"Who the hell are you?" Jack questions, leaning on the doorway with what I would bet on was a flirty look.
A very familiar slightly annoying voice retorted incredulously, "What do you mean, who the hell am I? Who the hell are you?"
"Captain Jack Harkness." Jack responded with a grin, "Whatever your selling, we're not buying." I snort at this, rolling my eyes at the pair.
"Get out of my way!" Mickey snaps, shoving past the 51st Century guy and into the TARDIS.
"Don't tell me. This must be Mickey." he states, making his way back to the console watching the man look around at us all.
"Here comes trouble! How're you doing, Ricky boy?" the Doctor exclaims, lowering from the platform in the console room, a red flashing head torch on his head.
"It's Mickey!"
"Don't listen to him, he's winding you up." Rose placated, grinning at her boyfriend.
"You look fantastic." he responds with, grinning at her as the two hug.
"Aw, sweet, look at these two. How come I never get any of that?" Jack complains, nudging my arm as we watch the couple. I simply raise an eyebrow.
"Buy me a drink first." came the Timelords response.
"You're such hard work." Jack wined. I chuckle at that, hiding my grin behind a hand.
"But worth it." Doctor points out.
"Did you manage to find it?" Rose asks, as the pair release their hold on each other.
Mickey smiles, reaching into his jacket pulling out a passport. "There you go."
Rose happily takes it raising it in the air, "I can go anywhere now." I chuckle rolling my eyes.
"I told you, you don't need a passport." the Timelord adds, slightly disgruntled
"It's all very well going to Platform One and Justicia and the Glass Pyramid of San Kaloon, but what if we end up in Brazil? I might need it. You see, I'm prepared for anything." she informs, smugly. I laugh loudly at her this time, "You'll see Luna we'll be stuck somewhere and you'll get deported or something."
I roll my eyes, positive that the Doctor wouldn't let it happen. "That's what the psychic paper is for." I pointed out.
"Sounds like your staying, then." Mickey lowers the mood, Jack, Doctor and I all avert our gaze. "So, what're you doing in Cardiff?" he changes the subject, "And who the hell's Jumping Jack Flash? I mean, I don't mind you hanging out with big-ears up there," he insults. Glaring slightly at the two male members.
"Oi!" Doc lets out indignantly. I gigle earning myself a small glare.
"Look in the mirror. But this guy, I don't know, he's kind of.."
"Handsome?" Jack inputs smiling smugly.
"More like cheesy." I cough, smiling sweetly when the man turns to me.
"Early 21st century slang. Is cheesy good or bad?"
"It's bad." Mickey deadpans.
"But bad means good, isn't that right?" Jack tries again, grinning at the 21st century man.
"Are you saying I'm not handsome?" the Doctor questions still hung up.
"OF course not." I respond, my mouth running far too fast for my brain to even comprehend that i'd said that out loud. I slap a hand over my mouth turning to the Timelord who was watching me with a raised brow. "Ummm."
"We just stopped off. We need to refuel. The thing is, Cardiff's got this rift running through the middle of the city. It's invisible, but it's like an earthquake fault between different dimensions." Rose starts explaining.
"The rift was healed back in 1869." Doc adds leaning against the console next to me.
"Thanks to a girl named Gwyneth, because these creatures called the Gelth, they were using the rift as a gateway but she saved the world and closed it." I add, watching as Mickeys eyes switch between us like a tennis match.
"But closing a rift always leaves a scar, and that scar generates energy, harmless to the human race," Jack adds.
"But perfect for the Tardis, so just park it here for a couple of days right on top of the scar and," Doc.
"Open up the engines, soak up the radiation." I add.
"Like filling her up with petrol and off we go!" Rose and I state, grinning madly.
"Into time!" Jack shouts happily.
"And space!" We all shout, high fiving and grinning madly at each other.
"My God, have you seen yourselves? You all think you're so clever, don't you?" Mickey grumbles.
"Yeah." Doc and I respond, grinning at each other.
Rose shrugs, "Yeah."
"Yep!" Jack adds, a smirk on his face.
"Hey Rickey, Rosie said you had a surprise for me." I recall, standing straight now. Rose's smile widens even more. The man nods heading out of the doors before quickly walking back in. A carrier in his hand. I furrow my brow in confusion. He places it down and opens the door. I crouch watching in confusion before pure relief and joy floods me. A familiar tortoiseshell cat timidly walks out, seeing me though he trills in happiness. Tears fall from my eyes as I scoop up my little baby. "Oh my God, Rocket I thought you were gone." I state waterly, petting his soft fur as he buries his head under my chin. Soft purrs vibrating from him. I look up to see the Doctor watching with soft eyes, I smile just knowing that he had something to do with this. It was perfectly timed, I had been talking to Rose and the Doctor about how much I missed him and hoped he was okay. One of the problems with having an outdoor cat is you never know if they'd return. That and the fact I was gone for a year. "Thank you so much Mickey. You have no idea how much this means to me."
"So you're neighbour, Sharon, she said he'd been scratching at your door not long after you guys came back for a year. No-one knows where he'd been but I've been looking after him ever since you guys left again." I nod not wanting to dwell on where he had been.
"The Doctor and I have been talking, he's agreed that Rocket can stay. On the Tardis, so long as he doesn't run for it and end up on some planet everything should be good." Rosie adds, reaching out the pet the back of Rocket. I grin gently placing him down watching as Rose crouches to pet him some more as I turn to the Doctor. I lunge at him before he could react wrapping my arms around his neck in a hug. His own hands around waist as he stabilises himself.
"Thank you so much." I state, burying my head in his neck. He doesn't respond, just tightens his hold around me. He gently pulls away from me, a look in his eyes I couldn't differentiate.
"The Tardis has made a room for Rocket, one that will have everything he wants and needs." he explains, shoving his hands in his pockets awkwardly. I smile brightly gazing down at my long lost companion.
"Thank you so much, come with me to get him settled?" I offer, hoping to solve some more tension at the same time. Whilst he was no longer giving me the cold shoulder it could still get awkward, and I'm sick of it. He nods, gently crouching to give Rocket a pet before standing and turning to lead the way. I gently pick him back up holding him close whilst petting him as we make our way through the time machine. Eventually he opens a door and walks in, holding it open on the other side; I follow closely pausing as I take in the room. The room looks a lot like a normal house room, cat beds lay on one side of the room where as on the other were various climbing trees and other such things, scratching posts and toys lay throughout the room, even little hiding spaces. On the furthest wall was a counter and a door, the counter held a wide variety of cat foods and treats, a bowls on the table empty whilst on the floor near the door was a running water machine. I head towards the door curious, gently placing Rocket down I notice the cat flap at the bottom of the door before opening the door. A small field with a few trees greeted me, fairly tall grass and a small patio attached from the door way; the sun in the sky was warm but not over heating and a nice breeze fluttered across my face. I stepped out with the Doctor close behind me as Rocket curiously walked further out, the patio held a coffee table and single cushioned bench. One that could hold three people at most, a basket on the floor that held blankets and a few cushions placed on the couch. The Patio had a roof over it, it was beautiful.
"Doctor." I mumble, standing still as I watch Rocket sniff everything his curiosity winning against his trepidation. The man looks over to me from where he was standing looking out to the grassy field, "Thank you. For everything." he simply smiles, choosing not to respond.
~1~
"Should take another twenty four hours, which means we've got time to kill." Doctor announced as we all walked out of the Tardis, after making sure everything was set and being assured by the Doctor that the Tardis had made sure the room had it's own gravity field, meaning when the Doctors horrible driving tries to tumble us around Rocket and the room would remain unaffected. I smile brightly as the Timelord holds the door open for me to walk through, Rosie walks around before me smiling brightly as she spins taking in our surroundings. Roald Darhl Plass shined in the harsh breeze and nice sun telling us it was probably about autumn time; making us thankful for out clothes, Rose was wearing a nice denim skirt with tights, her pink long sleeved top and her denim jacket over the top as well as her new scarf which I had picked out for her when we visited this asteroid market. She had picked out a green black and grey speckled scarf for me which I also adorned with my leather jacket, long sleeved dark green top, fingerless gloves and black shorts with some black tights, I have some dark green leg warmers as well as my doc martins. I link arms with Rose grinning at her as we stand waiting for the rest of them to come out of the time and space machine, and for Doc to lock her.
"That old lady's staring." Mickey points out, looking over at said old lady who was indeed staring us down.
Jack took it as an opportunity to flirt with the man, "Probably wondering what four people could do inside a small wooden box."
"What are you captain of, the Innuendo Squad?" quickly responds, slightly raising an eyebrow at the man. Jack simply makes a 'W' with his hands before spinning on his heel and leading the group away.
"Wait, the Tardis, we can't just leave it. Doesn't it get noticed?" Tricky Mickey questions, I feel a bit more appreciation for his concern over the Tardis.
"Yeah, what's with the police box? Why does it look like that?" Jack questions, returning to us after proving his point.
"It's a cloaking device." I point out, lifting a hand to tug a loose hair from my lip gloss the wind being unforgiving and blowing right back into it.
"It's called a chameleon circuit. The Tardis is meant to disguise itself wherever it lands, like if this was Ancient Rome, it'd be a statue on a plinth or something. But I landed in the 1960s, it disguised itself as a police box, and the circuit got stuck." Doc explains, leaning against the wooden box. I smile unwrapping from Rose to prance over to the Time machine, placing a loving hand on her exterior.
"So it copied a real thing? There actually was police boxes?" Mickey questioned.
"Yeah, they were on street corners. Phone for help before they had radios and mobiles. If they arrested someone, they could shove them inside till help came, like a little prison cell." I explained just before the Doctor could who pouted as he looked over at me.
"Why don't you just fix the circuit?" Jack queried, obviously intrigued.
Doc frowns, dropping his pout and looks over at the other men, "I like it, don't you?"
"I love it." Rosie and I answer in sync, We chuckle slightly high fiving as I skip back over. Linking arms once again.
"But that's what I meant. There's no police boxes anymore, so doesn't it get noticed?" Mickey asks again, I'm all down for some learning but this is getting annoying.
"Ricky, let me tell you something about the human race. You put a mysterious blue box slap bang in the middle of town, what do they do?" he pauses for dramatic effect placing his hands on Mickey's shoulders, "Walk past it. Now, stop your nagging. Let's go and explore."
"What's the plan?" I question, holding the Timelord hand in my free one, keeping my arm linked with Rose's.
"I don't know. Cardiff, early 21st century and the wind's coming from the east. Trust me. Safest place in the universe." Doc responds causing Jack, Rose and I to groan loudly.
"I can't believe you just said that, especially after last time. Next thing you know we're going to be chased by weird little gremlin looking warriors through a jungle because you've jinxed us." I state, glaring playfully up at the alien.
"Oi! It's only happened once, making it a coincidence. Not my fault." he defends we simply roll our eyes and continue onwards.
"Ooo we should get chips." Rose states when the smell of fresh chips wafts through the air. I open my mouth to agree but my stomach takes the reigns, growling loudly causing a small blush to appear on my face.
"Well there's our answer." Doc responds, dragging us to the nearby ATM machine, withdrawing about £30 which is a bit excessive and heads into the chip shop. Jack, Mickey and the Doctor go sit down after handing me the money and telling Rosie and I their orders. I roll my eyes, before dragging my blonde friend with me.
After quickly ordering, we hand the money over getting our change back; I pocket it before grabbing the three large fries paper wrapped packets and the paper wrapped cheese and onion pie, battered sausage and normal sausage. We quickly return to the group, handing each their food, Doc had wanted just chips and so did I so we shared one of the large fries. Whilst Rose and Jack shared another pack, Jack with the pie and Rose with a normal sausage; Mickey the battered sausage and the last chip packet. I sit down next to the Doctor, Mickey, Jack and Rose on the other side of the table. I nibble on the chips, watching with intrigue as Jack starts up a couple stories.
~1~
"I swear, six feet tall and with big tusks-" Jack states, Rose and I giggling as the story progressively got worse. Doc chuckling as he rest his arm on the back of my seat.
"You're lying through your teeth!" the Timelord states.
"I'd have gone bonkers! That's the word - bonkers!" Rose cackles, I laugh loudly at his face.
"I mean, it turns out the white things are tusks and I mean tusks! And it's woken, and it's not happy."
"How could you not know it was there?" I gasp out, leaning back and resting my head on the Doctors arm.
"And we're standing there, fifteen of us, naked," Jack continues.
"Naked?!" Rosie exclaims.
"And I'm like, oh, no, no, it's got nothing to do with me. And then it roars, and we are running. Oh my God, we are running! And Brakovitch falls, so I turn to him and I say-"
"I knew we should've turned left!" Mickey steals the line.
"That's my line!" Jack protests laughing nonetheless.
"I don't believe you. I don't believe a word you say ever. That is so brilliant." Rose laughs, wiping tears from her eyes as she calms down. "Did you ever get your clothes back?"
Doc next to me tenses, I straighten up sensing his troubled thoughts and turn to him. "Doc? What's wrong?"
He doesn't respond simply standing, walking over to a nearby old man and snatching the paper from his hands. I quickly stood walking over at a new speed, sending a quick apology to the man before looking at the page the Timelord seemed so angry at.
"And I was having such a nice day." he complains, turning the paper over to show the others who had now turned their attention to us.
"Come on then lets go get this bitch." I state, turning to the Doctor who had picked up my coat and scarf as we prepared to leave. I quickly tug the jacket on and go to take the scarf except he beats me to it, gently wrapping the fabric around my neck before taking my hand in his. What the hell was that for?
~1~
"According to intelligence, the target is the last surviving member of the Slitheen family, a criminal sect from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, masquerading as a human being, zipped inside a skin suit. Okay, plan of attack, we assume a basic fifty seven fifty six strategy, covering all available exits on the ground floor. Doctor, you and little moon go face to face with her. That'll designate Exit One, I'll cover Exit Two. Rose, you Exit Three. Mickey Smith, you take Exit Four. Have you got that?" Jack quickly riddled off, I smile brightly at the nickname. And glance over to the Doctor who was stood watching the man with a disgruntled look.
"Excuse me. Who's in charge?" he demands, crossing his arms over his chest with faux irritation.
"Sorry. Awaiting orders, sir." Jack states, rolling his eyes.
"Right, here's the plan." Doc pauses, waiting a while and makes eye contact with me, "Like he said. Nice plan. Anything else?" he adds a wide grin as Jack smiles widely at the man.
"Present arms." he orders, we all do so. Pulling our mobiles out
"Ready." We all echo, pressing our phones to set up our phones.
"Speed dial?" Jack questions again.
"Yup." Doc and I respond.
"Ready." is Rose reply as she presses the final button.
"Check." Mickey responds.
"See you in hell." Jack grins as we all head off in our own directions. Doc takes my hand as we walk straight up to the mayor's office. A man in a desk sat outside it.
"Hello, We've come to see the Lord Mayor." Doc happily greets, smiling brightly.
"Have you got an appointment?" the man asks, sending us a warm smile.
"No, just old friends passing by. Bit of a surprise." Doc replies.
"Can't wait to see her face." I add, with a smile of my own.
"Well, she's just having a cup of tea." the man replies, seeming hesitant.
"Just go in there and tell her the Doctor would like to see her." the Timelord responds, I grin wider at this just knowing it's gonna send her running.
"Doctor who?"
"Just the Doctor. Tell her exactly that. The Doctor."
"Hang on a tick." the man adds, quickly disappearing into the room. We wait a few moments before the crash and shatter of china could be heard and the man returns. His eyes wide.
"The Lord Mayor says thank you for popping by. She'd love to have a chat, but, er, she's up to her eyes in paperwork. Perhaps if you could make an appointment for next week?"
"She's climbing out of the window, isn't she?" I state, watching the man.
"Yes, she is." he admits, quickly moving out of our way as we rush forwards. Racing across the room to the window attached to a small balcony. I quickly hold my phone to my ear telling the other.
"Slitheen heading north." get positives back I pocket the phone again. Suddenly the man from before shoves me to the floor and attempts to push the Doctor over the balcony edge. With a loud growl I quickly rose to my feet, gripping the back of the mans suit and dragging him off of the Timelord. I threw him back into the room, and raced to where the Slitheen had been climbing down to the ground by some scaffolding. Making quick work of it I see Margret fiddling with her jewellery as she quick walks away. Rose and Jack closing in on her; I sprint full force.
"Who's on Exit Four?!" Jack exclaims, watching as she scuttles ahead of me.
"That was Mickey!" Rose replies.
"Here I am." said useless person appears, I block it out though focusing on grabbing the alien.
"Mickey the idiot."
"Oh, be fair. she's not exactly going to outrun us, is she?" Rose comments. I quickly lunge at her, scrambling with the woman as she yelps. She shoves me off of her and presses something in her hands.
"She's got a teleport! That's cheating! Now we're never going to get her." Jack whines. I growl frustrated, standing up and dusting off my tights.
"Oh, the Doctor's very good at teleports." Rose responds, we watch as the man raises his sonic to where the woman disappeared. And just on queue she reappeared only this time slightly closer and running straight at us, she freezes, spins on her heels and scuttles the other way pressing the teleport again. Once again the Doctor uses the sonic, she reappears and then disappears. This happens one more time where she reappears right in front of us, gasping for breath as she glares at our group.
"I could do this all day." Doc smugly states, holding the sonic up threatening.
"This is persecution." she rasps, finally standing straight, "Why can't you leave me alone? What did I ever do to you?" she has the audacity to whine.
"You killed over 20 people, tried to kill us and destroy this entire planet simply for profit. And God knows how many people you've killed since you escaped."
"Apart from that."