[Universe 1]

“A trap?” The Doctor shook his head. “Hardly. As for a bomb. Just the size and speed of it could cause some massive damage.” He stated. “But other than that, very doubtful.” The Doctor clutched the one of the hand holds as the TARDIS flew through space and time chasing the tiny ship. As they flew he looked over at Jen. “So even though we were on its tail we that doesn’t mean we arrived at the same time.” He told her. Seeing her confusion, he continued explaining. “It was jumping all over the place, different tracks and such. It is very reasonable that we are a month or two off.” He informed her. “Not too far out so we should be good. However, we still need to check it out as whatever is on there could possibly fall into the wrong hands.” Not to mention there might be some injured aliens and the Doctor knew how some of the powers that be preferred analyzing the aliens instead of helping them and sending them on their way. Humans. Having to dissect everything. He rolled his eyes.

The TARDIS jerked finally coming to a rest. “Here we are.” He stated excited and ready to go see what the emergency was. Heading toward the door he headed outside and took a deep breath. “Ah, London.” He stated stepping out into the cool night air. “Beautiful night.” He stated looking around. Now where could the ship be? He glanced over at Jen when she inquired as to the year. “Not sure.” He replied. “A bit dark to verify accurate. Probably mid-twentieth century.” He replied. He really wasn’t too concerned about the year. Most of the time it really did not matter. Some years and events were important and therefore it was good to know the date, but in this case… He pulled out his sonic. It really didn’t matter when they were. Just as long as they got what they needed.

He looked at Jen as if she had gone daft at her next question. “Scan for alien tech?” He asked. He grunted and shook his head. “Jen, it hit the middle of London. Someone is bound to notice. I’ll just ask.” Sometimes humans were so strange. All bent on the latest technologies they usually forgot there were other ways to gathering information or doing something. He noticed a nightclub nearby. “See, all I have to do is go in there and ask. Much more personal than just scanning.” He shook his head not realizing that Jen had gotten sidetracked and was no longer with him.

Going to a side door, he unlocked it and entered. It was a nightclub alright. However, the era was early-to-mid twentieth century. He really didn’t analyze the clothes too much. Instead he waited as the woman on stage finished singing before taking the microphone. “Excellent. Bravo.” He told her. Then looking at the crowd he smiled. “Excuse me, excuse me. Did anyone see something fall out of the sky in the past month?” He inquired. See. This was the sensible way to do things. Though humans had a lot of faults they were also a curious bunch. Undoubtedly someone would have noticed. It wasn’t as if it had been tiny or had fallen outside the city. 

The inhabitance of the room just stared at him in silence for a moment before laughing. “Sorry, did I say something funny?” He asked not understanding. This was very perplexing. A loud siren echoed through the night but he did not give it much thought. “It’s something I need to find.” He stated as the people started to leave. “It’s large, fell recently. Probably landed with a large,” His eyes fell on a poster. “Bang.” He stated suddenly realizing why everyone had laughed. This was World War II. The London Blitz. What worse place to crash a ship.

He shook his head and slapped his forehead. Oy. Was he a idiot . He turned and noticed Jen was not around. Well at least she wouldn’t laugh him in the face. Exiting the nightclub he ignored the air raid siren and looked around. “Jen!” He called. What was it with his companions? Couldn’t they just stay for one second instead of disappearing? “You think after nine hundred years of traveling I would find someone who actually listened. But no.” He shook his head and headed back to the TARDIS. Perhaps she had gone back in. He doubted it but it was always safe to check. As he approached a phone rang. Pausing he looked around. It rang again and he realized that it was coming from his TARDIS. “That’s not supposed to happen.” He declared frowning.

“Don’t answer it.” A voice ordered as he headed over to pick it up. “It’s not for you.”

He looked over. A young woman stood there watching him. “How do you know that?” He inquired shaking his head. 

“Cos I do.” The woman replied. “And I’m telling you, don’t answer it.” 

“It’s not even a real phone.” He shot back. “Not even connected. There is no reason why it should be ringing.” 

The young woman shook her head. “Just don’t answer it.” She said before turning to go.

Now, there are many things you don’t tell the Doctor. Ordering him not to do something without explanation was a sure fire way for him to do it anyway. Especially if it was his TARDIS phone that should not be ringing at all. Picking it up, he spoke. “Hello? This is the Doctor speaking. Who is this?”

“Are you my Mommy?” It was a child’s voice.

The Doctor frowned. “Who is this?” There were a lot of questions that he had regarding this. First, how did the child call a phone that was not activated? Second, who was the child and where was his mother?”

“Mummy? Mummy?” The child’s voice cut off leaving a dial tone. 

Looking at the phone the Doctor frowned before hanging it up. Glancing in the TARDIS he noticed that Jen was gone. Well that figured. Closing the door he headed down the alley. The young woman was hiding something and he was going to find out what it was.
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[Universe 2]
Summer was relieved when the Doctor agreed. They were constantly running into trouble and though she was enjoying her time with the Doctor, overall, she still wished that the next adventure they went on did not have as much danger. Though in actuality, she should be grateful. They did have a nice stop to see her parents. And technically Shakespeare was not that bad. She frowned. Perhaps she was being ungrateful.

As they came to a rest, Summer listened to the Doctor talk about midnight. She was a bit surprised initially. It did not sound all that safe. Close to the sun. Dangerous. Couldn’t go outside. Why were they here again? Then she smiled as he answered her unspoken question without realizing it. It was a mystery and he was curious. Not to mention the Sapphire waterfall he was mentioning sounded like it would be a site to see. She wondered if she should take her camera. Probably not. No doubt it will be something that will bring up questions. So she’ll just leave it behind. It was a good thing she had a good memory and a fine hand at drawing.

Returning the Doctor’s smile, Summer followed him out of the TARDIS. Glancing around Summer was impressed. If it looked this beautiful here, what would the waterfall look like? The Doctor took her hand and she went along with him as they headed toward the shuttle. “This is lovely.” She told him. Who would have thought something like this would be out here? Summer knew that there was a lot of beauty that in the world, and in the universe. But something like this… she would probably not have thought about it. With how the large the universe was it would make sense that there would a place like this but still. She wondered how the Doctor knew about all these little spots. Were they really popular or did he just know the best locations in the universe to see?

Entering the shuttle Summer glanced around. “Nice. Gives us some room.” She stated. “Wish the airlines back home would do this.” She told him quietly. As they made their way to their seats, Summer nodded thanks as the Doctor let her take the window seat. He was so gentlemanly like that sometimes. Thinking of pleasing others. 

Sitting down she listened to the spill from the stewardess and frowned as all the electronic gizmos started to come on and fill the shuttle with noise. It was going to be a long trip if they were going to have to endure this. She wished she had accepted the earplugs. She squirmed a bit as she wondered if she could possibly ask the stewardess for earplugs. However, before she said anything, the Doctor nudged her. She frowned a second as she saw him lift up his screwdriver. What was he doing? As he disabled the system a smile came on her face. “Thank you. That wouldn’t have been much fun for anyone.” She concurred. Even if it had been less noisy, she agreed with the Doctor. Something else, maybe a book would be better.

When the Doctor got up and suggested talking, Summer unbuckled as well. He was so energetic. Turning around she listened as the Doctor talked to a man and his assistant.
“I’m Professor Winfold Hobbes.” The man said shaking both their hands. “This is my fourteenth time.”

Summer looked at him. “Fourteenth time looking at the falls?” She inquired. Were they that beautiful or did he not get out much?

“I’m Dee Dee Blasco.” The young woman beside him said smiling. “I’m his assistant.”

“Dee Dee, don’t bother these fine people.” The Professor scolded before looking back at them. “I’m sort of an expert on the falls.” He told them. 

The next few minutes he went on like that. Summer frowned slightly as he cut off his assistant every time she said something. After a bit of listening, the Professor asked Dee Dee to replenish his bottle. Taking the bottle she nodded and headed toward the back. Excusing herself, Summer followed.

“So why did you end up with him?” She inquired when they made it to the back.

“Oh he’s not that bad.” Dee Dee replied smiling. “I’m just a second-year student. I am lucky to work with him. I wrote a paper on the Lost Moon of Poosh. Professor Hobbes read it and decided to bring me on as his researcher. Well, at least for the holidays. And technically I do more fetching and carrying than researching but it’s good experience.” She seemed pleased with it.

Summer wasn’t so sure. But then again she understood. Sometimes you needed a professor to mentor you so you can do certain studies. Most of the time you were thankful with whoever agreed, despite their attitude and personality. She had to do that on one of her assignments. Thankfully, he mentor was pretty good. She knew another girl who had a horrible mentor. The girl had to switch after some issues arose. “Well at least you are getting some experience.” She stated. “What happened to the moon?” She inquired. It was a bit curious that a moon disappeared.

“Nobody knows.” Dee Dee replied finishing filling up the container. “It just disappeared.”

Summer frowned. That did not make a lot of sense. She’ll have to mention it to the Doctor later and see if he knew anything about it.

“Well I have to get back. It was nice talking to you.” Dee Dee said hurrying back.

Nodding, Summer looked at the other inhabitance. The Doctor was talking to a couple now with their teenage son sitting farther back a bit bored. She was not going to touch him. It wasn’t that she was rude but she knew what must teenage boys think about when talking to some girl. No thank you. She did not want to sit there as he tried to either hit on her or stumble awkwardly over his words. Besides, she was a good six to eight years his senior. It would just be awkward. Technically she could probably just head back to her seat but she didn’t want to disappoint the Doctor and make him think she did not like his idea. 

Steeling herself, she headed over to the woman sitting by herself. Sitting down next to her, Summer glanced at the book before looking forward again. The woman looked at her briefly before going back to her book. They both sat there in silence for a few seconds before the woman spoke. “You and him a couple?” She inquired nodding toward the Doctor.

Summer blushed. “Who us? No. No. Not at all.” She quickly came back. “Just traveling together.”

“Good. Romance is so overrated.” The woman declared. She then proceeded to tell her life story. Nodding sympathetically, Summer did not say anything but just listened. Apparently, the woman had a lot on her plate and needed someone who cared enough to listen.