Chapter 4:

In the TARDIS: Still 1227 AD but an hour later

Somehow the Doctor got everyone back to the TARDIS, it took an hour evading several mongol scouts, but they got in. There were a handful banging on the door, but had no way of getting in. "Doctor, how did we get here when we wanted to go to NEW YORK!?" "Normally the planets not only spin and move in their circles around a star, but the solar system itself moves constantly through space. In addition there seems to be a barrier of some sort for where and when specifically we want to go."

Olivia turned toward the others. "Does he always talk this fast?" Amelia and Fred nodded in agreement. "Either way, I've always wanted to meet you, may we excuse ourselves of these two and talk?" "Sure." The Doctor pulled a box of spare parts from under the console. "While you have a chat, I'll see what I can do with this console." The doctor emptied the box on the floor in order to find the part he wanted. Then he gave the console a smack with a wrench and Fred noticed something unusual in the box of spare parts. The girls walked down a corridor to talk. "Doctor? Is this Olivia's badge? I think she dropped it." "Huh? Oh, that happens, I'm sure she'd like it back." The doctor hadn't even looked as he was now under the console messing about with wires and switches. "I think it might be hers, unless you have one? Do you? All this says is a number. '6313' is it yours?" "It's not mine." "I'll just hold on to it then. Do you need any help?" "Do you know anything about trans-Dimensional space-craft?" "...No." The Doctor leaped up.

"Fred, were the last one out when we left?" "Yes, I think so, why?" "Did you leave the door open?" "...um, perhaps, didn't want to lock us out." "Well, you didn't lock someone else out, there's a part missing!" The gunshots and stomping of feet from behind them answered the Doctor's fears. "Doctor, what are these!?" "Doctor, why can't bullets stop these things!?"

"YOU WILL ALL BE …. UPGRADED!" came the vocal response. The Doctor looked on as two Cybermen chased Amelia and Olivia down a corridor. Another two turned to march towards the Doctor. The Cyberman again declared "YOU WLL BE UPGRADED OR DELETED!" "Not while I'm breathing! Delete this!" The Doctor flipped on his sonic screwdriver. No results. The Doctor changed the setting and sent the signal again. A part of the wall became super-magnetized. This drew the two cybermen, the police badge and several small console parts onto the wall. The Doctor wouldn't let go of his sonic. "Come on, I want to keep my sonic." He then attached a lanyard to it to keep it tied to his wrist. He then cautiously approached the cybermen and used his sonic to deactivate them. Then he demagnetized the wall and the metal parts fell harmlessly to the ground. As Fred looked on "How? Why? What just happened?"

Down the Corridor

"Amelia, I'm out of bullets, where are we going?" "I don't know, I haven't been down to this part of his ship before." As they rounded a bend the wall closed off and they heard what sounded like the cybermen falling down a very deep hole. They were then approached by another girl. "Hello, I'm Clara!" Amelia and Olivia looked at each other incredulously.

Olivia wanted answers, but everything that happened only produced more questions. "How long have you been down here?" Amelia shrugged "I stopped asking questions by now, I just want to fly again . . ." Clara, knowing the question was for her "Not too long, I followed the Great Intelligence into the heart of the TARDIS to stop him from hurting the Doctor. He was the one who let the Cybermen into the TARDIS. I learned how to adjust the corridors to my advantage. I think the Cybermen turned on the Great Intelligence though, so once all the Cybermen are gone, we don't have to worry."

Olivia had now heard everything. "Oh. Okay then. This is Amelia Earhart and I'm a detective from New York and nothing makes sense anymore." Clara's laugh was genuine, but didn't exactly help. "ha ha. Yeah, that does happen with the Doctor." "We should get back to the Doctor." Amelia and Clara nodded in agreement and they were off.

A minute later Olivia and Amelia made it back to the console. "Where's Clara?" "I don't know, she was right behind us." The Doctor interjected "Are you two alright then?"

Olivia was beyond ticked at this point "No. We're not. We've been chased by mongols and robots and there was a girl with a remote for changing walls and nothing makes sense! So you better take us all back and explain everything!" "I'm sorry, it's been rough for me as well. I recently lost my companions and it's lonely. You don't understand what I've lost and …

Now Olivia had heard enough "I don't understand!? I've lost my partner and don't even know why! I mean, I thought it would be me and Elliot forever, but then he just up and leaves! So don't tell me I don't understand. Now, you don't have to do anything alone, but you have to open up more than you have and be honest about the dangers involved with this type of travel.

The Doctor perked up. "You're Olivia!?" "What?" "You are! You are! He talked about you all the time!" "Whaaat?" "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. There was nothing I could do." "Whaaaaaaaat?"