Alex's Beginning

Chapter 13

They entered the office just after Martha, and the Doctor dropped his hand as Martha spoke. "She's gone! She was here."

The alien passed her to examine Mr. Stoker's body. Alex stayed near the door, looking out into the hallway to give the appearance that she was on the look-out. Honestly, she just didn't want to see a dead body. "Drained him dry. Every last drop. I was right. She's a plasmavore."

"Why is she here on Earth then?" What would be the point to come to a planet like theirs? "Unless she happens to like the taste of us, I suppose."

"Nah. She's hiding. On the run. Like Ronald Biggs in Rio de Janeiro." That meant next to nothing to the woman. Was that even an American film? "What's she doing now?" The Doctor wondered aloud, thinking to himself as he just stared at the wall next to Alex. "She's still not safe. The Judoon could execute us all. Come on."

He just pasted Alex when Martha spoke up, "Wait a minute." Both turned to see her close Mr. Stoker's eyes, and the smaller looked away, trying to push away the feeling of discomfort. When Martha was close enough the two of them started to move.

"Think, think, think. If I was a wanted plasmavore surrounded by police, what would I do?" He looked up and something caught his eyes. Alex turned but only saw the sign that mentioned where the MRI was. She didn't see anything important. "Aah. She's as clever as me. Well, almost."

"I don't understand." Alex confessed, looking between the sign and the Doctor. "How can the MRI chamber help her escape from being surrounded by outer space police?"

"Well, Allie, you see..."

There was a large bang as the door far down the hall swung open. "Find the non-human. Execute." The Judoon were now gathered all together, and were determined to find the Doctor.

"Stay here." The Doctor said, instead and Alex was a little annoyed that he couldn't explain. She really did want to know how the MRI chambers came into play here. "I need time. You both are going to have to hold them up."

"Doctor, you clearly have a lot more faith in us than you should." Alex said, "How exactly can two humans hold off - for any amount of time - a Judoon platoon?" Sure, he could probably do it with his super-duper Time Lord brain and handy-dandy sonic screwdriver - but since they had neither, Alex was pretty sure that they weren't much good.

"She's right. How do we do that?" Martha asked in a panic.

"Martha, forgive me for this. It's to save a thousand lives, it means nothing. Honestly, nothing." Both girls just stared at him.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Was the oxygen finally getting to him because she couldn't figure out what he was going on about. Oh wait... It came to her, and she suddenly remembered -

The Doctor grasped onto Martha's cheeks so that he could give her a kiss. Alex watched for a second with wide eyes, before looking anywhere but them. She didn't know why, but she had a powerful sense of awkwardness. He broke off the kiss, and she felt hands on her shoulders. She squeaked, and threw her hands up to his chest to keep him at bay. "What are you doing?!" She yelped in a rather high pitch voice. "That was awkward enough as it was, and I am not about to go through that times two by kissing you." She kept pushing him away, trying to get some distance between them. "Martha's gonna be enough, I'm sure. Get away from me, you stupid man!"

He stood up tall and fixed his jacket. "Well, it's not like I had a choice. I need to do this, Allie." He grasped her face, and she squeezed her eyes tightly but instead of feeling his lips on hers, instead she felt them on her forehead. He gave her a good one, and even still it brought a bright blush to her cheeks. "There you go, Allie. Wonderful." He muttered, and she realized it was just for her ears. He rushed off, and Alex pressed a hand to her forehead, still blushing. Well, at least he didn't take her first kiss - so at least that was something.