On board the Zenith, a wheezing-groaning sound was heard throughout the ship. Loretta Callisto woke up with a start, and walked to the docking bay.
When she arrived, she was perplexed. She saw an old mid 1930s telephone box. What's it doing here? She jumped when the door opened, revealing a woman in her mid forties. She had blonde hair and a hoodie.
"Hullo, love. Mind telling me where I am?" asked the woman. Loretta just stared at her, as she was checking the damage of the telephone box. "Blimey! You took one hell of a beating this time, old girl" said the woman. A groan was heard, as if answering the woman. "So, I'll ask you again, love. Where am I?" she stopped in front of Loretta, her gaze only intensifying the uneasy tension between them.
"You're on the Zenith" Loretta answered. She watched as the woman took out a device and turn it on. It's low sonic hum was all Loretta felt, and she slightly shivered.
The woman stopped and stared at Loretta. She quickly put the device away, and offered her a handshake. "My name's the Doctor" she said. She quirked an eyebrow at the confusion on Loretta's face. "Just, the Doctor" she clarified, earning a nod from the young girl.
She spun around, and walked back into the box, quickly. Loretta didn't know what to do. The Doctor poked her head out of the door of the box. "Well, are you coming, love?" she asked, and smiled when Loretta smiled. She motioned her to come in.
When Loretta entered, she was fascinated by what she saw. There were bright oval shaped spheres all around the room, with a bright navel blue colored light illuminating the room. There was a control center in the middle of it. Not to mention, it was huge. She'd never seen anything like it.
"It's bigger in the inside!" she exclaimed, then looked at the Doctor, who was pushing buttons and pulling a couple of levers. She all but ran to her, and enveloped the Doctor into a hug. The Doctor was at first surprised, but, she recovered and hugged Loretta back.
After a few minutes, they let go of each other, and the Doctor took a sledgehammer, and pounded it on a badly damaged bell. Immediately, the box started to shake violently for a few moments, before it stopped.
"What was that?" Loretta asked.
For a few seconds, the Doctor didn't answer. She then looked at Loretta, and answered, "We just time traveled". She could tell the girl didn't believe her. "You don't have to believe me right away. As the dear Dertanons on Pompous 3 always says, dojde!" With that, she ran out of the TARDIS, with the Callisto close behind her.
Loretta never seen anything like it. "So, where are we?" she asked, completely awestruck at what she seeing.
"We are in nineteenth century Earth. Or more accurately, nineteenth century New York City" The Doctor said, pulling out the same device from earlier. Loretta didn't get a chance to look at it, and she had to admit, the device was astoundingly breathtaking. The metal looked like it was made from pure Iron and the handle was made from a wood she didn't know. The light was semi - dark purple and when The Doctor turned it on, a low sonic hum was heard, and once again, she shivered at the contact.
"Hm" said The Doctor, rubbing her chin in deep thought.
Loretta looked at her and asked, "Is there a problem, Doctor?"
The Doctor looked at her, and after a few seconds, she answered, "It seems that the TARDIS brought us here for a reason".
Loretta looked around, but, couldn't find anything. "What kind of trouble?" she asked, slightly scared.
"I don't know. If anything, my Sonic Screwdriver is giving off a powerful alien reading" The Doctor answered.
"Is that normal for that to happen?" asked Loretta, silently curious. "It can be. Well, not normally. Well, only when there's a powerful alien nearby" The Doctor said, smiling like a kid on Christmas.
"I'm already terrified by the look on your face, Doctor" confessed Loretta. The Doctor didn't reply, but, instead ran, with Loretta right after her.
A little while later, they stopped in front of the tallest building in New York City, the Empire State Building. "Whoa, is that the Empire State Building?" Loretta asked, staring at the building in its prime.
"Yes. It was built in 1930 and was finished and opened a year later" said The Doctor, smiling at the young Callisto.
They went in, and when a young bellman stopped them, The Doctor whipped out a wallet and showed it to him. "Oh, I'm very sorry Mrs Hepburn. I didn't expect you to come so early" he said, looking slightly perplexed, with an eyebrow raised.
Loretta looked at The Doctor, shocked. "It'll happen to the best of us, Mr?" The Doctor looked at the bellman, who in turn chuckled in embarrassment, and ran a hand threw his dark brown hair.
"Name's Robert. I just started" he said, looking at Loretta and smiled, causing the Callisto to blush slightly.
"Could you show us to our room, please?" The Doctor asked, and Robert bowed in acknowledgement, then proceeded to take them to their room.
"How did you do that?" whispered Loretta, keeping an eye on her movements, making sure she didn't trip.
The Doctor smiled and took out the wallet and answered, "Physic paper. Never leave the TARDIS without it" Loretta smiled at The Doctor's playfulness, then looked at the door they were in front of. Robert opened it and she gasped.
The room was beautiful. The walls were pearl white and it had very expensive leather couches, a very thick, silky sheep skin rug and the coffee table was made from a very rare Peltogyne tree.
The dining room consisted of very beautiful rare China, the dining room table and the chairs were made from the same wood as the coffee table.
There was a spiral staircase leading up to a second story, no doubt where the rooms were.
Loretta smiled at The Doctor, who nodded in acknowledgement, and the young Callisto ran up to the second story.
It was just as breathtaking as the first floor.
The beds were made from highly valued African Blackwood. The bed comforters were made highly valued fur, which was very silky and soft.
Loretta looked out of the window and gasped. "Beautiful, isn't it?" asked a voice. Loretta whirled around and sighed with a smile, when it was Robert who spoke.
She tuned around and sighed happily. "Yeah, it's truly amazing to see this. Can you believe this is my first time in the Big Apple?" she turned to Robert again, who smiled.
"It's truly your first time? You never thought about coming here?" he asked, frowning a bit when Loretta shook her head, "When a kid like me is busy all the time, it kinda slips my mind" Robert nodded in understanding.
"I know what you mean. My parents sacrificed everything to come here after the Great Depression. I'm trying to make it up for them" he said, obviously sad about the mention of his parents. Loretta looked at him, sadly. She knew what Robert meant. Her and her brother never see their parents a whole lot, now that they were part of Mission Force One.
She put a knowing hand on the boy's shoulder. "I know what you mean. Ever since I started working, I haven't seen much of my parents with them being Scientists" Loretta said, smiling in understanding.
A throat was heard being cleared. Loretta and Robert looked at a waiting Doctor.
"You better go, Robert. I don't want you getting in trouble" said Loretta, and Robert nodded and bowed. "Until next time, Loretta" Robert said. He then left the room.
I'm actually going to be doing this in parts. So, have fun with part one, Champs!