A Lonely Traveler, a Wandering Girl: citronrobotlord: A Lonely Traveler, a Wandering Girl:...
She sighs and whimpers softly. She’s exhausted, starving, weak and her leg is acting up again. It aches horribly as does the rest of her body. All the wounds and bruises she suffered from the crash, are making themselves prominently known through pain. As the Doctor runs his fingers through her hair, she can’t help but lean into his touch. It is a nice gentle touch. She hates it when people touch her, even when they brush against her, she winces. “I’m fine.” She whispers, lying. They need to investigate this but right now she can hardly move. She hopes the pitiful lie will convince him.She holds up two fingers and ends up falling against him, her eyes fluttering shut briefly. She’s a bit warm.She mouthes the word first to test it before saying it aloud. Her voice is soft and has this air to it that makes her seem older that she looks. But the way she says it reflects her excitement and relief that she’s allowed to stay aboard. “Allons-y!”A Lonely Traveler, a Wandering Girl: thelonelytravelingdoctor: A Lonely
Her words ring through my ears like sweet custard dripping down fish fingers! except not because my ears are nothing like fish fingers. I snapped back into focus.
“Yes! Allons-y!”
and I dashed out the door, quickly motioning for her to follow me.
I peaked out the closet door, the coast was clear, not that it mattered. I took a quick look at the map.
“We need to find someone in charge.”
She looks down at what she’s wearing, a man’s dress shirt and boxers. She fiddles with her pendant frowning. Now this just won’t do. The girl runs off to the wardrobe room and returns in a matter of minutes. She is now wearing a black blouse, jeans, and a trench coat that resembles his tenth self’s. Her red converse peek out from under the jeans. Before going to the Doctor she stops at the console. She hits a button and then pulls a lever. A sleek, black, sonic screwdriver pops out of the console. She tests it, the purple light flickers on and off. She smiles with satisfaction and sticks it in her pocket. A pad of psychic paper comes out of a slot on the side of the console and she pockets it too. The girl nods her thanks to the console and the TARDIS hums happily. The quiet girl crosses the room and stands on the Doctor’s right side, awaiting orders it seems.
I turn around, after having spent some moments staring at and rotating the map, to find the girl dressed in my old clothing, oblivious to what else she’d obtained.
“Cool Shoes.” I say with a sly grin, knowing very well my taste in clothing is impeccable. then throwing away the map I wave around my sonic screw driver so that it looks like I’m doing something and say. “Alright, this way is where we need to go!”
And I start down the hall away from where we had been seated prior. the colour of the carpets taking on a more greenish tones in this direction.
She frowns and follows him but then, unable to let him continue to go the wrong way, grabs him by the collar and drags him to the right direction. She doesn’t say anything, just guides him gently in the right direction. When they are where they need to be, she let’s him talk to the man in charge while she scopes out the area around the table, waving her sonic around and reading information that pops up in silver writing on the side. She frowns when her sonic starts beeping. It leads her out into the hall that she had run before and to the part where the Shadow Man disappeared. The spot causes her to shiver uncontrollably.
After being redirected by a gradually more extroverted companion, I found myself speaking with one of the head Chefs and Caretakers, a Cuisinine by the name of Monch.
“POISONED? in MY SECTOR? I can’t believe it!” the man growled at me, furious. “Where’s the doctors report?”
“I had to treat her on my ship, it was closer and time was of the essence. I’m not looking for compensation, just help. If I can find the one responsible for this that will make everything much easier.”
“Wait here, I’m going to call the head of security.”
“That sound rather fine, thanks.”
As the four armed brute walked off I considered my options. Cuisenines were an open people at this time in their history, but they were still territorial.
“Looks like we’ll be here for a…” I realize the girl is gone. “… while.”
I wander off to find where she is and, turning a corner I spot her. From where I’m standing she seams still.
“You’ve become an ambitious little thing. I’d recommend against it, one can get into allot of trouble when travelling with me.”
She continues to shake and tremble. Her sonic is beeping like crazy in her hand. The girl can’t move. Her brown eyes turn green, then brown, then violet then brown again. The Shadow Man’s energy is here and it has her paralyzed. She can’t speak. She needs to move out of this spot before she collapses.
~If I wasn’t so weak….This wouldn’t be so hard….~
Her eyes relay information to the Doctor. One word clearly seen.
Help.
Reading her eyes loud and clear, I reach out and check her pulse. The air around her forces the hairs on the back of my hand to stand on end, every follicle tickling at my nerves as the hairs extend out as far as they can.
Her pulse is quick but her muscles are tense, she’s shaking. She’s trapped. I don’t have to scan to know what’s happening, there’s an energy holding her in this place.
I look down and spot the sonic device in her hands, it’s not so different from mine, strange, how did she get it? That doesn’t matter right now, it can be of use. I quick glance at the readings on her device show me the field variance. It’s complicated, powerful.
I take out my screwdriver and aim it at her device. Adjusting mine to co-operate with hers, creating a cancellation field, hopefully.
Both devices spark and…
…. She falls to one knee, breathing heavily. She sways slightly, her head pounding. Her sonic stops bleeping and just hums softly in her pale hand. Still trembling from the energy, she nods her thanks.
I kneel down next to her and motion to put a comforting hand on her back, but I second guess it and decide not to.
“Are you feeling alright?” I put up two fingers before her. “How many fingers am I holding?
I brush my hand through the poor things hair, first poison then this? someone wants her dead, but why? You think you know someone… except i didn’t think that.
I see a Cuisinine security officer approaching us from the other end of the hall. He sends a message over his intercom, from the sound of it he’s calling for a medic.
I pull out my psychic paper. “We’re with the Interstellar Food Quality Control Association. I need your help, my friend here has been attacked twice now.
“yes of course…” I say sarcastically. but I don’t elaborate, I don’t know weather or not i can trust the medical staff here. The resonance field technology was far to advanced for the Cuisinine at this time. But it isn’t far fetched to assume someone here acquired some tech in trade, or snuck past their security with superior technology.
She closes her eyes again. When she opens them, she’s being carried to the TARDIS. The girl doesn’t fight him but when they are inside she wriggles out of his arms. When the Doctor asks where she’s going she says,
“Bath.”
The girl now sits in the tub, in a steam filled bathroom. She has her knees pulled up to her chest and the bubble filled water swishes around her. Her chin rests on scarred knees. Her knees aren’t the only part of her body that is scarred. Her back has red whip marks that seem recent. They lie on top of old scars and you can faintly see the golden tattoo of the outline of a pair of wings. Her leg has a huge, white scar running up it and more scars are hidden by the way her body is contorted. The girl fiddles with her pendant and her brown eyes turn green as she thinks about the Shadow Man and why she can’t remember who she is. The girl has a vague sense of who she is, however. She knows she’s old. Very old. But feels young at the same time. She knows she’s been hurt thousands of times over for being who she is. She knows she doesn’t like to be touched and she doesn’t like to talk. She knows she hates pears but bananas are good. She knows planets, galaxies, stars, races of all kinds. Tons of information is filed in her mind, some behind doors, others in boxes and emotions are in little metaphorical bottles. The girl also knows she likes this man The Doctor. The Doctor is a kind man and he is a sad man. He’s lonely and he needs someone to remind him that he’s extraordinary, despite the things he’s seen and has done. The things she does not know, are her name, where she is from, why she exists, and why she’s a threat. The girl hears a soft knock on the door and there the Doctor stands, bearing a cup of tea. The girl turns her head so her cheek is resting on her knee. She blinks up at him with green eyes. The green eyes fade to her normal, ancient oak brown. The girl does not say anything but gives him an imperceptible nod.