In his bedroom, Elton once again danced to ELO music. Who knew that finding the brunette was going to be so easy?
Waiting that night, Elton couldn't help but be worried that the blonde woman wouldn't show. After all, what person in their right mind would willingly meet a strange person in the dark and deserted parking lot? Elton knew he certainly wouldn't.
Regardless, the blonde did show. Wearing the same ratty sweat jacket and cheap jeans from earlier that day, the young woman walked with quick purpose towards Elton, "I've been trained for this. Victor Kennedy's classes covered basic surveillance and espionage. And that included secret meetings."
The blonde spotted Elton and walked over, "Step one: make sure that the area is secure."
"Don't worry about us getting overheard." The blonde stated when she was standing in front of Elton, "No one ever comes in here." She shook her head, showing off her bright red and overdone lips, her oddly curled hair, the way her cheeks looked like she had been slapped, and her eyelashes sticking together.
"Do eyelashes usually stick together and clump black circle thingies between them? No matter, I'll just ignore it. Now…step two: get on first name terms with the person(s) you're meeting and why they could be of use to you."
The blonde smiled, showing a weird dot of red on one of her front teeth, "I'm Rose. I used to travel with the Doctor." She introduced.
Elton blinked, "I'm Elton." He greeted.
"Step three: find out the needed information."
Before Elton could ask anything, Rose pointed to a deserted and sad looking bench, "Let's sit over there." She stated before heading over to the bench. Seeing no reason to argue, Elton followed the blonde, "So how do you know about Kayla?" she wondered.
"Who?" Elton couldn't help but ask.
Rose sighed, "She's the brunette." She answered, "Listen, if you don't know anything then maybe I should go-"
"No!" Elton cut in before he could stop himself, "I mean, that's not necessary, I know loads." He corrected himself.
Rose nodded slowly, "What do you know?" she asked after a few second pause.
Gathering himself, it took a moment or two for Elton to finally tell the blonde exactly what he knew, "the Doctor is an alien. A real, proper alien. He travels in a blue box – no idea why 'cause it's so small and must be rather cramp – but travels in it. And he's also traveling with that brunette. The one that's a…a cow." He rushed to explain. For a second, Rose seemed a bit dazed, but then she broke into a smile and started to clap for Elton, who blinked, "Did I do something wrong?" He asked worriedly.
Rose shook her head, "Nope!"
"Oh…okay."
After an awkward pause in the conversation, Rose started to explain, "The Doctor is an alien, but there are loads of aliens. He's a Time Lord and his home planet is destroyed. I only know all this because I traveled with him in that blue box, but it's bigger on the inside." Rose laughed to herself, "Can you imagine it? An entire world pressed into a tiny little box that should be no bigger than a phone box! And, it can travel in space and time!" Shaking her head, Rose made a snorting noise and then continued, "The Doctor is over nine hundred years old but he looks young, or at least he does now. When I first met him, he looked like he was forty and he wore a big leather jacket and a jumper!
"It was just the Doctor and I, but one day we landed during the London Blitz. I got separated from the Doctor and during that time, she came along. Kayla Harkness. She was horrible, she was. All smile and charms, and she was traveling with her dad. We, the Doctor and I, trusted her and those two broke that trust. Turns out that they were not only time travelers, but thieves. And they wanted to steal the TARDIS from the Doctor. We never found out, so we invited them onto our ship. After a few travels, we landed on a space station of some sort. Her father had only recently decided to just travel with the Doctor and I, but Kayla was jealous of how much the Doctor loved me so she decided to get me out of the way.
"She separated all of us. Her father was put in some fashion game, the Doctor was put in some reality show, and I was put in an impossible game show. Nothing about the present, of course, only the future." Rose shook her head, "If it weren't for the Doctor and her father, then I would have died, but they saved me. Kayla, however, took control of the space station and called these horrible aliens called Daleks to kill everyone. She very nearly succeeded, but her father stopped her at the price of his life. And the Doctor didn't know because I couldn't tell him. How could I? This was a person he thought he loved, and I wasn't going to be that jealous blonde who tries to rip them apart. He was happy, and so was I.
"But then everything fell to hell when Kayla somehow convinced the Doctor to leave me here at home. There was no reason at all. I tried to be civil to her, even befriend her! But I was apparently a risk, and that meant I was kicked out of the TARDIS with only my phone and none of the money I had in that ship, which was a lot. And now I'm stuck here, only imagining what horrors that Kayla is doing to my poor Doctor. She obviously did something to his brain because otherwise he would have known she was horrible."
Letting out a little whimper, Rose shook her head and rubbed at her eyes, "That's all, in case you thought that I had more information on Kayla or the Doctor. I can't tell you how to contact him because Kayla wiped my phone."
Feeling bad for the blonde, Elton awkwardly pat her shoulder. Looking up with tears in her blue eyes and black streaks going down her face, Rose did something that he never saw coming. She leaned in and kissed him!
Of course this wasn't Elton's first kiss, but unlike the others he had had – well, it was only one but still! – Elton felt as if this kiss was wrong. It shouldn't be Rose who was kissing him, but someone else. Someone with brown hair and glasses and a soft voice.
Someone named Ursula Blake.
And with that realization, he pushed Rose away and shook his head, "Rose, no." He said as sternly as he could, "But I have a girlfriend, or I think I might. But the point still stands! I don't want you to kiss me."
Nodding, Rose rubbed at her eyes, "I should really go. Yeah. Bye." And with that awkward farewell, Elton was left by himself on a bench in a deserted lot.
Sighing and shaking his head, Elton got up from the bench and started for a sidewalk, when a voice from the shadows caused him to stop and whirl around, "So, you got wrapped up with Kayla Harkness and the Doctor." A male noted.
Trying to stare through the darkness, Elton rummaged in his pocket until he pulled out a Superman pen light, "Show yourself, I'm armed!" He tried to sound threatening, but his voice cracked slightly at the end, making the 'armed' sound like a squeak.
The man slowly walked out from the shadows, a fresh cigarette in his hands. He had green eyes and short dark brown hair. Perhaps he would have appeared friendly…if he wasn't wearing a black leather jacket, dark jeans, and one of the creepiest expressions that Elton had ever seen.
"You do realize that that's a pen light." The man stated with a flick of the end of his cigarette towards the pen light in Elton's hands.
Elton swallowed, "Now I don't want any trouble." He said in a hopefully brave voice, "The one thing that Victor Kennedy never taught us was what to do when a mysterious person stopped you in a dark area."
The man sighed, "I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to know why Victor Kennedy sent you to gather information on the Doctor and Kayla."
Blinking, Elton's brow furrowed, "I'm apart of LINDA. We're tracking down the Doctor 'cause we just want to meet the guy. Victor Kennedy is helping us." The sandy – haired man explained.
The man sighed, "Listen kid. Take it from me, and Torchwood One. Don't bother with the Doctor or Kayla. He'll get you killed, if you're lucky. If you're not then you become Rose. Jealous and left behind."
"Hey!" Elton cried out, "Rose was a victim of Kayla! She's evil and jealous and-"
"Kayla Harkness is a valuable assist to Torchwood One should she ever appear in 21st Century London. I have never met her father, but if she's anything like him then you should know that she would never do anything to Rose unless she deserved it." Muttering something under his breath, the man huffed on his cigarette one more time and then threw it on the ground. Instantly, he used his shoe to rub it into the ground, "Bye kid. Hope I don't see you around." And then Ianto turned away and started to walk back into the shadows.
In a bit of a daze, it took Elton a few minutes to call after the man, "At least tell me your name!"
The man laughed, "Ianto Jones from Torchwood One." He called over his shoulder before disappearing from Elton's sight.
"Of course I went home and straight to bed."
Elton, unaware that the camera was filming him, danced crazily to more 'Mr. Blue Sky.'
"I skipped the next LINDA meeting, mostly because I slept through the time because of how tiring my night meet – up was. But also because I purposely didn't set my alarm. I had a lot of thinking to do."
In front of the camera, sitting in his chair, Elton chewed on his snack of apples and peanut butter, "You see, I needed to decide who was right. Ianto Jones or Rose Tyler, and what I should do about LINDA, because when I explained to Ianto what we used to do at meetings, I realized that we were doing none of that, and I wanted it back. Plus, I needed to take Ursula out on a date. A real proper date to show here that I loved her."
At the next LINDA meeting, it was a grimed faced Elton that listened to Ursula's berating that he wasn't there, and her glee over the kiss Bridget had received from Mr. Skinner. Of course when the older man came up to him and explained in a frantic voice that Bridget had disappeared and the last time anyone, including himself, had seen her was at the last meeting, any pleasure he had gained from Ursula was gone in seconds.
So with a dark cloud over his face, he stormed into the headquarters of LINDA and did something he rarely did, he yelled at Victor, "And you were wrong! I don't know WHERE you got that information, but according to Ianto Jones, the Doctor is going to get us killed! If you went to Torchwood yourself then how come you didn't warn us that this – this isn't kid stuff!" Elton ranted.
Victor Kennedy, however, looked like he just wanted to flick Elton away, "I KNEW I couldn't trust you! You broke cover, you STUPID little man!" he roared at the sandy – haired man.
"I don't CARE what you think of me! Because it's all gone wrong, Mr. Kennedy, ever since YOU turned up! We used to come here every week, and we'd have a laugh. We were friends. No wonder they stopped coming. I mean there's no Bliss any more, and even Bridget, she hasn't turned up." He pointed out.
At his desk and looking extremely bothered, Mr. Skinner nodded, "I've been phoning and phoning her, there's no reply." He added in.
"And who can blame her?! I'm sorry Victor, but you're on your own. Because I am leaving! And so are you, Mr. Skinner! And as for you, Ursula –" Storming over to the woman's desk, the Elton looked at her, "You're coming with me. And we're going to the Golden Locust and we're gonna have a Chinese." He told her as bravely as he could.
Ursula blinked for a second, "What's that got to do with it?" she finally asked.
Not expecting this reply, it took a few moments for Elton to actually reply, "I mean you and me. Together. Having a meal. If you want..." his voice trailed off as he waited for the woman's answers.
After a few moments that were horrible for poor Elton, Ursula finally answered with a blush and a small smile, "Oh…I'd love it." She squeaked out, obviously touched.
"But you can't leave. You'll never know what he was doing, the Doctor. You'll never know what he was doing in your house all those years ago." Victor protested, looking at Elton with pleading eyes.
Elton shrugged, "No. I'll never know." He agreed before pausing for a second before turning to Ursula and Mr. Skinner, "Ursula, get your stuff. Mr. Skinner, are you coming? Not to the Chinese, if you don't mind, just sort of walking out."
Mr. Skinner nodded, "I certainly am!" he cried out, gather his things and leaving his chair like Ursula was also doing.
Even though he didn't really once to, Elton addressed Victor Kennedy for hopefully the last time, "Victor. Good luck. Good bye." He stated before the three finally started to walk out of the basement –
"Mr. Skinner! Would you stay for a minute, please?" Victor called to the elderly man.
Confused, the man looked at Elton and Ursula – who shrugged – before turning to look at Victor, "We're walking out." He pointed out, his forehead furrowed.
Victor nodded, "I've got numbers for Bridget! I've kept records, I've got old numbers." He started to rummage through his bag, "We could track her down. Together. You and I." he offered.
Unsure of what to do or say, the three exchanged worried looks with one another until Mr. Skinner shrugged, "That's more like the old team spirit. You two have a nice time." He said to the two.
"I hope you find her." Ursula offered.
"I'll email you." Elton added in.
And together, hand in hand, Ursula and Elton walked out of LINDA headquarters with Victor Kennedy saying, "Just come a little closer. Come on," to Mr. Skinner.
Out on the street, Ursula swung Elton's hand a bit, "Mm, prawns!" she sighed in anticipation.
Elton nodded, "Yeah, I like prawns." He agreed.
"Do you?" Ursula asked with a sideways glanced at the sandy – haired man.
"Crispy aromatic though." Elton replied with a grin.
Pausing slightly, Ursula felt for her pocket to take out her phone, "Oh, I left my phone..." she muttered mostly to herself as she started to pat down her empty pockets.
At this information, Elton's brow creased, "Really?" he checked.
Ursula nodded, "Yeah! It's not in my pocket." She answered.
Elton grinned a bit, "So much for the big exit." He pointed out with a friendly nudge to his friend.
Ursula rolled her eyes, "Yeah...come on." She stated, making the couple turn back, "Hurry up." She added as Elton paused at a newspaper.
Back in LINDA's HQ, Elton and Ursula stepped out of the loud lift and two Ursula's desk, "I'm not stopping, I just left my...ph...phone." She paused, her voice faltering as she took in the room around her and that there were only three people in the room, "Victor?" She finally started, her eyes drawn to the man behind in the large newspaper.
"Take your phone and go." Victor replied quickly, his voice sounding...strange.
Making sure she hadn't missed the older man, Ursula looked around the room once more, "Where's Mr. Skinner?" she asked Kennedy slowly.
"He's gone to the toilet." Victor answered just as quickly as before.
Sharing a look with Ursula, Elton and the mousy – haired girl started to edge towards Victor, "But...we haven't GOT toilets. We have to use the pub on the corner." Elton pointed out.
The paper shook furiously in Victor's hands, "Well- well- well that's...that's where he is, then." Victor replied, his voice growing more and more strange as he spoke.
And then, when Ursula and Elton were about fifteen feet away from the trembling newspaper, a familiar voice cried out, "Help me..."
Shocked and horrified, it was Ursula who reacted first while Elton continued to gape at the newspaper, "...What was that?" she asked.
"Nothing, it was nothing, it was nothing!" Victor Kennedy protested, his voice rising with each word.
But once again, Mr. Skinner called out, "Help me!"
"Shut up." Victor growled.
His mouth snapping shut, Elton raised a shaking hand, "That's Mr. Skinner..." he pointed out.
Suddenly, Ursula gasped in shock and horror, "Victor...look at your hands." She blurted out, her eyes staring at the clawed, green hands that were clutching the paper.
"Look at the rest of me." Victor replied, his voice sounding like he was gurgling as he threw the newspaper down.
To be frank, Victor Kennedy's true form was one of the most disgusting things Ursula or Elton had ever had the misfortune of seeing. He was a blob – like and green. He was fat, and when he shifted a bit, a squelching noise came from his body as he fat rubbed together. All he had as hair was a long black made. And he was so, very obviously alien.
"You've dabbled with aliens... now meet the genuine article." Victor Kennedy said with a laugh.
Ursula made a face, "Oh my God." She gasped, clearly disgusted.
Elton shook his head, "You're a...thing!" he stammered out.
Victor frowned, "A THING? This THING is my true form. Better than that crude pink shape YOU call a body."
And then things got even more disgusting when Elton and Ursula saw Mr. Skinner's face perturbing out of Victor's stomach, "What happened? Where am I?" He asked as Ursula and Elton stared in horror, "Ursula? Is that you?" he continued.
"That's Mr. Skinner! What've you done to him?" Ursula cried out, managing to tear her eyes away from the familiar face and onto Victor's squishy green one.
"I've absorbed him." Victor answered with a disgusting lick of his lips.
Suddenly, another voice from behind Victor cried out, "Colin? Is that you? Colin?" the female voice asked.
"Bridget, my love?" Mr. Skinner called back.
Ursula squeaked next to Elton as she clasped her hands to her mouth, "Oh my God! That's Bridget!" she shouted.
"Colin, where are you?" Bridget's voice wondered desperately.
"I'm here, Bridget! It's all right - I'm close." Mr. Skinner replied in a soothing tone.
Ursula looked at Victor in horror and anger, "You've absorbed them BOTH!" she accused
Next to her, Elton nodded in agreement, "What about Bliss? Where is she?" he pointed out, only for the familiar sound of Bliss' voice to come out muffled and squished, "...What?" Elton asked in confusion.
Both Ursula and Elton could only watch in horror and disgust as Victor Kennedy leaned to the left of his chair so that they could all hear Bliss speak, "I said 'you really don't want to know.'" She repeated just as Victor Kennedy sat back down.
"You've absorbed her." Elton accused, causing Victor to nod with a twisted smile, "Are you some sort of... Absorbathon? An Absorbaling?... An Absorbaloff?" Elton said, searching for the right word.
Victor nodded, the twisted smile still on his face, "Yes! I like that." He agreed.
Ursula glared at the man she had once trusted, "Let them go. I'm ordering you! Let those people go!" she shouted.
Victor slowly shook his head, "Oh, but they taste so sweet. Just think about the Doctor...oooh, how will he taste? All that experience - all that knowledge - and if I've got to absorb that girl that travels with him to get to him, then so be it." He threatened.
Elton recoiled, "Don't you dare." He glared.
Quickly moving, Ursula grabbed Victor's cane and brandished it over the cowering man, "Oh, no! Please don't hit me! Look at me - I'm such a slow and clumsy beast. Please don't hit me."
Looking confused, Ursula lowered the cane a bit, "Well then...give them back." She ordered.
"What...you mean like this?" Before Ursula or Elton could react, Victor grabbed Ursula's arm, "Just one touch...that's all it takes!"
Shocked, Ursula could only cry out, "Oh, no," as she watched her arm get absorbed into Victor's hand, "Oh...oh no!" she screamed.
"No!" Mr. Skinner yelled.
"No!" Bridget shouted.
Elton lunged forwards, "Leave her alone!" he yelled.
Ursula quickly held out her other hand, "Don't touch me! Oh, Elton…I'm so sorry...you can't touch me." She explained.
Helpless, Elton whimpered, "Ursula..."
"'Most likely to fight back' indeed." Victor jeered at Ursula and Elton.
"Leave her alone!" Elton yelled back.
Ursula screamed loudly as she was absorbed head first into Victor's chest. Squirming and shaking with pleasure, Victor smiled, "Yes." He sighed.
Elton shook his head, "No, that's not fair!" he protested.
Victor just grinned, "She tastes like chicken." He said conversationally.
"Elton, where are you?" Ursula's voice suddenly cried out as her full face was on Victor's chest.
"Please...Mr. Kennedy, please. I'm asking you. I'm begging you. Give her back to me." Elton begged.
Victor shrugged, "I can't. Once they've been absorbed, the process is irreversible." He said with a snigger.
Ursula suddenly gasped, "Wait a minute...now I've been absorbed, I can read his thoughts. Oh my God, Elton...you're next...get out of here..." she begged as Victor started to smirk, "Now you've seen him, he can't let you go. Just run! Go on! Never mind me, get out!" she continued to plead.
Victor, continuing to smirk, glared at Elton, "Isn't she the clever one?" Victor stated.
"Run, Elton! Run!" Ursula screamed.
"Save yourself, boy!" Mr. Skinner added in.
"Run for your life!" Bridget pleaded.
Heisting, Elton looked at Victor Kennedy and then at the door. But in the split second that he did, Victor was out of his chair and jumping over his desk.
And Elton? Elton did the smart thing and ran for his life.
He ran out of LINDA headquarters, and down the street. Turning down an alleyway, Elton slammed into a closed gate. Terrified, Elton looked around the small clearing he was in, seeing no other option in escape except for down the alleyway he had run down.
The only thing on his mind being Ursula, Elton got to his knees and knelt as Victor Kennedy ran towards him, a grin stretching across his face as he saw Elton in his defeat state, "Ohh, what's the matter? Have you given up so soon?" Victor asked in a mocking voice.
Elton shrugged, "There's no point. Where would I go? Everything I ever wanted...has been absorbed." He said in a hopeless voice.
Ursula whimpered on Victor's chest, "Oh, Elton. Don't say that." She protested.
"But it's true!" Elton protested.
Victor grinned, "Then join us. Join us, little man." He said in a slow voice as he started towards Elton, his hand outstretched as he beckoned Elton, "Come on...everlasting peace. Come on. Join us. Dissolve into me..." he begged.
And then, just moments before Victor touched Elton's forehead, the sound of the universe sounded and the blue box that Elton had been searching for almost all his life materialized in front of them and the Doctor and the brunette stepped out.
"Who the hell is Torchwood?" the brunette was saying as she looked at an odd brown leather strap around her right wrist.
The Doctor shrugged, "The coordinates said here, but there's nothing going on." The Doctor replied as he looked around the clearing they were in.
Elton, completely shocked, blinked at the brunette and the Doctor, "...Great big absorbing creature from outer space…" He pointed out in a slightly higher-pitch voice than usual.
The brunette shrugged, "We see that all the time." She replied, not seeming very bothered by the alien.
"At last. The greatest feast of all. The Doctor." Victor said gleefully, staring at the Doctor.
The Doctor leaned in closer, looking at the Victor Kennedy in interest, "What's this thing? A sort Absorbatrix? Absorba...clon? Absorbaloff?" he asked, struggling for the correct word.
Victor nodded, "Absorbaloff, yes." He agreed.
The brunette's brow furrowed, "You aren't from the planet Clom by any chance?" she asked slowly.
"It's nice to meet someone who knows my home planet. Have you been there?" Victor asked, "I'll return there victorious, whilst I possess your travelling machine." he threatened with a gesture to the TARDIS.
While the brunette snorted, the Doctor blinked, "Well, that's never gonna happen." He stated.
"Oh, it will. You'll surrender yourself to me, Doctor, or this one dies." Victor gestured towards Elton, "You see, I've read about you, Doctor. I've studied you. So passionate, so sweet. You wouldn't let an innocent man die. And I'll absorb him - unless you give yourself to me."
The brunette shook her head, "Do what you want. We don't work that way." She said as she crossed her arms and leaned casually against the blue box.
"He'll die, mysterious girl. Doctor, aren't you going to save him?" Victor warned.
The brunette, however, shrugged, "It's Kayla, and he won't." she answered smoothly.
For a second, Victor seemed like he wasn't going to do it, but then he nodded, "So be it." He said as he turned back to Elton.
"Mind you - the others might have something to say." The Doctor suddenly spoke out, scratching his neck as he did so.
Victor blinked, "Others?" he asked in confusion
"He's right. The Doctor's right. We can't let him. Oh, Mr. Skinner...Bridget...PULL!" Ursula suddenly cried out.
"No!" Victor gasped.
"For God's sake, pull!" Ursula continued to shout.
Victor twitched as all three of the faces on his body strained outwards, "No, don't - get off, get off!" he yelled at them.
But the voice continued to push outwards, "If it's the last thing we ever do - Bliss! All of us together! Come on! Pull!" she screamed as Victor Kennedy wailed wordlessly in pain and fear, "LINDA united! PULL!" she as Victor dropped his cane, "Elton! The cane!" she shouted over at the man. Confused, he picked it up and studied it, "Break it!"
Not needing to be told twice, Elton snapped the cane in half, only to be rewarded with shower of blue sparks. Suddenly, the hands on the end opened outwards, revealing a beautiful glowing light, "My cane! You stupid man- oh no!" Victor roared just as he was turned to liquid and melted into the street under him.
Gasping, Elton looked at the bubbling remains of Victor Kennedy, "...What did I do?" he asked.
The Doctor looked at the remains, "The cane created a limitation field. Now it's broken, he can't stopped. The absorber is being absorbed." He explained.
Elton shook his head, "By what?" he wondered.
The brunette, Kayla, gave him a pitying gaze, "By the Earth." She answered.
The three were quite for a second, until one of the stones suddenly showed Ursula's face, "Bye bye, Elton. Bye bye." She said in her soft voice.
Elton, so very sad, could barely watch as her face disappeared, and a lone tear ran down his face, "Who was that?" Kayla asked him softly.
Unable to look away from the last place he had seen Ursula, Elton remained staring at the ground when he answered, "That was Ursula." He answered simply. As he started to sob, Kayla walked over to him and knelt down next to him.
"Our pain and sadness makes us stronger." She whispered as she wrapped an arm around his shoulder, "Those who we have lost will always be with us, no matter what."
In his bedroom, Elton leaned back in his chair, still speaking to the camera. The subtle lines on his face seemed stronger than ever, "And that's it. Almost. Because the Doctor still had more to say."
The Doctor and Kayla, both looking somber and worried, sat next to Elton on some steps, "You don't remember, do you?" the Doctor asked quietly.
"And then he explained. That night." Elton continued in his bedroom.
"All those years ago."
At first, sitting in between the Doctor and Kayla wasn't something he wanted to ever do. Kayla was supposed to be horrible. But when she comforted him, Elton decided right then that Ianto Jones was right and Rose was wrong.
So when Kayla started with the tale, Elton believed her, "There was a shadow in your house." She started.
And then, Elton remembered walking down the stairs and going into the living room, the sound of the spaceship still ringing in his ears, "A living shadow in the darkness. An elemental shade had escaped from the Howling Halls." Young Elton looked up, startled from his wandering, as he heard a creak. There, standing still and looking troubled, was the Doctor. Next to him, practically leaning on his shoulder really, was Kayla Harkness.
"We stopped it, but...I wasn't in time to save her." The Doctor gave Kayla a hard look as she looked at Elton with a guilt-ridden face, "I'm sorry." She whispered as she took full blame for Elton's death.
Young Elton, no longer asleep, listened to the strange man's silent instruction to walk around the couch. And behind that seat, he saw a blonde woman lying on the ground, "Because that was the night my mother died."
With a weary sigh, Elton closed his eyes and shook his head.
He had searched for his mother, the woman he had forgotten except for a few moments. When he thought about his family, really thought about them, or if he really wasn't thinking at all, he would often say something about his mother to others.
So when he searched for the woman who had given birth to him, the woman he knew he loved very much, it made him burst into tears as he watched old family videos of his mother living a life he knew nothing about.
On the steps, in the alleyway, Elton's bottom lip trembled.
Sitting in front of the camera, Elton stared directly at it, "We forget because we must." He whispered.
And the camera turned off.
The camera switched on and Elton sat back down in his familiar chair, "So, there you go. Turns out I've had the most terrible things happen. And the most brilliant things. And sometimes - well - I can't tell the difference. They're all the same thing. They're...they're just me. You know, Stephen King said once, he said...'salvation and damnation are the same thing.' And I never knew what he meant. But I do now." He paused, thinking hard about what he was about to say, "'Cos the Doctor might be wonderful, but thinking back...I was having such a special time. Just for a bit. I had this nice little gang." Once again, he paused as he remembered LINDA in its golden age, "And they were destroyed. It's not his fault. But maybe that's what happens if you touch the Doctor, or Kayla for that matter. Even for a second. I keep thinking of Rose and how it didn't take long until she paid the price."
"Oh, now don't get all miserable. Come on, Elton. You've still got me." Ursula's voice suddenly said.
Elton smiled briefly, "Oh yeah. 'Cos the Doctor said he could do one last thing with his magic wand..."
Holding his 'magic wand' to the slab that Ursula had dissolved into, the Doctor was very quiet for a few seconds, "If I can key into the absorption matrix and separate the last victim...it's too late for total reconstruction, BUT..." he suddenly started to explain, only to stand up with wild look in his eyes, "Elton! Fetch a spade!"
Shaking his head, Elton smiled a bit more, "Even then, after all that...the Doctor saved me one last time." Standing up, Elton grabbed something just out of frame from the camera. And when he sat back down, he showed Ursula's face in a cement slab, "Here she is."
"Could be worse." Ursula put in from her spot on Elton's lap, "At least I'll never age. And it really is quite peaceful, you'd be surprised."
Elton grinned at the camera, "It's a relationship...of sorts...but we manage. We've even got a bit of a love life."
Ursula frowned, "Oh, let's not go into that."
With a soft expression on his face, Elton looked down at Ursula, "And I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her." He stated.
"Ahh." Ursula sighed with a smile up to the man.
Elton looked back at the camera, "But the thing is..." he started before grabbing a remote from off his desk and making the camera zoom in on his face, "There we are...I've even bought a remote zoom." He grinned and set the remote down.
"But what I wanted to say is...you know, when you're a kid, they tell you it's all, grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid, and that's it." He shook his head, "Ah. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It's so much darker. And so much madder." Pausing, he smiled, "And so much better." He finished.
I am so, so sorry this is late! But I was having a hard time logging in with my gmail. I ended up having to login using my ff account, which I never use, so if anyone can help, than that would be wonderful!
As for this episode, I'm pretty surprised at how much fun I had writing it. Elton and Ursula really grew on me. And not having Kayla and the Doctor was also pretty interesting. Of course this isn't my favorite episode of all time, but it's still a fun, one hour thing. Since there was no Kayla until the end, then I would just like to say that the, 'hard look' that the Doctor gave her is going to be a very big thing for the rest of the season...
And now review time! (BTW, Love and Monsters Pt 1 got me more reviews than any other chapter! Thanks guys!):
ThisIsMeandYou: There will be many slaps from Kayla to Rose in the future.
xxlisagalloverxx: Ding! It was a very deluded Rose Tyler as the blonde.
NicoleR85: Who said anything about Kayla taking Rose's place? *winkwinknudgenudge*
DiNutso-4-DiNozzo: Rose just doesn't get it. THE DOCTOR DOESN'T WANT HER! And thanks!