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Jun 07, 2007 21:45

Title: Looking for a Key Part 3 - Secret Relationship
Author: Ree
Theme: Crackfic - Lollipop
Genre: General
Version: AnimeManga Crossover Doctor Who - Tom Baker
Rating: G

They're not mine...they're not yours unless you are Takeuchi Naoko, or the BBC. Well, some of them might be mine.



Looking for a Key Part 3 - Secret Relationship

Previous part: Not grounded forever Part 2 - Secret Relationship

Pluto watched as the police box materialized near the Doors of Time. She felt as smile escape as the fourth regeneration of the Doctor crept out the door like a child sneaking away from its parent. Once he was outside the door, he started searching his pockets for something. He pulled out his screwdriver, looked about for someplace to put it, and then finally held it out to her. 'He wants me to hold his stuff for him?' Releasing a small sigh, she propped her staff in the crook of her arm and held out her hands.

The Doctor saw Sailor Pluto stretch out her hand to take the sonic screwdriver. Dropping it into her open palm, he reached back into his pocket. This time he pulled out a bag of jelly babies. Tipping the bag toward her, he spoke in a low whisper . "Jelly baby?" Pluto shook her head no. 'Why is he whispering?'

Her thoughts were cut off when he dropped the bag into her hand after eating a few himself. He then dropped a bit of twine, a drooping piece of celery, and a lollipop into her out stretched hands. Finally, he found what he was looking for, the TARDIS key. He locked the TARDIS door, and then he re-stuffed his pockets. When he reached the lollipop, he held it out to Pluto with an inquiring look on his face. 'Is he offering it to me? I think he is. It would be rude to refuse his second offering, and Small Lady might like it.' Reaching out, she took the lollipop and was rewarded with a toothy smile. Once his possessions were safely back into his pocket, he signaled her to come away from the TARDIS.

In a hushed voice, he started to explain why he was here. "Sailor Pluto, do you know the White Guardian?"

Pluto nodded slowly. 'What is she up to? How does the Doctor know her?' Her eyes scanned the time vortex searching for any sign of the White guardian before refocusing on the Doctor.

The Doctor waited until she was looking at him before he continued. "He has assigned me a task. He wishes me to find the Key to Time." His eyes flicked to her staff. "He said it was broken into parts, and he also gave me a device for finding them." His face reflected his uncertainty. "And he also assigned me a new companion, Romanadvoratrelundar." He frowned as the name stumbled off his tongue. "I really must shorten that. It is too long to be practical. She could be dead or hurt before I finished yelling it."

Pluto raised an eyebrow at the length of the name. "And we are whispering because?"

"Her. She is .... sleeping right now. I'm not sure if she is working just for the Guardian, or if she is also the High Council's watchdog." An earnest expression crossed over his face. "I don't know if you want them to know that you are more than a fairytale."

'He is doing this to protect me. Well, partly at least.' Pluto shook her head no. "I don't wish for the High Council of Gallifrey to know about me. That could cause some complications."

The Doctor's eyes sparkled for a moment, but then rested on her staff again. "When he said the Key to Time, I thought of your staff. Is it the Key the White Guardian is looking for? Or part of it?"

Pluto clenched her fingers around the large key. "No. My staff is not what she wants. What she is looking for is even more of a fable than I." Her eyes gazed back into the time stream, seeing times long past.

'She? The White guardian was a he. Maybe Guardians can change gender? or appearances. Romana did say the president of the high council sent her.. could it have really been the White Guardian in another disguise?' He focused on Pluto. 'But she has always been female. In every tale, legend, and when I meet her. I wonder if she could appear to be male? Her face says she going to tell me something... but what? I hope she hurries, Romana isn't going to sleep for long.' The Doctor waited as patiently as he could, but his eyes kept straying back to the TARDIS doors.

"It was broken into six pieces at the end of the Silver Millennium. The key was at Sagittarius Zero Star with the Cauldron, and held the cosmos stable. But when the Silver Millennium ended, it was broken and scattered." Her eyes flickered back to the Doctor. "And now the White Guardian wants it found and repaired. An admirable quest."

The Doctor watched her expression closely. "Well yes..... yes, it is,... But it means I won't be able to complete your missions." He placed a finger beside his long nose and nodded at her knowingly with twinkling eyes.

Pluto tilted her head slightly. 'I figured he knew about that. The Doctor is too smart not to have discovered my small plot.' She kept her face from changing. "As the White Guardian has enlisted your aid, I will wait until you are done before sending you out again."

Baby blue eyes met garnet eyes, and understanding passed between them.

"Well, then I need to be heading out." The Doctor patted his pockets until he found his key. Opening the TARDIS door, he gave her one last cheery wave before he slipped in.

Pluto watched as the blue police box faded away only to reappear in the time stream heading off to Ribos. 'I wonder why Guardian Cosmos suddenly needs the Key to Time for?' An uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach warned her to watch the time stream even more diligently than before. Something was going to happen.

Part 4: An old game Part 4 - Secret Relationship

may07, crackfic, pluto, dr. who

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