Vanessa was adjusting her jacket when the TARDIS landed. Apparently, Amy and Rory had wanted to go to Brazil. Rio, to be more exact.
The woman smirked and quickly slipped on her shoes and ran after them. Ah, but if luck had to be anymore rude, they clearly landed in a cemetery.
How morbid.
Once she stepped on the ground, however, she tilted her head in confusion, "Something's going on with the ground. It sounds...what's the word, Doctor?"
"Hollow. Oh...that's weird." He ran over to a patch of blue grass and Vanessa blinked over to him.
"What's weird?" Rory asked the two.
"Blue grass. Patches of it all around the graveyard." He said mainly to himself, but Vanessa nodded before standing up.
"So, Earth, 2020-ish, ten years in your future, wrong continent for Rio, I'll admit, but it's not a massive overshoot." The Doctor said and Vanessa smirked.
"South Wales." Vanessa informed them as she looked around.
Amy looked at the valley before pointing at something in the distance, "Why are those people waving at us?"
Vanessa shrugged before disappearing, she appeared on the other side of the valley, but the people didn't see her as she walked in front of them. She paused her walking before disappearing in a blue light.
"It's you two." Vanessa answered, causing the couple to jump.
"No, we're here. How can we be up there?!" Rory asked, looking at the two for an answer.
"Ten years in your future. Come to relive past glories, I'd imagine. Humans, you're so nostalgic." The Doctor said and Vanessa looked in the distance.
"That's one big drill." She muttered, turning the Doctor's head towards the massive piece of machinery.
"Oh, I love a big mining thing!" He said with a wide smile and looked at the two, "See, way better than Rio! Rio doesn't have a big mining thing."
Vanessa chewed her lip in thought before taking off in the direction of the drill.
"I'll never get a normal trip." Amy groaned dramatically as the Doctor went after Vanessa.
Rory stopped her before she could go after the two and looked pointedly at the ring, "Hang on. What are you doing with that?"
"Engagement ring! I thought you liked me wearing it." Amy said and Rory sputtered, while looking away for a second.
"Amy! You could lose it! Cost...a lot of money, that!" Rory exclaimed and Amy shook her head.
"Hm." She took of the ring and dropped it in his hand, "Spoilsport."
Vanessa was already nose-deep in inspecting when the Doctor and Amy arrived at the gate. She looked up, before returning to her snooping. Not even sparing the two a word.
"Restricted access. No unauthorised personnel. Mm." He used his sonic screwdriver on the lock and it opened, while Amy's mouth fell.
"That is breaking and entering." Amy said, pointing to the now broken lock.
"What did I break?! Sonicing and entering, totally different." He said with a smirk, off to the side they heard a snort and saw Vanessa laughing a little about the whole situation.
He opened the gate and Amy walked in, almost immediately noticing Vanessa staring at the ground in what seemed to be confusion. Although...there was a wide smirk on her face, showing she had either seen, thought, or found something interesting.
Considering the woman was probably a full blown nut case, it could be any of them.
Vanessa stood up rather abruptly and looked around while pursing her lips. "Why does it feel so weird?" She asked, tapping the ground.
She sighed and began walking towards the base while whipping out her screwdriver. She made her own entrance and looked back at the two, "I'll be down here."
With Vanessa.
Vanessa peered over the woman's shoulder as the woman typed furiously. Vanessa pulled back and tilted her head, "How unique." She said, looking closer at the readings when the woman left to get something.
"That's odd…" She mumbled to herself as she typed in something. The readings became more irregular at that and she pursed her lips in thought. "No...it couldn't be that of all things."
The woman came back into the room and Vanessa sat down in a chair while pulling up her holographic panels. Odd enough, her panels had the exact same readings. She would have been disturbed by it had not the Doctor and Amy made their appearance. The woman, who hadn't seen her the entire time, gotta love technology, was surprised by their entrance.
"Who are you? What're you doing here? And what're you wearing?" She directed the last comment towards Amy, who in turn gave her an exasperated look.
"I dressed for Rio!"
The Doctor took out his Psychic Paper and held it up to the woman, "Ministry of Drills, Earth and Science! New Ministry, quite big, just merged, lot of responsibility on our shoulders, don't like to talk about it. What're you doing?" He said as he went over to the monitor, sparing Vanessa a wink.
Vanessa smirked and stood up from her chair, walking towards the patch of dirt in the center of the room. She grabbed a piece of metal and squatted next to the hole, "What are you doing here?" She asked quietly, tentatively shoving half of the pole into the dirt.
The woman removed the equipment from the hole and the Doctor went over to look at the soil. "Why's there a big patch of earth in the middle of your floor?" He asked as he noticed Vanessa's pole seemingly being pulled into the ground.
"We don't know, it just appeared overnight." The woman responded.
Vanessa shrugged at his questioning glance, "The readings are freaking me out. Something's moving." She whispered, pointing to the dirt.
He picked up a little of it and let it fall through his fingers before standing up quickly, "Good, right, you all need to get out of here very fast."
Vanessa's pipe finally disappeared under the soil and she narrowed her eyes before joining the Doctor at the monitor.
"Why?" The woman asked, looking at the Doctor.
"What's your name?" He asked, moving away from the monitor and allowing Vanessa to take over.
"Nasreen Chaudhry." Nasreen responded and Vanessa walked towards the hole once more.
He ushered the woman over, "Look at the screens, Nasreen, your readings. It's moving."
Amy was kneeling next to the hole when steam began to rise from it. Vanessa eyes widened before she looked at the Doctor, "Oh, dear. It's shifting." She whispered, deciding on what to do in that situation. At the moment, all she wanted to do was vacate the area and go find a nice non-human situation that wasn't gonna end up her imprisoned and possibly facing death.
"Doctor, this steam, is that a good thing?" Amy asked, having not heard Vanessa thanks to her invisibility.
"Shouldn't think so." He walked over to where the two women were and looked at the ground, "It's shifting when it shouldn't be shifting." He said and Vanessa shook her head.
Vanessa leaped back towards the main door, "We need to leave."
'I know.' He projected the thought and she frowned while her eyes narrowed on the humans.
"What shouldn't?" Nasreen asked, at that very second the ground began shaking.
"The ground, the soil, the earth, moving, but how?" The Doctor ran back to the monitor, "Why?"
"Earthquake?" Amy asked.
"Hardly...It feels.." Vanessa trailed off for a second before her eyes widened proportionally, "It's only under us." More holes opened up, nearly swallowing Nasreen up in the process.
"It knows we're here. The ground's attacking us." The Doctor said, causing Vanessa to grin wildly.
"Oh, well that's just splendid." Vanessa hummed, 'I was right!' She projected at the Doctor and he gave her a questioning look. 'What?'
The man who she believed to be named 'Tony', was trapped near one of the holes. Amy, despite the Doctor telling her to get away from the holes, helped the man out. Only to get stuck in the dirt, causing Vanessa's eyes to widen and went to her side. She only appeared once Nasreen and Tony left to go shut down the drill.
"Amy, don't panic, it'll only speed up your demise...Or at least that's how it worked in all those action movies…" Vanessa muttered the last part, seemingly distracted by something before shaking her head in realization.
"It's pulling me down." Amy whispered and this seemed to catch Vanessa's attention as she promptly offered the girl her arm.
"Doctor!" Vanessa called over her shoulder and he joined her, "It's eating her."
"Help me, something's got me!" Amy said, looking at the Doctor who reached out to grab her other hand.
"We've got you Amy." The Doctor said, securely holding onto the woman's hand.
Vanessa's visor slid over her eyes and she looked at the ground, "That's amazing…" She whispered as another quake hit and Amy sunk even deeper.
Vanessa shook her head once more, trying to stay focused on the situation, while the Doctor tried to reassure Amy. "Amy, try and stay calm. If you struggle, it'll make things worse. Keep hold of our hands."
Vanessa vaguely heard Nasreen and the man saying something about how long it was taking, until she returned back to the situation. Amy looked at the two for an explanation before her face went pale, "It's pulling me down, something's pulling me!"
"Stay calm...They've almost got it shut it down." Vanessa whispered, trying to overhear them once again using her technology.
Suddenly a massive boom sounded and Amy sank much faster. Vanessa looked at her with a sad look, but chose not to say anything.
"No!" He exclaimed, trying to hold onto her until she was gone.
Vanessa shook her head, "They have an intricate path of tunnels." She whispered, eyes narrowing as the sounds ceased.
"They've taken her down one of them, why would they do that?" The Doctor asked himself.
Vanessa abruptly stood up with a suspicious look on her face, "Don't wait up."
"Wait-" He tried to grab her wrist, but she was already gone.