Inside the TARDIS, it is mayhem, that was the only way to describe it, Mayhem. The whole ship is shaking and i have to hold on because i could actually feel it, if that wasn t bad enough a loud annoying alarm is going off and might begin to cause a headache.
Anyway i should probably explain what s happened since the last episode right? Okay so after i went to sleep i had a nice dream, then it was rudely interrupted by a loud banging on my door
*Flashback*
BANG BANG BANG
So i get up and walk over answering it with a glare standing face to face with the doctor, and judging by the look on his face he seemed to grasp i wasn't a morning person...
"Morning Lexa!" he says his earlier grin returning, i respond with a grunt, "So Rose picked the first trip, now it's only fair you pick the second trip." he continues rolling his eyes at my response to his greeting, I look at him thoughtfully and decide that i should probably stick to the timeline i knew
"What about the past?" i say, he looks at me and nods
"any specific year?" he asks, i shook my head "Right then..." he stood there in the doorway, i roll my eyes at him now
"Well are you gonna stand there and watch me change or go do something else?... I don t mind either" i say in a flirty tone, his cheeks go slightly red, clears his throat,
"Right then I ll go fire up the engines" he says high tailing it out of my doorway, myself laughing at him before changing into Jeans and a strap top, red in colour, fixing my hair and all before going to the console room, then our lesson on driving the TARDIS began, myself not needing much help...
*End of flashback*
"Hold that one down!" the doctor shouts to Rose as i hit a button that had lit up and pull a lever, yes this is why i didn't need much help from the doctor, i was being taught by the TARDIS, reminds me of River in a way, my heart constricts in sadness, poor River, to be looked at by the one you love only to see no recognition in their eyes only mistrust, i sigh but am quickly knocked from my thoughts by a loud,
"I'm HOLDING this one down!" Rose shouts over the noise of the alarm, i pull another lever
"Well, hold them BOTH down!" the doctor shouted back, i again roll my eyes
"She is holding them both sweetie!" i shout, only then do i realise what i had said... 'Sweetie' this is why i don t like to think of River often i tend to pick up that trait and find it hard to drop for a while, it took me two years the last time i had picked up on the habit of saying that word, i look over to see the doctor looking at me,
"Oi! I promised you two a time machine and that's what you're getting. Now, you've seen the future - Lexa wants to have a look at the past. 1860. How does 1860 sound?" he shouts looking at me still, i shrug my shoulders and another series of lights caught my eye, pulling the lever and pushing five buttons,
"What happened in 1860?" Rose asks, 'oh nothing much but then again we don t get to go there...'
"I don't know, let's find out. Hold on, here we go!" now i don t have to tell you and if i do you really need a refresher course on this program... a pull down one more lever and the doctor hits a few buttons and the TARDIS screeches through the time vortex.
XXX
The TARDIS materializes and we all fall to the floor well i fell onto the doctor but that doesn't need to be told in full detail so hears the basic layout of things, Rose and the doctor are lying on their backs on the floor, i on the other hand had somehow ended up lying on the doctors chest, i lean on my hands as i push myself up.
"Hey have we met?" i ask in a joking tone
"I do believe we have" he says playing along, the controls are steaming and we are all laughing. I push myself up off the doctor looking at the console, stroking it slightly to help comfort her after what was sure to be a bit of a taxing journey given the way she was at the moment.
"Blimey!" Rose shouts getting up after dusting herself off
"You're telling me! Are you tow alright?" he says still chuckling slightly as i help pull him up
"Yeah. I think so! Nothing broken..." Rose responds
"Yeah I m fine after all i had a soft landing." i say
"did we make it? Where are we?" Rose asks excitedly, the doctor leans over to the screen and looks at it
"I did it! Give the man a medal. Earth - Naples - December 24th, 1860." He says grinning stupidly, i however know better and smirk,
"That's so weird... it's Christmas." Rose says, i nod, it was strange but you have to get used to it traveling with the doctor, this was millennia ago for Rose but for me it s so much longer, The Doctor gestures towards the door.
"All yours." He says
"But, think about it, though. Christmas. 1860. Happens once. Just once, and it's gone, never to be seen by most humans eyes again. It's finished, over. It'll never happen again. Except for you." I say quietly it was amazing and almost terrifying that one man could hold so much power... I look at him intently as does rose, "You can go back and see days that are dead and gone and a hundred thousand sunsets ago... no wonder you never stay still... It's why i don t think i could stay still or leave you... so much to see but for mortals there is so little time to see it all, we have the life-span of insects compared to you don t we doctor?" i ask sadly,
"Not a bad life." the doctor says grinning though i can tell it doesn't reach his eyes,
"Better with friends though." Rose says with a grin, not quite as perceptive of his emotions and why it is so forced. We grin at each other for a few moments. Then Rose claps her hands together and dashes towards the door.
"Come on then!" Rose says looking at us, i on the other hand don t mover from my spot, she looks confused,
"Oi, oi, oi! Where do you think you're going?!" the doctor asks, rose looks at him like he's crazy
"1860!" she says with excitement,
"Go out there dressed like that, you'll start a riot, Barbarella!" the doctor says
"He's right rose we have to blend in here, we can t stand out" i say and look at the doctor before walking towards the door leading to the rest of the TARDIS.
"There's a wardrobe through there. First left, second right, third on the left, go straight ahead, under the stairs, past the bins, it's the fifth door on your left. Hurry up!" Rose runs passed him towards me and i grab her hand and to slow her down. I look back at the doctor before leaving to find him grinning after us.
XXX
Now Rose had gotten confused when i had went down a different path to where the doctor had instructed,
"Alex he said first left, why are we walking down the right and-" i cut her off
"Rosie, i know a shortcut, i promise but you have to trust me okay?" i say as a door appears before us, i pat the wall and mutter a quick thanks before opening it and leading Rose through to where the TARDIS had conveniently placed the wardrobe for us, Rose looked around before rushing off to take her pick whilst i looked on the other side more calmly, looking through i came across one dress that the TARDIS seemed intent for me to notice as it had appeared at least three times, it was a replica of Roses dress but it was a crimson red skirt with thin stapes on the shoulders, silver embroidery and a cape like roses only it had a longer lace to tie it together with on the side.
Slipping into the dress was okay and since i had good posture the corset didn t kill as much but it was very restricting, i never had to wear one in my other life and now I m glad i didn t, i put on a pair of ruby red flat dolly shoes that criss-crossed all the way up my leg with lace (You know the typical ballet shoes that everyone thought were so cool) hey i know there's gonna be running i just can t remember when...
Now i go to leave but a machine pops up in front of me and it seems that the door disappears,
"You want me to get into this?" i say aloud to the TARDIS, the lights brighten and a humm fills my ears, i sigh, "Fine but if this hurts me I m going to leave and never come back," i say as i step into the machine still slightly cautious, don t get me wrong i trust her completely but i don t like the look of the machine... suddenly a huge gust of warm air started blowing and my hair was whipping around my face for a good five minutes.
Once it stopped i stepped out and went over to the mirror, my red hair had been curled and some of it piled up on the top held in by hair grips and whilst the rest flowed down to the middle of my back in front of the bun was a simple silver tiara, small but intricate all at the same time, it didn t look at all to formal just another part of the hair style, ( . ? it s the fourth picture down) i liked it so i thank the TARDIS mentally and go to look for Rose, finding her waiting at the door,
"Rosie, you look beautiful" i say, she whirls around and looks completely stunned at my change in appearance, "It's not that bad is it?" i ask her slightly uncomfortable, she shook her head
"Alex, wow you look stunning i never thought I d see you in a dress like this" she says, i nod
"Neither did i, and thanks" i say, we link arms and walk towards the console room,
"I'm sure the doctor will like it though..." i look at her sharply
"What are you babbling about?" i ask
"Oh please he is so into you!" she says with a grin, I shook by head and continue to walk.
XXX
The Doctor is doing some more unnecessary repair work, and the TARDIS has said that it's annoying her the amount he plays with her circuits. Rose and I walk in quietly, we look at each other and nod, i clear my throat and he turns off his sonic screwdriver and looks at us in surprise, he then switches his gaze between us before settling his gaze on me and running his eyes over my body, i smirk to myself before wiping it off my face with an innocent look before he can see it,
"Blimey!" the doctor says, i can still hear the shock in his voice as he says this,
"Don't laugh!" i say quietly as Rose says it with a laugh
"You look Stunning Lexa!... You look beautiful as well Rose" he says catching himself whilst his comment caught me off guard, Rose stops laughing and smiles instead looking between us. There is a pause and the Doctor looks away awkwardly.
"...considering." I wince slightly as he says this, i knew it was coming but it doesn t mean it's going to sting any less. He turns on his screwdriver again and goes back to the TARDIS circuits.
"Considering what?" Rose asks sharply, i look at her confused, and it dawns on me, she must have seen me wince slightly,
"That you're human!" The doctor exclaims, i force a light laugh and rose becomes more easy going,
"I THINK that's a compliment don t you Alex?..." She says amusement in her voice, i nod
"Yeah sounds as good as we're gonna get from him" i say,
"Aren't you going to change?" Rose asks the doctor, he got defensive,
"I've changed my jumper! Come on!" he says jumping up and starting towards the door,
"You, stay there! You've done this before. This is Alex's, i did platform one it's her turn now!" she says pushing me towards the door, i stumble slightly before catching myself, and because of the ballet flats, these being the hard point toes i end up on my toes out of habit, being a noble i had to learn different skills ballet being one of them as i had to be the perfect daughter... I shake my head and walk towards the door ignoring the doctor s curious gaze
"You re wearing ballet shoes with that outfit?" Rose asks, i nod my head, as i go to the door and slowly pull it open, lifting the hem of the dress i place my foot upon the snow and hear a crunch as i step further out, childlike glee took over as i had never seen much snow and when i did i want aloud to play in it, i had to be 'refined' i was oblivious to the looks i was getting from the doctor or the conversation he and Rose were having,
"Why is she acting like this, it almost like she's never..." Rose looks at him,
"I know about her other life, granted she doesn't know but with her being, nobility she had to be... ladylike and was never allowed to live a normal childhood, she's never played in it and she's rarely seen it," Rose says, (A/N Yeah i know i made rose more mysterious than she should be but i can explain to those who want to know in a PM)
"And the ballet?" the doctor questions
"In her previous life she had to have many talents ballet being one, and one of the ones that she enjoyed a lot..." she says with a fond smile, suddenly her smile dropped "You hurt her doctor and you won t be able to hide anywhere i will find you and i will make your life a living hell, am i understood?" she asks quietly, the doctor slightly shocked nodded dumbly...
I look back at them seeing Rose standing on the snow like i had
"Come one!" i say with excitement Rose smiles and the doctor steps out after us,
"Ready for this?" he asks looking at both of us, i nod with a smile, Rose copies my gesture, he holds out both of his arms and we both take them in a ladylike manner "Here we go. History!" he says looking at both of us before we head off down the street,
XXX
The Doctor, Rose and I walk down the street, observing everything - Rose in amazement, myself looking at the scenery and the Doctor with his usual grin on his face, we had let go of his arms as we walked ahead slightly. He walks in another direction and I pull Rose to follow. There are carol singers in the background their voices echoing throughout the street, we pull to a stop to listen to the song as the doctor continues.
after a minute, a man approaches us
"Excuse me ladies?" i turn around and look at the man that had addressed us as does Rose, my eyes light up at the person in front of me, but i realise that we hadn t met him yet, standing in front of us was captain Jack Harkness, 1869,
"Yes can we help you?" i ask, he must have seen my eyes light up because the look he gave me was that of a close friend, i gave him an apologetic look, Rose won t know him but i do because of my knowledge
"You look like someone i know, a close sister of mine, and i was wondering if you might know her?" he asks a smirk on his face as he hands us a piece of paper, psychic paper, I look at it and see the word 'Number?' on it and shook my head, oh boy such a flirt,
"I'm sorry sir but we are only visiting, for the night... and this woman is not someone i know." I say handing back the psychic paper thinking of my number, he looks at it and nods,
"I see, please forgive my interruption of your evening." he says with a slight bow before kissing each of our hands and kissing them, before leaving, i roll my eyes
"You handled that quite well, i didn't know you could be so polite," Rose says as we turn back to the carollers, the doctor walks back to us with a newspaper in hand,
"I got the flight a bit wrong." the doctor says to us, i nod my head knowing what year it was, and if i had forgotten i would have remembered after that appearance from before...
"I don't care." Rose says looking around in wonder still,
"It's not 1860, it's 1869." the doctor continues,
"I don't care!" she repeats again
"Still the 60's" I say to him a soft smile on my face,
"And it's not Naples." he says
"I don't care." rose continues, i roll my eyes
"It's Cardiff." he informs, Rose falters but i carry on smiling
"Right..." she says
"Oh come one Rose i know one thing that happened on this date..." they both look at me "Charles Dickens is performing!" i say with excitement
"Really?" they both ask in interest, i nod enthusiastically, whilst we started walking i had been talking about some of my favourite books the doctor and i in a debate about which was better 'A Christmas Carol' or 'The single man' i still say it's 'A Christmas Carol', suddenly there was a scream as it had cut off our argument, i look at where it came from and see a theatre, 'ahh now it begins'
The Doctor grins.
"That's more like it!" the doctor says as he tosses the newspaper over his shoulder and runs in the direction of the screaming. Rose and i follow, though i know i wont be staying there i happen to want to keep Rose safe.
"The whole bloomin' world can see that!" A voice exclaims, wait that voice what s his name... Ah Sneed, weird name if you ask me but... eh not the time to be getting off task, we enter the room and see blue gas flying around the room and the scream seemed to get louder to my ears. We watch the gas zoom around.
"Fantastic." the doctor breathes i roll my eyes he always seems to take an interest in what might kill us... The last of the gas leaves the old woman's mouth and she slumps back in the chair, just a dead body once more as i knew but to others she looked as though she had fainted. The Doctor approaches Mr. Dickens, i had to keep a squeal in at the sight of him, almost as good as the Shakespeare episode.
"Did you see where it came from?" the doctor asks excitedly drawing a withering glance from Mr. Dickens,
"Ah. The wag reveals himself, does he? I trust you're satisfied, sir!" Dickens says with an angry voice, I look at The Doctor to see he looks slightly taken aback. myself and Rose then spot the old woman being carted out by Sneed and Gwyneth,
"Oi! Leave her alone!" Rose shouts to them,
"Doctor, we'll get 'em!" Rose says as we run out to stop them,
"Be careful!" I hear him shout,
XXX
Gwyneth and Sneed successfully loaded the body into the back of the hearse, as Rose and I catch up with them.
"What're you doing?!" Rose demands
"Oh, it's such a tragedy, miss. Don't worry yourself, me and the master will deal with it." Gwyn says, i had to give her props she could act better under pressure than most women could in this era, I however use Roses struggle to my advantage and slip passed the servant girl as she tries to stop her from seeing inside the hearse, "The fact is, this poor lady's been taken with the brain fever and we have to get her to the infirm-." i cut her off as i reach the body
"Really is that why she doesn't have a pulse because she feels pretty cold to me, what do you think Rose?" i say as she pushes passed Gwyn,
"she's dead! My God, what did you do to her?" Rose demands slight panic in her voice, Sneed approaches her silently from behind and clamps a tissue full of a drug, probably chloroform, to her mouth. She struggles for a few seconds and then goes limp, he goes to do the same to me, but i could see i coming and pulled away before he could do the same to me. I didn't foresee Gwyneth having such a strong grip as she grabbed my arms and Sneed placed the tissue to my face, i tried to hold my breath but that didn t work out as i had to breath because my lungs had begun to sting from the lack of oxygen, i then blacked out completely, the last thought in my mind being, 'Shit'...
XXX
Doctors P.O.V
The blue gas is still zooming around inside. But then it dives into one of the gas lamps and disappears. I felt disappointed as i couldn't work out what sort of alien it was yet
"Gas! It's made of gas!" I say, I run out of the theatre to tell the girls what i had found. By the time I come down the steps of the theatre and looked around for them i see a girl pushing Lexa's head out of sight into what would be a hearse, the girl slams the door shut and runs around to the front.
"Rose! Alexandra!" i shout as i run towards the hearse
"You're not escaping me, sir! What do you know about that hobgoblin, hm?" a voice interrupts as i go to run after the girls, the hearse drives away. I stare after it for a minute thoughts of what could happen clouding my mind.
"Projection on glass, I suppose. Who put you up to it?" the man asks knocking me out of my thoughts as they took a turn for the worst,
"Yeah, mate. Not now, thanks." i say bluntly ignoring him trying to think of a plan, I spot a coach and run towards it, shouting to the driver.
"Oi, you! Follow that hearse!" I climb into the coach and sit down,
"You can't do that, sir!" the man said, he was starting to piss me off,
"Why not?" I ask out of politeness and slight annoyance,
"Why not?! I'll give you a very good reason why not! This is my coach!" the man says in outrage, oh so his coach is more important than two girls who might be- no don t stop...
"Well, get in then!" I says as i pull him in and make him sit down, "Move!" I shout to the driver feeling impatient, the coach rumbles off.
"Everything in order, Mr. Dickens?" the driver asks, wait Dickens?
"No! It is not!"
"What did he say?" I ask
"Let me say this first. I'm not without a sense of humour-"
"Dickens?" I ask, getting side tracked
"Yes." he answers getting side tracked as well
"Charles Dickens?" I ask again to make certain,
"Yes." he answers again
"THE Charles Dickens?" i ask excitement back in my voice, I'm in a coach with Charles DICKENS!
"Shall I remove the gentleman, sir?" the driver asks, i ignore him and continue talking,
"Charles Dickens! You're brilliant, you are! Completely 100% brilliant! I've read 'em all! Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and what's the other one, the one with the ghost?" i ask forgetting the name of the title for a moment,
"A Christmas Carol?" He asks, i shake my head and am reminded of Lexa,
"No, no, no, the one with the trains... The Signal Man, that's it, terrifying!" I say Dickens looks pleased at the compliment on his work, "The best short story ever written! You're a genius!" I state, it's true, though Agatha Christie (S/P?)
"You want me to get rid of him, sir?" The driver asks again,
"Er, no, I think he can stay." Charles says
"Honestly, Charles - can I call you Charles? I'm such a big fan." i say, a confused look appears on his face
"...what? A what?" he asks
"Fan! Number One Fan, that's me." I say still very excited,
"How exactly are you a fan? In what way do you resemble a means of keeping oneself cool?" oh right earth slang...
"No, it means 'Fanatic', devoted to. Mind you, I've gotta say, that American bit in Martin Chuzzlewit, what was that about?! Was that just padding or what? I mean, it's rubbish, that bit." I explain, and criticize
"I thought you said you were my fan." Charlie asks disgruntled,
"Ah, well, if you can't take criticism... go on, do the death of Little Nell, it cracks me up. No, sorry, come on, faster!" i shout finally focusing on the problem at hand, the driver urges the horses on.
"Who exactly IS in that hearse?" Charlie asks,
"My friends. They're only nineteen, and it's my fault. They're in my care, and now they're in danger." I explain
"Why are we wasting my time talking about dry old books? This is much more important. Driver! Be swift! The chase is on!" Ohh i like him
"Yes, sir!" The driver answers
"Thatta boy, Charlie!" I say
"Nobody calls me Charlie." he says, oh really?
"The ladies do." I say,
"How do you know that?" he asks he looks kinda shocked,
"I told you - I'm your Number One-" he cuts me off
"Number One Fan, yes..." he says sounding exasperated.
XXX
Alexandra's P.O.V
I had come around about a minute before Rose and was currently rubbing my head I stop when Rose wakes up. She looks slightly out of sorts, and does not notice what room she seems to be in and when the gas from the lamps fills the corpse of Redpath. He sits up suddenly.
"Shit" i say
Rose suddenly notices the corpse behind her. She jumps in alarm as he starts making zombie noises at her.
"Are you all right? You're kidding me, yeah? You're just kidding." Rose says panic evident in her voice
"So you finally noticed then?" i ask, she whirls around to me
"Alex, what the hell is goin' on?!" she asks
"Well Rosie we were knocked out by that old buy and when we woke up we seemed to be in a funeral home, that or someone has a weird obsession with the dead," i say
"Alex this is no time to be messin' around!" Rose shouts, what who s messing around it could be true, it's not but it could be... Redpath climbs out of the coffin.
"You are, you're kidding me, aren't ya?" Rose says
"no rose he is dead and possessed." i say bluntly, he takes staggering steps towards us, me being closest gets up and backs away, slowly, and find myself at Roses side.
"Okay, not kidding." Rose says, She runs to the door and tries to open it, I slowly move towards her again, not taking my eyes off of Redpath. Rose turns her back against the door as the old woman's body rises from the other coffin and Rose gaps, I however only pale slightly. Rose looks at the vase on the table next to the door and grabs for it, she then lobs a vase at Redpath, it does nothing but cause him to stumble slightly of course but the effort was good and the shatter was pretty loud. Rose rattles the handle frantically, i have my back to the door still.
"Let us out! Open the door!" Rose shouts, right the doctor should be here now or otherwise we're dead,
"Please, let us out!" Rose shouts,
"DOCTOR! HURRY UP PLEASE!" i shout my voice tinted with panic. Both corpses are walking towards us, i had a good reason to shout I m sure you would to. Rose is still hammering on the door as the corpses get closer and closer.
"Let us out! Somebody, open the door! Open the door!" we shout together, Redpath clasps a hand over my mouth as i had pushed Rose out of the way, muffling my scream as Rose gasps.
"ALEX!" Rose shouts in worry, at that moment, the Doctor kicks the door in and i had to say that the only time i had felt more relieved than now was when i was escaping my reality.
"I think this is MY dance." he says with a hard voice, he pulls me from Redpaths grip and pulls me into his side his arm tight around my waist,
"It's a prank? It must be. We're under some mesmeric influence." Dickens mutters to himself
"No, we're not. The dead are walking." He says before he looks down at me and over to Rose, grinning, "Hi!" he says
"Hi!" we both say myself slightly out of breathe, the corset and his arm weren t helping...
"Who's your friend?" Rose asks,
"Charles Dickens." the doctor answers, i spun in his arm,
"THE Charles Dickens, oh i love your story 'A Christmas Carol' it's amazing and i love how you make the Christmas ghost of present look like saint Nick oh absolute genius i say holding out my hand to shake his, suddenly the doctor tightens his grip on my waist... Redpath reaches for me again but the doctor snaps it before he can reach me, that didn't happen in the show...
"My name's the Doctor. Who are you, then? What do you want?" The doctor asks the corpses, i shudder at that walking corpses,
"We're failing. Open the rift, we're dying. Trapped in this form - cannot sustain - help us." Redpath exclaims, i roll my eyes knowing it is an act. Both Redpath and his grandmother raise their heads to the ceiling, the blue gas leaves them with a wailing sound and both corpses fall to the floor.
XXX
We had moved from the room to the parlour all either standing or sitting, i was sitting on one of the sofas listening to Rose, Gwyneth is pouring us all tea i had offered to help but she insisted that i shouldn't help, while Rose is having a go at Sneed still and very loudly i must say.
"First of all you drug us, then you kidnap us, and don't think I didn't feel your hands having a quick wander, you dirty old man." Rose says with disgust, The Doctor sniggers.
"Come to think of it his hands did wonder over me as well" i say absentmindedly, the grin was wiped from the doctor s face and he glared at Sneed, as to why i had no idea, but then again i was always clueless...
"I won't be spoken to like this!" Sneed shouts in outrage
"Then you stuck us in a room full of zombies! And if that aint enough - you swan off! And leave my cousin and me to die! So come on - talk!"
"It's not my fault, it's this house! It always had a reputation. Haunted. But I never had much bother until a few months back. And then the stiffs-" Sneed starts but Dickens looks mildly offended and he corrects himself. "...the er, dear departed started getting restless." he finishes
"Tommyrot." Dickens scoffs,
"You witnessed it! Can't keep the beggars down, sir! They walk. And it's the queerest thing that they hang on to scraps..." Sneed says, Gwyneth gives the Doctor his tea.
"Two sugars, sir, just how you like it." she says, The Doctor looks at her retreating back curiously. She then brings a cup to me, "Three sugars and a dash of milk miss." she says, i don t react but accept it gratefully
"Thank you Gwyneth." I say politely,
"One old fella who used to be a sexton almost walked into his own memorial service! Just like the old lady going to your performance, sir! Just as she planned." Sneed went on to explain,
"Morbid fancy." I roll my eyes as Dickens says this,
"Oh, Charles, you were there." the doctor says
"I saw nothing but an illusion." Dickens contradicts
"No Charles what you saw was simply something you don t know how to explain and because you do not know what it was you pass it off as an illusion, please don t lie to us i know very well what it was and so do you, so stop denying it." I snap, he looks offended that a woman would say that to him, "Sorry, but to be blunt i have just had a room of dead people try to kill my cousin and i" i say looking away, he nods
"If you're going to deny it, don't waste my time. Just shut up." The doctor snaps, Dickens is stunned.
"What about the gas?" the doctor asks Sneed
"That's new, sir, never seen anything like that." came his reply
"Means it's getting stronger, the rift's getting wider and something's sneaking through." the doctor summarises,
"What's the rift?" Rose asks, i keep my gob shut knowing that jack monitors it,
"A weak point in time and space. The connection between this place and another. That's the cause of ghost stories, most of the time." The doctor explains to us, though i only half listen as i know already,
"That's how I got the house so cheap." Sneed says with realisation, Dickens sneaks seemingly un-noticed from the room.
"Stories going back generations. Echoes in the dark. Queer songs in the air and this feeling like a... shadow. Passing over your soul. Mind you, truth be told, it's been good for business. Just what people expect from a gloomy old trade like mine." Sneed says Gwyneth leaves the room and i look at the doctor he nods and we both step out rose following me.
XXX
Gwyneth is lighting another gas lamp when Rose and I come in and start washing up Rose piled them on the side carefully as i washed.
"Please, Miss's! You shouldn't be helping! It's not right!" Gwyn says
"Don't be daft. Sneed works you to death." Rose says as she hands Gwyneth a cloth to dry up, i nod my head, "How much do you get paid?" she asks
"Eight pound a year, miss." Gwyn says bashfully,
"That much?" Rose asks shocked,
"Well that s good considering how much you work" i say
"I know. I would've been happy with six." Gwyn says with glee, Rose however looks dumbfounded.
"So, did you go to school or what?" Rose asks, i fake a gasp
"Rose! Don t be rude." I say
"Of course I did. What do you think I am? An urchin? I went every Sunday. Nice and proper." Gwyn answers Roses question
"What - once a week?" Rose asked,
"We did sums and everything. To be honest, I hated every second." I nod
"Yeah but at least you didn t have to go for five days a week," i say,
"Me too." Rose says answering both Gwyn s statement and my own with a nod, we all laugh.
"Don't tell anyone, but one week, I didn't go and ran on the heath all on my own!" Gwyn says as she looked outraged
"I did plenty of that with Alexandra here." she says pointing to me, "I used to go down the shops with my mate Shareen. And we used to go and look at boys!" Rose continues, Gwyneth stops laughing at once and looks scandalized.
"Well, I don't know much about that, miss." She says quietly, she turns back to the washing up.
"Come on, times haven't changed that much! I bet you've done the same." I say as i pass rose a plate,
"I don't think so, miss." She says looking down as she dry s a cup,
"Gwyneth! You can tell me! Bet you've got your eye on someone." Rose and i say at the same time,
"I suppose. There is one lad..." I smile softly as she admits this, Rose looks extremely chuffed. "The butcher s boy. He comes by every Tuesday. Such a lovely smile on him!" She continues,
"Oh, I like a nice smile, Alex has someone with a good smile. Good smile, nice bum, me." I look confused as she had said i had someone, who? Again, Gwyneth looks shocked.
"Well, I have never heard the like!" Gwyn says looking at the both of us, Rose just laughs. Then, Gwyneth laughs too.
"Ask him out! Give him a cup of tea or something, that's a start." I say with a giggle
"I swear, it is the strangest thing, miss. You've both got all the clothes and the breeding but you talk like some sort of wild thing!"
"Maybe we are. Maybe that's a good thing. You need a bit more in your life than Mr Sneed." Rose says with a shrug
"Ah, now that's not fair. He's not so bad, old Sneed. He was very kind to me to take me in. Because I lost my mum and dad to the flu when I was twelve." I look at her with sympathy
"Oh, I'm sorry." Rose says
"Thank you, miss. But I'll be with them again, one day. Sitting with them in paradise. I should be so blessed. They're waiting for me. Maybe your dad's up there waiting for you too, miss. But you Miss Alex, who do you have?" she asks me
"I might see my sister," i say
"Maybe." Rose nods absently then realises "Um, who told you he was dead?" she asks looking at her, Gwyneth realises what she has said and turns quickly back to the washing up.
"I don't know, must've been the Doctor." Gwyn says lightly
"My father died years back." Rose continues
"You've been thinking about him lately, more than ever." Gwyn says getting a far off look.
"I s'pose so... how do you know all this?" Rose asks,
"Mr. Sneed says I think too much. I'm all alone down here. I bet you've got dozens of servants, haven't you miss's." Gwyn says trying to change the topic, we laugh.
"No, no servants where we're from." I say
"And you've come such a long way." Gwyn continues again with a far off look,
"What makes you think so?" Rose asks
"You're from London. I've seen London in drawings, but never like that." she says staring at us intently "All those people rushing about. Half naked, for shame. And the noise... and the metal boxes racing past... and the birds in the sky... they're metal as well. Metal birds with people in them. People flying. And you - you've flown so far, further than anyone, Miss Alex! The things you've both seen... the darkness... the big bad wolf, and the Lone wolf-" she stumbles back "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, miss's!" she says apologising franticly,
"S'alright..." Rose says quietly
"I can't help it - ever since I was a little girl. My mum said I had the sight. She told me to hide it!" She continues
"But it's getting stronger. More powerful, is that right?" The doctor says making us all jump 'huh i forgot he was there.' i think as we turn to see the doctor standing in the doorway.
"All the time, sir. Every night. Voices in my head." Answers he head down
"You grew up on top of the rift. You're part of it. You're the key." The doctor says, i see where this is going and i frown.
"I've tried to make sense of it, sir. Consulted with spiritualists, table wrappers, all sorts." Gwyneth says
"Well, that should help. You can show us what to do." The doctor says to her
"What to do where, sir?" Gwyneth asks confused
"We're going to have a s ance." the doctor informs
XXX
They are all sat around a table. Myself not included, i was sitting on the side,
"This is how Madam Mortlock summons those from the Land of Mists. Down in Mid Town. Come. We must all join hands." Gwyneth says
"I can't take part in this." Dickens says standing up
"Humbug? Come on, open mind." the doctor says,
"This is precisely the sort of cheap mummery I try to un-mask. S ances? Nothing but luminous tambourines and a squeeze box concealed between the knees. This girl knows nothing." He continues,
"Dickens please just shut up and get on with it." i say with a sigh, he looks at me
"And what of you, why do you not partake in this?" he asks i roll my eyes,
"I've always been sensitive to any sort of energy" i say, I m lying through my teeth but he doesn't need to know, i just know what s going to happen and refuse to take part,
"Now, don't antagonize her. I love a happy medium." I groan as the doctor says this and drop my head into my hands
"I cannot believe you just said that" I say looking at him,
"I can't believe you just said that either." Rose says sharing my thoughts
"Come on, we might need you." The doctor says to Dickens, Dickens sits down again.
"Good man. Now, Gwyneth. Reach out." the doctor say instructing Gwyneth on what to do,
"Speak to us. Are you there? Spirits?" Gwyn calls out, Dickens rolls his eyes.
"Come. Speak to us that we may relieve your burden." She raises her eyes to the ceiling. A murmuring fills the room.
"Can you hear that?" Rose asks looking around
"Nothing can happen. This is sheer folly." Dickens says as though he's trying to convince himself,
"Look at her." Rose says, i look over at Gwyneth
"I feel them. I feel them!" Gwyn shouts, The gas creatures begin to fill the room.
"What're they saying?" I ask
"They can't get through the rift. Gwyneth, it's not controlling you, you're controlling it. Now look deep. Allow them through." The doctor says
"I can't!" Gwyn cries, i was starting to feel light headed,
"Yes you can. Just believe it. I have faith in you, Gwyneth. Make the link." The doctor encourages, my gut began to twist in knots, Gwyneth looks almost pained. Then suddenly, she lowers her head and opens her eyes.
"Yes." Gwyn replies, Three gaseous figures appear behind her - the Gelth. Dickens' mouth drops open.
"Great God. Sprits from the other side!" Sneed exclaims, the twisting got worse
"The other side of the universe." The doctor says,
"Pity us. Pity the Gelth. There is so little time, help us." The Gelth say, i roll my eyes and mutter to myself
"Pity is the last thing you need, just get lost,"
"What do you want us to do?" the doctor asks
"The rift. Take the girl to the rift. Make the bridge." the middle one says, i sway slightly,
"What for?" the doctor asks, i felt as though everything was so far away,
"We are so very few. The last of our kind. We face extinction."
"Why, what happened?" The doctor asks
"Once we had a physical form like you. But then the war came." The Gelth say
"War? What war?" Dickens questions
"The Time War." I flinch as the Gelth say that i know that that war was not pretty in the least, The Doctor and Rose glance at each other and then over to me.
"The whole universe convulsed. The Time War raged invisible to smaller species but devastating to higher forms. Our bodies wasted away. We're trapped in this gaseous state." the leader says
"So that's why you need the corpses." the doctor concludes,
"We want to stand tall. To feel the sunlight. To live again. We need a physical form, and your dead are abandoned. They're going to waste, give them to us!" yeah because that s subtle isn't it?
"But we can't!" Rose says
"Why not?" The doctor asks,
"It's not... I mean, it's not..." Rose stumbles over her words, i however focus on breathing at this moment,
"Not decent? Not polite? It could save their lives." the doctor says letting his emotions get the better of him, they stare at each other for a moment.
"Open the rift. Let the Gelth through. We're dying. Help us. Pity the Gelth!" They disappear and Gwyneth collapses forwards onto the table. Rose gets up immediately and goes to he, I however don t see much and black out falling backwards.
XXX
I wake up sitting on the sofa still the doctor standing nearby, Rose is mopping Gwyneth's forehead as she lies asleep on a couch. Slowly, her eyes open. She fidgets.
"It's alright. You just sleep." Rose says softly
"But my angels, miss. They came, didn't they? They need me?" Angels? I keep still so as not to draw attention, The Doctor is leaning on a wall just behind Rose.
"They do need you, Gwyneth. You're they're only chance of survival." The doctor says
"I've told you, leave her alone. She's exhausted and she's not fighting your battles." Rose says as she turns on him,
The Doctor leans his head back and sighs. Rose turns back to Gwyneth and offers her a drink.
"Drink this." Rose says quietly
"Well, what did you say, Doctor? Explain it again. What are they?" Sneed asks
"Aliens." Doctor
"Like... foreigners, you mean?" Sneed
"Pretty foreign, yeah. From up there." The doctor says as he points skywards.
"Brecon?" Sneed asks
"Close. They've been trying to get through from Brecon to Cardiff but the roads blocked. Only a few can get through and even then they're weak. They can only test drive the bodies for so long, then they have to revert to gas and hide in the pipes." The doctor explains
"Which is why they need the girl." Dickens concludes
"They're not having her." Rose says
"But she can help. Living on the rift, she's become part of it, she can open it up, make a bridge and let them through." The doctor argues
"Incredible. Ghosts that are not ghosts but beings from another world who can only exist in our world by inhabiting cadavers." Dickens says
"Good system. It might work." The doctor says, Rose gets up and walks over to the Doctor.
"You can't let them run around inside dead people!" Rose says to him
"Why not? It's like recycling." The doctor
"Seriously though, you can't." Rose says
"Seriously though, I can." the doctor in all his arrogant glory.
"It's just... wrong! Those bodies were living people! We should respect them even in death!" Rose says angrily
"Do you carry a donor card?" The doctor asks
"That's different, that's-" the doctor cuts her off
"It is different, yeah. It's a different morality. Get used to it or go home." the doctor says, Rose stays silent "You heard what they said, time's short. I can't worry about a few corpses when the last of the Gelth could be dying." The doctor says in a softer voice, I snap now i had enough
"Or you can not let your stupid guilt get in the way and save the people that would die if you let them through, they are lying and will kill as soon as they get through." my voice came out as a snarl and the doctor looks at me, shocked before the oncoming storm makes an appearance,
"What would you know of the guilt i feel? you can t tell me what to do, so shut up or go home." he snaps, I snarl at him not afraid in the least,
"You really have no idea what guilt i feel and you know i know what s going to happen you idiot,"
"Do you really expect me to just let them die?!" he shouts,
"Do you really have any idea what they are? no fine do what you like but whatever happens is on you own head you can count me out..."
"I don't care, they're not using her." Rose says firmly
"Don't I get a say, miss?" Gwyneth asks, Both Rose and the Doctor turn to look at her.
"Look. You don't understand what's going on." Rose says softly
"You would say that miss. Because that's very clear inside your head, that you think I'm stupid." Gwyn says
"That's not fair!" Rose says, i get up and put my hand on Roses shoulder,
"Rose just stop, you aren t going to convince her and he is being a stubborn bastard and won t listen to reason, Just please stop..." i say quietly,
"It's true, though. Things might be very different where you're from. But here and now, I know my own mind. And the angels need me. Doctor, what do I have to do?" I turn away from them and breathe deeply
"You don't HAVE to do anything." The doctor says
"They've been singing to me since I was a child. Sent by my mum on a holy mission. So tell me." Gwyn insists
"We need to find the rift." the doctor says as he approaches Sneed and Dickens, "This house is on a weak spot, so there must be a spot that's weaker than any other. Mr. Sneed. What's the weakest part of this house? The place where most of the ghosts have been seen?" the doctor continues,
"That would be the Morgue." Sneed informs,
"No chance you were gonna say 'gazebo', was there?" Rose says disgruntled, Everyone looks at her.
XXX
The key turns in the Morgue, and we all troupe in, led by the Doctor.
"Talk about Bleak House." The doctor says trying to lighten the atmosphere,
"The thing is, Doctor - the Gelth don't succeed. 'Cause I know they don't. I know for a fact there weren't corpses walking around in 1869." Rose says trying to reason with him still,
"Time's in flux. It's changing every second. Your cozy little world could be rewritten like that." He says clicking his fingers and he explains "Nothing is safe. Remember that. Nothing." he says, yeah but he doesn't consider that what he is doing will bring death...
"Doctor - I think the room is getting colder."
"Here they come." Rose Whispers, The Gelth flood into the room. Their leader positions itself in an archway. It has the voice of a child.
"You have come to help! Praise the Doctor! Praise him!" one says
"Promise you won't hurt her!" Rose shout s to them,
"Hurry! Please. So little time. Pity the Gelth." The Gelth says avoiding the demand,
"I'll take you somewhere else after the transfer. Somewhere you can build proper bodies. This isn't a permanent solution, alright?" The doctor says,
"My angels. I can help them live." Gwyn says
"Okay, where's the weak point?" The doctor asks
"Here, beneath the arch." the Gelth says, Gwyneth positions herself beneath the arch.
"Beneath the arch." Gwyneth says, Rose rushes to her.
"You don't have to do this." Rose says in a desperate attempt to stop her, Gwyneth places her hands on Rose's cheeks.
"My angels." She says, Rose staggers backwards.
"Establish the bridge, reach out of the void, let us through!" the Gelth say,
"Yes. I can see you! I can see you! Come!" Gwyneth exclaims,
"Bridgehead establishing." The Gelth says
"Come! Come to me! Come to this world, poor lost souls!" she says to them
"It is begun! The bridge is made!" The Gelth shout, Gwyneth's mouth opens and the Gelth pour out of it.
"She has given herself to the Gelth!" it says, i look at her bleakly, she's dead, gone...
"There's rather a lot of them, eh?" Dickens says
"The bridge is open. We descend." the Gelth say, Suddenly, the figure becomes demonic, the gas turning from blue to red. "The Gelth will come through in force." the Gelth say
"You said that you were few in number!" Dickens shouts to them.
"A few billion. And all of us in need of corpses." It says, The bodies rise.
"Gwyneth... stop this! Listen to your master! This has gone far enough. Stop dabbling, child, leave these things alone. I beg of you-" Sneed says as a body comes up behind him,
"Mr. Sneed! Get back!" Rose shouts, the corpse grabs Sneed from behind and holds him still while another of the Gelth fills his body through his mouth. The Doctor and Rose leap back, i don t move but the doctor grabs my wrist and pulls me with them. Mr Sneed looks up at them through blank, dead eyes.
"I think it's gone a little bit wrong." The doctor says sheepishly
"I have joined the legions of the Gelth. Come. March with us." dead Sneed says
"No!" Dickens shouts, The corpses advance on the Doctor, Rose and I.
"We need bodies. All of you. Dead. The human race. Dead." the Gelth says, they are backing us up against a dungeon door.
"Gwyneth, stop them! Send them back! Now!" the doctor shouts with desperation,
"Three more bodies. Make them vessels for the Gelth." the Gelth says
"I- I can't! I'm sorry!" Dickens stutters, The Doctor looks behind him, spots the dungeon door, pushes Rose and I in there with him and slams it shut again so we are now all locked in here.
"It's too much for me! I'm so-" Dickens says, he jumps and runs from the Morgue as one of the Gelth screeches and swoops at him. The corpses are clamouring to get in the dungeon.
"Give yourself to glory. Sacrifice your lives for the Gelth." The leader says,
"I trusted you. I pitied you!" The doctor shouts
"We don't want your pity! We want this world and all its flesh." They are rattling the door.
"Not while I'm alive." the doctor says
"Then live no more." The Doctor, Rose and I are flattened against the dungeon wall while the Gelth are rattling the door.
"But we can't die." Rose says as she looks to the doctor for reassurance "Tell me I can't! I haven't even been born yet, it's impossible for me to die! Isn't it?!" Rose says sounding desperate, i hadn't said a word to either of them since i had told rose to stop
"I'm sorry." The doctor says,
"But it's 1869, how can we die now? Me and Alex can t die" Rose continues desperately,
"Time isn't a straight line. It can twist into any shape. You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th and it's all my fault. I brought you both here." the doctor says
"It's not your fault. I wanted to come." Rose says she looks at me "So did Alex" she continues, i don t react i just feel numb,
"What about me? I saw the fall of Troy! World War Five! I pushed boxes at the Boston Tea Party, now I'm going to die in a dungeon!" the doctor says suddenly horrified "In Cardiff!"
"It's not just dying. We'll become one of them." Rose says "We'll go down fighting, yeah?" Rose asks looking at both of us
"Yeah." the doctor answers
"All of us?" Rose says looking at me as well, i return her look with a blank stare,
"Yeah!" He exclaims grabbing both our hands i shake mine free the first sign that i am conscious and not sleep walking, he looks hurt but i don t feel anything,
"I'm so glad I met you two." He says looking at the both of us, Rose looks up at him, surprised, i don t react at all, intent on ignoring him.
"Us too." Rose says looking at him, he looks at her with a doubtful expression, they smile at each other, the doctors more sad than anything. At that moment, Dickens rushes into the room.
"Doctor! Turn OFF the flame, turn UP the gas! Now fill the room, all of it, now!" Dickens shouts to him
"What're you doing?" The doctor questions
"Turn it all on! Gas the place!" Dickens exclaims, i look at him with a smile and do as he says, He turns another one on.
"Brilliant. Gas!" The doctor says
"What, so we choke to death instead?" Rose says looking ever sceptic
"Am I correct, Doctor? These creatures are gaseous!" Dickens shouts
"Fill the room with gas, it'll draw them out of the host. Suck them into the air like poison from a wound!" the doctor exclaims with excitement, The corpses all decide to turn on Dickens instead.
"I hope... oh, Lord. I hope that this theory will be validated soon." he says looking pale, the corpses advance dangerously on him.
"If not immediately." Dickens continues
"Plenty more!" the doctor says ripping a pipe and gas spilled into the room faster, and all the creatures are sucked from the bodies with a scream.
"It's working." The Doctor, Rose and I are free to come out of the dungeon.
"Gwyneth! Send them back! They lied, they're not angels." The doctor says looking at the girl,
"Liars." She states simply
"Look at me. If your mother and father could look down and see this, they'd tell you the same. They'd give you the strength. Now send them back!" the doctor pleads
"I can't breathe." I choke at the same time as Rose,
"Charles, get them out." The doctor orders, Dickens grabs our arms, but we shake him off.
"I'm not leaving her!" Rose shouts,
"They're too strong." Gwyn says
"Remember that world you saw? Rose's and Lexa's world? All those people - none of it will exist unless you send them back through the rift." The doctor says desperately
"I can't send them back. But I can hold them. Hold them in this place, hold them here. Get out." she says firmly. Her hand goes to her apron pocket and she takes out a box of matches. Rose rushes forwards.
"You can't!" She shouts
"Leave this place!" Gwyn orders, The Doctor grabs Rose's shoulders.
"Rose, Lexa, get out, go now, I won't leave her while she's still in danger, now go!" the doctor shouts, 'liar' i think to myself, Dickens and Rose leave with me in tow, i look back just slightly, to see the Doctor holds his hand out for the matches.
XXX
Dickens leads Rose and I back through the dark house, filled with gas.
"This way!" he instructs, after a few turns we are out of the house and a safe distance away,
The whole house suddenly goes up in flames, the Doctor diving out of the doorway only just in time to join us. Rose fixes him with a look that plainly asks why Gwyneth is not with him. The Doctor looks back at her and avoids my cold stare.
"She didn't make it." Rose says tearfully
"I'm sorry. She closed the rift." the doctor says solemnly
"At such a cost. The poor child." Dickens says, Rose has not looked away from the Doctor.
"I did try, Rose, but Gwyneth was already dead. She had been for at least five minutes." the doctor says softly
"What do you mean?" Rose asks
"She was dead from the minute she stood in that arch." i say my voice frozen and icy, the doctor flinches and Rose looks at me in shock
"But... she can't have, she spoke to us. She helped us - she saved us. How could she have done that?" Rose asks
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Even for you, Doctor." Dickens says
"She saved the world. A servant girl. No one will ever know." Rose says quietly,
All four of us gaze at the burning house. I turn my back and walk away.
XXX
The Doctor, Rose, Dickens and I arrived back at the TARDIS myself before them as i had left first.
"Right then, Charlie-boy, I've just got to go into my um... shed. Won't be long!" The doctor says grinning, he fits the key in the lock.
"What're you going to do now?" Rose asks Dickens
"I shall take the mail coach back to London. Quite literally post-haste. This is no time for me to be on my own. I shall spend Christmas with my family and make amends to them. After all I've learned tonight, there can be nothing more vital." I smile softly at him the coldness in my eyes gone for a moment,
"You've cheered up!" The doctor exclaims
"Exceedingly! This morning, I thought I knew everything in the world and now I know I've just started! All these huge and wonderful notions, Doctor! I'm inspired. I must write about them!" Charles says enthusiastically
"Do you think that's wise?" Rose questioned, I nod my head,
"I shall be subtle at first. The Mystery of Edwin Drood still lacks an ending. Perhaps the killer was not the boy's uncle. Perhaps he was not of this earth. The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Blue Elementals. I can spread the word! Tell the truth!" Charles says
"Good luck with it. Nice to meet you." The doctor says, Charles shakes his hand "Fantastic." he continues, he turns back to the TARDIS door.
"Bye, then. And, thanks." Rose says, She kisses him on the cheek. Dickens looks taken-aback.
"Oh, my dear- how modern. Thank you, but, I don't understand - in what way is this goodbye? Where are you going?" he asks confused.
"You'll see. In the shed." the doctor says as he opens the door,
"Oh, my soul. Doctor, it's one riddle after another with you. But after all these revelations, there's one mystery you still haven't explained. Answer me this - who are you?" he asks once more, the doctor pauses.
"Just a friend. Passing through." he says,
"But you have such knowledge of future times. I don't wish to impose on you, but I must ask you. My books. Doctor - do they last?" he asks desperately,
"Oh, yes!" he answers happily,
"For how long?" Charles asks
"Forever!" The doctor says with a laugh, Dickens tries to look pleased and modest at the same time.
"Right. Shed. Come on, Rose...Lexa..." he says, they both turn to the door.
"In - in the box? The three of you?"
"Down boy. See ya!" the doctor says as the doctor and Rose enter the TARDIS i look at Charles,
"I'm glad i met you Charlie, honestly you have an amazing imagination and i wish you could write more..." i say sadly I walk forward and hug him, he returns it briefly before i step back with a soft smile, "Good bye Charles Dickens, stick around for the surprise..." i say as i step into the TARDIS closing the door and walking to the screen,
"Doesn't that change history if he writes about blue ghosts?" Rose asks
"In a weeks time it's 1870, and that's the year he dies. He'll never get to tell his story Rosie." i say looking at the monitor, they both look at the screen where they can see Dickens is still standing outside.
"Oh, no! He was so nice." rose says sadly
"But in your time, he was already dead! We've brought him back to life! He's more alive now than he's ever been, old Charlie-boy. Let's give him one last surprise." the doctor says setting the coordinates for the vortex, he hits a button and the engines rev up. They smile as they watch Dickens' face when the TARDIS disappears before his eyes.
Once we were safely in the vortex the doctor looks at me and my anger returns full force, My eyes turn cold once more displaying my fury
"Lexa..." The doctor says pleadingly
"No" i say my voice so cold that he actually flinched and Rose took a step back, I walk passed him and as he tries to grab my arm i pull away violently and continue to walk off, down the halls the doctor calling after me, the TARDIS hum's but i ignore her
"Lexa... wait please..." he begs, i whirl around
"I said it was on your own head, deal with it... I warned you but you wouldn't listen, i tried to stop you but you let that pointless guilt of yours get in the way and of course your pride, your too good to listen to someone when they tell you no aren t you?" i say he flinches again, "You say i don t know the guilt you feel, you may have condemned your planet, but i condemned my own sister! people wanted me dead and my own family made me watch as my younger twin sister was murdered in front of them for all of the public to see! You may have just come from the time war, you may think that was hell but at least you only left your families graves behind, i watched my life fall apart and then my heart turned to dust when my lover left me because i was to be married to a man for power! i have walked on fire for most of my life screaming soundlessly as i suffered, i tried to spare you the pain of more death on you conscious but you wouldn't listen! You-" he pulled me into a hug and i beat a his chest trying to pull away "Let go! Let go! Let go!" i shout as my shouts turn to sobs and i collapse against him crying for everything i have lost and for the time war and his pain, how may innocents died in that war, how much bloodshed, how many children lost to blood and violence...? i cried until i could no more, the doctor had lowered us to the floor at some point but i couldn t care less,
"I just don t want to see anymore death, it's pointless," i say my voice hoarse and cracked from the strain of the screaming i had done, i felt emotionally exhausted, I try to stand up but stagger the doctor stopping me from falling, "Thank you and... I'm sorry, i said a lot of things i shouldn't have..." i say my voice still cracking, he shakes his head but when i look up i see tear tracks down his face, he had been crying... I push away slightly and use the wall to hold myself up "goodnight doctor..." i say stumbling to my room and closing the door and locking it.
i pick up a night dress and put it on before climbing onto the bed and hearing the TARDIS humm soothingly once more as i fall to sleep, it did nothing to stave off the nightmares i had of my family or the screams of a war i could only imagine...
Doctor's P.O.V
So many memories and guilt had had built up it took that small woman to tear down walls and make me let out the pain, thinking back i remember Jabe saying she couldn't believe that 'They' still existed and what Gwyneth had said, Bad wolf and Lone wolf i head to the med bay and look at the medical scan i had performed when i had stitched up her side and asked the TARDIS to run another one, after two minutes a beep hit my ears and i read the screen, and what i saw sent me into despair, her body was slowly failing, shutting down, painlessly, one day she just won t wake up... but she was human...
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so what do you think give me a bit of feedback and let me know. Now we know a little more about Alex and what her life was like in the other world less moments in this once and a little fury... hope you liked it...
Shadow OUT!
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