"Oh my god! That's her!" Max yelled. I nodded.
"Yeah. That is insane! How the hell did she die." I said. I quickly shown the light at the door. We ran to get out. Max pushed me aside to get out first.
"I'm out of here!" Max said. I nodded and followed her, but I was greeted to a light! I put my hand over my face. As my eyes adjusted, I saw people, in white lab coats. I looked behind me to see a door. It was the same door. But cleaner. I looked around. Then I smiled.
"Cool." I said. It was 1966. Then a hand grabbed my arm. I quickly turned, the lights blurred away. I was in the broken asylum again, and Max was holding on to my arm.
"Doc! Are you ok? You seemed to be sort of sleepwalking." Max said.
"I don't know. I think I might have time traveled." I said to her. She look at me like I was insane.
"You're kidding right? Is this a joke you set up?" She asked.
"Normally I would ask you that but today is different." I responded. I walked over to the next door. There was a clipboard in it. I quickly went back to the last room. There was a clipboard. I took it out. I shown the light to the clipboard.
"Ok let's see, her name was, wow, it just says, Subject #427. Wait a minute, subject? Why would she be a subject if she already had powers. Interesting. Anyway, DOB is March 27, 1954. Gender, blah blah blah. Dang it! The notes are faded away." I said. Max sighed.
"Well, that was a long shot. You really think it would be that easy to find information?" She said.
"True, they would know though." I said.
"Well, we can't talk to people who have been dead for 50 years." Max said.
"We just talked to a soul of a 12 year old girl." I said.
"No, we talked to her through a portal. She's not dead in her time!" She said. I was impressed.
"Wow, that's impressive. How are you so immersed in time travel logic?" I asked.
"Well, after the girl started talking, I tried to pay attention as much as possible. Besides, I regularly study sci if novels to have a normal conversation with you." She said. I laughed.
"Oh come on, I can't be that bad." Then I heard a noise. It was the sound of pages being turned. Then mumbling. I went to the noise.
"What is that?" Max asked.
"Not entirely sure, but I think it might be 1966." I said.
"Did someone slip drugs in your soda?" Max asked.
"I don't know, did you?" I asked.
"Right, ok." She responded. I thought of something.
"What's this place called? And why was it made into an asylum?" I asked Max. She shook her head.
"I don't know. I can look it up though, hold on." She said. She pulled out her phone and did some quick searches.
"I'm going to look around a bit, hold on." I said. She nodded. I walked away. I took out my screwdriver and shinned it around. I went to another door. I opened it with the screwdriver. I walked in to find a strap down chair. It had a light above it. I picked up the file on the floor. I read it out loud.
"Subject 63, light test. Warning, don't raise lights above 25 percent. Anything above may result in permanent damage." Then I saw a skin outline. It was charred. "Oh I'm so sorry. You didn't have to go through this." I said. I walked out and turned the door. I turned around. I was surprised. I saw the white walls again. It was 1966. I wasn't in the same room, which was different. I heard a voice behind me.
"Excuse me, who are you?" It asked. I turned around to face a man. About 25 years old.
"Interesting." I said.
"Again, who are you?" I ignored him.
"So Max stills sees me in 2016, but I can interact with 1966. Very cool!" I said. Then I turned to him. "Hi! Sorry, I'm not from around here. Where am I?" I asked. He shook his head.
"You tell me who you are now." He demanded.
"My name is Zach. Zachary Smith. Now what's yours?" I said and asked.
"How do I know you aren't lying?" He asked. I chuckled.
"Have you met any decent 14 year olds that can lie properly?" I said. He put his hand on his waist, revealing a taser.
"No jokes. Now, what is your real name." He said.
"I told you, it's Zach. Oh hold on one second. MAX! IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM OR CAN HEAR ME, DONT TOUCH ME OR STOP MY INTERACTIONS. I WILL ONLY STAY IN 1966 IF YOU DONT INTERRUPT ME! Ok sorry, where were we?" I asked. The man sighed.
"Oh no, you're one of her's aren't you?" He asked.
"Sorry? Who?" I asked.
"Come with me." He said, walking away. I looked around and followed him in curiosity.
"So, what can you tell me about this place? I asked.
"Well, since you're going to her then I guess I can tell. This is the AUIQ corporation."
"That stand for something?" I asked.
"Yes, it stands for 'Aqua Unsung I Quint'." I was thrown off by the randomness of the name.
"What the heck does that mean?" I asked.
"I don't even know. That was told to be about 5 levels higher then I am." He said.
"Oh, so are you new?" I asked.
"Been here 10 years." He said. I stopped for a second, then kept walking. We ended up at a door, it was her door. The voice's. The door was unlocked.
"May God have mercy on your soul." The man said as I was pushed in. I turned around to ask the meaning of the quote but the door was closed before I could talk. I turned around to see a little girl. 12, I think. I walked over to her slowly. She was standing up, facing away from me. She had a long white cover on. She also has long black hair, pitch black.
"Well, has it been 7 days already?" I joked. Her head jerked up violently. She turned slowly. I backed up to the door. I was nervous about what I was going to see." Then a tray appeared next to her. It had some food on it. She ran over and bent down to start eating. I couldn't see anything of what she was eating. I could see some grey sludges fly off. I guess that's what she was eating.
"I see you don't eat much." I said to her. She turned around. Her black hair covered her face.
"Well, either you've chosen specifically today to eat messy, or you haven't eaten in a long time." She nodded. "Ok, that doesn't really answer which but still, progress!" I said. Then I walked over to her.
"Hell, I'm Zach. What's your name?" I asked.
"Subject 427." She said, with a raspy voice. I nodded.
"Right. So anyway, I think we've met before. I'm the person that talked to you through the rift. Remember, there was the girl that you didn't like?" She looked up with surprise. I got a good look at her face. She wasn't 12. She was at least 15.
"Where have you been?" She asked. She looked a bit more aggressive.
"How long has it been?" I asked.
"3 years." She said. I was surprised.
"The time rifts, they're unstable. They're slowly coming back to the present." I said.
"Isn't now the present?" She asked.
"Sort of, I mean my present. In 2016." I said.
"Does that mean that you didn't mean to be as late as you were?"
"Yeah. For me, it's been five minutes." I said. She looked at me with disbelief.
"Wow. I can't believe I did this."
"I don't think you did this." I said. She looked at me with confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I don't think a simple human can just time travel, not anymore. The Time lords, I mean, my family, tried to get humans, I mean, us, to time travel once, as an experiment. We ended up accidentally almost sucked up a town called Arcadia Bay. That didn't work. So we stopped. How did you get this power?"
"I don't know. I never asked for this." She said.
"No one does. I'm sorry. I'll try to get it out of you." She nodded. Then I turned around in confusion.
"Wait, why did you say, 'God have mercy on your soul?" I asked. Then I heard a thump behind me. I turned around to see the girl floating in the air, twitching her neck. She looked at me with red glowing eyes. Then she talked in a low voice.
"ARE YOU THE DOCTOR?" She asked.
"Depends, am I still talking to a 15 year old girl?"
"ARE YOU THE DOCTOR?" It asked again.
"Ok, so not time lord technology." I said.
"YOU HAVE CONFIRMED TIME LORD ORIGIN."
"No I didn't. Now, tell me who you are?" I asked.
"THIS STATEMENT IS IRRELEVANT!" It said.
"No it's not. Now come on! Spit it out, what alien are you?" It didn't answer. Then it seemed to change its focus.
"SHE HAS BEEN SPOTTED." It said.
"Who has?" I asked.
"THE WOMAN WHO TRAVELS WITH THE DOCTOR." It said. I was confused.
"I, I mean, he doesn't travel with anyone. He's sort of stuck." I said. It ignored me.
"SHE IS COMPATIBLE. SHE WILL BE TAKEN AS A NEW HOST." It said.
"Who? Who is it?" I said.
"THE SCARY ONE." It said. My eyes widened. Max, it was going to take over Max.
"Wait! Hold on!" It ignored me. I saw a blue gas evaporate from her mouth and seem to disappear. Then the girl fell over. I ran over. She was crying.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"They're gone. After so many years, the voices are gone!" She said. She was crying in joy. I smiled and hugged her for comfort. Then I quickly remembered Max. I stood up.
"I need to get back." I said. She looked up in confusion.
"What do you mean? You just got here." She said.
"I know, but my friend is in trouble." I said. She nodded and got up.
"I can make a portal to get you back." She said. I shook my head.
"Technically, I am still in 2016. So I just need a jolt to get me back there. Besides, I'm sure that your time travel technology power has gone away with the voices." I said. Then she smirked.
"She's not just a friend to you is she?" She asked. I smiled.
"I don't know. I'm the type of person to fall in love. That happened once and it hurt bad so I don't do that anymore." I said. She shook her head.
"Love is something that just happens, I've seen it everywhere here. Now go save your girl." She said. I nodded, then I got a bit weird.
"Ok, kind of awkward, but I need you to smack me." She snickered.
"What?" She asked.
"I need a shock. Just do it, please." I said. She nodded.
"Um, ok." She slapped me hard. I felt myself fall to the ground. I felt broken glass. I looked around. It was 2016! I ran fast to the main part. I saw Max on the floor seizing, having a seizure.
"No!" I yelled. I ran over with the screwdriver. I started to scan to see if I could get it out of her.
"No, no please. Not her, anyone but her. Please work please work!" I said to myself. Then she opened her eyes, they were glowing red.
"Oh no." I said to myself.