The Girl in the Box (Doctor Who)

New Earth

I woke up to the wheezing noise of the TARDIS materializing in my bedroom.

"Doctor, this is my bedroom, not a parking lot... Wait, how the hell did ya know where I live?" I shouted at the box, knowing the old girl would let the audio in the monitor play loud enough to hear. The Doctor stepped out of his box with Rose close behind him, I wondered how long it's been for them.

"Well, we let you have a good night's sleep. The TARDIS tracked down the bio-signature of a Time Lady, and we found you here. Oh yes, and it's been around an hour since the Yurizateri for us. Good to see you, Gem," the Doctor informed me like a encyclopedia.

In reply, I threw a pillow at his face and got up to get ready. I brushed my hair, changed into my usual attire, brushed my teeth, and ate a biscuit while the Doctor noisily fixed things around my house. He was ever so impatient. By the time I was finished getting ready he had given my dishwasher twelve new settings, super-charged my hairdryer, and put a penny in my clothes dryer to watch it go round and round for ten minutes.

"Oi, I'm all ready now," I told off the Doctor from his gaze at the coin being tossed in the machine as Rose looked around my house. She told me how she had to say goodbye to her mum, Jackie, and her boyfriend, Mickey earlier. For some reason she didn't seem at all upset by it, and she watched the Doctor in awe as he simply twiddled his thumbs.

"So, where we going?" Rose asked the Doctor with a grin plastered on her face.

"Further than we've ever gone before," the Doctor told her as he started flying the new and improved TARDIS.

The interior was mostly gold, with a few green and blue lights on the console. It had supporting poles that curled around up to the ceiling in an elegant manner. She looked a little dreary, but still beautiful.

"You've redecorated," I observed. "I don't like it," I lied, watching his lip push out in a pout. "I love it, the TARDIS always pretties up, don't she?" I admired the ship, curling my finger around one of the support beams as the Doctor started attempting to fly the thing. I held onto the beam for dear life and smiled at the Doctor, who was chuckling to himself.

The TARDIS landed with a thud, but the TARDIS made sure to cushion my fall when I came crashing down. I assumed it was for my compliments earlier.

The Doctor stepped out of the box with Rose and I following behind him, "it's the year five billion and twenty-three, we're in the galaxy M87, and this...this is New Earth," he explained as flying vessels zoomed over our heads.

A bit of a show off, if you ask me. The city loomed ahead of us, mostly composed of tall spire-like buildings made of shiny metals. It was utterly beautiful. The modern look of the planet was as much of a different face when it was compared to Earth.

"That's just. That's just," Rose stuttered and laughed to herself in amazement.

"Not bad. Not bad at all," I finished for her with a chuckle. Watching her stare at the planet was a sight for itself, she looked like a giddy child at the sweets shop.

"That's amazing. Oh, I'll never get used to this, never. Different ground beneath my feet. Different sky! What's that smell?" she asked jumping up and down in glee.

"Apple grass," the Doctor told her as he bent down to scoop some up.

"Apple grass," I repeated with a smirk and looked at him as the wind blew my red hair everywhere, so I had to close my mouth to prevent any strands from getting caught.

"Yeah, yeah," the Doctor laughed as he sniffed the grass and released it from his hand.

"It's beautiful. Oh I love this. Can I just say? Travelling with you, I love it," Rose beamed as she looked at the human race continuing on, still thriving. Then she looked at the Doctor as he returned her smile and agreed with her fully. She loves him, I realized. Poor girl, she's in for a hell of a lot if trouble.