Christmas is crazy. And yes, the Christmas sequel I've started won't be finished until next Christmas. That said I'll probably think of something to tide everyone over until then. ;) Review!
flames and kisses,
Mlle. Phoenix Fox
Later Allison was talking on the phone with Jack,
"Okay Jack. Keep us posted."
She hung up and told Henry who was looking through a microscope,
"Jack and Andy confirmed that the same energy spike that's shown up when something disappears and when the Doctors and the companions appeared was present in Trudy's shop."
"So that's where the DNA came from. But Trudy had no idea?" Henry asked.
"Well Trudy did admit to using the bio printer unauthorized a month ago to grow the hair for her wigs. But she hasn't used it since." Allison said.
"So someone used the same method that she did to create the Doctors and companions and they not only erased their records of entering the lab, they erased Trudy's too." Henry nodded. The door to the lab opened and in walked the companions.
"Hey, K9 finished his sweep of the building." Rose said.
"Find anything?" Allison asked.
"Yeah K9 said he found traces of autron energy?" Rory said.
"Autron energy?" Henry asked.
"Yeah the Doctor usually explains this kind of thing. So what is it?" Amy asked leaning on the table with a hand on her hip.
"It's a type of energy that was made up for the show. Supposedly caused by a rift in the fabric of space and time. It doesn't really exist." Henry said.
"Well neither did we until three days ago. Someone must have created this autron energy." Clara said.
"And whoever created the autron energy may have created us." Rose said.
"But that would require someone messing with time travel wouldn't it?" Rory asked.
"Wouldn't surprise me..." Henry said giving Allison a pointed look. After all they had more than their fair share of time travel incidents over the years.
"Hey where are the Doctors? We should ask them about this." Allison asked.
"Well we got ambushed by another crowd of fans so the Doctors made a deal with them." Amy said.
"What kind of deal?" Allison asked with trepidation.
"Next!" The Tenth Doctor called. He and the Eleventh Doctor were sitting next to each other at a small table. A long line of scientists were waiting to greet them, their Ultimate Whovian Contest projects in hand. At first they had just agreed to autographs and pictures. But when one scientist asked for their advice, well...
A portly scientist set a device before them.
"Hello Doctors! I'm Marty and..."
"Yeah yeah, nice to meet you Marty. I'm the Doctor, hullo." Ten sighed since this was the fifty seventh person they had talked to today.
"I'm also the Doctor. Hullo." Eleven said.
"Wow this is such an honor. I've watched you guys since I was a kid..." Marty said.
"Line's backing up Marty." Ten said.
"Right. So my project is..." Marty began.
"A Timey Wimey device that goes ding when there's timey wimey stuff. Gimme." Eleven said pulling the device closer to work on it.
"I knew you guys would get it! See my Dad first got me interested in the show..." Marty told them. But the Doctors had stopped listening as Marty told his story. Instead they spoke amongst themselves,
"It just doesn't make any sense. Why create us but not create a TARDIS?" Ten asked Eleven.
"Maybe the culprit is still working on it." Eleven said.
"That would require a few thousand years, sentient organic coral that responds to temporal energy, and an imploded black hole." Ten said taking a Phillips screwdriver to the device.
"So we find out who in Eureka is an astrophysicist that specializes in black holes and who in Eureka is a marine biologist interested in coral reef farming." Eleven said taking up a wrench.
"You know we should actually listen to all these scientists to find out their field of study then." Ten said.
"Nah. The ones we need finished their project already." Eleven said.
"How do you know?" Ten asked.
"They're not standing in line." Eleven said.
"Hold do you know that if we haven't been listening?" Ten asked.
"I told my brain to listen for keywords." Eleven said.
"Ah!" Ten nodded.
"...And then my sister's friends laughed at my Dalek boxer shorts. I haven't dated much since then..." Marty continued.
"That's great Marty truly. Listen, we need to test this to make sure it works. Mind if we borrow it?" Ten asked as he and Eleven stood up.
"Oh sure! It'd be an honor." Marty beamed.
"Right then. Everyone! Sorry for the wait but the Tenth Doctor and I must dash as our Fifth Incarnation would say. Just leave your projects in Dr. Taggart's lab and we'll get to them later. That way when we give them back to you, we'll have a bit more one on one time. Sound good?" Eleven addressed the crowd by standing up on the table. This proclamation was met with shouts of,
"Yeah!"
"Awesome!"
"We love you Doctor!"
"Let's go Doctor." Ten said leading the way out. Eleven hopped down after him, but doubled back to a set of girls in tweed, bow ties and fezzes.
"One quick picture since you two know what's cool." He told them leaning in as the excited girls took a picture with a cell phone.
"Doctor!" Ten called.
"Coming!" Eleven yelled running after him. They ducked into the elevator to ride down to the ground level. They stood their awkwardly a moment listening to Muzak.
"Don't tell me you're getting used to all of that?" Ten asked.
"What? The fame and adoration of fans?" Eleven asked.
"Yeah, don't you think it's weird?" Ten asked.
"Of course! Never in a million years did I think we'd ever get fans. It was weird even when we met that L.I.N.D.A group. Which now I'm realizing was the show's love letter to its fans..." Eleven trailed off with a furrowed brow.
"But how are we suppose to make lives for ourselves here when everyone knows who we are? We can't just stay here in Eureka. We'd get too bored." Ten said.
"But outside of Eureka we'd be treated as lookalikes for those blokes Matt Smith and David Tennant." Eleven said.
"That'll get old quick." Ten scoffed.
"Already has." Eleven chuckled with him.
"You know what else is weird? I know we've met prior incarnations of ourselves before. But this time we don't get to go back to the time vortex like it never happened. We're no longer...the last single Time Lord. Now we're the first pair of Time Lords. I guess you could say that makes us...well..." Ten said.
"Brothers?" Eleven supplied.
"Yeah. Been a while since I had a brother." Ten said reflectively.
"Me too." Eleven said giving him a half smile. The elevator dinged and they got off, walking side by side.
"What do you think of this dress for the bridesmaids Jo?" Zoe asked as they sat in Zane's lab. The blonde showed the Latina the magazine, but Jo merely whimpered, adding it to the pile of wedding magazines she was going through.
"I hate this! Between keeping the crazy Whovians under control, Eureka Con and the missing experiments I cannot be expected to plan a wedding!" Jo huffed before banging her head on the lab table.
"Well the good news is I think those energy spikes can be classified as autron energy. Because there are definitely temporal properties present." Zane said stepping away from a microscope to join them.
"Wow. Which means that whoever is behind all this is using time travel." Zoe said.
"And since it's illegal to time travel how long do we have to keep this from General Mansfield?" Zane asked under his breath.
"Jack wants to catch the culprit first before we tell the General anything." Jo said sitting up.
"Forget the General. What about the Doctors? Has anyone told them it's illegal to time travel? Because you know the first thing they'll do is try to grow their own TARDIS." Zoe pointed out.
"Somehow I don't think the Doctors care about breaking a few laws when they don't agree with them. I know I don't." Zane said cheekily.
"Remind me why I'm marrying you again?" Jo asked dryly.
"You know you love me JoJo." Zane grinned as Jo laughed and pecked him on the lips.
"Still, someone should tell them." Zoe said.
"We will. When we absolutely have to. For now let's just try to get through our current problems." Jo said. Suddenly an alarm sounded in Zane's lab.
"What's happening?" Zoe asked.
"Autron energy spike in one of Section Five's vaults." Zane replied checking his computer then sprinting out of the room, Jo and Zoe on his heels.
As they wove their way through the darkened corridors, Zoe asked,
"What's down here?"
"I remember this place. This is where we stored the Artifact." Jo said as they stopped before a door. Punching in a code, Zane activated a wall that became transparent and showed them what was going on in the vault.
Upon seeing the Artifact, Zane muttered,
"Well that can't be good..."
Then they gasped as a bright flash of light filled the room.
Meanwhile, at Nicola Tesla High, a teacher in a history class dressed as the first Doctor asked,
"Okay students. Since it is Doctor Who week, who can tell me the historical facts the show got right when the Doctor met the Aztecs? Mr. Blake? Mr. Blake?"
But not seeing the young black man look up from his notebook, the teacher approached him, ignoring his other students giggles,
"Kevin? Did you hear me? Kevin are you all right?"
Kevin didn't respond. The concerned teacher looked at his notebook which was covered in equations. And in the center an elaborate drawing of a twisted organic vine like object.