Ruri and the Doctor ran down the stairs, Emma and Palmer staring at them with confused faces. Before anyone could explain, a large circular black hole appeared, turning in mid air. Ruri stayed close to the Doctor, shocked at what she was seeing.

"Has this happened before?" The Doctor asked, glancing at Palmer who shook his head. "Camera." The Doctor muttered, no one moving. "Camera!" He exclaimed, flapping his arms around. Ruri saw an old camera sat on a table. She ran over and grabbed it, running back and handing it to the Doctor, who snatched it and started taking pictures of the odd object. However, no one noticed Emma, who was seeing things the others couldn't. Ruri turned to see her about to collapse.

"Emma?" She asked softly, walking towards her slowly. Palmer noticed too, making sure to stay by Emma.

"Help me!" A new voice spoke, causing Ruri to turn round to see another shadow, like before, run past the door. She narrowed her eyes, confused, before turning to see Emma collapsed into Palmers arms. She then noticed something else...

"Doctor... You might want to see this..." Ruri said quietly, nodding towards the wall by the stairs. The Doctor was soon by her side, looking at the wall to see 'Help Me' frozen on to the wall before evaporating, disappearing. The Doctor turned to Ruri, grabbing her by the shoulders.

"Right... Time to form a plan." He gave her a brief smile. "But first-" He glanced over at Palmer. "Palmer. I need to speak with you." He pointed at the man in glasses who still held Emma in his arms. "Ruri will look after Emma." Ruri looked at him wide eyed.

"You're speaking like you're leaving me." She sounded worried, her voice quiet as she looked up at his eyes.

"Leaving you?" He turned back to face her, seeing her worried expression. He moved a hand to cup her cheek. "You're Ruri Rodgers..." He gave her a small smile. "You'll be fine. You'll be brilliant." Ruri smiled back slightly, starting to feel more confident in herself. The Doctor let go of her and turned to Palmer, who had seated Emma down on a chair as she began to come round. "Palmer." He clapped his hands, holding the camera round his neck. "Let's go." He grinned, leading the way, Palmer hesitantly following.

Ruri pulled a chair up to where Emma was sat, as she nervously looked down at her shoes. She kept thinking she was hearing things, but knew it was just her mind playing tricks. Emma woke up fully after a few moments, as she turned to Ruri.

"Where are the other two?" Emma asked, causing Ruri to look up, sending her a small smile.

"Oh, they went to talk." Ruri told her, shrugging. "About clever stuff." She smirked. "How you feeling?"

"Ok." Emma nodded. "Slight headache, but that's to be expected." There was a minute silence.

"Sorry if this seems that... I'm imposing... But... You and Palmer?" Ruri raised an eyebrow, starting up conversation to calm her nerves.

"Me and the Professor?" Emma repeated, sounding alarmed. "No." She shook her head.

"Oh." Ruri paused. "Really?"

"Yes."

"You sure?"

"Yes! Why?" Emma sounded slightly annoyed, but mostly curious. Ruri hesitated before speaking.

"The way he came to your rescue before." She smirked. "Catching you." She raised an eyebrow, Emma laughing lightly.

"I don't know about that." Emma said shyly. "People like me, sometimes we get our signals mixed up. We think people are feeling the way we want them to feel, you know, when they are special to us, when really there's nothing there." Emma sounded disappointed, looking down, saddened. Ruri saw that she obviously had feelings for Palmer, but was scared to admit them.

"Liking someone is scary isn't it?" Ruri asked, looking at the girl opposite. "Even scarier than this big old haunted house." She joked, Emma nodding in agreement, a small smirk on her face.

"How do you know?" Emma folded her arms, almost challenging Ruri.

"Well... You know, crushes at school." The ginger shrugged, fiddling with her hand. "Phases and stuff." She, yet again, shrugged awkwardly.

"What about you and the Doctor?" Emma inquired, raising an eyebrow, leaning forwards towards Ruri.

"What?" Ruri laughed nervously. "I only met him a day ago." She looked shocked as to where Emma was going with the conversation. "I'm not like that." She folded her arms.

"Good." Emma said simply, Ruri furrowing her eyebrows in confused.

"What?"

"Don't trust him." Emma said quietly, almost whispering. "There's a sliver of ice in his heart." She said darkly, causing Ruri to sit wide eyed, shocked at what Emma had said about the Doctor. The man who was goofy enough to wear a bow tie. Before she could reply, a voice broke through the atmosphere.

"Ruri!" The Doctor called from another room, causing her to nod to Emma, leaving quickly towards where the Doctor had called from.

The pair ran back through the pouring rain to the TARDIS, Ruri still wearing the Doctors coat to keep her warm. They were just beginning to get dry till the Doctor decided to drag them both back out into the rain. The Doctor unlocked the TARDIS door, letting them both in, slamming the door shut. Ruri took off the sopping wet coat, holding it awkwardly, looking round for a coat stand.

"You don't have a coat stand then?" She looked round still, glancing at the Doctor as he turned to her.

"I've got one." He stated, turning to an empty spot. "Or I had one." He then scratched his head. "I think I had one. Look around. See if you find it." He waved his hand, turning to the console. "Did I have one? Am I going mad?" He spoke to himself, Ruri smirking at him, holding in her laughter. She realised it was dropping onto the floor and immediately picked it up, draping it over her arms, walking to the railing and hanging it over the side.

"Have you not got like a massive drier in here?" She asked as he pressed different buttons on the console.

"Probably. Somewhere." He shrugged. "Along with a coat stand..." He mumbled, twirling round and running to the other side of the console.

"What are you doing?" She asked, watching amused by his twirl.

"Setting in the coordinates for a few billion years ago." He told her, before running down steps and under the console.

"Where?" She asked, running after him, following his moves.

"Nowhere. We're staying right here. Right here, on this exact spot, if I can work out how to do it." He opened a trunk that somehow appeared. He began routing through it, chucking different things behind him. Ruri dodged a few items as they were close to hitting her. The Doctor finally stopped looking, pulling out a bright orange spacesuit. "What do you think?" He held it up against his body, grinning.

"Erm... It's... Very bright." She nodded, folding her arms, smirking.

"I think it brings out my eyes." He teased but sounded like he really thought that.

"Brings out something." She mumbled, teasing him back before walking back upstairs to let him change. After a minute or two, he appeared, wearing the suit with a helmet.

"Right... Wish me luck!" He grinned, holding up the camera, earning a smile from Ruri as he went outside, Ruri watching on the monitor. Not long after, the Doctor appeared back in the TARDIS, steam radiating off the suit. "Back off." He said as he started pressing buttons again, setting coordinates for the future, his helmet off. "Hot suit. Hot, hot, hot." He waved his hand, getting rid of the steam that formed around him.

"You're literally steaming hot." Ruri gasped, stepping back as she felt the heat bouncing off him. He then turned to her, a raised eyebrow. He then leant on the console, smirking.

"Am I?" He asked, sounding happy with himself. Ruri gave him an odd look before realising what she had said.

"Oh!" She covered her mouth. "Oh! I'm sorry!" She rushed out. "I didn't mean that - I mean - Not that it's not - I mean - The heat from outside - Oh." She felt heat rush to her cheeks. "Shut up." She shook her head. The Doctor grinned at her before putting his helmet back on.

"Back in a mo." He headed towards the door again, heading out. Ruri again watched from the monitor, seeing the Earth burnt... Dusty and dry. She had stopped paying attention to the Doctor and was shocked at the scene just outside. She hadn't even noticed he'd returned.

"What's wrong?" The Doctors voice broke her train of thought, causing her to shake her head.

"That's the Earth?" Ruri asked, turning to him, seeing he was right next to her.

"Yes." He told her, no emotion in his voice.

"Is everyone dead?" She asked quietly.

"Not everyone. Humans. You evolve. You moved to another planet." He told her, smiling slightly. "What are you really thinking about?" He asked, concerned.

"Home." She admitted, looking down. The Doctor sighed, watching her.

"It's still there, you know." He told her, a small smile on his face. "Home."

"I know... It's just... Sad." She turned to him as he gave her one last smile before turning to change out of the suit.