Somewhere floating around the galaxy, not far from earth, The Doctor was deciding where to go see next, when there came a strange whooshing sound. It wasn't a sound The Tardis made and it was coming from behind him, so he turned around to see what it was.
Then there hovering in mid-air was a glowing blue box, that spun slowly. He glanced at it with curiosity and wondered how it got in The Tardis and whether or not it was dangerous. There was only one way to find out. He reached out and touched it, as he did so box collapsed into itself until it disappeared and a white piece of paper was left in it's the place. The paper spiraled down to the floor. He just watched confused and with wonder. "Okay, so that's never happened before."
The doctor bent down to pick it up and then read what it said.
"Cool, a ticket to a magic show. I've never been to a magic show before. Wonder how it got here though because I don't remember buying a ticket. Only one way to find out," he talked aloud and typed in the destination and time. Then he thought about Amy and Rory and wondered if he should go pick them up before going but then he remembered what they said about wanting to spend the rest of the weekend alone. Besides, there was only one ticket so it was best to just go alone.
The Doctor fiddled with a few buttons and then grabbed a hold of a lever. He shouted "Geronimo," as he pulled the lever. The Tardis made a whirring noise as it made it's way back to earth and materialized outside a large town hall.
He stepped out of his Tardis with his ticket, closing the door behind him and hoping that The Tardis brought him to the right Place and Time. He saw the town hall and floor sign not far from where he stood. It read 'Marvelous Marco's Magic Show' and had an arrow pointing to the Town Hall. As he approached he saw a guard who was dressed in a black and white uniform, stood just at the top of the stairs.
When The Doctor reached the top he stopped and smiled at the guard. "Hello, I have a ticket for the show," he said holding out his ticket, excitedly.
The guard took it from him and stamped it before returning it to The Doctor. "Just walk straight forwards when you enter and go through the wooden door," the guard told him.
"I will thank you," The Doctor uttered and entered.
Inside The Doctor glanced around taking in his surroundings but there was nothing out of the ordinary yet, except for the mysterious ticket. He walked forwards, pushed open the door in front of him and stepped through the doorway. The room was quite big and there were several chairs lined up in rows all facing a stage. A few of the seats were already taken, but there still was some seats up front so he went to sit in one, wanting to see the show clearly so he wouldn't miss a thing.
Eden Fox was glad that she received a ticket for this show, she had been investigating it since the very first disappearance, but she could never get in. It was as if some force field was around the town hall stopping anyone without a ticket from getting inside. She handed the guard her ticket, and he gave it back after stamping it. Then Eden entered the building and headed towards the doors the guard told her to walk through. Before going through, she looked around the hallway. Nothing out of the ordinary yet, she thought and then pushed open the door and looked for a seat at the front.
"I wouldn't be so excited to be here," a girl with brown hair said as she sat down next to The Doctor.
"Why not?" He asked, turning to face her.
"Because some people who come to this show disappear," she replied.
"That's interesting, but then why are you here if you know that people disappear? You could disappear too," he wondered.
"Everyone knows it been on the news," she told him.
"Then why do they come?" He questioned.
"Know one knows. You just receive a ticket and you sort of come even if you don't want to. The people who make it out don't even remember coming, but they find their ticket that's been stamped with the words attended a few days later and the people who disappear, well this is sort of strange. They are seen leaving this building, but after that, they aren't seen again. It's just like poof, gone. Don't you think there's something strange about that?" Eden explained.
"Very," The Doctor agreed.
"What's your name?" He added a few moments later.
He doesn't know me, Eden thought. He can't of met me yet. She decided not to give her actual name because he wasn't meant to know who she was yet. It could mess up our timelines, so instead of her name, she gave a twist on a name that she was also known by.
"Wanda Fate," she told him.
"Well Wanda I'm going to make sure no one else disappears and make sure we leave here alive, and I'll find out what happened to the other's," he reassured her.
"I already know that," she muttered under her breath.
"How do you know that?" He asked.
Great he heard me. I didn't mean for him to hear me, she thought and then said, "Because you're The Doctor and that's what you do. Help people."
"But how do you know me? Have we met before? It gets hard remembering everyone I've ever met."
"Shhh, don't ask a question. It's spoilers," she insisted, not wanting him to know any more than he needed.
"Spoilers? You've just reminded me of someone. Her name is..."
"River Song," both her and The Doctor said it together.
"You know her too?" He asked, clearly confused about the whole situation, how she knew him and River.
"Yes," she mumbled and then turned to face the stage, which now had someone walking on. "Oh, look the shows about to start," she added, hoping he would turn his attention to the show and stop asking questions.
He did just that and Eden sighed in relief. The 'magician' did a few solo tricks like making items appear and reappear and hovering in the air until he called up a guy from the audience. The guy got up from his seat slowly and made his way up to the stage looking down at the floor with each step.
"What's your name?" Marco asked the anxious man.
"Terry," the man mumbled.
"Okay, Terry just steps into this box," he told him opening the box's door. "There's nothing to worry about," he added when Terry wouldn't step inside.
Terry then sighed and stepped inside. Marco closed the door. Tapped on the box four times and then opened the door. Terry was gone and Marco proceeded with a different trick after uttering a "tada."
"Aren't you suppose to bring him back?" Eden asked Marco although she knew that he wouldn't, that this wasn't a regular magic show.
"All those who participate will be returned at the end of the show," Marco replied.
"But yet they don't return do they, not entirely? Where does this box take them and why pretend to be a magic act?" The Doctor asked standing up from his seat.
"Who are you to question me? Besides you, most remain seated unless you are called to participate," Marco ordered.
"I'm The Doctor that's who and I want to participate in your show," The Doctor said firmly.
"So do I," Eden said as she too stood up.
"No, no you are staying here where it's safer." The Doctor turned to Eden.
"No, I am coming with you to help," Eden told him. There was no way she would leave him to go alone, to god knows where. No, she would always be there by his side when he needed her, whether he liked it or not.
"You can't volunteer to participate. You need to be chosen," Marco said.
"Then how do we get chosen?" Eden wondered.
"You get picked by my boss," Marco replied. "Now no more questions. Return to your seats," he added.
"No, I have many more questions to ask. Who's your boss?" The Doctor ordered.
"Carson," Marco said.
"What planet are they from?"
"It's your lucky day young girl. You wanted to volunteer well my boss just chose you," Marco said turning to Eden ignoring The Doctor's question.
"Oh, no it's your boss's lucky day. He'll regret picking me," Eden said and walked up onto the stage, as The Doctor glared at her.
When she got up onto the stage she looked back to The Doctor who was looking at her in a way that asked, "who are you?"
She just smiled at him and waved before stepping into the box. That's when she saw him run up onto the stage, push pass Marco and jumped into the box with her.
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked him, sternly.
"Coming with you. I promised to get us out of here alive so that's what I'm going to try doing," he told her.
"Of course," she uttered.
"Sir, can you step out of the box? You can't be in there," Marco insisted.
"No, I can't. I've got to go have a meeting with your boss," The Doctor replied.
"Guards," Marco shouted.
The Doctor then scanned the box with his sonic screwdriver. "Just a standard teleport. I can hack into there systems get us to their ship or base," he pointed out.
"Then hurry up and do it. The guards are coming," Eden spoke quickly, looking outside the box and behind Marco.
"OK give me a second," he told her.
"Done," he added a few seconds later, and Eden sighed in relief because the guards had just stepped up onto the stage.
"See you guys later. Oh, and tell your boss The Doctor and Wanda are coming for him so he should be very afraid," Eden said, smugly.
The Doctor then lifted his Sonic Screwdriver and they vanished from the box.