Chapter 2 - Will
The TARDIS began to make a whooping sound as it began to shake.
"What's happening?" Louis asked
"Did you touch the console!?" The Doctor asked angrily pointing at him
"No… I…" Louis began but was immediately cut off
"Something's going on here!" The Doctor yelled
The shaking suddenly came to a halt as they found their balance.
"Did Rose leave?" Louis asked
"She left her phone behind" The Doctor said pacing the floor "Rose wouldn't leave me like that. Someone or something's took her."
"Doctor, did this TARDIS just travel in time?" Louis asked
"It can't have. I'm the only one who can control it" The Doctor said "This is all your fault" he said shaking his head
"My fault?" Louis said stepping up close "How exactly did you figure that one out?"
"Because you were supposed to go missing! It was written in my history book that it was supposed to be you! Not Rose!" The Doctor shouted pointing at him
"You're not thinking clearly" Louis said to him before turning to the door, opening it and walking out. The Doctor was still shocked and stood in the middle of the console room, like he was glued there.
"Doctor, we have travelled!" Louis suddenly shouted into the TARDIS, a few seconds later "Look!"
The Doctor hurried out of the TARDIS. They were in a long grubby stone corridor with a low ceiling.
"Rose!" The Doctor suddenly started shouting walking in front of Louis
"Wait Doctor. We better find out where we are first!" Louis whispered
"Rose!" The Doctor yelled again ignoring him
"We have no idea if she's even here, it's pointless" Louis muttered
"We're underground" The Doctor commented to himself "look at the size of that air vent"
He started frantically pacing down the corridor, getting angrier as he went, completely ignoring Louis' warnings. In the distance a rusty elevator was getting larger in size as they walked.
Suddenly they heard a wooden door opening not far from them. A man with short brown hair wearing a black suit and tie and a white shirt jumped out with a rifle and aimed it at them.
"How did you two get in here!?" the man questioned them as Louis and The Doctor's arms shot up. He had had a vague American accent.
"See that box" The Doctor pointed behind him
"You got in using that? A… blue box" his rifle suddenly went down as he thought to himself "Who are you?"
"I'm The Doctor" The Doctor said
"The Doctor?" he suddenly said to himself "The Doctor. The Doctor."
He suddenly dropped the rifle to the floor and ran back into the room.
"Where are you going?" The Doctor asked him running after him, Louis following behind.
He ran into a small grubby room. The man had sat himself at the desk and was typing furiously into his laptop.
"What are you doing?" Louis asked the man as he typed
"Following protocol" the man said over the noise
"Following what protocol?" The Doctor asked confused
"Gotta get this down." he said vaguely
"Tell me what you are doing now!" The Doctor yelled at him
The man completely ignored him and continued typing. The Doctor pulled out the sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the laptop. With a blue light and a buzz, the laptop shut itself down.
"Why did you do that? Put it back on!" the man yelled at them frantically pressing a button on the laptop, with no effect
"Not until you tell me what's going on!" The Doctor yelled back
"Both of you, calm down." Louis added
"Just tell me what you're typing" The Doctor said calmly
"I am following the Alliance Protocol." the man said "A strict code of friendliness between the United States of America and the United Kingdom that must be followed. You have broken it! There may be no trust between the two countries again! And it will be my ass on the line!"
"Where exactly are we?" Louis asked the man puzzled, turning to the Doctor
"You really don't know where you are, do you?" the man said "You are inside Area 51, a bunker deep underneath the Nevada desert."
"What year?" The Doctor asked him
"The year 2012, and you came at the wrong time to test my patience, Doctor. So put the laptop back on!" the man said
"What exactly do I have to do with the Alliance Protocol?" The Doctor asked him
"There is a strict rule that if you are sighted within the boundaries of the United States that we pass it onto the British secret organisation known as Torchwood. It's been that way for years, since the nineteenth century if I remember correctly. I'm just doing my job, okay."
"No, I don't want my sighting reported" The Doctor replied
"Negative. It must be reported." he said
"I wasn't even meant to come here, something sent me here!" The Doctor said angrily "Someone kidnapped my companion!"
"Rose" Will said "I heard you shouting that name in the corridor. You don't know who kidnapped her, do you?"
There was suddenly a hiss from somewhere on the desk and a voice. It was coming from a thin black walkie-talkie.
"Hey Will, pick up, it's Dave" the voice said "Are you there, Will?"
The man picked up the walkie talkie.
"How many times, you're a special agent now!" Will shouted into the phone "You threw away your identity and name when you joined us! You're Epsilon #4. Epsilon #4!"
"Sorry man, yeah Epsilon #4" the voice said "Just Team Alpha are awaiting further instructions"
"Get the Director to do it. I'm kinda tied up at the moment." Will said impatiently
"Couldn't get hold of the Director." the voice said
"Okay" Will replied "I'm coming up"
"Man, that guy is such a grouch" Epsilon #4, a slightly chubby man with untidy light brown hair said throwing the walkie-talkie onto the sofa before seating himself on a small wooden stool.
There were five people in the small grubby common room. The only objects were an old sofa, a small portable fridge and a large black communication device lying on the floor. On a small wooden table were a small white kettle and a few scattered cups. On another table was a thin LCD television which was currently turned to some chat show.
"Try running this place for five years, and see what it does to you" Epsilon #1, a tall man with black hair and glasses said, seated on the sofa "none of the other assistant director's help him"
"Have any of you met the Director yet?" Epsilon #3, an athletic man with very short brown hair asked "I haven't"
There was a murmur of "no" from the other four.
"I don't think anyone gets to; Will said they've never met in five years" Epsilon #1 added "We haven't even visited every floor, man" Epsilon #4 said
Epsilon #2, a man with a beard and shoulder length hair suddenly let out a chuckle.
"I snuck myself into one of the floors" he said in a Southern accent "look what I found"
He suddenly pulled out a small square metallic object with a circle button on it.
"You idiot!" Epsilon #5, a short man with combed short hair replied in a polite English accent "If Will finds out he'll go mad!"
"Yeah Dwight man, that object could be from Roswell or something, put it back" Epsilon #4 replied
"The button doesn't do nothing, okay. I can't remember the pass code for the floor anyway" Epsilon #2 replied annoyed
"Quit throwing double negatives around! That irritates me to no end!" Epsilon #5 replied
Epsilon #4 suddenly took the object from Epsilon #2 and hid it under the sofa.
"When's the opening ceremony?" Epsilon #3 asked as they pushed the event to the back of their minds
"Should start any minute" Epsilon #1 replied