Hi! So, I've been wanting to re-write the Children in need special: Time Crash a bit differently for a while and also add in the Fifth Doctor's POV. I think it's a lot more interesting with companions involved too! Five is travelling with Adric, Tegan and Nyssa and Ten is travelling with Rose. :)
Disclaimer: I not not own Doctor who, sadly :(
On with the story!
Adric watched the Doctor as he wandered round the TARDIS console room, polishing various buttons and levers with one hand and absently chewing on a stick of celery with the other.
'Come on Nyssa, make your move' he said, turning back to the game of chess he knew he was going to win. Nyssa moved a pawn forward, sighing. 'Got-cha' muttered Adric.
A few minutes later Tegan wandered in to the console room when the Doctor shouted 'no!'
'What is it doctor?' Tegan asked.
'No, the -the temporal reflex control waves have fallen through the parallel warping time matrix' he moaned, 'oh no'. And with that, he thrusted his half- chewed celery onto the surprised Tegan and ran to the other side of the console.
Adric rolled his eyes and carried on his game of chess, absently taking Nyssa's knight.
Adric checked the chess board again, yep, check mate, he had won again. He looked over to the Doctor who was lying on the floor, head under the console engrossed in fixing the filters on the parallel warping time matrix.
'Doctor!' He called 'I won again, ten times in a row, you owe me that Kit-kat! Doctor?'
'One second Adric!' said the Doctor, still engrossed with the TARDIS.
Nyssa started packing the chess set away,'honestly Adric, I think those Earth Kit-kats are horrible'
'They're just chocolate bars, calm down,' said Tegan, folding her arms, 'If we ever get back to Earth you can have as many as you want. '
The three bickering companions attention was snached away from their argument when they heard the sound of the Doctor yelping in pain.
Ardic looked over to see him sitting crossed-legged next to the console- looking very childish- rubbing his head. 'What is it Doctor?' Nyssa asked, concerned.
'Ahh' he moaned, 'banged my head on the console.'
'Again?'
'Yes, Tegan, again, I haven't gotten used to my new height- I'm shorter,' he muttered, taking his hand from his head and looking at it. There was blood.
'Doctor-' Nyssa began, concerned.
'Don't worry, Nyssa, it'll be gone within a few minutes.'
'What do you mean?' asked Adric, wrinkling his nose upon seeing the Timelord wipe his hand on his cricket trousers.
'Regeneration,' The Doctor explained, 'I'm still in the boundaries of regenerating. If of us gets hurt, the remaining regeneration energy still circulating around can help with healing...' he paused, 'although regeneration usually has some side effects.'
'Like failing, when you needed the zero room?' Adric asked, looking down at the Doctor.
'Well, yes, and other things.'
'Like what?' said Tegan
'Actually, most Timelords have no problem with regeneration you see,' began the Doctor, 'I'm just a bit rubbish at it to be honest. Although, I knew someone who had a terrible neron implosion- knocked out for hours! And sometimes you can't remember them all. And strangely, everything tastes different too, after regenerating, you could look at an apple as if it is the most delicious thing in the world, but once you taste it, it's disgusting...' The Doctor trailed off when he noticed the three faces looking down at him where very confused. 'I never liked celery before...come to think of it, where is my celery?'
Tegan looked puzzled, 'on your coat?'
'No- the other one...' asked the Doctor, looking around from his place on the floor.
'Oh, I gave it to Adric,' Tegan told him up upon realising he was referring to the one he had been eating earlier. Every one looked in the direction of Adric to find him staring into space.
'Adric?'
'Doctor?' he said 'the console?'
The timelord turned his head to the console.
It was smoking.
The Doctor sprang to his feet and started madly pressing buttons and pulling levers, dancing round the console, obvious panic etched on his young face.
Smoke was rapidly filling the console room, soon, making it hard to see. The Doctor was wildly dancing about the console, while the others were automatically moving closer together.
Their use of sight was practically gone as the smoke got thicker, and relying, now mainly on touch and sound; everyone heard Nyssa cough. She cleared her throat again.
'Doctor,' Adric's voice was heard, 'what is this gas?'
'Hang on,' they heard The Doctor say. He was squinting through the gas to see the scanner. 'It's leaked out of the console, I must have taken off another filter while trying to repair the faulty one.' The Doctor tapped some buttons, peering through the smoke.
No one saw the mixed look of concern and fear cross the old mans young face. But they heard him. 'Oh no.'
'Doctor?' enquired Tegan nervously, 'what's wrong?'
'This gas is poisonous to Trakenites.'
Adric and Tegan turned to Nyssa, who was a blur of maroon, despite being right next to them.
She began coughing and sputtering again, the gas obviously harming her.
'Doctor!' she coughed, swaying dangerously. Tegan put an arm around her and gently lowered the poisoned Trakenite to the TARDIS floor.
The Doctor left the scanner, and started to make his way towards his three companions, towards the blur of purple and the blur of yellow kneeling next to the blur of maroon, when the ground beneath him tilted violently and with nothing in vision to grip onto, he was tossed about the TARDIS until he felt a sharp stab in the side of his head were it had collided with something. And everything went black.
As the Timelord felt himself being sucked into oblivion- he could hear the distant toll of the cloister bell.
Next chapter up very soon! Please also review, especially constructive criticism!