Starlight

Bounty Hunters - I

This chapter does not appear in the show, so it won't have an episode to be based of.

Mary leaned against the door with her eyes closed as she felt the TARDIS dematerialize, "Just us two then?" The Doctor asked softly, a hint of content with the situation clear in his tone, "Just us two." She echoed, forcing her brown eyes to open and look ahead, the Doctor was looking at her, a small sad smile on his lips. 

Not wanting pity Mary pushed herself off the door and walked up the ramp to the console, making the TARDIS hum almost in happiness, something that although the Doctor found weird because it had never had that reaction to any prior companion he had had, he agreed with his ship.

"So where are you taking me Doctor?" Mary quizzed instead, "Anywhere you want to go, solar system or other side of the galaxy, back in time or forward in time." he replied, smirking in a teasing manner that actually made Mary chuckle, "Surprise me." she claimed, walking over to the seats that had previously been used by Mickey and Rose.

Loving that she was unknowledgeable to the vast universe, the Doctor smirked at her as she sat down, walking around the console, pushing buttons and pulling levers crazily, never missing the amused look on her face as she watched with her arms crossed. 

Mary never thought that she would actually, willingly, set foot on a space ship and allow a, clearly, mad man with a box whisk her away from her quiet life in London, but as she sat there, looking at the Doctor basically dancing around the console, she knew that she had been foolish to think that no alien of any sorts would stumble into her life. 

They always did.

"Crespallion, part of the Jaggit Brocade, affiliated to the Scarlet Junction, Convex 56." The Doctor claimed, looking at Mary, expecting an excited look on her face, something that he was not met with, instead she merely rose her brow at him, challenging him even more.

Huffing he flicked switched pumped a few tubes before standing up once more and claiming "Darillium, near Gamma Eridani, near the Andromeda galaxy, the planet had several rings around it and a large number of non-spherical moons." Mary smiled this time, making him smile back.

"Sounds like a wonderful place for a date." the dark-skinned woman smiled, teasing him, almost as if she knew that that was the reason he was having them hover in Darillium's orbit, "It is, a night in Darillium lasts 24 human days." he smirked at her, silently insinuating something, something that Mary picked up on and made her change her smile into a half-smirk.

"Easy there tiger, buy me diner before you bed me." she told him with the most impassive face ever, teasing him even more, "Alright, I'll take you up on that offer." he claimed, dashing to the other side of the console, "Gogan system, over 3 thousand light-years away from Earth, 32 planets, 2 suns, a few moons." The Doctor claimed, stopping right in front of Mary and looking down at her.