Once Upon a Time Lord

Chapter Eleven

                  Illustration by Karlie & Moi (illustration bc my pun is a work of art)
Lucy awoke again and pulled closer to the Doctor, taking in his warmth.  She had almost drifted off again, when she heard the TARDIS door creak open.  Lucy sat up carefully, so as not to wake the Doctor, to see Jane closing the door.

"Jane?" Lucy whispered.

Jane jumped, startled.

"Sorry," Lucy said.  "Don't step on your boyfriend."

Jane glanced at Killian as she stepped past him, up the metal steps, and Lucy became concerned when she didn't even bother correcting her.  "What's wrong?" Lucy asked.

Jane shook her head.  "I don't want to talk about it."

"You can trust me," Lucy said.

"I didn't say I don't trust you, I said I don't want to talk about it," Jane said.  Lucy stared at her.  "Peter kissed me," Jane mumbled.

"What, why?" Lucy exclaimed, Jane giving her a look.  "Right.  Don't want to talk about it.  Sorry.  How about we go explore the TARDIS then, if you don't want to talk about it?"

"Yeah," Jane said.  "Let's do that."

The Doctor awoke slowly at first, but upon noticing the absence of Lucy—which he saw almost immediately—he jerked awake and sat up.

"Lucy?" he called, scanning the room for any sign of her.  Killian sat up, rubbing his eyes wearily.

"I don't suppose any of you Time Lord folk require sleep, mate, but I for one am human and still do," Killian said.

"Jane and Lucy are missing," the Doctor said.

Killian glanced at the door behind him, which was still slightly cracked open.  "D'you suppose they went back to the Hollow?"

The Doctor shook his head.  "I can't see why they would."

"I can think of one reason," Killian said.  "And it has red hair."

It wasn't exactly the Doctor's first choice of places to search, but he figured it was best that they stick together, and there was clearly no way he was going to convince Killian to stick around if there was a chance Peter and Jane were off cuddling in the Hollow, so he followed him out the door.

"You couldn't have landed us a bit closer to where everyone's actually trying to be?" Killian asked, upon seeing their surroundings.

"I'm not exactly in total control of her," he said.

Killian shook his head in annoyance and marched off into the woods.

Though the Hollow was far away, they made good time and soon enough Killian was making his way down into the Hollow.

Peter was speaking with one of the Lost Boys when Killian came in.  Peter sighed.  "Don't bother; I'll stay away now.  I suppose you want an apology of some sort?"

"Apology?" Killian said.  "What're you...  Where's Jane?"

"I—I don't know," Peter said, taken off guard.  "I assumed she went back to the TARDIS after."

Killian raised an eyebrow.  "After?"

Peter looked at him, confused, before understanding dawned on him.  "Nothing.  You already checked the TARDIS?"

"Of course we bloody checked the TARDIS," Killian said.  "There wouldn't be a problem if they had been there when we woke up."

"The TARDIS is a bigger place than just the control room," the Doctor pointed out.  Killian rolled his eyes and marched back in the direction of the TARDIS.