For professorsong: An adventure in time and space

[rude_not_ginger]

The Doctor stepped from the TARDIS.

This was the best bit. The best part was the not knowing. The best part was when his foot stepped down on the ground and it was a foreign place and his foot touched new ground and it was new. Never touched by him before.

The Doctor's first love was the universe. This was that sort of moment.

The acrid smell of burning filled his nose and his foot landed on cold metal. A spaceship, burning somewhere in space. Wires hung from the ceiling, and panels fell from the walls. A person sat hunched over a panel and the Doctor raced over to her. No, dead.

"What happened here?" he asked aloud.

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[rude_not_ginger]

What's her game? What was she playing at?

"Early for us," he said. "Very early. What about you?"

[professorsong]

"Oh, a little past early, I'd say. We done Jim the fish yet?" she asked, eyes twinkling with amusement. She knew the answer already, of course. She had chosen her coordinates carefully.

[rude_not_ginger]

"Jim the Fish?" the Doctor asked, incredulously. "What kind of fish?"

It sounded like they had quite the life.

"Picnic at Asguard," he said. "You told me once we did that."

[professorsong]

"But you haven't been there yet," she said as though it was a guess.

[rude_not_ginger]

"But you have," he replied. "So, definitely not time for that part of my life, then."

When would he start...living with River instead of wondering with her?

He pressed a button and a series of lights went out down the hallway.

[professorsong]

"Alright then," she said. Then grinned. It was tempting to play this game for a while yet, but they did have a mystery to solve. So...

"What about the Library, have we done that yet?"

[rude_not_ginger]

He turned back to face her, surprise on his face.

"Have you done the Library?"

How was that possible? River died in the Library.

[professorsong]

"How would I know about it if I haven't done that yet, Doctor?" Oh this was just too much fun.

[rude_not_ginger]

The Doctor leaned towards her, concerned. "How---no, River. Stop. This...we can't continue with this much mystery between us. Like a bit of mystery, me, but we can't wander through with this much. It's---"

Another set of lights went out down the hallway, and there was the sound of something crashing in the distance. The Doctor looked over towards the darkness and reached out for River's hand.

"Maybe we should---?"

[professorsong]

She took his hand with an impish grin. "Run?" she finished for him.v

[rude_not_ginger]

"Yes," he agreed, gripping her hand. Without waiting, he started down the hall. He leapt over a few fallen wires and toppled computers. Halfway down, he saw the other end of the hallway also had the lights going out.

"We need an exit."

[professorsong]

She ran with him happily, jumping and dodging and not letting go of that wonderful hand. "What kind of exit?"

[rude_not_ginger]

"Vent----open door?"

He ran over to a computer and wiped it with the sonic.

"It looks like we have two ventilation shafts immediately above us!"

[professorsong]

"That works." She grabbed her squareness gun with her free hand. "Sonic it to the lowest setting."

[rude_not_ginger]

"If you miss, it will breach the integrity of the ship," he says, waving the sonic over the gun. "So don't miss."

[professorsong]

She gave him a wink. "I never do." With that she stared right into his eyes as she jerked the gun to just the right spot and shot them a square hole into the vents. She couldn't help showing off, okay?

[rude_not_ginger]

The Doctor raised an eyebrow, looked up at the perfect square in the vents, and then back at River.

"Good," he said, swallowing. "That's----that's good."

[professorsong]

She chuckled and holstered the gun. She then used the now free hand to grab the edge of the vent to try and pull herself up. "Anytime you want to help, sweetie..."