This machine is so... strange.

Jane had been walking through the endless corridors of the police box for what seemed like hours. They all seemed to be the same, and she had long since lost count of the rooms. Eventually, she ended up back inside the main room. The Doctor was leaning on the hexagonal console in the centre, his arms crossed smugly.

"Finished yet?" he asked. Jane groaned within her helmet, which she had put back on in case of environmental hazards. The Doctor stiffened when he heard a second, electronic-tinged voice emitting from the SPARTAN's head.

"Actually, I'm getting this funny feeling that we're not even close to being finished," Kate replied to him.

"Who's that?" he asked, seeming almost scared. Jane reached up to the back of her helmet and took out the small A.I. storage device from its port. Instantly Kate manifested her avatar, which she had specifically modeled on Cortana, an A.I. who had become a legend amongst the UNSC for her single-minded devotion to the safety of the Master Chief himself. Kate's version was clothed in casual jeans and a tank top, however.

"Hi there! I'm UNSC A.I. serial number Kilo-69132481, but Jane here calls me Kate because she can't remember so many numbers." Jane removed her helmet with her free hand and scowled.

"I call you Kate because it's one syllable! Kilo-69132481 is way too much of a mouthful. Anyway, you like being called that!" Kate giggled. Suddenly, a circle opened in the ground by the central console and a cylinder rose out of it. The cylinder reminded Jane of the A.I. ports that the Didact's ship had had. Kate didn't seem surprised in the slightest, despite the fact that even The Doctor was scratching his head and questioning why it was there. At Kate's urging, Jane walked over to the terminal, her heavy metal boots clanking heavily on the metal walkways, and inserted the A.I. chip into the terminal.

"Oh!" Kate's eyes widened - or her avatar's did, at least - as she was linked to the TARDIS systems.

"Hang on, Jane, I'll be right back," Kate said, before ditching her avatar and manifesting as a glowing orb, which faded as she began to explore.


Kate sailed along the lines of data, absorbing all the information she could at once. Eventually, she came across a wall. To her data-based perception, which made the entire system a library to her, this wall appeared to be both transparent and opaque, both solid and gas, as if she could simply walk straight through it, yet, at the same time, she couldn't.

What is this thing? she wondered. Another voice chuckled softly.

I could have asked the same thing about you. It spoke, seemingly within Kate's head.

What are you? and where are you? Kate asked, casting her consciousness about, attempting to find the source

Oh, don't bother trying to find me. You're already inside me. I'm the TARDIS. But you can call me Sexy.


Jane crossed her arms, tapping her foot against the platform and creating an awful racket as metal met metal.

"Sorry, but could you just... you know... stop that? It's kind of irritating," Amy asked as she walked over nervously.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid if you take one more step towards me I will be forced to shoot you," Jane replied, whipping her BR85 heavy barrel service rifle off of the magnetic holster on her back and shouldering it in one smooth, well-trained motion. Amy held up her hands to show she wasn't holding anything, and backed off a step.

"Hey, I didn't mean anything by it, I was just asking," she stuttered.

"This has gone on long enough. Kate!" Jane called, turning back to the console and banging it with her fist, trying to get her A.I.'s attention. some sparks flew from the controls where her fist left a significant dent. The Doctor ran over, looking both angry and upset at Jane's treatment of his beloved TARDIS.

"Oi! Leave my TARDIS alone! She gets enough banging from day-to-day travel, and she most definitely does not need you hitting her!" he seemed to be getting more and more enraged. He walked right up to her, and glared straight into the SPARTAN's eyes. Jane returned the gaze evenly, her eyes not even flinching.

She fired a three-round burst into the floor right between The Doctor's feet

"Step backwards roughly ten steps, sir, or my next burst will enter your thigh roughly... here," she spoke evenly, lightly pressing her BR85 into The Doctor's thigh, but no-one in the room doubted her. She was clearly used to fighting, and from the dent no-one doubted she was strong enough to kill all of them with ease, even without the gun. The Doctor tried to reason with her.

"Now, you look here, this ship is not only incredibly amazing, she's alive! And you've hit her! Abused her! Defaced her and-" he was cut off by the sound of a burst of rounds from Jane's battle rifle.

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So far I've just posted two - count 'em two - chapters in twelve hours. This is pretty good for me, but don't go expecting two chapters a day every day. I'm just starting year 11 at school at the moment, so I'm not gonna have much time during the week, and I might not even have time on the weekends. All I'm saying is, I may have long gaps between posts at some times, so please don't give me a hard time if you need to wait. I'm not a machine.

That was just a pre-emptive response to people who might have issues with the gaps I may or may not end up with.

Anyway, everyone, I just want to say, I really just don't know what that last part meant. The story is kind of just evolving as I go. What I really need is people's opinions. Who do you think Jane is? Is she really mean, just having a bad day, or following orders? I guess we'll find out when Jane finds out she's stuck in a-

*ahem*

I'm getting ahead of myself. And of the story. Anyway, leave a review, tell me what you think of it, and what you think might/should happen. Thank you all for reading this so far, and hopefully I'll come up with more chapters soon.