The Littlest Timelord: Cracks in Time

Chapter 7

"Are you sure you don't want to try it?" the Doctor asked Elise. He was currently holding Amy out of the TARDIS by her ankle.

Elise shook her head.

"Come on, Pond", he said pulling her inside, "Now do you believe me?"

"Okay, your box is a spaceship. It's really, really a spaceship. We are in space! What are we breathing?"

"I've extended the air shell. We're fine".

The Doctor turned to Elise. "You're scared, right?"

Elise nodded.

"That's okay. It's okay to be scared. But here's the thing, as long as you've got me nothing bad will ever happen to you". He put his hand out and Elise placed her small one in his. He slowly walked forward and Elise floated out into space.

Her hearts were beating out of her chest and she grabbed onto the Doctor's wrist with her other hand. She kept her blue eyes on his green ones as she floated there.

He finally smiled and pulled her back in, kissing her forehead. "Good girl. My brave, brave girl". The Doctor looked out the door and saw a city floating there. "Now that's interesting. Twenty ninth century. Solar flares roast the earth, and the entire human race packs its bags and moves out till the weather improves. Whole nations".

Elise and the Doctor ran back to console as the door closed.

"Doctor?" Amy asked.

"Migrating to the stars".

"Doctor?"

"Isn't that amazing?"

"Doctor!"

The Doctor ran over to the doors and opened them.

Amy was hanging onto the side of the TARDIS.

"Well, come on. I've found us a spaceship", he said. The Doctor pulled her back inside and they observed the spaceship from a screen. "This is the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland. All of it, bolted together and floating in the sky. Starship UK. It's Britain, but metal. That's not just a ship, that's an idea. That's a whole country, living and laughing and shopping. Searching the stars for a new home".

The Doctor sounded kinda sad, so Elise wrapped her small hand around his and he smiled down at her in thanks.

"Can we go out and see?" Amy asked.

"Course we can. But first, there's a thing".

"A thing?"

"An important thing. In fact, Thing One. We are observers only". He held a magnifying glass up to his eyes and then put it down. "That's the one rule I've always stuck to in all my travels. I never get involved in the affairs of other peoples or planets".

Elise hadn't known the Doctor for long, but she had a strong suspicion that he was lying.

A video of a girl crying popped up on the monitor.

"Ooo, that's interesting", the Doctor said.

"So we're like a wildlife documentary, yeah? Because if they see a wounded little cub or something, they can't just save it, they've got to keep filming and let it die", Amy said.

The Doctor and Elise slipped out of the TARDIS and ran over to the little girl. The Doctor stopped to talk to her, but she ran off. He turned back to the TARDIS and motioned for Amy to join them.