Chris was surprised that she didn't pass out from holding her breath for so long. She sat up and grinned at the state that the three of them were in. Sure it was disgusting and smelly but she found it fun.
She checked over The Doctor and Amy as best she could before looking around the hall that they were in. It was covered in sick and the way that they had come in was closed again. She stared at the forget button on the wall. She turned back as she heard The Doctor groan and helped the man sit up.
"Welcome to below," Chris said with a smile. She watched The Doctor look around before adding, "and I'm sorry about before Doctor."
"Oh, Chris," The Doctor sighed, "It's not your fault at all."
"Have I- Have I told you what happened yet?" Chris wondered, her voice timider than she would've liked.
The Doctor shook his head and sent Chris a small smile, "you told me once, in your future, that you would tell me, and I'm quoting you, 'when the clock struck twelve'."
Chris groaned, shaking her head and getting more sick on The Doctor who grimaced and started to get up. "I would do that, wouldn't I?"
The Doctor pulled out his sonic and scanned Amy before turning to the panel when he was satisfied with the results. He was just starting to scan when Amy began to wake up.
"There's nothing broken," The Doctor told the two women behind him, "there's no sign of a concussion and yes, you are covered in sick."
"Where are we?" Amy wondered as she spun around in awe and disgust.
"Overspill pipe, at a guess," The Doctor said, briefly pausing in his work.
"Oh, God, it stinks," Amy groaned, her nose wrinkling.
"That's not the pipe," Chris quipped as she walked up to The Doctor to get a closer look at what he was doing.
"Oh," Amy said before taking a sniff of herself, "Whoo! Can we get out?"
"One door, one door switch, one condition," The Doctor said showing the "forget" button to Amy, "We forget everything we saw. Look familiar? That's the carrot," suddenly the lights came on in the tunnel and the three of them spun to see two smilers sitting in their booth, "Ooh, here's the stick.
"There's a creature living in the heart of this ship. What's it doing there?" The Doctor walked towards the smilers, Amy and Chris following a few paces behind. The smilers' heads began to spin to reveal angry faces and The Doctor shook his head as Amy squeaked her fear, "No, that's not going to work on me, so come on. Big old beast below decks and everyone who protests gets shoved down its throat. That how it works?" The heads spun again to reveal even angrier faces.
"Oh, stop it," Chris interjected, stepping up next to The Doctor, "we're not leaving and we're not forgetting and what are you fellows going to do about it? Stick out your tongues?"
"Doctor?" Amy gasped when the smilers stood up and left their booths.
Chris glanced back to see Liz Ten behind them and sent the woman a relieved smile. Liz Ten winked at Chris before raising her gun and shooting both the smilers, gaining the attention of The Doctor and Amy. She twirled her gun and put it back in the holster that was strapped around her waist.
"Look who it is," The Doctor said while Liz Ten walked past the group to check the smilers, "You look a lot better without your mask."
"You must be Amy, Liz. Liz Ten. Hi. Lovely hair, Amy. Shame about the sick" Liz said addressing the redhead and going to shake her head before thinking better of it, "and Chris, how lovely to see you again?"
"Again?" Chris asked her brows furrowing, "we've met before?"
"You've met before?" The Doctor asked looking between Liz Ten and Chris.
"Well, not yet apparently," Liz said before drawing their attention to Mandy who had been with Liz Ten when she had shown up, "You know Mandy, yeah? She's very brave."
"How did you find us?" The Doctor asked, accepting the change in conversation even if he wasn't exactly happy with it. Chris was still watching Liz Ten with confusion.
"Stuck my gizmo on you," Liz said, tossing The Doctor her control, "been listening in. Nice moves on the hurl escape. So, what's the big fella doing here?"
"You're over 16, you've voted," The Doctor said tetchily, he didn't like that the woman in front of him had obviously upset Chris who was biting her lip despite the sick that covered it, "Whatever this is, you've chosen to forget about it."
"No," Liz Ten denied, sparing a glance at Chris in worry at the girl's silence, "Never forgot, never voted. Not technically a British subject."
"Then who and what are you, and how do you know me?" The Doctor asked he paused before adding: "and Chris? When did you meet Chris?"
"You're a bit hard to miss, love," Liz Ten said, "Chris even more so. Mysterious stranger, MO consistent with higher alien intelligence, hair of an idiot. Chris by your side with her sound advice and the voice of reason in her head. I've been brought up on the stories. My whole family was."
"Your family?" The Doctor asked when suddenly a whirring sound started behind them and the smilers began to move. The Doctor grabbed Amy's hand, pulling the redhead further behind him while Liz Ten took control of the situation with a worried glance at Chris.
"They're repairing. Doesn't take them long. Let's move." Liz Ten said, pushing Mandy in front of her while The Doctor did the same to Amy before waiting for Chris who had just shaken herself out of her stupor.
"The Doctor. Old drinking buddy of Henry and scones with Liz II," Liz Ten rattled off, giving The Doctor hints to her identity while they briskly walked away from the danger that the smilers presented, "Vicky was a bit on the fence about you, weren't she? Knighted and exiled you on the same day. Though, she does have a soft spot for Chris over there. And so much for the Virgin Queen, you bad, bad boy!"
"Liz 10?" The Doctor breathed, shooting Chris a panicked look before frowning at the say she was wringing her hands anxiously.
"Liz 10, yeah," Liz said bringing her hands into her sides and prepping her blasters. "Elizabeth X."
Chris had already pulled Mandy and Amy down so Liz's command was only for The Doctor,"And down!" She yelled, causing The Doctor to duck as she shot at the smilers that were following them with her blasters, "I'm the bloody Queen, mate. Basically, I rule."
Chris couldn't help herself. She was trying to figure out why it was that she kept on meeting people before The Doctor did. First, it was Craig, then Caecilius and Metella in Pompeii, and now she had apparently met Liz Ten before as well. She was worried about all of the apparent adventures she'd be having without The Doctor.
Her knowledge of the future was a comfort to her even as it was a burden. She didn't like not knowing what was going to happen. But then, that was a burden that literally everyone else had to bear. She began to realize that if she were to survive in this world she would have to find the balance between what she knew and what she didn't know.
For instance; she knew that The Doctor was friendly with her and that Amy was wary of her, she didn't know why. So what she needed to do was gain Amy's trust and keep that friendship with The Doctor because in the future she and the Time Lord were still friends and Amy had trusted her.
She could do that.
Chris shook her head suddenly remembering where she was. She had stopped paying attention, blindly following the group and not seeing the worried looks she was getting from both Liz Ten and The Doctor. When she looked around the area seemed to be glowing red and there was a door leading into another hall that had arms of the Star Whale trying to get their attention.
Chris stopped when she saw them banging against the bars and slowly approached. She stepped past The Doctor who tried to stop her and reached her hand out past the bar. The creature paused then and brought one of the tentacles to Chris' palm almost hesitantly, like greeting an old friend.
She was vaguely aware of the group silently watching her but the rest of her attention was placed on the bond that was formed by the contact. They didn't communicate by words but Chris felt the memories and emotions of the Star Whale flood her mind. She didn't hear herself scream or feel The Doctor trying to pull her back. She couldn't even feel Rain struggling to get Chris' mind unscrambled.
When Chris opened her eyes she was met by the worried look of the Time Lord. She gave him a shaky smile before pushing herself up and groaning and the rush that went to her head from the movement. After a few deep breaths, Chris stood with the help of The Doctor. She sent him another smile, this one stronger, before turning to Liz Ten.
"You wouldn't happen to have a place we can shower, would you?" Chris asked the queen with another smile, "my stomach is starting to react to the stench."
"Of course," Liz said, sharing a worried look with The Doctor, before turning and leading the way to her quarters.
Chris could feel the worry coming from the others and tried her best not to snap at them. She felt worried too and their concern was not helping her feel any better. She still had a headache and she could feel Rain was also swamped by the input of unexpected information.
With a roll of her eyes, Chris decided to ignore the three of them until after she got a shower and a clean change of clothes. Her bag also needed a quick wash and Chris was worried that the contents, which included a change of clothes, were also covered in sick.
Her fears were assuaged when she was able to look in her bag after being led to a large bathroom just off the queen's rooms. Chris was surprised to find that the bag didn't even smell like sick. She shook her head and grabbed everything she would need for a shower before jumping in. Not even five minutes later she was dressed in a black plaid shirt, black pants, and a red beanie. Her hair was still slightly damp but Chris found herself not caring. She slipped on a pair of converse before bundling her clothes up and leaving them in a pile like Liz had told her to do.
Chris shouldered her bag before leaving the room and allowing the disgruntled Amy in. She was holding her spare clothes out from her body, seeing as the queen herself was letting Amy borrow some of her clothes. Chris smiled at the closed door for a brief moment before going into the queen's quarters to find The Doctor stepping gently between glasses full of water.
"Why all the glasses?" The Doctor asked, not yet noticing Chris who was observing him. The Doctor had cleaned up too but he was back in his usual ensemble. Chris wouldn't be surprised if he kept a spare change in the depths of his pockets for incidents like this.
"To remind me every single day that my government is up to something, and it's my duty to find out what." Liz drawled from her spot on the large bed. She grinned over at Chris, "it was Chris that showed me."
"Was it?" Chris asked from her spot in the door frame, "you've got to stop telling me these things, Liz."
"A queen going undercover to investigate her own kingdom?" The Doctor asked, not allowing Liz the time to reply though he did shoot Chris a smile. Amy walked in then and Chris led her to the mirror so that she could put her hair up. She smiled when she saw that Amy was in another pair of pajamas that looked identical to the ones she had been wearing. Amy saw that and shot her a glare.
"Secrets are being kept from me. I don't have a choice," Liz said, shooting Chris her own apologetic smile, "Ten years I've been at this - my entire reign - and you've achieved more in one afternoon."
"How old were you when you came to the throne?" The Doctor wondered as he picked up the mask that Liz Ten had been wearing when they met.
"Forty," Liz said with a smirk.
"What, you're 50 now?" Amy asked, sitting on the lounge chair at the end of the bed, Mandy moved to join her there. "No way!"
"Yeah, they slowed my body clock," Liz's smirk grew in size, "Keeps me looking like the stamps."
"And you always wear this in public?" The Doctor asked handing the mask to Chris when she came over for the girl to examine.
"Undercover's not easy when you're me," Liz admitted, "The autographs, the bunting."
"Air-balanced porcelain," Chris said suddenly, surprised that she remembered the words from when she had watched this before. She sat on the bed next to Liz, holding the mask up to her face, "Stays on by itself, cos it's perfectly sculpted to your face."
"Yeah," Liz shrugged, not seeing the importance, "So what?"
"Oh, Liz," The Doctor sighed, taking the mask back from Chris, "So everything."
The door opened suddenly and a group of people came in. The Doctor spun and Chris stood to stand in front of Amy and Mandy. The group watched as Liz stood up to address the group that had invaded her space.
"What are you doing?" Liz demanded the man in front, "How dare you come in here?"
"Ma'am, you have expressed interest in the interior workings of Starship UK," The man in front said as Liz stalked up to him, "You will come with us now."
"Why would I do that?" Liz Ten snarled and then raised a brow when the man's face suddenly turned to reveal the face of a smiler.
"How can they be smilers?" Amy asked, moving closer to The Doctor. Chris grabbed Mandy's hand, giving the girl an affectionate smile.
"Half smiler, half human," The Doctor murmured to Amy.
"Whatever you creatures are, I am still your queen," Liz Ten growled at the smiler, intent on protecting the rest of the group, "On whose authority is this done?"
"The highest authority, Ma'am," The smiler answered
"I AM the highest authority," Liz reminded and Chris snorted, quickly covering it with a cough.
"Yes, ma'am," The smiler agreed, "you must go now, Ma'am."
"Where?" Liz Ten asked.
"The tower, Ma'am."
Amy glared again at Chris who was back wearing street clothes. She remembered Chris being different when she was younger and the change was startling. She couldn't quite bring herself to trust the other woman even if The Doctor had insisted that they were the same person.
"Doctor, where are we?" Amy asked, sidling up to the the Time Lord if only to annoy the girl walking behind her.
"The lowest point of Starship UK," The Doctor answered, looking around the room before looking back at Chris almost nervously. Amy watched his eyes harden suddenly and couldn't help the shiver that ran down her spine. "The dungeon."
The tower was more of a command center in Amy's opinion, but she decided not to express that. Instead, she looked around the room, cringing at the set up in the middle, before spotting the children on the other side of the room. She glared at Chris who was already interacting with them before schooling her expression.
"Ma'am," one of the occupants of the room greeted, bowing to Liz Ten. He was an older man and looked like he cared greatly for the queen.
"Hawthorne!" Liz gushed, "So this is where you hid yourself away. I think you've got some explaining to do."
"There's children down here," The Doctor said, noting the children in the room as well, "What's all that about?"
"Protesters and citizens of limited value are fed to the beast. For some reason, it won't eat the children." Hawthorne mused, glancing to the middle of the room in wonder before looking at The Doctor whose brows were pushed together as he surveyed the room, "You're the first adults it's spared. You're very lucky."
"Yeah, look at us. The torture chamber of the Tower of London," The Doctor said sarcastically, "Lucky, lucky, lucky. Except it's not a torture chamber, is it? Well, except it is. Except it isn't. Depends on your angle."
Amy watched as The Doctor almost pranced around the room. The more he saw the angrier and angrier he seemed to get. Amy glanced at Chris once more to see that the other woman was watching The Doctor warily. The redhead's eyes widened in surprise when Chris looked over at her and winked.
"What's that?" Amy asked pointing at the contraption in the middle, not wanting to think too hard about it.
"Well, like I say, depends on the angle," The Doctor told her, "It's either the exposed pain center of big fella's brain, being tortured relentlessly Or? Or it's the gas pedal, the accelerator - Starship UK's go-faster button."
"I don't understand," Liz Ten said
"Don't you?" The Doctor spat, "Try, go on. The spaceship that could never fly, no vibration on deck. This creature - this poor, trapped, terrified creature. It's not infesting you, it's not invading - it's what you have instead of an engine. And this place down here is where you hurt it, where you torture it, day after day, just to keep it moving."
Amy couldn't tear her eyes from the middle of the room but she noticed Chris in her peripheral moving closer to one of the tentacles. She seemed to be conversing with it. When Chris spun around she was glaring at The Doctor and had tears in her eyes.
"Tell you what." The Doctor said, pointing his sonic at the tentacle he had just let out of the grating, "Normally, it's above the range of human hearing. This is the sound none of you wanted to hear."
He's not letting me in, Rain told Chris who was currently talking to the Star Whale, trying to give the gentle creature as much comfort as she could, The last thing he said was 'You don't have the right' and then he practically shoved me away.
Chris felt the tears she had been holding back pool over. She couldn't remember exactly when Amy had pressed the button in the show but she knew that Amy needed to do it now. In order for The Doctor to trust, his companion the Scott had to be their savior.
With that in mind, Chris turned around, glaring at The Doctor who was in turn glaring at everyone in the room. She knew that included her. His mind was too chaotic, his anger and guilt too great, for him to separate her from the others.
There were too many unknowns in their relationship, as such Chris wasn't able to do anything. So instead of yelling at The Doctor like she wanted to Chris ran over to Amy, engulfing the companion in a hug.
"Look, Amy," Chris ground out when Amy struggled against her, "I know you don't trust me, I get it, really I do. But I can't explain it now. Please, you have to stop him."
Amy looked at Chris with tears in her eyes. She wasn't glaring this time and for that Chris was grateful. "Why can't you?"
Chris shook her head, "you've noticed it already, haven't you," Chris murmured to the redhead, "you know what will happen if we protest. Oh, no, no you don't know yet. Think Amelia, think."
Chris looked over at the tentacle and froze, she still had the bond with the creature even though they weren't touching. She knew she had Rain to think for that. With stiff movements, she walked back over to where The Doctor was now and stood in front of the arm. She could hear The Doctor asking her urgently what she was doing but Chris' entire focus was on the creature. This would be the third time they communicated.
The first time was memories, the second an apology, and this time Chris was given instructions. Not for what to do now, but what she couldn't do in her future. The Star Whale knew that in Chris' future, and her past, she would come to Starship UK. She knew that Chris would try, but that she wouldn't be able to set her free.
"Stop it," Liz Ten yelled at The Doctor who was still pointing his sonic at the tentacle. She turned to Hawthorne with a glare, "who did this?"
"We act on instructions from the highest authority," Hawthorne blinked, glancing at Chris who had still not turned from the tentacle
"I am the highest authority," Liz Ten argued, "The creature will be released, now. I said now! Is anyone listening to me?"
"Liz. Your mask," The Doctor said, lifting the mask out of his pocket to show the queen.
"What about my mask?" Liz asked, lifting a confused eyebrow. No one noticed Chris turn away from the creature and regard them with tears still in her eyes.
"Look at it. It's old," The Doctor told her, earnest in his voice, "At least 200 years old, I'd say."
"Yeah, it's an antique, so?" Liz shrugged, not getting the point that The Doctor was trying to make.
"Yeah, an antique made by craftsmen over 200 years ago and perfectly sculpted to your face," The Doctor said, "They slowed your body clock, all right, but you're not 50. Nearer 300. And it's been a long old reign."
"Nah, it's ten years," Liz said, shaking her head and trying to prevent herself from panicking. "I've been on this throne ten years."
"Ten years," Chris said from her spot behind them, "And the same ten years over and over again, always leading you here."
"What have you done?" Liz demanded of Hawthorne.
"Only what you have ordered," Hawthorne replied, "We work for you, Ma' Winders, the Smilers, all of us."
Hawthorne led the group over to the screen that was to play the video for Liz Ten. Mandy had found one of her friends and was talking earnestly with him while the adults watched the video. Chris stood next to Amy, giving the companion silent comfort.
"If you are watching this. If I am watching this, then I have found my way to the Tower Of London." Liz Ten watched herself on the screen with wide eyes. "The creature you are looking at is called a Star Whale. Once, there were millions of them. They lived in the depths of space and, according to legend, guided the early space travelers through the asteroid belts.
"This one, as far as we are aware, is the last of its kind. And what we have done to it breaks my heart. The Earth was burning. Our sun had turned on us, and every other nation had fled to the skies. Our children screamed as the skies grew hotter. And then it came, like a miracle. The last of the star whales. We trapped it. We built our ship around it, and we rode on its back to safety.
"If you wish our voyage to continue, then you must press the "forget" button. Be again the heart of this nation, untainted. If not, press the other button. Your reign will end, the Star Whale will be released, and our ship will disintegrate. I hope I keep the strength to make the right decision."
"I voted for this?" Amy asked, turning into the arm that Chris had wrapped around her shoulders while the video was playing, "Why would I do that?"
"Because you knew if we stayed here, I'd be faced with an impossible choice," The Doctor answered sourly, "Humanity or the alien. You took it upon yourself to save me from that. And that was wrong. You don't ever decide what I need to know."
"I don't even remember doing it," Amy protested, pushing away from Chris in order to plead with The Doctor.
"You did it," The Doctor shook his head, "that's what counts."
"I'm- I'm sorry."
"Oh, I don't care," The Doctor said to Amy, ignoring the glare that Chris was sending him, "When I'm done here, you're going home."
"Why? Because I made a mistake?" Amy asked testily, "One mistake? I don't even remember doing it. Doctor!"
"Yeah, I know," The Doctor replied, "You're only human."
"What are you doing?" Amy asked, watching as The Doctor moved to the controls.
"The worst thing I'll ever do," The Doctor told her with a glare, "I'm going to pass a massive electrical charge through the Star Whale's brain. Should knock out all its higher functions, leave it a vegetable. The ship will still fly, but the whale won't feel it."
"That'll be like killing it," Liz protested, glancing at Chris and wondering why the girl wasn't doing anything.
"Look, three options. One - I let the Star Whale continue in unendurable agony for hundreds more years. Two - I kill everyone on this ship. Three - I murder a beautiful, innocent creature as painlessly as I can," The Doctor said, glaring at everyone in the room, "And then I find a new name, cos I won't be the Doctor anymore."
"There must be something we can do, some other way," Amy protested, looking around the room, trying to get The Doctor to stop without truly interfering.
"Nobody talk to me," The Doctor yelled, "Nobody human has anything to say to me today!"
"Oh fine, shut up I got it," Chris yelled suddenly, making everyone jump. She was glaring at nothing in particular but with a shake of her head, she focused that glare back on The Doctor. "You, sir, need to shut up and think, just think for a minute. No more talkin' for you today. You are being very rude and very stupid."
"Ch-" The Doctor started only for Chris to snap at him.
"Ah- no being rude, you've not given Amy the chance to think," Chris turned to the redhead with a grin, "Amy, Amelia, Amy Pond, the girl who waited. You need to think. Remember everything that you know about The Doctor, everything you know about the Star Whale. Tell me, Amelia, if you were old and kind, what would you do?"
Amy gasped then ran over to the buttons, not giving anyone the chance to react. The Doctor didn't even realize what she was doing until she had already grabbed Liz Ten's hand and forced her to press the "protest" button.
"Amy," The Doctor yelled as the entire ship shook. He turned his glare on Chris, who was smirking at him, "Chris, what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking, Doctor, that I was tired of you shutting me out," Chris said icily, still glaring at The Doctor, "I also didn't appreciate what you said about humans and neither did Chris. So you need to take a chill and think about your actions. You need to start trusting people, Doctor, cause if you don't next time you might end up taking a life you don't need to take."
Chris suddenly fainted and hit the ground with a thud. The sound brought The Doctor out of his stunned state and he ran over to check on the girl. When he saw that she was breathing he turned to Amy with a frown, nowhere near as angry as he had been earlier.
"Amy, what have you done?" The Doctor asked, cradling Chris's head in his lap.
"Nothing at all," Amy asked turning to Hawthorne, "Am I right?"
"We've INCREASED speed," Hawthorne said in shock and Amy smirked.
"Yeah, well, you've stopped torturing the pilot," Amy said confidently, "Gotta help."
"It's still here?" Liz Ten questioned, "I don't understand."
"The Star Whale didn't come like a miracle all those years ago. It volunteered. You didn't have to trap it or torture it - that was all just you," Amy said, her smile softening the biting words, She turned to The Doctor, ignoring the pang of jealousy she felt when she saw him with Chris, "It came because it couldn't stand to watch your children cry. What if you were really old and really kind and alone? Your whole race dead, no couldn't you do then? If you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry."
The Doctor let out a breath then and shifted Chris in his lap so that he could bury his face in her shoulder. He took a few deep breaths trying not to let the tears fall. Chris had been right, he had been too caught up in his anger and guilt with himself to look at the full picture. He had almost killed an innocent creature.
"I'm sorry," The Doctor murmured to Chris, kissing the top of her head before looking up at Amy and sending her a small smile of apology.
"From Her Majesty," Amy said, holding out the mask to The Doctor even though he was still holding Chris, "She says there will be no more secrets on Starship UK."
"Amy, you could have killed everyone on this ship. You could have killed a Star Whale," The Doctor told Amy," and you saved it."
"I know, I know, I mean, it was Chris who practically told me what to do," Amy said, giving the girl credit, even if it was grudging, "Amazing, though, don't you think? The Star Whale. All that pain and misery and loneliness. And it just made it kind."
"But you couldn't have known how it would react. YOU couldn't," The Doctor said, shaking his head.
"But I've seen it before," Amy said, smiling at the confused look The Doctor sent her, "Very old and very kind, and the very, very last. Sound a bit familiar? Hey."
"What?" The Doctor said before looking down at Chris who was starting to come to, "we should leave soon."
"Shouldn't we say goodbye?" Amy asked, a little put out that his focus was still on Chris, "Won't they wonder where we went?"
"For the rest of their lives," The Doctor said with a grin, walking back towards the Tardis. "Oh, the songs they'll write! Never mind them. Big day tomorrow."
"Sorry, what?" Amy asked, confused and worried that The Doctor knew about her wedding.
"Well, it's always a big day tomorrow," The Doctor elaborated, "We've got a time machine. I skip the little ones."
"You know what I said about getting back for tomorrow morning," Amy started getting The Doctor's attention before he could enter the Tardis, "Have you ever run away from something because you were scared, or not ready, or just Just because you could? "
"Once a long time ago," The Doctor mused, glancing down at Chris to make sure she was alright.
"What happened?" Amy asked.
"Hello!" The Doctor grinned and waved the hand that was on Chris' knee at his new companion just as the phone inside the Tardis rang.
"Right, Doctor, there's something I haven't told you." She paused, registering what she was hearing, " No. Hang on, is that a phone ringing? People phone you? "
"Well, it's a phone box," The Doctor grinned before nodding towards the console where the phone was lighting up. He adjusted his grip on Chris so that he wouldn't drop her when he entered the Tardis after Amy, "Would you mind?"
"Hello?" Amy answered when she picked up the phone, "Sorry, who? No, seriously.
Who?" She covered the receiver to speak to the Doctor, "Says he's Prime Minister. First the Queen, now the Prime Minister. Get about, don't you?"
"Which Prime Minister?" The Doctor asked as he led Chris out on the jumpseat, making sure the girl was comfortable as Amy relayed his question.
"The British one," Amy called to him.
"Which British one?" The Doctor called and again Amy relayed his question.
"Winston Churchill for you," Amy said when The Doctor walked over to grab the phone.
"Oh! Hello, dear," The Doctor asked with a wide smile, though his eyes still showed his worry for Chris. She'd passed out after yelling at him before but it had never lasted this long. "What's up?"
"Tricky situation, Doctor. Potentially very dangerous," Churchill said, barely loud enough for Amy to hear, "I think I'm going to need you."
"Don't worry about a thing, Prime Minister," The Doctor said, his grin widening, "We're on our way."
He exchanged a few more pleasantries before hanging up and turning to Chris only to find that while he had been talking the girl had disappeared. With a frown of concern, The Doctor started to set the controls to where he was needed next.
A/N: Welp, I'm back! Sorry for not posting for so long. I was working this entire summer, then I was in London, then I started school. Now that I'm into the swing of things I've got my rhythm back and I'll be posting for this story more often. Please let me know what you think, where I can improve, and what confuses you. Thank you to every one that has favorited, followed, or reviewed! You guys rock and its honestly uplifiting to know that people are enjoying the story because I enjoy writing it so much.