Title: Following the Stars – Chapter 1
Fandom(s): Star Trek XI/11th Doctor Who crossover
Pairing(s): Established: Spock/Uhura and Scotty/Gaila * Eventual: Sulu/Chekov, Kirk/Bones, Doctor/Jack Harkness, variations of Kirk/Bones/Doctor/Harkness and mentions of past Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG-13 with eventual R or NC-17 Warnings: AU, Slash, Character Death, angst, fluff, and possible moments of terror/suspense
Summary: The Doctor does return for Amelia Pond in "5 minutes" and they are set to embark on their own adventures when the TARDIS malfunctions and finds itself on the USS Enterprise. The crew doesn't know what to make of their unexpected guests and the Doctor realizes he might have been brought here for a reason, to try to save the crew…from them.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! Everything belongs to creative people, companies, (etc) that are not me and I make no money from this venture…trust me. Also: All mistakes are my own and I take full responsibility for them
Author's Note: Timelines: Doctor Who follows canon up until Season 5/Episode 1, the events of Torchwood happened through CoE and as for Star Trek; it's a few months after the end of the film. Hopefully this is clear, if not, give me a heads up!
"You came back!" Amelia Pond shouted with glee, as she lifted herself off the hard suitcase she was sitting on, and threw herself into the arms of one very surprised Doctor.
"I said I'd only be five minutes…" The Doctor answered, while awkwardly returning the little red-headed girl's hug.
"That's what everyone says," Amelia replied, repeating the statement she said to the Doctor right before he left.
"Well," started the Doctor as he went to retrieve the human girl's suitcase, while extending his other hand for the child to take, "I'm not everyone," he stated with a wink.
"No, you're not," that fact seemed to make the seven-year old very happy as she followed the Doctor into the blue police box, his spaceship.
"Oh…wow!" Amelia exclaimed upon entering, "It-It's so –" The Doctor cut in and said, "Much bigger on the inside?" having heard the phrase quite often from past companions, when first seeing the inside of the TARDIS.
"Well, yeah that too!" Amelia exclaimed excitably but with a hint of 'well obviously!' before continuing, "What I mean to say is that it's," she took a deep breath before finishing, "so amazingly cool!" Amelia let go of the Doctor's hand to look around in awe and walk over to take a peek at the console, "What's this?"
"Oh uh umm nothing, really, just don't touch anything please," The Doctor replied hastily, putting down Amelia's suitcase and running over to the console to hit at several buttons, throwing switches with seemingly random abandon.
Amelia curiously looked at The Doctor before asking, "What's wrong?"
"It's a bit difficult to say, it looks like something is wrong with the TARDIS," The Doctor replied, while looking under the console and changing up some of the wires.
"Is that what this is called, a TARDIS?" Amelia asked looking around in amazement once more.
"Yep, stands for Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space. But right now it's acting a bit odd, though no worries! A quick trip around the moon should help energize it and then we can go wherever or whenever you'd like!"
Amelia Pond looked at The Doctor with wide brown eyes, "Are you serious?"
"Of course I am!" The Doctor looked up with a big smile, arms stretched out excitably, while he hopped down to meet Amelia.
"Tell me, Pond, the universe is ours…what would you like to do first?"
Amelia smiled gently and tugged on one of the elbow patches on The Doctor's brown tweed jacket lightly, before replying joyfully, "I'd kind of like to see what home looks like in the future, if you can do that?"
The Doctor just grinned widely and replied, "I'm The Doctor! I can do anything! How does the 32nd century sound?"
Amelia bounced on the balls of her feet happily while saying, "That sounds wonderful, Doctor!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Amelia clutched at The Doctor's arm and asked with jovial disbelief, "This is really happening? I can go with you?"
"Absolutely, you can trust me! You do, don't you?" The Doctor asked with slight hesitation.
By all means, Amelia knew this was a man she had just met. A man, who crashed into her garden, came out of this peculiar box soaking wet and asking for an apple, and then deciding he didn't like anything she made for him to eat except fish fingers dipped in custard. But he was also the man, who fixed the scary crack in her wall with no problem and paid her more attention than anyone had since her parents died. Amelia decided that while The Doctor was inarguably odd, he was someone she could trust.
"I trust you," Amelia stated bravely.
"Fantastic!" The Doctor shouted before running over to the console and punching in codes haphazardly, at least to Amelia's eyes, and yelling out, "Hold on tight, Pond!"
Amelia gripped the handle bar just in time, before the TARDIS launched with a start and she had to wonder if the TARDIS was always like this, or if it was just because it was acting "slightly odd" right now?
Her suitcase was sliding back and forth along the TARDIS's floor and Amelia was focused on her hands which were holding onto the bar, her knuckles becoming an even paler white, before the TARDIS made a weird sound and landed with a loud 'bang' and a 'thud'.
"Huh, that didn't sound too good," The Doctor stated, waving his hands wildly over the console which had started to smoke and spark a bit.
"Are we there? Did we make it?" Amelia asked, while poking her head up to look at The Doctor.
"Hmm think so? We'll step out and discover that in a minute. Problem is I think the TARDIS needs some repairs."
Amelia could tell The Doctor tried not to show that he was concerned, probably for her sake. So she just pulled on The Doctor's sleeve and said hopefully, "Well let's hope people in the 32nd century are nice then, huh? Maybe they can help us?"
The Doctor's lips quirked a little into a small smile, finding the child's innocence and optimism refreshing.
"Indeed, let's find out!" The Doctor stated before pausing and saying, "Actually, wait here. I'm going to check what's outside first." He was so used to traveling with adults, he had to remember she was just a little kid and he was responsible for her.
"Why? Do you think it could be dangerous?"
"Possibly…"
"Really?"
"Well don't act so excited about that! I'm serious here!" The Doctor finished with a pout, which honestly just made Amelia want to giggle.
"Okay, fine, fine." He replied dramatically, "We'll go together, but stay close to me!"
Amelia did a mock salute and held out her hand, wiggling her fingers a little, which the Doctor took. He patted his jacket pockets mentally checking for: sonic screwdriver, TARDIS keys, and everything else of importance, before opening the door to find…
"This is an engine room," Amelia stated with some confusion.
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting that either."
They stood there for a few minutes, Amelia waiting to see what The Doctor would do, and The Doctor trying to figure out exactly what he should do, when they both heard a moan coming from a slight distance away.
"Doctor, what was that? It sounds like someone is in pain."
"I don't know, just…wait here I'm going to check it out. I'll be right back."
The Doctor ran forward and around a few corners, but abruptly skirted to a stop at the sight before him. There was a human male pinning a gorgeous green-skinned girl to the wall in a dark corner. The man was kissing along her flat belly and one of his hands slipped into the girl's white lacy underwear, to which she gave a husky, "Oh YES! Ooh right there, you're al-always so good, Scotty."
"Mmm, always, you say?" The man teased, rising up slightly to lean over and kiss her on the lips, when just then, the man looked up and spotted the Doctor. The Doctor panicked and backed into one of the large pipes behind him, which caused the female to shriek and for the two of them to pull apart and quickly grab at their discarded articles of clothing. The moment between the couple was ruined, and neither one was too amused by that fact.
"Good Lord, man! Can't ya see we are wanting some privacy here? And who are ya anyway?"
"Uhhh, sorry so…yeah, my apologies," The Doctor replied, with a blush upon catching a human male in the middle of a sex act with a female Orion. Also, how did she bend her legs like that?
The pretty Orion was bending over to pick up her clothes, while the human male stepped in front of her, giving her a little sense of privacy, and was pulling up his black pants with a very angry and disgruntled look on his face before asking yet again, "As I said, who are ya? Does the captain know you're down here?"
"I'm The Doctor and errr, I don't know if the Captain knows I'm here?"
The man was tugging on his undershirt now as he looked at him quizzically, "You…don't know?"
"Doctor where are you?" Amelia called out, "Doctor?"
"I'm here Amelia! Just follow my voice, you can come over now." The Doctor was a little embarrassed to admit that he forgot she was there. But considering what he just saw, well, it threw him a bit. He also had to silently thank every deity in the known universe that he had told Amelia to wait for him, until he had a look first.
"And what the bloody hell is this? You have your girl with you here, too?"
"Uh, a girl, not exactly my girl…" at the man's look of utter disbelief, The Doctor finished, "This isn't coming out right. Sorry, this isn't the best way to met."
"I would say not," the beautiful female spoke for the first time, scarlet hair slightly messy, but now completely redressed. Thankfully, as Amelia had joined them now, and the Orion continued, "I'm messaging Chekov to call the Captain."
"Wait, wait! Before you do that, I just want to know where or actually, when am I?"
The couple stared at him as the four of them settled into an uneasy silence.
"When are you? When? Not this again," The man, Scotty, answered.
"Not this again? Hold on a second…"
"No, you hold on a second. What are you?"
"I'm a Time Lord."
"You're not human?" Amelia asked, a little shocked, "You look human."
"Well, you look Time Lord. Time Lords came first, you know. But anyway, shut up!"
They all continued to look at him, perplexed and bemused.
"Just, tell me what century I'm in."
"The 23rd century," the Orion spoke up again, confused.
"Oops"
"Oops?" Amelia asked, for the first time a little cautiously.
"It would seem I mixed up the order of the 2 and 3 button, but that's no matter! We're here now in the 23rd century aboard the…"
"USS Enterprise?" the Orion answered for him again.
"Oh, that's brilliant! And what's your name?"
Scotty impatiently interrupted, raising his voice and saying, "Don't! Stop answering him, he's an intruder, he could be dangerous!"
"Traveling with a child? C'mon he's…"
"Well, I don't know! I mean, how did he even beam aboard this ship without anyone knowing about it? This is crazy; I'm messaging the captain or someone that can get a hold of him."
"That won't be necessary," The Doctor turned around to see a uniformed officer heading towards them, this one wearing a blue shirt.
"Are you the captain?
"No, but I'm the commanding first officer. How did you beam aboard this ship?"
"Well you see, I…" The Doctor suddenly started to get a horrible headache and began to feel slightly faint, but shook his head and continued, "It's kind of complicated. But, basically I'm The Doctor," to which he gave a small, awkward wave as way of introduction, "and this is Amelia Pond," he gestured to the young girl beside him, who also gave a timid little wave, "and we were heading to the 32nd century but my spaceship was a little broken…well, it is fully broken now. But anyway, we kind of landed here, by accident. And we'd leave, except we can't."
The stern looking first officer quirked an eyebrow, stepping closer to the group and The Doctor noticed for the first time, the pointed ears, slanted eyebrows and realized he was Vulcan. What kind of ship did he land on, exactly? What ship inhabited Orions, Vulcans, and humans, except…?
"Wait a minute, this ship; this crew is part of Starfleet?"
"Yes, and I demand to know –"
"Oh that's great! Wonderfully brilliant, because you can actually help me and –" The Doctor's headache worsened and his legs started to get shaky.
"Doctor, are you alright?" Amelia asked voice full of concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just, you know…" and then The Doctor's legs gave way, and he sagged against one of the water pipes before falling to the floor.
"Doctor, oh my god, Doctor!" Amelia's voice echoed and faded into his subconscious.
The Doctor's last thought before passing out, was how he thought this regeneration was going to be different. You know, by not being rendered unconscious or otherwise greatly incapacitated after the change, but really? He should have known.
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