A/N

Hello readers! Here's chapter 8! Only one chapter this week as I still have lots school work.

(GUYS, GUYS,GUYS. SEASON 10 IS COMING! IT'S SO CLOSE! IS ANYONE ELSE FREAKING OUT?!)

Just a heads up, Next weeks chapter is going to be a bit late as I'm going on a camp over the easter period. I'll try and get the chapter(s) up as soon as I can after getting back.

Side note: 600 VIEWS! Yea! And 16 follows! Woohoo! Im so thankful that you guys are enjoying my story so far. It really means a lot to me :D

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who, only my oc's and plot/ideas.

It's real. Lucy thought as she appeared in a flash of bright light. She couldn't help but smile at the thought that the Doctor was real. She had met him. She shook her head and laughed lightly before she looked up. Lucy barely registered the dark hallway she was in before she heard a high pitched scream.

She tensed for a moment before she began to move in the direction the scream came from. She broke out into a run when she got closer and heard voices.

She was just rounding another corner when she heard someone say, "Like a little girl?"

She slowed down to a walk as she rounded the corner and saw the Doctor, Rose, Mickey and Sarah Jane standing around an open cupboard, surrounded by packaged rats.

"It was dark, I was covered in rats!" Mickey defended.

"9, maybe 10 years old. I'm seeing pigtails, frilly skirt" the Doctor mocked.

"Hey!" Lucy frowned at the Doctor's comments as she stood just behind the Doctor.

He turned around and looked at her in surprise.

"Lucy!" he smiled at seeing her, but soon turned sheepish when he saw her disapproving look.

He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly before Rose pushed past him. She tackled Lucy in a hug quickly before pulling away and saying happily, "Lucy!"

"Rose Tyler!" Lucy laughed after she relaxed from the sudden hug. She couldn't believe that Rose was actually real.

She smiled brightly before she saw Mickey behind the Doctor and said, "Mickey Smith!"

She beamed at him before she turned to Sarah and said, "And Sarah Jane Smith!"

Lucy laughed before she turned to the Doctor and lightly smiled, "And Doctor."

She took in his long tan trench coat, his brown spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity. And his eyes. The small smile lines in the corner of his eyes. The way they looked like they held entire universes in them. And how they held such emotion behind them. Like they were floodgates, and at any moment, they could open and a wave of emotion would come crashing out.

Lucy took a deep breath and brought herself back to the present situation.

"Right, rats. Rose?" she turned to look at her, "I believe you were about to say something?"

"Umm, yea," She said before she shook herself lightly and asked, "Why would they have rats in school?"

"I believe the use them in Biology lessons, they dissect them. Or maybe reached that bit yet. How old are you?" Sarah Jane dug at Rose before she turned to Lucy and asked, "And who are you?"

"Oh, this is Lucy," the Doctor stepped up, "She travels with me as well. Bit more complicated though… "he trailed off.

"Sorry, but no one dissects rats anymore. They haven't done that for years. Where are you from, the dark ages?" Rose bit out at Sarah Jane, wanting to retaliate after her earlier comment.

"Anyway," the Doctor interrupted and Lucy bit her cheeks to suppress her laughter, "Moving on. Everything started when Mr Finch arrived. We should do and check his office," he finished as he turned to walk off and grabbed Lucys hand as he did so.

Lucy glanced down at their joined hands and frowned slightly, but she shook her head lightly and focused of the task ahead.

The all walked off in the direction of Finches office. Lucy leant into the Doctor and whispered, "Here comes trouble,"

The Doctor looked down at her confusedly just before Rose pushed past them to walk up next to Sarah Jane and asked her, "I don't mean to be rude or anything but who exactly are you?"

Sarah Jane smiled before saying, "Sarah Jane Smith. I used to travel with the Doctor,"

"Oh! Well he's never mentioned you," Rose almost mocked.

The Doctor awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck as he said, "Oh, I must have done. Sarah Jane. Mention her all the time,"

"Hold on," Rose said as she pretended to think about it, "Sorry, never," she smiled almost triumphantly.

"Not even once?" Sarah Jane asked before she looked back at the Doctor and finished, "He didn't mention me once?"

Lucy could help but let out a small giggle as the two finished. This scene had always made her laugh on the show, and now she was seeing it for real. She shook her head in amusement at the Doctor's face before Mickey came and put a hand on the Doctor's shoulder.

"The missus and the ex! Welcome to every man's worst nightmare," he laughed as the Doctor looked at the two women walking ahead of them.

Lucy looked after the two and missed the Doctor glance down at her before he stepped up his pace to catch up with Sarah Jane and Rose.

They arrived at Mr Finch's office and the Doctor let go of Lucy's hand to sonic the door.

"Maybe those rats were food," the Doctor wondered aloud as he unlocked the door.

"Food for what?" Rose asked as he opened the door and looked inside.

A light hissing sound brought the Doctors attention to the roof and asked, "Rose? You know how you used to think all the teachers slept in the school?"

He stepped further into the room the let the others in before he finished, "Well. They do,"

Everyone looked up to see bat like creatures hanging upside down from the ceiling. Lucy took a deep breath and steeled herself. The Krillitanes looked a lot scarier in real life than they had in the show.

"No way," Mickey whispered before he backed out of the room. Everyone followed after him and the Doctor slowly shut the door behind them.

They all followed Mickey down the entrance to the school where he burst out of the front doors and panted, "I am not going back in there. No way,"

"Those were teachers?" Rose asked bewildered as she caught her breath.

"Finch brought with him 7 new teachers, 3 dinner ladies and a nurse. 13," 13 big bat people," the DOctor said before he turned back around and said "Come on,"

The three girls turned to follow the Doctor back inside before Mickey paused and asked, "Come on? You've got to be kidding me,"

"I need the Tardis," the Doctor explained, "I've got to analyse that oil from the kitchen,"

"I might be able to help with that. I've got something to show you," Sarah Jane said before she pulled the Doctor off into the parking lot.

She took them to her car and opened the boot for them. The doctor pulled back the blanket that was covering something and beamed when he saw what was underneath.

"K9!" he beamed, "Lucy, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, allow me to introduce K9. Well, K9 mark 3 to be precise,"

"Why does he look so disco?" Rose asked as she looked at K9.

Lucy frowned as she stepped forward to pat K9 and the Doctor defended, "Oi! In the year 5000 this was cutting edge! What's happened to him?" he asked.

"One day he just, nothing!" Sarah Jane said.

"Didn't you try and get him repaired?" the Doctor asked as he leant down to take a closer look.

"It's not like getting parts for a mini metro," Sarah Jane laughed, "The technology inside him could rewrite human science. I couldn't show him to anyone!"

"Ooo, what's the nasty lady done to you?" he asked K9 as he scratched him behind the ears. Lucy rolled her eyes at him and went back to patting K9

…

They had found a cafe that was still open for the Doctor to have somewhere to get to work on K9. The Doctor and Sarah Jane were sat at a table by the Window with K9 on the table, and Rose and Mickey were at the counter waiting on chips.

Lucy was sitting at another table close by and watched the Doctor and Sarah Jane laugh at something. She smiled at them before she frowned and rubbed her chest. That sore feeling kept coming back, but only when she was sitting down or resting. She had pinpointed it to be more in the right side of her chest, but apart from that, had no idea what it was.

"See what's impressive is that it's been nearly an hour since we met her and I haven't said I told you so," she heard Mickey say, distracting her from her thoughts.

"Shut up, I'm not listening," Rose replied as she rolled her eyes.

"Though I have prepared an 'I was right' dance I can show you later," Mickey laughed.

"2 quid love," the woman behind the counter said as Roses chips were done.

She handed some money over as Mickey laughed, "All this time you've been saying 'he's different' but the truth is, he's just like any other bloke,"

"You don't know what you're talking about," Rose said as they walked over to the table Lucy was sitting at. She lowered her hand so the other two would worry.

"I don't know," Mickey said as he looked back at the Doctor and Sarah Jane, having not noticed Lucy's hand, "But if I were you, I'd go easy on the chips,"

Rose paused as she put a chip in her mouth. She glanced at the Doctor before she looked down sheepishly.

Lucy frowned at Mickey before she put a hand on Rose's shoulder. Rose looked up at her and smiled lightly.

"So," Rose asked, " How long's it been since you saw me last?"

"Umm, actually," Lucy trailed off as she played with her fingers.

"What?" Rose asked confused.

"This is my first time meeting you…" Lucy explained slowly.

Mickey just sat there with wide eyes while Rose said, "So that's why you were acting so weird before…"

Lucy just nodded sheepishly before Rose asked, "Wait. Have you met the Doctor before?"

"Yup," Lucy nodded.

"But if you haven't met me yet, and you've met the Doctor,"Rose asked, "What happens to me in the future?"

Lucy's eyes widened slightly and she thought back to Doomsday.

"It was a long time in his future. After he's regenerated," Lucy explained, hoping that Rose wouldn't become suspicious of anything.

"Oh, okay," Rose said, thankfully looking like she didn't catch on to anything.

Lucy let out a breath just before the Doctor gave a triumphant shout.

"Oh, hey! Now we're in business!" he shouted as he jumped up.

We all walked over just as K9 said, "Master,"

"He recognises me!" the Doctor exclaimed.

"Affirmative," K9 said as he wagged his tail

"Rose, give us the oil," the Doctor said as he held out his hand.

She handed it over and as the Doctor was unscrewing the lid of the jar it was in, she said, "I wouldn't touch it though. That dinner lady got all scorched,"

He looked at her seriously before he said, "I'm no dinner lady. And I don't often say that," and stuck his finger in the yellow gloop.

K9 stuck out a sort of suction cup looking antennae out of his head and the Doctor rubbed the oil over the end on it. K9 retracted the antennae and the Doctor screwed the lid back on the oil.

"Here we go, come on boy," he said as K9 started analysing the oil.

"Oil, ex..ex…ex..extract. Analysing,"

Listen to him man, that's a voice!" Mickey laughed.

"Careful," Sarah Jane said, "That's my dog,"

"Conclusion on analysis. Substance is Krillitane oil," K9 said as he finished his analysis.

"They're Krillitanes," the Doctor said as rolled back on his heels

"Is that bad?" Rose asked.

Lucy nodded as the Doctor said, "Very. Think of how bad things could possibly be and add a whole suitcase full of bad,"

"And what are Krillitanes?" Sarah Jane asked.

"They're a composite race," the Doctor explained, "Just like your culture is a mixture of traditions from all sorts of countries. People you've invaded or been invaded by. You've got bits of Viking, bits of France, bits of whatever. Krillitanes are the same, an amalgam of the races they've conquered. But they take physical aspects as well. They cherry pick the best bits from the people they destroy. That's why I didn't recognise them. The last time I saw Krillitanes they looked just like us except they had really long necks,"

"What are they doing here?" Rose asked.

"It's the children," the Doctor's voice turned icy, "They're doing something to the children,"

…

Lucy, Mickey and Sarah Jane were putting K9 in the boot as Mickey asked, "So what's with the tin dog?"

"The Doctor likes traveling with an entourage," Sarah Jane explained, " Sometimes they're human, sometimes they're aliens, and sometimes they're tin dogs,"

Mickey laughed before Sarah Jane asked, "What about you? Where do you fit in the picture?"

"Me? I'm their man in the Havana. I'm the technical support. I'm… Oh my god. I'm the tin dog." Mickey realised.

He sat down in the boot and Sarah Jane patted him on the shoulder.

Lucy looked on from the side with a small smile before she saw the Doctor and Rose walk out of the shop arguing. She could quite hear what they were saying, but she could vaguely remember them arguing about Sarah Jane. And if the Doctor would ever leave Rose behind like he did Sarah Jane.

Lucy saw them pause and remembered what was about to happen.

She ran forward and shouted, "Doctor!" just as a Krillitane dive bombed them.

The Doctor ran forward and covered Lucy with his body as the Krillitane came close to her. He straightened up though when it passed straight over top of them.

He watched it fly away in confusion as Sarah Jane asked, "Was that a Krillitane?"

"I didn't even touch her," Rose said as she nodded her head at Lucy, "What did it do that for?"

They all stood and watched it fly off before Sarah Jane said, "Alright, come on. Let's all go back to my place and get some sleep,"

They all nodded and walked back over to Sarah Jane's car and drove off towards Bannerman Road.

A/N

And that was chapter 8! Next chapter Lucy gets a huge surprise! Can anyone guess what it is?

I really hope you enjoyed it and I hope to see you next week. Please leave a review telling me what you thought and your guesses for Lucy's surprise *wink*

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