Tallia didn't know how long she sat there, on the floor, her head in her hands. This couldn't be possible. Where were they? The constant voices in her head, all the noise, all the life… was gone. She felt Kat beside her, felt her in her head. Felt the Doctor.
And then she heard the drums. The drums she had somehow inherited from her brother. The drums that had, when she was human, been somewhat muffled.
They weren't anymore.
DU DU DU DUM DU DU DU DUM DU DU DU DUM DU DU DU DUM
"Tallia! We have to find him! My brother! He'll know what happened. Tallia!"
"I'm coming," Tallia replied, slowly standing with a hand placed on her head. Oh, the drums.
"He was working at that school… there had to be a reason," Kat said, thinking quickly. "He wouldn't just be teaching the humans. We need to get to that school!"
"Kat-"
"Come on, Tallia! We have to-"
Tallia gave up, letting the other woman pull her out the door. DU DU DU DUM DU DU DU DUM
They ran to the school, Kat yelling excitedly in front of Tallia. And then they both froze. The students were all standing outside, and the school… the school had blown up. The students were cheering loudly, throwing papers up in the air and hugging each other tightly-
And that's when Tallia saw him. The Doctor.
She felt both of her hearts leap as she set eyes on the man. Kat screamed loudly, running toward the Doctor who was hugging a dark haired woman as a younger blonde stood by. Of course, Tallia always knew he took someone to travel with him.
She had never been invited.
The Doctor stepped away from the woman suddenly, then turned and broke into a huge smile as Kat threw herself into his arms. "You! You! Why didn't you say?"
"You had to open the watch!" The Doctor said back, laughing happily as he lifted her off the ground and swung her around.
Tallia made her way over, standing slightly behind the other two woman – who both wore looks of distaste on their faces. Great.
"Sarah Jane! Rose! Micky! This – this is Kat!" The Doctor said happily, spinning Kat around to look at the two woman. A guy, Tallia assumed this was Micky, had also moved forward and was watching Kat.
"Kat?" The older woman asked, frowning.
"Oh, right!" The Doctor said brightly, a huge smile on his face! "My sister!"
There was a gasp from one of the women as the Doctor once again pulled Kat into a hug. "Your sister? I thought you were the only one-"
The Doctor cut the woman off, babbling loudly, "Haven't seen her in a long time! Had no idea where she was… how did you get here, by the way? And where – wait, where is Tallia?" He said suddenly, letting Kat go and spinning around.
"Here," Tallia said warily, not sure of what her welcome would be. She hadn't seen the man since he left Gallifrey all those years ago… and everyone knew about the relationship he had ended up having with her brother. Who knew what would happen?
But he just laughed loudly, jogging forward and pulling her into a tight hug. "Both of you! I can't believe it! How? I hadn't heard that you two had-"
He broke off, dropping his arms from around Tallia and clearing his throat awkwardly. "Where are they, Doctor?" Kat whispered, seeing the look on his face.
Tallia noticed the humans all exchange a look. "Doctor?" Tallia asked.
The Doctor was frowning, but he looked up with a bright smile on his face when she spoke. "Never heard you call me that before! It's different!"
"Wait," The blonde human said, a frown crossing her face. "Why wouldn't she call you Doctor? That's your name, isn't it?"
"We choose our own names," Kat explained quickly, "he had another name he went by in school. But our true names are a secret only given out to one other person."
"True name?"
"Well, its-"
"Kat! Not the time," Tallia said, cutting her off quickly and turning back to the Doctor. "Where are they?"
The Doctor sighed, once again looking sad. "Gone."
Tallia stared at him, waiting for more. "What do you mean, gone? How are they gone?"
The Doctor looked around, wincing as he saw the gazes fixated on him, "Tal, can we get back to the Tardis? Then I'll explain, I promise."
Tallia's eyes narrowed. "Doctor-"
"Sorry," The blonde girl said, moving in front of the Doctor protectively with a glare on her face. Tallia rose an eyebrow. "Who are you exactly? Another sister?"
Kat laughed loudly, but Tallia could see she was also sizing up the human, "Hardly. Tallia has been my best friend since we were little. The Doctor has known her since before we went to the academy."
"He was friends with my brother, at one point anyway," Tallia snapped, almost enjoying he flinch that earned from the Timelord.
"So the two of you are?" Rose asked, obviously looking for some information.
Tallia felt her eyes narrow even more, and suddenly, she knew why her brother had disliked humans so much. "Acquaintances."
"Oi!" The Doctor said loudly, a hurt look flashing over his face, "I'd like to think we were a little more than that!"
"Doctor, I'm not sure how old you are by now, but in my timeline, we haven't seen each other in over two hundred years."
Kat saw the flinch on her brothers face and moved forward quickly. Out of everyone, she knew exactly why Tallia was a little hurt by this fact. "Okay, enough. Let's get back to the Tardis."
The Doctor flashed her a bright smile, though it dimmed slightly when he looked toward the girl standing beside her. "Alonsy!"