Chapter 4: An Awkward Meeting
The Doctor walked outside into a cloudy day in London.
He stopped for a second and looked around trying to find out where he had landed. It turned out that he was a few blocks away from Layton's office.
He began speed walking toward the office, bumping into a few people. "Sorry…" He murmured while getting some angry comments from the people he bumped into.
He reached the office and barged right in. The manger gave the Doctor a look when he went running towards Layton's office. "You have to make an appointment." She said dully.
The Doctor pulled out his Psychic paper and showed it to the lady, "Official orders." He said quickly.
The lady nodded, and the Doctor continued his dash to Professor Layton's Office. He flung open the door and ran in.
He looked inside to see a girl with a small pink dress on. She seemed a bit startled to see him barging in.
"Oh hi… Is the Layton in?" The Doctor asked looking around at the room.
The girl hesitated, "He just left a minute ago. I think he is down the hall."
The Doctor smiled and came up to her. "Great help, oh and by the way, my name is the Doctor." The Doctor said shaking the girl's hand.
"Oh…"The girl hesitated, "My name is Flora."
"Well Flora, I hope we meet again, oh and have you ever driven a car?"
Before Flora could answer, the Doctor was down the hall.
When the Doctor came to the end of the hall, he looked around the corner and found who he was looking for. There sat Professor Layton, sipping tea, and reading the newspaper.
The Doctor then spoke up, "Hello Professor Layton." He tried sounding polite, but ended up sounding awkward.
The professor put down his newspaper and looked at the Doctor. "Hello…?" Layton said back with a confused tone of voice. "Who are you?"
"Oh yes, I'm working on the investigation for the disappearances that have been happening lately. I was sent to tell you some information." The Doctor lied.
Professor Layton gave the Doctor a doubtful look, but then said, "Sit and tell me what you know." Then he offered the Doctor some tea, in which he took.
When the Doctor sat, he smiled towards the Professor, "I come to tell you that I know where Luke and Clive are."
Professor Layton nearly spilled his tea. "You do?" He was interested now. Then after a moment of hesitation, Layton asked the Doctor, "I went to investigate the places in which they vanished, and there was no evidence. The closest thing that I could find about anything was a myth about a 'Blue Box' that appears through time."
The Doctor hid a smile before continuing with the conversation. "I can tell you where they are, but first I need you to give me something in return."
Professor Layton raised an eyebrow and frowned, "Oh, I see…"
"Tell me, have you ever seen an old metal piece that has a blue eye?" The Doctor asked while taking a drink of tea.
The Professor's expression lightened, "I think I have what you're looking for. It is an antique that was given to me by my mentor."
Professor Layton got up from his table and went to his office to retrieve the item. He came back with a small wrapped up piece of cloth and showed it to the Doctor.
The Doctor unwrapped the clothing and put the round metal piece close to his eyes. "Tell me, have you ever put water on this device?" The Doctor said looking at the device.
"I don't think I have." The Professor said simply. The metal piece looked to have been burned to a crisp and no one ever had the thought of washing it.
The Doctor picked up his tea and pored it on the devise. The metal device then suddenly split and everything that made the metal piece look old, fell off like a cracked shell. "Great tea by the way Layton." The Doctor said smiling.
The old metal piece that was there before now looked polished and brand new, almost futuristic. The blue eye glowed on the pure black surface of metal.
Professor Layton didn't look startled as the device spilt, just interested, and confused. "What is this?" Layton asked, clearly finding that this man knew a lot more then what he was telling him.
"It's a Secret Conveyer, one of the best inventions ever made because it can tell a person every secret that another is hiding. Very few were made, so they are very rare," the Doctor picked up the metal piece and held it in the palm of his hand, "This should turn it on."
The Doctor scraped his nail on the blue glowing eye, and the metal device suddenly spoke in a dark voice that made Professor Layton jump.
"Two Life forms detected. D.N.A. not Nuimos, DEVICE STOLEN! DEVICE STOLEN! Villains and device will be teleported. CALIBRATING! CALIBRATING! CALIBRATING!"
Suddenly Professor Layton, the Doctor, and the Secret Conveyer were gone in a bright flash of light.
