Hey everyone I was bored and decided to update sooner than usual hope you all loved the last chapter, I m glad that you like the possessiveness from the doctor, I hope to continue it as much as possible while developing their relationship, now as much as we all want to own it 'Doctor Who?' is not owned by me no matter how much I cry at night for it so here s the next chapter...
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"Theta." she breathed, my name, my true name, how could she know it, how could she speak it, so many questions but I didn't dare to hope, so against my better judgment I climbed onto her bed and over to her, leaning over her and looking at her, she had the face of an angel, her lips pouting slightly, I stroke her face and she nuzzles into my hand. Climbing under the covers I pull her to me, I could be gone before she woke up, act like it never happened, her hair lay across the bed her hand curled under her chin. I wrapped and arm around her waist and entangled the other in her hair like I had woken not two days ago and drifted to sleep welcoming the black nothingness that seemed to come at holding her in my arms. The only thought in my mind was one word that the darkness of my Time lord instincts kept echoing, just one word that felt right.
'Mine.'
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Phoenix's P.O.V
Something was wrong...
What was it, something was out of place not right, I felt warm, not the physical warm though I am but that warmness on the inside, I don't get that feeling unless he's touching me. Then it registered, the arm tight around my waist, the soft pillow under my face that I m sure is his chest and the hand clamped in my hair... I was trapped... Again. Opening my eyes I opened my eyes and glanced at him, he looked peaceful while sleeping young without the age in his eyes showing, untroubled. I just looked at him for a while before he started to stir, so I did it again faking sleep.
Doctor's P.O.V
I was pulled from my sleep by something but I didn't want to open my eyes, I liked the feeling of just laying here with... damn, I need to leave, before she wakes up, so running my hand through her hair I look down at her and see her sleeping face, her breathing was light undisturbed her face relaxed and calm, I didn't want to let go, but regardless of my wants I withdrew my hand from her fiery locks and slipped it under the back of her head lifting her from my chest and laying her down after I sat up, her face scrunched slightly before she nuzzled into the pillow, breathing in. I trace her cheek and pull some hair from her eyes, if beauty had a form she would be its picture, I react before I can stop myself and lean down placing a kiss on her forehead that word echoing in my head again bringing back the incident last night.
'Mine.' I shake my head and let out a breath, standing and walking to the door looking back once before closing the door behind me and leaning on it. 'She couldn't be, she's a star...' I set off down the hall to get changed.
Phoenix's P.O.V
Rolling onto my back I open my eyes and stare up at the canopy of the bed flowers stitched into it, I really had to ask the doctor what they were. I let out a sigh and place my hand on my forehead feeling his lips still there, this was getting out of hand, he's just lost Rose, Martha's acting weird and not being the love struck puppy she is supposed to be, and now it's the second time I ve woken up to him in my bed, in the same position no less, I can't have an attachment to him, not the romantic sort he marries River then he met that girl, the one who died oh Claire? no Clara, wonder who she is to him, probably falls for him like all the rest. 'Lazarus Experiment.' was today and then... oh god '42.' uhgg why can t anything be simple? Then another thing hits me, the fob watch...
What was I gonna do, I had been so lucky that he hadn't seen it on my bedside, I had to hide it,
'Any ideas on where to hide it?' I ask the old girl,
'Take it with you, that way if he gets suspicious and checks your room he won t find anything. But you will have to tell him when the time is right.'
'But that won't be very soon yet, only if I die, right?' I don t get an answer in return but then again I didn't expect one, sitting up and pulling off the covers I set about getting ready for the day, casual...
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Me and Martha were sitting on the jump seats whilst the doctor leant against the console, Martha had given me a startled look when I walked in with the watch around my neck, but the doctor didn't pay any mind as the TARDIS was kind enough to provide a perception filter strong enough to block time lord minds so when we meet the master he won t recognise it because he will be blocked, that was another load off my mind...
"Off we go!" the Doctor exclaimed I shot up and over to the console, I wasn't going to chance sitting on the seat and the movement, the doctor started to run around myself shadowing him and changing what he got wrong, I was just gonna go with it, if I was part time lord then so be it, doesn't mean it doesn't freak me out but I wasn't going to chance him breaking the time limit again and crashing... like he did with Rose. There was a jolt and I stumbled, the doctor grabbing me by the waist steadied me but didn t move his arm bringing me back to this morning. I shake my head and smile in thanks,
"There we go perfect landing, which isn t easy in such a tight spot." he said to Martha
"You should be used to tight spots by now." she joked I snort and nod
"She's right you know." I say sweetly, he jabs my side in retaliation making me yelp in surprise, I keep quiet and pout causing him to chuckle, I look over at Martha who had a soft smile, I hid my frown, I couldn t make sense of it, maybe I was in a parallel to the TV show where a few things are different but only very slightly, and if that was the case then how different were things here? I shake my head again, 'Don't get your hopes up.' I thought bitterly.
"Where are we?" Martha asks curiously, I grimace at the question, he was going to leave her or going to try to, if he doesn't come back I will demand he take me back so I can talk to Martha.
"The end of the line." his voice was serious and I knew he thought he could get away with leaving her, he won t though, Lazarus would stop him. Martha rushes towards the doors. "No place like it." He taking on a slight haunted quality, I gasp slightly as his arm tightens; he was cutting off air, as I mentioned he may look toothpick like but he sure was strong, I wriggle trying to get out of his grip but it only loosens. Martha was looking at us, questioning if she should open the doors, I think and she was right to. He nods but I don t make a single motion, she goes outside only to be disappointed at the destination and I would be to.
"Home. You took me home?" she asked in disbelief looking at us, she looks at me and I smile and wink at her,
"In fact, the morning after we left, so you ve only been gone about 12 hours. No time at all, really." he says oblivious to her slight hurt that he would just drop her off, that thought reminded me particularly of Sarah Jane Smith. The Doctor begins looking about at her photos, thank fully he had let me go and I walk to Martha standing next to her.
"But all the stuff we ve done Shakespeare, New New York, old New York?" her hurt growing as she whispered this.
"Yep, all in one night relatively speaking. Everything should be just as it was books, CDs" and then he does what he really shouldn't, picking her underwear off the drying rack "laundry." Martha snags the offending lingerie from his fingertips and chucks it onto the rack again whilst I glare at him, "So, back were you were, as promised." he said,
"This is it?" She questions, I shake my head at her slightly the doctor not noticing as he takes a deep breath.
"Yeah, we should probably um " he trails off as Martha s phone rings and the answering machine picks up
"Hi! I m out! Leave a message!" Martha s voice says,
"I m sorry." the real Martha says to us looking at the machine, The machine beeps before Francine s message
"Martha, are you there? Pick it up, will you?" he voice says impatiently,
"It s Mum. It ll wait." Martha reasoned,
"All right then, pretend that you re out if you like." I smile at that, every mother knows her daughter, "I was only calling to say that your sister s on TV. On the news of all things. Just thought you might be interested." I let out a sigh, nothing was going to change just yet then, Martha picks up the remote control and turns on the TV. We hear the voice of Professor Lazarus before we see him, but I hated him none the less, his voice grated on my nerves.
"The details are top secret " he starts but I pay more attention to Martha as she starts talking,
"How could Tish end up on the news?" She questions, I shrug, On the TV screen we see Prof Lazarus-who looks to way older than he should for late 70's but then again he always was a disgusting person anyway he was holding a press conference. Tish is standing behind him.
"Tonight, I will demonstrate a device " he carries on talking but I tune it out again,
"She s got a new job. PR for some research lab." Martha says brushing it off,
" with the push of a single button, I will change what it means to be human." he says, I roll my eyes, he has no idea the mistake he will make. Martha switches off the TV, thank god.
"Sorry. You were saying we should-?" Martha says to the doctor,
"Yes, yes, we should. One trip is what we said." I elbow him "-I said, that s what I said." he corrects,
"Yeah. I suppose things just kind of escalated." it took all my will power not to grin like an idiot as I thought of all the dirty ways that could be interpreted.
"Mmm. Seems to happen to me a lot." the effort got a lot harder as he said that,
"Thank you. For everything." Martha says sincerely, but I can hear the sullenness of the statement,
"It was my pleasure." I look down, this was dragging on, The Doctor enters the TARDIS leaving Martha and I standing beside the old girl, Martha looking near to tears. I put an arm around her shoulder,
"He'll be back because I know he can t resist a mystery, count to thirty." I whisper before walking into the TARDIS and closing the door, the doctor made her disappear and then I started
"You heard what that bloke said, right?" he looks at me with a raised eyebrow, I will change what it means to be human." I mock he shrugs
"People say that all the time it's just an expression." he replies, this time I raise an eyebrow
"But your interested aren't you..." I didn't ask it was a statement, a smirk makes its way onto my face as he nods his head, "well then, shall we investigate?" I ask, he sighs and nods before setting the coordinates for Martha s flat again. He walks over to the door and sticks his head out myself just behind him.
"No, I m sorry. Did he say he was going to change what it means to be human?" he asks, I wink at Martha and step out pushing the doctor as I went,
"So this party is what, a black tie kinda thing?" I ask, she nods
"Yup." I turn to the doctor with a grin and he looks down
"That means you to doctor." he pouts and we get into an argument for about ten minutes, Martha laughing quite a bit before the doctor gives in, and walks into the TARDIS complaining all the way,
"I just go and get changed won t be too long." I say giving her a hug,
"How did you know he would come back?" she asked, I tap my head on the temple and wink before going to my room,
"Alright girl want to give me any suggestions?" I call out, there was a hum, and I opened the wardrobe to see a few dresses, most of which were floor length. So looking through I see a few pretty ones before one thing in particular catches my eye. It was a beautiful piece, a black silk halter dress, open back to show off my phoenix tattoo and not low enough to give away the link to the doctor, and a slit up the right leg to make it easier to run. next was shoes, the couldn't be heeled, sure I could run in them I just wanted to be able to run fast, so I looked at the shoes on the floor, and found a pair of Dark grey ballet like flat shoes and set to work on getting into the outfit and doing my hair. (All links on prfile as is the hair as I cant describe it.) Finally I did light makeup a smokey silver eye shadow red lipstick and light pink blush, oh and a bit of eyeliner.
Looking in the mirror, I didn't recognise myself, well apart from what I would have looked like in the other world this Phoenix looked like a princess, or a fine lady, I was neither and I didn t care adjusting the fob watch around my neck I look at the dress and see how much it makes my hair stand out, like fire in the darkness... I shake my head and head out of my room hearing the doctor talk to Martha.
"...You look fine." I hear his voice carry as he complimented her, Martha muttered in response,
"Not what a girl wants to hear when dressing up." the doctor didn't give an comment as he banged on the door of the TARDIS unknowing that I was just on the other side,
"Phoenix's hurry up we'll be late!" he shouts, I sigh and put my hand over the door handle and opening the door, the doctor was on the other side of the door and when he looked at me his mouth dropped. I heard Martha let out a low whistle,
"Damn you look hot, Phoenix." I bow slightly
"Thank you Martha, you look stunning as well, fancy going out with me some time. We could mae a lot of people Jealous." I say with a mock sultry smile and a wink, Martha lets out a bark of laughter and shakes her head,
"Nah sorry, I mean you would be enough to turn me, but I think someone else has eyes for you." she says with a wink, I felt a blush creep up my face as I look down, then I look at the doctor who still had his mouth open; I smirk and place my index finger under his chin,
"Close your mouth sweetie, it's not polite to gap." I whisper lowly as I push his jaw up closing it, that seemed to snap him out of it as he cleared his throat,
"Y-you look gorgeous." he stuttered, I giggled at how tongue tied he was,
"Thanks. How long we got Martha?" I ask, she looks at her clock and the back to me,
"Thirty minutes, we might want to make a move if we want to be on time." I snort and point at the doctor
"Martha he's never on time sweetie." she laughed at that as well and the doctor pouted at us, I flick him on the nose as I close the doors to the TARDIS and walk passed him to Martha and walked out the door Martha locking her door.
"I haven't seen your tattoo fully yet but I have to say it's stunning." the doctors voice comes from behind me I pause and look back at him only for Martha to get in the way whilst looking down at the phoenix on my back and then running her hand over the mark before pulling the dress up a bit, I smile gratefully at her,
"Thanks it was a rebellious day for me when I got it." I reply with a shrug of the shoulders and walk on Martha on my right the doctor on my left, fussing with his dress shirt.
"Oh, black tie. Whenever I wear this, something bad always happens." he moans, I reach over and slap his hand, he looks at me
"Stop it you look fine." I said
"It s not the outfit, that s just you. Anyway, I think it suits you. In a James Bond kind of way." Martha compliments, I roll my eyes,
"James Bond?" he questions before looking pleased "Really?" so me being me had to burst his bubble,
"I wouldn't go that far Sean looked delicious in a suit." I say watching his ego deflate I sigh, "But I suppose you do look good." he perks up but the goes to play with the cuffs again so I grab his arm and loop mine through it, "Stop." I order he complies easily, pulling my arm closer. Martha chuckles as we approach the impressive entrance to Lazarus Laboratories. Walking to the entrance there were a few flashing cameras. Inside the main reception room, guests are mingling. Dominating the room is the main even and the cause of the trouble to come, The Doctor takes some hors d oeuvres from a passing tray.
"Oh, look, they ve got nibbles! I love nibbles!" he says like a child, I sigh,
"It's no wonder Tallulah thought you were gay." he looks over at me like a deer caught in headlights and I shake my head, The Doctor tosses one into his mouth. Tish joins us, smiling.
"Hello." she greets,
"Tish." Martha responds, The two sisters hug.
"You look great. So, what do you think? Impressive, isn t it?" her sister asks, I look around, 'not really just a bunch of snobs gathering in a building.' I look back to see Martha nod,
"Very." she confirms,
"And two nights out in a row for you that s dangerously close to a social life." Tish jokes,
"If I keep this up, I ll end up in all the gossip columns." Martha says humorously,
"You might, actually. Keep an eye out for photographers. And Mum she s coming too, even dragging Leo along with her." she says completely serious, we already have had our photos taken...
"Leo in black tie? That I must see." Martha says looking incredulous, I snicker at her, I wouldn't mind seeing it to, distract me from the doctor and all, Tish glances at the Doctor and I.
"This is, uh, the Doctor and Phoenix." at the mention of my name she straitens and my stomach drops
"Hello." the doctor says shaking her hand,
"Hi." I greet shaking her hand as well,
"It's an honour to meet you, miss Phoenix, Mister Saxon speaks highly of you." I could feel myself freeze, I plaster a fake smile on my face,
"I'm sure a lot of it is exaggerated."
"Is he with you?" she asks Martha,
"No he's with Phoenix." I look at her to see her grinning, I sigh this was going to be one hell of a long night...
"Sorry, they didn't put him on, I made a last minute decision. He's my plus one." I say smoothly, she nods
"So, this Lazarus bloke, he s your boss?" the doctor questions I elbow him in the ribs and he rubs them,
"Professor Lazarus, yes. I m part of his executive staff." Tish responded with a smug undertone
"She's in the PR department." Martha informs us, I shake my head,
"head of the PR department." I correct Tish looks at me with surprise,
"How did you know?" I point to the clip board
"You look smart with the clip board, sweetie." shit it was slipping in more and more now-a-days. Tish straightens up and smiles
"You're joking." Martha says in disbelief
"I put this whole thing together." Tish responds her smug undertone getting more prominent,
"So do you know what the professor s going to be doing tonight? That looks like it might be a sonic micro field manipulator." The doctor questions taking the conversation back to why we're here. I shake my head at the impatience.
"He s a science geek. I should ve known. Gotta get back to work now. I'll catch up with you later, it was nice to meet you miss Phoenix." I flinch, this wasn't good, this was very bad, Saxon knew me, my life just went downhill for the foreseeable future. Tish leaves to mingle.
"Science geek? What does that mean?" the doctor asks confused,
"That you re obsessively enthusiastic about it." Martha answers,
"I always did like a guy who uses his mind." I say distractedly as I focus on how he could know me, and because I was so distracted I missed the doctors eyes light up at what I said,
"Oh, nice." he says tweaking his bow tie in an eleven manner,
"Martha." I hear Francine call out, Martha turns and looks at her mother as if she hasn t seen her in years.
"Mum!" Martha shouts in excitement, She gives her mother a big hug.
"Oh. All right, what s the occasion?" her mother asks, Martha looks slightly confused,
"What do you mean? I'm just pleased to see you, that s all." Martha says in a mock hurt voice.
"You saw me last night." Francine says sceptically,
"I know. I just miss you. You re looking good, Leo." Martha calls I look over and he most certainly does look good, but the doctor looks better, I shake my head sharply, 'no bad girl, stop it.'
"Yeah. If anyone asks me to fetch em a drink, I ll swing for him." Leo warns with a grin, Francine seems to notice the Doctor standing a bit behind Martha.
"You disappeared last night." she said,
"I...just went home." Martha answers hesitantly,
"On your own?" Francine asks doubtful, I pull away from the doctor s arm and move towards her,
"Hello I'm Phoenix and this is Doctor John Smith." I say pleasantly,
"We ve been doing some work together." Martha covers and I smile more, Leo shakes the Doctor s hand and then mine holding it a little longer than necessary.
"Hi I'm Leo, Martha s brother." he says,
"Nice to meet you." I reply with a flirty smile, the doctor wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me away slightly, 'what s his problem?' I think to myself,
"Yeah, all right." the doctor says shaking Francine s hand "Lovely to meet you, Mrs Jones. Heard a lot about you." I groan slightly,
"Have you? What have you heard, then?" she inquires, I sigh and step forward again to save the doctors skin,
"Please excuse him, his mouth runs before his mind can process what he's saying, Martha has told us about you, but you know how children are, I ve said a few things about my mum that I didn't mean." she smiles at me relaxing
"Well I m sure whatever she's told you, she wouldn't want me to hear, It was Phoenix wasn't it?" I nod and before I could speak again, it all began,
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Professor Richard Lazarus and tonight I m going to perform a miracle. It is, I believe, the most important advance since Rutherford split the atom, the biggest leap since Armstrong stood on the moon. Tonight, you will watch and wonder. Tomorrow, you ll awake to a world which will be changed forever." Lazarus announces the doctor leans down slightly,
"Why'd you say that to her?" he questions
"Well she doesn't have the best view on men right now given her husband left her for a cakey trophy girlfriend." I whisper as Lazarus enters the cabinet. Two female technicians start the machinery from a bank of instruments behind the cabinet. There is a high-pitched whir and a bright blue light as the four pillars begin to spin individually, creating an energy field. They ten begin to rotate around the cabinet, going faster and faster, it looked amazing quite the performance. A warning klaxon goes off.
"Something s wrong." the doctor said,
"It s overloading." I inform him, The technicians tried to stop it, but some of the panels explode, sending off sparks. The Doctor jumps over the low desk and aims his sonic screwdriver at the controls. I run around the back of the machine looking for the right wire,
"Somebody stop them! Get him away from those controls!" Lady Thaw orders,
"If this thing goes off, it ll take the whole building with it. Is that what you want?" the doctor shouts over the klaxon, I can see that the sonic isn't working so I pull the main wire's connecting to the cabinet and it slowly stops spinning, Martha runs to the door and the Doctor and run to join her. "Get it open!" He orders. We open the door and watch as, through the smoke, Lazarus emerges looking 40 years younger. Photographers snap away as Martha and the Doctor look on amazed, I look on in disgust as I back away from him.
Lazarus touches his face, realizing it worked. He steps completely out and stands before his machine.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Richard Lazarus. I am 76 years old and I am reborn!" Lazarus holds his arms up in triumph as everyone claps. I cringe back and close my hand around the watch as it whispers,
'Wrong. stupid...' I look down at it... People are taking the opportunity to have their photograph taken with Lazarus. Martha watches as the Doctor studies the machine.
"It can t be the same guy. It s impossible. It must be a trick." she says in disbelief
"Oh, it s not a trick. I wish it were." he says, Martha looks at me,
"hey are you alright? you look like you want to say something but won t." she explains when I give her a confused look,
"I don t think it's right to look that young when your seventy six years old but the hypocrite." she looks at me confused this time so I call over to the doctor,
"Doctor what age are you?" I ask holding up a finger to Martha as she goes to speak, he looks thoughtful for a moment before answering,
"908." he calls, I look at Martha,
"That s why." I state, "You know maybe we should burn the tux to be on the safe side." I suggest to her, the doctor looks up and shakes his head,
"You can't blame this on a piece of clothing."
"Watch me." I state,
"What just happened, then?" Martha questioned looking amused
"He just changed what it means to be human." I comment with disgust clear in my tone. Martha looks at me with a raised eyebrow, I shake my head, "Hey do you mind if I go flirt with your brother?" I ask, suddenly the doctor was at my side.
"Let s go talk to Lazarus." he said placing his hand on my hip and leading me over, I roll my eyes,
"But I want to talk to Leo." I whine, his hand tightens
"We're here for a reason, not to flirt." he states through what sounds like gritted teeth, I raise my eyebrows, I open my mouth to retort but am cut off by a shrill voice,
"Richard!" ah yes the annoying Thaw woman
"I m famished." Lazarus explains as we walk up behind him
"Energy deficit. Always happens with this kind of process." the doctor comments, I roll my eyes,
"You speak as if you see this every day, Mr " Lazarus trails waiting for the name,
"Doctor. And, well, no, not every day, but I have some experience in this kind of transformation." the doctor continues, I m not sure but I think I could hear arrogance in his voice, and it really didn t suit him,
"That s not possible." Lazarus contradicted, closed minded ape
"Using hypersonic sound waves to-" I cut him off, line stealing was all I could think of at this moment
"-create a state of resonance." I finished before saying "That s that s inspired." in sync with the doctor, he looked at us impressed and Martha just rolled her eyes,
"You understand the theory, then. And who are you miss?" he said sounding stunned, whilst looking between us,
"I'm Phoenix." his eyes widened,
"It's an honour to meet you." he said, I nod the feeling in my stomach getting worse,
"Enough to know that you couldn t possibly have allowed for all the variables." the doctor continued with the previous conversation,
"No experiment is entirely without risk." Lazarus countered,
"Be that as it may, what you have done could have killed everyone in this building." I state my voice going from warm too cold in the space of a minute as it was a practiced art,
"That thing nearly exploded. You might as well have stepped into a blender." The doctor continued only proving my point,
"You re not qualified to comment." Thaw said, I turn my gaze to her,
"Actually you'll find he is miss Thaw." I said my voice now taking an edge, she looked at me startled, before sneering, I simply looked at her emotionlessly, and judging by the way she looked away a minute later it unnerved her,
"If we hadn t stopped it, it would have exploded." the doctor said his voice rising slightly, I sigh,
"Then I thank you, Doctor, miss phoenix. But that s a simple engineering issue." I scoff at this, "What happened inside the capsule was exactly what was supposed to happen. No more, no less." he says casting me a look,
"You ve no way of knowing that until you ve run proper tests." Martha said adding her views to the conversation, Lazarus laughs at her,
"Look at me! You can see what happened. I m all the proof you need." I let out a growl that was quiet enough for no one but the doctor to hear,
"This device will be properly certified before we start to operate commercially." Thaw continued in her stuck up voice, she reminded me of my aunt Joan,
"Commercially?! You are joking. That ll cause chaos." Martha exclaimed in outrage,
"Not chaos. Change. A chance for humanity to evolve, to improve." Lazarus pointed out,
"way before humanity is meant to, this could be disastrous." I snap,
"This isn t about improving. It s about you and your customers living a little longer." the doctor said after me just as mad,
"Not a little longer, Doctor. A lot longer. Perhaps indefinitely." Lazarus pointed out,
"Living forever isn't a blessing, it's a curse as you watch those you love decay and die whilst you keep moving on through time." I whisper knowing that was how the doctor felt...
"Richard, we have things to discuss." she gives me a sharp look, before adding "Upstairs." she was going to die and there was nothing i could do about it, she was too stubborn. Lady Thaw walks away and Lazarus moves to follow her.
"Goodbye, Doctor, Miss Phoenix. In a few years, you ll look back and laugh at how wrong you were." he spoke, Lazarus reached over and took my hand kissing it, I heard the doctor growl quietly which confused me and sounded way more sexy than it should, I shake my head as he turns doing the same to Martha and leaving. I find the doctors hand splayed possessively on my back and pulling me closer.
"Ooh, he s out of his depth." the doctor fumed,
"No idea of the damage he has done." I say just after, there was no might about this he was going to lose his humanity,
"So what do we do now?" Martha asked looking at us, well me smugly as she looked at the hand the doctor had on my back, I glare at her mouthing 'not the time.'
"Now well, this building must be full of laboratories. I say we do our own tests." he says calming down a little, Martha looks at her hand.
"Lucky that Phoenix and I ve just collected DNA samples then, isn t it?" she said, I let a smirk make its way onto my face,
"Martha my brilliant, beautiful best friend." I exclaim proudly curtsying mockingly to her,
"Oh, Martha Jones, you re a star." the doctor compliments, and we head off.
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The walk to the lab had been silent for the most part but slightly awkward on my end as the doctor still had his hand on my side rubbing circles with his thumb, seemingly sub-consciously. Now he had a sample of Lazarus's DNA on a slide, I had gone right to the sink and scrubbed my hand hard to make sure not a trace of the vile man was left on my had, and I could now feel the doctors emotions through the link and it scared me because they were possessive and protective, almost as if he knew who I was, but that was impossible, I shake my head, isn't possible, Impossible is just I'm possible put together.
Martha and the Doctor are looking at the results of the DNA test on a computer screen.
"Amazing." The doctor said awed at what he was looking at,
"Stupid and disgusting." I corrected coming up beside them and leaning on the desk with my forearms, Martha smirked and I didn't know what for until she glanced down, I was giving the doctor a clear view down my dress, and from what I could tell he appreciated it very much, I didn t move though,
"What?" Martha asked intentionally knocking the doctor from his staring, he cleared his throat and explained,
"Lazarus s DNA."
"I can t see anything different." Martha answered,
"Look at it!" the doctor cried and then the image on the screen flickers.
"Oh, my God! Did that just change? But it can t have!" Martha reasoned
"You just saw it happen Jones don t deny it." I sigh,
"But it did." the doctor had said at the same time,
"It s impossible." Martha said as she stared at the screen,
"And that s two impossible things we ve seen tonight. Don t you love it when that happens?" the doctor shouted giddy with excitement,
"No, and there's no such thing as impossible, the word is just I'm possible." I corrected wisely
"That means Lazarus has changed his own molecular patterns." Martha stated alarmed, I nod my head,
"Hypersonic sound waves to destabilize the cell structure then a mutagenic program to manipulate the coding in the protein strands. Basically, he hacked into his own genes and instructed them to rejuvenate." the doctor explained
"But they re still mutating now." Martha said pointing out the obvious,
" Cause he missed something. Something in his DNA has been activated." the doctor said, he wasn't supposed to stop there,
"His genes won t let him stabilize. There re trying to change him." I explain after seeing as he had stopped,
"Change him into what?" she questioned,
"I dunno but I think we need to find out." he answered,
"And trust me when i say it's nothing pretty." I comment shivering at what we were going to find,
"That woman said they were going upstairs." Martha remembered,
"Let s go!" the doctor said before I could open my mouth to tell the she was a lost cause, dragging me off Martha running behind us.
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We step out of the lift and into Lazarus s office. The Doctor turns on the lights.
"This is his office, all right." Martha confirms looking around,
"So, where is he?" the doctor asks
"Dunno. Let s try back at the re ception." Martha trailed of there behind the desk is a skeleton wearing high heels, we rush over and see the desiccated remains of Lady Thaw. I gag and cringe away, the doctor pulls me to him and I hide my head in his chest,
'oh god this is my fault, if only I had stopped them from leaving she wouldn't have been dead, all my fault.' I think to myself
"...Like squeezing the juice out of an orange." the doctor said, I look over at the bones again and cringe once more,
"Lazarus." Martha states
"Could be." the doctor said just as I spat out the word "yes."
"So he s changed already." Martha asks
"Not necessarily. You saw the DNA. It was fluctuating. The process must demand energy. This might not have been enough." the doctor explains
"So he might do this again?" she asks fear making its way into her voice
"he will but I won t let him." I answer, my voice colder than the arctic circle, I pull out of the doctors arms and stalk to the lift, 'one way or another he won't feed again.' I was vaguely aware of a nagging in the back of my head to stay but it was ignored by my anger at the man turned monster. We all stood in the lift as it started to descend.
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we got back to the reception and started looking around,
"I can t see him." Martha informs,
"He can t be far. Keep looking." the doctor orders, as he walks on.
"Hey, you all right, Marth? I think Mum wants to talk to you." Leo said before looking back at me with a smile to which I return,
"H-" I was cut off as the doctor called,
"Come on Phoenix." I sigh and roll my eyes before walking off to the doctor.
"Have you see Lazarus anywhere?" Martha asks,
"Yeah. He was getting cosy with Tish a couple of minutes ago." I freeze as he says this why didn't I listen to that nagging?
"With Tish?!" Martha exclaims just as we join them again and then Francine joins us,
"Ah, Doctor." She says
"Where did they go?" He says ignoring her,
"Upstairs I think, why?" Leo asks curiously,
"Doctor " Francine tries again, the Doctor rushes past, spilling Francine s drink.
"I m speaking to you!" she calls outraged, I turn to her,
"I'm sorry that man has a single track mind and I have to keep him out of trouble. Excuse me." I say walking passed her with a tight smile as I jog to the doctor,
"She's gonna hate you for that." I say to him,
"She'll get over it." he replied flippantly,
"Two words, Jackie, Tyler." I say smugly as he flinches and rubs his cheek absent mindedly, and then nods
"We'll worry about her later." he says as we rush off again.
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We got off the lift and looked around,
"Where are they?" Martha asks, the doctor then pulls out his sonic, I sigh,
"Really you have someone who knows what s happening and you don t want to save time." I say, he looks at me and lowers his sonic, "The roof." We run for the stairs.
"...There s always something to surprise you. Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act- he says before the doctor and I cut him off simultaneously as we step out of the shadows, oh that s really ironic.
"Falls the shadow ." Lazarus turns to us
"So the mysterious Doctor and the beautiful Phoenix know their Eliot. I m impressed." he says, I really liked the Eliot s poems though he was a bit of a pessimist in some things,
"Martha, what are you doing here?" Tish asks,
"Tish, get away from him." Martha orders
"What? Don t tell me what to do." she shouts slightly in defence,
"I wouldn t have thought you had time for poetry, Lazarus, what with you being busy defying the laws of nature and all." the doctor comments calmly,
"You re right, Doctor. One lifetime s been too short for me to do everything I d like. How much more would I get done in two or three or four?" Lazarus questions,
"Doesn t work like that. Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It s not the time that mattes; it s the person." the doctor contradicted
"You'll grow bored with living of repeating a daily routine, you'll wonder what life is really worth when you can t be bothered to go after your dreams, live each day as your last and you live a lot more in one life than three or four." I answer after him, he cast me a curious look,
"But if it s the right person, what a gift that would be." he said
"Or as Phoenix pointed out the first time, what a curse. Look at what you ve done to yourself." the doctor says quietly,
"Who are you to judge me?" Lazarus spat,
"Over here, Tish." Martha calls to her sister, Tish walks over to Martha.
"You have to spoil everything, don t you? Every time I find someone nice, you have to go and find fault." she raged at her, I sigh,
"She's trying to look out for you, look at him." I say in exasperation,
"Tish, he s a monster!" Martha shouts, Lazarus is having another attack and is changing...
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Not much excitement in this one, but I uploaded early because I was bored, so tell me what you think and give me suggestions on what you want to happen between Phoenix and the Doctor next chapter and I will consider your ideas and make one or two happen for you. Leave a comment or PM me about it. Hope you liked it.
Shadow OUT!
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