Impossible Astronaut Pt. 2
"Hippie!" River huffed.
"Archaeologist." The Doctor shot back. I smiled and adjusted how I leaned up against Jack.
"Okay, since I don't know what I'm getting into this time, for once I'm being discreet. I'm putting the engines on silent. He pulls a lever and there is a wail. River throws a different switch and it goes quiet. The Doctor looks at River. "Did you do something?"
"No, just watching." River lied.
"Putting the outer shield on invisible. I haven't done this in a while. Big drain on the power."
"You can turn the TARDIS invisible?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Ha!" The Doctor shouted.
"Very nearly." River said, going along with the Doctor and she moves another lever.
"Er, did you touch something?" The Doctor asked. Jack glanced at me and I shook my head, trying to silence my laughter.
"Just admiring your skills, sweetie."
"Good. You might learn something. Okay. Now I can't check the scanner. It doesn't work when we're cloaked. Just give us a mo." Everyone heads to the door, except for Jack and I. "Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. You lot, wait a moment. We're in the middle of the most powerful city in the most powerful country on Earth. Let's take it slow." The Doctor scolds.
The Doctor slips out of the TARDIS, trying to make as less noise as possible. I walked over to the screen and turned on the outside display and watched the Doctor crouch behind a couch in the Oval office, listening to President Nixon and Canton Everett Delaware the third listening to a recording of a little child.
"Hello? Who is this? This is President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this you again?" President Nixon's voice comes out stacy on the recording.
"Mister President?" The Child, whom I know to be River, asks. I glanced over at older River to see that she had a blank look on her face. I felt terrible for her.
"A child." Mr. Delaware says, shocked.
"This is the President, yes." The recording continues.
"I'm scared, Mister President. I'm scared of the spaceman."
"A little girl?" Canton Delaware asks.
"Boy." President Nixon says.
"How can you be sure?"
"What spaceman? Where are you phoning from? Where are you right now? Who are you?" The President asks on the recording.
The Doctor quietly gets out a notebook and starts writing.
"Jefferson Adams Hamilton."
"Jefferson, listen to me." The Child hangs up and the recording stops.
"Surely this is something the Bureau could handle, sir." Canton says, unsure to why he was called in.
"These calls happen wherever I am. How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust anyone" Nixon turns around and sees the Doctor. Canton stands and turns, too. The Doctor keeps writing.
I sighed just as the Doctor says. "Oh. Hello. Bad moment. Oh look, this is the Oval Office. I was looking for the er, oblong room. I'll just be off, then, shall I?" And he walks smack into the cloaked Tardis, causing a big jolt inside.
"Every time." River groans.
"Don't worry! It always does that when its cloaked." The Doctor says, standing up until Canton wrestles the Doctor to the floor. "Ah, no. Stop that."
Rory turned to River. "I thought he said the scanners won't work."
River smirked at Rory. "I know. Bless."
The secret service ran into the Oval office, their guns drawn. Carl, the guy in charge talks into a radio, "Lockdown, lockdown!"
"Stop that! Argg! Oh!" The Doctor says as more people with guns surround him. "River, have you got the scanner working yet?" The Doctor yelled.
"Oh I hate him." River muttered.
"No you don't" The Doctor responded.
"Get the President out of here. Sir, you have to go with them, now." Carl said to Canton.
"River, make her blue again!" The Doctor yelled as they go to take the Doctor away and the Tardis shimmers into the visible spectrum, stunning everyone in the room.
"What the hell is that?" President Nixon asks, flabbergasted, his mouth hanging open in surprise.
While they were distracted, the Doctor has slipped out of their grasp and into Nixon's chair. "Mister President, that child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. Never mind, though, because the answer's yes. I'll take the case. Fellows, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States and parked a big blue box on the rug. Do you think you can just shoot me?"
"They're Americans!" River shouted as River, Amy, Rory, Jack and I poured out of the Tardis. Like that would help, I thought to Jack who chuckled in response. Their guns trained on us as well and Jack stepped protectively in front of me. I squeezed his hand.
"Don't shoot. Definitely no shooting." The Doctor said, putting his hands up.
"Nobody shoot us either. Very much not in need of getting shot. Look, we've got our hands up." We all followed Rory's example and put our hands up.
"Who the hell are you?" Nixon asked.
"Sir, you need to stay back." Mr. Delaware said.
"But who are they and what is that box?" President Nixon asked the Doctor.
"It's a police box. Can't you read? I'm your new undercover agent on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name the Doctor. These are my top operatives, the Legs, the Nose, the eyes, the stomach and Mrs Robinson."
"I hate you." River said.
"No, you don't." The Doctor replied in a flirtatious way.
"Who are you?" Nixon repeated again.
"Nah, boring question. Who's phoning you? That's interesting. Because Canton Three is right. That was definitely a girl's voice, which means there's only one place in America she can be phoning from."
"Where?" Canton asked.
"Do not engage with the intruder, Mister Delaware." Carl said.
"You heard everything I heard. It's simple enough. Give me five minutes, I'll explain. On the other hand, lay a finger on me or my friends, and you'll never, ever know."
"How did you get it in here? I mean, you didn't carry it in." Canton said.
The Doctor smirked. "Clever, eh?"
"Love it." Canton replied.
"Do not compliment the intruder."
"Five minutes?" Mr. Delaware asked.
"Five." The Doctor said, nodding.
"Mister President, that man is a clear and present danger to-"
"Mister President, that man walked in here with a big blue box and five of his friends, and that's the man he walked past. One of them's worth listening to. I say we give him five minutes. See if he delivers."
"Thanks, Canton." The Doctor began to smile.
"If he doesn't, I'll shoot him myself."
The Doctor's grin fell. "Not so thanks."
"Sir, I cannot recommend-" Carl Peterson started.
"Shut up, Peterson! All right, five minutes." President Nixon ordered.
"I'm going to need a SWAT team, ready to mobilise. Street level maps covering all of Florida. A pot of coffee, twelve Jammie Dodgers and a fez."
"Get him his maps."
"Why Florida?" Canton asked. The Doctor, River, Canton, Jack and I stood over the maps while Amy and Rory watched close by.
"There's where NASA is. She mentioned a spaceman. NASA's where the spacemen live. Also, there's another lead I'm following."
"A spaceman, like the one we saw at the lake." Amy says quietly to River.
"Maybe. Probably." River said.
"I remember." Amy says.
"Amy? What do you remember?" Rory asked.
"I don't know. I just-" Amy said, looking very confused.
"Amy, what's wrong?" Rory asked.
"Amy?" River asked. Jack and I turned around and faced her.
"Are you alright?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah. No, I'm fine. I'm just feeling a little sick. Excuse me, is there a toilet or something?" Amy asked. I froze, unsure what I wanted to do. If I went to the bathroom with Amy, I would be taken as well, but I needed to protect my baby. My hand went to my stomach.
"Sorry, ma'am, while this procedure is ongoing, you must remain within the Oval office." Carl said.
"Shut up and take her to the restroom." Canton says.
"This way, ma'am." A Soldier says, stepping up to Amy.
"Thanks." Amy says and leaves and Carl stops Rory from following his wife. I had missed my chance, but I was protecting my child. I couldn't let Madam Kovarian have my baby.
"Your five minutes are up." Canton says.
"Yeah, and where's my fez?" The Doctor demanded.
I sighed and looked at Jack, exasperated on how childish the Doctor was acting in this situation. Jack shrugged and I rolled my eyes.
Suddenly the telephone rings.
"The kid?" Canton Delaware asked.
"Should I answer it?" The President asked the Doctor.
"Here!" The Doctor points to the intersecting corner on a map. "The only place in the United States that call could be coming from. See? Obvious, when you think about it." Amy and Phil return.
"You, sir, are a genius." Canton says.
"It's a hobby."
"Mister President, answer the phone."
"Hello. This is President Nixon."
"It's here! The spaceman's here! It's going to get me! It's going to eat me!" I drifted over to River and grabbed a hold of her hand. She glanced at me, smiled a sad smile and turned back to the conversation.
"There's no time for a SWAT team. Let's go. Mister President, tell her help's on the way. Canton, on no account follow me into this box and close the door behind you." The Doctor said.
"What the hell are you doing?" Canton asked as The Doctor went into the Tardis followed by River, Amy, Rory, Jack and I. Canton runs into the Tardis after us. The Tardis dematerialises.
"Jefferson isn't a girl's name. It's not her name either. Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton. River." The Doctor says as he works the controls.
"Surnames of three of America's founding fathers." River says, giving a suggestion.
"Lovely fellows. Two of them fancied me."
"Are you okay? Coping?" Rory asked Canton, who stood stalk still, gaping at the sight of inside the Tardis.
"You see, the President asked the child two questions. Where are you and who are you? She was answering where."
"It's bigger on the inside." Canton mumbled.
"Yeah, you get used to it." Rory said, awkwardly patting Canton on the shoulder.
"Now, where would you find three big, historical names in a row like that?"
"Where?" Amy asked.
"Here. Come on."
"It's er-" Canton started.
"Are you taking care of this?" The Doctor asked Rory,
"Why is it always my turn?" Rory asked, slightly put out.
"Because you're the newest." Amy said, patting her husband on the back and following the Doctor out of the Tardis.
Jack stopped me from going out and we were the last ones on the Tardis. "Will it be safe out there?"
"What?" I asked, trying to get by Jack, but he kept on blocking me.
"Will you be safe? Will the child be safe?" Jack asked.
My eyes widened. I groaned, I hated protective Jack at the moment. "... Possibly?" I said.
"Then you are staying in the Tardis." Jack told me with a stern look on his face.
"Jack!" I groaned. "Come on."
"No." Jack said. "You will stay in the Tardis until the others get back in. If that means that I stay behind as well, then so be it."
"You make staying behind such a bad thing." I pouted.
"It doesn't have to be." Jack said, smiling.
I smiled and spoke telepathically to the Doctor Jack and I won't be coming out. Jack's being overprotective of the baby.
The Doctor replied Have fun and sent a playful wink along with the message.
"Jack, I'm pregnant, remember." I told Jack as he picked me up and began to walk to our room.
"I know." Jack said smirking. I smiled and giggled.
3rd Person POV
A Silence stood stock still in Tardis main area, watching his target interact with her husband. He so wanted to show his master that he was the best for his job and just kidnap her but he waited. That wasn't his mission. His mission was to watch and listen.
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