Melanie Tyler

Running's Just a Way To Delay

The second he finally understood what was going on he grabbed my hand and started dragging me back to the Tardis as fast as he could while pulling me along. He kept muttering to himself. "This is impossible. We shouldn't be here." Things like that.

We stopped every now and then and the doctor would ask me which way to go to get back to the Tardis. I knew the woods well, so it was fairly easy.

I shoved the idea of me being back here aside. If I thought about it too much I wouldn't want to leave. I'd want to find my parents, and I knew I couldn't handle the truth.

And that's what the doctor was doing, running from the truth. The truth that he knew would tear us both apart. 

We walked in silence, but I knew the doctor was screaming thoughts inside his head. He would glance at me every now and then and I'd see sympathy and concern in his face.

I felt bad for the guy. Taking care of me, after all the trouble I seem to cause. Keeping me close, even though I know I remind him of my mom. 

I knew the story. The story of my mom and him. They fell in love and had adventures. One day the adventures stopped, something sent her away. She came back later and a clone of the doctor was made. Half human, half time lord. He was sent with my mom back to this world. Where they fell in love and had me.

I'm a quarter Timelord I guess too. Something that the doctor probably already knew. We've been through a lot, The Doctor and I. So much infact, for the little time we've known eachother. He treats me like his daughter, like his own little girl, and I suppose in a way, I kinda am. 

We both don't try to think of it either. I guess, the pains too much for even two hearts. The truth, that I wasn't his, I was Rose's and John's. That the Doctor didn't get to live that dream he dreamt of so often. He didn't talk about it, but I knew. I could see it every time he looked at me. He could see himself in me, but then he realizes it's not really him, it's John, John Smith.

That's another reason why we're running I guess, but I'm glad we are. I'd probably destroy myself if we stayed, the doctor would too.

I blink again as the Doctor stops and I run into his back. I look around, but don't see what he stopped for, then I hear it.

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" My whole body stiffens. The Doctor notices this and grabs my hand. I look up at him and he nods. The Tardis is so close, if we make a run for it, we should make it.

I mouth a count down. One, Two, Three! We run for it. I can hear the Dalek, it's nearer than I had thought. I trip and get a face full of dirt, right as the Dalek screams. "EXTERMINATE!" Again. It shot and if it wasn't for me tripping it would have hit me to.

I take one deep breath and get up and run. The Doctor had turned around and screamed my name when I tripped. The Second we got inside the Tardis the Doctor hugged me. Hugged me long and tight. And I hugged him back. We were alive.