AN: On to chapter 2! How will the Doctor and Rose react to being in Night Vale? Let's see, shall we? I don't own any of these characters.
Chapter 2- Welcome to Night Vale
"It was finally here after all these years, in front of him..."
"Right then, Rose Tyler. You tell me, where do ya wanna go, backwards or forwards in time? It's your choice, what's it gonna be?" The Doctor asked, looking like a kid excited to show his mom a new trick.
All of time and space to choose from, and what did she want to do? "Forwards," she decided.
"Forwards it is!" he exclaimed, and started fiddling with all the buttons and levers on the console. He paused for a second. "How far?"
Rose shook her head. "100 years."
The Doctor went back to his levers and pushed one final button. A noise sounded from overhead. The console started to shake and he looked at her, a grin barely noticeable on his lips. "You step right outside those doors, and it's the 22nd century," he told her.
"You're kiddin' me?" she asked in disbelief.
"Eh, a hundred years is a little borin', isn't it?" he said more to himself than to Rose. "Do you wanna go further?"
"Fine by me," she grinned.
He fiddled some more with the controls. This was all so exciting and new for her. She was used to just being plain Rose Tyler, little shop girl that never completed her A levels, and now she was travelling with an alien into the future. A future where she was long gone.
"10,000 years in the future," the Doctor said. "Step outside and it's the year 12005, the new Roman empire."
Oh, yeah, he definitely thought he was impressive. Time to take him down a few notches for fun. "You think you're so impressive," Rose teased.
"I am so impressive!" he said, affronted.
"You wish!" she called.
"Alright then! You asked for it, I know exactly where I'm a takin' you." He messed with the levers once more and the console shook again, much worse than before. She smiled and clung to the console. Finally, they stopped with a ping of the bell overhead.
"Where are we?" she asked, almost a little afraid of what the answer might be.
The Doctor didn't say anything, just gestured for her to go outside.
"What's out there?" Rose asked excitedly.
He still didn't answer just kept gesturing to the door. She spun around excitedly and opened the TARDIS doors.
…...
It was dark outside, very dark. Did the Doctor take her to the Earth after the Sun had died out? Or maybe it was just night time, she reasoned with herself. It looked like a normal town from what she could see, except for one thing. No one was walking around. No lights were on. The only thing that made the town stand out was a very tall radio tower right in the center in front of a building with the letters WTNVB-6.
"Doctor?" she called. "Doctor, where are we?" There was no sound coming from behind her where the TARDIS was. She felt a tap on her shoulder, and she almost screamed but the Doctor spun her around to face him.
"It's just me, alright? Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I just...where are we?"
The Doctor frowned. "I don't know, actually. I was trying to take us to the end of the Earth, but we landed here instead." He was quiet for a moment before he said, "Well, the best thing to do in a foreign situation is to investigate! Come on, Rose Tyler!" He grabbed her hand and ran down the street.
He stopped dead in his tracks at the end, when they got to something that looked like a gorge. Houses were built all around the edge with docks leading down to the sand, and dusty boats lay forgotten, tied to docks. "Rose, do you notice anything odd about where we're standing?"
She looked around carefully. "Uh, it looks like waterfront property, except this is just desert."
"Exactly! Why would you build a waterfront property in the middle of the desert?" he asked out loud. The Doctor dug around in the pocket of his leather jacket until he produced his sonic screwdriver. He let go of Rose's hand and walked over to one of the boats, running over the steel with his screwdriver. "Hmm, that's weird. Everything look normal. The sonic says the boats have been out today, but there's not a lick of water to be seen, is there?"
"N-" Rose started to agree, but the Doctor interrupted.
"No, of course not. But why?"
"I-"
"We have to check all over this town for any source of water that we aren't seein' here. Come on Rose!" He started to walk in the other direction.
"Doctor, do you ever shut up?" she asked. The Doctor turned towards her with a serious expression on his face.
"No," he said, before cracking into a large grin.
"Well, next time you interrupt me, I'm gonna duck tape that gob of yours, and force ya to listen with those big ears, yeah?" she joked.
"Oi!" he exclaimed. "They are not big!"
Rose smirked triumphantly and started walking ahead of him towards a park.
The Doctor ran to catch up with her and tugged on her arm. "They're not big!" he yelled.
"You might not wanna scream that to the whole town, yeah?" Rose stuck out her tongue at him.
"Rose Tyler, you are absolutely not fantastic!" he pouted.
They had reached the park, and upon looking at the sign discovered it was specifically a dog park.
"They would like to remind everyone that dogs are not allowed in the dog park. People are not allowed in the dog park. It is possible you will see hooded figures in the dog park. Do not approach them. Do not approach the dog park..."
"What was that?" Rose asked the Doctor.
"I dunno, it sounded like it came from that radio tower." He pointed up ahead of them.
"Doctor, do you think we should listen to what that announcement said? What if this dog park is dangerous?"
"Rose, do ya see any hooded figures? I think we're gonna be fine," the Doctor assured her and grabbed her hand. "Come on, let's get closer."
They made their way forward only to find their path into the dog park obstructed by a high, electrical fence.
"Do you remember that being there before?" the Doctor asked Rose.
"No," she replied. A loud noise sounded off to their left. "Doctor, what was that?"
"Nothing, probably just a townsperson."
"Are you touching my shoulder?" she asked him.
"Your shoulder? Rose I'm touchin' your hand! What are you on about?"
"Doctor!" she screamed, and felt her hand sliding from his.
"Hello, listeners, to start things off, I want to alert you to the presence of two newcomers, a blonde woman and a madman in a blue box. The city council advises you not to approach them. Do not think about them. Do not even look at them. Welcome to Night Vale..."