Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC. If I did then Sherlock would be my flatmate.
Author's note: So, Hex is getting to meet people. Like I said, I'll try not to make Hex a Marry Sue, but a lot of characters are going to like her because she seems so innocent and because of something that will be explained later on.
There was a knock on the apartment door and Jackie got up from her place of the couch, telling Hex to stay there. They had been talking about everyday things like clothing and how silly men could be. If Hex were honest, she would have said that she was relieved for the interruption. She hated talking about girly stull like that. She had always been a bit of a tom boy and had preferred talking about different tactics in sports or about different moves from martial arts. After all, Hex had always been good in sports and had spent that last couple years doing whatever activity she could, including a variety of martial arts with Karate as her favourite. To say she was fit would be an understatement. The same would also count for her intellect. Hex had always been clever, and with this new information that had somehow been zapped into her mind, she wondered what kinds of things she would be able to achieve.
Jackie opened the door to reveal Rose, but before she could walk in Jackie stopped her. "What is it now mum?" Rose asked, confused by the way her mother was acting. "Well, we have a house guest of sorts. Now, before you say anything, the poor child has been through quite a lot and I've offered her to stay here and share your room, if you don't mind. Now come, I'll introduce you to her." Before Rose had a chance to protest, Jackie had grabbed her daughters arm and dragged her to the couch after closing the door behind her. "Rose, I would like to introduce you to Alexis Firestone, or Hex as she prefers. Hey, this is my daughter Rose" Jackie said proudly with an arm around her daughter once the two of them had stopped in front of the couch that Hex was sitting on.
Hex looked up at Rose and found that she too looked exactly like she did on TV. Hex stood up from her place on the couch and held out a hand to Rose. "Pleasure to meet you, I've already heard a lot about you from Jackie" Hex said, with a kind, honest smile. Hex was indeed happy and excited to meet one of her favourite characters from the show. Rose smiled back. This girl really was still a kid to her and she seemed quite nice. "Oh um… by the way, I really don't mind sleeping on the couch, Jackie's already been so nice to me and I'd just be grateful to have a roof over my head" Hex added honestly. She really had slept in worse conditions after breakups and she really didn't want to be a burden to either of the two Tylers.
"Nah, it's fine. I really don't mind. I always wanted a little sister anyways and you can't sleep on the couch for ever if you have nowhere else to go. " Rose said happily. Hex nodded. She never knew that Rose had always wanted a sister, but then again, not everything was mentioned on the show either.
Rose and Hex got to know each other while Jackie made a fresh batch of tea. Jackie really does love her tea. The rest of the day was then spent getting to know each other. Jackie and Rose quickly grew attached to Hex and Hex tried but failed not to take an instant liking to the two women. Hex really could see Rose as an elder sister of sorts. As part of her cover story Hex told them that she was somewhat psychic and that she could sometimes tell parts of the future and called it her all-knowing power. As proof she just old them things she knew from the show a.k.a. about Rose getting a red bike for Christmas when she was twelve and about a blond girl being at Pete's side when he died (and of course the name Pete also helped as 'proof').
After that it didn't take her long to convince them that she had special powers. Surprisingly enough Jackie seemed alright with that. Hex had somewhat expected Rose to accept it, especially if she was going to decide to travel with the doctor later, but she had expected that Jacki would be harder to convince. By the end of the day Hex had managed to convince Jackie and Rose to let her look for a job. Of course, Hex would try and get a job at the place where Rose worked so that she would be there when Rose would first meet the Doctor. Hex had no idea how long she would have to wait for him to show up and what would happen to her when he did. She had never been part of the show so her future would be uncertain and by being there she would change things as well, meaning that she wouldn't be able to fully rely on her 'foreknowledge' and would generally have to be careful with what she did.
Three weeks passed and in that time Hex had accomplished quite a lot. She had read up on things she hadn't known yet, finding out in the process that she had an inhuman reading speed. She had also gotten herself a small Tardis Blue notebook and written down notes to the different episodes and things she would try to change. She had gotten a job at Henricks Department Store where Rose worked and had quickly made it from cleaning lady to head of HR. Jackie had insisted that Hex start calling her mum, which was weird at first but she quickly got used to it.
Hey had also started building little things. It all started with fixing house appliances but it soon escalated to her building little drones and even her own sonic screwdriver. She made it look gold and silver like the new hands on her pocket watch which still hadn't moved. Sometimes she would try and explain some of her things to Rose who gave up on understanding them quite early, though Hex was quite adamant on showing her how the sonic screwdriver worked. Since she had her sonic, Hex made sure always to carry it with her just in case, together with some of her other, smaller nick-knacks. Unlike the Doctor, she didn't have pockets that were bigger on the inside so she had to leave the bigger things under the bed that had been put in the bedroom, that she shared with Rose, for her.
It was after those three weeks that Hex recognised the first in a series of events from the show. It was closing time in the store and everyone was starting to leave. Hex was waiting to go with Rose like she did every day. It was then that one of the guards stopped in front of Rose and held out a plastic bag with money inside. Rose sighed and turned to Hex. "Hey Hex, I'll be a second, I still need to bring Wilson his lottery money" Rose called to her unofficial little sister.
Hex, recognising this from the episode Rose immediately perked up and shot to attention. "You know what Rose, I'll just come with you. I've got nothing better to do anyway" Hex immediately replied. If Rose found the hasty reply suspicious, she didn't mention it but simply shrugged in a way to say 'whatever' and waited for Hex to catch up with her so that they could go down to the basement together.
Hex's heart was racing all the way down the elevator. Not because she was about to face living plastic shop dummies, because she could easily cancel the signal from the Nestene Consciousness with her sonic, but because she was about to see the read Doctor for the first time. Hex had always liked the ninth Doctor and always thought that there weren't enough episodes with him, especially when compared to the amount of episodes with the tenth or eleventh Doctor.
"Wilson? Wilson, I've got the lottery money. Wilson, are you there?" Hex had been so busy thinking about the Doctor that she hadn't noticed the the life had stopped and that Rose was already walking towards the red door. Pay attention Hex! You can fangirl and think about this stuff once you and Rose are both safe. Hex rushed out after Rose and made sure that she was next to her by the time she had reached the door.
"We can't hang about 'cos they're closing the shop. Wilson! Oh, come on" Hex said. There was a noise from further down the corridor and both girls turned their heads in the direction. Hex of course knew what was going on but couldn't say anything about poor Wilson who was now probably already dead.
"Hello? Hello, Wilson, it's Rose and Hex. Hello? Wilson?" Rose tried again, but there was no reply. The girls walked into the store room and turned on the lights. It looked exactly like Hex had imagined it if not a little creepier with tall the mannequins and dusty boxes of clothes.
"Rose, I think that we should get out of here. Wilson's obviously not here. Let's cut our losses yeah?" Hey asked. She knew that she had to stay and wait for the Doctor but that didn't mean that she liked putting herself or Rose in danger if it wasn't necessary.
"Don't be silly Hex. Don't tell me you're actually afraid!" Rose teased. "Wilson? Wilson!" Again there was no reply and Rose sighed. The girls walked further in, Hex hesitantly following behind Rose, ready to grab her and run if anything should happen. Suddenly the door slammed shut and the two of them ran back to it and tried to open it but to no avail. Hex grabbed tightly onto Rose's arm, not out of fear but out of worry for Rose who had really become like family to her. There was a noise behind the two and they both slowly turned around to see the shop dummies start moving. "Yeah, you got me. Very funny" Rose sighed. "I don't think this is a joke Rose" Hex hissed at the older blond. Rose just gave Hex a funny look before going back to watching the shop window dummies.
"Right, I've got the joke. Who's idea was this? Is it Derek's? Is it? Derek, is this you?" Rose tried again, slowly moving towards one of the dummies before Hex pulled her back again. The two of them backed away from the dummies until their back hit the wall, Hex making sure that Rose was on the side from which the Doctor would be coming. After all, Rose was far more important than she was. She wasn't even really part of this Universe.
Rose suddenly jumped a little and Hex immediately knew that it was because of the Doctor who had grabbed her hand. Hex was already holding onto Rose's other hand when she heard the Doctor whisper "Run." Rose, and as a consequence of that Hex, get dragged through the basement as the Autons, as Hex remembers them being called, came after them. They were pulled into the lift which started to close just as one of the Autons stuck their arm through the door. The Doctor starts to tug of the Arm and Hex immediately comes to help. Together they pull the arm off, Hex letting go so that the Doctor was holding it.