the hourglass (doctor who fan fiction)

The Christmas Invasion pt. 3

The trio looked to the scanner. "Maybe it's a distress signal." Mickey turned. "A fat lot of good that's going to do." Rose sighed. "Are you going to be a misery all the time?"

"Yes."

"You should look at it from my point of view, stuck in here with your mum's cooking." Mickey complained. "Where is your mum, Rose?" Juno asked. "I'd better give her a hand. It might start raining missiles out there." Rose walked to the door. "Tell her anything from a tin, that's fine." Mickey said from the console. "Why don't you tell her yourself?"

"I'm not that brave."

"Oh, I don't know." Rose stepped outside, followed by a scream. "Rose?" Mickey dropped the open flask of tea he held and ran out. "Wait!" Juno ran behind him.

"Get off! Get off me!" Rose yelled as a few Sycorax held her. "The door! Close the door!" Rose yelled to Juno as she stepped out. She quickly closed the door before another Sycorax grabbed her.

"Rose. Juno! I've got you. My Lord. Oh, my precious things." Harriet grabbed the two, holding them close. "The Doctor, is he with you?" Harriet asked. "No. We're on our own." Rose informed.

"The yellow girls. They have the clever blue box. Therefore, they speaks for your planet." Alex translated. Harriet turned, "But they can't."

"Yeah, we can." Juno nodded. "Don't you dare." Mickey warned. "Someone's got to be the Doctor."

"They'll kill you." Harriet worried. Juno shrugged, "Well, it never stopped him." She turned to the Sycorax. "I, er, I address the Sycorax according to Article Fifteen of the Shadow Proclamation." she gave a quick nod, "I command you to leave this world with the authority of..." she turned to Rose,

"The Slitheen Parliament of... Raxacoricofallapatorius, and er, the Gelth Confederacy as er, sanctioned by... the Mighty Jagrafess and, oh, the Daleks!" Rose shouted, recounting her knowledge.

"Now, please leave this planet in peace!" Juno said. "In peace." she mumbled. The Sycorax bursted into laughter. "You are very, very funny. And now you're going to die." Alex translated before the pair was grabbed again.

"Leave them alone!"

"Don't touch her!"

"Leave them!"

Harriet and Mickey were held back as the leader walked up to Rose and Juno. "Did you think you were clever with your stolen words? We are the Sycorax, we stride the darkness. Next to us you are but a wailing child. If you are the best your planet can offer as a champion-" Alex translated

"Then your world will be gutted" the leader said in english.

"Then your world will be gutted" Alex still translated.

"And your people enslaved."

"Hold on, that's English." Alex said. "He's talking English." Harriet turned. "You're talking English." Rose smiled. "I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile."

"That's English. Mickey, you hear English?" Juno asked. "Yeah, that's English."

"Definitely English."

"I speak only Sycoraxic!" the leader exclaimed. "If we all can hear English, then it's being translated." Juno said. "Which means it's working. Which means-" Everyone turned to look at the tardis. The Doctor opened the doors with a cheeky smile on his face.

"Did you miss me?" he asked. The Sycorax cracked his whip. The Doctor quickly caught the end and pulled it out of the leaders hand. "You could have someone's eye out with that." the Doctor frowned.