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Chapter Six:
It was a wide open, white space with round shapes dotting the walls. In the center was a console with a glass tube full of odd silver instruments in the center.
"What is this place?" I asked out loud.
"The TARDIS."
I looked and saw a woman's face surrounded by brown ring curls in the glass tube.
"The baby is all grown up!" she said, looking at me.
"Who're you?" I asked.
"I'll get your mummy," she said happily. "She'll be so pleased to see you, her baby!"
"What is going on?"
The blond woman from the TV show appeared in the glass tube.
"Astralina?" she said curiously.
"Mom?" I asked, choking back tears.
"Oh, Astralina," she said. "You're so big."
"I'm only almost thirteen," I said.
"It has been that long?" she said.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"Your parents haven't told you much about me, have they? It's a TARDIS, a space ship that can travel back and forth in time."
"Back in time," I said slowly. "Then can we save my parents?"
"What happened to them?" she asked.
"They were blown up!" I cried. "My dad had been abducted and they put a bomb vest on him and forced him to recite gibberish, that this cylinder interpreted to mean that he would die if I wasn't turned over to them. Mom died trying to get the vest off when it exploded. Please, help me!"
"Okay," she said. "I don't know the controls of your TARDIS. It is very intuitive though. Just flip some switches and it should take you to your parents."
"How do I disable the bomb?" I asked.
As if to answer my question, a metal rod with buttons on it emerged. It had a purple light on it. I took and it felt perfect in my hand.
"That will help you. Now just press a few buttons, flip some switches, and trust the TARDIS," my mom said.
"Will you stay with me?" I asked.
"As long as I can."
Completely at random, I flipped switches and pressed buttons. The glass cylinder in the middle went up and down. I could feel I was moving. After a couple minutes, the door opened.
I ran out and saw mom. She was about clip some wires on dad's bomb vest in what looked like the middle of a bedroom.
"Mom, stop!" I shouted.
"Astra?" she said.
"Honey get away!" my dad said.
I really didn't know what I was doing, but it felt right. I scanned the fuse box with the rod and the timer stopped. Scanning the rest of the of the vest, the hooks went undone. The vest dropped harmlessly to the floor.
"ASTRALINA" a booming voice said. "YOU ARE OURS!"
"Into the TARDIS!" I shouted.
For once, my parents listened. My mom's head was still in the glass tube
"Hello J.J.," she said.
"Doctor," she said.
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE US!"
"Where do I go!?" I shouted.
"Pick a place," my mom in the glass tube said.
I closed my eyes and flipped switches.
"Do you know how to control this thing?" my mom asked.
"It's intuitive," I said.
The TARDIS was in motion. Then it stopped.
"Where are we?" my dad asked.
"Let's find out," I said and dashed to the door.
"Is it safe?" my mom asked.
I stepped outside on to a rock and gasped. I had never seen so many stars in my life. I closed my eyes and breathed it in. I was home.
"Astralina."
My mom was standing in front of her TARDIS that looked like a police box. With short blond hair, she was wearing a long white coat with a rainbow stripe shirt on a dark background with dark pants.
I ran to her. She held me in a tight hug.
"Oh, you're so beautiful," she said. "You've got your father's cheekbones."
"I have so many questions," I said.
"I know," she said. "But we've got other problems. Your family is in danger. We need to find out what's trying to kill your fam, and stop them."
"We," my dad said. "We need to put Astralina in the safest place in the universe, and go back home, and you can fight the monsters."
"J.J., I warned you about this," my mom the Doctor said. "There'd be a time when you couldn't protect her and you'd have to let her take control of her destiny."
"She's only twelve!" my mom shouted.
"Almost thirteen," I said.
"Astralina was born with a target on her," my mom the Doctor said. "We can do this together."
"Why can't you do it alone!?" my mom exploded. "I don't want her getting hurt! She's my little girl!"
While the adults bickered, I looked to the stars. I felt radiant. It was most sensational feeling, existing among an infinitude of lights.
"Astralina?" my mom gasped.
I looked at myself and realized I wasn't standing on the rock anymore. I was levitating. My whole body was glowing and my hair fanned around me.
"What's going on?" I asked, panicked.
"You've been drawn to stars your whole life, right?" my mom the Doctor said. "They're embracing you. Our race is older than most stars. We are made of the light."
"What do I do?" I asked.
"What do you want to do?" my mom the Doctor asked.
"Save my friends and family," I said.
She smiled.
"Then let's get a shift on," she said.