Lost In Time (WhoLock, On Hold)

Thirteen

Gabriela Salvador couldn't stop staring at the thing in front of her. It was over two metres tall and was covered in metal. It didn't move, and only its mouth blinked with a blue light when it spoke. She had stared at it for more than twenty-five minutes and still couldn't grasp how someone could fit in that thing. It might work, but it didn't exactly look comfortable. It looked like an upgraded version of Iron Man.

She kept staring as the thing took a step forward, sending her trying to press her back against the conformation she was strapped to. It took several steps forwards until it was positioned right in front of her. She breathed hard and felt pearls of sweat escape her forehead as she started to panic. The stupidest idea came to her;

Reason with it.

"Please! You don't want to kill me! I know things that could be important to you!" She said, blushing over her squeaky voice. The thing didn't seem to notice. Its mouth gleamed blue as it spoke.

"We seek information concerning the Doctor."

"Doctor who?" Gabi asked. The thing fell silent for a minute. "The question is not relevant for this information."

"But who is the Doctor?" She asked. "An enemy of the Cybermen." The thing said. "Cybermen? Is that what you are?" Gabi said and twisted her fingers. "Yes."

Gabi opened her mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by the sound of running footsteps in the corridor. The Cyberman turned and marched to the door, pounding on the button by the door. It slid open, and it marched out. "Oi! You can't leave me here!" Gabi shouted after it, but the thing didn't care and disappeared in the hallway. Soon enough, Gabriela heard a metallic scream, and a pound as something heavy fell to the floor. She tried, but failed, to lean out and see what was making the sound, when she saw the end of a long coat flap out of view, followed by a body with bright colours and blond hair. Behind that body followed another body suit, dressed in black. "Hey! What's going on here?" She shrieked after the three bodies. The last one, the one in black, seemed to hear her, because he turned and looked her way. "Doctor!" He called down the hallway after the other two, but when no one turned back, he sighed and ran into the room. "Thank God! I've been stuck here for what feels like an hour!" She exclaimed. The man tried to open the straps to the conformation, but only managed to do a little dance when the straps sent a small amount of electricity into his fingers. "Who are you? Who's that Doctor you were shouting for?" Gabriela asked him. "Name's Mickey. The Doctor is a friend of mine."

"That thing out there was asking about him, I think." She said and tried to see what he was doing, but stopped trying when she smelled the smell of burnt hair coming from her forehead. "Did it now? Sometimes it better not to ask too many questions." Mickey said and looked at a setting of buttons. "Why not?" She asked and wiggled her fingers. "'Cuz you might not like the answer." He said and pressed a seemingly random button. The straps released around her ankles and wrist and she almost fell out of the confirmation. "Your name?" Mickey asked and looked out the door. "Gabriela Salvador."

"Nice to meet you, Gabriela. Gotta run!" He said and disappeared out the door. Gabriela was left standing in the doorway, clutching her wrists, with her mouth half-open trying to form a 'thank you'. "Wow. Every guy runs away from me. Am I really that bad?" She asked herself, remembering what her previous boyfriend had said to her. With slow steps, she walked to the door, peeked outside, before running for something that would hopefully be an exit.

Oh boy, was she wrong.

oOo

The Doctor had a staring-contest with himself. The older Doctor, the one who was at the least a 1000 years older than this incarnation and had no clue of what was going on, stared at his younger self in confusion. The younger Doctor, the one with hair that pointed at every angle and a way of wearing glasses even if he didn't need them, looked at the other one with a mixed expression. He probably fought the urge to laugh over the older one's expression.

"How did you get here?" The older Doctor asked, earning a confused look from the other one. "Sorry?" He asked. "How. Did. You. Get. Here?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm the one asking the questions." The older Doctor snapped. The younger Doctor looked at his two companions, Clara, Danny and Jimmie. Jimmie looked as confused as the young one. "With the TARDIS." He said. He didn't know why he told this stranger at all. "How!? Mine wouldn't even lift!" The older one said and pulled at his hair. "Doctor." Rose said slowly. She felt unsure if this man was actually an older incarnation by the way he spoke, or if he was just a little mad. "Rose, for instance! You shouldn't be here!" He said and gestured toward her. "What are you talking about!?" Rose asked. Few things frightened after her travels with the Doctor, but this one actually managed.

"There's got to be a wormhole somewhere. Is this real..?" The last he asked himself in a confused manner. The Rani had tampered with his mind before, and she surely could do it again. He ran over to Clara. "Is this real?" He asked and bowed down to her height. He stared into her big, brown eyes. "Yes. This is real. Why do you ask?" She asked and looked at him, worry in her eyes. She'd almost been fried to death or, she wasn't sure, been turned into a Cyberman, and she was still worried about him. He'd been gone for so long that she'd actually consulted Sherlock Holmes.

"You experienced dreams didn't you? When you were captured?" Clara and Danny nodded. "Yes." PE said. "What did it tell you?"

"Not much. Only clues for that name you keep saying." Clara said. The Doctor looked at her. What name? Was he talking? He looked at the younger Doctor, whose face was filled with dread. "The Rani?" He asked. "Rain Always Neglects Impossibilities." Danny cited, remembering his dream of the little boy and the heat from the planet. When he remembered the planet, he looked up. "Where's the planet?" He asked and pointed. Everyone's faces turned up and saw nothing but a cloudy, grey sky. "It was never there. It was an illusion. Hallucination."

"What planet?" Mickey, Rose and the Doctor asked. "A planet, looking exactly like Gallifrey."

"It wasn't though? Right? You transported it to another Universe." Clara said and crossed her arms over her chest. "I did. It wasn't Gallifrey. Just an image." The Doctor and Jimmie exchanged a look of realization. "Oh..." Jimmie said. "Oh... what?" Danny and Mickey asked. The others looked just as confused as Mickey and Danny sounded. Except the Tenth Doctor.

"We have to get Sherlock Holmes."

A/N; Sorry again! I'll see if I can get this going again. Happy Easter! //mathildaHilda