Time scooped

Rose Tyler stumbled forwards, the lay of the ground beneath her suddenly shifting. She quickly straightened, then let out a soft gasp.

The landscape around her had shifted from bright beach to grey quarry. Not too long ago being in such a situation would have scared her; now she could regard it with the awe it deserved, even if she was a little nervous.

Because of that nervousness, Rose turned around.

The Doctor wasn't there. The brown-jacketed Time Lord had been right behind her; then again, she wasn't where she had been. Maybe he hadn't been brought with her.

So what was it? She'd heard the word 'transmat' bandied about a lot in her travels into the future, so that was a possibility. The Doctor could probably trace her location, with any luck.

It was a few moments later before she realised the only change wasn't to her location; it was cooler, the ground much coarser, and her shoes were doing a terrible job of protecting her feet. Or-

Or rather her lack of shoes. Rose's expression quickly went from curious about the new experience, to bright red and panicked.

She was completely, utterly, thoroughly naked; looking down she saw her tits, her bare legs, even a tiny patch of blonde between her thighs. No shirt, no panties, not even her shoes!

Rose shrieked, quickly crossing her arms. Nervously she turned around on the spot to take in her new surroundings.

Was this some kind of bizarre prank?!

Lots of grey rock and sand, loose pebbles... At least no one could see her like this, though the shock to her system of suddenly ending up somewhere new, completely naked, was still rippling through her.

There! A sound. Rose turned, a blush starting to colour her cheeks, as someone who she assumed to be behind this appeared at the top of a hill.

But no, it looked like they were in the same boat as her. It was another woman, pale and slim with long blonde hair, suffering the same nudity as Rose. She was doing a better job of covering herself though, her figure less curvy than Rose's so even with just one arm over her chest her boobs weren't spilling out.

She kept a surprisingly amount of dignity despite her current state, with one arm going down at such an angle to hide one breast and her pussy, while her other arm lay over both boobs. She stayed straight-backed.

"You there!" she called.

And she was quite a contrast to Rose, who jumped, squealing from the fact that not only had she seconds ago lost all of her clothes, but someone could see her. Rose bent forwards slightly, as if her chin would in any way hide her chest. It was a moment before she remembered to hide her pussy.

"Uh, hi?" Rose said back, her cheeks getting even redder as the woman drew nearer.

As the woman grew closer, she seemed almost disappointed.

"I suppose you don't have any more information than me," she said.

"You mean how we got here? Nope," Rose said. "Do you, uh, have any clothes?"

"Do I look like I have clothes?" the woman said, snapping slightly.

Despite her more dignified air, Rose caught that hint of self-consciousness; she also noted a slight tremble in the woman's posture.

If anything, Rose was more comfortable around her knowing she was just as embarassed, even if she was better at hiding it.

"As for how we got here, I can tell you that much," the woman said. She regarded Rose. "Who are you?"

"Rose. Rose Tyler," she said. "You?"

"Romanadvoratrelundar," the blonde said. "Romana for short. You're human?"

"You're not?!" Rose squeaked.

Ok, she'd met aliens, but any chance that she might have felt more comfortable around the slightly aloof stranger faded when she realised they weren't even the same species. It just made things even more awkward than they were.

And it wasn't like she was naked around nothing non-humanoid like a dog, no, this was someone who was completely aware of how humiliating this was.

"No," Romana sighed. "Aliens exist. I guess you're from a time where that's not well known - and yes, time travel exists too. If I'm right, and I rather think I am, you're on Gallifrey."

"I know that," Rose said, and hesitated. "And- wasn't Gallifrey destroyed?"

Romana paused. Then she winced.

"Not one more word," she said firmly. "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But if it is, that's an event in my future and I can't know about it. Understand?"

"Right, the Doctor mentioned-"

"You know the Doctor?" Romana said.

"I travel with him," Rose said. "You?"

"I used to," Romana said.

"And you know what's happened to us?" Rose said, flushing again.

"Partially," Romana said. "I know this place at least, and it gives me rather an idea of what's happened. Though why is beyond me."

She seemed so comfortable when she was talking, speechifying, but her cheeks coloured slightly the moment she stopped and remembered her situation.

"This is the **** Zone," Romana said. "One of the relics of Gallifrey's darker past. Historically warlike species would be plucked out of time with the time scoop and sent here to fight to the ****, for entertainment."

"You mean there might be monsters-" Rose glanced over her bare shoulder, though even in her panic she had just enough foresight to not completely turn around and flash her ass to the Time Lady.

"I said historically," Romana said, slightly patronisingly. "I suspect that's not the case this time, especially given that the time scoop used appears to be a primitive model, unable to handle non-organic matter. If this were for the Game of Rassilon, there would be machines and cybernetic races. No, this seems to be for something entirely different."

"Something to do with the Doctor?" Rose said.

"Perhaps to get his attention," Romana said. She sighed wearily. "I ordered the time scoop destroyed and this whole area sealed, nothing should be here."

"Still," Rose said. She squirmed on the spot a little awkwardly. "If there's a chance there's anything dangerous here..."

"We should find cover. I agree," Romana said. "Coming?"

Rose faltered. Being naked was embarassing enough, but being naked with an alien? Well, it was better than being alone in a place literally called the **** Zone, she supposed.

Still, Romana did watch her impatiently, clearly expecting Rose to start moving. Rose whimpered, but eager to hurry on did start moving, needing to move in front of the Time Lady and exposing her behind for a couple of seconds before Romana started to walk; her modesty at least was, while in tatters, doing vaguely better than Rose's.