Elphie groaned and placed her right hand on her forhead. Well, at least i'm alive. That's something. All of what had happened came rushing back to her. The attack, the box, the Doctor…
She opened her eyes and looked up. The ceiling was made of a golden metal and covered with tiny domes, like spray-painted bubble wrap. A slight whirring sound was coming from behind her. With much effort, she rolled over-and almost off of-a tiny sofa chair next to the console. The doctor was standing fiddling with some of the many buttons in front of him. She suddenly remembered her side and looked down. Her top was still blood soaked, but her side was bandaged. He had obviously patched her up while she was unconscious. She sat up and moved her arm. No pain. On an impulse, she whipped her arm out in a fast punch. Nope, nothing torn. She stood up and walked over to the doctor. He looked up and smiled.
"Ah! You're awake. Sorry bout the bandages, I'm not that much of a doctor but I had to stop the bleeding. If you want to change your top there's a wardrobe in here somewhere..."
He trailed off. Elphie was still staring at the console.
"Thank you. That was really nice of you. I'm sorry for barging in like that. I was running and, well I'd fought them before but they'd never pulled a knife…. So yeah" she looked up embarrassed. "So what's all this then? "
The doctor walked round. "The TARDIS. Stands for time and relative dimension in space. It's kinda like a spaceship, only smaller. And it goes through time. Obviously, I mean the names a give away" he ran his hand through his hair
"So do you have a home to go to..?"
Elphie looked down. She sighed. "My dad died before I was born. In the Toclafan thing. My mum was sent to a mental asylum. When I was 9 she… passed away. I've been in and out of foster homes since then" there was a brief silence between them "I'm sorry" said the doctor, quietly. Elphie shrugged. She had never really known them.
"So what can we go, the past? The future?"
the doctor grinned" wherever you want to go." Elphie thought for a minute. "I want to go to the past. Can you put this thing on random or something and just see where we turn up?"
The doctor's grin grew larger than the Cheshire cat's.
"Only way to travel" and he pull the huge lever. For a minute they were thrown bout all over the place, and then abruptly stopped. Elphie pulled a piece of hair from her mouth
"Well that was ….. interesting" the doctor bounded over to the door and motioned for her to open it. She scrambled over and opened it cautiously. The doctor breathed in sharply.
"Ah! Welcome to Ancient Egypt elphie."