"It's a bit less snug than it looks, don't worry." Alison said, leading them to the TARDIS and opening the doors of the blue box to the dark but comfortable control room.
Will chuckles, and Nico smiles a little bit, looking around witb excitement.
Will chuckles, and Nico smiles a little bit, looking around witb excitement.
"Miss Cheney, I see you have returned. With guests, as I can clearly tell." the Master said. It was always rather annoying whenever this happened, with that dolt returning to the TARDIS with new faces tagging along with him. Although under most circumstances he was able to convince the new arrivals to leave with mere persuasion. But Miss Cheney never left despite everything the Master had tried, and her presence here was almost growing on him. Almost. "Yeah, this is Will and Nico, you've already met Will so I guess I don't need to introduce him, but yeah." Alison stammered. The Doctor's android companion secretly terrified Alison out of her mind, but he also intrigued her.
Will nods respectfully. "Master." Nico does the same, "A pleasure, sir." The ghost boy and they son of Apollo smile at each other and then Will smiles at Alison.
"D-don't call him that. It's ridiculous." Alison said. "My dear, you will do what you will do, as will they." he replied, his eyebrows raised in amusement. Those were the most expressive part of his face, as they were when he had a biological form. The Doctor always was a sentimental idiot, he thought.
Will snickers and whispers something to Nico. Nico laughs softly in reply.
"Don't you have better things to do anyways?" Alison retorted. She sounded childish, but the android was really starting to get on her nerves. "Miss Cheney, you and I both understand that I am unable to leave, yes? Which means that the only thing I can do that would be truly enjoyable is having an intelligent conversation, or at least an attempt at one given that the Doctor is nowhere to be found and the only other company there is would be you three, and given your infuriatingly human minds such an intelligent discussion would be more rare than a white-point star on the lost moon of Poosh." he scoffed. This further annoyed Alison, the way that that stupid robot was acting, all smug with those ridiculously expressive eyebrow and that stupid smirk on his face. "Yeah, this would be the cue for you to shut up and leave." Alison replied, trying to regain her composure.
Will raises his eyebrow. "How interesting Nico. If only he could meet Annabeth. I'm pretty sure his circuits would fry." Nico laughs at that. "You'd be correct."
"I can assure you that, as you so delicately put it, my circuits would not fry. I am connected to an interdimensional instrument with power far greater than you could possibly imagine in your soggy lumps of gristle you call brains." the Master scoffed. Alison rolled her eyes. "Self-absorbed much?" she asked sarcastically.
Will and Nico continue to snicker. "Oh god… Annabeth would die of she met this guy." Nico whispers. Will nods. "They'd get along wonderfully."
"I suppose that you intend continue giggling like small children." the Master said. By Rassilon, if those pests don't stop acting like toddlers right now… it will be unpleasant. he thought. "Will, Nico, let's go." Alison said. "Any idea where the Doctor went?" she asked the android. "He is inside the greenhouse. Good day." he said, walking off. Alison breathed a sigh of relief, she was feeling incredibly awkward.
Will watches as the Master left. He releases a sigh of relief and looks towards Alison, smiling.
The sound of an old-fashioned telephone screeched from something that looked like a combination of a blender, a gramaphone, and one of those telephones where you had to spin a sort of wheel to dial the number. "Don't answer that." Alison warned. "I'll be right back."
Will and Nico glance at each other as she walks away. "What do you think-" Nico begins. Will shakes his head. "Best not to know."
Alison walked into the greenhouse, which was really more of an indoor jungle than anything. "Doctor? Your phone is ringing again!" she called out. Suddenly, the Doctor fell out of the tree right in front of her, nearly on top of Alison herself. "Crivens!" Alison squeaked. "What did you just say?" the Doctor asked. "Erm…. crivens?" Alison said. "No, not the ridiculous exclamation, the thing before that." he sighed. "Right. Your phone is ringing. Again." she said. "When will I ever get a break?" the Doctor grumbled, brushing dirt off of his coat.
Will and Nico sat quietly as the phone rang. Nico had his head in Wills lap and Will Wait absentmindedly running a hand through his hair.
The Doctor walked back into the control room. He picked up the phone like it was some sort of doomsday device and answered it. "Hello, you're speaking to the Doctor….. I just got back from that little-…… I see your point. I will attend to it immediately….. no, I'm not calling you 'Sir'! Good day!" he slammed down the phone. "Sorry about that. There's a bit of an emergency, needs my immediate attention." he said, typing in the coordinates. "Little planet called Basingstoke that's having some trouble. I'm sure I'll be able to solve it in no time." he said, taking off. a few seconds later, they landed on a jungle planet with stunning wildlife unlike anything anyone would find on Earth, as this wasn't Earth.
Will looks up when he sees the doctor, nodding respectfully. Nico had dozed off since he had used so much Shadow magic during the battle against the beasts.
"Hmm… I'm 99 percent sure this isn't Basingstoke. Strange." he said. Alison had already left to explore, and was staring at the wildlife in awe. This was always the best bit, even though trouble nearly always followed.
Will and Nico had followed Alison, Nico leaning weakly onto Will.
"Nico, are you sure you don't want to get some rest?" Alison asked. A purple butterfly landed on her hand. "Neat." she said. Suddenly, a large robot resembling a spider appeared before them. "Scanning for weaponry…. scan complete. Targets are unarmed." a robotic voice proclaimed. "Let me guess, we're trespassing." the Doctor sighed. "Negative. Unauthorized arrivals are tolerated. Only unauthorized departures are prohibited." it said.
Will holds Nico. "She's right…" Nico shakes his head. "I'm fine." He looks at the spider. "Whoa." He mutters. "What exactly is it? It has the build of a spider but…"
"Alright then, where is it that you come from? Take us to your leader." the Doctor said, then leaning over to the group. "Alright, listen. That most certainly was made by humans, so obviously we can assume there are others nearby. Let's find out what's gone wrong. The sooner we do that, the sooner we get out of here." he said. The robot lead them to an encampment, with laboratories, barracks, and other buildings of all different sorts in the clearing. Men and women in green uniforms were walking around, attending to certain tasks or chatting casually.
Will and Nico nod, Will supporting Nico who grunts a little, shaking his head and concentrating. "I wonder… What this place is." Nico manages.
"Just take it easy, Nico. Doctor, I think we should have left Nico in the TARDIS to rest." Alison said.
Nico shakes his head. "I'm okay. Just fatigue after using so much energy and Shadow magic."
"Hey, look! One of the Snoops found a few strays. Weird, you haven't been tagged." a man said, walking up to them with a group following behind him. "Tagged?!" Alison said. "I'm not getting bloody 'tagged' you weirdo." she said. "I'm the Doctor, and you are?" the Doctor asked. "Wait, a Doctor you say? I'm taking you to Cargill, she's been expecting you." one of the men said, leading the four of them into a medical bay. "Cargill, it's a doctor!" the man said, walking off. A young woman with dark hair runs up to the Doctor and immediately gives him a hug, causing him to stumble backwards. "I'm so glad you're here, I've been sending requests for medical assistance but nobody replied. I assumed the worst, not that it can get much worse here." Cargill admitted.
Will looks at her then towards the doctor. He was actually a doctor himself but he didn't know that the doctor was actually a doctor.
"Ah, yes, and you must be the Cargill your…. friends mentioned earlier." the Doctor said. "I'm the Doctor, and these are my assistants." he said, his tone saying all unspoken things, most notably 'Play along or we could be killed. I don't want to be killed, it's much less fun than it sounds. Trust me, I know from personal experience.'
