Ruri returned back to her flat, taking off her jacket leaving her in a white blouse and black shorts. Still no sign of Ema. She shook her head. How much must she have drunk? She placed her bag on the unit in the hall as she headed to the kitchen, getting a drink. She still couldn't believe she had ran into the man again. It's normally unlikely that you run into the same person, who you've never seen before, twice in the last two weeks. She started to pour herself a glass of orange juice when she heard an odd noise come from the living room... Perhaps Ema was home? But normally there would be a sign of her returning - something broken in the hall. She stopped pouring her drink and headed to the living room.
"Ema?" Ruri called, hoping to get a response. Nothing. "Ema is that you?" Nothing. "C'mon, stop messing about!" She sighed, beginning to get wary. What if it wasn't Ema? What if someone had broken in? She looked round for something to use as a weapon and picked up an umbrella that was left by the stairs. She held it tightly in both hands as she slowly entered the living room. "Hello?" She called out again, her voice still strong. There was an odd scuffle from under the coffee table. Ok, so maybe a rat or a mouse? She slowly edged to the table, moving it carefully. Before she could see what it was, it darted out from under the table and made odd beeping noises. She turned quickly, seeing the creature. It looked... Metal? Was it some kind of robot? "Ok, so not a rat." It began to move again, so she grabbed the umbrella and whacked it, stopping it in its tracks. She narrowed her eyes, stepping towards it cautiously. It was unmoving. She eventually bent down to get a better look when something shot out at her, hitting her in the side of the neck. She gasped, not expecting the sudden attack. She touched her neck, feeling an odd thing sticking into her neck. She pulled it out, seeing it was like a small dart. That's when she began to feel funny... Everything began to spin. She tried to stand up, managing to lean on the wall nearby. She shook her head as her eye sight went blurry. She then began to fall towards the floor, but she didn't hit it. Well, it didn't feel like she hit it. That's when everything went dark.
Ruri woke up with a throbbing head. She slowly sat up, her eyes fluttering open as they adjusted. She held her head, gasping quietly as it stung for a second. She looked round, seeing she was in her bedroom... In her bed... But still dressed in her day clothes. It was darker outside, night time beginning to arise. She slowly got out of bed, not remembering how she got there or what happened before. She stumbled a few times, managing to catch on to different furniture pieces around the room before fully falling to the ground. Her eyesight was still funny. She felt drugged up. Perhaps she accidentally took too much paracetamol? Could that cause this much... Blurry-ness? She reached the door, turning the handle and opening it. That's when she heard the TV on in the living room. Ema must have come home... Perhaps Ema had found her passed out and managed to somehow get her to her room and into bed... Unlikely. Ema would be in bed herself with a hangover. She slowly entered the living room, seeing her umbrella on the floor from earlier. Wait... What happened earlier? She rubbed her eyes as she saw a figure sat on the sofa opposite the TV. They has their back to her as they looked like they were concentrating on something. Ruri tried to sneak up on them but instead tripped over her own feet and fell over, falling to the ground before she could grab hold of anything. The person on the sofa was now in front of her, helping her up.
"It's okay, this is normal behaviour after being dosed up on anaesthetic. Your body is just beginning to wake up." A familiar male voice told her. She looked up at the man, seeing it was the bow tie guy from before. He was leading her to the sofa, sitting her down.
"Wait... Dosed up on anaesthetic?" Ruri asked, her speech sounding slightly slurred. "When? Wait... What are you doing here?" She asked a bit more aware of the fact that this stranger had managed to find where she lived and get into her flat.
"Yes..." He then sat by her, holding an odd metal creature in his hand. But why did she recognise it... "Well, I knew something was wrong when we met at the park again, so I followed you home." Ruri raised her eyebrows, worried at what he had just stated. "That's when I thought I better keep an eye on you, y'know, incase any danger was lurking in the shadows..." He rubbed his hands together. "That's when I saw the door was on the latch and I wandered in to see you passing out." He explained. "Then I found this little guy-" He waved the robot thing about. "And I knew what was going on. Well... Sort of." He shrugged.
"So..." Ruri shook her head, beginning to come to her senses. "You stalked me?!" She exclaimed as the mans face dropped, and he frantically shook his head.
"What?! N-no!" He stuttered but she cut him off.
"You technically stalked me and broke into my flat!" She tried to sound angry, but had little energy.
"Technically, I didn't break in... As I said the door was on the latch..." He tried to defend himself, but he soon realised no matter how hard he tried, it would still sound bad. "Okay, I know it sounds bad... But it could have been worse!" He huffed. "You could have been taken over by cyber mites and taken to be processed and upgraded into a cyberman." He shrugged, Ruri holding a blank expression.
"Okay." Ruri sighed, giving up. She couldn't see the man in the bow tie being a serial killer, so she accepted what he said and tried to move on.
"So... What's ya' name?" He asked, placing the robot rat thing down on the coffee table as he turned to her.
"Erm..." She paused, trying to remember, her head still throbbing. "Ruri... Ruri Rodgers." She nodded, happy with her answer. "You?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Good name. Ruri Rodgers..." He repeated the name, seeing how it sounded when he said it. "I'm the Doctor." He smiled, holding out and hand for her to shake.
"Wait..." Her face went pale. "The Doctor? As in... 'The Doctor'?" She asked, stunned. She was right?!
"I don't know... Probably." He narrowed his eyes.
"As in... 'The Doctor' from Amelia Williams' Afterword?!" She exclaimed, seeing his smile falter for a second before returning and he nodded.
"Oh... That Doctor. Yes. That's me." He then waved. "Hello!" He grinned. "But the question is..." He paused, his grin fading and his eyes turning serious. "What do the cybermen want with you?" He asked in a low voice, Ruri looked confused.
"Cybermen? What are they?" She asked, looking at the creature again. "Is it them?" She gestured to the robot.
"No... That's just the 'baby' if you like... Cybermen are much worse..." The Doctors eyes darkened, like he was remembering the cybermen. "They use human brains... They get rid of all emotions and remove the brain and place it in a suit of metal."
"Well... They sound pleasant." Ruri said sarcastically, slightly scared by his definition. "But why was one of those things in my flat?" She asked, looking alarmed at the 'baby' of the cybermen.
"I don't know..." He admitted. "But while I try and figure it out, why don't you go and sleep, eh?" He tapped her knee a few times before he stood, Ruri following.
"But what if one of those cyber things come and get me?" She asked, fear in her voice.
"They won't. Trust me." He paused, slightly smirking. "Not while I'm around." He tapped her head before placing his hands on her shoulders and turning her in the direction of the hall and her room. "Doctors orders."
"Okay! Okay!" She gave in, walking towards her room.
"Oh, and your friend Ema called... Said she won't be coming back for a few days..." The Doctor added, following her. "Something about her mum..." He shrugged. Ruri nodded.
"Okay... She probably found out that Ema isn't actually at university like she told her parents." Ruri muttered. "Oh well. I warned her." She shrugged also, stopping at her bedroom door. "Wait... So did you put me in bed?" She asked, looking up at him. He nodded.
"Yes. Why? Is that a problem?" He looked concerned that he did something wrong.
"No... No. It's fine." Ruri brushed it off, not wanting to upset him. "Thanks... For... Well... You know..." She tried to word it. "Not letting me die?" She laughed lightly.
"No problem." The Doctor grinned. "It's my job." He then paused. "Well it isn't really my job... To be honest I don't really have a job... I just tend to wander and hope I get things right." He rambled as Ruri smiled at him, shaking her head.
"Goodnight Doctor." She gave him one last smile before entering her room and closing the door behind her.
"Goodnight Ruri." The Doctor said quietly, looking down before turning and heading to the living room, picking up the cybermat and heading out the front door, going to the TARDIS.