Author's Note: I do not own Doctor Who, it's characters or objects or organizations. This is a Fan Fiction and any similarities that may or may not be presented are coincidental and entirely unintended. I am sorry it is late, but here it is. Part Four of Doctor Who: Missing Wolf.
"So, that's everyone who is coming along, correct?" The Doctor asks. "No more surprise visitors or interruptions?"
All of a sudden there's a knocking on the TARDIS door. Knock- Knock-Knock-Knock.
"Oh for the love of… John, just go. I get the feeling that it is someone we do not want anyway." The Doctor says.
Outside of the TARDIS, smiling is indeed someone that would make the trip most awkward for the doctor. Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap. Then he is gone, as swift as the ether that brought him there.
"Doctor, did you notice a pattern to that knocking?" Jack asks, concern sitting on his face.
"I know what you are thinking Jack, but it's impossible. He was whisked into the Time lock containing the last Time War."
"But Davros escaped the Time Lock, we were there, we saw the Crucible!" Martha Interjects.
"This was after the Crucible. I had to save Wilfred, and I was exposed to large amounts of radiation in the process. Right from the beginning, the Master was revived for the purpose of making someone immortal; he ended up making every human, but Wilfred for some reason into a copy of himself. He broke Gallifrey free from the Time lock…"
"But wouldn't that of been a good thing, there would have been other Time Lords?" Mickey asks.
"No, it would have been a disaster. What they were planning on doing, it was the reason I created that Time Lock." The Doctor scowls.
"What were they planning, Doctor?" Jack asks, walking up to the Doctor.
"They were planning on destroying the universe, saving them, becoming entities of pure thought. It would have killed anyone, but them. I… I couldn't allow them to do that. So I created that Time Lock, to stop them. And since I was the one to create it, only I or as I found out, six point eight billion Masters to open it. When he found out what the other Time lords were doing, he helped me seal them back in, and he was dragged inside the time lock."
"What caused the radiation?" Martha asks.
"The machine that allowed the Master to break the time lock in the first place, it was overloading and Wilfred, bless his soul, he went into the machine to save a scientist stuck inside, trapping himself in the process. He wanted me to leave him there so I could live, but I couldn't do that. I saved him and was exposed to the radiation. I got back to the TARDIS and regenerated. And then I crashed in front of Amy Pond's house." He recounts.
"Indeed you did, Mr. Raggedy Man." River says, walking over to her husband.
"First time I met you was in the Library with the Vashta Nerada, and you had Jack's sonic gun which removes squares from walls and can replace them."
"Okay?" River raises her eyebrow.
"You haven't done that, of course you haven't."
"Uh, Jack can I borrow your sonic gun?" River asks.
"Not yet, River. Please, not yet." The Doctor pleads.
"Spoilers?"
"Spoilers." The Doctor answers, somberly.
"I see. Well, in that case, once Rose is back, a proper honeymoon." River demands.
"Of course, anything you want, just before you go to the library."
"Well there are a couple of things I want before I die, Doctor. For example…" River starts, touching her stomach.
"Oh. OH. No, are you?" The Doctor asks.
"No, but I would like to," River smiles.
"Okay, well that is a conversation for later, sweetie. Not in front of company."
"I can help with that, Mrs. Doctor," Jack grins mischievously.
"JACK!" The five others groan in sync with each other.
"Okay, okay. You want me to stop. Then let's get under way," Jack sighs impatiently.
"Okay, well three of us know how to pilot this baby." The Doctor says, rubbing his hands together.
"Three?" John inquires, stepping toward the console.
"You, me and River." The Doctor answers.
"Okay, where should we inquire first?" John asks.
The room goes quiet, the only sound being the faint hum of the TARDIS in the background. River is the first to break the silence.
"My gut wants to check and possibly clear Demon's Run."
"Demon's Run? Any particular reason or just a gut feeling," Jack asks.
"If it is the Silence, where better to hide than under our nose. Which would be Demon's Run," River suggests.
After a few moments of silence, no one suggests anything else.
"Okay then, does anyone have objections?" The Doctor asks.
Everyone glances at each other, serious glances being exchanged. Martha and Mickey embrace each other as if they could just tell the severity of the events which took place at Demon's Run.
"I guess it's settled then. We are, reluctantly, going to Demon's Run." The Doctor sighs solemnly.
The Doctor, John and River set their hands on the console and begin working in unison to set the coordinates of the Demon's Run asteroid base. John's TARDIS hums and before John can launch, River turns off the parking brake.
"Don't want to alert anyone who may be there," River smirks.