The Time Computer

[Ace McShane]

Ace’s head dipped down and she jerked it back up a little to fast slightly twingeing her neck, she groaned slightly, so...so tired, crossing her eyes she shook her head and took a look through the scope on her rifle. Things had been quiet lately and that bothered her slightly, mostly because it meant someone was up to something.

Scanning the area through the scope, she yawned and ended up with a semi mouth full of dirt as a bullet dug its way into the ground in front of her. Now she was awake and either the other side knew where she was positioned or they where blowing off steam it didn’t matter either way she had to move. Pulling her bandana up to cover her mouth and her nose, she started to crawl backwards slowly dragging her rifle with her.

Bullets rained down around her, they had know where she was with that first bullet they had just been making sure “Shit!” Ace dived into a hole listening intently almost not even breathing.

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"Now, Ace, don't be rude," the Eleventh Doctor reprimanded. Then realization dawned on him. "Ace? But...how...you can't be here! I'm here! You and me wouldn't work...and where's other me? I wonder if he's still got that huge umbrella...but this isn't right!" Here he was, just going on one of his own travels on some far-off planet, when he started getting shot at. So he'd hid in this hole until it stopped, and planned to emerge when it was safe. But this was the last thing he'd expected...one of his old companions!

[Ace McShane]

Ace jumped not expecting anyone else here, pulling the bandana off her face she looked in the direction the persons voice had come from “huh?” something in the voice was familiar to her but she knew she’d never heard that voice before. Ace reached into her pocket and pulled out a glow stick, popped it and shook it up. Holding it up she studied the man with her “...Do I know you?” she couldn’t help but move a little closer. The eyes...something about those eyes she knew they where different but still so much the same.

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The Doctor continued looking at Ace, wondering how they'd both got here. "'Course you know me!" he declared. "Well, not the now-me, but the then-me. Basically, the me you're travelling with in then-me's TARDIS...oh come on Ace, it's time travel, you get it."

[Ace McShane]

Ace smirked a little, slightly out of annoyance slightly out of being glad to see him “well...this day just got better” she slung the rifle across her back so she had a hand free then with her free hand she flicked The Doctor in the forehead with her middle finger, not softly but not enough to hurt a lot either. “You know...you could stay in touch more then you do.” she moved back to the mouth of the hole pulling the rifle back around scanning the area with the scope “How old are you now Professor?”

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"Oi!" The Doctor chuckled when she flicked him on the head. "I know, I'm working on that. I've actually had an idea for a telephonic operating system that could phone anywhere in the universe at any point in time in an instant. 'Course, the problem is getting the operators. I am looking into a family of giant ostriches I found...anyway." He trailed off. "Me? I'm 1103. And whereabouts are you now, Ace? In our timeline together?"

[Ace McShane]

Ace laughed not looking away from the rifle as she squeezed off a shot “... Ostriches, Giant Ostriches?” she looked back at him for a second when he asked the question about the timeline “26...I think, heh wow never thought I’d forget how old I was.” honestly she had quit caring

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"Fat lot of good that is," the Doctor teased. "And yes, properly giant ostriches you should see the size of their eggs...but what was our last adventure? That might be an easier indication," he went on.

[Ace McShane]

“Heh...I’ll take your word for it.’ she scanned the area again through the scope “umm...the one with the Master and the Cheetah people, I thought you’d died that time.” she slung the rifle across her back and pulled the bandana back across her face “ok we gotta move while we have the chance.”

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The Doctor nodded as the memories came back to him, then prepared to go at the same time she did. "So, where are we anyway?" he asked. "'Cause I was just going about my normal travels, ended up here, and started getting shot at. Care to fill me in on what's going on?"

[Ace McShane]

“Algol” she sticks her head out of the hole slowly just incase it was a set up “Ok we’re good.” she starts down the hill “At the center of the planet there’s a giant computer and before you ask, I don’t know what it does I’d had heard about it from some people and wanted to see it for myself.” she slide down a little and caught herself with her hand on a rock “Let’s just say I wasn’t the only one.”

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"Algo? Never heard of it," the Doctor said as he followed Ace outside. "And a giant computer? Interesting. I remember Charlamange and the insane computer. Had to go through jungles armed with a knife, bow and arrows. Wait, hang on...you wanted to see for yourself, and they started shooting at you for that? And how did you even get here?" It was a good question. Unless his past self was here with Ace, he couldn't see how else she would've got here.

[Ace McShane]

“Charlamange and the insane computer? Add that to the mental list of stories still untold.” she looked around as they walked listening to The Doctor ramble on.
Ace stopped, how had she gotten here “I don’t...” she stumbled a little bit “something about a light.” why couldn’t she remember and when she did try why did it feel like a stake through her head, she pinched the bridge of her nose “Simplest answer is I don’t remember.”

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The Doctor brushed down his greatcoat and rubbed his chin. "A light? Are you sure that's all you remember?" he asked. "It could be a transmat beam, you can sometimes forget stuff for a short time after being teleported with one of those, though I'd say you've been here longer than the time needed to remember. So no, probably not a transmat. Though maybe, I don't know."

[Ace McShane]

Ace reached over and placed a hand over The Doctors mouth, saying softly “Shut up a second will ya, do you hear that?” was that beeping she heard. Moving slowly over to where she heard the beeping coming from she knocked some dirt around gingerly.

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Kalabar Kratos had been watching the screens of the contestants that he had pulled from different time spheres for a little game. “Sir they’re advancing faster then the computers can compensate for.” “They’re in the section with the landmines aren’t they?” “Yes” “Good then lets give them something to run back from then shall we?” he hit a button and hidden explosives in the area started to go off.