Upon noticing the look on everyone's face Alice added "or at least, that's what it looks like." There was a bit of awkward silence after this. Everyone slowly went back to what they were doing.

"That was awkward" Alice whispered to the Doctor after a bit

"It wasn't a bad idea" he said "whatever that thing was; it was some type of creature. A dragon is a nice possibility."

"Look, I know I might just sound crazy, but I know a dragon one I see one! And that thing was definitely one!"

The Doctor stood up "why don't we go find a more private area, and you can tell me your idea." Alice rolled her eyes, but followed him as they went to another room, that also had a computer. The Doctor messed around with it for a bit before the same video came up.

"Okay, look. Right there, when you first see the creature it looks like nothing more than a really large rock. But there, it moves a bit and you see a bit more detail. It's probably just sleeping or something. And there! When the probe got to close, it woke up. There's its eye, it probably saw the probe as a threat and it attacked."

"Any creature would have probably done that Alice" the Doctor said

"But I swear! It's a dragon! You believe me, right?"

"If we were in Hyrule, yeah. But dragons don't exist. At least not in this part of the universe, and not anymore. They've probably gone extinct. Besides, why would one be here?"

"Good point" Alice sighed

"But there is something really off about Poosh" the Doctor said after a minute "There was a city last time I was here. It was even famous for its swimming pools." He laughed "It's definitely not here now though… I wonder what happened to it."

"I've got no clue"

"Let's stick around a while, maybe we'll find out what's up."

"Have you ever thought of sending an actual person into that cave?" the Doctor asked the crew a while later.

"Are you sure it's safe?" Ren asked "whatever that creature is, it doesn't seem friendly."

"Maybe it's just not a fan of mechanical things coming into its home" the Doctor replied

"It's not a bad idea…" Ida said "I think we should send a few people in there. Maybe we could find out what the creature's up to, if it's up to anything at all."

"I agree with Ren," Chris said "it isn't a good idea to send anyone into that cave. Or not yet, anyways. I say we should wait an hour or two."

"Why wait?" the Ida asked

"Why should we send anyone in the first place?" Jenna piped up

"I think firsthand experience is a great idea. We aren't going to keep sending probes in forever" Tim argued

"So we're going to send people in there, and put their lives at stake?" Ren asked

"If you didn't want a little danger, why did you come on this mission in the first place?"

"Quiet" the Doctor said

"I didn't think we would be doing anything dangerous!" Ren replied

"Yes, because investigating earthquakes and other strange happenings is never dangerous!" Ida said sarcastically

"Quiet!" the Doctor said again

"Don't be so mean!" Jenna said

"But it's true!" Tim said

The Doctor sighed and pressed the button for the intercom, and said into it "quiet!" his voice rang out loudly over the speakers, causing everyone to be quiet.

"Much better" the Doctor said, letting go of the button "now, did you all hear yourselves there? Arguing over nothing! You should be ashamed. Now, raise of hands, who wants to send people into that cave?"

Ida was the first to raise her hand, then Tim, and then Chris, and reluctantly, so did Bill. "And who doesn't?" the Doctor asked. Ren and Jenna raised their hands. "Right then," the Doctor said "majority rules. Someone's getting sent into that cave. I'll volunteer to do so, anyone else?"

"I will" Ida said

"There we have it." the Doctor turned to Tim "so when are we leaving?"

"First thing in the morning" Tim replied "I think we could all do with a good night's rest."

And, as if on cue, the crew all nodded and headed to their respective rooms. Tim looked at Alice and the Doctor "come on, I think we have a spare room or two for you guys." he said, and led them off.

They had ended up sharing a room, though it had two separate beds. Alice was very thankful of this fact for some odd reason. Though she couldn't remember why exactly, hours later, as she stared at the ceiling, wide awake. She glanced over at the other bed, wondering if the Doctor happened to be sleeping, only to find it empty.

Alice made a face at this fact, before getting up to go get a drink or something. She then laughed at the thought of them having Lon Lon milk. She wandered out to the dining area of the base, and found the Doctor sitting at a table mulling over a cup of tea. He glanced up to see who it was before looking back at the cup.

She started to ask a question, but he replied quickly before she could ask him anything. "No, you're not the first to travel with me, yes, I will do my best not to abandon you, but I make no promises, and possibly to that question at the back of your head that you didn't even know you were going to ask until I mentioned it."

Alice laughed "I was only going to ask if you were tired" she said, sitting down in the chair across from the Doctor.

His eyes went wide and he laughed nervously, but took a drink of tea to cover it up. "Nah! Who needs to be tired on a night like this! Besides, I don't need as much sleep as humans do." He looked up at Alice and then asked "what about you? Aren't you tired?"

Alice shrugged "Hylians don't really need sleep I guess; it's more of just a habit."

The Doctor contemplated the thought for a second and then grabbed another cup of tea and pushed it across the table to Alice. She made a face at it, but took a drink anyways.

"So…" Alice said after a minute "who was Rose? A friend in a past incarnation?"

"Yup." the Doctor replied "Tenth, and Ninth. To be exact."

"What incarnation are you on now?" Alice asked

The Doctor took a second to reply, but then said quietly "my last." He looked up at Alice and flashed her a grin "but you know what, I'm glad that you're here to enjoy it with me. Wouldn't have wanted anyone else."

Alice blushed furiously, and took a drink of tea to hide it. There was a minute or so of silence between the two of them, each lost in their own thoughts.

"I think we should probably head to bed" the Doctor said finally, standing up. He reached towards Alice's tea, but then paused and looked at her.

"Go ahead, I'm done" she said. He took it along with his own cup and discarded them. Alice stood up and headed back to their room and wondered for a moment if the Doctor even planned on actually sleeping. She discarded the thought and lay down on her own bed, recalling what the Doctor had said only a few moments ago.

So he wouldn't want to spend his last incarnation with anyone else? she thought, he sure knows how to make a girl feel special.

Unless there's more to it than that….

No!

He wouldn't!

Would he?

The mysterious Time Lord, fall in love with some random girl from Hyrule?

Unthinkable!

But entirely possible…

Stop fantasizing! she told herself finally, you're just over reacting.

But what if I liked him back?

Her mind drifted off to sleep before she could argue with herself farther.