When she walked into the service directors office she could immedittely tell that he was in a foul mood. The coffee she had brought him earlier was still sitting, untouched, on the corner of his desk. He had a stack of papers sitting in front of him, and he was sitting in his chair with his arms folded and his eyes scrunched shut. She bit her lip and hesitated, knowing she was going to recieve a verbal backlash for being the one to break the silence here. She cleared her throat uncertainly and when he didn't respond she said loudly, "Sir?"

His eyes flew open. "What?" he barked at her.

She stepped aside, allowing him to see two newcomers standing behind her. "Mr. Foulks, these are two representatives from General Motors." she had already decided against telling him their names unless they asked, she didn't feel like hearing grief over the whole 'Doctor' aspect of the situation. "They need to do a survey of the facility."

He stood up and ran his hands over his shirt, flattening out any stray wrinkles. "Ah, very good! We would be happy to give you a tour of the place!"

Rebecca turned and started to walk out, figuring he could handle it now and not wanting to be a part of the general ass-kissing that was going to take place as her boss practically salivated all over the people from General Motors. As she walked past Rose, the blonde grabbed her by the wrist and whispered, 'Stay?' Caught of guard yet touched by the girls gesture and winning smile, Rebecca nodded and stood behind her.

"We'll get a dealer representative to take you around the facility," he was saying.

The Doctor turned and nodded to her. "We'd be happy with Rebecca walking us around."

She flushed with pleasure. Her? They wanted her to escort them? Her boss sputtered out a reply and with a grin she led the two strangers out of the office and into the garage. This was shaping up to be an awesome day after all.

She walked them through the sales and parts departments, but the Doctor and Rose seemed most interested in the service department, where she worked. They spent alot of times checking out the areas the mechanics worked in, answering quesitions that seemed more bizarre by the minute.

"Do you get alot of shipments? Maybe arriving in this area instead of the parts department."

"Ah, not that I know of."

"How about your personel? Hire any new people lately?"

"No, we've had the same crew for a few years now."

"What about anything strange? Have you seen anything that would be considered...odd?"

She paused, thinking about the blue glow she saw on her boss earlier. She decided not to tell them. She was sure they would just think she was crazy. "No," she responded. "Nothing odd around here."

The Doctor stared at her for a second longer than normal and if Rebecca didn't know any better she would say that he somehow knew she was lying.

Rose piped in, "How do you like working here?"

She was flabbergasted momentarily. She couldn't remember the last time anyone had asked her that, and she wasn't sure whether she should be completely honest with them. She looked at their faces and they seemed so sincere, so forthright. She decided to give them the same courtesy. "No," she admitted. "It's pretty horrible, and seems to be getting worse all the time."

"When did this...worseness start?"

She thought about it. "I guess it has been for the past few months. Tensions are running high. Everyone is one edge, without really knowing why."

The Doctor nodded as he looked around. "Very interesting," he murmmered. He walked over where a few drums were laying on their side in the back of the garage. Rebecca and Rose followed him over. The Doctor bent down and looked more closely at some purple fluid that seemed to be leaking from the bottom of the drum. Then, even more curiously, he removed a thin metal cylindrical object from his inside jacket pocket. Rebecca leaned over closer to see what he was doing. Was he taking a sample of the fluid? Suddenly the tip of the object in his hand lit up with a blue glow. She stepped back so quickly she almost bumped into Rose, who was standing right behind her. Rose grabbed her arms steadily, to keep her from falling.

"S'all right, really," Rose said to her quietly. "The Doctor knows what he's doing."

He stood back up and turned to face them, the smile on his face not quite reaching his the tension behind his eyes. "I think we're done here!"

The things that just didn't seem to add up were starting to give Rebecca a headache. "You two," she started hesitantly "aren't really reps, are you?"

Rose and the Doctor looked at each other.

Rose cleared her throat.

"Weeeeeeell, technically we are sort of like reps. But not from GM, no," the Doctor said.

"Yeah," Rose said, "we're more like reps for the human race in general."

Rebecca laughed. "I really have no idea what you guys are talking about, but it's okay. I'll still help you anyway, if I can."

Rose seemed surprised. "Really?"

Rebecca nodded. "Sure. I can't help trusting you guys. You know, despite having lied about where you're from and why you're here."

The Doctor winked at her. "You wouldn't believe us even if we did tell you."

She rolled her eyes. "You'd be surprised. Anyway, is there anything else you guys needed, or...?"

He shook his head. "We're pretty much done here. Thanks for everything, Rebecca. It was wonderful meeting you."

She was surprised to find how disappointed she was to find they were leaving already. She genuinely enjoyed their company. "Alright then. It was great meeting you guys too. Hope you found what you were looking for. Good luck with...everything." With a quick wave and a brief smile she walked away and went back to work, certain she would never see them again.

They waited for her to walk out of earshot and then Rose turned to the Doctor and said, "I like her."

He nodded, his expression unclear. "I do too."

"So, "DID we find what we were looking for?"

He nodded. The screwdriver indicated that the fluid that was in those back drums was a highly concentrated form of ionized -."

"Which is...?"

"What it is, is bad. The only place this substance can be found is the planet Raxacoriofallapatoris."

She groaned. "You have got to be kidding me."

"I wish I was. Seems like some members of the Slitheen family are still hanging around this planet."

"So what do we do now?"

He crossed his arms across his chest. "The Slitheen could be disguised as anyone in this place. If we hang around too much longer now we're surely bound to arouse some suspicions. So. We come back later tonight, after it gets dark. We break in. And we see what else we can find out."