A Surprise Message

Chapter Seven:

At thirteen Bannerman road, in the attic office, both Tardis's were open. The Doctor and Susan were inside his Tardis. Together they were inside the pedestal, underneath his console. They were trying to connect some heavy-duty industrial cable to the Matrix and the Time Rotor. Carla was with them, along with Jane. Together the women were holding extra length's of cable and passing tools back and forth to the Doctor and Susan.

Inside the other Tardis, Sarah and Wildcard were under his console as well, performing the same operation. Their plane was to connect the Matrix's of each Tardis, making them one. Together the power out-put would be enough to send or receive any signal, from any era of time. The temporal prison was not going to come down. The Doctor's Tardis erected the prison, to save lives. The Time Lords and their families, needed to find out what was going on with the kids and find out what happened to the world outside.

Working on a conduit Sarah said, "First connection complete. I had to by-pass the junction to the chameleon circuit, seems the designers wanted a lot of power out of this unit." As she started on another connection she asked, "Brother, I have never seen so much power in one little circuit?" Wildcard smiled and said, "It's left over from the Exodus." Sarah inquisitively said, "Oh?"

Her brother-in-law struggling with a connection said loudly, "Yeap! When I arrived in Arcadia during the invasion, Jane, Bags the students and I and their parents, worked together stacking Tardis's on top of one another. At the time, there must have been forty miles of cable running in and out of each Tardis. One hundred and three Tardis's, all one Tardis." Sarah connecting another cable asked, "The energy output must have been incredible?"

Wildcard still connecting the last cable to the Matrix said, "It was, and the best part was, the Daleks suffered a major blow during the second wave of attack. All thanks to a fifteen year old." As Sarah wiped her hands with a towel she asked, "Oh, what happened next?"

Haresh and Gita were listing as well, as they laid on their stomachs passing tools to them. Wildcard said, "The kid was smart, damm smart. He staked the chameleon circuits, one on top of another and then re-programmed it to act in conjunction with the shields. He wrote an engineering program a year before in class and put it action on the Tardis. The Tardis shields acted as a Parabola, from every angle. Each time the Daleks fired, the energy returned directly to its owner. As we took off, there must have been over a twenty thousand Daleks destroyed, instantly."

As Wildcard held a spanner and struggled with the last coupling, he said, "Once we were pass the blockade, we left. That kid became an instant hero. Now he has more girlfriends than my brother–in-law ever had." Sarah laughed as she watched Wildcard finished the last connection. Then she said, "I remember Bags having a major crush on your sister." Wildcard laughing with her asked, "Do you remember when he had the courage to ask her out?" Sarah still laughing said, "Oh boy do I remember that day. When she said yes, he threw up all over her."

The laughter between the two was contagious to everyone helping. Geta, still laughing asked, "The poor boy, how old was he when he asked her out?" Sarah, still laughing and remembering that day said, "Thirty-two." Gita, giggling now at the age asked, "Thirty-two and threw up on her?" Sarah nodded, then she said, "The Doctor's mother had to help him at his wedding." Wildcard laughing hard said, "He was so nervous he threw up twice, an hour before the ceremony started. I thought my sister was going to kill him, before they even got married."

Gita said, "Oh, the poor man." Then she asked, "He must have been a bundle of nerves. It must have worked out, he did marry you sister?" Wildcard still laughing said, "Yes it did. The Doctor's mother gave him something to calm down. She was a good women. When it came to relationships of the opposite sex, Bags was always nervous. When I met his mother as a kid, I knew why."

Sarah just rolled her eyes remembering the lord presidents mother, then she looked at her neighbor and said, "Oh she was monster Gita. No lady of Gallifrey was good enough for her son. Her presence at the ceremony was why he was so nauseous." Gita looked at her husband while he was helping Sarah out from the pedestal. Seeing his wife's facial expression Haresh said, "Don't start Gita, My mother likes you, it took some time, but she likes you."

Sarah looking at both her neighbors, almost lost it in hysterical laughter. While holding in her laughter, Wildcard came out from the pedestal. Seeing everyone silent and his sister-in-law turning red he asked, "Ok, what I missed?" Calming down, Sarah laughed a little and said, "Oh nothing." Wildcard looking at everyone at the same time said, "Ok, I'll figure it out later. Then he went over to the Tardis doors and yelled into the attic office, "Jenny how are the connections coming along with Mr. Smith?" Jenny answered, "I'm done here, is everyone ready."

Jenny hearing a loud yes coming from both Tardis yelled, "Ok, I'm starting him up now." Jenny pulled down the switched and power came on to Mr. Smith. Inside each Tardis, power was flowing to the time rotor, everyone observing the center consoles, watched the rotor move up and down slowly. Wildcard was looking at a green light on his console, waiting for it to come on. Moments later the light came on and power of both Tardis's was connected. Exiting the Tardis, Wildcard, Sarah, Gita and Haresh approached Jenny. The Doctor, Susan Jane and Carla exited Sexy. Everyone one standing together was now looking at Mr. Smith's screen. There were multiple colors appearing randomly like a kaleidoscope. Sarah seeing the colored images on the screen said, "Oh this is new." Then she asked, "Mr. Smith can you hear me?"

A women's voice is now heard as the colors reacted to the voice." Sarah you know perfectly well that Mr. Smith doesn't exist at this moment." Sarah had to take a step back, the surprise was overwhelming. As she puffed her cheeks, she stepped closer to Mr. Smith and asked, "Matrix is that you?" The voice from the Screen answered, 'Yes Sarah. I thought the temporal bubble was a good clue about what's going on." The Doctor now asked, "Matrix, we didn't expect to hear from you. We thought we were going to be able to send a signal or see what caused all this."

The Matrix responded, "Doctor, you know perfectly well no one can interfere, the children must do this on their own." Haresh now asked, "Matrix, we are their parents, were concerned about our children. What's happened? Are they all right?" The Matrix responded, "The children are fine Mr. Chandra, it seems an event took place in the past. An event the Doctor partially knows about." The Doctor looking confused yelled asking, "Event, what event? Most of my time here on earth back then was with UNIT England not the US!"

Then the Doctor stalled. He looked at everyone and slapped his forehead and said, "The power of attorney." Sarah looking at him asked, "What power of attorney?"

The Doctor said, "In Sixty-nine, I received a call from a FBI agent, telling me of a paradox and how four students needed permission from a Time Lord to correct events." The Doctor now placed both his hands on his head and said, "Oh how could I have been so stupid in forgetting, especially Agent Delaware! We met, years later, battling the Silence."

Sarah approached the Doctor and said, "This FBI agent, can he be trusted?" The Doctor nodded yes. Sarah turned and faced the screen. She asked, "Matrix, where are the kids right now, this very moment?" The Matrix answered, "There on their way to the moon Sarah."

Gita yelled, "The Moon!" Haresh held her tightly. Sarah turned to the screen again and asked, "Matrix, they were ordered not to interfere with history." The Matrix answered, "Sarah when the kids arrived in the past, they were already a part of history, even though they did not cause the paradox." Wildcard asked, "Matrix, If they didn't cause the paradox who did?" The Matrix answered, "The Doctor did." Sarah looking confused asked, "The Doctor?"

The Matrix responded, "That's correct Sarah." The Matrix paused for a second and then continued. "Do any of you really think that I'm not a part of this. Now the children are on a mission, as well as a class assignment. The mission is also my test. They're doing very well and are almost done. When they return home, all will be as it was before." Then the power went out in both Tardis. The Matrix was finished. Mr. Smith screen was now black. Sarah looked at the Doctor and said, "Now Doctor, start at the beginning and this better be good you!"