Jumping into some Classic Doctory action in Who's Life Chapter 3: A Road Trip Gone Wrong.
Gallifrey, December 23rd 2013
Matt, like most people, spent the first few days of his Christmas Holidays in bed, taking advantage of the lack of work. David planned a road trip up to Northern Gallifrey to meet up with his and Matt's older brother Christopher, who held the title of the Ninth Doctor. Rose, Jack, Amy, Rory and Clara had all agreed to go on the trip with the two brothers. They all lined up outside the TARDIS early in the morning. Jack, having never met Clara and Amy before, swooped in front of the two girls.
"I'm Captain Jack Harkness of the Basketball Team. Hello," he said with a wink as the two girls giggled.
Matt and David rolled their eyes.
"Don't start," they said in unison as Jack backed away.
When they entered the TARDIS, Matt noticed that the interior design was different since the last time he was there.
"Oh so you got around to redecorating," Matt commented as he and the others took their seats.
"Yeah, what do you think?" he asked enthusiastically.
Matt showed a look of disgust on his face.
"I don't like it," he said. "It's kind of…grungy."
"Don't listen to him you sexy thing," David said affectionately to the wheel of the TARDIS.
"Sexy?" Rose asked in amusement.
"Poor Rose has to compete with a machine now," Jack said with a laugh as the blonde blushed.
"Allons-y!" David yelled as he started the engines. "I like that phrase, Allons-y. It rolls of my tongue," he said to himself happily.
"What is that like your catchphrase now?" Matt asked from the back.
"Yeah it's French for 'let's go'," David explained.
"It's stupid," Matt said.
"Well what could be better?"
"I don't know…Geronimo?" Matt asked.
"Now that's stupid," David finished.
They drove for about an hour and a half before the TARDIS began to make strange noises.
"What the hell is that?" Rory asked.
"I-I don't know. This hasn't happened before," David explained.
The TARDIS continued to make the same noises until they slowly faded away. But as the noise faded, the vehicle lost its speed until it came to a complete stop. The entirety of the TARDIS inhabitants were left speechless, hoping that what was happening wasn't truly happening. But there was no mistake. The TARDIS had broken down in the middle of nowhere.
"Okay. Interesting," David commented before getting out with the others.
"I can see why your uncle gave it away," Amy commented before gaining glares from both Doctors.
"She's out of fuel…I think," David said to himself. He then turned to his friends. "I didn't bring any petrol with me. We're going to need to find some."
"We should head out in groups, find a shop," Matt proposed.
"Right. Exchange phone numbers now- don't want anybody getting lost now do we? Let's see," David said. "We'll have: Amy, Rory and Jack, Eleven and Clara and Rose and I." David shook his head at his arrangement. "Actually I should keep an eye on you Jack. Make sure you don't harass the poor kids with your 'propositions'. Rose you go with them."
Everyone got into their groups.
"Alright then- allons-y!"
A short distance away, a man clad in silver coloured ballistic armour and a matching helmet observed the separating kids. He then turned to a few other men who were dressed the same as him.
"Looks like we've got new recruits," he said.
One of the men took a communicator out from one of his pockets.
"C-3A, come in C-3A. We've got new blood coming your way," he said before cutting the call.
"You two act as if something always goes wrong when you go on a trip," Clara commented as she and Matt looked around for a shop.
"Well something does usually happen, yeah…" Matt answered.
"Like what?" she asked curiously.
"Never mind that, look it's a building."
It was a one-storey building that looked surprisingly futuristic despite the landscape in which it was situated in. It appeared to be a military outpost.
"It doesn't really look like we should be here," Clara said when she noticed the look of curiosity on her friend's face.
Matt seemingly did not hear her as he said, "Come on let's check it out."
"Why?" she asked.
"Because you want to," he responded simply.
"I dispute that assertion," Clara argued adamantly.
Matt gave an exasperated sigh before speaking again.
"Worst comes to worst, they'll kick us out. Come on."
"Fine," Clara agreed, knowing she wouldn't shake him. "Dare me."
"I dare you. No take backs, now come on," he said, taking Clara's hand and dragging her to the building.
The building didn't seem to be guarded in any way but it looked to be in pristine condition. There were no windows so the two could not see what was going on inside. Matt paced around the building until he found a panel. He fiddled around with the number keys while Clara grew restless.
"Aren't we supposed to be looking for a petrol station?" Clara asked, itching to leave their newfound location.
The girl couldn't put her finger on it, but she felt as if they were about to run into some unwanted trouble. And what was worse was that Matt seemed to be enjoying the same feeling. After a minute of fiddling with the keys, Matt heard the sound of tumblers being unlocked. A stairway appeared in front of the building which peaked Matt's curiosity even further.
"It's a secret base!" he exclaimed before clutching his head in pain after Clara smacked him over the head.
"I'm pretty sure who ever is down there wouldn't appreciate having their secret broadcasted to the world," she hissed, wondering how somebody so intelligent was so moronic at the same time.
"Sorry. So! Ominous staircase leading into a seemingly abandoned outpost, tell me you're not interested," Matt challenged with a goofy grin.
Clara rolled her eyes and sighed before saying, "Alright, what the hell? We might as well," she said before smiling excitedly as well.
As they travelled down the staircase, the corridor became lighter and lighter until they reached a door. Matt approached and examined it and huffed in disappointment.
"Looks like this door can only be opened from the other side," he said. "Let's go and find that stu-
Matt was cut off by the sound of the door opening, a man who looked like a soldier emerging from the other side, a gun in his hands pointed at Matt and Clara.
"Come quietly," he ordered as the two teens gulped in fear.
Meanwhile, Jack and David had found a petrol station and texted the others to meet them at the TARDIS. They all arrived shortly, with the exception of Clara and Matt.
"Where could they be?" Rose asked worriedly.
David frowned and checked his phone for any replies. Matt was always quick to pick up his phone and Clara was on it 24/7. Something wasn't right.
"You guys wait out here, I'll be right back," he said before entering the TARDIS.
He came out half a minute later with a medium sized peripheral which he quickly plugged into his phone.
"What's that?" Rory asked as David adjusted the device.
"It's like a highly advanced 'Find my iPhone' type of device. I've adjusted it to track Eleven and Clara's phones. My brother's probably got himself and Clara into trouble," he explained quickly.
"How can you tell?" Jack asked.
"He's one of the Doctors, it's in our blood- now come on!" he urged as he bolted in the direction of Matt and Clara, the others following suit.
The soldier led Matt and Clara into the main base where there were many other dressed in the same way. They could also spot people not far from their age and even children.
"Welcome to the Gallifreyan Cyberian Military Outpost. It is here that we 'recruit' the young people of Gallifrey into the Cyberian Army," the soldier explained.
"And by recruit you mean kidnap," Clara corrected.
"Same difference. By the end of the training process, our soldiers are as loyal to our cause as born Cyberians."
"And your cause is?" Matt asked.
"To bring Cyberia back to its former glory," the soldier explained. "Thirty years ago our nation was brought to its knees by the Army of Skaro. Ever since then we have been setting up outposts in every country we can; Ireland, England, Gallifrey and many more. We will rise to power once more and crush Skaro and their Dalek Task Force."
"And you mean to accomplish this by kidnapping children and training them to be soldiers. I mean Clara and I are in the wrong for trespassing but I didn't get the passcode for the hidden staircase right. You guys let us in. Which means that you plan on letting us live as long as we fight for Cyberia, am I right?" Matt asked.
"You are correct. If you plan on living go and find C-6C at the barracks and he'll suit you up."
The soldier was about to take his leave when Matt stopped him.
"Wait so what do we call you?"
"C-3A," he answered.
"So you people are referred to by codename?" Matt asked. C-3A nodded. "But you're men from Cyberia right? Wouldn't you rather be called…Cybermen?"
"No," C-3A said before walking away.
Matt shrugged his shoulders and led Clara away by the hand.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"To find a place with low interference," Matt answered before taking his phone out with his other hand.
Matt found a spot with a table and two chairs that seemed to work fine. They sat down and Matt laid his phone on the table.
"My brother must have found out that we're in trouble by now. That means he should be on his way."
"How?" Clara asked.
"Ah he made this device- we haven't got a name for it yet but it can lock onto a phone's signal via Bluetooth," Matt explained.
"Blimey it must have quite the range."
"You have no idea."
"But what if they can't find us?" Clara asked.
"Well at least we'll have each other," Matt said before quickly realising that what he said may be taken in the wrong way. "Friends do always seem to make a situation seem brighter," he added a little awkwardly.
Clara smiled before giggling to herself, noticing the Doctor's blunder. He was always amusing when he acted unnecessarily awkward.
"But," Matt said after composing himself. "I've got a feeling that if they can't find us; they'll call someone who can. Someone absolutely 'fantastic' I bet." Matt's eyes opened wide in realisation. "And thinking about that someone had brought an idea to my head come on!" he exclaimed before grabbing Clara's hand once again.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. We'll have the conclusion and family catch up in the next. Please make sure to review and I do do requests.