The Dragon Awakes: Doctor Who AU

Chapter 1

A young woman rode through the streets of London on the back of a custom Harley Davidson soft-tail. She wore a black duster, a dark t-shirt, a pair of dark jeans and black combat boots. She stopped at a light, waiting. She looked over to her left, seeing multitudes of people coming and going. One stood out though, a blonde young woman. 'No, it couldn't be.' She looked closer to the woman and smiled big, it was, it was Rose Tyler, her best friend.
Rose was having a bad day. She was tired; her mind was elsewhere as she walked aimlessly through the streets of London. She'd had to get out of the house; the small apartment had felt like it was suffocating her, and her mother's endless jabbering about little insignificant things hadn't helped. Rose had enough awareness to stop when the light was red, and then was startled out of her reverie by the loud roaring of a motorbike on the road right next to her. She looked up to see a familiar face grinning widely at her.

The young woman smiled big, "Rose Tyler!" She drove over, parking her bike and slid off the back. The young woman was Angel Destler, a second leftenant, and an american. "Rose Tyler! My word, look at you!" She hugged her tightly, they had gone to high school together.
"Angel! Oh my god, I hardly even recognised you!" Rose exclaimed, hugging back her friend. She laughed, smiling at her, taking in the sight of her best friend. Rose was momentarily at a loss for words. "How've you been?" she asked, saying the first generic question that sprang to her mind. Angel laughed.
"I'm fine, never better. Finally home from basic training, check it out." She pulled her dog tags out from under her shirt, smiling to her. 'Second Leftenant, Angel Destler' it read. "Now how are you? You kinda dropped off the face of the planet after you dropped out, you said you'd stay in touch." She didn't blame Rose for dropping out, hell, she would have too had her brother not said he'd kick her ass if she did.

Rose fingered the dog tags with wonder.
"Wow, I never would've expected…" she trailed off, shaking her head. "It's so good to see you again, Ange, really." Rose smiled, then bit her lip, wondering how to address her next question. "For a while I just lazed around, I guess… then Mum made me buck up and get a job. I worked at a shop for a while, then I started.. travelling." Rose's cheeks turned pink, and she tried to think of a way she could explain everything the Doctor was and had done for her. "D'you wanna come over?" Rose invited her, gesturing vaguely in the direction of the apartment. "I think Mum's gone out for the rest of the day; we could catch up?"

"Course I want to come over! Come on, get on." She patted the back seat of the motorcycle. Angel smiled at Rose's face, though the pink flush to her cheeks meant Rose was lying to her, though Angel didn't question it, she knew Rose had her secrets; hell, she did as well. She waited for Rose to get on, and when she did, Angel told her to hold on tight. She revved the engine, putting the kickstand up and headed towards the apartment.
She rode towards the apartment, pulling into the courtyard about ten minutes later, parking near the door. She put the kickstand down and turned the bike off, standing up and got off the bike, her long hair in a braid, tied off with a little strip of leather. Her duster jingled a bit as she fixed it, smiling to Rose.

Rose took off the helmet, running her fingers through her messed up blonde hair. She grinned at Angel.
"This way, then," she said, leading the way up the stairs. "Mum?" she called out, entering the apartment. She was greeted with silence, and Rose nodded towards Angel. "Come on in; place to ourselves." She smiled. "D'you fancy a cuppa tea?" Rose asked, setting down her bag on the couch and heading for the kitchen. "Jus' make yourself comfy."

Angel removed her boots before stepping inside, having them in her hand. She set them next to the door, removing her duster, placing it on a hook behind the door. She moved into the living room.
"Cup of tea sounds good actually." She sat down on the couch, looking around. "Its not changed since I was here last." That had to have been….three…no four years ago, when they were still in school together. "Rose, your Mom, she still doesnt like me does she?"

Rose grimaced, bringing in two cups of tea and setting them down on the coffee table.
"You caught onto that, did you?" She sat back on the couch, looking at Angel. Rose chuckled. "You've changed Ange….. I just can't figure out how. It's different; I just can't quite put my finger on it," she said, blowing softly on her hot drink. "So what made you want to go into the army? Never would've picked it when we were at school," she commented.
Angel took the tea, sipping it slowly.
"I wanted to do some good in the world, protect it, protect its citizens in anyway that I could, joining the army was the only thing I could think of." She was indeed different, in many ways.

She smiled to Rose, "So you said you had been traveling, traveling where exactly?" Just as Angel asked that, someone put their key in the lock of the front door and unlocked it, Jackie Tyler coming in and Angel, swallowed a bit, if there was one woman she feared the most in the entire cosmos, it was Jackie Tyler, Rose's mother.
Rose quickly sprang to her feet, almost thankful for the interruption meaning she didn't have to immediately answer Angel's question.

She met her mother in the hallway before she could enter the living room and see Angel.
"Mum, could you give us a few minutes?" she said breathlessly, ignoring Jackie's look of confusion.
"Rose, what're you on about?" Jackie protested as her daughter steered her towards her bedroom.
"Just a few minutes Mum, 'kay, please?" Rose shut the door and went back out to see Angel and grinned. "Don't worry, you're safe; we've got a minute. Damn, I thought she'd be gone for longer. Scratch this place; let's go somewhere, yeah?" She ushered Angel out the door, grabbing her key. "Goin' out Mum, bye!" she called. Internally, Rose mulled over how long she had... the Doctor had said 36 hours maximum for the TARDIS to charge up. He'd taken it to Cardiff, but Rose had wanted to spend some time with her mum. Ha, Jackie had driven her mad after a couple of hours.

She had until four that afternoon until he came back, and Rose bit her lip, wondering how she'd explain him to Angel.
Angel moved to the front door, stepping into her boots and grabbed her duster, stepping outside. She put her duster over the railing, tying her boots before standing and grabbed her duster, putting it on.
"I think your Mom still blames me for you dropping out honestly Rose. Come on, lets head to my place." She walked down the stairs to her motorcycle, tossing the helmet to Rose, getting on. She pulled her keys out, starting her bike and drove off. They headed out of the city towards the mountains, towards Angel's home.

She and her family had a bit of land, that Angel had inherited when her parents had been killed in a train accident. She pulled up to the large gate and put in a code, the gates swinging open and they moved though them up to the large castle like house. It was an old red brick house, but it was solid, with a two car garage, a very large front yard. The back was even bigger, an acre or two at least, with woods beyond that.
"Well she's gotta learn I made my own choice then, don't she?" Rose said, winking and climbing on the back of the motorbike. Rose clung to Angel as they sped through the streets, finally arriving at Angel's house. "Wow, forgot how awesome this place was," she said, voice raised above the bike as they rode up the drive and stopped outside the garage.

The roaring finally stopped; her ears were ringing. Rose clambered off the motorbike and teetered, almost falling over; her legs had gone all wobbly from being on the bike too long. "That must take some getting used to," she said breathlessly, her cheeks flushed pink as she pulled off the helmet. Then she smiled at Angel.

Angel laughed, watching Rose wobble some when she got off the bike. She slid off the bike, stretching.
"You'll get use to it." She moved to the garage, pulling it up and rolled her motorcycle inside, next to her mustang. She headed inside with Rose, her two large hunting dogs coming to greet them when they came in. "Sit!" The two large dogs sat obediently. "Rose, meet Leo and Miko." The two large dogs where italian wolf hounds and they looked like small horses, but they were the most loyal dogs she had ever had.

Her home was HUGE, but it was also very homey and lived in. There were various pictures of her friends and family on the walls. From the kitchen it branched off into a formal dining room and from there it went into the living room. The living room was huge. It housed a large couch, a love seat and an armchair. There was a coffee table with books and a few other miscellaneous items, along with a sketchbook, it was Angel's.

There were a few swords along the walls, along with two staffs. There was a large flatscreen television to one side of the living room, along with a few gaming systems. Out back, there was a large pool and beyond that, was a HUGE spread of land, along with the woods beyond that.
"Oh aren't you two the cutest!" Rose exclaimed, kneeling down and patting the dogs' heads each in turn. "They're gorgeous," she said earnestly to Angel, who was watching with an amused expression on her face. "And so is your place; it always feels bigger every time I come here!" Rose stood up and followed Angel towards the lounge, admiring the decorative elements all over the walls.

She spied Angel's familiar sketchbook on the table but didn't want to pry, so she left it alone. "You still living alone then? Or have you got a roommate?" Rose had slipped off her shoes at the front door, and she pressed her toes into the thick carpet and made herself at home on the couch.