The Bucket List

by Mtbookworm

For Christina, her life up until now has been mostly uneventful. The last interesting thing that happened to her was being diagnosed with cancer at 8. Now she has lived the past 6 years at Royal Hope Hospital with no chance of ever making something of herself. Until she meets the mysterious man with red shoes and a blue box, and is taken on an adventure she never dreamed of having

3. Chapter 3: Smith and Jones, Christina to

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The next thing I knew the Doctor, Martha, and I were once again running through the hospital. We passed more and more people who were starting to panic as the aliens in suits marched closer towards the hospital. We ran down a couple sets of stairs until we reached the Mezzanine level and hid behind some plants. Once there, we watched as the aliens marched in to the hospital and spread them selves around room while the people cowered in fear. The one who seemed to be in charge stepped forward and removed his helmet.

A Rhino.

"Really, my first Alien species and they are Rhinos?" I whispered exasperated. The Doctor looked at me and rolled his eyes.

"There are not Rhinos, they are Judoon, now shush." He ordered turning back to the scene playing out in front of us. I rolled my eyes right back. The Judoon that had taken off his helmet started to speak.

"Blos so folt do no cro blo cos so ro." He said taking out a small read gun-like device.

"What the bloody hell was that. Why couldn't it just be Klingon? I can speak Klingon." I said and the Doctor gave me a pointed look. "Got it, right. Be quiet. Sorry." I said sinking down further behind my plant. One of the doctors tried to speak to him, but the alien –Judoon, the Doctor said they were called- pressed him up against the wall and put the red thing over his mouth. Turns out it was just a scanner. He then pressed against himself and started talking English. Then he placed the scanner over the doctor's forehead, and after a beep was heard, ran a black marker in the shape of an X on his hand.

"Category human. Catalog all suspects." And then the other Judoon moved around the room.

"That's it. Catalog all suspects. Well that's not too bad. At least they're not trying to destroy the world for some space overpass." I joked and was meet with more blank stares. "Seriously, weird speech, Column space ships. You guys haven't seen Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy either? Fat lots a good you two are." I remarked.

"Oh, look down there. You've got a little shop, I love a little shop." The Doctor smiled.

"Never mind that. What are Judoon?" Martha asked.

"They're police." Pause "Well, police for hire." Pause "They are more like interplanetary thugs." The Doctor stated. I rolled my eyes.

"So you are telling me we are dealing with alien hit men." He nodded. "Well this just got exciting."

"And they brought us to the moon?" Martha questioned getting us back on track. I am glad Martha was here; without her I think The Doctor and I would just start rambling. The Doctor nodded his head.

"Neutral territory. According to galactic law, they've got no jurisdiction over the Earth, and they isolated it. That rain, lightning? That was them, using an H2O scoop…"

"Because water almost has the exact dimensions of zero gravity so it is the perfect way to transfer to a zero gravity environment." More blank stares. "Oh for goodness sake, is this how it is gonna be. I say something and the two of you stare at me like I am giant head…and close your mouths, we aren't codfishes." I joked. The Doctor smiled.

"Mary Poppins. I knew her, lovely woman." The Doctor sated.

"Oh so you got that reference…wait, did you say you knew her. You mean Mary Poppins was real?" I stated, now I was the one who looked like a codfish.

"Course she was real…now back to the matter at hand." "…but…" "So, Judoon…"

"What are you on about, galactic law? Where'd you get that from? If they're police, are we under arrest? Are we trespassing on the moon or something?" Martha asked.

"No, but I like that. Good thinking. No, I wish it were that simple. They're making a catalogue. That means they're after something nonhuman, which is very bad news for me." The Doctor trailed off. Wait, but that would mean….

"No Way." I looked at him and mouthed 'You're an Alien?'

'Oh, yes' he mouthed back. Okay so this was officially the coolest day ever. Friends with an Alien. Oh, Gran is gonna flip when she hears this.

"Why? Oh, you're kidding me. Don't be ridiculous. Stop looking at me like that." Martha stammered.

"Come on." The Doctor sprang up and Martha and I followed him. We ran up a couple of flights of stairs until we made it to the fifth floor. The Doctor was looking in windows trying to find an empty door.

"Chrisy?" I turned around and saw Anniebell hiding behind a potted plant with tears streaming down her face. I ran over and cupped her cheeks with my hands, wiping away her tears.

"Hey…Sweetie calm down…sh…It's all going to be okay." I soothed. Her sobs stared to fade to hiccups.

"I'm scared Chrisy."

"I know you are scared, but listen to me. Some… people are gonna come buy, and they will look like the bad people from my stories, but I don't want you to panic. They are gonna shine a little blue light in your face, mark your hand, then leave you alone…"

"Christina come one…" The Doctor called from the end of the hall. I looked back at him and Martha running down the hall. I am glad I got the chance to stop, I needed a breather. I wasn't exactly in prime condition for running.

"Are you going to brave girl for me?" I asked. She nodded. I kissed her on the forehead. "Good luck, sweetie." And I ran off to follow the Doctor. He and Martha had found a room he deemed suitable and checked inside.

"Ah, computer, perfect." Then he wiped back around to the two of us. "Alright, I am going to work on this computer and I want you two to scope out the other floors and see what the Judoon are doing." Martha and I nodded and ran out the door.

"You check the first floor, and I will check the second. Meet back here in fifteen minutes." She said.

"You got it." …"And Martha, Good luck." And we ran separate ways.

When I made it down to the first floor, people were in a panic. The Judoon were making their way around. Shinning the lights in people's faces and marking their hands. One man, when a Judoon turned around, smashed a pot against his head. A nearby Judoon then vaporized him on the spot.

"And that's my cue to leave." I mumbled to myself. When I turned to go I ended up face to chest with a Judoon.

"You are to be cataloged." He said as he shined the light on my face. "Category: Human." He marked my hand then walked off. I looked down where there was now a giant black X on my hand. I probably stared at it for a bit to long before running off to find the Doctor.

When I arrived at the room, Martha was already there and the Doctor was waving some mechanical stick-thing.

"Remember how I complained this was to boring? Well I take that back. This man, he got scared; he smashed a pot against one of the Judoon; they just vaporized him. Nothing left but a pile of ash." I choked out. The Doctor looked up from where he was working on the computer.

"That's the Judoon. Justice is…"

"Swift. That's what they said." I whispered.

"They also made it to the third floor. What's that thing?" Martha asked pointing to the device.

"Sonic Screwdriver." He said, not looking up from his computer.

"Well if you're not gonna answer me properly…" Martha scoffed.

"No, really, it is. It's a screwdriver and it's sonic." He displayed for us pressing a little button and a light flashed up. I ran over and sat next to him, gazing at the object.

"So this thing can manipulate objects by admitting their specific sonic frequency. That is so cool. How do you manage to fit all decibel settings in one container?" I stared in awe and the object he stared back at me.

"How did you know that?" he asked me.

"You are looking at the first prize winner of her sixth year science fair. The difference in sonic hearing of Bats, Humans, Dogs, and Dolphins. The Dolphins won." His shocked look turned into a smile.

"What else you got a lazar spanner?" Martha scoffed. That got me excited.

"Do you? Like the ones from Star Trek?" I asked excitedly.

"What is it with you and Star Trek?" Martha questioned annoyed. I shrank back, dejected. The thing with Star Trek and me was that it had always been a means of escape these past few years. I mumbled, "Nothing."

"I did, but it was stolen by Emily Pankhurst, cheeky woman. Oh, this computer! The Judoon must have locked it down. Judoon platoon upon the moon. Because I was just traveling past. I swear, I was just wandering. I wasn't looking for trouble, honestly, I wasn't, but I noticed these plasma coils around the hospital, and that lightning, that's a plasma coil. Been building up for two days now, so I checked in. I thought something was going on inside. It turns out the plasma coils were the Judoon up above."

It was my turn to gape in awe.

"What." The Doctor asked me perplexed.

"Sorry just never heard someone talk that fast before, other than me. Nice to know I am not alone." I laughed. The Doctor smiled.

"I feel the same."

"But what are they looking for?" Martha questioned.

"Something that looks human that isn't human." The Doctor said still trying to bring up computer records.

"So like you apparently?" I forgot the Doctor still hadn't confirmed who he was for Martha. I was about to when he cut me off.

"Like me but not me." He said, getting more and more frustrated at the computer.

"Haven't they got a photo?" Martha asked moving to the other side of the Doctor so now all three of us were looking at the computer screen.

"Could be a shape shifter." I interjected.

"Whatever it is, can't we just leave the Judoon to find it?" Martha questioned. That was a good point.

"If they declare the hospital guilty of harboring a fugitive, they'll sentence it to execution." The Doctor said solemnly. They couldn't. A thousand people dying for one Alien they didn't even know was there.

"All of us?" Martha gasped.

"I guess justice really is swift to them." I grumbled.

"Oh yes. If I can find this thing first. Oh! You see, they're thick! Judoon are thick! They are completely thick! They wiped the records. Oh, that's clever." The Doctor yelled, hitting the computer screen.

"What are we looking for?" Martha inquired.

"I don't know. Say, any patient admitted in the past week with unusual symptoms. Maybe there's a back-up." The Doctor said, proceeding to sonic the computer screen again.

"Just keep working. I'll go ask Mr. Stroker. He might know." Martha said running out of the room. The Doctor turned to me.

"Alright, Miss Sixth Year Science Fair Winner, lets see if you can't help me pull up the records." He said and I moved my chair closer to the computer.

"So, what type of Alien are you? Are you a Breen? Or a Klingon?" I asked as I stared at the screen trying to figure out how to bring up the records.

"You really do love those Star Trek references don't you?" He laughed. I looked at him shocked.

"Wait…so you DO know Star Trek?" I asked slowly. The Doctor looked at me, did the Vulcan hand sign, and said,

"Live Long and Prosper." And I flipped.

"I knew you were a Trekkie, wait… are you a Vulcan? Please tell me you are a Vulcan?"

"If you prick me I won't bleed green." He said sarcastically.

"Dang it, and here I thought you were…" but I was interrupted as the Doctor slammed his fist against the computer.

"Come on. Where are the backup files?" he exclaimed pointing his screwdriver at the computer.

"Wait, Doctor, you have the sonic level calibrated for the material of the computer right?" I questioned.

"Yes, of course."

"Try calibrating it for the Silicon Alloy of the hard drive instead. That will give you direct access." The Doctor turned the knob on the screwdriver and pointed it at the computer. Immediately files and files full of patient reports pulled up.

"YES. You are a genius. Are right genius." He said as he gripped my shoulders and we laughed. "Come on let's go get Martha to help us sort threw all of these." He said as he grabbed my hand and we ran from the room.

After running down a few halls, we made it to Mr. Stroker's office, where we almost collided into Martha.

"We've restored the back up."

"I found her." Martha gasps.

"What?" The Doctor and I said at the same time. Before Martha could answer a man in a black leather suit and black motorcycle helmet break down the door to Mr. Stroker's office.

"Run!" The Doctor shouted as he grabbed both mine and Martha's hands and led us down the corridor.

Joy, more running.

We ran down a flight of stairs and we would have run down another had we not almost run into the Judoon and had to run from them as well. We ran down a long hallway on the fifth floor with motorcycle men gaining on us. At this point my lungs were practically burning because I wasn't fit for running and I was slowing down. The Doctor noticed and he gripped my hand tighter and practically dragged me the rest of the way. He led us into a room and used his screwdriver to lock the door. I slumped against the wall, breathing heavily as my vision went blurry. I heard a smash and saw a burst of light before I blacked out.

"Christina."

"Christina, are you alright?"

"Now, now, Christina this is not the time for a nap."

That's what I heard as I came to. I opened my eyes and saw the Doctor and Martha leaning over me with concern etched in their faces. I grabbed my head, hopeful to ease the thumping in it. The Doctor helped me to my feet as a tried to stand.

"What happened and… why aren't you wearing shoes?" I asked groggily. He laughed.

"Just had to expel some radiation. Nothing much."

"Expel radiation…what are you talking about?" I mumbled as I looked around the room.

We were in the radiation lab.

Dear God, why did we have to be in the radiation lab?

The radiation lab had always been a sore subject for me. Seeing as I had spent the majority of the last eight years of my life in and out of here. I looked around the room and thought of all the times I had been here. My first treatment when I was eight with my gran, and I was crying for her to make it stop. When I was eleven and it was my fist time getting treatment without gran there. And then when I was fifteen and I got treatment for the last time before declaring it a lost cause. So let's just say the radiation lab didn't have many happy memories for me.

Though what I did see was the man in the black suit lying on the ground.

"Is he…?"

"Dead. Yeah?" He said. My headache subsiding, I walked over to him and looked at the radiator.

"About time that damn thing did some good." I mumbled then turned around to the Doctor and Martha. "So, what's our next move?" I asked. The Doctor smiled.

"We'll fill you in on the way."

"So, let me get this straight. This Mrs. Florence is a shape shifting alien who has to drink human blood to escape the Judoon." I asked as we were crouching in a corner.

"Yeah." The Doctor replied.

"So, in layman's terms she is pretty much an intergalactic vampire." I raised an eyebrow.

"Basically. Which means it's us versus a Plasmavore and an army of Judoon." He said.

"Haven't you got back up? You must have a partner or something?" Martha interjected.

"Oh. Humans. We're stuck on the moon running out of air with Judoon and a bloodsucking criminal, you're asking personal questions? Come on." He said getting up and we followed suit, Martha grumbling.

"I like that. Humans. I am still not convinced you're an alien." We rounded the corner and ran smack dab into a group of Judoon, who promptly scanned the Doctor.

"Nonhuman." The head Judoon said.

"Oh my God, you really are." Martha exclaimed.

"And again." The Doctor said as he took our hands and ran down the hall. We wound through stairs, corridors, and rooms until we lost the Judoon and stopped in the hallway outside Mr. Stroker's office, and I heard a voice call me.

"Chrisy." It was Anniebell again. This time she was curled up against the wall.

"Hey sweetie." I said as I walked over to her. I saw that she had an X on her hand. "Were you a brave girl for me?" she nodded.

"Chrisy I can't breathe." She cried. I clutched her to my chest and ran my hand threw her hair.

"It's okay sweetie. It's gonna be alright." I soothed.

I was brought out of my trance when the Judoon burst threw the door.

"Find the nonhuman." They shouted. I scooped up Anniebell and ran over and found Martha being kissed by the Doctor.

Didn't expect to see that.

"That was nothing." She sighed as he ran off. Martha and I turned around and the Judoon pressed us against the wall. They shoved the scanner in Martha's face. Anniebell buried her face in the crook of my neck.

"Human. Wait. Nonhuman traits suspected. Nonhuman element confirmed. Authorize full scan. What are you? What are you?" The Judoon pressed further. They scanned her again and backed off.

"Confirm human. Traces of facial contact with nonhuman. Continue the search." The Judoon said as they marched off. Martha and I followed them. We ran down the halls some more; I couldn't remember the last time I had done so much running. It was, even in the face of death, exhilarating. We followed the Judoon who lead us into the MRI room.

Great. Another room full of happy memories.

It seemed the memories would only get worse for as we got to the room we saw the Doctor lying stone cold on the floor. The Plasmavore was standing behind him. Martha and I tried to rush to him, but the Judoon held us back.

"Now see what you done. This poor man just died of fright." She, it, scoffed.

"Scan him. Confirmation deceased." The Judoon said as they scanned the Doctor.

The Plasmavore, the Judoon and Martha argued back and forth when I noticed something. One of the Judoon near Martha had his scanner easily with in grabbing difference I nudged her and mouthed 'Look to your left.' She looked and saw what I was referring to.

'You thinking what I am thinking?' I mouthed. She nodded. Martha promptly grabbed the scanner and pointed it at the Plasmavore.

"Go ahead scan all you like." She brushed it off.

"Nonhuman." The Judoon confirmed. The Plasmavore looked shocked.

"He gave his life so they would find you." Martha whispered.

I felt tears in my eyes and I clutched Anniebell tighter.

"That was brilliant. Stupid, but brilliant." I choked. Martha and I both ran to kneel by the Doctor.

"Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: Execution." The Judoon said and they all took out there guns. The Plasmavore ran behind the screen, plugged something in, and then the lights started flashing.

"Enjoy your victory, Judoon, cause you will burn in hell with me." She laughed. All of the Judoon fired their gun and she was reduced to a pile of ash.

"Justice is swift." I whispered to myself.

"What did she mean 'burn with me'?" Martha asked.

"Martha looked." I pointed to the MRI. "She tampered with it. She increased the magnetic pulse. It'll fry every living being for miles. Including the Earth." I gasped suddenly becoming dizzy. It was getting harder and harder to breath.

"You have to do something,." she cried at the Judoon, but they were already marching out of the room. She followed them.

"Chrisy…" Anniebell was sagging in my arms.

"Don't go to sleep on me Annie. Don't go to sleep." I cried.

"But I am so tired Chrisy…" she said as he closed her eyes and didn't open them back up. I laid her against the wall.

"No sweetie, come on wake up. Wake up Annie, please." I cried over her.

"Christina." I turned as Martha called me and I crawled back to her and the Doctor. "I need your help. He can fix this; we just have to wake him up. I want you to apply pressure to this side of his chest. On my count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…" and that kept on going as my vision began to fade. Stay awake Christina, you have to do this. For Annie, and for Alex, and for Lisa, and for Gran, and for the Earth. I pressed down one finale time before the world went dark.

"Miss?"

"Miss, can you hear me?"

"Miss, I need you to open you eyes?"

"Christina, open your eyes, honey. It's alright, my little philosopher."

Slowly I opened my eyes. Leaning over me I saw a paramedic and…Gran?

"Gran is that you?" I asked groggily. She smiled.

"Yes, honey. It's me. You are alright now. Nothing is going to happen to you." She helped to a sitting position and rubbed circles on my back. The paramedic asked me to recount what happened, and I told him. Though I left the Doctor out. I figured he would like it that way. I inquired about Anniebell, and I found that she was alright and with her parents. The paramedic then told me all the patients would be transferred to other hospitals, and that they would be taking me in a few minutes.

I looked up from talking with Gran after she went to go see which hospital I would be transferring to and saw the Doctor leaning against… Was that a telephone box? The Doctor waved me over. I grabbed my backpack with my things in it and followed.

"So…" I said.

"So…" he replied.

"A Judoon Platoon upon the Moon." I laughed. "Makes for one hell of a story."

"Yeah. Was that your Gran?" He asked pointing in the direction she walked off.

"Sure is. She is pretty great. So, what is this then?" I said placing my hand on the telephone box.

"Aww, this? Just a big blue box, want a look inside?" he said, opening the door and stepping in with his head peaking out. I raised an eyebrow, but followed him inside. What was in there took my breath away.

It was a giant cavernous room. It had coral like pillars supporting the roof and wires going everywhere. In the center of the room was the grand master piece. A giant consol with a glowing rod in center and a board covered with levers, buttons, knobs, and switches of every kind. In the middle of the entire splendor was the Doctor, grinning like a mad man.

"So, Christina, fancy another adventure?"

Dang this chapter was a dozy. Hoped you guys like it though. Next stop: Pick up Martha and then off to solve the Shakespeare code.

Till next time

~The BookWorm