Rose sighed holding on to her seat, "I wish we'd got a taxi"
"What's wrong with my driving?" and he flashed her a grin
"Will you keep your eyes on the road!"
John quickly turned the wheel, narrowly missing the kerb, "Sorry"
Rose sighed. Back at home they didn't own a car, everything was within walking distance which suited Rose fine. John's driving was erratic, he never could grasp that there was a speed limit and that the car wasn't going to drive itself. Unfortunately as Rose had never bothered to take her driving test John had to be the one driving the hire car. Rose sighed as John enthusiastically praised the Norwegian roads, wincing as every so often he swerved out of a hazards way.
"Please say we're nearly there" cried Rose as she shut her eyes, unable to watch anymore,
"Almost, just another couple of miles"
"Where are we going anyway, you never told me?"
John gave her a smile, "It's a surprise"
"Every day is a surprise with you,"
John laughed and indicated to turn left, "and you love it"
"Oh I do, but I'll love it even better once the cars stopped"
"Are you hinting that I'm a bad driver?"
"No I'm stating firmly that you are the worst driver ever"
Rose watched as they approached a security gate, she looked at John and he motioned for her to say nothing. John wound down the window as a guard with a gun approached the gun, "Hi, I'm John Tyler Smith, you should have been informed of my arrival" and John handed a letter to the guard.
The guard checked the document and leaned into the car and stared at Rose, "and you are…"
Rose looked at John and he nodded, "Rose Tyler Smith"
The guard nodded, "I worked with your father last year, he's a good man" and he stood up motioning to someone to open the gate, "Go on through, someone will be waiting for you at the entrance"
John nodded and drove on.
"John, is there anything I should know?"
John shook his head, "No questions wait and see"
Rose shook her head, he was impossible.
John parked the car in front of a big aircraft hanger and motioned for Rose to get out. A young Asian woman approached wearing a lab coat holding a clipboard in her hands, "Dr Smith?"
John nodded and shook her hand, "Dr Toshiko Owen I presume, Id like you to meet my assistant, and my wife Rose, she's here to assist me"
Toshiko nodded in greeting before turning to John, "We didn't find out about your visit until yesterday but we managed to get everything ready"
John nodded and he and Rose followed Toshiko into the hanger. Toshiko waved a badge at a security guard and they were let through.
"Have you seen it before?" asked Toshiko as they walked down a corridor.
"Nope, but I've seen the reports. I believe it was found just south of the Bermuda triangle"
"Over thirty years ago, just appeared out of nowhere"
"Has anyone found a way to open it yet?"
Toshiko shook her head, "The world's greatest scientists have walked through these corridors, each thinking they will get it open and each one failing. People are beginning to wonder if it's supposed to be opened. The agency stopped funding the project a few years ago so now we run on a skeleton staff, most of us being volunteers"
Toshiko stopped in front of a door and swiped a keycard along a card reader, "Right here we are then" and she opened the door, "Bad wolf "
Rose stared at John in surprise whilst he grinned, "FANTASTIC!"