"Ex FBI. Got kicked out" River says.
"Why?" I ask.
"Six weeks after he left the Bureau, the President contacted him for a private meeting."
"Yeah, 1969. Who's President?"
"Richard Milhous Nixon. Vietnam, Watergate. There's some good stuff, too."
"Not enough."
"Hippie!"
"Archaeologist" we look at one another for some time "ok, since I don't know what I'm getting into this time, for once I'm being discreet. We're putting the engines on silent" I say as the Doctor pulls a lever and there is a wail. River throws a different switch and it goes quiet "did you do something?"
"No, just watching," River says.
"Putting the outer shield on invisible. I haven't done this in a while. Big drain on the power."
"You can turn the TARDIS invisible?" Rory asks.
"Ha!"
"Very nearly" River moves another lever.
"Er, did you touch something?"
"Just admiring your skills, sweetie."
"Good. You might learn something. Ok. Now I can't check the scanner. It doesn't work when we're cloaked. Just give us a mo. Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. You lot, wait a moment. We're in the middle of the most powerful city in the most powerful country on Earth. Let's take it slow" I step out of the TARDIS.
*Time skip*
"What spaceman? Where are you phoning from? Where are you right now? Who are you?" I quietly get out a notebook and start writing.
"Jefferson Adams Hamilton."
"Jefferson, listen to me" the child rings off.
"Surely this is something the Bureau could handle, sir."
"These calls happen wherever I am. How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust anyone" Nixon turns around and sees me. Canton stands and turns, too. I keep writing I look up.
"Oh. Hello. Bad moment. Oh look, this is the Oval Office. I was looking for the er, oblong room. I'll just be off, then, shall I?" and I walk smack into the cloaked TARDIS, causing a big jolt inside.
"Every time" River mutters.
"Don't worry! It always does that when its cloaked" Canton wrestles me to the floor, I let out a small squeak of surprise "ah, no. Stop that."
"She said the scanner wouldn't work," Rory says.
"I know. Bless" River replies, the Secret Service run into the room.
"Lockdown! Lockdown!"
"Stop that! Argh! Oh! River, have you got the scanner working yet?"
"Oh, I hate her."
"No, you don't!"
"Get the President out of here. Sir, you have to go with them, now."
"River, make her blue again!" the Tardis shimmers into the visible spectrum.
"What the hell is that?" while everyone is distracted, I slipped out of their grasp and into Nixon's chair.
"Mister President, that child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. Never mind, though, because the answer's yes. I'll take the case. Fellows, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States and parked a big blue box on the rug. Do you think you can just shoot me?"
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The Oncoming Storm ²
Fanfiction(UNDER EDITING) What happens when the Doctor's wife travels with him through time and space. Seer: a person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds. Oc reader
