Chapter 3- The case of the missing key

"How did you know that this is a time machine?" Natalie asked.

"Isn't it obvious? The Doctor had said 'when' is this, and didn't know what year it was. A man of his intelligence would know the year, unless they are constantly in different time periods.

"Also, he clearly knew John and I and our timelines, but we both have never seen him before. Therefore, we must have met him later in life. Now normally you would think a man that looks this crazy would be lying, but he's not showing any signs of lying, no fidgeting, he's keeping eye contact. Plus, you just confirmed that it's a time machine."

Natalie shot him a glare, and he smirked.

"It also travels in space," Sherlock continued, "How can you tell? His eyes. You could tell he is very intelligent, lots of experience, so he is pretty old. However, he only looks 20, so right away, not normal. Plus, his pulse is faster than a normal human, so two hearts, and not human. Then his boots. There is a lot of wear on the sole, so lots of running. And he has mud on his boots with a purplish hue. Mud isn't normally purple, so must be from another planet. Which one, I don't know and really don't care."

John stared at the box, "I don't think all 4 of us will fit in there."

"Think again," said the Doctor as he opened the doors of the TARDIS.

The Doctor leaped inside, everyone else following behind. John gaped at the awesomeness of the TARDIS.

"It's... bigger on the inside...What is this, Star Wars?" he asked sarcastically.

"Pshh... no, this is nothing like Star Wars. I would know, I babysat Yoda once," the Doctor said.

"You babysat Yoda? It's a small world," Natalie said.

Sherlock was for once, befuddled. "I don't see how this is logically possible. Maybe I'm hallucinating. Or I was drugged, or... something! But this isn't possible!"

"It can be a bit confusing, but basically, it's like another dimension. The Timelord science behind it is confusing, even for me. So I won't go into the trouble of explaining it to you."

Sherlock looked it up on his iPhone. Normally he would categorize this stuff as useless as those UFO sightings and would delete it later, but now that he was seeing it with his own eyes, he chose to believe it.

"So, what is your case?" Sherlock asked.

"Well, it seems I have lost my TARDIS key," the Doctor said.

"BORING!" Sherlock yelled as he started to walk towards the door.

"No, wait! You don't understand, this isn't just any old Yale key. It could give anyone access to the TARDIS, and in the wrong hands, it could cause ultimate chaos. The bonds of time and space would split and the universe itself would implode."

"And you can't find it yourself?" John asked.

"I would prefer if you could help me with my search. I'll need all the help I could get," the Doctor said.

"All of time and space?" Sherlock asked.

"From the very beginning to the very end," Natalie said.

"Redundant."

"Whatever, you know what I mean. So will you take the case?" Natalie asked.

"Well, normally I don't take cases for lost items... but this is different," Sherlock said, "I'll take it."

"Yes!" the Doctor said as he did a fist pump.

"Really Doctor, a fist pump?" Natalie said.

"Yes, fist pumps are cool."

"So now what?" John asked.

"Well, it would be wise to retrace the Doctor's last places. Where was the last place you remember having the key?" Sherlock asked.

"Well, I was visiting Amy and Rory, and I distinctly remember having the key there."

"Are you sure? 'Cause the human memory is only 62% accurate. Now I don't know how accurate your memory would be since you're not human-"

The Doctor interrupted, "Timelord memory is 99.9% accurate. I'm sure."

"Alright, to the Pond's it is!" The Doctor yelled.

A/N: Yay! Chapter 3! Sorry it's so short, next chapter will be longer, I promise :).

I had like a 3 day writer's block, and then I finished it in 2 days. Hopefully next chapter will have some action!

I am thankful for all the favs and alerts I get for this story. It makes me smile to know that people like my story :D.

And now the reviews:

DoctorandAmyFan97: Originally, I had planned for Natalie to be like an older version of myself, but looks-wise, she looks like Jenna. Now that you mention it, I think it would be easier to picture Natalie being Jenna, but with an American accent. I agree with you abut Johnlock. And it seems to be everywhere! It can get so annoying some times… And I don't want to spoil anything, but I kind of had an idea similar to yours. You'll find out son enough! I really enjoyed your review! It really motivated me. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! And I'm glad you like my story. :)

uzumaki misaki: Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I think he is 29, so when Sherlock said to Natalie 'You need to work on a couple things', he was referring that she had not gotten his age right, but she was close. :)

FlyingLovegood123: Thanks, I'm glad you like my story! I hope this makes up for my delay on 'Remembering'. :)