SIGNAL ~ Doctor Who fanfiction

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 - Where Did He Go This Time?

"Olivia..."

It was the mysterious woman in her dreams again. The hollow voice, echoing in Olivia's ears. She opened her eyes and found herself trapped in the darkness. She couldn't see her fingers nor her surroundings. No gravity. Not a single brim of light. Just the everlasting darkness.

It was the beginning of time. The birth of the universe.

"Olivia..."

She blinked once more, and she was thrilled when she saw blinks of light twinkling around her. She found herself floating in the middle of nowhere, with stars forming around her. Beautiful shimmering stars with their own unique patterns. And she watched as they glowed ever so brightly, forming into constellations.

And millions of years later, clouds of gas and dust formed together and eventually planets were created. From Abydos to Barcelona to Clom to Delphon to her home planet Earth to Fagiros, all the way down to the planet Zygor. Planets swirling around its axes in circles.

"Olivia..." The voice called again.

And then life was created. Living creatures were formed, species of all kinds. They all lived in peace, expanding their knowledge day by day and exploring the wonders of the universe... until they started to fight over small little things.

At first it was just fighting over food and resources, then over time they fought over land and status. Thus, the concept of war was created. Weapons and explosives were developed over time and slowly the whole universe was at war. Technology advanced and people became more violent, more vicious.

But all of them — aliens and humans alike — they all had the same intention. They'll do anything to survive in this cold blooded world. Even if it meant exterminating every single living creature to win the war.

Even if it means sacrificing their loved ones, their species, their very own home planet.

"Olivia..."

But everything went too far, the war destroying every living thing contained within it... And in the end, everyone lost and everyone died. The planets were destroyed and every creature has perished from the surface of the universe. There was nothing.

No time. No space. Nothing but Olivia Watson and a mysterious woman, who stood there in the darkness, watching solemnly as time ran out, and the universe dying as a whole.

*****

Olivia blinked her eyes again to find herself waking up from the dream, laying back on her bed. The sun shone through the glass window and she got down from bed. She looked around, clutching her head. Was it all a dream? Was she hallucinating again?

She sighed, assuming it was just another dream. But then as she changed into her school uniform and looked beside her bed, she found the little device she kept after the library incident, hidden there safely in the drawer. Her fingers brushed over the device. This is real.

She remembered how she wanted to give it to the Doctor, but she hadn't found the right time. Hold on a minute now, she snapped her fingers in realisation. Where is he anyway? Where did the Doctor go to this time?

She put the device in her pocket, just in case. She tied her hair into a ponytail and walked down the stairs for breakfast. Her mind was racing with questions. She went to the fridge to grab some orange juice when she found a yellow sticky note plastered on the fridge. She took it and read through the words written in blue pen.