The moon was a sliver of light in the sky when Rose and the Doctor made it back to the dealership that night. The Doctor had parked the Tardis much closer this time, in case they had to make a quick getaway. They left it on the side lot of the building, the old fashioned blue structure looking out of place next to all the brand new cars.
The Doctor walked up to the door on the side, with Rose close behind and just as he was about to use his sonic screwdriver to open the door he heard a female voice exclaim loudly, "What are you doing?"
The Doctor and Rose both jumped slightly and turned to find Rebecca standing there, her arms folded against her chest.
"What are you doing here?" The Doctor hissed at her.
"What am I doing here? What are YOU two doing here?!" she hissed back. "I forgot my purse and wanted to get it before the cleaners came in. And for the record, I at least WORK here, what excuse do you have?"
"Well we're from the committee of...representatives of...your main processing...oh hell, Rose where were we from again?"
Rose stifled a giggle. "Representatives from General Motors, remember?"
"Ah!" The Doctor exclaimed, pointing a finger at Rebecca. "Yes, that. We're from that, what she said."
The three of them stood looking at each other silently for a moment before Rebecca and Rose burst out laughing.
"Sorry Doctor," Rebecca said, shaking her head. "But I barely believed you when you said it earlier today and you really didn't do too much to convince me otherwise just now."
"I told you so!" Rose excalimed as she patted his arm. "Sometimes you are rubbish at remembering that stuff."
The Doctor adjusted his glasses thoughtfully. "Hm. Well. What was it that gave it away? From earlier, I mean."
Both the strangers looked at Rebecca as she tried to answer as honestly as she was able. "I can't put my finger on it, exactly. I guess it was just more of a feeling when I saw you guys. That you were part of something so much bigger and more important than just car stuff. So. Do you want to tell me who you really are?"
The Doctor and Rose looked at each other silently for a moment. Rose patted his arm and squeezed gently. He nodded to her before looking back towards Rebecca. "Alright. You might want to make yourself comfortable." He grinned. "This could take awhile."
some time later
He was surprised at how well she actually took to everything, considering that he took her view of the world and just expanded it exponentially. For the most part, unless absolutely necessarry he tried to keep his true identity a secret from most humans, as many of them had a hard time wrapping their minds around things that were, well, idifferent/i. All people were special and unique, in his opinion. There was no such thing as an ordinary human, which was one of the reasons why the human race was one of his favorite species. But it was a rare and beautiful person indeed that could accept the truth about him and the universe so easily. Over the years he had taken such people with him on his travels. Rose was one such person. Rebecca had the same potential. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, wondering what it meant that they had crossed paths with her.
"So...now that I know all this, I guess what I saw this morning makes a lot more sense," she said.
"What did you see this morning?" Rose asked.
Rebecca looked at them sheepishly. "Well, I wasn't exactly one hundred percent honest with you when you asked me if I had noticed anything strange lately. I told you I hadn't, rememeber? Well, just this morning, my manager seemed to...glow blue."
"Your manager? You mean that real pleasant sounding fella we talked to earlier?"
She giggled. "Oh yes, that's the one."
"Ah." He appeared thoughtful. "It seems we've found our Slitheen friend. Or at least the body he's hiding in." He turned back to the door and turned on the sonic screwdriver.
"What's that?"
"This?" He displayed it proudly. "It's my sonic screwdriver! Using it to open up the door."
Rebecca held up her key to the building. "We could just use this though, couldn't we?"
The Doctor looked back to her, grinning, "Now where's the fun in that?"
The dealership seemed very different at night. Without all the lights and the hustle and bustle of salesmen and customers, the silence and darkness seemed almost ominous. The three of them padded softly through the showroom, past all the new cars until the reached the door to the garage.
Turning to face them, the Doctor said, "There were slight traces of verbanium throughout this whole place, but the largest concentration I picked up were in those bins in the corner of the garage. That's where we'll start looking." And with that, he used the sonic screwdriver to open the garage door and dart off into the inky blackness.
Rebecca felt fingers wrap around her own and she looked over to see Rose holding her hand. "Don't be scared," she said softly. "The Doctor will fix everything, just you wait and see."
"Oh, I'm not scared!" she grinned back at the blond. If anything, I'm excited! This is the most fun I've had ever!"
Rose looked startled for a moment before echoing her grin back to her. "Now you sound like me, that's what I felt like during my first adventure with the Doctor. Look at us, we must be daft. Running into danger rather than away from it!"
Still holding hands and grinning, they followed the Doctor into the darkness of the shop