I feel that I really, really need to update this story. So here!
percabeth799: exactly, which is why Rose couldn't see camp, but technically The Doctor can because isn't human.
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~ • Percy • ~
"So, Perseus Jackson, tell me about yourself." The Doctor asked casually. They were taking a stroll through the woods, taking in the scenery that surrounded them. Tall redwoods that slightly reminded Percy of California, but the thought of California automatically led him to Annabeth. Her perfect hair, smile, laugh; he wished he could just sit her down and tell her all the reasons why she should be his. Percy shook away the thought, trying to focus on The Doctor.
"I-I'm sorry, what was the question?"
"I said, Perseus Jackson, tell me about yourself."
Percy ran a hand through his hair, trying to find something to say. Really, he had already told The Doctor about everything. He was a demigod, he was 14, what else was there to share?
"Well I'm clearly a demigod, I'm fourteen, I live in Manhattan with my mom and step-dad, my favorite color is blue, and...yeah. That's, uh, that's about it..."
"What about Annabeth, huh?" Percy's face flushed, heat creeping up to his cheeks. He hoped it wasn't as bad as it usually was when someone mentioned Annabeth. That would be a disaster. It was so obvious, and everyone would make fun of him for it!
"W-what about her?"
"Is she your girlfriend?"
"N-no. She's not. We're just best friends, that's all."
"You like her, don't you?"
"What makes you say that?" The Doctor grabbed his shoulders, looking him in the eye.
"Your face is as red as a tomato, lad." Percy looked away, avoiding The Doctor's gaze.
"So, you have a machine or something? Like a space ship? Seeing you're alien and all." Percy said changing the subject as quickly as he could.
"Yes I do."
"So...where is it?"
"A few blocks down! Somewhere in the forest, past that barricade of yours, and by those moon laces!"
"Oh. So does if have like super cannons, or laser beams, or anything that Star Trek ship has?" The Doctor rolled his eyes, and rubbed his face in agony. God. This kid. He placed a fatherly hand on his shoulder, saying as calmly as he could without sounding annoyed.
"Kid, it is nothing like that."
~ • Annabeth • ~
"It's...it's a blue box?" Annabeth huffed. She couldn't believe this. In her mind, a space ship was bigger, more technological with gadgets and lasers on the outside, and was definitely expect more than just a dumb blue box that read 'police' on it. "I can't believe it. I put myself in danger by going into the mortal world to see a stupid blue police box. Are you and your boyfriend con-men? Because I think it's stupid to claim a blue box as your so called spaceship. I bet there's nothing in their either."
Rose didn't say anything. All she did was roll her eyes. Boy, this girl was harsh. She hasn't even seen the inside! A little patience wouldn't hurt. And they definitely weren't con-men; not like what Jack was when they first met him.
"Trust me, Annabeth." Rose began fumbling for the TARDIS key in her pocket. "There's more to it. And yes, there's an inside which I'm sure you'll find more...interesting." Her lips formed a sly smile as she pushed the door open. She couldn't wait for the girls reaction. "And he is not my boyfriend, missy."
"Could've fooled me."
"Yeah? Percy being your boyfriend could've fooled me too." Annabeth crossed her arms over her chest, having nothing to say. Rose had won this round. "Welcome, to the TARDIS."
Rose Tyler pushed the TARDIS door fully open, revealing the wonders that lay inside. Annabeth's jaw dropped to the ground and her eyes were wide open staring in awe. She saw the control panel sparkle, a marvelous engine in front of her with so many buttons and technological advances, the bouncy looking couch which she tried to refrain from jumping on, and stairs on either side of the engine leading to whoever knows where. All of this fit into one magnificent little blue box. "Like it?" Rose laughed, putting a hand in front of her face to snap her back into reality.
"It's...it's bigger on the inside! Oh my gods it's bigger on the inside!" Annabeth couldn't believe her eyes. It was bigger on the inside! She ran outside to double check if she was going nuts or not. Outside, it was still that little blue box. Annabeth circled it a couple times, then went back in where Rose was standing there grinning widely. She began to laugh. It was like Christmas for her. Such amazing technology was laid out in front of her like a million pieces of candy. "Exactly how big is this thing?"
"Oh I don't know." Rose admitted taking a seat on the couch. "It's seems like every time I feel I get all the rooms down, more seem to appear. It's as if she's messing with me. And boy would he have loved to hear you say 'it's bigger on the inside'."
"She?"
"Oh yeah, the TARDIS is a girl, and she's also alive." The TARDIS engine creaked a little, as though she were agreeing.
"How many rooms?"
"Let me see...there's the library, the pool, the laboratory (A/N: I just made that up), the living room, the kitchen, the wardrobe down there somewhere. My bedroom, his bedroom, the corridors, and...yeah. Those are all the rooms-that I know of, anyway."
"Wow." Annabeth's mouth formed a perfect 'O'. "Do you know what all these buttons do?"
"Um, no actually. I'm afraid only The Doctor knows how to fly her." Annabeth examined the keys carefully. There were knobs, levers, a million different control panels, and a little screen with some circular figures. She wondered how anyone could fly, or even how The Doctor managed to fly it.
Maybe I could try! she was a daughter of Athena after all, and she had plug beyond measure. Pride washed over her and she pressed some of the keys she had examined earlier. She tried a random algorithm that was implanted in her head, messing with the control panel.
"Annabeth! What the bloody hell are you doing?!" Rose cried. She pried Annabeth's hands off a lever, but it was too late. The TARDIS door had shut and the engine was already running. Rose stood there in shock, frozen, unable to process what the girl had just did. "Annabeth. What did you do?!" She demanded.
"I started the ship." She smiled, proud of herself. Even if she did get in trouble, she didn't care. Annabeth Chase has just started up an alien spaceship without even knowing what it did. "I-I did it! I began the ship!"
Rose was not happy one bit, but she didn't yell or anything. She simply walked up to Annabeth, grabbing her shoulders, and looked her in the eye even though she was afraid to do so. "Listen to me." She said sternly, a hint of anger and annoyance as if she were Jackie scolding her when she was little. "This ship can go anywhere in the universe any time, any place, any universe. We could end up anywhere, Annabeth! And you starting this just have us a 90% percent chance of never gettin' back! Do you realize what you just done, Anna'beth?!"
"I suppose." Annabeth replies calmly. "I could probably figure out how to get us back."
"No, I really don't think you can." The TARDIS stopped whirring, and behind those blue doors was an unknown location. "I guess it's time to see where we at." Rose opened the door, and a gust of snow and ice flew in her direction. "AH! I am SO going to kill you!"
~ • Percy • ~
"What about you, Doctor? You may have told your 'life story', but I want to hear more." Percy loved stories. Long ones, short ones, didn't matter. As long as someone told him when. He would have his mother read to him, since his dyslexia would get in the way.
"Percy, my life story is far too long and hard to tell, I'm afraid. All I did was give a brief summary, but I didn't tell all of it." The Doctor answered, sadly.
"That's okay, I'm patient." He stabbed riptide into the ground, and took a seat on the rock behind him. He gestured The Doctor to take a seat on the rock across from him. The Doctor sighed heavily, obeying the child's commands.
"Very well. Where do you want me to start?"
"The beginning. You always start at the beginning." The Doctor chuckled at the child's urgent need to hear the story.
"There have been too many beginnings in my life. I'll start from where I feel is right."
"But that's not-"
"Yes, but it's as good as its going to get. Now, I had mentioned I was born and raised on the planet Gallifrey, home of the time lords. Located in the Constellation of Kasterborous. Oh you would have loved it! An orange sky, snow-capped mountains,fields of red grass, and trees with silver leaves. These reflected the morning sunlight, making it look like the forests were on fire. It was magnificent."
"Was...?" Percy asked unsteadily, not knowing if he was allowed to asked. The Doctor's expression changed, but nodded his head.
"It was destroyed in a war. A terrible, terrible war. The worst any universe had seen. It was against these awful creatures called the Daleks. Cruel, heartless, full of hatred." The Doctor's teeth gritted as he talked about his long-term enemy. "They never seemed to go away. And it seemed that whenever we were in battle against each other, one of us would always loose something. Always."
"Well, did you guys kill them all? With all your fellow time lords or whatever? But you had to destroy the whole planet?" The Doctor sighed miserably. He hated telling this story. It ways broke his hearts, but some people just need to know.
"Yes Percy. I did kill them all, but it was time lords included. I trapped them, freezing them in time and they're basically all dead." Percy's eyes widened, unable to believe what The Doctor did. "I'm the only one left."
Percy felt for the need of a moment of silence. The Doctor acknowledged this by letting it pass. Soon enough, Percy spoke up again.
"I'm sorry. I know what it's like being alone, though. When I first got here, I was the only Son of Poseidon. No one liked me really, being a child of the big three, but then my brother Tyson showed up, and I learned I wasn't actually alone all this time. I just had to wait." Percy bit his bottom lip, trying to think of what else he should say. "So I guess my point is, you're never really alone. There might be someone left out there." The Doctor smiled sadly. He knew the kid was trying to cheer him up, but he knew he was all alone.
"I appreciate the support, Percy. But I know I'm alone."
"You're never alone. The person you're waiting maybe doesn't even have to time lord." His attempts to cheer The Doctor up were failing, but he insisted to keep trying anyway. "And also-"
"It's alright, Percy. I understand. You're very loyal, you know that?" Percy smiled.
"It's my fatal flaw."
"A great fatal flaw, I must say." The Doctor flicked his wrist, doing a pretend time check (he didn't actually have a watch on). "Huh. They've been gone for a while, haven't they?"
"Or they're right there." Percy pointed south, and he was right.
"There you two are!" The Doctor smiled. The figures of two blondes were walking towards them, but something about them seemed off. They were holding their arms and shivering, and one of them was extremely angry. "Um, what happened?" He asked cautiously, as they got closer to where the two of them were sitting.
"W-well! This y-young l-l-lady decided to try and f-fly the TARDIS!" Rose glared at Annabeth.
"Oh. What?! You didn't go anywhere, did you...?"
"W-we a-accidentally went back to the ice a-a-age." Annabeth smiled nervously. Annabeth tried pumping up the heater in the TARDIS, but accidentally ended up messing it up since she was not used to this type of technology. She looked up at The Doctor as an apology, expecting an angry reaction, but his mouth was just gaping open.
"WHAT?!"
"I understand that you're angry but-"
"How did you fly it?! Really only a genius like me can fly it!"
"Well I g-g-guess that m-means I'm a genius t-too." She smiled. The Doctor returned it, warmly.
"Ugh! I just want to warm up fast!" Rose rubbed her arms impatiently.
"Oh get in here!" The Doctor opened his arms and she ran right in. She snuggled into his arms, burying herself in his chest. Annabeth kept staring at Percy, who was too busy looking at the doctor and rose.
"W-w-well, seaweed brain? What about m-me?" Percy shook out of his thoughts and flinched.
"Oh! Right, r-right! Sorry." He extended one arm around her, she took a seat next to him and he hugged her to him. She rested her head on his shoulder and smiled. The four of them were relaxed, enjoying the silence. Of course, silence is always ruined by some form of huge, obvious disturbance.
There was a loud *CRASH!* coming from the camp grounds.
"What was that?!" Annabeth cried, immediately breaking herself free from Percy's arms, which he was disappointed about. Just this one time, ONE TIME, he thought he had a break and it was the best break he'd ever gotten. It had to be ruined by something.
"I don't know, but we're checking it out!" To save time, The Doctor simply slipped his arms under Rose's legs and began running towards camp. "C'mon you two!"
"Doctor, put me down!"
"No time!"
"I guess that's our cue." Percy extended his hand, and Annabeth willingly took it. "Let's go!"
The four of them ran like the wind, zipping through the forest. They reached the meadow, where everybody in Camp Half-Blood circled around what looked to be a crashed spaceship. A few people tried poking it with their weapons, but a centaur told them to stay away so he could get a closer look. Before the centaur could get anywhere, the door open. A converbelt, leading to the camp ground.
"Good God..." The Doctor whispered. "This can't be good."
"Doctor, which planet's that from?" Rose asked. Percy and Annabeth exchanged confused glances, but they figured The Doctor and Rose knew what they were doing.
"Rose, all I can tell you is this isn't good. No, it isn't good at all."
"What? What are they?" Percy almost demanded. The Doctor was going to tell him, but noticed the words on his shirt. His eyes widened in surprise, they no longer read the camp's name.
"Rose, look." The Doctor whispered. Rose looked at Percy's shirt, and her eyes widened in surprise as well. It just had two simple words:
Bad wolf.
"No! Oh my god, Doctor! It can't be! I-I don't even remember-" Rose exclaimed not believing what she was seeing. "They can't be here! Why are they here?!"
"Perseus," The Doctor sympathetically put a hand on the boy's shoulder. Forgetting Rose's question for the moment. "I'm sorry, but this a fight you and Annabeth cannot win in."
"Why? What are they?!" Annabeth already had her hand on the dagger's handle.
"You two can't be what I lose this time. You just can't." Percy took on the words, remembering The Doctor's story. That sounded very familiar. He remembered The Doctor's story, and he realized what he was talking about.
"Doctor, we have to help you fight!"
"Perseus, I said no!"
"I can slash him into pieces-"
"Percy, you don't even know what you're goin' on about!" Rose cried. "You don't know what they look like, you don't have any idea what they can and do. Please, stay out of this."
"Don't use violence against them, it won't do any good." The Doctor warned. "Use your wit and cleverness, I know you've got it!" Annabeth had no clue what the three of them were going on about. This was the first time she felt confused in a while.
"C-can someone explain what's going on?" She asked timidly. The Doctor sighed, with a sad expression still on his face.
"Annabeth, keep yourself and Percy back. That's all you need to know."
"Doctor-" Percy started up again.
"No Percy! You two can't help me, Rose might be able to but you two can't. I'm sorry."
"Why not?" Annabeth asked stubbornly.
"Because...they're my worst enemy, Annabeth. Like Rose said, you guys have no idea what they can do." The centaur they were watching approved the spaceship with caution.
The door of the space ship opened, and the centaur prepared himself with a quiver and some arrows. A large, metal, almost robotic like thing rolled out the door. It noticed the centaur immediately.
"EXTERMINATE!" It shot its lethal laser beam, killing him instantly. All the campers began to scream, scattering about, running for their lives. Percy and Annabeth watched in horror. Annabeth's hand scrambled around trying finding Percy's. He found hers instantly and held onto it tightly.
"That, you two, is...a Dalek warship."
Don't worry, that wasn't Chiron, so it's ok.
Sorry for the longtime no update, you can blame 1) writers block. 2) lack of time 3) homework 4) procrastination. Hope it was worth the wait!
Sorry for long chapters, as well. I'm trying to keep this story short so I gotta make the chapters shorter.
Review this maybe? Thanks!
