"By the way - did I mention, it also travels in time?" he says He grins and comes back in - leaving the door ajar.
She runs into the TARDIS with a broad smile on her face. The doctor smiles back at her but then my vision begins to fade, the last thing I heard before darkness consumed me was the doctors voice and a strong pair of arms wrapping around my waist and lifting me up...
End of recap XXX
Doctor's P.O.V
I look over at Alexandra and see her falling to the side, a red patch covering her top,
Her side... Oh stupid!
"Alexandra!" i shout running to her side and pulling her up, careful of her side and look over to Rose,
"Come on i might need your help," i say and walk up the stairs and over to the med-bay which the TARDIS had moved closer due to the urgency of the situation, I lay her on the bed and hook her up to a scanner and monitor, her heart rate was dropping, i pull up the side of her shirt and see that the stiches she had put in had ripped and made the cut larger than what a shard of glass from the broken coffee table should have been. Questions had ran through my head at a fast pace, will she be alright? How long had she been bleeding before she fell down the ladder? Why didn't she say anything? And last but not least, where the HELL did she get a bullet wound and knife scar from? Looking at the scanner i got her blood type, O+, rare i had to have some here, i did in fact and got that hooked up to her and had the blood transfusion pump into her body , as fast as i can,
"Rose get me a needle and some of that thread there," i say pointing at a special thread that would help it heal faster, I threaded the needle and knelt at her side "Rose hold her she might jump," that wouldn't be good i wanted to hurt her as little as possible, rose held her and i began to stich the wound closed, she never even flinched as the needle punctured, by the time i was finished so was the transfusion, she would be coming around in about five minutes. I was surprised to find that she wake up in about a minute, she sits up slowly, i go to push her back down but she seemed fine,
Alexandra's P.O.V
I was vaguely aware that a needle was threading through my skin but i had done this a few time before, i didn't faze me, i came around to see a silver ceiling and sat up, slowly so as not to cause myself pain and a head rush, i hated those, after about thirty seconds of looking around i pull out the needle in my arm with practised ease and patience, i looked to my left and saw the doctor and Rose looking at me with concern, I sigh,
"Guys I m fine, you know me Rosie, and I m made of stronger stuff than I look." Rose finally gave smile i looked at the doctor to find him looking unconvinced,
"I want you to rest for a while" he said i didn t like the idea, i liked to keep on the move, and running with the doctor is a perfect way to do so. I pout as he leaves, Rose behind him, 'he really thinks I m gonna listen, ha ha' i go into the hall after five minutes,
"Hey TARDIS can you show me a room, i want to get changed," i call quietly so as not to draw attention if the doctor and rose are nearby, a door appears to my right and i see my new last name carved into it, Flame, and above it i could see gallifryan, it was a beautiful language and i could somehow understand it... strange, still, i shrug and open the door, my room was a variety of blacks and reds with a four poster king sized bed black sheets and wood but red silk curtains hanging around it, a desk with drawing stuff, and, no, no it couldn't be, but that's my laptop, i go to walk over to it but stop shake my head and go to the door i presume was the wardrobe, and i was right, like everything, it was bigger on the inside and filled with my favourite colours and styles.
"Thanks, old girl" i say going to pick out my clothes, a black V-neck top that clung to my figure, a pair of faded blue ripped jeans, red converses and leather jacket, all in all i looked pretty hot.
I walk down the corridor and find the control room i listen in a bit,
"Right then, Rose Tyler - you tell me, where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time. What's it going to be?" the doctor asks, this was the beginning, what had they been doing for the twenty minutes i was changing?
"Forwards." Rose said excitedly The Doctor presses a few buttons making it look easy.
"How far?" he asked
"One hundred years." she says picking a random number, well not random to me, i knew she was going to say that. He pulls a lever and turns a knob. The engines lurch and then stop after a few seconds.
"There you go, step outside those doors, it's the twenty-second century." he says proudly, i roll my eyes rose was right he is full of himself,
"You're kidding." fraid not Rose,
"That's a bit boring though don t you want to go further?" I say making my presence known, the doctor spins around and rose looks up,
"I thought i told you to rest?" he says in a worried manner, i wave him off,
"yeah i know and i did for ten minutes, i don t like to stay still, i like to be on the move, so i got changed and sat down for five minutes, that added on to my five minutes in the med-bay and there s your ten minutes," i say, i see him glance at my clothes and watch for his reaction, he swallows and i see his eyes rest on my slightly exposed chest, i was still covered to be considered decent, "My eyes are up her doctor, but really I m flattered" i say with a flirty tone and a mocking grin, i slowly turn on the spot, rose was laughing behind him,
"well what did i say about going further?" i ask, putting him back on course now that i had my fun and he was distracted,
"Fine by me!" Rose said after calming down from her laughing fit, The Doctor starts up the engines again. When they stop, he looks at her us.
"Ten thousand years in the future. Step outside, it's the year 12005, the New Roman Empire." he says gesturing to the doors, rose looked stunned, i on the other hand wanted to go further, so i kept my bored expression,
"You think you're so impressive." Rose says teasingly as she looks at my face and agreed maybe we should go further, the doctor looks at my face and frowns
"I AM so impressive!" he says indignantly
"You wish!" Rose said, i on the other hand went for a subtle insult,
"Your ship is the only impressive one here," i say patting the console "aren t you old girl?" i get a hum in response that sounded like a 'yeah' i smile,
"Right then, you two asked for it. I know exactly where to go." he says as he pumps the leaver furiously grinning away "Hold on!" he says, i grab the console and found i was actually rather smooth and stand up straight, i look over at rose and the doctor seeing then shake, i walk over to the doctor,
"Why can t i feel the shaking?" i ask, he looks over at me and gives me a look of shock,
"Hold onto something!" he says, i give him a weird look, they stop shaking and jolt and I on the other hand only take a step to balance myself,
"Not a bad ride..." i say aloud,
"Where are we?" rose asks thankfully saving me from whatever the doctor was going to say, The Doctor gestures towards the doors, Rose smiles excitedly, and asks again,
"What's out there?" The Doctor gestures again and i along with him, i walk to the doors and grab roses hand, Rose opens the doors and steps outside into a closed off room, as we head out into the corridor and walk to what i assume was the, viewing gallery,
XXX
There were different types of old art pieces, something looking as though it was from a Japanese suit of armour and many other things i could go on about but, i saw the steel shutters and remembered what was behind it, rose had stared at it as well, the doctor follows out line of sight and with his sonic screwdriver opens the shutters of an enormous window. We go down the stairs and find ourselves looking down on the planet Earth, a beautiful sight, encased in an orange glow as the sun gets ready to expand, I gasp the words that i thought of were nothing compared to the beauty i saw before my eyes,
"It's breath taking," i whisper
"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying. Like you're going to get killed by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Maybe you survive. This is the year 5.5/apple/26. Five billion years in your future. This is the day... hold on..." the doctor says as he looks at his watch as he does the sun lets out a solar wave that washes over the earth, "This is the day the sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world." he continues cheerily,
"You know it's kind of creepy how cheery you sounded then..." i say looking at him with a slight smirk, we had all been talking for a while just gazing at the sight before us, the doctor telling us about one of his adventures, i look once more out of the window to see two space shuttles zoom towards Platform One, essentially the huge space station we were on.
"Shuttles 5 and 6 now docking. Guests are reminded that platform 1 forbids the use of weapons, teleportation and religion. Earth Death is scheduled for 15:39, followed by drinks in the Manchester Suite." a monotonous computer voice says, we all walk out of the room,
XXX
Rose, the Doctor and i are walking down a corridor.
"So, when it says 'guests' does that mean people?" Rose asked curiously
"Depends what you mean by people." the doctor says in an off handed tone
"I mean people. What do you mean?" she questioned, i roll my eyes
"He means aliens, Rosie." i say a fond smile on my face,
"What are they doing on board this spaceship? What's it all for?" she had a very good point, i would have asked if i hadn t known already, we come to a door that appears to be locked so the Doctor starts to open a door with his sonic screwdriver.
"It's not really a spaceship. More like an observation deck. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn." he continues from where i left off, just as cheerily,
"What for?" Rose asked sceptic
"Fun." the doctor and i say at the same time his cheeriness rubbing off on me as i grin, we enter the room, and we enter another large observation gallery.
"Mind you, when I said the great and the good, what I mean is-," the doctor starts i however found it fun to steal his lines
"The rich." i say, then i realise that i had probably watched this series more than was probably healthy,
"But, hold on, they did this once on 'News round Extra' - the sun expanding - that takes hundreds of years." rose states,
"Well done rose, but not exactly right it takes..." i trail off putting on my best thinking face so the doctor can have his moment,
"Millions. But the planet's now property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved."
"Hey doctor what are those silver satellites?" i ask, i honestly couldn't remember this bit,
"Gravity satellite. That's holding back the sun." he answers, oh yeah, should have known that,
"The planet looks the same as ever. I thought the continents shifted and things." Rose said to the doctor,
"They did. And the trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's run out-" the doctor says before i finish his sentence
"Nature takes over!" I say cheerily
"How long has it got?" Rose asks quietly, i could still pick up a bit of sadness and regret in her voice though, the Doctor looks at his watch.
"About half an hour. And the planet gets roasted." he said rubbing his hands together and grinning, i roll my eyes at him
"Insensitive jerk" i say to him blatantly, he looks at me with shock in his eyes
"Is that why we're here? I mean is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth?" Rose said, hope creeping in to her voice, I wince slightly knowing what was coming,
"I'm not saving it. Time's up." I flinch at his blunt tone as he looks out the window,
"But what about the people?" Rose asked with outrage in her voice
"It's empty Rosie! All gone, all left years and years ago." I say with a whisper light voice, Rose looks back to the window, realization spreading across her face, she finally understood why.
"Just us then, huh Alex?." she says, her voice sounded distant and i could fell the loneliness coming off of her in waves, i hesitate before i nod, unknown to us the Steward hurries towards us.
"Who the hell are you?" He exclaims, i jumped and whirled around, not expecting him,
"Oh! That's nice, thanks." the doctor scoffs at the steward
"But how did you get in? This is a maximum hospitality zone. The guests have disembarked! They're on their way any second now!" The steward sputters looking between the three of us,
"That's us, we've guests, look! We ve got an invitation!" the doctor says pulling out the psychic paper and shows the steward, "Look, there you see? It's fine, see? The Doctor and Alexandra plus one. I'm the Doctor, she's Alexandra and this is Rose Tyler. She's our plus one. That all right?" the doctor says pointing to each of us whilst saying our names, 'what s this we, why couldn't he say plus two or something...' i think to myself,
"Well... obviously. Apologies, et cetera." he didn't sound very sorry but what the hell right? "If you're on-board, we'd better start. Enjoy." he say, The Doctor nods at him, the steward then walks away. After the steward walks off, the Doctor shows Rose and I the psychic paper he had flashed at the steward, about to explain, it is completely blank, to us and i wondered if i would see words if he had put something on it.
"The paper's slightly psychic. Shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time." he says,
"i bet it does, just imagine how many times you've got out of going to prison with that..." i say with a teasing tone,
"He's blue." Rose says looking at the steward, i roll my eyes
"Are we having a state the obvious game, can i play to?" i say with fake enthusiasm, Rose looks at me horrified,
"No! No, it was bad enough when we were doing that at home, mum would have killed you if she didn't know it was illegal,"
"What all i did was say that she was desperate to go for the doctor in her own room when we first met him," i say with an innocent look, i had some spare time before we left.
The steward was standing at a podium speaking through a microphone at the other end of the suite.
"We have in attendance, the Doctor, Alexandra and Rose Tyler. Thank you! All staff to their positions." He says with is stuck up voice, what i couldn't help it, i was nobility and i hated every second of it, the steward claps his hands and a lot of little blue people (the staff) start scurrying around.
"Oh my god they are so tiny i could probably step on one" i say with a grin,
"Hurry now! Thank you, as quick as we can! Come along, come along! And now, might I introduce the next honoured guest, representing the forest of Cheem, we have Trees. Namely, Jabe, Lute and Coffa." he introduces, i always wondered who would name sons lute and Coffa, they are such weird names, Jabe, Lute and Coffa walk through the doors.
"There will be an exchange of gifts representing peace. If you can keep the room circulating, thank-you. Next, from the solicitors Jolco and Jolco, the Moxx of Balhoon." he says moving on, i on the other hand cringe when he introduces the Moxx, drawing the doctors attention
"Not a fan of solicitors?" he asks staring at me, i shake my head
"Nah there to stuck up almost as bad as nobility" i say without thinking,
"How would you know what nobility is like?" he asks, i involuntarily flinch, 'shit wasn t meant to happen...'
"You can pick my brain later but not in front of rose" i whisper to him, i see him nod, The Doctor smiles cheerily, as Rose looks on bewildered, myself still slightly disgusted.
"And next, from Financial Family Seven, we have the Adherents of the Repeated Meme." The steward continues, 'ahh the Idea' i think, The Doctor chuckles my guess is from the look on Rose's face, and I look and also chuckle.
"The inventors of hyposlip travel systems, the brothers Hop Pyleen. Thank you! Cal 'Spark Plug'. Mr. and Mrs. Pakoo. The Ambassadors from the City State of Binding Light." The steward continues saying as new aliens enter, Jabe approaches the Doctor and I. Either side of her are her companions are holding plant trays with little shoots in them, oh yeah that s her grandfather, still a little creepy if you ask me.
"The Gift of Peace." Jabe says as she hands the plant to the doctor, "I bring you a cutting of my Grandfather."
"Thank you!" he says as he hands the plant to Rose "Yes, gifts... erm..." he stutter looking lost
"I have them doctor or did you forget," i say pulling out a pack of lolly pops from my bag; He clears his throat and looks at me gratefully,
"Ah yes, thank you Alexandra," he says taking the packet from me and handing one to Jabe "Our gift to you is old earth candy" he continues
"How... interesting..." she says
"They're really sweet."
"I'm sure they are..." Rose has the sort of look on her face that is to be expected of someone who has just witnessed their companion be flirted with by a tree, and seems to be completely oblivious, i however giggle slightly, before placing a hand over my mouth in shock, i don t giggle...
"Sponsor of the main event, please welcome the Face of Bo." The steward announces, my face must have brightened because he looked my way and i saw a hint of a smile, i turn to the doctor
"I m going to have a chat with the interesting head..." i say before walking off,
"Hello Jack" i say softly, once i reach him,
"Hi, Princess." I smile at his voice entering my head "So when was the last time i saw you?" he asks with a chuckle
"I haven't met you jack so either way it would be spoilers wouldn't it, captain?" i say with a grin as he laughs. "So you must be pretty rich to be able to sponsor this, looking for a life partner, for the money of course" i say with a joking tone, seeing him wink at me,
"I would love to take you up on that offer but i would probably have a very angry time lord after me if that were the case Princess" he says, my smile dims slightly, but he notices it
"I'm scared Jack i don t want to tell him, what if he takes me home? I don t want to go home! I hated it there..." i whisper, a single tear making its way down my face,
"I never could stand to see you cry, little sister... everything will be fine, and after all I know your future and my past" he says trying to lighten my mood
"Time can be rewritten jack we both know that..." i say,
"Tell him soon and I m sure he will let you stay if you explain everything to him, now stop crying princess," he says in a soft voice, i wipe my tears and smile at him "That s better, now get back to your doctor things are about to start." he says, i nod and place my hand on the glass
"Bye Jackie" i whisper before standing up and walking back to the doctor, once i reach him, he looks at me and then had to do a double take, oh my eyes, shit...
"You alright?" he asks, i nod
"Yeah" before he can contradict me the steward announces,
"And last but not least, our very special guest. Ladies and Gentlemen, and Trees and Multiforms. Consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth The Last Human." The Doctor looks at us to see our reactions, i scoff and Rose looks to the door with interest. The sliding doors open and what looks like a vertical trampoline made of human skin is wheeled through. It has eyes and a mouth, and wears lipstick, i couldn't help but cringe,
"The Lady Cassandra O Brien Dot Delta Seventeen." the steward continues,
"This is why i hate nobility," i say to myself still unaware of the doctor s gaze,
"Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know it's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away and look at the difference! Look how thin I am." Cassandra boasts like she is the centre of the universe, The Doctor laughs silently but heartily and looks at Rose, who looks shocked.
"Thin and dainty! I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturize me, moisturize me." She says as she commands one of the two men in white body suits who wheeled her in holding canisters, which he sprays onto Cassandra.
"Truly, I am The Last Human." she says,
"Bull shit" i snarl under my breath, Rose creeps closer for a better look.
"My father was a Texan. My mother was from the Arctic Desert. They were born on the Earth and were the last to be buried in the soil." the bitch continues, Rose walked around to the other side of Cassandra, to get a view of her from all angels, She is completely flat, and i am disgusted by how much the human race can degenerate.
"I have come to honour them and..." she says as she sniffs, acting, i can do so much better "...say goodbye. Oh, no tears." she says as one of the bodyguards wipes her eyes, "No tears. I'm sorry. But behold! I bring gifts. From Earth itself - the last remaining ostrich egg." I turn from her and look out at the earth,
"Legend says it had a wingspan of 50 feet and blew fire from its nostrils." her annoying voice continues "Or was that my third husband?" she says in a pathetic attempt of a joke, "Who knows! Oh don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines!" she continues She laughs and mumbles to herself for a few seconds. "And here, another rarity. According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers." i scoff knowing it was a jukebox, i ignore the rest and look at the view in front of my eyes getting lost in the beauty, suddenly 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell is played.
"Refreshments will now be served. Earth Death in 30 minutes." The steward announces, i turn around, Rose has a lost, overwhelmed expression on her face, and i know what she is about to run. Everywhere she looks there are aliens, but no other humans, she starts to panic, and rushes from the gallery, Concerned, myself and the Doctor start to follow her, but we are stopped by Jabe.
"Doctor? Alexandra?" she asks, as she snaps a photo of us, "Thank you." she says as she walks off, why was she curious about me? I shake my head and we walk on.
XXX
I walk ahead of the doctor so as to avoid his question, but i know i won t be able to for long, i go to the door that i know rose is through,
"Hello! My name's Rose. That's a sort of plant. We might be related..." Rose says,
"Rosie honey, you do realise you re talking to a plant don t you?" i ask with an amused voice, She realizes that she is indeed talking to a plant and hurriedly puts it down.
"I'm talking to a twig." she mutters, i however have my eyes on the silver egg, the spider breaks out of it, i freeze and slowly edge toward it but it gets away, i mentally curse, and sit down beside her, after about fifteen minutes of talking the Doctor's voice floats through the door.
"Rose? Lexa? Are you in there?" the doctor calls
"Aye aye!" the doctor says, "What do you think, then?" he asks but I m too focused on him
"Great! Yeah... fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper..." rose says quietly
"You called me 'Lexa'..." i say in a slightly timid voice that isn't really my character, a look of realisation makes its way onto his face
"Oh, i like that, 'Lexa, Lexi, Lexa, Allie, so many names for Alexandra, mmm, i think I ll stick with 'Lexa" he rambles lightly in a way that reminds me of ten
"You can call me that then i suppose..." It sounded nice coming from his mouth, the Doctor laughs. There is a short pause.
"They're just, so alien." Rose says as she gains a questioning look from the doctor, "The aliens. Are so alien. You look at 'em... and they're alien." she says, 'has she forgotten he's an alien to?'
"Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South." He says jokingly, Rose looks at him
"Where are you from?" She asks, i wince slightly, 'here it comes'
"All over the place." he says evasively,
"They all speak English." Rose said dismissing the subject for the moment,
"No - you just hear English. It's a gift of the TARDIS. Telepathic field, gets inside your brain - translates." i wince again, wrong thing to say doctor,
"It's inside my brain?" Rose asks slightly disturbed,
"Well, in a good way." the doctor defends, Rose speaks again this time sounding colder and angrier,
"Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?" She states,
"I didn't think about it like that." the doctor says looking as though it never occurred to him,
"No! You were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the Deep South! Who are you then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you?" i flinch as she shouts and stand up to move to the window, The Doctor sits up and looks away from Rose and i feel his eyes on me.
"I'm just The Doctor."
"From what planet?" She persists
"Well, it's not as if you'll know where it is!" the doctor says gaining slight irritation
"Where are you from?!" Rose kept demanding,
"What does it matter?" he asked still slightly defensive,
"Tell me who you are!" she shouts,
"This is who I am, right here, right now, alright? All that counts is here and now, and this is me!" the doctor shouts back, i flinch, it reminded me of when my father would shout at me for doing something wrong,
"Yeah, and I'm here too because you brought me here, so just tell me!" Rose continued to shout, The Doctor gets up and walks down the steps away from her, and to the window next to me i shift slightly trying to get away from the memories,
"Earth Death in 20 minutes. Earth Death in 20 minutes." the computer announces. After a few moments, Rose gets up and follows the Doctor down the steps, towards where we're standing.
"Rose... what have i said about arguing with the driver... don't do it unless you want to get left behind..." i say with a sigh and a mocking tone, The Doctor, with his back turned to Rose , smiles at what i said. Rose gets her mobile out of her pocket looking down at it.
"Can't exactly call for a taxi... We're out of range." i continue making her smile as well,
"Tell you what..." He takes the phone from her, and takes his sonic.
"With a little bit of jiggery pokery..." he says, i couldn't help but steel Roses line flirting with him was fun,
"Is that a technical term, 'jiggery pokery'?" i ask, making my voice drop a bit, Rose looks at me amused knowing what I m doing,
"Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery, what about you?" He asked jokingly, but i see him swallow hard,
"Nah, failed hullabaloo. If you ever want to give me a refresher course i wouldn't mind" i say my voice husky,
"Oooh. I might be able to find time." he says as he gave Rose her phone back and holds his hand out for mine, i hand it over and he does the same
"There you go." he says
I take it back and smile Rose looks at him uncertainly, He nods to her and Rose gets aunt Jackie's number up on screen and puts the phone to her ear,
"Mum?" Rose says uncertainly, i smile at her before looking at the earth again, Rose laughs at something. "Nothing! You all right, though?" she asks "What day is it?"
"Yeah, um, I was just calling 'cause I might be late home." she says "No! I'm fine! Top of the world!" The Doctor and i laugh at her joke, Rose lowers the mobile, stunned.
"Think that's amazing, you want to see the bill." he says with a grin,
"That was 5 billion years ago. So... she's dead now. Five billion years later, my mum's dead." she says still in shock,
"Bundle of laughs, you are." the doctor says, i roll my eyes
"Rosie don t get depressed we can go back in time, besides if she's dead so are we," i say she looks at me and smiles, i know she won t be here for this even if she were to live in this time she wouldn't be in this universe. The ship shudders, and the doctor catches me as i stumble, i give him a grateful smile.
"That's not supposed to happen..." we say, he looks at me curiously again but i just smile
XXX
The Doctor Rose and i enter the Manchester suite.
"That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that." the doctor continues to explain, he is fiddling with a control panel next to the door, as Jabe approaches us.
"What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines - they pitched up about 30 hertz, is that dodgy or what?" the doctor asks the tree,
"It's the sound of metal, it doesn't make any sense to me." she says
"Where's the engine room?" doctor asks shortly
"I don't know... but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest's suite, I could show you. And..." she gestures to me and Rose "...Family."
"They're not my family." the doctor says
"Partners?" she asks
"No." he says
"Concubine?" i look at her in disbelief
"Nope." Jabe looks at us.
"Prostitutes..." i on the other hand wanted to slap her but rose settled for a verbal disagreement
"Whatever we are, it must be invisible, do you mind? Tell you what, you two go and pollinate, we're going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson." she says
"Rose I ll be more than glad to come
"Don't start a fight." he says
"What if i promise not to kill her?" i say with a pout
"No maiming either, and if you re going to threaten then you re coming with me," he says grabbing my arm and pulling me to his side, i struggle,
"But i wanna stay with Rose" i whine,
"What so you can cause twice the damage? No your coming with me and that is final," he says tightening his grip on my arm, i wince, defiantly gonna bruise, knowing I m going to try to get away, he slips his arm around my waist and pulls me closer before offering his arm to Jabe, "We're all yours." he says with a grin
"And I want you two home by midnight!" she calls jokingly, i stick my tongue out at her trying to pry his hand from my waist, but it's is futile
The Doctor grins back at her before looking down at me and pulling us off down the corridor.
"Earth Death in 15 minutes. Earth Death in 15 minutes." the computer voice confirms
"Who's in charge of Platform One? Is there a captain or what?" the doctor asks,
"There's just the steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal man." Jabe says
"You mean the computer? But who controls that?" the doctor continues, i just wanted to see Rose beat Cassandra down,
"The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another." I say to the doctor, gaining another surprised glance, he nods and is silent for a moment.
"But there's no one from the corporation on board." the doctor says
"They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the alpha class. Nothing can go wrong." Jabe counters, 'yeah that s gonna bite you in the ass if I m not there,' i think
"Unsinkable?" the doctor questions
"If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate." Jabe says
"You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable... I ended up clinging to an iceberg, it wasn't half cold." he says
"Must have been a memorable trip," i say
"It was, story for another time though" he says with a nod before turning back to Jabe "So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?"
"I'm afraid not." She answers
"Fantastic." he says whilst grinning sarcastically. He starts walking again, still dragging me along.
"I don't understand. In what way is THAT fantastic?" Jabe asked confused, trees must not know sarcasm...
XXX
The Doctor, Jabe and I are still making our way down the corridor, the low ceiling forcing us to stoop slightly, my back was killing me I m so used to walking with a straight back.
"So, tell me, Jabe. What's a tree like you doing in a place like this?" the doctor asks,
"Respect for the Earth." Jabe answers, i scoff
"Oh, come on. Everyone on this platform's worth zillions." I say to her,
"Well... perhaps it's a case of having to be seen at the right occasions." she finally admits,
"In case your share prices drop? I know you lot. You've got massive forests everywhere, roots everywhere, and there's always money in land." the doctor says, i roll my eyes, always about money,
"All the same. You respect the Earth as family. So many species evolved from that planet. Mankind is only one. I'm another. My ancestors were transplanted from the planet down below. And I'm a direct descendant of the tropical rainforest." she says, and i can t help but be impressed, The Doctor also looks impressed. He then points to a control panel.
"Excuse me." he says he gets out his sonic screwdriver and starts poking the screen with it.
"And what about your ancestry, Doctor? Alexandra Perhaps you could tell a story or two... perhaps a man only enjoys trouble, A woman that shines like the brightest star, when there's nothing else left..." i quirk an eyebrow, a star... what the hell? "I scanned you both earlier. The metal machine had trouble identifying your species' - refused to admit your existences." she continues, The Doctor pretends to be concentrating on the scan, but a flicker of emotion passes across his face, i am confused as to why she is talking to me as well i am human.
"And even when it named you both, I wouldn't believe it. But it was right." She says, The Doctor stops scanning, and looks at me i see a Deep sadness reflected in his eyes, and i know it is because of the time war 'Time war' I think bitterly. Jabe's tone is dropped to a hushed, awe.
"I know where you're from, both of you. Forgive me for intruding, but it's remarkable that you even exist. I just want to say... how sorry I am for the two of you. I furrow my eyebrows and see the doctor do the same whilst looking at me, Jabe puts a comforting hand on our arms. The Doctor's eyes are filled with tears and i cannot help but hug him, not wanting to see him sad. He places his hand over hers and tightens his hold on me, a tear falls down his cheek and onto my hair. He quickly finishes the scan and we go through a door.
The Doctor, Jabe and i find ourselves in the ventilation chamber, The huge fans circulating in there. The Doctor looks down at us.
"Is it me, or is it a bit nippy?" he asks, i smile slightly, "Fair do's, though, that's a great bit of air conditioning. Sort of, nice and old fashioned. Bet they call it 'retro'." he continues, as he scans another control panel with the sonic "Gotcha." he exclaims, The panel falls off and a spider scuttles out and scurries across the floor and up the wall. The Doctor and Jabe watch it while i shiver trying to edge away, as useless as that is because of the doctor s arm.
"What the hell's that?" the doctor asks, i open my mouth but think better of it,
"Is it part of the 'retro'?" Jabe asks
"I don't think so. Hold on." the doctor says. He points the screwdriver at the spider, however, Jabe fires something up at the spider, disabling it. It comes falling into the Doctor's hand.
"Hey! Nice liana!" i say to her
"Thank you! We're not supposed to show them in public." she says with a shy smile
"Don't worry, we won't tell anybody." he says before he turns his attention to the spider "Now then. Who's been bringing the pets on board?" the doctor asks
"What does it do?" Jabe asked curiously,
"Sabotage." the doctor and i say gravely
"Earth Death in 10 minutes." the computer says
"And the temperature's about to rocket. Come on." he says dragging us away from the chamber.
XXX
We all hurry along - the corridor is filled with smoke and the staff are coughing squeaky little coughs.
"Come on! Get back!" the doctor orders, finally letting go of my waist. He moves his sonic screwdriver over another control panel.
"Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising." the computer confirms
"Was the Steward in there?!" Jabe asks, I nod grimly
"You can smell him. Hold on - there's another sun filter program to descend." the doctor says grabbing my hand as we hurry off.
XXX
We run along the corridor.
"Let me out! Let me out!" I hear Roses voice and panic, danger bells going off in my mind,
The Doctor arrives outside the door to attempt to make the Sunfilter rise again.
"Anyone in there?" the doctor asks
"Let me out!" Rose cries frantically
"Oh, well, it would be you." he mutters. I hit the back of his head
"Instead of complaining get her the hell out of there!" I say my voice raising
"Open the door!" Rose cries from the other side,
"Hold on! Give us two ticks!" the doctor shouts through the door. The whole room is smoking, i can smell it and i start to panic more.
"Please hurry up Doctor..." i whisper
"Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending." I flinch at the announcement, after messing with the controls the display on the control panel says 'Sunfilter Rising'. The Doctor looks up expectantly, and i look on with anticipation, even though i know what was going to happen.
"Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising." the computer says, i hold my breath, The Doctor looks pleased with himself.
"Sunfilter rising... Sunfilter descending." the computer says after a few seconds,
"This is just what we need. The computer's getting clever." he says
"Will you stop mucking about!" Rose shouts from behind the door
"Hang on Rose just lay flat on the floor, lowest surface you can!"
"I'm not mucking about, it's fighting back!" He says
"Hang on!" the doctor shouts
"The locks melted!" Rose shouts back
"Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending." The Doctor jabs his sonic screwdriver right inside the wires.
"Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising." i sigh in relief. The Doctor cannot open the door though.
"The whole things jammed. I can't open the doors. Stay there! Don't move!" he shouts
"Where're am I gonna go?! Ipswich?!" Rose shouts back sarcastically
"Earth Death in 5 minutes."
XXX
"The metal machine confirms. The spider devices have infiltrated the whole of platform one." Jabe says looking at her computer
"How's that possible? Our private rooms are protected by a code wall. Moisturize me, moisturize me." i Snarl animalistic ally the doctor places his hand at my waist once more, The Doctor takes the destabilized spider out of Jabe's hand.
"Summon the Steward!" the moxx commanded
"I'm afraid the Steward is dead." Jabe informs. There is a general gasp of shock.
"Who killed him?" the moxx asks
"This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Bo! He invited us!" Cassandra shouts, jack shakes his head,
"Shut it Cassandra, The face of boe, didn't do it" I snap
"Talk to the face! Talk to the face!" She carries on
"I said shut it Cassandra" I growl, the doctor tightens his arm around my waist,
"Easy way of finding out. Someone bought a little pet on board." he says holding up the spider, "Let's send him back to Master." he says. He places the spider down on the floor. The spider scuttles along to Cassandra and looks up at her. Cassandra looks shifty for a moment, but the spider moves on to the feet of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme.
"The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. J'accuse!" Cassandra says, i roll my eyes and walk with the doctor
"That's all very well, and really kind of obvious, but if you stop and think about it..." the doctor says, The Adherents of the Repeated Meme try to strike us, but he catches its arm and rips it off.
"A Repeated Meme is just an idea. And that's all they are. An idea." I say as he rips a wire out of the arm and all of the Adherents of the Repeated Meme crumple into a bundle of black cloaks. Everyone gasps. Cassandra rolls her eyes.
"Remote controlled Droids. Nice little cover for the real troublemaker. Go on, Jimbo!" he coaxes with his foot nudging him to go "Go home!" he says, the spider ambles back over to Cassandra.
"I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed." she says
"I don t know Cassandra i would kiss him if he went to my school..." i say, The Doctor raises his eyebrows.
"At arms!" she shouts. The two bodyguards with canisters on either side of her raise their canisters.
"What are you going to do, moisturize me?" he says mockingly, i roll my eyes
"Thank you for jinxing us" i sigh exasperatedly,
"With acid. Oh, too late anyway. My spiders have control of the mainframe. Oh, you all carried them as gifts, tax free, past every code wall. I'm not just as pretty face." she says, i scoff
"Ya aren't even that, heck a dog looks better than you" i say
"Sabotaging a ship while you're still inside it? How stupid's that?" the doctor says ignoring me but squeezes his arm in warning
"!I'd hoped to manufacture a hostage situation with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous." Cassandra sighs
"Five billion years and it still comes down to money." i say with disgust evident in my tone,
"Do you think it's cheap, looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune. I am The Last Human, Doctor. Me. Not that freaky little kid of yours, and the stupid red head beside you." she says, i roll my eyes, was that the best she could come up with, I m almost disappointed
"Arrest her!" the moxx shouts
"Oh, shut it, pixie. I've still got my final option." Cassandra snaps
"Earth Death in 3 minutes." the computer voice rings out
"And here it comes. You're just as useful dead, all of you. I have shares in your rival companies and they'll triple in price as soon as you're dead. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go? "Burn, baby, burn."" oh all villains love to talk don t they...
"Then you'll burn with us." Jabe snarled
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I know the use of teleportation is strictly forbidden, but... I'm such a naughty thing. Spiders - activate." Cassandra says. There are a series of explosions around the ship.
"Force fields gone with the planet about to explode. At least it'll be quick. Just like my fifth husband." she says with a giggle, i have to say she is taking my disgust for humanity to a different level, wait i sound like I m not human, "Oh, shame on me. Buh-bye, darlings! Buh-bye, my darlings..." she says sweetly. She and her bodyguard s teleport out.
"Heat levels rising."... Shit
"Reset the computer!" the moxx says barking commands,
"Only the Steward would know how." Jabe says,
"No. We can do it by hand. There must be a system restore switch. Jabe, come on." i on the other hand shake my head
"Doctor she can t go if the heat vents through that place she'll burn!" i shout, he stops and looks at me then Jabe
"She's right, Jabe stay here, Lexa with me." we leave the room, he calls back the crowd over his shoulder,
"You lot - just chill!" i giggle at it i couldn t help it
"Earth Death in 2 minutes. Earth Death in 2 minutes."
XXX
Myself and the Doctor are running back through the maintenance corridor.
"Heat levels - critical. Heat levels - critical."
"yeah thanks i can feel that" i say to no one
The Doctor and I reach the ventilation chamber.
"Oh. And guess where the switch is." he says. The switch happens to be located at the other side of the enormous fans.
"Heat levels - rising. Heat levels - rising."
"urgg shut up we get it!" The Doctor pulls a lever down and the fans slow down.
"External temperature - 5 thousand degrees." I roll my eyes and go and grab the lever, I keep it held down as the doctor lets go and motion for him to go,
"You can't. The heat's going to vent through this place." he says desperately
"I know. that s why i didn't let Jabe down here" i say
"Your only human, Lexa please!" he pleads
"Then stop wasting time. Time Lord." I say with a sad smile, he grins at her and runs back to the fans.
"Heat levels - rising. Heat levels - rising."
"yeah, yeah"
"Heat levels - hazardous." I groan, knowing shouting at it won t help but it would help me forget the burning in my hands and the amount of heat venting through the place, The Doctor dodges the first fan and runs underneath it. He looks anxiously up at the next one.
"The Doctor is still standing before the second fan. He looks back at me, i hide my pain but am sweating and breathing heavily.
"Heat levels - critical. Heat levels - critical."
The Doctor dodges under the second fan.
As the Doctor stands before the third fan, my vision gets blurry and the edges of my sight are going black. I m not sure what happens next but I m vaguely aware that the Doctor shouts my name before everything is black.
Doctor's P.O.V
Lexa falls to the ground still holding the lever but her eyes are closed and she doesn't look conscious, I look at her and take an involuntary step towards her,
"Planet explodes in 10... 9..." I close my eyes and all grows quiet.
"8... 7... 6... 5... 4..." I, still with my eyes closed concentrate, and step calmly though the fan, now at the other side, i opens my eyes and dashes to the switch, pulling it down.
"Raise shields!" I shout.
I walk back through the fans toward Lexa and bend down, i see her still gripping the lever, and carefully pry her hand from it, her hands blistered and pick her up walking out of the door,
Alexandra's P.O.V
I had awoken about a few minutes later, floating,
"Would you put me down i can walk just fine, i only fainted" i huff, he stubbornly ignores my demand and holds on tighter,
The Doctor walks briskly in a few moments later, he glances at Rose but does not pause to talk to her, but Jabe rushes over to us
"Are you all right?" she asks, i nod
"He's just being stubborn" i say, Rose had followed her over
"You all right?" She asks, i nod, the doctor goes over to the wall, close to the face of boe and sets me down gently, before standing up, Jabe had bought me a glass of water to help get rid of the dehydration,
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one - teleportation through five thousand degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two - this feed must be hidden nearby." he says, with a hard voice. He strides over to the ostrich egg, breaks it open and the teleportation feed falls out. He picks it up.
"Idea number three - if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed." he continues, still looking severely pissed off. He twists the feed. Cassandra appears before them, apparently in the middle of gloating.
"Ah, you should have seen their little alien faces." Cassandra says, before she realises her new surroundings "Oh.2 she says
"The Last Human." the doctor says bitterly,
"So. You passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join the er... the human club." she says flustered at being caught,
"People have died, Cassandra. You murdered them." i snarl, going to get up from the floor, however the doctor gave me a sharp look that said clearly, 'DONT move' i was going to ignore him but Jabe places a hand on my shoulder and i hear jack
"Don't Princess, just stay sitting, i sigh, and groan,
"That depends on your definition of 'people'. And that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court then, Doctor! And watch me smile, and cry, and flutter..." she said
"And creak?" the doctor said
"And what?" Cassandra asks confused
"Creak! You're creaking." the doctor says, Cassandra's skin tightens, her eyes are becoming bloodshot and she is getting whiter and whiter.
"What? Ah! Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens! Moisturize me! Moisturize me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot!" she cries, i close my eyes and look away
"You raised the temperature." the doctor stated
"Have pity! Moisturize me! Oh, Doctor!" Cassandra begs
"Help her." Rose whispers shaken,
"Everything has its time and everything dies." the doctor said emotionlessly
"I'm... too... young!" Cassandra groans, She explodes. The Doctor looks completely cold and not remotely fazed, he walks over to me and goes to pick me up, i open my mouth to protest but saw the 'oncoming storm' look and decide to keep quiet, he lifts me up and we walk out of the room,
XXX
"Shuttles 4 and 6 departing. This unit now closing down for maintenance."
The Manchester Suite is now completely empty apart from Rose, who is standing at the window watching the Earth burn with a very vulnerable and sad look on her face, oblivious to the Doctor and I watching her from the doorway, i had finally managed to get him to put me down but he kept his arm around my waist to 'keep me steady' I m perfectly fine, he's just over protective. Rocks fly past the window. She turns around when she hears our footsteps as we comes to stand beside her.
"The end of the Earth. It's gone. And we were too busy saving ourselves, no one saw it go." she says tearfully, the doctor looks down at her and i look around him, "All those years... all that history and no one was even looking. It's just..." rose trails off,
"Come with me." he says holding out his unoccupied hand to her, Rose takes it hand and we away together.
XXX
"Back in 2005, Rose steps out of the TARDIS, she looks around at the crowds, seeing them in a new light. The Doctor stands beside her myself having no choice in the matter.
"Big issue!" someone shouts,
"You think it'll last forever. People, and cars and concrete. But it won't. One day, it's all gone. Even the sky." he says we all look up, after a moment
"My planet's gone." he says, Rose turns to look at him, while i look solemn. This was the first time he'd mentioned his home, and i knew about it.
"It's dead. It burned like the Earth. It's just rocks and dust. Before it's time." he says his voice hollow
"What happened?"
"There was a war. And we lost."
"Not just a war Rose, the biggest in the universe." I say looking away from them both, i just couldn't stand to see the look on their faces,
"A war with who?" she asks, i flinch. He doesn't answer, seemingly lost in thought.
"What about your people?" my eyes well up as she asks the question that causes the most pain,
"I'm a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm travelling on my own because I m running from memories" wait he isn't supposed to say that...
"There's us... Me and Alex... you don t have to run alone..." Rose says, this conversation, it's changed slightly, She smiles at him.
"You've seen how dangerous it is. Do you want to go home?" he asks looking at her, Rose looks at him for a few seconds.
"I don't know. I want..." she trails off as she sniffs the air "Oh! Can you smell chips?" she asks
"Yeah. Yeah!" the doctor says as we both laugh,
"I want chips." she says completely serious
"Me too." the doctor says smiling
"Me three" i exclaim, making them laugh again
"Right then, before you get me back in that box, chips it is, and you can pay." i laugh at this,
"No money." the doctor say
"What sort of date are you? Come on then, darling, chips are on me." i says as we begin to walk off. He smiles at us, delighted.
"We've only got five billion years before the shops close..." Rose says
We walk down the street together laughing, Roses arm around my shoulder the doctor holding my waist and my arms wrapped around both of their waists,
XXX
Once we had returned to the TARDIS the doctor showed Rose her room and she said she wanted to sleep, we walked back to the console room, myself knowing that the questions would soon come,
"I have some questions..." the doctor says as i sit down on one of the seats, i look at him expectantly,
"When we first met, you said that you had had worse wounds than the cut on your side, what do you mean?" huh, wasn't expecting that
"I got involved in a bank robbery a few years back and didn't want to co-operate, i got shot in the side, I ve been knifed in an ally too, that was about three years back now" i say dismissively
"Okay, why did you believe me so easily when i said that living plastic was trying to over through the human race," ooh that s gonna take a while
"Okay i will tell you the logical explanation but you have to ask the right question for the full truth, so how else would you pull of a manikins arm when it was trying to kill us and then i am strangled by said arm the next day." i say, he looks frustrated,
"Why didn't you panic when i pulled of Ricky's head..." he asks
"I knew he wasn't real, he was acting to strange and he barely paid any attention to me like the real one would have..." i say
"How did you know what i was doing on the TARDIS"
"OH you're getting closer to the real question now..." i say with excitement that is obviously fake,
"How did you know the TARDIS could travel in time?" he asks
"It's in the name 'TIME and relative dimension in space'" i say flippantly
"okay... HOW do you know so much?" he asks
"DING, ding, ding we have a winner, anyway this will take a bit to explain, you know about parallel universes?" he nods "well I m from one of them, in this universe I m from the year 3120 and there is this old TV program called 'Doctor Who'" i pause to let this sink in, he nods and i carry on "well in my world my real name is Alexandra Van Allen, you asked how i knew what nobility is like, I m from a line of nobility and i hate it, anyway there's this place called Simulation and i like to relive the episodes of the program 'Doctor Who' i constantly visited and the company, i wanted to run away from my life so i began to work on a plan "Escaping Reality" i worked for a few years learning the kinks in the machine called the 'animus' i finally got everything figured out and went back to the company, whilst laying in the machine you have a brief instant where you leave your body and see it for yourself, as i was in that split second i turned and pulled the main wire from the machine and my body disappeared in a flash of light, i blacked out and woke up at the Tyler residence the day i met you for the first time and found them to be my family... the rest is pretty much history, now yes i know your future and no i don t know what will change because of my presence but i can consciously change things like people dying, Jabe was supposed to die but i stopped that... i know that revealing the future is bad and could rip a hole in the fabric of the universe which is why no matter how bad the things to come are i will not say anything other than little hints." i say finally (A/N Sorry for the long paragraph) he looks understanding but i had to get this out of my system
"Now you know that i know all this you re not going to find a way and send me back are you?" i ask slight fear in my voice, i think heard it because his eye's soften
"Of course not it's not possible and even if it were the timelines didn t shift so it's like your meant to be here, besides now i have someone who can keep up with me and knows my past, i never letting you leave." he says with a grin, i laugh feeling relief.
we talk on into the- Night? before he takes me to my room,
"Good night doctor..." i say with a yawn, i hear him chuckle, suddenly he hugs me,
"Night Lexa" he whispers, i open my door after he releases me and step in closing the door behind me only to slide down it with a smile on my face, the TARDIS humms and i blush
"No not possible," she humms again "Shut up!" i whine my face flushing red, she continues to humm as i get ready for bed and i give her occasional responses, i climb into bed and the lights dim
"Thanks" i whisper, closing my eyes, the TARDIS humming a soothing tune and that night i fell asleep with a smile on my face, feeling for the first time in a long time, happy, content and at home...
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Okay sorry it took me so long to update but i have GCSE's my final one is tomorrow and the i should be able to update faster, thanks to all those who have favourite this story as well as followed and reviewed,
Shadow OUT!
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