The Annoying Salt Shakers (Flesh/Emma)

The Flesh Doctor walked along the path of a forest in the middle of the afternoon, kicking pine cone and thinking about whether or not he should go back or just leave now. He felt a slight breeze hit his face as he continued walking, he looked up at the sun through the leafs of the trees. The Flesh Doctor sighed sadly even though the sun warmed his skin, he felt cold inside ever since he had left Emma, he couldn't shake that feeling. He had left her flowers, but he doesn't remember her bringing that up any other time they had met so he thought she didn't understand what he was trying to say.

The Flesh Doctor sighed again before bringing up his wrist to look at the TVM he tapped on the outside covering slightly before he finally flipped it open and input a time and place hoping that it would be collaborated enough to get him where he wanted to go this time. He pushed the button as the scenery around him disappeared quickly before it was replaced by another sunny sky with a few clouds. The Flesh Doctor looked around slightly and noticed he was standing in the middle of a junkyard, he started to curse his luck when he saw something familiar appear in the opening. It was green colored had domed top with two lights on top of the head a long metal piece with an eye at the end. As he looked down he saw a long metal poll and a shorter pull with a hole in it. Lastly he saw on the bottom the distinctive bumps around the base of the thing.

The Flesh Doctor's eyes widened slightly as he spoke a single word "Dalek..."

As soon as the word exited his mouth he almost regretted it immediately as the Dalek quickly turned his head toward him the blue eye shining. "The Doctor is Detected! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" the Dalek said it started toward The Flesh Doctor.

"Oh no..no..no," The Flesh Doctor said before brought up his wrist again pressing the teleport function on the TVM and vanished from sight seconds before the Dalek fired his weapon.

"The Doctor must be found! The Doctor cannot be allowed to escape!" The Dalek said as it started out of the Junkyard.

A few seconds later The Flesh Doctor appeared once again this time he was standing in the middle of a grassy area. He patted himself down slightly. "Everything normal? Good!" he said as he brought his hands up to straighten his bow tie. He looked around at his surroundings this time and he instantly recognized that he was standing on the The Mall in the American capital. He continued looking around and his eyes stopped on a woman sitting on the ground reading a book.

The Flesh Doctor's eyes brightened and his hearts started to flutter slightly as he started to walk quickly toward the woman and spoke when he was close enough. "Emma! You have no idea how happy I am to see you!" he said with a large smile feeling very warm and happy again.

The Flesh Doctor smiled happily in having Emma remember who he was. She still looked as beautiful as ever. He noticed that she was wearing a longer sleeved shirt even though it was a beautiful day out, though he couldn't talk really since he was wearing a suit coat and long dress shirt. He nodded slightly at the question that Emma asked him.

"Yes, The Doctor..until I figure out a new name really," he said waving his hands in the air slightly, he always did this when he was nervous. He listened to her talk some more asking him why he was here and if he would like to sit with her. He stopped short of a second having almost forgot the Dalek...and that it was likely now coming after him.

"Oh...you know...I met an old..friend but he was busy and I said I would meet him later somewhere," he smiled slightly nervously before he sat down next to Emma. He looked at her with a small sigh of happiness before he continued talking.

"What brings you out on this beautiful day then?" he asked her trying to make conversation but also looking around slightly watching for the Dalek.

The Flesh Doctor smiled at Emma as she spoke, he couldn't tell if she was being serious or not but he enjoyed just looking at her. He sighed happily as he heard her ask him what he was doing out and about during the beautiful day. He stopped short as he almost told her about the Dalek, he decided to tell her as little about them as possible.

"Well...actually, I just left you," he laughed slightly wondering what Emma would think of that or if she would even believe him. He fidgeted nervously before looking up at Emma again.

"I am curious..did you get my flowers?" he asked very curious actually and nervous about what she had actually thought about them.

The Flesh Doctor frowned slightly as at first Emma didn't remember the flowers that he had left her. That made the coldness inside him return slightly feeling sad before she said that it was a long time ago but that they were very pretty and she thanked him. He smiled again feeling the warmness enter him again.

"Emma, I know it was a long time ago for you but it was just a few minutes ago for me," he started off saying before he took a deep breath "Emma, I wanted to tell you that..." he cut his sentence short as he looked over Emma's shoulder and saw the Dalek heading toward them.

"The Doctor will surrender! The Doctor will pay!" The Dalek said the lights on its head blinking widely as it pointed the weapon arm at The Flesh Doctor.

The Flesh Doctor stood up and looked at the Dalek. "The Doctor will not surrender, you know full well who I am and what I am capable of..do you really think you can take me all alone where so many have tried before?" the Flesh Doctor said as he pulled out his sonic and pointed it at the Dalek.

"Now..just leave before I am forced to destroy you," he said his jaw set seeing if the Dalek would call his bluff or not.

The Doctor kept his stare at the Dalek even though inside he was scared that it wouldn't believe and exterminate him completely. He felt Emma move next to him which made him feel slightly more confident than he had a few seconds before. The Flesh Doctor hear Emma ask him what it was, he turned his slightly toward her before speaking.

"It is just an annoying salt shaker...from another planet," he said sticking to his not telling Emma what it was though he somewhat doubted that she would believe what he had said about that and almost certainly will ask more questions later about it.

The Dalek paused slightly as if it was thinking about what The Flesh Doctor had said before it quickly turned and flew out of sight into the sky. He let out a sigh of relief before he turned to Emma with a small smile.

"Now..where were we?" he said as if he had forgot anything out of the ordinary had just happened.

The Flesh Doctor grinned at Emma as she looked at him disbelieving in the explanation that he had given her. She asked him what it really was and asked if it was from Mars. He laughed slightly before answering those two questions first.

"I just told you an annoying salt shaker, they are harmless...mostly," he said waving his hands about before continuing "And don't be silly, Martians come Mars...they are commonly known as the Ice Warriors, though they no longer live there mostly because of me...well not me but you know," he said slapping his hands together with a silly grin on his face.

He heard her ask what it wanted here and asked what he had done to make it mad it him. He turned his head side to side thinking about a somewhat believable answer before he spoke again.

"It may think that I am the one that sealed its entire race away..but it wasn't me, I just look like the person who did, as for why it was here, I am not really sure normally asking questions is not something you do to the annoying salt shakers," he laughed slightly looking over at Emma.

"Right...before I was very rudely interrupted, I wanted to tell you that I like you Emma..a lot," he said his face turning serious again hoping that Emma didn't reject him outright.

The Flesh Doctor listened to Emma talking about his comment about the Ice Warriors which he choose not to explain further on that. He watched Emma's face as it looked like what he had said about him liking her seemed to sink in. He saw her bite her lip before she looked at him before asking if he was playing a joke on her. The Flesh Doctor frowned slightly before he realized that he had met her in her timeline for the first time was when they were fighting against Cybermen.

"No Emma..I am not joking, this is the problem when you time travel, the first time I met you was when I got transported into a ship deep in Earth where we fought Cybermen, but the first time you met me was when we went back to 1994 and stopped the Weeping Angels, which literally just happened a few hours ago for me," he breathed deeply looking at Emma's face to see if she would believe him or not before asking "Does that make any sense to you Emma?"

The Flesh Doctor frowned as it seemed that Emma had completely changed the subject as she questioned what the thing that had just left actually was. He felt like he was deflated and his face would show the sadness that he was feeling as Emma essentially rejected him. He finally got his voice just in time to answer her question.

"I can't tell you what they are...it is not my place," he said as he looked down at the ground feeling like he was about to cry. The Flesh Doctor hid his eyes from Emma to hide that fact because he didn't want her to see him cry.

The Flesh Doctor looked back up at Emma and looked deeply into her brown eyes tears in the corner of his eyes. He heard ask why he would like her and smiled softly because she hadn't just ignored him like had thought. He raised his hand ran his finger tips over her cheek slightly before finally answering her question.

"I like you because I think you are a beautiful young woman, brave in the face very real danger and most importantly you are very smart no matter what anyone else tells you Emma," he said with a large smile on his face happy to finally have all those things off his chest.

The Flesh Doctor frowned slightly as he listened to Emma talk about herself in such a deeming manner. She seemed sad for some reason but he couldn't put the pieces together of why she was thinking all of us and trying to convince him not to to like her or so it seemed. He continued listening to her talk before she started picking up her things to leave.

"Emma...I like you for you no matter what, I am also not what I look like, I am not even human but I am sure you already guessed that...I am not even the real Doctor.." he said his voice trailing off at end of the sentence realizing that she was now the first person he had told that to.

The Flesh Doctor hoped what he had said would keep her staying but he would understand if she would leave now.

The Flesh Doctor nodded slightly as he understood that he was dropping a lot on her at one time and all before she really met him. He smiled at her slightly knowing that she would meet him again once more before he likely will see her again.

"I understand, I will let you do your thing, besides I need to get back to my own time...next time you see this me..ask me what I meant about not being the Doctor.." he grinned before he turned on heels walking away from whistling slightly.