The TARDIS materialized at the coordinates the Doctor had set. A building. Old. Single story, but tall for a single story. He walked to the door and opened it, poking his head out to make sure…a shot rang out, hitting the door just shy of his face. What the hell? He ducked back inside, trying to peer out. Another shot and he slammed the door shut.

The meta-crisis? Possibly. If it was he'd been expecting the Doctor to show up early. This was bad…really not good. He raced back to the control panel, running a quick search for life forms. Humans. Two of them. The TARDIS had materialized in a room, an open hall stretched across from her and the two men were in the hall both armed with handguns.

Neither one of them was the meta-crisis. They were human, but didn't share any genetic markers with the Doctor. So, he must have hired them to lay in wait just in case. That destroyed the Time Lord's plan. He couldn't check out the area, at least not in person. He widened his scan. No explosives, nothing that seemed to indicate a trap had been set. He must not have had time to do that yet, which could be very bad, especially if his time was being spent with Rose.

He shoved those thoughts aside before they grew. He couldn't think about what might be happening to her, what she might be going through, he'd become useless if he did, worse than useless. No, he had to find James, locate where she was or make the meta-crisis tell him and he wouldn't be able to do that on his own. He sighed.

He couldn't take Amy and Rory because if he had to force the information out of the meta-crisis, well, neither one of them would be happy with what he might have to do. That left Sherlock and John. He couldn't bring both of them, that would be too suspicious. One. He had to get one of them out of the flat. Sherlock was his best choice. John was a medical doctor and might also be inclined to frown on what he had to do, but Sherlock, he cared about her too and he said he was willing to do anything to save her.

First the Doctor had to find the meta-crisis. He began running a search, looking for anyone who shared his genetic markers, checking the surrounding area first and then widening the search. As he waited the minutes seemed to stretch on forever, then the TARDIS found him. Instead of locking on to the meta-crisis the Doctor entered coordinates. Baker Street, but not inside her flat, outside, across the street. Then he flipped the lever-y thing and the Time Rotor began to move.

It only took a few moments for the TARDIS to dematerialize and then begin to materialize on Baker Street. There was no need of the Time Vortex when she was traveling from one place to another in the same time. The Doctor looked up Sherlock's number and then picked up the phone and put the call through. The detective answered on the third ring.

"Hello?" Sherlock said, irritation apparent in his voice.

"Sherlock, it's the Doctor-"

"Where the hell are you?"

That was bad, definitely not good. He was about to let everyone know who he was talking to and the Doctor couldn't have that.

"Listen, I'm sure you're upset, but don't let anyone know you're talking to me. I found her and I need your help, but just your help."

Silence greeted him for a moment and he wasn't sure if he'd made the right decision and then he heard voices in the background. John and Amy.

"I don't care if you've been tied up with a bank robbery, Lestrade, I told you it was important. I need those addresses," Sherlock snapped, obviously covering for his slip.

"I'm outside, landed the TARDIS across the street. Can you get out of her flat alone?" The Doctor asked.

"I believe so."

"Try to hurry."

He hung up. Then walked to the door and peered out. He could see the building across the street. Hopefully the detective would come up with a good cover story so no one would get suspicious. He glanced at his watch and then glanced at it again a minute later. When he looked up the detective was stepping out of the building. He eyed the police box and then walked across the street. The Doctor opened the door as he drew near.

The detective stepped inside and the Doctor closed the door, hurrying over to the control panel. Rose had been with James for quite a while and he didn't want to waste one more second.

"I know it's a lot to take in," the Doctor said talking about the inside of the TARDIS, which was something that people usually found upsetting, "bigger on the inside and all that, but we don't have much time for explanations. Tiny box, huge room inside. It's basically-"

"It's brilliant," Sherlock said. "Another dimension, isn't it?"

The Doctor looked up as the detective crossed the room toward him.

"What?"

"It's the only explanation that makes sense." The Doctor gave him a not at all happy smile, flipping a lever. "Now, what's this about? I assumed you located her when you left."

"No, not her. There were-"

"Coordinates that James left on that wall along with the message," Sherlock finished.

The Doctor gave him another tight smile as the Time Lord tried to remember just why he thought he needed Sherlock's help.

"Coordinates and a date," he corrected.

"And I assume you've already gone there?"

"Yes, not at the date, which is three days from now, but I went there early to check things out only there were people waiting for me."

"We already knew he was planning a trap."

"That wasn't the trap, just two men armed with guns."

"No, that doesn't seem like much of a trap," Sherlock mused.

"Which is why I ran a search to locate the meta-crisis," the Doctor said.

"And you found him?"

"Yes."

"And Rose?"

"I only located the meta-crisis because we share genetic markers."

"So, you don't know if she's with him."

"No, and if she isn't-"

"You want me to help you make him tell us."

"Exactly," the Doctor said, catching Sherlock's eye. "Are you okay with that?"

"Perfectly," the detective replied, darkly.

"Then," the Doctor locked onto James, "let's go."

He flipped a lever and the Time Rotor began to move. He glanced at Sherlock watching it and then they both grabbed the control panel as the TARDIS dematerialized.

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