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He Needed Me	By : tierran Category: 1 through F > Doctor Who Views: 6297 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: The concept nor the characters of Dr. Who are mine. The BBC and Russel Davies own everything. I'm merely borrowing their toys for the purpose of this story and in no way am I making a dime out of this.

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Chapter 11

The Doctor was glaring daggers at the little officiary, as if by some miracle his stare alone could change the rules. Well, it wasn�t an entirely unfounded possibility given that he was the Oncoming Storm but in this particular case the rules were quite literally set in stone. The winner would be given ownership of all the properties, including the people and while it would be saving them from a life of servitude, he just couldn�t reconcile to owning another living being. Even if he chose to set them free, it would still be recorded that for however long he had been the owner of sentient beings and it just gave him shivers all over.

Digital pen poised to write down his name, �Will you be partaking sir, yes or no?�

Sighing once through his nose before another thought occurring to him, one that Rose was not going to be happy about before deciding the hell with it, �Fine. The Doctor.� It paused and blinked at him twice and he whipped out his psychic paper, �See, just the Doctor. No last name. No other title. None. Ziltch. Just me, now can we start this or what?�

It looked a bit taken aback at the annoyed tone but nodded, �Of course. The Doctor. Do you have any properties to declare?�

Forcing his mind to go blank, just in case one of them tried to telepathically check, �Nope. Homeless and nothing to lose, of course.�

There were a few glances and he felt at least one mental prod before it retreated and there was a nod from a yellow fella behind the officiary, �Very well. You may enter.�

Rubbing his hands together and bouncing, �Goody!� More shocked looks at the sudden child-like exuberance but the Doctor just walked forward into the arena, facing off against a rather pretty fellow. A Flamitrapton. Very rare species that resembled earthian flamingos. Brilliant too, from what he�d heard, never having actually met one.

The creature blinked twice at him before cocking it�s head slightly, glancing outside of the arena at Rose who just shrugged and waved. The Doctor grinned over his shoulder and wiggled his fingers back at her, thinking her wave had been entirely for him, �Gentlemen, we shall begin.� The pair of them immediately focused on the questions, a flurry of answers from both sides as they fought in a mental battle of words.

Both the Doctor and the Flamitrapton were brilliant and absolutely correct each and every time, going on and on for well over twenty minutes. The crowd was amazed at both of them and what few volunteers there had been after the Doctor had already withdrawn from the contest. Rose was grinning and jumping on her toes, always amazed and a little star-struck whenever the Doctor showed off his wits, �...Doctor, what Earthian animal is considered a human�s best friend?�

Rose blinked before her eyes slowly started to widen. He was stuck, she could see it instantly. He knew distant, obscure facts about all manner of planets and galaxies and things throughout history but he didn�t know a pretty common detail about her own home? How could he know all that stuff about the universe but he didn�t know this? He swallowed and blinked rapidly several times before slowly stuttering out, �Er...cat?�

***

Rose had her arms crossed, silently glaring at him as he was loaded in with the others who were not up to the challenge of the questions, �I object most strongly!� They had to stoop to get inside the cage, bars from bottom to top. He spun around, hands wrapping around the bars, �It�s not as if it�s entirely impossible...� He trailed off, mumbling and leaning his forehead on the bars, pouting to himself. Rose just rolled her eyes at him, turning with a shake of her head to stomp back for the TARDIS.

That feathered being was back again, shaking it�s head at her, �I did warn you about your pet.�

Rose sighed to herself before letting her voice carry behind her, �Yeah, should �a kept him on his leash.�

He grunted indignantly and crossed his arms, �Oi!� The creature seemed to take this as both a literal reply as well as a correct one and continued walking down the platform with a nod to examine the winnings. Apparently sharp as a tack considering it was the one who won the battle of whits. She choked on a giggle as she started walking, �Rose?� She paused and his voice sounded slightly unsure, �You are coming back...right?� She gave him a �what do you think� glare over her shoulder and he relaxed just a bit, even as the cage he and the others were being loaded into was closed.

She put a hand on her hip, �Doctor? You know that couch in the library?�

Frowning, leaning against the bars, �Of course, I purchased it from an antique shop in 1812.� He smiled to himself, �We-ell, maybe not purchase. I didn�t have money of course but I just saved the Earl of...Greenshire? Whiltshire? Hmm...anyway I saved his daughter from certain death and he decided to reward me. Good year it was-...�

Tongue in cheek, �I hope you love it because you�re going to be sleeping on it. Alone.�

Pouting playfully, �Aww...come on, Rose...�

�It�s why they call it the dog house, Doctor. Cause it�s not fun and you�re most definitely in it.� It was rather funny to her. Usually she would be the one in the cage and he would come flying in for the rescue.

He had the nerve to giggle at her, �My dog�s are tired?� He grinned maniacally as other sayings just started spilling out, �Dirty dog. Dog-breath. Snoop-dogg...� He frowned to himself, �No, wait. That�s a person...� Scratching at his head, confounded, �Why would somebody-...�

Narrowed her eyes just a bit, �Doctor, focus.� He grinned sheepishly and shrugged at her. She sighed and just shook her head, �Looks like you�re the jeopardy friendly one this go round.� Her eyes moved a fraction towards the silent girl in the cage and he gave her a sly wink. She winked back and with a mock growl departed. She was useless just hanging around. Best to just bide her time for a few hours of boring nothingness and pop in for the sneaky escape. She just hoped she could find her way back to the TARDIS in one
piece.

The Doctor settled himself onto the floor, sitting Indian style and leaned back against the bars, looking around the cage as the others continued to mill around in distress. They were going to be servants for the rest of their lives, he could understand their upset. Normally this would be where he�d step in and save them but there were two facts that kept him from interfering. The first was that this was their choice. The second, was that they would be paid and well cared for, the laws very strict on this moon about auction prizes. Actually, all things considered they�d probably do better here than out there on their own. All but that one girl next to their cage, she had no choice. He took a minute to study her. She was pretty in an odd way, unique he would say. Large, almond shaped eyes, green, and waves of nearly black locks down to her waist. She blinked once, before her eyes moved to lock on him and he felt himself jolt.

He couldn�t believe it, but it really was. He could see her, hiding behind this girl, hiding behind her eyes. A shadow demon. A real shadow demon. How this seemingly corporeal girl came across one he had no idea but somehow her body was housing it, �What?� A ghost of a smile flittered across her face, her head tilting just a little as she studied him. It was gone the next, her stare vacant once more and passing over him. He frowned to himself but decided not to press just yet.

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Rose tilted her head back to stare at the domed ceiling, sitting in the captain�s seat and feet propped up on the console. When she�d entered TARDIS she�d overrode Program 1 so she wouldn�t find herself back on Earth by accident. She�d picked at her chicken before turning up her nose at the idea of food. She�d milled around the library for about twenty minutes but she didn�t have the attention span for it right now. Now she just stared at one of the dim lights and sighed, �Bored...bored, bored, bored...� She�d always hated waiting. Waiting was the worst thing for a girl like her and now she was forced to.

She could go wander around she supposed but it just wasn�t any fun by herself. That was a small advantage to traveling with someone other than the Doctor. She and Jack had gone wandering while he was doing stuffy, scientific things that were way over her head while they were visiting Rack-...the Sleveen homeworld. But it was one of the few advantages since she didn�t want to share him with anybody right now. It was hard enough getting quality time with him since they were always on the move, she really didn�t feel like competing for attention.

She glanced at her watch and groaned to herself. Forty-five minutes. It was at least three more hours before sunset. Frowning, she dug the Doctor�s sonic screwdriver out of her pocket, twirling it around her finger a bit. His idea so no one else could get their hands on it. She jerked her head up, glancing around before rolling her eyes at herself. It was the Doctor, talking to her in her head. He did it unconsciously when he was sleeping but this was the first time he�d tried it while awake. She wasn�t sure how to respond so she just waited. She giggled and a grin spread across her face.

You have no idea.

She blinked, realizing he�d heard her. But she�d just been thinking to herself. Frowning before squeezing her eyes shut and concentrating hard, clearing her mind of everything.

Grimacing.

His voice was patient, if it could be said that he had a voice right now. It was strange but it was like she was talking in her own head, but with his voice. But it was more than that. She could feel a surge of amused love and realized him talking like this threw his emotions her way and she loved it.

She smirked and nodded to herself at his instructions, trying to soften her �voice�.

She could just picture his cheeky grin. She giggled and rolled her eyes. And she was supposed to be younger than him?

Curiosity surged through her. She tucked her tongue in her cheek and grinned to herself, not saying a thing. She giggled to herself. She could almost hear him sigh as his tone turned more serious, answering her question.

Sarcasm always ready. She blinked in surprise to hear an amused hum from him. Frowning to herself, curious since she couldn�t hear laughter and she was pretty sure he couldn�t hear her giggles.

Tone curious once more.

He didn�t say it, but she could feel embarrassment pouring from him and she grinned to herself.

Now she was very curious to find out what he was on about. Swinging a little from side to side in the chair, deciding not to torture him just yet.

He took longer to respond, no doubt trying to regain his composure.

Frowning to herself. She grinned by the end of that thought, not completely sure if she was right but taking a guess she could be since he just loved big buttons.

There was a pause. Then a more significant pause before he answered lowly. She giggled and he did a one-eighty, suddenly chipper and excited.

�You have a mate.�

The Doctor broke out of his thoughts and glanced up at the girl across from him. She had knelt down and was studying him with her eyes. Nodding slowly, �Yes.�

She smiled that ghostly smile again. Her voice was a growling purr with no accent that he could distinguish, �That�s good. Nothing worse than to be alone.� She looked around her cage and frowned to herself, lightly touching the cool metal before shying away with a shiver, �...I�ve been alone for centuries...�

He blinked twice, �Centuries, eh?� She ignored him, eyes looking up and frowning at the pink sky. Leaning forward, �How did you get here?�

�I�m not certain anymore. I drifted through the darkness of the nebula forever...and then there was light of time and I wasn�t there.� Shrugging loosely, �After that I ceased caring. I�ve been sold at auctions like this for longer than you�ve been alive.�

He grinned, �Ooh, I don�t know...I�ve been around a long time.� She raised an eyebrow and said nothing. The Doctor just continued to grin at her. She glanced away again, yawning before closing her eyes and stilling. He frowned a bit, before realizing she was done with the conversation for now. Curious creature. What could she mean by light of time? He started talking to Rose, his �voice� excited.

Tutting.

Smirking, ignoring that part of the comment since it would only lead him to thinking about the death of the Master and there was a whole host of badness she didn�t want him reflecting on just now.

He gasped at the dig. The longer she was around him, the snarkier she was getting.

He could just picture her rolling her eyes right then and grinned to himself. He knew she was trying to distract him and he loved her for it. Oh he couldn�t wait to give her a big squeeze.

He rested his chin on his hand.

There was a pause, in which she was no doubt giggling.

Nodding to herself before focusing back on probably the main reason he started talking to her in the first place.

He frowned a bit, lightly tapping the bars with a knuckle.

Frowning to herself.

Scratching at the back of his head. Rose�s eyes widened. He had registered her, though. An awful thought raced through her brain as her jaw dropped. She shook her head. Only the Doctor would forget about a technicality like that.

Then she grinned to herself. She was suddenly feeling rather fortunate he�d chosen the wrong bracelets...and smug.

The Doctor felt his jaw drop, glaring down at the green bracelet. He�d forgotten about the color coding. Blue for couples. Green for ownership. Purple for merchandise. For some reason his mind had skipped over that bit of information, even if now he remembered. And she was never going to let him forget it, either. All he felt was a surge of intense amusement from her.

A mechanical device clamped down on the sides of the platform all the winnings were sitting on, slowly lifting them off the ground to be moved. To the machines it was slow, to the passengers it felt like a roller coaster. The Doctor held onto a bar, �Bit bumpy, isn�t it?�

The shadow demon opened one eye, �Just wait until they set us down. That�s bumpy.�

Inching forward a bit until he was sitting closest to her, mostly so he wouldn�t have to shout to be heard, �You�re an old pro at this then?� She shrugged a bit, the one eye closing. Leaning in intently, �I can get you out of here. I can set you free.�

Slowly both eyes opened, �Why?�

Sniffing a bit with a grin, �I�m the Doctor, it�s what I do.�

He grimaced but didn�t respond to Rose�s threat.

Shaking her head, even as she stared at him. Her eyes sparked of recognition. She knew his name, �No, what�s the point of freedom?�

His brow furrowed in confusion, �What? What�s that?�

Sighing, tilting her head to one side, �I am from a dead race, and my people are about to all but disappear... so what�s the point in freedom? I have no home. No family. I have nothing left.�

He pursed his lips a bit, �Huh, knew about the black hole then? I�m sorry.�

Smiling bitterly, �This body originally investigated it quite a bit of time ago...before her mate and children were destroyed.� Her body language changed. She sat up straighter, more stately and her accent took on a proper English. Something about her sparked of familiarity but he couldn�t figure out what, �I was more than suicidal. I went where others of my race dared not. I went to the Dalek homeworld, searching for death but I chose not to die without a fight. After the Daleks hopelessly damaged my ship I was left to drift into the Dark Nebula.� Her accent disappeared and she reclined back against the bars, �I have nothing, now. No world, that was destroyed in the Time War...� The Doctor flinched to himself, �...with the rest of my kind. Now I am about to lose the only other home I have ever known. There�s no point in escape.�

Swallowing, feeling sadness and guilt that her people had died in the war just like his had, �I�m sorry about your family, your planet...but there is life after death. I know. It-...it takes time to see it but there are things worth living for.� She leaned her head back, watching and listening, �My people are gone as well...for the longest time I thought of just...just ending it...but I�m a coward through and through, I could never do it. Didn�t mean I didn�t throw myself into the worst situations though...� He smiled a bit, thinking of what turned it all around for him, �...and then I met Rose.� He said her name like a prayer, like heaven and a look of peace settled across his face, �She showed me there�s so much more than just pain and death. I don�t have to become a Dalek, where everything I feel is buried and ignored. There�s life and happiness and love...there�s salt covered chips and slap happy mothers and...and too much pink. She loves pink, morbidly so. How can someone love pink so much...?� He frowned a bit, trailing off before shaking his head, �Sorry! Lost my thought for a second. But there is so much to look forward to after bad things happen. Life! Don�t give up on it just because it gives up on you.�

A grin tugged at her lip, her accent back though she didn�t change position, �You always loved to
chatter, Theta.�

He blinked, startled, �What?�

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