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Chapter Three

The Present

The Doctor had programmed the TARDIS to locate the epicentre of the anomaly, which was creating the interference in the time-continuum, only to find it was back in Atlantis, in Elizabeth's quarters. He could see her sleeping peacefully, completely oblivious to the world around her.

The specs of yellow dust had multiplied, there were now trillions floating around the room; floating around her. The Doctor could see this from the monitor sitting on the console. Then he saw it, in amongst the swirls of dust was a white spark, another part of time being taken out off place.

Rotating the image on the screen, the Doctor soon pinpointed the main source of the problem. The watch he had given her all those years ago. "Elizabeth. Please tell me you didn't." Zooming in closer he could see the shattered glass on the floor and then the cracked dial.

"Breaking a time piece is about the worst thing…" Opening the doors on an unfinished sentence the Doctor entered her room and walked up to her bed.

He pulled out his sonic-screwdriver and turned it on the watch, then activated it. Eventually, the dial healed up having sucked in all the dust before hand, however, it had exhausted all of the sonic-screwdrivers power and it exploded in his hand. Quickly the Doctor let it go, but he knew it was too late; the damage to the timeline was already done.

The noise of the sonic-screwdriver woke Elizabeth up, she felt a little strange at first, but soon adjusted to the rude awakening. With his back turned away from her, was the last person she least expected to see again. "Doctor."

The Doctor didn't bother to turn around; he was angry, angry with himself for letting this happen. "What changes have you seen here, since I bought you back?"

Elizabeth was about to activate her radio, she didn't want this man causing any more trouble then he already had. "A few."

But the Doctor somehow sensed her thoughts; he spun round and grabbed her wrist before her hand got within inches of her earpiece sitting on the bedside unit. "Tell me, did you noticed them before or after you broke the watch?"

She tried to break free from his grasp but was finding it difficult, he tightened his hold with every attempt she made. It was scarring her. "You're hurting me."

"I gave you that watch to prevent your timeline from changing, by breaking it, the present has adjusted itself to compensate; from the changes you made in the past. Damn it! Have you any idea of the danger you're in!"

Elizabeth flinched when he shouted; she managed to slip free from his hold and bolted out of bed, running for the exit.

Out of habit he reached for his sonic-device so he could seal the door shut before she escaped, forgetting it was destroyed only minutes ago. It lost him precious time; Elizabeth had slipped away from him and was no doubt running for the nearest help she could find. "Nice one Doctor scare your future companion why don't you."

The security guard on duty saw his boss running towards him in the corridor he was patrolling, she was in her nightwear and from the look on her face as she got nearer, anyone would think she had seen a ghost. "Is something wrong ma'am?" he asked.

Elizabeth would have answered him, had he not seen the Doctor before hand running after her, the guard immediately pulled Elizabeth behind him and raised his gun on the stranger. "Stop!"

The Doctor did, as soon as he was inches away from them. "I would say take me to your leader, but since she is already standing behind you, there is no need," answered the Doctor a little sarcastically.

Keeping his gun trained on the Doctor, the male guard tried to discover what was going on. "Do you know this man? Ma'am."

Not wanting to divulge too much information about the Doctor and recent events Elizabeth replied with a simple, "Yes… and no."

Baffled he looked at her, before turning his attention back him. "Do you want the intruder locked up?"

Elizabeth hadn't noticed it, but the Doctor had, the guard's eyes flashed white, just for a second, but it what enough to put him on edge.

"Elizabeth. Maybe you should move away from him," warned the Doctor.

Elizabeth shook her head, being sure to keep her distance from the Doctor. "I'm not letting you ruin my life, anymore then you already have."

"Remember what I said about; time adjusted itself to compensate" Elizabeth nodded.

"You might want to check who your friends are. When was the last time you saw their eyes flash white."

The Goa'uld were the only creatures Elizabeth knew who could perform that role, and to confirm her worst fear his eyes flashed for a second time when she looked him in the face.

TBC