Convergence on Lawndale - Part 1
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fardell24Convergence on Lawndale – Part 1
Glen Oaks Lane was usually quiet at night. It certainly was unusual that a strange grating sound could be heard somewhere in the street. In the back yard of a large red brick house, a blue box slowly appeared. The Doctor’s TARDIS had landed.
“There,” the Doctor said as the rear of the Morgendorffer house came up on the scanner. “We’re back in Lawndale, an hour after we left.”
“Finally,” Quinn Morgendorffer said. The last few adventures had come rather close. “Thanks, Doctor!”
“I’ll be back in a week.”
“I know. Have a good time,” Quinn said as she stepped outside and closed the doors.
“Now. Back to the Impossible Girl,” the Doctor murmured, wondering yet again why he kept running into Clara. He set the TARDIS in motion. However, the Cloister Bell rang and the old girl refused to move.
Quinn turned around, noticing that the Doctor hadn’t left yet. ‘What is he up to?’ She decided to go back. She saw that Daria’s light was still on. She knew that Daria knew about the Doctor, but she didn’t want her involved in with whatever might be happening.
The Doctor had looked at the scanner again when he heard Quinn re-enter the ship. “Yes, something’s come up.”
“What is the thing?” Quinn asked as she came up to the console.
“A strange energy reading coming from somewhere downtown. It could even be at the school.”
“Great!” Quinn groused.
“I could have a look tonight while you have sleep.”
“I’d probably stay awake with worry, and leaving the TARDIS here isn’t a good idea.”
“You know that the perception filter will stop your parents noticing it.”
“And you know Daria would know you’re here.”
“That’s not too bad.”
The Doctor had grabbed a map of Lawndale from somewhere, as well as his sonic screwdriver. “Are you sure you want to come along?” he asked Quinn.
“It’s Lawndale, of course I’m coming.”
“I knew you were going to say that,” the Doctor said as he locked the TARDIS. “Come along Morgendorffer.”
“That doesn’t work as well as you think it does,” Quinn groused.
Daria looked out and saw the Doctor and Quinn walk away from the TARDIS to the rear laneway. She sighed. “What are they up to?” she wondered if she should follow. It was a school night, but that hadn’t stopped her before.
Unnoticed, Daria slipped out of the house by the kitchen door, and went in the direction that her sister and the Time Lord had gone.
Twenty minutes later, Quinn and the Doctor approached the source of the energy reading. “It seems like a normal night,” the Doctor commented, although he knew that could change quickly.
Quinn looked around. “You’re right. It has to be in one of the buildings.”
“Are you up for that?”
“Of course.”
“Right,” he said as he led the way towards an abandoned café.
Daria saw Quinn and the Doctor approach the building which had housed the school’s ill-fated attempt at a coffee house a year earlier. ‘Of course, the Doctor is going to break in!’ As much as she and Quinn didn’t get along, she didn’t want Quinn to get in trouble with the law if things went south. So, she quickly followed.
“Locked,” Quinn said. “As I expected.” She took a hairpin from her purse.
“Wait!” the Doctor said as he took out his sonic screwdriver. “This is a better way.”
“As in it won’t leave a trace?” Quinn asked.
“Yes. But this is a cooler way.”
Quinn supposed the sonic screwdriver was cool, and a little cute, but she was sure he used that device too much rather than figuring something else out. “Sure.”
“There,” the Doctor said as the door opened.
Daria saw the duo enter the building. Quickly, she crossed the street and went up to the open door. ‘There’s a reason, the Doctor is here,’ she mused. ‘He may have picked something up in the TARDIS.’ But she didn’t know what that could be. After waiting half a minute, she stepped inside.
Quinn looked around the room. There was what appeared to be a glowing device on a table. “What do you think that is?” she asked. “It looks like a large crystal to me, but I’m sure it’s more than that.”
The Doctor looked at it. “I haven’t seen anything like it before.” He took out the sonic screwdriver.
“Couldn’t you take it back to the TARDIS and scan it there?”
“I could, but I don’t know how it would respond to being in the TARDIS.”
“Right.”
The Doctor scanned the device. “Interesting.”
“What’s interesting?”
“It seems to be a device to draw quantum energy from a pocket universe. It seems to be powering something, but I don’t know what.”
“You’re missing something.” It was Daria, who had followed them.
“Missing something?” the Doctor asked. He wasn’t surprised, he knew that Daria was following them after he and Quinn had left the TARDIS in the Morgendorffers backyard.
“I’m sure something like this wouldn’t be just left unsupervised in an abandoned building,” Daria said.
“Duh!” Quinn added.
“Of course, but why here in Lawndale? Why not in a bigger city, or even a more remote place?” the Doctor asked. He ran another scan on the sonic. “There is surveillance here.” He changed the setting and used the Sonic again. “There. It’s disabled.”
“But what is the device powering?” Quinn asked.
Daria was surprised. Clearly travelling with the Doctor had allowed Quinn to grow beyond her persona of a popular teen. That was a good question. She said so.
Glen Oaks Lane was usually quiet at night. It certainly was unusual that a strange grating sound could be heard somewhere in the street. In the back yard of a large red brick house, a blue box slowly appeared. The Doctor’s TARDIS had landed.
“There,” the Doctor said as the rear of the Morgendorffer house came up on the scanner. “We’re back in Lawndale, an hour after we left.”
“Finally,” Quinn Morgendorffer said. The last few adventures had come rather close. “Thanks, Doctor!”
“I’ll be back in a week.”
“I know. Have a good time,” Quinn said as she stepped outside and closed the doors.
“Now. Back to the Impossible Girl,” the Doctor murmured, wondering yet again why he kept running into Clara. He set the TARDIS in motion. However, the Cloister Bell rang and the old girl refused to move.
Quinn turned around, noticing that the Doctor hadn’t left yet. ‘What is he up to?’ She decided to go back. She saw that Daria’s light was still on. She knew that Daria knew about the Doctor, but she didn’t want her involved in with whatever might be happening.
The Doctor had looked at the scanner again when he heard Quinn re-enter the ship. “Yes, something’s come up.”
“What is the thing?” Quinn asked as she came up to the console.
“A strange energy reading coming from somewhere downtown. It could even be at the school.”
“Great!” Quinn groused.
“I could have a look tonight while you have sleep.”
“I’d probably stay awake with worry, and leaving the TARDIS here isn’t a good idea.”
“You know that the perception filter will stop your parents noticing it.”
“And you know Daria would know you’re here.”
“That’s not too bad.”
The Doctor had grabbed a map of Lawndale from somewhere, as well as his sonic screwdriver. “Are you sure you want to come along?” he asked Quinn.
“It’s Lawndale, of course I’m coming.”
“I knew you were going to say that,” the Doctor said as he locked the TARDIS. “Come along Morgendorffer.”
“That doesn’t work as well as you think it does,” Quinn groused.
Daria looked out and saw the Doctor and Quinn walk away from the TARDIS to the rear laneway. She sighed. “What are they up to?” she wondered if she should follow. It was a school night, but that hadn’t stopped her before.
Unnoticed, Daria slipped out of the house by the kitchen door, and went in the direction that her sister and the Time Lord had gone.
Twenty minutes later, Quinn and the Doctor approached the source of the energy reading. “It seems like a normal night,” the Doctor commented, although he knew that could change quickly.
Quinn looked around. “You’re right. It has to be in one of the buildings.”
“Are you up for that?”
“Of course.”
“Right,” he said as he led the way towards an abandoned café.
Daria saw Quinn and the Doctor approach the building which had housed the school’s ill-fated attempt at a coffee house a year earlier. ‘Of course, the Doctor is going to break in!’ As much as she and Quinn didn’t get along, she didn’t want Quinn to get in trouble with the law if things went south. So, she quickly followed.
“Locked,” Quinn said. “As I expected.” She took a hairpin from her purse.
“Wait!” the Doctor said as he took out his sonic screwdriver. “This is a better way.”
“As in it won’t leave a trace?” Quinn asked.
“Yes. But this is a cooler way.”
Quinn supposed the sonic screwdriver was cool, and a little cute, but she was sure he used that device too much rather than figuring something else out. “Sure.”
“There,” the Doctor said as the door opened.
Daria saw the duo enter the building. Quickly, she crossed the street and went up to the open door. ‘There’s a reason, the Doctor is here,’ she mused. ‘He may have picked something up in the TARDIS.’ But she didn’t know what that could be. After waiting half a minute, she stepped inside.
Quinn looked around the room. There was what appeared to be a glowing device on a table. “What do you think that is?” she asked. “It looks like a large crystal to me, but I’m sure it’s more than that.”
The Doctor looked at it. “I haven’t seen anything like it before.” He took out the sonic screwdriver.
“Couldn’t you take it back to the TARDIS and scan it there?”
“I could, but I don’t know how it would respond to being in the TARDIS.”
“Right.”
The Doctor scanned the device. “Interesting.”
“What’s interesting?”
“It seems to be a device to draw quantum energy from a pocket universe. It seems to be powering something, but I don’t know what.”
“You’re missing something.” It was Daria, who had followed them.
“Missing something?” the Doctor asked. He wasn’t surprised, he knew that Daria was following them after he and Quinn had left the TARDIS in the Morgendorffers backyard.
“I’m sure something like this wouldn’t be just left unsupervised in an abandoned building,” Daria said.
“Duh!” Quinn added.
“Of course, but why here in Lawndale? Why not in a bigger city, or even a more remote place?” the Doctor asked. He ran another scan on the sonic. “There is surveillance here.” He changed the setting and used the Sonic again. “There. It’s disabled.”
“But what is the device powering?” Quinn asked.
Daria was surprised. Clearly travelling with the Doctor had allowed Quinn to grow beyond her persona of a popular teen. That was a good question. She said so.
