"Only one way to find out..." Sam added, a mischievous glint entering her eye and the Doctor could only smile at her, loving the fact that she was loving this adventure.
"To the throne room?" She asked the same question as before, only for the madman to beam again, holding his hand out for her to take.
"To the throne room." He bopped her on the nose and as he turned to move back out of the room, he stopped. "And remember to always keep your helmet on, Jo." He warned her before tapping her lightly on the head, a resounding clank echoing throughout her ears.
The two of them eventually reached the throne room and the Doctor flashed his sonic across the double doors, sending them flying open and allowing him to step in and present himself in a way filled with both grandeur and poise.
"The Doctor is in!" He yelled as he walked into the room, finding it to be mostly empty, save for the five strange beings standing in the middle of the room. Sam quickly followed behind him, sending him a confused look before looking back at the women.
"And his Companion!" She yelled, her voice uncertain. The strange man just beamed at her, pride shining in his eyes as he gazed over at her.
"Hello, Doctor." One of them said as they turned around and Sam was shocked to see that they had changed. They weren't elves anymore.
"We've been waiting for you." They weren't supposed to be waiting for them. They were supposed to be caught off guard.
"Alright, then. That's odd. They're never waiting..." The Doctor murmured in Sam's direction and she couldn't help but swallow nervously after a second. "So, fire demons?" He asked as he took a cautious step towards them, wanting to get a closer look.
"How...?" Sam stuttered, still appalled when looking at the ugly creatures before her.
Their skin was nearly black. However, it was cracked and beneath the skin she could see what looked like lava lying underneath the surface. Their hair was bright red and orange, a mixture that made it look like fire. Their eyes were also a glowing yellow as they peered back at her and their mouth was full of long and probably razor sharp teeth.
"Those necklaces around their neck?" She nodded when she caught sight of them. "They produce very strong perception filters that allow you to see what you want to see..."
"I'm afraid you are wrong, Doctor." One of them spoke.
"These perception filters don't just allow you to see what you want. They allow an object to become whatever you want it to become."
"So why isn't it working now?" Sam asked as she looked between the demons and the Doctor. The man just looked at her for a moment, his lips set in a firm line and she let her mind connect the pieces together. "The helmets..."
"Without a doubt." He muttered before turning back to face their enemy. "Now, what have you done with the crews of the ships you've destroyed?" He asked nonchalantly as he began to pace back and forth between her and the demons.
"They regrettably perished when they resisted the commandeering of their ships."
"You mean you sent them into the Sun?" Sam asked, her temper getting the best of her. All those people died and for what? Some treasure? "And you knew the pods would resist the Sun's temperature. And all you had to do was wait until the coast was clear to go get them." She muttered in disbelief, finding it so hard that someone could be as selfish as these demons were.
"You have a brilliant Companion, Doctor." One of them replied and Sam couldn't tell the difference between them now. They all looked the same.
There was a sudden buzz overhead before the doors in the room opened and wave upon wave of Enforcers flooded in. The two stowaways were quickly captured and held.
One Stig immediately reached into the Doctor's jacket and pulled out his sonic screwdriver before restraining the ancient Time Lord.
"You thought you were so clever, didn't you Doctor?" One of the fire demons purred as she stepped forward to come and stand before the man.
"I like to call myself clever, yes." The man said sarcastically as he fought back against the hold the Stigs had on him.
Sam herself apparently wasn't seen as highly dangerous, unlike the lone Time Lord in the room.
"And you just thought you would get out of this situation so easily?" She continued to purr and it was at this time that the man happened to glance over at Samantha.
She was also slightly restrained, her arms held tightly by two Stigs.
"That's what usually happens." He replied dryly and before he knew what was happening, the demons lashed out and slapped him hard across the face, leaving a few small scratches.
His mouth flew open in disbelief and Sam felt her anger beginning to get the best of her. Taking a deep breath, she figured that she should put her original plan into action.
"I'll ask a question!" Sam drew the attention away from the Doctor so that he could recover from the pain. "How do you even manage to control all these Enforcers at once?!"
The demon didn't say a word and instead, her eyes directed themselves to the glowing bulb above them and Sam smirked when she had her answer.
"Wonderful."
"But don't think for one moment child that you can shut them down. One little sonic weapon won't be enough to take down the server, not to mention the fact that you don't have one!" The demon said, a smile overcoming her face.
"I figured that an alien control unit would be rather hard to crack. That's why I didn't plan on using just one sonic." Sam said before shoving the Stigs away and reaching into her own sweatshirt, the ignorant Enforcers not thinking to check her own pockets. She drew out the Doctor's sonic and flashed it at the Enforcers holding onto the man before turning it on the Stig holding onto his sonic screwdriver.
All of them immediately went into shut down and the Doctor was able to snatch his sonic away from the robot.
"Two sonic weapons?!" The demons all hissed together. "How?"
"A high powered perception machine. The object doesn't just take the shape of what you want, it becomes what you want!" Sam smirked in triumph and the Doctor just beamed like man.
"Oh Samantha, you are so wonderfully clever!" He beamed and she turned to look at him.
"Doctor, if you would?"
"Right." He said and they both pointed their sonics at the bulb above them. It flashed and sparked, all the Stigs beginning to stumble about haphazardly.
"And I want to think that your security system isn't all that I once believed it to be. Now, I'm thinking..." The Doctor flashed his sonic at a Stig which collapsed in a heap at his feet. "That you use the same technology in your Enforcers..." He motioned for Sam to come over and placing her hands on either side of the helmet, twisted and with a mighty grunt, pulled the helmet off. "As you do in your navigational system!"
"Meaning that you have a Stig flying the ship!" Sam caught on as she flipped the helmet upside down.
"And if we were to hack into the system-"
"-We would could shut down the Enforcer flying the ship and badda-bing badda-boom, you're an egg roasting on the Sun!" Sam added, a grin on her features.
"Your plan will never work!" One of the demons hissed.
"Oh, yeah? Why?"
"We cannot crash into the Sun if there is not a Sun!" One hissed and outside the large window, as if on cue, a stream of lava shot forth from the Sun and the ship began to collect the hot liquid. They were going to kill the Sun. The Day the Sun turned black.
"Doctor?"
"I'm on it!"
"And yet you forgot about us!" They all hissed in unison as they began to step towards the two seemingly human beings. Sam began to back away from the advancing females, the tone growing serious in the room.
However, the serious tone was broken when the Doctor began to laugh. Not a simple giggle but like a deep, throaty chuckle.
"And it seems that you've been the one to truly miss something!" He said once he caught his breath. He turned towards Samantha, plucking the key that hung around Samantha's neck. "It appears that my own little perception filter was enough for you to miss the most important detail about Samantha!" He then quickly sobered before stepping forward and adjusting his bow tie. "She's an Asgardian."
The female demons all let out loud hisses of both hate and fear before backing away from Samantha. The girl turned to meet eyes with the Doctor before handing him the helmet, knowing what she must do.
"Alright, ladies! Time to get this party started!" She cracked her knuckles before gesturing for them to advance towards her.
The Doctor just turned his back on the scuffle, knowing that Sam could handle it. Taking both sonics into his hand, he began to work on the wires revealed to him in hopes of finding a direct link to the Stig flying the ship.
He tried to block out the sounds of the battle behind him, his mind completely focused on the work before him so much that he did not hear the scuffle grow closer to him. Without warning, he was knocked forward and landed hard on the floor, his helmet flying off in the process.
It went tumbling away from him the moment he hit the ground and when he raised his head off the ground, he could only stare in horror at the scene that lay before him.
Sam just kicked one of the fire demons away before another came at her and she used her electrical powers to deter the fiery woman.
"No..." She heard quietly behind her and she turned back to find the Doctor, the helmet held in his hands and the hardware broken around him.
Hearing a sudden chorus of hisses behind her, Sam turned back to find all of the fire demons off the ground and they all had their eyes trained on the Doctor as he sat on his hands and knees, a look of disbelief written on his face.
"Doctor, what's wrong?" She quickly walked back to his side to protect him should they attack again. "It's just a helmet..."
"Just a helmet? It wasn't just a helmet, Samantha!" He snapped at her, anger appearing in his ancient eyes.
"Oh my..."
"This is just precious!" The fire demons took turns speaking, large smiles written on all their faces.
"You haven't told her yet...?" Another one spoke and Sam froze before slowly turning to look back to the Doctor, weary of the women before her.
"Doctor, what are they talking about?" She asked him, her hazel eyes locked on the strange women.
He just said nothing and instead shook his head in sorrow.
"We are talking about the reason why you are different."
"We are talking about the reason why you have your powers."
"What do you mean, the reason? I'm different because I found a strange orb in the desert-"
"And how do you suppose the orb got there?" One of the demons purred and this caused Sam to stall for a moment.
"Thor said that Odin-"
"I fear that you have been given false information."
"Then who would...?" She stopped mid sentence when a thought struck her mind. A terrible, dark thought.
She just turned back to look at the Doctor for confirmation to find that he was still on his knees, his eyes misty with unshed tears.
"D-Doctor...?" She asked, her own eyes tearing up slightly when she assumed what was implied by the fire demons.
"I'm sorry, Samantha..." He chocked out, his teeth clenched as he fought back the tears that threatened to spill.
"You... No..." She whined slightly, her anger starting to get the best of her. "Not you... Not my friend... Not my Doctor..." She began to cry at this time, angry tears streaming down her cheeks.
"I was a selfish man, Jo. I was such a stupid and selfish man. But I promise you, it was not this body. It was not this Doctor!" He himself was now crying, angry tears falling down his own face. "And I made such a horrible and stupid mistake! One that I will never repeat again! Because, you deserve more than this, Samantha Jo! You deserve a better, happier life! And you want to know why? Because, you are my favorite girl in the Universe!" He wiped his nose with the back of his jacket sleeve. "Time Lords live an exceptionally long life. We can live forever if we please. But I was so selfish because I am afraid to be alone. I am afraid to watch all my friends die! Do you know what that's like? To watch everyone you love die around you and you can do nothing but watch?! And I didn't want that for you, Samantha Jo, because you are my favorite girl in the Universe! I wanted you to be my Companion forever because I am done losing people!"
He just watched the blonde woman the entire time, his cheeks now soaked with both his angry and woeful tears that seemed to come from his very soul, seeing as how he was so regretful of his actions in his last body.
"But... why me? Why only me?"
"Because... Because you are so special and you don't even know it. You have come to mean things to both me and others that we can't even begin to describe with words. You were the first human baby I watched be born. And Time Lords are a very curious folk and I could only wonder what type of wonderful girl you'd grow up to be. So I visited you. And I became attached. So, horribly attached. Because it felt like you were my own child. You were my child of time. And I knew that I could visit you whenever I wanted and I gained some of my fondest memories with you, Jo." He took a deep breath in hopes of composing himself for his next words. "You are and will forever be my most favorite girl in the Universe."
As he had been speaking his words, the memories of the Doctor and Sam began to filter back into her mind. All the times he had helped her get through the more difficult parts of life. All the times that he had taken care of her. And now, here he was, trying to save her again from her own dark, brooding days. She also glanced off out and the window and watched as the Sun began to grow darker as more energy was drained from it.
"So, Samantha, can you ever forgive me?" He asked, his voice so quiet and now defeated as he looked up at her from his place upon the floor. The woman could only frown slightly, laughing humorlessly before wiping the tears from her cheeks.
"Of course I can forgive you, you wonderful man." She murmured before racing towards him and tackling him in a nearly bone crushing hug. The Time Lord could only sit stalk still before a soft smirk pulled at his face before he hugged Sam right back.
It wasn't until a warning went off overhead that the two pulled apart, both of them forgetting their differences at once.
"Oh yeah. Sun is turning black. We need to get to work."
"Without a doubt." They both muttered before smiling and going a separate direction. Sam stepped forward to deter the fire demons once again using a strong electrical shield.
The Doctor just dove for the Stig helmet again, returning to his work as he picked up his sonic, or at least, one of them. Only a few moments passed before he found the correct link and he let out a laugh before flashing it with the sonic and the whole ship grew silent as the engines shut off.
"Ha! We're close enough to the Sun that the ship will be dragged right in due to the pull of gravity!" They both watched as the Sun began to grow impossibly bright once again as its energy easily returned it to its original state.
"Which means we best be off!" Sam said, heading back towards the door, picking up a sonic as she went by.
"So, thank you for your hospitality!" He followed behind his friend before closing the double doors shut and the both of them flashed the sonics at the lock, securing the doors shut.
Racing through the spaceship, warning lights were flashing and alarms were sounding.
"Come on bear people!" The Doctor shouted while flailing his arms about as they raced through the room full of heat.
Apparently, the bear men understood the alarms and lights and followed the Doctor's orders.
They eventually reached the cell containing the TARDIS.
"KEY!" The Doctor shouted, desperately searching his pockets for the key to the TARDIS. And then he remembered.
Spinning around, he face Samantha and quickly tugged the necklace over her head before shoving the key into the lock.
Throwing the TARDIS doors open, the Doctor entered, quickly followed by Sam and the bear men began to pile in. He tossed the chain back over her head before moving on.
However, a bear man stood in the open TARDIS doors. He was jumping up and down, grunting and pointing back outside. Sam was the only one who saw this, seeing as how the Doctor was trying to make room for all the bear men.
He led them further into the TARDIS, letting them file into the waiting room that the TARDIS had suddenly built.
The man didn't spare much time organizing them before he raced back to the control room.
"Doctor, how much time have I got?!" Sam yelled from the doors of the TARDIS, standing beside the last bear man.
The Time Lord flipped a few random switches and pulled a number of knobs before a countdown appeared on the screen before him.
"We've got about 3 minutes before the ship begins to burn up!" He yelled back to her.
Sam just nodded her head and ran off with the bear man.
"Samantha Jo!" He yelled after her through the open doors.
"Keep the TARDIS running!" She yelled back to him and he could only wait beside the console.
The woman quickly followed behind the hairy man until they arrived before another large set of locked doors.
"What's in there?" She asked him and he didn't respond, only ran up to the nearest door and pounded on it.
Sam just watched him in curiosity and he suddenly stopped his pounding. She nearly jumped out of her skin when something pounded back.
The bear man only grunted and frantically pointed at the door.
Without another thought, Sam rushed forward and brandished the sonic screwdriver, pointing it at the large lock.
The door opened with a hiss and Sam found it to be completely dark inside before out of the darkness, a person emerged. Or rather, a bear woman emerged.
She blinked as she emerged from the pitch black, holding her hand over her sensitive eyes. A few others soon joined her and Sam's heart nearly stopped beating when she watched as a small child appeared beside one of the hairy women.
Her breath then left her as she looked at the sad sight of the malnourished women and children.
"Lead them back." She told the bear man who grunted and began to run off. The women and children hesitated for a moment before running off after him.
Running down the hallway, she flashed all the doors open and all of them hissed as they released their prisoners. All the bear women and children stepped from their confines.
Sam ran back to the head of the group and stopped before the column of bear people. Reaching a hand out, she was surprised when one of the bear women took it and nodded to her.
Taking off running down the hall, Sam led them back towards the TARDIS and they rushed inside the open doors.
"Sam! What did you do!?" The Doctor greeted her as he watched the sheer number of women and children filter into his TARDIS.
"I saved the rest of the people on this ship!" He said before she shut the doors just as the ship began to burn up. "GO!" She shouted and the Doctor flipped a switch, sending them flying off through the time vortex.
Here's another update! I really would like if someone reviewed this story!
But if you don't feel like it, that's fine too. I'm mostly just writing this story for my own benefit anyway. I really just wanted this story to happen.
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