07

"I plead with you to hear me out." Doctor said while standing at the end of a rather long table, Phil stood beside him eyeing up all the angry people who were rendered unconscious. Seems they had all woken up and remembered what had happened to them.

"No," the queen said while shaking her head, her son and daughter sat beside her. At all opportunities Jade avoided looking at the two of them. Surely she knew what her mother had planned up in a spout of anger. "We shall not listen to you."

"But you have to! You don't seem to understand how important my words are." Doctor said and turned to Phil, "Want to have a go?"

"You think I'll be any better at negotiating?" She whispered to him, he gave her a shrug and looked at the angry people behind them.

"It'll be a learning curve for you! Go get them with your motivational words." Doctor beamed and put his hands on her shoulders and pushed her in front of himself.

Phil opened her mouth to say something and then shut it again, Doctor patted her on the shoulders before taking a step back. Crossing his arms he took slight enjoyment in Phil's awkwardness as mean as that was. A woman from the twenty-first century about to speak to people – a royal family none the less – of the thirty-fifth century of the planet Sernorious, how could he not find this moment slightly entertaining?

"If you don't let them stay they will become someone else's problem."

"You put such pressure on us!" The queen exclaimed which made her jump slightly. "Need I remind you what he did?"

"Nah you're quite alright I know what he did," Phil said casually while tucking some of her hair behind her ears. Looking over her shoulder for some sort of help all she got was a thumbs up and a grin. Turning to look back at the group Phil closed her eyes, "I didn't mean for it to sound like that. But I just have to tell you that if you do not come to some sort of agreement, whether you like it or not they will still be here. They've taken a liking to the underground city."

"Can they not stay there?" Doctor asked taking over from Phil, "They are silent down there, no one knows about them anyway. And as far as I know Marcus and his kind don't need much to live on." Doctor said while Phil let out a relieved sigh happy that her motivational speaking was over with. "But they will require some sort of...above ground time." He said thoughtfully while the royal family in front of them looked like they were thinking over both of their words.

"We will leave the lot of you to decide when they can venture topside and where they can live. Be the better men...and women, the ones who put experiences like the one you were in behind them are always the better."

"They will grant us a place to stay? And that place to stay is down here?"

"Woah hold up! You shouldn't sound like you're complaining! Just be grateful that they're letting you reside down here." Doctor said while looking at Marcus, he was standing in a rather well hidden doorway which lead down to the underground city. "They could have sent a group of guards down here as soon as we mentioned you being down there. But they didn't, and I have the utmost faith in them and in you, that you'll both be fine." Doctor smiled and turned to walk away, Phil looked from Marcus to the Doctor who had taken to looking over a market stall. The door which lead down was also in the same five story market building which they were in earlier, it was also the same building where they'd spoken to Jade.

Turning slowly to look at Marcus who was giving her a sly creepy smile she took a step back, "Stop trying to get with Jade."

"I didn't even try. Heck the thought never crossed my mind!"

"You're such a liar."

"And you're incredibly adorable but oh well, good bye Phil." Marcus smirked one last time before stepping back and closing the door. The two of them had later introduced themselves to Marcus when they had to search for him to tell him the news of being allowed to stay.

Phil stared at the door for a few seconds before looking to the floor and taking a step back, turning and walking she jumped back and almost fell to the floor if the collar of her shirt hadn't got caught. "Ouch," she whined and rubbed her head, looking up at Doctor who was still clutching onto her shirt he helped her to stand normally again before giving her an apologetic smile.

"It's time to leave Sernorious Phil, did you enjoy the visit?"

"Well," Phil thought over his question as the two of them took to walking back to where the TARDIS was. "The people are interesting."

Sitting in her room back on board Phil scribbled in her sketchbook, happily swinging her legs on the bed. Looking up when there was a knock on the door she shut the book and watched the door open.

"Tea break! Seriously you're the only person I know who no sooner than getting back on board sets to doing something! No for real, I'm being serious most people go to bed and sleep...you people and sleep, are you tired? Please! Please don't leave me with my own company for eight hours yet Phil!" Doctor rambled while she took the cup from his hand when he waved it at her, she couldn't help but laugh at his ramble. "Now you're laughing at me! Oh come on that just isn't fair I came bearing tea." He paused and looked down at himself, "I lost the biscuits on the way." He ran out of the room and then reappeared with a familiar red packet.

"So what brings you here?"

"I got bored of talking to to myself downstairs," Doctor said honestly while picking up Phil's sketchbook, she'd put it to one side when she took the tea from him. Flicking through the book one handed every so often he tapped the page and gave her a thumbs up. It seemed like he had found another new thing to have a minor obsession over, first it was with the word 'cool' now it was with giving thumbs up.

"And the truth comes out," Phil said regarding his earlier words, he looked at her with wide eyes while still having the cup practically attached to his face. Opening the packet of Jammy Dodger biscuits she waved the packet at him, "Aha! You have a face! Half of it isn't a cup," Phil laughed and dunked a biscuit in the cup.

Doctor gave her a blank look before slowly smiling, he couldn't be serious for to long. Looking back to the sketchbook he looked at her, "Oh! I had trouble processing my memories."

"So you drew them?"

"Yup." She smiled and looked away from the book, Doctor looked at her confused before shutting the book and putting it to one side. "Then why can't you look at the drawings?"

"Because it hurts," she smiled thinly and gave him a sidewards glance, "I think this is going to be a recurring problem."

"But it's more or less sorted so it's not really a recurring problem is it? Come along Phil hurry up and drink your tea we have other places to go!"