A/N Here's the next chapter. I don't know how quickly updates are going to come after this because I'm back at school and it's my GCSE year...so I've got homework, coursework, a million different things to do...anyway, thank you for all the support and feedback. Hopefully everyone reverts back to being IC in this chapter...except the characters I made up. They can do what they like, because I made them up. Ha ha.
Disclaimer: No. And I still haven't come up with a rhyme.
"This is a hairdryer?" Rose stared at the cylindrical object in wonder.
"Yes. Sorry. Blimey, listen to that racket! Haven't you got your defences up?" this was directed at Mr. Splenderifous, who looked on in wonder.
"No power. You're not dead," he pointed out, bemused.
"Nope. Not last time I checked. Now, I'm going to ignore the fact you kidnapped Rose and left the Vanishing to eat me for the moment, and ask you what your name is."
"He doesn't know. And he thinks "splenderifous" is a word." Rose explained.
"It is a word. It's my word. You're just jealous because you didn't inventory it!" the no name insisted.
"Excuse me, but you can't own words!"
A harsh thumping sound reverberated through the floor. And Rose suddenly remembered the monsters. Mr. Splenderifous jumped. The water sloshed round their feet.
"Power. Power, power, power. This ship's defences would easily keep them out-if they were online," the Doctor paced round the room, thinking aloud.
"Could we use the TARDIS?" Rose asked.
"I think we're going to have to. It's not exactly compatible, but oh well. Is it all done through a main computer?"
"Yessity. Computer. My one and only friend since I woke up here." Mr. Splenderifous answered.
Something stirred in the Doctor's mind. This ship and the Vanishing here at the same time...and the way the illusion was interrupted earlier...couldn't be coincidences. But before his mind could join the dots together, another thump sounded. The water level was rising and the ship was far from stable.
Rose watched as the Doctor barked out orders to Mr. Splenderifous. Find that cable and that power line, join it with this, fuse those together...a long, thick cable ran from the TARDIS to Computer. The Doctor reassured her that the power would be back on in about ten minutes. Well, more like twelve. Or fifteen. Or maybe even twenty. And no, there was nothing she could do to help.
Rose found herself watching the water rise as they worked. It was up to her ankles and rising. The TARDIS looked rather odd submerged in the shallow water. She was frustrated about being left on the sidelines...but she didn't know anything about rewiring a spaceship or whatever they were doing.
Her mind wandered to piecing together the walking riddle that was Mr. Splenderifous.
"Is it safe to be working with cables in all this water?" she asked.
"Don't have a choice," the Doctor told her.
At last, when the water was almost up to the middle of her calf, the room lit up.
"HELLO. I AM COMPUTER." Computer announced. "ALL SHIELDS ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE. BREACH CLOSING."
"Sorted. Super-duper. Lovely," the Doctor beamed.
"Splenderifous! Jolly good!"
"Now we just need to find out who you are. You've got an illusion busting ship...looks like it came from the other side of the galaxy...maybe System 27? We'll ask Computer, she'll know!"
"She says she doesn't know anything about me! Her systems probably got resetted!"
"No, she must have something in her data banks..."
"Hold on, how come Computer is suddenly a "she"?" Rose cut in.
"It's only polite!" the Doctor told her "It would be rude if I called you an "it"."
"Funny, you don't usually care about being rude," she smiled cheekily.
"Anyway, this ship probably crashed into Earth. So, Mr. No-Name over there probably got a good old bang on the head and lost his memory. But, this type of super computer shouldn't have been affected. So, if I use the sonic screwdriver to tap into her data banks...we should find out what's going on..."
The face of Mr. Splenderifous lit up. If he could only see past the dense fog shrouding his soul them maybe he could find something to hold on to again.
"Do it! Hurry, Mr. Doctor!"
"It's just the Doctor. And you can be thinking of ways to get rid of that lot out there. The Vanishing."
Rose watched as he scanned the massive screen with the sonic screwdriver.
"So, if Computer does know who he is...then what?"
"Big old space computer like this should be able to heal...remember the nanogenes in Jack's ship? She should have similar technology that will restore him to the state he was before the accident. Like resetting him."
Before the Doctor could say another word, a harsh grating scream came from Computer. Her screen flashed an angry red. Rose took a step back.
A/N Not bad, considering I'm exhausted from writing yet another essay. Review, or get hunted by the Vanishing. And their cousins, the Vashta Nerada.