Wanda gasped as the Dream Crab was soniced from her face. "Doctor!" she exclaimed. "Am I young?"
His eyes widened. "No idea."
"Yes, you're young," McKenzie told her, rolling her eyes, even as the Doctor grabbed a mirror.
"Is that any good?" he asked.
Wanda sighed in relief. "Oh, that's good."
McKenzie smiled. "You know, the TARDIS is outside."
"So?" Wanda asked.
"So, all of time and all of space is sitting out there in a big blue box." McKenzie started to smile. "Please, don't even argue. Just come with us."
Wanda took her hand, beaming. "Merry Christmas, Angel."
"Merry Christmas, Wanda Maximoff"
"Look at you two, all happy," she teased as they hurried out to the TARDIS. "That's rare."
"Do you know what's rarer?" he asked her. "Second chances. I never get a second chance, so what's happened this time? Don't even know who to thank." He opened the TARDIS door for the ladies, taking one last glance around the snow-covered street. Then he followed them in, and the TARDIS dematerialised.
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Wooooo!!! End of book six already!!!!!! The Ascension is now going on hiatus while my newer projects get going, starting with a Captain America fic called "Lady Liberty", for which the prologue will be up on Jan 21st!!! See you guys there :)
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One Last Chance |6| The Ascension
Science Fiction✅ approx. 215,000 words After the horrors of the war against Thanos, the Doctor and McKenzie are finally together again, albeit missing a limb. But that isn't the only thing they are bereft of. The death of their son cut them to the core and they wi...
