Chapter 2
The metal bulkhead door slammed against the floor with a giant bang. The Doctor kept staring at the direction of the fallen door, but he heard mechanical sounds from the doorway and he saw a seven foot tall robot walk into room. The robot in pulsating voice said, "Follow me!"
"Oh my God, it's a Cylon," the Doctor said, "But I don't feel like dealing with the Weeping Angels. Let's go you two!"
Harper and Alex didn't wait for a second invite they all followed the robot out into the hallway and two more robots picked the car up and started to weld it shut. While they were walking, Harper leaned to Alex and asked, "What's a Cylon?"
Alex smiled and said, "It's from the sci-fi show 'Battlestar Galactica'. The Doctor loves that show. I kind of liked it."
"I thought you hated science fiction," said Harper.
"Harper, we are living science fiction right now," Alex said.
"True," Harper said, "We are."
Alex smiled and sighed.
The Doctor was next to robot and asked, "So what's your name?"
The robot didn't look at him and said, "My designation is 476."
"That's it? 476?" asked the Doctor.
"Yes," said 476, "What is your designation?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm the Doctor," the Doctor said. He pointed to the girls and said, "That one there is Alex and the one in the multicolored wonder coat over there is Harper."
"Hey! You gave me this coat," Harper said.
"I know," the Doctor smiled. He turned back to 476 and was going to say something when the robot whirled around and blasted several plasma blasts to the left of the group. The Doctor ran and pushed Alex and Harper down to the ground and shielded them. After the blasting stopped, the Doctor rolled over and leaned on his elbows and said, "Good lord, you really are a Cylon."
Alex annoyed and scared when she snapped, "Doctor, he not a Cylon!"
"I know, but still," the Doctor said. He stood up and saw the smoldering rubble of rock near one of the door ways. The Doctor crinkled eyebrows and impressed he asked, "Was that a Weeping Angel? Did you just blast a Weeping Angel?"
"Yes," said 476.
"That's useful," said the Doctor.
"I can only blast two Angels before I have to recharge," said 476.
"But still, it's useful," the Doctor said. He asked one of the robots, "How did the Weeping Angels get onboard?"
"Insufficient data to determine Weeping Angel origin," 476 told the Doctor.
"That's not good," the Doctor said. He then asked, "Are there any crew members still onboard."
"Only a dozen," 476 said, "The others were eradicated by the Angels. We are approaching the crew members."
"That's good," the Doctor said, "I'd like to meet them. I hope they know how the Angels got onboard."
The Doctor backed up to the girls and said, "We're nearing the only survivors of the crew."
"How many lived?" asked Alex.
"Only 12 out of hundreds," the Doctor said, "The Weeping Angels got the rest of them."
"How can a statue be so deadly?" asked Harper.
"That's only what you see," the Doctor told them, "The Weeping Angels are quantum locked. They are only stone when you looked at them and, short of a blaster thing like Mr. Cylon over there has, you can't kill a Weeping Angel because you can't kill a stone, but when you look away."
"What happens when you look away?" asked Alex.
"They move faster than you can ever believe," the Doctor said, "When you look away, they can move so fast. When they do get you, they send you back in time. The feed off the life you could have had and other forms of time energy."
"Like me?" asked Alex.
"What?" asked the Doctor.
"You said that I using time energy to do my magic," said Alex.
"That's right," the Doctor remembered, "Then why aren't the Weeping Angels after you?"
"I don't care," Alex said.
"What about the TARDIS?" asked Harper.
"That's possible," the Doctor said, "The TARDIS did lock itself, and that would make it impossible for the Angels to get in, but I don't think that's it. The TARDIS is harder to get to than you. With 476 over there, the Angels are avoiding us, but with more than a few Angels, we would be overpowered. Something else is on this ship and I want to know why, but until then there are a couple of things I need to tell you about the Weeping Angels that are very, very important."
"What are they?" asked Harper.
"Don't take a picture or video of an Angel because the image of an angel becomes an Angel. The one that is even worse is looking into the eyes of an Angel because you will become an Angel. You can stare at the angels, but do not look them in the eyes. Do you got that?" asked the Doctor.
"Got it," Alex said.
"Me too," Harper agreed.
476 interrupted the conversation and said, "We are here." 476 opened the door and several guns pointed at him and then the guns were lowered. 476 told the humans in the the room, "There are three other humans."
"What do you mean?" asked one of the humans.
The Doctor stepped in front of 476. The guards held their guns pointed at the Doctor, but he was unphased and said, "Well, two are human. I'm not a human. I'm complicated, but I do know that I don't like guns very much. Having said that, can you please not point guns at me."
"We'll decide that," one of the guards said.
"Okay, fair enough, but to help, I'm the Doctor," the Doctor rambled, "These two girls over here are Alex and Harper."
"What are you a Doctor of?" asked the guard.
"Everything," the Doctor replied, "You know our names. What about your names?"
"You don't..."
"My name is Darius. I'm the commander," a commanding voice came from deeper inside the room. A man in a leather jacket and jeans stepped up. He had black hair and a black goatee, "Men, stand down and let them in."
"Thank you," said the Doctor as the three of them were let in. Alex and Harper sat down on a couple seats. There were four women and eight men in the room. The two guards stayed next to the door. The Doctor slowly took a seat.
"These two here are Cyrus and Jase," Darius said as he sat down across from the Doctor, "Cyrus is my son."
"Are you two named after King Darius and King Cyrus of ancient Persia?" asked the Doctor.
"You know your history," Darius said, "That's something lost this day in age."
"I get around a bit you know. So this is actually the Aragon?" asked the Doctor, "I've heard stories of this ship for years, but I never thought it actually existed. Before you ask, I'm a time traveler so I've heard the stories. Some are believable and some aren't"
"Time travel?" asked Darius, "If this were any other ship, I'd question that."
"What does that mean?" asked the Doctor.
"That's not important," Darius said, "But I would like to know how you got onboard the ship. All the hangers and flight decks are cut off and are vacuums."
"Oh, that's because my ship just materializes," said the Doctor.
"Seriously?" asked Darius, "I heard some people were trying to master that."
"Won't happen for another seven hundred years," the Doctor said.
"How do you know that?" asked Darius.
"Time traveler," said the Doctor.
"Oh, yes," Darius said, "So when do you come from then?"
"That's quite hard to explain," said the Doctor, "I come from a planet that is non-linear and non-subjective so that means I am from the past, present and future."
"What planet is that?" asked Darius.
"Gallifrey," the Doctor said.
"Gallifrey? I've never heard of that planet," Darius replied.
"Gallifrey is a planet of legend by the higher races. It's said the planet was lost in fire and destroyed in a massive war," 476 stated as it accessed its memory banks.
The Doctor's jaw clenched and Darius said, "476 stop."
"Yes, sir," said 476.
"So you're from Gallifrey then? What these two young ladies?" asked Darius.
"Nope, they're humans from Earth just like you," said the Doctor.
"They may be human, but I am not from Earth," said Darius.
"Oh that's right," the Doctor remembered, "The natural disasters. They've been going on for the last two centuries."
"That's correct," Darius said. He looked at Alex and Harper and then to the Doctor again, "So they're really from Earth?"
"Yes," the Doctor said, "From the 21st century."
"So they're from a thousand years ago?" asked Darius.
"Yeah, they are," the Doctor affirmed.
"But I do have one major question for you though, Darius," said the Doctor.
"What is it?" asked Darius.
"Why are the Weeping Angels here?" asked the Doctor.
"I don't know," Darius said, "We were traveling between Anarchus and Nerva when they attack."
"Wait a minute," the Doctor said, "Nerva?"
"Yes, why?" asked Darius, "We didn't get any communications from there for a while so we were sent to check it out."
"Nerva is a legend, but that's okay," the Doctor said, "Nerva is fine and everyone on there will be okay. Anyway, back to the point, the Angels."
"They just attacked us for now reason," Darius said, "There first wave was so fast that over half the crew were killed."
"They are fast," the Doctor said.
"After that we fought back, but eventually we lost everytime. Only us twelve made it here," Darius explained.
"Weeping Angels attacking a ship like this is not normal, unless there was time involved," the Doctor said.
"What do you mean?" asked Darius.
Darius's tone changed and the Doctor picked up on it. He said, "The Weeping Angels are attracted to time energy. They feed off of it. Darius, what is onboard the Aragon that would attract the Angels."
"Dad, don't tell him," said Cyrus walking up to the two of them.
"Cyrus, this man is a Time Lord," said Darius, "He can help."
"What is it?" asked the Doctor.
"It would be better to show you," Darius said, "But we need to leave this room to get there."
"It's not safe," said Cyrus.
"You think I don't know that, Son," Darius said. Darius stood up and the Doctor did also. Darius told the others, "I am going with the Doctor."
"Dad," said Cyrus.
"Cyrus! Keep the Doctor's friends safe while we are gone," said Darius.
"Yes, sir," said Cyrus.
Darius nodded and he led the way for the Doctor to follow. They went into the corridor and 476 led the way making sure that there were no Weeping Angels. After a while, the two of them made their way to the power core of the ship. The Doctor looked around and saw there were wires all connecting to a single place. Darius led him down that way and the Doctor saw a dodecahedron about the size of a basketball floating about a table. All the wires connecting to the table underneath and the Doctor knew what that was, "Darius, how did this thing get here?"
"We made it," Darius said.
"That's impossible. This is a Time Matrix and the design in not human at all," the Doctor said.
"I know, Doctor. The design is Time Lord," Darius said.
The Doctor looked at Darius with fire in his eyes and said, "Darius, I never told you I was a Time Lord. You never knew of Gallifrey and that means you never heard of the Time Lords, but you know what they are, and now you have a Time Lord Time Matrix in your ship's power core. Darius, what is going on?"
Darius didn't answer.
"Darius! How did you know I was a Time Lord?" asked the Doctor, "Answer me, Darius! How did you know!"