-By Dawn-
Prologue
There was this beautiful, familiar sound when the TARDIS landed and the Doctor rushed to the doors.
„Let´s see where we´ve landed!", he said excited.
„You said it´s 2030.", I replied.
„Yes! And I tried to hit Atlanta, but I´m afraid I missed it a bit."
I straightened my dress so it fitted properly and followed him out of the TARDIS.
What I saw wasn´t Atlanta. Or, propably it was, but not as people knew it.
We were on a destroyed bridge. Under us was a huge river floating.
„So, how much did you miss it?", I asked, looking around for the Doctor who was running around to check his environment.
„I didn´t. We are in the center, actually. Look at that." He pointed in the direction behind me, so I turned around to find that we just landed in a total destroyed city.
There were holes in the asphalt, cars lying on their sides or on their roofs.
Houses and Sky scratchers looked like ruins, glass was everywhere. And then the bridge we were standing on: the part that should be above the water was completely gone, just like it fell into the river.
Everything looked like straight out of an apocalypse movie.
„What the hell happened here. This looks like a scene from ´The walking
dead`", I said in total disbelief.
This couldn´t be real. Maybe we were still in the TARDIS and I was in my bed, dreaming.
„Doctor, what´s going on here?", I asked with a shaky voice.
Right at this moment a shot fell and I heard glas break.
I heard the Doctor gasp and turned around in shock.
He was unharmed, but the bullet hit one of the TARDIS´ windows.
„Nonononono!"
The Doctor was upset now, running towards is ship, when another shot fell.
A scream escaped my mouth and I ducked behind a car to not get shot.
„Doctor! Get down!"
The second shot ripped a little hole into the right frontdoor.
I couldn´t see much, but I could hear the Doctor shout in fury.
„Stop shooting at my ship!"
It was just now, that I saw two military jeeps standing just a few meters away from where we´ve landed.
Then I heard the familiar sound of the TARDIS dematerializing.
I got up again to see what was going on.
„No! Don´t do this now!", the Doctor shouted at his ship, looking desperate.
„What´s going on?" I had reached his side now.
„When the TARDIS is under attack she dematerializes.", the time lord replied breathless.
„Dematerializing where?" I couldn´t manage to sound calm.
„Somewhere.", he said, gesturing wildly with his hands and utter despair in his face.
„Great!", I gasped.
The Doctor suddenly stopped staring at where the TARDIS was standing a few seconds ago and turned his head.
„Oh, dear."
I turned around. About a dozen soldiers came out of their hiding places and out of the jeeps now, pointing their guns at us. My eyes widened and I
couldn´t stop my body from shaking.
For a moment we just stared at them, then we heard an order.
„Shoot them!"
The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver to block the weapons, but that
wasn´t going to take an effect for long.
„Run!"
I spinned around and starting running as fast as I could, the Doctor right in front of me.
He was heading for the end of the bridge!
Behind us I could hear the soldiers swear, because their guns wouldn´t work, but, just as we reached the middle of what was left of the bridge, I could hear a bgun firing again.
The bullet hit a sign just right beside my head. I couldn´t help but let out a scream.
„What are you doing?!", I shrieked as the Doctor kept running straight towards edge.
„Trust me!"
The next shot just missed me a few milimeters and I speeded up.
„Doctor!"
I saw him jump. Then he was gone.
„No!"
I felt tears in my eyes as I reached the edge of the bridge and looked down into the water race.
This was the only opportunity I had besides getting shot, so I follwed the Doctor and jumped off the egde.
The water was icy. I could feel my clothes soaking the wet up and getting impossibly heavy. The waters´ race didn´t make things easier, I tried hard to stay on the surface. It worked for a few moments, but soon I got weak and the
stream kept pulling me under water. I desperatly tried to get enough air in my lungs, but it didn´t work.
I´m going to die.
My body got weaker every time I got under water and I could feel my consciousness fade.
Suddenly, I could feel something pulling me and something that felt like clothes. I grabbed it with both hands and clasped onto it as hard as I could.
Then I fell into darkness.