Randomizer VI

Don't own it

Lets get on with it

Mel was certainly living up to her name. After hiding in the foliage for four hours, she certainly looked like a bush. But still, no sign of The Doctor or the lady.

At last, at a quarter 'till noon, Amy came running towards the place carrying a small bag. She quickly spotted Mel in the brush, who rose to greet her. "Hey, are we about ready? She should be here any minute."

"Yeah, the others'll be a minute. They sent me on ahead with the stupid rocks." She promptly dropped the bag she was carrying. "I have no clue why they're important, but they ought to make the next important item they make me carry a whole lot lighter."

Mel dug one of the stones out of the bag. They were much dustier and more worn than Zoe's. "But didn't The Doctor say that the rocks weren't natural?" She asked.

"Don't worry. He spent a long time on that. And then he did a bunch of tests on them. Making sure they had the same properties or something."

"And-?"

"Either Zoe's was an artificial replica of the stone or the ones we got were just a lot older. Or both."

Mel began to ask how on Earth they could have figured that out, but she was quickly distracted by a red haired lady sitting down at a table outside. She attempted to figure out if the lady was her target, but was interrupted by the lady exclaiming "Shaun, you're late! Again! If you're never going to be here on time, then don't ask me to lunch!". Mel quickly concluded that it was in fact Donna.

She was about to go introduce herself when Amy's phone buzzed loudly. She pulled the device out and read the text aloud. "Doctor says to distract Donna until he gets there & give her one of the rocks."

It buzzed again with another message. "And DON'T make it suspicious. She lets on before she gets the stone and it won't end well. Be there soon. -Doctor" Amy read. "So, how do we do that?"

Mel smiled as an idea occurred to her. "Amy, can you distract one of the waiters for a sec?", she asked.

Amy ducked into the restaurant, Mel following closely. Amy muttered "Rory's gonna kill me for this." before quickly running in front of a waiter and purposefully bumping into him.

"Excuse me, miss." He stated quickly.

Amy smiled seductively. "No, excuse me," she glanced at his nameplate. "Chris."

The waiter looked incredibly nervous, so Mel took her chance and yanked his nameplate from him. He failed to notice, far too busy with Amy's false flirting. Mel smiled and grabbed a notepad from a table, heading out to Donna's table outside.

"Hello miss, what can I get for you today? My name is...", she checked her nameplate. "Chris and I'll be your server today."

"Water's fine.", Donna replied. Mel pretended to write it down on her notepad, which was probably not horrible convincing without a pen. She assured her she'd be right back with that and subtly dropped the stone in her hand into Donna's purse.

Mel stepped back inside, returning Chris's nameplate to him. Amy very suddenly turned after Mel. "Nice talkin' to you." she flatly stated.

The Doctor showed up a few minutes later, asking eagerly whether or not they'd slipped Donna the stone yet.

"Will it work in her purse?", Mel asked.

"Yes, it just has to be within several feet of her.", he replied. A manic grin spread across his face. "And now it's time."

He strode into the café, emerging next to Donna. She looked at the time lord suspiciously. "Oi, Spaceman! You look absolutely ridiculous!", she cried.

The Doctor embraced the lady happily. "Donna. My brilliant Donna. I've missed you!", he exclaimed.

Donna shook her head and smiled. "I knew you'd find a way to make The DoctorDonna quiet up. You always do. But how?"

He dug in her purse and held up the stone, only to get slapped. "Hands off."

"Sorry, sorry. But, this little rock thing, it's an external memory blockade remover device and stabilizer."

"Oi, I don't speak Spaceman! In English, please?"

"Basically as long as it's near you, you can remember me without any negative consequences, side effects, or explosions," he elaborated.

Donna laughed. "So it's taken you at least one face to find it."

"A-actually, I didn't find it." The Doctor admitted sheepishly. "Friend of mine, Zoe ran across it. She had her memory removed too, so I had to get some more. River helped me out with that. Remember her from The Library? And I sent Mel and Amy," he pointed them out from behind the tree they'd settled behind. "to give it to you."

"Are they my replacements?"

"No! Well, I mean, no one could ever 'replace' you, but Amy does travel with me. Her and Rory. Brilliant, they are. Mel is an old friend, though. Just ran into her, meant to chat more, but lots of... stuff happened."

Donna nodded in comprehension. "So, can I meet the others?"

The Doctor held out his hand to Donna, helped her up, and stole a glance in the blue notebook once more. He looked sad for a minute, but resumed talking to Donna rapidly as they made their way back to the TARDIS. Amy and Mel followed.

On the way, Amy's phone buzzed loudly once more. "Something's come up. Don't come back to the TARDIS.", she read aloud.

The Doctor did an instant 180 and snatched the phone from Amy. "What? Who sent that?"

"Rory did. What do you think he means?"

"No clue. Let's find out." The Doctor started dashing off.

Amy hurriedly attempted to catch up to him. "B-but he said not to...", she reminded tentatively.

"Yes, and did it ever occur to you that it was a trap? That it might not have been him?"

Amy's face fell immediately as she dashed past The Doctor. "Good point.", she agreed.

The TARDIS soon showed itself, but appeared to be a battleground rather than a street. River was pointing a blaster at two women who firmly held onto Zoe. Rory was standing beside River, attempting to find an opening. He quickly noticed the arrived party and whispered "I told you not to come." loudly.

As Mel approached, she could better note the two women's faces. One of them looked marginally familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. The other definitely looked familiar, and she most certainly could place it.

"Hello, Ace", she stated. "Fancy meeting you here."

AN- Hope you liked it! Any suggestions? Review and tell me! Thanks for reading! -KawaiiJoltic