The Next morning, when River woke up, she put on a hat and her earrings, having Alonso open the cell for her. "Morning Alonso." She said with a smile.
"Morning, ma'am" He replied.
And then, River was off. Her first stop was to the school, to find out what school bus she was driving. Ironically, it was 221B, where her friends Sherlock and John lived. She got to work right away, tinkering with the bus -which surprisingly the school didn't mind- adding the perception filters, getting grease all over her jumper, trying to wipe it off, as she rolled the trolley out from under the bus. She wanted to give these kids a childhood they wouldn't forget.
When she finished, she stepped back and looked at the bus, a sigh of satisfaction reaching her lips. It even looked alive to her, and had every feature imaginable...Except one thing. The chameleon circuit. One more thing she would have to get. She let herself sigh again, this time in a less satisfying tone.
Her first stop. The TARDIS factory on Gallifrey. She had to somehow manage to find the Doctor's type 40 TARDIS...Which wouldn't be much of a problem, since she and the TARDIS had a connection. The TARDIS would be sent to the faulty TARDIS lot, and the Doctor would then steal it. It was a simple plan really. Well...It was in her head. It was a much bigger factory than she imagined, it was like finding a needle in a haystack. She looked high and low for the Doctor's type 40 TARDIS, before it went through the check up line (They checked the TARDIS' before sending them out to people to make sure they were alright). River had to catch the TARDIS before it went through that line.
She found herself waiting for hours, until a she saw an irregular TARDIS in the back room, that seemed to be glowing to her. Of course, at the start all TARDIS' looked the same, but she could tell, this one was the Doctor's.
River ran through the TARDIS assembly line, quickly seeking out the one she was looking for, and took the chameleon circuit. Chances are that she could have just gotten a spare one down at the lot, but she knew this was something she had to do. A fixed point that was ment just for her.
When she returned to the bus, it almost looked like it had eyes. She assumed it was her imagination, or the perception filters kicking in. So she smiled, and patted the buses hood. "Good bus." She said with a smile, and opened up the hood to add the chameleon circuit. The buss seemed to spit at her though. "I'm sorry, did I upset you?" In response, the bus spit again, almost like a laugh. "Oh? Does that tickle?" She said with a grin, as she continued to get the chameleon circuit in the bus, and it kept laughing. "I'm sorry, but I have to get this done." She said, laughing herself. "Wait until the Doctor finds out I speak bus." She teased. "I bet that's a language even he doesn't know."
She heard footsteps behind her, and she smiled as a voice said. "Even who doesn't know?"
River ran her tongue across her teeth, before cracking a grin. "Hello, Archibald." She said teasingly and turned around to see a man with floppy hair and a bow tie. She quickly shut the perception filters off with the remote. She didn't want him to know what she was doing. Not quite yet...
"Oh? You're still calling me that..." He said with a slight frown.
"What? I thought you liked the name, sweetie." She said with a slight pout.
He chuckled and smiled. "Well...Maybe you could call me the Doctor once and a while?" He teased.
"Alright, Doctor, how did you knowI was here?"
"Alonso told me."
"Little snitch." She mumbled scrunching up her nose.
"What was that, dear?"
"Oh, nothing."
The Doctor just shrugged it off, and looked past her to the bus. "What's this you're working on?"
River bit her lip lightly when he wasn't looking. "Just a little tinkering on a senior citizens bus, sweetie." She then proceeded to shut the hood, and lean against the bus.
"Oh." The Doctor said in a somewhat believing tone.
"I've just finished. All I have to do is wash her. Care to help?" She asked, getting the buckets and soap.
The Doctor just smiled and nodded. "I would love to. The TARDIS could use a bit of a wash up too. Oh, and one more thing," He started as a little lizard hopped out of the open TARDIS doors.
River grinned, and picked up the creature that had leaped into her arms. "Oh, Doctor! You brought Liz!" Her eyes sparkling. There was something about this lizard that seemed to carry a piece of both her, and the Doctor, in her hert. As River leaned over and kissed the Doctor's cheek.
The Doctor's cheeks turned red, and he rubbed his neck and nodded. "You're welcome." He said with a grin.
The lizard crawled around River, before hopping down, and examining the bus, and River just smiled. The goofy grin the Doctor was waring wasn't very reassuring on the other hand..."What is it?" She asked.
"You're wearing a hat." He said with a light laugh.
River didn't see this as much of a problem. "Yeah, so?" She questioned.
"You usually hate my hats."
"So? Your hats are ridiculous dear." She said handing him a bucket of soapy water.
The Doctor took the bucket and scowled. "They are not!"
River chuckled, putting the sponge in the bucket of water, and then put it on the bus. "They so are." She said with a smirk.
The Doctor gave up. There was no way he was going to win this argument, and just helped her wash the bus.
