Hey! You see I kept my promise. Here is the second part to the Samantha storyline.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who but I do own Andy, all other original characters and the plot.
Chapter 6. Brando vs. Green
The sun was beating down on me harshly. I huddled more under the umbrella. The humidity rose around me from being under there too long. We had been there for days and I was sulking. Samantha dragged the Doctor off to do activities like scuba diving and hiking nonstop. I only went because I didn't want to be left behind on some island to get lost. I didn't want to wait in the TARDIS either because we were at the freaking Virgin Islands.
I felt like a third wheel. I shouldn't have because I was there before her but she was like an attention magnet. I wasn't particularly having fun but I kept my whining to myself for the most part. I couldn't let her know she getting to me.
During the two days, I had a lot of time to think. I would get Kevin to help clean up the burn marks since he was good with building and fixing stuff. That was his thing. I planned all the gifts I would buy for everyone for Christmas, even the Doctor. He would be staying far away from my house for Christmas though; he couldn't be around my parents. Although he did say, he didn't want to deal with parents anyway. So I was safe.
I wouldn't leave him either. I know that's what Samantha has been alluding to ever since we came to the Islands. She been slowing messing with my mind and trying to get me to leave, so it can be just the Doctor and her. The Doctor didn't seem to notice how uncomfortable I was around her. I couldn't let her win. He couldn't replace me that quickly.
I also decided I didn't like the nickname TD anymore. No new nickname had come yet.
Samantha's voice woke me from my thoughts.
"And, you look so miserable. You're not having fun. Why don't you go play in the water?"
Did I tell you she had been treating me like a child the entire trip as well? I know I was still young but to them I was 18 so she should have stopped patronizing me.
Wait she knew I was miserable. Damn it.
"No, I'm fine." I kept my voice neutral.
"Perhaps it's time for you go home And. If you stay your bad attitude will ruin the rest of the trip for the Doctor and I."
She needed to stop calling me And. One more time and I would shove sand down her throat.
She took my hand. "And," I gripped sand in my other hand. "I know you don't want me here. You feel threatened. And there's no reason to be. Either try to have fun and put on a half pleasant smile or we can drop you off home later. Okay?" She gave me what most would think was a sweet smile.
The Doctor walked over with threes cans of soda and gave us one before sitting down on a towel.
"Having fun?" he asked.
Samantha and I shared a look.
"Of course", she said. I just sipped my drink.
Near us, we heard a loud choking noise. An old woman was bent over and her face was turning bright red. A crowd was forming around her. I was getting sick of crowds.
"Four minutes until brain damage", I commented dryly.
The Doctor glanced my way. No one, it seemed could help her. They all just stood watching. She dropped to her knees then laid flat on the sand. The Doctor jumped up.
"Zero minutes until she passes out." Samantha's hand shot out and stopped before he could get up.
"I feel like I'm burning out here. Surely, someone else can help her while we go take a swim." The Doctor got out of her hold, gave her a cold look and then drove his way into the sizeable crowd.
He would have done the Heimlich maneuver if she hadn't passed out. Instead, he swept his fingers across the back of her throat trying to get whatever was stuck out. CPR was next.
Samantha joined us during it.
"Doctor, she looks better already. How bout that swim now?" She tried again.
I shot her a nasty look while the Doctor ignored her.
"Come on, she's just a bag of brittle bones and saggy skin", Samantha muttered. "Hurry up, already. I want to cool off in the water."
I would have backhanded her if I wasn't busy making sure the old woman was okay.
She coughed up a piece of chicken bone a moment later and the crowd cheered. Her family blessed the Doctor a thousand times before bringing her back to the hotel to rest.
When the Doctor stood, Samantha grabbed his arm again.
"Now that that's over lets"- The Doctor ripped his arm out of her grasp. He had a look of controlled fury.
"Never, rush me again. That woman was going to choke to death and you wanted to go for a swim? Do you have any sense of compassion or are you so self-involved nothing else matters?" He sneered at her.
She shrank back and looked wildly around. She resembled a caged animal waiting to break free.
The Doctor composed himself than broke out into a wide smile.
"How bout a swim? Love a swim." He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the water. I looked back to where Samantha still stood. She twisted her hands around then almost tore her hair out. She caught my eye then stopped.
She marched over to where we were and began splashing the Doctor and I. She no longer looked crazed but had that calm playfulness like before.
We swam for a while. I was actually enjoying myself. I swam out farther than them but stayed close enough so I wouldn't be swept away by the waves. I watched them splash around in the shallow part when Samantha dunked his head under. They traded dunks until she let out a bark of laughter. She shoved his head under and wouldn't let him up, all while still maintaining a steady laugh.
I swam to the shallow part then ran to them.
"Hey, stop! You're actually hurting him." I shoved her and she fell back into the water.
The Doctor spurted out some seawater and breathed heavily. He seemed okay after a minute.
Samantha shoved me back but I only stumbled.
"What's your problem Samantha? You're acting completely crazy right now", I said.
She glared daggers at me.
"I don't have a problem, And. It was just a bit of rough housing. You're ruining our trip again. I think you should calm down."
"I think we all should calm down. Come then, to the TARDIS," the Doctor said.
I didn't trust Samantha. Thinking back to everything that happened ever since we met her, nothing made sense.
First, she came out of nowhere claiming to be hunting Energy Suckers, but when one attacks me at my own home, she doesn't bother to show any concern or think it might be smart to search for others in the area. Not to mention it was a different continent than where she said they were. And after that Energy Sucker got a hold of me and was draining me, she made no move to help. Well, her gun was knocked out of her hand then broken by the other one but who only carries one gun? Especially when you're hunting monsters. And then that thing with the Doctor in the water…
Okay, I needed to calm down and plan how I was going to deal with it. Obviously, she was trying to kill us. Maybe if I could get her to go crazy again, the Doctor would kick her out before she could finally get it done. But I couldn't alert her that I knew her plan.
I stomped throughout the TARDIS searching for Samantha. She wasn't in her room, the bathroom, or the control room. I found her in the kitchen half an hour later.
I made myself a sandwich as loudly as possible. I knew she hated when people disturbed her when she was drinking her precious tea.
"Could you keep it down?" Perfect.
"I'm trying to be quiet," I said.
She snorted. "Well, try harder. I like it quiet when I'm having my night tea. You know this."
"Well if you like it so quiet, why don't you go to your room then?"
"Are you purposely trying to annoy me?" I stayed quiet and tore a piece off my sandwich. She smirked. "I know what this is about. You want to get back at me for today. Andy, And, why don't you just leave already? You're not winning. I won. The Doctor choose me as his new companion and the only reason he came back for you is because you damsel in distressed yourself into a situation so that he could come fix your wounds. You're not smart." Oh but I was.
"Really? Because it didn't seem like he enjoyed your company much today. I'm not leaving. I could never leave the Doctor alone with someone like you. I made that mistake once."
Her smirk grew and she shook her head lightly.
"My, my little Andy. Jealousy doesn't suit your fetus features. You aren't the Doctors favorite girl anymore. Just leave already and admit defeat. It's pathetic now."
"Samantha, you really don't want me around the Doctor do you? Is that why you distracted him with random adventures for months? So that he would forget about me and you could properly sink your claws into him? I'm not leaving. Get over it. Or you can leave and the problem can be solved."
"He doesn't care about you. He doesn't want you here. He wants you to leave. So leave."
"The Doctor would never leave me. I'm his friend. We might not be that close but it counts for something. I'm not leaving."
She shook her head pityingly at me. "You said it yourself. You aren't that close. He decided to spend months with me and only knew you for a few weeks. Aren't you the one who used someone as a human shield?" My eyes snapped open wide. "Yeah, he told me about that. Stop fooling yourself and just leave. Leave!"
I snapped. "My God Samantha. I told you a million times already and you're pretending you can't hear me. Well maybe you're gonna hear this. You get all of your shit together and get the hell out the of TARDIS cause I'm not leaving. I don't trust you and I don't believe that bullshit story about hunting those Energy Suckers either. Your appearance was just a little too freaking convenient." Screw it.
Samantha's smirk fell and she put down the teacup.
"Why are you so paranoid, huh? Huh?! You always have to ruin everything," she whispered the part. Her hands dug into her hair. She had this crazed glint in her eyes.
"You ruin everything Andy. You've made a fool out of me every time! Never can I have a happy moment with you there." Angry tears were streaming down her cheeks. Her face was contorted into a mix of bitterness, depression and blooming wrath.
"You and the Doctor fly around in your little blue box and crush everyone in your path." I didn't know what she was talking about.
"You have no regard for anyone's feelings!" Her words were quicker now.
"Calm down," I said.
"Sure, try to fix things but you make everything worse. You and the Doctor are not saviors like you want everyone to believe.
"Samantha, I don't know what you're talking about. Calm down." I tried to reason with her. I didn't want her to kill me right then and there.
She was talking unsteadily fast. It was hard to understand her. Every few words a sob would come out and her entire body would shake. My eyes grew alarmed as she let out a scream.
"You're both selfish! I'm doing the universe a favor by getting rid of you two. Everyone you've wronged will thank me. Praise me! Praise me! I will make you so sorry, Andy. I will make you so sorry for what you've done to me."
"Calm down psycho." I raised my hands up in surrender
Her eyes flashed. She snatched the teacup. "I am not psycho!"
She threw it at my head and I ducked just in time. It smashed against the wall. I stayed crouched down, to stunned to move.
"And if I am, it's because of you!" She screamed out. Her face was beat red. Veins were popping out of her forehead and neck while more tears trickled down.
"What's going on in here?!"
The Doctor bounded into the room and surveyed the broken cup, me kneeling on the floor and Samantha about to rampage.
"Andy?" He asked.
I stood up but kept my eyes trained on Samantha.
"And him. You and him," she whispered. She fell into a chair.
"She went absolutely bat shit crazy and threw that at me!" I pointed to the stained wall and broken cup without taking my eyes off of her.
"Alright, Andy." The Doctor carefully picked up the broken pieces and threw them away.
Samantha abruptly got up and stormed past us, out of the kitchen.
"She's crazy. She needs to leave," I said,
"Alright, Andy," the Doctor said more firmly.
I huffed, irritated. "Well aren't you going to kick her out?"
"Not now, let's let her calm down before we do anything."
My eyes twitched.
"Doctor, she's clearly unhinged. And she admitted to wanting to' rid the universe of us'". I said hopping that would get his attention.
The Doctor grinned mischievously. "Did she?"
I looked wearily at him. "Yeah."
He snapped his fingers at me. "I already knew that silly!"
When I my editor was editing it today she got to the bottom and was like, where is the rest of it? I do love cliffhangers :P
What do you think of Samantha now? What do you think happened to her to make her hate the Doctor and Andy so much? How do you think they'll handle her? I'd love to hear your theories.
The next chapter has yet to be written but I should have it posted some time next week or the following. Until next time :)
