Challenge #475, code (Doctor Who, Clara/River)
Author: merryghoul
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairing: Clara Oswald/River Song
Rating: General Audiences
Prompt: #475, code
Word count: 250
Clara got a text on her mobile phone while she was trapped in the Labyrinth. "Move forward fifty paces," it said, as if it was a computing code.
Thinking it was the Doctor sending her the text, she moved forward.
The messages continued. Clara turned left, then right. Fifty paces, seventy-five paces, one hundred paces.
To Clara's surprise, at the end of the Labyrinth was not the Doctor. It was River Song, typing into a mobile phone. "Hello, sweetie," River said. "You did want someone to rescue you, right?"
"Didn't think it'd be you. The last time I saw you--"
River put a finger to her mouth. "Spoilers. The Doctor's being chased around by the Minotaur without weapons or armour."
"Shouldn't we save him?"
"He'll be fine. He's going to attempt to trap the Minotaur back into the Labyrinth so Theseus can slay it. You've arrived a few years before that happens. And his younger self handed Theseus the thread to find the Minotaur. He has to fix this or there'll be a nasty paradox forming in Crete. So, while we wait for the Doctor, how about we explore the island of Crete? There might be some bull-leaping going on today."
"I thought bull-leaping was only in frescoes."
"It's very real. It's very dangerous. And it's fun to watch. Are you coming?"
Clara shrugged. "Why not?"
Clara took River's hand. River hit some commands on her vortex manipulator. The two of them went to see bull-jumping.
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairing: Clara Oswald/River Song
Rating: General Audiences
Prompt: #475, code
Word count: 250
Clara got a text on her mobile phone while she was trapped in the Labyrinth. "Move forward fifty paces," it said, as if it was a computing code.
Thinking it was the Doctor sending her the text, she moved forward.
The messages continued. Clara turned left, then right. Fifty paces, seventy-five paces, one hundred paces.
To Clara's surprise, at the end of the Labyrinth was not the Doctor. It was River Song, typing into a mobile phone. "Hello, sweetie," River said. "You did want someone to rescue you, right?"
"Didn't think it'd be you. The last time I saw you--"
River put a finger to her mouth. "Spoilers. The Doctor's being chased around by the Minotaur without weapons or armour."
"Shouldn't we save him?"
"He'll be fine. He's going to attempt to trap the Minotaur back into the Labyrinth so Theseus can slay it. You've arrived a few years before that happens. And his younger self handed Theseus the thread to find the Minotaur. He has to fix this or there'll be a nasty paradox forming in Crete. So, while we wait for the Doctor, how about we explore the island of Crete? There might be some bull-leaping going on today."
"I thought bull-leaping was only in frescoes."
"It's very real. It's very dangerous. And it's fun to watch. Are you coming?"
Clara shrugged. "Why not?"
Clara took River's hand. River hit some commands on her vortex manipulator. The two of them went to see bull-jumping.