The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

On Darkest Nights Pt. 1

Somewhere in a secret base helmed by UNIT, the TARDIS materialized somewhere in the hanger.

The door opened, and Theodore stepped out first as he glanced around, rubbing the back of his wild hair. It's not a UNIT facility that he's familiar with through his late mother, a different one, more modern.

Behind him, Lila stepped out, tugging on her long maroon sleeves before closing the door behind her. When she turned around, she glimpsed around, asking Theodore if they're in the right area. Cold steel and gray, far cry from what Theodore described a UNIT facility.

Recalling the message, he received, Theodore replied that he's sure this is the place. Off as it looked to him, he sees the UNIT emblem in the cold steel wall adjacent from them.

"Just makin' sure I don't have to save you from overly excited scientists wanting to see how your insides work," Lila made a point to bring up a chance they're not helping with scientific inquiries and instead Theodore booming one himself.

He assured her as they walked away from the TARDIS that he double checked before accepting the message, getting dissected wasn't in the itinerary, and if they tried, they'll hear from Hammond.

If Hammond hears so much a scalpel pricking Theodore's skin, he'll never hear the end of it, Hammond already wants to keep Theodore on a tighter lead due to the abundance of danger he and Lila faced during their misfortune as the Doctor-Companion duo.

Walking through the hanger, their footsteps echoed as they walked past the UNIT vehicles towards the lift.

His hands in his stitched pockets, Theodore stood by the lift with Lila as they waited by it, and stepped inside once the lift door slid open. Briefly, they felt a jolt as the lift activated, sending them up to the first floor of the UNIT building, and when the lift stopped, the lift door slid open. Outside waiting, there's a man waiting for them, wearing the signatures drab green UNIT uniform, modernized for the decade, wielding his issued weapon. His bright green eyes locked with Theodore's icy blue eyes as he ordered them to raise their hands. Theodore and Lila held their hands up without question as they saw the business end of the MP5 pointing at them.

The UNIT officer demanded to know their names and business; Theodore gave his introduction as the Doctor before Lila gave her name. Theodore told the man, UNIT sent for him, and they're expected by Commander Ryan.

Studying them, the man briefly lowered his MP5 from them as he responded that Commander Ryan's busied elsewhere.

They'll have to wait for him in the holding area until he returns. No exceptions.

Nodding, Theodore agreed to follow Evans with Lila trailing behind him, her loose velvet jacket fluttering in the breeze.

As they walked, the two sees the armed guards stationed at various points, looking at them wearily, as they followed Evans towards a room. He opened the door for them and they filed in, before he closed the door behind them, and there's armed guards standing by it.

"I thought you said they were a lively bunch," Lila remarked as she studied the holding area they're held in until Commander Ryan came for them. There's a two-way mirror that's surely monitored and cameras pointing at them from all angles, making sure they can't do anything untoward, and with the security guards outside with their MP5s, they're stuck there.

Theodore replied that things might've changed since his mother left the organization and his grandfather passed away, everything's different from what he remembered from his parents.

"Well, if all fails, you think the psychic paper, whatever, fools them?" Lila asked if they must use it, could they use David's psychic paper he left in the TARDIS for use, and Theodore replied that they might, since he doesn't think everything changed in UNIT. Lila caught the tone of voice shifting and Theodore admitted he isn't sure what to expect since UNIT's different.