What was that smell?
Ruri sniffed the air as she slowly woke up. She could smell... Food. Good smelling food. She began to remember bits of the day before, remembering her encounter with the cyber-rat and the Doctor. She got out of bed, pushing the covers off her as she got up, putting her slippers on her feet. She decided to tie her hair back in a loose ponytail to make herself look at least half decent. She exited her bedroom, following the smell into the kitchen. She then began to hear a male voice singing... Rather badly... She smiled slightly as she saw the Doctor by the counter, placing pancakes on a plate. Wait pancakes?
"How did you make those?" Ruri asked, wandering in. He hadn't realised she was there as he jumped, pulling out the sonic screwdriver and turning to her, pointing it at her face. He sighed, looking relieved it was her and not anyone else.
"Ah Ruri! You're awake!" He beamed. Putting the sonic away still smiling.
"We don't have any pancake mix..." Ruri stated slowly, confused as to how he made the pancakes.
"Oh... Well... It's easy to make things with anything!" He grinned, gesturing around him. "I can make omelettes too." He seemed proud and happy with himself. She have him a suspicious glance before grabbing a plate and taking a pancake. She took a bite as the Doctor waited for her reaction. She slowly nodded.
"Not bad..." She said in surprise. "Just don't tell me what's in it." She joked, taking another bite. "Did you stay all night?" She wandered.
"Not exactly." He clapped his hands together. "Did a bit of this... A bit of that... Fixed that broken lamp in the living room, sorted through the cupboards and ordered the baking ingredients, fixed the leaky tap in the loo and sorted the latch on the door... But that didn't keep me busy for long so I hopped in my TARDIS and just travelled to..." He looked at his watch on his wrist, an odd way to look at a watch. "Oh... About8:34..." He nodded, putting his sleeve back down, seeing Ruri's blank expression.
"Okay." She nodded. "Has anyone told you you're a bit weird?" She put down her empty plate.
"All the time." He grinned, still he seemed happy with himself. He was like a child.
"Good. Don't change." She approved, tapping him on the shoulder as she wandered past him to get dressed. She smiled to herself. Whoever this mad man was, he didn't seem the bad kind of mad... He almost seemed sweet. She retired to her room, changing into black tights and a blue and white flowered tea dress with a grey cardigan over the top. She fixed her hair and did her make up before going out her room and into the kitchen, expecting to see the Doctor, but he wasn't in sight. "Doctor?" She called, looking round, becoming worried she was alone and another metal creature could come along and try and kill her again. She wandered into the living room, not expecting to see what she saw... A blue box in the middle of it. How the hell did that get there? "Doctor?!" She called again, a bit more frantic. "Why is there a blue box in my flat?" She mumbled to herself... That's when she realised... It was on top of her coffee table... The table had been destroyed. She heard a creak, the door to the blue box opened to reveal the Doctor.
"Ah! Thought I heard you!" He stepped out, looking down at where he had landed the box. "Oh... Yes, sorry about that. I'll fix that." He stated. "I promise, cross my hearts." He then made two crosses with each hand over each side of his chest, causing Ruri to furrow her eyebrows in confusion.
"Don't you mean cross my heart?" She folded her arms, looking confused.
"No... Why would I mean that?" The Doctor replied, equally as confused as her. She shook her head deciding to let it go.
"How did you get that thing in here?" She asked, stepping towards it. "I mean... It's a bit big for decoration don't you think?" She then looked at the light at the top. "When you said you fixed the lamp in here... Did you mean you bought a new lamp?" She pointed to the top of the box, the Doctor shaking his head.
"No! Don't be silly. This isn't a lamp!" He gestured to the box. "Nor is it decoration!" He then paused. "Although, I guess you could argue it is... Depending on it's surroundings as it tries to blend in... But I broke that years ago." He waved his hand.
"If it's not a lamp, then what is it?" She stared at him, waiting for an explanation.
"Isn't it obvious?" He furrowed his eyebrows.
"Not really, no."
"It's a time machine."
"A time machine?"
"Yes, a time machine." He leaned on the box, arms folded. "And it travels in space." He stated, waiting to see her expression. Ruri looked concerned for the mans well being.
"Are you sure you don't need a Doctor?" She asked in a concerned voice, her arms falling to her sides. The Doctor shook his head before clicking his fingers. The door opened once again, a blue/green hue radiating from inside. Ruri looked at the Doctor then the door.
"If you don't believe me... Take a look." He smirked, watching her closely as she hesitantly stepped inside the box, the Doctor closely following.
"But..." Ruri was speechless, looking at everything. It was huge?! But it was tiny a second ago? Wasn't it? "I don't get it." The Doctor was now at the console, pressing different things. "I really am not getting any of this. Is this a really bizarre dream that I'm going to wake up from soon?" She headed up to where the Doctor was as she spun round a few times to look at everything. She then felt a hand pinch her arm. "Ow!" She cried, rubbing the sore area. "Not a dream then?" She mumbled as the Doctor grinned.
"Nope! Definitely not a dream!" He carried on grinning, watching her still as her eyes were filled with different emotions; fear, excitement and amazement.
"It's beautiful." She whispered, turning to face him. "It's alien." She said louder.
"Yes. Problem?" He raised an eyebrow.
"No." She paused. "And... You... Are you?"
"Yes. Problem?" He repeated, folding his arms, seeming amused.
"I don't think so." She shook her head. "Unless you're going to abduct me... Oh god... This isn't what this is, is it?" The Doctor seemed panicked as he frantically shook his head.
"No! No!" He exclaimed. "Why would I abduct you?!"
"I don't know! Experiments?!" She exclaimed too, leaning on the console. They both went silent as the Doctor copied her actions, leaning on the console, folding his arms. "So... What now..." She asked slowly.
"We find out what the cybermen want." The Doctor said confidently. "And then we stop them and save the world."
"You say that like its a common occurrence..." She joked lightly before turning to look at him.
"You'd be surprised." He smirked, pushing himself off the console and running round it, pressing more buttons. "So! What do we have to lead us to the cybermen?" He asked rhetorically. "We have this little fellow!" He suddenly pulled out the creature from the day before and waved it about slightly.
"How did you fit that in there?!" She asked, shocked as she strode round to him.
"Bigger on the inside pockets." He shrugged, placing the creature down.
"Of course." Ruri smirked, watching closely. He began to attach wires to the thing.
"We hack into it's system and find the information we want and use it to take us straight to the cybermen." He rambled as he pulled down a lever. There was an odd 'whooshing' noise as the cylinder in the middle of the console began to go up and down. "Hold on!" He exclaimed, grabbing onto the console tightly. Ruri looked around, seeing a railing to hold on to as the TARDIS took off, shaking.
"Geronimo!"