The Penny Drops!

Part 6

[A/N. Thanks to RomioneGirl for the idea! :) This is the Tenth Doctor meeting River for the first time after the Library. I also think I might make some with her meeting even younger incarnations as well. You know, she'll wipe his memory or something.]

"Doctor! What's happening?!" Donna asked frantically as the TARDIS began shaking. He picked up the mallet and hit the TARDIS console.

The room lurched again and he grabbed the rail to keep balance. "I don't know! I think she's taking us where she wants to go!" He yelled back.

"What's that supposed to mean?! Where she wants to go?! Are you seriously telling me your own ship is rebelling?!" She said, annoyed. The TARDIS shook again, and the Doctor lost his balance and fell.

"She's not really rebelling! Just not doing what I asked her to!"

"And the definition of 'rebel' is?!"

The TARDIS lurched again, then went still. "We've landed." The Doctor said, walking over to the scanner. "Asgard. Oh, that's a nice planet. I've always wanted to visit!" He says happily. Donna stood up and assessed her bones. "I'm fine, thanks." She huffed, annoyed.

"Allonsy!" He said, grabbing her hand and pulling her out the door. "Ah. Asgard. See, I told you it's a nice planet."

They were looking at a wide expanse of open land, with yellow grass and trees with blue leaves. There was a city in the distance, buildings all beautifully designed in different shapes. "It's beautiful." Donna breathed out. The Doctor stayed silent, admiring the city.

And a large explosion sounded behind them. He whirled around, going to the other side of the TARDIS to get a better look. "What?"

Donna ran up beside him, watching a building about 400 meters away crumble down. "Is that supposed to happen? Did we land in the middle of a war or something?" She asked him after it had been reduced to a pile of rubble. "No, I don't think so..." he ran to the doors of the TARDIS when Donna called him back.

"Who's that?" She asked him, looking at the figure walking away from the rubble. He squinted. "If I had to guess, probably the person that blew up that building."

Donna looked up at him, alarmed. "So someone that just blew up a building is walking towards us?"

"Yep."

"Should we get inside or something? I think they're probably dangerous!" She replied, eying the person, who was now around 200 meters away.

"Um, yeah, sure. We can go somewhere else. Alfyta, that's a good planet!" He said, turning and running back into the TARDIS. Donna followed suit.

He ran up to the console and flipped several levers. The TARDIS didn't move. "Why aren't you going? We want to go somewhere else." He murmured. Donna sat down in the pilot's chair.

The Doctor wiggled the levers again, pressing a few buttons as well. "So your ship is misbehaving, and we've got some kind of terrorist walking to us, probably armed with a bunch of bombs!"

The Doctor stepped back and surveyed the console. "Yeah. Pretty much." Donna sighed. "Fine then, alien boy, I'm hungry." She stood up and walked across the room.

Just as she was about to enter the corridor, the TARDIS doors flew open, and a masked figure walked in, holding a detonator. Donna screamed. "How'd you get in?" The Doctor asked, more interested in how she got into a time machine that could keep Daleks out than the explosives.

The masked figure just shut the door and walked to the chair. "Who are you?" the Doctor tried again. River whipped the mask off her face. "Hello, sweetie!"