Chapter 10

December 24th

Russo Home

The Doctor was moved upstairs so the sandwich shop could be open and working. The Doctor was still strapped into the chair. Alex was put into her bed after her semi-regeneration the night before. Harper and Justin were sitting next to the Doctor with K-9.

"What's going on with him?" asked Harper, "He's speaking in some kind of strange language."

"I don't know what he's saying, my translators aren't working at all," said Justin.

"That's because it is ancient Gallifrean. That language is not translated by any translator system, not even the TARDIS's. That language is so archaic that it existed before the War for Time against the Vampires," said K-9.

"Why couldn't this be like the old days when things were simpler," said Harper, "When you tried to date that vampire girl, but no with the Doctor nothing is easy and simple."

The Doctor hadn't moved in the last sixteen hours since he transferred the Vampire DNA with his regenerative DNA. His eyes were firing back and forth for hours before stopping and popping open, looking beyond anything and deep into space.

"He's fighting it as best as he can," said Alex, walking down the stairs.

"Alex, are you alright?" asked Harper.

"Better than I have ever before," said Alex walking over to where the Doctor was strapped down, "He will win. I know he will win."

"Are you sure about that, Alex?" asked Justin, "He looks like he is going through a lot in there."

"He is," replied Alex, "He is actually having a trial in his mind. A trial between his good Gallifrean and the new Vampire evil."

"How could you possibly know that, Alex?" asked Justin.

"I can understand him for some reason," said Alex, "What he was saying, I could understand it."

"That is because you have the ability to understand all languages now, Mistress Alex, because of the transference of DNA and your semi-regeneration," explain K-9, "And I believe that Master Doctor will pull through this and defeat the darkness of the Great Vampire virus."

"I believe the same thing too, K-9," said Alex, "I'm going to do my best at helping him, just like he helped me overcome the Vampire part of me and all I can assume is that he is facing the full Vampire persona of himself," said Alex.

"Persona?" asked Justin, "You would never learn a word like that and use it and use it properly. What's happening to you?"

"I am spending a lot of my time with the Doctor and some of his habits are rubbing off on me and not to mention that I have mastered two thousand spells in six months of the Doctor being here," said Alex.

"2000? In six months? You barely managed 100 in all the years Dad was teaching us!" spazzed Justin, "How did you learn that much in so little time?"
"The Doctor is an amazing teacher. He is not boring like you, Dad or Mom. He was also the little rebel when he was in school himself. You know at this rate, by the time school is out I will have learn over 4000 spells. I am going to win that competition," said Alex, "I just wish I had already and maybe I could have prevented all of this from happening."

Alex walked over to one of the orange chairs in the living room area and sat down in it. "This is all my fault. If I would have listened to the Doctor and not ran off to floor 76, none of this would have happened."

"Yes, but you were under that crazy Vampire's control. I was with you remember, you were not exactly yourself. You even tried to use magic on me but for some reason didn't do it,"
Harper reminded Alex.

"I guess you are right, Harper," said Alex.

"Yeah, this could have happened anyway, you know," said Harper.

"Yeah, I know," replied Alex, "But if..."

"The Doctor said there are too many ifs in life to ponder on them all," said Harper.

"How do know that?" asked Alex.

"You aren't the only one who spends time around the Doctor. Ever since the giant green aliens a few months ago, I think my best chance of survival is with the Doctor," said Harper. She looked at the Doctor and added, "But it looks like our best chance of survival may not survive himself."

"We can't lose faith, Harper," said Alex, "That is one of the main things the Doctor keeps telling me. He always says don't lose faith because if you do you have no reason to fight anymore, and right now I am not losing faith. I can't. He means too much to me to lose faith in him right now. He did save my life time and time and time again. It's the least I could do."

Alex put her hand on the Doctor's hand and watched his tormented face as he was fighting an even bigger battle than she had the night before. Unlike her, there was no one to help the Doctor. He was all alone in his fight against the V-Strain.

"How's he doing?" asked Theresa, coming up from downstairs.

"About the same as last night, but he is speaking Ancient Gallifrean and staring into space," said Justin.

"But he did keep repeating several words that meant something to me," said K-9, "He mentioned Gallifrey, Rassilon, the Time Lord Triumvirate and Borusa."

"I didn't get any of that," said Justin.

"The Doctor programmed me to understand the Ancient Gallifrean language," replied K-9.

"You understood what he was saying and you didn't tell us?" asked Justin.

"You never asked, Master Justin," K-9 answered back, "If you would have asked, I would have told you."

"Okay, I only know what one of those things is," said Alex, "Gallifrey."

"Rassilon was the Time Lord founder and first Lord President after the War for Time. The Time Lord Triumvirate was made up of Rassilon, Omega, and the Other. They help found the society on Gallifrey, even though Rassilon gets all the credit. Borusa was the Doctor's teacher at the Gallifrey Academy and later became Lord President himself before he went mad and was imprisoned in the Tomb of Rassilon during the Five Doctors incident."

"Five Doctors incident?" asked Justin.

"The First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors were taken out of there time and placed on Gallifrey..."

"K-9!" snapped Alex, "Another story for another time."

"Yes, Mistress Alex," replied K-9.

"Is it just me or does Alex sound like the Doctor?" asked Theresa.

"She sounds like the Doctor," answered Harper, "We've been noticing it to."

"Good," said Theresa.

Alex turned her attention back towards the Doctor and whispered into his ear, "Don't give up. Don't you dare give up. Fight it. Fight it tooth and claw and come out victorious." She finished and then kissed the Doctor on the forehead, with tears starting to roll down her face.