Martha sprints for the stairs towards the roof and the doctor and Fallon follow her, as they reach the door of the roof, The doctor turns and urges them both to be quiet as they slip onto the roof, just in time to hear Lazarus flirting with Tish. She had to admit the view of city from the roof was breathtaking, she was pulled from they thoughts when she head Lazarus speaking a passage she was surprisingly familiar with "There's always something to surprise you. Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act-"
"-Falls the Shadow." Fallon finishes off for him without hesitation before she notices the looks she's getting from the others "what? I read"
"Feisty, beautiful and knows her Eliot" Lazarus leered at her making Tish bristle with jealousy and making the doctors look grow darker "I'm impressed"
"I'm much more than that, and you don't impress me at all" Fallon snaps back as the doctor gives a small snort of laughter at her words. Lazarus raises and an eyebrow and Fallon can feel his interest deepen further like it's crawling on her skin, making her want to scrub it off.
"Martha, what are you doing here?" Tish hisses, giving her sister a glare. Martha turns to her sister and tries to pull her away warning her quietly "Tish, get away from him." Her sister looks at her surprised and then her look turns to one of being insulted "What? Don't tell me what to do."
"I wouldn't have thought you had time for poetry, Lazarus, what with you being busy defying the laws of nature and all." The doctor says dryly to him. Fallon keeps her eyes on Lazarus, she's got a really bad feeling something is going to happen I wish I had a weapon on me, I need to see about getting one if I'm going to be in this world, the thought going through her mind.
"You're right, Doctor. One lifetime's been too short for me to do everything I'd like. How much more I'll get done in two or three or four." Lazarus muses smugly making Fallon want to just smack him hard.
"Doesn't work like that. Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It's not the time that matters, it's the person." The doctor tries to argue back gently, trying to be less confrontational but finding it hard with the leered looks Lazarus keeps giving Fallon.
"But if it's the right person" Lazarus countered right back "what a gift that would be." Fallon could not believe the nerve of this guy. Reminds her of someone back in her universe so egotistical and self absorbed
The doctor scoffs "Or what a curse. Look at what you've done to yourself."
Lazarus face drops and gives the doctor a look of distain "Who are you to judge me?" He asked the doctor, shaking with barely contained anger, Fallon could feel it, it was like a burning fire just waiting to explode.
"Over here, Tish." Martha says to her sister urging her come towards her. Tish walks towards her upset with unshed tears in her eyes "You have to spoil everything, don't you?" Tish shakes her head as she continues "Every time I find someone nice, you have to go and find fault."
Fallon rolls her eyes "seriously? Is people in this world just stupid? I'm sure you can do better than Hugh Hefner JR over there" Tish whips round and gives Fallon a offended glare, "I know the age thing's a bit freaky, but it works for Catherine Zeta-Jones." Tish huffs at them.
Lazarus body starts to spasm and his bones start to crack, the doctor clears his throat to get their attention and they turn in time to see Lazarus transformation, "oh crap" Fallon exclaims when she sees that Lazarus is now a massive butt ugly bony scorpion with a human face.
"Still feeling him?" Fallon quips at Tish. The doctor grabs Fallons hand and rushes for the roof door "Run!"
Martha and her sister were first through the doors, then the doctor he yanks Fallon through after him, he quickly sonics the roof door shut, Fallon can tell that it won't keep that monstrous creature out but least it will buy them some time.
They get to the lift and the doctor starts to press the button, while they hear banging and a loud roar, as the creature tries to break in to change them a creature that could probably put a few creatures from the bowels of hell to shame goes through Fallons mind she looks over the doctors shoulder and whispers to him "you know maybe the lift isn't a good option" The doctor gives Fallon a look "just saying" she mutters.
The lights start to flicker and then suddenly they all go out and the doors closes, as a computerised voice sounds out "Security one. Security one. Security one."
Martha turns to her sister "What's happening?" She asks quickly.
Tish looks at her "An intrusion." She trembles a little as she speaks "It triggers a security lockdown. Kills most of the power. Stops the lifts, seals the exits."
Fallon scoffs "well that's a bloody good system to have in place...not" she says sarcastically. The doctor looks at Fallon "Not helping..lovey" Fallon gives a sour look as a reply
"He must be breaking through that door." The doctor says heavy with frustration, before he turns towards the stairs that are leading back down to the lower levels "The stairs, come on!" He says as loud as he can over the alarms blaring.
The doctor once again grabs Fallons hand and pulls her to the stairs, Fallon manages to keep herself from stumbling down them wearing the heels note to self never wear heels again
They aren't even down a few flights when they hear an almighty crash and inhuman roar, Martha turns to look up and screams "He's inside!"
"We haven't got much time!" The doctors yells back as he carries on running.
They make it back to the reception and the guests at the event are still standing around looking a little bewildered despite the roaring alarm going off, Fallon rolls her eyes seriously? Alarm blaring and they are still around like idiots, need to get people out or there's going to a lot more death.
The doctor cuts Fallon out her thoughts when he speaks rapid to Tish "Tish, is there another way out of here?"
Tish nods and shakily says to them "There's an exit in the corner, but it'll be locked now."
The doctor groans and runs a hand down his face before he turns to Martha "Martha, setting fifty four. Hurry." He throws the sonic screwdriver to her, she gives him a quick nod and rushes off too do as she's told.
"Doc we need to get these people out of here now" Fallon says firmly looking around for some sort of plan. The doctor nods "yeah I know" he jumps up onto the chamber podium "Listen to me! You people are in serious danger!" He shouts into the crowd, the crowd stare at him with a few odd whispers, he groans again before shouting again a lot more firmer "You need to get out of here right now!" A woman in the crowd scoffs at him "Don't be ridiculous. The biggest danger here is choking on an olive."
Just as she says that there is a lot crash of glass smashing and the now mutant Lazarus appears on the mezzanine, he jumps down, smashing a table as he does "excellent timing, very dramatic" Fallon mutters. The place erupts into chaos.
People were rushing towards the doors that Martha had finally got open, people poured through in a panicked stampede, unfortunately some people were frozen in fear, including the woman that had scoffed at the doctors warning earlier, Lazarus was just upon the woman when Fallon managed intercept him and she pushes the woman "Go god damn it!" The woman doesn't hesitate this time and runs for the doors.
Lazarus weirdly turns from Fallon and roars and goes to move towards Martha's mother and brother, crap think Fallon think she clocks a small fire extinguisher and grabs it and uses all her strength and throws it and it hits Lazarus square in the back of the head "Oi Professor Creepy you don't want them!" Fallon hollers to him, he turns this time towards her with roar and starts to head towards her this time, giving Martha's family a chance to get away.
Oh crap, I really didn't think this through, a proper weapon would really be handy Fallon thinks to herself, The doctor spots Lazarus heading straight for Fallon and his hearts drop "Lazarus" he shouts to get his attention "Don't touch her! Never her" he continues his tone taking a dangerous edge.
This time Lazarus turns towards the doctor "What's the point? You can't control it. The mutation's too strong. Killing those people won't help you. You're a fool. A vain old man who thought he could defy nature. Only Nature got her own back, didn't she? You're a joke, Lazarus! A footnote in the history of failure!" The doctors goads him as he starts to lead the mutant Lazarus off down a corridor.
That's his plan being bait? Fallon shakes her head and rushes over to Martha working on the computer at the security desk using the sonic screwdriver, "how you doing?" Fallon asks her.
Martha glances at with a quick smile "I think I've got it right, setting 55 and then shone it on the computer, basically point and think yeah?" Fallon shrugs "good plan as any" The lights come on, and all the doors open, Fallon glances at the corridor where the doctor ran down. "You are going to go back and find him aren't you?" Martha questions her.
Fallon looks back at Martha "I... think I need too, I have this.." she trails off and shakes her head "yeah, you should stay with your family, and keep safe" Fallon turns to head after the doctor and Martha scoffs "yeah, no..fat chance of that I'm coming with you"
Fallon raises her eyebrow "alright okay, I'm not going to stop you Little Miss I'm-on-a-mission" Martha rolls her eyes a little at Fallon "let's go Fallon"
"Where are you going?" Francine demands.
"I've got to go back." Martha tells her mother and Francine's eyes grow wide as she grips her daughters arm "You can't! You saw what that thing did. It'll kill you."
"I don't care." Martha tells her mum stubbornly. "I have to go."
"It's that Doctor, isn't it? Francine demands "That's what's happened to you. That's why you've changed. Ever since the Doctor and that Fallon came into your life!" She adds in a very disapproving tone. Fallon glances over and frowns what have they done that's so bad in her mothers eyes?
"He was buying us time, Martha. Time for you to get out, too." Tish pleads her sister. Martha shakes her head at them "I'm not leaving him.
Another hungry roar comes somewhere deep in the building and Fallon sighs "Look we don't have time for this little Family drama hour, so let's drop it now and let's go" Fallon says through gritted teeth.
Martha nods and she sprints back over to Fallon and they head to find the doctor, following the loud noise which sounds like an explosion, they run round the corner and literally run into the doctor "aah" he exclaims at the same time as them. "what you both doing here?" He demanded before he automatically wrapped his arms around Fallon glad she's in his arms and okay and for once Fallon hugs him.
Martha frowns slightly at his actions towards Fallon, even though deep down she knows she has no chance whether it's a early or a later Fallon, she swallows down the thoughts and instead says to him "I'm returning this. I thought you might need it." She says beaming as much as she can as she holds up the sonic screwdriver to him, he unwraps his arms from Fallon and takes the screwdriver.
"How did you..?" The doctor queries still keeping close to Fallon.
"heard the explosion. I guessed it was you." Martha grinned at him. The doctor nods "I blasted Lazarus."
"Did you kill him?" Martha asks him hopefully, but just as she asks that the see Lazarus at the balcony corridor opposite of them crashing the glass railings "that's a no then" Fallon mutters, The doctor pulls the girls along "More sort of annoyed him, I'd say."
They ended up in the room where the night began, which didn't look as elegant as it did at the start of the night, with tables smashed and glass everywhere, and deserted of guests.
"What now? We've just gone round in a circle" Martha cried as she looks around for Lazarus, knowing he couldn't be far behind.
The doctor doesn't answer at first, but then they hear Lazarus just round the corner, before he grabs Fallons hand and leads her over to the chamber as Martha follows "We can't lead him outside." He pulls open the door and pushes Fallon into it "Come on, get in." He states to them before allowing Martha to get in after Fallon and he follows in after them.
It was certainly a tight fit Fallon was pressed into the doctors front and Martha to the side, each small movement of hers brought a blush to the doctors face don't think anything, she's a young Fallon.. ooh but she's still Fallon he shakes his head to get rid of the thoughts that it isn't the time to have them.
"Are we hiding?" Martha whispered to them, Fallon sighs yeah like sitting ducks ready to be snacked on.
"No, he knows we're here." The doctor murmured as he stares at the wall of the chamber "But this is his masterpiece. I'm betting he won't destroy it, not even to get at us." Fallon scoffs a little "let's not jinx it"
Martha ignores Fallons comment and shakes her head "But we're trapped." She argues her volume raising with nerves. "Well, yeah, that's a slight problem." He mutters back tugging at his ear awkwardly. Martha looks at him incredulously "You mean you don't have a plan?"
"Yes, the plan was to get inside here." The doctor snaps back defensively. "Then what?" Cried back in frustration. Fallon takes a deep breath in this chamber was getting smaller and smaller she felt, they could hear Lazarus growling as he circles the chamber.
Well, then I'd come up with another plan."
Martha scoffs at him "In your own time, then." Fallon can't take it anymore and snaps at them both "Look can you both cut it out and come up with a damn plan before we are turned into monster munch!"
They both clamp their mouths shut and the doctor gets to work he reaches into the inside jacket pocket, his hands brushing against Fallons chest as he does making them both blush, as he pulls his sonic screwdriver out he elbows Martha more into the wall "Hey!" She snaps at him. "Sorry, sorry, sorry." He mutter distractingly not really paying that much attention to her. "Here we are." He states triumphantly.
What're you going to do with that?" Martha hisses to him, as Fallon rolls her eyes obviously something clever no doubt Fallon thinks, already catching onto his ego, as the doctor says "Improvise." He starts to wiggle down towards the floor but as he does his lips come dangerously closer to Fallons touching ever so slightly, he pauses for a second and he has to will himself not to press them together harder, but he can feel Fallon tense and he quickly continues to the floor but unfortunately the torture wasn't completely over for him, because he was in front of her legs those beautiful legs.
He sighs and opens a panel then he starts working with the wires and processors he finds there, as Lazarus continues to snarls outside the chamber. "I still don't understand where that thing came from. Is it alien?" Martha asks him sounding more anxious Fallon notes.
He welcomes the distraction from thinking of Fallons legs in front of him "No, for once it's strictly human in origin." He says back voice stormy. "Human? How can it be human?" Martha asks in disbelief. Fallon frowns at that somehow making her think about werewolves in her universe for a moment.
"Probably from dormant genes in Lazarus's DNA. The energy field in this thing must have reactivated them. And it looks like they're becoming dominant." The doctor rattled off paying more attention to what he was doing than what he was telling them.
"So it's a throwback." Martha whispered more to herself. Fallon furrows her eyebrows "wait I'm not scientific but does that means it's something in every human and they can become that?"
"Some option that evolution rejected for you millions of years ago, but the potential is still there. Locked away in your genes, forgotten about until Lazarus unlocked it by mistake." He explained to them quickly as he continued to work with his sonic.
"It's like Pandora's box." Martha gasped, "well let's get that closed firmly then yeah" Fallon mutters back, the doctor hums "exactly" he confirmed.
Suddenly the machine powers back and the lights turn on quite blindly, "Doctor, what's happening?" Martha asks him a little worriedly, "Sounds like he's switched the machine on." The doctors says trying to sound as calm as he can. It certainly didn't do any good. "And that's not good, is it?" Martha asked nervously, Fallon glances at her and groans "well obviously it isn't good, nothing about this whole thing is good" Fallon says tensely. "Sorry that was a little harsh" she adds in after seeing Martha's look.
The doctor shakes his head "anyway well, I was hoping it was going to take him a little bit longer to work that out." He admits to them, still working on the machine with his sonic.
The machine starts to spin and the lights get brighter "I don't want to hurry you, but-" Martha urged him, the doctor cuts her off "I know, I know. Nearly done!" He shouts back at her.
"Well, what're you doing?" Martha questioned
"I'm trying to set the capsule to reflect energy rather than receive it."
"Will that kill it?" Martha asked him hopefully. The doctor sighs and snappily replied "When he transforms, he's three times his size. Cellular triplication. So he's spreading himself thin." Not really a straight forward answer, never gives a straight answer does he? Goes through Fallons head. The machine was getting louder and the lighter brighter, Martha panics "We're going to end up like him!"
"Hurry up and move that smart alien ass of yours!" Fallon says to him through gritted teeth. His lips curl slightly at her words before he stops himself Oh she thinks my ass is smart.. wait wrong time to think this "Right, just one more" He pulls the last wire and there's a deafening loud bang and large blast of energy throws mutant Lazarus backwards and the machine comes to a stop.
The doctor wiggles back up to a standing position and he opens the door carefully before stepping out it slowly, helping Fallon out as Martha staggered out behind them, the room quiet and no monster mutant waiting to take a bite of them.
"I thought we were going to go through the blender then." Martha breathed as she sighs with relief. "Really shouldn't take that long just to reverse the polarity." The doctor muttered to himself as he looks up at the chamber "I must be a bit out of practice."
Fallon doesn't answer him she's staring down at the human Lazarus, she wants to feel bad at the outcome but she can't she doesn't feel anything especially considering he would've continued killing innocent people for the sake of youth. Martha and the doctor walks up next to her "Oh, God. He seems so human again." Martha says with a bit of a frown "It's kind of pitiful."
"Eliot saw that, too. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper." The doctor ruminated, he reaches out to take Fallons hand but stops himself but then gets a look of surprise when Fallon instead takes his hand in hers, as they stood in silence looking down at the body of Lazarus.
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The paramedics put Lazarus in to the ambulance as they stepped down the steps at the front of the building, the doctor reaches up and loosens his bow tie, as they watch the ambulance gets ready to drive away.
"She's here!" Tish's voice calls out over all the activity on the street. "Oh, she's all right." Tish cries as she rushes over to hug Martha. "Ah, Mrs Jones." The doctor greeted as Francine marches over to them "We still haven't finished our chat." The doctor cheerfully says her.
However Francine does not look happy to see him and does not look like she's up for a pleasant conversation and proved even more when she slaps him hard across the face, "Keep away from my daughter." Fallon watches the older woman warily "what the?" Fallon exclaims, when Francine whips round to face her and takes a step towards Fallon, Fallon raises an eyebrow at the threatening step when the doctor steps in front of Fallon "don't do that, don't go near her" He says calmly, Francine is surprised slightly and does step away, Fallon shakes her head annoyed she doesn't need anyone to defend her, she is more than capable herself.
Martha grabs her mothers arm "Mum, what are you doing?" Martha demanded, as the crowds of bystanders glance over at them.
The doctor turns to Fallon, rubbing his face "All of the mothers, every time." He mutters to her, Fallon nods "hmm reoccurring theme is it?" The doctor gives her a nod.
Fallon glances back over to Francine - what the hell is her problem? What have they actually done? Considering the doctor basically saved everyone tonight from the get go.
"He is dangerous. So is she. I've been told things." Francine told her daughter with a desperate undertone. Martha gives her mother a confused look "What are you talking about? Martha asks her sharply.
"Look around you." She grips her daughters shoulders desperate to get her point across "Nothing but death and destruction." The doctors look grows dark at that but Fallon just frowns is that the truth? Death and trouble followed her and her brothers in her own universe, is that what's to be expected here?
Martha pushes her mothers hands away, "This isn't their fault. He saved us, all of us!" Martha argues, showing her loyalty to them, her voice strong and steady as she speaks.
"And it was Tish who invited everyone to this thing in the first place. I'd say technically, it's her fault." Her brother Leo add in lightly. he ain't wrong.
Suddenly they all hear a loud crash, the doctor turns to face them "stay here" he orders before he goes running off to investigate, Fallon rolls her eyes like that's going to happen she throws off her heels this time and rushes off after him. The ambulance hadn't got far and she stops, Fallon approaches it, she stops next to the doctor, he glances at her but doesn't say anything about her following, the doors are wide open and all there is inside are two lifeless desiccated corpses.
He shakes his head "Lazarus, back from the dead. Should have known, really." He says to her grimly as he scans with the screwdriver. "We need to find him and stop him" Fallon states firmly to him and The doctor nods "We will" They hear clicking of heels approaching them and they turn to see Martha and her sister Tish stopping next to them, they look in the ambulance with a look of horror "Where's he gone?" The doctor continues to scan the area before he spun around as the sonic beeped "That way. The church."
"Cathedral." Tish corrected him "It's Southwark Cathedral. He told me."
The doctor said nothing else his face grim, as he led the way, around the side of great building still holding the sonic screwdriver Fallon still wishing she had a weapon right now, when they step into the Cathedral it's dark and cold and seems empty "Do you think he's in here?" Martha whispers anxiously.
"Where would you go if you were looking for sanctuary?" The doctor mused and Martha contemplated that question thoughtfully, Fallon just scoffs thinking of angels and chuck "definitely not here" The doctor gives Fallon a look knowing she would give that sort of answer, They walk carefully up the nave to the alter, when they find Lazarus behind it, curled up and shivering violently, wrapped in a red blanket.
Lazarus glanced up at them before lowering his head as he murmured "I came here before, a lifetime ago. I thought I was going to die then." He continued to whisper in a low defeated voice " In fact, I was sure of it. I sat here, just a child, the sound of planes and bombs outside."
"The Blitz." The doctor stated evenly to him, Lazarus looks up to him "You've read about it." He says to the doctor dismissively, the doctor looked down at him shakes his head disagreeing "I was there." He looks over at Fallon "we were there" Fallon sighs I jump to the blitz great.
"You're too young." Lazarus scoffs at the doctor not believing a word he is saying, a slight smile plays on the doctors face "So are you." He counters back wryly, Lazarus laughs but then his most makes painful cracking noises and he ends up groaning in pain. Fallon grimaces a little at the noises "In the morning, the fires had died, and I was still alive." Lazarus gasps as the doctor circles around him, he glances up a the ceiling looking at it intently, Fallon looks up wondering what he's thinking.
"I swore I'd never face death like that again. So defenceless. I would arm myself, fight back, defeat it." Lazarus ends bitterly. "That's what you were trying to do today?" The doctor asks looking back down at Lazarus. "That's what I did today." Lazarus replies darkly.
Fallon scoffs getting real fed up at his disregard of others lives "people have died, what about them?" Lazarus glances over at her "They were nothing." He replied blithely "I changed the course of history." Fallon gives him a disgusted look "Any of them might have done too." The doctor counter back,also wanting Lazarus attention off of Fallon, "You think history's only made with equations? Facing death is part of being human. You can't change that."
Lazarus gives him a scorned look "No, Doctor. Avoiding death, that's being human." He spat out at him "It's our strongest impulse, to cling to life with every fibre of being. I'm only doing what everyone before me has tried to do. I've simply been more successful." He lets out another loud cry of pain as his bones cracked some more.
"Look at yourself!" The doctor says darkly. "You're mutating! You've no control over it. You call that a success?"
Lazarus gasped out between groans of pain "I call it progress. I'm more now than I was. More than just an ordinary human."
"There's no such thing as an ordinary human." The doctor said with so much conviction, it would be hard for anyone not to believe it. This time Lazarus doesn't reply as he starts to convulse again. The doctor glances at Fallon and steps in front of her and the others "He's going to change again any minute." Martha whispers. The doctor glances at them and whispers back softly "I know." He glances back up and says under his breath "If I can get him up into the bell tower somehow, I've an idea that might work." Martha looks at him "Up there?" She asks double checking she heard correctly.
Lazarus continues to wither about before letting out a snarl and looking at the doctor "You're so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older than you look." He sneered. The doctor continues to circle him "I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired." He tells him gravely. "Tired of the struggle, tired of losing everyone that matters to you, tired of watching everything turn to dust." He bends down and looks at him at eye level "If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you'll end up alone." He looks at Lazarus sincerely hoping that he will take in his words and make him understand so that he can help him.
There is silence for a moment "That's a price worth paying." Lazarus finally says back. "Is it?" The doctor counters back darkly giving him one last warning. "I will feel soon" he tells the doctor menacingly, with no shred of care, "I'm not going to let that happen." The doctor warns him. Lazarus looks up at him "You've not been able to stop me so far." He says tauntingly.
Martha moves slightly and Fallon clocks it no I can't let his human companion risk herself "you really are pathetic Lazarus, a big ugly jackass, want something to chew then bring it on" The doctors hearts literally drop when he realises what Fallon is doing "No Fallon No!" He cries but it's too late Lazarus lunges for Fallon aiming to reach her but she turns and runs sprinting for the stairs, Martha shocked at her actions makes the choice and runs after Fallon and grabs her hand, Fallon looks at her confused but annoyed "what do you think you are doing?" Martha shrugs "helping" Tish runs after them "I'm coming to keep you out of trouble!"
Martha calls down to the doctor "Doctor! The tower!" The doctor doesn't move he is rooted to the spot in fear of the danger Fallon is in. No. Fallon and his companion are in. "Doctor! God Damn it do your thing!" Fallon bellows down to him
The doctor snaps out his worried thoughts and sprints away to do his work. Fallon and the others run up the narrow spiral staircase, leading to the bell tower, from below the sound of bones snapping and snarling as Lazarus has to keep stopping as he mutates, "Did you hear that?" Tish asks them frightened. "He's changed again." Martha says back nervously.
Fallon pulls on her hand "look just don't stop moving, we need to get him right to the top no matter what" Fallon urges them, they run around the passageway in the clerestory to get to the bell tower.
"Fallon?!" The doctor bellowed out. Fallon sticks her head out in the open air and peers down at the doctor peers back up at her , he sighs with relief that's she's okay "Take him to the top. The very top of the bell tower, do you hear me?!" The doctor orders them. "Got it"
"Martha!" Tish grabbed at her in a panic, Fallon glances back and sees Lazarus heading there way, he was completely transformed snarling viciously at them with his scorpion like tail thrashing about, Fallon grabs the both of them and pushes them both ahead to keep them safe at least.
They eventually ran into the bell tower to find an open space in the centre, leading straight down the cathedral with only a wooden walkway all away around the edges of the room.
"Ok over here" Fallon pulls them over to get them as far back from Lazarus as they can pushing them behind her "There's nowhere to go. We're trapped!" Tish cries hysterically. "This is where he said to bring him!" Martha shouts back.
Tish scoffs and snaps back "All right, so then we're not trapped. We're bait." Martha glances at her sister "He knows what he's doing. We have to trust him." She retorts to her. "Just give him time" Fallon adds in.
"Ladies."
They turn and look and see Lazarus standing in the doorway "stay behind, and if you and your sister get the chance to get away, you both take it and run" Fallon orders them.
Martha goes to argue with that but she doesn't get the chance when they notice mutant Lazarus tried to clamber across the gap under the bell, instead of going around the wooden frame. He swings down at the them and Fallon ducks down just in time missing his tail.
Down below the doctor has stuck his sonic in to the organ and presses on both pedals of the organ and starts playing.
Fallon realises trying to protect both of them was not the easiest when some monster mutant is trying to eat you, she manages to push Tish out the way, but Lazarus tail swings round and knocks in to Martha, "Martha!" Tish cries out as Martha hangs on to the bottom of the wooden walkway. "Hold on!" Tish calls to her. "Get away from her!"
Fallon tries to get to Martha but Lazarus thrashes at her, Fallon notices a broken piece of wooden and picks it up and hits it hard against Lazarus, making Lazarus swing at her again, she lets out a short scream as she is missed once again.
The doctors eyes snap up when he hears Fallon "We need to turn this up to eleven." He mutters to himself, The organ notes reverberate enough to hurt all their ears, it's that loud it makes Martha start to lose her grip, Fallon dives and manages to grab her hand in time, The mutant Lazarus howls in pain and slips and falls to the cathedral floor below . The Doctor stops playing when he hears the crash, and goes to look and sees a naked Lazarus lying on the flagstones amid a shower of broken wood.
Tish rushes over and help Fallon to pull Martha up to safety. "I've got you"
The doctor looks up "Fallon? Martha?" He breathes a sigh of relief when he here's Fallons voice "yeah we're all okay Doc"
Fallon stands up letting Martha and her sister have there moment it makes her think of Dean and Sam and how much she misses them both, she definitely going to find a way back them. She's brought out her thoughts when she hears footsteps approaching, and the doctor comes into sight, she doesn't get a change to say anything when he's suddenly swept her up into his arms, "oh you are okay, all sorted no problem" He grins at her and presses a kiss to her forehead, he doesn't give her a chance to react turning towards Martha and she rushes over and hugs him, he hugs her back but keeps his eyes on Fallon.
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They arrive back in Martha's house and Fallon plops herself back down on the couch and relaxes back "I could sleep" Fallon mutters as she closes her eyes for a moment, The doctor chuckles and starts to unlock the Tardis "Something else that just kind of escalated, then."
Martha gives him a teasing smile "I can see a pattern developing." She quips. "You should take more care in the future. And the past. And whatever other time period you find yourself in." She laughs a little at the end but Fallon notices the laugh was quite hollow.
Martha watches how the doctor looks at Fallon and she realises there and then she's never going to be first choice, she decides that's okay, that Fallon is amazing in her own right and does enjoy her friendship but she doesn't want to continue with the doctor dangling the one more trip in her face anymore, she deserves better, she's proved herself.
"It's good fun, though, isn't it?" The doctor asks Martha giving her a curious look, Martha nods back "Yeah." The doctor pauses next to the Tardis do and grins at Martha "So, what do you say, one more trip?" Well his changed his tune from earlier Fallon thinks as she watches them both.
"No." Martha states firmly."Sorry." The doctor gives her a confuse look and starts to protest "What do you mean?" He glanced over to Fallon and she shrugs. "I thought you liked it." He asks baffled.
"I do" Martha insists. "but I can't go on like this. One more trip. It's not fair." Fallon smiles slightly good she can stand her ground and say how she feels, got to respect that.
The doctor still acting oblivious which Fallon doesn't think is quite real. He gives Martha a confused look "What're you talking about?" He seriously can't be that thick and oblivious at his companions obvious feelings
Martha gives a look of hurt as she explains to him "I don't want to be just a passenger anymore. Someone you take along for a treat.If that's how you still see me, I'd rather stay here." Fallon had to give her credit, she knew exactly how to use her voice and say exactly how she wants ,yeah she definitely liked Martha.
The doctor shrugs "Okay, then." He conceded. "If that's what you want." Martha shoulders drop and she goes to turn away "Right. But we've already said goodbye once today. It's probably best if you just go." The doctor stands there and stares at Martha and Fallon rolls her eyes god they both are annoying and stubborn. Martha turns to look at them when neither one moves to leave "What is it?"
"What?" The doctor repeated back "I said okay."
"Sorry?"
This time Fallon jumped up off the couch and stood between them "for the love of my sanity, will you two stop being so difficult, Martha he's telling you that you are a companion... congrats and doctor give people a straight answer, now let's go because I'm hungry and tired"
They both blink at the tongue thrashing before they start laugh at her reaction as they watch her disappear into the Tardis.
Martha reached out to the doctor and they both hug "Oh, thank you, thank you!" The nods towards the Tardis as they both start to enter it "Well, you were never really just a passenger, were you?"
The Tardis dematerialises and Martha's telephone rings before it bleeps with a message from Martha's mother "Martha, it's your mother. Please phone me back. I'm begging you. I know who this Doctor and Fallon really are..I know he's dangerous. You're going to get yourself killed. Please, trust me. This information comes from Harold Saxon himself. You're not safe"
A/N
Thanks for reading, if I've missed some spelling , I Will get to it eventually next chapter will be a short original adventure before back into the episodes again.
I am definitely going to go into the classic who episodes , I don't know how far back yet , I am also planning to have her jump into the time war , just figuring out how to do it.
