The Adventures of Winter/Out of the Academy

Winter has just graduated from the Time Lord academy and she has big plans bit first she needs to get a TARDIS and also unveil a sinister Cyberman plot but this is Winter's first adventure as she realises it may be harder to be like the Doctor than she might have thought.

Story -- Segment 1:
A Dalek hovered in the air. It’s eyestalk pointed straight towards Winter as her young eyes looked into the Daleks. She was a young perhaps kid aged in Gallifreyan terms as she stared into the cold stare of the Dalek. There were shouts all around the place as Winter looked around the battle scarred field that lay around. Dead bodies lay around on the ground as shots were being fired everywhere but Winter continued to just stare at the Dalek.

“TIME LADY DETECTED,” the Dalek shouted as it moved it’s gun towards Winter who looked around for some sort of protection as more were going down. She was surprised she had lasted this long withouh being killed.

“Not yet. I’m just a Gallifreyan,” Winter corrected the Dalek as she did not have the power of regeneration yet as that was given to you when you got out of the academy.

“GALLIFREYAN WILL BE DESTROYED,” the Dalek then shot a few lasers as Winter shut her eyes. Her silver hair floating up as she felt someone pulling her away as the Dalek shots hit another Dalek as it exploded in the air.

“Are you okay?” A man with combed hair asked as he had a sense of mischeviousness in his eye. Winter looked back towards the Dalek who had tried to shoot her.

“Stop them,” Winter looked back into the man’s eyes, her eyes were begging as the man nodded as he pulled something out of his pocket.

“I’m the Doctor by the way. 13th incarnation,” the Doctor grinned as the Dalek got forced back as it hit a barrier behind itself “this is where I will have to leave you. Go behind that fallen tower the signals it is sending out will avoid Dalek detection until I go to stop them.”

“I’m Winter by the way,” Winter smiled as she ran behind the tower as the onslaught continued. She looked through the rusty metal of the fallen tower as she could see a group of Daleks surrounding a shouting man who looked around for help as Winter knew she recognised the voice.

“Please. Don’t kill me,” the man begged as Winter looked horrified as she saw who it was, her father. She considered her options wondering whether to try to fight. The Doctor had now gotten into a blue box and was heading towards the skies as Winter looked back to her father. A group of six Daleks surrounded him.

“SEEK. LOCATE. DESTROY,” the Dalek shout repeated itself as they fired upon her father as Winter heard him scream. She instantly felt tears pricking her eyes as she turned her back knowing that her father was now dead. Winter then began crying as tears ran down the cheeks of the girl as she heard more screams and shouts from behind as the Daleks continued their killing.

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Winter had just one more task before she was out of the Time Lord Academy although she had always found the title slightly annoying as Time Lady’s also graduated from it. Mallion ran beside her as he put out on one of his usual grins.

“Guess what?” Mallion tried as they ran side by side towards a gold and white panel which contained two hand prints on it.

“Some stupid joke or smart comment?” Winter replied as Mallion chuckled. He liked their exchanges that they had been having over the 40 year course, Time Lords aged much more slowly so better if they had more training as they would only be reaching young adulthood in relations to normal Time Lords and Time Ladys.

“Only two can make it and I plan to make it,” Mallion started as he pointed up to the sky as a soaring sight of white energy seemed to be hurtling down towards the gold and white panel “and it looks like none of us two will be first so first one wins.” Mallion then chucked a web which then expanded and pulled Winter back as she was stuck to the floor. She then pulled out a gun and aimed it at the soaring white light as she pressed the trigger.

“Both of us can make it,” Winter murmured as she pulled out a knife and began cutting her way out. The laser charge hit the white light as it then went vastly of course as Winter checked if anyone was coming but alas they were not. Over a whole year it had taken to get this far over the course the Time Lords had set in the parallel universe that the Doctor had put them. Several other planets were already on the parallel universe and weirdly all seemed to be friendly.

<p class="MsoNormal">Winter then ran out after cutting herself away from the rope as she saw Mallion put his hand on the gold and white panel as he was jumping up and down in excitement only a hundred or so metres away from Winter. She then went full speed as she put all her determination into getting that last spot otherwise she would have to wait ten years to have another chance, and that is if she was lucky to get picked for it. A figure in luminescent white stood on the other side of the gold and white panel as it then ran at a speed Winter had never seen before. She pulled out a gun and pushed the trigger as the figure fell back onto the ground as Winter was mere metres awat as she pulled out a hand and hit the gold and white panel as the luminescent white cloaked figure then lost it’s glow and unveiled itself.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How much I hate the both of you,” the figure spat. It was Jericho who was about to call himself the Snake if he won this and he had been one of the most talented the program had ever seen.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Only because you lost to a girl,” Winter pointed out as Jericho bunched his fists and quickly walked towards both Mallion and Winter.

<p class="MsoNormal">“That was my rewards,” Jericho grunted as he tried to hit through a force field which was now protecting Winter and Mallion.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Better luck next decade,” Mallion chuckled as Jericho stormed off. He showed them a weapon and pointed it at both of them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Congratulations to the both of you for getting through the Time Lord academy. Or in this case Time Lady Academy as well,” Rassilon pondered as he was momentarily in thought “you two will now be granted a regeneration cycle and you two must use your 12 regenerations, 13 lives wisely.” Rassilon smiled as all eyes were suddenly towards the sky. A great burst of orange lit it as a tear in space was forming and Gallifrey was being dragged through it.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Do you think this is the Doctor pulling us back in?” Winter asked as her eyes glowed up remembering the man who had saved her all those years ago.

<p class="MsoNormal">“It must be. I thought it was impossible,” Mallion was wide eyed as they were pulled across. There was an explosion from the other side pf the crack in space and time as it soon dispersed and Gallifrey was restored into the normal universe. A TARDIS could be seen circling the planet as many Time Lords were now surrounding the area where Rassilon was. Winter looked in awe as the legendary blue box landed in the middle of Gallifrey and a face came out looking wild and unpredictable but definitely the same face that had saved Winter.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The hero is back,” Winter shouted as there was a huge cheer at this. The Doctor’s eyes darted around quickly as he was clearly in a daze. He then went back into the blue box for a few moments and then came back out. Rassilon was the first one to step up to him.

<p class="MsoNormal">“We have granted you a new regeneration cycle,” Rassilon had a huge grin on his face as he looked around at the space that he had come to recognise again “thanks for saving us.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I knew you had,” the Doctor looked around at each individual in wonder as he looked to be taken it all in. Then he looked back to his blue box with a deep regret in his eyes “now, I need to be off,” the Doctor started walking back to the TARDIS as Rassilon grabbed his arm.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You have just saved us,” Rassilon chuckled as the crowd behind cheered even louder than before and Winter could have sword the Doctor had a few tears in his eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">“My work here is done,” the Doctor looked to be almost regretting his decision to leave so quickly and Winter could not understand and thought she never would. Her hero had finally saved Gallifrey and now he was off within a few minutes. The Doctor stepped inside his TARDIS as the TARDIS disappeared but the crowd continued on cheering although slightly less louder than before. Winter enjoyed the night partying as she had just become a Time Lady and Gallifrey had been returned, a perfect night for her. Well it should have been.

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<p class="MsoNormal">The music was loud and the parties were big. All around Gallifrey there were parties which is very unusual for the normally overly serious planet. Winter counted on one hand as she waited for the guards to shift on duty. This plan had taken years to construct and yet it was so simple that it could have taken a few seconds and a bit of observation work. She hid behind a large concrete wall as a guard went past with a gun in hand. The guard had a red cloak on which was barely visible in the night as Winter waited until he walked past. Then she went off the wall and went into the large building and took out some psychic paper that she had stolen a few years back and she tested it several times, always worked so far.

<p class="MsoNormal">“At last you actually have a plan,” the red cloaked guard had returned as his cloak turned to white and glowed in the light as Winter realised who it was.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Jericho? Why are you here?” Winter was already walking away as Jericho grabbed her arm and pulled her back. His eyes were now glowing red as he fiddled with the gun on his side.

<p class="MsoNormal">“You stopped me from becoming a Time Lord. We all know that I deserved it and not you,” Jericho hissed as Winter looked around as no guards were coming towards them, usually there were two guards who would sweep through this area at this time.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let me go. Trust me Jericho you would not want to make an enemy out of me,” Winter threatened as she put her right hand to her pocket as Jericho pulled the gun up and pointed it towards her head. He looked around himself quickly.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The guards have been taken care off so don’t even think off trying to beat me,” Jericho chuckled as he let go of Winter. She was surprised at the gesture as he then stood away “you can go and steal a TARDIS. I know it is all you have ever wanted to do. Try and be the Doctor.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“You are not a person who I would find to be very trusting,” Winter then walked away from Jericho “I thought you would kill me for ruining your Time Lord dream.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“One day I will get my revenge. When I have become a Time Lord of course but until then I will let you enjoy your time knowing that I will always be coming for you,” Jericho then stopped the white glowing and turned back to the red cloak from earlier as Winter looked behind her. She wondered if he could really hold so much anger that would make him try to kill her in the future. Winter then looked around but only silence was evident in the room.

<p class="MsoNormal">“No guards. The glow boy was right,” Winter then ran towards the control panels as she pulled out the psychic paper and put it under a scanner as she was beeped through. Winter had perfected the art of making the psychic mimicking whatever she wanted so she did not have to rely on the imaginations of others which is particularly useful for use against a machine which has no imagination. She then walked through the doors with her psychic paper a the ready. She had memorised an existing employees card to the very last bit of code as she had spent years trying to get it perfectly right.

<p class="MsoNormal">Winter then moved towards a large machine which had multiple gizmos on it which contained a range of items from test tubes to large super computers with screens over looking various items which had many weird exhibits. She then proceeded to a large computer which was very old, it was around a metre by metre box which hummed loudly and took a few minutes to turn on as Winter tapped on the top of the computer which did not seem to help. Then a knock on the door as Winter ducked down below the desks. A figure then opened the door and started whistling a tune.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Going to have a hell of a time,” the figure shouted as he went towards the computer Winter had been on. Then he waited for a few minutes as Winter saw his feet. She had recognised the voice. Winter tried to move away as she hit a lead and it scraped across the floor. She stopped for a few moments as there was silence above her. Then the figure ducked down and looked towards Winter and smiled.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Mallion?” Winter asked as Mallion smiled, he offered Winter a hand back up. She accepted as he pulled her up and was chuckling at her expression.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Of course and you are the beautiful Winter,” Mallion chuckled again as Winter had went red “oh and I am here to get a TARDIS and travel the stars. Perhaps even meet the Doctor.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Like me. How about we travel together? We could be a team that defeats alien species,” Winter offered as Mallion was considering it “and beautiful? A bit forward but that is not a bad thing.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes. We should travel together,” Mallion nodded “ignore some of my comments. They are stupid. Let’s just hack the system to unlock the laser locks around the doors which can only be hacked through this way.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Excellent. Now let me take over,” Winter took the keyboard as it finally gave access to the Login screen as Winter simply typed in ‘Psycho’ which was the password for the computer which she had used various links to find out “I have had this in the planning ever since I started the Time Lord Academy. Now look out for anyone that is coming.” Then if like it was on cue the door exploded open as Winter and Mallion stood in shock as a gun was pointed towards their heads. Winter waited for a microchip to leave the large computer as she secretly slid it into her pocket.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hands up Time Lord and Time Lady,” Rassilon shouted as guards came out of three secret entrances around the room as there were now multiple guards surrounding them.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This isn’t very good,” Mallion commented as guards grabbed them and pushed them out of the doors.

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<p class="MsoNormal">“To the cells,” Rassilon ordered as Winter knew that her plans on getting a TARDIS could be truly over as she was about to get thrown into a Gallifreyan prison.