Alex's Beginning

Chapter 10

"I don't see why not. You created her to be you. You basically created yourself - different looks, apparently - but you created a you in a different universe. You created yourself when you created Alex, and somehow she ended up in our universe. So, now that you from your world crossed over to this world, you became Alex - since she is you in this world."

She could follow that, she believed. "I think I understand." She tried it out, thinking about the name Alex - thinking about calling herself that. "I mean, I can't argue with you - well..." Alex laughed for a minute. "Actually, I could but I'd fail epicly at it." The Doctor nodded his head, lifting up his chin enjoying the ego stroke she was giving him. "Moving on." Since that was out of the way, Alex needed something else. "Can I please help in some way? I'm dying over boredom over here, Doctor. You don't even need to give me anything important, since you clearly don't trust me all that much. But can you give me something to do?"

The Doctor didn't answer at first, and she started to believe that he was ignoring her. Until he finally spoke, "Here, I need you to switch these three wires in the exact order I tell you. I need better reception for my screwdriver." Alex did a mental victory dance as she followed his exact instructions - and yes, she might have been trying to show off to him a bit about how good she was at following. She wanted the Doctor to like her just as much as any other girl would in her position.

After a few minutes of the Doctor directing her for certain small tasks, Martha rushed into the room. Alex peeked her head over the counter, wondering where she had been. "They've reached the third floor." Oh, scouting out the hospital, Alex nodded her head and then ducked back down to fix some more wires. "What's that thing?"

"Sonic screwdriver." The Doctor replied without much care as to what he was really saying, "No no no, Alex, the blue and the red have to be swapped!"

"Sorry!" Alex picked her head back up, "It's hard to hear down here, awesome shoes by the way." He grinned at her, and she went back down. "Red and blue, you said?"

"Yeah. Then move the yellow over two places."

Martha was a little irritated that he hadn't been really focused on her. "Well if you're not going to answer me properly!"

The Doctor turned back to Martha, this time giving her his attention. "No really, it is. It's a screwdriver, and it's sonic." He held it up for her to properly see it. "Look."

"What else have you got? A laser spanner?" Alex could hear her friend's sarcasm, and she couldn't help but chuckle.

"I did, but it was stolen by Emily Pankhurst, cheeky woman."

Alex popped back up. "Two things, first I remember hearing about her in high school - I was so proud 'cause I knew her 'cause you mentioned her." The Doctor smiled. "Secondly, American here," She waved her hand, "what's a spanner?" That sounded like one of the weirdest words to ever come across her mouth.

"Wrench." The Doctor supplied. Alex's face clearly, see now that made much more sense to her.

"Right." She snapped her fingers at the alien. "So, next step?"

"You're good," He turned back to the computer, clicking away for a minute or so before become quickly angry. "What's wrong with this computer?!" He smacked it a good few times, and Alex became affronted.

"You said I was good!" She defended. "If I did something wrong, you should have told me!" She never did like it when people give her false praise.

"What? No no no," The Doctor waved his hand at her. "It's not you. The Judoon must have locked them down. Judoon Platoon upon the Moon." He ran a hand through his hair and Alex resisted the urge to just giggle. She was torn between swooning - she could only imagine how soft that hair must be - and laughing because he looked so stupid with his hair sticking out in all different directions. "'Cause I was just traveling past, I swear, I was just wandering, I wasn't looking for trouble, honestly, I wasn't."