again appologies for the short chapter

and as always, I do not own any of Coldplay's songs or the lyrics of them

The clouds had covered the sun by now, and it was starting to rain. The Doctor stood on the beach, looking out to an extremely small island (large enough for three people, or an extremely large bird, to stand on) on which the bird stood. Where the bird had put Alice was a mystery, and he desperately hoped that the bird hadn't eaten her.

Clouds had covered the sun by now, and it was beginning to rain. The tides were coming in too, along with the massive amount of wind. The bird hadn't listened to his pleas up to now, and was refusing to give Alice back.

"Please," the Doctor said, "I'm begging you. Give her back to me!"

The bird squawked and shook its head.

"It's not listening to us, Theta" Xavier said. The Doctor turned to look at him.

"What did you just say?"

Xavier swallowed. "Theta…" he said slowly.

"How did you know that?" the Doctor asked.

"It's something else I see," Xavier said. "Sometimes I can see people's pasts, and I heard someone call you that. It slipped out really, I didn't mean to say anything. Sorry."

"No, no, it's fine." The Doctor turned back to look at the bird. "Any idea what that is?"

Xavier took a second to think about it, and then shook his head. "Nope. But, I might be able to talk to it. Maybe if I say the right thing, something will happen." He turned to look at the bird. "You're… confused. There's something that you're waiting for, that will come and take you back to where you came from."

The bird squawked its agreement.

"What does that have anything to do with the girl?"

The bird made a few noises. Xavier turned to the Doctor. "He doesn't know, and if it would make you feel better, he'll trade the girl for a ride home."

"I'm perfectly okay with that. Where does it live?"

Xavier looked back at the bird and closed his eyes. "334.56 delta blue 71"

"Alright then," the Doctor said. Alice appeared right next to him looking a bit bewildered. After a brief hug, the two of them walked off, followed by the bird. It took Xavier a moment to realize that they had left, and he quickly ran after them.

Xavier stopped though when the blue box they had just entered disappeared.

Nearly two years later, Xavier sat on the same spot the TARDIS had been, staring out at the ocean.

That was it, my last chance to get off this island and I just let them go.

He sighed, and turned back at the village. There were bigger problems now. The tribesmen that lived on the other side of the island had come over and taken over the village. And as much as Xavier wanted to help get rid of them, he felt that he would only make things worse.

He looked up at the night sky, where he could see the planets moving as always. I bet they're out there, he thought, traveling across those planets. He sighed and looked back down, and blew a piece of his auburn hair out of his emerald green eyes.

That would be the life.

Definitely better than the life I live now.