A/N: I do not own anything relating to Doctor Who. I only own the ideas of my OC. Thank you, again, Lady Artimes Blaine for the review. I'll try to keep updating when possible. :-) Enjoy.

Previously: "The Martians!" The others agreed. Well, everyone except Rose and I. She looked almost as uncomfortable as I was. The door opened and Mickey came in. Rose noticed him and instantly looked guilty.

"I was going to come and see you." She tried to apologize though I realized she hadn't thought about it. I felt bad for him.

"Someone owes Mickey an apology." Ru piped up.

"I'm sorry." Rose said sadly.

"Not you." Ru added, turning to Jackie who looked guilty now. I was confused.

"Well, it's not my fault. Be fair. What was I supposed to think?" She asked. It started making sense. I moved into the kitchen. Rose, Jackie, and Mickey soon followed. I wanted to leave but Jackie was by the door keeping me in with them.

"You disappear, who do they turn to? Your boyfriend. Five times I was taken in for questioning. Five times. No evidence. Course, there couldn't be, could there? And then I get her," He lectured Rose, pointing to Jackie. "your mother, whispering around the estate, pointing the finger. Stuff through my letterbox, and all 'cos of you two taking off." He was upset. He had every right to be. Everyone thought something bad had happened to us and since he was dating Rose, they assumed he had something to do with it. Poor Mickey.

"I didn't think we'd be gone for so long." Rose tried to calm his rising distress and anger.

"And I waited for you, Rose. Twelve months, waiting for you, Phoenix, and the Doctor to come back." He fumed.

"Hold on. You knew about the Doctor? Why didn't you tell me?" Jackie looked surprised as she asked him this.

"Yeah, yeah. Why not, Rose, Phoenix? How could I tell her where you two had gone?" He asked us, turning his anger on me.

"Tell me now." Jackie begged of all of us. I rubbed my neck and popped it. The unease was suffocating. I couldn't think of what to say to that. I gave Mickey and Rose pleading eyes.

"Might as well, 'cos you two are stuck here. The Doctor is gone. Just now. That box thing just faded away." He said with a smug smile. I frowned and my stomach dropped.

"What are you talking about?" I asked him quickly.

"He's left you two. Some boyfriend he turned out to be." He growled at Rose. I gave her a wide eyed look before we both bolted out of the room and out of the flat. Mickey and Jackie quickly followed us. I ran to where the Tardis was last parked. My heart sank, realizing that Mickey wasn't lying. He was gone.

"He wouldn't just go, he promised." Rose said nervously.

"Oh he's dumped you, Rose. Sailed off into space. How does it feel, huh? Now you are left behind with the rest of us Earthlings. Get used to it." Mickey spat at her.

"He would have said something to us if he was leaving for good." I tried to reassure Rose and myself. Mickey glared at me.

"What are you three chimps going on about? What's going on? What's this Doctor done now?" Jackie questioned. She was looking between the three of us, searching for some kind of answer in our seemingly random rambling.

"Ho, ho, ho. He's vamoosed." Mickey gloated. I frowned at him.

"You need to watch that tone. I understand you're upset. You have every right to be. We didn't mean to be gone so long. Really we didn't know. But you are walking on thin ice right now. I am too stressed to be nice." I fumed at him. He and Jackie looked a bit surprised at my tone. "He hasn't left for good because he gave us these." I held up my key.

"And he's not my boyfriend, Mickey. If anything he'd be Nix's. They already fight like an old married couple." She teased me, trying to ease the tension.

"Not my boyfriend." I huffed.

"Whatever. Either way, he's better than that. He's much more important than-" She couldn't finish what she was saying. She noticed our keys were glowing. The sound of the Tardis filled the air and we could see it materializing in front of us.

"I said so!" She said excitedly. I looked at Jackie.

"Mum, why don't you go inside for a bit." I suggested nervously. Rose realized what was happening.

"Mum, don't stand there, just go inside. Just, mum, go." The Tardis fully materialized in front of us. "Oh blimey." She huffed.

"Huh?" Mickey asked as he looked around quickly.

"How'd you do that, then?" Jackie pipped up. I frowned and rubbed my forehead.

"This isn't good." I grumbled as I walked into the Tardis with Rose. The Doctor came around from the other side of the console. She walked up to him. I stayed back a bit. Jackie and Mickey came inside.

"Alright. So, I lied. I went and had a look. But the whole crash landing's a fake. I thought so. Just too perfect. I mean, hitting Big Ben. Come on, so I thought let's go and have a look." He was excited. Somehow he hadn't noticed the extra two members with us.

"Doctor." I said carefully.

"What?" He questioned, still not looking at me.

"Notice anything different here?" I asked. He looked at us and back at the console.

"No. Did you change clothes?" He asked, still messing with something. I let out a deep sigh. I gave Rose an annoyed look. She nodded.

"Mum's here." She said. He froze and turned around, finally noticing Jackie and Mickey standing near us.

"Oh, that's just what I need. Don't you dare make this place domestic." He lectured.

"That's what you have to say?" I growled. He shrugged.

"You ruined my life, Doctor. Everyone thought they were dead. I was a murder suspect because of you." Mickey snapped at the Doctor. The Doctor looked to Rose and I.

"You see what I mean? Domestic." He huffed.

"I bet you don't even remember my name." Mickey retaliated.

"Ricky." The Doctor said simply.

"It's Mickey." Mickey frowned.

"No, it's Ricky."

"I think I know my own name."

"You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?" I finally got fed up with the Doctor.

"Rude! Again! I let it slide at first because, well, Mickey pissed me off. Now it's just getting to be a bit too much. Feel like dialing the sass back a bit?" I snapped. No one answered me. Jackie ran out of the Tardis with Rose following her.

"Mum, don't! Don't go anywhere." She called after Jackie. She stopped before going outside, turning to the three of us. "Don't start a fight!" She warned us before she walked outside. I decided against following. My yelling had probably been the last straw for Jackie. I was having a staring contest with the Doctor. He knew I wanted him to apologize but he didn't seem to want to. I huffed.

"Both of you apologize!" I snapped.

"Why? What for?" They both asked me.

"Mickey, you've been nothing but rude tonight. Hurting doesn't mean you can hurt others. And Doctor, you did ruin his life for 12 months by ignoring my questions about if we had landed in the right time." I growled, giving them both dark glares.

"Sorry." They both muttered.

"Better?" I asked. They just nodded. Rose came back inside and I sat on the jump seat. She walked over to me. "Is she alright?" I asked.

"I don't really know. She went back to the flat." She shrugged before looking to the Doctor. "So, that was a real spaceship?" She asked.

"Yep." He nodded.

"But the crash was fake? What's going on? Is it an invasion or not?" I questioned, finding it all very strange.

"Funny way to invade, putting the world on red alert." Mickey voiced my thoughts. I nodded at him in agreement. He finally gave me a small smile.

"Good point! So, what're they up to?" The Doctor asked before opening a grating in the floor and climbing down. I watched him as he got down and started messing with some wires. I sat on the floor and just observed. Mickey eventually walked over.

"So, what're you doing down there?" He asked the Doctor.

"Ricky-" The Doctor started.

"Mickey." Mickey corrected him angrily.

"Ricky. If I was to tell you what I was doing to the controls of my frankly magnificent time ship, would you even begin to understand?" The Doctor asked him, pausing for a minute. He ignored my narrowed eyes.

"I suppose not." Mickey conceded.

"Well, shut it then." The Doctor snapped and went back to working. Mickey huffed and went to go talk with Rose. I ignored them.

"Why are you always so rude to him?" I asked him, feeling exhausted. He continued working while he talked to me.

"I don't have the energy to explain every little thing to him." He huffed, messing with another wire. He had his sonic in his mouth.

"I don't get it though. You explain things to Rose and I? Why are we different?" He had started using his sonic on the wires.

"You pick up on things easier. It's almost like you already know it but just need a refresher. And Rose picks up on things rather quickly. Most aren't like that. If I tried to explain to every person the things I explain to you two, I would have to repeat myself over and over." He huffed and continued working. I continued to watch him. I faintly heard Mickey asking Rose if she was going to stay before the Doctor jumped up from the floor. "Got it! Ha, ha! Patched in the radar, looped it back twelve hours so we can follow the flight of that spaceship. Here we go. Hold on. Come on." He hit the monitor trying to get it working.

"Hitting it won't help." I sang as I walked over to where the Doctor and Rose were standing.

"How do you know?" The Doctor huffed.

"Because hitting something doesn't actually make it work. Has hitting her ever worked?" I asked. He didn't answer but I felt the Tardis laughing in my head. "Thought so." He frowned and went back to the monitor. He pointed to the screen.

"That's the spaceship on its way to Earth, see? Except. Hold on." The monitor changed to show a new direction. "See? The spaceship did a sling shot round the Earth before it landed." He beamed excitedly.

"What does that mean?" Rose questioned, looking at the screen. I stared at it again.

"It came from Earth didn't it?" I asked as the trajectory looped again.

"Exactly. It came from Earth in the first place. It went up and came back down. Whoever those aliens are, they haven't just arrived, they've been here for a while." He wasn't as excited before. "The question is, what have they been doing?" He started searching the news channels. I went back to sit on the jump seat.

"How many channels do you get?" Mickey asked as they looked at different news programs.

"All the basic packages." The Doctor replied not really paying him any attention.

"You get sports channels?" Mickey continued. Of course he'd want to know if the Tardis had sports channels.

"Yes, I get the football." The Doctor agreed before stopping on a news broadcast. "Hold on, I know that lot." He pointed at a group of people. I got up and walked back over.

"Who are they?" I questioned.

"UNIT. United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Good people." He smiled.

"Alien specialists?" I asked. He nodded his head.

"How do you know them?" Rose asked as well.

"'Cos he's worked for them." Mickey explained. We all turned to him. "Oh yeah, don't think I sat on my backside for twelve months, Doctor. I read up on you. You look deep enough on the internet or in the history books, and there's his name, followed by a list of the dead." He was angry again.

"That's nice. Good boy, Ricky." The Doctor mocked him. Mickey simply frowned at this. I didn't have the desire to correct either of them. They could be rude to each other all they wanted. It wasn't my problem anymore. I tried to get them to stop and be civil. My job was done.

"If you know them, why don't you go and help?" Rose asked the Doctor who was still watching the TV closely.

"They wouldn't recognize me. I've changed a lot since the old days. Besides, the world's on a knife-edge. There's aliens out there and fake aliens. We want to keep this alien out of the mix." He gestured to himself. "I'm going undercover. And er, I'd better keep the Tardis out of sight. Ricky, you've got a car. You can do some driving." The Doctor suggested. I frowned at the thought of dealing with Mickey's driving again, even though last time it hadn't been him actually driving. Nonetheless, I still hated the way he drove.

"Where to?" Mickey asked, getting ready to leave.

"The roads are clearing. Let's go and have a look at that spaceship." The Doctor said with a smile. We all made our way out of the Tardis. There was a helicopter shining a spotlight on us. There were several soldiers and police officers awaiting us.

"Do not move! Step away from the box and raise your hands above your heads." One of the officers called out. Mickey darted off to the side. I wanted to glare at him but figured it would be best if there were as few people involved as possible. Jackie came around a corner running.

"Rose!" She yelled. One of the soldiers grabbed her and held her back. "Nix!"

"Raise your hands above your head. You are under arrest." The officer called out again. The Doctor and Rose raised their hands. I kept mine crossed over my chest. It was cold and I had taken my blazer off. It was draped over my arms. I figured the movement of me putting it on would unnerve the people so I simply stood still.

"Take me to your leader." The Doctor joked beside me.

"Oi. Don't encourage them space boy." I grumbled at him as the soldiers came near us, guiding us to the car. I was able to finally throw my blazer back on. He simply laughed at me as the three of us were loaded into the back of a car. I was stuck between the two.

"This is a bit posh. If I knew it was going to be like this, being arrested, I would have done it years ago." Rose giggled.

"This isn't like being arrested." I huffed.

"How do you know?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. The Doctor watched me carefully as well.

"Been there, done that. Before mum found me. Shoplifting food. Took off before they got me into the station. Back in Enfield. Since it was just shoplifting, they didn't really look for me. Made it to Cardiff a little later." I explained with a shrug.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She demanded, looking surprised that I was actually arrested and got away.

"Honestly I was worried that if you guys knew, you wouldn't want me around." I shrugged. Rose hugged me for a second before letting go. She didn't need to say anything. It was part of our unspoken bond.

"Phoenix is right. We're not being arrested, we're being escorted." The Doctor explained. I gave him a thankful look. He nodded.

"Where to?" Rose asked.

"Where'd you think? Downing Street." He smirked at us.

"You're kidding." She breathed, eyes wide.

"I'm not."

"10 Downing Street?" She continued.

"I think so." I chuckled.

"Oh, my God. We're going to 10 Downing Street? How come?" She asked excitedly. I continued laughing at her excitement.

"I hate to say it, but Mickey was right. Over the years I've visited this planet a lot of times, and I've been, er, noticed." He explained.

"And now you're needed?" I asked.

"Like it said on the news. They're gathering experts in alien knowledge. And who's the biggest expert of the lot?" He smirked.

"Patrick Moore?" I asked with my own smirk.

"Apart from him." He huffed with his nose wrinkled up. I snorted out a laugh.

"Oh, you just love this." Rose teased.

"I'm telling you. Lloyd George, he used to drink me under the table." He paused for a moment, thinking. "Who's the Prime Minister now?" He asked us.

"How are we supposed to know? We were gone for a whole year." I rolled my eyes at him. He shook his head at me. When we pulled up to a building, there were people all over the front yard with cameras. The flashes were almost blinding. The Doctor seemed to love the attention. He waved at the cameras as he got out of the car. Rose and I got out on the other side.

"Oh, my god." She breathed, looking around at the building in front of us. I linked arms with her and we followed the Doctor inside. A large crowd had gathered around one of the rooms right off the entrance. I had let go of Rose's arm to keep myself against a wall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can we convene? Quick as we can, please. It's this way on the right, and can I remind you ID cards are to be worn at all times." A man said, walking toward the door near us. People began filing out. He walked over to the Doctor and handed him an ID card on a chain. The Doctor put it on.

"Here's your ID card. I'm sorry, your companions don't have clearance." The man tried.

"I don't go anywhere without them." The Doctor said simply, turning us to walk away.

"You're the code nine, not them. I'm sorry, Doctor. It is 'the Doctor', isn't it? They'll have to stay outside." The man was persistent.

"They're staying with me." The Doctor said firmly.

"Look, even I don't have clearance to go in there. I can't let them in and that's a fact." The man was frustrated. I nodded and turned to the Doctor.

"It's alright. You go. We'll be out here. Just don't do anything stupid." I poked his chest. A woman walked up to us. She looked distressed.

"Excuse me. Are you the Doctor?" She asked.

"Sure." He didn't quite pay attention. The other man turned to the woman.

"Not now. We're busy. Can't you go home?" He asked her. The Doctor and Rose were talking but I ignored them and focused on this woman. She looked outright terrified.

"I need a word in private." She tried.

"Eh. Don't get in any trouble." The Doctor nudged me. I laughed.

"You're one to say that. We'll be fine. You take care of you." He gave a weak smile and walked off. I turned to this woman and man. He had stopped talking to her and was turning to Rose and I.

"I'm going to have to leave you two with security." He started to guide us away but the woman stopped him.

"It's alright. I'll look after them. Let me be of some use." He gave in and let her stay with us. She put an arm around Rose. I walked on the other side of her. "Walk with me. Just keep walking. That's right. Don't look round. Harriet Jones, MP Flydale North." She flashed us a small laminated badge. She quickly put it away and walked into an empty area of the entrance hall. She stopped and looked at us. "This friend of yours, he's an expert, is that right? He knows about aliens?"

"Why do you want to know?" Rose asked her. The woman, Harriet, started sobbing into her hands.

"Shh, it's alright. What's wrong?" I asked her. She continued to cry so I put my arms around her. She cried for a minute before gathering herself a bit. She signaled for us to follow her quietly. We walked around a couple halls before we found ourselves in the cabinet room. Harriet went to the closet and pulled out a rubbery skin suit.

"They turned the body into a suit. A disguise for the thing inside!" She started crying again. I rubbed her arms.

"It's alright. We believe you. Don't worry." I whispered to her.

"It's alien. They must have some serious technology behind this. If we could find it, we could use it." Rose started searching the room. I continued to comfort Harriet. Rose opened a door and a mans body fell out. I suppressed a scream.

"Oh, my God!" Rose cried.

"Is that the-" I started but was interrupted by the man from before coming into the room. He must have heard Rose and Harriet's screams.

"Harriet, for God's sake. This has gone beyond a joke. You cannot just wander." He froze when he saw what we were looking at. "Oh, my God. That's the Prime Minister!" Rose and Harriet began talking quietly.

"What's your name?" I asked him. He gave me a confused look.

"Ganesh. Why does it matter?" He asked. I went to answer but stopped, hearing something from outside the room.

"Oh! Has someone been naughty?" A woman asked as she came into the doorway. I stood in front of Rose and Harriet, uneasy with this new woman.

"That's impossible. He left this afternoon. The Prime Minister left Downing Street. He was driven away!" Ganesh tried to explain, not believing what he was seeing.

"And who told you that, hmm? Me." The woman smiled and reached up to her hairline. There was a zipper which she began to pull. A blue light emerged from the zipper and filled the room. A green creature with black eyes and long talon like fingers emerged from the body suit. We all froze. The creature came closer. I shoved Rose and Harriet further behind me and tried to pull Ganesh back but was too late. The creature grabbed him and held him up against the wall. Harriet screamed and I heard even more screams from down the halls.