Dinosaurs on a Spaceship- Part 1

It had been a month since the Dalek Asylum. Brandon, Lia's stable hand that had transported her to the Dalek fleet, was found dead by the creek on our property. Lia had cried her eyes out for a week and was slowly getting over her loss.

Lia had gone back to school the very next day of The Doctor taking us back home. Not a day had gone by while we had our adventure, though I had noticed a change in Lia and I'm certain her best friend, Arya Quiar had as well.

Lia was more reserved and had more concentration. Lia also focused more on the subject of space travel and other alien cultures.

Lia, Jack and I were eating breakfast at our kitchen table when we heard the sound of the Tardis materializing.

Jack groaned, "What does he want now? He just dropped us off a month ago."

The Doctor raced into the room and said, "I know you will probably say no, but, I'm forming a team to help stop an unknown spacecraft hurtling towards Earth before they shoot it down… It's not slowing down despite their hails. We have to automatically turn the ship around in," The Doctor looked at his watch, "Six hours and fifteen minutes."

Jack and I glanced at each other.

"Amelia, are you okay with this?" Jack asked Lia in a soft tone. Lia had gone still at the sight of The Doctor. Apparently, she wasn't over the Dalek incident… what fifteen year old would ever be okay with what happened?

Lia sighed, "Only if there won't be any of them there." Lia said, looking down at her half eaten breakfast.

"Sweetie, I can guarantee you that we will not be meeting any of the pepper-pots on this adventure." I said, reaching across the table and placing my left hand on Amelia's right wrist.

Amelia lifted her eyes and stared at me when she felt the contact. Lia sighed, "Fine. As long as I am back in time for school. We have Griffin racing after school today."

Jack, Amelia and I entered the Tardis to see Queen Nefertiti of Egypt and John Riddell, a big game hunter on the African Plains walking around the Tardis console, still in awe of its sheer size.

Lia stared at Queen Nefertiti. Amelia leaned closer into me and whispered, "I- Is that QUEEN Nefertiti? As in Ancient Egypt on Earth Queen Nefertiti?" Lia was fascinated with Earth's ancient civilizations, well, any planet's ancient civilizations.

I smiled, "Yep." I said, popping the 'p'.

"Can you introduce me?" Lia asked, still whispering as the Tardis landed at Amy and Rory's house and Amy, Rory and Rory's father appeared in the Tardis along with a later.

I stifled my laugh and said, sure, "Hey Queen Nefertiti!" I called, once she turned her head to me, I waved my hand, signaling for her to come over, "Queen Nefertiti, It is an honor to meet you." I said, bowing my head and Lia doing the same, "I am Susan Jane Harkness, my husband, Jack Harkness is speaking to John Riddell over there and this is my daughter, Amelia. She admires your work greatly."

Nefertiti smiled, "Hello, Amelia."

Lia blushed, dipping her head in embarrassment, "Call me Lia. When you run your-" Lia went on to ask Nefertiti a question on how she ran her kingdom in Egypt, I moved away and hugged Amy and Rory, who hadn't yet realized that Rory's father was aboard the Tardis.

"Hey Amy." I said, hugging her tightly then I hugged Rory.

"Hello! You weren't busy, were you? Well, even if you were, it wasn't as interesting as this probably is. Didn't want you to miss it. Now, just a quick hop." The Doctor said, moving around the Tardis console, flipping some switches until we came to a stop in the spaceship.

"Hi Susan." Amy said, "How've you been?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "Eh, Figuring out what we did wrong when telling Amelia of our other life."

Amy winced, "How'd she take it?"

"Well, she's talking to us, so-"

"Everybody grab a torch." The Doctor said, interrupting me and I heard a shattering noise as Brian Williams dropped the lightbulb he was holding in shock.

"Do you think that The Doctor will notice your father's here, Rory?" I asked as we exited the Tardis.

Rory spluttered in shock and turned around, his cheeks reddening as he realized that his father was indeed here, "Oh my God." Rory said in a panic, "What do I do?"

The spaceship is dark and dusty with cobwebs all over the place, "Spiders." The Doctor said. "Don't normally get spiders in space."

Brian Williams is the last one out of the Tardis, staring around in complete shock, his complexion a bit paler than normal, "What the?" Brian gasped, his eyes wide.

"Don't move!" The Doctor commanded and yelled, making everyone freeze at the intensity of his voice. I glanced around at everyone. Jack was still with John and Lia and Nefertiti had stopped and turned around at the sound of The Doctor's voice, " Do you really think I'm that stupid I wouldn't notice? How did you get aboard, eh? Transmat? Who sent you?"

I covered my mouth to unsuccessfully stifle my giggling. I walked over to The Doctor and rested my hand on his shoulder, "Doctor, calm down. That's Rory's father." I said, then I switched my gaze to Brian, "Hello, Mr. Williams. I'm sorry we couldn't meet properly. I'm Susan Jane Harkness, at your service." Brian opened and closed his mouth but nothing came out.

"Well frankly, that's outrageous." The Doctor snapped.

"What?" Rory said, his voice a bit faint.

The Doctor turned and looked at Rory, "You think you can just bring your dad along without asking? I'm not a taxi service, you know."

"You materialised around us." Roy retorted.

The Doctor sighed, "Oh. Well, that's fine, then. My mistake. Hello, Brian. How are you? Nice to meet you. Welcome, welcome. This is the gang. I've got a gang. Yes. Come on then, everyone."

"Tell him something, quick." Amy whispered to Rory, completely panicking.

Rory turned to glare at his wife, "Yes, thank you!"

"I'm not entirely sure what's going on." Brian said faintly.

"You know when Amy and I first got married and we went travelling-" Rory started.

Brian slowly nodded his head, "To Thailand."

"More the entirety of space and time. In that police box." Rory continued.

"I'm a friend they meet while traveling." I told Brian.

"Why haven't I seen you around then?" Giving me an look as if I was under inspection.

I winced, "I kinda live off planet."

Before Brian could say anything, the spaceship shook, making us balance ourselves by grabbing onto anything that was close by us and grabbing on. After a few seconds of shaking, it stopped.

"All right, where are we? What is that noise and hello, ten months?" Amy asked the Doctor.

"Ten?" Lia asked, a bit shocked, still getting used to this way of travel, "It's only been a month for us."

"Well, I sense it's orbiting. More like pre-crashing. On a spaceship, don't know, and hello, Pond. Ten months. Time flies. Never really understood that phrase. This is Neffy, this is John Riddell. They're with me." The Doctor waved his hand in their general dirrection.

John walked up to Amy and flirtatiously said, "Charmed." while bowing his head.

Amy ignored him, which seemed to startle John, "With you? They're with you? Are they the new us? Is that why we haven't seen you?" Amy asked.

"No. They're just people. They're not Ponds. I thought we might need a new gang. Not really had a gang before. It's new." The Doctor told Amy. At the far end of this hold is a big bulkhead door. Red lights come on either side of it, "It's coming down." The Doctor said.

Riddell stiffened, moving a hand to hover over his handgun, "What is it?"

"No idea." It is a cargo lift, and it arrives with a thump. The doors open to reveal two large armoured creatures back light by a very bright light. They are Dinosaurs.

"Not possible." Lia said, eyes widening in shock as she recognized Earth's ancient creatures.

"Run!" Jack yelled, grabbing Lia by the hand and running in the other direction. I followed but then realized the Doctor wasn't with us so Amy and I ran back to him.

Amy grabs the Doctor's hand and yells, "Doctor!"

"I know!" The Doctor said excitedly, "Dinosaurs! On a spaceship!"

"In here!" Nefertiti calls and we hid in an alcove while the annoyed armoured beasts stop nearby.

Riddell gets out a knife, "I could take one of them. Short blow up into the throat."

The Doctor winced, "Or not. We've just found dinosaurs in space. We need to preserve them."

"Who's going to preserve us?" Riddell argued back.

"Shush." Amy hissed quietly.

The ankylosaurs move on.

We all breathed out a sigh of relief, "Okay, so, how and whose ship?" Rory asked.

A door slides open and we walked cautiously onto the spaceship's bridge. A display has us on it with the warning 'intruders detected.' on the screen.

"Well, there's so much to discover. Think how wise we'll be by the end of all this." The Doctor said absently.

"Sorry, sorry. Are you saying dinosaurs are flying a spaceship?" Brian asked.

The Doctor turned around from looking at the screen and stared at Brian, "Brian, please, that would be ridiculous. They're probably just passengers. Did I mention missiles?"

"Missiles?" Lia echoed, quickly grabbing onto the closest person's wrist, that wrist belonging to Queen Nefertiti, who placed a calming hand on Amelia's shoulder.

"Didn't want to worry you. Anyway, six hours is a lifetime. Not literally a lifetime. That's what we're trying to avoid. And we're all really clever. Ooo, let's see what we can find out. Come on." The Doctor removes a cobweb from a blank monitor.

Amy examines gouges in the walls, "How many dinosaurs do you think are on here?"

The Doctor sonics the monitor into life, "Oh, well done, whoever you are. Looking for engines. Thank you, computer. Look at that. Different sections have engines, but these look like the primary clusters. Where are we now, computer? We need to get down to these engines."

Suddenly I am teleported away and into the engine room, which is disguised as a beech. I looked around and saw that The Doctor, Brian and Rory were transported along with me. Susan! Came Jack's yell through our telepathic bond.

I rubbed my temple in response. Little too loud, Jack. I'm fine. The Doctor, Brian and Rory are with me in the engine room. We won't be there for long though. Tell Lia I'm fine.

Krift. Thank God. Jack said… accustomed to speaking in the style found on Drax Three, including their swear words. After fifteen years of immersing yourself in their culture, it's kinda hard to go back to Earth's.

"Find out. What?" The Doctor said, continuing what he was saying before we transported.

"We're outside." Brian said, walking around, staring at everything in shock. This was going to be the day of shocks for him, "We're on a beach." Brain said in amazement.

"Teleport. Oh, I hate teleports. Must have activated on my voice." The Doctor said.

"Ah, yes, well, thank you, Arthur C Clarke. Teleport, obviously. I mean, we're on a spaceship with dinosaurs. Why wouldn't there be a teleport? In fact, why don't we just teleport now?" Brian said.

The Doctor glanced at Rory, "Is he all right?"

Rory shook his head, "No, he hates travelling. Makes him really anxious. He only goes to the paper shop and golf."

The Doctor stared at Rory, "What did you bring him for?"

"I didn't! Why can't you just phone ahead like any normal person?" Rory exploded in anger.

"Somebody tell me where we are, now." Brian raised his voice over Rory and The Doctor's.

The Doctor tastes the air, "Well, it's not Earth. Doesn't taste right. Too metallic."

Brian stared off into the distance, facing the 'ocean', "Is that a kestrel?"

The Doctor, Rory and I turned to look where Brian was staring off to, "I do hope so."

"The beach is humming." I commented, trying to get them back on track.

"Is it? Oh yes. Right, well, don't just stand there, you three. Dig. I'm going to look at rocks. Love a rock." The Doctor said.

"Dig with what?" Rory asked.

"Ah, well." Brian produces a trowel and starts digging in the sand.

"Did you just have that on you?" Rory asked, looking at his Dad in shock.

"Of course. What sort of man doesn't carry a trowel? Put it on your Christmas list." Brian said.

Rory sighed, "Dad, I'm thirty one. I don't have a Christmas list any more."

"I do!" The Doctor said, jumping up and raising his hand, like he was in class. I sighed.

Brian reaches metal, "There's a floor under this beach."

The Doctor has found another computer access point in the nearby cliff face, 'See? Metal floors, screens in rocks. It was just a matter of a short range teleport. We're still on the ship."

"No, we're outside on a beach." Brian said.

"It's part of the ship, Dad." Rory told his father.

"Don't be ridiculous." Brain said back to his son.

"Well, it is quite ridiculous. Also brilliant. That's why the system teleported us here. I wanted the engines. This is the engine room! Hydrogenerators! Ha!" The Doctor said.

"I have literally no idea what he's saying."

"A spaceship powered by waves." I commented.

"Fabulously impossible. Oh, think of the things we could learn from this ship if we manage to stop it being blown to pieces."

"Plus not dying." Rory put in.

"Bad news, can't shut the wave system down in time. Takes, takes way too long." I said, pointing and using my sonic pen on the computer.

"If these are the engines, there must be a control room." Rory said.

"Exactly. That's what we need to find. Now, what do we do about the things that aren't kestrals?" The Doctor asked.

Brian turned around and gasped, placing a hand over his heart, "Oh my lord. Are those pterodactyls?"

"Yes. On any other occasion, I'd be thrilled. Exposed on a beach, less thrilled. We should be going." I said, starting to move.

"Where?" Brian asked, starting to panic.

"Er, definitely away from them." The Doctor said.

Rory glared at The Doctor, "That's the plan?"

"That's the plan. Amendments welcome. Move away from the pterodactyls." The Doctor told us.

"I think they might be noticing." Brian said faintly.

"Amendment one, run!" The Doctor yelled and we all ran.

"Why don't we just teleport or something?" Rory called as we ran.

"No! Local teleport burnt out on arrival. There's something in the cliffs over there." I yelled back, pointing to the cliffs as the pterodactyls swooped down, gaining on us.

"Come on!" Rory yelled as Brian fell behind. I fell behind with him to keep Brian in the middle of the group.

"I'm trying!" Brian huffed in annoyance.

The pterodactyls start snapping at the us as they reach a cave entrance in the cliffs. I was the last one in, and fell to the ground as one of the pterodactyls swiped my left shoulder. I groaned and was helped up by Rory, who noticed my shoulder, "Are you okay?" He asked, glancing at it.

Susan! Are you okay? Jack telepathically called me, having been alerted that I was in pain through our telepathic bond.

A pterodactyl got my shoulder. It's only a scratch though. No need to worry. I replied telepathically.

I shook out my shoulders, "I'll be fine."

Are you sure? Jack asked me.

Rory narrowed his eyes, "Are you sure?"

I rolled my eyes. I'm not going to regenerate any time soon, Jack. I'm being careful, remember? Then I said to Rory, "I'm sure. When we get a rest, I'll let you take a look at it."

Rory nodded, not liking my answer, but understood that now was not the time to be tending a wound, "Right, what do we do now? There's no way back out there."

"Through the cave. Come on." The Doctor said and we started walking. While we walked, we could hear noises ahead, "That suggestion was a work in progress."

"We're trapped." Brian pointed it out.

The Doctor rolled his eyes and glared at Brian, "Yes, thanks for spelling it out."

"Doctor, don't yell at Brian." I chastised him, who pouted. Brian gave me a grateful nod.

"Doctor, whatever's down there is coming this way." Rory said as the noise was getting louder and louder.

"Spelling it out is hereditary. Wonderful." The Doctor said sarcastically.

"That sound's getting nearer." Brian warned us. Something big, heavy and slow is getting closer and closer.

The two robots come into view, "We're very cross with you." The first robot said as Brian and Rory stared at them in shock, "You're going straight on the naughty step."

"What's the escape plan?" Brian hissed.

"Why do we want to escape?" The Doctor asked Brian.

Brian stared at The Doctor, "They have us hostage."

"They're taking us somewhere. We might learn from it." Rory said.

The Doctor kisses Rory's cheek. I giggled, "Oh, you see? He's so clever. I've missed you, Rory."

Rory rubbed his cheek, "Don't do that."

"What if they kill us?" Brian asked.

"They wouldn't do that. You're not going to kill us, are you, Rusty?" The Doctor asked the first robot.

"Who are you calling Rusty?" The first robot asked.

"Have you seen yourselves lately?" The Doctor retorted.

The first robot pointed a metal finger at The Doctor, "You try being on this ship for two millennia. See how your paintwork does."

"Don't listen to him. He's just being mean because we captured him." The second robot said to the first.

"Oh, my goodness." Brian said, spotting a three horned herbivore.

"Whoa!" Rory said, stopping.

The Doctor practically radiated excitement, "Ooo!"

The herbivore approaches, "Herbivore. Don't panic. Triceratops. Ha! Beautiful." The Doctor said.

The second robot pointed a gun at it, "Shall I shoot it?"

The first robot whacked the second robot in the head, " We're not supposed to shoot the creatures, stupid."

The second robot seemed to glare at the first robot, "Stop calling me stupid." The second robot growled.

"Roar yourself. Hello, cutie. Good boy. Who's a lovely Tricy then? Yes, you are. Yes, you are." The Doctor said.

"What do I do? What do I do?" Brian said, panicking while standing still while the Triceratops sniffs Brian's delicate parts, "What're you doing? What're you doing?"

"You don't have any vegetable matter in your trousers, do you, Brian?" The Doctor asked.

"Only my balls." Brian replied offhandedly, making the Doctor flush and Rory to gag.

"I'm sorry?" The Doctor asked.

"Golf balls." Brian explained. "Grassy residue."

Rory stared at his father, "What are you carrying those around for?"

The Triceratops licks Brian's face, "Urgh." Brian moaned.

"Oh, bless." The Doctor said, smiling.

"Get it away from me." Brian pleaded.

The Doctor sighed, "Throw one."

"Really? Is this what you want? Is it?" Brian throws a golf ball, and the Triceratops goes after it.

"And breath out. Right, take us to your leader." The Doctor said to the robots.

Rory glances at The Doctor, "Really?"

The Doctor shrugged, "Too good to resist."

"True." I said while looking at the Doctor, "Though next time I get to say it."

Piano music by Franz Schubert is playing near by, "Love what you've done to the place down here." The Doctor says.

"Let him in. Open the gate." A male voice say. I vaguely remembered his name to be Solomon.

Only the Doctor is let through. I dug my hand into my pocket, closing it around my sonic pen when the Doctor shook his head, "It's fine. It's fine."

"He's not interested in you." The first robot said.

"Look, you need to learn some manners." Rory snapped.

"No, you need to learn some manners."

Rory eyed the robot frustrated, "No, you do."

"No, you do, Mister Manners." The second robot said.

Only The Doctor was let through, the door almost closing on my fingers as I jerked back, "Doctor-" I started.

The Doctor turned around to face me, "It's fine, Susan. Look after Rory and Brian." The Doctor said.

I nodded, "I will." Rory and I glanced at one another, then listened to The Doctor's conversation.

A/N: Well, I'm off to do jury duty, first time, so hopefully the process will be easy to understand.

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