When Stars Collide, a BH6 x Dr Who crossover

Chapter Twenty Seven: Fully Charged

The TARDIS control room seemed more dim than usual as the four individuals moved to the most open area of the command deck. Once all were inside, the Doctor had locked the door, just to be safe. Jack could be quite resourceful, when he wanted to be, and the Time Lord wasn't sure if the man still had a key or not. He'd have to look into that later, though.

Hiro unrolled the square of carpet he'd thought to grab at the last minute, and placed it on the floor. He then proceeded to sit on it, cross-legged, as he let his hands rest on his knees.

"Now, you're absolutely sure you want to go through with this?" the Doctor asked. "I can't stress just how risky this is. We have no way of knowing what will happen. I'm not even sure if it will work."

Hiro and Baymax exchanged glances. After having talked it over with the robot the night before, the boy felt more than sure about this course of action. Besides, he didn't know of any other way to get things going, short of shooting down another asteroid. "I'm sure."

Baymax moved closer to Hiro, where he could easily monitor the boy, unobstructed. "I will monitor Hiro's vital signs the entire time," he assured the Time Lord. "If I detect any reason for concern, I will notify you immediately."

Rose watched, not really sure what was going on. "Okay, someone going to let me in on what's going on?"

The Doctor pulled a small chunk of the space rock from his pocket, placing it on the nearest console section. "We're going to try and see if we can connect Hiro with the energy life form," he answered.

At that admission, Rose's eyes went wide. "You're not serious, are you? I remember what happened last time you did something. I won't stand for it happening again." She put her foot firmly down.

Hiro looked up from his position on the floor. "We're not asking your permission," he clarified. "You're just kind of here because I guess you were informally invited. It is your space ship, after all."

"My ship," the Doctor corrected.

The boy apologized. "Anyway, I need to contact them, it, or whatever it is. It's important. While I'm sure those UNIT people are good, I don't really trust them."

Rose folded her arms, her bossy expression on her face. "Okay, I can go with that. I'm not sure I exactly trust them either. But that still doesn't change the fact that what you're planning on doing is dangerous."

"Do not worry," Baymax offered. "We are taking every precaution."

The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver. "If you're all done bickering, can we get started? I'm not sure how long it will take the others to realize we're gone, or how long it will take Jack to figure out what we're doing."

That seemed to silence Rose as she moved to sit on the bench seat to watch.

Hiro settled himself more, lowering his sense of gravity as he tried to get comfortable. Closing his eyes, he took several deep, calming breaths to try and get "into the zone".

With a few adjustments, the Doctor held up his screwdriver. "We ready?"

Hiro took one last deep breath before nodding.

Seeing the boy's signal, the Time Lord activated his sonic device, making it thrum with the energy surrounding the rock fragment they'd brought on board.

At first, nothing seemed to happen, except that a slight hum began to sound. But the longer the Doctor held the signal, the stronger the humming became.

For the briefest of moments, Hiro felt a sense of vertigo fill him and he wondered if he was going to either pass out or throw up. Then it simply didn't matter as everything went black.