. As they were going into the blue box he asked /You mentioned that you liked to do other things…what are they/
/Well…From time to time…I like to dance/ said Kara.
The British man laughed a bit and said /Me too. / Once they were inside, Kara looked around and was amazed that the inside was bigger than the outside. /Huh, that's funny/ said the British man as he placed her on the metal floor, took off his jacket, and laid it on her.
/What/ asked Kara as she continued looking around the interior.
/Usually whenever I bring someone into my TARDIS, they would begin to question me about how the inside is bigger than the outside right about now, but you haven't asked anything/ said the British man as he went to his consol and began pressing buttons and levers.
/To tell you the truth, I'm actually starting to understand this technology…Just give me a few more minutes and I might just be able to pilot this ship/ said Kara with a smile.
The British man chuckled and looked at her /You amaze me Kara./
Kara smiled and continued to look around the interior. She looked at the floor and found Clockworks, lying on his back, a few feet away from her. /Will Clockworks be alright/ asked Kara.
The British man looked at her with a puzzled look and asked /What/
/The android over there is mine, his name is Clockworks…Will he be alright/ said Kara.
/Oh the android! Don't worry about him, he'll be just fine…Nice name by the way/ said the British man. Kara only replied with a smile. She began dozing into and out of sleep; her fatigue was finally taking over her. /Don't die now Kara. You've made it this far, don't give up now/ said the British man as he quickly flipped switches and pushed buttons on the consol.
/Don't worry about me…I'm just tired…I've been fighting all night and I've seen too much... I just want to close my eyes for a few seconds/ said Kara as she slowly closed her eyes and went to sleep as the TARDIS began to rock back and forth and make sounds. Once the sounds and the rocking stopped, the British man headed towards the door and opened it. He popped his head out, looked right and left, and then stepped out. After a couple of minutes, the British man returned with two other Time Lords following him. He turned around to face them, spoke to them for a bit, and pointed them to the android. The two Time Lords walked towards the android while the British man walked towards Kara. He placed two fingers on the right artery of her neck and gave a sigh of relief; she was still alive.
He stroke her right cheek and whispered, "Please stay strong…" He gently lifted her up, once again carried her up in his arms, and walked out of the TARDIS as the two Time Lords began to follow him, while carrying Clockworks' resting body in their arms.
A few hours later...
Kara slowly opened her eyes to a bright ceiling light, her vision was blurry for a bit but once her vision adjusted she saw two people whispering and standing next to her. One was an old man in a white suit while the other was the British man who took her into his TARDIS. She tried to hear their conversation but all she heard was the man in the white suit saying, "We removed most of the shrapnel…Her entire left side is severely damaged…There's no way to reconstruct the severed nerves..."
She looked around the room as the two men talked. The room appeared to be a normal hospital room and what she was lying on was some kind of hospital bed. She began to breathe in and realized that there was no more pain coming from her left side anymore, but she did feel like as if something was choking her and began to cough. A little bit of blood trickled down her mouth. She looked up and saw the British man looking at her with a shocked expression on his face. He wiped the bit of blood off her mouth and said in a normal volume to the old man, "Isn't there anything that we can do to save her?"
"Well, there's always cybernetics," said the old man, "We could replace her damaged left side with cybernetic parts, but of course we don't have that kind of technology, if you know what I mean."
"Yes, I do but you're wrong, we do have that kind of technology," said the British man and looked at Kara, "It's inside her head and if I can go inside her head, I will be able to understand and reconstruct the cybernetic technology of the Roboteers…That is if she will let me."
"Yes," she said weakly.
"What?" asked the British man.
"Yes…I will let you go inside my head since it seems that the only way to save me from drowning in my own blood…Is to make me into a cyborg…Go ahead and look…," she said weakly and coughed once more.
The British man nodded and said to the old man, "Be ready to get the supplies and equipment that I will need once I'm done."
The old man nodded and said, "When you need me, I'll be waiting just outside of the room." Soon after that, he walked out of the room.
The British man was about to place his hands on Kara's head when she said /I forgot to ask…/
/What/ asked the British man.
/What's your name/ she asked.
/I'm the Doctor/ answered the British man.
"Nice…name," said Kara weakly. The Doctor replied with a smile and kissed Kara's forehead. Soon after that, he placed his hands on her head and looked inside her mind to find the technology that would soon save her life.
((So how was that? Did you guys like that? I'm sorry if that doesn't sound like the Eighth Doctor because I've never seen the television movie and the only Doctor that I have ever seen is the Ninth Doctor, so sorry about that. Anyways, I hope you guys are looking forward to Ch. 4, Gozenhozer 2.0. Please review and give me your opinions and questions (I like answering questions). I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!))
