The grip around my ankle tightened and I couldn't move.
"Doctor help me." I beg him not daring to move an inch.
"I-I don't know what it is." He looked at the water.
"For some reason it isn't trying to pull me under it just won't let go." I say
"Try to pull your ankle away." He says and I tug. The creature pulled me down and I fell into the water.
"Doctor it just pulled me down more." I stopped struggling.
"I'm sorry." He said and he closed his eyes. He looked as if he was thinking. I relaxed my body and allowed myself to float. The grip loosened and I kept floating until it let go. As soon as it released me I swam backwards away from the spot.
"It was like quick sand Doctor." I say grimacing at him.
"That wasn't here before." He looked upset about something.
"Well get over here before it grabs your ankle too." I wave him over
"Alright, alright. I'm coming." He walked over to where I was standing.
"I thought that thing was going to try to drown me or something." I began to frown.
"I wouldn't have let it drown you." He said pulling me into a tight hug.
"Thanks Doctor but now you're squishing me." I say giggling and he let me go.
"Sorry about that." He smiled shyly
"It's okay. We should get back to Jack and Donna and re board the TARDIS. "I take his hand and he follows me to the shore line where we grab our things and walk back to the Hotel.
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"While Jack and I were talking and you were on shore with Donna what did you do?" I ask Kairi as we took the walk back to the hotel.
"What do you mean?" she asks not looking at me
"I saw you place your fingers on her temples. Did you enter her mind?" I try again to get her to tell me.
"Yes Doctor I did." She says still not looking at me.
"Why did you do that?" I ask. We really aren't supposed to enter into a humans mind.
"Just helping a friend Doctor." She looked over at me then as we were walking and she looked sad, weary almost.
"Alright." I say not trying to press her any further on the subject.
"Thank you." She squeezed my hand.
"What for?" I ask
"For not getting angry with me for breaking the rules." She glanced at me again.
"I've learned in my long 905 years that sometimes rules were made to be broken." I smiled at her and she immediately brightened up.
…
We had made it back to the hotel and Jack and Donna had met us in the lobby with our bags. We all walked back to the TARDIS and I stroked her walls. I missed you sexy. She purred and I smiled. I'm too lucky to have a ship that is alive.
"You alright Timeboy?" Donna said teasingly. I realized that I was stroking the wall of the TARDIS and talking to her while Donna Jack and Kairi watched me humorously.
"I missed my ship. I'm not used to being away from her that long." I pout
"I understand Doctor but they don't." Kairi smiles mischievously.
"Oi! Come on Spaceman." Donna nodded towards the console.
"What?" We aren't supposed to be going anywhere are we?
" Doctor you have to send us back into the vortex, unless you want me to give it a go." Kairi squeezes my hand and smiles at me.
"Oh right of course." I step up to the console and send the TARDIS into orbit.
"Good job Doc." Jack said winking at me. I pouted once again.
"Would you three stop treating me like a child?" Kairi hugged my waist
"We're not trying to treat you like a child Doctor." She squeezed me tighter then let go and smiled up at me.
"If you say so love. Would you want to head somewhere new or would you rather stay in the vortex for a little while?" I ask looking around at the other people in the room.
"I don't mind." Kairi said and Donna shrugged her shoulders.
"Jack?" I ask and He looks at me with that look only Jack can conjure up. The look of pure trouble.
"I have an idea." Jack said and leaned against the console.
"Of course you do." Kairi said raising an eyebrow and giving him that don't even think about it look.
"It'll be fun I swear." Jack winked at her and she rolled her eyes.
"What is it then?" Donna asked looking interested.
"Let's play hide and seek." Jack's smile grew larger and Donna laughed.
"That's a children's game Jack." Kairi gave him a disapproving look.
"Come on. We'll make teams it will be great." Kairi and I exchanged glances before nodding our heads.
"Ok now I call Donna so you get the Doctor." Jack took Donna's hand and ran off yelling "Did I mention you count first?"
\(~0~)/
"We're never going to find them Doctor." I whisper as we walk down the East hallway.
"They've got to be somewhere around here." He turned a corner and I followed.
"No Doctor I think Jack is just toying with us." I trip and land flat on my back.
"Are you alright?" He asks before tripping over my foot and falling on top of me. We both started laughing and he rolled over me so that we were lying side by side.
"Maybe we should just give up." He says taking my hand in his.
"So we should give up and lie here on the floor?" I ask him rolling onto my side so I can look at him.
"Yup." He says popping the p. He began to play with my fingers.
"Why are you so beautiful?" It was more of a statement than a question so I didn't answer I only watched as held up my hand and examined it. He kissed my palm and placed my hand on his neck as he rolled onto my body. "Hello." I say and he smiles before kissing me softly. I place the hand not on his neck in his hair and pull him closer. He licked my lips so I opened them allowing him entrance. He traced the roof of my mouth with his tongue and pressed his hips into mine. I could feel his growing arousal between his legs against my stomach. He pulled away from my mouth and began to kiss down my neck. I tugged at his hair and pressed up against him. He began to slide his hand up my shirt when the TARDIS jerked. The Doctor and I were flung into the wall.
"Ouch! What was that?" I said rubbing my head.
"I don't know but we'd better go check." We both stood up and collected ourselves before running to the console room.