one word to describe the ride down? slow. (and boring!)
"when are we gonna get there?!" i demanded.
"hold your horses, we'll be there in a minute!" dad responded
"i don't have any horses to hold because you wouldn't let me keep arthur!" i said bitterly. (man! i can hold a grudge!)
"ummm..." martha said. "who's arthur?"
"ok." i was really excited to explain. "we were on this broken down spaceship, and while we were exploring, i saw a horse. and it kept following me. and then i ran into dad and he was like, 'what's with the horse?' and i was like, ' hey dad, this is arthur!' so dad was like, ' oh no, we're not keepin the horse!' and so i said, 'but i let you keep rose!' but he wouldn't let me so i had to leave him there. all alone. on a spaceship." i stuck my tongue out at dad.
"well that makes total sense now thanks!" she said sarcasticly. i was about to reply when i heard a little 'ding'.
"looks like we're here!" dad said cheerfully
"no freakin duh!" i replied as the doors slid open.
"it's about time!" martha said, walking out into the next room. the room we'd just entered was big and roomy, but also cold and drafty. basically giving off a very unfriendly vibe. in a nutshell, i didn't like it. at all.
"alright." i said, going into boss mode. "the controls are over there. dad, go wave your sonic around until you get the bubble down. martha, see that thing on the wall over there?" she nodded. i went over to dad and grabbed his sonic. i waved it at the wall and heard the sound of an alarm disarming.
"great. go grab it and guard the door."
"cool! is it like some futuristicy ray gun or something?" she asked hefting it up on her shoulder.
"no." i said bluntly. "it's a fire extinguisher." there we all started laughing.
"alright, alright, but seriously, we need to get to work." dad said, being a buzzkill.
"fine." martha pouted as she got into position. "but wait. what are you gonna do?" she asked, looking at me. *sigh* humans can ask stupid questions.
"i'm gonna bring the TARDIS down here so we can make a quick get away." i explained
"oh no your not!"dad freaked. "that's to dangerous for someone your age to be doing!"
"MY AGE?!" i demanded. i mean, sure i look like i'm maybe 15, 16, but in reality, (or as close to reality as my life gets) i'm older than all of you reading this combined. if i can absorb the time vortex, slaughter the loch ness monster, (sorry nessie!) defeat and army of daleks, cybermen, ghosts, cat people, and cycaraks, i think i can handle a little trip up an elevator. and that is exactly what i told dad.
"i've done more dangerous stuff than this is my sleep!" i shouted at him. i'm older than martha and rose combined! how am i too young to go up a damn elevator?!" i knew my face was getting red. but i didn't really give a crap.
"it's too dangerous." dad said calmly, which just pissed me off even more.
"you know what? forget it." i turned on my heels and started walking to the elevator.
"and where do you think your going?" dad called after me. i just ignored him as i stepped into the lift. i turned around and flipped him off just as the door closed.
i got out of the lift and peaked around the corner. now, i have a perfect memory. i remember back to the day i was born. eeeggghhh! very gross! but anyways, because of that, i know exactly where to go. i turned right and walked slowly down the hallway. i was always more cautious when i'm alone. i peaked around another corner. 'cost is clear' i whisper to myself. 'one more turn. then i'm safe.' i think. but, just my luck, i peak around the corner and see a dalek, rolling down the hall, right towards me.
" bollocks." i mutter. i'm not armed with anything, and as soon as it see's me, it'll raise the alarm. i racked my brain to come up with a plan. in the meantime, i pressed myself against the wall furthest from the oncoming dalek.
"what to do, what to do!" i whisper. then, out of nowhere, the perfect plan pops into my head.
"thank you brain! you haven't failed me yet!" i set to work laying the trap
dad's pov:
'how could she do that?! just walk out, directly disobeying me! how dare she!?' the doctor paced back and forth while pondering this little mystery, absentmindedly sonicing the controls for the gravity bubble
"you know what martha?" he said randomly. she looked up from fiddling with the fire extinguisher.
"hmmmm?..." she mumbles
"instead of saying the full 'gravity bubble' thing, we should just shorten it to gb. you know, to save time." he said, fiddling with the controls for his sonic.
"god, your lazy! can't even bother to say the whole words? it's not that much easier. i mean," she sounded out 'gravity bubble' then 'gb' "alright, it saves three syllables. i give you that." the whole time dad had been fiddling with the controls.
"alright! i flip this switch, the gb comes down and the alarms go up. ready?"
"i think we should wait for ali first." martha told him "i mean, she does have the tardis."
"don't talk to me about ali. i don't know why i even keep her around!" he bitched. martha sighed.
"maybe because she's your daughter and you love her?" now it was the doctors turn to sigh.
"i guess... by the way where is she? she should be here by now, dontcha think?" martha looked around.
"your right! where is she?" then, all of the sudden, the heard the distinct sound of the TARDIS landing. the wind blowing in their faces. the door swung open, and out stepped ali, looking just as strong as ever.
"someone my age indeed"
just a few minutes earlier:
the ceiling was low, so the security cameras were low enough for me to reach. i pulled out my sonic pen and scanned the footage the camera had shot. i re-winded back to when we had been walking down this hallway, but i didn't see anyone.
"the tardis must have protected us." i muttered. "but, deep down somewhere," i scanned it some more. i smiled as i looked at the screen. "there's gotta be a picture of their mortal enemy, the doctor." i disabled another alarm, set the camera so that the oncoming dalek was in plain view. then i replaced the dalek's image with the image of dad. oh, did i mention the dalek security cameras have guns attached to them? i didn't? well i should've, 'cause that's important to the story!when the camera saw "dad" walking down the hall, it shot the dalek dead. i grined and continued down the hallway to the TARDIS.
"hmm,"i murmured. "i'm surprised nobodies seen it yet." i opened the door and walked into the welcoming arms of my home. i walked over to the console, and typed the coordinates for the center of the planet, two minutes ago.
i heard the hum of the machine coming to life as i materialized in the middle of the room. i opened the doors, leaned my back against it, crossed my arms, looked dad right in the eyes and said
"someone my age indeed."
i saw his expression, and to someone that didn't know him, they would've thought he was furious! but i know my dad, and he was holding back a grin.
"well what are you waiting for?" i shouted at them. "flip the switch and get in!" finally, dad grinned. martha dropped the gun just as he flipped it. it turns out, a dalek was right outside the door, because as soon as he flipped it, a bright n' shiny new dalek rolled in. doctor spotted in the corridor, exterminate, exterminate!" martha ran into the tardis, but i wanted one last revenge. i ran out the door towards the dalek.
"Ali!" dad shouted after me. what are you doing?!" i could hear more of them out in the hall, about to enter the room. i reached for the fire-extinguisher that martha had dropped. i ducked to avoid the daleks kill-ray (at least that's what i like to call it.) and tossed myself on the ground, sliding for the gun. i reached it, cocked it, and fired at the dalek in front of me. a blast of icy air shot out the front, and froze the metal son of a bitch.
i popped open the head and pulled out my pen, scanning around until i found the right wire. i tripped it and kicked the peice of shit out into the hall, hearing it call out
"self destruct initiated!" then the screams of the daleks rolling to escape. but they weren't quick enough. i ran back to the TARDIS just as the dalek blew.
"so." i said, dusting myself off. "where to next?" dad was staring out the window at the destruction i'd caused. martha just stood there staring at me.
"what?" i asked innocently.
"you are a violent child." she said. sounding stunned.
"ok!" dad said snapping out of his revery and running to the console. "let's get as far away from his planet as possible. agreed?"
"ah-greed!" i called happily
"agreed!" martha echoed back. i ran up to the controls and started helping dad fly. i reached for the spacial displacement enableiser, but he swatted my hand away.
"my TARDIS, i get to fly it!"
"and remember what just happened when you wouldn't let me help you?" i said, pulling the lever. and that was how we spent the next 30 seconds of our lives. running around frantically, laughing, and pulling random levers. i was flopped on the chair laughing when dad checked the scanner. his face fell for a split second, but then he plastered ona very fake-looking smile.
"what?" i asked suspiciously. "where are we?" dad looked like he was about to say something, but then he decided to just tell me the truth. (i wise decision.) he turned the scanner towards me and growled.
"i'd rather be on skarro." and i stomped off.