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Written in the Stars

The New Doctor

December 1996: Leadworth, Gloucestershire

Her head was spinning, everything hurt. She wasn't sure where she was or why her body ached, but when she opened her eyes, everything had suddenly made sense.

I don't want to go.

I'm still not ginger!

GERONIMO!

"Doctor!" Evelyn shot up as she winced, holding her head and closing her eyes again. She took a deep breath and let her nerves settle before she slowly looked around and frowned; she was in a messy version of her old room. Her eyes scoped the area before she carefully stood up; it seemed the Doctor had made sure to keep her room as was during her absence.

"…Doctor?" Eve carefully took a step forward but stopped, realizing something.

She was soaking wet.

"What the hell…" Eve raised a brow before she shook her head, making her way out of her room. She stood in the hall way and grimaced, the lights flickering on and off. The wiring was coming out from the cracks and holes in the wall and sparks flashed every so often. Not wanting to linger in the danger too long, Eve ran through the corridor. She noticed rooms were not where they originally had been and things had been switched about.

Finally, Eve stopped as she reached the control room, and immediately she gasped. She stood, frozen, as her jaw fell open; the entire thing was completely trashed.

"…What the bloody…"

§

The Doctor stumbled back from the console as sparks burst erratically from it. He covered his face in order to protect it from the burst, but as he did so, his ship began to spin, causing him to lose his footing. Yelling out, the Time Lord fell on to his back and began to roll.

"Doctor!" His green eyes widened as he felt a hand clasp on to his wrist, jerking him to a stop. He blinked before looking up, smiling widely as Evelyn held tightly to the railing of the platform, gripping firmly to his arm.

"My stubborn, cranky, wonderful V!" he shouted out merrily as the woman gave him a petrified stare.

"What the hell is happening?!" she cried out as she flinched, the console sparking once more.

"My regeneration! The energy was uncontrollable and has caused severe damage to the TARDIS!" he shouted as Eve gave him an annoyed glare.

"Obviously! I mean, where are we crashing to?" she asked over the unusual creaking and screeching of the ship; it was as if the TARDIS was in pain.

"Not—whoa!" Eve's eyes widened as her grip on the alien's wrist slipped from a bump the blue police box took. She screamed out for the Doctor as he began to fall, the doors to the box whipping open. Abruptly, the ship evened out, giving the Doctor a chance to hang from the ledge of the ship while Eve finally had the ability to at least stand. She rapidly ran over to the Time Lord as she reached out for his hand. His sonic screwdriver was held carefully between his teeth as she began to pull him up, using as much strength as she could muster within herself. As she looked up, her pupils constricted.

"Doctor!"

"What is it?" he yelled back before blinking and following Eve's gaze. He looked over his shoulder and yelled out, quickly aiming his sonic at the control panel. He watched as a lever moved on its own, the TARDIS gliding upwards just in time for him to avoid fatal damage to his lower half; that could have been just terrible.

When the Doctor was back safely inside, he quickly shut the doors and sighed, Eve sitting between his spread legs. They both took a moment to catch their breath, looking at each other before they began to chuckle; somehow, everything felt as it should.

Suddenly, Eve cried out as the TARDIS began to spin out of control. She began falling, the Doctor crying out her name. He reached for her hand but just barely missed it, the woman tumbling and rolling. She winced as she bumped into the console, hitting her head hard. She continued falling, and would have collided into the wall had the corridor from the left not suddenly appeared before her. The Doctor blinked as he looked up at the cylinder of the TARDIS before smiling; it seemed she was trying to help, even now.

Eve screamed as she fell through the doors of the library, but instead of hitting the shelves, her eyes widened as she suddenly was engulfed by water; why was the pool in the library? She didn't have time to think as she tried to swim to the surface, though the jerking and spinning of the ship made it nearly impossible. The young woman thrashed in the water, doing her best to try and gain control of herself. It was as if she was stuck in a tidal wave.

Shocking her from her thoughts, a hand wrapped around her wrist and began pulling her to the surface. The 26 year old gasped as she coughed, clinging to the body that had helped her. She breathed heavily as she felt an arm wrap protectively around her waist and pull her close.

"It's alright, I've got you now," the Doctor said gently as he held tightly to the edge of the pool. He tensed every time the TARDIS whirled around and jerked, and he nearly lost his grip on the edge when the ship finally crashed.

Waiting for a minute, the Doctor closed his eyes and relaxed. He glanced down at Eve and frowned, the woman lying unconscious in his arms. He looked around, noticing that everything had fallen over due to the way his ship had landed. He stared up as if he were looking to the ceiling, but found himself gazing through the entryway of the library. He frowned at that before he glanced at the pool, the pool sitting in the wall rather than in the floor; good for them, since the pool had been the one thing to catch them and protect them—mostly.

Carefully, the Doctor pushed a fallen shelf and hoisted Eve out of the water. He carefully laid her on the floor before pulling himself out, letting out breath and relaxing. He sat quietly for a moment as he looked over at Eve and smiled softly. He twisted his body, his right hand reaching out and brushing the hair that had been matted to her face out of the way of her shut eyes. He continued to smile as he scooped the woman into his arms and began to precisely climb his way out of the library.

When he finally lifted himself from the doorway, he lied Eve on the wall and pulled himself over. He then stood up and resumed holding the unconscious woman in his arms. He looked to his left, the floor acting as the wall and the wall now the floor; how strange. He continued forward until he stopped at a door, watching as it slid open. He gazed down into the room before his smile disappeared.

He hadn't bothered going in. Not since he had left Eve. He didn't have the heart to, because everything in her room had remained the way it had been. It was as if he had never left her, and just the thought always hurt. So he steered cleared of that area of the TARDIS; he was a coward.

Now, there he was, with Evelyn in his arms.

"Here we are then," he whispered before his smile returned. He hopped down and landed on the wall, everything in her room completely turned over. He carefully placed Eve down and turned her bed around and gently laid her down. He smiled before he sighed and looked up at the door.

How the hell was he going to move around the TARDIS?

§

A young girl stared out at the steaming police box that had landed in her back garden, and as she flashed her light at it, her blue eyes widened. The doors suddenly popped open as a hook came shooting out and attached to something sturdy. Blinking, the red head raised a brow and watched as a panting resonated through the silence, hands gripping tightly to the edge before a head popped up.

She was completely baffled, which explained the completely muddled look on her face as she stared at the strange man in the strange police box. She watched as he began to smile, causing her to relax; at least he seemed friendly and not dangerous. Then again, what did she know?

"Can I have an apple?"

And so was the very first time Amelia "Amy" Pond met the Doctor.

§

Huffing and puffing, Evelyn finally climbed out of the TARDIS. She gasped as she tumbled to the ground and laid there for a moment, catching her breath. She shook her head as she sat up and sighed, glancing around in order to evaluate the current situation.

It was the middle of the night, and she was lying in someone's yard at the moment.

Standing up, Eve frowned as she looked; where had the Doctor gone off to now?

Carefully, the 26 year old began to venture towards the house that sat before her, approaching the door and reaching out to twist the knob. She blinked when the door opened for her. With a nod, she quietly stepped inside, listening as voices in the distance echoed through the house.

"I'm not scared."

"Of course you're not!" Eve blinked at the unfamiliar voice as she frowned and began to follow the sound. She strolled through the hall before she stood in the door way of a kitchen, two strangers sitting at the table.

One of them was the Doctor.

The little girl looked up from her tub of ice cream as she blinked, seemingly unafraid of the other stranger in her home. Eve blinked before she looked over at the Doctor, who looked up and began to grin at her. Popping what looked to be a fish finger into his mouth, the Time Lord quickly stood to his feet and engulfed Evelyn into his arms. He shut his eyes and held her tightly as she remained stiff to his touch, still trying to get a firm grasp on what was going on.

"…Who are you?" the little girl asked as Eve forced a smile across her lips.

"Evelyn Young. And you?"

"Amelia Pond."

"Lovely name," Eve commented as the Doctor finally pulled away and nodded.

"That's what I said!"

"Doctor, what's going on? How did we get here? What—are you eating fish fingers and custard?"

"You see, V, you're asking all the wrong questions!"

"So that is fish fingers and custard."

"The real question is—what is this brilliant Amelia Pond afraid of?" The Doctor turned to the red head as she blinked, still trying to grow accustomed to the man's rapid speaking. "A box falls from the sky, man comes out of the box, man eats fish and custard. Another stranger appears from that same box, and look at you…just sitting there," he said as he took a step towards Amelia and leaned forward.

"Do you know what I think?" the Doctor asked as he looked from Eve to Amelia, the two females sharing a glance before looking back to the Doctor.

"What?"

"Must be hell of a scary crack in your wall." Amelia's face instantly paled at the mention of the crack as the Doctor smiled softly.

"Crack in the wall?" Eve asked as the Doctor stood up tall and nodded his head, walking out of the kitchen and grabbing his companion's hand.

"Yes, a crack in the wall. I know it's been awhile, but try and keep up, V." Evelyn glared at the Doctor.

"Where are you going?" Amelia asked as she quickly hopped down from her seat and followed after the pair of peculiar strangers. The Doctor grinned as he held tightly to Eve before looking back over his right shoulder.

"It's time I took a look at the crack in the wall."

§

"You've had some cowboys in here." Eve and Amelia watched from the doorway as the Doctor examined the small and slight crack in her bedroom wall. The black haired woman watched as Amelia stepped forward, catching the Time Lord's attention. She smiled as the red head offered him an apple with a smiling face carved into it, explaining that she too had once hated apples. She watched as the Doctor smiled before nodding his, tossing the apple up in the air and catching it.

"She sounds good—your mum." The Doctor turned to the wall as he narrowed his eyes. "I'll keep it for later."

Eve's eyes trailed after the Doctor as she watched his every move. Her smile was gone as she held the towel around her shoulders tightly. She nearly shivered, though she was not actually cold.

The Time Lord standing before her, it was the Doctor. She knew that. She had seen him change right before her eyes—he was even wearing the same pinstripe pants and blue button up shirt with the tie she used to tease him about. But he was completely different. He was no longer the same person she knew. And yet, he was exactly the same. She couldn't grasp her head around it. There were things about him that had changed; the way he looked, the way he sounded, even some of the things he said were different. But there was still that gleam in his eyes—his thirst for adventure. That had remained the same. Still, it was difficult for Eve to adjust to. But she did her best to try, for it seemed there was a greater problem at hand.

"This wall is solid and the crack doesn't go all the way through. So then, here is a question; where is that draft coming from?" Amelia backed away and softly bumped into Eve as the Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver. The woman from the future glanced down at Amelia, who gazed at the man with a startled look on her face.

"It's alright," Eve said as she crouched down and sat eye-to-eye with the young girl. "It's completely harmless."

"Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. You know what the crack is?" The Doctor turned to Eve and Amelia as they blinked.

"…What?" they asked together as the Doctor grinned, looking back at the wall.

"It's a crack."

"Doctor."

"Oh, alright," the Doctor said as he smiled, Eve giving him an exasperated sigh.

"If you knocked this wall down, the crack would stay put."

"How's that possible?" Eve inquired as she narrowed his eyes, taking a step forward as Amelia followed behind her closely.

"It's not in the wall."

"Where is it then?" the young girl asked quietly as the Doctor leaned to the wall and placed his finger along the crack.

"Everywhere. In everything."

"You're not making any sense, Doctor," the woman said as she stood beside the Doctor, keeping the towel tightly around her shoulders.

"It's split in the skin of the world. Two parts of space and time that should never have touched…pressed together…" He looked down to Amelia, the fear in her eyes ever so bright. She clung to Eve's hand, the young woman having not noticed it at first. After realizing it though, Eve merely smiled in a reassuring manner as she grasped the hand safely.

"Sometimes, can you—"

"Hear a voice? Yes." Amelia remained calm as she spoke though she held on tighter to Eve's hand.

Moving quickly, the Doctor glanced around before he found a cup sitting on the nightstand next to the red head's bed. He flung the contents over his shoulder before he placed the opening of the glass to the wall and listened carefully.

Prisoner Zero has escaped.

"Prison Zero…"

"Prison Zero has escaped. That's what I heard," Amelia stated as she narrowed her eyes. "What does it mean?" The brunet didn't say anything at first as he listened once more before stepping back and letting his arm fall to his side.

"It means that, on the other side of this wall, there's a prison. And they've lost a prisoner. And do you know what that means?"

"…What?"

"You need a better wall." Abruptly, the Doctor moved almost spastically. He grabbed the small end-table placed in his way and moved it, Eve and Amelia blinking as he did so.

"Doctor, what are you doing?" Eve asked as the Time Lord rushed back to the wall.

"The only way to close the breach is to open it all the way."

"Are you mad?! You just said there's a prison on the other side! You can't open that in her bedroom!" Eve protested.

"The force will invert, and it'll reverse and snap itself shut."

"And if it doesn't work?" Eve asked as the Doctor gave a weak smile. "…Doctor?" Amelia noticed the nervous look on the stranger's face which only made her grimace while she squeezed Eve's hand with all of her might. Evelyn said nothing as she let the girl hold as tightly as she wished; she didn't blame her for being scared.

"You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine. And you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?"

"Yeah," Amelia said with an annoyed nod as the Doctor smiled widely.

"Everything's going to be fine." Placing a hand on the top of the young girl's head, the Doctor nodded reassuringly to her, his eyes flittering to Eve's for just a moment as she frowned at him; she wasn't so sure how much he meant that.

Aiming his sonic to the wall, Eve and Amelia watched from behind as it began to buzz, the blue tip glowing brightly. Eve's eyes remained intently on the crack as she watched it glow a bright white and then widen completely. Her eyes widened as a loud voice echoed through the room, coursing through her entire body.

"Prisoner Zero has escaped. Prisoner Zero has escaped."

The Doctor raised a brow as he slowly approached the wall, Eve stiffening as he did so. She looked down at Amelia and gave her a confident smile as the young girl nodded, feeling a bit more reassured by the look this woman was giving her.

Suddenly, everyone jumped as an eye appeared from the crack, peering through and staring at them. "What is that?" Amelia whispered. No one spoke. They all merely gazed into the eye, seeing their own reflections through the pupil.

Within seconds, a small ball of light floated out from the wall, and it began to close, a light blinding them for a second; the crack was gone. "Was that Prisoner Zero?"

"No, I think that was Prisoner Zero's guard," the Doctor pointed out as he held the object that had floated to him. "Whatever it was, it sent me a message."

Eve gently peeled her hand from the red head's as she approached the Time Lord's side. She read the message and frowned as she read it out loud. "Prisoner Zero has escaped. We know that already."

"Why tell us?" the Doctor softly inquired as he looked around the room for a moment. "…Unless…"

"Unless what?" the Scottish child asked as the Doctor looked at her. "Unless Prisoner Zero escaped through here…"

§

"Doctor! What's wrong!" The Doctor had been lost in his mind. He couldn't quite understand what he was missing, but he was missing something. And all Evelyn and Amelia could do was watch as he tried to process it all. But when a whirring sound echoed through the night, he had lost his train of thought. He sprinted out of the house with Eve and Amelia following after him.

"The engines are phasing! It's gonna burn!" he shouted frantically as he knelt down and began unhooking the line he had used to get out of the TARDIS.

"It's just a box. How can a box burn?"

"It's not a box," the Doctor said as he swiftly stood up. "It's a time machine."

"…A what?"

"Yes. He said time machine," Eve reassured as she sighed. "It takes a few moments to really understand and believe it all."

"Took her ages to believe me," the Doctor shouted out as he wrapped the rope around the doors. "I won't have one for much longer though if I can't get it stabilized," he stated as he shook his head.

"How are you going to do that?" Evelyn asked as the Time Lord smiled.

"A five minute hop into the future should do it," he stated as Eve nodded, looking back down at the entranced Amelia.

"…Can I come?"

"It's too dangerous. Just give me five minutes—five minutes and I'll be right back." He turned to Eve ready to instruct her to wait with Amelia while he sorted the mess out, but she shook her head, climbing up onto the TARDIS.

"Not this time," she snapped as she glared. The Doctor hesitated as they sat side-by-side before he smiled and nodded.

"…People always say they'll be back…" Eve and the Doctor blinked as they looked back at the young girl, a dejected look on her face. The Time Lord frowned before he hopped off and bent over to get a good look into the young girl's eyes.

"Am I people? Do I even look like people?" He gave Amelia a smile. "Trust me. I'm the Doctor."

Turning back, the Doctor climbed up and sat, Eve nodding to him. He handed her one end of the rope while he held the other, and with one last look to a smiling red head he nodded.

"See you in a bit!" Eve said with a wink before she and the Doctor hopped down.

"GERONIMO!"

The doors slammed shut as a strong breeze wisped past Amelia. She grinned before she turned and began to grab her things; she was going to travel!

Making sure she had all she needed, the young girl grabbed her suitcase before pulling on her coat and hat. She then ran outside and sat where she had been standing when the police box had left.

And there, she sat, until the sun rose.

§

"V! Watch out!"

"I know what I'm doing!"

"I know but—ouch!"

"Maybe you should just worry about what you're doing!"

Eve and the Doctor each manned one side of the console, the Doctor wincing as he burned his finger. Smoke rose from the engine as Eve concentrated, coughing hard as the smoke filtered through her. She lifted her head up and frowned as she noticed the entry to the hall now up and to her right instead of across from her where it normally was.

"Everything keeps moving around! I keep seeing rooms in places they shouldn't be!" she shouted as the Doctor twisted a knob on the console.

"It's just—" He looked up as Eve blinked, the woman seeing a sudden wave a realization come over him.

"I know what it was."

"What?"

"I know what I was missing!" he yelled before he began to move rapidly. Eve's eyes widened as the Time Lord quickly lifted the lever, the wheezing of the TARDIS slowly returning to its normal pitch. "I can't believe I missed it!" he snapped as he turned and grabbed Evelyn by her shoulders. He laughed as he kissed her on the forehead, the black haired woman blinking from confusion.

"Brilliant as always!" he cheered before he quickly ran up to the door and outside, the TARDIS safely landed. Eve blinked as she stood in the smoking room before running out as well.

"Doctor!" she called out as she watched him run into Amelia's house. Immediately, Eve stopped, noticing the sun up in the sky. She frowned at that as she thought; they had left in the middle of the night.

Eyes widening, Eve quickly ran after the Doctor. "Doctor!" She quickly entered the house but stopped when she noticed the silence. She held her breath as she took a slow step forward. She stiffened when she heard scuttling from the floor above and she frowned; someone was here.

Carefully, Evelyn began to sneak up the stair but stopped. She frowned as she quickly glanced around before grabbing a vase that had been sitting on a small table against the wall. She then continued up as she listened to the sound of something dragging on the floor. A click echoed through the still before Evelyn made it to the top of the staircase. She rounded the corner quietly and stopped as she noticed the Doctor cuffed against the heater with someone standing in front of him.

"…Don't move!" The person stiffened as Eve glared, noticing the uniform on the woman; she was a police officer. "Back away from him!" Eve snapped as the woman slowly began to turn. She gave Eve an amused stare as she pointed at the object in her hands.

"A vase?" Eve glanced at the glass vase before sighing and relaxing; she supposed her choice of weapon wasn't as threatening as she wanted it to be.

"…Ma'am, I believe you're breaking and entering."

"No, no," Eve relaxed as she turned, the woman crossing her arms and giving her a knowing stare. "We're not breaking in—well, technically, we did break in, but we're not here to hurt anyone or steal anything. We're here to see someone." The woman in the uniform stared for a moment before she crossed her arms, her hair tucked neatly into her cap.

"Who are you here to see?"

"…Amelia. Amelia Pond." Eve watched the woman's reaction closely as her hazel eyes widened. A small smirk appeared across Eve's lips as the policewoman stared for a moment longer before clearing her throat.

"Amelia Pond no longer lives here."

"You sure about that one?" Eve asked as her smirk widened, the woman before her blinking.

"…What's your name?"

"…Tell me yours and I'll—" Eve stopped when she felt a chill run up her back. She stood at the opposite end of the corridor of the police woman, staring at her. She began to nearly shiver as she raised a brow, slowly dropping the vase and letting it break against the floor. The police officer watched with slight concern, the black haired stranger's face suddenly covered in fear and hesitation.

Slowly, Eve began to turn around as she met the sight of a white door. She faced it completely as the woman at the other end of the wall raised a brow. "What's wrong?"

"This door…" Evelyn's trembling hand rose into the air as she lightly placed her palm on the wood. "…I missed it."

"What are you mumbling about over there?" the official asked as she took a few steps forward. She watched and stiffened as the woman swiftly turned back to her.

"The Doctor—he said he missed something," she said as she shook her head, losing herself in her thoughts. She never noticed the way the woman before her tensed at the name, her eyes widening. "I missed this door when I was here last—never saw it," she explained mostly to herself. "Which means that the Doctor missed it too, which then means that…" It had been a long time since Eve had thought the way she did. That was how it was with the Doctor; she was always looking at things from a different perspective, putting the pieces together in ways she usually didn't.

Whatever he had missed—that door was it.

"Doctor!" Eve shouted as she turned to look at the stirring Time Lord. She backed away from the door as the other woman slowly walked up to meet her, finally seeing what she was seeing.

"That door…" she muttered as she stood beside the intruder, the pair staring at it together intently. "I've never seen it before…"

"Evelyn," the Doctor's slurred voice called out. "Evelyn! Where are—"

"Here! Doctor, I'm here!" Eve shouted out though she didn't turn back. She and her companion stared at the door together, both unmoving from where they stood.

"I'm getting cricket bat—cricket bat to the head. Just what I needed. Alright, Evelyn, I need you to find Amelia and get out!"

"I already have!" she called out, the woman next to her blinking and finally tearing her eyes away. Their eyes met as they stared at one another.

"…Evelyn Young?" Said woman smirked.

"That's right."

"Evelyn! What are you talking about! What—why am I cuffed?!"

"Doctor! Focus! This door!"Eve shouted as the Doctor tugged on his arm.

"There were supposed to be five doors. Only five," the woman beside Eve muttered as they turned back to the door. "This can't be possible…"

"There's a perception filter all around the door," the Doctor explained as Eve slowly approached the door, placing her hand on the wood once more. "Evelyn, stay away from that room!"

"That's an entire room—an entire room that I haven't noticed."

"That's what the filter does. It stops you from noticing," the Doctor explained as he kept his eyes on Eve, the woman eyeing the door closely. "Something came here to hide a while ago. It's still hiding, and you need to come un-cuff me now!" the Doctor snapped as the woman who had originally locked him up looked back at him.

"I—I don't have the key. I lost it," she stuttered as the Doctor gave her an exasperated stare.

"You lost it?! How could you have lost it?!"

"Where's your sonic?" Eve asked as her fingers lightly ran down the door and to the door knob.

"I don't—Evelyn Young! Don't you dare open the door!" the Doctor shouted as he noticed the way she wrapped her hand around the handle. "Whatever is in there—it's dangerous! Do you hear me!" he shouted frantically as Eve ignored him. The woman dressed in the uniform watched from a few paces behind as the Doctor's voice rang out once more.

"Evelyn! Stay away from that room! Are you listening to me?! Don't open that door! Why aren't you listening to me?! Evelyn!" Eve continued to ignore the Doctor as she looked back at the familiar woman. She nodded before opening the door and heading inside with one swift motion. The Doctor let out a frustrated breath as he and the woman who had locked him to the small furnace sat in the hall. "Evelyn!"

The room was dim, the drapes closed, and there was a mustiness to it that made Eve want to cringe. As she gazed about the empty space, the blue paint was chipping and peeling away.

With a sigh, Evelyn relaxed. "There's nothing in here!" she called out calmly as she glanced around the dingy and empty space.

"A creature that's successfully hidden an entire room for years and you think there's nothing there?" she heard that Doctor ask, irritated. "Not as clever as you once were, are you?" Eve blinked before she narrowed her eyes, glancing to the door.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think to keep my alien knowledge fresh when you left me!"

"You're still angry about that?"

"Are you serious?!" Eve shouted before she turned to look at the wobbly wooden table in front of her. "You—" She stopped.

The Doctor frowned at her sudden silence. "Evelyn?"

"…Doctor?" he heard her call out.

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"…Where did you say your sonic was?"

"I don't…" His eyes widened as he blinked.

"Evelyn!"

"Because it's in here…"

"Don't panic. It probably just rolled under the door when I was knocked unconscious," he said as he gave the woman who had hit him a look; she merely cleared her throat before quickly looking away.

"…I don't think so," Evelyn said loudly as she stared intently at the screwdriver sitting contently on the table; it was covered in slobber.

"Evelyn, please, I'm begging you, just get out!" he snapped as he tried once more to free himself from his binding. He gritted his teeth before looking back to the opened door. "Evelyn!"

Said woman slowly approached the screwdriver, trying not to gag as she picked it up, rubbing off a bit of the thick saliva. She cleared her throat once she finally had it securely in her hands, but as she turned to leave, she stopped. Her eyes were wide and her heart had nearly stopped; something was breathing rather heavily behind her.

"Evelyn?! What's wrong?" the Doctor called out as the woman closed her eyes.

"Doctor—I can feel it," she said as his eyes widened.

"Evelyn, if there's ever been a time where you've needed to listen, it's now!" he yelled. "Don't look at it! Whatever you do, pretend it's not there!" he warned as the woman in the uniform raised a brow.

"Evelyn?"

"Wait, how do you know her—where are you going now?" The Doctor let out a frustrated noise as the woman who had cuffed him slowly made her way to the room. "Not you too!" he shouted as she continued onward.

"Has no one been listening to me this entire time?!"

Evelyn remained in the room with her eyes closed, her breathing growing shallow. She held tightly to the sonic screwdriver, the Doctor's trinket being the only thing keeping her from panicking. She stiffened when she felt breathing down the back of her neck, but she had no time to react when she heard a creak against the floorboard.

Eyes snapping open, Eve turned to the door and watched as a rather eel-like creature hissed at the other woman, a scream emitting from her lips. Acting quickly, Eve ducked underneath the creature and quickly shoved her companion out, slamming the door shut as she went.

"Wh—What was that thing?"

"That was probably this Prisoner Zero we keep hearing about," Eve explained hurriedly as she tried to flick the sonic on. She frowned as it sputtered before flickering on, locking the door. After that, she grabbed the woman's hand and pulled her down the hall, tossing the screwdriver to the Doctor as he caught it with his free hand.

"Is the door going to hold it?"

"Oh, of course! An inter-dimensional multi-form from outer space—they're all terrified of wood," the Doctor snapped derisively as the uniformed woman shot an unappreciative glance at the man before looking back at the door. Her eyes widened when a bright glow emitted from the crack of the door, the woman beside her narrowing her eyes.

"What's that? What's it doing?" The Doctor looked up at the question as he shrugged, trying to clean his screwdriver as best as he possibly could.

"I don't know, just run. Run and call for back up. Evelyn and I—"

"There is no backup," the woman snapped as Eve sighed, giving the Doctor a dry stare.

"What do you mean there is no backup? You're a policewoman."

"I'm a pretend-policewoman!"

"How can you be so daft, Doctor?"

"Daft?! Did you know she was pretending?"

"Yes!"

"But then, who are you?"

"I'm a kiss-o-gram!"

"A what?"

"Doctor! I thought you were a genius?" Evelyn snapped before she reached up and carefully pulled off the woman's hat. Red hair began cascading down, making the Doctor blink before he looked to Evelyn.

"Is she—"

"Yes."

"…So then—"

"Yes!" Eve snapped before she tossed the hat aside, looking up at the redhead and smiling.

"Amelia Pond."

Before anyone could say much else, the door to the unnoticeable room came crashing to the floor. The three jumped and stiffened, confusion then taking over when a man dressed as a construction worker and his dog came strutting out of the room. Evelyn blinked as she and Amelia exchanged glances before they looked down at the Doctor.

"Doctor—"

"Look at their faces. Look at them carefully," the Time Lord said as he stared at the man with a ghost of a smirk upon his lips.

The man was growling as if he were the dog.

"…What? I'm sorry—What?!" Amelia looked down at the Doctor before he began to chuckle.

"It's one creature disguised as two. Clever, old multi-form. Got the voice a bit muddled, did you?" the brunet had caught its attention.

"Brilliant, just brilliant," Eve sighed as she shook her head, watching as the disguised creature glared at them coldly.

"Where'd you get the pattern from? You'd need a psychic link—a live feed. How'd you fix that?" The Doctor stared intently at the creature as it began to growl once more. Eve and Amelia took a step back towards the Doctor as it slowly stepped forward. Their eyes widened as the creature began to screech, bearing its narrow and long teeth at them. Instinctively, Amelia reached for Eve's hand, the woman merely staring with wide eyes but holding tightly to the hand clasped in hers.

"Stay back!" the Doctor yelled assertively. The three of us—we're safe. You want to know why? She sent for backup," the Doctor lied as he nodded towards Amelia.

"I didn't send for backup!"

"That was a clever lie to save our lives. Ok, yeah! No backup. That's why we're safe. Alone, we're not a threat to you. If we had backup, then you'd have to kill us!"

"Attention Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded." Eve blinked before she turned her head and shot a glare at the Doctor, who merely blinked, having not expected that.

"Alright, one more time! We do have backup and that's definitely why we're safe."

"Prisoner Zero will vacate the residence or said residence will be incinerated." Now, both Eve and Amelia were glaring down at the Doctor.

"…I'm having a bit of an off day."

The voice continued to bellow through the air as Eve and Amelia relaxed, the creature turning into a room and disappearing for the moment. Quickly, the Doctor began to tinker with his sonic, tapping it against the floor. Eve frowned as she watched the Time Lord carefully, and after a few more seconds, the comforting buzzing of the screwdriver resonated over the deep voice. The Doctor was quick to aim it to his cuff, unlocking himself and setting himself free.

Without warning, he shot up to his feet and began to push both women down the hall. "Run!" he exclaimed as he pushed harder, giving the pair of a head-start. Eve followed After Amelia as they scurried down the stairs and out the door. The Doctor slammed the front entrance shut before he looked back at Amelia.

"A kiss-o-gram?"

"Yes! A kiss-o-gram! What's going on?"

"And you knew about this?"

"I didn't exactly—Doctor! Is now really appropriate?!"

"Yes! And another thing—why'd you pretend to be a police woman in the first place?"

"You broke into my house! Now tell me! What's going on?!" Amelia snapped as the Doctor led the way to his TARDIS. He examined it carefully before looking back at the redhead with an exasperated expression.

"An alien convict has been hiding in your spare room disguised as a man and a dog, and some other aliens are about to incinerate your house. Any questions?"

"Yes!"

"Well, me too." The Doctor stuck his key into the lock before he shook his head. He turned to Evelyn and held his hand out, the woman blinking as she raised a brow.

"What?"

"Your key." Eve's eyes widened as she glared.

"What makes you think I still have it?" she asked as the Doctor turned to fully face her. His expression softened for just a moment in the chaos as Eve frowned before she sighed and dug through her pocket; she carried the key everywhere.

Quickly grabbing it and nodding a thank you to the woman, the Doctor tried to use her key in hopes that the TARDIS would listen to hers; she always seemed to like Evelyn more. He groaned when the lock remained still, his ministrations futile.

"No!"

"What's wrong?" Eve asked as the Time Lord looked back at her.

"She's still rebuilding, won't let anyone in," he rubbed the door lovingly as he tried to soothe his ship, Eve placing a hand on the door before she looked back at the window Prisoner Zero stared through. She blinked when a hand grabbed hers, Amelia trying to drag the two of them away from the impending danger.

"Wait, wait, wait!" the Doctor shouted out as he tugged his wrist free from Amelia's. He quickly hopped over a metal basin on the grass as he approached a rebuilt shed. "This shed! I destroyed the shed last time I was here—smashed it to pieces!"

"So there's a new one." Eve stood a few paces back as she stared at the shed before her eyes fell upon Amelia.

"But the new one's got old! It's ten years old at least." Taking his finger, the Doctor ran it along the wood before licking his finger tip and shaking his head.

"…Amelia?" Evelyn slowly asked as said redhead looked back at her. Her eyes glistened as she swallowed hard, the Doctor leaned forward "How long has it really been."

"I don't know!"

"No! This is important—this matters! How long?"

"Urgh—what does it matter now?! You're 12 years late when you said you'd only be 5 minutes!" she shouted, catching the Doctor off guard. He shook his head disbelievingly as Amelia trembled for a moment. Eve stared at the young woman's back for a moment before she sighed, rubbing her face with her hands; this was all very jumbled up.

"Come on, let's go!" Amelia quickly reached out and grabbed their hands before pulling them along.

They ran and they didn't look back.

Busy, busy day! There was a lot going on, and I'm afraid I updated later in the day than I originally planned, but I did update when I said I would! So begins this new story with the new Doctor! :D How very exciting that I'm now introducing Eleven and Eve together! It's still very sad, even for me, that Ten is gone, but don't worry! The Doctor is still the Doctor. I know there wasn't much closure with Ten's departure for Eve, but that will be addressed! There's a lot that's going to be happening for Eleven and Eve, so just bear with them as well as me!

Thank you for those who have decided to pick this story up after reading the first one! I hope that this entire thing turns out as well as the original! I've been working just as hard on this story so far, and I've also been working hard on Eleven. He's newer for me to write, and although he and Ten are similar, they are definitely different too, so I hope I'm getting his character down well! If not, let me know what I can do to make it better! And if there is anything you think I should change or do better, please don't wait to let me know!

Updating schedule for this story will be similar to the first story. I will post a chapter either every day or every other day. I can say for sure that this week updating will be a bit slower. I've got a bit of a jam-packed week ahead of me, but hopefully I'll be able to get in posts. After this week though, updates WILL be everyday/every other day!

Thanks for reading, whoever is, and I hope you enjoy!