"What the hell was that?!" She demanded the Doctor once the TARDIS settled.
"We got away." He said looking proud of himself as he folded his arms over his chest.
"How?" She asked.
"Take a look out the doors." He said pointing to the doors. She tossed him a questioning glance over her shoulder. But did as he asked. To her wonder she saw they were outside on a side street. She looked around seeing Union flags on flag posts, fish and chips stands, and red double decker buses driving by.
"Where are we?" She asked as he stepped out to join her side.
"London England. Earth. Year 2014." The Doctor replied.
"You could have just said London." She said.
"No I couldn't." He shook his head.
"Why?" "Because I could have taken us to London England in the year 1963. Or the London of the year 300,000. A.D. Or B.C. Or the London colony on planet Messaline in the 42nd century." He explained. Seeing the look she was giving him, he added, "Did I mention that TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space?"
"What does that mean?" She asked feeling her head beginning to pound.
"She's a time machine. And a spaceship." He grinned. She pinched the bridge of her nose. Yup. She had a headache.
"So what are you then? An alien?" She asked dryly. Then to her surprise the Doctor took her hands and put them on his chest.
"What are you doing now?" She sighed.
"Shut up. And feel." He said. She gave him a look but as she waited, she felt his heartbeat through his shirt. No. Two heartbeats. In her minds eye she had a flash of a hand ripping a heart from a chest. She gasped back to reality and looked up at the Doctor. He gave her a mischievous little wink.
She had worked her mouth a few minutes before he led her to a fish and chips stand. He ordered them some food. Her double portions since he figured she hadn't eaten. The Doctor watched her eat with tiny bites, back ramrod straight like a proper princess. Whoever his companion was, someone had instilled in her some manners.
"So you have two hearts. If you're an alien, why do you look human?" She said quietly as they sat together at a picnic table in a park.
"I don't look human. You look Time Lord. Time Lords came first." He replied.
"Time Lord. Is that what your people are called?" She asked. She didn't notice the sad look in his eyes.
"Yeah. The Time Lords of planet Gallefrey in the constellation of Kasterborous." He said.
"Why are you on Earth?" She asked.
"Just traveling. And I like Earth. One of my favorite stars in the sky." He smiled genuinely.
"But you can travel through space. We barely made it to the moon." She pointed out.
"Yeah. But one day humans will travel to every corner of the universe. I've seen it." The Doctor said.
"You've seen it?" She asked skeptically.
"Time Lords are masters of time. Space travel, that's nothing. I can go back and forward through the Time Vortex in my ship. Time Lords are aware of Time. To us it's a tangible thing that can be touched. You sit there and you're just in the moment. It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standin' still." He looked into her eyes, "I can feel it." He said taking her hand. "The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinnin' at 1,000 miles an hour and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're fallin' through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go..." He let go of her hand to illustrate his point and she had to shake herself of the spell he cast. "That's who I am." He said.
"So how come you saved me?" She asked.
"The TARDIS picked up on your distress signal." The Doctor said.
"Huh?"
"She heard you crying." He said using his thumb to rub the dried tear trails he still saw on her face.
Turning her head from such an intimate act, she scoffed,
"The TARDIS heard me crying?"
"Hey she may be just a Type 40 Mark 1, but she's been sentient for hundreds of years. She always brings me where I need to go. Even if I didn't want to go there." He said defensively.
"So what now?" She asked him.
"We find out why this woman had you kidnapped and what happened to your memories. Cause frankly I'm getting tired of calling you 'hey you'. " The Doctor said.
"But shouldn't we go to the police? And a hospital?" She asked.
"Why? You're the picture of health except the memory loss. Besides, all respect to Scotland Yard but they don't have what I got." He said.
"And what's that?" She asked.
"A timeship and loads of experience." He said taking her garbage and tossing it in a bin. Then he helped her up and led her back to the TARDIS.
"I bet you do." She smirked.
"Don't be cheeky." The Doctor told her with a betraying grin.
The black and white haired woman pulled up her car to the abandoned mansion and waited for Jasper and Horace to get in.
"So how do we track her?" Jasper asked.
"With this." She said producing a small vial of sparkling shimmering powder.
"Pixie dust? I thought it was all gone from Storybrooke." Horace said.
"I 'borrowed' some from Gold's shop. Without his knowledge of course. One pinch of this, and we can find our friend and her knight in shining armor." She explained taking a small amount and blowing it out the window. It shimmered and shot up in the air, leaving a trail for them to follow in their wake. She smiled devilishly to herself as she shifted the car into gear and took off into traffic.
"You want to what?" She asked the Doctor raising a brow.
"Read your mind. Time Lords are partially telepathic." He told her. They were back in the TARDIS and she was seated on the beat up leather pilot seat by the console.
"You can read my mind?" She asked.
"If you don't want me to I can just start calling you something else. How about Mildred?" He asked.
"Dear gawd no." She sneered.
He laughed,
"Then how about Diana? Or Rachel?"
She sighed with resignation.
"Read my mind." She relented.
"Fantastic!" He exclaimed kneeling before her.
He put three fingers on either side of her temples and instructed,
"Okay. Close your eyes. Keep your breathing steady. Open your mind. There you go. Memories are just like doors. Oh. And every single one I'm finding is locked. Deadlocked. Except the short term memories obviously. Here's one. If I can just..."
They both gasped as a rush of fury and emotions washed over them. One minute she had felt him inside her mind, as if he was walking down a hallway. The next she felt loneliness. Extreme loneliness. But it wasn't just hers. Memories came to her and she saw a little boy running from a swirling vortex. She saw that boy playing alone in a field of red grass. That boy getting beat up after he stood up to a group of bullies. That boy sitting alone watching the other children play. Then she heard a name. But it wasn't a boys name. It was the connection was broken and the Doctor staggered back away from her. They were both quiet as they caught their breaths.
"I'm sorry. But whoever took away your memories really did a number on you. But I think I heard a name." He gasped.
"I know. I think my name is Regina. Regina Mills." She blinked.
"Fantastic! Nice to meet you Regina Mills." The Doctor smiled.
The woman with black and white hair smirked as she watched the blue police box across the street.
"So what are we waitin' for then?" Horace asked from the backseat.
"Patience boys. Good things come to those who wait." She growled fingering a gold locket around her neck.