Chapter 12
The warehouse is dirty and cluttered. The Doctor sits at a desk, waving around a small American flag.
"Where are we?"
"About five miles from Cape Kennedy Space Centre. It's 1969, the year of the Moon. Interesting, don't you think?" asks the Doctor.
Amy turns on her flashlight and River uses her hand-held device to scan the area. Jenny pulls a hand-held out of her denim bag and helps River.
"Why would a girl be here?" asks Amy.
"I don't know. Lost, maybe," the Doctor responds. River picks up the phone while Jenny checked the wiring. "The President asked where she was and she did what any lost little girl would do." He stands up. "She looked out the window," He says as he peers through the blinds. Right outside the window are three street signs: Jefferson, Hamilton and Adams.
"Streets. Of course, street names!" Amy realizes.
"The only place in Florida, probably all of America, with those three street names on the same junction, and, Dr. Song, you've got that face on again."
"What face?"
"The 'he's hot when he's clever' face."
"This is my normal face."
"It is."
"Oh, shut up."
"Not a chance."
"I do not need to see my parents flirting, thank you," Jenny says.
The Doctor checks the phone receiver just as Canton and Rory exit the TARDIS. "We've moved. How, how can we have moved?"
"You haven't even got to space travel yet?"
"I was going to cover it with time travel." He shuts the TARDIS door.
"Time travel?" asks Canton.
"Brave heart, Canton. Come on!" says the Doctor as he heads off to explore.
"Wait for me!" Jenny shouts excitedly.
"So we're in a box, that's bigger on the inside and it travels through time and space?"
"Basically," Rory responds.
"How long has Scotland Yard had this?" Rory and Canton follow after the others.
"It's a warehouse of some kind. Disused," River deducts.
"You realize this is almost certainly a trap, of course."
"I noticed the phone, yes."
"I did, too," says Jen.
"What about it?" Amy asks.
"It was cut off,' River starts.
"So how did the child phone from here?" Jenny finishes.
"OK. But why would anyone want to trap us?"
"Don't know. Let's see if anyone tries to kill us, and work backwards," the Doctor says. In the shadows, the astronaut watches.
"Now why would a little girl be here?" Jenny asks.
"You're here."
"Doctor, she's looks like she's 20." Amy tells him.
"I told you I was born an adult. I'm really only 5." Jenny explains.
"Anyway, back to the point. I think she meant why that little girl would be here," River says.
"I don't know, let's find her and ask her."
They find a tilted operating table that seems to have organic components attached. "It's non-terrestrial, definitely alien, probably not even from this time zone," River says.
"Which is odd, because... look at this!" There are boxes of items that pique the Doctor and Jenny's interest.
"It's Earth tech, contemporary."
"Very contemporary. Cutting edge. This is from the space program!"
"Stolen? What, by aliens?" Amy asks.
"Apparently," the Doctor says putting on the helmet.
"Why? If you can make it to Earth, why steal technology that can barely make it to the moon?"
The Doctor's voice is muffled, "Maybe cause it's cooler." He lifts the visor." Look how cool this stuff is!"
"Cool aliens?"
"Well, what would you call us?" The Doctor asks gesturing to himself and Jenny.
"Aliens."
"Oi!"
Rory and Canton join them as the Doctor removes the helmet. "I, uh, I think he's OK now."
"Ah, back with us, Canton?"
"Like your wheels," he responds.
"That's my boy! So come on - little girl, let's find her."
River examines the table, lifting a cable that drips something slimy when she holds it up. Amy bends beside her. "River..."
"I know what you're thinking."
"No, you don't."
"You're thinking if we can find the Space Man in 1969, and neutralize it, then it won't be around in 2011 to kill the Doctor."
"OK, lucky guess."
"That's only because I was thinking it too."
"So let's do it."
"It doesn't work like that. We came here because of what we saw in the future. If we try and prevent the future from happening, we create a paradox."
"Time can be rewritten."
"Not all of it."
"Says who?"
"Who do you think?" Using the light, River follows one of the cables to a manhole cover. "What's this?"
"We can still save him."
"Doctor! Jenny! Look at this." River pushes cover aside.
"So where does that go?" asks the Doctor.
River scans the manhole. "There's a network of tunnels running under here."
"Life signs?"
"No, nothing that's showing up."
"Those are the worst kind. Be careful."
River enters the manhole. "Careful? Tried that once, ever so dull."
"Shout if you get in trouble."
"Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer. Now there's a spoiler for you!" River climbs down.
"I'm going down with her," Jenny says.
"No you're not."
"So what's going on here?" Canton asks.
The Doctor thinks that Canton is referring to him and River. "Nothing... She's just a friend."
Rory leans over. "I think he's talking about the possible alien incursion."
"OK." He claps Rory and Canton on the shoulder.