Initium

Part 2

°☆•° Episode 7: The Long Game °•☆°

Part Two

"Something up there is generating tons and tons of heat." He told them pushing the monitor back in with the wires.

Rose smirked and looked to her two friends, "Well, I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm missing out on a party. It's all going on upstairs. Fancy a trip?"

"Sounds great, Rosie" Emma joked back.

"You can't. You need a key." Cathica protested.

"Keys are just codes, and I've got the codes right here." He pointed to the monitor watched began to show them all the codes as they lit up on the screen. "Here we go. Override two one five point nine."

Cathica watched shocked as all the codes they needed were shown on the monitor, "How come it's given you the code?"

"Someone up there likes me." The Doctor drawled, looking at the small black dot on the monitor.

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The Doctor, Emma and Rose walked into the open elevator. Cathica stopped just outside the doors watching the trio.

"Come on. Come with us." Rose tried to encourage the woman as she looked at them all hesitantly.

"No way," Cathica shook her head, stepping away.

"It'll be an adventure" Emma beamed at her, grasping the Timelord's hand in hers. She was excited to see what was up there.

"No," Cathica stood firm, the brunette not swaying her opinion.

"Bye!" The Doctor waved to the stern woman, a cheery grin plastered on his face.

"Well, don't mention my name. When you get in trouble, just don't involve me." Cathica ordered before storming away leaving the trio to their normal antics.

The Doctor turned to the two woman standing side by side on his left, "That's her gone. Adam's given up. Looks like it's just us three" He bumped Emma's shoulder lightly enjoying her playful scowl.

"Yup," Emma smiled squeezing his hand before looking to Rose who chuckled shaking her head. She quite liked seeing the development between the two most oblivious beings in the universe.

"Yeah" Rose agreed.

"Good" The Doctor nodded, turning to look forward once again as the elevator doors closed. He was glad it was only the three of them again. Emma sighed leaning her head on his arm, she agreed with his silent statement. The three of them together made the best team.

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The elevator doors opened to reveal a large frosted room. The three stepped out, stopping just a few feet in.

"The walls are not made of gold." The Doctor quipped grimly, looking around the freezing cold room. "You should go back downstairs." He offered the two woman who both shivered as they looked around.

"Not gonna happen" Emma squeezed his hand, pulling the Doctor further into the room behind Rose.

They walked through a small corridor and up a couple grated stairs to find a man with snow white hair standing in front of a large screen on the wall. A few others were sat at a long desk in front of the screen, hands on the handprints. They looked frozen, the same frost that covered the room covered their skin creating icicles all over their hair and clothes.