Here's part two. I hope you're still enjoying this. Here we go.

The Doctor and Rose were surrounded by the creatures "We must feed." The one at the front tapped it's ball thing "You, if you are hungry."

They relaxed a bit "Sorry?" the Doctor said

"We apologise." said one of them "Electromagnetics have interfered with speech systems. Would you like some refreshment?" it asked as Rose put the chair down.

"Open door 18."

"Um…" said the Doctor

People came through the door "What the hell?" asked the one at the front "How did…" He walked through the creatures and stopped in front of the Doctor and Rose and spoke into his watch "Captain, you're not gonna believe this." he said "We've got people. Out of nowhere. I mean, real people. I mean…Two living people just standing here right in front of me."

"Don't be stupid, that's impossible."

"I suggest telling them that."

"But you're a sort of space base." said Rose "You must have visitors now and then. It can't be that impossible."

"You telling me you don't know where you are?" he asked

"No idea." answered the Doctor "More fun that way." He grinned

"Stand by, everyone. Buckle down. We have incoming, and it's a big one

" The man who had found them ran to the door and began to open it "Quake 0.5 on its way." Alarms began to go off

"Through here." the man said "Now. Quickly, come on! Move!"

The Doctor moved Rose in front of him and they walked through the corridor as fast as possible, cause stuff was exploding as they went "Move it! Come on!"

Rose grabbed the Doctor's hand and they moved faster "Keep moving! Come on! Keep moving!" They ran to a door and the man opened it and they went inside a room that contained other people, it looked to the Doctor like a control room. Everyone stared at the Doctor and Rose, as though they shouldn't exist.

"Oh, my God, you meant it." said one of the men in the room

"People!" said a young woman "Look at that, real people."

"That's us." said the Doctor "Hurray!"

"Yeah, definitely real." said Rose "My name's Rose, Rose Tyler, and this is the Doctor."

"Come on, the oxygen must be off line." said another man "We're hallucinating, they can't be…" he stood up and walked towards them "No, they're real."

"Come on, we're in the middle of an alert." said the man, whom the Doctor and Rose assumed was the captain "Danny, strap up, the quake's coming in. Impact in 30 seconds. Sorry, you two, whoever you are, just hold on." the last part he directed at the Doctor and Rose "Tight."

"Hold on to what?" Rose asked

"Anything, I don't care, just hold on." he answered "Ood, are we fixed?" Rose and the Doctor grabbed on to the railings beside them

"Your kindness in this emergency is much appreciated."

"What's this planet called anyway?" the Doctor asked

"Don't be stupid." said the second woman "It hasn't got a name. How could it have a name?" she continued when all she received were confused looks "You really don't know, do you?" she asked

"And impact!"

The base began to shake violently, and everyone tightened their hold on whatever they were holding. When the shaking stopped, the Doctor stood up "Oh, well." he said "That wasn't so bad…" he spoke too soon, 'cause the shaking began again and he was thrown to the ground.

When the shaking stopped again everyone began to move "Okay, that's it." said the captain "Everyone all right?" Everyone ignored him they were to busy dealing with the fire "Speak to me! Ida?"

"Yeah."

"Danny?"

"I'm fine."

"Toby?"

"Yeah. Fine."

"Scooti?"

"No damage."

"Jefferson?"

"Check!"

"We're fine, thanks, fine." said the Doctor "Yeah, don't worry about us."

"Surface caved in." the captain said "I deflected in onto Storage 5 through 8. We've lost them completely. Toby, go and check the rocket link."

"That's not my department."

"Just do as I say, yeah?"

Toby left, stepping between the Doctor and Rose who were sitting on the stairs.

"Oxygen holding. Internal gravity at 56.6. We should be okay."

"Never mind the earthquake, that's…" Rose said "That's one hell of a storm. What is that, a hurricane?"

"You need an atmosphere for a hurricane." answered the younger woman "There's no air out there. It's a complete vacuum."

"Then what's shaking the roof?" Rose asked

"You're not joking." said the other woman "You really don't know. Well, introductions. FYI, as they said in the olden days. I'm Ida Scott, Science Officer. Zachary Cross Flane, Acting Captain, sir. You've met Mr Jefferson, he's Head of Security. Danny Bartock, Ethics Committee."

"Not as boring as it sounds." Danny told them

"And that man who just left, that was Toby Zed, Archaeology, and this…" she said, putting her hands on the other woman's shoulders "is Scooti Manista, Trainee Maintenance. And this…" she said as she went to a lever "This is home." she pulled the lever and the roof retracted.

"Brace yourselves." said Zach "The sight of it sends some people mad." The Doctor and Rose stood up as the roof stopped. They looked up.

"That's a black hole." Rose said

"But that's impossible." the Doctor said

"I did warn you."

"We're standing under a black hole."

"In orbit." Ida corrected

"We can't be."

"You can see for yourself." said Ida "We're on orbit."

The Doctor turned to her "But we can't be."

"This lump of rock is suspended in perpetual geostationary orbit around that black hole, without falling in." Ida told him "Discuss."

"And that's bad, yeah?" Rose asked.

"Bad doesn't cover it." the Doctor answered "A black hole's a dead star. It collapses in on itself, in and in and in, until the matter's so dense and tight, it starts to pull everything else in, too. Nothing in the universe can escape it. Light, gravity, time, everything just gets pulled inside and crushed."

"So they can't be in orbit?" she asked "We should be pulled right in."

"We should be dead."

"And yet, here we are." said Ida. "Beyond the laws of physics. Welcome onboard."

Okay, that's part two, part three will be up shortly

TTFN

Julie