***Nightvisions4, this is a little late than I planned it to. But you already know my excuses*

"Courtney, how would you like to fight some aliens?"

I put my book down and looked at Dad.

"You are 17, which is old enough for anyone to start fighting aliens," He said as he straightened his bow tie. "I mean, if you do want to fight aliens."

"I do want to fight aliens." I said.

"Really? Are you sure?"

"I do, Dad. I was just waiting for you to ask." I said.

Dad smiled and started hurrying around the control console, pressing buttons and flipping switches. "Great! Because there's some aliens on Terra Alpha the natives want me to take care of. With you, I've got an extra hand to help them out."

I smiled back as the loud whooshing noises started echoing throughout the TARDIS and the time machine started shaking a little bit.

Then the TARDIS landed with its signature landing sound.

"The TARDIS doesn't make that sound." Dad said as he squinted at the control console.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I'm talking about the-" he made an impression of the landing sound.

"Of course it doesn't. You leave the brakes on." I said

"But I like that sound." Dad said.

"We'll talk about the brakes later," I said as we left the TARDIS. "Let's help these people first."
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The natives of Terra Alpha told us that these aliens, Slitheens as Dad called them, were kidnapping people and the victims were never heard from again.

"I've fought these guys before," Dad said as we walked through the village. "So this should be easy."

I nodded and looked around the village. Dad told me once about how he had to blow up a government building once to kill the Slitheens.

"The natives said something about the Slitheens wearing the skins of the victims," I said. "How do we know if someone's a Slitheen or not?"

"Just follow them around and see if they unzip their forehead." Dad said as we walked into a building. He went up to the front desk and held up his physic paper up to the person sitting there.

"We would like to know if any of the employees here have been acting weird lately. I'm the Doctor and this is my daughter Courtney." He said.

The secretary smiled and stood up. "Yes, Doctor," she said. "People have been acting weird lately."

"May we speak with them?"

We felt heavy breathing behind us and we turned around to see six Slitheens behind us. Dad gasped and grabbed my hand, but the Slitheens blocked our only chance of escape.

"You certainly may, Doctor." The secretary said as she unzipped her forehead. Pretty soon, there was a Slitheen standing in her place.

Then a Slitheen successfully grabbed me from my dad.

"Give me my daughter back!" He snapped as he tried to grab me back.

"Not a chance, Doc," the Slitheen laughed. Then he looked at me. "And I think your daughter would make a perfect skin suit for us. In fact, both of you would."

I managed to grunt a "No" as the monster started squeezing me. Then the Slitheen threw me onto the ground, much to my dad's anger, and stepped on me. I felt my ribs and some other bones being broken. All of the Slitheens laughed and high-fived each other.

"Now for the-" The Slitheen started saying, but was cut off when a bullet shot it. It fell down dead and the others looked in the direction the bullet came from. More rounds of bullets came, shooting all of the Slitheen dead. Dad knelt down next to me and gently laid my head into his lap. Then my mum walked in, putting her gun away.

"What happened to you, sweetie?" She asked when she saw me.

"Slitheens, River," he said. "But I think we'll be able to heal her."

My mum nodded and I suddenly blacked out.
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I woke up on the TARDIS and I started sitting up, only to be stopped by my dad's voice.

"I wouldn't sit up if I were you, sweetheart. Your ribs are still mending." He said.

"What happened?" I asked,

"You blacked after the Slitheen broke many of your bones, sweetie." Mum said as she came in.

The Slitheens!

"Did you take care of them?" I asked.

Both of my parents nodded. "Yes." They said at the same time.

"So," I said. "How long until I can fight aliens again?"

"Your father and I are still figuring that out, Courtney." Mum said.