Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:33:08 EDT
From: J
Subject: DOCTOR WHO, JESSE, AND JEREMY  34

She ran in the darkness.  There was a corridor and a wooden panel. It was on
the outside of the castle, a  kind of unsecret secret passage. It was used to
store things that the guards  needed outside. There was never any need to
worry on this planet, in the past,  about thieves or wars so anything anyone
needed for gardening could be put here.  There'd be no need for gardening now. THEY
didn't like that. They didn't love  flowers. She had the baby in a basket.
She kissed his forehead and placed the  baby inside the closet, opening the
door to it. "Come."  From the roof of the castle came a  circular device. It
landed near the woman who wore a dark purple hood and shawl.  She was in her 40s.
The device opened up and from the top came two square shaped  object, made to
look like eyes. With computerized eyebrows.  The baby started to  cry.
"Mistress."
"You will take care of him.  Feed him, change him, love him?"
"I am programmed to do so,  Mistress."
"Do it because I think they  are coming. Programs all on defense."
"Yes  Mistress."
She tucked the ball of  robot Nanny into the closet with the baby and basket.
The baby's cries slowed to  an almost stop. Inside, the Nanny had mechanical
hands come out of her. They  moved to stroke the baby's cheeks and the robot
said, "Shh, shh, shh. My lovely  baby."  The voice was loving and  caring.
Outside, the baby could not  be heard as the things walked up to the mother.
She screamed. "Take her,"   a strange voice said. "She will  make a good one."

"It is the baby we  want."   The voice moved to the  closet and opened it.
Inside, it saw nothing. "Nothing within."  It closed the  door.
Inside the closet space,  the Nanny laughed. The baby laughed.
"Loved that Eye Of  Orion."  Jeremy said as he, the  Doctor and Jesse walked
into a huge ballroom. On a traveling rectangular  elevator.
"It's the dick of Orion I  liked the most,"  Jesse  said.
"Jesse, not in mixed  company."  The Doctor said.
"So this elevator is really  a party? And it takes a week to get to the top?"
  Jeremy  asked.
"I already told you  so,"  the Doctor smiled and kissed  his cheek.
Jeremy smiled and put a  hand on the Doctor's chin. "Tell me again. I love
it when you talk all  science..."
"It starts out at the  bottom...as close to this New Earth as one can get
without being burned alive. It  travels all the way up toward one of the planet's
..."  He looked at Jesse and whispered to  Jeremy, "Moons...still moon shy..."
"Showed us his moon on the  Eye of Orion sure enough,"  Jeremy  shrugged.
"That's why it's not really  considered a spaceship, just an elevator party.
Atmosphere protection will be  provided when we reach the upper levels of the
planet's  spheres."
"There's  a lot of people in here,"   Jesse wandered to a table near the
door to find food on it. He bit into an apple.    "What year is  this?
"8 billion! The year eight  billion. I want you to see that the future is not
all bad to see. Aliens are not  all like the Daleks!"  The Doctor  whispered
to Jeremy and Jesse, "You know there was a time I used to say the year
followed by slash apples instead of just saying the year. Like the year 6 slash
apple slash apple, damned near obnoxious that is, inn't  it?"
"Yeah,"  Jesse  nodded.
"I'll  say."
Jesse bit into his apple,  "Say it that way and I'd like to slash your apple...
your Adam's  Apple."
"Well, I say we go back to  the Eye Of Orion and uh, relax some more,"
Jeremy said, "Enjoyed that a great deal."
"Looks like the fuckin  Outer Limits in here,"  Jesse  nodded.
"One of them is a former  enemy of mine."
"Oh fuck that shit, let's  leave!"
"OH, I'm just pulling your  leg,"  the Doctor  said.
"NOT the area I wanted you  to pull,"  Jesse said. They moved  into the room
some more and aliens were everywhere. More than Jesse or Jeremy  had ever
seen. They felt stiff all of the sudden and not in the usual way.  "Doctor, not
sure I like aliens..."
"Don't be rude,"   Jeremy whispered, "But I see what  you mean."
"At least we have each  other."   Jesse said, "We're  human..."
"After all we've been  through I wonder about that sometimes,"  Jeremy said.
"What the fuck is  that?"  Jesse whispered as a man  thing strode up to
them.
"Huh, and this is Andro, I  believe, yes it is," the Doctor felt glad, "The
man from the year 2148 or  thereabouts...he survived a ghoulish war..."
"There's a war in 2148 that  can do THIS?"   Jesse asked.  Andro's face was
as if it had melted, with strange bumps all over it and solid  mounds as
though at one time his face was dripping and it had  solidified.
"Jesse, that's rude,"   Jeremy whispered and put his hand  out to Andro, "
Nice to meet you."
Andro was very serious,  "And you. I will have you know it is good to see the
Doctor, he's rescued me  from a time warp limbo."
"Ahh, speak nothing of it,  it was nothing,"  The Doctor  modestly shook his
head.
"Modesty becomes you,"   Jeremy leaned on the Doctor's  shoulder and put his
head there.
Jesse smiled, "Uh, yeah,  well, it's good to know that he helps people...I mean
...You  are...."
"Yes I am  people."
"And that is the Evolution  Man,"  the Doctor pointed to a being  with an
elongated body and large head, "Most of the strangest ones here are  human..."
"Thanks,"   Jesse said as Jeremy laughed and  picked his head up again. "I
try not to be  insulted..."
Evolution Man had a huge  brain and six fingers. He also had pointed ears and
eyes that bore into Jeremy  and Jesse. The strange being waved at the Doctor.

"Doctor, they all seem to  know you,"   Jeremy said,  "Isn't that a bit
much, even for you?"
"Not all of them,"  the Doctor stated and shrugged it off,  "But I make it
my habit to find out about the species of this universe and even  other
universes if I can...a nd speaking of that, there's Eck, a being from a flat  2 D world
...I think..."
Eck, a sizzle of four arms  and cartoon like appearance floated to them,
wearing a pair of glasses!  "Correct, Doctor. Thanks to your people, or rather one
of them, the  Rani..."
"THE RANI! She's still  about?"  The Doctor smiled, "I  should have known
she'd survive three deaths of Gallifrey and not even be  anywhere near the
planet..."
"She made it possible for  me to come into your universe to thank the kind
people here."  Every word was followed by what sounded  like radio static.
"Wow!"  Jeremy said, "You're  amazing!"
"An animated being,"  Jesse agreed with Jeremy,  "Fantastic!"
"Couldn't have said it  better myself,"  the Doctor smiled.
"And Doctor, have you gone  totally insane? It's the Rani we're here about.
Or rather her handiwork and  don't you remember, we met her/him as a man, in
1931?"
"Of course. But I didn't  want everyone else to know. Plus..."  He added as
Jesse shut his eyes in apology and feeling rather stupid. "I  was not sure she
was alive in this year. It IS 8  billion..."
An Ebonite with a truly  elongated head, almost segmented eyes, nose and
mouth came over to them and  stood over 8 feet tall. It nodded at them and
silently put out both hands.  Jeremy looked at the Doctor, "It does mean..."
Jesse frowned, "What the  hell, what do you do with hands?"
They shook its hand and  Jeremy said as the Ebonite walked away, "Jesse, don'
t be so parochial."
Jesse frowned again, "Oh  and I guess you take all of this in stride..."
"Well, yeah, I do!"  Jeremy pushed his chest up into Jesse to  tease him and
turned back to the crowd, "I mean look at em. They're aliens!  Yeah, right.
But they're sorta cool too and they have the same things we have  and want..."
The Doctor started to tell  Jeremy something and said, "Jeremy, I wouldn't
go that far and  say..."
A two foot bug like insect  being jumped on Jeremy's chest and he freaked.
Jeremy yelled and wanted to hit  it with his fists but he was afraid to touch
it. "GET HIM OFF! GET IT OFF!  DOCTOR! HELP! BUG!"  Then he  screamed but
before he could take off into a panic run, the Doctor grabbed him  and took the
insect being off as gently as he  could.
"Jeremy,"   Jesse grabbed the boy's arms from  behind and held him, "Calm...
down."
"This is a Zanti,"   The Doctor showed them the human  like face. Human
like. It looked like a devil's face put onto an insect being.  Six legs, antenna
and a set of teeth that resembled a shark's. "They are just  perfectly content
among humans...most of em and now in this year and time."   The Doctor stroked
its back,  "Their best way of saying hello is to jump on one's  chest..."
Jesse turned Jeremy around  and laughed, "Hahaha. Alien ambassador boy.
Hahahaha."
Jeremy pouted and folded  his arms, "Shut up."   The  Doctor put the Zanti
on Jeremy's shoulder.    He turned to look at it and  the Doctor, "Doc...taaaa."

"Perfectly allright, my  boy,"  the Doctor  said.
"I don't like bugs,"  Jeremy said, "I just don't...can  you..."
"He likes you,"  the Doctor said, "Just  relax..."
"I mean it, I'm going to go  mad, if you..."  Jeremy turned red,  then
stopped, "Hey, hey, I'm feeling all warm and  tingly..."
"His tintamones,"  The Doctor said, "He gives those off  when he's around
beings he really, really really really really likes.  Loves."
At the last word, Jesse  gave the Doctor a double look.  Jeremy put his head
to Jesse's and said to the Doctor, touching his back,  "What are those,
Doctor? And those?"
"The unmeddling Monks from  the Formless Planet Nuruda Meme. The Face of Boe,
oh I thought I was only  supposed to meet him...anyway...Cheem Forest people,
nice folk, the Boxx of Malhoon,  brother to the bluer Moxx of Balhoon, may he
rest in peace or pieces...oh, that's  a terrible joke..."
"Doc, you're rambling  again..."
"And Jesse, that's about  the third time I let you call me doc. I know you'
ve been through a lot lately  but don't! Don't call me DOC!"
"Ok."  Jesse sank back but Jeremy kept put his  hand on Jesse's shoulder and
signaled to him to keep his head on his  shoulder
"Yeah keep it there so no  alien wants to do me."
The Doctor smiles, "An  alien has done you, Jeremy--- ME!"
"I dunno, some variation  might do you some good,"  Jesse  winked at the
Doctor. "Right Doc?"
Silence.
"Tor...Doctor."  Jesse  grinned.
The Doctor couldn't help  but smile. "Sure, six legs, six penises, a vagina
that can turn into a penis or  a penis that can turn..."
"Who's that?"  Jeremy pointed.
"Don't point,"  the Doctor put Jeremy's hand down.  "Beings from the city
state of Binding Light. And those brothers there that look  like bird embryos
on your planet, they are the Brothers Hop Pyleen, got  themselves rich on hyper
space races. And the first time without any Sontarans  or Rutans."
Jesse was about to protest  but Jeremy shook his head and said, "Shh,"  and
shrugged to show he didn't know what the Doctor was talking about  either.
"Oh, other times, other  places,"  the Doctor answered their  unspoken but
telepathic questions. "From I think my 6th or  7th body. That is Cybernetic
hyperstar Cal Spark Plug MacNannovich,  covering heads in huge hoods..."
"They look like an uncut  dick,"  Jesse  murmured.
The Doctor ignored him,  "And those birds are Mr and Mrs Pakoo. And that is
the scholars from the  8999th class of Rago Rago Five Six Rago. Uhm, and I do
believe that  is Mudge Dred, father of the father of the father of Judge Dredd
and son of the  son of the son of, oh, damn, what was I saying? Oh yeah, he's
related somehow to  Daak the Dalek killer."
Jeremy nodded, "Anyone who  kills Daleks is alright in my book."
"Listen I have to talk to  one of the scholars. You too, mingle and don't
start any wars, or fires,  okay?"  the Doctor started to walk  off but came
back, and added,  "Or  orgies."
And the Doctor went to one  of  the scholars, one that looked  like an
outline of a cartoon or something. Jeremy parted heads with Jesse, "I  think that one
's anti matter."
"Really? Because he looks  like he's shielded?"
"Yeah,"  Jeremy looked at Jesse, "You're pretty  smart."
"And you're too but more  pretty than smart."
"Thanks,"   Jeremy said and then added, "I  think."
The Doctor was talking to  the anti matter scholar, amid a bunch of  strange
other scholars including one who had black hair down the middle  of his nose,
another who looked like a giant stack of hay, another who looked  like
seaweed, etc. Thanks to the TARDIS translator circuits, they could mingle  and chat
with all sort of aliens and beings. And evolved humans.
Later, Jesse pulled Jeremy  over to the non moving food table, Jesse said, "
They're not so bad, the Doctor's  right."
"Yeah and that one with  three heads is dead sexy,"  Jeremy  said.
"Dead being the operative  word,"  Jesse said, "Didn't you  listen to a
thing he said...?"
"Funnyily enough, no. I was  just too taken with all his heads."
"He's a zombie. Dead. And  the one with him was hot too but he was a nice
boy vampire. Can't have sex with  the dead, can we?"
Jeremy didn't say a  thing.
"Can we?"  Jesse  asked.
Jeremy just shrugged. "If'n  they look like that? I dunno..."
After taking some more food  and drink, the boys carefully worked their way
into the room. Which shook. They  ran over to the Doctor. "Doctor! Doctor!"
The Doctor raised his  eyebrow, "That's not supposed to happen,"
"Doctor?" Jesse asked,  "What is it?"
"Something more like  it!"  The Doctor sounded glad that  something exciting
was happening. "We're moving  faster."
"Which way?"  Jesse looked  up.
"The way you're looking,  up. And if we keep this acceleration up, by the
time  we reach the way station, we'll be  smashed right through the bottom of it
and out the top of it!"  The Doctor ran to the room end where a  large dais
was. Aliens were all around him, some  panicking.
Jesse put his hands out,  "Please don't panic. The Doctor's on it."
"Yes, he'll know what to  do,"  Jeremy  said.
The Doctor opened a control  box under the main podium on the dais. The
Doctor was pulling out some wires and  opened a smaller control in the box. "This
is marvelous. I have no idea what to  do! And..I love it!"
Outside, the sky vanished  quickly. The sky became darker and it became outer
space. Clouds gave way to  stars. Everyone shook a bit and some felt dizzy.
Jeremy ran to the Doctor's  back, "Doctor, G forces, I can feel them."
"Good, good, sometimes they  are called G Force and sometimes they are called
 Gatchaman."
"Doctor, ramble on if it  will help you figure out how to stop this killer
elevator!"  Jeremy put a hand on the Doctor's  shoulder.
"I have to shoulder all the  weight."  The Doctor gasped. "Why me  all the
time, huh?!!!" He was yelling.
Jeremy told him so.  "Doctor, you're yelling."
"SO I AM! Can't I do that  once in awhile!!!!"  he plucked  Jeremy's hand
off his shoulder. "Wait. Wait a  minute..."
Jeremy looked at the  windows which rattled, Food fell off the tables. Drinks
spilled. "Doctor, I  don't think we have a minute."
Jesse looked up at the sky  light, "We don't. Look!"
They saw the bottom of the  Station. The Station was hovering but the tube
the elevator was on connected to  it. The elevator traveled along it and rose up
toward the bottom. Jeremy yelled,  "Doctor, do something! The doors aren't
open, Doctor!"  Jeremy held Jesse's arms. They huddled  together, watching it.
"DOCTOR! Do  something!!!"  Jesse yelled.  "DOCTOR!!!"
They could see the doors,  closed, along with the entire bulk of the station
seemingly coming right down at  them! In reality, the elevator was speeding up
toward the station's bottom,  ready to crash right into it!!!
To be continued...