Inside, Ship, Viewing room...
"What is it, some kind of escape pod?" Tricky asked as he, Gregor and Bram watched the TARDIS while it was being brought into their salvage ship by a series of pincers.
"Come on." Gregor said, motioning for Tricky and Bram to follow him out of the room.
Inside, Ship, Hold...
The TARDIS was now lying on an angle atop a pile of wires and other pieces of salvage.
Bram was holding a large sledgehammer while Gregor seemed to have some type of saw.
"Crack it open." Gregor ordered Bram, said man climbing up to the TARDIS and stomping on the door before then moving on to the sledgehammer. When that didn't work, he used the laser.
Bram glanced back at Gregor. "It's doing nothing."
"Use the thermo-charge and blast it." Gregor told him, tossing a grenade-like device at him, Bram then using it on the TARDIS.
"No! No! No! Wait..." Tricky exclaimed, running over to the TARDIS, putting a hand on it. "It's like she's alive. She's... she's suffering. I can feel it. I can feel it."
Gregor rolled his eyes. "That's just robot-rant."
"No, Gregor, he's right." Bram chimed in. "Looks like there's a broken fuel line."
"Alright. Alright, put it back. No salvage today, boys." Gregor conceded. "Open the bay doors."
Bram and Tricky then scrambled back down to the floor beside Gregor.
"Wait!" Tricky held up a hand as he spotted something before walking toward the pile of wires and waving the others over. His eyes zoomed in on three pairs of legs sticking out. "People are under that thing." He said. "The crew were still on board when we dragged her in."
"We did nothing." Gregor said as he ushered them away from the pile of wires. "If anyone asks, that ship was already busted. You got that?" He then looked to Tricky. "And you, make sure you keep your oily-mouth shut."
"It's rude to whisper." The Doctor whispered, having sneaked up behind them. "Hi. I'm the Doctor." He introduced himself, shaking Bram's hand. "And you are..." He squinted, reading the men's name-tags. "Van Baalen and... Van Baalen. Van Baalen and Van Baalen... That's going to get confusing later."
The Doctor then glanced back to see Sky helping Lucas up, both men looking pretty rattled given that they all had just been jostled about.
"They're Sky and Lucas." The Doctor pointed at them as they started making their way over before then turning back to face Gregor, Bram and Tricky.
Gregor looked around at the three men that stood before him. "We found you drifting..."
Bram nodded. "Yeah... your ship was junked-up pretty bad."
"What broke my ship was a magno-grab." The Doctor whispered to them, giving them a thin smile before holding up a remote-like device. "Found this remote in your pocket." He smiled internally at seeing them blanch. "Eh? What are the chances? Outlawed in most galaxies. This little beastie can disable whole vessels unless you have shield oscillators... Which I turned off so that Clara could fly-" His eyes widened as he glanced back at Sky and Lucas. Three people: Himself, Sky and Lucas. "Damn it!" He looked around. "Lex, known as the Glorious. Jupiter, me and the Glorious's daughter. And Clara... Where are they?" He questioned, turning back to Gregor, Bram and Tricky. "Three girls. One's about 5'11", red-headed and sassy. One's about 5'2", brunette and stubborn. And the other one's about 5'6", red-headed and kind but with an occasion temper." He then looked back at the TARDIS as Sky and Lucas did the same. "They're still on board..."
Sky and Lucas's eyes widened before they and the Doctor all started to run for the TARDIS.
"No, wait!" Tricky exclaimed, stopping them. "Your pod is leaking fuel. If they're still in there, they're dead."
The trio turned back around, the Doctor spotting some respirators in the lockers back against the wall.
"Ah. Respirators." The Doctor sighed in relief before heading for the lockers and grabbing a couple of respirators and tossing them Sky and Lucas before grabbing one for himself.
"We can open the doors for a split second, reach in and grab them." Gregor suggested.
"Yeah, we can't." Sky scoffed as he, the Doctor and Lucas began heading back to the TARDIS. "Now, please, help us get them out."
"I'm telling you, they fried..." Tricky shook his head.
"Shut it, tin-mouth!" Gregor ordered before looking to the Doctor, said man standing in between Lucas and Sky. "What sort of fee are we talking?"
"If you help us get them out, you get the machine." The Doctor said as he walked a bit more towards the TARDIS. "All the scrap, eh?"
"It's not worth the risk." Bram shook his head. "Four feet of metal? Nah."
"What if I can guarantee you the best haul you've ever had?"
Gregor frowned. "Bram, open the bay doors."
"But they're in there!" Lucas insisted.
"No, no, please, stop!" The Doctor held up a hand. "Listen, listen. Right behind those doors is the salvage of a lifetime."
Inside, TARDIS, Corridor...
"Mm." Lexi stirred awake, wincing at the pain she felt in her head.
"Must've hit it pretty hard." She thought before looking around and seeing that the corridor she was in was littered with debris, said debris glowing red under the emergency lights. Lexi then felt something move beside her and looked over to see Clara and Jupiter waking up, Jupiter having actually landed on top of Clara.
"Are you both okay?" Lexi asked as she propped herself up against the wall, trying to get her bearings.
"I think so." Jupiter sighed, getting off of Clara before wincing at a pain she felt in her left wrist which made her look to see that it was all swollen and purple. "Ooh... That's not good."
"Ooh, that looks nasty." Clara cringed slightly as she looked down at Jupiter's wrist.
"Let me see." Lexi said as she scooted over to them before gently taking hold of Jupiter's wrist. "I think it might be a sprain."
"Don't try and heal it." Jupiter quickly yanked her wrist away, wincing slightly at the pain the shot through her arm. "Don't want you using any regeneration energy that you have."
"Believe me, I won't." Lexi sighed. "Not after the reactions I got after healing River's wrist in New York when the Weeping Angels took over. And I'm just now realizing that you, Jupiter dear, haven't lived that yet... Damn it."
Clara just shook her head. "I'm not even going to ask."
"Yeah, best not." Lexi agreed before the three of them got to their feet.
"What the hell happened?" Jupiter sighed as she cradled her injured wrist, side-stepping one of the many live and sparking wires that hung from the ceiling.
"Something that was none of our faults." Was all that Lexi replied with just before the sound of the TARDIS's cloister bell could be heard ringing off in the distance.
"I'm guessing that, given the situation, we should stay together?" Clara stated, her question being more of a statement.
"Yep." Lexi nodded as the three of them cautiously walked down the corridor to a closed door with a red light flashing above it.
Jupiter tilted her head. "So... red flashing light usually means something bad and to get the hell out of here fast. Basically, whatever we do, we should definitely not open this door."
"Definitely not." Lexi agreed with a nod but didn't move away from the door as she pondered for a moment before shrugging and pressing the button to the right of the door.
Their eyes widened as the door opened just as an explosion happened.
"Bad idea, bad idea! Run!" Lexi exclaimed as she quickly turned around, making Jupiter and Clara do the same before they all ran down the corridor to escape the fire.
They then found themselves in another corridor that was clear of debris before ducking through another doorway, Lexi closing it behind them.
Clara tilted her head as she saw something that looked like two different series of long scratch marks on the wall. She put her hand up to one of them, quirking an eyebrow when the marks didn't line up with her fingers. They were a bit wider than that.
Clara then put her hand to the other series of scratch marks before her eyes widened slightly when those marks did line up with her fingers, Jupiter and Lexi sharing a look as they watched her.
Inside, Ship, Hold...
Gregor, Bram and Tricky were all now putting on gear for going within the TARDIS.
"Hey, are we really going to risk it?" Bram asked Gregor as they walked away from the lockers. "That thing is spewing poison. We should blow it back into space."
"Get your gear." Is all Gregor told him.
"Hey! I don't take orders from my kid brother."
"Don't try and form sentences, alright? Stick to what you do best." Gregor tapped Bram on the cheek before walking away.
Bram just sighed before walking back to the lockers, past the Doctor, Sky and Lucas who had witnessed the exchange.
"I'm no expert on robotics, but, er..." Lucas started as they watched Tricky get his gear. "since when does an android need a blast suit and a respirator?"
"Flesh coating." Bram answered for him as he walked past Tricky. "Same as us. He'd burn up."
"No fear, no hate, no pain." Tricky nodded, putting the respirator over his nose and mouth before following after Bram.
Lucas quirked an eyebrow before glancing at the Doctor and Sky. All of them shared unsure looks before putting on their respirators and going over to the TARDIS, the Doctor going and standing on the ledge before inserting the key.
"'Salvage of a lifetime?'" Gregor questioned, trying to be sure.
"I feel pretty confident I can deliver on that. There we go." The Doctor said before kicking the door open, smoke billowing out.
Gregor, Bram and Tricky all then slipped on their goggles before switching on their torches.
Inside, TARDIS, Console room...
The Doctor entered first, followed Sky, Lucas, Gregor, Bram and Tricky. And, even though the TARDIS was lying on its side, it was not reflected like that on the inside.
"I don't get it." Gregor looked around in confusion. "I thought she was lying on her side."
"The TARDIS is special." The Doctor informed them as he headed to the console. "She has her own gravity. I'd explain if I had some charts and a board pen."
Tricky looked around in awe at the vast expanse of the console room. "It's... it's bigger..."
"On the inside." The Doctor nodded. "Do you know, I get that a lot."
"Whoa. Awesome!" Bram exclaimed.
"Well put. Whoa and awesome." The Doctor said as he flicked a switch, making the smoke be pulled through the vents. "Safe to breathe." He said, everyone then removing their respirators.
"Okay. Now, the last thing I remember, they were all right here." Sky said out loud as he moved to where Lexi, Jupiter and Clara had been standing and scanned with his sonic, the orange light emitting from it. "Come on, guys, talk to us. Mum, Jupe, maybe try and signal Dad and I with your sonics. That would be a big help..."
"That would be a big help, actually." The Doctor agreed, flicking a couple of switches on the console as Lucas walked around to where he stood.
"How big is this baby?" Bram questioned, as he looked around the room.
"Picture the biggest ship you've ever seen." The Doctor said, glancing over at him. "Are you picturing it?"
"Yeah."
"Good. Now forget it because this ship is infinite." The Doctor responded before turning back to work on the controls, Sky joining him.
"It could take you hours to find the girls." Gregor pointed out.
"Days." Sky corrected, typing on the keyboard in front of the monitor.
"Plus this whole place is toxic." The Doctor added. "They could be dead by the time we reach them. So, here's the mission: We're going to find them in one hour."
Gregor quirked an eyebrow. "We?"
"You're our guys for this."
Gregor scowled. "That wasn't the deal."
The Doctor smirked. "'Tis now."
"What makes you think we'll help?"
The Doctor glanced over and nodded at his son, Sky then flipping two levers which made a countdown start on the screen.
"We've just activated the TARDIS self-destruct system." Sky grinned, looking over at Gregor, Bram and Tricky. "One hour until this ship blows."
Bram's eyes widened before he tried to make a run for the door, said door slamming shut in his face.
"Don't try to leave." The Doctor announced, Lucas eyeing him and Sky before smirking internally. Clever them. "The TARDIS is in lockdown. We'll open those doors when the Glorious, Jupiter and Clara are by our sides."
"You crazy lunatics!" Bram shouted.
The Doctor sharply to Bram. "My ship, my rules!"
"You'll kill us all." Gregor shook his head. "And the girls."
"They're going to die if you don't help us." The Doctor replied as Lucas walked over to stand beside him and Sky. "Don't get into a spaceship with a madman." He said as Gregor, Bram and Tricky ran to the door to try and force it open. "Didn't anyone ever teach you that?"
"Do you think a little gentle persuasion might be in order?" Lucas questioned, glancing at Sky.
"Good idea, Lucas." Sky said before flicking another switch on the console and pressing a button, making the countdown change to 30 minutes. "Say 30 minutes."
"They'll die even quicker now!" Bram exclaimed.
"We all perform better under pressure." Lucas shrugged.
"Does anybody want to go for 15 minutes?" The Doctor enquired before hovering his finger over the button.
"Whoa!" The three men exclaimed in unison, holding their hands up.
"It's your own time you're wasting." The Doctor informed them. "Salvage of a lifetime. You meant the ship. We, however, did not."
"What are you talking about?" Gregor asked them.
Lucas crossed his arms. "We meant my best friend."
"My sister." Sky said, flipping his sonic in the air before catching it in his hand.
The Doctor smirked, straightening his bow tie.
"And my wife."
Inside, TARDIS, Corridor...
"Does anyone have the feeling that we're being followed?" Clara whispered as she, Lexi and Jupiter made their way down a corridor.
Still cradling her injured wrist, Jupiter opened her mouth to respond but was cut off when the three of them heard a growling which made them all stop in their tracks.
The trio all shared a look before quickly ducking through a door they happened to be standing next to.
Inside, TARDIS, Storage room...
Clara quickly closed the door behind them before turning around to see that they were now in some kind of storage room.
Jupiter smiled a little when she looked to her right and spotted the cradle that had been baby Melody's at Demons Run. She gently touched the mobile as she ran her along the edge of the cradle, Lexi smiling slightly as she watched her before turning to her left and spotting the toy TARDIS she and Amy had made as children. She grinned before going, picking it up and spinning it in the air before putting it back where she had found it.
"What's this?" Clara asked, making Lexi look over at her to see she was holding a Roman cloak.
Lexi smiled fondly, going over to her and taking the cloak from her before putting it around her own shoulders. She did a little twirl, holding the cloak tighter around her. "Oh, Roranicus..."
"Who?" Clara asked as she picked up a magnifying glass and an umbrella.
"No one." Lexi shook her head before taking the cloak from around her shoulders and hanging it back up just before more growling was heard, making her, Clara and Jupiter look over in that direction to see that they were not alone in the room. There were two shadowy figures with glowing red eyes.
"Quick! Quick!" Jupiter shouted as the three of them ran from the room.
Inside, TARDIS, Corridor...
The Doctor, Sky and Lucas were leading the way, the Doctor and Sky scanning with their sonics.
"Report." Gregor spoke to his hand-held scanner as he lagged back a bit behind everyone else. "What's on board this thing?"
"Dynomorphic generators, conceptual geometer, beam synthesiser, orthogonal engine filters." The scanner told him.
"Guys, guys, look." Gregor said as he went and caught up with the others. "I think we should split up. It's our best chance of finding the girls. You know it is."
"Don't touch a thing." The Doctor told him as he checked his watch. "The TARDIS will get huffy if you mess."
"Keep in radio contact, alright?" Gregor said as he glanced at Tricky, said man nodding before leaving with the Doctor, Sky and Lucas. Gregor then turned to look at Bram. "Get back to the console. Strip it apart, alright?"
Bram nodded, Gregor clapping him on the arm before they split up.
Inside, TARDIS, Another corridor...
"What the hell are those things?!" Clara exclaimed as she, Lexi and Jupiter ran through the corridor as they were being followed by the same creatures that had seen in the storage room.
Jupiter panted as they ran, glancing back while still cradling her injured left wrist. She could see more of the two creatures, seeing that they were actually ossified, one them having one of its hands stuck to its face. She quickly turned her head back to face in front her as they continued to run.
"Clara, we don't have time for that!" Lexi shouted back as the three of them continued to run from the two creatures. They soon passed the observatory with a large telescope before then passing the room with the swimming pool.
"Quick, in here!" Jupiter said as she pointed to a set of wooden double doors that were open, the three of them then running through.
Inside, TARDIS, Library...
The trio all ducked behind a shelf that bore some small bottles before then looking in front of them only to just realize that they now were in the library.
Clara's eyes widened as she stood between Jupiter and Lexi. "Now that's just showing off."
Lexi smirked as she gazed at the large library that consisted of five ornate levels, the first level being her favorite part given that it had the little fireplace she liked to sit in front of while reading.
Jupiter grinned, glancing at Clara. "It is pretty cool, isn't it?"
"Understatement." Clara said, stunned.
"Yeah, the library is probably my second favorite place on the TARDIS." Lexi chuckled as she walked further into the library.
"Second favorite?" Clara quirked an eyebrow as she and Jupiter followed after her. "What's your first?"
Lexi glanced back her and smirked. "The bedroom."
Clara gawked at her as Jupiter face-palmed.
"Not something I wanted to hear." She muttered.
Lexi grinned, shaking her as she looked back in front of her before continuing on. "If you fall in love one day, dearies, you'll understand."
Inside, TARDIS, Console room...
Bram entered the console room, walking straight up to the console before trying to open one of the panels. He soon succeeded before setting it on the floor. He then walked around the console, examining it as he began to hear voices from the past flutter through the air.
~o0o~
"I made up the name TARDIS from the initials." Susan's voice spoke. "Time and Relative Dimension in Space."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"Ah, Sky, what've you got there?" The current Doctor's (11's) voice questioned.
"Found the kitchen." Sky's voice replied. "Oranges are good. Bananas are good. Pears are good. But apples? Hate 'em."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental." The 3rd Doctor's voice stated.
"What does that mean?" Jo's voice asked.
~o0o~
~o0o~
"You sexy thing!" The current Doctor's (11's) voice exclaimed excitedly.
"See, you do call me that!" Idris's voice exclaimed happily. "Is it my name?"
"Hell yes it is!" Lexi's voice exclaimed while she laughed. "Whoo!"
~o0o~
~o0o~
"That's trans-dimensional engineering." The 4th Doctor's voice spoke. "A key Time Lord discovery."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"Alexis Giselle Pond, I. Love. You." The current Doctor's (11's) voice said softly as he told Lexi 'I love you' for the first time.
~o0o~
~o0o~
"The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door." The 9th Doctor's voice informed. "Believe me, they've tried."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"So, you're our..." Lexi's voice trailed as she and the Doctor stood in front of Sky and Jupiter after the whole incident at Demons Run.
"Children?" Jupiter's voice offered. "Yeah..."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"It's just a box with that room crammed in!" Martha's voice exclaimed as Bram made his way to the level underneath the console.
~o0o~
~o0o~
"We are in space!" Amy's voice exclaimed happily, Lexi's voice being heard as she laughed in the background.
~o0o~
~o0o~
"So you gave her the journal?" The Doctor's voice questioned as he and everyone else entered the TARDIS after the adventure in 1938's Berlin.
"A gift from me and Sky." Jupiter's voice answered.
~o0o~
"It can move anywhere in time and space?" Ian's voice questioned incredulously.
~o0o~
~o0o~
"I'd like to officially introduce you to Skyler and Jupiter Pond." Lexi's voice said as she and the Doctor (11) showed Amy and Rory the ultrasound video of Sky and Jupiter for the first time. "You protected a lot more than just me when you broke my fall when we went down into the Asylum, Rory... Thank you."
~o0o~
~o0o~
"You've changed the desktop theme, haven't you?" The 5th Doctor's voice asked.
~o0o~
Inside, TARDIS, Corridor...
"Everything." Gregor's hand-held scanner said as he slowly walked through through a corridor.
"What?" He questioned as he came to a stop. "Report."
"Everything. Behind that door."
Gregor raised an eyebrow, turning to the door that he now stood by. "'Everything?'"
"Sensor detects everything you could possibly want." The scanner stated before Gregor pushed the button to the side of the door, making said door slide open.
Inside, TARDIS, Room...
Gregor entered the room, seeing tendrils hanging from the center that looked to be made up of organic and metallic material. On some of them were glowing crystal-like orbs.
The whole thing almost looked like some weird type of tree.
"Everything." The hand-held scanner said as Gregor's eyes widened at the sight in front of him.
"I don't understand." Gregor said as he looked back down at the scanner. "Give me a price tag."
"Incalculable."
"What?"
"More valuable than the total sum of any currency. Living metal. Bespoke engineering." The scanner listed-off. "Whatever machine you require, this system will build it."
Gregor quickly put the hand-held scanner away, looking around carefully before edging his way towards one of the crystal-like orbs and putting his hands on it.
It immediately went dark.
Gregor then picked up his laser and began to cut away at the tendrils just as the Doctor, Sky, Lucas and Tricky ran in, making Gregor lowered the laser.
"No! No, no. Stop! Please! Don't! Don't touch it. Please." The Doctor begged him. "She won't let you touch it. I can feel a TARDIS tantrum coming on..."
"Oh, old girl, I'm sorry this is happening to you." Sky whispered as he stroked one of the crystal-like orbs.
"What the hell is this place?" Gregor asked, looking from Sky to the Doctor.
"Architectural Reconfiguration System." The Doctor answered as Lucas came over to stand next to him. "It reconstructs particles according to your needs."
"A machine that makes machines?"
"Yes. Basically."
Gregor quickly picked up the laser once again
Tricky tilted his head as he watched Gregor. "What are you doing?"
"I don't think I'd do that, mate." Lucas said uneasily as he eyed Gregor.
"No, don't! Don't!" The Doctor held his hands up. "If you walk out of here with that circuit, the TARDIS will try to stop you. Now listen to me. Look, the clock is ticking. We must find the Glorious, Jupiter and Clara."
He then reached out a hand slowly, but Gregor hastily yanked a crystal-like orb free which made all the other ones go dark for a moment before flickering back on.
Suddenly, a high-pitched whine caused the Doctor, Lucas, Sky and Tricky to cover their ears as Gregor quickly put the crystal-like orb into his pack before heading for the door... or where the door had been.
"What the...?" Tricky asked as he walked over to where the door had once been. "Where's the door gone?"
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Ever see a spaceship get ugly?"
"This isn't happening." Tricky said in denial as he tried to find a way out.
"She's not going to relinquish it." Sky stated, crossing his arms. "It's her basic genetic material."
"Torch it." Gregor said, tossing another grenade-like device at Tricky, said man catching it but hesitating. "I said torch it!"
"Can't you feel it, Gregor?" Tricky sighed, gesturing at the environment around them. "The ship's in torment, like it's a living thing. You can't hurt it."
Gregor just rolled his eyes, snatching the grenade-like device from Tricky and activating it before approaching the wall. However, the door quickly appeared and slid open.
"What's the matter, TARDIS? Scared to fight me?" Gregor smirked before striding out, Tricky following after him.
Sky growled, clenching his fist at his side. "Can I smack him? Please, can I smack him?"
The Doctor sighed from where he stood in between Sky and Lucas. "Regrettably, no."
The Doctor then just shook his head in frustration before walking out of the room, an angry Sky and a worried Lucas following behind him