Dreaming of a Blue Box | The Doctor {1} ✔️ (Original Version)

The End of the World - II

Lily looked around after hearing her name being said but couldn't find the culprit. No one seemed to be talking about her nor looking at her so she shrugged and turned back to the Doctor.

"The Moxx of Balhoon!" the Doctor said with glee as the small blue alien approached.

"My felicitations on this historical happenstance. I give you the gift of bodily salivas." His voice was hard to understand. Although, there was one thing they understood. The spit that flew in Rose's eye.

"Oh my god!" Lily laughed. "That's what you get for making fun of my gift."

Rose returned her statement by wiping the spit from her eye onto Lily's sleeve. She lightly pushed her shoulder, gasping in disbelief at what she did.

"Thank you very much." The Doctor grinned before the Moxx backed away.

"Ah! The Adherents of the Repeated Meme." The Doctor spoke quickly as they walked up to them. Winking at Lily, he turned backed to the cloaked aliens. "I give you air from my lungs." He breathed on them less gracefully than Lily did making her let out a small laugh.

"A gift of peace in all good faith," the middle Adherents replied in an eerie voice. It held out a silver ball in its three claw hand. The Doctor took it, tossed it in the air. He then caught it and handed it to Rose since she was the closest by.

"And last but not least, our very special guest." The Steward spoke. "Ladies and gentlemen, and trees and multiforms, consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth the last Human." Rose's jaw dropped as a thin piece of skin with a face rolled in. Lily was stunned, widening her eyes at the scene. "The Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen."

"That can't be a human," Lily whispered to the Doctor so Cassandra wouldn't hear. "She doesn't look human in anyway."

"She may not look human," The Doctor leaned down to softly talk in her ear. "But she's the last to be born on Earth. Her appearance was only altered a bit."

"A bit?" Rose commented and then started to walk towards her. Lily went to follow but the Doctor grabbed her arm pulling her back. She didn't ask why. He must have a good reason for keeping her at his side so she decided to keep a close eye on Rose.

"Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know it's shocking, isn't it?" Cassandra spoke as she was rolled in by her two accomplices. "I've had my chin completely taken away and look at the difference. Look how thin I am. Thin and dainty. I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturise me. Moisturise me."

"I think they took away a little more than her chin, don't you think?" Lily asked the Doctor as Cassandra was doused in the water her companions kept in spray bottles.

He showed a grin at her while Cassandra continued. "Truly, I am the last Human. My father was a Texan, my mother was from the Arctic Desert. They were born on the Earth and were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honour them and say goodbye." she began to sniffle. "Oh, no tears, no tears." one of the two men wiped what seemed to be her eye. "I'm sorry. But behold, I bring gifts. From Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg."

"What is she doing?" Lily worried about Rose who was now behind Cassandra, looking through her mouth. "Should we go get her?"

"No," the Doctor answered. "If she didn't get killed already they don't mind her walking around."

"Wait, she could be killed?" he caught her attention. "Doctor?"

"Legend says it had a wingspan of fifty feet and blew fire from its nostrils." Lily's eyebrow raised. She may have been born on Earth but she's not exactly knowledgeable about it. "Or was that my third husband?" The Doctor let out a small laugh. "Oh, no. Oh, don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines. And here, another rarity." She continued. "According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers."

Lily rolled her eyes as a 50's jukebox was rolled in. "Clearly she knows nothing of Earth's history." She spoke quietly to the Doctor. "That's a 1950's jukebox. Far away from an ipod. I should know."

"Why's that?"

"Well the 50's are kinda my favorite decade?" Lily was never asked that question so it took her for surprise. "It's after the Great Depression in the 30's and World War II in the 40's. Everyone was all happy and the pastel colors were beautiful. It was a great time to be alive after all the trauma the went through."

The Doctor took a long look at her. He really admired any human who enjoyed history and loved to learn about it. Lily seemed to like just that. Add that to the list of things he loved about her.

When the tune of Tainted Love by Soft Cell started to play out from the speakers Rose felt as if she was suffocating. Looking around at all the aliens around her she couldn't think straight. Lily may be used to this by now but not Rose. She held the gifts they received and ran out the door away from Lily and the Doctor.

"Doctor!" Lily tried to get the Time Lord's attention who was dancing along to the music. "Rose, she ran out."

"It's okay." He waves her off. "We'll find her. Come on." He grabbed her hand and started to guide her through the crowd of aliens.

"Miss Carter?" They were stopped by Jabe who flashed something in both of their eyes. "Thank you." The Doctor shook it off and continued to pull Lily to the door.

Before she fully pulled her through the doorway Lily took a look over at a giant head in a glass container. It seemed to be frowning at her in worry and sorrow. Lily's eyebrows scrunched together before leaving the gallery along with her alien friend.

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