Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC. If I did then Gandalf would be my history teacher.
Author's note: This time I have a legitimate excuse for being late. My internet was being annoying and refused to work. Anyway, time to find out some more about Hex's watch.
The Doctor quickly flew the Tardis away from the exploding Nestene Consciousness and to a street somewhere safe. Micky runs out, terrified while Rose rang Jackie. Once Rose was done on the phone she joined Hex who had come over to Micky to offer him some comfort. The Doctor watched from his place in the doorframe, leaning against the open door. "A fat lot of good you were" Rose commented to the Doctor. "Nestene Consciousness? Easy" the Doctor replied, snapping his fingers for emphasis. "You were useless in there. You'd be dead if it weren't for Hex" Rose said, earning a light smack on the arm from said girl which she ignored. "Yes, I would. Thank you" the Doctor said, looking at Hex and addressing her for the last part, making the girl blush.
"Right then, I'll be off, unless, er, I don't know, you two could come with me. This box isn't just a London hopper, you know. It goes anywhere in the universe free of charge" the Doctor offered. But Micky also had something to say about it; "Don't. He's an alien. He's a thing". Hex just rolled her eyes at his insensitivity and walked up to the Doctor. "I would love to come" Hex said with a grin. The Doctor just grinned back and stepped to the side, motioning for Hex to enter the Tardis, which she did. Hex knew that the Doctor would forget to mention the time travel bit and this would give her a chance to talk to him privately before they went back to pick up Rose.
Hex sat down on the captain's chair by the console and waited for the Doctor to finish with Rose. Oh Sexy, what am I going to tell him? Hex had no idea where to start. Tell him what you can, what you think he should now. The Tardis offered. Yeah, cause that really helps. Soon the Doctor walked back in without Rose and went straight to the console and dematerialized the Tardis.
I'll have to get this over with at some point. "So I'm guessing you've noticed" Hex started. The Doctor turned to face Hex, leaning back against the console with his arms crossed over his chest. "What? That you know things that you really shouldn't. Yeah, I've noticed. Oh, and that eye colour is not natural for humans" the Doctor said almost casually, although Hex could hear the caution in his voice. "Good. I couldn't really talk to Rose about this so I was actually kind off hoping to get to talk to you. I don't really know what happened to me but my best guess would be that I somehow jumped from a different Universe; my Universe, to this one, and that it has something to do with my pocket watch" Hex explained. The Doctor, who had been listening attentively, furrowed his brows. "Can I see that pocket watch?" he asked.
Hex pulled at a chain around her neck that the Doctor only just noticed for the first time, and pulled out the pocket watch hanging from the end. The first thing that the Doctor noted when he stepped closer to Hex to inspect the watch, was that it definitely wasn't something he recognised from anywhere. That could be both a good and a bad thing. Hex held out the watch, which was still attached to chain around her neck, to the Doctor who carefully reached out and took it. "Can I open it?" He carefully asked Hex, who just nodded in response, after he had looked at the exterior and found nothing unusual about it. Hex was too busy trying not to blush at the Doctor's close proximity to trust her own voice at the moment. The Doctor opened the watch to find the two extra hands that didn't move and the colourful numbers. The watch also gave the date, but that didn't seem too special.
"Has anything changed in the watch after your so called jump?" the Doctor asked. He didn't know why, but he believed her. A part of him told him that she was telling him the truth. What would she get from lying to him anyway? "Um, yeah. It used to be bronze and now it's gold. The numbers got all colourful and those two extra hands appeared but they haven't changed since I've arrived about three weeks ago. It seems the watch changed me too. I seem to have a different hair and eye colour, some powers including telepathy, on top of knowledge I really shouldn't have, including knowledge on you" the Doctor paused at this. He was about to scan the watch with his sonic when she mentioned this. "About me? What do you mean about me?" the Doctor asked. Well, I can't tell him he was a TV series back home so let's go with this. "Well, I know things about your past. Not everything but certain things. Additionally I seem to have some foreknowledge about your timeline. I already knew everything that was going to happen with the Nestene Consciousness before it happened. I'm not stupid though. I know I can't tell too much because of Paradoxes and things like that, so don't even bother asking about your future" Hex explained, hoping that the Doctor was going to believe her.
The Doctor took a moment to take this information in. He knew that he had to be careful with foreknowledge and that certain things had to happen, but he still wanted proof of what Hex was telling him. "Ok, prove it to me. I know you can't tell me anything about my future but tell me something else then" the Doctor asked, almost a little afraid of what he was going to hear. Hex took a deep breath before deciding on what she was going to tell him to try and get him to believe her. "Ok, but I'm warning you that you might not like hearing this" Hex warned, waiting for the Doctor to nod before she continued. "Well, first of all, Theta Sigma" Hex carefully watched the Doctors reaction to this. His eyes grew wide and he had to take a deep breath before he nodded again for her to continue. "Furthermore, I know that you recently came from the Time War where you fought. You are a Time Lord, you are around 900 years old, you destroyed Gallifrey to end the war, taking the Time Lords and the Daleks with it. You are the only survivor. You feel guilty, even though you did the right thing" Hex said. She immediately saw the sadness and guilt in his eyes, so she tried to think of something a little more cheerful. "Oh and this is your ninth body. If it helps, this body has an unhealthy obsession with bananas" Hex tried. The Doctor gave a small smile, he couldn't blame Hex when he was the one who had asked for proof. "Hey, bananas are good" the Doctor said, going back to his cheery self a little.
"Well, you see why I couldn't exactly tell Rose about all this. Talking about her though, you forgot to mention that the Tardis can travel in time too, didn't you?" Hex teased. The Tardis chuckled a little. The Doctor's eyes widened in realisation before he raced around the console to get back. "You said you got powers like telepathy" the Doctor commented as he went around the console. "Yeah. I don't know what I can do yet, but I know there is more to it than just telepathy and an inhuman reading speed" Hex said, as the Tardis landed. So you can hear me now then? Hex heard the Doctor ask her in her mind. Yes. Hex replied as the Doctor walked towards the Tardis doors. That could come in handy. The Doctor commented as he opened the door and stuck he head out.
The Doctor walked back into the Tardis and towards Hex, leaving the door open. "Can I see that watch again?" the Doctor asked. Hex handed him the watch, still not taking the chain off. The Doctor pulled out his sonic and scanned it. He read the readings and put the sonic back in his coat pocket. "I'd like to try something" the Doctor said and when Hex nodded, a little distracted by how close he was, he tried to lift the chain over her head, only to find that his arms wouldn't lift halfway up anymore. The Doctor dropped the watch back down and looked at it funny. "Can you try and take it off?" the Doctor asked. He had a theory to prove. Hex nodded and did the same, only to come to the same conclusion. She gave the Doctor a puzzled look. "It seems the watch is part of you now and can't be taken off. My sonic says it's a Dimensional Manipulator. Looks like you might pop off again at some point, go to a different Universe, and then at some point pop back in" the Doctor explained as Rose rushed into the Tardis. Hex, noticing Rose's return, simply nodded at the Doctor before turning to Rose and grinning at her. Rose just grinned back and rushed over to her. The two girls embraced and burst into giggles.
"I never actually asked but, Hex is not a usual name. Is it short for something?" the Doctor asked, as if they hadn't had the last conversation at all. "Yeah. My full name's actually Alexis Firestone" Hex replied. The Doctor just nodded and dashed around the console to dematerialize the Tardis. The Tardis shook a little. "It's a little bumpy" Rose commented, holding onto the seat tightly which she was sitting on with Hex. "That's because he leaves the breaks on" Hex explained. "Yeah, but that's what makes it fun" the Doctor said once the Tardis had calmed down.