The Truth in Time (Reunited AU) - Chapter 4 - Crash Landing AGAIN?!
"Wait?! What do you mean again?" At this point, yes, she was yelling. Not because it was too loud for him to hear her, though that was very likely true, but because she was very upset with him at this point in time. "I don't know happened! We were fine just a minute ago!" "You think? I would never have guessed when we weren't being thrown around that we were fine! How about you try and keep us from crashing, you daft idiot!"
Maybe we should rewind a bit so you can see how they got here.
Clara walked into the console room with a towel around her shoulders. "Right, all cleaned up from that um… exploded.. morga goo tree… Anyways, are we set to go then?" The Doctor turned and smiled his goofy smile and set the Tardis into motion quite roughly. "Geronimo! You should probably dry your hair and put on something warmer. I figured we could stop by an icy planet and get some slushes." Clara smiled and nodded, "Right. That is if you actually land us where you intend." The Doctor opened and closed his mouth several times. "I think after over a millennium I know how to drive my own ship!" Clara ran off down the hall snickering, leaving the Doctor in the console room.
When Clara walked back in the Doctor was running around the console in a frenzy, flipping switches and watching the screen carefully every time he did something. Just then the TARDIS cloister bell started ringing and she shook aggressively, throwing both Clara and the Doctor to the ground. The Doctor rushed to stand and smash more buttons and levers. Once she was off the ground and up the stairs to the console Clara observed the situation and resorted to yelling, "Doctor! What happened?!" They were both promptly thrown to the floor again, the Doctor only yelling two words, "Crashing again!" Clara clung to a handrail and settled herself on the floor figuring that it was the safest place. "Well can you fix it?" Before he could answer she shook her head and glared at him. "Wait?! What do you mean again?" At this point, yes, she was yelling. Not because it was too loud for him to hear her, though that was true, but because she was very, very upset with him at this point in time. "I don't know happened! We were fine just a minute ago!" "You think? I would never have guessed when we weren't being thrown around that we were fine! How about you try and keep us from crashing, you daft idiot!"
(Yeah, I know that didn't help much… HAHAHAHA evil me…)
"Trying!" He shifted his focus from Clara to the console again before being thrown to ground quiet harshly. Then everything stopped. It just stopped. The TARDIS was still moving, but you couldn't tell if it wasn't for the column still pumping away and the grating quietly coming from the engine room below them. The entire ship seemed to come to a standstill, the screen on the console black, and the only noises were those coming from the very same engine room.
It took both of them a minute for everything to register. The Doctor hopped back up and turned the screen towards him, pressing buttons and things to make it function. Clara slowly rose from the ground where she had settled and returned to his side. "Doctor? What just happened?" She spoke in a near whisper. He shook his head and violently smacked the screen before it turned on. "Ah ha!" He shouted, then cringed at the strange silence that followed. "Doctor what is it?" The Doctor read the screen carefully and found himself staggering backwards and hitting the railing, his head turned to the door with wide eyes and he scrambled to get the Tardis in motion again. Except. Nothing was working. "No. No, no, no, just no. No! Get us out of here! Right now, do you hear me?! Right now! Get us out of here this instant!" Clara quickly moved from out of his way and looked towards the doors then back to that crazy man. Before she could stop, her hand it was flying towards his face and then he was on the ground. "Wh-what was that for?!" The Doctor stood screaming a little louder then he should have. Clara stood taller then she seemed and glared at him, "Tell me what is going on! Don't just stand there and ignore me! You want me on this ship you will tell me when and why you are freaking out, so I can freak out too or try and solve it!" She huffed and flew past him headed down the stairs to the library. "Clara, wait! Look, I don't understand what's happened. Okay, yes I ignored you and I'm sorry, but we should not be here.." "Where, Doctor? Where are we?" The Doctor shook his head and swallowed. "In the middle of a rift. A hole in time and space that could tear two or three or ten universes apart. A hole I thought was closed…" Clara sat down in the closest chair and observed him for a moment. "Doctor what does that mean? What do we need to do?" The Doctor rose and leaned against the console, crossing his arms and breathing deeply. "Honestly, I don't know. We have to get out and seal it, but she's," He motioned around the room. "not responding. She didn't even want to give me any information. We need to get out on the right side too." His face kept dropping as he thought more about what (or who) was on the 'wrong' side. "Alright so how do we do that?" She stood and walked over to the console. "Come on, show me what to do." The Doctor shook his head. "There's nothing that can be done. She's completely shut me out and I don't think she is really trying to shut me out. I think the Tardis is having trouble stabilizing so she can't let me in, meaning we have to wait it out and hope we end up where we belong." Clara nodded and went back to her seat, patting the one next to her for the Doctor to sit down. He did of course sit down and bury his head in his hands. She laid a hand on his shoulder to comfort him, what for she didn't know, but she knew he needed it.
It took, what seemed like forever with the Tardis not flopping around, but in reality was only an hour. After that hour had ended the Tardis shook and hit something. Hard. The Doctor who had resorted to sitting in his swing seat and reading his book was knocked sideways out of his seat, face first on the floor. "Ah Clara! We've landed!" Clara groaned from above, "Yeah, I know.. I felt it." She had been thrown into the air slightly from her nap in the seat on the console deck. This was quite obviously not the smoothest of landings.
(I guess I didn't need to say that, but I felt like it so there. HAHA)
"Right, come on then!" He ran up the stairs to the door. "Let's see where we are at! Let's see if we landed on the right side! Come on!" Clara laughed and shook her head at the man, following slowly behind.
The Doctor threw open the doors and wandered out onto the pavement of an empty alley way, four pigeons noisily squawking away on a gathering of four tangled clothes lines above.
(Well, here it is... Chapter 4. So happy that it's up! Be ready cause next chapter is the start of some scary and suspenseful stuff. Chapter title: A Painful Shopping Trip, yeah I know it's a sucky title, but I tried. The true feats of writing are in the chapter itself, don't worry. It turns out that my sister may be moving out and I might get back together with my old boyfriend. So, hopefully, things will change, stress will go down, I'll be happier and more inspired, and I'll start writing again. Thanks for reading! Please review, leave comments, show me to errors... I would really appreciate it! Love, Bad-Panda-K)