The Hitchhiker: A Dr. Who fanfic.

The Hitchhiker

I was sent to kill the boy.  He cannot get to California.  If he does, then he will be the cause of the apocalypse. Oh, in case you were wondering, I'm from the future.  

In the future, there is constant rain.  This is because of Adam's machine, "Rainmaker 2000."  He created this because there was a major drought in CA, and he thought he was smart enough to solve it.  Turns out, having an atomic collider in the sky combining hydrogen and oxygen to make water is not a good idea. It ended up getting out of control, and he can't turn it off.  The water keeps pouring, and sometimes it creates H2O2, (Hydrogen Peroxide) so when people drink the water or eat the crops, they become poisoned and they die.  Adam has to die, before he has the chance to destroy the human race.  

So, I've been stalking him, following him to see when he will take off to California. When he did leave, (after a long, sappy moment with his mother, too long) I got the make and model of his car.  Then The Doctor called my T.A.R.D.I.S., and I had to go back to the year 2523 and pick up my companion, Carrie Hope Fletcher.  Apparently she had been practicing  her Les Miserables songs for when she goes back to Earth, and it has been getting on Clara's nerves.  

I got in my T.A.R.D.I.S and flew it back to Gallifrey.  The Doctor greeted me in the T.A.R.D.I.S parking lot.  

"Hello Hitchhiker.  How are you today?"

 "I'm doing fine. How are you?" 

"Pretty bloody good.  Is it done?"

"Not yet.  I left as soon as I got your call.  I got the make and model of the car though."

"Okay.  Get it done before he makes it to California."

"Got it, Doc.  Where's Carrie?"

"I think she's in the human-quarters, probably in her room with Clara."

"Thanks. See you later Doctor!"

I went to find Carrie.  She was in her room, but not with Clara.  Carrie had stopped practicing Les  Miserables, and was reading.  She didn't even notice me walk in.  I think she was reading a book on how to read Gallifreyian, but I couldn't make out the cover enough to be sure.  

"Carrie, we need to go back to earth to"

"AAH!!! Oh my... Hitchhiker, you scared me!"

"Sorry.  But we need to go before Adam gets to California!"

"Okay.  Can I finish this chapter first?"

"In the T.A.R.D.I.S."

"Fine." 

She snapped her fingers and the T.A.R.D.I.S appeared.  We got in, and she went to the Library to read.  I started the T.A.R.D.I.S up and then off we went.  I turned the Chameleon  Circuit on, and we landed in America within 20 minutes of when we left.  I saw Adam's car and followed it out of the road. I was on foot, of course, so I could see his driving patterns better.  As soon as he saw me, Carrie would pick me up in the T.A.R.D.I.S and we would fly to the next spot. I eventually made him swerve into the river, off of a bridge.  

It looked like an accident to the outside world, but to any other Time-Lord it was a place where humanity was saved.  Except when I went back to the year 2050 there was still death and destruction everywhere.   I had killed the wrong man.  A wave of grief came over me.  I had the right car, and the guy had the right hairstyle.  He looked exactly like Adam! Only there was one detail I had missed.  This guy had a different license plate on his car.  How could I be so stupid! There was only one way to fix this.  I had to find the real Adam, and kill him too.  So I located another car with the correct make and model, and this time I made sure it had the correct license plate.

I followed him like I did the other one, and eventually made him go insane.  He made it all the way to Texas, but when he called home, he sat in his car for too long and suffocated while he was contemplating what to do.  

I went back to Gallifrey and we had a giant celebration, like we do every time we save all of humanity.  The Doctor has, by far, saved the earth much more than me. But I'm only 531 years old.