And now we conclude our tale. I hope you've had as much fun reading this story as I had writing it. REVIEW!
flames and kisses,
Mlle. Phoenix Fox
Saturday night was the greatest Eureka Con ever. Certainly the most joyous since they weren't all frozen in spacetime. Jack smiled as he walked down the street towards Archimedes Park, an arm draped over Allison's shoulder. He watched their kids Kevin and Zoe, dressed respectively as Mickey Smith and the Fifth Doctor pushing Jack Jr. and Jenna in their strollers, following the stream of traffic. At the gate, Grace and Henry helped hand out 3D glasses. Vincent was directing his staff to serve Whovian themed snacks as the crowd found places to sit.
"So Warren and the Consortium is going away for a very long time. It seems as if someone hacked their computer records and sent a copy of their files to the General and the DOD before a mysterious virus wiped them out." Allison told him.
"A virus that left the question, 'Doctor Who' on their screens perhaps?" Jack guessed.
"Sheriff Carter!" Barked General Mansfield.
Jack sighed as the general approached them,
"Yes sir?"
"Time travel? Really?" Mansfield said.
"General we know it's illegal to time travel." Allison began.
"Well it's illegal to time travel in a man made time machine." Jack shrugged.
"What? It's made from Man made materials!" Mansfield protested.
"Sir the TARDIS created itself. It's alive. The law is clear about protecting the rights of AI life forms. And this is one that just happens to time travel." Jack said.
"But the TARDIS can't pilot herself." Mansfield said.
"Technically she can. She just chooses to have a pilot. Or two." Allison added with a smirk.
Mansfield sighed,
"You people are going to kill me. Fine. But you're responsible for them, Sheriff."
He turned to leave as Allison complimented Jack,
"That was brilliant!"
"That's why you married me." Jack smiled down at her.
"Maybe." Allison flirted with him.
Meanwhile, the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors watched the happy families settling down on blankets under the stars. They waved to Daisy Foster who was playing with her parents. Then they watched their companions who were laughing together from their seats.
"Nothing will ever be the same will it?" Ten asked.
"Whole new universe to explore." Eleven said.
"What do you think we'll meet out there? Aliens? Future human colonists? Historical figures we'll have to meet all over again?" Ten asked.
"I hope so." Eleven grinned.
Ten sighed,
"One thing I could do without in this universe."
"Yeah." Eleven agreed.
Megaphone in hand, Fargo lead them to their seats, telling all excited young fans,
"Alright ladies! Stand back! Step away from the Timelords! Hot British Buns coming through!"
It was all Rose and Clara could do to keep a straight face as the Doctors sat next to them, blushes on their faces.
"Shut it!" Ten said putting on his 3D glasses.
"Oh we didn't say a thing." Amy laughed as the lights dimmed.
"But shouldn't it be, 'Hot Timelord Buns'?" Clara asked with a cock of her head.
"Still shut up!" Eleven told her.
"Shall I keep my eyes front Soldier?" Clara teased him under her breath. Eleven couldn't help but glance at her lips. Then she shook her head and laughed returning her attention to the screen. Eleven smiled seeing Strax appear on the screen first as the audience applauded.
"Why is a Sontarian introducing the movie?" Rose asked.
"That's Strax. We saved his life once. Now he's a nurse that reluctantly helps humans. And a lizard woman." Eleven replied as Clara laid her head on his shoulder.
"Oh." Rose nodded munching on some popcorn.
"This should be interesting. Almost as interesting as you two agreeing to judge the Ultimate Whovian Contest." Rory said.
"We did what?!" Ten squeaked as Eleven looked guilty.
"Shush!" Went the crowd around them as the show started.
"Hullo Eureka!" Eleven said jumping on the stage a while later.
Ten did a slight double take and hissed at his fellow Doctor,
"Turn around!"
"What? Oh! There we are. Hullo! Now the moment you all have been waiting for. The winner of the Ultimate Whovian Contest." Eleven said to the crowd gathered before the stage.
"Our three finalists are Dr. Jim Taggart, Dr. Douglas Fargo and Daisy Foster." Ten said as the finalists stood behind him on stage. Taggart was dressed like the Eighth Doctor, complete with curly wig, K9 by his side. Fargo was dressed just like Ten, leaning against his TARDIS shaped holographic game chamber. He even tried to copy Ten's mannerisms. And little Daisy was dressed like a Dalek. With a brown copper dress with painted styrofoam round balls glued to the skirt, a whisk and a plunger on her belt. Wearing a copper bike helmet with a flash light for an eyestalk. Holding her homemade sonic screwdriver in her hand.
"Now to determine the winner, each finalist will tell us how the show Doctor Who influenced their love of science." Eleven said.
"Dr. Taggart, let's start with you." Ten said holding his microphone to Taggart.
"Well Doctor, the show got me interested in discovering how the world works. Especially all the hidden mysteries of life. When you fought mummies and werewolves and Nessie herself I realized my calling was to find these beasties and protect them by understanding them. Take Bigfoot for example. Just last week I saw the Blighter out in the woods..." Taggart said.
"Okay, thank you Dr. Taggart!" Eleven interrupted.
Ten kneeled down to hold the microphone up to Daisy.
"Okay Sweetheart. Your turn. What does the show teach you?" Ten asked.
"Um...the...the show teaches me that just because you're an adult, you don't have to be a grown up. So many people around here and kids too...they try to act mature and grown up because they're smart. But you two are smart but you still have fun. And you taught me that being brave isn't about not being scared. But that to be brave, you have...you have to face that fear and do the right thing." Daisy said.
"Aww..." Rose went with most of the watching crowd.
"Doctor Fargo?" Eleven asked.
"Well for me, growing up even in a town like Eureka, I got bullied as a kid. And like all kids I tried to fight back psychically. But the show Doctor Who taught me that it's okay to stand up to bullies but that you don't need to do so with violence. That you can use your wits to be a hero." Fargo said. Eleven clapped Fargo on the back.
"Well Doctor. I think it's quite clear who the winner is." Ten said.
"Oh without a doubt Doctor." Eleven nodded.
"Sorry Buddy. Maybe next time." Fargo said aside to Taggart.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner is...Daisy Foster!" Ten exclaimed as the crowd burst into applause.
"What?!" Fargo cried.
"Sorry Mate. Maybe next time." Taggart told him with a smirk.
"And while her sonic screwdriver needs a bit of work, she is the only one in all of Eureka who didn't ask for our help with her project so it's only fair." Ten explained.
"What?!" Fargo cried.
"Besides, she is definitely the cutest Dalek we've ever seen!" Eleven said hoisting Daisy up on his hip.
"Never thought I'd ever say that." Ten said as the crowd laughed.
Henry got on stage and said,
"So Daisy and her family are going to Cardiff and I'd like to thank everyone for participating. And I'd especially like to thank our guest judges, the Doctors!"
"Whoo!" Amy hollered over the applauding crowd as Ten and Eleven shared a look. It wasn't every day they got applause. Or thanks. Or even recognition. Yet now they were in a world where they got just that. It was a little odd. Odd but kinda nice.
Later on, the companions were walking down the street with Allison, Jack and Henry.
"Are you sure you want to leave?" Allison asked.
"You know you're welcome to stay." Henry said.
"Have TARDIS will travel." Rose shrugged.
"Besides. They need us. We're their family." Amy said.
"And the Doctor never can stay in the same place for long. Neither of them." Rory said.
"We know. But still. If you ever need a place, consider Eureka your home away from home." Jack offered.
"Thanks." Rose said.
"So when will you leave?" Allison asked.
"Don't know. Sometimes the Doctor stays for days during festivals like this." Clara said glancing at the Tenth Doctor who was taking pictures with fangirls.
"And a town festival dedicated to them? We might stay a month." Rory chuckled.
"Hullo all. What's so funny?" Ten asked joining them.
"Nothing Doctor." Jack shook his head.
"Look everyone! I found the mother load!" Eleven exclaimed coming up to them. In his arms and on his head were a bunch of bright red fezzes.
"Seriously?" Amy cried.
"Would it kill you to walk past a fez?" Clara asked him dryly.
"Yes. Kill me so much I'd regenerate." Eleven joked placing a fez on her head so it covered her eyes. She stuck her tongue out at him.
"A fez?" Ten asked quirking a brow.
"Why a fez?" Rose asked.
"I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." The Eleventh Doctor said.
"And why the lifetime supply?" Jack asked.
"Our daughter shot the last one he had." Rory explained.
"Actually the last one I had I lost in Elizabethan England. Then it wound up at UNIT's Under Gallery where I found it only to lose it in Elizabethan England." Eleven replied.
"Paradox." Henry added.
"Where'd you get the money to buy all those?" Ten asked.
"And where are you planning on hiding them, so I can burn them?" Amy asked.
"Nice try Pond. But I sold Daisy my sonic for ten dollars. And the vendor gave me the 'Doctor' discount." Eleven said with a wink.
"You sold a five year old your sonic screwdriver?" Rose asked incredulously.
"The TARDIS can make me another one. And Daisy really needed a proper one." Eleven said.
"But it's a sonic screwdriver!" Allison said.
"Is that even safe?" Jack asked.
"Of course! Five year olds always got a sonic screwdriver on Gallifrey." Ten said.
"And I taught her how to use it." Eleven said.
Just then, everyone jumped when a bunch of toy Daleks suddenly exploded in a ball of flames.
"Whoa!" Jack cried.
"Awesome!" Daisy exclaimed holding her new sonic screwdriver. The Doctors winced.
"Yeah, perfectly safe!" Jack said sarcastically. Then he did a double take upon looking back at the Doctors. Companions gone and in their place was a forgotten fez. Jack looked up just in time to see the Tenth Doctor duck inside the TARDIS.
"Doctors! Hey! No, no, no! Come back here!" Jack yelled running towards the dematerializing TARDIS. But he was too late. It disappeared into the time vortex.
"Come on!" Jack groaned standing where the TARDIS had been.
"Well. Never thought I'd say this. But Eureka just got more interesting." Henry laughed.
"Great..." Jack said as Allison wrapped her arms around him for a hug.
Meanwhile, in the TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor took his new sonic screwdriver from the console. Seeing Clara look at him with her arms crossed.
"Shut up." He told her.
"Didn't say anything." Clara shook her head.
"But you thought something." Eleven said.
"What am I thinking now?" Clara grinned at him cheekily.
Eleven blushed,
"Shut up!"
"Anyway. We've got all of time and space. A brand new universe to explore. New old TARDIS. Four human companions that can regenerate like Time Lords and two Doctors." The Tenth Doctor pointed out.
"Where should we go?" Eleven asked. Rose, Rory, Clara and Amy shared similar grins.
"Set it to random, yeah?" Rose asked. The Doctors smiled at each other.
"Allonsy!"
"Geronimo!"
They set the coordinates and pulled the lever of the Time Rotor. But the Companions rolled their eyes when the Doctors began to argue.
"Okay seriously? Why say 'Geronimo'?"
"It's cool!"
"Just because you say it's cool, doesn't mean it is."
"Oh like wearing sand shoes with a pinstripe suit is cool."
"They're not sand shoes!"
"Oi! Shut it or I'll slap you both!" Amy yelled.
"Oh my stars..." Clara sighed.
"Somethings never change." Rory said to Rose.
"And I wouldn't have it any other way." Rose smiled.