Disclaimer: Please, please, please! All I want is a Time Lord of my own. Is that too much to ask?

Ch. 10:

The Doctor and Lily stepped out of the TARDIS and found themselves in the Oval Office and not alone. In front of them, Canton and President Nixon had their backs turned to them, listening to the recording of the phone call.

"Hello?" The recording of Nixon's voice said. "Who is this? This President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this you again?"

"Mr. President?" a young voice asked.

"A child?" Canton asked.

The Doctor took a step forward, ignoring Lily as she tried to hold him back.

"This is the President, yes." The recording continued.

"I'm scared, Mr. President." The child said. "I'm scared of the Space Man."

"A little girl?" Canton asked.

"Boy." Nixon replied.

"How can you be sure?" the other man asked.

"What space man?" the recorded Nixon asked. "Where are you phoning from, where are you right now? Who are you?"

The Doctor took a small notebook from his pocket and started taking notes as Lily threw her hands in the air.

"Jefferson Adams Hamilton." The child said.

"Jefferson, listen to me…"

The phone hung up and all that was left was the dial tone.

"Surely this something the Bureau could handle, sir?" Canton asked.

"These calls happen wherever I am." Nixon replied. "How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust any…"

He turned and saw the Doctor taking notes and Lily with one hand on her hip and the other over her face. Canton stood and turned as well. The Doctor and motioned for the two men to continue as he continued to write. Finally, he looked up to see them staring at him.

"Oh!" he exclaimed. "Hello! Bad moment?"

He started to walk backward and Lily shook her head.

"Oh, look, Lily, this is the Oval Office." He said. "We were looking for the…Oblong Room. We'll, we'll, we'll, we'll just be off then, shall we?"

He turned and walked into the cloaked TARDIS as Nixon reached over and pressed a button on his desk for security.

"Seriously?" Lily asked, looking down at her mate.

The TARDIS rocked as the Doctor walked into it.

"Every time!" River muttered.

"Every time!" Lily continued as The Doctor got up.

"It's cloaked!" he protested.

Lily opened her mouth to respond right Canton crashed into the Doctor, knocking him to the floor.

"Love, in case you didn't see it, you were just tackled by an ex-FBI agent." She said, looking down at him again.

"Really?" he ground out. "No, stop that! A little help here?"

"Oh, I think you're doing fine." Lily replied, smirking.

River swung the scanner over.

"He said the scanner wouldn't work." Rory pointed out.

"I know." River replied. "Bless!"

The scanner wires sparked.

"Ow!" the Doctor shouted.

The Secret Service entered, two of whom were the ones that had brought Canton to the White House.

"Lock down, lock down!"

River got the scanner working and it turned on just in time to see the Secret Service run into a gold shield around Lily.

"Oh, so they're not allowed to force you to the ground, but their allowed to shove my face into the floor?" The Doctor demanded.

"Yep." Lily replied. "Hey, River, you got the scanner working yet?"

"Oh, I hate them." River muttered.

"No, you don't." Lily replied.

"Get the President out of here!" Canton ordered. "Sir, you have to go with them now!"

"River, make her blue again!" The Doctor yelled.

River flicked some switched and levers to shut off the cloaking.

As the TARDIS became visible, Canton and the other men stumbled back, staring at the box. The Doctor pulled away from them and moved behind Lily shield.

Please lower your shield. The Doctor said.

Lily looked up at him, confused.

Why? She asked.

Just, please. He asked her.

She still looked confused, but did as he asked.

"What the hell is that?" Nixon demanded.

The Doctor moved behind the desk and made himself comfortable at the desk, putting his feet up as Lily moved to lean against the desk behind him.

"Mr. President!" he called in a drawl reminiscent of his mate's.

Lily reached over and slapped him on the shoulder, but he just grinned at her.

The agents spun and pointed their guns at him.

"That child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening." The Doctor continued. "Never mind, the answer's yes. I'll take the case! Fellas, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States, parked a big blue box on the rug. You think you can just shoot me?"

"Um, honey." Lily said, leaning forward. "They're Americans. Just like me."

"Don't shoot, definitely no shooting!" The Doctor said, standing up.

River, Amy, and Rory all stepped out of the TARDIS with their hands up.

"Don't shoot us either." Rory said. "Very much not in need of getting shot. Look, we've got our hands up."

"Who the hell are you?" Nixon demanded, stepping forward.

"Sir, you need to stay back." Canton told him.

"But who…but who are they?" the President demanded. "What is that box?"

"It's a Police Box, can't you read?" the Doctor demanded. "I'm your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name, the Doctor. This is my partner, The Phoenix."

He pointed to Lily, who gave a sarcastic little wave.

"And these are our operatives, The Legs, the Nose, and Mrs. Robinson." The Doctor continued, pointing to Amy, Rory, and River in turn.

"I hate you." River told him.

"No, you don't." the Doctor replied.

"Who are you?" Nixon demanded.

"Boring question." The Doctor replied. "Who's phoning you, that's interesting. 'Cause Canton Three is right, that was definitely a girl's voice. There's only one place in America she can be phoning from."

"Where?" Canton asked.

"Do not engage with the intruder, Mr. Delaware." One of the Agents ordered.

"You heard everything I heard, it's simple enough." The Doctor said. "Give me five minutes, I'll explain."

He sat back down at the desk.

"On the other hand, lay a finger on me, or my friends, and you'll never, ever know." He continued.

"How'd you get it in here?" Canton asked, looking at the TARDIS. "I mean, you didn't carry it."

"Nifty, huh?" Lily said, smirking.

"Love it." Canton replied, also smirking.

"I like him." Lily said to the Doctor. "Can I keep him?"

"I like you guys too." Canton replied.

"Do not compliment the intruder." The agent ordered.

"Five minutes?" Canton asked, ignoring the other man.

"Five." The Doctor confirmed.

"Mr. President, that man and woman are a clear and present danger." The agent pressed.

"Mr. President, that man and woman walked in here with a big blue box and three of their friends, and that's the man they walked past." Canton said. "One of them's worth listening to. What say we give him five minutes, see if he delivers."

"Thanks, Canton!" The Doctor said.

"If he doesn't, I'll shoot him myself." Canton continued.

"Not so thanks." The Doctor muttered.

"Sir, I cannot recommend…" the agent insisted.

"Shut up, Mr. Peterson." Nixon interrupted. "All right."

"Five minutes." Canton stressed.

"I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilize, street level maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, 12 jammy dodgers and a fez."

"Jammy dodgers, yes, and make it 24." Lily said. "The fez, no."

"Lily." The Doctor whined.

"I can't keep Canton, you can't have a fez." Lily replied.

The Doctor huffed.

"Get him his maps!" Canton ordered.

Later, the Oval Office was strewn with large street maps and everyone was looking at one.

"Why Florida?" Canton asked.

"That's where NASA is." Lily said, sitting on the desk as she munched on cookies. "She mentioned a space man. You wanna find a space man, you go to NASA. Also…we have another lead."

"Space Man?" Amy whispered to River. "Like the one we saw at the lake."

"Maybe." River replied, also whispering. "Probably."

Amy looked through the open doorway and saw the same creature she saw at the lake, flashing back to that moment.

"I remember!" she exclaimed in a whisper.

Rory moved in front of her, blocking her view of the alien.

"Amy?" he asked. "What do you remember?"

He moved again and the creature was gone.

"I don't know, I just…" Amy said.

She grabbed her stomach.

"Amy, what's wrong?" Rory exclaimed.

"Amy?" River called.

"Amy, are you alright?" Lily said, jumping off the desk and moving to Amy's side as the Doctor looked on in concern.

"Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm just…feeling a little sick." She said, heading to the door. "Excuse me, is there a toilet, or something?"

"Sorry, ma'am, during this procedure, you must remain within the Oval Office." Peterson told her.

"Shut up and take her to the rest room." Canton told him.

Peterson nodded to another agent.

"This way, ma'am."

"Thanks." Amy replied.

Rory went to follow, but Peterson stopped him with a hand on his chest.

"Your five minutes are up." Canton said.

"Yeah, and where's my fez?" The Doctor shot back.

"Hopefully in a dumpster somewhere." Lily muttered, picking up her cookies again.

The agent lead Amy to the bathroom and tried to follow her inside.

"Actually, I can usually manage this alone." Amy told him, going inside.

Inside, was the creature.

"I saw you before." She said. "At the lake…and here. But then I forgot. How did I forget? What are you?"

A toilet flushed and a woman stepped out a stall.

"Get back!" Amy shouted. "Stay back from it!"

The woman turned and screamed when she saw it, but then laughed.

"Oh, my god, what is that, is that a mask?" the woman asked. "Is that a Star Trek thing? Ben, is that you?"

"Get back from it, now!" Amy told her.

The woman turned and looked at her.

"Back from what, honey?" the woman asked.

"That!" Amy said, pointing.

The woman turned back and screamed again.

"Oh, my god, look at that." She said. "Is that a Star Trek mask? Ben, that's gotta be you. Hang on, did I just say all that?"

"No, please, you've got to stay back!" Amy pleaded.

The woman turned back to Amy.

"Back, honey?" she said. "Back from what?"

The lights began to flicker.

"Oh, those lights." The woman continued. "They never fix them."

"Look behind you!" Amy told her.

"Honey, there is nothing…."

The creature reached out with its arm and its mouth opened. The woman looked at the creature again as it shot a bolt of electricity from its fingers. The woman screamed and disintegrated.

"You didn't have to kill her, she couldn't even remember you!" Amy cried. "How does that work? We can only remember you while we're seeing you, is that it?"

She used her phone to snap a picture.

"Why did you have to kill her?" she demanded.

"Joy." The creature told her. "Her name was Joy. Your name is Amelia. You will tell the Doctor."

"Tell him what?" Amy demanded as it advanced on her.

"What he must know." The creature replied. "And what he must never know."

"How do you know about that?" Amy whispered.

"Tell him." The creature repeated.

Amy rushed out of the bathroom and into the arms of the surprised Secret Service agent.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm…I'm fine." Amy replied. "Much better, thanks."

"What's that?" the agent asked, spotting her phone.

"It's my phone." Amy said distractedly.

"Your phone?" the agent demanded.

"I have to tell the Doctor." Amy said.

"Tell him what, ma'am?" the agent asked.

"Sorry." Amy said, shaking her head. "I don't know why I said that."

"This way, ma'am." The agent said, leading her back to the Oval Office.

The phone on Nixon's desk began to ring.

"The kid?" Canton asked.

"Should I answer it?" The President asked.

"Here!" the Doctor exclaimed, pointing at the map. "The only place in the United States that call could be coming from. See? Obvious when you think about it."

"You, sir, are a genius." Canton said, peering at the map as Amy and the agent returned.

"Oh, Canton, now why did you have to go and say that?" Lily complained. "You have no idea the lengths I go through to keep his ego at a manageable size!"

"Mr. President, answer the phone." Canton said, ignoring her, to which she just stuck out her tongue.

"Hello." Nixon said, picking up the phone. "This is President Nixon."

"It's here!" the child cried over the phone. "The Space Man's here. It's gonna get me. It's gonna eat me!"

The Doctor grabbed his jacket and Lily's hand and they made their way to the TARDIS. Amy, Rory, and River entered first while the two Time Lords addressed the group of Americans.

"There's no time for a SWAT team, let's go!" The Doctor told them.

"Tell her that help is on the way, Mr. President." Lily said. "Tell her we're coming."

She quickly turned and went inside the TARDIS.

"Canton, on no account follow us into this box and close the door behind you." The Doctor said, following her.

"What the hell are you doing?" Canton demanded, following them.

"Mr. President, please help!" the child cried as the TARDIS began to disappear. "Please help me!"

"Jefferson, it's all right." Nixon told her. "I'm sending my best people."

Canton stood by the door, looking around in stunned amazement.

"Jefferson isn't a girl's name, or her name either." The Doctor said. "Jefferson Adams Hamilton…River?"

"Surnames of three of America's founding fathers." She answered.

Lily, the Doctor, and River were all moving around the console, putting the TARDIS in flight.

"Lovely fellas." The Doctor said. "Two of them fancied me."

No, they didn't. Lily mouthed to the others when the Doctor turned his back before pointing to herself and nodding, making them chuckle.

Down by the doors, Canton turned around, his mouth hanging open.

"Rory." Lily called.

"Yeah, right." Her companion replied, moving over to Canton. "Are you okay? Coping?"

"The President asked the child two questions." The Doctor continued. "Where and who are you? She was answering the where."

"It's bigger on the inside." Canton said.

"You get used to it." Rory replied.

"Now, where would you find three big historical names in a row like that?" the Doctor asked.

"Where?" Amy asked.

"Oh, why do you encourage him?" Lily asked.

"Because it annoys you so." Amy replied with a grin.

"Why you – !" Lily sputtered, but also grinned.

"Here!" the Doctor said, ignoring them both. "Come on!"

He ran for the door, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her after him, as Amy and River followed, but Canton stopped them.

"It's er…" Canton trailed off.

"Just listen to Rory, Canton." Lily told him kindly. "He'll explain it."

"Why's it always my turn?" Rory asked as the others continued out the door.

"'Cause you're the newest." Amy replied, kissing him before leaving.

Rory sighed and rested a hand on Canton's shoulder.

A/N: Let me know what you guys thought! It's so nice to be writing Lily and the Doctor again!

Abbey