Joy Ride"See, Fenn! I told you so!" grinned Eleven cheekily, pointing at a huge T-Rex.Fenn sighed, "You just wanted to say that, didn't you?"Eleven ignored her and just kept running about excitedly, gasping in admiration at all the different species of dinosaur he could see from the hill where the TARDIS had landed. Amy stepped out tentatively, "Urgh. What's that smell?"Fenn grinned back at her, "That would be the dinosaur package that the Doctor landed the TARDIS next to.""Oh," said Amy, pulling a face that made Fenn chuckle. Rory poked his head out too, "Whoa. Look at those trees, Amy- they're huge!"A giant, scaly foot fell in the middle
Living a Dream P1At first, the Doctor thought it was a brilliant idea. A quiet, peaceful, library in a country town with no aliens or evil genii trying to take over the Earth, and above all, comfy chairs. He walked in, feeling slightly uncomfortable without a companion, and sat down in a sunny, deserted corner towards the back. He smiled at some of the books he saw around him; The Odyssey, The Mayan Code, Angels and Demons, Dracula. Humans always struck him as having such vivid and wonderful imaginations. He took down a pile of books, and began to read.Half an hour later, having chewed through at least 20 books, he sat back in his chair, enjoying the peacef
Living a Dream P2Fenn dragged the Doctor onto the street outside, which was populated by a few shops and a tavern at the end. There was barely anyone around- it was mid-morning on a weekday, so most of the town's population were out doing their respective jobs. Fenn pulled the Doctor down the street until they reached a small, cramped, European-style townhouse, squashed between a tailor's and a bookstore. She unlocked the door quickly, while the Doctor stood sheepishly behind her, wondering what in the world was going on. They stepped quickly through the door, into the dark, cool hallway beyond."Wait in the study; I'll be there in a minute."The Doctor wan
Living a Dream P3Fenn opened the old wooden box, setting out its contents on the desk for the Doctor to see. His eyes grew wider and wider with astonishment as the objects were laid, one by one, before him. He picked them up, wondering how on Earth he couldn't have known about this.First, there was a model TARDIS, almost exactly the same as his own. Next came the figurines- of himself, Rose, Jack, Donna and Martha, all correct down to the clothes they wore. Then there was a toy sonic screwdriver, exactly matching his own, and a t-shirt. He unfolded the shirt, and gasped at the picture painted on it.It was a Dalek, painted red and gazing at him in all of i
Living a Dream P4Hannah clapped her hands excitedly, "Oh, I always wanted to go to the proms! Which one should we go to, Fenn?"The TARDIS throbbed gently around them, a calm green-blue light coming from the glowing centre console. The Doctor walked around the console, flicking switches and levers, pressing buttons, and generally making sure his ship was still in good condition.They had been through the usual "ooh"s and "aah"s that came when a new visitor entered the time machine- though these two girls had seemed surprisingly familiar with the TARDIS interior. Fenn could even name a few of the switches, and Hannah seemed very comfortable in his beaten-up
Living a Dream P32Hannah stared around the TARDIS in her white hospital gown, a look of amazement fixed on her face. She took it all in; the lights, the walls, the crazy console covered in all manner of contraptions, Amy leaning against the handrail and watching as the Doctor danced around, skating around the heart of the time machine. The TARDIS hummed, and Hannah felt the familiar rush of adventure ripple through her.The Doctor looked up and walked over to her. He peered at her closely, like a curious professor investigating a battered book, "You okay?"Hannah focused in on him, and broke into a grin. "It's you!" She flung herself on him, hugging him tigh
Living a Dream P31Entis was bleeding. Badly.He staggered out of his workshop, holding a bandage tightly to his head where the bullet had grazed him. He supposed he should thank his lucky stars that he wasn't dead.But then again, the dead didn't get headaches.To say that the workshop was in tatters would be an understatement. You could say that it was frayed at the edges; or you could say that it had been torn apart by a group of baboons irritated by a school group of teenagers with mosquito ringtones.He made his way through the scattered debris- well, the workshop. Nothing was left of his projects and life's work but scattered debris. But none of that
Living A Dream P30The TARDIS materialised in the workshop in exactly the same place as before, and the Doctor and Amy stepped out.Their mouths fell open at the sight before them."Doctor, what happened?"The workshop was thrown into chaos- scorch marks marked the piles of scrap metal, the lights hung from the ceiling haphazardly- flickering madly in a way likely to cause headaches- and the previously shining white clean floor gritted beneath their feet with a strange and melancholy mixture of oil and mud. A sharp, acrid smell sliced its way through their senses, bringing them to full alert. There was an eerie silence, broken only by the grating sound of th
Hearts aren't LifeHere I am, living lifeAccomplishing its feats,Yet if in fact it's my heart you've stolenThen why does it still beat?
Living a Dream P29The MITES locator powered up and started processing the energy imprint. Entis looked at them, "This is going to take a while.""How long?" the Doctor asked."Three days, at least."Amy looked at the Doctor, "Can we grab lunch? I'm starving."He nodded, "We'll go grab some chips. Fenn, I think we'll take a quick jump forward in the TARDIS, if you don't mind."Fenn looked at him, "You're not going to stay?"The Doctor shrugged, "What for? I've got other things to do. Saving the universe, rescuing civilizations-""-grabbing lunch, okay, I get it."The Doctor and Amy started walking back to the TARDIS, when Fenn remembered something, "Doc
Living a Dream P28"So you're the Doctor?" Entis asked.He nodded, "I am the Doctor.""Oh, good for you, Doctor."The Doctor glared at him, "What?"Entis looked away, "Oh, nothing."They were walking with Entis through his maze of a workshop, marvelling at the amazing amount of... stuff that he had hoarded, while the Doctor was spending his time by being indignant at Fenn's high-jacking of the TARDIS."What is all this stuff?" Amy asked."Scraps of technology from crashed ships, seized contraband, illegal weaponry from the black markets on Kelba-8... though don't tell the Proclamation about the last one," he added, glancing sideways at the Doctor."You
Living a Dream P27The Doctor woke up and checked his clock. In TARDIS relative time, it was 3 am. He groaned, wondering why in the name of Clom he had woken up at this ungodly hour. Then he heard the TARDIS rotors going.He jumped up, pulled a dressing gown over his pyjamas and scooted down various corridors and fell into the console room.Fenn laughed as she fiddled with the console and Amy helped the Doctor up from the floor."In a hurry, Doctor?"He stood up, "What are you doing?""Well, I was bored and I couldn't sleep because of my leg. So I figured that I would go do something while you were catching your beauty sleep.""Like what, exactly?""Vi
Old SoldierIt's an old phrase, you know.You might have heard of it.Who guards the guards?It's a good question.Not new, but good.Even the Romans had it.Quis custodiet ipsos custodez?The Romans left a legacy.Everyone knows that.The ancient soldiers.I'm a soldier.I protect the peopleUsually from themselves.But what if I need protecting?Who is here to guard me?Where is my legacy?Did I fight for nothing?All of the things I've seenThe scars I've carriedAn old soldier fighting on.Help me, please.Protect me from myself.
Living a Dream P26Fenn ran down the street for dear life as the gunfire opened out behind her. She ducked and weaved; her training taking over as she bolted down the street. She felt a sharp pain in her leg, and staggered. She dragged herself around the corner, and ran head-first into the TARDIS.The Eleventh Doctor poked his head out of the door, and peered down at her, where she had fallen on the ground."What're you doing down there?" he asked."Oh, you know, the usual, running for my life," Fenn answered."How's it coming along for you?""Could be better; they're almost 'round the corner.""Well come in, come in, kettle's on."The Doctor helped her
All night, All aloneAmy sat in the cold.She sat alone, in the cold and the dark and the fear.She sat alone, and she waited.It was hard, being left behind. Always left behind.Amelia Pond, alone in the dark.She sat in the dead time machine, and she waited.She waited for them to wake up.If they ever would. Maybe they wouldn't. Maybe they'd leave her waiting forever.The Raggedy Doctor. Her Raggedy Doctor.And Rory. Oh, Rory. Poor, jealous, Rory.They were just trying to make her happy.But she already was.And now she sat, in the cold, dead, time machine.Praying they'd wake up.Or that she'd dream.She wished upon every star.Just that she'd
Living a Dream P25END OF TIME SPOILERS :("That's how the Master started. It's not like I'm an innocent. I've taken lives. And I got worse, I got clever. Manipulated people into taking their own. Sometimes I think a Time Lord lives too long. I can't. I just can't."Fenn sat on the train to Edinburgh, watching the rolling green landscape slide smoothly by, dotted here and there with hints of civilization. She felt nostalgic, watching the familiar quaintness of it all flow by. Of all the places she had been with the Time Agency, Earth was the quaintest. It had an odd feeling of comfort in familiarity about it. Fenn had seen lots of other planets, peoples, and
Living a Dream P24WARNING: End of Time spoilers :("I'm sorry, but I can't come."Ianto asked, "Where will you go?"Fenn looked at the crowd milling around the train station, "Home.""You're a genius. You're stone cold brilliant; you are, I swear, you really are. But you could be so much more. You could be beautiful. With a mind like that, we could travel the stars. It would be my honour. Because you don't need to own the universe, just see it. Have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space. That's ownership enough.""Would it stop then? The noise in my head.""I can help.""I don't know what I'd be without that noise.""I wonder what I'd be
Eleven Invisible"Where are we, Doctor?" Amy's voice echoed eerily through the dusty chambers of the abandoned castle. The sun shone through the stained-glass windows, leaving glowing footprints on the floor. The grey, heavy stones of the castle seemed weary of age, as if they were sick and tired of holding up the ceiling.Fenn stepped over an antique, dusty woven rug, eaten bare by moths. "I don't know where we are, but it's certainly not the Eye of Orion. What have you gotten us into this time, Doctor?"The Doctor was inspecting a huge crystal chandelier that lay scattered in pieces on the ground. "I don't know. Must have overshot the temporal coordinates
Living a Dream P23WARNING: End of Time spoilers :(It is said that in the final days of planet Earth, everyone had bad dreams. To the west and the north of that world, the human race did gather, in the celebration of a pagan rite, to banish the cold and the dark. Each and every one of those people had dreamt of the terrible things to come; but they forgot, because they must. They forgot their nightmares, of fire, and war, and insanity. They forgot.Except for one.Fenn sat on the side walk, in an alleyway, in the middle of Cardiff. The Doctor was gone, two years in the future, when he would sit with Wilf in the café and tell him about the prophecy. She
Living a Dream P22"Two weeks?! I was asleep for TWO WEEKS?!""Whoa, calm down, Fenn. You didn't miss anything." Jack leaned across the table from the couch opposite her, his smile reassuring. The hub's living area was fairly plain, but it was a relief for Fenn to be sitting down again. She glared at the Doctor over the coffee table, who was sitting next to Jack, "Didn't miss anything? Tell me Doctor, did you go out for a holiday while I was asleep?"He looked uncomfortable, "Yes. Why do you ask?"She sighed, frustrated, "Hmm, let me think. You didn't happen to marry Queen Bess, save a planet from the red carnivorous mor, see the phosphorous carousel of the
Living a Dream P21The Doctor looked at Fenn, shocked, "How did you know that?"Fenn rolled her eyes, "The show, Doctor."He looked at her almost imploringly, "Fenn, you seem to know my life inside out, but I don't even know what century you were born in. How can I trust you?"Fenn looked at him, as if judging him worthy of her darkest secret. She nodded, "I suppose you deserve an explanation. Can we discuss this somewhere private?""The TARDIS?"Fenn nodded, "Rather than out here... where exactly is here?""Torchwood," the Doctor answered, "The storage levels; all nine of them."Fenn grinned, "My legs certainly know it."They walked back over to the TA
Old Eyes, Old HeartsThe little girl followed the man as he walked through the silent library's children's section, watching him with interest. He seemed irrational, mad. He was talking to himself, waving a green light around, tapping walls. But she didn't mind. He seemed friendly enough. And it was dark in the library- the monsters live in the dark.She could feel them peering at her from around corners, behind the countless rows of books on either side, watching her. The sun was setting early, for it was winter, and it was getting very dark. The girl drew closer to the man, feeling a slight comfort in his presence, in his altogether thereness. She stepped besi
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