Part 02 - Chapter 07 - When Pigs Fly & Aliens Come to Downing Street
As soon as Rose enters the TARDIS he can’t help but apologize “Alright so I lied, I went and had a look.” Then he is off again telling her about his theories the whole matter of his disappearance already forgotten in his mind.
The TARDIS is not amused by his casual disregard for the incident but she knows it will be useless to try to talk to him now. His mind is awhirl with what they have found with regard to the crash. But decides that she will be talking to him about it once Rose has gone off to bed and contents herself to wait. If there is one thing a time machine has its time.
Things are not going to go quite as simply as the Doctor might have hoped as Mickey and Jackie come charging in after Rose. Rose tries to warn him but his mind is still involved in what he has found almost to the exclusion of all else. He tries to ignore the significance of their presence, tries to pretend that he doesn’t have to answer to anyone other then Rose, and hopes fervently that he can ignore them warning Rose “Don’t you dare make this place domestic.” He hopes that will be enough right up until Mickey begins to shout at him about the chaos that his presence has caused in his life.
The Doctor realizes the sooner he can get rid of them the sooner he can be away from those that could take Rose away from him, so he begins to take out his frustrations at suddenly having to deal with these others, trying to bury the anguish that thought of her leaving causes in an avalanche of words belittling and confusing Mickey. He is brought up short as Rose yells, first at him saying “Don’t go anywhere” and then at Mickey as she heads for the door “and don’t start a fight.”
Stunned for a moment, the Doctor says nothing and just as he takes a breath to yell for Rose, she is coming back through the door asking questions and he lets that breath go unnoticed by anyone other than the TARDIS. He proceeds to rattle off more information on what he has discovered. Content that for the time being he doesn’t have to deal with anything other then the problem of the aliens.
The TARDIS is watching and, even though the Doctor is not willing to face what is happening, she knows he is going to have to come to terms with Rose’s mum and her friend if Rose is to continue to travel with him. Rose needs to clear the air with Mickey. With that thought in mind she suggests that if he makes some modifications to one of her control panels she might be able to get him some more information. With little explanation he pulls off one of the segments of grilling next to the central console and crawls down to make the suggested modifications.
It doesn’t take him long to hear Rose and Mickey beginning to talk and his mind is split between making the modifications and listening to the conversation above, hoping that Rose will tell Mickey that there will not be any chance of her staying. Instead he hears her softening to Mickey’s words and can feel the emotions rolling off both Mickey and Rose, knowing exactly when Mickey decides to move in for a kiss and decides it’s high time that he put a stop to that.
Jumping back up onto the main deck area, disrupting their conversation, he heads over to view the new results the TARDIS is putting up on the monitor. As he views the data he distracts them from each other, as he explains how the aliens haven’t just landed. Now to find out more information on what is currently going on and who may be addressing that issue. He moves over the monitor on the other side of the console to check out the current news feeds halting when he sees some familiar uniforms. “UNIT, United Nations Intelligence Taskforce”, as he thinks of Alistair and Harry he continues “good people.”
Rose asks quietly at his side “How do you know them?” She is watching his face intently to see if he will admit to knowing them, admit to what she had found out earlier in her Internet searching. She is unsure what she is looking for in his expression and wishes that she could feel his emotions as she had earlier when they were outside the TARDIS.
Mickey answers for him, tells her all about what he has learned in the time she has been gone, and reminds the Doctor painfully of how many have died over the years, reminds him of those he couldn’t save.
Rose interrupts his grim thoughts asking “If you know them why don’t we go now?”
He chooses to answer Rose’s question instead of acknowledging Mickey with more then a quick snide remark.
“The wouldn’t recognize me, I’ve changed a lot since the old days.” He pointedly ignores the fact that Alistair would be more then willing to vouch for him, but knowing that the last thing he wants right now is for Rose to meet Alistair. Alistair knows too many of his secrets, knows too much about too many things, for him to want those to two to be talking. He would find some other way to get in contact, to figure out how to help.
Moving around the console, turning on the TARDIS perception filters, he uses that time to begin formulating how to get around the aliens that have an unknown foothold on this planet. On completion of that task he heads for the door. He thinks to himself at least Mickey will most likely have a car and can drive them across town, since the last thing he needs is to get shot before he even has a chance to talk to anyone by putting the TARDIS down in the wrong place. He has already once this evening been face to face with a platoon of gun wielding individuals and if he is going to keep Rose with him he didn’t dare risk it again.
As they step out of the TARDIS he finds that maybe he won’t have as hard a job at finding someone in charge after all as he watches as soldiers surround them and notes in disgust Mickey running for cover and not making the least effort to bring Rose with him. He watches as the troops deploy, careful to make no quick movements suspecting that, with the array of guns surrounding them and the copter over head, the only thing that he can do is to show them that he is no threat. He can’t risk anyone getting trigger happy and hurting Rose.
As they are escorted to the waiting vehicle he notes that instead of the police car that he expected there is a very business like car. He takes a breath of relief as he realizes that they are not looking to take him into custody but that mostly likely they are going to be going to Ten Downing Street to meet with just the people with whom he wants to speak. He is smiling as for once things seem to be going his way. Rose too figures out quickly that things aren’t exactly as she expected and she greets his announcement that they are headed for Ten Downing Street with exuberance which just makes him smile even more.
As they enter the anteroom he watches carefully who is entering, dreading that at any moment he may see Alistair come through the door. He is heartened when his old friend does not arrive and they begin to usher them into the conference room. It doesn’t take long for his relief to be exchanged by tenseness as they wish to separate him from Rose. It is only when she urges him to go on in that he relents, assuring her that he will get her clearance he enters the meeting.
It doesn’t take him long to scan through the briefing papers finding that they do not even know is much as he has figured out. With that he begins to wonder what it is that has brought them here only to figure out too late as one of the aliens begins to strip out of his human disguise. Moments later all of the assembled experts are electrocuted the voltage so strong even he struggles with keeping it from doing him irreparable damage as the sudden onslaught of high voltage brings him to his knees. Prying the electrocuting badge from around his neck he decides what better way to dispose of the device then give them a taste of their own electricity and shoves it against the chest of the closest alien and runs for the door to get the guards.
By the time the Doctor returns the Alien has reinstated it’s disguise and he is forced to make a run for it. He has to find Rose and get out of there; if they have taken over the people in control who knows how many other aliens are there in the building. Although it doesn’t take him long to be cornered in the hall by the military staff forcing him to retreat the only way he can, via the elevator behind him. He does some fancy talking in order to confuse the guards until he can enter the lift and make his escape. At the first floor he comes to he is faced with yet another alien and quickly closes the door and moves on to the next higher floor, all the while reaching out with his senses, hoping to find where Rose is before the aliens do.
The next floor brings him closer and he quickly hides as two aliens approach from behind him. As he feels a spike of terror from Rose he runs as fast as he can. Grabbing a fire extinguisher he finds Rose and another woman cornered knowing from the positioning of the people in the room she has just made some effort to distract the aliens from Rose, immediately earning her point in his book. Making quick introductions he finds out she is Harriet Jones of Flydale North and they take off running for the cabinet room as she informs him that there are protocols that instruct what to do in the case of invading aliens.
His own doing traps them; he has led them to this place locking the aliens out but in the process locking Rose, Harriet and him in the cabinet room. He has learned some things from the aliens but it will do them no good if they can’t get out to stop them.
As he begins to work through what their options are he is distracted for a time by Harriet Jones, something about her is ringing bells and he is not quite sure what as she is telling them of the results of what she has red in the emergency protocols. Nothing in them is going to help; everyone referenced in the protocols is dead.
Chapter 08 - WHAT!?!
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The TARDIS is not amused by his casual disregard for the incident but she knows it will be useless to try to talk to him now. His mind is awhirl with what they have found with regard to the crash. But decides that she will be talking to him about it once Rose has gone off to bed and contents herself to wait. If there is one thing a time machine has its time.
Things are not going to go quite as simply as the Doctor might have hoped as Mickey and Jackie come charging in after Rose. Rose tries to warn him but his mind is still involved in what he has found almost to the exclusion of all else. He tries to ignore the significance of their presence, tries to pretend that he doesn’t have to answer to anyone other then Rose, and hopes fervently that he can ignore them warning Rose “Don’t you dare make this place domestic.” He hopes that will be enough right up until Mickey begins to shout at him about the chaos that his presence has caused in his life.
The Doctor realizes the sooner he can get rid of them the sooner he can be away from those that could take Rose away from him, so he begins to take out his frustrations at suddenly having to deal with these others, trying to bury the anguish that thought of her leaving causes in an avalanche of words belittling and confusing Mickey. He is brought up short as Rose yells, first at him saying “Don’t go anywhere” and then at Mickey as she heads for the door “and don’t start a fight.”
Stunned for a moment, the Doctor says nothing and just as he takes a breath to yell for Rose, she is coming back through the door asking questions and he lets that breath go unnoticed by anyone other than the TARDIS. He proceeds to rattle off more information on what he has discovered. Content that for the time being he doesn’t have to deal with anything other then the problem of the aliens.
The TARDIS is watching and, even though the Doctor is not willing to face what is happening, she knows he is going to have to come to terms with Rose’s mum and her friend if Rose is to continue to travel with him. Rose needs to clear the air with Mickey. With that thought in mind she suggests that if he makes some modifications to one of her control panels she might be able to get him some more information. With little explanation he pulls off one of the segments of grilling next to the central console and crawls down to make the suggested modifications.
It doesn’t take him long to hear Rose and Mickey beginning to talk and his mind is split between making the modifications and listening to the conversation above, hoping that Rose will tell Mickey that there will not be any chance of her staying. Instead he hears her softening to Mickey’s words and can feel the emotions rolling off both Mickey and Rose, knowing exactly when Mickey decides to move in for a kiss and decides it’s high time that he put a stop to that.
Jumping back up onto the main deck area, disrupting their conversation, he heads over to view the new results the TARDIS is putting up on the monitor. As he views the data he distracts them from each other, as he explains how the aliens haven’t just landed. Now to find out more information on what is currently going on and who may be addressing that issue. He moves over the monitor on the other side of the console to check out the current news feeds halting when he sees some familiar uniforms. “UNIT, United Nations Intelligence Taskforce”, as he thinks of Alistair and Harry he continues “good people.”
Rose asks quietly at his side “How do you know them?” She is watching his face intently to see if he will admit to knowing them, admit to what she had found out earlier in her Internet searching. She is unsure what she is looking for in his expression and wishes that she could feel his emotions as she had earlier when they were outside the TARDIS.
Mickey answers for him, tells her all about what he has learned in the time she has been gone, and reminds the Doctor painfully of how many have died over the years, reminds him of those he couldn’t save.
Rose interrupts his grim thoughts asking “If you know them why don’t we go now?”
He chooses to answer Rose’s question instead of acknowledging Mickey with more then a quick snide remark.
“The wouldn’t recognize me, I’ve changed a lot since the old days.” He pointedly ignores the fact that Alistair would be more then willing to vouch for him, but knowing that the last thing he wants right now is for Rose to meet Alistair. Alistair knows too many of his secrets, knows too much about too many things, for him to want those to two to be talking. He would find some other way to get in contact, to figure out how to help.
Moving around the console, turning on the TARDIS perception filters, he uses that time to begin formulating how to get around the aliens that have an unknown foothold on this planet. On completion of that task he heads for the door. He thinks to himself at least Mickey will most likely have a car and can drive them across town, since the last thing he needs is to get shot before he even has a chance to talk to anyone by putting the TARDIS down in the wrong place. He has already once this evening been face to face with a platoon of gun wielding individuals and if he is going to keep Rose with him he didn’t dare risk it again.
As they step out of the TARDIS he finds that maybe he won’t have as hard a job at finding someone in charge after all as he watches as soldiers surround them and notes in disgust Mickey running for cover and not making the least effort to bring Rose with him. He watches as the troops deploy, careful to make no quick movements suspecting that, with the array of guns surrounding them and the copter over head, the only thing that he can do is to show them that he is no threat. He can’t risk anyone getting trigger happy and hurting Rose.
As they are escorted to the waiting vehicle he notes that instead of the police car that he expected there is a very business like car. He takes a breath of relief as he realizes that they are not looking to take him into custody but that mostly likely they are going to be going to Ten Downing Street to meet with just the people with whom he wants to speak. He is smiling as for once things seem to be going his way. Rose too figures out quickly that things aren’t exactly as she expected and she greets his announcement that they are headed for Ten Downing Street with exuberance which just makes him smile even more.
As they enter the anteroom he watches carefully who is entering, dreading that at any moment he may see Alistair come through the door. He is heartened when his old friend does not arrive and they begin to usher them into the conference room. It doesn’t take long for his relief to be exchanged by tenseness as they wish to separate him from Rose. It is only when she urges him to go on in that he relents, assuring her that he will get her clearance he enters the meeting.
It doesn’t take him long to scan through the briefing papers finding that they do not even know is much as he has figured out. With that he begins to wonder what it is that has brought them here only to figure out too late as one of the aliens begins to strip out of his human disguise. Moments later all of the assembled experts are electrocuted the voltage so strong even he struggles with keeping it from doing him irreparable damage as the sudden onslaught of high voltage brings him to his knees. Prying the electrocuting badge from around his neck he decides what better way to dispose of the device then give them a taste of their own electricity and shoves it against the chest of the closest alien and runs for the door to get the guards.
By the time the Doctor returns the Alien has reinstated it’s disguise and he is forced to make a run for it. He has to find Rose and get out of there; if they have taken over the people in control who knows how many other aliens are there in the building. Although it doesn’t take him long to be cornered in the hall by the military staff forcing him to retreat the only way he can, via the elevator behind him. He does some fancy talking in order to confuse the guards until he can enter the lift and make his escape. At the first floor he comes to he is faced with yet another alien and quickly closes the door and moves on to the next higher floor, all the while reaching out with his senses, hoping to find where Rose is before the aliens do.
The next floor brings him closer and he quickly hides as two aliens approach from behind him. As he feels a spike of terror from Rose he runs as fast as he can. Grabbing a fire extinguisher he finds Rose and another woman cornered knowing from the positioning of the people in the room she has just made some effort to distract the aliens from Rose, immediately earning her point in his book. Making quick introductions he finds out she is Harriet Jones of Flydale North and they take off running for the cabinet room as she informs him that there are protocols that instruct what to do in the case of invading aliens.
His own doing traps them; he has led them to this place locking the aliens out but in the process locking Rose, Harriet and him in the cabinet room. He has learned some things from the aliens but it will do them no good if they can’t get out to stop them.
As he begins to work through what their options are he is distracted for a time by Harriet Jones, something about her is ringing bells and he is not quite sure what as she is telling them of the results of what she has red in the emergency protocols. Nothing in them is going to help; everyone referenced in the protocols is dead.
Chapter 08 - WHAT!?!
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