AN: Hello! I hope you like this chapter!
The Doctor was contemplating this whole Alpha thing, when Kat interrupted his thoughts. "Yeah, I put the list of Parish's closest allies on Nina's desk this morning." She started to look around the remains of Nina's desk, but the TARDIS was practically sitting on it. "Can you move this thing? What is it, anyway?" Kat said.
"Yes, I was wondering the same thing. What is this...police box?" Dr. Rosen asked.
"Well, if you didn't believe the Doctor's two hearts, you'll have to believe he's an alien once you see the inside!" Clara said happily.
The Doctor fumbled a bit with the key, but once he unlocked the door, everyone but Kat and Dr. Rosen smiled widely. They wanted to see how they would react to the inside.
Looking quizzical, Dr. Rosen followed the Doctor into the TARDIS, as did Kat. The Alphas followed behind, excited to see the time machine again.
Dr. Rosen staggered a bit, and had to grab the handrail to steady himself. "I- how does this work?" He gasped.
Kat jumped up and down. "Wow! Look at this! This is awesome! It's bigger on the inside!"
The Doctor smiled. "Yes!" He cried. Finally, someone said it correctly! Turning serious, he turned to Dr. Rosen. "Do you believe that I'm an alien now?" He asked.
Dr. Rosen gaped. "Yes! I believe you! How is this even possible?!"
"Dr. Rosen, Dr. Rosen, the TARDIS works because the doorway is a portal to another dimension, which is what we're standing in. Dr. Rosen, if we were all standing in the police box part by itself, we would be smushed against each other." Gary explained.
The effects of the time machine wearing off, Dr. Rosen felt sane enough to say something. "We should move the TARDIS out of Nina's office. Can you move it to by the elevators?"
The Doctor opened his mouth, and then partially closed it. "Hmm. I've never moved her such a short distance before. Well, I'm willing to try!" He pulled some levers and threw a switch.
"You might want to hold onto something!" Clara warned. The group immediately grabbed the metal rails.
"Clara, have you no faith? Trust me! I'm the Doctor!" The Doctor smiled at his little joke.
"No, Doctor, I don't trust you to fly this thing, considering we were aiming for the Empire State Building and we ended up in an apartment building. TWICE." Clara shot back. The TARDIS bumped, and caused Clara to fall to the ground. She got up, grumbling, and rubbing her head where she had hit it. She wasn't sure if the Snogbox had bumped on accident or if she, no IT, had done it on purpose. Clara figured it was the latter.
A few seconds later, the Doctor, Clara, Dr. Rosen, and the Alphas filed out of the TARDIS and into...the kitchen. "I was close," sighed the Doctor. He peered down the hallway to see the elevators all the way at the end. He looked the other direction and saw that Nina's office was less than 15 feet away. "Sort of..."
The group went back into Nina's office to see the damage that had been covered up by the alien time machine. Nothing new and incriminating had surfaced, but they wouldn't really know for sure until Rachel scoured it. She was better than a forensics team. In the meantime, everyone except Rachel went back into the kitchen. The group sat around the table, and pulled up chairs for Clara and the Doctor.
"Let's continue with the interrogation, shall we?" The Doctor said, in mock cheeriness. Clara rolled her eyes. She knew the Doctor was secretly enjoying bragging about his alien-ness.
"What do you know about Hector Dearborne?" asked Dr. Rosen.
"I've no idea who that might be," said the Doctor.
"Me neither," said Clara.
"Hector Dearborne is the suspect we thought was in the apartments buildings. Instead, we found you. Hector is an Alpha, he can basically shoot lightning out of his hands. He can also draw electricity from nearby sources to increase his power," said Dr. Rosen gravely.
The Doctor clapped his hands. "I bet that's why we kept ending up in those apartment buildings, Clara! The TARDIS was drawn to his electricity! He also most likely drained a lot of her power, which is why we had trouble getting anywhere."
"Any excuse for your bad driving skills! I know the Snogbox is old, but it does function properly!" Clara grinned. She knew the Doctor was right, she just enjoyed messing with him.
"SHE! The TARDIS is a she! And quite a sexy she, at that!" The Doctor exclaimed.
"Doctor, Doctor, the TARDIS is an inanimate object! It can't be sexy!" Gary retorted.
The Doctor's eyed darkened. "She very well is an animate object! And she very well can be sexy!" He glowered.
Clara laughed. "Oh, you just made him go there, Gary! Excellent job!" She held up her hand, wanting a high five.
Gary glanced at her hand. "I don't like to be touched, Clara!" Clara put her hand down.
Having realized that Clara had been messing with him, the Doctor was somewhat unhappy. He sat back in his chair and folded his arms, scowling.
"Wait, so Hector Dearborne actually was in those apartments today? And we missed him?" Hicks said, going back to their previous conversation.
"Yes, it seems that way. How were you tracking him?" Dr. Rosen asked.
"We had Gary look for big changes in electrical output, and the biggest ones that couldn't be explained by the power grid we went after. I guess one of them was the TARDIS..." Bill ventured.
"The TARDIS doesn't give have an electrical output, everything is recycled back in to be used as something else," said Clara.
The Doctor looked at her, dumbfounded. "How'd you know that?" he demanded.
"Since you don't seem to remember, I told you which TARDIS to choose! I do know how it works, you know!" Clara proudly stated.
"Then why do you refuse to call her a she?!" cries the Doctor. He threw his arms up.
"Oh, can we not have this conversation now?" Clara griped.
The Alphas has been staring at them, amused. There was obviously some sexual tension that needed to be resolved between these two. They fought like they were an old married couple.
AN: Awww... Clara and the Doctor! 3 Anyway, please leave a review! I hope you enjoyed the chapter, there's lots more to come!