Hello everyone just want to say thank you to everyone who has reviewed favorited and followed this story as well as me, if I'm really honest I didn't expect to be favorited and followed by people but it was a nice surprise so \'_'/ cyber-hug, anyway because I've got 50 reviews I will be putting a SPOILER at the end as a thank you. So I will say that I can't bring myself to watch the Christmas special, I'm not ready to say goodbye to Matt just yet, but I was the same with David it took me a year to finally watch season five and six, and again after the Ponds left I couldn't watch it I'm very sentimental with characters, god knows I was bawling like a baby when they jumped off the building and then again when Amy said goodbye...
Anyway enough with my rambling I don't own 'Doctor Who?' Steven is being stingy and wont hand the deed over *Pout*
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Recap...
'RUN! RUN FASTER!' I scream in my head, the Doctor and I are running at full pelt, to try and get to Martha on time. I saw the door to area 17 and run through right on
the doctor's tail, and see Martha and Riley,
"That's enough!" Ashton turns to look at us "What do you want? Why this ship? Tell me!" the doctor shouts,
"Sister." it states, and then Ashton turns, and puts his fist through the keypad.
"NO! DAMN IT!" I scream.
"Jettison activated." The computer informs, I look into the pod and see Martha's terrified gaze...
I punched the wall beside me and heard my fingers crack...
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I glared at the puppet before me, my supposed brother inside it, the screaming inside my head got worse the closer to the star we got, but I wouldn't let it affect me, I was stronger than this...
The pod was preparing to jettison, the doctor and 'Ashton' we at a stand off,
"Come on. Let's see you." as Ashton advanced towards the Doctor I step in front of him, I'd be damned if I let him anyway near each other, "I wanna know what you really are..." he continued, Ashton lifts his hand to his visor, my glare intensifies as look dead on at the helmet,
"Back down." I growl allowing my eyes to glow with the anger I felt as a warning, and just then he doubles over in pain and backs away but it only lasts a few seconds before he rights himself and heads straight towards us.
"Airlock sealed." the computer blurts and I am pulled to the situation Martha is in and my eyes lose their glow, just as Ashton draws near he doesn't attack he just jolsts past and heads out of the area. The Doctor skids over to the com as I inspect my hand, when I had punched the wall my nails had dug into my hand creating indents and the skin had split slightly causing blood to run, just another injury to add to the collection I suppose.
"McDonnell! Ashton's heading in your direction!" he warns, I wasn't concerned at the moment just looking at the jettison pod, "He's been infected, just like Korwin!" after a second the off Scannell sounded oveer the com,
"Korwin's dead, Doctor." at the statement the Doctor looks perturbed,
"They froze him." I state still looking in on Martha and the boy Riley.
"Airlock decompression completed." the computer informs and I look in on Martha her face terrified, "Jettisoning pod." at the announcement the Doctor looks over and seems to realise the situation running over and pressing himself up against the window, Martha was shouting our names and I felt both sorrow, fury and determination mix together.
"I'll save you!" he shouts through the glass fruitlessly, her repeats it over and over as we drift further apart until we couldn't see her face through the window, the pod drifting closer to the star. Although a sombre moment, the computer reminds us that this is a race against time.
"Impact in 17.05." suddenly the mood is broken and the doctor barked down the com to Scannell,
"Scannell! I need a spacesuit in area 17, now!"
"What for?" Scannell questioned, I didn't have the patience for questions,
"Look get it down here before I come and find it myself, am I understood?" I snarl down the com as the Doctor was crouched over it,
"Just get down here!" the Doctor yelled in anger and frustration. He stands upright, and stalks over to the airlock door. I walked over to him and leaned against the wall next to him,
"You're an idiot if you think I'm gonna let you do this." I sigh, he looks over and I see the frustration in his eyes,
"You don't know what I'm gonna do." he snapped,
"I know perfectly well that you think I'm just gonna let you put that suit on and jump out of the airlock after her, and then re-magnatise the pod, and I think you are delusional for thinking that I will let you." I spat,
"Okay so you do know but what would you have me do, let her roast?"
"No I'm going out there you idiot." I snap,
"No you're not, I wont let you put your life at risk, if I can't get her back I wont lose you as well, this way if I go out, I might not come back and the TARDIS will take you home." he tried to reason, but the protective response of the link pushed through,
"I don't know if you're going to survive, you may have from my universe but with me here things have already changed I wont risk you dying out there and even if you do come back you have no idea the amount of pain you will be in, I wont let you go through it." I argue suddenly his arms were on either side of me, trapping my arms by my sides,
"I'm not giving you a choice." he growled, just as I opened my mouth to snap at him again Scannell came through the door,
"Am I interrupting something?" he asked,
"Yes" I snap as the Doctor answered with a "No." sending me a warning look, I glare at him and let the anger spark my eyes allowing them to spark, he pushed off the wall and took the suit from the man,
"Fine be a brainless asshole and go out their." I drawl pulling my anger back "But don't say I didn't warn you." I turn my back and walk to the farthest end away from him.
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"I can't let you do this." Scannell commented as the Doctor put on the suit,
"You're wasting your breath, Scannell, she couldn't stop me." he said pointing over at me, my eyes still had a faint glow to the and I knew it was less to do with anger and more to do with how close we were to the star. "You defiantly don't stand a chance at stopping me." he said with a distracted tone,
"You wanna open an airlock in flight on a ship spinning into the sun. No-one can survive that!" Scannell exclaimed looking at him like he was crazy,and he was.
"Oh, just you watch." he grinned and I felt my fist clench,
"You open that airlock, it's suicide. This close to the sun, the shields will barely protect you." Scannell reasond,
"If I can breach the magnetic lock on the ship's exterior, it should re-magnetise the pod. Now, while I'm out there, you have got to get the rest of those doors open. We need those auxiliary engines." he said ignoring his protest,
"Doctor, will you listen! They're too far away, it's too late!" the one with some sense it seemed continued,
"I'm not gonna lose her." he stated adamantly, he holds the helmet and walks towards me, "Phoenix..." he sighed,
"Don't." I snap batting his had away, "Do you have any idea the pain you will go through, I'm going to have to watch that and you think that you talking to me is going
to make it any better? Have you forgotten what I am, I'm more likely to survive this than you, you stubborn asshole." I spat coldly,
"I'm sorry..." he whispered, I tried to stay angry but the tone of his voice gets to me, I don't say a word to him as he places his helmet on and walking away from me
to the airlock as it slides open and closed behind him.
"Decompression, initiating." at the news my mood darkens reminding me of what's going to happen and then it gives another warning "Impact in 12. 55." I didn't react and after another minute or so it warns again, "Impact in 11.15." it's monotone voice sounding just after telling everyone on the ship "Heat shield failing. At ten percent." The Doctor presses a button on a keypad, which opens the exterior door. He recoils slightly from the heat and brightness of the sun, but soon recovers, grabs hold of the frame, and, battling against the vacuum, begins to clamber out onto the outer hull of the ship. He is almost swept away a couple of times, before he gets himself in the right position, and swings his hand out to try and reach a column of buttons, just to the right of the airlock. He misses the first time, but continues to stretch out, trying to get there and I wince at the pull I felt through the link... I could feel his pain but he couldn't feel mine. At this thought an idea forms
in my head.
After a few minutes he hits the button but I know there is more work to be done. Scannell's voice suddenly comes over the comm.
"Doctor! How're you doing?" he asks, before following with a "Come on! Don't give up now!"
These words seem to boost the Doctor, and he continues to stretch, until he finally manages to grab the handle and yank the cover off of the box. just then I felt pain rip through me as I heard his scream of pain.
As the Doctor struggles back inside the airlock, the pod slowly but sure heads back to its docking point. The Doctor, even though he is now inside, clambers to his knees, so his can see over the bottom lip of the airlock, and out to the sun. He looks confused and frightened, as the light reflects intensely off his helmet, and seeing the swirling molten surface. I brace myself for the pain I know is to come as I head over to the air lock doors,
"Doctor, close the airlock now!" Scannell shouts over the com,
"Impact in. 8. 57." the Doctor removes his helmet and the pain ripped through me and I groan at the intensity of it, "Airlock re-compression completed." the computer announces, the doctor falls out of the air lock and into my arms as I collapse to my knees at the pain and his weight,
The humans clamber out of the escape pod, and run to the Doctor, who is now writhing with pain on the floor but I snarl at them. I didn't want humans near him, they had caused this, the man seemed to understand and back off but the woman eased forward and I let out another warning growl and she stops,
"Doctor! Doctor!" she crouches beside him and I hold back realising that this was... Martha, she came with us, she was nice. "Are you OK?" I turn him so he is leaning with his back to my chest to support him, the Doctor opened his eyes and they reveal the glow that was showing in mine slightly.
"Stay away from me!" he shouts trying to fight off the parasite, sounding angry but it was not his anger it was mostly the star. He closes his eyes again, and
continues to writhe with pain. Martha quickly does what he says, I bite my lip as another wave of pain hits me and I taste a copper tang to it... blood, brilliant. The captain of the ship runs through and my anger rises, she was the cause of this,
"What's happened?" she demanded,
"It's your fault, Captain McDonnell!" the Doctor shouts in his own voice instead of the deep voice of the star, she looked shocked but quickly regained her composure, I wanted to tear her limb from limb for what she did to my link but I know he wouldn't like that, he loved the humans.
"Riley! Get down to area 10 and help Scannell with the doors. Go!" she orders, Riley the human man does as she says.
"You mined that sun! Stripped its surface for cheap fuel! You should have scanned for life! Phoenix hinted at it!" he shouts accusingly,
"I don't understand." The woman exclaimed in panic,
"Phoenix, what is he talking about?!" she asks as I groan again
"They mined the sun, a living star, ripped it's heart out and it's screaming in pain and anger, they're killing my brother!" I shout, it was like Ethan all over again,
"What do you mean?" the captain shouted in panic "How can a sun be alive? Why's she saying that?!" she demanded of Martha
"Because it's living inside him and I can hear the screaming in my head!" I snap as the Doctor let loose another scream and I bite down on my lip to stop my own,
"Oh my god…" she seems to realise what she's done but to little to late,
"Humans! You grab whatever's nearest and bleed it dry!" he screams again and I run my hand through his hair, "You should have scanned!"
"It takes too long! We'd be caught! Fusion scoops are illegal." The captain argued as though it was a great defence,
"And this is why you stupid human." I snap as pain washes through me again, I let out a strangled groan,
"You've got to freeze me, quickly!" he orders, Martha, the good human ran to his side and I bite back a snarl, 'she's trying to help. Trying to help.' I repeat.
"What?!" she questioned
"Stasis chamber! You gotta keep me..." he gasps from the pain again, "below minus 200. Freeze it out of me!" he screams and I bite down on my lip the taste of blood becoming more prominent in my mouth, the good human glares in disgust at the captain, the Doctor speaks again sounding like a child. "It'll use me to kill you if you don't! The closer we get to the sun, the stronger" I felt the link fade slightly as the parasite tries to overcome him, "It gets! Med-centre! Quickly! Quickly!" I grab one of his arms and McDonnell moves to grab he other,
"Don't touch him." I shout venom dripping from my words, eyes glowing in anger and warning, this human had hurt my link she didn't deserve to live, she stepped back and Martha grabbed his other arm.
We half carry, half drag the Doctor towards the med-centre. The computer readout counts ever closer towards zero.
"Impact in, 7.30." I growl in frustration at the computer,
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We were still taking the Doctor to the med-centre. As they break through the plastic, he screams I let go and run towards the stasis chamber ignoring Abi. I grab the instruction manual and flip through he pages trying to find the right one, Martha runs forward to the stasis chamber, and grabs the instruction manual.
"Phoenix, where are you?!" I look over to see him grabbing at the air blindly, I run over and hand the manual and hear her mutter to her self 'I can do it.'
"I'm here." I say as I grab his arm, he sinks to the ground myself with I'm in pain, "Everything's going to be fine, I promise." I whisper into his ear pulling him to me and hugging him,
"Stasis chamber, minus 200, yeah?" she asked I look over and nod, the two of us lift the Doctor onto the stasis chamber bed.
"No, you don't know how this equipment works! You'll kill him! Nobody can survive those temperatures!" she shouted in protest,
"He's not human! If he says he can survive, then he can." Martha snapped at the woman,
"Let me help you then!" she insisted, I snarl at her as Martha shouts,
"You've done enough damage, and I don't think Phoenix wants you near him."
"I want..." I cut off realising what I was about to say, it was cruel and it happened, I wouldn't encourage it, the anger was clouding my judgment but I wouldn't say I
wanted her dead. Martha goes back to working out how the chamber works as the Doctor kept a tight grasp on my arm.
"Ten seconds. That's all I'll be able to take. No more!" he lets out a scream again and I felt my legs nearly give out "Martha! Phoenix!" he calls,
"Yeah?" we ask, as he tries to speak he gurgles and wretches and I flinch
"It's burning me up. I can't control it. If you don't get rid of it," his voice turns dark and I feel the link slip farther away from me, "I could kill you. I could
kill you all." the fear I feel through his emotions as he pushes back nearly makes me sob as she screamed sounding like a small child, "I'm scared! I'm so scared!" I grip his hand with both of mine and let out a pained cry,
"I wont let anything happen to you, I promise." I say to him,
"Just... stay calm. You saved me, now I return the favour. Just... just believe in me." Martha tries to reassure, but I could tell she was talking to both herself and the Doctor,
"It's bloody killing me! Then what'll happen?!" he shouts before he screams again.
"You'll regenerate, but it's not going to happen, because I know how this is going to end remember." I felt tears fill my eyes
"You told me things were changing." he cried out, I flinch
"Yes they are but I wont let you dying be one of those changes, so you hold on you hear me." I grip his hand tighter,
"That's enough! I've got you!" Martha calls trying to sooth him,
"There's this process. This... this thing... that happens... if I'm about to die." he tries to explain,
"Hush, it's not going to happen yet." I assure him.
"Shhh... quiet now. Cause that is not gonna happen. You ready?" she asked her voice shaking as she looked over,
"No!" he screamed, I look her in the eye and nod my head. Looking upset, Martha leaves his side, and pushes the lever that slides the Doctor back into the stasis
chamber he tries to keep a hold on my arm, desperate to have someone with him. "Phoenix!" he shouted in panic as he lost his grip on my arm, I let out a sob as I felt the panic through the pain.
Martha types in '200', and presses the button to start the process as she does my legs buckle and I felt pain crash into me more intense than before. Inside, the Doctor screams continuously. I felt screams tear from my throat as my pain doubled, his pain through the link and the screaming in my head from the star nearly made me lose consciousness. faintly over our screams I hear the computer...
"Heat shields failing. At five percent."
The stasis chamber hits minus 70 degrees, but then shuts off I cut my scream short so as not to alert the Doctor, slowly I push up to my feet falling more than a few times. The Doctor is still whimpering in the background. Martha and McDonnell look shocked. Inside the stasis chamber, the Doctor is covered in ice crystals.
"No! Martha you can't stop it! Not yet!" he shouts,
"What's happened?!" Martha shouted frantically, I wince as I answer my voice hoarse,
"Power's been drained."
"Cut in engineering." McDonnell continued, and in that moment of pain and clarity I realise that in my anger I had nearly said it, 'I want her dead...' I shake my
head,
"But who's down there?" Martha shouted,
"Leave it to me." she said, just before she ran I said to her,
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry." she nods and takes off in a sprint. The Doctor lets out another round of screams and my legs give out again as Martha runs to my side I put a finger to my lips signalling her to be quiet. The computer continues to count down.
"Impact in 4.47." almost time... Martha is still trying to get the stasis chamber working again.
"Come on!" she hit the machine before turning to me, "He's defrosting." I nod grimly, before letting out a strangled scream with the Doctor,
"Phoenix, Martha! Listen!" Martha peers inside the chamber. "I've only got a moment. You've gotta go!" he chokes I shake my head even though I know he can't see me,
"No way!" Martha shouts,
"Get to the front! Vent the engines! Sun particles in the fuel! Get rid of them!" he orders
"I am not leaving you!" she argued, I grip her wrist from my position on the floor and she looks down at me,
"Get to the engines and get rid of the fuel, I wont leave, it's our only chance Martha, please." I beg through the pain,
"Give back what they took!" the Doctor says, she looks between us and I nod my head
"I'll be back for you. Both of you." she said to us, I smile weakly and bite my lip again, she runs out of the room.
"Impact in 4.08." the computer announces, I groan,
"That's so annoying"
"Impact in 3.43."it says a few seconds later and I growl in frustration, a few minutes later I hear McDonnell's voice over the com and I bow my head,
"Riley, Scannell, Abby, Erina. I'm sorry."
"Exterior airlock opened." the computer informs and i sigh, "Impact in 2.17."
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The Doctor falls out of the stasis chamber and I crawl to his side. The Doctor is still fighting the sun inside him, and is thrown over the controls of the stasis
chamber, before being hurled back onto the floor by an invisible force I flinch each time he lets out a cry and move closer to him. He is still crying out in pain,
while trying to pull himself upright. The computer gives a warning.
"Survival element protection point Zero percent." I roll my eyes but can't must a sarcastic comment, he was trying to crawl out of the med center and I wasn't strong enough to stop him in my state,
"Martha!" he shouts,
"Doctor! What are you doing?" I hear her shout back, The Doctor has stopped crawling, and with his last reserves of energy.
"I can't fight it. Give it back or..." but then I feel the link to his mind disappear and his eyes open showing the glow, the pain receded and I felt the strength come back, "Burn with me. Burn with me, Martha!" at the top of my lungs I scream.
"RUN MARTHA!" he turns to me as he was still on the floor I crawl over to him, he was still in here, "I hope to god you don't remember this." I sigh as I grip the back of his neck and pull his lips to mine, pushing my tongue into his mouth as I kissed him, I searched for the parasite and felt the heat, focusing on that, I pull the heat into my body from his and throw myself away from him keeping my eyes closed as I reached for thee sonic blaster, and pulled it out,
"Phoenix?" I heard him ask in a scratch voice, I toss my blaster away from me and towards him, "What have you done?" he whispered, I felt his presence in front of me his laboured breathing across my face
"Not going to work sweetie, your to cold. I'm the closest it's going to get to 100,000 degrees Calvin." I let out a scream and felt myself being pulled away from the wall into a body, "Is this aa bad time to say 'I told you so?'" I ask jokingly, he lets out a forced laugh
"Probably." I let out a scream and arch away from him keeping my eyes closed, "MARTHA!" I hear him shout, "Hurry up. It's in Phoenix." he screamed to her, I was just glad he couldn't feel the pain anymore,
"Impact in 1.21." I hear the computer echo among the chaos,
"Hold on Phoenix, just hold on." I felt everything slipping away and I yelled something but I didn't know what it was my mind was scrambled...
Doctor's P.O.V
"Is this aa bad time to say 'I told you so?'" she asked, I let out a chuckle,
"Probably." she lets out a scream and arches, 'She's in so much pain, because of me... why is she so stubborn?' "MARTHA!" I scream out over the com, "Hurry up. It's in Phoenix." I clutch her closer to me as she keeps her eyes closed tightly,
"Impact in 1.21." the computer sounds,
"Hold on Phoenix, just hold on." I murmur kissing her head, she threw her head back and let out an agonising scream before yelling out,
"THETA!" I bite back the questions and pull her back to me stroking her hair,
"I'm here, love, shh." I whisper, rocking her questions running through my head ad that possessive voice in the back shouting 'MINE' her skin starts to glow,
"Impact in 1.06." after a minute the glow from her skin begins to fade and she slowly began to un-tense, relaxing. The ship starts jerking and after a few seconds a different message is sounded from the computer, "Impact averted. Impact averted." and Phoenix collapses against me.
"They did it Phoenix!" I exclaim pulling her into a hug, but she didn't say anything or hug back, after a minute I pull back and pull her head off my chest only for it to fall backwards limp "Phoenix?" I asked shaking her, there was no response and I grew worried, I lay her down and lean my ear over her mouth, she was barely breathing they were short and shallow gasps placing my ear over her chest I listen for her heart only to hear a slow beat steadily growing slower before in just stuttered and stopped...
"No, Phoenix? come on Phoenix, don't do this please don't, come on Phoenix? Phoenix!" I continue to call her shaking her shoulders before I look at her just about to accept it, she was gone, on her face was a small smile, blood covering her lips painting them red and I felt something on my hands, looking down I saw my hand resting in more of the precious crimson liquid, she was bleeding, just then Martha ran in a smile on her face when she saw me but I didn't pay her any attention, her smile seemed to drop at the look she took of Phoenix.
I just pulled Phoenix close to me when something hit me... her heart had stopped before, for 10 or 15 minutes, picking her up quickly but carefully I run down the corridors and head for the engine room, to the TARDIS to the med bay. Laying her on the bed I hooked her up to a monitor and started CPR, it was nearly the same as at Royal Hope Hospital, the only difference now is that I know her and she's a close... friend. It took me around 6 and a half minutes to get her heart going again and then I remembered her side, hand, her lip...
I go to turn her over when Martha runs into the room,
"Uh Doctor, maybe I should do that I... Dont think she would... Want you to see her without her top?" she stated and then I realised that if I did do this I would indeed have to take her top off, despite the circumstances I felt heat creep up my neck and I stutter,
"I, uh- well- y-yeah you should p-probably.." I trail off and she nods I turn and walk out closing the door behind me then I remembered, turning back to the door I open it to see Martha holding her up about to lift her top, "S-sorry I j-just remembered something that might speed the healing up a bit..." she nods and I go too one of the cabinets and pull out a tub of clear gel, walking over to her I put it down next to her on the bed and turn to leave "Leave it on for around five minutes." closing the door I start walking to the console room,
'THETA!'
I stumble and lean on the wall. 'My name, how can she know it? How can she speak it? Why is her room covered in Galllifreyan?' I sigh and go over the questions but find no answers, well no answers that are possible.
Martha's P.O.V (First time :))
I let out a sigh as he closes the door again,
"God that was so close." I pull the top over her head careful to mind her side as it seemed to be bleeding badly, laying her back I realise she had used her tights to temporarily stop the blood flowing, undoing the make shift bandage and flinch at the wound underneath, it was bleeding profusely it was a wonder she hadn't died from blood loss, the wound was red some of the edges were pink but others were black, burnt... he had nearly seen the mark on her back...
She didn't want him to know, at least not yet, as she said. Taking the tub of gel in my hand and read the instructions,
Place on cut/wound leave for 5-10 minutes when gel turns silver peel off with care.
Simple enough, should probably start with the side seeing as that's the worst, as I took a load of it and put it on the cut she flinched and whispered
"Sorry." Placing more on apologising each time she showed any sign of pain, moving from her side to her lip and then her hand, she seemed to get hurt quite a lot in adventures and this didn't seem to be an exception. Sighing when I was done I wipe the gel from my hand and look down at my watch,
'How did she take it out of him?' was one of the questions in my mind another being 'Why didn't she want to tell him about the 'link' or whatever that watch was. If she's a 'daughter of a star' then what does it matter if she's his link? why wont she tell him?'
As I lost time in my musings the next thing I know it had been around 12 minutes and the gel had indeed turned silver, working backwards I peel the sliver from her hand and see no sign that she had been injured, moving to her lip I found the same, not a sign that she had nearly bitten through it, and finally I got to her side, slowly and carefully I pull the stuff from her side, but it was like the others, there was a scar only about a half inch smaller than the original wound but it was
there none the less...
Then just as I grabbed her top, she jumped up to a bolt straight sitting position looking around in panic...
Phoenix's P.O.V
It was dark, but I could feel something, a pressure that seemed to move every few seconds to a different place but only three times, it was first a light pressure on my hand, then it went to my mouth, and finally it settled on my side for a minute, why where these places significant? My hand palm to be exact, my lower lip and my right side... side, hands on my side, why was that important... is it linked to... link, the mark on my back... Doctor... I bolt up and look around looking for the man, I was in the med bay, I look down at my hand, nothing there bringing it up I touch my mouth no cut on the lip, looking down I see that I was topless, still had the bra thankfully, looking over to my right I see Martha and I let out a sigh of relief.
"He didn't see it did he?" I ask, she looked confused before clicking and shaking her head, I nod and look at the monitor showing the workings of my heart, I take the finger clip off
"I distracted him by saying he'd have to take your top off and he gave me the gel and left." she explained,
"Great, is he okay?" was my next question
"He's fine a little worn, sweaty and shaken but fine other than that, how about you?" I look at her in confusion, "You were screaming all the while he was possessed and then your heart stopped,
"I can feel his pain through the link and it isn't the first time I've had my heart stop, did that at the hospital, so I'm fine a little tired but fine all the same.
How's the crew?" I counter
"Coping I suppose, we dumped the fuel and they had enough reserves, we lost three people but we're not crashing into the sun any more." I nod my head
"I know, I can't hear the screaming any more. Right." I say hopping off the bed, "I need a shower and clean clothes. come on, then we can see the Doctor, I'd like to get the scolding over with." she laughs and helps me out of the med bay and to my room which was a few doors down. I smile
'Thanks sexy.'
'Clean up dear.' I sigh and head for the shower Martha sitting on one of the chairs in my room
"I'll be quick." I promise grabbing a new top almost identical but it had puffy sleeves and a v shape held together by strings, it still had an open back though and was still black, a pair of jeans and boots heading into the bath room.
Stripping down I look at myself in the mirror, I looked like hell, my hair matted, blood covering my mouth, side and fingers. I felt tired. Sighing I turned the
shower on and turned it up to maximum heat before stepping in and letting the blood and anger rush down the drain.
I had dressed in the bathroom sexy drying my hair for which I thanked her, got dressed and walked out, it had taken ten minutes, Martha looked over and stood up.
"You look like nothing happened." she whispered,
"In my book nothing did." I shrug going to the desk and grabbing the sonic and putting the holster on my leg before reaching for when the blaster should have been. I had thrown it to the Doctor, I groan, "Come on, need to find my blaster and then deal with being crushed by the time lord." we walk out in relative silence and I head for the med bay Martha still following, finally I get to the corridor covered in blood and see the blaster in the corner of the room still shiny and sliver not a scratch or a speck off blood on it, holstering it I turn,"Ready to face the Doctor?" I ask
"Yeah, lets hope." we joked as we walked towards the TARDIS and as we walked in the door all eyes turned to us.
"Uh- Hi?" the Doctor then stepped in front of me,
"You should be in the med bay. Or your room." he stated softly, I grin
"When have you ever known me to stay still." I joke, he sighs and hugs me
"I have questions." was all he said after and I gulp feeling my stomach drop.
Everything has returned to normal on the inside, apart from the distinct lack of crew members. Riley, Scannell, Abi and Erina are stood, admiring the TARDIS, while The Doctor and Martha walking round it me being dragged by the hand, checking to see that she's OK.
"This is never your ship!" Scannell shouted in disbelief, I nod my head with a grin,
"Compact! Eh! And another good word, robust! Barely a scorch mark on her." the doctor complimented, I felt her buzz with happiness
"And the ones she does have add to her character. Tough dependable old girl." I say rubbing the side,
"We can't just leave them drifting with no fuel." Martha said looking at the remains of the crew in concern,
"We've sent out an official mayday. The authorities will pick us up soon enough." Riley assured with a smile,
"Though how we explain what happened..." Scannell's head dropped as he said this and I felt some amount of sympathy for the humans, the Doctor opens the TARDIS door,
"Just tell them. That sun needs care and protection, just like any other living thing." he informs Scannell nods. The Doctor and I step inside the TARDIS, and Martha makes to follow him, but before she can do so, Riley grabs her arm.
Walking to the console I turn to the man in front of me.
"So what are these questions." I ask seriously,
"How much do you remember of when you were possessed?" I swallow,
"I remember most of it, then it goes blank after you shout for Martha." I say, it was mostly the truth
"Who was supposed to die?"
"Abi learner and Erina. Both by incineration." I answer shortly,
"Why did you take the sun out of me?" I pause,
"I don't like to see you in pain." I whisper, it was true enough it just wasn't the whole reason,
"How did you take it out of me." I look down, was he trying to embarrass me?
"I kissed you, searched out the hottest point and pulled the parasite from your body into mine, it came pretty easily given how warm I am compared to you at the time." he hugged me to him tightly,
"Please don't do that again, you died, Phoenix." I give a chuckle
"It's not the first time." he pulls back and looks me dead in the eye,
"Twice is more than enough quit while your ahead."
"I would but A) I haven't died twice, I've died three times." I say flicking his nose, "And B)I wont let you die, your way to important to the universe, you still have so much to do and so many people to meet and save." I smile and pull away as Martha walks in a smile on her face.
"So! Didn't really need you in the end, did we?!" she said with a grin, however the Doctor didn't reply and he wasn't himself he seemed distant "Sorry. How're you doing?" Rather than answer her, the Doctor becomes business like.
"Now! What do you say? Ice skating on the mineral lakes of Cuhlhan. Fancy it?" he asked, I just give a strained smile, Martha looks disappointed, as she wishes the Doctor would open up to her.
"Whatever you like." she murmurs unenthusiastically, The Doctor looks at her and realises.
"By the way, you'll be needing this." He says as he pulls a TARDIS key on a long chain out.
"Really?!" she exclaims happily
"Frequent Flier's Privilege." we say at the same time as I wink at her, he slowly feeds it into her hand, and looks at her properly, "Thank you." he said it so
sincerely,
"Don't mention it." He gives her a weak smile, and continues to tinker with the TARDIS myself switching any of the switches off that shouldn't be on. Martha realises something, and feels about for what I assume is her mobile. "Oh no! Mum!" I give a chuckle and wave her off, The Doctor looks at her as she dials. Francine picks up at the other end.
"...Me again...Sorry about earlier. Over emotional, mad day!...Yeah! Tonight. Do my best. Um, just remind me, what day is it again?...Right. Course. I'll be round for tea. Roughly...Anyway, gotta go! See you later! Love you!" Martha hangs up, smiling.
A few minutes of shaking later we were at what I suppose was Cuhlhan,
"Come on then let's go." he exclaims,
"Uh I think I'm gonna sit this one out and get some sleep, a little tired." I say yawning, he nods slowly and Martha does as well, I smile and wave them off before walking up the stairs and into my room. Taking off the blaster and holster, placing it on my bedside table, along with my sonic. heading over to the book-case I choose a book at random, just something to pass the time and laugh at the irony.
'Romeo and Juliet.'
"Why does it have to be like this?" I whisper sitting on the bed reading and letting a tear fall at the end before drifting off. Had I stayed awake a few moments more I would have heard a light knock and the door opening to see the Doctor look in.
3rd Person P.O.V
The Doctor leaned on the door frame staring at the woman on the bed asleep with a book fallen to her side, pushing off walked over and sat on the bed next to her.
"Who are you?" he whispered tucking hair behind her ear as the door closed by itself enveloping them in the dim glow of the bedside candle.
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Okay I originally wrote this on my old laptop but when going through everything I deleted the chapters including the one of this chapter. So I had to start from scratch, let me know what you think. Now because there are 50 reviews I've decided on putting the spoiler up as promised. So here it is.
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Phoenix lay on the floor in a long red dress unconscious, the Doctor scrambled over to her.
"Phoenix." he called, leaning over her she lay on her front her head on her arm her hair splayed over the laminate floor the Doctor froze in place her dress was
backless and there on her back was his name in golden ink, High Gallifreyan.
That's not possible, the only way that should be possible is if she was a- but she's not, she cant be she's a star, daughter of a star, she's not...
she started to stir her face scrunched up and she looked adorable, but he needed answers.
"Phoenix?" I ask gently the shock still in my system she sat up rubbing her head before looking at us,
Tilting her head her hair falling infront of her right eye she asked a smALL question, but one that sent me into a pit of dispair,
"Who... are you?"...
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Okay not very well done it should be improved my the time we get to that point, because I can develop it as I go you know. So there's your spoiler, I hope you like it
if I get up to a 100 before the end of the story there will be another one for you. ;)
Anyway review if you can I love to read them and I would still like ideas for future episodes.
Shadow OUT!
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