Warning: Sexual Content!
Chapter 28
Getting Back/Smith and Jones
By: Izzy
Lady woke up before the Doctor, she smiled at him and moved a strand of his curly hair from his face. He was truly a wonderful person, no matter what regeneration he was in. She got out of the bed and removed her underwear and bra, so she could slip into the shower. She showered and relaxed against the warm water. She felt the twins move around and kick her hard. "I know you're hungry little ones," she said softly. "Calm down so mommy can finish her shower." They didn't calm down. So she decided to sing. She sang Bound to you by Christina Aguilera. It was the only song she could think of. Though when she really thought about it, the song fit the Doctor and her.
Sweet love, sweet love
Trapped in your love
I've opened up, unsure I can trust
My heart and I were buried in dust
Free me, free us
You're all I need when I'm holding you tight
If you walk away I will suffer tonight
I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can you see that I'm bound in chains?
I've finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am bound to you
So much, so young, I've faced on my own
Walls I built up became my home
I'm strong and I'm sure there's a fire in us
Sweet love, so pure
I catch my breath with just one beating heart
And I embrace myself, please don't tear this apart
I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can't you see that I'm bound in chains?
I've finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am bound to
Suddenly the moment's here
I embrace my fears
All that I have been carrying all these years
Do I risk it all? Come this far just to fall?
Fall
I can trust and boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can you see that I'm bound in chains?
And finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am, ooh I am
I'm bound to you
"Your voice is as beautiful as your mind," he said as he entered the bathroom. The twins calmed down. She finished her shower and stepped out to see him standing in the doorway, in just his shirt and pants. She smiled at him.
"Thanks," she said. She grabbed the towel she sat out for herself. She wrapped it around her. She moved to exit the room but he seemed to have no intention on moving out of her way. "Is there something you need from me?" His answer was only him getting closer to her, then he leaned down and captured her lip with his own. She moaned into his lips. He slipped his tongue in as her lips parted because she moaned. He tasted different than either of the Doctors she had kissed before. His ninth regeneration tasted like cinnamon and time, his tenth regeneration tasted like her banana pancakes she cooked him with a hit of cinnamon. But his fourth regeneration tasted amazing, he tasted like chocolate and time.
"You taste amazing," he said as they broke the kiss to breath.
"You do too as always," she said with a smug smile. She felt heat rise in her again. She knew this feeling, and what would happen if she stood there much longer. "Excuse me." She tried again to move pass him without hitting her stomach on the door frame, but he stopped her by wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close.
"You're not getting away that easily," he purred in her ear. He kissed her neck with feather light kisses that made her whole body shiver. He scoped her up into his arms and as he did her towel fell to the floor. He moved to the bed and laid her down on it. He removed his shirt and pants, then crawled on top of her kissing every inch of her he could. Kissing some spots more than once if he got a reaction from her. He finally got to her breasts and he took one of her nipples into his mouth, she moaned loudly. He twirled his tongue around her nipple, nipped and sucked. She moaned louder and louder as he continued.
She was surprised that this regeneration was so eager to have her. He rubbed his hard member against her inter thigh, making her moan louder than before. She reached up and put her hand in his hair. She raked her nails across his scalp. Suddenly he pulled away from her she whimpered at the lose of him but she understood. Or so she thought. She sat up and went to get off the bed, only to be pushed back down. "Where do you think you're going?" he asked his voice heavy with the weight of what he had started.
"I thought-" she said.
"Shush," he said as he put his finger on his own mouth. "No thinking, this is about you." He pulled her hands up to the headboard, and used his giant scarf, that she didn't even see him grab, to tie her hands to the bed. She let him do it because she trusted him. "I don't want you trying to please me."
"OK," she said sheepishly. He continued were he had left off sucking and nipping her breasts. She moaned and bucked her hips a bit. She felt him smile against her breast. He moved down slowly kissing, sucking, and nipping her skin. He took great care of her pregnant stomach, he didn't bump it or hurt her in anyway. He was finally down where she really wanted attention. Her core. But he didn't touch her there instead he kissed and nipped her inter thigh. She moaned and whimpered as he continued to tease her. She was going mad with the amount of pleasure she was feeling. "Please." She moaned softly.
"Please what?" he teased.
"Please," she begged. "Lick, suck my pussy."
"Such dirty words from such a pretty woman," he said with a smug grin. He did as was asked of him, he slid up to her core and dipped his tongue into it. She gasped at the sure pleasure that he caused. He was good at that in both regenerations. She moaned so loudly she feared that Romana might come in to see what they were doing, but it never happened so Lady continued to moan loudly. He twisted his tongue inside her which caused her to buck her hips toward him. She could feel him smile that smug smile she loved. She withed beneath him as he slid two fingers into her, while he continued to lick and suck on her clit. He was driving her even more mad, she was about to come undone for him. He twisted his fingers as he pulled them in and back out. That did it she came undone. He pulled his fingers from her and sat back up right with that smug smile still plastered on his face. She panted and gasped for air. He licked all her juices from his fingers, and for some reason she found it very sexy.
He got off the bed for a moment while she caught her breath. She watched him remove his boxers, and get back onto the bed. He give her core on more good lick, which made her shiver. He moved so he was positioned between her legs and lined up with her core. He slid in and she was in heaven. He felt wonderful and right. Like he always did. He started at a slow pace, but that was too slow and soft for her. "Faster! Harder, please." she begged him. He complied and as he went faster and a bit harder, he moaned just as loudly as she was. She could tell he was letting all restraint that he one had go. He was slamming into her hard and so fast that she could barely keep up with his thrusts. He lifted one of her legs and laid it on his shoulder so he could go deeper inside her. Her head pressed harder into the pillow as he moved his hips slightly and he hit her sweet spot. She was ready to come undone again already, and she could feel through their bond that he was almost there too. He moved his hips again a little, causing him to hit her sweet spot harder. She writhed in pleasure. She felt him come inside her, that was enough to send her over the edge herself. He pulled out and collapsed beside her, panting.
"I love you," she said. "I always will." She curled into his side the best she could still being tied up. He must have noticed her difficulty because she felt the scarf being removed. With her arms now free she curled up to him properly. He wrapped one arm around her.
"I love you too," he said. Her head shot up and looked him in the eyes to see if it was said in jest. She was shocked there was not sign of him joking or lying. She would agree that the Ninth Doctor had fallen rather quickly but she didn't think that she made that big of an impact on this Doctor, in fact if anything was more true she had been trying to avoid him. "You look surprised. Do I not tell you that in the future?"
"No," she said softly. "You do. It's just I never thought I would hear this you say that." He laughed.
"Why's that?" he asked.
"Well, I know this you is still heavily infused by the Time Lords." she said. "And I also know that they frown on physical and emotional interactions like this."
"They do," he said. "But I can feel your love for me, and it touched me." He brushed a lock of her hair out of her face. "But I had already liked you. I liked you the moment I saw you. Trying not to watch me. You are terrible at hiding." They both laughed.
"Yes I am," she said. "But I was so torn between spending time with you and persevering the time lines, I kinda botched that up."
"That you did," he said as he turned over and pulled her into another heated kiss. They broke the kiss and she smiled at him. He smiled back. Her stomach growled and the twins kicked the Doctor in his side. "Sounds like you and the twins are hungry."
"Very much so," she said as she sat up and moved to get off the bed.
"You stay," he said as he got out of the bed a lot faster than she could. "I'll bring you something."
"Afraid I'll disappear on you?" she teased.
"Stranger things have happened," he replied sounding very serious. He moved to her side of the bed and kissed her lightly on the top of her head. He got dressed then left the room to leave her with her thoughts. Oh, how this whole thing kept surprising her. First she ran into the Fourth Doctor then she had sex with said Doctor. She was feeling a bit overwhelmed. She moved the pillows so she could comfortably sit up on the bed. She moved back to the pillows and leaned back on them. She worried about her Doctor, the Tenth. But with Ianto with her Doctor, he was safe. She hoped that he wasn't searching all of 1979 Paris for her. But leaving this Doctor was going to be hard too. He was so nice and had a similar sense of humor as she did. She figured that she would enjoy the company of any of the Doctors.
The Doctor reentered the room with a food tray and swiftly walked over to her. "This was all I had," he said. "For some reason." On the tray was a plate with two eggs, three pieces of bacon, two English Muffins, a small tub of cream cheese, a banana, and a glass of milk.
"That's 'cause the TARDIS loves me," she said smugly as she picked up a knife and spread the cream cheese on her muffins. "This is my favorite breakfast."
"Your favorite?" he asked. She nodded. "Well, myself I perfer-"
"Banana pancakes with banana syrup from Calph-7," she said with a smile as she continued her prep of her muffins. "In the future I fix them for you all the time."
"You do?" he asked.
"Yup," she said proudly. "You told me that my pancakes are the best." She giggled a little as she finished assembling the cream cheesed muffins into sandwiches. "Most of the time you don't have the syrup with mine." Her giggle turned into a full laugh. "You keep begging me for the recipe. Because you said that you wanted to be able to make them for yourself. I, of course, told you no." He laughed with her.
"Mind if I try your sandwich?" he asked. She shook her head and offered him a bite. He bit into the sandwich. His face lit up as he chewed.
"I'm guessing you like it," she said with a large smile. He nodded. She took a bit for herself and chewed it up then shallowed. "Future you didn't like it."
"Taste bubs change with each regeneration," he said as he shallowed his own bite. "I'm just glad to hear that I still like banana pancakes." She giggled at him.
After she was done eating he took her plate to the kitchen, while he was in the kitchen she took it upon herself to get dressed. She couldn't find any clean Celtic dresses but she did find a pregnancy dress it was a red strapless dress with gold trim. High Gallifreian colors. She smiled. She found a pair of Converse. She also slipped the leather jacket back on before slipping out of the room and down the hall to the library. She had been coming to the library a lot more since she became pregnant. She did as she always did when she first entered the library, that was run her fingers across the old books on the first two book stands. Which were all the Gallifreian books he had, but as she passed the stands she had always passed she found a third stand with Gallifreian books on it. She was shocked. Her Doctor didn't have these.
That is because my thief threw them out after the war, she heard Jess say.
Ah, Lady said. So did it out of pain. I understand. I would have thrown a lot away when my family died, that is if it hadn't have burned up the the fire. She heard an hum of agreement but it had a sad under tone. Don't worry 'bout me ol' girl I'll be fine.
I know, Jess said sadly.
"Why so sad?" the Doctor asked as she turned around to see he entered with two cups of hot coffee in his hands.
"Remembering things," Lady said.
"What could be so sad?" he asked.
"I lost my family," she said softly. "I remember them from time to time, but even though I have mostly put it behind me-" She cut herself off with a heavy sigh.
"I'm sorry," he said as he sat the cups down on a nearby end table. She turned back to the books she was looking at.
"It's been awhile," she said. Which wasn't a lie it had been about eight years for her. Six of those years she had spent with the Doctor, more or less.
"Time doesn't heal all wounds," he said as he wrapped his arms around her and held her. "I know that all to well." They stood with him holding her for a long time.
"I'm sorry I didn't know," Romana said. He let Lady go and they both turned to see Romana turning to leave.
"Wait Romana," Lady said which stopped Romana. "I was just remembering some pain and the Doctor was comforting me."
"Pain?" Romana asked.
"Yeah," Lady whispered. "Both of you come here." She moved to the sofas, they both followed her as she had requested. "I'll tell you about it."
"You don't have to," he said.
"But I feel I do," she said. "I wasn't born a Time Lady."
"What?" he asked.
"Yes," she said. Romana sat in silence since she already knew this part. "I was born human, on Earth. Not this Earth though." His eyes widened in surprise but he didn't say anything. "I was born in another universe. I came to this universe by mistake. One of the best mistakes of my life." Lady smiled at him. "But two years before I came to this universe, I lost my world."
"The Earth?" Romana asked.
"No," Lady said. "My daughter." Romana gasped and the Doctor was taken back. He knew what it was like to lose children. "And my second husband. I was married twice before you Doctor. Sorry. It took me a while to accept your advises because I was still broken."
"I pursued our relationship?" he asked.
"Yes," Lady said. "You weren't pushy but I, my only be a child by Time Lord standards. I wasn't born yesterday."
"Wait," Romana said. "A child by Time Lord standards?"
"Yes," Lady said. "I'm only 36." Both older Time Lords were surprised. "I was raised human. And I have been through more than most 36 year-olds, seen more. Not just with you but on my own." Her eyes flashed with memories of the pain she had gone though in her life. The Doctor saw it all through their bond. He gave her a sad look. "Sorry I didn't mean to-"
"No," he said. "It's fine. It's better that I know."
"Know what?" Romana asked.
"My pain," Lady said. "But I'm fine. Ever so often it hits me but I'm fine over all."
Several hours later, Lady found herself, alone, poring over all the books that her Doctor had thrown out. She would have to thank her Doctor for teaching her how to read and speak Gallifreian. Because the TARDIS doesn't often translate Gallifreian writing. Most of the books were on legends and folk tales but she loved them. Some tales were similar to Earth folk tales but most were different entirely.
One of her favorites was about massive creatures that drank the blood of the living. It reminded her of all the Vampire lore from her original universe. She had always loved the idea of Vampires. Not the Twilight kind of Vampires. Though honestly she didn't like Twilight as a Vampire story, but she did like it as a love story. She was a traditional Vampire lover, the Vampires that were undead, tricky, sexy, and feeding off the blood of the living. Although if she was honest with herself if ever met a real Vampire she would be very afraid but excited at the same time.
"Lady?" the Doctor asked.
"Yes, Love?" she responded not looking up from the book she had her nose in.
"Wow," he said. "I love to read but I don't read this much."
"Well," she started. "I love to learn." She didn't see it but she knew that he always loved that about her. "Plus I just recently learned how to read and speak Gallifreian."
"What are you reading?" he asked as he sat beside her. "Ah, 'Gallifreian Folklore and Legends' interesting choice."
"Well I like culture and learning 'bout your culture, well it thrills me," she said as she looked at him with a soft smile.
"Learning your new heritage then?" he asked.
"No," she said. "I would want to know even if I wasn't a Time Lady or pregnant with your children." She couldn't quite describe the look in his eyes. If she tried it looked like a mix of surprise, love, pride, and something else.
"I want to show you something," he said as he took the book from her and set it down on the table closest to them. He took her hand and gently guided her to her feet. He led her to the console room and only let go of her long enough to set coordinates. Once the coordinates were set and they had landed he took her hand again and led her out. Once outside her jaw dropped and tears filled her eyes. She was on Gallifrey. It was Gallifrey. She started to cry.
"I never thought I would see it," she said as the tears rolled down her face.
"I did something to be banished again," he said.
"Something like that," she mumbled. She stared at the fields of red grass and the forest with silver leaves. In the distance she saw the mountains and the Citadel nestled between them. She gave a teary smile to the landscape. "Thank you, thank you so much. You have no idea what these means to me." He squeezed her hand lightly. The suns rose as they stood there and she watched as the leaves caught the sunlight making the forest look like it's on fire. Just as he said. It was so beautiful. The twins gave her a mental nudge. "The twins!"
"What?" he asked sounding concerned.
"I feel them," she said as she started to cry a bit harder. "I feel them in my mind. They have their psychic power."
"Really?" he asked. "They do!" He smiled as she placed a hand on her stomach.
"I think they wanted to share my happiness," she said. She did just that she shared with the twins how happy she was in that moment. This was a moment she would never forget. She stood there with him, one of his hands on her stomach the other griping her hand as she stared at the beautiful planet that she had always wanted to see and now she was. This was among the happiest moments of her life. She felt the Doctor and the twins nudging her mind, so she shared her happiness with him too. She opened her mind to them. The Doctor's eyes looked surprised as she smiled at him.
"You," he said.
"You didn't expect me to be this powerful?" she asked with a smug smile. "I've had psychic power even as a human. Of course I was only a strong empath then."
"You mind is so beautiful," he whispered. She knew he had meant to say it aloud but he had. She smiled at him, because she knew that to a Time Lord, the mind was the most important part of them. Where human value the heart and soul.
"And your soul is beautiful," she said softly. He looked at her with his eyes full of love. He remove the hand from her stomach and used it to cup the side of her face. She leaned into his touch, he pressed his lips to hers lightly at first but then he pressed harder as she kissed him back. They broke the kiss.
"Stay with me," he almost begged. "I don't want to forget you."
"I'm sorry, so very sorry," she whispered, not having the courage to speak any louder. "I can't. you have to meet me." He frowned. "You know I'm right. You have to meet me, it was a fluke accident that I met you. This you."
"I know," he whispered sadly. "I'll take you back to the future me." They walked back into the TARDIS but not before she took one last look at the old beautiful planet that the man she loved called home.
"I can stay a bit longer if you'd like," she said with a bright smile as he sent the TARDIS back into the Vortex.
"We can't," he sighed. "The longer you stay here,"
"Ah," she said in understanding. He meant the longer she stayed the harder it would be for him to let her go. "Carney Wharf, Torchwood Tower. Year 2007." He nodded and set the coordinates. He flipped the switch and they arrived shortly there after. They exited the TARDIS hand in hand.
"Here?" he asked. "I don't see-" He was interrupted by the sound of a landing TARDIS. The Tenth Doctor ran out of his TARDIS once it had fully materialized, she let go of the Fourth Doctor. The Tenth Doctor ran at her and she at him, he slowed as they came close to each other. She hugged him with all the strength she had in her thin frame. He was a bit more gentle with his hug.
"Are you alright?" he asked as she pulled her away. He looked her over.
"I'm fine," she giggled. "You took good care of me." She motioned to the Fourth Doctor. The Tenth Doctor finally truly saw the person she had arrived with. He was shocked to see his younger self.
"So you must be him," the Fourth Doctor said.
"Yes," the Tenth Doctor said. "Thank you for taking care of her and our children in my absences."
"My pleasure," the Fourth Doctor responded. Then pulled a book out of his coat and threw it at the Tenth. "That should help."
"What's this?" he asked as he caught the book and look at it. The book was leather bound and very old.
"It's mum's diary," the Fourth Doctor said. "It should help with the pregnancy." She smiled at him and he returned the smile but his was sad. "Pick."
"JJH 07042012," she said. "Only I know the meaning." The Tenth Doctor gasped and looked at her with tears in his eyes. He picked her up and kissed her passionately. She broke the kiss because she knew that the Fourth Doctor was leaving. "Wait!" The Tenth Doctor gently sat her down. She dug into the pocket of her leather jacket and pulled out a small locket. She handed this locket to the Fourth Doctor. "I know you won't be able to remember me or why you have this but I at least hope that it will help you through your journeys." He took the locket and opened it. It was a picture of her and the Ninth Doctor, but what was most important to both of them was the song that played. Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac.
"But that's-" the Tenth Doctor said as he pulled out the same locket just older out of his own coat pocket.
"I will," the Fourth said as he pulled her close for one last kiss. She kissed him back. He pulled away and back to the TARDIS. The TARDIS left shortly there after.
"Goodbye," she whispered. She turned back to the Tenth Doctor. She smiled. "Hello, again." He hugged her again and breathed in her scent.
"I've missed you," he said.
"I love you," she said.
"I love you," he said. "I guess I have for a long time." He smiled as they moved so they could renter the their TARDIS. Once in the TARDIS Ianto ran straight at her and hugged her.
"Never do that again!" he said firmly with tears in his eyes. The Doctor slipped around them after closing the doors. He put them back into the Vortex.
"When did you become so sappy?" she teased. Ianto let go of her and straighten himself.
"He was worried about you," he defended. "And a unhappy Time Lord is not the best of traveling companions."
"No they're not," she laughed at the blush that speed across his face as he tried to cover his out burst.
They spent the next four months in the Vortex, the Doctor said it was so he could study his mother's diary. But Lady new the real reason. He was scared, so scared. He thought he had lost her and their unborn children. Even though she ended up with a younger version of himself, the fear was still there. She felt bad for him. He had almost lost everything he loved all over again. The twins nudged her mind more often. They loved to be in her mind but she didn't want them in her mind too much. She knew they were just trying to learn from her. The Doctor spent a lot more time talking to them. He would tell them of his adventures when he was younger and other light hearted stories. He had taken to reading to them every night, since she was sleeping more often.
They continued the check-ups, everything was going as it should. They both were so happy. He had even cried when he heard the four strong heartbeats on the monitor. Though he'd never admit to it. She giggled when she told Ianto but the Doctor denied it. But Ianto wanted to leave now. He was ready to move on with his life. They took him back three days after the battle of Carney Wharf. Or at least that's what the Doctor said. "Got everything?" she asked with a smile.
"I think so," Ianto said.
"I'm gonna miss you," she said trying not to cry.
"Here," he said as he took her phone out of her jacket pocket and programed his number into her phone. "You can call me anytime."
"Thanks," she said. "For everything."
"It was my pleasure," he said as he hugged her goodbye. He turned to the Doctor and extended a hand to him. He shook it. "Thank you, Doctor."
"No," he said. "I think it's I who should be thanking you." Ianto nodded and left. The Doctor smiled at her. "Come on, Allons-y!" She giggled at him but saw in the distance the plasma coils.
"Actually, Love," she said pointing to the plasma coils. "I think we need to go to the hospital." He groaned. "And Love, you were wrong 'bout the time." He gave her a strange look. "Three months not three days. It's March not January."
"Let me guess this is part of your show," he said, pointing to the plasma coils.
"A fun part," she said as she bounced back into the TARDIS. He followed her laughing at her antics. He had liked it when she didn't know what was coming because he could wow her, but this was unavoidable. She already had the coordinates in and the lever flipped by the time he got to the console. He shook his head at her. She was excited about this. What was so exciting about plasma coils?
"So which one of us is going to play the patient?" he asked, then added. "You would be the obvious one."
"Oh, yes," she said. "And what am I going to tell them?" She gave him a pointed look. "That I'm a 36 year old woman that used to be human but now I'm a Time Lady. That happens to be eight pregnant with Time Lord twins. But I only look six months pregnant because Time Ladies have a gestational period of a year."
"Ah yeah," he said. "I'm the patient then." They arrived at the hospital. She smiled at him.
"Now remember to make yourself seem as hurt as possible," she said. "Holding your stomach would be a good start." He gave her a weird look. "I used to be human and I have been in and out of hospitals a lot. I know what they look for." He nodded as if he forgot. "Now, hunch over a bit." He leaned down a little but not convincing enough. "No, no, no, like this." She pushed on his back making him lean over farther but not fully bent over. "Now hold your stomach." He put his hand on the bottom of his rib cage. She sighed heavily, she couldn't tell if he was doing this on purpose to annoy her or if he really didn't know how to fake being sick. She moved his hand a bit lower. "There, now give me your best groan." He groaned in annoyance. "OK, if you don't start taking this more serious, I'm going to put you in that hospital bed!" He flinched.
"I was just having a bit of fun," he said.
"And I'm pregnant," she said sharply. "Remember it's bad to piss me off!" He flinched again and did a proper painful groan. "That's better." She held his the other hand that wasn't on his stomach and put on her best worried wife look, which wasn't hard. She walked him into the hospital with him groaning at every step. She sat him down in a waiting room chair, which he hunched over and groaned some more. Once he was seated she walked straight up to the desk. "Ma'am!"
"Yes?" the nurse working the front desk asked.
"It's my husband he's terribly sick, I need for him to be seen," Lady pleaded. The Doctor was listening to every word and was surprised at how convincing her plea sounded.
"What's wrong with him ma'am?" the nurse asked.
"He said that his stomach is killing him and he hasn't been able to keep down anything all day!" Lady exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," the nurse said. "Please fill this out." She handed Lady a form to fill out. She looked at the form knowing it was for medical history and ID. She sighed as sat down beside the Doctor. She filled out everything giving him a believable human medical history, a few broken bones, some colds, but no serious injuries or hospitalizations. Allergies she made sure to put aspirin and anesthetic. She used his cover name of Doctor John Smith, and she used the name of Jane Smith for herself.
"Jane Smith?" he whispered. "I really like your real name."
"I like my real name too, but I also know there are races out there that can use my name against me or you, so I'm leaving it behind," she whispered. He nodded then started to groan and moan again. She put that he was 35 years old and worked as a independent researcher. She got up and turned in the form with the psychic paper.
"Thank you," the nurse said. "We will have a bed ready for him shortly."
"Thank you ma'am," Lady said with a small nod of her head. She walked back to the Doctor. "They said a bed will be ready-" She was cut off as a man shouted:
"John Smith!" She looked over to see a man in a nurses uniform holding the forms she had to fill out. She helped the Doctor up and guided him to the man that had called the Doctor. "So how far along are you?"
"Six months," she said with a warm smile.
"Congratulations," the man said as led them down to a bed and helped the Doctor onto the bed.
"Thank you, sir," she said as he closed the curtain to let the Doctor change.
"35?" he asked.
"What?" she asked.
"You put that I'm 35!" he said.
"Yeah, so?" she said.
"So?" he asked. "I'm older than you."
"I know that!" she said. "But I couldn't put 903 could I?"
"No, but you could have made me the age of the actor that played me," he said.
"I did," she said. "He was 35 when he recorded this part of the show."
"Oh," he said.
"Yeah," she said. "So button it, and get dressed." She threw the hospital gown at his head. He swiftly changed into the gown and laid down in the bed. "Sadly I'm hungry. I'm gonna go and get me something too eat from the shop down the street."
"Be careful," he said with pleading eyes.
"I'll be fine," she said. "I'm just popping down to the shop then I'll be back in no time." She got up and pulled the curtain back so he could see everyone moving about the room. She turned back and pointed at him. "And that was a figure of speech don't get mad if it takes me an hour. I don't move as fast as I used to and we're five floors up. Even with the elevator it's gonna take me at least three minutes to get down to the first floor."
"I would never dream of it," he said as he started his moaning again. She shook her head at him, then turned back to leave. She got to the first floor and smiled at the empty waiting room. Definitely not BMH. She walked down to the shop and bought herself some food. She ate it at the shop, because she didn't want them to think she was feeding the Doctor her food. But like she'd do that while she's pregnant. Though as she knew first hand, humans are a gullible species.
"Excuse me miss," a suave yet familiar voice said. She turned to look at the face of the voice and was shocked to see the Eighth Doctor. She cursed in her head. "Do I know you from somewhere?" He waited for her response but she just stared at him. "Do you mind if I sit?" She nodded then quickly shook her head.
"I, I don't mind," she stammered. She never got to see much of this Doctor on the show. Just the Seventh regenerating into the Eighth and his adventure there after. Then his regeneration into the War Doctor. If she had to use one word to describe this Doctor, it would be debonair. He looked like he just stepped out of one of those Romance novels her sister read.
"Thank you," he said as he took the empty seat in front of her. "Judging by the look on your face, you know me."
"Yes," she said.
"I'm sorry but I do not remember your name," he said. She swallowed hard. She couldn't tell him it would mess up the time lines. She could already feel them straining.
"Jane Smith," she said. "And I'm sorry Doctor but my husband is in the hospital. So I have to go." She stood up quickly as tried to leave, but he grabbed her hand. She didn't pull away, how could she? He was still the Doctor.
"Jane Smith," he repeated. "It doesn't match someone as lovely as you." Oh, she forgot how much of a sweet talker this Doctor was. "May I have your real name?"
"Sorry but no," she said. "I've left my real name behind, long ago." That wasn't a lie. She left her true name behind the moment she had entered this universe. Because legally in her universe she still had Matt's last name.
"At least tell me this," he said. "Will I see you again?" She turned to him and she saw it in his eyes, the love for her. It was there even with the memories of her locked away he still loved her. Now she knew why the Ninth Doctor had been so eager to be with her. He had always loved her. Every regeneration had loved her. That made her wonder if she met an earlier regeneration than the Fourth.
"You will," she said. "It may take some time, but you will. Just try and keep positive." She gave him a bright smile. He stood up still holding her hand.
"I'm glad," he said as he drifted closer and kissed her deeply. She wasn't surprised that he kissed her. This Doctor was a kisser. He kissed his first companion, when he remembered who he was so it wasn't surprising that he would kiss Lady. He broke the kiss.
"See ya," she said as she slid her hand out of his. She left the shop and walked back to the hospital. She went back to the fifth floor, to the bed the Tenth Doctor was in. She got back to find him passed out in the bed. She smiled at him and brushed some stray hairs out of his face. She slept more than him so it was unusual for her to see him asleep. But she knew he had been working to hard in trying to make sure everything is ready for the twins that he probably hadn't slept in a long time. She nudged his mind lightly with hers through their bond, not enough to wake him but enough to let him know she's there. He seemed to relax more. She smiled at his sleeping form.
She sat in the chair beside him and looked through the pockets of the leather jacket. She found all the things she had come to expect, her phone her Sonic and the Psychic paper she had retrieved from the nurse as she came back up from eating, but she also found something she didn't know she even had. A 2DS. She couldn't believe it, and it had one of her favorite games in it. Fire Emblem: Awakening. She squeaked a little in excitement. She wasn't going to be bored. For some reason it wouldn't turned on and she pouted a bit. Then she remembered she had a Sonic, she could use it to charge the battery or fix it whichever the case maybe. She used the Sonic to scan the problem first, which was a dead battery then she charged it using the Sonic. She sat there and played the game for three hours.
"What are you playing?" he asked scaring her so much she squeaked and jumped.
"Don't do that!" she exclaimed as she lightly hit him in his arm. "And to answer your question it's Fire Emblem: Awakening."
"Any good?" he asked.
"I like it," she said. "It's about a Kingdom that is just trying to keep the peace in the land and a Kingdom that is trying to destroy everyone that isn't with them."
"So the first Kingdom is like us?" he asked. She nodded. "And the second Kingdom is like the Daleks."
"Well I would compare the second Kingdom more to the Cyberman," she said. "Trying to upgrade the universe. But anyway you play as the heir to the first Kingdom and his strategist, who has amnesia."
"What kind of game is it?" he asked.
"A tactical role-playing game," she said. "You move the army about and try your best not to get anyone killed. I'm fairly good at it." She handed him the 2DS so he could see the battles.
"So you move the people in the game around like a chess game," he said.
"That's not a bad comparisons," she said.
"Did I ever tell you that Time Lords invented chess?" he asked.
"No," she said. "But I knew that." She smiled at him as he started to play the game she was once playing. "Hey now! I want to do it on my own." She tried to get the game back from him but his long arms stopped her. "Hey!" She slipped a little and nearly fell but he caught her but dropped the game. "Thanks." He helped her stand back up right. She looked down at where her 2DS had fallen and saw that it was in pieces. "But you broke my game."
"I'll fix it when we get back home," he said.
"But what will I do for entertainment now?" she whined. He smiled at her.
"Well we could talk," he said.
"OK, what do ya wanna talk about?" she asked.
"Anything," he said. She thought for a minute and remembered what happened while she was getting food.
"Well I saw another version of you," she said.
"Oh?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah," she said. "Your Eighth regeneration, I do believe."
"No wonder I can't remember," he said. She gave him a weird look. "I had memory issues in my Eighth regeneration."
"I remember that but I thought it stopped when the Master opened the Eye of Harmony," she said.
"Well, that's when I remembered who I was but I had a lot of memory issues after that," he said.
"Ah," she said.
"So what happens next?" he asked.
"I can't tell you," she said. "You know that."
"Not even a hint?" he asked.
"Nope," she said. "Sorry, but on this adventure I can't even give you a hint without letting the cat out of the bag so to speak."
"What if I guess?" he asked. "Would you tell me?"
"If you guess I might tell you," she said.
"Cyberman?" he asked. She shook her head. "A psychopathic human?"
"Do you really think I would be this excited if it was a boring human?" she asked bitterly.
"Judging by the look, no," he said. "Slitheen?" She shook her head. "Sycorax?" She shook her head. "Weevil?"
"You'll never guess," she said simply. He took that as a challenge, so he racked his brain for what they could possibly be facing in a hospital. And that she would be excited about.
"Is it a race related to the Time Lords in some way?" he asked.
"Nope," she said. And she was not making this easy for him. "Or at least I don't think so." She looked deep in thought for a minute. "There was some speculation that they are descendants of the Great Vampire race that the Time Lords all but annihilated long ago."
"I think you gave me a hint without meaning to," he said with great amusement. "So related to the Great Vampires." He thought for a minute. "Which means they live on blood." He heard her curse in Gallifreian under her breath. He smiled that she was using his language more often. "It could be a Haemovore or maybe a Plasmavore."
"Well you have it down to two options," she said with a smug smile. "And I'll give you one more hint. There will be two alien species here. Other than us."
"That does help a bit," he said with a bright smile.
"I just can't hand you the answers," she said. "You have to figure it our on your own."
"I know," he said. She yawned. "You should go back to the TARDIS and get some sleep."
"OK," she said. "But don't do anything without me."
"I promise on the TARDIS I won't," he said.
"I'll be back at seven in the morning," she said as she walked away and back down to the TARDIS. She went straight to bed. "Wake me at six thirty please." She fell asleep quickly.
Wake up, Lady! Was shouted in her mind. She jumped and fell out of the bed onto a dozen pillows, that cushioned her fall.
"I hate it when you wake me like that!" she exclaimed.
You wanted up at six thirty, Jess said.
"But there are better ways to wake me up," Lady said as she pulled herself up from the pillows in the floor. She got dressed in her usual green Celtic dress, flats, and leather jacket. She exited the TARDIS too see Martha walking down the street. Lady smiled as she saw the Doctor and another verison of her wearing a red dress walk up to Martha. He took off his tie.
"You got your ranch all over my tie!" he exclaimed as he shook the offended item in front of the other Lady's face.
"Well you shouldn't have had your tie so close to my food," she said.
"That is no kind of excuse!" he exclaimed.
"Quit your bitching, you have hundreds of ties," she said. Martha gave them a weird look as they passed by. Lady just smiled at their antics. She walked back into the hospital with Martha right behind her. A leather-clad man ran into both of them.
"Oi! Watch, it mate." Martha shouted at the leather-clad man.
"Hey, pregnant lady walking here!" Lady shouted at the same time. The leather-clad man turned around. Her eyes shot open as she realized that it was one of the Slabs used by the Plasmavore. She walked back to the Fifth floor.
''Greetings, Love!" she said cheerfully as she moved behind the curtain.
"Love!" his face lit up like a Christmas tree as he greeted her.
"Have you been a good patient?" she teased.
"Of course," he said.
"Didn't flirt with any hot nurses while I was sleeping did you?" she teased.
"I would never," he said sounding offended. "I only have eyes for you!"
"I was joking," she said. Suddenly the curtain was pulled back to reveal an old man, that she remembered was named Mr. Stoker, and half a dozen students. One of which was Martha. Lady smiled warmly at Martha.
"Now then, Mister Smith, a very good morning to you," Mr. Stoker said. "How are you today?"
"Oh, not so bad.," the Doctor said. "Still a bit, you know, blah." He stuck his tongue out illustrate his point.
"John Smith, admitted yesterday, by his wife, with severe abdominal pains," Mr. Stoker said as he nodded to Lady. "Jones, why don't you see what you can find? Amaze me." Martha approached the Doctor
"That wasn't very clever, running around outside, was it?" she said as she took out her stethoscope and got it ready to use on him.
"Sorry?" he asked.
"On Chancellor Street this morning?" she asked. "You came up to me and took your tie off. Then argued with your wife."
"Really?" he asked. "That doesn't sound like us. Why would we do that?"
"I don't know, you just did." she said.
"Not me," he said. "I was here, in bed. Ask the nurses."
"And I got into the hospital at the same time you did," Lady said.
"Well, that's weird, cause it looked like you." Martha said. "Have you got a brother? And you a sister?"
"No, not any more," he said. "Just me."
"And my sister looks nothing like me," Lady said.
"As time passes and I grow ever more infirm and weary, Miss Jones." Mr. Stroker said.
"Sorry," Martha said. "Right." She listened to the Doctor's heartbeat. As she listened to his heartbeats, her eyes widened. She moved her stethoscope from his left side to his right and her eyes shot up to look into his. He smiled and winked at her.
"I weep for future generations," Mr. Stroker said. "Are you having trouble locating the heart, Miss Jones?"
"Er, I don't know," Martha said as he stood up. "Stomach cramps?"
"That is a symptom, not a diagnosis," Mr. Stroker snidely corrects. "And you rather failed basic techniques by not consulting first with the patient's chart." He grabbed the chart and was shocked by it.
"That happened to me this morning," she said.
"I had the same thing on the door handle,"a male student said.
"And me, on the lift," a female student said.
"That's only to be expected," Mr. Stroker said. "There's a thunderstorm moving in and lightning is a form of static electricity, as was first proven by. Anyone?" He looked at each of his students.
"Benjamin Franklin," the Doctor and Lady said as the same time. They looked at each other and smiled.
"Correct." Mr. Stroker said looking rather impressed.
"My mate, Ben," the Doctor said. "That was a day and a half."
"You got rope burns off the kite," Lady said with a smile.
"And we got soaked," he finished.
"Quite," Mr. Stroker said.
"Then you got electrocuted," she laughed. "Ianto was freaking out!"
"Moving on," he said. "I think perhaps a visit from psychiatric. And next we have-" Martha smiled at the Time Lord couple and they smiled back.
"Not a proper visit to the hospital unless you harass the staff," Lady laughed.
"So want to take a look around?" he asked hopfully.
"You sound bored," she teased.
"I am," he said. "They made me stay in this bed all night!"
"Alright," she said.
"Allons-y!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of bed and threw the robe on over his hospital gown. He grabbed her hand and swiftly walked out of the ward. She giggled as they passed the lounge because she heard Martha talking to her crazy family.
"Yeah, but listen I'll tell you what we'll do," She said as she smiled at Lady. "We tell Dad and Annalise to get there early-" They got to a few rooms past the lounge, he saw a computer and started to us his Sonic on it.
"The sooner I find out who's behind this the sooner we can get back to the TARDIS," he said. She walked up to the window and watched the rain. She smiled as it started to go up.
"Doctor," she said.
"There must be some records of patients with unusual-" he continued his babble.
"Doctor!" she shouted at him without taking her eyes off the window.
"What?!" he exclaimed as he turned around to see what she was calling him for.
"The rain is going up," she said as he got closer to the window.
"H2O scoop," he said. "Come on!" He grabbed her hand again and pulled her back to the ward they were in. He closed the curtain around them. He started to change back into his suit.
"All right now, everyone back to bed, we've got an emergency but we'll sort it out," she heard Martha say from the other side of the curtain. "Don't worry." Everyone got a little quieter. "It's real. It's really real. Hold on."
"Don't! We'll lose all the air," this time it was the other female medical student that spoke.
"But they're not exactly air tight," Martha said. "If the air was going to get sucked out it would have happened straight away, but it didn't. So how come?" The Doctor's eyes lit up as she spoke.
"Very good point," he said as he drew the curtain back. "Brilliant, in fact. What was your name?"
"Martha," she said.
"Jones," Lady reminded him. Martha nodded.
"Well then, Martha Jones, the question is, how are we still breathing?" he said as he dashed to the window.
"We can't be," the other student cried.
"Obviously we are, so don't waste my time," he snapped at her. "Martha, what have we got?" He looked at Martha. "Is there a balcony on this floor, or a veranda, or-"
"By the patients' lounge, yeah." she said before he could finish his babble.
"Fancy going out?" he asked with a charming smile that Lady almost wanted to hit him for giving another woman but breathed herself through it. It wasn't worth upsetting the twins.
"Okay," Martha said.
"We might die," he said.
"We might not," Martha said.
"Good," he said. "Come on. Not her, she'd hold us up." He pointed to the other student, then ran out of the ward. Lady stood there for a bit to make sure he still wanted her to follow. He ran back in. "Lady?"
"Just making sure you still wanted me," she said. He walked up to her and hugged her tightly but still mindful of her stomach.
"Oh, you daft woman," he said affectionately. "I'll always wanted you." He gave her a smile so bright the stars should have been jealous. He grabbed her hand and gently pulled her to the doors leading to the balcony beside the patients' lounge, where Martha was waiting for them. He flashed her a small smile. "Allons-y!" He swung the doors open.
"We've got air," she said in amazement. "How does that work?"
"Just be glad it does," he said,
"I've got a party tonight," she said. "It's my brother's twenty first. My mother's going to be really, really-" She stopped talking and looked out at the Earth.
"You alright?" Lady asked as she put a hand on Martha's shoulder. She turned back to look at Lady and smiled softly.
"Yeah," Martha said.
"Sure?" he asked just as concerned.
"Yeah," she nodded. Lady removed her hand and both women looked out at the Earth.
"Want to go back in?" he asked.
"No way," Martha said. "I mean, we could die any minute, but all the same, it's beautiful."
"Do you think?" he asked as he rubbed his head.
"I know I do!" Lady exclaimed with a bright smile.
"How many people want to go to the moon?" Martha asked. "And here we are."
"Standing in the Earth-light," he said.
"What do you think happened?" she asked.
"What's your opinion?" Lady asked.
"Extraterrestrial," Martha said. "It's got to be." She looked at both of them. "I don't know, a few years ago that would have sounded mad, but these days?" She looked back to the Earth. "That spaceship flying into Big Ben, Christmas, those Cybermen things. I had a cousin. Adeola. She worked at Canary Wharf. She never came home."
"I'm sorry," Lady and the Doctor said.
"Yeah," Martha said.
"We were there, in the battle," he said.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save her," Lady said with tears in her eyes. They stood looking out at the Earth in silence.
"I promise you, Mister and Missus Smith, we will find a way out," Martha said. "If we can travel to the moon, then we can travel back. There's got to be a way."
"It's not Smith." he said as he looked around. "That's not our real name."
"Who are you, then?" she asked.
"I'm the Lady," Lady said with a smile.
"And I'm the Doctor," he said with a smile. He continued to look around.
"Me too, if I can pass my exams," Martha said. "What is it then, Doctor Smith and Lady Smith?"
"Just the Doctor," he said.
"And just Lady please," Lady said.
"How do you mean, just the Doctor?" Martha asked. "And Lady?"
"Just the Doctor," he said. "And she's just Lady."
"What, people call you the Doctor?" she asked. "And you Lady?"
"Yeah," he said as if she should know that.
"Yup," Lady said popping her 'p'.
"Well," Martha said. "I'm not. As far as I'm concerned, you've got to earn that title."
"Well you'd better get started," Lady said as she walked up to him and poked him in the ribs.
"Ow," he said. "Why'd you to that?"
"I didn't mean to hurt you," she said. She hugged him. He hugged her back then pulled away. He grabbed a rock.
"Let's have a look," he said. "There must be some sort of-" He threw the rock and it bounced off and invisible barrier.
"Forcefield," Lady and the Doctor said.
"Keeping the air in," he finished.
"But if that's like a bubble sealing us in," Martha said. "That means this is the only air we've got. What happens when it runs out?"
"How many people in this hospital?" he asked.
"I don't know, a thousand?" she guessed.
"One thousand people, suffocating," Lady said grimy.
"Why would anyone do that?" Martha asked.
"Head's up!" he exclaimed.
"You can ask 'em yourself,"Lady said. Large pillar shaped spaceships descended.
"Aliens," Martha said in amazement. "That's aliens. Real, proper aliens."
"Judoon," he said bitterly. "Come on." He led them downstairs to the second floor where the three of them hid behind a large plant, but where they could still see what was going on in the lobby of the hospital.
"Blos so folt do no cro blo cos so ro." the captain of the Judoon platoon said.
"Er, we are citizens of planet Earth," the male student from earlier said nervously. "We welcome you in peace." The captain pushed the man to the wall and recorded him talking. "Please don't hurt me. I was just trying to help. I'm sorry, don't hurt me. Please don't hurt me." The captain played the recording over.
"Language assimilated," he said. "Designation Earth English. You will be cataloged." He shined a light on the student's head. "Category human." The captain drew and 'X' in marker on the student's hand. "Catalog all suspects." The Judoon started to catalog everyone.
"Oh, look down there, you've got a little shop," the Doctor said happily as he pointed to the shop. "I like a little shop."
"What's with you and shops in hospitals?" Lady asked.
"Never mind that!" Martha said. "What are Judoon?"
"They're like police," he said. "Well, police for hire."
"More like interplanetary thugs," Lady said bitterly.
"And they brought us to the moon?" Martha asked.
"Neutral territory," Lady said. She waited for the Doctor to continue from there but he remained quiet. She figured that he was testing her knowledge so she smirked, she wouldn't disappoint. "According to galactic law, they've got no jurisdiction over the Earth, and so they isolated it. That storm? That an H2O scoop. They used it to bring us here."
"What are you on about, galactic law?" Martha asked. "Where'd you get that from? If they're police, are we under arrest? Are we trespassing on the moon or something?:
"No, but I like that." he said. "Good thinking. No, I wish it were that simple. They're making a catalog. That means they're after something non human, which is very bad news for us." He pointed at himself then Lady.
"Why?" Martha asked. He gave her the 'really?' look. "Oh, you're kidding me. Don't be ridiculous. Stop looking at me like that."
"Come on then," he said as he grabbed Lady's hand and pulled her down the hall into a room with computers in it. He sat down in front of a computer and used his Sonic to access the files.
"They've reached third floor," Martha informed them. "What's that thing?" She pointed to the Sonic.
"Sonic screwdriver," he said simply.
"Well, if you're not going to answer me properly-" Martha said.
"No, really, it is," Lady said.
"It's a screwdriver, and it's sonic. Look." he said holding up his Sonic.
"What else have you got, a laser spanner?" Martha joked.
"He did, but it was stolen by Emily Pankhurst," Lady said.
"Now she's a cheeky woman," he said as he worked. "Oh, this computer! The Judoon must have locked it down. Judoon platoon upon the moon. Lady saw the plasma coils and I didn't want to come here but she insisted."
"Not true!" Lady exclaimed as she stuck her tongue out at him like a child.
"But what were they looking for?" Martha asked.
"Something that looks human, but isn't," he said.
"Like you two, apparently," she said.
"Like us, but not us," he said.
"Haven't they got a photo?" she asked.
"Well, might be a shape-changer," Lady said trying to drop a hint to the Doctor but he didn't get it. She sighed.
"Whatever it is, can't you just leave the Judoon to find it?" Martha asked.
"They would declare the hospital guilty of harboring a fugitive," Lady said since he didn't answer. "The sentence for that is execution."
"All of us?" Martha asked as she shallowed hard.
"Yeah," Lady said.
"If I can find this thing first," he said. Then the computer popped up with blank patient files. "Oh! You see, they're thick! Judoon are thick! They are completely thick! They wiped the records. Oh, that's clever."
"What are we looking for?" Martha asked.
"I don't know." he said. "Say, any patient admitted in the past week with unusual symptoms. Maybe there's a back-up." He dived under the desk and started to us the Sonic to recover the back up.
"Just keep working," she said. "I'll go ask Mister Stoker. He might know."
"She's clever," Lady said after Martha had left. He stood up and gave her a pointed look.
"Why didn't you stay in the TARDIS?" he asked with a raised voice and a frown on his face. "You are risking our children's lives!"
"I'm not risking anything!" Lady yelled back.
"Oh really?!" he asked bitterly. "What do you call being in a hospital that is in an forcefield that is holding in a set amount of air?!"
"I call it 'believing in you'," she said. "I know that even if I weren't here to give you hints you could figure it out on your own. You're the cleverest person in any room." His features softened.
"Next time something like this happens please, please, please, stay in the TARDIS," he begged as he pulled her into a hug.
"Here let me," she said as she pointed her Sonic at the computer restoring the back-up, while he still held on to her.
"But how did you?" he asked then shook his head.. "Wait never mind I don't want to know. But you were wrong about one thing." He gave her a smile that if he hadn't been holding her she would have been in the floor.
"W-w-what?" she stammered.
"When you're in the room I'm the second cleverest person in the room," he said.
"Oh, come on," she said lightly hitting him on the arm. "The only thing I'm good for is being a mother."
"And yet again you sell yourself short," he sighed. "Let's go meet up with Martha. Allons-y!" he nodded his head to the hallway. They ran out hand in hand only for him to run right into Martha in the hall. He let go of Lady so he could make sure Martha didn't lose her balance. "She restored the back-up," He nodded to Lady.
"I found her," Martha said.
"You did what?" he asked. Then a slab busted through the door she had just came through.
"Run!" Lady shouted. They ran up the stairs and straight into some Judoon so they had to divert their path. They ended up in the x-ray room. Lady whipped into the shielded room pulling Martha with her. He went to the x-ray machine and suck his Sonic inside it.
"When I say now, press the button," he said.
"But I don't know which one," Martha cried.
"Then find out!" he shouted. She picked up the manual and started to thumb through it. Lady smirked as she stood by the machine. "Now!" She slammed her hand on the button. The slab got shot with the radiation, and fell face down. She turned the machine off as he fell.
"How'd you know?" Martha asked Lady.
"I have a friend that works in x-ray back home showed me how," she said. Which was half true, she did have a friend that worked in x-ray but she had never shown Lady anything about the machines.
"What did you do?" Martha asked the Doctor.
"Increased the radiation by five thousand per cent," he said sounding proud of himself. "Killed him dead."
"But isn't that going to kill you?" Martha asked concern but looked over at Lady and saw that she wasn't worried. Martha gave Lady a dirty look. Lady shrugged.
"Nah, it's only roentgen radiation," he said simply. "We used to play with roentgen bricks in the nursery. It's safe for you to come out. I've absorbed it all." Lady exited the shielded room first followed closely by Martha. "All I need to do is expel it." He started to bounce around. "If I concentrate I can shake the radiation out of my body and into one spot. It's in my left shoe." He shook his left foot. "Here we go, here we go. Easy does it. Out, out, out, out, out. Out, out. Ah, ah, ah, ah! It is, it is, it is, it is, it is hot. Hold on." He pulled off his left shoe and threw it in the trash. "Done."
"You're completely mad," Martha laughed.
"You daft man," Lady laughed.
"You're right," he said as he looked down and saw how silly he looked with only one shoe on. "I look daft with one shoe." So he threw the other one out and Lady laughed hard. "Barefoot on the moon."
"That's so you," she laughed.
"So what is that thing?" Martha asked. "And where's it from, the planet Zovirax?"
"It's just a Slab," Lady said with a laugh.
"They're called Slabs," he explained. "Basic slave drones." He showed Martha that the drone was made out of leather. "See? Solid leather, all the way through. Someone has got one hell of a fetish."
"You're one to talk," Lady said. "Big ears and leather." She gave him a sly smile.
"But it was that woman, Miss Finnegan," Martha explained. "It was working for her, just like a servant." He saw his Sonic and pouted as he pulled it out completely fried.
"My sonic screwdriver," he pouted.
"She was one of the patients, but-" she started.
"Oh, no," he pouted. "My sonic screwdriver."
"She had a straw like some kind of vampire," she said.
"I loved my sonic screwdriver," he continued. Lady was getting tired of his whining.
"Doctor!" she shouted at him. "I have a spare for you." She pulled out a copy of his Sonic and handed it to him. "So, no more whining!"
"Sorry," he said as he there away the old Sonic and took the one she was handing him. He pulled her into a hug.
"Doctor?" Martha asked. He pulled away from Lady.
"You called me Doctor," he said with a smile at Martha.
"Anyway," Martha said. "Miss Finnegan is the alien. She was drinking Mister Stoker's blood."
"Funny time to take a snack," he said. "You'd think she'd be hiding. Unless. No. Yes, that's it. Wait a minute. Yes! Shape-changer. Internal shape-changer. She wasn't drinking blood, she was assimilating it. You said it earlier, Lady."
"I was wondering when you would finally remember," Lady said with a smile as the three of them walked out of the x-ray room.
"If she can assimilate Mister Stoker's blood, mimic the biology, she'll register as human.," he said. "We've got to find her and show the Judoon. Come on!" They ran down the hall and had to hide from a few Judoon.
"That's the thing about Slabs," he said as they waited for the Judoon to leave. "They always travel in pairs."
"What about you?" Martha asked.
"What about me what?" he asked.
"Haven't you got back-up?" she asked. "You must have a crew or something?"
"Oh. Humans," he said. "We're stuck on the moon running out of air with Judoon and a bloodsucking criminal, you're asking personal questions? Come on." He stood up.
"I like that," she said. "Humans. I'm still not convinced you two are aliens." He rolled his eyes and turned around only to run into a Judoon. He scanned the Doctor.
"Non-human," the Judoon said.
"Oh my God, you really are." she cried.
"And again," Lady said as she grabbed their hands and pulled them down the hall. The Judoon fired at them as they ran. They ran down the stairs.
"They've done this floor," the Doctor said. "Come on. The Judoon are logical and just a little bit thick. They won't go back to check a floor they've checked already. If we're lucky." He grabbed Lady's arm lightly. "Why didn't you stay? I can't lose you." She turned to look in his eyes, there were tears welding in them. She put her hand on his and squeezed a little.
"You would lose me," she said softly. "I'll never leave you." Martha noticed the other female student helping some patients.
"How much oxygen is there?" Martha asked.
"Not enough for all these people," the student said sorrowfully. "We're going to run out."
"How are you feeling?" he asked Lady first.
"I'm fine," she said. "Superior Time Lady biology working for me."
"But you still need to be careful, you're pregnant," he said then turned to Martha. "Are you all right?"
"I'm running on adrenaline." she said.
"Welcome to our world," he said with a smile.
"What about the Judoon?" she asked.
"Nah, great big lung reserves," he said dismissively. "It won't slow them down. Where's Mister Stoker's office?"
"It's this way," she said. They ran to Mr. Stoker's office, once inside he saw the body.
"It's just as you said, Lady," he said. "She's a Plasmavore." He examined the body closely.
"A what?" she asked. He stood up and walked away so he could think.
"Basically, she's a Vamp that can use the blood they drink to became like whatever they drink," Lady explained so Martha could understand. "It's said if they drink enough of it they can actually take the physical appearance of their victims."
"Oh," Martha said as she examined Mr. Stoker's body. "Well what is she doing here?"
"Well think about she's a bloodsucking parasite that is hiding from the cops," Lady said. "What better place to hide then a hospital that is chalked full of blood and machines that can be turned into weapons." The Doctor looked at her with a proud smile. Martha closed Mr. Stoker's eyes out of respect and then joined the Doctor and Lady on the other side of the desk.
"Think, think, think," he said as they exited the office. "If I was a Plasmavore surrounded by police, what would I do?" He saw the sign for the MRI room. "Ah. She's as clever as me. Almost." There was a crash and a scream.
"Find the non-human," the captain said. "Execute."
"Martha, stay here," the Doctor said. "We need time. You've got to hold them up."
"How do I do that?" Martha asked.
"Just forgive me for this," Lady said. "It could save a thousand lives. It don't mean a thing." She leaned over and captured Martha's lips. Lady could feel the surprise that he felt at her action. Then she remembered that she hadn't really sat down and talked about her sexuality. It just never came up. She let go of Martha and ran with him down the hall.
"That was nothing?" Lady heard Martha say. They ran to the MRI room, where flashes of light could be seen.
"Stay out here," he ordered. "I mean it."
"I will stay out here until it's safe," she said. "In fact I'll hide here." She saw a closet across from the MRI room.
"Good," he said as he entered the MRI room. "Have you seen them? There are these things. These great big space rhino things. I mean, rhinos from space. And we're on the moon! Great big space rhinos with guns on the moon. And I only came in for my bunions, look. I mean, all fixed now. Perfectly good treatment. The nurses were lovely. I said to my wife, I said I'd recommend this place to anyone, but then we end up on the moon. And did I mention the rhinos?" She left the door open and heard it all. She didn't like that he sacrifices himself kind of but she couldn't do it for him. The twins would be in danger.
"Hold him!" the Plasmavore commanded. Lady couldn't see but she had seen the episode enough to know what was going to happen.
"Er, that, that big er machine thing," he asked. "Is it supposed to be making that noise?"
"You wouldn't understand," the Plasmavore said dismissively.
"But isn't that a magnetic resonance imaging thing?" he asked knowing the answer but playing dumb. "Like a ginormous sort of a magnet? I did magnetics GCSE. Well, I failed, but all the same."
"The magnetic setting now increased to fifty thousand Tesla," she said proudly.
"Ooo, that's a bit strong, isn't it?" he said trying to sound unsure. He failed.
"It'll send out a magnetic pulse that'll fry the brain stems of every living thing within two hundred and fifty thousand miles," she said boastfully. "Except for me, safe in this room."
"But er, hold on, hold on, I did geography GCSE," he said. "I passed that one. Doesn't that distance include the Earth?" He fails so bad a dumb but the Plasmavore fails at bluff checks. Lady cursed herself for thinking in D&D terms.
"Only the side facing the moon," the Plasmavore said like she was clever. "The other half will survive. Call it my little gift."
"I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse me," he said. "I'm a little out of my depth. I've spent the past fifteen years working as a postman. Hence the bunions. Why would you do that?"
"With everyone dead, the Judoon ships will be mine, to make my escape," she said simply.
"No, that's weird," he said. "You're talking like you're some sort of an alien." Well that was almost convincing.
"Quite so," she said.
"No!" he exclaimed.
"Oh, yes," she said happily.
"You're joshing me," he said. Goddess, you can tell he's old. Lady hadn't heard that said in years.
"I am not," the Plasmavore said.
"I'm talking to an alien?" he asked sounding surprised. "In hospital? What, has the place got an ET department?" Cute.
"It's the perfect hiding place," she said. "Blood banks downstairs for a midnight feast, and all this equipment ready to arm myself with should the police come looking."
"So, those rhinos, they're looking for you?" he asked.
"Yes," she said softly. Then something else that Lady couldn't hear.
"Right," he said. "Maybe that's why they're increasing their scans."
"They're doing what?" the Plasmavore said loudly.
"Big chief rhino boy, he said, no sign of a non-human, we must increase our scans up to setting two?" he said.
"Then I must assimilate again," she said.
"What does that mean?" he asked.
"I must appear to be human," she said.
"Well, you're welcome to come home and meet the wife," he said proudly. She'd be honored. She makes amazing cake, we could have cake!"
"Why should I have cake?" she asked. "I've got my little straw."
"Oh, that's nice," he said. "Milkshake? I like banana." Lady closed the door because she couldn't listen anymore. Tears streamed down her face. She tried to breath but the air was getting thin. She breathed slowly and concentrated on calm breaths. She had to conserve air. The Doctor would need it.
"You can't go!" Martha yelled out side the door. "That thing's going to explode and it's your fault!" Lady came out of the closet and rushed in with Martha to the Doctor's side. Martha started CPR on him.
"One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five." she said as she worked on one heart.
"Two hearts!" Lady exclaimed.
"One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five." she worked on the other heart. Lady breathed into his mouth. She gasped for air and passed out as she saw him shoot up.
Lady woke up an hour later aboard the TARDIS, in the Med Bay. She sat up but hands were on her preventing her from getting up. "No, rest," the Doctor said. "You shouldn't have done that."
"I had to save you," she said. "I honestly hoped that I wasn't pregnant when this happened so I could do what you did."
"I would have never allowed it!" he exclaimed. "Don't you understand that?"
"I would have knocked you out," she said with a smile.
"How can you smile about this?" he said as tears started to silently fall from his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Love," she said as she reached up and brushed away the tears.
"I almost lost you!" he cried as he leaned down and buried his face into her chest as he let go. His body racked with sobs. She rubbed his back.
"I didn't mean to worry you," she said. "But Martha didn't have enough air in her to revive you. And I really didn't know how to turn off the machine." She moved him so she could look in her eyes. "I promise that if something like that happens again I won't be there." He nodded and stood back up. He picked her up and took her to bed. They both needed sleep.
Notes: Sorry for the wait folks. I have had a hectic week. -pulls out hair- But I did it! I didn't want to make these two different chapters because one bled into the other so I was like 'what the hell' one extra long chapter. They'll love it. Anyways, thank you my readers and reviewers. Oh oh, I'm writing another story too. Hehe! I'm evil and I love every minute of it!