Just Another Shop Girl (9/18)
Mar. 21st, 2009 01:08 amTitle: Just Another Shop Girl (9/18)
Author: amberfocus
Characters/Pairings: Nine/Rose, Jack Harkness, Tessa Morgan
Genre: action/adventure, tease/flirt, bit of romance
Rating: PG-13 (Teen)
Summary: After acquiring an accidental passenger while escaping from an alien attack, the Doctor, Rose and Jack find themselves on the planet Tir in the middle of its population's uplifting to full sentience as they come fully into their pyschic gifts. But there is evil in the mix as a man named Harrington Conrad tries to use the creatures' unique abilities for his own ends. It's up to our trio plus one to stop him.
A/N: If you have read this before on Teaspoon, this is an extensive rewrite adding anywhere from 500 to 1000 words per chapter.
Chapter Nine: Choices
“You have got to be out of your mind!” Tessa’s eyes were flashing with anger and her hands were firmly on her hips, staring down the Doctor with an expression on her face that almost matched his at his most stubborn. She was not reacting well to the Doctor’s plan and Rose wasn’t entirely sure the girl wasn’t right. It wasn’t that the plan was bad in the sense that it would fail. She was pretty sure it would work just as the Doctor intended. But…well, the part that involved the Tirawls was making Rose uneasy and since Tessa had developed such a huge attachment to the gentle creatures, she would not be fast to accept that it might be the only way.
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