A disaster perpetrated by a renegade Time Lord finds the Doctor being forced to work with his past selves to resolve it. This Time Lord has not only placed his very existence in jeopardy, but also Time itself. The Doctors may be a bit in over their...
Jamie stared, transfixed at the spot where Doctor Tyler had just disappeared. Suddenly hearing footsteps, he took his eyes off it for a quick moment and spotted the Brigadier returning with some files in his hand.
"Doctor Tyler, I thought these reports might interest ..." The older man suddenly stopped, peering around the room. "Doctor Tyler?" He then finally took notice of Jamie. "McCrimmon, what are you doing? Where did Doctor Tyler go?"
Jamie gazed at him desperately, wanting to tell him what happened but still too shocked to find the words. "Um, I don' think you'll believe me."
The Brigadier quirked an eyebrow at him. "Out with it, man. Where did he go?"
Still unable to speak, Jamie merely looked at him and shook his head. How on Earth would he even begin?
With an impatient sigh, the Brigadier stuck his head out the doorway and into the corridor. "Doctor Tyler!"
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"He disappeared!" Jamie blurted, finally able to shake himself out of his shocked state.
"Well, that much is obvious," the Brigadier retorted. Before Jamie could even attempt to explain, he witnessed Sergeant Benton approaching.
"Sir, Doctor Tyler is missing."
"Yes, thank you, Sergeant, we're aware of that. He's got to be somewhere here in HQ. I order you to find him and bring him here at once."
Benton seemed ready to snap out a salute when Jamie decided it was a good time to speak up. "No, I mean he jus' disappeared! This ... flash thing came out of nowhere an' swallowed him up!"
"McCrimmon, please. This is no time for games."
"Och, it's no' a game! I saw it happen!" Jamie insisted desperately. "It was just like what he said happened tae that Mister Ollis! An' then I heard this strange noise, an' this weird red an' black ... thing jus' came out of the box an' onto the bench there. I didnae see where it'd gone but it looked as though it just disappeared as well." He gazed nervously at the Brigadier. "Honest."
"I can't see why he would lie, Sir," Sergeant Benton said.
"Mm." The Brigadier gazed at his feet for a moment, appearing at a total loss to explain what was going on. "Well, check anyway, will you?"
"Yes, Sir," Benton replied before leaving the room. Jamie then caught Sergeant Osgood hurriedly approaching. "Mister McCrimmon? You have a phone call."
Jamie shook himself out of his daze and followed him down the corridor. "A phone call? Fer me?"
"Yes, it's Miss Drummond," Osgood replied as they neared the office where the telephone receiver sat waiting off its cradle. Gesturing to it, Osgood nodded and left the room.
Kathryn. That certainly ripped Jamie out of his daze. He was still quite shaken by the afternoon's events and welcomed any distraction. Especially from her. He smiled as he picked up the receiver. "Hello there," he greeted her. The telltale weariness in his voice made him wince.
