Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or Torchwood, both belong to the BBC and their respected writers. But I do own Gaia! :b
Gwen had now been working at Torchwood for a few weeks now. Her first day had been somewhat of a fiasco, sex monster; every teenage boys dream. But she had sorted it out and her Gaia became close friends. All in all Torchwood was back in business and doing more than just clean ups for once. It was nice and normal, well as normal as Torchwood got.
That was until the hub noticed a build up of plasma coils around one London hospital and Gaia went undercover to investigate, that was when everything changed for her.
Gaia entered the London hospital it was still fairly early but the reception area was already full. New medical interns walked through carrying paperwork, several patients were being wheeled through and a delivery boy of sorts dressed all in leather was walking through the reception area that morning. Gaia approached the desk.
She pulled out a piece of paper from her jacket and showed it to the receptionist. "Oh yes. Inspector Anna Smith we've been expecting you I'll just call Mr Stoker down to begin your tour." The receptionist said. Gaia nodded, it wasn't the first time she had been undercover and doubt it'll be the last she just needed a way to loose this Mr Stoker and have a proper look round this hospital.
Mr Stoker exited the lift and walked across the reception. He glanced around the reception area hoping to spot the inspector himself but had no such luck. He walked over to the reception desk. "Yeah sorry, which one is the inspector?" He asked the receptionist.
"Miss Anna Smith, Mr Stoker is here for you." The receptionist yelled not taking her eyes off the computer screen in front of her.
Gaia got up and walked over to the reception. "Anna Smith, Mr Stoker I presume." Gaia said shaking Mr Stoker's hand.
"Ah, hello. Welcome to Royal Hope Hospital. I hope you weren't waiting too long?" Mr Stoker said, slightly shocked at the appearance of said inspector.
"No not at all. Only to be expected in a hospital." She replied calmly.
Just by shaking his hand Gaia knew who this man was. He was chief of medicine, full name Billie Stoker, married to Linda Stoker formerly Parkinson, 2 children both boys now both happily married. He and his wife are going through a bit of a rough patch and he finds himself drinking a lot then he use to. He's become absorbed in his work so much lately; with the constant worry he'll be asked to leave due to his age. But even with all that knowledge of a seemingly normal person Gaia couldn't help but feel that something was up, something didn't feel right.
"Well yes, we do try and keep a tight ship around here. None the less, if you'd like to follow me we can begin with the tour." Mr Stoker said and walked towards one of the doors. Gaia followed suit.
Mr Stoker gave Gaia a brief tour of the hospital, although he avoided entering any of the wards. "I hope you found the hospital to your standards." Mr Stoker said after the tour was apparently finished.
"Yes it was." Gaia replied. She had more to say but Mr Stoker cut her off.
"Excellent. I'm sorry I need to get on with rounds." He said.
"I do need to see round the wards though and witness the doctors at work. It's all standard procedure." Gaia said. Mr Stoker went a tad stiff.
"Very well." He said and indicated that she follow him into one of the wards where a group of medical interns were waiting.
"Good morning interns. We have an inspector watching us this morning who will be watching the hospitals performance and overall efficiency. Miss Anna Smith." Mr Stoker said to the interns indicating at Gaia. Gaia gave a little smile a nod and Mr Stoker resumed with the rounds. It was all quite boring in Gaia's eyes, there had been a few interesting characters including a Mrs Finnegan, whom Gaia had never heard of before which was worrying. But then to top the list was a Mr John Smith, who was all too familiar.
Mr Stoker led the group to another bed in the ward. The man was wearing the usual hospital required pyjamas and grinned manically when he spotted Gaia.
"Now then, Mr Smith, a very good morning, and how are you today?" Mr Stoker said to John Smith also known as the Doctor.
"Oh, not so bad. Still a bit, y'know. Blehhh." The Doctor replied giving Gaia a wink, which went unnoticed by Mr Stoker, who turned back to face the interns.
"John Smith, admitted yesterday with severe abdominal pains - Jones, why don't you see what you can find? Amaze me." Mr Stoker said addressing one of the interns. Gaia knew her instantly. Martha Jones. Martha stepped forward and approaches the Doctor's bedside.
"Well it wasn't very clever running round outside, was it?" She said.
"Sorry?" The Doctor asked puzzled.
"On Chancellor Street, this morning. You came up to me and took your tie off... You were walking with Miss Smith, the inspector?" Martha replied saying the last part quietly. Gaia still heard. She had been at the hospital all morning.
"Really? What did I do that for?" The Doctor said voicing Gaia's concern.
"I don't know, you just did." Martha said puzzled.
"Not me, I was here, I was in bed, you can ask the nurses."
"That's weird, cos it looked like you, have you got a brother?"
"Nope, not any more. Just me!" The Doctor finished looking at Martha puzzled.
"As time passes and I grow ever more infirm and weary, Miss Jones..?" Mr Stoker said abruptly halting the conversation.
"Sorry, um. Right..." Martha replied and put the stethoscope buds in her ears. She puts the stethoscope to left of his chest; she sat there for a moment looking slightly perplexed. She then looked up at the Doctor, puzzled. He just gave a big smile.
She then moved the stethoscope over, to his right side and her eyes grew wide. Martha looked up, astonished, right into the Doctor's eyes and he gave her the smallest wink, only noticed by Gaia.
"I weep for future generations, but are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones?" Mr Stoker asked. Martha then snaps out of it and turns back to Mr Stoker.
"Um, I don't know. Stomach cramps..?" She says trying to hide her new found discovery.
"That's a symptom, not a diagnosis, and you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart" Mr Stoker said. He then goes down to the end of the bed and picked up the chart. He ends up getting a small electric shock which causes him to drop the board onto the bed.
"Ouch!" Mr Stoker said in a mixture of shock and pain.
"That happened to me this morning." Martha said.
"I had the same off the door handle."Another interns said.
"And me, in the lift." Another replied.
"Only to be expected, there's a thunderstorm moving in, lightning being a form of static electricity, as first proven by, anyone?" Mr Stoker asked trying to keep his teacher demeanour to the interns.
"Benjamin Franklin." Gaia cut in, Mr Stoker turned back to face her.
"Correct." He said almost awkwardly, expecting one of the interns to answer.
"My mate Ben! That was a day and a half; I got rope burns off that kite. And then I got soaked!" The Doctor rambled. Mr Stoker and the interns looked quite worried. Gaia tried to hold back a smirk.
"...quite. " Mr Stoker said, almost waiting for the punch line.
"And then, I got electrocuted!" The Doctor said, it wasn't the punch line Mr Stoker was looking for.
"Moving on." Mr Stoker said and started to walk off. Gaia caught his attention.
"Sorry I just need a word with Mr Smith here. I will see myself out." Gaia said. Mr Stoker turned abruptly around.
"Okay. I hope you found everything here to your satisfaction." Mr Stoker said, his stern tone replaced by one of kiss arsness.
"It was, I'll be sending out the report within the month. Thank you Mr Stoker for your time." Gaia said adding a small smile and handshake to go along with her inspector persona. Mr Stoker took her hand and shook it, then walked away with the interns continuing the rounds. Once they were out of sight, Gaia turned back round to the Doctor.
"Hello." He said with grin.
"Hello." She said with a smile, making sure no one was watching she gave the Doctor a hug.
"It's so good to see you." She exclaimed.
"Ah... Gaia what are you doing here?" The Doctor asked. Gaia gave him a look. "Alright stupid question shoot me." The Doctor mocked putting his hands up. Gaia laughed and sat herself down on the bed.
"Seriously though how long has it been?" The Doctor asked in all seriousness. But Gaia wasn't listening she was staring out of the window. "Gaia?" The Doctor nudged her a little with her foot.
"Doctor the rain." Gaia said still staring out of the window.
"What about it?" He asked looking out of the window.
"It's going up." She said. The Doctor was on his feet instantly and ran over to the window.
"Oh no, no, no, noooo..." The Doctor yelled as a quake worked its way through the building.
The quaking stopped and Gaia and the Doctor stood up from their positions on the floor. "Okay what was that?" Gaia asked, brushing herself down.
"H2O scoop." The Doctor said running back to his bed and drawing the curtain. Gaia continued to stand by the window as 2 interns ran in, one of them Martha Jones. They both ran up to the window.
"It's real it's really real!" Martha gawked. She went to open the window.
"No, we'll loose all the air." The other intern, Julia, pleaded. She wasn't taking this situation very well.
"Well they're not exactly air tight. So if the air was going to be sucked out it would have happened instantly, but it didn't, so how come?" Martha insisted the window was locked shut.
"Very good point!" The Doctor said bursting open the curtains fully dress in a blue suit. He always like his dramatic entrances, Gaia thought.
"Brilliant in fact." Gaia agreed. The Doctor nodded.
"What's your name?" The Doctor asked. Gaia rolled her eyes. Martha stood their shocked.
"Martha."
"And it was Jones, wasn't it? Right then, Martha Jones, question is: how are we still breathing?" The Doctor said running over to the window.
"We can't be." Julia mumbled.
"Pocket full of sunshine she is." The Doctor retorted fumbling with his sonic screwdriver to try and open the window.
"Martha is there a balcony on this floor or a veranda?" Gaia asked, the Doctor still fumbling with the window.
"Yeah by the patients lounge."Martha replied.
"Fancy going out?" The Doctor asked turning around from the window, sneakily putting his sonic back in his pocket. He didn't bother ask Gaia, he knew what her answer would be anyway.
"Okay."
"We might die?"
"We might not." Martha replied, the Doctor grinned.
"Come on then." The Doctor said grabbing Gaia's hand and running towards the corridor, Martha following quickly behind. Julia slumped next to the wall, going into panic mode.
Reaching the balcony doors, the Doctor held them close for a sec. He looked at Gaia. Who gave him a slight nod. He then opened the doors. "We've got air. How does that work?" Martha said walking to the edge of the balcony and taking in the view.
"Just be glad it does." The Doctor said. He slowly snaked his arm around Gaia, knowing this would be hard for her. Gaia looked up at him.
"I'm fine." Gaia insisted but her voice broke mid word. The Doctor gave her a look. "Maybe a little." Gaia said quietly. The Doctor's arm around her tightened a little.
"It's beautiful." Martha said, breaking the moment between the Doctor and Gaia.
"D'you think?" Gaia asked.
"How many people want to go to the Moon? And here we are." Martha said gawking at her surroundings.
"Standing in the earthlight." The Doctor murmured, but his eyes were fixed on Gaia as he said it.
"What d'you think happened?" Martha asked her question somewhat calmer then her initial reaction.
"What do you think?" The Doctor asked, turning his head to face Martha.
"Extraterrestrial. Got to be. I dunno, few years ago, that would've sounded mad, but these days... that spaceship flying into Big Ben. Christmas. And those Cybermen things, that battle in the sky... I had a cousin, Adeola. She worked at Canary Wharf. Never came home." Martha explained the Doctor's hearts dropped. Martha and Adeola had a likeness, Gaia realised. With the mental images running through her head of Adeola and Martha it wasn't surprising that people in the past had called the medical intern and her cousin twins.
"I'm sorry." The Doctor admitted to the intern.
"Yeah." Martha said, her tone showing the pair that she was fed up with the sympathy.
"I was there, in the battle, it was..." The Doctor started, but couldn't finish. It was Gaia's turn to squeeze him tight.
"I promise you, Mr & Miss Smith, we'll find a way out. If we can travel to the Moon, then we can travel back, there's got to be a way. Are you a couple by the way?"
"What us? Ermm..." The Doctor said. Gaia shrugged her shoulders. "Nah, just good friends and it's not Smith. That's not my real name."
"Nor mine." Gaia agreed.
"Who are you two then?"
"I'm the Doctor."
"And I'm Gaia."
"What is it then, Dr Smith?" Martha asked Gaia stifled back a laugh.
"Just the Doctor." The Doctor said untangling himself from Gaia and walking over to the balcony's edge and looking down.
"How d'you mean, just the Doctor?" Martha asked, hands on hips looking both at the Doctor and Gaia.
"Just, the Doctor." The Doctor said defiantly.
"What, people call you "the Doctor"?"
"Yep."
"Well I'm not. Far as I'm concerned, you've got to earn that title." Martha said.
"Well I think we'd better make a start then? So we must be in sort of..." The Doctor rambled. Gaia picked up a small stone and threw it outwards in the direction of the earth. It bounced off an invisible force field and fell to the ground. "Force field." Gaia said with a smirk.
"Keeping the air in." The Doctor continued not wanting to loose his train of thought.
"But that means we've only got the air in the bubble. What happens when we run out?" Martha demanded.
"How many people in the hospital?" The Doctor asked.
"I dunno, a thousand?" Martha said still shocked at the fact that they would eventually run out of air.
"1000 people, suffocating. Well... 999." The Doctor said staring out at the vast expanse of the moon.
"999?" Martha asked.
"Never mind." The Doctor said waving his hand, he could see something coming. Something that not even Gaia's heighted eyesight could see yet, never mind Martha's.
"But why would anybody do that?" She asked. In answer 2 large canister shaped ships landed a few hundred metres away from the hospital.
"Ask them yourself." The Doctor murmured and ran into the hall, grabbing Gaia's hand as he ran past.
Gaia, the Doctor and Martha all approached the small balcony that over looked the main reception. Hiding behind a plant, the trio looked through the glass railing as the aliens stormed the premises. "Judoon." Gaia murmured, showing her dislike of the rhino shaped creatures. The Doctor raised his eyebrows at Gaia's tone of voice.
"Met them before have we?" The Doctor asked, Gaia knew what he was implying.
"Tear away teen." Gaia admitted.
"I can imagine." The Doctor smirked.
"Err... hello, what are Judoon? And what do they want with us?" Martha asked, worriedly turning to face Gaia and the Doctor.
"There like police, well police for hire..." The Doctor started.
"...more like interplanetary thugs." Gaia added.
"Oh, and they brought us to the moon?" Martha asked.
"Yep, H2O scoop." The Doctor said watching the Judoon on the level below as they started to shine blue lights in the human's faces.
"So what are we in trouble for trespassing on the moon or something?" Martha asked, in all seriousness. Gaia couldn't help but laugh.
"No but nice idea though. Under the galactic law, the Earth's moon is neutral territory." Gaia said, giving Martha an apologetic look for her laughter.
"Exactly and if they're making a catalogue it means they're looking for something not human which is very bad news for Gaia and I." The Doctor said his focus still on the reception area below.
"Why?" Martha asked, the Doctor turned his head and gave her a look, which was mirrored by Gaia. "But you can't be... you look human!" Martha said.
"Well actually you look time lord. We came first." The Doctor retorted.
"Well no, you both look like planet keepers as I came way... before both of you." Gaia said, smirking at the Doctor who kept open and closing his mouth like a fish trying to talk, as he finally realised he was no longer the oldest being in the room.
"Come on" The Doctor said shuffling away from the balcony edge, Gaia and Martha in the tow.
Several minutes later the trio arrived in the nursing station, the Doctor and Gaia instantly on the computers. The Doctor got out his sonic screwdriver and started to speed up the out dated computer. Martha asked what he was doing. He explained.
During this Gaia had managed to hack the computers but wasn't looking through the patients files as the Doctor was trying to do, she was seeing if she could make a call without the Doctor knowing. So engrossed in her work she didn't notice Martha walk out, heading for Mr Stoker's office.
Several minutes later, using an advanced computer software installed into her mobile and boosting the satellite signal from the new Archangel network she managed to get into the Torchwood's database. She quickly typed a quick message that would appear on Toshiko's screen back at the hub, she put basic details of what was going on and said she was handling it with a friend. Knowing she'd get a bollocking when she got back she added at the end "Doctor says hi" hoping that it would cover it.
When the Doctor yelled in frustration when the Judoon blocked the patients' files, Gaia quickly snapped out of it and closed the software on the computer, erasing it from the hard drive in the process.
"Stupid thick Judoon, they've wiped all the records." The Doctor yelled, slamming down the keyboard. "Got anything?" He asked hopefully. Gaia shook her head.
"Sorry. Nothing." Gaia lied. The Doctor huffed, although he wasn't really expecting to find anything more than he had. "Come on lets find Martha." The Doctor said getting up and walking out the door. Gaia quickly followed.
Walking into the corridor he suddenly came face to face with a frantic Martha Jones. "Mar-..." He started but she cut him off.
"I found her."
"You did what?" Gaia said shocked. Before Martha could reply one of the doors down the corridor burst open and a guy dressed all in leather came running towards them.
"RUN!" The Doctor yelled pulling Martha and Gaia with him.
And run they did. Through countless corridors, jumping over abandoned chairs and upturned table, when they came to a staircase. Above them the man in leather was quickly gaining and below an entire platoon of Judoon looking for non-humans, it wasn't looking good.
Running through the closest door the Doctor led the 2 women down more corridors and finally into an x-ray room. "When I say `now`, press the button!" The Doctor urged, swinging the 2 behind the lead screen, whilst he started to mess with the x-ray machine with the sonic.
"But I don't know which one!" Martha exclaimed.
"Then find out." The Doctor said urgently as he fiddled with the machine.
Then the banging on the door began. Gaia and Martha frantically look round the little booth looking for a manual or something. The door hinges start to give way as the leather man starts beating at the door. Finding a folder on one of the shelves Martha starts to quickly flick through it trying to find the correct page. Gaia was already ahead of her, seeing through her mild ability to see human's future, what Martha was about to read, before Martha read it herself.
Shocking both women the door fell flat and the leather man walked into the room. "NOW!" The Doctor yelled. Gaia whacked the giant yellow button on the control panel. The entire room flashed, black and white. The Doctor's skeleton being made visible as it flashed, but there was no skeleton from the leather man.
As the light dimmed the leather man stood rigid. Then fell remaining as stiff as a board. There was silence amongst the trio. "What did you do?" Martha asked slightly scared.
"Increased the radiation by 5000 percent. Killed him dead." The Doctor said sniffing. Gaia stepped out from behind the skin, she could feel the radiation tickling her skin, but it was no more than that, a light tickle. As the Doctor absorbed the radiation Gaia felt it less and less as she approached the dead leather `thing`.
Martha remained behind the screen. "How come it's not affecting you 2?" She asked, sceptical of just who she was running around with.
"Made of tougher stuff. You can come out now, I've absorbed it all." The Doctor said. Martha tentatively stepped out from behind the screen her eyes darting between the Doctor and Gaia. "All I need to do is expel it, say, if I concentrate and shift the radiation out of my body and into one spot... say, my left shoe" The Doctor said and started to do a little dance, some how, neither Gaia nor Martha knew how, he was focusing the radiation into his left foot. With a few complaints by the Doctor he quickly whipped off his shoe and sock and shoved it in the waste disposal.
"You're mad!" Martha said in disbelief.
"Finally someone agrees with me." Gaia said over dramatically. The Doctor just gave the pair a mad grin.
"Your right, I look odd with only one shoe." He said. Then he whipped off the other and chucked it carelessly behind him.
"Doctor, this thing it's just a slab. Pure leather. Someone's been controlling it and has managed to fool even me." Gaia said quite angrily for the usually happy and slightly excitable girl. The Doctor nodded at Gaia's observation, he walked back over to the x-ray machine and plucks out his sonic screwdriver.
"But it was that woman, Miss Finnegan, it was working for her!" Martha said.
"My Sonic Screwdriver!" The Doctor said holding up the charred and now useless device.
"She was one of the patience." Gaia said catching onto Martha's train of thought. She had seen the woman at the rounds with the interns this morning.
"But she killed Mr Stoker..." Martha said meekly. Martha thought she should be able to handle death a lot better, she was a doctor, well training to be and they had to work with death on almost a daily basis. But murder, no that came onto a whole new level.
"It burnt out my sonic screwdriver!" The Doctor said still staring at his sonic, apparently not taking in a single word the girls were saying.
"She had a straw like some sort of vampire..." Martha said her tone still meek as she relived the horrid moment.
"I love my sonic screwdriver!" The Doctor said, still not apparently taking anything in.
"Doctor!" Both girls said simultaneously.
"Sorry!" He replied and chucked his burnt out screwdriver over his shoulder. "You called me Doctor!" He said happily directed at Martha.
"Anyway! Miss Finnegan, she was drinking Mr Stoker's blood." Martha said slightly impatiently.
"Funny time to be having a snack." Gaia joked. The Doctor laughed.
"Words out of my mouth. But why? Unless... oh yes... she wasn't drinking it she was assimilating it!" The Doctor said. Gaia caught his drift.
"Internal shape shifter." Gaia muttered.
"Exactly, she's no longer the needle in the haystack, more the slightly off piece of hay in the hay stack and we're the 2 extra needles." The Doctor said, getting a very confused look off Martha and Gaia for his analogy. "Never mind, the important thing is we find her and show her to the Judoon, otherwise she'll show up as human!" The Doctor said running out into the corridor. Gaia and Martha quickly followed.
Hiding behind a one of the trolleys the group were silent as another slab walked past. "Slabs they always travel in pairs." The Doctor muttered still in a hush voice.
"What about you 2 then? If your not together are you what... complicated?" Martha asked.
"Humans! We're stuck on the Moon, running out of air, with Judoon and a bloodsucking criminal, and you're asking personal questions ... come on." The Doctor said with a tut. Gaia quickly followed, hoping to remain well and truly out of this conversation.
"Humans I like that. I'm not fully convinced you both aliens..." Martha said but quickly stopped as the trio rounded a corner and were met with 2 Judoon.
The Judoon held up scanners to the Doctor's and Gaia's heads and unlike the time when they scanned for humans the light didn't flash blue this time, it flashed red. "Non-human." One Judoon said in its monotone voice.
"Oh my god, you really are." Martha said in shock.
"Never mind that, RUN!" Gaia exclaimed. Grabbing the Doctor's hand and running down the corridor, Martha in the tow.
The trio end up running down more corridors, but this time double back on themselves and go down to a lower level to escape the Judoon. Entering the corridor they see patients leaning against the wall, most gasping for breath as the oxygen levels plummeted. "Come on, we can't help them. Where's Mr Stoker's office?" The Doctor asked Martha.
"This way..." Martha said leading the group down the corridor. She gave a weak smile to one of the interns who was helping some of the patients as she walked past.
Martha, the Doctor and Gaia burst through the door of Mr Stoker's office too find it empty. "She was here." Martha said in desperation. The Doctor and Gaia ignored her and ran over to the dead Mr Stoker. "Bone dry. She is a Plasmavore." Gaia said. The Doctor nodded in confirmation.
"What's she doing here?" Martha asked.
"On the run, judging by the Judoon." The Doctor said looking down at the body. He abruptly stood up and walked to the door. "Come on we need to find her." The Doctor said. Gaia nodded and placed Mr Stoker's hands on his chest. Martha came round the other side of her and closed his eyes, making it look like Mr Stoker was in fact asleep rather than dead. They both then stood up and followed the Doctor out into the corridor.
"Think think think, if I was a wanted Plasmavore, surrounded by police, what would I do?" The Doctor said then spotted the MRI sign on the wall. "Uh oh... she's almost as clever as me, almost." He continued.
Before Gaia could come up with a retort they were interrupted the sound of heavy steps of the Judoon. "Go I'll hold them off!" Gaia urged pushing Martha and the Doctor down the corridor. The Doctor looked back fearfully; Gaia just stared at him urging him to go. Grabbing Martha's hand he made his way for the MRI room.
Pulling her Torchwood gun out of her trousers Gaia quickly made a well aimed shot at the light further down the corridor. It exploded in sparks, catching the Judoon's attention. "Non-human. Contain for full body scan." One of them said charging towards her.
Gaia quickly made an abrupt turn leading the platoon of Judoon down the corridor after the Doctor. Following the arrows she quickly turned a corner and came face to face with Martha. "Don't ask questions just take that and hold them off for a bit." Gaia said shoving the gun in Martha's hand and walking into the MRI room.
As soon as Gaia stepped into the room she was restrained by the slab. "Ahhhh... the Planet-keeper. I could smell you from miles away." The Plasmavore said twiddling a straw in her fingers. "Your blood will be useless though. If the Judoon are increasing their scans then I need human blood." She said and turned to the Doctor, who Gaia assumed was pretending to be human.
"What are you talking about?" The Doctor stuttered. Gaia had to commend him; he was a very good actor.
"Knock her out and restrain him." The Plasmavore continued. Before Gaia could retaliate a sharp pain hit the back of her head and she was knocked unconscious.
Gaia groaned and cracked her eyelid. She was facing the side of an ambulance. She sat up quickly. "Don't worry I'm here. Lie back down, you got some whack on the head." The Doctor said sitting next to her. Gaia relaxed and lowered her head back down.
"What happened?" Gaia said wincing a little as she noticed the pain in her head.
"You got whacked in the head; ended up needing a few stitches there was a nasty gash." The Doctor rambled.
"Not that. The Plasmavore, I'm guessing the Judoon got her?" Gaia said with a smile.
"Oh her. Yep the Judoon got her, case closed and then sent the hospital back to Earth. Couple of tonnes of oxygen later and everyone's fine and dandy." The Doctor said, purposely not telling her that half of the Earth had almost been destroyed in the process.
"Good. And Martha?" Gaia asked slowly sitting up, the Doctor didn't stop her this time.
"With her sister." The Doctor said calmly. Gaia nodded as the Doctor helped her to her feet. Then leaning heavily of the Doctor they made their way over to the Tardis.
After Gaia had gotten changed and the Doctor had healed the gash in her head the Doctor landed the Tardis in a side alley in London. Taking Gaia's hand he led her out and onto the road, where they witnessed an abrupt end to a Jones family reunion. Martha was left standing at the door on her own when she spotted the 2 across the street.
The Doctor spun Gaia round and walked into the alleyway to wait for Martha to catch them up.
"I went to the Moon today." Martha said approaching the pair.
"Bit more peaceful than down here." Gaia joked softly getting a small chuckled out of Martha.
"You never even told me who you two are?" Martha said her curiosity adamant.
"The Doctor."
"Gaia." They both said.
"But what sort of species? And it's not every day I get to ask that." Martha asked.
"I'm a Time Lord."
"Planet-keeper."
"Right. Not pompous at all, then." They all laughed. The Doctor then rummages through his pocket and pulls out a brand new identical sonic screwdriver and flips it in his hand.
"I just thought... Since you saved my life, and I've got a brand new sonic screwdriver which needs road testing... You might fancy a trip." He offered.
"What? Into space? But... I can't, I've got exams, I've got things to do, I've got to go into town first thing and pay the rent, and I've got my family going mad" Martha said listing reasons why she couldn't go. Gaia rolled her eyes.
"If it helps this does travel in time!" Gaia said.
"Get out of here!" Martha said.
"No it does." The Doctor replied.
"I've seen a lot today but that's taking it a bit far." Martha retorted crossing her arms.
"I'll prove it." The Doctor said and dragged Gaia into the Tardis.
"Okay, where are we going?" Gaia asked, putting her hands on her hips as the Doctor ran over to the console.
"This morning!" The Doctor said cheerfully, loving every second of it.
The Tardis landed with a thump and the Doctor pulled Gaia out of the door. Meandering their way onto the high street they saw Martha Jones chatting idly on her mobile. The Doctor wraps his arm round Gaia's waist and walks over to Martha. "Like so." He said whipping of his tie. "You see." Then walked off, leaving a very confused Martha.
They both landed back in the ally promptly. They both stepped out of the Tardis the Doctor still having tie in his hand. "But that's imposs..." Martha was cut off by a ringing. Gaia put up one finger and pulled a small Bluetooth piece out of her pocket. She placed it in her ear and pressed a button on the side.
"Hello?" She said, but she already knew who was calling. She winced at the ear full she got. "(Gaia are you okay?) Yes I'm fine... (Are you on your way back to Cardiff?) no I'm still in London... (Are you even coming back?) yes I'll be coming back... (Good, cos if you bloody well don't I will change your room into another office!) alright keep your knickers on... (Is the Doctor there?) Yes he's here... (Can I speak to him?) no you can't... (Why not?) timey whimey...(Did you just say timey whimey?) yes I did just say that... (Did you make that up?) no I did not make it up...(I'm fed up with this get back soon!) fine whatever I'll be back soon...(No I don't want your soon, I want my soon. You soon is blimming 100 years!) okay then tell me what the time is and I'll be there in a second... (Did you take my vortex manipulator?) what no of course I didn't... (But there's only one. Did you steal one of someone else?)If I was going to steal yours you wouldn't be wearing it right now would you... (Then how did you get one?) it was invented of earth so I new about it, happy... (Oh, well it's good to hear your okay!) it's good to hear from you too... (Owen would like me to remind you that you owe him a pint because he beat you record!) do I now... (Would you like to talk to him?) I've got to go... (Okay see you in a few) see you soon... (Bye) bye!" Gaia said ending the call. She had earned to very weird looks off the Doctor and Martha.
"What?" Gaia asked.
"Who was that?" the Doctor asked, slightly shocked.
"A friend." Gaia replied. There was an awkward silence between the group. "Are you going to show Martha the Tardis then or not?" Gaia asked, snapping the Doctor out of it.
"Oh, yes. Come on take a step inside!" The Doctor said happily walking into the Tardis, Martha quickly followed.
With them both in the Tardis, Gaia quickly fiddled with her vortex manipulator, plugging in the correct coordinates for the hub. She hit the transport button when Martha ran back out of the Tardis.
"Okay... Doctor Gaia's gone!" Martha called back to the Doctor inside the Tardis.
"Oh... probably an emergency. She'll find us again." The Doctor said grinning as Martha walked back into the Tardis, getting over her initial shock of its size.
"Oh okay..." Martha murmured.
"Okay then Martha Jones, where do you want to go first?" The Doctor said with a manic grin, flipping a switch on the console.
Gaia arrived in Roald Dahl Plass at the time Jack had stated over the phone. Waving at the hidden CCTV camera, she walked over to the Plass edge and waited for her boss to appear. God knew she was going to get an earful. Her phone rang again, she reluctantly answered it. "Where the hell have you been?" Jack shouted down the phone at her.
"Are we going to do this over the phone or are you going and come talk to me like a civil person Jack?" Gaia said massaging her temples as she started to get a mild headache. She turned around quickly to see Jack standing on the lift, the perception filter having no affect on her.
"You're late!" He stated.
"How late?" Gaia asked worriedly.
"A few weeks." Jack said walking over to her.
"Weeks? But that's..." Gaia trailed off looking at her vortex manipulator. She had muddled up the coordinates. "Oh..."
"Oh indeed." Jack said acting as an older brother would.
"Alright I'm sorry, I'm here now, can't really change the fact I was late."
"Suppose your right. You gave me a right scare though." Jack said and pulled Gaia in to hug. "Don't you dare do that again!"
Gaia giggled. "Can't make any promises there." She joked, Jack rolled his eyes. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Tosh on his comm.
"Jack, its Owen I've traced his mobile. He's at some sort of club on the far side of the city. It's called `Combat`, you might want to check it out." Tosh said to Jack.
"Thanks Tosh will do!" Jack said. He then turned to face Gaia. "Up for it?" He asked.
Gaia smiled. "Always."