Chapter 6
Waverly Sub Station
The blue light of the transporter was a common sight by now and the four appeared in the restaurant. Jerry and Theresa were still in the sub station, sitting at one of the tables when they saw them appear. Justin and Harper appeared to be fine, except for a few cuts and scratches. Alex had a towel in her hand with blood on it and a gash on her forehead. The Doctor was unharmed, but had a lot more of the Racnoss blood on him.
"What happened?" asked Jerry.
"The usual," answered the Doctor, "Aliens, certain death, monsters, certain death, my uncanny ability to talk my way out of deadly situations, certain death, being put back into deadly situations, certain death, a banana, certain death, someone arriving at the eleventh hour, no more certain death, everyone gets home and safe. Yeah, that's about it."
"A banana?" asked Jerry, confused.
"You too?" asked the Doctor.
"Dad's right," replied Alex, "You did throw a banana peel at the Racnoss Princess."
"Well yeah," said the Doctor, "You brother had perfect timing on that though."
"What do you mean?" asked Jerry.
"He killed the Racnoss Princess right after I threw a banana peel at her," said the Doctor, "And if you'll excuse me, I'm going to clean this Racnoss blood off me, again." The Doctor walked into his TARDIS and Alex went upstairs to get her wound cleaned up.
After about half an hour, the Doctor came out of the TARDIS in a new outfit. He looked around the room and said, "If any of you get spider guts, or anything's guts on me for that matter, it will be Hell on Earth!"
"Okay," Justin said nervously.
The Doctor's face lightened up, "I'm just kidding, but really, I don't anything's guts on me. Twice in one day is more than enough."
The Doctor walked up to and sat at his normal barstool. He started drawing another picture. It was a picture of a person and several machines surrounding it.
"What's that one?" asked Theresa as she walked up to the Doctor.
"My back-up plan," said the Doctor.
"For what," said Theresa.
"So I don't break someone's heart when I change," said the Doctor.
"Change?" asked Theresa, "How do you mean?"
"Regeneration. I can sense it coming. It's just a faint feeling, but it's coming. I don't know how far away it is, but I will change," said the Doctor.
"How do you know that's coming. How can you sense it?" asked Theresa.
"I've regenerated 13 times in my life, I've learned what it feels like when it's coming. And believe me it's coming."