Dreams Come True

Hard As A Bone

I groaned as the blackness before my eyes slowly shifted to blurry colours and foggy shapes I could barely make out. I could just faintly hear my friends' frantic voices, but it was just muffled echoes in my head. All that I could fully comprehend was that my head hurt and the TARDIS was shaking like it was being bombarded from outside.

Oh, right. We were in the middle of an all out war between Daleks and Goombaleks, with Dry Bowser showing up just to make it even harder for us.

I moaned in pain as what felt like an ice pack was brought onto my head, and some of the weight in my brain flared down. Opening my eyes a bit more, I realised I didn't have my glasses on, so that was clearly why I was struggling to see. In my view, I could make out the vague shapes of Manolo, Maria and Ralph.

"Kid?" I heard the wrecker ask, his voice banging around my head like a hushed echo. "Kid, c'mon. You've survived so much worse. A little bump on the head is nothing."

"He could have a concussion, Ralph", I heard Maria hiss.

"Guys", Manolo said sharply. "Relax. He's waking up, but we don't need him screaming at us to shut up."

Blinking slowly, I made a move to sit up. I could feel Manolo's hand on my back, but I slipped when the TARDIS shook again. Ralph caught me, and I looked up at him with clouded eyes.

"Ralph..." I choked out. "What... What happened?"

"Well", Ralph explained, "We got hit, you slammed your head when it made you slip, and as you were out we've been dealing with... well, hell."

"You've been out for an hour", Maria added in worry. "We tried to get you out of the main room, but Dry Bowser won't let up. It took us half that time to get you here."

Looking around groggily, taking in the sight of the library. A few lights were off, but I didn't question it.

I continued to sit up, more of my senses coming back to me, and soon I was mostly back. "Okay, what's the situation like now?"

Manolo sighed. "Bad. Jenny and the others are still outside, but Bubbles came in and warned us more ships showed up. Dry Bowser isn't letting up, The Doctor can't do anything with all of this happening, and everyone else is frantic because they can't do anything."

I gulped. "Where's Gladius?"

"He went to help Jenny and the others", Maria explained. "It was getting really bad out there."

Another violent shake of the TARDIS. All four of us looked up at the ceiling, and my eye twitched. This was going too far. I was officially at my breaking point.

Shocking the others, I shot up into a standing position. "Alright, that's it! Dry Bowser has broke my patience!" I stormed over to the door, the others close behind. "I know exactly what we need to do, and it'll pop that ego of his so hard his head will shatter!"

I stormed into the main room, much to the surprise of the others, and scaled the stairs till I was with both frantic scientists. They looked at me for the briefest of moments, then returned to messing with the console.

"Maria, Manolo and Ralph updated me on what happened", I said in a cold tone, making the two men freeze and face me. "And honestly-" Another shackle made me pause "-I'm fed up with it."

"So what's the plan then?" Zomboss said desperately.

I gave him a look, looked at Who, then back to the zombie. "The TARDIS will need some officially licensed Z-Tech upgrades."

"WHAT?!" The Doctor roared. "Absolutely not! The TARDIS isn't something you can simply tamper with! I refuse to let him do anything!" He pointed at Zomboss aggressively.