A/N Inspiration for this chapter is from Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52, and John 6:16-21.

The crowd dispersed soon after His disappearance, with most of them heading back to Bethsaida. Hope and the Doctor stayed in pace with the crowd, although heading in a more north-east direction, back to the TARDIS. Since they were near the back of the crowd, Hope was able to look behind her at what was left of the small group that came on a boat. They were packing up the baskets from the meal and getting ready to set sail again.

Hope looked down and faced forward again. Beside her, the Doctor was rambling about their next adventure.

"How about we head to your future next? The Luna University in the 51st century boasts the biggest human library since the Library of Alexandria! I've contributed to over half of those books, though I did ask the authors for my name to be left out. You can study anything you want-"

"Doctor?" Hope finally spoke up.

The Doctor looked down at Hope and asked, "yeah?"

Hope struggled to form her sentences. "I'm not ready to go yet. I still want to see Jesus walk on water which is tonight…" Hope trailed off.

A shadow fell over the Doctor's eyes. The Doctor let out a sigh and said, "Hope, we cannot stay. It was already a big risk to walk around even with the perception filters on. Even turning over those carts earlier can have a big impact on the timeline. These are fixed points in time we are messing with. We cannot risk anymore…" The Doctor stopped lecturing when he noticed tears forming in Hope's eyes. A few minutes passed in silence.

He could hear her still softly sobbing as they reached the TARDIS doors. The Doctor sighed again and did his best to put on a happy face.

"You know? The TARDIS can make this a really quick trip. She won't like it though, will you, Old Girl?"

The TARDIS groaned in reply.

The TARDIS materialized hovering over the raging waters of the Sea of Galilee. The TARDIS did not like to fly in a single space, especially during a fierce lightning storm such as this. To remedy that, the Doctor had his left hand pushing down a lever with all his might, his right hand keeping a dial twisted, and his right foot pressing a button on the next panel over. He looked silly and in pain at the same time. Nevertheless, he held this position so Hope could look out the TARDIS door to see if she could spot Jesus performing yet another miracle.

Hope shielded her eyes from the coming rain. She could barely see a thing! She was on the brink of giving up when she spotted the silhouette of a man on the water. With the heavy rain, it was easy why the apostles thought He was a ghost in a few minutes.

"I see Him!" Hope yelled to the Doctor over the thunder. "He's walking on water like I said!"

"Great!" the Doctor yelled back through gritted teeth. "So we can-"

The next few events happened in the span of about ten seconds:

One Mississippi: Lightning struck the TARDIS.

Two Mississippi: The TARDIS jolted. Hope rocked back, starting to lose her balance.

Three Mississippi: Hope let go of the door frame, flailing her arms in attempt to regain balance.

Four Mississippi: Hope's shoes tipped over the threshold as the TARDIS rocked forward.

Five Mississippi: Hope attempted to grab the doorframe again before falling completely out, screaming at the top of her lungs.

Six Mississippi: The Doctor cried, "HOOOOOPE!"

Seven Mississippi: The Doctor let go of the console as he faintly heard a splash.

Eight Mississippi: The Doctor started running to the door.

Nine Mississippi: The TARDIS, finally free of the Doctor's control, closed the door just when the Doctor reached it.

Ten Mississippi: The TARDIS dematerialized, leaving the Doctor in a panic and Hope in the water.

Theoretically, with all the running Hope did with the Doctor, Hope had legs strong enough to swim. The problem was that with the screaming, her mouth was open when she hit the water. She closed her mouth at Nine Mississippi, but that still means she took on a lot of water. Also, her eyes closed reflexively underwater, so it was hard to tell which way was up, with her head spinning from the shock of impact. These problems were bad enough in calm water. This was merciless water currents, pushing her from all sides.

After the initial shock, Hope pushed forward blindly, hoping she was swimming in the right direction: up. Unfortunately, she picked down. By the time she realized her mistake and course corrected, her lungs started to give out. She almost reached the surface when she had to take a breath. Water filled her lungs and she began to sink again. Her body subjected to the water. In one last act of defiance, Hope thought "God…help."

She thought she felt a hand grab hers as she left consciousness.

A/N Well that was unexpected. It just sort of happened. Sorry it's so short. I seem to have the end of chapters in mind, but stumped as to how to get there. Oh well, I like how this one turned out.

Review Responses:

AustinBaker888: Thank you for your confidence in me and my writing! Researching the atmosphere and the Doctor's knowledge has been excellent Bible study for me! I hope you like the wrench I threw into this perfectly peaceful plot. I still have a few more wrenches left to throw at the worst moments haha.