3 – It's Time for Christmas

The Doctor sighed. It was one of these days when he just didn't know what to do. So many places to go, so many already gone to… How many unseen places were left? What if someday there wouldn't be a place left to go?
"You're going all yowzah again, Doctor!" the brown-haired young man said and angrily shook his head to get rid of that ridiculous thought.
"Well it's not my fault if I'm bored!" The Doctor protested. "I hate being bored, it's so boring! I get all sorts of ideas when I'm bored!" He jumped up from his seat and started hobbling around the Tardis controls. "Once I was so bored I taught a fly how to buzz in Chinese. Awful small memory it had. Oh, and a lot of nasty words for such a small creature!"
"Maybe it just didn't like the fact that you kidnapped it and flew it all across the universe!" The brown-haired man reminded him.
"Well it was free to buzz off at any time!" The Doctor rolled his eyes. "And apart from that, Musciodae was a really boring planet! At least it got to see the Medusa Cascades before it died which is more than most flies can say for themselves!" He pulled a lever. "Hang on, who am I even talking to?"
The Doctor turned and looked around in the Tardis. But there was no other person to be seen.
"Oh. Just me." He realized. "Well in that case" He dashed off to the hat stand next to the Tardis doors and put on the red velvety fez, "I'll leave the choosing to you!" And then he was back at the control panel, pulling levers, pushing buttons at random. "Ready, Sexy?" He started the Tardis. The familiar swooshing came on as the Tardis disintegrated and lifted the Doctor off the surface of the Earth and into the unknown. He only realized he'd left the shields off when an enormous blow rocked the Tardis and knocked him off his feet, and the next thing he saw was a giant sabulous mountain that had drilled his way into the Tardis and was now covering the Tardis console.

The Doctor needed a few seconds and a scan of his sonic screwdriver to realize that the sandy mountain hadn't in fact made its way into the Tardis, but the Tardis was actually lying on its side and the doors had been blown open during the collision with whatever they'd flown into.
"Well that's… unusual." The Doctor said to himself and turned back to the console, pressing some buttons, and the swooshing started again. He pulled the Tardis out of reality just long enough to readjust the position so this time, he landed on upside up, as the Tardis should have in the first place.
"Alright, sexy" he murmured and stroked gently over the controls. "Where did you land us this time?" He pulled up the monitor, but then changed his mind and turned away from the engines. "Only one way to find out!" He picked up the velvety fez that had fallen from his head in the crash and brushed the sand off it, then he opened the door, just a bit to sneak a peek, when a firm grip closed around his arm and pulled him out, and the next thing he knew he was pressed against the Tardis doors, a human body squeezing against his and soft, female lips locking his own.
He was way too surprised to protest, and only when the woman pulled back from the kiss he realized who was standing in front of him.
"Hello, Sweetie!" River Song said with a cheeky smirk. "Long time, no see!"

The Doctor shuffled his feet, still overwhelmed by the surprise attack from his favourite criminal.
"I was busy!" he just replied and softly pushed her aside to take in his surroundings. The Tardis had landed on a sandy ground that stretched out as far as the Doctor could see, only at the horizon he could just about make out a city.
"Where are we?" He asked River and then strolled off to scan the surroundings, not even listening to her answer. "Seems to be a desert planet, San Helios maybe? Probably made by alien-"
"Doctor!" River interrupted his deductions. "I hate to spoil your fun, but…" she pointed behind the Doctor's back. He spun around and suddenly realized where they were. Right behind the Tardis, a gigantic sand sphinx rose from the desert ground and into the sky, and a big hole gaped where should have been her nose.
"Giza", the Doctor said and wrinkled his nose. "We're in Giza! Why the hell" he turned around , addressing River, "Are we in Giza?"
"The question is, Doctor, how the hell did that nose just come off? Seriously, can't you ever just go somewhere without damaging anything?" she smirked.
"That wasn't my fault!" he protested. "How should I know the Tardis was going to randomly crash into something?"
"Did you leave the shields down again?"
"No! …Yes."
"You're never going to fly that Tardis right, are you?" She grinned.
"Where would all the fun be if I did that?" He grinned back and extended a hand towards the beautiful blonde woman. "Coming?"
"Only if you take off that ridiculous fez!" She pointed to his head.
"No, I can't I'm trying to blend in here!" He protested, but River only laughed. "Well, Doctor, you're in the wrong country for that! Off with it!" She held out her hand, demanding the fez. "You don't want me to shoot it off again, do you?" She added when the Doctor hesitated.
"No!" He exclaimed and clutched his fez like a baby, then, after a second unwillingly handed it over to her. "But don't damage it!" But River just smiled.
"Well, are we going then? It's not every day you're landing in ancient Egypt, is it?" The woman winked at the Doctor as she stuffed the ridiculous hat in her handbag which was obviously time lord technology – bigger on the inside. Without waiting for a response, she took the Doctors hand and turned around and walked towards the giant sphinx, pulling the man after her.
"There's been some weird deaths around the great pyramid so I thought we should better check it out" The blond woman explained excitedly. "I've always wanted to explore the secret passages in the pyramids! I'm guessing the snakes Khufu put in as a trap should be dead by now, although I heard one of them is rumoured to be a basilisk which would explain all this in the first place…"
"So that's why you brought me here?" the Doctor asked. "A snake hunt in ancient Egypt?"
"No, silly, I don't need help with a little alien snake!" River replied, a flirty smile on her lips. "I called you here because you look gorgeous next to me and to give you this"
Without a warning she took hold of the Doctor's lapels and pulled him close and then her lips were on his and she kissed him passionately, and this time, he kissed back, with the same passion. Even though she annoyed him he'd missed her, and he could never imagine a life without her occasional callings.
"Merry Christmas, sweetie!" She whispered when she pulled back way too soon. "Now, are you in on the snake hunt?" She grinned, and without another word, the Doctor pulled her further towards the pyramids and into an adventurous adventure in ancient Egypt.

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