Chapter 10, peoples! Double Digits! :D Whooo!
Thank you for the R,R, F and F! I really do appreciate this! :D
Firstly, Charlotte mentions the name of her home planet this chapter. :) So, the mystery surrounding her race will be ended now! :D
Secondly, if you want, you can write your own adventures using these characters if you want to. I don't really mind :D Just tell me first though- I'll Read and Review.
Thirdly, the competiton- The prize is to name a female character who shares a past with the new companion. Marilyn Westlake. All you need to do, is to answer two questions. The first to get both right, wins the prize! :D
1) Why did I give the name of Spencer's son in this the name I gave him?
2) What does the character you get to name have in relation to Marilyn?
I already have a default name ready for her, just in case no one enters.
And thirdly, they cast the new Doctor! :D Peter Capaldi is the new 12th Doctor! :D
Wow, pretty long Authors note, for the longest chapter I have ever written, so hope you enjoy!
Chapter 10- The Search Continues!
Charlotte was the first one to dash off on her path, closely followed by Hotch, who had to tell her to calm and slow down- After all, if she ran off too soon, then Zygons would be more likely to catch her.
"So, Hotch." Charlotte asked, combing her hand through her light brown hair, "What's it like being an FBI Agent? I mean, you get to beat up the bad guys!"
Hotch replied, "We don't beat up the bad guys all the time- If we did, we'd face inquiries at work. It is hard work, especially looking at the crime scene photos, but satisfying, as we are protecting innocent people from the unsubs that live in society."
"Coolio!" Charlotte smiled, "Sounds fun!"
Hotch grew sad at this comment. It wasn't always fun. There were the times his team were injured by the unsub of the week, as well as the deaths of Maeve, Strauss and Haley…. Being a member of the BAU had so much emotional baggage attached to it, that he could easily see Charlotte lose her enthusiasm under the strain.
They quickly fell silent as they wandered through the submarine, and looked at row upon row of receptacles. Hotch was secretly scanning to see if he could find JJ, hooked up to one of them. Then, they could go and rescue her, and then protect her from the Zygons.
Meanwhile, on the eastern route, Morgan, John and the Doctor were arguing on what they should do. Well, more like Morgan and the Doctor were arguing- John was looking at the two men, wondering why on earth they were arguing.
"We should go and find those damned aliens, and kick their ass!" Morgan yelled angrily.
"That would get us killed, or replaced by Zygons. Take your pick." The Doctor replied calmly, the rage boiling up inside of him.
"But killing them would mean that they cannot invade our planet!" Morgan retorted.
John muttered quietly, "And talking loudly would mean that they could find us more easily."
The Doctor looked over John's shoulder and paused, before quickly reaching for his box of matches, "Too late. They're here."
"JJ!" Blake exclaimed pretty soon after they had separated from the rest of the people on the submarine. Reid stepped closer, and indeed, he saw JJ unconscious, hooked up onto the machine.
"Do we take her out?" Blake then asked again, when she saw Reid studying the machine, in order to see how it worked. He reached for one of the buttons, and the machine unhooked JJ.
JJ collapsed onto the ground, and Reid quickly lifted her up. She blinked, her eyelids opening to slowly reveal her blue eyes. She rubbed her forehead with her hand, and she obviously looked dazed and confused.
"Where…am…I?" She quickly asked. The response was Blake and Reid sharing glares? How much should they tell her? JJ continued, "Where…is…Will? And Henry?"
"They're fine, as far as we can tell." Blake smiled, "They're safe."
JJ weakly smiled back, as she slowly got back onto her feet. She looked around, before muttering, "This does not look like human technology."
"This is actually a Zygon space ship. Zygons are an amphibious metamorphic humanoid race from the planet Zygor…" Reid began, but he was quickly cut off by JJ.
"So, they're basically Aliens?" JJ asked, "Are they trying to invade Earth?"
"Yes." Blake replied, "By shapeshifting into key figures of the Government and the Police force. For some reason, they decided to send in someone to masquerade as you."
Reid walked over to Blake and whispered in her ear, "What should we do with JJ? After all, she has just woken up, and is obviously in no state to walk around the spaceship and tackle Zygons."
"Take her back to the TARDIS?" Blake suggested, "She'll be safe there. Do you remember the route?"
Reid nodded, "And yes, I have got the TARDIS key." He turned around and faced JJ, before stating, "We need to get you to safety. You're not well enough to do this. We'll take you to the TARDIS."
"No! I want to help as well." JJ shouted angrily, "This alien invasion concerns me as well! Let me help!"
Reid shook his head, "JJ, I don't want to see you die here. And what would Henry and Will think?"
"What about you? What about Marilyn and Edmund?" JJ asked, "How would they feel if you died?"
"Please, JJ. Listen to me. You've probably been unconscious for several days, or even several weeks. You've just woken up, and you still need to recover. Let us take you back to the TARDIS." Reid pleaded, "Please, JJ."
JJ finally relented, which lead the three of them to slowly progress back to the TARDIS, so that JJ could be safe at least.
Spencer smiled as he put down the tracker on one of the receptacles. The coordinates would be sent to UNIT, who would be able to destroy the submarine, once they had got everyone out safely.
"So, R-Spencer." Browning asked curiously, "Why did you organise us as so? I mean, putting people who don't even know each other together to investigate this? As well as Morgan with the killer of the replica JJ? Surely some bad blood is going to occur."
"I put Morgan, John and the Doctor together because they're going to get into a fight with some Zygons, and I know Morgan and John are the type of people who would easily kill them, which can leave the Doctor to be on matchstick duty." Spencer began, "My past self and Blake will be the ones who find JJ, and because my past self and I both have an eidetic memory, we can get her back safely."
"But why Charlotte and Hotch? And Yourself and I?" Browning asked, "What explanation do you have there?"
"You're really good friends with Kevin and Garcia." Spencer continued, "They've been teaching you hacking, I presume?"
Browning nodded.
"You see, the only way you can turn off the receptors is if two people hack into the system; you and Garcia will be those people. Garcia knows how to weaken the defence system, and you can type in the password that will disable them." Spencer replied, "I am here both because I know the password and also because I need to defend you while you do it."
Browning raised his eyebrows, "So, we're going right to the hub of this thing?"
Spencer nodded.
"Why then, did you leave Hotch and Charlotte with the northern route?" Browning then inquired.
"Two reasons." Spencer muttered, "One because there might be a few Zygons there who could easily access the other routes if there was no one left to defend them. This would lead to all of us losing. Secondly, it is the safest route. Charlotte needs to be safe, both to deal with Alaska as well as the Sage."
"Alaska? You mean the State? And who is the Sage?" Browning asked.
Spencer laughed, "No, not the state. Something much, much worse. And the Sage is Jonathan Randall, her adopted father, a really bad man who wants control of Earth and the Doctor's death. Which is why I chose Hotch to protect her- He is probably the best marksmen and one of the strongest agents the FBI has ever produced."
Browning smiled, "Yeah, I have to agree with you there. I remember when I first joined the FBI, and pretty much looking up to Hotch as a role model."
Spencer stopped, "We're here."
"There is nothing here!" Charlotte exclaimed in anger when 5 minutes had passed, "Where are the Zygons? They have not offered to let us kick their butts!"
"Spencer might not have known that there was no Zygons down this route." Hotch offered, "He might have chosen us to go on this route by chance."
Charlotte frowned, "I don't think it would be his style. He probably chose this route to keep us safe! He knows that I can look after myself. I know martial arts and how to use a gun! I could easily defeat the Zygons that came my way!"
Hotch paused, and started to profile her. The smile she put on was defiantly fake, probably because she had a dark past of her own to hide. However, it did look like she was telling the truth about knowing martial arts and marksmanship.
"Who taught you?" Hotch finally asked.
"…" Charlotte paused, "My father, Jonathan Randall."
"The cybernetics guy?" Hotch paused, "The one who went missing a couple of years ago?"
"He went missing?" Charlotte asked.
Hotch paused, thinking to himself, "Damn! That must occur in her future!" However, he continued his line of questioning, "So, you came from the year 2014? That means you should have been born in 1998…"
Charlotte's laugh interrupted him, "Nah, I was actually born in 1974." When she saw Hotch's shocked face, she laughed, "Yeah, Reid was like that as well when I told him. He was like 'OMG, what the hell?' Well, being an alien…"
"You're an alien?" Was all that Hotch could say.
"Er, yeah?" Charlotte smirked.
"What planet do you come from?" Was Hotch's next question.
"Gallifrey." Charlotte quietly answered, "Now, what should we do next?"
Just then, Hotch and Charlottes' phones went off. Hotch looked down, and saw Reid's old number there.
Come back to the TARDIS.- SR
"I just got a text from Reid." Charlotte gasped, "Come back to the TARDIS."
"I got the same text." Hotch replied, "Do you remember the way?"
Charlotte nodded, before both of them planned to go back the way that they had come.
Come back to the TARDIS. –SR
Morgan growled. Damn, they had just began to seriously kick some of this alien ass, when the Doctor and himself got a phone call from Reid's old number.
"We gotta get back to the TARDIS." The Doctor shouted, "This might be serious!"
"We're already in a gunfight with a horde of aliens. Now, we need to fight our way back to the TARDIS!?" Morgan exclaimed angrily, "How on earth are we going to achieve that?"
"Throw a matchstick at them. If they have a fear of fire…" John began.
Morgan snatched the box from the Doctor's hands, before lightning one of the matches and throwing it at the Zygons. The Zygons stepped back, not keen on moving any further.
"Doctor." Morgan ordered, "When the Zygons get near, throw matchsticks at them. Got it?"
The Doctor nodded, "Brilliant! I love this part!"
"What part?" John asked.
"Run." The Doctor wildly grinned, before he set off down the corridor.
John and Morgan looked at each other, the Zygons and the Doctor in turn before they also sprinted down the corridor, Morgan being in front and John was slightly lagging behind. Meanwhile, the Doctor himself realised that he had to slow down, as otherwise, Morgan and John would probably get lost on the submarine.
However, eventually, the three of them finally reached the TARDIS, and they entered to see Hotch, Charlotte, Reid, Blake and JJ. However, Spencer and Browning were not there.
"Reid, were you the one that called us?" Hotch finally asked the question on everyone's minds.
Reid nodded, "Basically…"
Earlier.
Reid and Blake arrived back at the TARDIS with JJ. Whilst Reid fumbled for the key, Blake kept an eye out for any rogue Zygons. None surprisingly had turned up yet.
Eventually, Reid managed to open the door, and the three of them had walked in. Blake lay JJ down on the floor, whilst Reid walked up to the consol.
Just then, he heard a voice in his head.
"Hi, past self." Spencer thought spoke, "Yes, I am talking to you here."
"Er, hi? What do you want?" Reid thought back.
"We've arrived at the control room. Browning and I are going to hack the computers and turn the receptacles off. I want you to text everyone that has a mobile phone saying 'Come back to the TARDIS'." Spencer replied in his thoughts.
"Then, you want me to pick you two up?" Reid asked.
"Yes, but after you have rescued everyone else on the submarine. Then, all the Zygons will be visible to everyone else. UNIT can go in and kill them, and the invasion will be averted." Spencer replied happily, "Then, you can have more adventures, and I'll be able to tell the BAU everything about travelling in the TARDIS."
Reid smiled, "That is going to be interesting. Garcia, JJ and the rest of the team are going to bug you about this for ages. Also, speaking of JJ, she mentioned Marilyn and Edmund. Who are they?"
"Spoilers." Spencer thought smirked, "Two more things. Firstly, thank you for coming here, and sorting this out, and secondly, when the time is right, tell her that anyone can change. She can make up for her mistakes"
"That's alright, and what do you mean about anyone can change? What mistake? Spencer?" Reid asked, but he was met by silence. He then thought to himself, "Spoilers."
"Reid, are you alright?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, just thought spoke with my future self and I need to text everyone to come back to the TARDIS." Reid replied, reaching for his phone and typing in the same text:
Come back to the TARDIS- SR
When it had been sent, they waited in silence, until slowly Charlotte, Hotch, John, Morgan and the Doctor had filtered in. Hotch and Morgan had rushed straight to JJ and asked if she was alright, and then Hotch asked what had happened. When Reid had explained what had occurred, they all nodded.
"So, should we rescue your future self?" JJ asked weakly.
"Yes." Reid replied.
Meanwhile…
"We can go in now. Just thought spoke to my past self, and told him to get everyone back to the TARDIS." Spencer explained to Browning, "I just need to tell you the password…"
"Thought spoke?" Browning inquired, "You mean that ESP exists and you just had a mental conversation with past Reid?"
"Yeah." Spencer replied, "Anyways, the password for the Zygon computers is…" Spencer transmitted the password into Browning's mind. Spencer then resumed talking, "The TARDIS will translate everything into English. If you can, email Garcia and tell her to hack the defences of their software. Then, turn off the receptacles. I'll take down the Zygons that try to kill us."
Browning nodded, and both of them entered the control room. Browning immediately ran to the computer which apparently controlled the receptacles, whilst Spencer got out a gun and started firing at the Zygons.
Browning typed into the password, before hacking the computer so that it could access the internet. Whilst he was doing this, he could hear the sounds of fighting filling the room.
"Must block this out." Browning thought to himself, as he finally managed to access the internet. All he had to do now was to get onto his email. He typed in his email address and his password, and finally, he sent the email to Garcia.
We're in the submarine. Can you hack into the defences? - TB.
The oracle can do everything, Browning. Just let me work my magic. – PG
Hurry up, there are aliens dying here. I don't want future Reid to lose his life here. – TB.
After five minutes, Garcia finally managed to destroy the defences. Browning scrolled through the computer, trying to find a way of turning of the receptacles. Finally, he found it.
TURN OFF RECEPTACLES?
YES.
"I've done it!" Browning exclaimed in delight, "We've saved Earth!"
"Where is the TARDIS?" Spencer replied, "It should be here by now!"
Whilst they were waiting, Browning joined Spencer in taking down some of the Zygons. Browning thought he was going to die. Spencer knew he would make it. Even so, when the whirring engines of the TARDIS could be heard, both of them sighed in relief. The doors opened, and both of them quickly fled into the blue box.
"We're all here?" The Doctor asked, "Have we left anyone behind? No, that's good. Sorry about it being crowded, we have the people who were trapped on the submarine here. Yes, they know it's a time machine. I'm planning on mind wiping this from their minds before putting it back."
Spencer nodded, remembering what would happen next. The Doctor would repress those memories of being rescued by the TARDIS, or the travellers inside. After all, he did not want everyone trying to go after the TARDIS. Of course, this would not be the only time his past self would encounter people with repressed memories. But that was for another time….
"So, the outside world will know about the Zygons and stop their invasion. They've lost and we're safe for now." Spencer smiled happily, "Thank you Doctor. Charlotte can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure!" Charlotte smiled, "What is it?"
"Alaska approaches." Spencer paused, and Charlotte fell silent.
Charlotte panicked. What!? Alaska? It is that soon? Why? Why? She was confused, and she was dreading Alaska. The Doctor will know. The Doctor will know. The Doctor will know….
After this, the Doctor eventually arrived at the BAU offices, and dropped all of the people who had been taken by the Zygons off. Hopefully, the FBI could sort out the whole affair, make statements, return people back to their families and all that jazz. (He would have done it himself, but it would be better if the Government did it. Make it all legal and stuff)
Garcia walked up to the TARDIS, and when the doors opened she walked in.
"Wow, OMG, it's smaller on the outside!" Garcia smiled, "Please, can you take us to see the Milky Way? After all, I have not been in here yet. Please, Doctor?"
"Ok, come with me." The Doctor smiled.
"I would come as well, but I need to start the paperwork on the whole affair, and get people back to their families." Spencer smiled, "Enjoy yourselves. It's a once in a life experience which you should not miss."
Spencer walked out of the TARDIS, and true to his word, he started to ask everyone out their names and phone numbers.
Meanwhile, the TARDIS disappeared, and the Doctor took them into outer space. When he opened the doors, the whole of the BAU marvelled at the sight.
"Wow, this is so pretty!" Garcia smiled, getting out her camera to take photos, "This is so gonna be my desktop image".
"Wow." Morgan was rendered speechless by the sight of the stars, and the colourful, beautiful swirling galaxy just below where he was standing.
Hotch smiled, before getting out his phone and taking pictures, "Jack would love to see this."
"And so would Henry." JJ agreed, also taking pictures.
"Wow, why didn't Spencer tell us sooner?" Blake asked.
"Keep the time loop stable. But I wish he had done so earlier." Browning replied.
When the team had finished taking pictures and were ready to get back, the Doctor shut the doors and returned them to the BAU offices.
"Goodbye, BAU!" Charlotte exclaimed happily.
"Bye." John muttered.
"Goodbye." The Doctor smiled.
Reid however, waved at his team, "When I've finished travelling, I'll return to your past selves."
The team laughed, before also saying their goodbyes. When the TARDIS warped out of the BAU offices, the whole of the TARDIS crew were happy. Except Charlotte.
Alaska was coming. Not only that, she needed to feed more false information to the Sage (Including a false regeneration for the Doctor, and a lot of adventures that they had not had.) When this was done, she was on the edge, hoping that the Sage did not realize that she was lying. Luckily, the text the sage sent went like this:
Thank you. I'll keep an eye out for him. Then, I'll be able to kill him. - The Sage.
Charlotte smiled- everything was looking good.
Suddenly, the TARDIS experienced some turbulence, and the whole crew were knocked unconscious.
"I have him!" A lone voice muttered, "I've got the ones we needed. Our tactician, Spencer Reid, as well as three extra soldiers."
"Brilliant! Place the soldiers on the battlefield and Reid in the office." The other voice gave orders.
Reid woke up a little while later, with a massive migraine. He was greeted by a purple and pink jelly alien with five eyes.
"Who…are…you?" He asked, and the alien laughed.
"I'm a member of the Glóthach race." The alien smiled warmly, "Call me Bándearg."
"Why…am I here..?" Spencer asked.
"We need your help of course." Bándearg grinned, "We need your chess brain to lead the Alaska corps against our enemies. We need your help to win. Welcome to the Cluichí Cogadh."