Rightio, kids. This is where it gets complicated. If it wasn't already. Anyway, let's go!
"Tennille?" Ruby asked me, angry.
"I panicked," I defended myself. "I'd called myself 'the Captain', and the band 'the Captain and Tennille' popped into my head, so 'Tennille' it was. Sorry!"
We were in the TARDIS now. The Doctor knew where the Child was, but he was also peeved that he never got his fez. "Jefferson's not a girl's name, it's not her name either. Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, River?"
"Surnames of three of America's founding fathers," River replied promptly.
"Lovely fellas. Two of them fancied me."
At the door, Rory was trying to calm Canton down.
"You see," the Doctor continued, "the President asked two questions: where are you and who are you. The child was answering where."
"It's bigger…on the inside…" Canton stammered.
"I'm told you get used to it," I shouted to him.
"Now," the Doctor kept saying, "where would you find three big historical names in a row like that?"
Amy turned, her red hair flailing around as she did. "Where?"
"Here," was all the Doctor said.
The TARDIS landed with a thud. The Doctor grabbed Amy's wrist. "Come on!" River, Ruby and I followed them. We stopped when we reached Canton.
"Are you taking care of this?" the Doctor asked Rory.
"Why is it always my turn?" Rory whined.
"Because you're the newest," Amy replied, kissing his cheek.
"No, I'm not, they are!" he protested, pointing at us.
"Yeah, but we have no idea what's going on, so…" I ran past him. Ruby gave him a sympathetic smile and followed me.
"Where are we?" Amy asked.
"By the looks of it, I'd say about 5 miles from the Kennedy Space Centre," I responded. The Doctor stared at me. I gave him no indication that I knew that he was just about to say that.
"When are we?" Amy asked then.
"It's 1969," Ruby said, "the year of the moon." It was now my sister's turn to be on the receiving end of a glare from the Doctor.
"But why would a little girl be here?"
"I don't know. The President asked her where she was, and she did what any lost little girl would do… She looked out the window."
I followed him to the window. There were the street names, Hamilton Avenue, Jefferson Street and Adams Street.
"This is the only place in Florida, probably the only place in America with those three street names adjoining each other, and Doctor Song, you've got that face on again."
I hid my smile behind my hand. This was a funny part.
"What face?" River asked.
"The 'he's-hot-when-he's-clever' face."
"This is my normal face."
"Exactly."
"Oh, shut up."
"Not a chance."
Canton came stumbling out of the TARDIS. "We…we've moved…" He laughed disbelievingly. "How can we have moved?"
"Long story short," Ruby said to him, "the box travels in space."
"And time," I added.
"Brave heart, Canton, come on!" the Doctor said then, turning away.
"So we're in a box that's bigger on the inside, and it travels through time and space," Canton murmured to Rory.
"Yeah, basically."
"How long have Scotland Yard had this?"
"For about ten minutes," I said.
We walked around the warehouse, looking for the girl. We all knew it was a trap, but as River said, "that's part of the fun."
"But how do we know that it's a trap?" Amy had asked.
"Dunno," the Doctor replied. "Let's see if anything tries to kill us, then work backwards."
There were all sorts of things going on. Amy plotting the spaceman's death to save the Doctor's life in the future, Canton asking what was going on and the Doctor totally misunderstanding. And Ruby was gone again.
"Oh, for the love of God!" I yelled in frustration.
"What?" the Doctor asked.
"Ruby's forgotten rule one."
"Rule one?" Canton asked, confused.
"Don't wander off," the Doctor and I said simultaneously.
"I'm gonna go look for her," I continued.
"David, don't!" the Doctor shouted. But I was already gone.
"Ruby!" I shouted. "Ruby, where are you? This isn't a game, you know!"
And I had proof. An alien in a black suit was standing in front of me.
"Get out of the way!" I yelled fearlessly.
"You will not find your sister today, David Carter," the hollow voice said to me.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Your sister will die here today."
"What have you done with her!"
"A new person will rise from the ashes, but your sister will die."
I howled in anger. I meant to say "where is she" but I was too pissed off by this point.
"Soon you shall die too."
I growled at the Silent.
"You will tell the Doctor. You will tell him what he must know, and what he cannot know."
I roared again, rushing at the Silent. It blew me back with a non-lethal blast of electricity.
I remember smacking my head on a pipe. Then…
…Nothing.
Dun-dun-DUN! I love this chapter. And I hope you do too.