Again, none of this in any way is connected to my life, obviously. Except for me naming my character with my middle name. But everything else is purely coincidental. Also, a disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who. If I did, we wouldn't be having withdrawals. Now, onward!
"Um, do you actually know where whatever or whoever took Ashley is?" I asked the Doctor as I followed him over to the monitor. He started putting something into the monitor as I sat down in the pilot chair next to him.
Either the Doctor was choosing to ignore me, or he just hadn't heard me, because he was muttering to himself. I leaned back in the chair and got comfy. I tried to keep up with what he was saying, but after awhile, I started to zone out a bit. You would too if you were listening to the Doctor muttering about things you couldn't even understand. I also started to fall asleep. That is, until the Doctor let out a huge "AHA!", causing me to wake up abruptly and flail around because I was about to fall out of the chair. I sat back up and noticed the Doctor, who appeared to have finished looking at the monitor and also muttering to himself, looking at me with amusement.
"Awake now, are we?" He asked.
"Yes. I'm fully awake." I said. "I promise I won't go dozing off again.
"Good. Just checking." He said, grinning.
"So you know where we're going now?" I asked, now fully awake.
"Yup!" He said. I watched as he ran around the console, flipping levers and hitting buttons with a hammer. It was so odd seeing him do this right in front of me and not on the screen. "Allons-y!" He said as he flipped a lever and the time rotor began moving and those wheezing groaning sounds began.
I couldn't help but grin at that. Never in a million years would I ever hear those words in person, but yet here we were. Never would I have imagined that I would actually be traveling in the TARDIS. I'd always wondered what it would be like, but again, it was always just fantasy. Now, I was actually in the TARDIS, traveling through the time vortex. I also couldn't help but groan a bit as I promptly fell on the ground. To be honest, I probably should have expected that to happen. A few seconds later, the TARDIS landed with a groan and I was still on the floor.
"Er, sorry about that." The Doctor said, as he helped me up. "Ride's a bit bumpy."
"Eh. I've been through worse." I said, as I grabbed his hand and pulled myself up. "Now, can I please get changed? I know you have a wardrobe room in here somewhere."
"Down those stairs and to the right." He said.
"Thanks." I said, as I followed his directions. Or at least attempted to. It was a little bit challenging navigating the halls, but luckily the TARDIS was kind enough to help me. One of the hallways lit up, so I went that way. "Thanks." I whispered. I put a hand on the walls and felt a soothing humming. Yup, the TARDIS was definitely alive. I smiled to myself as I continued walking down the hallway. I finally found myself in the right spot and walked in. "Holy crap! This is huge." I said as I entered.
It was massive. For some reason, I never expected it to be that big. There were all types of clothing and I found myself overwhelmed at the choices. After a while, I finally found a pair of jeans, a mint green long sleeved shirt, and a pair of dark blue slip on shoes. After getting dressed, I made my way back to the console room, which took less time because I actually knew where I was going.
"Well, that took a while." The Doctor remarked as I entered the console room.
"Hey. It's not like I was expecting it to be that huge or have that many clothes in it." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"Well, I never know when I'll need a change of clothes. Wellll, me or my companions." He said, grinning at me. Although, I could definitely detect sadness in that grin.
Briefly, I wondered how much of the show had been true. I wondered if any of the companions on the show were actually real. Clearly, the real version of the Doctor had lost a lot as well, if his eyes were any indication, but how much had he lost? Honestly, there was so much I wanted to know. Which, I did think I was entitled to considering that I just found out the night before that the Doctor wasn't a fictional character. However, I knew better than to ask right now, since we were on a rescue mission to save people from aliens. The fact that this was my life right now wasn't lost on me. Who'd have thought that I'd be about to fight aliens with the Doctor. Not me, that's for sure. I shook myself out of my reverie and focused on the situation at hand.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"It appears we've landed at Trueadale technologies." The Doctor said, looking at the monitor.
"I know what that is." I said. They were a company that sold most of the computers used in a lot of the labs around town and some of the other businesses. Whenever I passed the imposing building, I always shivered because there was something so odd about it. Now I knew why.
"Well, shall we do some investigating, then?" The Doctor asked, grabbing his trench coat from a coral piece, slipping it on, and opening the doors to the TARDIS.
"Lead the way, Doctor." I said, grinning. I was definitely starting to get a little bit excited. Was I terrified? Of course I was. I'd just recently found out that aliens existed, especially the ones from the show. Heck, I didn't even know if the aliens that took everyone were aliens from the show. And they had my best friend. So yes, I was frightened. But despite that, there was something so thrilling about doing some alien investigating with my favorite Doctor who, up until last night, I'd only thought of as a fictional character. Life was definitely weird. Plus, if it meant doing some good in this world, I was going to take it.