"Amy! Use the plunger! "
The redhead grabbed the tool and suckered one of the buttons on the TARDIS console; The TARDIS immediately stopped whorring and thrashing about. The Doctor told Amy and Rory they were going 'somewhere special', too bad they almost got shredded trying to get there.
"See! What did I say? The plunger worked! A little bit of plumbing is what she needs!" the Doctor said with way too much enthusiasm for someone who was seconds away from crash landing, Amy thought. With a grimace she pulled herself up off the floor and wrinkled her nose at the smell of toilet water.
"Doctor, I know we've been through our fair share of crashes but what's up with the TARDIS now?" Rory asked, as he stood up, dusted himself off and dropped the drumsticks. Which by the way, had done nothing to stop the crashing, but Rory realized he had a knack for drumming and would try to take it up. Amy made a mental note to buy ear plugs later.
"Rory's right you know-" Amy said.
"-Thanks" Rory replied sarcastically, with a bit of annoyance at her tone of surprise.
"Usually we land with only severe concussions, not certain death." Amy finished, giving her husband an apologetic look.
"She's a lady." The Doctor replied, as if it explained it all. It took a moment for Amy to realize he was talking about the TARDIS. "Ladies always have their wobbly moments. Come on Amy, you know how it is."
Amy repressed to urge to use the plunger on the Doctor's head.
"I got a message on psychic paper." The Doctor said, as he whizzed about in the TARDIS trying to stabilize her from the aftershocks of almost being ripped apart.
"From River?" Rory asked. She always had her flamboyant ways of getting their attention, but trying to kill her parents seemed a little dull for her tastes.
"Nope. Not her."
In fact, the Doctor was a little glad that it wasn't River; he wanted the excitement of having no idea where he was going or what he was going to do - these are the best adventures, he thinks to himself. He's always been a sucker for randomness, though he was a little discouraged when he was once called to help an old lady find her cat. And it didn't even shape shift into a fire breathing beast. That reminds him, he'll have to take the Ponds to the planet of Chimarocis where the cats breathe out pillars of-
"So we're just going to go where the message called us to? Even though we almost died trying to get there?" Amy questioned, interrupting the Doctors thoughts. Rude.
"Yep!" The Time Lord replied, too giddy for Amy's liking. But this is her Doctor - never a dull moment with him. Well, except when they spend their afternoon finding cats.
"Anyway, doesn't matter if we die. I'll regenerate and Rory will be brought back somehow." The Doctor said with an air of confidence, slapping Rory on the back.
"Thanks… Doctor." Rory said dejectedly, again with a hint of sarcasm.
"What about me?" Amy grumbled with a pout.
The TARDIS thrummed as she landed (with no deaths).The Doctor grabbed the Ponds and led them to the door.
"Now, we have a million possibilities waiting for us outside, a million adventures and a million ways to die… Come along, Ponds." He smiled as he opened the door.
The Doctor, Rory and Amy all stumbled outside of the TARDIS only to become face to face with three men. Two of the men were holding guns aimed at them. And they looked like they meant business. They cocked their guns, their eyes never leaving the time travellers faces.
"Give me my baby back," Said the shorter man with the firearm. "Or we'll blow your brains out."
Well, the Doctor thought, this is going to be fun.