Okay! On to chapter 4! Sorry for the wait, I had a little trouble deciding which direction I wanted this chapter to go. Special thanks to TheNCSyndicate for helping me get started! xD Enjoy!
The Doctor jumped out of the car without any warning. "Wait! Where are you going?" Amy asked as he began to walk away.
"I figured it would be a good idea to grab a few supplies from the TARDIS," he replied. Amy sighed, "Well, hurry back, okay?" The Doctor smiled and winked at her, and then he walked away, disappearing into the dense forest.
"What's a, um, a TARDIS?" Malcolm asked. "Oh, well it's his, well it's his spaceship."
"A spaceship?"
"And…time machine…" Malcolm chuckled, "Well, that explains a lot."
"Yeeeaaaahhh, we kinda crashed here."
"So are you like a, um, an alien in disguise?"
Amy laughed, "No, I'm human, but I'm from the future."
"So they have, erm, time travel in the future?"
"Well, no, not the future I'm from anyway. You see the Doctor's kinda an alien. He looks human but he's not."
Malcolm nodded, "Noted. So are you to a, um, w-well a, um, uh…" Amy giggled, "No, no, we're not, just friends who travel time and space together."
"Ah, I see," he smiled. "So what about you? Got a girlfriend or a wife?"
Malcolm erupted into total laughter. "What's so funny?"
"Just that, ahem, um, there's a T-Rex on the loose, and we're, ah, talking about relationships." Amy smiled at the strange fact he pointed out.
"But, uh, to answer your question; I am currently, ah, single. But I have, um, been married a few times before."
"Only a few?" Amy teased. "Only a few," Malcolm grinned.
In the distance, Ellie and Muldoon were leaving the paddock the way they had entered. Malcolm and Amy watched as they approached the jeep. "Were they down there?" Malcolm asked.
"No they left…We followed their tracks for a little while, but eventually they led to grass and bushes. There's no telling where they are now," Ellie said, disappointed.
"I'm sure they'll be fine," Malcolm assured.
"Hey, where's that man, the Doctor?" Muldoon asked after he placed his and Ellie's flash lights in a box. Ellie seated herself in the passenger seat. Muldoon stood next to Amy outside the jeep.
"Oh, he went to get a few things," Amy answered.
"From what?"
Just then, the ground shook, accompanied by a rumbling noise, like a single loud drum beat. Then it happened again. "Did anyone else hear that?" Malcolm whispered.
"Yeah…What was it?" Amy whispered back, then it happened two more times.
"It's a, um," Malcolm swallowed, then the rumbling happened again, and again. "It's an impact tremor is what it is. I'm fairly alarmed here…" It sounded as if the rumbling and shaking was getting louder, and closer. Everyone sat there, dead silent. Amy could hear her heart race.
Then, abruptly, the Doctor sprang out from the bushes, racing towards the car. "We have to leave! We have to leave right now! Go! Go! Go! GOOOOO!"
Muldoon jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine. Just as the Doctor leapt into the back of the car, a T-Rex emerged from the trees, and bellowed a spine-shuddering roar. Muldoon stomped his foot onto the gas pedal, speeding off. The giant monster took chase, roaring as it ran after them. "Shit! Shit!" Ellie shouted.
Malcolm kicked at it yelling, "You bastard! Get away you ugly son of a bitch!"
Amy screamed bloody murder as the T-Rex came closer, snapping its large jaws at them. "No! No! No! No! No!" The Doctor yelled.
"Third gear! Third gear! Third gear!" Malcolm shouted back at Muldoon. The jeep wasn't going fast enough. The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and climbed over the seats, hitting the stick shift on his way, reaching down towards the gas pedal.
"Must go faster!" Malcolm shouted at Muldoon.
The Doctor began to sonic the wires connected to the gas pedal. "Get off the stick! Bloody move!" Muldoon yelled at him.
"Hold on! Almost done!" The T-Rex shrieked even louder, at the same time, Ellie and Amy screamed even louder.
For a split second, Ellie had turned around, and saw a thick fallen tree that they were quickly approaching. "Look out!" She screamed. Malcolm, Amy, and Muldoon all saw the tree now only five seconds away. "Duck!" Muldoon commanded, and they all ducked. The front windshield hit the tree, breaking off as it went over their heads. But the fallen tree didn't faze the Tyrannosaur; it ran right through it, breaking the tree in half. This slowed the Rex down only for a second, but it continued snapping its jaws at the car. Soon, it was running alongside the car. "Doctor!" Amy screamed, tears flowing down her cheeks.
The T-Rex knocked its head against the side of the car in an attempt to flip it over. Malcolm's eyes were wide, and he was no longer kicking at the beast; instead, he threw a protective arm over Amy.
"Done!" The Doctor shouted, rolling off the stick shift and into Ellie's lap in an odd position. Muldoon adjusted the stick to third gear, and as soon as he did, the jeep took off like a rocket, leaving the Rex far behind.
Once they were a safe distance away from the dinosaur, the Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver down at the gas pedal like he did before, only this time he returned the vehicle to its normal speed. Malcolm gasped, "You think they'll have that on the tour?" Amy smiled and wiped away her tears, happy to be alive.
Ellie relaxed in her seat, gasping. The Doctor pushed himself off of her, returning to his spot in the back of the jeep. He spun around to face Ellie, "Sorry about that."
She chuckled, "Sorry? You just saved our lives."
The Doctor smiled, "That's what I do."
"What exactly did you do?"
"Isn't it obvious? I made the car go faster."
"Yes, but how?"
"Oh! I made it think it was a police car."
"You made it think?"
"Well, kinda, not really….Look it'd save a lot of time and confusion if I didn't explain all the technical stuff."
"Alright," Muldoon sighed.
"You alright?" Malcolm asked Amy, placing a warm hand on her shoulder. Amy sniffed and smiled, "Yeah I'm fine. Thank you."
"Something about that Tyrannosaur bothers me," the Doctor stated.
"You mean, uh, other than the fact that it's, you know, uh, a-alive?" Malcolm asked sarcastically.
"Yes, it ran too fast."
"What do you mean?" Ellie questioned.
"I mean a Tyrannosaurus Rex couldn't run thirty miles per hour. It was too big to run that speed. At best it could run up to eighteen miles per hour."
"How do you know?"
"I'm a time traveler, I know these things."
"You're a wh-"
"Yes, time traveler. I travel throughout time and space. Amy here travels with me. My spaceship crashed here, and that's when we met Dr. Malcolm and later you two. Trust me, it's better not to question it, just accept it."
"Uh…Huh…" Ellie slowly nodded her head, not sure if she should believe him or not.
"So, back to the point I was trying to make; why is it that this particular T-Rex is able to run so fast?"
"Well, all the, uh, dinosaurs are genetically engineered. Maybe that's why." Malcolm suggested.
The Doctor crossed his arms, "Yes…Possibly…" The Doctor trailed off, lost in thought.
"So, what did you get from the TARDIS?" Amy asked.
"Just a first aid kit for Malcolm boy here."
"That's it?"
"Oi! It was all I had time to grab before the T-Rex came stomping around the TARDIS. I managed to make her invisible and activated a small shield around her before I came running here."
Ellie sighed, "I hope Alan and the kids are safe."
"Alan's smart. He'll keep the kids safe." Malcolm assured her.
"The kids, what are their names?" The Doctor asked Ellie.
"Lex and Tim," she answered. Amy snorted, "Whose bright idea was it to bring kids here?"
"John, they're his grandchildren too. He thought it would be a good idea to bring them here, since kids were the target audience. We were brought here to investigate the safety of the park," Ellie informed.
"I'd like to say a few words, well more than a few words actually, to this John fellow," the Doctor added.
Eventually, they reached the Visitors Center. They parked in a large garage where other gas powered jeeps were. Ellie led Amy to the control room while the Doctor and Muldoon helped Malcolm out of the jeep, then they practically carried him to the control room.
There were two strangers in the room, two people the Doctor and Amy had not yet met. One was an African American, who looked to be in his thirties. The other was a short, older man, dressed in all white which matched the color of his hair. He looked to be about seventy years old.
After they sat Malcolm down on a platform walkway, the old man approached the Doctor. "Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm the Doctor, and I'm in a very bad mood."
Thus concludes Chapter 4! So I've decided to specify when this little adventure takes place. It takes place after Rory died and Amy forgot about him, hence the constant flirting between her and Malcolm. (I'm a Malcolm nerd, forgive me xD) But if you don't like my slight shipping of the pair, don't worry :P Just keep reading to find out what happens! I hope every one of you enjoyed this chapter, and continue to read on. Please review/follow/favorite! Any of those things inspire me to keep writing! Chapter 5 coming soon!
