Chapter 9
The Doctor put his hands on the console, "Donna, what are you saying?"
"Oh, I just can't choose what I want my room to be. " Emma giggled at Donna's inhibitions, "There are just so many things to choose from.
"How about a bunk bed?" The Doctor suggested, "I always wanted a bunk bed."
"A bunk bed?" Donna yelled incredulously standing behind the doctor in a red V-neck tank top with blue jeans.
"No?" The Doctor grumbled.
The Doctor and Donna continued to argue over what to put in Donna's room while Emma sat on the steps leading up to the console listened to the sounds of the TARDIS's engine moving them throughout space and time.
Emma thought back to her time committed in an asylum. She thought back to her memories of Guinevere, Dr. Agnes, and the vivid feeling of being alone even when surrounded by people.
"A hammock?" Donna yelled breaking Emma out of her thoughts.
"Donna, I made Emma's room and she loved it," The Doctor told Donna, "Trust me, I'm the Doctor."
"Doesn't mean you know anything about women and what they want." Donna corrected.
Emma turned to face the Doctor, "How you lose a planet?"
"Bad directions?" The Doctor scrunched his nose.
"Bad directions to an Adiposian breeding planet." Emma snorted, "That just doesn't seem likely."
"What did Mrs. Foster say to you?" The Doctor stood up straight and gave Emma a serious look.
"She said she had come to Earth to breed adipose because the Adipose breading planet was lost." Emma put her elbow on the step a few up from where she was sitting and rested her head on her hand.
"How do you lose a planet?" The Doctor asked Emma.
"I just asked you this seconds ago." Emma narrowed her eyes at the Doctor.
"Oh look a little glowing thing." Donna reached out to a little spark like thing floating by the railing of the console.
"Little glowing thing?" The Doctor snorted, "It is just a spark from the heart of the TARDIS, sometimes if it reacts with a psychic energy strong enough to match the energy of the TARDIS."
"What could be strong enough to react with the TARDIS?" Donna asked.
"With the force field around the TARDIS is it even possible for anything outside to react with it?" Emma stood up and walked closer to the TARDIS console.
"I don't mean to sound pompous; but I like to be the smartest person in the room." The Doctor looked from Donna to Emma, "Now if something is strong enough to react with a TARDIS by going through its shield must be twice as strong as my TARDIS or any TARDIS ever for that matter."
Dozens more sparks came out of the floor below the console.
"It is getting worse Doctor." Emma knelt down to the floor by where the sparks were coming from. The TARDIS started to make loud beeping sounds.
"Whatever it is, it is attempting to crash land the TARDIS." The Doctor frantically trying to avoid a catastrophe.
The TARDIS jolted forward slightly and then the lights shut off.
"Doctor, don't play games with me." Donna threatened.
"Oh calm down Donna, the TARDIS is only on power save mode. But in better news the TARDIS has landed its self."
"Why?" Donna and the Doctor continued arguing while Emma walked unseen to the door of the TARDIS and walked outside.
"May I help you?" an Ood asked holding a ball in his hand.
"Are you speaking through that?" Emma pointed to the ball it held in the palm on his hand.
"All Ood speak through this." The Ood answered.
"But when I last met an Ood it spoke with telepathy." Emma furrowed her eyebrows, "They also held their brains in there hand."
"Emma!" The Doctor opened the Door to the TARDIS, "I got the lights back!" The Doctor mused at his own brilliance.
"I found an Ood." Emma boasted, "Ood are so much cooler then lights."
"What the hell is that thing?" Donna whispered to the Doctor.
"An Ood, harmless." The Doctor explained.
"And so much cooler then lights." Emma held out her hand to the Ood, "Emma Petrova."
"Do you need something?" The Ood asked.
"You shake it, with your other hand." Emma laughed as the Ood pinched her hand with its index finger and thumb from side to side.
"Close enough." Emma smiled, "It is very cold out here." Emma commented.
"It is about to snow." The Ood responded.
"Where are we?" Emma asked.
"The Ood sphere." The Doctor and the Ood said in unison.
"Again?" Emma turned to the Doctor, "How many times are we going to come back here?"
"As many as you want, Madam." The Doctor winked at Emma.
"Are you sweet talking me, Doctor?" Emma crossed her arms.
"Are you here for the tour?" A woman with black hair and a black suit asked.
"Tour?" Emma took control of the conversation.
"The Tour of the Ood Factory." The woman explained.
"Yes." Emma said with vindication.
"Right this way." The woman escorted them into the tallest building in the vicinity. The building had an aerodynamic chrome design throughout the building that had a variety of colorful furniture.
"The Ood's traveled across many galaxies to serve us. " A man with grey hair explained over a loud speaker, "They are loyal to the humans who buy them and want nothing else but to serve us."
"Why would anyone want nothing else but to serve someone?" Emma felt like going up to the man and choking him.
"Don't do anything stupid Emma." The Doctor warned.
"Now for only 50 credits you can get your own Ood." A showcase's lights turned on revealing Ood's with different color suits. "In red, blue, or green. With the voice of a male or a female."
"Why do they have the voice box thingies?" Emma asked.
"No clue." The Doctor responded. Emma turned around and walked unseen out of the room and into an employee's only area.
Emma continued down the hallway following signs.
"Emma?" The Doctor stood still listening to the speech next to Donna.