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Katie Powers Adventure in Time and Space Chapter 4

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Disintegration is the Key:


It was Halloween. Both her favorite and least favorite holiday of the year. Katie loved the dressing up part of it, but she hated how scary it was. Jack just loved all the Haunted Houses. And he made fun of her a lot because she'd get so scared when they went to them.



To be honest, she got mad at herself. What kind of super hero was she if she could get scared like a little kid? Even if she was a little kid, that wasn't the point! She knew she could take out anything she wanted to, so why on earth did she get so scared? Julie whispered to her when the boys  couldn't hear that it was okay to be scared, and that she still got scared too.



Her costume this year was Dagger.  Dagger was awesome! She was beautiful, she was a dancer, she and Cloak were super nice even if they were always sad and best off all, she  was a super hero! Of course, Katie had to have Julie help her make the costume, and then their mother had made her wear something under the it but she didn't understand why.  When she asked Julie, she'd been told it was because bodysuits were thin and it was cold outside.



Okay, Katie could understand that. Even if her Energizer costume was essentially the same thing and it never let her get cold. Alex said that was because it was made with different materials than normal bodysuits were. In other words, alien materials.



So she was totally enjoying her costume and that almost made up for the fact that they were all currently at a Haunted House.  Almost.  Anyway, it was supposedly the best, most Haunted House in New York City. She shuddered.  Like that was even a selling point for her.



And then she lost her siblings. Of course she had. Jack had jumped out at her and she had screamed, jumped and ran and now she had no idea what part of the Haunted House she was in, or which way she'd come at all. She didn't recognize anything!



Okay, calm down. Breathe….something jumped at her and roared and she screamed in her surprise causing her to fright. And this time, she didn't run. She squeezed her eyes closed and punched.



"Ow!" she heard a split second after the smack of her fist against someone's soft stomach. She tentatively opened her eyes and saw a teenager doubled over, mask on the ground. Katie grimaced. Oops.



"No…touching…the frighteners…" came the gasping voice.



"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! I got lost and separated from everyone else and you scared me." She patted the older kid on the back. "Are you okay?"



Before he could answer, a voice came from behind her.



"Now this is what I call a Haunted House! Fan-tas-tic! Oh, Katie, I wouldn't worry about him. I'd say he got just what he deserved for trying to scare a little kid."  Katie turned and looked at the tall man standing before her. Very short, close cropped hair, big ears, long and crooked nose, leather jacket. She eyed him suspiciously.



"How did you know who I was, Mister?"



"I'm wounded!" the stranger dramatically gasped, placing his hands over his heart. "To think you would forget your dear old friend the Doctor so quickly!"



Katie heard the teenager scamper away as she scowled at the man before her who had dropped his wounded act and was grinning broadly.



"If you are really the Doctor then, then…um…tell me something only the Doctor would know?" She demanded. He leaned down and stage whispered, after making a big show of looking around first:



"I know your secret Identity." He straightened out. "I know, I know, it’s a bit disconcerting. I've got a new face after all. What do you think about the ears? A bit big don't you think? Not sure I like 'em."



"If you're really the Doctor, then bring me to your spaceship…the…tart-ist, tart-ah-ris, uh…." Darnit, she couldn't remember what it was called.



"TARDIS. Stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space."



"Yeah, that. Um….what does that mean?"



"It means it’s a space ship and a time machine all rolled into one."



"Really? You can travel through time?" Katie stared at him in awe, mouth agape.



"Yes, but we're not changing history! Had enough of that with Rose. Speaking of, I lost Rose, would you like to help me find her? I'm sure she's in here somewhere. And we can stop at the TARDIS to reassure you that I am, in fact, me. How's that for a plan?"



Katie grinned at him. "That sounds great!" Katie was feeling loads better now. First, she was no longer alone in a scary old Haunted House. Second, she had a mission! Operation: Find Rose was a go! She giggled. And if she was on a mission, time to put on her costume. Whispering, "Costume on…", the white bodysuit of her Dagger costume was swiftly replaced by the bright yellow Energizer costume.



No sooner had that been said, then a bloodcurdling scream ripped through the air. Now, in a Haunted House, that was a regular occurrence, so other than jumping in surprise, neither Katie or the Doctor thought anything more of it. Until it was followed by a shout of "Doctor!!!"  The Doctors head whipped around in the direction of the scream.



"That's Rose!" he raised his voice and called back, "Hang on Rose, I'm coming!" He started running in the direction of the scream, continuing to follow the occasional shout of "Doctor!", though there were no more screams from Rose forthcoming. Katie followed as quickly as she could.



Katie slid and stumbled as she tried to stop when she noticed the Doctor frozen in front of her. She edged around him to find him mumbling at a wooden door with a series of little windows in it, all in a row.  She could see the faintest hint of blue from the other side and thought that it might be the TARDIS. The Doctor banged on the door and it was then that she noticed it didn't have a handle or a lock of any kind.  That was the strangest door she'd ever seen, she mused.  



Katie watched the Doctor as he pulled out his wand. The Sonic Screwdriver he'd called it the last time, she thought she remembered. Whatever it was, he used it to find the kittens the last time she'd seen him. This time he had it pointed at the door and started muttering.



"Useless! The sonic is lousy at wooden obstacles! If this had a lock, the sonic could pick the lock, but no, there's not even that! It's like they knew we were coming!" He was frustrated, grabbing at his short hair as he grumbled loudly.









"Don't worry, Doctor, I can get through anything by disintegrating it!" she reached forward and placed both hands on the door and the Doctor watched, startled as her hands started to glow and a hole was created in the door. It happened quickly, and before he knew it, there was a hole big enough for both of them to walk through, one at a time. He insisted on going through first, because that’s what he did. But even as he did so, he marveled at the powerful potential Katie had in her super power ability. It was a bit of a relief for him to realize that he didn't need to worry about her getting into danger nearly as much as he would have been before the discovery, though he was still reluctant to bring her too close to any kind of danger simply because of her age and innocence.



He barreled through the hole in the door, and sure enough the TARDIS was waiting on the other side. He heard low, conversational tones and turned to see that to the side of the door, Rose was standing, apparently unharmed and basically not frightened or in any kind of straits at all. He narrowed his eyes with a frown.



"There you are!" Katie called out to her brothers and sister who was talking with a blonde woman. "Look who I found!" She called excitedly. Everyone looked up and Rose grinned.



"And there you have it kids, the best and fastest way to find an errant Time Lord, pretend there's trouble afoot." The blonde woman spoke to Katie's siblings and they laughed.



"Katie…why'd you destroy the door?"



"Because we thought someone was in danger and the Doctor couldn't get it open." Katie said, rolling her eyes. "Duh…" And they called her stupid…Rose started laughing, her body physically moving back and forth with the laugh.



"Oi! Doctor…did you try to push or to pull?" She managed to get out through the snorting laughs. "Because…" She snickered. "It's not either…" Snorted again. "It's a sliding door…Oh god." She doubled over, laughter turning into wheezing as Alex, Jack and Julie joined her. Katie turned red. She hadn't even checked to see if it slid open. Alex was gonna lecture her again about not acting on impulse. She was really embarrassed.



"Oi! If any of you were in any true danger and needed a timely rescue, I hardly think you'd be complaining about our rush to get to you, as long as we got there!"  the Doctor retorted indignantly, crossing his arms over his chest and lifting his chin, giving a stern, disapproving look. Rose sobered up, laughter finally dying off.



"Right, then, I'll give you that." She conceded.  She broke into a grin which the Doctor answered while Julie ran up to Katie and squeezed her tight.



"You gave us a scare Katie-Bear, running off like that."



"I'm fine, Julie." Katie wriggled to try and get loose.  That wasn't happening. Time for a distraction technique. "Hey Julie, guess what? The Doctors spaceship is also a Time Machine!" She heard her sister gasp and then squeal as she hugged Katie tighter before letting go.



"Really? Like H.G. Wells? A real Time Machine?"  Katie nodded and grabbed the Doctors sleeve and tugged on it to get his attention.



"That’s what he told me! A really real Time Machine."  Julie stared up at the Doctor in awe.



"Can you take us on a trip and show us how it works?"  The Doctor drew back.



" Maybe another time kids. I'm afraid Rose and I have plans in town and need to get going, actually." He sidetracked her question, not quite ready for multiple children to be running around loose in the TARDIS.



"Oh right, Captain Jack got reservations for us at…what's that place called again?"



"The Hard Rock Café. And we'll need to get started if we don't want to be late." He grabbed her hand and looked back at the children. "It was really fan-tas-tic to see you all again, but I'm afraid we must be off." He scrunched up his face and grinned and gave a little finger wiggling wave as Katie whispered, "Costume off." She ran up to him and gave him a hug.



"I'll see you soon?" she asked.



"Of course! But what is soon to a time traveler?" He winked and arm in arm, he and Rose strolled out of the room. Things were silent for a moment before Alex turned to his younger sisters and brother.



"We have to get going too, or we're gonna get in trouble. Mom and Dad expect us home in five minutes. We can't get there that fast if we walk, so come on!" Alex led the way to the roof, and the four of them called out "Costume on!"  



Julie, in her bright pink and black bodysuit with the triangle on it, grabbed a hold of Alex in his white and black suit with the odd geometric pattern he saw whenever he manipulated gravity. He in turn picked up Katie who was back in her yellow and black costume with the starburst across the chest. They had a very brief look of Jack in his blue and black with the cloud on the front before he was, in truth, a cloud with a boy's face. Julie pushed off, leaving a rainbow streak behind her, Jack making sure to keep them all covered from prying eyes on their way back to their apartment before their parents could find out they were running late.

Katie gets lost in a Haunted House, and thats where she meets 9....and even Rose for a brief moment...


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*chuckle* These have been very fun to read. Well done :nod: