Dusty clearings
The TARDIS stopped and The Doctor threw open the doors, he was surprised at what he saw.
"Where are we then?" Amy asked bouncing up to him excitedly. Her expression changed once she looked outside, somewhat disappointed.
"Well, we should be in, Canada, in the 3000," The Doctor replied going back to the TARDIS console to confirm what he had said.
"We're in a forest!" Amy exclaimed pointing to the many pine trees outside.
"Ah, yes," He said "But a forest in Canada, year 3000,"
Amy and Rory exchanged glances and The Doctor grinned as he saw the familiar spark of adventure in their eyes, although Rory looked a little less enthusiastic.
"Let's have a look then," He had sighed.
This conversation had happened over two hours ago and the trio were beginning to regret their decision greatly.
The Doctor walked, quickly, down the narrow dirt path, his shoes kicking up clouds of dust as he went- it had been dry the last few weeks, not a drop of rain.
Behind him Amy, accompanied by Rory, followed him, complaining as the dust blew into their eyes.
Apart from the occasional complaint, the three remained silent, not daring to speak as they came to a dusty clearing in the woods.
For those that knew The Doctor, the silence was odd, for, even if no one else was talking, he would usually babble away to himself. The Doctor was only completely silent if something was wrong, so no surprise that his being quiet had made his companions nervous.
Pine trees covered almost every inch of this place, where the TARDIS had landed, but, scattered amongst them were clearings, like the one they had just come across, where the earth was so dry not even weeds could thrive in it.
The Doctor was the first to onto the dry, almost desert1like, clearing. The ground was parched and cracked due to the lack of rain and The Doctor had found some cracks, although not wide, to be metres deep.
He looked around suspiciously.
A soft breeze, ruffling the pines, was all that could be heard. The only thing that broke this silence was the sound of Amy's voice calling from behind a large pine as she clung to the bark in anticipation "Doctor! Is it safe to come out yet?"
"No, not yet, just stay where you are, don't move, you hear me?" He commanded.
He moved slowly and cautiously to the centre of the clearing and, using his sonic screw driver, scanned it.
When he checked the reading he was utterly confused.
"What is it Doctor? Is it safe to come out now?" He heard Amy ask, but he was not paying much attention to her at this very moment instead he was more concerned at what his sonic screw driver had read.
"That can't be right," He mumbled before realising the danger of the situation "Amy, Rory, don't move and whatever you do don't come into the clearing," The last part he had said slowly as his two companions were already right behind him, tired of waiting.
"We got bored," Amy said, then, noticing The Doctor's expression, she asked "What is it? What's wrong?"
To which she got no answer as at that very moment the three were shocked, or at least that is what it had felt like, with bolts of orange and fell, screaming, to the ground.
"Who the hell are you?" A woman asked pointing a rather large gun straight at The Doctor.
A/N: R&R please. More to come...