World war three
The Slitheen continued to choke the man to death whilst the other three watched in shock when all of a sudden, it was enveloped in Electricity and it let go of the man who slumped dead to the floor.
"Come on" Rose said, grabbing Alyssa's hand and running out the room with Harriet following after them and when they got halfway down the Corridor, Harriet realized that the emergency protocols where still in the cabinet room so they turned around and where about to run back inside only for the Slitheen to come charging at them so they turned around and ran the other way as the Slitheen chased them down the corridors, roaring and waving it's claws.
"Quick, in here" Rose said as she ran into a room. Alyssa and Harriet followed behind and shut the door " hide!." Harriet hid behind a screen and Alyssa and Rose hid behind the cabinet.
"Please tell me that was just some guy in a suit" Alyssa panted as she attempted to get her breath back from all the running.
"I don't think it was, I think that was a real Alien" Rose whispered just as they heard the door opened and a giggling could be heard.
"I think it's here" Alyssa whispered as the Slitheen giggled and crept around the room, looking for the three humans that were hiding.
"Oh, such fun" it giggled in the same voice as the plumb woman from the cabinet room but with a more gurgling effect to it "little human children, where are you?" she giggled as Rose ran out from behind the cabinet and hid behind the curtain except for Alyssa who remained behind the cabinet, knees up to her chin and listened as the Slitheen continued to call to them in it's taunting voice " sweet little humeykins, come to me. Let me kiss you better. Kiss you with my big, green lips." Alyssa looked at Rose with a worried look on her face and the older girl signalled her to stay put as two more Slitheen entered the room.
"My brothers" the Female Slitheen greeted.
"Happy hunting?" one of them asked, this time in a male's voice.
" It's wonderful. The more you prolong it, the more they stink" the female Slitheen inquired.
" Sweat and fear" the third Slitheen who was also a male said as he went sniffing round the room.
"I can smell an old girl. Stale bird and brittle bones" the first male Slitheen inquired, talking about Harriet.
"Hmm, that's not the only thing, I can smell a little girl" the second male Slitheen pointed out and Alyssa knew he was talking about her and it made her even more scared " she smells of sugar, spice and all things nice."
"And a ripe youngster, all hormones and adrenalin" the female Slitheen said as she advanced towards where Rose was hiding "fresh enough to bend before she snaps." It then pulled the curtain aside and Rose screamed in terror whilst Alyssa ran out of her hiding place, only to be grabbed by one of the other Slitheen.
"Oh looky here, I was right, there is a little girl in here" it giggled as Harriet came out from behind her hiding place.
" No! Take me first! Take me!" she yelled just as the Doctor came bursting into the room with a fire extinguisher and used it on the one of the Male slithhen whilst Alyssa bit the one that had hold of her, causing it to let go of her.
"Out, with me!" he yelled and Harriet and Alyssa ran to him whilst Rose pulled the curtain down on the Female Slitheen before running to join the others.
"Blah, that thing tasted awful" Alyssa pointed out, gesturing to the Slitheen she has bitten.
"Well it is an Alien" the Doctor replied before turning to Harriet "who the hell are you?."
"Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North" she replied, showing him her ID.
"Nice to meet you" the Doctor replied as he continued to spray the three Slitheens with the fire extinguisher.
"Likewise" Harriet replied. The Doctor then realized he has used up all the CO2 in the fire extinguisher and they ran out of the room, down the corridor and towards the cabinet room.
"We need to head to the Cabinet Room" the Doctor informed as they ran down the corridor with the three Slitheens in pursuit.
"The Emergency Protocols are in there. They give instructions for aliens" Harriet told him.
" Harriet Jones, I like you" the Doctor told her and Harriet told him that she liked him to as they all ran into the cabinet room. The Doctor then picked up decanter from the side table, held his sonic screwdriver to it and stood in the door way as the Slitheen came running towards them.
"Stop, one more move and my sonic device will triplicate the flammability of this alcohol. Whoof, we all go up. So back off" the Slitheen backed away a little and the Doctor continued to speak "right then. Question time. Who exactly are the Slitheen?"
"They're aliens" Harriet pointed out.
" Yes. I got that, thanks" the Doctor replied, a little annoyed.
"Who are you, if not human?" one of them asked the Doctor.
"Who's not human?" Harriet asked Rose and Alyssa.
"He's not human" Rose replied,nodding at the Doctor.
"He's not human? " Harriet asked.
"Can I have a bit of hush?" the Doctor asked, looking over his shoulder at the three females before turning back to the Slitheen "So, what's the plan?."
" But he's got a Northern accent" Harriet implied, gestuirng to the way the Doctor spoke.
"Lots of planets have a north" Alyssa pointed out, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
" I said hush" the Doctor said, whipping his head round to the gilrs before turning his attention back to the Slitheen "come on. You've got a spaceship hidden in the North Sea. It's transmitting a signal. You've murdered your way to the top of government. What for, invasion?."
"Why would we invade this God-forsaken rock?" the second male Slitheen asked.
"Then something's brought the Slitheen race here. What is it?" the Doctor asked.
"The Slitheen race?" the second male Slitheen asked in a confused voice.
"Slitheen is not our species. Slitheen is our surname. Jocrassa Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day-Slitheen at your service" he first male Slitheen greeted.
"So, you're family" the Doctor implied.
"A family business" Jocrassa replied as the Doctor listened in interest.
"Then you're out to make a profit. How can you do that on a God-forsaken rock?" the Doctor asked.
"Ah, excuse me? Your device will do what? Triplicate the flammability?" the other male Slitheen asked, indicating to the decanter that the Doctor was still holding.
" Is that what I said? " the Doctor asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You're making it up" the other male Slitheen pointed out as Jocrassa and the female Slitheen giggled.
"Ah, well! Nice try. Harriet, have a drink. I think you're gonna need it" the Doctor said as he held the decanter out to her.
"You pass it to the left first" Harriet told him.
"Sorry" the Doctor replied as he swapped it round " here Alyssa, have a drink."
"I'm Twelve, I don't drink alcohol" Alyssa pointed out so the Doctor handed it to Rose who took the decanter from him.
"Now we can end this hunt with a slaughter" Jocrassa implied as he and the other two began rubbing their claws together.
"Don't you think we should run? " Rose asked as Alyssa edged closer to her nervously, not taking her eyes of the Slitheen.
" Fascinating history, Downing Street. Two thousand years ago, this was marsh land. 1730, it was occupied by a Mister Chicken. He was a nice man. 1796, this was the Cabinet Room. If the Cabinet's in session and in danger, these are about the four most safest walls in the whole of Great Britain. End of lesson" the Doctor said before lifting a small panel on the wall and pressing a button, causing metal shutters to crash shut against the doors and windows "installed in 1991. Three inches of steel lining every single wall. They'll never get in."
"And how do we get out? " Rose asked causing the Doctor to realize that they were indeed trapped. Alyssa walked over to one of the windows and tried to lift the metal shutter up but it wouldn't budge.
"Yeah, we're defiantly stuck here" she said before perching herself on the long table in the middle of the room " so now what are we going to do?"
"I'm not sure, but we'll figure something out" the Doctor replied as he grabbed hold of the man that the Slitheen had strangled and began dragging him to the store room "What was his name?"
"Who?" Harriet asked.
"This one. The secretary or whatever he was called" the Doctor said as he dumped the body into the store room.
"I don't know. I talked to him. I brought him a cup of coffee. I never asked his name" Harriet replied.
"Right then,what have we got, any terminals, anything?" the Doctor asked as he walked out ot the store cupboard.
"Nope, this place is antique" Rose pointed out "what I don't get is, when they killed the Prime minister, why didn't they use him as a disguise?"
"He's too slim, they're big old beasts, they've got to fit inside big humans" the Doctor implied as Alyssa stated that she was now going to be extremely cautious around large people.
"But the Slitheen are about eight feet tall, how do they squeeze inside?" Rose asked.
"Must be a very very very tight squeeze" Alyssa said.
"That's the gadget round their necks, a compression field, literally shrinks them down a bit. That's why there's all that gas, it's a big exchange" the Doctor replied.
"I wish I had a compression field then I could fit a size smaller" Rose pointed out sarcastically.
"Excuse me, people are dead it's not the time for making jokes" Harriet told her as she walked over to her.
"Sorry, you get used to this stuff when your friends with him" Rose said, pointing towards the Doctor.
"yeah, he's always cracking jokes" Alyssa implied as she swung her legs back and forth, resting the palm of her hands on the table.
"Well that's a strange friendship" Harriet said as the Doctor came walking over to them with a puzzled look on his face.
"Harriet Jones, I've heard that name before, Harriet Jones" he muttered before looking over to her "you're not famous for anything are you?"
"Hardly" Harriet chuckled but the Doctor was still puzzled.
"Rings a bell, Harriet Jones" he mumbled.
"Life long backbencher I'm afraid and a fat lot of good I'm being now. The protocols are redundant They list people who could help, but they're all dead downstairs" she implied.
"Hasn't it got like, defense codes and things?" Rose asked "couldn't we launch a nuclear bomb at them?"
"You're a very Violent young woman" Harriet implied, looking at Rose with a slight shocked expression.
"She's got a point though,if we did blow up the Slitheen then maybe it will stop them from doing whatever they're planning to do to the earth" Alyssa pointed out.
"There's nothing like that in here" Harriet pointed out "Nuclear strikes do need a release code, yes, but they're kept secret by the united nations." Suddenly, the Doctor stopped walking around and looked at Harriet with an intense stare.
"Say that again" he said as he jogged over to where she, Rose and Alyssa were.
"What, about the codes?" Harriet asked.
"Anything, all of it" the Doctor told her.
"Um, well" she began " the British Isles can't gain access to atomic weapons without a special resolution from the UN."
"Like that's ever stopped them" Rose pointed out.
"Well exactly given our past record and I did vote against that, thank you very much" Harriet implied before continuing "the codes have been taken out of the government's hands and given to the UN, is it important?"
"Everythings Important" the Doctor replied as he became lost in his own thoughts.
"It would help if we knew what the Slitheen wanted" Harriet said "look at me, I'm saying Slitheen like it's normal."
"But what do they want though, the Slitheen?" Alyssa asked, rubbing her nose.
"Well they're just one family" the Doctor replied "so it's not an invasion, they don't want Slitheenworld. They're out to make money. That means they're going to use something, something here on Earth, some sort of asset."
"What, like gold, oil, water?" Harriet asked as the Doctor tunred around a smiled at her.
"You're very good at this" he told her.
"Thank you" said Harriet as the Doctor got the puzzled expression across his face again.
"Why do I know the name Harriet Jones?" he asked himself as Rose's mobile phone made a beeping noise.
"Oh, that's me" she said, taking it out of her Jeans pocket.
"But, we're sealed off, how did you get a signal?" Harriet asked.
"He zapped it, superphone" Rose replied as she showed off her phone.
"If you ask him nicely, he might make your phone a superphone too" Alyssa joked.
"Then we can phone for help, you must have contacts" Harriet implied but the Doctor stated that they were all dead downstairs whilst Rose came walking towards him, looking at her phone.
"I've been sent a photo, from Mickey" she said.
"Oh tell you're stupid boyfriend we're busy" the Doctor moaned as Alyssa said whispered to Harriet that he didn't like Mickey very much.
"He's not so stupid after all" Rose said, showing the Doctor her phone which had a picture of a Slitheen being electrocuted, just like the one from earlier. The phone began to ring and Rose answered it and they could hear Mickey a little bit, saying something about the Slitheen before the Doctor took the phone from Rose and put it to his ear.
" Is that Ricky? Don't talk, just shut up and go to your computer" the Doctor said down the phone.
"It's Mickey, and why should I? " they heard Mickey say from the other end of the phone.
"Mickey the Idiot, I might just choke before I finish this sentence, but, er, I need you" the Doctor told him " I need you to hack into he UNIT website." he then put the phone into the conference phone speaker.
"It says password" Mickey said from the other end of the phone.
" Say again" the Doctor told him as Rose, Harriet and Alyssa gathered round to listen to the phone conversation.
" It's asking for the password" Mickey told him.
"Buffalo. Two Fs, one L" the Doctor told him.
" So, what's that website? " they heard Jackie say.
"All the secret information known to mankind. See, they've known about aliens for years, but they kept us in the dark" Mickey explained.
" Mickey, you were born in the dark" the Doctor teased and Alyssa gave him a disapproved look.
"Oh, leave him alone" Rose complained.
"Thank you" Mickey replied sarcastically " Password again."
" Just repeat it every time" the Doctor told him " Big Ben - why did the Slitheen go and hit Big Ben?"
" To gather the experts, to kill them" Harriet pointed out.
" That lot would've gathered for a weather balloon. You don't need to crash land in the middle of London" the Doctor replied as Alyssa perched herself back on the table.
"The Slitheen are hiding, but then they put the entire planet on Red alert" Rose said "What would they do that for?"
"Oh, listen to her" they heard Jackie say over conference speaker.
" At least I'm trying" Rose snapped in a very annoyed voice as the Doctor and Alyssa looked at each other then back to Rose.
"Well, I've got a question, if you don't mind" Jackie's voice said through the speakers "Since that man walked into our lives, I have been attacked In the streets. I have had creatures from the pits of hell In my own living room, and my daughter disappear off the face of the Earth."
" I told you what happened" Rose sighed.
" I'm talking to him" came Jackie's response "because I've seen this life of yours, Doctor and maybe you get off on it, and maybe you think it's all clever and smart, but you tell me, just answer me this. Is my daughter safe?." There was an awkward silence in the room as Rose and the Doctor looked at each other.
"Aren't you going to answer her?" Alyssa asked but the Doctor remained silent.
"I'm fine" Rose said with a sigh but Jackie's voice began speaking through the speakers again.
" Is she safe, Will she always be safe, can you promise me that, Well, what's the answer?" she demanded as Mickey managed to hack into the UNIT website.
"We're in" he informed.
"Now then, on the left at the top, there's a tab, an icon. Little concentric circles. Click on that" the Doctor told him.
"What is it?" Mickey asked.
"The Slitheen have got a spaceship in the North Sea and it's transmitting that signal. Now hush, let me work out what it's saying" the Doctor replied "It's some sort of message."
"What is it saying?" Alyssa asked as she slid off the table and stood next to the Doctor "can you make it out?"
"Don't know. It's on a loop, keeps repeating" the Doctor replied just as they heard Mickey's door bell ringing "hush."
" That's not me" Mickey replied before they heard him tell Jackie to go and see who was at the door.
"It's beaming out into space, who's it for?" the Doctor wondered just as they heard Jackie yelling.
"It's him! It's the thing, it's the Slipeen!" they heard her say and Alyssa threw her hand over her mouth to prevent herself from laughing at Jackie getting the Slitheen's name wrong because she knew that this wasn't the best time to be laughing.
"They've found us" Mickey replied in a panicked voice.
"Mickey, I need that signal" the Doctor told him.
"Never mind the signal, get out! mum,just get out! get out!" Rose yelled.
"We can't. It's by the front door" Mickey replied "Oh, my God, it's unmasking. It's going to kill us."
" There's got to be some way of stopping them! You're supposed to be the expert, think of something! " Harriet said to the Doctor as he brushed his hand through his short hair.
"I'm trying!" he replied "Right, If we're going to find their weakness, we need to find out where they're from. Which planet. So, judging by their basic shape, that narrows it down to five thousand planets within travelling distance. What else do we know about them? Information! ."
"They're green" Alyssa inquired.
"Yep, narrows it down" the Doctor said.
"Good sense of smell" Rose pointed out.
"Narrows it down" the Doctor said again.
"They can smell adrenalin" Alyssa said with a finger click and the Doctor replied with the same response.
"The pig technology" Harriet said.
"Narrows it down" the Doctor said yet again.
"The spaceship in the Thames, you said slipstream engine?" Rose asked and the Doctor repeated the same reply as before.
" It's getting in!" they heard Mickey say.
"They hunt like it's a ritual" Rose implied.
" Narrows it down" the Doctor said yet again before Harriet began making an inquiry.
"Wait a minute. Did you notice? When they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't just smell like a fart, if you'll pardon the word, it's something else. What is it? It's more like, er. "
"Bad breath" Alyssa piped up.
" That's it! " Harriet beamed and the Doctor's face lit up in excitement.
"Calcium decay! Now, that narrows it down! " he said cheerfully.
"We're getting there, Mum!" Rose said into the speakers.
" Too late!" Mickey yelled as the Doctor ran around the room, towards the end of the table.
"Calcium phosphate. Organic calcium. Living calcium. Creatures made out of living calcium. What else? What else? Hyphenated surname. Yes! That narrows it down to one planet. Raxacoricofallapatorius!" he beamed.
"Wow that kind of sound likes Supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious" Alyssa pointed out with a grin.
"Oh, yeah, great. We could write 'em a letter" they heard Mickey replied in sarcasm.
"Get into the kitchen!" the Doctor told them.
"My God, it's going to rip us apart!" Jackie squealed.
"Calcium, weakened by the compression field. Acetic acid. Vinegar! " the Doctor inquired.
" Just like Hannibal! " Harriet pointed out.
"Just like Hannibal. Mickey, have you got any vinegar?" the Doctor asked.
"How should I know?" Mickey asked.
"How could he not know what he's got in his kitchen" Alyssa stated with a little giggle.
" Cupboard by the sink, middle shelf" Rose told him.
"What do you need? " Jackie asked.
"Anything with vinegar! " the Doctor told her before looking at Rose and asked her if she kisses Mickey as Jackie stated all the things with vinegar she had found including Gherkins, pickled onions and pickled eggs just as they heard the Slitheen crash through the doors before then they heard something being thrown over it, causing it to explode. The Doctor, Rose, Alyssa and Harriet all sighed with relief, knowing that the whole situation had been dealt with.
"Hannibal? " Rose asked, looking at Harriet with a raised eyebrow.
" Hannibal crossed the Alps by dissolving boulders with vinegar" Harriet replied.
"Oh. Well, there you go then" Rose said and the three adults toasted with a glass of port whilst Alyssa did a victory air punch however the happy moment was short lived when Mickey came back onto the speakers to inform them of more bad news.
" Listen to this" he told them and they then heard Jocrassa Slitheen speaking through the speakers but he sounded more human than he had done earlier.
"Our inspectors have searched the sky above our heads, and they have found massive weapons of destruction Capable of being deployed within forty five seconds" the Doctor looked puzzled as he continued "our technicians can baffle the alien probes, but not for long, we are facing extinction, unless we strike first, I beg of the United Nations, pass an emergency resolution. Give us the access codes. A nuclear strike at the heart of the beast is our only chance of survival because from this moment on it is my solemn duty to inform you planet Earth is at war."
"He's making it up. There's no weapons up there, there's no threat. He just invented it" the Doctor pointed out.
"Do you think they'll believe him? " Harriet asked.
"They did last time" Rose implied as Alyssa looked a little worried.
"That's why the Slitheen went for spectacle. They want the whole world panicking, because you lot, you get scared, you lash out" the Doctor explained.
" They release the defense code" Rose stated.
"And the Slitheen go nuclear" Harriet continued.
"But why?" Harriet asked as the Doctor opened the shutters to reveal the three Slitheens from earlier except the female was back in her plump blonde woman named Margaret disguise.
"You get the codes, release the missiles, but not into space because there's nothing there. You attack every other country on Earth. They retaliate, fight back. World War Three. Whole planet gets nuked" the Doctor explained.
" And we can sit through it safe in our spaceship waiting in the Thames. Not crashed, just parked. Only two minutes away" Margaret replied with a very sly grin as Alyssa looked at the plumb woman and the two Aliens in disgust.
"But you'll destroy the planet, this beautiful place. What for? " Harriet asked.
" Profit. That's what the signal is beaming into space. An advert " the Doctor said.
"The sale of the century" Margaret replied, not noticing the look of disgust that the little girl was giving her "we reduce the Earth to molten slag, then sell it piece by piece. Radioactive chucks, capable of powering every cut-price star liner and budget cargo ship. There's a recession out there, Doctor. People are buying cheap. This rock becomes raw fuel. "
"At the cost of five billion lives" the Doctor implied darkly.
"Bargain" Margaret replied with an evil chuckle.
"You're sick" Alyssa pointed out.
"Oh do be quiet child" Margaret said to her in a menacing tone. Alyssa did so but didn't take her eyes of the Slitheen woman.
" I give you a choice. Leave this planet or I'll stop you" the Doctor warned her but the two undisguised Slitheen began chuckling whilst Margaret moved towards them.
" What, you?" she asked with a scoff "trapped in your box?"
"Yes. Me" the Doctor replied before pressing the button on the wall causing the shutters to close again.
"They can't do this" Alyssa pointed out, close to tears " all those innocent people, they're gonna die because they want to use the Earth for fule for their stupid spaceships, it's just not fair."
"Hey hey" Rose said as she rushed over to the little girl and pulled her into a hug " come on it's okay, the Doctor will find a way to stop them, don't worry."
"Yeah, I won't let them turn the earth to fuel" the Doctor said as he walked over to the two girls and put a hand on Alyssa's shoulder as she slowly turned around, her cheeks wet with tears.
"Promise" she whispered. The Doctor smiled and nodded as he handed Alyssa a tissue to wipe her eyes with.
"I think I'm going to lie down now, I'm pretty tired" she whispered before slumping over to the corner of the room. She then took her Jacket off and folded it up so she could use it as a pillow before curling up into a ball and falling asleep. When she woke up the next morning, she saw that Rose's phone was back in the speakers and after rubbing the sleep from her eyes, Alyssa slowly got up, picked up her jacket and walked over to the other three were stood.
"Morning sleepy head" Rose greeted when Alyssa stood beside her "feeling better?" The little girl smiled and nodded before let out a small yawn as they heard Jackie speaking through the phone.
" All right, Doctor. I'm not saying I trust you, but there must be something you can do" she said.
" If we could ferment the port, we could make acetic acid" Harriet suggested.
"Mickey, any luck? " Rose asked.
" There's loads of emergency numbers. They're all on voicemail" Mickey replied over the phone.
"Voicemail dooms us all" Harriet pointed out.
"If we could just get out of here" Rose complained.
"Yeah, I haven't seen daylight in hours" Alyssa said as she hopped up onto the table.
"There's a way out" the Doctor replied, causing the other three to look at him, confused.
"What?" Rose asked.
" There's always been a way out" the Doctor replied darkly.
"Then why don't we use it? " Rose asked, walking towards him.
"Because I can't guarantee your daughter will be safe" he said into the phone as both Rose and Alyssa listened on.
" Don't you dare. Whatever it is, don't you dare" Jackie said desperately.
"What's he talking about?" Alyssa whispered but Rose just shrugged.
"That's the thing. If I don't dare, everyone dies" he replied.
" Do it" Rose told him bravely.
"You don't even know what it is. You'd just let me? " he asked, eyes fixing on Rose.
"Yeah" she replied as Alyssa nervously clutched onto the edge of the table.
" Please" they heard Jackie beg over the phone "Doctor. Please. She's my daughter. She's just a kid. And that little girl that was with you, she's just a little girl."
"Do you think I don't know that?" the Doctor asked "Because this is my life, Jackie. It's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will."
" Then what're you waiting for? " Rose asked as the Doctor looked at her and Alyssa with a serious expression.
"I could save the world but lose you and If I lost Alyssa then I won't be able to figure out where she came from and how to get her back to where she came from" the Doctor explained.
"This is only a dream, it's not real, it's just a dream" Alyssa whispered with her eyes closed, remembering that the blow to the head she recieved was causing this seemingly real fantasy she was in.
"Except it's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine" Harriet announced.
" And who the hell are you?"Jackie demanded to know.
" Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. The only elected representative in this room, chosen by the people for the people. And on behalf of the people, I command you. Do it" she ordered.
" Come on Ali" Rose said as she pulled Alyssa down from the table " we're going to be in for abit of a bumpy ride."
"So how do we get out?" Alyssa asked " the doors and windows are still sealed off and none of us have a big bulldozer to knock down these walls."
"We don't. We stay here" the Doctor replied before speaking into the phone "Use the buffalo password. It overrides , we need to select a missile."
"We can't go nuclear. We don't have the defense codes" Mickey implied.
"We don't need it. All we need's an ordinary missile" the Doctor stated "What's the first category? "
" Sub Harpoon, UGM-A4A" said Mickey.
"That's the one. Select" the Doctor told him straightening himself up and taking a deep breath " You ready for this? "
"Yeah" came the reply from over the phone.
"Mickey the idiot, the world is in your hands, fire" the Doctor told him as Harriet looked around the room at the shutters that were still covering the door and windows.
"How solid are these?" she asked.
"Not solid enough. Built for short range attack, nothing this big" The Doctor pointed out.
" All right, now I'm making the decision. I'm not going to die. We're going to ride this one out" Rose implied as she ran towards the storeroom "It's like what they say about earthquakes. You can survive them by standing under a door frame Now, this cupboard's small so it's strong. Come and help me. Come on. " Harriet and Alyssa ran over to the Storeroom as Mickey announced over the phone that the missile was on radar and that the counter defense was five five six.
"Stop them intercepting it" the Doctor said.
" I'm doing it now" Mickey replied.
"Good boy" said the Doctor. Mickey then told him that five five six was neutralised and satisfied, the Doctor unplugged the phone and ran over to the storeroom were Rose, Alyssa and Harriet were all huddled under a shelf.
"Hurry up" Alyssa yelled as the Doctor got under the shelf, kneeling down beside Rose as all four of them held hands.
"Here we go. Nice knowing you three" Harriet said "Hannibal!." There was then an almighty crashing sound and the room began to fall and spin but all four kept holding onto each others hands until everything came to a stop.
"Wow" Alyssa gasped, brushing her hair back "I've never experienced anything like this before." The Doctor slowly got up and pushed the steel door opened and the four of them stepped out into the daylight.
"Made in Britain" Harriet implied as a man came rushing over to them.
"Oh, my God. Are you all right? " he asked.
"Harriet Jones. MP, Flydale North. I want you to contact UN immediately" Harriet said as she showed him her ID badge " Tell the ambassadors the crisis is over. They can step down. Go on, tell the news."
"Yes, ma'am" the man said before hurrying off.
" Someone's got a hell of a job sorting this lot out" Harriet said as she looked at the reminas of 10 downing street before realizing "Oh, Lord. We haven't even got a Prime Minister. "
"Maybe you should have a go" Rose suggested.
"yeah, I think you will be good at it" Alyssa added.
" Me? Huh. I'm only a back-bencher" Harriet replied with a chuckle.
" I'd vote for you" Rose said as Alyssa smiled and nodded in agreement.
" Now, don't be silly" Harriet replied before going over to paparazzi to announce that the crisis was all over and done with whilst the Doctor watched her from the other side of the street.
"I thought I knew the name" he said "Harriet Jones, future Prime Minister. Elected for three successive terms. The architect of Britain's Golden Age."
"So what happens now?" Alyssa asked.
"Well I'm going to see if my mums okay then maybe I'll catch you two up later" Rose said.
"You are coming back though?" Alyssa asked " I'd miss you if you didn't continue travelling with us." Rose was then taken aback as the child threw her arms round her waist.
"I think she's taken to you" the Doctor chuckled.
"Don't worry, I'll see you again" Rose said as Alyssa pulled away from her and walked over to the Doctor.
"Okay little lady, shall we head back to the Tardis?" he asked.
"Only if you'll give me a piggy back ride" Alyssa said, smiling. The Doctor chuckled and told her to stand up on the wall which she did before she hopped up onto the Doctor's back, arms round his shoulders and legs round his waist. He gave her a piggy back ride all the way back to the powell estate and into the Tardis where he lowered her onto the floor.
"Do you think Rose will come back?" she asked as she sat in the pilots chair.
"I'm sure she will" the Doctor replied " if he mum lets her."
"I think Rose should choose what she wants to do" Alyssa inquired " I mean, if she's over eighteen years old then she should be able to make her own choices." The Doctor nodded in agreement and after making a phonecall to Rose, asking her if she still fancied travelling in time and space and getting a young boy to wash off the words BAD WOLF he has gratified on the side of the Tardis, the Doctor and Alyssa waited outside the Tardis for Rose where they saw Mickey sat on one of the dustbins.
"I just went down the shop, and I was thinking, you know, like the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships all in public. And here it is" Mickey said as he showed the Doctor the front of the newspaper which read ALIEN HOAX "how could they do that? They saw it"
"They're just not ready" the Doctor explained " You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face, nope, can't see it. There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick. "
" We're just idiots" Mickey stated.
"Well, not all of you" the Doctor replied before hnading Mickey a CD " Present for you, Mickey, that's a virus. Put it online. It'll destroy every mention of me. I'll cease to exist."
" What do you want to do that for? " Mickey asked.
" Because you're right, I am dangerous. I don't want anybody following me" the Doctor replied.
"How can you say that and then take her with you? " Mickey asked as Rose and Jackie came out of the flats, walking towards where the other three where stood.
"You could look after her. Come with us" the Doctor suggested.
"I can't. This life of yours, it's just too much. I couldn't do it. Don't tell her I said that" Mickey said as Rose and Jackie arrived.
"'ll get a proper job. I'll work weekends. I'll pass my test, and if Jim comes round again, I'll say no. I really will" Jackie said, highly implying that she didn't want Rose to go.
" I'm not leaving because of you. I'm travelling, that's all, and then I'll come back" Rose reassured her.
" But it's not safe" Jackie stated.
"Mum, if you saw it out there you'd never stay home" Rose said before walking over to Alyssa and putting her arms round her "and Alyssa here said she'd miss me if I stayed behind."
"You mean it, you're really staying?" Alyssa asked, eyes wideing.
"Try and stop me squirt" Rose said as Alyssa smiled and threw her arms round the older girl then letting go.
"Got enough stuff?" the Doctor asked.
" Last time I stepped in there, it was spur of the moment" Rose said as she tossed the Doctor her rugsack "Now I'm signing up. You're stuck with me." She then walked over to Mickey and suggested that he should come too.
" No chance. He's a liability, I'm not having him on board" the Doctor said firmly.
"We'd be dead without him" Rose pointed out.
"My decision is final" the Doctor indicated.
"Sorry" Rose replied before giving Mickey a kiss on the cheek.
"Good luck, yeah" Mickey said as Jackie stormed over to the Doctor.
"You still can't promise me. What if she gets lost? What if something happens to you, Doctor, and she's left all alone standing on some moon a million light years away. How long do I wait then? " she asked before Rose grabbed her and turned her round.
" Mum, you're forgetting. It's a time machine. I could go travelling around suns and planets and all the way out to the edge of the universe, and by the time I get back, yeah, ten seconds would have passed. Just ten seconds. So stop worrying. See you in ten seconds' time, yeah? " Rose said before giving her mum a kiss then following the Doctor and Alyssa into the Tardis.
"Right Miss Rose Tyler and little Miss Alyssa Benson are you both ready for more time travelling?" the Doctor asked the two girls who smiled and nodded in response, both ready for more adventures in time and space.