Chapter 3 – Beginning of the End
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Tobie sat on an exam table in the MedBay, the Doctor in front of her holding a strange looking device over her nose. Every few seconds it would beep.
"What is that thing?" Kat asked examining the device over the Doctors shoulder—much to his annoyance.
"Sonic Re-constructor!" The Doctor said proudly. "Made it myself!"
Rose laughed and rolled her eyes, "Yes Doctor, and we're so very proud of you."
"A what?" Kat asked confused.
"Er….a sonic Band-Aid of sorts…" He said sheepishly.
"A sonic Band-Aid?" Kat asked. The Doctor nodded meagerly.
"Who looks at a Band-Aid and thinks 'ooh this could be a little more sonic?'!?" She demanded. Rose and Tobie laughed, the Doctor just glared at her and turned back to Tobie.
"Oi! I'll have you know it's cheaper than having to buy Band-Aids or nanogenes any day!" The Doctor huffed. He finished up healing Tobie and walked to the cupboard he had taken the device from and put it back, a pout on his face. He walked out of the room and the girls could hear him muttering something under his breath about a mini Captain Jack. It only caused for Rose to laugh even harder and the girls to look at each other in confusion.
"Ok, I don't get it…" Tobie finally spoke up jumping down from the exam table.
"Jack is an old friend of ours. We traveled with him for awhile. When they first met, Jack made fun of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. His exact words were, I believe: 'Who looks at a screwdriver and says ooh this could be a little more sonic!' And the Doctor went on this tangent about long nights and lots of cupboards to put up," she laughed. "Would have probably laughed at the time but we were running for our lives."
"I won't get an annoying nick name for that will I?" Kat asked worriedly.
"Might. He always called my ex boyfriend 'Ricky' when his name was Mickey. And he always called Jack 'Captain'." Rose shrugged. "Then again he was a Captain so."
"As long as that the nick-name isn't 'shiver-me-timbers' or 'woohoo-blowing', I'm good," Kat muttered walking out of the Med-Bay in search of the Doctor.
"What?" Rose asked confused.
Tobie laughed. "Long story, tell you later. Hell, I even got pictures!"
Rose grinned at her. " Sounds juicy!"
"Very juicy."Tobie grinned evilly. They both hurried out after the others.
XxXxX
They were all sitting in the console room drinking tea and chatting. Tobie and Kat were curled up against each other on the captain's chair and the Doctor had his back leaning against the console and Rose against his chest.
"So…how do you two know each other?" Rose asked taking a sip of her tea. Tobie and Kat looked at each other for a second.
"Oh uh, I use to live in Arizona until a year ago when I moved, we stayed in touch ever since." Kat said quickly.
"Yea, been friends since the day we were born!" Tobie smiled.
"Oh, parents knew each other then?" The Doctor asked curiously.
"Yea, yea they did." Tobie nodded.
"So tell us, why do you two look alike in ways?" The Doctor asked eyebrows raised.
"Oh, our Dad got around," Tobie shrugged nonchalantly.
"Around?" Rose asked.
"Yea, around ---" Kat nodded, a small smile on her face. She brought her cup up to her lips to hide it.
"Jeez you make him sound like a man slut or something!" Rose said. The Doctor spit his tea out and coughed.
"Well, what else is there to say about a sperm donor?" Kat asked.
"It's not much to say that you weren't quite a father, but the donor of seeds, to a poor single mother," Tobie sang, earning her odd looks from everyone. "What? You can't tell me you've never heard of Death Cab for Cutie,"
"So, really, you guys are like half sisters?" The Doctor asked.
"Nah, we're just screwing with you," Kat grinned. "We're cousins,"
"Oh, ok, family resemblance," Rose nodded.
"Yup, our mom's were twins," Tobie offered. Kat quirked an eyebrow.
"Rivagilly? Twivagins?" Kat asked. The Doctor and Rose quickly looked at each other, confusion clearly written on their faces.
"Whavagut?! Ivagits alvagal Ivagi covagould thivaginc ovagof!" Tobie replied.
"Uh, hello! What are you saying? And why isn't my TARIDS able to translate?" The Doctor demanded.
Tobie and Kat looked over at them. "Oh, uh sorry, didn't mean to exclude you really. It's just a made up language we've had since we were real little. Nothing big." Tobie explained smiling.
"Shovagood wevage mevagess wivagif thevagem?" Kat asked smirking.
"Brubilubant ubidubea subistuber, hubow shubould wube dubo thubis? " Tobie asked back in another yet made up language.
"Ovago, howvagow youvagoo spevageak ivagin ubvagobi duvagobbi, avagand mevagi ivagagin thivagis, throvagow thevagem ofvagoff!" Kat laughed, Tobie grinned evilly.
"Ubi lubove ubyour ubevubil ubidubeas," Tobie smirked.
"Thayvagance! Ivagi lovagove yourvagors avagas welvagels!" Kat laughed.
The Doctor looked at Rose, "I really think they're doing this on purpose." He frowned.
"Ya think?" Rose snapped.
"You really need to program the TARDIS to translate made up languages you know," Rose said after a few minutes.
"Would love too, if I had any idea what the pattern is for their 'languages'!" The Doctor snipped back.
"I'vagi thivaginc thevagay dovagon't livagic uvagus dovagooing thivagis," Kat stated calmly to her sister.
"Uball thuba bubettuber tubo kubeep duboubing ubit!"Tobie laughed, "Cubome ubon, lubets puboint ubat thubem, mubake thubem thubink wub'er tualkubing ubabubout thubem." Kat and Tobie laughed, and started to point at Rose and the Doctor. They started looking around, trying to see what was the cause is of the girls' laughter.
"Uh, what are you laughin' at?" The Doctor asked annoyed. He didn't exactly like being laughed at.
"Yea, what's so funny?" Rose asked. The duo's confusion just made the girls laugh harder. They had to lean on each other for support, and they could no longer continue pointing.
"Alright, that's it. We've picked up crazies. And they are going back!" The Doctor declared jumping up and started running around the console.
"No we are not Doctor. Sit down. Now." Rose demanded. "And you two, stop laughing and tell us what's so funny." The Doctor immediately sat down, and Tobie and Kat stopped their laughing and they all three looked at Rose terrified. The Doctor mostly. Rose very rarely got stern with him. Yea, okay so she got stern with him when he was about to do something either very stupid or very dangerous. The girls on the other hand had no experience with Roses temper, or lack thereof, and were a bit scared of her at that moment.
"Uh…sorry," Kat squeaked.
"Yea, we're sorry," Tobie agreed.
"Me too," The Doctor added sheepishly.
"I'm sorry, I'm just a little tired is all. I didn't mean to snap at you all." Rose said.
"Something wrong?" Kat asked concerned.
"No, it's just –" Rose glanced over at the Doctor, then leaned in towards the girls more. "My visitor, that's all."
"Oooh," the girls said knowingly.
"Right," Kat nodded.
"Need some chocolate?" Tobie asked.
"What? What is it?" The Doctor asked curiously.
"Nothing," the three of them replied, smirking.
"What is it? What's wrong?" The Doctor asked again. He didn't like it when Rose kept secrets from him.
"Honestly Doctor, it's not something you'd want to hear about. Just relax," Rose patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"Maybe I do want to hear it!" He huffed. Rose rolled her eyes at him.
"Might as well," Kat said, knowing full well no man, not even an alien, would want to hear about a woman's monthly.
"Yea, whatever gets him to stop whining!" Tobie groaned. The Doctor shot her a glare.
"Fine," Rose took a deep breath. "It's just my period Doctor. See? Nothing wrong." The look on the Doctors face was priceless. His beautiful face scrunched up in disgust, and he covered his ears with his hands, humming a tune to himself. The girls shook their heads, laughing at him. Alien or not, all blokes are the same.
"Oh Rassilon I didn't need to know that!" The Doctor groaned, still covering his ears.
"You asked!" Tobie laughed.
"Next time don't tell me!" He said.
"What would you have had me say?" Rose asked.
"Just say you visitor came next time! Sheesh," he whined.
"She did, and you still didn't get it," Kat pointed out.
"Next time I'll know, I swear!" The Doctor insisted.
"Ok Doctor, I'll just say that for now on," Rose assured him, patting him on the back.
"Good," He whimpered.
"What a baby," Kat stage whispered to Tobie.
"Yup," Tobie nodded.
"I am not a baby! There are just some things men just don't want to know about," The Doctor insisted.
"And there are just some things that men need to get over. Periods being one of them," Tobie smirked.
"Can we change the subject please!" He begged them.
"Where're we going?" Kat asked.
"Anywhere you want to go," The Doctor smiled at them.
"Anywhere?" Tobie asked.
"That's what I said," The Doctor nodded. "Anywhere in time and space."
"Well then….could we go see a play by Shakespeare?" Kat asked excitedly.
"Oh a girl after my own heart!" The Doctor beamed, "but sadly I'm not allowed in that time period anymore. Long story with a lot of running for my life."
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Tobie asked.
"Trouble magnet he is," Rose said poking him in the arm.
"You're one to talk little missy," The Doctor poked her back.
"It's never going to get boring with you two around I'm sure," Kat laughed.
"Not as long as I can help it!" The Doctor agreed. "Now, who's hungry? I know this great Italian restaurant in the southern Italy in the early 1800's that you'd love."
"Me!" The girls threw their hands in the air. They were practically drooling at the mention of authentic Italian food.
"Great! Go get changed and we'll be there when you get done," The Doctor said hoping and going to the controls.
"Changed? What's wrong with what we have on?" Kat asked confused.
"Well seeing as how we're going to the early 1800's, I'd say your clothing is way before it's time there and you don't want to stick out like sore thumbs," The Doctor pointed out.
"Oh, gotcha," Tobie nodded in understanding.
"Sore thumbs…do sore thumbs really stick out? I mean, who looks at a sore thumb and says 'Wow! That thumb is sore!'?" Kat asked. Rose and Tobie looked at her like she had gone nuts, but the Doctor had a shit eating grin plastered to his face.
"Finally! Someone who agrees with me!" He exclaimed.
"Oh God, a miniature Doctor!" Rose groaned.
"What's really sad is, she has those kinds of thoughts all the time," Tobie shook her head.
"Really random huh?" Rose asked.
"You have no idea," Tobie said.
"Right, go get dressed now. I'm starving!" The Doctor ordered, interrupting their conversation. Rose led the down the hall and up a few flights of stairs to the wardrobe room. When the doors to the room opened, she could have sworn Tobie and Kat's jaws had hit the floor.
"Whoa—" Tobie breathed out. Kat gasped beside her.
"My God it's—"
"Beautiful!" They cried. Rose just laughed at them. Their reactions were similar to hers when she first saw the room.
The girls took off running around the room, searching through the clothes for something to wear. Rose had a hard time keeping track of them. One minute one of them was upstairs and the other down, then the next minute they switched places.
"Ok, how do I look?" Tobie asked, she stepped out from behind a rack of clothes and twirled around for Rose and Kat.
"Wow, you look great!" Kat said. Tobie looked down at her outfit. She really wasn't one for dressing up but she did like the outfit. It was a beautiful white and blue dress. It went all the way to the floor, but it didn't drag. The sleeves were short and allowed her a lot of movement, and it was a big fluffy piece of material either. It felt quite nice to wear actually.
"Really?" She asked unsure.
"Yea! You look beautiful Tobie, really," Rose assured her.
"Thanks," Tobie said. She would have blushed but she just wasn't that kind of person. Well, she wasn't one to blush over compliments at least.
"Your turn Kat!" Tobie called when she saw that she had disappeared from sight.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," she called back. Kat hated dressing up. More so than Tobie. She was never the girlie-girl type and had always refused to wear dresses. She just couldn't move well in them and she hated that she couldn't run in them either. Kat finally stepped out from behind a rack of clothes and looked at Rose and Tobie.
"I cannot believe we have to dress like this," she growled.
"You look amazing Kat!" Tobie cried. Rose nodded smiling.
"No, I look like a girl anachronism!" she snapped. Tobie rolled her eyes.
"No you don't, you look great," she assured her.
"I agree with her, you look beautiful," The Doctor said. He had snuck in during Tobie's reveal of her outfit. He thought they both looked beautiful in their dresses. They looked like Rose in away. Almost as if they could be related to her. He made a mental note to check a few family trees later on.
"Where the hell did you come from?!" Tobie yelled.
"Sorry, came in when you were showing off your dress. I thought someone might have heard me or at least seen me when I came in, sorry," he apologized.
"It's ok, just scared me is all. You should probably put a bell around your neck or something. You walk as silent as a cat," Tobie said. The Doctor shuddered.
"What?" Tobie asked.
"The Doctor hates cats," Rose informed them, laughing at him.
"…why?" Kat asked.
"Long story, will have to tell you later," Rose winked at them.
"You ready then?" The Doctor asked, hoping to change the topic away from him and his fear.
"Yea, but one question. Do I have to wear a dress?" Kat whined.
"Of course, women back then didn't wear pants or the type of clothes women in your time wear. If you were to wear shorts and a tank-top they'd think you were a whore and have you hung or thrown in jail," The Doctor shrugged.
"Oh, well in that case dresses are fine then," Kat nodded.
"Hm, jail in the 1800's," Tobie mused. "Think I'll go shrug on some jeans,"
"Oh no you won't!" Kat exclaimed. "We're going at least one day without winding up in the clink."
"No promises," Tobie grinned. Kat rolled her eyes.
"Are you two done?" The Doctor asked.
"Yes." "Yeah."
"Good, now let's go!" He bounced out the door and down the hall.
"Uh, aren't you going to change Rose?" Tobie asked looking over at her.
"Oh right, forgot," Rose said. She disappeared up on the third floor and searched for an outfit to wear. Ten minutes later she came back dressed in a beautiful dress that matched Tobie and Kat's in a way but was red and black.
"Whoa," Tobie and Kat said. She looked gorgeous! And apparently the Doctor thought so too because he came back into the room to see what was taking them so long and all he could do was gap and stutter when he saw her. Kat and Tobie had to nudge him in the ribs in order to get a proper word out of him.
"Wow," was all he could manage. Rose blushed. The girls shared a knowing look, smirks slowly creeping up their faces. And that's how "Operation: Doctor & Rose" came to be between Kat and Tobie.
"Let's go," Rose said, she grabbed the Doctor by the hand and led him out the door and to the console room. Tobie and Kat following behind, talking amongst themselves in their made up languages.