𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 ✧ 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 Ⅰ [✓]

Voyage Of The Damned Pt. 6

"Er, let me see."

"What the hell are you doing?"

"We can bring her back" {Y/N} works on the teleport unit.

"If a passenger has an accident on shore leave and they're still wearing their teleport, their molecules are automatically suspended and held in stasis, so if we can just trigger the shift."

"There!" an image of Astrid appears.

"I'm falling."

"Only halfway there. Come on."

"I keep falling."

"Feedback the molecule grid. Boost it with the restoration matrix. No, no, no, no, no! Need more phase containment."

"{Y/N}" the Doctor says running in and walking over to her.

"No! If I can just link up the surface suspension."

"{Y/N}, she's gone."

"I just need to override the safety. I can do this. I can do it."

"{Y/N}, let her go" the Doctor says.

"I can do anything!"

"Stop me falling."

"There's not enough left. The system was too badly damaged. She's just atoms, {Y/N}. An echo with the ghost of consciousness. She's stardust" the Doctor whispers, {Y/N} turns to the image of Astrid.

"Astrid Peth, citizen of Sto. The woman who looked at the stars and dreamt of travelling. There's an old tradition that we have on Gallifrey, one that my parents told me about" {Y/N} moves her hand about "one that I don't use very often" she then moves her hand Astrid's image "now you can travel forever" she points her sonic screwdriver at a window, which opens. Astrid turns into specks of light "you're not falling, Astrid, you're flying."

*Time skip*

"The engines have stabilised. We're holding steady till we get help, and I've sent the SOS. A rescue ship should be here within twenty minutes. And they're digging out the records on Max Capricorn. It should be quite a story."

"They'll want to talk to all of us, I suppose."

"I'd have thought so, yeah."

"I think one or two inconvenient truths might come to light. Still, it's my own fault, and ten years in jail is better than dying."

"{Y/N}, Doctor, I never said thank you. The funny thing is, I said Max Capricorn was falling apart. Just before the crash, I sold all my shares, transferred them to his rivals. It's made me rich. What do you think of that?" Slade's vone rings "Salvain. Those shares. I want them triple bonded and locked" Slade says walking away.

"Of all the people to survive, he's not the one you would have chosen, is he? But if you two could choose, if you decide who lives and who dies, that would make you a monster."

"Mister Copper, I think you deserve one of these" the Doctor, {Y/N} and Copper put on teleport bracelets. Alonso salutes just before they disappear. They walks across the grass to the TARDIS. It is snowing.

"So, Great Britain is part of Europey, and just across the British Channel, you've got Great France and Great Germany."

"No, no, it's just, it's just France and Germany. Only Britain is Great" {Y/N} says.

"Oh, and they're all at war with the continent of Ham Erica."

"No. Well, not yet. Er, could argue that one. There she is. Survive anything" the Doctor says pointing to the TARDIS.

"You know, between us, I don't even think this snow is real. I think it's the ballast from the Titanic's salvage entering the atmosphere."

"Yeah. One of these days it might snow for real" {Y/N} says.

"So, I, I suppose you two will be off."

"The open sky" the Doctor says.

"And, what about me?"

"We travel alone. It's best that way."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Give me that credit card."

"It's just petty cash. Spending money. It's all done by computer. I didn't really know the currency, so I thought a million might cover it."

"A million? Pounds?" {Y/N} asks.

"That enough for trinkets?"

"Mister Copper, a million pounds is worth fifty million credits" {Y/N} laughs quietly.

"How much?"

"Fifty million and fifty-six."

"I've got money."

"Yes, you have" the Doctor says.

"Oh, my word. Oh, my Vot! Oh, my goodness me. Yee ha!"

"It's all yours. Planet Earth. Now, that's a retirement plan. But just you be careful, though."

"I will, I will. Oh, I will."

"No interfering. We don't want any trouble. Just, just have a nice life."

"But I can have a house. A proper house, with a garden, and a door, and. Oh, Doctor, {Y/N}, I will make you both proud. And I can have a kitchen with chairs, and windows, and plates, and..." Copper skips away.

"Er, where are you going?" {Y/N} asks.

"Well, I've no idea."

"No, us neither."

"But {Y/N}, I won't forget her" a streak of blue starlight zig-zags across the sky.

"Merry Christmas, Mister Copper" the Doctor and {Y/N} says as Copper walks away, they both look at each other.

"Merry Christmas, Doctor" {Y/N} smiles grabbing his hand.

"Merry Christmas, {Y/N}" he places a kiss onto the back of her hand and they both walk into the TARDIS, and it dematerialises.

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~Bread 🍞