The Littlest Timelord: Cracks in Time

Chapter 29

The Doctor and Elise exited the TARDIS.

"No, Amy, it's definitely not the fifth moon of Cindie Colesta. I think I can see a Ryman's," the Doctor said.

An explosion came from inside the TARDIS and threw the two of them to the ground as the TARDIS started to take off by itself.

"Amy! Amy!" the Doctor yelled.

As the Doctor stared at the spot where the TARDIS once stood, Elise looked around them.

They were on earth obviously, but where?

The Doctor stood up and brushed himself off.

What were they supposed to do now? Where would they stay? How would they get the TARDIS back? What if they never got it back?

"Hey", the Doctor said, kneeling in front of her, "Elise, look at me".

Elise snapped out of her thoughts and looked at his calming green eyes.

"I will get Amy and the TARDIS back. I promise. It'll be okay", he told her, "This will just be a daddy/daughter trip, okay?"

Elise nodded.

"Now come here", he said.

Elise wrapped her arms around his neck and the Doctor rubbed her back to try and keep her calm.

They just needed to find somewhere to stay while he figured out what they were going to do. The first thing the Doctor did was sonic an ATM to get some money.

He smiled remembering doing the same thing after he met Donna. The Doctor looked down at Elise as he remembered the other ginger that had magically appeared in his TARDIS.

He got them something to eat and checked them into a hotel for the night. If the TARDIS didn't appear soon, he was going to have to go shopping for some new clothes for Elise.

Elise slept curled up into the Doctor's side that night. She missed Amy and the little blue box she called home.

The next day, they wandered around the town for a while until the Doctor spotted a card sitting in the window of a shop. He picked it up and smiled, recognizing his companion's hand writing.

They followed the directions to the house and rang the doorbell.

A man threw open the door and said, "I love you."

The Doctor smiled. "Well, that's good, because I'm your new lodger. Do you know, this is going to be easier than I expected." He took the fluffy pink keys from the man.

"But I only put the advert up today. I didn't put my address," the man said.

"Well, aren't you lucky I came along? More lucky than you know. Less of a young professional, more of an ancient amateur, but frankly I'm an absolute dream."

"Hang on a minute, mate. I don't know if I want you staying." The man looked down at Elise. "Umm, the ad didn't say anything about having kids".

"Oh, well Elise is very well behaved".

"She doesn't cry or anything? Throw temper tantrums?"

"Oh, no. Nothing like that".

Elise gave the man a small wave.

The man took the keys from the Doctor. "Give me back those keys. You can't have those."

"Yes, quite right. Have some rent." The Doctor handed the man a bag with money in it. He had of course keep some for himself and Elise, just in case they needed anything. "That's probably quite a lot, isn't it?" the Doctor asked, "Looks like a lot. Is it a lot? I can never tell." The Doctor invited himself in and Elise followed behind him.