12 years.
12 years after The Doctor was here.
12 years when he promised to come back after 5 minutes.
Leila Pond was 19 years old. Leila told her sister, Amelia, who changed her name to Amy and her Aunt Sharon about The Doctor but they didn't believe her. They thought it was just her imagination. She didn't tell anyone about The Doctor and decided to forget about him.
Leila's phone rang. She picked the phone up and pressed it to her ear. "Hello?" Leila asked. "Leila, come home," It's was her sister, Amy. "Why? What's wrong?" Leila asked. "You will know when you get here," Amy said. Leila sighed. "Fine. I'm on my way," Leila said and hung up.
After 15 minutes, Leila got in her house. Amy got down the stairs and grabbed Leila's hand and they ran upstairs. Amy was dressed as a police officer. "Hello to you too," Leila said sarcastically. "Shh," Amy whispered. Amy led her sister on the corridor. Leila's eyes grow wide as she see a man, with handcuffs.
And not just a man.
It's was The Doctor.
"He looks like -" Amy said. "The Doctor," Leila finished. "Yeah. Like in your drawings," Amy said and Leila rolled her eyes.
The Doctor opened his eyes and looked around. "Cricket bat. I'm getting cricket bat," The Doctor said. "You were breaking and entering," Amy said. The Doctor looked down and see he was handcuffed to the radiator. "Well, that's much better. Brand new me. Whack on the head, just what I needed," The Doctor said.
"Do you want to shut up now? I've got back up on the way," Amy said. "Hang on, no, wait. You're a policewoman," The Doctor said looking at Amy. "And you're breaking and entering. You see how this works?" Amy said.
"But what are you two doing here? Where's Leila?" The Doctor asked. Amy looked at Leila and then back at The Doctor. "Leila Pond?" Leila asked. "Yeah, Leila. Little Scottish girl. Where is she? I promised her five minutes but the engines were phasing. I suppose I must have gone a bit far. Has something happened to her?" The Doctor asked.
Amy was about to say something but Leila spoke up. "Leila Pond hasn't lived here in a long time." The Doctor looked at her. "How long?" He asked. "6 months," Leila said. The Doctor's eyes grow wide. "No. No. No. No, I can't be 6 months late. I said 5 minutes. I promised," The Doctor said. Leila grabbed Amy's hand and they walked a bit away from him. "What happened to her? What happened to Leila Pond?" The Doctor asked.
"Why did you said that?" Amy whispered. "I don't know. Do something, please," Leila said. Amy sighed and hold her fake radio. "Sarge, it's me again. Hurry it up. This guy knows something about Leila Pond," Amy said as Leila looked back at The Doctor.
"I need to speak to whoever lives in this house right now," The Doctor said. Leila and Amy walked back to him. "We live here," Amy said, pointing between her and Leila. "But you're the police," The Doctor said to Amy. "So?" Leila asked. "You got a problem with that?" Amy asked. "How many rooms?" The Doctor asked. Amy raised her eyebrow. "I'm sorry, what?" Amy asked. "On this floor. How many rooms on this floor? Count them for me now," The Doctor asked. "Why?" Leila asked.
"Because it will change your lifes," The Doctor said. "Five. One, two, three, four, five," Amy said. "Six," The Doctor said. "Six?" Leila asked. "Look," The Doctor said. "Look where?" Leila asked. "Exactly where you don't want to look. Where you never want to look. The corner of your eye. Look behind you," The Doctor said. Leila and Amy looked in the corner of ther eyes slowly as they looked behind. They saw another room. "That's, that is not possible. How's that possible?" Amy asked Leila.
"There's a perception filter all round the door. Sensed it the last time I was here. Should've seen it," The Doctor said. "But that's a whole room. That's a whole room we never even noticed," Leila said. "The filter stops you noticing. Something came a while ago to hide. It's still hiding, and you need to uncuff me now," The Doctor said. Amy looked at The Doctor. "I don't have the key. I lost it," Amy said. "How can you have lost it?" The Doctor asked. Leila walked slowly to the door. "Stay away from that door! Do not touch that door! Listen to me, do not open that," The Doctor said. Leila opened the door. "Why does no-one ever listen to me? Do I just have a face that nobody listens to?" The Doctor asked.
Leila got inside the mystery room. Leila see a dirty, boarded up window, packing boxes. "Lille?" Amy called. "It's fine," Leila said. "Again. My Screwdriver, where is it silver thing, blue at the end. Where did it go?" The Doctor asked Amy. She shrugged. "There's nothing here," Leila said. "Whatever's there stopped you seeing the room. What makes you think you could see it?" The Doctor asked. Leila sighed and looked at the table. "Now please, just get out. Get her out," The Doctor said to Amy. "Silver, blue at the end?" Leila asked. "My Screwdriver, yeah," The Doctor said. "It's here," Leila said.
"Must have rolled under the door," The Doctor said. "Yeah. Must have. And then it must have jumped up on the table," Leila said sarcastically. "Get out of there," The Doctor said. "Get out of there! Get out!" The Doctor yelled. Amy ran to the room. Leila picked up the screwdriver, which is nearly stuck to the table with gunk. "Get out of there!" The Doctor yelled. Amy and Leila wrinkling their noses.
"What is it? What are you doing?" The Doctor asked. "There's nothing here, but-" Amy said. "Corner of your eye," The Doctor said. "What is it?" Leila asked. "Don't try to see it. If it knows you've seen it, it will kill you. Don't look at it. Do not look," The Doctor said. Amy and Leila turned around and finally stares it in the face. They screamed.
"Get out!" The Doctor yelled. Leila and Amy ran to The Doctor. "Give me that," The Doctor said. He grabbed the Sonic Screwdriver from Leila and locked the door, then tried to free himself. "Come on. What's the bad alien done to you?" The Doctor asked his Screwdriver. "Will that door hold it?" Amy asked. "Oh, yeah, yeah, of course. It's an interdimensional multiform from outer space. They're all terrified of wood," The Doctor said sarcastically.
There was a bright light in the room. "What's that? What's it doing?" Leila asked. "I don't know. Getting dressed? Run. Just go. Your back up's coming. I'll be fine," The Doctor said. "There is no back up," Amy said. The Doctor looked at her. "I heard you on the radio. You called for back up," The Doctor said. "She was pretending. It's a pretend radio," Leila said. The Doctor looked at her and then back at Amy. "You're a policewoman," The Doctor said. "I'm a kissogram!" Amy snapped. She took off her cap and her long red hair falls down.
The door fall down to reveal a workman in overalls and toolbelt, with a black dog. "But it's just-" Leila said. "No, it isn't. Look at the faces," The Doctor said. The man barked. "What? I'm sorry, but what?" Amy asked. "It's all one creature. One creature disguised as two. Clever old multi-form. A bit of a rush job, though. Got the voice a bit muddled, did you? Mind you, where did you get the pattern from? You'd need a psychic link, a live feed. How did you fix that?" The Doctor asked.
The man opened his mouth to reveal a long needle-like teeth. "Stay, boy! the three of us, we're safe. Want to know why? She sent for back up," The Doctor said, pointing at Amy. "I didn't send for back-up!" Amy snapped. "I know. That was a clever lie to save our lives. Okay, yeah, no back up. And that's why we're safe. Alone, we're not a threat to you. If we had back up, you'd have to kill us," The Doctor said. "Attention, Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded. Attention Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded," A voice said.
"What's that?" Amy asked. "Well, that would be back up. Okay, one more time. We do have back up and that's definitely why we're safe," The Doctor said. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice said. "Well, safe apart from, you know, incineration," The Doctor said. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice said as the man walked to a room.
The Doctor struggled with the Sonic Screwdriver. "Come on, work, work, work, come on," The Doctor said. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated. The Doctor finally freed himself from the handcuffs. "Run! Run!" The Doctor said as he grabbed Leila's hand and she grabbed Amy's. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated.
The trio ran to the garden. "Kissogram?" The Doctor asked Amy. "Yes, a kissogram. Work through it. I'm not like my successful sister," Amy said. Leila rolled her eyes. "Why'd you pretend to be a policewoman?" The Doctor asked Amy. "You broke into our house. It was this or a French maid," Amy said. "What's going on? Tell us. Tell us!" Leila said.
The Doctor stopped and so Leila and Amy. "An alien convict is hiding in your spare room disguised as a man and a dog, and some other aliens are about to incinerate your house. Any questions?" The Doctor asked and he walked to the blue box as Leila and Amy followed. "Yes," Leila and Amy said in the same time. "Me too. No, no, no, no! Don't do that, not now! It's still rebuilding. Not letting us in," The Doctor said about the box.
"Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated as the man and the dog barked. "Come on," Leila said as she grabbed The Doctor's arm. "No, wait, hang on. Wait, wait, wait, wait," The Doctor said and pulled away. He ran to the shed. "The shed. I destroyed that shed last time I was here. Smashed it to pieces," The Doctor said. "So there's a new one. Let's go," Leila said.
"Yeah, but the new one's got old. It's 10 years old at least. 12 years. I'm not 6 months late, I'm 12 years late," The Doctor said. He looked at Leila. "He's coming," Amy said. The Doctor ignored her. "You said 6 months. Why did you say 6 months?" The Doctor asked as he walked over to Leila. "We've got to go," Leila said.
"This matters. This is important. Why did you say 6 months?" The Doctor asked. "Why did you say 5 minutes!" Leila snapped. The Doctor's eyes grow wide. "What?" The Doctor asked quietly. "Come on," Leila said. "What?" The Doctor repeated. "Come on!" Leila said and grabbed The Doctor's arm. "What?" The Doctor repeated as the trio ran. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated.
"You're Leila," The Doctor said. "And you're late," Leila said. "Leila Pond. You're the little girl," The Doctor said. "I'm Leila and you're late," Leila said. "What happened?" The Doctor asked. "12 years," Leila said. "And you. You hit me with a cricket bat," The Doctor said to Amy. "Wait, who is she? Who are you?" The Doctor asked Amy. "My sister," Leila replied. "Are you Amelia?" The Doctor asked. "Yeah. But now my name is Amy," Amy replied.
"Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated from the Ice cream van speakers. "No, no, no, come on. What? We're being staked out by an ice-cream van," Leila said. "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated," The voice repeated.
