{"id":291,"date":"2015-07-08T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2015-07-08T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:30:40","slug":"a-stop-on-the-way-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"A Stop on the Way to the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Stop on the Way to the Beach<\/span><\/h2>\n

by AJ Marks<\/span><\/p>\n

The centurion made its way down the hallway, towards the supply room to make necessary repairs on the engines. An unusual sound caused him to stop and look back into the hallway. He noticed nothing at first, then much to his programming something began appearing in the middle of the hallway. It looked like a blue box that was forming out of nothing.<\/p>\n

The noise finally stopped and the centurion was now looking at a blue box that should not have been there. The door opened allowing two humans, one male the other female to exit. Startled the centurion went into action even as the conversation came from the two humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn\u2019t look like the beach. Where are we now?\u201d the woman said, who had red hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell Miss Pond, we are where we are,\u201d the male replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you sure you know how to drive the TARDIS?\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, why do you ask, ah, bipedial machines, fascinating,\u201d the male said suddenly waving a weird thing at the centurion.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumans,\u201d the centurion said. \u201cHow did you get on board the basestar?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCompletely robotic,\u201d the male said. Now walking in a circle around the centurion.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, Doctor, it doesn\u2019t seem too friendly,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

The centurion finally sounded the intruder alarm and in moments a few more armed centurions arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh dear,\u201d the male said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake them to Baltar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltar turned his chair around at the sound of the door opening and footsteps coming into the command room. He turned stopping in shock at what he saw. Standing in front of him were three centurions, Lucifer, and to his amazement, two humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cExplain Lucifer?\u201d Baltar said, looking at the IL series Cylon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not know Baltar, only that they appeared inside,\u201d Lucifer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, perhaps I can explain,\u201d the male said, taking a step forward then looked around with a spin. \u201cI mean you are the great Baltar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know of me then?\u201d Baltar said feeling slightly pleased that his name had reached to others.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, no, but that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not great. Allow me to introduce ourselves, I am the Doctor, and this is Amy Pond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctor? Doctor who?\u201d Baltar replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, yes, exactly, well actually just the Doctor,\u201d he said taking out a cylindrical looking thing and waved it around then looked at it before racing from one side of the command room to the other. \u201cInteresting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you mind keeping still, you are our prisoners,\u201d Baltar said, getting irritated. \u201cAnd how did you get on board my ship?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUm Doctor, shouldn\u2019t we at least cooperate?\u201d Amy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat,\u201d the Doctor said stopping in mid stride to look up at Baltar. \u201cThis is fascinating, I haven\u2019t seen this type of technology before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you don\u2019t know where we are,\u201d Amy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, no,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you where you are, on MY SHIP!\u201d Baltar said losing his patience at the apparent lack of conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also don\u2019t think we\u2019re on Earth anymore,\u201d Amy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth?\u201d Baltar said sitting up a bit straighter. \u201cThe thirteenth tribe of mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThirteenth tribe, never heard that before, but then again maybe I have, are you related to the Daleks?\u201d the Doctor asked Lucifer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe who?\u201d Baltar asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaleks, nasty race, anything that isn\u2019t pure like they are they destroy,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

Baltar looked at the two before finally making up his mind. \u201cCenturion put them in a cell until we can get a proper name and reason why they are here out of them?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy your command,\u201d the centurion replied.<\/p>\n

Baltar watched as the two humans were led off the ship. He then turned to Lucifer hoping for a better explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears there is a blue square object in one of the hallways,\u201d Lucifer said. \u201cIt appeared at the same time they did.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlue, square shaped thing?\u201d Baltar replied not sure Lucifer made any sense now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is correct, we have not been able to gain access to it though,\u201d Lucifer replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep me informed if anything else happens,\u201d Baltar replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctor, what do you mean you don\u2019t know where we are?\u201d Amy asked looking at the Doctor.<\/p>\n

She watched as he waved the screwdriver around a bit before looking at his watch. \u201cI see, of course,\u201d he finally said causing Amy to frown.<\/p>\n

She waited patiently for a few more seconds as he continued to take more readings. \u201cDoctor, where are we?\u201d she finally asked pinning him with a glance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sorry, its quite fascinating Pong,\u201d the Doctor replied. \u201cComplete robotics quite unlike the Darleks. I couldn\u2019t even find a bit of organics, but then again, they are Cylons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know of them?\u201d Amy finally said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, well yes, but why did the TARTIS send us here?\u201d the Doctor said pondering the question. \u201cEspecially considering they hate humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey hate humans, oh great, that makes me feel so much better,\u201d Amy replied. \u201cI\u2019m stuck on a ship surrounded by machines that hate me, perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re only partly surrounded, and there is one human on board who appears to be in command, so they don\u2019t entirely hate humans,\u201d he said now looking at the force screen keeping them in the cell.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that supposed to make me feel better?\u201d Amy asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell yes, if Baltar was not here, you\u2019d be dead,\u201d the Doctor replied honestly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat doesn\u2019t make me feel better Doctor,\u201d Amy said sitting down in a huff.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, here we go,\u201d the Doctor said watching as the force field turned off. \u201cShall we, there\u2019s someplace I want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d Amy said hoping they were headed off this ship.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Apollo climbed out of his viper having finished his patrol. The only good news had been no Cylon patrols. He hoped that would continue for a bit longer. He spotted Starbuck, walking towards him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother patrol, come and gone,\u201d Starbuck said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019ve got another scheme,\u201d Apollo said, seeing Starbuck stop then look back at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never said anything about that,\u201d he finally replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t have to, you\u2019re eyes give you away,\u201d Apollo answered.<\/p>\n

They started walking towards the elevators when a strange whirring noise filled the hanger. Apollo stopped, as did everyone else, and looked around for several seconds as it got louder. A blue box slowly began to form in the middle of the hanger. Apollo was too shocked to even move, as he watched it appear and finally become solid. He rubbed his eyes, looked over at an equally shocked Starbuck, then back at the box, which had the word \u2018telephone\u2019 on it.<\/p>\n

The doors opened allowing a dark-haired man, tall and thin with a suit and a bow tie on, followed by a young woman with red hair, wearing a red shirt and skirt.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow where are we, better not be another Cylon ship,\u201d the girl said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh,\u201d the man said, waving something around before answering, \u201cWell Miss Pond, if you had observed when exiting you\u2019d have noticed we\u2019re surrounded by humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, and they\u2019re looking at us,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the Doctor,\u201d the man said, looking at the strange instrument. \u201cInteresting, same technology, guess we\u2019re still not home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew it, you don\u2019t know how to drive it!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNonsense, it\u2019s just, temperamental, that\u2019s all,\u201d the man said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat, you\u2019re having a fight with the TARDIS,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, excuse me,\u201d Apollo said, his hand on his blaster, unsure of what to make of these two.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, military command structure,\u201d the man said, walking up to him. \u201cI am the Doctor, this is my companion Amy Pond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctor? Doctor who?\u201d Apollo said, wondering what he was a doctor of.<\/p>\n

\u201cYep, that me, anyways,\u201d the Doctor looked around for a second before looking back at Apollo, \u201cwhere are we?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cApollo, I think I\u2019ve gone crazy, you should take me off patrols, I\u2019m seeing two unknown people, who came out of a blue box,\u201d Starbuck said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re crazy than so am I,\u201d Apollo replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe you can take us to your leader,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

Apollo looked over at Starbuck, then back at the two people, the doctor was still waving a small cylindrical device around, and the woman had her arms crossed giving the doctor a glare.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess,\u201d Apollo finally said, seeing Boomer and Jolly come down the elevator, also looking at the blue box in the hanger and the two people.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, the bridge asked us to come down, said something happened in the hanger, who are they?\u201d Boomer said, looking confused.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, I am the Doctor, and this is Amy Pond,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t ask,\u201d Apollo whispered seeing Boomer begin a question. \u201cStay here and \u2018guard\u2019 whatever that is, Starbuck and I will take them to see my father.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four of them stepped onto the elevator, with the Doctor waving the devise around and looking at it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is that?\u201d Starbuck finally asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cScrewdriver,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

Apollo looked at Starbuck, who shrugged. It did not look like a screwdriver to him. He decided to not say anything, the Doctor looked crazy enough, last thing he needed, a wacko running through the ship. He led them to his father\u2019s office, knocking before entering.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, Apollo, what happened\u2026\u201d his voice trailed off upon seeing the Doctor and Amy. \u201cWho are they?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the Doctor, and this is Amy Pond,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoctor? Doctor who?\u201d Adama asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy does everyone say that?\u201d the Doctor said, looking over at Amy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the Doctor,\u201d Amy said. \u201cIt\u2019s confusing, but it\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apollo shrugged his shoulders at his father, who continued to look at the two. The Doctor waved his screwdriver around again, looking at it, then his watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, yes I see,\u201d he finally said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, this is a bit strange, but what is going on?\u201d Adama finally asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019d like to know,\u201d the girl, called Amy, said, glaring at the Doctor, hands crossed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it seems we crossed dimensions,\u201d the Doctor said. \u201cYes, of course, makes sense, the Cylons don\u2019t exist in our area of space, and I don\u2019t exist over here, which is why the Tardis brought me here, it makes sense now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apollo stopped trying to make sense of anything the Doctor said. Fortunately his father spoke up for him. \u201cSorry, but what makes sense?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, time and space are an infinitely curved loop, by such any possible outcome can happen, and does. By slipping thought the seams of space we arrived here by mistake, simple isn\u2019t it,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean we came here by mistake?\u201d Amy said, hands on her hips. \u201cI thought you said you knew how to drive it!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do,\u201d the Doctor said. \u201cI just didn\u2019t see the loop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDoesn\u2019t explain how you knew what Cylons were,\u201d Amy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I didn\u2019t or not at that moment, but I do now,\u201d the Doctor said looking the others in the room. \u201cAnd they are, well, humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you Doctor obvious,\u201d Amy mumbled, enough for Apollo to hear her. It still answered nothing, or who they were.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did you get here?\u201d Adama asked. \u201cAnd why?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TARDIS, a time machine and dimensional spaceship, the last one of the Time Lords,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime Lords?\u201d Adama asked. Apollo looked at his father, who looked back at him. Starbuck had sat down and appeared completely bewildered about it all, merely throwing his hands up when they looked at him. It seemed more and more confusing to all three.<\/p>\n

\u201cit seems like we arrived here by mistake, I think I can get us back to our dimension and back on track,\u201d the Doctor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd our vacation?\u201d Amy said. \u201cYou promised me a beach vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo worries Pong, it was a great pleasure to meet you,\u201d the Doctor said, turning from Amy to Adama. \u201cI\u2019m afraid that me and my assistant have many other journeys to undertake, and I don\u2019t want to take up any more of your time, so if we can go back to our ship?\u201d<\/p>\n

Adama nodded, watching as Apollo and Starbuck left with the two. Adama pulled out a couple of pain pills to prevent a headache he knew would come over this, before deciding not to ever mention this in his logs. No one would believe him.<\/p>\n

The Doctor waited patiently on the elevator, quiet for now, which had Starbuck and Apollo concerned. They walked back onto the hanger, then over to the TARDIS.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou both fit in there?\u201d Starbuck finally asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, its bigger on the inside,\u201d Amy said, pulling open the door. \u201cSee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starbuck glanced inside, shocked at the interior. \u201cApollo, you gotta see this!\u201d he said waving his friend over.<\/p>\n

Apollo, then Boomer looked inside stunned into silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s even a pool in the back,\u201d Amy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPool?\u201d Apollo managed to blurt out.<\/p>\n

They watched the two walk inside, close the door, and the mysterious whirring noise start up.<\/p>\n

Amy watched the Doctor as they landed again. Taking a chance, she opened the door, seeing some strange spaceship bridge, wondering where they were this time before the Doctor barged out.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpock, analysis?\u201d<\/p>\n

The End<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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