Fixing The Problems

Filler Chapter

Celestia woke up from her sleep and found herself in her room in The Tardis. When she looked around, she saw The Doctor looking at her in worry.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey." He answered, there was a clear worry in his expression.

"What happened?" Celestia asked after she couldn't remember the last events.

"Ion disruption." The Doctor began to explain. "We all passed out when it happened. But you didn't wake up so I carried you to The Tardis and we left that ship."

"Oh, I see." Celestia looked down.

"How are you feeling?" He said as he moved from his chair to sit in her bed, taking her face in his hands to take a closer look at her.

"I don't know." She sighed.

"You don't know?" He asked, confused.

"I think I'm fine." She finally came up with an answer.

"Celestia, please be careful while using your powers." The Doctor said as he let go of her face to pull her to his chest. Then he stroked her hair. "You've been badly affected each time you used them."

"I know." She sighed, sadly as she hugged him tighter. "I want to be useful though. I don't want to sit there and do nothing until I'm not affected by my powers." She told him honestly.

"I told you, you're already useful." He put his head on hers as he continued. "You pointed out the things I haven't noticed or provided some useful information to the rest of the group. Please don't ever ever think like that."

She smiled to herself as she listened to his speech. No matter what happened, he always knew how to make her feel better. And that was one of the things she loves about him. She stopped as she realized what was she talking about. Love? She couldn't love him. He's her best friend and probably didn't even think of her that way. Then why did she? She was not about to destroy her friendship with him so she tried to tell herself that she didn't love him everytime.

"Thank you so much." She hugged him tightly, closing her eyes. She felt so much contentment that she couldn't even begin to express it.

"For what?" The Doctor asked.

"This." She explained. "Being with me, always supporting me and making sure that I'm alright."

"Is someone being emotional right now?" He teased her.

"Shut it." She said playfully. "I'm serious though." She removed her head from his chest to wrap her hands around his neck. "Seeing you by my side, waiting for me to wake up made me realize how much I missed having you around, Doctor."

"You have no idea how much I missed you." He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him as he softly put his forehead against her. "I don't wanna go through that again." He whispered the last part as if he said it any louder, he would scare her away.

"Me neither." She said in the same tone as him. They both closed their eyes to feel happy in each other's presence.

"Ready to go to the console room?" The Doctor asked after a few minutes. "Charley was worried about you."

"Yes. Oh my god is she alright?" She asked after suddenly remembering how they couldn't find her.

"Yes, yes. She survived." He explained, a sad tone in his voice.

"Hey? What's wrong?" Celestia removed her forehead from his to look directly into his eyes, her arms still around his neck.

"The Cyberman had crushed Charley's life support pack. Deeva gave hers to save her life." The Doctor explained.

"She. I see." Celestia said, looking down sadly

"She said, trust while doing this for Charley." The Doctor said.

"I think I understand." Celestia said. She didn't want to cry but she couldn't help some of the tears falling from her eyes. The Doctor wiped her tears gently. He also had a sad expression on his face. Then he pulled himself together, took her hand and told her to come with him to the console room.

When they came, Charley rushed over to their side to check if Celestia was alright.

"Thank God, you're alright." Charley said as she hugged the Time Lady tightly.

"I'm so glad that you're alright too." She said to the human girl as she hugged back. "We were so worried."

"Today has been a very worrying day, has it?" Charley asked as she let go of Celestia.

"This is an ordinary day for us." Celestia said, pointing between herself and The Doctor.

"Oh yes." He agreed.

"How's Stolas?" She asked to the Time Lord.

"I found something in the book we took from the shop." He explained. "It helped him get better. He's in his own room to play with his things. I think he can come with us on our next adventure."

"Thank you so much for helping him." She smiled softly at him.

"It's the least I can do." He said, smiling.

"Now." The Doctor says as he pressed buttons on the console, Celestia checking the monitor.

"You two are looking for her, aren't you?" Charley asked them, understanding.

"Hmm?" The Doctor asked, not paying enough attention.

"Deeva." Charley clarified.

"Yes. No sign of her. She's drifting out there, somewhere." The Doctor said.

"Androids don't need to breathe, but without her life support pack the cold will have caused her systems to shut down. Maybe one day someone will find her and reactivate her." Celestia explained.

"Are you two all right?" Charley asked them, noting the sad look on their faces.

"Mmm, it's ironic, isn't it? In many ways the Cybermen are arguable more human than Deeva." The Doctor said.

"You mean because they were once human?" Charley asked.

"Mmm." The Doctor agreed.

"Perhaps. But they tried to improve themselves, didn't they, the Cybermen? But as it turned out, they got it wrong. Made themselves into, well, monsters really. Whereas Deeva, it's almost as if she took what we humans had given her and improved upon it." Charley tried to comfort them.

"We humans?" Celestia asked with a confusion.

"Is this where you two start getting all superior and mysterious with me?" Charley asked, jokingly.

"No. This is where, at last." The Doctor said as The Tardis engines started.

"I get to put the kettle on." Celestia said, thinking that this would help him feel better.