The Littlest Timelord: Cracks in Time

Chapter 6

They stepped out onto the roof.

The Doctor had several ties around his neck, still deciding on which one to go with.

The Atraxi were hovering there.

"So this was a good idea, was it? They were leaving", Amy told the Doctor.

"Leaving is good. Never coming back is better. Come on, then! The Doctor will see you now".

The eyeball dropped down and scanned the Doctor. "You are not of this world", it said as the Doctor slid on his new suspenders.

"No, but I've put a lot of work into it". The Doctor held up a tie. "Oh, hmm, I don't know. What do you think?"

"Is this world important?"

"Important? What's that mean, important?" The Doctor discarded the tie and tossed it at Rory who caught it. "Six billion people live here. Is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a threat to the Atraxi?" He tossed another tie at Rory. "Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. Is this world a threat?"

A projection of the earth appeared.

"No".

"Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi?"

"No".

"Okay. One more. Just one. Is this world protected? Because you're not the first lot to come here. Oh, there have been so many".

The projection showed monsters that Elise had never seen before and some she had nightmares about.

"And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?" the Doctor asked as he tied his bowtie and slipped on his new jacket.

A projection showed ten men. The last one being the man who saved her.

The Doctor stepped through the projection. "Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically, run".

The eyeball was sucked back into the spaceship and it fled.

Elise and the Doctor heard the sound of the TARDIS engines. The Doctor reached into his jacket and pulled out the TARDIS key. He grabbed Elise's hand as they ran back to the blue box sitting in Amy's garden. "Okay, what have you got for me this time?" he asked. The Doctor slipped his key into the lock and opened the door.

Elise's mouth dropped open.

"Look at you. Oh, you sexy thing! Look at you", the Doctor said.

The two Timelords entered the TARDIS and the Doctor ran to the console, pressing buttons and flipping switches.

Elise hadn't moved from her spot in the doorway.

"Right", the Doctor said to himself. He walked over to Elise and picked her up, carrying her over to the jump seat. He knelt down in front of her as he did what he should have when he met her. "Hello. I'm the Doctor. What's your name?"

Elise said nothing.

"Okay...is there a reason you don't talk?"

She placed her small hand on his temple and he heard shouting.

"Ah". He hoped that in time she would trust him enough to start speaking again. "Do you have a name?"

She showed him giving her the name Elise.

"Well if you like it that much, you can keep it. It's a nice name, huh?"

Elise smiled and nodded. The next thing she showed him was him regenerating.