I looked around the Tardis for some sort of familiarity as the girl told her Grandfather, that being the Doctor, "Grandfather! We're not really at our destination…. we're miles away and off by hundreds of years", she told him.
"Where exactly are we Susan", the man asked as the Doctor turned a knob to turn on the monitor and revealed what was outside, "The coordinates are wrong", the Doctor said as he zoomed in on the structure in the distance, as the blur cleared it revealed that it was a temple.
"Looks like a 15th century Aztec temple", the woman said in awe and I nodded, "I... forgot to ask", I said sheepishly, "Who are you?"
"Oh, my name is Ian Chesterton and this is Barbara Wright. We're teachers at Susan's High School", Ian told me as they both shook my hand.
"Right…and by the look of your clothes…I'd say…not from my time", I asked bluntly, "No, from 1963", Susan piped up and I flustered… that long ago? I might not be able to speak the way that I wished, I thought and folded my hands together.
"Yes, of course", I said awkwardly. They gave me a strange look before brushing it off, "So we're in North America, but not in the U.S. and we're I the wrong time zone", the Doctor said out loud.
"No", I agreed and furrowed my brows, "Were… were you trying to get rid of me" I asked and everyone was silent as I glared at the Doctor.
"I'm not leaving", I told him, "Well, obviously, you're not", the Doctor said as he gestured towards the monitor, "Once we are, we putting you back where you came from… setting everything right", he said, but not really believing it.
"So, what? Your plan was to drop me…future me back on Earth? When? 2011", I asked him, "Isn't that where you came from", he asked me and I shook my head. I pulled a lever, opening the doors to the Tardis, and walked out to get some fresh air. As I stood there, I breathed slowly there was still some residual feelings there that were left behind by my future self… how I knew that, I had no idea.
Why did I go off like that? What's wrong with me? I sighed and I looked at the Aztec temple as the group walked out of the Tardis behind me, I turned to look at them as they smiled kindly at me.
"Lovely isn't it", Ian said walking up next to me, "Yeah", I said and glanced over as he watched the temple sparkle, then looked back at the temple.
"What happened before you left", he asked me, "I just graduated high school", I told Ian who looked to have become very uncomfortable.
"If you born in my time, you could have been one of my students", Ian told me, sighed before I smiled, "Try not to think about it", I told him, patting his shoulder before walking up to the other three who stood just outside of the Tardis.
"Feel better", Barbara asked me and I nodded, "I apologize", the Doctor told me reluctantly, "I realize that you aren't the same person from before, but we do need to get under way", he told me as he turned around and I scoffed.
"To do what", I asked and he glanced back at me, "To get a closer look at the temple of course", he told me, before I slowly smiled as we all walked in to materialize just inside the temple we were just looking at.
Barbara and Susan were the first ones to leave, before I followed them noticing Ian and the Doctor whispering quietly to each other as I left. When I was outside, I noticed both Barbara and Susan examining the skeleton that laid out on a table which was covered in jewels, necklaces, and other treasures.
"Hey, Look! Cartoons", Susan exclaimed as she pointing towards a wall that was covered in writing and paintings of people. I just shook my head at her as I examined the skeleton as well along with Barbara, my eyes narrowed in confusion as the wall tilted downward as soon as Susan touched it.
Barbara walked into the room behind the wall without a care in the world as Susan and I stayed back, "Be careful", Susan told her, "Yeah, there could be traps", I added and Susan gave me a concerned look, "I'm fine, it's perfectly safe", Barbara said reassuringly as she looked at back at us.
"Okay, we'll be back with the others", Susan told her as she grabbed my hand and pulled me inside of the Tardis. Once inside we noticed the Doctor and Ian having a quiet argument before they stopped to look at us with firm expressions. Susan thought nothing of it as she went to explain to them that we had found a wall that flipped to reveal a room and that Barbara went inside to examine it.
Both Ian and the Doctor sighed, "Well she is a history teacher maybe she knows what she's doing", Susan told the Doctor.
"I don't care if she is teacher, I've told her repeatedly not to wonder off on her own", the Doctor exclaimed as Susan and I pressed on the wall just outside, we opened the wall to reveal that she wasn't there.
The four of us went further into the room, "Barbara", Ian called, "Barbara! No sign of her", "She was here a moment ago,", Susan told them as we all walked further in.
"Doctor! Acacia! Look at that extraordinary city down there", Ian exclaimed as we walked up beside him to look down at the city over the ledge.
"The Aztecs they knew how to build", Doctor told Ian, "Fairly well it seems, look at the bricks and concrete", I added.
"We must be pretty high up here", Ian commented in awe, I sat on the ledge gazing down at the city.
"This place seems utterly deserted", Ian added, "I doubt it is though", I told him and he gulped, he turn around a ran back into the room as he yelled about the wall shutting.
We all immediately ran to try and catch it, but it was too late and it was impossible to open it back up, "There's no grip to hold on to", Ian told us, "You think", I said annoyed.
"There has to be a way", Susan cried, "We have to push it on the other side, only then can it be opened again", Doctor told us. I touched the door and felt the Tardis's presence on the other side and then I removed it, well that was odd I thought.
"These tombs were built to prevent grave robbers, not to aid them", Doctor added, "Yetaxa's man servant know well", we heard a man say behind us and turned around to see a man wearing a tall hat and a robe, "I am Autloc, high priest of knowledge, I humbly greet the servants of Yetaxa", the man told us and then bowed.
"Servants of whom", Doctor asked confused, and quite frankly so was I, where was Barbara?
"Yetaxa, the high priest", Autloc answered, "Where's Barabara", Ian asked, "Of whom do you speak", Autloc asked.
"A woman who was here a moment ago", Ian answered, "Our friend… brown hair, brown eyes, wears strange clothes like ours…. Have you seen her", I asked.
Ian, Susan, and the Doctor glanced at me before looking back at the priest, "In due time you shall meet again, young lady. But first grant us our courtesies. There is no evil in our hearts towards you, we honor you", Autloc told us and bowed again.
"Okay, okay, enough…bowing", I said awkwardly as the man stood straight and smiled politely, "And you are the high priest", Doctor asked to make sure, "Such as I serve", Autloc told the Doctor.
"You know where we came from", the Doctor asked him, "The tomb", Auloc replied, "Yes…and isn't there a way back from this side", Doctor asked him, tapping his chin in thought.
"The tomb is sealed… go now with these attendants, you shall now speak with the one who wears the bracelet of Yetaxa", Autloc told us and we followed the attendants out of the room.
"Yetaxa must be someone they worship", I stated quietly as everyone else remained quiet as we were taken away to see "Yetaxa."
"So how did you meet my grandfather", Susan asked after she bounded up next to me, "In my High School", I told her, "Capturing a pet slime", I added amused and Susan smiled as well.
"He wanted me to go with him after I graduated", I told her quietly, but somehow Ian managed to hear and said, "Smart man."
"Before he left he gave me a sonic screwdriver and told me that as soon as I had my diploma, press the button to signal him and he'll come. When the day came, I did as he asked and things got a little weird… we went into the Tardis and everything seemed back to normal. At least until…I…disappeared", I said the last parts slowly in realization as I went into a complete halt.
"…What are my parents and siblings going to say when they don't see me… oh god what if they think I ran away… I just got up and left with a man that I hardly knew…not even that, I…" I paused after that, not noticing everyone giving me concerned glances as they looked at each other.
Susan lightly touched my arm comfortingly, "It's alright", she told me kindly, but that was all she said as she glanced back at her grandfather.
"Let's keep moving", the Doctor told us as I began walking again. I was in a different time zone with strangers…what have I gotten myself into?