So here is chapter four. I hope again that it isn't too long or short. Also sorry for any spelling or grammar mistake as I am doing this on my phone. What is a good word limit for each chapter anyway? Ah well here we are. I'm sorry it hasn't been too interesting just yet but it will in later chapters. I do not own doctor who or any of its characters. I only own my oc character Lily.
Chapter 4:The Nestene Consciousness
Lily slowly walked up to the tardis in awe. Soon she was going to know what the tardis really looked like. Rose was still panicking running up to the tardis yelling " you cant hide inside a wooden box! "And running back to the gate she continues to shake it.
Lily goes to open the door of the tardis but as she touches the door handle, a spark of electrifying warmth shoots through her arm. Similar to the feeling of static zapping you as you touch something metal, giving you a jolt. Except the shocked feeling is replaced with a glowing, inner warmth, a similar feeling of the warmth that brought her here to the doctors universe.
A smile building on her face from the warmth seeping into her from the contact with the tardis. Lily pushes the door open, taking a few steps inside and gawks at the sight of the tardis. It really was nothing like the tv show.
The tv show looked pretty cool as it showed the tardis but it didn't quite look that real to her, not quite right whether it was the material they used for the inside of the tardis or the not quite right shine of the metal beams and walls. She never understood why she felt like that until she steped inside.
The tardis had a mich more golden look to her, the metal of the walls shining a copper gleam. The beams weren't plain either, each one had a line of galifrayan writing from top to bottom. Eventhe console looked more real and alive than the tv show could ever capture. The glass centre slowly pulsating with slivers of gold dust going up and down the tubing and every now and then a few would hover at the corners and edges of the room. All on all, the tardis looked right in Lilys eyes finally and utterly amazing.
The Doctor had been watching Lily the whole time she came in, inbetween pressing buttons and pulling leavers of the tardis. Seeing that spark in her eyes he had lost so many years ago and bringing a small joy to his beating hearts, a feeling he had lost during the time war, but once again he has a small taste of the happiness he once had from a simple expression from a mere human.
Curious to what she thought of his tardis he asked her while still preparing the tardis "Well then, what do you think?"
Deciding to steal a line from the Clara in the 1800's she said "well its smaller on the outside"
The Doctor not expecting this reaction was stunned. 'Why would she say somethibg like that'. Most people first seeing the inside of his elaborate ship would exclaim wow's and most of the time say how its bigger on the inside. But her, she said the complete opposite. As if to correct his hypothesis, Rose about to say the 'bigger on the inside' thing, finally comes in, out and in again and finally says. " It's goin' to follow us!"
"The assembled hoards of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door, and believe me, they've tried. Now, shut up a minute," he said, scannjng the head with his sonic screwdriver and continuing to press buttons on the tardis only he understood the use for.
Lily already knew what they were about to talk about so she walked further into the tardis, walking around and taking in every detail as if she will soon wake up and forget this all happening. Going up to the console and listening to the peaceful humming of the tardis. She lowly whispered, "hello old girl," and smiled while patting the console.
What she didn't expect tho was the tardis to reply to her in her mind. "Hello Sister, my, how I have missed your presence,"
Lily jumped in shock that went unnoticed by the Doctor and Rose as they were still talking. 'This can not be happening, the tardis can't speak' she thought but the tardis was listening and replyed.
"Of course I can, but only to you my dear. I'm afraid I cannot tell you the reason why as that is something you have discovered by yourself, or is it is discovered? Oh tenses are terribly difficult. You understand though." The tardis replyed to her unexpectedly.
Processing this information Lily did a quick nod and thought back 'Ok, thats alright' and then she was distracted as the tardis started dematerialising.
The tardis shook vigorously as she was piloted to their new destination. Lily too focused on holding onto something to listen to what the Doctor was saying.
Once they landed, the Doctor ran yo the door with Rose yelling "You can't go out there. It's not safe!"
The Doctor did anyhow, knowing that they were nowhere near danger yet. Rose and Lily following him outside into a now night time Westminister.
"I lost the signal. I was so close,"the Doctor said, frustration starting to build as he had been tracking down the nestene consiousness for awhile now and his only chance on finding its base had melted infront of his eyes.
"We've moved. Does it fly?" Rose said, staring at the tardis. Lily leaning up agaist the tardis, looking out at the water deep in thought. 'I shouldn't be here, I'll just mess things up, probally cause a paradox of some sort or destroy the universe' she thought to herself, a frown on her face. Feeling unsure if she should continue, she stayed quiet as Rose and the Doctor had their discussion, still looking out at the water until she was drawn back into the conversation.
"Lily are you alright, you've been awfully quiet?" The Doctor asked her, pulling her away from her deep thoughts. He had been watching her out of the corner of his eye, amazingly she had been very quiet about the entire events that had happened around them. 'Most humans would be gunning me for questions as Rose currently is,' he thought, something was definitely different about this human.
"Oh yeah just thinking about stuff,"Lily waved off 'Oh yeah good job Lily, that sooo doesn't sound suspicious' she huffed to her thought.
"Ok then, any questions at all, I'msure your busting with them," the Doctor said, thinking maybe she was just shy.
"Oh um, how are you going to stop this nestene consiousness?"
The Doctor smiled as he pulled out the blue tube of anti-plastic. "Anti-plastic,"he replyed.
"Anti-plastic?" Rose asked
"Anti-plastic. But first I've got to find it. How can you hide something that big in a city this small?"
'Or maybe you can be really blind at times' Lily thought to herself, stiffling a giggle
"Hold on. Hide what?" Rose said confused
"The transmitter. The Consciousness is controlling every single piece of plastic, so it needs a transmitter to boost the signal,"
"What's it look like?"
"Like a transmitter. Round and massive, slap bang in the middle of London," the Doctor said as Rose clicked, staring at the London eye. Lily doing the same, she had never been on a ferris wheel before and now, looking at how beautiful it looked, really wanted to go for a spin on it.
The Doctor, still completely oblivious, continued "..a huge circular metal structure like a dish, like a wheel. Radial. Close to where we're standing. Must be completely invisible, What? What?" He was confused now, what where they staring at. He looked back behind him and back to the girls a few times saying "What? What is it? What?"
"The pennys in the air," Lily says quietly to herself, not knowing the Doctor could hear her with his timelord hearing.
He finally clicks "Oh fantastic!"
"And the penny drops," Lily giggled to herself
"I'm not that bad," the Doctor said to defend himself but recieved no reply as her giggling just increased. Grabbing Lily's hand, they all ran over the bridge until they were standing underneath the london eye.
"Think of it, plastic all over the world, every artificial thing waiting to come alive. The shop window dummies, the phones, the wires, the cables.."
"The breast implants,"Rose said
"Ooh nasty," Lily giggled under her breath, starting to slowly warm up to the two, bit by bit. She was standing near the edge, waiting for Rose to point out the manhole below.
"Still, we've found the transmitter. The Consciousness must be somewhere underneath,"
Rose ran over to the edge and looked down, seeing the manhole below.
"What about down here?"
"Looks good to me," the Doctor said as they ran down the steps to the manhole below, opening the hatch with only a red light to see their way inside.
"Well that doesn't look evil or sinister at all," Lily said, looking down into the depths of the manhole.
The Doctor went down first, then Rose, then Lily hesitantly, she had never done something like this before. Even though she knew it was gonna turn out ok, it didn't calm her nerves. They were going to see the real living nestene consiousness. Way more different in real life.
All three had finaly reached the bottom. Looking out at the nestene consiousness.
"That's it, inside the vat. A living plastic creature,"the Doctor said.
"Looks like creepy blob lava,"said Lily, the Doctor giving her a 'are you kidding me look' in which she just shruged in reply to.
"Well, then. Tip in your anti-plastic and let's go,"Rose said
"Killing is a last resort Rose, we gotta try to make it leave peacefully and give it a chance,"Lily said casually as if it were just common knowledge. The Doctor was completely bemused, 'how did she know I was going to give it a chance? Or is that just how she is? Very interesting.'he thought to himself.
"Yes exactly as Lily said," he justified
He went out on the catwalk to look over the vat and talk to the nestene consiousness, Rose running over to Mickey and taking care of him meanwhile Lily decided to go over and stand next to the doctor to look over and look at the nestene.
"Am I addressing the Consciousness? Thank you. If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilisation by means of warp shunt technology. So, may I suggest, with the greatest respect, that you shunt off?"the Doctor continued his discussion with the nestene, the nestene grumbling and screeching in reply, Lily could only make out a few words here and there as the nestene spoke, suprising her that she could make out any words at all.
"Oh, don't give me that. It's an invasion, plain and simple. Don't talk about constitutional rights. I am talking! This planet is just starting. These stupid little people have only just learnt how to walk, but they're capable of so much more. I'm asking you on their behalf. Please, just go,"
"Doctor! Lily!"
'Oh god I forgot about these guys' lily thought as a shop dummy restrained her, putting both of her hands behind her back and holding her tight enough to leave bruising. She struggled anyway, causing even more bruising to her wrists.
A pair of shop dummies held the Doctor and took the anti-plastic out of his jacket pocket.
"That was just insurance. I wasn't going to use it. I was not attacking you. I'm here to help. I'm not your enemy. I swear, I'm not. What do you mean?"the Doctor said just as a door shows the tardis behind it.
"No. Oh, no. Honestly, no. Yes, that's my ship. That's not true. I should know, I was there. I fought in the war. It wasn't my fault. I couldn't save your world! I couldn't save any of them!"
"What's it doing?!"Rose yelled
"It's the Tardis! The Nestene's identified its superior technology. It's terrified. It's going to the final phase. It's starting the invasion! Get out, Rose! Just leg it now!"
Rose phoned her mother, in attempt to get her to safety. As she finished her call, the nestene started the activation signal, bolts of electricity flying everywhere.
"Get out, Rose! Just get out! Run!"the Doctor yells, not wanting to endanger anymore humans.
"The stairs have gone,"she yells back as the autons started pushing the Doctor and I towards the vatt. Lily struggling even harder to get out of the Autons grasp. She was truely terrified now, knowledge that it will be ok in the end didn't matter, she didn't know if she would be ok, for all she knew she could die right here.
Rose and Mickey were huddled next to the tardis terrified as well. Until Rose spotted the chain over near the wall and goes over to it, grabbing the axe as well.
"I've got no A Levels, no job, no future,"she says as she takes a good hold onto the chain "But I tell you what I have got. Jericho Street Junior School under 7s gymnastic team. I've got the bronze!,"she swung knocking both Autons holding the Doctor into the vat. The Doctor soniced the Auton holding Lily, releasing her from its grip and then he got Rose down from the chain.
"Now we're in trouble," the Doctor says as explosions were going off around them. The three all ran over to the tardis, the Doctor unlocking the tardis and going inside. With everyone inside, the tardis dematerialises away from the exploding nestene consiousness.