A Trio of Time Lords

by LizzeXX

11/OC -Time Lady- The Doctor and his Link, Evy, have survived Lake Silencio and begun their greatest adventure yet, parenthood. How will things work with their son, LJ, tagging along? What will they get into when LJ's older self, the Captain, pops up? How will they all deal with the loss of the Ponds and discovering their impossible companion? Sixth in the Lunar Cycle.

4. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Part 1

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (Part 1)

"Quick!" the Doctor called, ushering Evy and LJ over to the TARDIS, "Get in, quickly!" he opened the door, quite frantic really, "Bye then!" he called back, "Lovely meeting you. Sorry about the mess!"

Evy rushed in, they needed to get out of there, quickly, their trip to Egypt, 1334 BC hadn't quite gone to plan...not that anything ever did when the Doctor got involved. LJ had wanted to see a mummy, so off they went…but then there was a giant alien locust attack and they'd gotten involved and now...

'What is it?!' the TARDIS called, seeing how out of sorts her Idiot was, 'Moony what happened?'

Evy would have laughed at that, the TARDIS had taken to calling them by the names she'd associated them with on House. She was Moony, the Doctor Idiot, Rory Pretty, and Amy Orangey-Girl. LJ was the only one who got a decent name...Cutie, which had made them laugh quite a bit when LJ grumbled at how he didn't want to be cute he wanted to be...well, Evy had scolded him for his potty mouth yet again...though this time she had a better idea of where it came from.

"The Doctor's gotten himself into a bit of a bind again," she called to the box, getting the controls ready with LJ in her arms.

'What did he do this time?' the TARDIS sighed, exasperated.

Evy laughed, "What he always does, gone and made someone fall in love with him."

The Doctor now had the current queen of Egypt after him, wanting to 'show her gratitude' for his help in stopping the locusts. All of them were rather eager to get out as a result.

The Doctor had just stepped a foot over the threshold when he found himself being pulled back out by the queen who pressed him against the corner of the door, "You think I'll let you leave without me," she murmured, her voice seductive, running her hands all over his chest, to which Evy raised an eyebrow, one that, had the Doctor been able to see, he would have dubbed her 'eyebrow of doom' as he'd called it once, "After what we've just been through?"

When she started running her hands through the Doctor's hair Evy turned to the small bouncy chair they'd set up for LJ and moved to put him in it…she needed him to be secure and safe and distracted while she killed someone.

"You've got the Egyptian people to rule, Queen Nefertiti," the Doctor tried to move himself away from her, but Nefertiti was relentless, pulling him back, "They'll need reassuring after that weapon-bearing giant alien locust attack we just stopped, rather brilliantly..." he jerked as Nefertiti's hand started to move lower…

Until the woman's arm was jerked back itself, Evy grabbing the woman's wrist and shoving her away.

The Doctor breathed a sigh of relief, "Thanks dear," he smiled at her, draping an arm around her shoulder, when an old-time car horn sounded, "Sorry!" he smiled embarrassedly, pulling out the psychic paper, "Got it set to temporal newsfeed..."

Evy glanced at him, "What's it say?"

He just grinned, "Oh, that's interesting!"

"What is?" Nefertiti stepped closer, curious.

"Nothing!" the Doctor stepped back from her, actually moving to hide behind Evy as though the small blonde woman could protect him, "Not at…" and then another message popped up, "Oh! Never been there," he took Evy's hand and pulled her into the TARDIS, "Exciting!" he pushed the doors back as they ran to the controls.

But before the doors could shut completely, Nefertiti pushed her way in…staring in awe at the room beyond…

Daddy? LJ called, bouncing absently in his chair, the movement of the TARDIS being sent into the Vortex moving him on its own, his parents running around the console, Why's the funny lady here?

The Time Lords froze and turned to see Nefertiti leaning against the closed doors of the TARDIS, smirking.

~8~

The Doctor held LJ as he and Evy stood before a screen in the Military HQ of Earth in 2367, a lovely Indian woman beside them, explaining the situation at hand. There was a ship on screen, round, with what looked like beams sticking out of the center with flat ends on the tips, heading for the Earth.

"Craft size approximately ten million square kilometers," the woman explained.

"A ship the size of…" the Doctor smiled at LJ.

Canada! he cheered, clapping.

"That's my boy," the Doctor laughed, tickling LJ's stomach.

"And it's heading for the Earth," Evy reminded them, smiling at her small family nonetheless, LJ loved proving how clever he was every chance he got, once proudly proclaiming himself the 'smartest baby in the Universe!' which had her shaking her head at his ego, JUST like his father, "At a very fast rate apparently."

"Right yes," the Doctor nodded, turning to the woman, "Any signs of life?"

"We sent up a drone craft, it took these readings," the woman brought them up.

The Doctor stepped closer to the screen, LJ with him, the boy excited to be able to see the readings, "Crikey Charlie, look at that boyo!" he pointed to a few bits of data for LJ.

Evy laughed, "I know just the person who'd love a peek…"

"And the Ponds!" the Doctor shouted suddenly, catching a look in her mind of exactly who she was thinking of…and he was not at all happy.

Riddell was almost as bad a flirt as Amy had been at first…and he took no small amount of pleasure in trying to flirt with Evy...in front of him.

Evy smirked, "Yes, of course, we can't forget the Ponds!"

He nodded, the more women there for Riddell to flirt with the better, the less he'd focus on Evy, "Haven't seen them in ages," he nodded.

"Can you communicate with this craft?" Nefertiti, who had been standing just to the side of them all that time, questioned.

"She's with us," the Doctor remarked to the woman, "Good question, Neffy."

"No," the woman sighed, "No response on any channel in any recognized language. If it comes within 10,000 kilometres of Earth, we send up missiles."

"Oh, Indira," he frowned, "I liked you before you said missiles."

"How long do we have before that?" Evy squinted at the screen.

"Six hours, nineteen minutes," Indira replied.

"Right," the Doctor nodded, shifting LJ in his arms, "Better get a shift on then! Leave it with us. Come on then, Neffy! We're going to need help."

He turned and led them all back to the TARDIS.

~8~

Evy smirked, holding a finger to her lips to quiet LJ as they neared a man in hunting garb, sitting before a fire in the middle of the African plains circa the early 1900s, eating something. The boy fell silent, knowing his mummy was going to do something, when she shouted, "Lion!"

The man sitting by the fire eating some stew jumped about a mile in the air, grabbing his gun from beside him, and aiming it, looking around, before he turned to glare at Evy as she laughed.

The Doctor, smiling, was bobbing LJ, who seemed to be giggling at the funny man's reaction as well.

He moved to sit down by none other than John Riddell, "More stew?" he smirked, moving to ladle some more back into the man's bowl.

"Where have you been?!" Riddell grumbled, moving to eat some stew, watching as the Doctor passed LJ to Evy to sit in her lap, "Seven months! You said you were popping out for some liquorice! I had two very disappointed dancers on my hands! Not that I couldn't manage," he smirked, "Not that they held a candle to this lovely woman here," he winked at Evy, wiping the smirk off the Doctor's face.

"Riddell, listen," he cut in, changing the topic, "We've found...well, something."

"No, no, no, no, no, no. I shan't fall for that again…" he gave them a look, seeing their smirks, "What is it?"

"We haven't a clue," Evy smiled, taking LJ's hands in her own as he waved them, getting as excited as his father to investigate, "Want to find out?"

Riddell smiled.

~8~

In the Pond household, Amy and Rory were holding a ladder for an older man standing on it, changing a light bulb on the ceiling light.

"I think it's the fitting…" he remarked, eyeing the end of it.

"Dad," Rory sighed, "It's not the fitting, it just needs a new bulb."

"You're wobbling the ladder."

Rory held up his hands, "I'm not!"

"I don't want another loft incident."

Amy smiled up at him, "How's my side, Brian?"

He returned the smile, "Perfect as ever, Amy."

"Thank you, Brian!" she shot Rory a smug grin.

"I don't know what he said to you to make you marry him, but he's a lucky man," he told Amy…when suddenly a wind began to blow inside the room.

Amy and Rory looked up, hearing the wheezing of the TARDIS.

Rory looked at Amy, "Not here!" he hissed at her, "Not now!"

Amy just gave him a look before rushing over to a small desk, pulling a drawer open.

"Did you leave the back door open?" Brian wondered.

Amy grabbed something out of the drawer and ran back just as the TARDIS started to vaguely shape around them, "What is he doing?!" Rory asked.

Amy just shook her head, "I'm gonna kill him," she muttered…but not for showing up so unexpectedly. This had become a normal occurence in their lives, for the trio of Time Lords to just appear whenever they fancied. But for how long it had been since they'd last seen him, Evy, and LJ.

"Hello!" the Doctor called from the console as the TARDIS solidified around them, shocking Brian.

"Doctor…" Evy called, seeing the extra person with Rory and Amy when she looked over.

But he was too busy piloting the box, "You weren't busy, were you? Well, even if you were, it wasn't as interesting as this probably is."

"Doctor," she tried again.

"Didn't want you to miss it. Now, just a quick hop…"

She rolled her eyes and moved over to the bouncy chair, scooping up LJ into her arms.

"Everybody grab a torch!" the Doctor called, grabbing one and rushing out the door, taking Evy's hand and pulling her along with him.

Brian let the light bulb slip through his fingers and shatter on the floor.

Amy and Rory sighed, grabbing a torch and running out after them, all of them, the Ponds, the Time Lords, and Nefertiti and Riddell, stepping out into a dark corridor of a spaceship.

"Spiders," the Doctor remarked, spotting a web in a corner, "Don't normally get spiders in space."

"What the..." Brian breathed, stepping out.

"Don't move!" the Doctor pulled Evy behind him, striding over to Brian as Evy rolled her eyes, "D'you really think I'm that stupid I wouldn't notice? How did you get aboard? Transmat?" his eyes narrowed, "Who sent you?"

"Doctor…that's my dad," Rory told him quietly.

The Doctor turned to him, "Well, frankly, that's outrageous."

"What?"

"You think you can bring your dad along without asking? I'm not a taxi service, you know!"

"Doctor," Evy called, pulling his attention over to her and LJ, "You materialized around them," she told him.

"Ah…" he nodded, "Well, that's fine then, my mistake," he turned to smile at Brian, "Hello, Brian, how are you?" he shook Brian's hand, "Nice to meet you."

Evy rolled her eyes, leave it to him to forget they'd met the man already. Well, she supposed it was understandable, from his timeline, he'd met the man once, almost 300 years ago. She'd only met the man once about 100 years ago, but she was always better at remembering those important to her friends. And she did find it rather adorable how he had gotten so protective just then, wanting to know what sort of threat Brian might have been against his family. She was quite thankful that having a child had made the Doctor just a little bit more aware in that area. He seemed to taking things just a bit...a tiny bit...more seriously, treated new people with more wariness than he used to, not as trusting, which was good. She understood that they couldn't blindly trust anyone like they had, not when they had LJ to think of.

"Welcome, welcome!" the Doctor spun around, smiling at everyone, "This is the gang. I've got a gang," he smiled at Evy, "Yes! Come on then, everyone!" he turned and walked off down the corridor.

"Tell him something, quick," Amy whispered to Rory before heading over to Evy, eager to see the dashing young man who seemed to grow ages every time she saw him.

"Hello Amy," Evy smiled, hugging the ginger quickly with her one free arm as she came over, leaving Rory to deal with his father, "How are you?"

Amy smiled, glancing at Rory before nodding, "We're fine…I have something for you actually."

"For me?"

"Well, for LJ here," she smiled at the boy, cooing as he reached out and tugged on her hair as it fell before him. She laughed and pulled what she'd taken from the dresser out of her pocket, a small little rattle for the baby to use.

She had been a bit...hesitant and reluctant to be around the boy in the Asylum. She and Rory had discovered shortly after LJ's first Christmas with them that she seemed unable to have children and, admittedly, it had made her resent Evy just a little. She had even found herself, at one point, actually wishing that Evy had been taken as the Silence and Kovarian had seemed to hope for. She knew that Evy had been right outside the door when she'd been taken in America, and couldn't help but wonder, once or twice, when her mind went to a dark place, what might have happened if Evy had gone into the bathroom with her, if the Silence and Kovarian would have taken Evy instead and left her alone, so she might have a child again.

But then she'd hate herself for thinking that. LJ was adorable and...she could adopt. The Time Lords...they only had each other. THEY deserved a child so much more. Not that she didn't think she deserved one too but...there were options for her and Rory, something she'd forgotten about when she'd kicked him out. But they'd talked about it, about adoption specifically, they weren't quite ready for it. But...they talked. And things were better now, and realizing that they had options had made her calm down and remember how precious LJ was to her, how special, and how much she loved him.

"Thank you," Evy laughed as LJ started to excitedly shake it, giggling at the noise.

"Oh nothing's too good for this handsome man," Amy tickled LJ's chin before the two headed off after the Doctor, Rory and Brian moving to join them.

They'd only gotten a few feet when a loud thumping shook the ship.

"Alright," Amy took a breath, "Where are we, and what is that noise? And hello!" she whacked the Doctor on the arm, "Ten months!"

She knew that Evy often had better timing than the Doctor, if she had been the one piloting they'd have seen them ten months ago. As it was, she didn't even know if it had been months for them, years for them, or even just hours…life with time travelers was SUCH hard work!

LJ reached for the Doctor, the man smiling as he took his son, "Orbiting Earth," he explained, taking his son's hand and shaking the rattle with him as the boy babbled in Baby about the funny noise and how it wasn't as nice as the TARDIS's funny noise but still fun, "Well, I say orbiting, more like pre-crashing on a spaceship, don't know, and hello, Pond," he reached out and gave Amy a one-armed hug, "Ten months, time flies. Never really understood that phrase," he started to walk again, taking Evy's hand as she walked beside them, introducing the two other wayward travelers that had come with them, "This is Neffy, this is Riddell. They're with us."

"With you?" Amy frowned, looking at the Time Lords, "They're with you, are they the new us? Is that why we haven't seen you?"

"No, Amy," Evy reached out and squeezed Amy's arm, "They're just…friends of ours," well she wouldn't call 'Neffy' a friend...but then again she doubted the Doctor would call Riddell a friend either.

"They're not Ponds!" the Doctor nodded, "I thought we might need a gang, not really had a gang before, it's new," they slowed, hearing a grinding noise before them. They looked over to see a lift was moving to their level, "It's coming down."

"What is it?" Riddell tensed.

"No idea."

The doors of the lift opened and they all blinked, seeing a light flash on. There was a roaring and two large dinosaurs, Ankylosaurus, were visible within.

AWESOME! LJ shook the rattle excitedly.

"Not possible!" Brian breathed.

"Run!" the Doctor shouted to the others who turned to rush off while HE just turned to grin down at LJ, "I know! Dinosaurs! On a spaceship!"

Evy rolled her eyes and pulled him away as the dinosaurs stepped out of the lift. They ran after the group, Nefertiti, Brian, and Rory in the lead, Riddell in the rear, covering them with his gun, Amy between them and the Time Lords.

"In here!" Nefertiti turned, spotting an opening in between two large crates.

They all rushed into the small niche, the Doctor putting a finger to his lips, handing LJ over to Evy, who quickly put her hand over the rattle, stilling it and putting a finger to her lips so LJ would see.

The Doctor leaned over the side, watching as the dinosaurs roared and walked up the corridor to their spot.

Riddell took out a rather large knife, "I could take one of them, short blow, up into the throat," he whispered.

Evy narrowed her eyes and smacked him on the back of the head, making the Doctor quietly snigger at the fact that it wasn't just him that got smacked for being an idiot.

"Or not," he agreed with Evy's silent action, "We've just found dinosaurs, in space. We need to preserve them."

Can I have a dinosaur? LJ looked up at his parents.

"No," Evy said quietly to him.

But mum…

"No."

Daddy?

The Doctor put his hand on LJ's back and looked at Evy, "Come on dear," he offered Evy a smile, "Just a little one?"

"No!"

He sighed, knowing better than to argue with her, "Sorry boyo," he dropped a kiss to LJ's head, "We'll try mummy next year for Christmas."

Evy rolled her eyes at him. Oh her boys, they would be the death of her.

The dinosaurs picked up their stomping, drawing their attention over as the dinosaurs walked away, down the corridor, swinging their tails, knocking some fixtures off the walls.

Riddell slowly moved into the corridor, nodding them out that it was safe.

"Ok," Rory began, "So…how? And whose ship?"

"There's so much to discover," the Doctor smiled, tickling LJ's chin, "Think how much wiser we'll be by the end of all this."

"Sorry," Brian shook his head, "Sorry. Are you saying dinosaurs are flying a spaceship?"

"Brian, please! That would be ridiculous."

Evy raised her hand to whack him for being rude…when LJ whacked the Doctor in the shoulder with his rattle. Evy couldn't help it, she burst out laughing, there was that little bit of her that she KNEW had to be in their child. He was so like the Doctor she was almost afraid there was nothing of her in him. Her prayers had been answered.

Don't be mean daddy, LJ grumbled.

"Listen to your son dear," Evy smiled as the Doctor pouted, moving beside him to give him a peck, making him grin widely. She knew he pouted more than he normally would JUST to get a kiss out of it, but she was NOT about to stop him, she rather loved their kisses too, "They're most likely the cargo," she explained to Brian.

"Did we mention missiles?" the Doctor added.

"Missiles?!" Brian gasped.

Rory quickly made motions for the Doctor to shut up.

"Didn't want to worry you," the Doctor continued, not noticing, "Anyway, six hours is a lifetime...not literally a lifetime, that's what we're trying to avoid. And we're all really clever! Let's see what we can find out. Come on!" he took Evy's hand and headed down the corridor when LJ reached out for him again.

Evy smiled, "I think someone wants to be with his daddy this time," she remarked.

The Doctor positively beamed at that. He loved the fact that his son loved him so much. He pulled the papoose out of his coat pocket, feeling that because of the dinosaurs, they might be running quite a bit and he wanted to make sure that LJ would be safe. He quickly strapped it on, Evy helping LJ into it, facing out this time as they knew he'd love to be able to see any and all dinosaurs they might encounter.

Evy took his hand and they continued on, spotting a room filled with banks of equipment, overgrown with vines and covered in spider webs. She frowned and walked over to a computer, using a large leaf to swat off the spider webs that covered it.

"How many dinosaurs do you think are on here?" Amy wondered.

Evy flashed her sonic on the computer, the screen popping to life as she peered down at it, the Doctor coming beside her.

"Oh, well done," he grinned, Brian and Rory moving to stand on either side of them, "Whoever you are."

"We need to see the engines," she murmured and the screen changed, bringing up the requested information, "Oh."

"Thank you, computer," the Doctor patted it, "Look at that, different sections have different engines, but these look like the primary clusters, eh boyo?" he looked at LJ.

"Where are we now, though?" Evy moved away from the computer to look around at the lush, forest-like area around them.

"We need to get down to these engines..." the Doctor pointed to the screen…and suddenly…

Evy stiffened, her back to the computer, "They disappeared, didn't they?" she asked without even having to turn around.

"Yep," Amy nodded.

Evy sighed, shaking her head before turning to see the Doctor, Brian, and Rory were gone, along with LJ. She rolled her eyes and headed back over to the computer, looking at it.

"What happened?" Nefertiti looked around, as though they might be elsewhere in the room.

"Some sort of teleport…" Evy mumbled, trying to locate them on the computer, unfortunately it seemed that the teleport cut off, meaning they could be anywhere if the computer had a glitch to it. And since it cut off, they wouldn't be able to follow the same route.

"Oh, great!" Amy huffed.

~8~

The Doctor looked around at the beach he, Rory, and Brian were now standing on.

"And that LJ," he began, shaking his head with a sigh, "Is called a teleport."

"What?!" Rory looked around.

"We're outside," Brian remarked, stunned, staring at the ocean under the overcast sky, "We're on a beach."

"Teleport!" the Doctor continued to lament, "Oh, I hate teleports. Must have activated on my voice."

"Ah, yes," Brian rounded on him angrily, "Well, thank you, Arthur C. Clarke! Teleport, obviously, I mean, we're on a spaceship, with dinosaurs, why wouldn't there be a teleport? In fact why don't we just teleport now?!"

And then he stalked off.

LJ blinked and looked up at his father, Is he alright?

"Good question," the Doctor nodded and turned to Rory, "Is he alright?"

"He hates travelling," Rory explained, "Makes him anxious. He only goes to the paper shop and golf."

"What did you bring him for?"

"I didn't! Why can't you just phone ahead, like any normal person?"

Normal's boring! LJ gurgled.

Before the Doctor could repeat his son's wisdom, Brian walked over, "Can somebody tell me where we are, now?"

The Doctor held out his tongue, getting a taste of the air, LJ glancing up at him and doing the same though it looked more like he was sticking his tongue out at the humans than anything, "Well, it's not Earth. Doesn't taste right, too metallic."

Rory frowned and looked down at the beach, crouching down to feel the sand as a large bird flew over them, screeching, making Brian look up, "Is that a kestrel?"

"I do hope so," the Doctor nodded, putting a hand on LJ's stomach.

Pterodactyls! LJ clapped, Daddy! Daddy can I have a Pterodactyls instead?

The Doctor chuckled, patting LJ's stomach, 'I don't think mummy would be happy with that.'

LJ pouted.

Rory stood up, "The beach is humming."

"Is it?" the Doctor crouched down, resting a hand to the sand, "Oh, yes!" he stood, smiling, "Right, well, don't just stand there, you two, dig!" he brushed his hands off, "We're going to look at rocks," he told them, as LJ shook his rattle, "Love a rock," before they walked off.

"Dig with what?" Rory called after him.

The Doctor and LJ, in an adorable move, held up their hands in an 'I don't know' fashion as the Doctor kept walking. Rory sighed and shook his head...when Brian pulled something out of his pocket.

"Ah!" he smiled, unfolding a collapsible trowel, "Well!" before he knelt down to dig.

"...did you just have that on you?" Rory asked him.

"Of course! What sort of a man doesn't carry a trowel? Put it on your Christmas list."

Rory squatted down, "Dad, I'm 31. I don't have a Christmas list anymore."

"We do!" the Doctor called from a distance, holding up both arms, LJ mimicking him moments later.

Rory just gave the Doctor a look and a thumb's up when Brian struck something metal under the sand, "There's a floor under this beach!"

Rory got up and headed over to the Doctor who seemed to be too far away to hear, "Doctor! Doctor!"

~8~

Amy was standing beside Evy as the woman led the way through the ship, exploring it, trying to find another working teleport with her sonic, Nefertiti and Riddell behind them.

"There are clearly more than just two of those creatures," Riddell commented, taking a swig from a flask.

Evy just reached over and slapped him on the back of the head, making him spit it out, not having expected that, "Put it away Riddell," she ordered, "We're going to need you sober."

He gave her a smirk, "But you love me drunk."

She rolled her eyes, "You love yourself drunk. And the Doctor hates you drunk."

"Why?" Amy frowned.

Evy looked at her, "He's a flirty drunk."

Amy nodded, that was all that had to be said for her to understand the problem. The Doctor was very jealous of other men when it came to Evy, the number of 'enemies' he'd made over the years solely because they 'hit on,' or flirted, or complimented, or even talked to Evy was ridiculous.

"And anyway it's medicinal," Riddell countered, "And I don't take orders from females."

"Then learn," Nefertiti cut in, the three women stopping and crossing their arms at him, reminding him he was very much outnumbered, "Any man who speaks to me that way, I execute."

Riddell just grinned, "You're very welcome to try."

Amy shook her head, "I see what you mean."

Evy could only give a little grin, perhaps Nefertiti would be able to distract Riddell from her this time.

"Sorry," Amy turned to Nefertiti again, "What was your name again?"

"Lady of the Two Lands, wife of the Great King Amenhotep, Queen Nefertiti of Egypt," she introduced.

"I'll be damned..." Riddell breathed, staring at her.

Amy gasped, excited, "Oh, my God! Queen Nefertiti! I learned all about you at school. You're awesome! Big fan, high five!" she held up a hand but Nefertiti just stared at it, "Yeah, bit behind on that. You're really famous."

"Shh!" Evy cut in quickly, "Listen."

They quieted, hearing a loud rumbling-snort sound. Riddell lowered his torch, the beam of light landing on a sleeping Tyrannosaurus Rex on the ground before them.

"How did THAT happen?" Evy shook her head.

"What?" Amy whispered, afraid to wake the beast.

She looked at Amy, "We just walked into a dinosaur nest…and the Doctor isn't even here!"

Amy smiled, this was just like a situation the Doctor would have gotten them into, "Maybe you're spending too much time around your boys," she nudged Evy, "They're rubbing off on you."

Evy rolled her eyes but had to smile, no matter what sort of luck or habit rubbed off on her, she wouldn't give up her time with her boys for anything.

"This is a nest?" Nefertiti looked around.

Evy sighed, "The T-Rex isn't full sized yet, it's a baby…meaning the mother will be close by, and its siblings. It's a nest. And mummy dearest won't be too happy to see us near her babies," she knew THAT better than anyone...except perhaps Amy.

"I propose a retreat," Riddell hissed, turning to head back the way they came, only to hear more dinosaurs in the distance, "Or perhaps forwards."

"I suppose we've no other option," Evy sighed. She really had to be better at fixing her Vortex Manipulator when it broke. It was still sitting in the TARDIS, waiting to be repaired from their trip to the Asylum. But in her defense, her family was rather distracting, LJ and the Doctor, in VASTLY different ways...

"Just don't wake the baby," Amy added.

They slowly made their way forward, Riddell stepping over the neck of the sleeping T-Rex…wincing as he stepped on a piece of paper that crinkled. The dinosaur snorted, but didn't wake, thankfully. Riddell sighed with relief before pulling his other leg over, nearly losing balance. He grinned as he stood straight, pleased with himself.

The women just looked unimpressed, Nefertiti even shaking her head at him before they continued on.

"Who's he again?" Amy asked Evy quietly.

"John Riddell," Riddell cut in, having heard her, "Big game hunter on the African plains. I'm sure you've heard of me, too."

Amy stared at him blankly, "No."

"You clearly have some alarming gaps in your education."

"Or men who hunt defenseless creatures just don't impact on history. Face it, she," she nodded at Nefertiti, "Is way cooler than you."

"And you, Amy?" Nefertiti looked back at her, smiling for the praises, "Are you also a queen?"

"Oh yes," Evy laughed, linking her arm with Amy's, "She certainly is."

Queen of the Flirts.

~8~

The Doctor was standing before a computer, hidden away in the rocks, pulling up the engine reading, "See!" he pointed for LJ more so than the others, knowing the baby Time Lord would have a better time understanding the situation and readings than two adult humans, "Metal floor, screens in rocks. It was just a short-range teleport. We're still on the ship."

"No," Brian frowned, "We're outside, on a beach."

"No, it's part of the ship dad," Rory explained.

"Don't be ridiculous."

"Well, it is quite ridiculous," the Doctor nodded, "Also brilliant. That's why the system teleported us here, I wanted the engines," he turned and threw his arms open, "This is the engine room! Hydro-generators."

Brian turned to Rory, "I have literally no idea what he's saying."

Water power! LJ tried to explain. The Doctor had to laugh at how the men couldn't understand Baby.

"A spaceship powered by waves," Rory grasped.

The Doctor was mildly impressed, but stepped forward and put his arms around Brian and Rory's shoulders, LJ just hanging between them, "Fabulously impossible! Oh, think of the things we could learn from this ship if we manage to stop it being blown to pieces."

"Plus, not dying," Rory added.

"Bad news is, can't shut the wave systems down in time. Takes..." he turned and looked up at the Pterodactyls flying overhead, "Takes way too long."

And they'd never be able to shut them down with the Pterodactyls ready to attack them. Which reminded him, he should probably get LJ out of there before Evy killed him, despite how much he knew the boy would want to see the flying dinosaurs.

"If these are the engines, there must be a control room," Rory guessed, looking at the readings.

"Exactly," he nodded, "That's what we need to find," before whispering, "Now, what do we do about the things that aren't kestrels?"

They slowly turned to see the flying creatures getting closer, screeching. Most definitely not birds.

"Oh, my Lord," Brian gaped, "Are those Pterodactyls?"

"Yes," the Doctor nodded, "On any other occasion, I'd be thrilled. Exposed on a beach with my son…" he put his hand on LJ's stomach once more, holding him closer, "Less than thrilled. We should be going," he reached out and grabbed their hands, running along the beach, taking the lead, hurrying for the cliffs.

"Where?" Brian shouted behind him.

"Definitely away from them!"

"That's the plan?!" Rory cried.

"That's the plan! Amendments welcome! Move away from the Pterodactyls!"

"I think they might be noticing!"

"Amended plan, run!" he put his hand on LJ's stomach, holding the boy close, the boy who was laughing and cheering despite the danger.

"Can't we just teleport or something? Rory gasped.

"No, local teleport's burned out on arrival. There's an opening in the cliffs over there!"

Rory looked over his shoulder to see his father lagging behind, "Come on, run!"

"I'm trying!" Brian shouted.

Just as the Pterodactyls swooped down they made it inside the nearest cave, panting...well, the men were panting, LJ was shaking his rattle excitedly, laughing at the creatures flying past the doorway but unable to get in.

"Are you alright?" Brian looked at Rory as he fell against a wall.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he panted before looking at the Doctor, "What do we do now? There's no way back out there."

Explore! LJ shouted/ordered, shaking his rattle.

"Exactly boyo!" the Doctor cheered, dropping a kiss to LJ's head as he fussed at the action, "Through the cave, come on!" he turned and led them on, deeper into the cave, but stopped when they heard a loud thumping, "That suggestion was a work in progress..."

"We're trapped!" Brian exclaimed.

Duh, LJ grumbled.

The Doctor had to agree, "Yes, thanks for spelling it out."

"Doctor, whatever's down there is coming this way..." Rory murmured.

No... LJ huffed, starting to bite on the handle of his rattle, Really?

The Doctor smiled at that, there was Evy's sarcasm, "Yes, spelling it out seems to be hereditary. Wonderful!"

"That sound's getting nearer!" Brian spoke again.

The Doctor backed up till he, Rory, and Brian, had nowhere to go as two large, yellow robots appeared before them.

"We're very cross with you!" one pointed a weaponed arm at the Doctor, its voice mechanical, nasally.

~8~

"Idiot," Evy muttered, shaking her head. She and the Doctor had been keeping tabs on each other. While he and LJ were going to try to head up through the ship, she was leading Amy, Nefertiti, and Riddell down through the ship, trying to meet in the middle.

"Bit of weed killer wouldn't go amiss in here," Amy remarked as they entered another room overgrown with vines and other plants, much like the first room that they'd found the computer in.

Evy walked over to a computer terminal she could make out through the vines.

"Whoever was running this vessel left in a hurry," Riddell commented.

"Maybe a plague came and took them," Nefertiti suggested.

"No, there'd be corpses and bones."

"Unless the animals ate them," she countered, making Riddell smirk.

"Whoa, Chuckle Brothers, lighten up, would ya?" Amy cut in.

"They're right though," Evy called, "There should be bodies...those cryotanks we passed on the way," she glanced at Amy, "Recognize them yet?"

Amy shook her head, Evy had asked her that as soon as they spotted the first empty stations in the halls.

Evy turned and pressed a few buttons, turning the computer and the lights on.

"How did you know how to do that?" Nefertiti asked, the three walking over to her.

"She's just brilliant," Amy remarked, hugging Evy from the side, glad they could see again.

"Just you wait," Evy murmured, slipping a small sphere into a tray, inserting it into the computer, audio coming on.

"117 years..." a man began to speak.

"Well, found the data records."

"Ship's owners?" Riddell frowned.

"Yep," she nodded, hitting some more buttons, trying to clear the picture that was little more than static on the monitor.

"...will remain cryogenic..." the voice continued.

Riddell looked behind him, hearing a low roar, aiming his torch at the corridor, a distant shadow there.

"...space sleep...I will continue to work...far beyond our mapping..."

"Almost..." Evy frowned, twisting a knob, getting picture back.

"Look!" Nefertiti gasped, seeing a Silurian appear on screen, "It's beautiful."

"I can't tell how far we have come," the Silurian continued, "Far enough to avoid the destructive impact forecast for our planet. Far enough for me to feel a profound sense of loss."

"What is that?" Riddell grimaced.

"Recognize it now Amy?" Evy nudged her with a small smile.

"Silurian," Amy breathed.

~8~

The Doctor walked before Rory and Brian, his hands holding LJ's, playing with him, making funny noises and faces to keep him calm with the two robots escorting them. Not that the boy needed much calming, he was far too excited to see where they were going.

"You're going straight on the naughty step!" one of the robots stated.

"What's the escape plan?" Brian whispered out of the corner of his mouth, trying to be secretive.

"Why do we want to escape?" the Doctor glanced at him.

Robots are cool! LJ agreed, making the Doctor laugh, neither he nor Evy knew where he got his love of robotics from. They both hated robots, they always tried to kill them.

They blamed it on K9.

"They have us hostage!" Brian argued.

"They're taking us somewhere," Rory countered, "We might learn from it."

"Oh, you see?" the Doctor reached out and pinched Rory's cheek, "So clever. I missed you, Rory!"

"Don't do that."

"What if they kill us?" Brian hissed.

"They wouldn't do that!" the Doctor waved him off, before recalling just who was attached to his front and turning to the robots, needing to be certain, "You're not going to kill us, are you, Rusty?"

"Who are you calling Rusty?!" the second robot exclaimed.

"Have you seen yourself lately?"

"You try being on this ship for two millennia, see how YOUR paintwork does!"

"Don't listen to him," the first robot told the second, "He's just being mean 'cos we captured him."

"Oh, my goodness..." Brian breathed, stunned, ignoring the bickering robots behind him.

Rory frowned and turned around, gaping, "Whoa."

The Doctor glanced over, smiling as he saw a Triceratops ambling up to them, "Ooh. Herbivore, Brian, don't panic. Triceratops. Ha! Beautiful."

Tricey! LJ laughed, reaching out towards the dinosaur. The Doctor had to laugh at that as well, LJ seemed to love giving people and things nicknames. Like how Oswin had been Ozzy. He blamed the TARDIS for that one.

"Shall I shoot it?" the first robot asked the second.

"We're not supposed to shoot the creatures, stupid!" it replied.

"Stop calling me stupid!"

The dinosaur roared right in LJ's face, but the baby just giggled and put a small hand on its horn, petting it as his father cooed at it like a puppy, neither Time Lord afraid at all but rather loving it, "'Rargh' yourself! Hello, cutie-pie. Who's a lovely Tricey then, eh? See that LJ?" he moved to stroke the snout with his son, "Who's a good boy! You are. Yes, you are. Yes, you are."

Can I have a Tricey then daddy? LJ asked.

'I think ALL dinosaurs are off the table boyo,' he sighed.

To be honest, HE would have liked a dinosaur too...actually HAD wanted one as a child, now that he thought about it.

'Like father, like son eh?' Evy's voice called in his head, making him beam.

"What do I do?!" Brian stiffened as the dinosaur turned to him, moving closer, "What do I do?!" until it was near enough to sniff the man's pants, "What's it doing?!"

"You don't have any vegetable matter in your trousers, do you, Brian?" the Doctor asked.

"Only my balls."

Rory covered his eyes with his hand, shaking his head.

The Doctor eyed Brian oddly, LJ just tilting his head in question, much like the last incarnation of Evy had done, "I'm sorry?"

"Golf balls," Brian pulled two from his pocket, "Grassy residue."

"What're you carrying those around for?" Rory shook his head.

Brian couldn't answer though as the triceratops licked his face, leaving a trail of saliva that made him grimace, "Urgh! Eurgh! Argh!"

"Aw, bless," the Doctor smiled as LJ laughed.

"Get it away from me!"

"Throw one."

"Really?" Brian looked at the dinosaur, "Is this what you want? Is it?" he threw a golf ball away, the Triceratops running after it.

Bye Tricey! LJ waved at it.

The Doctor patted Brian on the back, "And breathe out," he turned to the robots, grinning, "Right! Take us to your leader."

Rory shot him a look, "Really?"

"Too good to resist," he laughed.

...and then LJ whacked him on the arm with his rattle, making Rory laugh and the Doctor grumble.

A/N: I really wanted to bring out the Evy in LJ when he was with the Doctor because, I feel like...when it's the three of them, we see how much he's like the Doctor because of Evy, how she comments on it. But just him and the Doctor, he can see the bits of Evy better :)

Next chapter...what have the Time Lords been up to between the Asylum and now? Will Rory and Brian still be the ones piloting the ship? Will more of LJ's 'Evy side' show up?

Some notes on reviews...

We'll have to wait and see what Clara is :) We have yet to see her interact with Older LJ or even really Baby LJ :)

I might make a spin-off like that, where LJ finds his Link. But I'd have to wait to do it. I have a twist about other Time Lords and them possibly have survived, but until we get there and see what it is (I really have NO idea when it would come up) I don't think I'd be able to do that series but I definitely have thought of it, like a sister-story to TAOSAT, we had LJ with his best friend and then one with his Link :)

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the interaction between LJ and his parents :) There's SO much more to come :)

Lol, I'm glad I could brighten up your class :) I think one of my co-workers thought I was insane. I managed to get tumblr posts to show up on my phone (but not FF for some reason :( ) and every time I got one I started smiling out of nowhere :)

Yeah, I tried to get Amy and Rory in the cover too :( The cover's for the Lunar Cycle are more, the Doctor and Evy and whatever story arc they face at the top, so it's not really Clara but the mystery of her and finding out who she is/how she's possible in a way. I sort of felt like it wasn't a real arc the Ponds leaving, because we all knew it was coming and it wasn't a big mystery, just surprising when it actually happened. I couldn't work out a way to get Amy and Rory in there without it becoming too jumbled, but I'm open to suggestions :)