By Invitation Only - Chapter 1
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seren_ccdI am going to keep the chapters of this story here I think. It just makes sense.
This is post BoomTown and is a slight continuation of my other story Satisfied?. However, you don't need to have read that first. Be warned, it will be a longish one.
Rating: M, just to be safe.
Title and Summary: By Invitation Only. The Doctor, Rose and Jack go on a quest to find an ancient relic on a faraway planet. Adventures, fireside conversations, and the Doctor takes his jacket off at least twice.
Disclaimer: The BBC owns it all. All, I tell you!
By Invitation Only
Chapter 1
Three weeks had passed since the events in Cardiff. Six weeks since the drunken evening in which the only thing Rose could remember was comparing herself to a furry animal. While the evening in Cardiff could have gone much more smoothly (i.e. ending things with Mickey better instead of running off and not opening a rift in the middle of town) on the whole, things were good. Jack and Rose moved past their kiss to become good friends and the Doctor seemed to have forgotten the evening entirely. In fact, Jack and the Doctor were actually getting on great.
Too great.
If Rose was dragged to another planet with "truly fantastic technology" or "the best hyper-dimensional transistors this side of the galaxy" she was going to go insane. And take the Time Lord and the Time Agent with her.
"I'm just saying," Rose said while pouring Jack some coffee. "Why don't we go somewhere interesting for a change?"
The trio was in the kitchen having breakfast and deciding where to go next. The boys were ridiculously keen on going to a planet made completely out of solar-powered equipment. The two suns on said planet being the source of the energy. While, the concept was intriguing, Rose just knew that at some point she would be dragged into the basement of some building while the Doctor and Jack attempted to dissect the technology. Rose poured herself and the Doctor some tea and added the two spoonfuls of sugar to his mug. Adding just one to hers.
"Rose," the Doctor said. "Solar energy is very interesting. In fact, if you silly apes had just gone along with the idea of solar-powered cars, the Earth would not be suffering from the absurd amount of pollution it accumulates over the next million years."
Rose glared at him over her mug.
"Can we at least wait until after lunch before starting with the name-calling?" she said.
"Sorry," the Doctor replied, sounding anything but. "What would you consider interesting then? A planet full of shops?"
Jack snorted.
"How about a planet filled with people who look like Johnny Depp? Don't think I didn't see that magazine you sneaked on from Cardiff," he said with a smirk.
"What? You mean the magazine that I found in your room yesterday morning with fingerprints all over Brad Pitt?" Rose shot back.
"Hey!" Jack said setting his mug down. "I had just spilled water on it and was trying to dry it."
"Right," Rose said. "Water."
"Do not start you two," the Doctor said firmly. "It is too early for bickering. And, I would like to point out Rose, every time we visit a place that you have chosen, we get into trouble or some calamity strikes."
"What!?" Rose shrieked. "I get us into trouble?"
"Yep, you," the Doctor said calmly. "The beach planet? Sunburns all around. The planet with the marble pools? Cannibals. We have been shot at, you have almost been choked -"
"Almost been frozen," Jack added.
"Fried," the Doctor said.
"Hanged," Jack said.
"Eaten," the Doctor said.
"Enough!" Rose said. "God, the pair of you. Regular Ant and Dec."
"Who?" Jack said.
"What?" the Doctor said.
"I give up," Rose muttered putting her head in her hands. "Fine, I won't pick. Just can we go somewhere with, I don't know, less technology?"
The Doctor raised his eyebrows. "This from the girl who has to blow-dry her hair everyday?"
Rose moaned and raised her head.
"Doctor, please," she said looking at him. "I just want - need - an adventure. A challenge. I need to..."
She stopped and looked down at her mug. The Doctor and Jack watched her.
"What?" the Doctor said quietly. "What do you need?"
Rose looked up at the two of them.
"I need to remember why you need me here. Why you asked me to come along. I need to feel - useful. I need something to do," she said. "We actually felt like a team in Cardiff. I just want that feeling back."
The Doctor swallowed and looked down at his mug. Jack also found his coffee extremely interesting too.
Rose, exasperated, sighed.
"Look, guys," she said. "Don't start acting all guilty. I'm not looking for that."
She looked at the two males in front of her looking very much like chastened four year olds waiting to be sent to their rooms. Rose rolled her eyes.
"Come on," she said. "Don't tell me you don't want a little adventure? Something challenging that we have to work through? That rush that comes after we solve something? Doesn't that sound more appealing than understanding the fundamentals of polarity reversal in a planet's magnetic field?"
The Doctor and Jack whipped their heads up to look at Rose in disbelief. Once again, she rolled her eyes.
"Just because I was bored doesn't mean I wasn't listening," she said glaring at them. "Come on. Give me some excitement."
Rose looked down at her mug and pulled out her trump card.
"'Less you two aren't up for it," she said breezily.
With her eyes on her tea, she could hear the pair of them straighten up and being to bluster.
"Angel," Jack said, eyes sparkling. "You are talking to the man who single-handedly completed the maze of Moselle. I am up for anything. And everything."
Rose looked up from her mug to see the Doctor's comeback, but he wasn't there. She frowned. Then he poked his head around the kitchen door.
"Hey," he said. "You want adventure? Let's go."
Rose and Jack jumped up, leaving their mugs on the kitchen table, and raced after the Doctor to the console room.
The Doctor moved levers and twisted knobs. The Tardis began her familiar lurching and rumbling.
"Where are we going?" Rose asked grabbing onto a rail.
"We are going to a place called Routia. It is an outpost for people, such as ourselves, looking for a challenge," the Doctor explained moving a few more levers.
"Never heard of it," Jack said.
The Doctor grinned.
"Be surprised if you had," he said. "It is a very well-kept secret in the year 3145. Very exclusive. Only those who get invited are given the coordinates."
"Well, I feel slightly offended," Jack said with a little frown. "Maybe mine got lost in the mail."
"Another job for the slightly psychic paper?" Rose said with a grin.
The Doctor grinned back.
"Actually, I have an invitation," he said. "Received it, well, a long time ago. Never gave it much attention. Things to do, wars to end, plots to uncover. But, now seems like a good time to cash in."
The Tardis lurched to a stop.
The Doctor looked at Rose and Jack who had fallen to the floor.
"What are you lying around for?" he asked. "We have an engraved invitation to excitement. Let's go!"
('Cause I've always wanted to write this) To Be Continued...
This is post BoomTown and is a slight continuation of my other story Satisfied?. However, you don't need to have read that first. Be warned, it will be a longish one.
Rating: M, just to be safe.
Title and Summary: By Invitation Only. The Doctor, Rose and Jack go on a quest to find an ancient relic on a faraway planet. Adventures, fireside conversations, and the Doctor takes his jacket off at least twice.
Disclaimer: The BBC owns it all. All, I tell you!
By Invitation Only
Chapter 1
Three weeks had passed since the events in Cardiff. Six weeks since the drunken evening in which the only thing Rose could remember was comparing herself to a furry animal. While the evening in Cardiff could have gone much more smoothly (i.e. ending things with Mickey better instead of running off and not opening a rift in the middle of town) on the whole, things were good. Jack and Rose moved past their kiss to become good friends and the Doctor seemed to have forgotten the evening entirely. In fact, Jack and the Doctor were actually getting on great.
Too great.
If Rose was dragged to another planet with "truly fantastic technology" or "the best hyper-dimensional transistors this side of the galaxy" she was going to go insane. And take the Time Lord and the Time Agent with her.
"I'm just saying," Rose said while pouring Jack some coffee. "Why don't we go somewhere interesting for a change?"
The trio was in the kitchen having breakfast and deciding where to go next. The boys were ridiculously keen on going to a planet made completely out of solar-powered equipment. The two suns on said planet being the source of the energy. While, the concept was intriguing, Rose just knew that at some point she would be dragged into the basement of some building while the Doctor and Jack attempted to dissect the technology. Rose poured herself and the Doctor some tea and added the two spoonfuls of sugar to his mug. Adding just one to hers.
"Rose," the Doctor said. "Solar energy is very interesting. In fact, if you silly apes had just gone along with the idea of solar-powered cars, the Earth would not be suffering from the absurd amount of pollution it accumulates over the next million years."
Rose glared at him over her mug.
"Can we at least wait until after lunch before starting with the name-calling?" she said.
"Sorry," the Doctor replied, sounding anything but. "What would you consider interesting then? A planet full of shops?"
Jack snorted.
"How about a planet filled with people who look like Johnny Depp? Don't think I didn't see that magazine you sneaked on from Cardiff," he said with a smirk.
"What? You mean the magazine that I found in your room yesterday morning with fingerprints all over Brad Pitt?" Rose shot back.
"Hey!" Jack said setting his mug down. "I had just spilled water on it and was trying to dry it."
"Right," Rose said. "Water."
"Do not start you two," the Doctor said firmly. "It is too early for bickering. And, I would like to point out Rose, every time we visit a place that you have chosen, we get into trouble or some calamity strikes."
"What!?" Rose shrieked. "I get us into trouble?"
"Yep, you," the Doctor said calmly. "The beach planet? Sunburns all around. The planet with the marble pools? Cannibals. We have been shot at, you have almost been choked -"
"Almost been frozen," Jack added.
"Fried," the Doctor said.
"Hanged," Jack said.
"Eaten," the Doctor said.
"Enough!" Rose said. "God, the pair of you. Regular Ant and Dec."
"Who?" Jack said.
"What?" the Doctor said.
"I give up," Rose muttered putting her head in her hands. "Fine, I won't pick. Just can we go somewhere with, I don't know, less technology?"
The Doctor raised his eyebrows. "This from the girl who has to blow-dry her hair everyday?"
Rose moaned and raised her head.
"Doctor, please," she said looking at him. "I just want - need - an adventure. A challenge. I need to..."
She stopped and looked down at her mug. The Doctor and Jack watched her.
"What?" the Doctor said quietly. "What do you need?"
Rose looked up at the two of them.
"I need to remember why you need me here. Why you asked me to come along. I need to feel - useful. I need something to do," she said. "We actually felt like a team in Cardiff. I just want that feeling back."
The Doctor swallowed and looked down at his mug. Jack also found his coffee extremely interesting too.
Rose, exasperated, sighed.
"Look, guys," she said. "Don't start acting all guilty. I'm not looking for that."
She looked at the two males in front of her looking very much like chastened four year olds waiting to be sent to their rooms. Rose rolled her eyes.
"Come on," she said. "Don't tell me you don't want a little adventure? Something challenging that we have to work through? That rush that comes after we solve something? Doesn't that sound more appealing than understanding the fundamentals of polarity reversal in a planet's magnetic field?"
The Doctor and Jack whipped their heads up to look at Rose in disbelief. Once again, she rolled her eyes.
"Just because I was bored doesn't mean I wasn't listening," she said glaring at them. "Come on. Give me some excitement."
Rose looked down at her mug and pulled out her trump card.
"'Less you two aren't up for it," she said breezily.
With her eyes on her tea, she could hear the pair of them straighten up and being to bluster.
"Angel," Jack said, eyes sparkling. "You are talking to the man who single-handedly completed the maze of Moselle. I am up for anything. And everything."
Rose looked up from her mug to see the Doctor's comeback, but he wasn't there. She frowned. Then he poked his head around the kitchen door.
"Hey," he said. "You want adventure? Let's go."
Rose and Jack jumped up, leaving their mugs on the kitchen table, and raced after the Doctor to the console room.
The Doctor moved levers and twisted knobs. The Tardis began her familiar lurching and rumbling.
"Where are we going?" Rose asked grabbing onto a rail.
"We are going to a place called Routia. It is an outpost for people, such as ourselves, looking for a challenge," the Doctor explained moving a few more levers.
"Never heard of it," Jack said.
The Doctor grinned.
"Be surprised if you had," he said. "It is a very well-kept secret in the year 3145. Very exclusive. Only those who get invited are given the coordinates."
"Well, I feel slightly offended," Jack said with a little frown. "Maybe mine got lost in the mail."
"Another job for the slightly psychic paper?" Rose said with a grin.
The Doctor grinned back.
"Actually, I have an invitation," he said. "Received it, well, a long time ago. Never gave it much attention. Things to do, wars to end, plots to uncover. But, now seems like a good time to cash in."
The Tardis lurched to a stop.
The Doctor looked at Rose and Jack who had fallen to the floor.
"What are you lying around for?" he asked. "We have an engraved invitation to excitement. Let's go!"
('Cause I've always wanted to write this) To Be Continued...
