Wide eyed with surprise, Eleven hadn't expected to meet his former self here and Ten had immediately spotted the green tipped sonic screwdriver in Eleven's hand and realised he had just bumped into his future self…or one of them. 'Oh…you, but…what are you- ?' Eleven said before Ten spoke 'ohhh…'. Both Doctors silently held each other's gaze for a few more seconds before Ten broke the silence 'what are you doing here then?' he questioned 'I could ask you the same thing, I don't remember me being here when I was you' Eleven replied and questioned at the same time. Again both Doctors held each other's gaze, looking at one another questioningly before Ten, again, broke the silence 'neither do I…yet somehow I do…' he said, Eleven furrowed his brows 'eh?' he said confused. Ten opened his mouth to say something, but for a few seconds no words came, until 'I don't know…it's distorted, fuzzy, hazy like a dream' he finally said, Eleven took a few steps towards himself 'what are you saying? Or trying to say?' he asked. Again Ten paused for a couple of seconds with his mouth open as if about to say something 'I'm not entirely sure myself, but something tells me we're not the only one's of us here' he said. Eleven maintained his furrowed brow look 'oh…you mean…oh right, wibbly wobbly timey wimey' he said in realisation as his own memories began to shift and open up, Ten speaking his future self's last four words at the same time as him to which they both grinned 'ah I- ' Eleven said with a big smile just before Ten intercepted his last few words 'love those words' Ten said with a grin 'I know right' Eleven said enthusiastically his smile growing just that LITTLE bit bigger.
'Which ones?' Eleven asked '…uh not our past, but you shouldn't need to ask yourself that, after all I vaguely remember being here before in this place' Ten replied 'yes well it's just starting to come back now, they just need jogging' Eleven said as he tapped the side of his head with his index and middle fingers 'whoever they are' Eleven continued. Ten looked over at the pillar of energy on the island across the bridge as he said 'yeah well we should keep moving, try making our way across this bridge thing, we might bump into ourselves later along the way…whoever they are' the last words repeating what Eleven said just before.
In that second a long drawn out mechanical hum sounded from the bridge like structure to their right as holographic light platforms materialised in each and every single gap portion going along the bridge making a straight path across it. Once again, both Doctors looked at each other in mild surprise 'well, off we go then' said Ten 'come on then' said Eleven, and with that they each simultaneously proceeded across the bridge at a brisk walking pace.
Though when they reached the other side minutes later and stepped onto the island both Doctors halted when they heard two roars way back behind them. Looking back they saw two beasts that looked like a cross between a lion and a tiger, with more of a resemblance of the former due to the mane which wasn't quite as prominent as the average lion that was found on Earth but it gave some similarity.
Although they'd never admit it, even between them, both Ten and Eleven couldn't help but feel intimidated by the sharp, pointed spikes protruded from each side of their somewhat large heads, three on each side with sharp teeth and fangs. Despite how unnerving the two beasts were because of how vicious they looked both Doctors were also fascinated by them considering they'd never seen anything like them before. So in was in that moment that they were both wide-eyed with wonder and fascination as well as shock and surprise, all four of these things kept both Doctors transfixed where they stood for a couple of moments before they both snapped back to their senses, realised the danger heading straight for them and quickly scrambled to bring out their sonic screwdrivers and sonic the bridge which then started to withdraw back under the surface of the lake taking the two beasts with it both of which tried to run through the water before leaping up to where Ten and Eleven stood at the edge of the island. Though their efforts became futile as the water impeded their speed and kept them from even reaching the edge of the island with so much as a claw when they got close and they were left paddling and swimming in the water.
Both Doctors watched the two beasts as they flailed about in the water trying stay on the surface before they both began to clumsily swim their way back to shore 'aww they almost look kinda cute don't they when they're like that, not so nasty' Ten said with a bit of a smile 'maybe so but I still wouldn't recommend them as a pet' Eleven said in slight agreement with a bit of repulsed look on his face.
They both then turned on the spot to go towards the stream of energy in the city of the somewhat small island when a sudden splashing noise made them turn back to the lake's edge to see the bridge re-emerge from underneath the surface of the lake and settle back into place right between the island and the lake shore across it. That was when they heard a voice with a Scottish accent from across the bridge 'Wait! Wait for us!' to which they looked across the bridge to see a grey haired man in black skinny pants and shoes and an open dark coloured coat, waistcoat and white shirt buttoned up to the collar running towards them with a green tipped sonic screwdriver in his hand the same as what Eleven had.
With the elderly looking man was another that both Ten and Eleven recognised instantly 'oh here comes trouble' said Ten 'it's no wonder this place was so familiar to us' said Eleven to which Ten just responded with a simple 'yep'. Nine and Twelve slowed to a walk just a few steps away from them when Nine said 'so, a pretty boy and a giraffe, that's what I'm in for, no offense Doctor' he commented, turning to Twelve as he said the last few words 'none taken, I got a few too many ideas back in those days' said Twelve. Ten and Eleven looked to him with raised brows 'oy what's that supposed to mean?' Eleven said 'just ignore him he's just jealous' said Ten, Twelve raised a brow at them questioningly 'you think?' he said 'yeah, you know what I think you are' Eleven replied as he momentarily pointed at his future self before straightening his bow tie with what might have been a smug grin. 'Well never mind that' Twelve said as he looked up at the pillar of energy and where it was going into the barely perceivable port hidden in the artificial sky 'how did we forget this place? And that we'd been here before? With the exception of you of course' Twelve continued, looking at Nine, before he started to pace back and forth 'but more importantly, why are we all here? Who brought us here? What and where is this place exactly? Annnddd…' Twelve said as he stopped and looked up at the pillar of energy again then back at all of his younger selves expectantly 'WHERE does that lead?' Nine and Eleven both said at the same time.
All four Doctors made various expressions before they each rapidly commented 'who knows, but it could lead to the heart of the ship' said Eleven 'there's always a chance, it might not be a pillar of energy at all, well not really, it could well be a gravity lift' Ten said in a matter of fact tone 'it's inactive at the moment though, right now it may as well be a pillar of energy, we need to find a way to reactivate it then see where it goes' said Nine. Twelve clapped his hands together 'yes! NOW we're getting somewhere, the control mechanism must around here somewhere and nearby' he said, with a flourish Eleven brought out his Sonic Screwdriver and soniced at the pillar of energy '…well?' Twelve said expectantly after a few seconds as he watched his former self.
Eleven kept sonicing for a few seconds 'oh, that doesn't make it easy, there's some sort of interference, like another signal' he said as he began to step forward a bit and held up his sonic screwdriver. That's when he made an "oof" sound as he bumped into something and stumbled backwards, a ripple appearing for a second in the space where he collided with a transparent and invisible barrier. 'Ouch' Twelve said seemingly sympathetically, that or he also remembered the pain he had felt when he was in Eleven's shoes when it had happened to him. Eleven righted himself and put a hand to his face 'there's…there's a barrier' he said in a straight-up and blatant way 'no kidding' said both Ten and Twelve 'oh now don't start that' Nine said as brought his arms up as if to indicate for them to stop before he went on to say 'it's no wonder you were getting interference, we need to find a way to disable the force field'. Eleven pointed his sonic screwdriver at the fully transparent and see-through force field 'right focus on the energy signature of the force field, trace it back to the power source and it is riiigghhhhht…' he said as he soniced the force field before turning on the spot to the steel arm several feet away behind Twelve 'over there' said Eleven.
Ten, being the closest, went to the steel arm and soniced open a panel before he tinkered with the wires inside and then soniced them as well. It was as he did so that the force field rippled and wavered a bit but remained up 'gah! It needs a simultaneous double override' Ten said. Nine, being closest to the other steel arm, looked over at it before he stepped toward and soniced the panel on it open as well and readjusted the wires inside before he did the same as Ten did and soniced them while Ten re-soniced the wires in his one. The force-field rippled and wavered again before shutting down and collapsing 'there we are' Ten said before he and Nine both said 'open sesame' at the same time which them looking at each other. They all expected Nine to protest again a bit, but he surprised him them somewhat when he giggled a bit as he came away from the steel arm he was at and Eleven started giggling a bit as well while Ten just looked at him wide-eyed with a big grin, Twelve also grinning a bit as he shook his head.
Nine approached the rounded depressed port that the stream of energy was coming out of 'right, now to get this going'. In that moment a long thin slab-like control panel rose out of the edge of the depressed port with the actual square control portion at the top of the long thin slab angling at a 45 degree angle. Nine manipulated the controls accordingly which caused glowing rings of energy to start rising from near the edge of the gravity lift and stream up into the partially hidden port obscured above the artificial sky. 'There, up and running' said Nine. Then as he turned on the spot to his older selves a ringing began to sound from somewhere on Ten, that of a mobile phone, which stopped Nine in his tracks and had him looking at his succeeding self in surprise 'you have a mobile phone?' he questioned with slightly squinting eyes. 'yeeeah, got it from a friend, it must be Donna' Ten said before he flipped open the mobile phone and answered it 'Donna?' he said into it…
In the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS Donna was keeping a VERY tight grip on the console as the TARDIS shook, spun and rolled around in flight in such a way that it was beginning to make Donna feel queasy. Gripping her mobile phone in her hand as she held it to her ear Donna yelled into it over the crashing and loud noises around her 'your TARDIS has gone mental!'.
Ten furrowed his brows 'what? What's wrong with it?' he asked.
'I don't know! It's in flight and it keeps tumbling and turning itself over like it's in a violent storm after it just took off on its own, how do I make it stop?!' Donna replied.
'…you didn't press anything did you?' Ten asked.
'No I did not press anything! I wouldn't even know what to press, it's your TARDIS, I leave all the button pressing to you spaceman! Now tell me how to make it stop!' Donna said loudly into her mobile phone.
'Ok, right, um ok, first things first' Ten said as he gathered his thoughts together to verbally guide Donna through stabilising the TARDIS…
While Ten had been answering his call from Donna, a ringing sound had come from Twelve's pockets 'really? You too?' Nine had said, Eleven had looked at Twelve a bit questioningly before he had said 'but then speaking of that, that could be handy right now I wonder how long I've been keeping Amy and Rory waiting in that café'. A look of consideration crossed Nine's face before he made a "I-don't-see-why-not" face 'I never really thought that, I just hope Rose is alright and not wondered anywhere looking for me, she'd know to stay with or inside the TARDIS'. It was during this exchange from when Twelve's mobile began to ring that he'd answered the call on his mobile from Clara 'Clara?' he said as he answered and spoke into the mobile.
'Doctor something's happening to your TARDIS, its gone mad!' Clara said on the other side.
'Well what do you mean it's gone mad? What's going on? You didn't press anything you're not supposed to did you?' Twelve asked as he, like Ten had done, turned away from Nine and Eleven who just looked back and forth between him and Ten.
'No it just started going on its own after I entered it when it just landed in my apartment' Clara replied.
'It just landed in yo- ' Twelve began to question before the situation became clear to him 'oh that must've been Emergency Protocol 6, the TARDIS went to you for help, the one immediate person I know and trust and now it's bringing you back, or trying to, there must be something blocking or preventing it from getting through if she's having a hard time'.
'So what do we do? What do I do? Do I boost the power or what?' Clara said as loudly as she could over the noise the crashing noise the TARDIS was making.
'No, no more power she's already at full throttle' said Twelve 'ok Clara listen carefully, here's what you're going to do' pausing for a second to allow Clara a moment to ready herself for things, however he heard a clicking sound as the line was cut followed by static.
Both Ten and Twelve lowered their mobile phone's from their ears, looking down on them as they did before turning back to themselves, Nine and Eleven, 'cut off' Twelve said with a grunt 'same here' said Ten.
