Thick As Thieves - Doctor Who Fanfiction

Chapter Twenty One - Mackenzie

I woke up still at night lying on my back with a crowd gathered around me. I opened my eyes and shot up. The crowd was a group of paramedics and they all seemed a little scared. How did I know this? They were all stepping back, sweating and looking at each other. I kept turning looking at them. I was scared, if not terrified, because what if they found something out about me? Some policemen were also there just getting ready in case I did something. "Calm down miss. We need to take you with us. Your acting very strange. We only need to check on you because of that gold light that has been coming out of your mouth." A paramedic said. They knew about me... I didn't think, I just ran to a pathway leading off of the beach and tried to find a place to stay out of trouble. Some of the police followed me but I was too fast. I was liking this new regeneration already. 

I got away and hid in an alley until they had all gone. I didn't have my phone, I only had a bit of money and a mirror. That was nothing to help me. I slid down one of the walls and cried. I missed the Doctor but he would come and find me. I was sure of it.

Four Days Later

I had spent them few days walking back home. I didn't have enough for a train ticket so this was the only thing to do. It turns out that I was somewhere in Devon which didn't seem that hard at the time. I used the money I had to buy some food from a shop in Devon. I did however stop at a town and ask for money. I guess I got away with it seeing as my clothes were ripped and I looked homeless. I didn't even think about where I was going to stay back home because I had left my house keys on the TARDIS but I had a plan. One of my close friends on Earth, Mackenzie, was someone I had met before I changed into Chloe. I never told her though. Her and Danny used best friends and that's how I met her but then she moved away. We traveled together once but she wanted to go home because she was worried about her mother who was in hospital. That's why I traveled with her. To cheer her up. Plus she was a nice person. She also said if my TARDIS crashed or something and I needed a place to stay then she would be happy to let me stay. This was about five years before.

I had finally seen that amazing sign that said London and knew to head somewhere that way. It was about nine o'clock at night by the time I got to her street. Hopefully she still lived there. I knocked on her door and she opened it. "I don't want to buy anything! It's late at night." She moaned. I had missed her attitude. "Hi Mackenzie." I said smiling.

"How do you know my name? Are you a stalker?"

"No it's me, Anya. I regenerated." Her face lit up and she gave me a hug then let me in.

"What are you doing here?" M asked giving me a cup of tea and a cookie. "How long has it been?" "Five years. And I needed to ask you something. It's really, really important and if you say no the-"

"Slow down Anya. You're upset I can tell. Ask the question and then explain."

"You know five years ago that you said if anything happened then I could stay here."

"You need a place to stay. What happened? TARDIS crashed down the street?"

"No. Gallifrey has gone. All the Time Lords are gone, apart from one, and so is the TARDIS. They were all destroyed in this war, the Time War. I've been traveling with the Doctor, the one I told you about, and we were on this ship." I continued to tell her everything about the past few days. I hoped that the Doctor was going to find me but it had been only four days and I was already losing hope. I know it was too early but still. I felt like I belonged in the TARDIS with the Doctor and the Ponds but I was stuck on Earth. "Of course you can stay. You'll have to help me out with the bills though. I have a friend that works at a supermarket and they need a new employee. Do you want me to call him tomorrow?"

"Sure. I've worked at a supermarket before so it shouldn't be that bad." Mackenzie showed me to a spare bedroom she had and gave me some pajamas and clothes for the next day. The next day I was going to try and get into my flat and grab whatever essentials I needed. Then I needed to find some way of contacting the Doctor.