Llewellyn and Blake came back into the UNIT base in time to hear Alex start to speak to the Prime Minister, both looking at his laptop. "Wait a minute - there is a pattern. All these people tend to be father and son, mother and daughter. Brothers and sisters - family groups, but not husbands and wives." Llewellyn, having heard everything that Alex said, froze, staring at his computer.
"Oh, my God." At this, the three looked over at him. "It's Guinevere One. Have you got medical records on file for all your staff?"
"Course we have, yes." Alex nearly scoffed, biting his tongue as the group shuffled.
"What about Torchwood?" Harriet asked softly to Major Blake when they had been shuffled to the same side.
"Still working on it. Bear in mind, they have just lost a third of their staff." Blake answered just as softly.
"But do they have what we need?" She pressed, her voice growing a little bit more firm.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, tell them to hurry up." Blake nodded at this, and then put his attention to Llewellyn. After a few seconds, Harriet did the same.
"Here it is. Sally Jacobs...blood group A Positive. Who else walked out?" Llewellyn asked, his eyes taking in the medical information that he had pulled up.
"Luke Parsons." Alex said after thinking.
The medical information changed on the screen to a male's with Luke's name on it. "Luke Parsons...A Positive."
"Jeffery Baxter."
"Baxter...A Positive. That's it. They're all A Positive." Llewellyn stated once the page had switched again.
"How many people in the world are A Positive?" Major Blake wondered, staring at the screen intently.
"No idea. But I bet it's one third."
"What's so special about that blood group?" Blake asked, ignoring the urge to rub his forehead.
"Nothing, but...it's my fault. Guinevere One...it's got one of those plaques identifying the human race. Er...a message to the stars. I mean, you don't expect anything to come of it, but...I put on maps and music and samples. There's wheat seeds, and water, and...and blood. A Positive. The Sycorax have got a vial of A Positive. And well, I don't know how, but...through that..." Llewellyn stuttered out, sounding more and more confused as he tried to explain what had happened.
"They control the blood." Harriet summed up.
"Oh, my God." Llewellyn mumbled, feeling shame course through him.
"There's only one more thing I can try. Major, with me." Harriet stated, walking proudly out of the room with Major Blake behind her, the latter wondering what she meant.
"Jack? Jack!" Suzie cried through the Hub, walking through it to look for her new boss.
"Have you found him yet?" Owen yelled.
"No!" Suzie called back.
"Well keep looking!" Owen retorted, standing next to Tosh at a workstation.
"Looking for what?" A distinct American male voice asked. Tosh screamed, and Owen started, knocking coffee onto the ground. From deep in the Hub, Suzie started to run towards the others. "Really? Did we lose something again?" At this, the man chuckled.
"Where the hell have you been?" Suzie snapped, stomping down the stairs. "There are people lining the roofs of the world, all about to jump, and you've disappeared." Captain Jack Harkness lost the amusement that was ghosted in his face from his pervious chuckle.
"I was out." He answered shortly, a dark look starting to grow on his face.
Oh yes, he had seen the people, but not those in Cardiff. Instead, he had driven to London, looking for a blue police box, the TARDIS, and more importantly, his daughter. But as always, he hadn't seen any sign of her.
"What do we do, Jack?" Tosh asked softly, her voice alone pulling him out of his thoughts.
"We do what the rest of the world does, watch telly." Jack smiled at the team, the old mask settling in to hide his true emotions. Automatically expecting them to follow, Jack headed off to the board room to watch telly.
Harriet Jones sat at her desk, starting an emergency broadcasted speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen...if I may take a moment during this terrible time. It's hardly the Queen's speech, I'm afraid that's been cancelled." She turned her head to address someone slightly off camera. "Did we ask about the royal family?" After a brief pause, a slight flicker of emotion flashed across her face. "Oh. They're on the roof. But - Ladies and gentlemen - this crisis is unique, and I'm afraid to say, it might get much worse."
Jackie, Rose, Mickey, and the slightly sleepy Kayla stood watching the TV.
"I would ask you all to remain calm. But I have one request: Doctor. If you're out there...we need you." At this, Rose felt tears slide down her face and Kayla made an odd whimpering noise. "I don't know what to do. But if you can hear me, Doctor..." Rose turned away from the screen.
Jack was sitting forwards in his chair, his attention never wavering from the Prime Minister.
"If anyone knows the Doctor, if anyone can find him...the situation has never been more desperate."
Rose walked to the Doctor's room, silent tears running down her cheeks.
"Help us."
Kayla whimpered softly, a few tears starting to fall.
"Please, Doctor."
Jack continued to watch the screen, a tear falling down his cheek.
"Help us."
Rose leaned against the doorframe, composing herself as she watched the sleeping Doctor, when the noise of someone sobbing reached her ears, shocking her.
"He's dead, and hurt and it's all my fault." Rose walked back down the hall to see Kayla heading for the door…and then diving for cover as the window smashed, spraying the floor with glass. The ground shook violently, not helping matters.
Jack, Tosh, Owen, and Suzie were running to their station.
"Sonic wave!" Tosh called from her computer.
"It's the spaceship - it's hit the atmosphere!" Llewellyn yelled from over an alarm going off in the UNIT base.
Kayla was the first to go outside with Mickey, Rose, and Jackie not far behind to see a massive spaceship starting to obscure the sun. It only took a few second for Kayla and Rose to break away and take charge and run to the Doctor's bedroom.
"Kayla, we're gonna carry him." Rose called to the brunette when they were all in the Doctor's room. "Mum - get your stuff, and get some food. We're going."
"Well, where to?" Mickey asked quickly.
"TARDIS, it's the only place where we can protect the Doctor." Kayla answered.
"What're we gonna do in there?!" Jackie cried out.
"Hide, protect, and run." Kayla muttered.
"There's a great, big, alien invasion and we need to the Doctor to help us Mum." Rose pointed out. Jackie sighed in frustration and left the room, causing the two girls to hoist the Doctor up, Kayla with the upper body and Rose with the legs. Mickey awkwardly followed behind, not sure what he was doing.
"Mickey, get the door." Kayla called.
Harriet hurried forwards to Llewellyn. "They're transmitting. Onscreen." He told her nervously as the Sycorax started to speak in their language.
"'Will the leader of this world stand forward.'" Alex translated, the words making Harriet step forwards, proud and strong.
"I'm proud to represent this planet." She announced, raising her head as she spoke.
"'Come aboard...'" Alex said, staring at his phone.
"Well, how do I do that?" She asked, confused.
As if her words were a trigger, a blue light surrounded her, Major Blake, Alex, and Llewellyn. Within a matter of minutes, leaving Llewellyn's panicked cry of, "Wh- what's happening?" and Harriet's calm, a bit bewildered at most, reply of, "I would imagine it's called a teleport." hanging in the air.
The four people stood in the Sycorax ship, facing thousands of Sycoraxs, but only one stepped forwards, making the others do the same. The Syocrax that had stepped forwards, the Leader to be exact, raised his hands to his head to take a helmet off.
"It's a helmet. They might be like us!" Llewellyn pointed out, hope starting to replace his fear. Oh how wrong he was, instead, once the helmet was off, the Sycorax's face was covered in what appeared to be muscle and bone, like someone had ripped his skin off, making a disgusting alien creature. "... or not." Llewellyn squeaked out, the fear back in full force.
As if the Sycorax agreed, he started to speak in his language.
Rose and Kayla carried the Doctor out of the front door, Mickey in front to open the TARDIS and Jackie in the back, struggling with several shopping bags. Accidently, she dropped one, and since they really weren't in that much danger, she took her time to pick up the bag, causing Rose to yell, "Mum, will you just leave that stuff and give us a hand?"
"It's food! You said we need f—" She started to protest, causing Kayla and Rose to give off identical sighs.
"We'll have food in the TARDIS Jackie, please will you help us though?" Kayla tried.
The Syocrax leader was still talking to the humans, Alex translating throughout the whole time.
"'You will surrender, or I will release the final curse. And your people will jump.'" Llewellyn's eyes widened and he pushed his way through the others.
"If I can speak." He called out, still struggling to get to the front.
Major Blake grabbed his arm, pulling the terrified man back. "Mr, Llewellyn, you're a civilian!" He protested.
"No! I sent out the probe. I started it. I made contact with these people - this whole thing's my responsibility." Llewellyn pulled his arm out of Blake's grasp and stepped forwards to address the Sycroax Leader who was coming slowly down the stairs to meet them.
"With respect...sir. The human race is taking its first step towards the stars, but...we are like children compared to you." The Leader looked unimpressed, like the speech the man was giving them bored his mind. "Children who need help. Children who need compassion. I beg of you now...show that compassion."
The Sycorax leader stared at Llewellyn for a few seconds, his hands reaching for his whip, which lashed out, curling around Llewellyn's neck. With a cry of pain and then a flash of blue that covered his whole body…Llewellyn's skeleton fell to the ground, nothing more than a ghost of a brave man.
Major Blake stepped forwards, his whole body shaking in his fury, "That man was your prisoner! Even your species must have articles of war, forbidding—" Once again, the whip lashed out, wrapping around Blake's neck and turning him into a skeleton, his bone pile resting next to Llewellyn's.
Alex started to step forwards, but Harriet Jones pulled him back and stepped forwards, pulling out her ID, "Harriet Jones. Prime Minister."
The Syocrax made a curt noise as reply that Alex translated to, "'Yes. We know who you are. Surrender or they will die.'" Once Alex had finished, the Sycorax leader turned his back to the two, taking an position next to a large red button.
"If I do surrender...how would that be better?" Harriet asked.
"'Half is sold into slavery or one third dies.'" Alex read, then his brow furrowed as the Sycorax made more noises. "'Your choice.'" He finished.
Harriet Jones closed her eyes, and then opened them again, more alone than ever. Sensing her emotions, the Sycorax Leader hissed at her.
Mickey stepped into the TARDIS, Rose and Kayla carrying the Doctor behind him. Jackie followed after several minutes, still struggling with her bags, dropping one right outside the doorway, but no one cared. Instead, the two girls were panting the weight of the Doctor, heading straight through the open doors due to Mickey. Jackie hurriedly followed, pausing just for a small moment, staring around before coming into the TARDIS.
"No chance you could fly this thing?" Mickey asked thoughtfully, staring at the complex controls on the console.
"Not anymore, no." Rose replied, still helping Kayla move the Doctor.
"Well, you did it before..." Mickey pointed out.
"I know, but it's sort of been...wiped out of my head, like it's forbidden." Rose answered, leaning down to put the Doctor onto the floor.
"The beginning wasn't wiped from mine, but the end was." Kayla added in, panting ever so slightly.
"Try that again and I think the universe rips in half." Rose added in, sighing with relief as she leaned against the console. Next to her, Kayla rubbed her head, yawning.
"I have never been so tired." She struggled to say, yawning as she spoke.
Mickey raised an eyebrow at Kayla, slightly concerned, slightly shocked. What had happened to the energetic, snappish girl she had been when they last met? "So, what do we do? Just sit here?" He asked, shaking his head slightly to get rid of the thoughts. She was probably fine, and Rose didn't seem that worried, far from it actually. Instead she just grumbled out,
"That's as good as it gets." Not even sparing a glance to the others.
"Right, here we go. Nice cup of tea." Jackie gasped out, walking in with a thermal, all the other bags waiting outside.
"Thanks Jackie." Kayla muttered.
"Hmm, the solution to everything..." Rose mumbled.
"Now, stop your moaning. I'll get the rest of the food." Jackie ordered, already leaving the TARDIS for the rest of the bags. Once the door closed, Rose leaned against the console with a sigh of relief and Kayla went over to the two seats and collapsed onto them.
"Tea. Like we're having a picnic while the world comes to an end. Very British." Mickey joked, trying to get a smile or laugh from the weary girls. Giving up on joking, he turned to the monitor close by, hoping that Rose would take the chance to show-off. "How does this thing work? It picks up TV, maybe we could see what's going on out there. Maybe we've surrendered." He tapped around on a few buttons, only getting a groan from Kayla. Rose, on the other hand, turned to look at the monitor, starting to get Mickey's hopes up and then…
"I dunno, it sort of tunes itself." She snapped, pressing a few buttons while she spoke.
The Leader of the Sycorax on their ship turned, hearing the loud and angry blips of the TARDIS computer. After a short pause, he started to hiss out harsh, furious noises that Alex did his best to translate.
"The noise - the bleeping - they say it's machinery. Foreign machinery. They're accusing us of hiding it. Conspiring. Bring it on board."
Jackie carried two more shopping bags as she headed to the TARDIS, only for it to get teleported away right in front of her. "Rose?" She called out, a note of injury in her voice. "Rose!" Despite her calling, the TARDIS didn't come back. And with a dark feeling, Jackie looked up at the spaceship hovering above London. The feeling only getting stronger.
Jack rubbed his head, getting a headache from angry beeping noises echoing around the Hub. "Tosh, can you shut that off?" He yelled, the woman in question shaking her head, her face screwed up in discomfort.
"What is it?" Owen yelled over, also in obvious discomfort.
"I don't know!" Jack called back, shaking his head to get rid of the idea of the noise being familiar. Didn't the TARDIS do that sometimes?
Mickey and Rose stared at the TARDIS monitor, listening to its beeping noises. Kayla groaned on her seat, glaring at the console.
"Maybe it's a distress signal." Mickey tried hopefully.
"No, she's pissed." Kayla muttered.
"Fat lot of good that's gonna do. A pissed off TARDIS." Rose grumbled.
"Are you gonna be a misery all the time?" Mickey asked.
"Yes." She answered.
"More of tired." Kayla grunted out. Mickey shot her a small look that basically conveyed, 'don't talk.'
"You should look at it from my point of view - stuck in here with your mum's cooking." He then joked, still glancing over at Kayla from time to time.
At the mention of her mother, Rose glanced around the TARDIS, suddenly realizing that she wasn't in the TARDIS. "Where is she?" She asked, straightening up at the shrug she got from Mickey. "I'd better go and give her a hand. It might start raining missiles out there." Rose joked, heading to the doors.
"Tell her anything from a tin, that's fine." Mickey called after her.
"Why don't you tell her yourself?" Rose asked, starting to head to the door.
"I'm not that brave." Mickey answered quickly.
Rose paused at the TARDIS door, her hand resting on the handle. "Oh, I don't know..." She smiled at Mickey, who instantly smiled back. She turned the handle and stepped outside, the door barely cracked behind her.
The first thing Rose realized was that she definitely wasn't in London, the second, slightly more important one, was that she had been grabbed. With a scream, she was dragged away by alien hands.
Mickey looked around the TARDIS, Kayla looking more alert. Both had heard a very familiar voice scream. "Rose?" Mickey called out.
"Mickey, I don't think we should go out there…" Kayla stated, but Mickey either didn't hear or didn't pay attention. Instead, he headed after the blond, dropping the thermal flask in his haste. "Mickey!" Kayla called after him, getting up and staring to follow, until she tripped over the thermal and hit her head hard on the floor, knocking her out and sending the thermal flask to sit right next to the Doctor's head, starting to leak out.
"Get off! Get off me!" Rose called, still trapped in the Sycorax's grip. Mickey ran out, his eyes widening at his surroundings. "The door! Close the door!" Rose screamed at him, the TARDIS doors opened and waiting for someone to come in. Mickey dashed to the door and slammed it shut, getting a brief glimpse of Kayla on the floor before he too was grabbed by a Sycorax.
The Doctor and Kayla were left alone in the TARDIS, the former very still and lifeless and the latter slowly getting there. Nearer to the Doctor than Kayla, tea dropped from the flask and through the grilling, dripping onto the machinery below the console. Very slowly, steam started to curl up through the holes.
The Leader yelled with the glee, causing the onlookers to cheer. Harriet Jones stumbled towards Rose as the cheering continued. "Rose." She gasped out, embracing her, both terrified. "Rose! I've got you. My Lord. My precious thing. The Doctor...is he with you?"
Rose took a shaky breath, staring at the older woman in front of her. "No. We're all on our own." She said, her voice quivering with each word.
Sure, the Doctor was there, but would he be any help, no, so why make Harriet think any different? Why give her hope?
The smoke from the dripping tea rose from beneath the grilling and surrounded the Doctor's head, curling itself into his airways. He took a deep, long breath in his sleep, his body showing signs of life. The Doctor opened his mouth again, letting more of the vortex fly off.
The Sycorax Leader pointed at Rose, speaking in his harsh language angrily.
"'The yellow girl. She has the clever blue box. Therefore, she speaks for your planet.'" Alex translated.
"But she can't." Harriet protested, glancing at Rose, who bristled and raised her head definetly.
"Yeah, I can." She disagreed, her eyes not moving off of the Leader.
"Don't you dare." Mickey argued, seeing Rose growing angry. If there was one thing that got Rose very angry, it was being told she couldn't do something.
Rose was seething, sure she could do this. "Someone's gotta be the Doctor." She explained to Harriet, stepping forwards slightly, only to have Harriet grab her.
"They'll kill you."
Rose just shook loose of the frail grip. "Never stopped him." With her head held high in slightly pretended courage, she took several steps towards the Sycorax Leader, failing to ignore the other Sycorax chatting among themselves excitedly.
"I, um...I address the Sycorax according to.. article fifteen of the Shadow Proclamation. I command you to leave this world with all the authority of the Slitheen Parliament of Raxacoricofallapatorius, and um...the Gelth Confederacy..." The Leader began to stride towards her. "A-as uh...sanctioned...by the Mighty Jagrafess...and...Oh, the Daleks! Now, leave this planet in peace! In peace..." A stunned silence fell upon the group for a few seconds, and then all Sycoraxs started to laugh while the Sycorax Leader began to speak again.
"'You are very, very funny.'" Alex translated while the Leader's noises became more harsh sounding. "'And now you're going to die.'"
Harriet lurched forwards along with Mickey. "Leave her alone!" She cried out.
"Don't touch her!" Mickey added in.
"Leave her alone." Harriet repeated as she and Mickey were restrained by the Sycorax. Only able to watch the Leader circle Rose, still speaking.
"'Did you think you were clever with your stolen words?'" Alex translated as the Sycorax Leader raised his arms into the air, speaking passionately. "'We are the Sycorax. We astride the darkness.'" The Leader hissed at Rose, causing her to whimper in fear. "'Next to us you are but a wailing child. If you are the best your planet can offer as a champion...'"
"Then your world will be gutted..." The Sycorax Leader said in perfect English.
"'... then your world will be gutted...'" Alex continued, not picking up on the change. Rose, meanwhile, was staring at the Sycorax in shock.
"... and your people enslaved." The Leader continued.
"'... and your people enslaved.'" Alex looked up, his eyes wide. "Hold on, that's English."
"You're talking English." Harriet agreed.
"I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile!" The Syocrax Leader yelled out, looking disgusted at the mere thought of that.
"That's English." Rose said, pointing at the Leader. She whirled around and looked at the others. "Can you hear English?" She questioned. At this, they nodded.
"Yeah, that's English." Mickey answered promptly.
"Definitely English." Alex put in.
"I speak only Sycoraxic!" The Leader roared, cutting in.
Rose started to speak softly to herself, fidgeting as if she wanted to pace but didn't want to make the Sycorax Leader angrier. "If I can hear English," she started, speaking softly to herself, "then it's being translated. Which means it's working. Which means..."
Rose turned around slowly to look at the TARDIS, Harriet and Mickey following her lead. The doors opened to reveal Kayla Hark looking well rested and happy, her hand connected with the Doctor's, who was standing right next to her in his stripy pajamas and the dressing gown thrown over them. "Did you miss us?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow.
Rose smiled in delight when she saw the Doctor, perfectly fine, just standing there, his eyebrow cocked. Then her eyes travelled down to his hand which was connected to a certain brunet's. It was probably for the best that the Sycorax Leader chose that time to roar angrily behind her and lash his whip out at the Doctor, because Rose was having a hard time to keeping her face from showing the anger she was feeling.
The Doctor, however, grabbed the whip with his free hand and pulled it out from the Leader's hand and then removed his hand from Kayla's to throw it away. "You could have someone's eye out with that!" He chastised as if the Leader was a naughty child.
"He's right you know." Kayla added in, a small smile on her face, which only made the Leader grow angrier, and attack them both with his staff, roaring angrily. Kayla, however, snatched it off the of him and snapped it over her knee, chucking the pieces onto the floor. "You just can't get the staff. Now, you, just wait. We're busy." She ordered the Leader, who stared at the two incredulously, but the Doctor pointed at him warningly for a brief second and then went over to Mickey, Kayla following behind him.
"Mickey! Hello!" The Doctor started, very different from his 9th self. He then turned to Harriet Jones, who look shocked at the arrival of the Doctor and Kayla, more so at the former since he wasn't supposed to be there. "And Harriet Jones MP for Flydale North! Blimey, it's like 'This Is Your Life!'" Kayla gave the stunned woman a small smile as the Doctor turned his attention to Rose. "Tea! That's all I needed! A good cup of tea! Superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for healing the synapses..." His voice lowered and turned very serious, completely different from his joyfulness. "Now, Kayla already told me how I looked but I want your opinion, and be honest. How do I look?"
Rose blinked at the Doctor, almost as if she was testing to be sure he was serious. "Um…different." She stated, deciding to play along with the obviously mental Doctor.
"Good different or bad different?" He asked with a slight frown.
"Just...different." She repeated.
And it was true, she hadn't decided yet. The Doctor was supposed to be northern, with a shaved head, and big ears, not some brown haired and sideburns freak in stripy pajamas.
The Doctor watched Rose's face carefully, unlike Kayla, who had been laughing to death with each question and how serious he had been, Rose's face was blank. Which was why he felt very comfortable to ask her, "Am I...ginger?" Something he hadn't gotten to because Kayla couldn't speak due to her laughter.
Rose glanced up at the Doctor's very brown and slightly spikey hair, and then back down to his face. "No, you're just sort of brown."
The Doctor pouted deeply, turning away from the blond to face Kayla, who was giggling uncontrollably. "Aww, I wanted to be ginger. I've never been ginger." He suddenly turned back to face Rose, pointing at her violently. "And you, Rose Tyler, fat lot of good you were - you gave up on me- oh, that's rude. That's the sort of man I am now, am I? Rude." His face turned to one of thoughtfulness and confusion at the same time, "Rude and not ginger."
"I'm sorry - who are you two?" Harriet finally cut in, staring at the three like they were insane.
"I'm Kayla Hark and this," Kayla gestured to the Doctor, smiling at him, "is the Doctor."
"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor supplied after her.
Harriet blinked, that couldn't be the Doctor. The Doctor was nearly bald, and older, and northern. "But what happened to my Doctor? Or is it a title that's just passed on?"
The Doctor started to walk towards her. "I'm him. I'm literally him. Same man, new face - well, new everything." He shrugged lightly as if that all made sense, but by the way her brow was furrowing, Harriet Jones obviously didn't think the same.
"But you can't be." She protested.
"Harriet Jones. We were trapped in Downing Street, and the one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens...wasn't the war...it was the thought of your mother being on her own."
Harriet gasped, her eyes widen as she stared at the Doctor. "Oh, my God."
The Doctor walked a bit closer and bent down to speak directly to Harriet. "Did you win the election?" He asked kindly, a small smile forming.
At the question, Harriet smiled, extremely pleased. "Landslide majority."
"If I might interrupt!" The Sycorax Leader interjected suddenly, angered by the…cattle ignoring him, their Leader!
Guiltily, having forgotten that the Sycorax Leader was there, the group spun around to stare at him.
"Yes! Sorry! Hello, big fella!" the Doctor said, speaking quickly.
"Who exactly are you?" The Leader asked, looking at the Doctor.
The Time Lord in question fixed a smile onto his face. "Well. That's the question."
"I demand to know who you are!" The Leader roared, his voice deep and raw.
With a perfect imitation of the Leader's voice, the Doctor roared back, "I DON'T KNOW!" In an almost split second he relaxed back into his new normal voice. "See, there's the thing. I'm the Doctor, but beyond that, I- I just don't know. I literally do not know who I am. It's all untested." He started to pace, stretching his legs, which were different from his pervious body. "Am I funny? Am I sarcastic?" He glanced over at Kayla, who was watching him walk around, "Sexy?" He winked cheekily at Kayla, who just shook her head, a small smile forming on her lips. "Right old misery? Life and soul? Right-handed? Left-handed? A gambler? A fighter? A coward? A traitor? A liar? A nervous wreck? I mean, judging by the evidence, I've certainly got a gob." The Doctor's eyes widened considerably at the sight of the large giant button that pulsed with an alien light. "And how am I gonna react when I see this?" An insane smile was already forming as he pointed at the button. Quirking his eyebrows, he continued, "A great big threatening button." Laughing loudly, he ran up the stairs towards it. "A Great Big Threatening Button Which Must Not Be Pressed Under Any Circumstances. Am I right? Let me guess, it's some sort of control matrix? Hmm? Hold on, what's feeding it?"
Kayla slowly walked over behind him, her eyebrows raising as the Doctor pulled open a small door on the base it was sitting on to access the control. A small vile of red liquid sat in it, seemingly harmless. "That isn't…" Kayla held a hand over her mouth, swallowing hard.
"And what've we got here? Blood?" The Doctored dipped his finger into the red liquid and ignoring the protested from Kayla, he put said finger into his mouth. "Yeah, definitely. Blood. Human blood. A Positive. With just a dash of iron." He wiggled his tongue at the blood and got to his feet. "Ahh. But that means...blood control—" Another grin was quickly growing as he spoke, "Blood control! Oh! I haven't seen blood control for years! You're controlling all the A Positives!"
Completely delighted at the prospect of blood control, the Sycorax Leader faltered while the Doctor continued to grin. "Which leaves us with a great big stinking problem," the Doctor started, still beaming. "'Cos... I really don't know who I am. I don't know when to stop. So if I see a Great Big Threatening Button Which Should Never Ever Be Pressed...then I just wanna do this." He turned and whacked at the button.
Behind him, Rose and Harriet's voice mingled together in one loud protest. "No!"
Down on Earth, all the A Positives took a step forwards as if they meant to walk off their respective surfaces when, as one, they were released from their hypnotization. "What the hell am I doing up here?" A male voice, Jason, called out from the crowd of the people who used to be hypnotized.
"Get away from the edge!" Sandra ordered, her eyes starting to fill with tears as her husband returned to his normal state.
Jason and all the others quickly stepped back from the edge, their eyes wide and sleepy. A shout started from one side of the roof, making everyone raise their eyes to the spaceship above.
On said spaceship, everyone but Kayla and the Doctor were stunned. Beside the yelled 'no' from Rose and Harriet, no one had spoken. Finally, Alex called out, "You killed them!"
Instead of answering Alex's call, the Doctor merely smirked at the Sycorax Leader. "What do you think, big fella? Are they dead?"
After an uncomfortable and tense silence, the Sycorax Leader snapped back. "We allow them to live."
Kayla scoffed but didn't comment. "Allow?" The Doctor questioned, "You've no choice! I mean, that's all blood control is. Cheap bit of voodoo. Scares the pants off you, but that's as far as it goes. It's like hypnosis - you can hypnotize someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis, you can't hypnotize them to death. Survival instinct's too strong."
"Blood control was just one form of conquest. I can summon the armada and take this world by force." The Leader insisted, trying to make the indifferent Doctor fear.
The Doctor shrugged. "Well, yeah, you could, yeah, you could do that - of course you could. But why? Look at these people." He gestured to the humans behind him, keeping his eyes on the Leader as he spoke. "These human beings. Consider their potential. From the day they arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun. There is more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than- no, hold on...the Doctor paused completely, his brow furring. "Sorry, that's 'The Lion King'. But the point still stands. Leave them alone!"
"Or what?" The Leader challenged.
"Or…" As the Doctor started for a sword, Kayla grabbed one from the Sycorax that was hardly guarding her. With a sharp inhale, he watched the action unfold beneath him. To him, Kayla had never looked more beautiful. An action with her hand made him focus and grab the sword she had hurtled to him.
"He challenges you." Kayla called out for him, waiting as the Doctor quickly ran down the steps to the clearing in front of the TARDIS that she was standing in.
"I challenge you." He gasped out.
The Sycorax Leader, who had been watching the action silently, stared at the Doctor and Kayla. A second passed, then two, and then the Leader burst into laughter, a few others joining in.
Kayla smirked at the Leader, "We are right that the sanctified rules of combat still apply in this challenge, so why are you laughing?"
The Leader walked down the steps and took out his sword. "You stand as this world's champion." He stated.
The Doctor merely shrugged off his borrowed dressing gown. "Thank you. I've no idea who I am, but you just summed me up." With a cheeky grin, he tossed the dressing gown to Kayla, who caught it. "So - you accept my challenge? Or are you just a cranak pel casacree salvak?" At the words, the Sycorax knelt with a hiss of anger, causing the Doctor to do the same, just without the hiss.
"For the planet?" The Leader hissed.
"For the planet." The Doctor agreed.
Kayla stepped backwards quickly and then watched as the less powerful Doctor struggled to find a rhythm in the match. A groan escaped her when the Doctor was thrown aside by the Sycorax Leader, who just laughed. Instead of giving any outward sign of injury, the Doctor straightened himself and they started to fight again. Almost immediately, the Leader swung his sword at the Doctor.
"Look out!" Rose screamed out.
The Doctor and the Sycorax Leader both paused to stare at the blond, who blushed furiously. "Oh, yeah, that helped. Wouldn't have thought of that otherwise, thanks." The Leader swung at the Doctor right after he finished his sentence, officially unpausing the match. Only this time, the Doctor was fighting better, and moved with a sort of clunky grace.
"Bit of fresh air?" He suggested, having successfully moved them to a button which he jabbed, causing a door to open. The sun's light poured into the room, and a strong whistling wind was heard outside of the door.
Fighting each other the whole way, the Sycorax Leader and the Doctor carried on their fight. Not once did their eyes travel to Harriet Jones, Rose, Mickey, Alex, Kayla, or a few of the Sycorax who followed them.
With a lucky jab, the Sycorax Leader managed to catch the Doctor slightly on the nose. He grunted slightly, feeling a small trickle of blood start from the cut. Having seen the event, Rose started forwards to help but Kayla placed a warning hand on the blond's shoulder. "Stay back." She whispered, "Invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet." With a soft sigh, Rose stepped backwards.
Not noticing or ignoring Rose's start toward him, the Doctor wiped at his noise and then the Leader and he charged, clashing their swords in a mighty strike. Grimacing with the effort, the Doctor was knocked backwards and onto the rough ground, nearly falling off the spaceship itself. Taking advantage of this, the Sycorax Leader raised his sword above the man and slashed the Doctor's arm, taking away the entire part from the elbow down, not only taking away his hand, but also his sword. With a small gasp, the Doctor watched his hand fall down to the Earth, helpless to do anything about it. Once it was out of sight, he turned his head to stare at the Leader, surprise and annoyance mingling on his face.
"You cut my hand off." He stated softly.
The Leader, however, cheered loudly for himself. "YAH! Sycorax!"
Having none of that, the Doctor got to his feet. "And now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky. 'Cos quite by chance...I'm still within the first fifteen hours of my regeneration cycle. Which means I've got just enough residual cellular energy...to do this." Holding out the stump of his arm, the Doctor watched in satisfaction as the arm grew back for all to see.
"Witchcraft." The Leader breathed, horrified.
"Time Lord." The Doctor responded.
Rose reached at the waist of the Sycorax closest to her and grabbed its sword. "Doctor!" She yelled.
The man in question turned in time to see her throw the sword. He caught it quickly by the handle of his new hand and spun it around, watching the blade. "Oh, so I'm still the Doctor, then?" He teased at the blond.
Rose smiled, putting her tongue between her teeth. "No arguments from me!"
With a delighted grin, the Doctor turned back to the Leader. "Wanna know the best bit? This new hand..." He took on a Southern, almost Texan accent, "It's a fightin' hand!"
With his cry lingering in the air, the Doctor ran at the Leader, resuming the fight. Only this time, the Doctor defiantly had the upper hand. Jabbing and slashing at the alien, he fought brilliantly. Finally, he jabbed his sword in the Leader's stomach, making his onlookers groan in sympathetic pain and the Leader to grunt out. Doing it twice more, the Doctor watched in satisfaction as the Leader fell to the ground. Automatically, the Doctor put his sword at his sword.
"I win." The Doctor panted out.
His breathing labored, the Leader struggled to see the sword that was pointed at his throat. "Then kill me." He gasped out.
With a slight shake of his head, the Doctor responded. "I'll spare your life if you'll take this champion's command: leave this planet, and never return. What do you say?"
Without a pause to gather his thought the Sycorax answered with a firm, "Yes."
Not pleased with the quickness of the answer, the Doctor gritted his teeth and jabbed his sword into the Leader's neck, his face hardening with anger. "Swear on the blood of your species."
Barely able to draw a breath in, the Leader choked out, "I swear."
Like he had flipped a coin, all hardness and anger left the Doctor's face. His voice became light and easy as he spoke. "There we are, then! Thanks for that! Cheers, big fella!" Pulling back, he stabbed the sword roughly into the ground.
Behind him, his audience slowly started up again. "Bravo!" Harriet called, clapping. Next to her, Kayla and Rose both smiled and went over to the Doctor.
"That says it all. Bravo!" Rose told him.
"Good job sweetie." Kayla smiled sweetly at him, and after a small second, she handed him his dressing gown.
"Yeah! Not bad for a man in his jim-jams!" With a large grin, he wrapped his arm around Kayla's waist. "Very Arthur Dent. Now, there was a nice man. Hold on, what have I got in here?" Removing his free hand from the pocket of his dressing gown, he stared in bewilderment of the satsuma that was now in his hand. Rose giggled softly, prompting one from Kayla. "A satsuma. Ah, that friend of your mothers ." he indicated Rose, "He does like his snacks doesn't he? But doesn't that just sum up Christmas?"
The three walked towards the door they had exited from. With a grin, the Doctor threw the satusma up into the air and caught it with ease. "You go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom, there's always one stupid old satsuma. Who wants a satsuma?"
While the Doctor spoke, the Sycorax Leader slowly got to his feet. With a painful reach, he picked up his sword and with a roar, he prepared to charge. Not even flinching or turning around, the Doctor merely lobbed the satsuma at a switch on the side of the door, causing the ground beneath the Sycorax Leader to vanish. With a horror filled yell, he fell to Earth, his cries changing the Doctor's grin to a deep frown.
"No second chances. I'm that sort of a man."
The Doctor stood in front of the TARDIS with Kayla and the others. With a steel note in his voice, the Doctor addressed the remaining Sycoraxs. "By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when go you back to the stars and tell others of this planet...when you tell them of its riches - its people - its potential. When you talk of the Earth, then make sure that you tell them this: It - is - defended." As one, the TARDIS, the Doctor, Rose, Kayla, Harriet Jones, Mickey, and Alex were all teleported away.
The TARDIS and the six people were teleported onto a street. "Where are we?" Rose asked, staring at the unfamiliar road.
"We're just off Bloxom Road. We're just round the corner, we did it!" With a shout of laughter, Mickey jumped up in down in glee, celebrating. Slightly annoyed, the Doctor held his hand out, stopping the excited boy. Above them, the spaceship's engines started up loudly.
"Wait a minute…wait a minute..." The engines roared noisily as the ship flew off into space and out of sight.
"Go on, my son! Oh, yeah!" Mickey yelled at the spaceship.
Rose, gleefully, jumped onto his back, also yelling at the spaceship. "Yeah! Don't come back!"
"It is defended!" Mickey called.
Beside the now laughing…friends…Kayla and the Doctor awkwardly hugged, unsure of what they should do exactly. However, all good things had to end, and the Doctor ended their sweet and awkward embrace and walked over to Harriet Jones, one arm remained around Kayla's waist, keeping her close.
"My Doctor." The elderly woman smiled at the Doctor, a shadow of surprise flashing across her eyes as she saw just how close the Doctor and Kayla were. If anything, she had assumed that Rose and the Doctor would be together.
Noticing the surprise but deciding not comment on it, the Doctor smiled equally as bright. "Prime Minister." Removing his arm from around Kayla's waist, the Doctor briefly hugged the Prime Minister only to put his arm straight back around Kayla's waist.
"Absolutely the same man." Harriet said fondly. With a shared grin, the three stood comfortably in silence for a brief moment before turning to look up at the sky. "Are there many more out there?" She wondered, her gaze not leaving the sky.
"Oh, not just Sycorax. Hundreds of species. Thousands of them. And the human race is drawing attention to itself. Every day you're sending out probes and messages and signals - this planet's so noisy. You're getting noticed...more and more." With a gaze filled with many years of seeing others suffer, the Doctor turned to look at Harriet Jones. "You'd better get used to it."
If Harriet wanted to answer the Time Lord, she never got a chance due to the clatter of feet and a hysterical cry of, "Rose!"
The cry was quickly answered by Rose herself. "Mum!"
With a grumble, the Doctor turned to see Jackie scrambling down the street, "Oh! Talking of trouble...!"
Rose, however much she didn't want to, ran over to her mother and hugged her tightly. "Oh, my God! You did it, Rose! Oh!"
Smiling despite himself, the Doctor watched on, not even noticing Alex's communication device beep. Instead, he watched as Mickey went over to the mother and daughter.
"You did it too! It was the tea! Fixed his head!" Rose argued.
"That was all I needed - cup o' tea." The Doctor agreed, walking over with Kayla.
"I said so!" Jackie claimed, grinning like a cat.
Rose smiled widely. "Look at him!"
And Jackie did look. She looked at the Doctor, at how close he was to Kayla, and how happy they were. Rose must have seen it too, because her face fell a bit, and instead she indicated for Jackie to look over at..."Oh, my God! It's the bleeding Prime Minister!" She exclaimed.
"Come here, you." The Doctor stated fondly, once again removing his arm from around Kayla's waist to hug the blond. Jackie threw her arms around him with zester, and with a grin, Kayla joined in, prompting Rose and Mickey to come over and put their arms into the fray.
"Aww...! Are you better?" Jackie asked.
"I am, yeah!" the Doctor answered.
As the five talked together, the Doctor sure to keep Kayla next to him, Alex walked over to Harriet Jones, obviously wanting to talk about the message he had received when they had arrived back on Earth. "It's a message from Torchwood. They say they're ready." He muttered to her.
Harriet Jones closed her eyes briefly, and then opened them again. Her breathing faltered as she saw the happy group standing a short way away.
Not even noticing Alex and Harriet watching, the small group all smiled and talked to each other. Jackie, as always, being the loudest. "You left me!" She said to Rose.
"I'm sorry!" Rose quickly replied, scared of her mother when she was angry.
Jackie would not give up though. "I had all the food!" She pointed out. The Doctor, Mickey, and Kayla grinned as they watched, thankful that it wasn't them. Growing bored, the Doctor turned to smile at Harriet, who smiled weakly back.
With a heavy heart, Harriet Jones, Prime Minister of England, turned to Alex and said the words that would ruin her life. "Tell them to fire."
Giving a short nod, Alex turned to his communication device. "Fire at will." He relayed.
Despite how long it felt for Harriet and Alex, it was only a few minutes until a green beam of light shot out loudly from the ground nearby, the noise alone making the Doctor, Rose, Kayla, Mickey and Jackie jump in alarm. In a few seconds, four other beams had shot out, creating one giant fifth one when they met. The beams paused in midair, as if they were holding their breath. And then they exhaled, and the energy shot up into space and hit the spaceship above, destroying it.
Rose was the first to move, let alone speak. With a loud gasp that seemed louder due to the silence of London she asked, "What is that? What's happening?" Jackie put one hand to her mouth in horror while the other went onto Rose's arm, meaning to comfort her daughter.
The grin the Doctor had been wearing was nothing but a mere shadow now. He turned his face from the sky to Harriet Jones. Looking more dangerous than any alien Kayla and Rose had ever seen, he stalked towards the Prime Minister. "That was murder." He spat at her.
"That was defense. It's adapted from alien technology. A ship that fell to Earth ten years ago." Harriet quickly defended. Sure she felt guilty, but that wouldn't change the reasoning behind it.
Displeased and angry, the Doctor continued on. "But they were leaving."
"You said yourself, Doctor. They'd go back to the stars and tell others about the Earth. I'm sorry, Doctor, but you're not here all the time. You come and go. It happened today – Mr. Llewellyn and the Major. They were murdered. They died right in front of me while you were sleeping. In which case - we have to defend ourselves." Harriet Jones, Prime Minister, glared at the Doctor, blaming him for the two deaths she had seen just that day.
"Britain's Golden Age." The Doctor hissed out disdainfully.
"It comes with a price." Harriet told him, defending her honor.
The Doctor's lips twisted into an evil, disgusting smirk. "I gave them the wrong warning. I should've told them to run - as fast as they can, run and hide because the monsters are coming: the human race."
Harriet shook her head, "Those are the people I represent. I did it on their behalf."
"Then I should've stopped you." The Doctor spat out, meaning every word.
"What does that make you, Doctor? Another alien threat?" Harriet challenged.
The Doctor stepped towards the woman angrily. Behind him, Kayla also stepped forwards, prepared to restrain him if she had to. "Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones. 'Cos I'm a completely new man. I could bring down your Government with a single word."
Harriet just shook her head sadly. "You're the most remarkable man I've ever met. But I don't think you're quite capable of that."
"No, you're right. Not a single word." He looked down at her silently, wanting her to apologize, to object again, but he was left with no choice but to continue. "Just six."
"I don't think so." Harriet objected quickly.
"Six words." He repeated, cruelly taunting her.
"Stop it!" She cried out.
"Six." There eyes met and a battle of the will started. Then the Doctor walked around her and towards Alex. In a swift motion, he took of the man's earpiece and spoke to him quietly so that no one except for the two men could hear him speak.
"Don't you think she looks tired?" With the six words echoing in Alex's ear, the Doctor walked off again, leaving the poor boy rather confused and Harriet Jones alarmed and terrified. Meeting up with Kayla first, he put his arm around the brunet's waist and walked with her to Mickey, Rose, and Jackie. Wordlessly, the five walked down the street. Behind them, Harriet Jones rushed up to Alex.
"What did he say?" She asked him urgently.
"Oh, uh- nothing, really—" The poor boy stammered out, his mind turning at what the Time Lord had whispered to him.
"What did he say?!" Harriet repeated, her voice rising as she grew more terrified.
Alex shook his head stammering out, "I- nothing! I don't know!" Honestly he didn't understand anything that had happened today, including what the Doctor had told him.
Losing hope, Harriet turned and screamed after the retreating figure of the Doctor. "Doctor! Doctor, what did you- what was- what did he say?! What did you say, Doctor? Doctor?!" With his arm still wrapped around Kayla's waist, the Doctor and the others ignored the hysteric Prime Minister. "I'm sorry." She whispered. Glancing over at Alex, she saw him walk away. And for once, Harriet Jones was completely alone.
In the TARDIS Wardrobe, the Doctor riffled through the clothes he had gathered through his many regenerations. His last self had hated drawing attention, but this one, this one enjoyed it. Growing tired of the silence, he had the TARDIS turn on music, and after only a few seconds, the Doctor was humming along happily to the song.
When I woke up today and the world seemed a restless place, it could have been that way for me...
Mickey, Rose, Jackie, and Kayla, the latter of which had been standing off to the side, watching, had finished preparing Christmas dinner. Like they had done every single year before, Mickey started to carve the turkey.
Then I wandered around...
Growing restless, the Doctor shuffled through the clothes.
And I thought of your face...
A brown suit seemed to stand out from all the rest. Hadn't Kayla said something about liking the color brown?
That Christmas looking back at me...
The Doctor grabbed the brown jacket, smiling with delight that he had remembered that small fact. Making sure to have the suit, he dashed off.
I wish today was just like every other day.
Rose happily served sprouts at the small table.
'Cos today has been the best day...
The Doctor walked slowly up to the mirror, hands stashed into the pockets of his new brown suit and jacket. He turned around, trying to see as much of his new body as possible.
Everything I ever dreamed. Then I started to walk...
He leaned towards the mirror, running a hand over his new face.
Pretty soon I will run...
The Doctor opened his mouth to reveal his white teeth which he quickly ran his tongue over. Turning his head different ways, he seemed to admire the effect of each angle.
Then I'll be running back to you.
With a raise of his eyebrow, a sniff, and a nod, the Doctor was ready to see Kayla.
'Cos I followed my star, and that's what you are...
With a small hop in his step, the Doctor left the enormous wardrobe.
The Doctor entered Jackie's flat, shutting the door behind him. Kayla and Rose looked up, but Rose was the one to drop her gaze, knowing that the Doctor wasn't here for her, he was there for Kayla.
I've had a merry time with you.
Kayla laughed loudly as the Christmas cracker she pulled with the Doctor banged. Even though the Doctor won, he gave it to Kayla, having done the same with Rose when they had pulled at the Christmas crackers.
I wish today was just like every other day.
"Oh, that's yours..." The Doctor said quickly. Kayla just shook her head and pulled out a lavender paper party hat out of the cracker.
"On second thought, I think I'll keep it." Kayla told the Doctor.
"Lavender! Lovely!" the Doctor called out, alerting everyone at the table. Kayla, who had been in process of putting it on, blushed furiously at the attention and ducked her head, giving Rose a view of the telly, which she quickly pointed out to everyone.
'Cos today has been the best day, everything I ever dreamed...
"Look, it's Harriet Jones!" She cried out.
Hearing her cry, they all turned to look at the television. The Doctor, whether to try them out or prove a point, took out a pair of black glasses from his pocket. "Prime Minister," A man spoke on the telly, obviously interviewing her, "is it true you are no longer fit to be in position?"
"No. Now, can we talk about other things?" Harriet said briskly.
The Doctor, still watching the telly, stood up and put the black, thick rimmed, and horribly geeky glasses on. Kayla stood up behind him and placed a hand on his arm while he frowned at the news, making him look like a disappointed professor.
"Is it true you're unfit for office?" the man pressed.
"Look, there is nothing wrong with my health! I don't know where these stories are coming from! And a vote of no confidence... is completely unjustified." Harriet Jones cried out, nearing hysteric level.
In the flat, Jackie winced at seeing the Prime Minister start to break down. Not wanting to see anymore, she turned away. Like a gift, the phone rang, prompting her to go get it.
"Are you going to resign?" The man continued.
Her face a mix of frustration and confusion, Harriet snapped, "On today of all days, I'm fine. Look at me, I'm fine. I look fine, I feel fine."
"It's Beth. She says go and look outside." Jackie called.
The Doctor, still not grinning, took his glasses off and turned back to the others.
"Why?" Rose asked.
"I dunno, just go outside and look. Come on, shift!" Under Jackie's command, the five got up and headed for their coats.
The reason why Beth had called became apparent when they saw families playing in what appeared to be snow. Laughing with delight, they wondered outside, only for a shout of glee to come from nearby from a child, his finger pointed towards the sky. Following his lead, the five looked up to see meteors in the sky.
"They're beautiful." Kayla whispered, stepping closer to the Doctor.
"Oh, that's beautiful. What are they, meteors?" Rose called, walking up to stand on the other side of the Doctor.
"It's the spaceship breaking up in the atmosphere. This isn't snow, it's ash." Mickey, who had been trying to catch the "snow" on his tongue, spat it out immediately.
"Oh…I take that back." Kayla muttered.
"Not so beautiful." Rose agreed.
The Doctor turned his head to look at Kayla and then at Rose. "This is a brand new planet Earth. No denying the existence of aliens now - everyone saw it. Everything's new."
Staring at the ash covered ground, Rose asked, "And what about you? What are you gonna do next?"
"Well... back to the TARDIS with Kayla... same old life." At the Doctor mentioning her name, Kayla blushed but smiled slightly.
Feeling a spark of jealousy, Rose drew her head up to look at the Doctor. "With-without me?" She questioned.
"Why, don't you wanna come?" Rose smiled brightly at the Doctor's words.
"Well, yeah." Rose finally answered, biting down on her tongue to make sure she didn't freak out.
"Do you, though?" the Doctor checked, hoping that Rose would pick up that he and Kayla…well he and Kayla would exist.
"Yeah!"
"I just thought…'cos I changed…and Kayla and I…" the Doctor scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, watching the flash of jealously go across Rose's face.
"Yeah, I... I thought, 'cos you changed...and you and Kayla…you might not want me anymore." Rose replied back just as awkwardly.
"Oh, I'd love you to come!" the Doctor beamed at Rose, happy that she was staying.
"Okay!" Rose laughed, sharing a smile with the Doctor before he turned his head to smile at Kayla, a tenderness entering his eyes.
Having seen the whole thing, Mickey felt his heart shatter. "You're never gonna stay, are you?"
Hearing his voice, the three turned to look at him. "You can always come if you want to." Kayla offered.
"Nah, I'm too much of a coward."
"Well, I reckon you're mad. The three of you. It's like you go looking for trouble." Jackie called.
Smiling, the Doctor ran over to her. "Trouble's just the bits in-between," he started, putting an arm around the elder blond. "It's all waiting out there, Jackie. It's brand new to me." Kayla and Rose smiled two very different smiles. "All those planets...creatures and horizons...I haven't seen them yet! Not with these eyes..." he hurried back over to Kayla and Rose, drawing the brunet to him, "And it is gonna be...fantastic."
Rose smiled brightly at the use of his old catchphrase and he grinned back. "So, where're we gonna go first?" She asked him.
Staring up at the sky, the Doctor struggled to remember where their destination was. "Um…that way." He pointed at one spot before he shook his head, "No, hold on...that way." His hand moved just an inch to the right of his first spot.
"Doctor, that's actually right." Kayla breathed out, causing Rose to laugh loudly and the Doctor to struggle with acting angry.
"I'll have you know I'm always right." The Doctor grinned despite his best efforts. Kayla grinned back and Rose chuckled softly. Perhaps the three could get use to this arrangement.
Captain Jack Harkness leaned back in his chair, reading the note the Doctor had left him so, so long ago. Despite his better judgment, just for that night, he let himself remember the times he had spent with the Doctor and Rose, and more importantly, with Kayla.
The TARDIS felt the Thief and the Other Thief wandered in together. Their first battle was won, but now the two faced a bigger threat. Touchdown? No, that wasn't it. Torch? No…something else. Oh, what was it? Maybe she would find out later. Instead though, the TARDIS just hummed as the Thief and the Other Thief leaned in for a…a…KISS!
IT WAS SOO FLUFFY, AND THE KISS! Right...sorry.
So, THIS STUPID CHAPTER IS OVER THANK GOD! Yeah, I now hate this episode. This part was 10,079 words, and I cut out some stuff.
Also, I hope you enjoyed the little bits of Torchwood seeping over, that was fun.
Next episode is New Earth and, like I said earlier, it's going to be a minisode.
Before I answer the reviews, I just wanted to say how happy I was when I read the reviews. Completely made my day. So, review time:
TheTinyMouse: Thanks! :D
TeamTHEFT: Your welcome and thanks!
grapejucie101: Thanks!
fandomenforcer: Everyone, everyone loves to snuggle with the Doctor.
beulah2013: I'm still freaking out about the title...and the next one. SO AWESOME!
dream lighting: Thanks!
Amelia (guest): They just go so well together! As for Rose and Kayla, it will definitely be a tense relationship, but there will be bonding...a very small thing of bonding.