Tales of a Time Lady (A Doctor Who Fanfiction)

2: Chapter 1: The Fortuna

"So", Lady smiled, leaning against the dashboard, "Where do you want to go?" Axe laughed.

"To be honest, I need to sleep. After all that? Cat nap would be great." Suddenly he remembered about Scraps and pleaded to swing by and grab her. Lady agreed enthusiastically.

While the cat purred contently on Lady's lap, Axe went hunting around the TARDIS for a bathroom. Lady smiled and scratched its ears. "Such a pretty girl." She was sitting cross-legged on one of the couches placed along the platform. After a few minutes Axe returned, in a bath towel.

"Lady?" She tore herself from the cat.

"Yes? Oh!" She shut her eyes. "Missing something Axe?" He laughed sheepishly.

"I noticed halfway through my shower that all my clothes are filthy with Ceros goo and grime. Have any other clothes?" After Axe giving the okay, Lady opened her eyes and led him to one of the bedrooms. It was small and simple, a double bed, wooden chest at the foot, cupboard on a metallic wall covered in pipes and vales.

"Yours if you want." She shrugged while Axe explored it. "At least it's never cold. Those pipes can get toasty."

"Really?"

Lady smiled. "Where else would you sleep? Outside?" Axe titled his head.

"What is outside, when you're not actually somewhere." Lady curled her lip and narrowed her eyebrows.

"Space I guess. Just drifting through star fields. Haven't really parked it yet." Axe agreed that the bedroom was perfect.

"And clothes in here?" Lady nodded and walked over to the cupboard.

"Yep, don't know who they once belonged to though." She opened the doors and found a rather dated period of clothing. "Yikes, the 20s. Bit early in the fashion world. Sorry." But Axe was beaming.

"I love the 20s! The fashion to awesome and well, anything is better then sweaters and rags. I will wear these to death!" He thanked Lady a million times and started diving through the racks. Lady said she'd leave him to it. She found the cat sniffing at a door a couple turns from Axe's room. She frowned and picked her up.

"Scraps, what are you doing?" She opened the door. "Oh." The room was silent, dark and cold. Lady instantly shut it. "Nothing in there, so leave it."

Another few minutes passed and Axe emerged in boots, black pants, a white shirt with a suspenders, putting on some fingerless gloves. Lady smiled.

"Funny, you remind me of someone I knew." Axe looked down.

"However I believe", He pulled out his long over coat and put it on, "I should wear something that I actually own."

"Much better. Suits you better I think." She nodded in approval. Lady scratched her chin and picked up one of his scarfs, tying it around his neck. "Perfect." He gave a one sided grin and Lady gave a smile. Suddenly, the TARDIS made a loud groan and Lady and Axe were thrown to the other side of the ship, the whole place titling and rocking violently. Axe had hit his head on a metal pipe and Lady landed next to him.

"Axe?" She groaned and rubbed her head. "Axe!" She quickly snapped out of a daze and shook his shoulders. She touched his head to check for blood. "You okay?" He opened his eyes and flickered for a second. "Oh thank goodness." He gave a reassuring smile and shook his head.

"What on earth was that?" Lady helped him up.

"Not a clue. Want to check it out?" She grinned and headed for the door. She kept smiling until she opened it. "Oh." Axe rushed to her side.

"That's different."

Metal, as far as the eye could see. It almost looked like they landed inside a giant empty soup can. The air was stiff and stale, but also quite damp. They landed in the middle of a corridor, the walls curving.