52 Tales of 2016 - Doctor Who: Annoyance
January: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/Wo1NHPhpx5U
February: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/SC8bqrELNuU
March: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-March-600450439
14. Doctor Who - Annoyance:
Doctor Who: Annoyance
Tegan Jovanka was annoyed. That was a emotion that she usually felt during her adventures, with the Doctor (along with fear), but she was more annoyed than usual. She wasn't usually apt with the innards of machines. The mess of wires inside the alien machine confused her. “Which goes where?” she asked again.
“The turquoise wire to the dark red port, and the purple wire to the grey port,” the Doctor said from where he was holding the door shut. “Oh, and take the lime green wire out of the pink port.”
“Right, thanks,” Tegan said. She found the turquoise wire and put it in the right port, and the same with the purple wire. But there were a large number of lime green wires.
The sounds of the things knocking on the door grew louder. “Hurry, Tegan,” the Doctor urged.
“I'm going as quick as I can!” Tegan shot back. 'No pressure indeed!' she thought. Then she saw the right port. “Oh no!” she said.
“What?” the Doctor asked.
“It's stuck!” Tegan said.
“Then just reef it out!”
“I might pull other wires out!” Tegan objected.
“I trust you,” the Doctor said.
“Here goes!” Tegan said. She pulled on the recalcitrant wire as hard as she could. It came out, but then so did the port.
“Oops!”
“What do you mean oops!”
“The port came out,” Tegan said.
“Shouldn't matter,” the Doctor said as he piled chairs against the door. He hit a switch and the machine powered up. “Right, the security protocols are bypassed, we're ready to go.”
“Finally,” Tegan said as she joined the Doctor at the platform. “Is this safe?” she asked.
“Perfectly safe,” the Doctor said. He saw the expression on her face. “Brave heart, Tegan.”
The next moment, they were in a completely different place. They were in the copse that they had arrived in that morning. The TARDIS was less than three paces away. The Doctor took out the key, and unlocked the ship. He opened the doors.
Tegan entered the ship after him. “All for nothing!” she said.
“What do you mean?”
“We didn't save the city!”
“But we still saved the rest of the planet,” Doctor said.
He was right, damn it! She held back tears. It was exasperating.
“When the sun rises, the entire area will collapse. Those things will not survive.”
“Oh, shut up, Doctor!” she stepped forward and smack, kissed him right on the lips. The moment lasted for a short time, before they were interuppted by a throat clearing noise.
“Turlough! You're better,” the Doctor asked he turned away from the embarrassed (and annoyed) Tegan. He set the TARDIS in motion.
February: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/SC8bqrELNuU
March: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-March-600450439
14. Doctor Who - Annoyance:
Doctor Who: Annoyance
Tegan Jovanka was annoyed. That was a emotion that she usually felt during her adventures, with the Doctor (along with fear), but she was more annoyed than usual. She wasn't usually apt with the innards of machines. The mess of wires inside the alien machine confused her. “Which goes where?” she asked again.
“The turquoise wire to the dark red port, and the purple wire to the grey port,” the Doctor said from where he was holding the door shut. “Oh, and take the lime green wire out of the pink port.”
“Right, thanks,” Tegan said. She found the turquoise wire and put it in the right port, and the same with the purple wire. But there were a large number of lime green wires.
The sounds of the things knocking on the door grew louder. “Hurry, Tegan,” the Doctor urged.
“I'm going as quick as I can!” Tegan shot back. 'No pressure indeed!' she thought. Then she saw the right port. “Oh no!” she said.
“What?” the Doctor asked.
“It's stuck!” Tegan said.
“Then just reef it out!”
“I might pull other wires out!” Tegan objected.
“I trust you,” the Doctor said.
“Here goes!” Tegan said. She pulled on the recalcitrant wire as hard as she could. It came out, but then so did the port.
“Oops!”
“What do you mean oops!”
“The port came out,” Tegan said.
“Shouldn't matter,” the Doctor said as he piled chairs against the door. He hit a switch and the machine powered up. “Right, the security protocols are bypassed, we're ready to go.”
“Finally,” Tegan said as she joined the Doctor at the platform. “Is this safe?” she asked.
“Perfectly safe,” the Doctor said. He saw the expression on her face. “Brave heart, Tegan.”
The next moment, they were in a completely different place. They were in the copse that they had arrived in that morning. The TARDIS was less than three paces away. The Doctor took out the key, and unlocked the ship. He opened the doors.
Tegan entered the ship after him. “All for nothing!” she said.
“What do you mean?”
“We didn't save the city!”
“But we still saved the rest of the planet,” Doctor said.
He was right, damn it! She held back tears. It was exasperating.
“When the sun rises, the entire area will collapse. Those things will not survive.”
“Oh, shut up, Doctor!” she stepped forward and smack, kissed him right on the lips. The moment lasted for a short time, before they were interuppted by a throat clearing noise.
“Turlough! You're better,” the Doctor asked he turned away from the embarrassed (and annoyed) Tegan. He set the TARDIS in motion.