Chapter 4

The Doctor ran to a storage room and got a fire extinguisher and put out a fire in the control console. Smoke and sparks were pouring from the console and the Doctor smacked several buttons and the TARDIS started to materialize.

December 23rd

Waverly Sub Station

One day after the Doctor left the sub station, Alex sat staring at the big empty space from her spot sitting on a stool. She had her head resting in her left hand and was moving left to right in the stool.

She perked up when she heard the TARDIS's engine and saw the light nine feet above the floor. The TARDIS materialized in the same spot as it had been the last six months. The door to the TARDIS opened and the Doctor stepped out, smoke flowing out until the Doctor shut the door. The Doctor coughed a little and patted his wild hair down.

"Well that didn't work," said the Doctor. He looked at Alex glaring at him, "What was that look about. I wasn't gone that long. Why'd you change clothes?"

"Because you left yesterday!" snapped Alex.

"What!" asked the Doctor, "I didn't put in a time change just a relocation."

"I don't care what you did. You left me," said Alex, now standing next to the Doctor, "You tricked me."

"Alex, I'm sorry, but don't worry. The dematerialization circuit was completely repaired and now its fried again and I have to repair at the beginning again."

Alex's face lifted and she asked, "Does that mean you are stuck here for a few more months?"

"Yes," said the Doctor. The Doctor bit his lip and looked up to his right.

"Doctor, what is it?" asked Alex.

"You can...you can come...you can come with me," muttered the Doctor.

"What?" Alex's face beamed.

"You can come with me to the Montana Tower, but don't get in trouble," said the Doctor, "Who I am kidding? People always get in trouble around me."
"I thought that's what you said," said Alex, "I just wanted to hear your say it again."

"Hey! I can still leave you here and go by myself," said the Doctor. He smiled and walked towards the wizard lair.

"Just to be sure," Alex said taking out her wand, "I don't want to have a tear so don't you dare leave me here."

A ball of magic flew from her wand and went to the kitchen and smashed into the Doctor.

Alex smiled until she heard the Doctor yell from the other room, "I'm immune!"

"Dang it! I forgot," said Alex, stomping her right foot.

"Forgot what?" asked Harper.

"Forgot that magic doesn't work on the Doctor," said Alex.

"Do you really want to use magic on the Doctor?" asked Harper, "From what I've seen, using magic on the Doctor isn't a very good thing to do. He might..."

"Might do what?" asked the Doctor, standing behind Harper.

"Geez! What are you? A ninja?" asked Alex.

"You never know," said the Doctor, eating a banana, "And now, Harper, what might I do?"

Harper's eyes widened.

"Harper, it's okay," said the Doctor, taking a bite of his banana.

"Oh, thank God," gasped Harper.

"She ain't goin'," said the Doctor, pointing to Harper.

"Going where?" asked Harper.

"The Montana Tower," said the Doctor, "Something evil is brewing and I'm going to find out what it is."
"We're going to find out what it is," said Alex, elbowing the Doctor, making him choke on his banana.

"What was that for?" asked the Doctor, wiping his mouth.

"Because you keep making me think that only you are going," said Alex, "But we're both going."

"Okay," said the Doctor, "Why are we still here? Let's go."

"But what? We were..." stammered Alex.

"Wasting time, let's go," said the Doctor, he took out his transporter watch and Alex grabbed it. Right as the Doctor pressed the button, Harper grabbed the watch too. All three vanished in the blue teleport light.

Montana Tower

The three appeared in the teleport's blue light and the Doctor shook his head at Harper, "You are very confusing, Harpy."

"Harpy?" asked Harper.

"Yeah, Harpy," said the Doctor.

"What am I, Aly?" asked Alex.

"No, you're just Alex," said the Doctor.

"Thank you," said Alex.

"Let's go," said the Doctor. He walked to the front door of the Montana Tower. Before he opened the door, he looked up and saw the sheer height of the building, "That's unbelievable."

The Doctor opened the door and he let the two girls go in first. He followed in and was astounded at what he saw. The entire room he was in was made of black marble and the whole room was amazing.

"This is amazing," said the Doctor. He walked to the direction of the elevators, but was stopped by the security guards. The Doctor pulled out his psychic paper and said, "Dr. John Smith, UNIT Scientific Advisor. These two girls are my assistants."

The security guard took the psychic paper and looked it over. "You can go, but your 'assistants' have to stay here. They don't have any security passes."

"I'm not going up there without them," said the Doctor, "Do you want me to get General Bolton Osage on the line to get permission for them. I know him personally."

"Yes, that would do," a security guard snickered to the other one.

The Doctor took out his phone and dialed the UNIT number. He told the operator his security code and was patched through to the general. He put the phone on speaker, "This is General Bolton Osage, head of UNIT - North American Division."

The guards straightened up and it was the two teenage girls that started to snicker.

"Yes, General, this is the Doctor, Dr. John Smith," said the Doctor.

"Doctor! So good to hear from you," the general's gravely voice spoke over the phone, "How's it been since the Hoix incident six months ago?"
"Great, but that's not why I called," said the Doctor.

"Ah, I should have known," said Osage.

"I have two assistants that needed UNIT authorization to get into the Montana Tower."
"I see," said the general, "Am I on speakerphone?"

"Yes, sir," said the Doctor.

"Okay, security guards, let the two assistants through," said Osage. He gave the authorization codes to guards and hung up.

The guards looked embarrassed and said, "All three of you have authority to go through."

"Thank you," said the Doctor, smiling.

The guards let all three go through towards the elevator and they all stepped into the elevator and as the doors closed, the Doctor noticed that this wasn't some kind of ordinary elevator. There was no ceiling on the elevator and entire shaft looked like a giant tube, all black. The control panel was on a column at the back of the elevator and the Doctor pushed the button for Henry Montana's office floor. The elevator floor started moving and they started moving to the top of the entire building.

The Doctor smiled and watched the elevator went up. He loved the design of this elevator. Heck he loved the design of the entire building. After a couple of minutes, the elevator slowed and stopped. The doors opened and the three watched as the light entered the elevator. The Doctor stood in front of Harper and Alex. The light smacking him and casting a shadow on the other two.

"Here we go," said the Doctor, stepping out of the elevator.