MEMORIES | {1st - Stars Themselves Series}

The Doctor's Daughter (2)

Martha and Poppy lay on the floor, both of them unconscious until Martha awakes with a cough and at taps Poppy

"What the fu..."

"Shhhh" Martha helps her sit up then directs her attention to the Hath sat next to them

"Hold on, I've got you. Is it your arm, yeah?" The Hath's green breathing liquid bubbles and well, a bubbling noise comes out.

"Is that a yes? Let me examine it. Keep still. Still, yeah? No move," The Hath Nods but when Martha goes to touch it, he starts freaking out

"Shhh shhh. Stop. Hold on," Poppy comes into the Hath's view and starts breathing deeply, using hand movements to demonstrates "breathe with me okay. In, out, in out," The Hath calms down and lets Martha touch him. Still doing the breathing.

"You're good at that," Martha tells Poppy

"I used to get quite bad panic attacks after...I came out of the hospital. But I remember my dad helping me through some when I was little," Poppy trailed off at the mention of her father.

"Half fish, half human? How am I supposed to know? Is that a shoulder? Feels like a shoulder. I think it's dislocated," Martha distracts her but more Hath arrive and Poppy grows nervous

Martha puts her hands up along with Poppy "I'm trying to help him. I am a doctor and he is my patient, and I'm not leaving him!" Martha tells the Hath then goes to fix The Hath's shoulder "Now, this is going to hurt. One, two, three," Martha puts the shoulder back into its place. The Hath cock their weapons, then the injured one intervenes, bubbling the explanation. Everyone relaxes again.

Martha stands up, Poppy following

"Now, then. I'm Doctor Martha Jones,"
"And I'm Poppy Watcher"

"Who the hell are you?" Both of them say together

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The two are led to the Hath headquarters, where more Hath were being produced by the same technology the humans had. The leader starts bubbling. Some Hath walk forward and start touching Martha and Poppy's faces. Poppy waves and lets one start twirling her hair.

The Hath then show Poppy and Martha a holographic map of the tunnels and chambers. The leader bubbles something and Poppy nods in fake understanding "Right..."

"So, we're here?" Martha points to the top of the map and most of the Hath start bubbling. Neither of the women knowing what they're saying, just smile awkwardly and make eye contact that screams 'what on earth do we do?'. The map starts glitching and new tunnels appear "Hold on. Look,"

"That's a new map. There's a different set of tunnels," Poppy tells the Hath, not that she thought they could understand her. The Hath start bubbling and putting their guns up in celebration

"But we didn't do anything," Poppy tells them, but instead both her and Martha get gentle pats on the back, they make eye contact and Martha speaks

"I think we just started a war,"

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The Hath start moving out until it's just Poppy, Marsha and The Hath they helped.

Martha's phone starts riming and she answers "Doctor?" He seems to give a happy response and Martha looks to Poppy "yeah, she's fine as well, God I'm glad to hear your voice. Are you all right?"

"Yes, all right. And, and Jenny. That's the woman from the machine. The soldier. My daughter, except she isn't, she's, she's. Anyway. where are you?" Poppy could now hear what The Doctor was saying as Martha put her phone on speaker and called Poppy over