The Littlest Timelord: Cracks in Time

Chapter 5

"Hop on", the Doctor told Elise.

She wrapped her arms around his neck as he climbed the ladder. When they got inside, he set Elise down on the ground and she ran over to Amy and Rory.

"Right! Hello. Am I late? No, three minutes to go. So still time", the Doctor said.

"Time for what, Time Lord?" Prisoner Zero asked.

"Take the disguise off. They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies".

"The Atraxi will kill me this time. If I am to die, let there be fire".

"Okay. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again. Just leave".

"I did not open the crack".

"Somebody did".

"The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from? You don't, do you?" The voice changed to a little girl's. "The Doctor in the TARDIS doesn't know. Doesn't know. Doesn't know!" it taunted before changing back to an adult voice. "The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall".

The clock on the wall changed to 0:00.

"And we're off! Look at that. Look at that! Yeah, I know, just a clock. Whatever. But do you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out. And do you know what the word is? The word is Zero. Now, me, if I was up in the sky in a battleship, monitoring all Earth communications, I'd probably take that as a hint. And if I had a whole battle fleet surrounding the planet, I'd be able track a simple old computer virus to its source in, what, under a minute? The source, by the way, is right here". He pulled out Rory's phone as a bright light came from outside. "Oh! And I think they just found us!"

"The Atraxi are limited. While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me", Prisoner Zero told him.

"Yeah, but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favorite bit. Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you. Every form you've learned to take, right here. Ooo, and being uploaded about now. And the final score is, no TARDIS, no screwdriver, two minutes to spare. Who da man?"

No one said anything.

"Oh, I'm never saying that again. Fine", the Doctor muttered.

"Then I shall take a new form", Prisoner Zero told him.

"Oh, stop it. You know you can't. It takes months to form that kind of psychic link".

"And I've had years".

Amy collapsed to the ground.

The Doctor ran over to them. "No! Amy? You've got to hold on. Amy? Don't sleep! You've got to stay awake, please".

Rory and Elise watched as Prisoner Zero transformed into the Doctor.

"Doctor", Rory told him.

The Doctor looked up. "Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be?"

"It's you".

"Me? Is that what I look like?"

"You don't know?"

"Busy day".

The Doctor jumped to his feet. "Why me, though? You're linked with her. Why are you copying me?"

"I'm not", Prisoner Zero said. A copy of little Amelia came out and held the Doctor's hand. "Poor Amy Pond. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of the magic Doctor she knows will return to save her. What a disappointment you've been. How fair is it that one little girl gets to go with you and the other doesn't?"

"No, she's dreaming about me because she can hear me". He ran back over to Amy and knelt down next to her. "Amy, don't just hear me, listen. Remember the room, the room in your house you couldn't see. Remember you went inside. I tried to stop, but you did. You went in the room. You went inside. Amy, dream about what you saw".

"No. No. No!" Prisoner Zero yelled. Prisoner Zero transformed into a snake like creature.

"Well done, Prisoner Zero. A perfect impersonation of yourself", the Doctor told them.

"Prisoner Zero is located. Prisoner Zero is restrained", the voice of the Atraxi said.

"Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall", Prisoner Zero said before disappearing with a rush of wind.

The Doctor ran over to the window before pulling out Rory's phone as he angrily typed.

"The sun. It's back to normal, right? That's, that's good, yeah? That means it's over?" Rory asked.

Amy opened her eyes.

"Amy. Are you okay? Are you with us?" Rory asked her.

"What happened?"

"He did it. The Doctor did it".

"No, I didn't", the Doctor told him.

"What are you doing?"

"Tracking the signal back. Sorry in advance".

"About what?"

"The bill". The Doctor held the phone up to his ear as he started speaking. "Oi, I didn't say you could go! Article fifty seven of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established level five planet, and you were going to burn it? What? Did you think no-one was watching? You lot, back here, now". He hung up and tossed the phone back to Rory. "Okay, now I've done it".

"Did he just bring them back? Did he just save the world from aliens and then bring all the aliens back again?" Rory asked as the Doctor, Elise, and Amy ran out of the ward.

"Where are you going?" Amy asked him.

"The roof. No, hang on". He ran into a locker room.

"What's in here?" Amy asked as he rifled through clothes.

"I'm saving the world - I need a decent shirt. To hell with the raggedy. Time to put on a show". He hurriedly started to button his shirt.

"You just summoned aliens back to Earth. Actual aliens, deadly aliens, aliens of death, and now you're taking your clothes off. Amy, he's taking his clothes off", Rory said.

"Turn your back if it embarrasses you", the Doctor told him.

"Are you stealing clothes now? Those clothes belong to people, you know!" Rory turned around.

Amy put her hand over Elise's eyes. She might have been an alien, but she was still a child.

"Are you not going to turn your back?" Rory asked Amy.

"No".