You know how you think you have the perfect plan, but then everything goes haywire? Yeah. That happened. It was all going so smoothly... Until it didn't. I was putting on my tennis shoes (because why should you have to sacrifice your feet all for the sake of a mission?) when all of a sudden I heard a vroop vroop sound, and then a second later a "WHAT THE H*!" from Lexi. "Oh for the love of everything." I muttered. I quickly ran out to the living room, almost tripping on my own feet.
Yup, there it was. The TARDIS. Right smack dab in the middle of the living room. I was mentally cursing The Doctor. I specifically told him that I wanted to drive there because I didn't want Lexi to freak out. Like she was doing right now.
"Uh, hey Lex." I said. She was staring at it in shock.
"What what is that and why is it in our living room?!" She squeaked. Suddenly, the door opened and and The Doctor popped his head out.
"I found the right place!" He called cheerfully to Clara, who had her arms crossed over her chest.
"Good. Now you can explain to Cat why you didn't want her to drive!" She said, glaring at him. Clearly, she was as miffed as I was.
Lexi was still staring as I walked in the TARDIS and it took off. I sighed. I was going to have a lot of explaining to do.
"See! It wasn't that bad." The Doctor said, grinning. At our glares, his smile faded.
"I told you I wanted to take my car and meet you there!" I said, exasperated. "Now I'm going to explain even more to Lexi and now I don't even know how she'll react!"
"I tried to stop him but he insisted." Clara said, smacking him on the back of the head.
"Oi! He said indignantly, rubbing the back of his head. "I only did it because I thought it would be a faster way to get there."
"Does he always just deviate from the plan?" I asked Clara.
"Uh huh." She said. "It gets pretty frustrating sometimes."
"I heard that." He said, walking away from console and opening the door.
"Good." Clara and I said at the same time as we walked out into the dark and empty gallery.
I shivered as we walked around. It was definitely more ominous walking around at night, than during the day.
"How are we going to find them? I asked The Doctor.
"With this." He replied, pulling out a silver, rectangular box with 3 prongs on the top. "It detects alien activity." He said, moving it around.
"Sure." I said, likeIt was sometime I saw every day. "So does this traveling around and fighting aliens thing ever get scary?" I whispered to Clara as we walked around, trying to find where the aliens would be.
"All the time." She replied. "But there's so much more than that. Being able to save the world or other worlds from alien attacks is what makes it worth it. Plus, seeing other worlds and going back in time is pretty cool." She said, grinning.
I could see what she meant, despite the creepiness of it all, there was something thrilling about looking for aliens. This was making me realize that I wanted adventure. Not like my life was boring, but since The Doctor and Clara had come into my life, I was beginning to realize that there was so much more out there and I wanted to experience it all. I realized just how much I wanted to experience it. I was almost hoping after all of this was over, that The Doctor would let me travel with him and Clara, but I didn't know just how to ask.
Finally, the machine in The Doctor's hand beeped when he moved it towards a vent.
"Found it!" He said, excitedly.
"So they're in the vents?" Clara asked, confused.
"Of course not!" He replied, impatiently. "They're in the room that the vent is leading to!"
"Are you saying we're going to have to go in the vent to hear what they're saying?" I asked, starting to get concerned.
Next to me, Clara was also starting to get concerned. "Doctor, are you sure that's the best idea?" She asked.
"Well, unless you want to be caught by them, I suggest we do it this way." He retorted.
"Fine."I sighed. "But I'm only doing this for the greater good." The Doctor aimed the sonic at the vent, and popped off the cover. "Can we all fit in there?" I asked, looking inside of it.
"It looks like a pretty good size." Clara said. "I think we can do it, but who's going to go in first?"
"I'll do it!" The Doctor said, waving his arms up and down. I wanted to laugh. For some reason, he reminded me of a little kid.
He climbed up in the vent, and we pushed his legs in as far as they could go. Which was no easy feat (no pun intended) considering the fact that he had long, gangly legs. "How is he not in a body cast by now." I whispered by Clara.
"I ask myself the same question all the time." She whispered back, shaking her head. "I'm surprised he doesn't injure himself all the time." I snorted silently.
After we pushed him in, Clara went in after, and then I followed. Luckily, it wasn't super high, so I could get in. All three of us managed to crawl through the vent.
"Well this is an experience." I grunted. "I always thought this happened in movies, never in real life."
"Oh, you get used to it." Clara said. "Especially when you're traveling with him."
Again, I felt the urge to travel. There was so much I wanted to see and I wondered if I would ever get to do that.
"We're here." The doctor said as we finally god to the other side.
"Finally." I muttered as we all crowded around the vent.
"Alright." The Doctor whispered. "Let's see what they've got for us."