Madison King
Chapter 3
The Doctor turns to look at the man who ran into him as he slows to a stop a few paces away. "We lost him!" he yells back at his friend (whom is standing in front of the Doctor, Amy, and Rory.) He ruffles his curly hair as he walks back to the small group. "No thanks to these peasants," he says popping the P.
The man's friend pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs. "We can try to find them again later. For now, could you please make an attempt at being friendly? You don't know who could be one of your clients someday."
The first man looks the Doctor and his companions over quickly. "They're planning to leave as soon as possible…or at least that's what the brunette plans for them."
Very confused Amy asks, "Doctor, what is he talking about?"
Rory cuts in before the Doctor can answer Amy's question, saying, "More importantly, who is he?"
The Doctor and the man's friend speak at the same time. The Doctor answers Amy's question by saying, "we're trapped in a parallel universe until the Tardis recharges;" and the man's friend answers Rory's question with, "He's Sherlock Holmes and I'm John Watson. He solves crimes, and I blog about it."
Amy raises an eyebrow and looks at the men before her. A parallel universe? A parallel universe where fictional characters are real?
Sherlock clears his throat and speaks up, "John, I believe they were talking to their friend. 'The Doctor,' is it?" He looks at the doctor. He examines him. Deduces him. "You're old. Really old. You're old and brilliant, but you act like an incompetent child most of the time. You're older than any known human, and most likely you're the last of your race. There may be another. That explains your loneliness and desire to travel. You keep humans around because you need friends. You're not human though…so what are you?" He notices other things about the Doctor, but that is all he chooses to point out.
"Fantastic," John softly says behind him.
"Thank you, John, but you really need to work on keeping those comments in until we're back to the flat. They're distracting."
"I know you're 'the Sherlock Holmes,' but you deduced me. How? I'm not human, and you still deduced me. It's all correct…" the Doctor says surprisingly dumbstruck.
"Please don't make him go through it," John groans. "We'll be here all bloody night."
"John's correct. I must be off. If you need any assistance, don't call me." Sherlock Holmes turns to go. He hails a cab and gets in.
"He didn't mean that. He's just…rude. Call us if you need anything. Our number should be somewhere in the paper and it's on the sight." John smiles a little as he quickly gets in the cab before Sherlock can leave him.
Amy and Rory both look at the Doctor. "Well, we might as well start working on trying to get the Tardis charged," the Doctor says.
"Why?" Amy asks. "We just met Sherlock Holmes. This could be fun."
Rory then says, "We're in a parallel universe. We may have a real life with River. She may not be in some space jail for pretending to kill you. We could be a family. Isn't that fantastic Doctor? To have Melody Pond, not River Song...like things were supposed to be?"
"No…" the Doctor responds. "You're right Rory. River may be Melody, but that is not enough reason to stay. For once, we need to get out of here before something happens rather than after."
"Why?" Amy asks. "We never leave early any other time? What makes this different?"
"Because this is how I lost Mickey!"
"Who?"
"One of my companions…he refused to come back with me when we left…this is also where I had to send Rose."
"Who's Rose?"
"She's the Bad Wolf." He pauses as he remembers rather than letting himself forget. "You know what, never mind. Forget that I mentioned them. Let's get the Tardis charging. It will take a while. Maybe there's some Adipose or something else here that we need to get rid of in the meantime. Come along, Ponds." He starts walking back into the alley and towards the Tardis.
They both sigh for they cannot find a loophole to the Doctor's request. They follow him back to the Tardis and help him try to find any light source. It's incredibly difficult in the dark vastness of the Tardis, but eventually they find one very small light. The Tardis could be charged.
"We almost had him!" Sherlock complained to John in the back of a cab on the way back to 221B Baker Street.
"I know, Sherlock," John says. He tries to calm his mate.
"That was one of Moriarty's top associates, and we almost had him!"
John looks out the window. He sees the same man that they were chasing in the opposite direction. Even by car, the man shouldn't have been able to get there in the amount of time since the chase. What is happening? "Sherlock?" John says sounding almost worried.
"I see him." Sherlock tells the cabbie to stop and jumps out without paying. John pays and follows Sherlock. They chase the man down the street…or what they believe is a man. If only they could see it's true form, then Sherlock would be sending John to find the Doctor. This 'man' is no human. It is a Zygote.