In no time, Melody and The Doctor had reached the gates around New Paris where there were lines of people standing.
"Now why are they just standing there? Why don't they just walk in?" The Doctor asked to himself.
"It looks like they're standing in a security line like the ones at the airports," Melody piped in.
"Security lines… why would they have security lines here?" The Doctor asked looking around for some sort of explanation why.
"Well you said the chameleon walls were there to keep the people of New Paris safe from something. Maybe It's a security check for a mutant or robot of some sort."
"But look at them! No, I don't think it's a security line. Look…. People in lab coats, medical bags, gloves…" The Doctor ran forward towards the line to get a closer look at the line and the workers. "No, this isn't a security line. This is a hospital- a small hospital on the city limits of New Paris. Something about New Earth and thier hospitals…. But look closer, Melody."
Melody strained her neck to get a better look. "They just look like normal, healthy people, Doctor," she said.
"Exactly! It's not a hospital for sick people… it's for something else…"
"I can see tools, Doctor- from here it looks like there is a tray of scalpels, little metal things, and eww- mini... drills."
"Melody, your eyes are fantastic! Remind me to thank them. But where were we... the doctors... why do they have drills..."
Melody watched intently as the Doctor made faces, racking the endless filing cabinets in his Time Lord mind.
"Those Doctors are chipping all those citizens!" He finally exclaimed.
It suddenly clicked in her mind. "You can't go into the city unless you've been chipped!" she gasped. "Doctor I don't wanna get chipped! I don't even know what they do, I'm not goin' anymore!"
"Don't worry. I promise you aren't going to be chipped," The Doctor said trying to calm her.
"And how d'you think you'll go about that?" She asked with a fiery attitude showing.
"Well someone who has already been in the city has obviously already been chipped, right?"
"Yes but-"
"Just hold on! So we are gonna be people who have already been in the city."
"Doctor when you say "we're gonna be people from the city" you don't mean dressing up in Halloween costumes by any chance, do you? Please tell me we're only dressin' up in Halloween costumes."
"Technically," he said shakily.
"Well technically doesn't really cut it, Doctor. Besides, who do you even know who is from the city? As far as I know, this is your first trip to New France as well!" Melody said about to explode from frustration.
"Well it is. But that doesn't mean I don't know people from the city. You did come to see the queen today, didn't you?"