AN: Happy Saturday! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
They were speechless. Somehow, the inside of the TARDIS was huge, much bigger than it was on the outside. "It's... Bigger..." Managed Rachel. The Doctor beamed.
"Yes! Yes, it is! And there's more! But we don't have time for the grand tour right now, we need to get to your office!" The Doctor whirled around the big blue control hub in the middle of the TARDIS. He pulled a couple levers and pressed a couple buttons.
Nina saw Clara grab tightly hold if the silver bars that went around the TARDIS. "Should we hold on to something?" She cried.
"No!" The Doctor said.
At the same time Clara said, "Definitely!" The Doctor glanced at Clara and grinned.
Nina decided to take Clara's advice and grabbed hold of the metal bars too.
"Oh, Bill, look, this box is huge! It's small outside the door, but it's big in here! Bill, why is that?" Gary was looking at the blue orange walls of the TARDIS, and the big blue pipes that ran from the ceiling to the floor, in the very middle.
"Well, Gary, is it? It's bigger on the inside," the Doctor grinned widely as he talked about it. "because the inside," he spun around with his arms out. "isn't actually inside!"
Gary looked at the Doctor blankly.
The Doctor's face fell a little. "Ok, so the doorway," he gestured towards the doors. "is a doorway to another dimension, this! So really, the actual TARDIS, the police box bit, is just a shell, sort of, and-"
"Hey, Doctor, we kinda need to get going now!" Hicks said. What was wrong with this guy? He was just...odd. Who wears bow ties and suspenders?
A sudden thump and a wheezy sound filled the air. The Doctor clapped his hands. "We're here!"
"Why are you so happy all the time? We might be arresting you later on!" Bill asked.
The Doctor shrugged his tweed-covered shoulders. "I always get excited when we go on an adventure!"
Clara nodded. "He does. This one time, we were going to-"
"Uh uh uh Clara! We need to go talk to this other doctor! I wonder if he looks as good as me?" The Doctor said. He admired his tweed jacket, red bow tie, and swoopy brown hair in one of the TARDIS's screens.
Clara rolled her eyes and pulled him toward the door. "Come on, let's go,"
Nina led the way out of the TARDIS, followed by a scarcely believing Rachel, Bill, Hicks, and Gary.
"Oh! No!" Nina cried. The TARDIS had landed in her office, crushing her desk and decorations.
"Oh, Nina, I'm sorry! I'll help you clean it up!" Cried Rachel. She was about to bend down and pick up a broken picture frame, when she stopped. Rachel held up a hand. "Don't move! The TARDIS didn't do this!"
The Doctor crossed his arms. "I very much agree! She wouldn't do this! Unless she doesn't like you... But still!" He seemed very sure that the TARDIS had not caused this mess. Gary started to walk forward and out of the office.
"Gary, stop!" Rachel cried.
Gary looked up. "What? What? What did I do?" He yelled.
"Gary, this is a crime scene, ok? You can't just walk across it, you might disturb the evidence." Bill said gently.
Gary nodded. "Oh, ok Bill." He started walking back to the TARDIS.
"GARY, STOP!" Everyone, including the Doctor and Clara, yelled.
Gary covered his ears. "Stop yelling at me! I didn't know, I didn't know!"
All this commotion had alerted Kat that something was going on. She peeked into Nina's office. "Oh, you brought guests!" She looked farther into the room. Her jaw dropped when she saw the TARDIS on top of what had been Nina's desk. She registered the odd man with the bow tie and the brunette. "Is that..." She began, pointing at the Doctor.
"Hello! I'm the Doctor!" The Doctor said. He expected the small blond woman to say 'Doctor who?', but no such comment came.
What she said instead was, "Are you really an alien from Gallifrey?"
The Doctor was quite taken aback by this. "Does everyone know who I am here?" He said, baffled.
Kat finally registered the huge mess in Nina's office. "What happened in here?!" Her eyes trailed across hunks of wood, broken glass, and smashed paintings.
"We could ask you the same thing!" Hicks asked. "Are all of our offices like this?"
Kat frowned. "Not that I know of! We should tell Dr. Rosen about this,"
Everyone (except Kat, who was already outside of the office) sidestepped the debris and exited the room. They came out in a hallway, with doors that presumably led to other offices. In one direction there were some empty cubicles, in the other, a small room with green marble walls. Clara assumed that was where the elevators were, she had been able to tell from the view from the window that they were not on the first floor.
Kat led them all to a large office with some couches and a bookshelf that filled an entire wall. There was a big wooden desk towards the windows.
Immediately, the Doctor went over to the bookshelves, grabbing a book at random. "'Psychiatry for Dummies'? '1001 Tips for Diagnosing Depression'? What kind of doctor is he?"
"He's a psychiatrist, and an expert on Alphas. His daughter Dani was one, but..." Rachel glanced at Hicks, who looked very angry.
"But, Stanton Parish murdered her." Hicks finished.
"That's awful!" Clara cried. "Why did he kill her?" What a strange world these people lived in.
"He sacrificed her, because he cared for her." A voice said grimly from behind them. An aging man with gray hair and glasses stood in the doorway. Clara noticed how fit he was, for an old guy. Yurgh! She shuddered. Why would I think that? "I'm Dr. Rosen. And you must be the Doctor," he nodded at the Doctor. "Please, you and your friend can sit down."
AN: I hope you liked this chapter! We got to meet all of the Alpha team! Yay! please follow/favorite/review!
