Chapter Three
They were all sipping the tea John made in silence after Sherlock just revealed secrets about each of them they were never supposed to know. Outside, the TARDIS was making odd noises. They all ran outside. Sherlock and John followed.
"How are you all fitting into that tiny Police Box?" asked John. Without hesitation they entered the box. Sherlock stared around him in disbelief.
"Go on and say it, people usually do," said Nine as he assisted Ten and Eleven with the controls.
"It's smaller on the outside!" exclaimed Sherlock. Ten and Nine stared at him while Eleven kept working on fixing the TARDIS.
"What is this place?" asked John.
"It's called the TARDIS. It's sort of a space ship. The Doctors are aliens," explained Rose.
"Okay then," said John simply. Sherlock kept looking around with interest.
"How does this work exactly?" asked Sherlock.
"Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey," explained Ten.
"Ah…" sighed Sherlock. After a while he simply gave up. While this was happening, they landed. They all stepped outside.
"We're in Cardiff!" exclaimed Ten.
"Why Cardiff?" asked Amy.
"There's a rift here. The TARDIS recharges here, but we're here for a specific purpose," explained Eleven.
"What purpose is that?" asked Rory.
Sherlock and John stared around, examining the TARDIS and trying to figure out how it worked. Ten looked over at them and laughed.
"You won't figure it out, its way beyond you," said Nine.
"This is the first thing in my life I can't figure out," lamented Sherlock. John touched his shoulder, trying to comfort him and Sherlock leaned on him.
"Maybe you should just go along with it. Rose, Amy, and Rory don't know how it works and they are perfectly happy. Just let it go, Sherlock," suggested John.
Sherlock looked at John, searching for a reason to let it go. The only reason he found was that John told him to. And that was good enough for him. Rory, Amy, Rose, Nine, Ten, Eleven, John and Sherlock stood there on the rift scar and watched the people around them. They waited for what they were there for, and within a few minutes, they found it. He ran up to them panting. Captain Jack Harkness.
"Who's that?" asked Amy.
"Captain Jack. Don't. Just…don't talk to him. Keep your eyes on Rory," said Eleven irritably.
"Doctor, good to see you again, and you Doctor," Captain Jack said to Nine and Ten. He turned to Eleven.
"And who might you be?" Captain Jack asked Eleven.
"I'm The Doctor," replied Eleven.
"Yeah, there are three of them now," explained Rose.
"I would tell you what I'm thinking right now, but it's extremely rude. Anyway, who's cheekbones and adorableness over there?" Jack asked as he motioned between Sherlock and John.
"That's Sherlock and that's John," said Nine. Captain Jack strode over to them.
"I'm Captain Jack Harkness, the pleasure is all mine," he said with that handsome smile he always wore.
"American, interesting," observed Sherlock. The TARDIS started to whine again behind them.
"We got what we came for, everyone back in the TARDIS," ordered Ten.
They all ran in and the TARDIS took off. When they stopped moving, Ten rushed to the door and looked out. They were floating aimlessly in space somewhere 2500 kilometers from The Medusa Cascade.
"Why are we here?" asked Rory.
"What's the point of all this?" asked Amy.
Sherlock looked into the area around them in disbelief. He looked over at John who was staring at the stars above them and in front of them.
"How is this even possible?" whispered John.
"Let it go," laughed Sherlock.
They all stood around Ten and stared into space, waiting for the next event. A few minutes passed and everyone walked away to wait in another place. Sherlock and John found a hallway and walked down into another room. Nine and Eleven stayed at the control panel. Rory and Amy walked off to another room, Ten and Rose did the same. And thus begun the wait…