Rook stood waiting, his foot starting to tap against his carpeted floor, and a frown creasing his eyebrows. The three travellers sat and looked at him, all contemplating how to answer the lad. The man he had punched was the first to open his mouth but Rook spun on his heel to face him and snapped, "I don't wanna hear a word come out of your mouth! Sit there and stay quiet."
The man closed his mouth with and audible click and sullenly sunk into the chair. The tall man who was perched on the bean bag next to the woman stood up, letting her slide into the bean bag. He was lanky and towered over Rook, who had always been conscious of his shorter stature. The man offered his hand to shake and said, "I'm the Doctor, this is Martha, and the smelly one is Jack; he spilled. We're thinking of investing in a sippy cup for him." He gestured at each person as he introduced them, jabbing his finger at Jack and grinning mischievously.
Rook shook the Doctors hand and raised a sceptical eyebrow, "A pleasure, I'm sure." He drawled. The Doctor chuckled, "Please don't judge us by his behaviour. I can assure you that we are not like him." He nodded his head towards Jack as he said this. Jack scoffed and said indignantly, "Oh, Thanks a lot Doctor. Glad to know you think so highly of me!" The Doctor stooped slightly to whisper loudly to Rook, "I think you hurt more than his jaw when you punched him, I think you bruised his ego a little bit."
Rook couldn't help but laugh, he glanced over at Jack and ran an appraising eye over the man, this seemed to perk Jack up a little bit, but he deflated again when Rook quickly turned away. Martha approached the young boy and extended her hand, "Martha Jones. It's nice to meet you, and I'm sorry for the intrusion." Rook smiled at her and shook her hand. "I'm not gonna say it's ok, because it's a bit weird, but it's nice to meet you too Martha."
He leaned back to perch himself against his desk, crossed his arms over his chest and eyed all of the intruders, "I'm not entirely sure why you are all still here, and why I'm doing this, but here goes. My name is Rook Turner, I'm an art student and I'm 19 years old. Now please explain why you're in my apartment when I know I locked all the doors and windows last night?"
The Doctor and his two companions exchanged looks and nodded, he sighed and turned to Rook. "I don't know if you'll believe me, but we are time travellers. That blue box is my ship and she seems to be stuck here. I would have left as soon as we landed here, but she's locked up tight because she's recovering."
Rooks eyebrows had near enough disappeared into his hairline. "Jeez, you guys are the most inventive burglars I've ever met. Why shouldn't I phone the police right now?"This time it was Jack that spoke, "Because I can make one short phone call that would stop the police from ever responding to a call from you ever again. We're higher than the police, boy. Believe me, you don't wanna get on our bad side."
The Doctor frowned at Jack, "Just how many contacts do you have in Cardiff?" He hissed at his companion. Jack sighed and said darkly, "Too many." Martha, The Doctor and Rook all gave Jack a puzzled look.
Rook shook his head and sighed, "OK, to be honest, I'm just a little bit scared of you guys, especially him." He nodded at Jack, "I just want you out of my bedroom, out of my apartment, really, but I don't think that's gonna happen. Is it?" Rook looked pleadingly at the Doctor, recognising him as the leader of the odd trio.
The Doctor gave a small shake of his head and looked at the young man apologetically, "The TARDIS is shut down, no power at all, she won't even let me in. And I don't want to leave my TARDIS here where you'll be uncomfortable, and potentially in danger. I don't know what called me here and if it wants the technology it will try and get it at any cost."
Rook stared at the tall man in shock, "I could be in danger? Seriously?" The Doctor nodded, "I'm sorry, but it looks like you're stuck with us for the time being." Rook groaned and sank to the floor, his head in his hands, "Great!" He said lowly.