Kiera rushed back to the square and noticed Alec had gone from the ledge. Shit. Where the hell could he have gone? Then she remembered. The reason he came back in the first place. The reason he betrayed her. Emily. He was probably with her. But where? She shook her head, trying to think, looking around everywhere. Then she heard a familiar voice.
"Which one are you looking for?" Matthew Kellog asked her.
"I don't have time for your bullshit, Kellog" Kiera told the ex-Liber8.
Kellog raised his hands.
"Hey, no need to get all feisty with me, Cameron," Kellog replied, "I might have some information for you. That is, if you are looking for an Alec"
"Where is he?" Kiera asked.
"Who said I saw him?" Kellog questioned, "I know I didn't"
"Oh, shut up," Kiera said, "You were implying it. So if you did see him, you really need to tell me where he is"
"I didn't see him, I saw Emily in that cafe they're always at-" Kellog began but was cut short as Kiera simply rushed past him.
"You're welcome" Kellog shouted towards her as he continued his stroll.
Kiera arrived at the cafe and saw Emily in the window, she waltzed in as she noticed Alec go to sit down opposite Emily.
"Alec!" she said.
Alec turned to look at her. She waved at Emily.
"Won't be long" Alec told Emily as he walked outside with Kiera.
"What's up? Kind of having a moment here" He told Kiera.
"Yeah, with your dead girlfriend" Kiera said in an outburst.
Alec gave her a gaping look at that sentence.
"Sorry," Kiera apologised, shaking her head, "We've got a problem"
"What kind of problem?" Alec asked.
"The Doctor's TARDIS is locked," Kiera told him, "To both him and Donna. It's like it completely refuses to open. Do you have any idea what could cause that?"
"Not really," Alec said, then thinking, "Actually, there could be one thing.."
"What?" Kiera asked.
"Well, it's possible, given the fact now there are three time travel devices, thanks to the TARDIS, signals and frequencies could mix and one may end up malfunctioning"
"But other you is still working on the other device" Kiera stated.
"It still has signals and frequencies, even when it's apart" Alec replied.
"So, you're saying there's a disruption in the timeline due to too many time travel devices?" Kiera asked, trying to comprehend it.
"Yeah," Alec answered, "And because the two devices we had are the original devices, The Doctor's TARDIS was the anomaly so it...broke down, more or less"
"We need to find a way to fix it. Otherwise, he and Donna are stuck here just as much as me and Liber8," Kiera said, "Come on!"
"Can I at least finish up here first?" Alec asked, pointing behind him inside the cafe.
Kiera looked at him, then inside the window at Emily, "Fine. I'll meet you at the lab"
"What about other me?" Alec asked.
"I've got The Doctor occupying him" Kiera said as she walked off.
Oh, great, Alec thought to himself, he's the one that gets to spend time with him. Whoo.
Carlos watched as Dillon dragged Donna into the quadrant. He gave a puzzled look.
"Okay, team, this is Agent..," Dillon said, "What did you say?"
"Noble, Donna Noble" Donna introduced herself to the police team.
"She'll be working with us for this case," Dillon continued, " So, what we know so far is that..."
As Dillon trailed on, Donna walked over to Carlos.
"Who does he think you are?" Carlos asked her.
"Whatever this says" Donna said, holding up the psychic paper to Carlos.
"Holy shit!" Carlos exclaimed, reading the psychic paper, "The Head Governor of the British Police Department?!"
"If that's what it says, then yeah" Donna answered, putting the psychic paper back in her pocket.
"What do you mean if that's what it says?" Carlos asked.
"It's The Doctor's psychic paper" Donna replied.
"Psychic paper?' Carlos queried.
"Part of his spaceman technology," Donna began explaining, "Shows the reader whatever they want to see, when in reality, it's just blank"
"So, just because I see your badge for the Head Of The British Police Department doesn't mean Dillon does?" Carlos asked, trying to put the pieces together.
"Something like that" Donna said.
"Noble! Fennegra!" They heard Dillon call their names.
At that, both Carlos and Donna turned to look at Dillon.
"You two up for it?" He asked them.
"Of course, sir" Carlos said, not wanting to get on the wrong side of his boss, even though he was completely distracted by Donna and had no idea what it was they were up for.
"Up for what exactly?" Donna whispered to him.
"Forget I asked" Donna stated as she and Carlos stepped onto the crime scene.
The crime scene was horrific. To Donna, at least. She hadn't seen anything like it. And she'd seen creepy looking aliens with their brains in their hands, and tiny little pieces of fat-like aliens and god knows what else. But nothing could compare to the gory sight before her. Two men's bodies, at least what was left of them, had been exploded all over the pavement. You couldn't even make out their heads. Donna gave a gut-wrenched look as they walked up to the PD's Medical Examiner.
"Same as the guys at the bank.." The M.E. Was saying, then looked up at Donna with a confused look.
"This is Special Agent Donna Noble," Carlos introduced his at-the-moment partner, "She's from the British Police Department"
The M.E. gave Donna a quizzical look.
"Head Governor" Carlos stated.
"Oh," The M.E. said, "What brings you way out here?"
"Similar sort of situation been happening over there, too" Donna lied, with a tilt of her head.
"So, same as the bank robbery?" Carlos asked, changing the topic, "Lucas' handiwork?"
"That's what you'd think!" The M.E. said, " Bombs were planted inside these men, but they were implanted so sloppily. If it was Liber8's work, you'd think they'd be careful. I mean, they gotta be, right?"
"Are you suggesting a random civilian implanted these bombs?" Carlos asked.
"That...," The M.E. started, "or Liber8 hired them to, hence the sloppiness"
Carlos thanked the man and he and Donna got back in the car.
"What's a Liber8?" Donna asked as they drove away from the crime scene.
"They're the terrorists that got sent back with Kiera," Carlos explained what he knew, "Apparently they want to regain the future by messing with the past"
"Oh, that doesn't sound good" Donna stated.
"Believe me, it's not" Carlos replied.
"So, where we headed now? We're not going to see them, are we? That'd be dangerous, wouldn't it?" Donna asked.
"Yes, it would be dangerous," Carlos answered, "We're definitely not going to see them. Yet"
"So, where then?" Donna asked.
"Well, you see, apart from Kiera, there's one other person from the future who knows how Liber8 think.." Carlos stated.
Alec was sitting in his lab, trying to figure out what had happened with Kiera's systems. She'd completely shut him off from everything. There had be a reason for it. She was up to something. If only he knew what. Then he heard a knock at the door. He looked up to the door. At first, in shock. Then waited for the next knock. With the next knock came a voice. A British man's voice.
"Alec? Alec, you in there? It's me" it was saying.
Alec got off his chair and walked up the stairs to the door, opening it. It amazed him who he saw was at the other side. He'd just met him not long ago, but here he was again.
"Doctor?" Alec asked, "What are you doing here? Where's Kiera?"
He looked down the street but saw no sign of Kiera.
"She's busy with a thing at the police department at the moment," The Doctor answered his question, "She asked me to come spend time with you"
"Why?" Alec asked, "Actually, you know what, it's a good thing you're here, because her systems are down. Maybe you could help me-"
But he couldn't finish his sentence because The Doctor had cut him off.
"Outside of your lab" The Doctor said, pulling him out and shutting the door behind Alec.
The two began walking down the street.
"Why outside of the lab?" Alec queried as they walked, "What's up? Is something going on?"
"No, nothing like that," The Doctor said, "She probably thought you needed the fresh air. Believe me, I know what it's like to have my head stuck doing the one thing all the time. You need change, Alec, my boy. And what better change than the great outdoors, huh?!"
The Doctor opened his arms wide, but then was stopped by a large dark man. The man looked at The Doctor then to Alec.
"Well, if it isn't Alec Sadler" He said, then looking back at The Doctor, "And look who he's with"
Alec gave a gulp, "Look, Travis, I'm-"
The Doctor cut him off once again, "Look, we're just pedestrians-"
"I'm sure" said Travis with a tilt of his head.
"I'm not sure if you've heard," The Doctor scrambled, "But I'm actually part of.."
He trailed off as he dug his hands in his pocket, then began realising Donna still had the psychic paper. At that, Travis had pulled out a gun and pointed it at the both of them. The Doctor looked up, eyes widened at the sight of the gun. Then, realising, without the aid of the psychic paper, he was helpless, took his hand out of his pocket and held up his arms. Next thing he knew, both he and Alec were knocked out by someone from behind.
