Golden Girl. (On Going) [Doctor Who Fanfiction] {Book One}

Just One Trip.

Chapter Three: Just One Trip.
Series: Three.
Episode: One - Smith and Jones. 
Part: Two.

Two men dressed in identical black leather biker outfits come crashing into the corridor.

"Run!"

The three of them take off down the slippery hospital corridors, darting out of the way of crumpled patients as they go. They start down the stairs but almost collide with the Judoon on their way up, sandwiched between two very different problems they take a diversion down another corridor.

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The Doctor directed them down corridors and through wards unable to lose their trailing slab, before pushing the two girls through the doors of the radiology room using the sonic to lock the door behind them as the slab continues to bang on the wood. The Doctor guided Martha behind the screen as Rose follows after, still keeping a wary eye on the door.

"When I say now, press the button." The Doctor commanded, tension leaking into his voice, as he darted back behind the screen.

"But I don't know which one." Martha argued.

The Doctor peeked back around at that.

"Then find out!"

The Doctor started messing with the x-ray machine while Martha looked at the many controls in confusion and panic. Rose grabbed the operator's manual from the shelf already knowing that's what they need and flicked to the right page shoving the book over to Martha, not wanting to steal her thunder but trying to relieve some of her panic. If the grateful look she shoots her is anything to go by it seems she'd succeeded.

The slab outside was still battering at the door as its hinges slowly give way, Rose turned to the Doctor almost by instinct, despite already knowing the plan.

The door came crashing down causing Rose to redirect her attention to the slab that was now making its entrance. The Doctor already has the x-ray machine pointed at the doorway in preparation.

"Now!" The Doctor called and Martha's hand descended onto the massive yellow button at the given instruction.

For a few moments, Rose was able to see the outline of both of their skeletons before the slab collapses from the massive dose of radiation. Martha turned the machine off and the Doctor slowly comes round to face the slab.

"What did you do?" Asked Martha.

"Increased the radiation by five thousand per cent. Killed him dead." The Doctor answered nonchalantly.

"But isn't that going to kill you?"

"Nah, it's only roentgen radiation. We used to play with roentgen bricks in the nursery."

"That sounds like one hell of a nursery." Rose said, half teasing half concerned.

The Doctor grinned at her.

"It's safe for you to come out. I've absorbed it all. All I need to do is expel it. If I concentrate, I can shake the radiation out of my body and into one spot." The Doctor starts to do an odd sort of dance/jump on the spot and Rose can't help the chuckle that escapes. "It's in my left shoe. Here we go, here we go. Easy does it. Out, out, out, out, out. Out, out. Ah, ah, ah, ah! It is, it is, it is, it is, it is hot. Hold on."

The Doctor throws his new shoe into the bin.

"Done."

"You're completely mad."

"You get used to it." Rose said with a shrug, still thoroughly amused.

"You're right. I look daft with one shoe." Is the Doctor's response.