The Professor opened the door to the antique store.
“So where is this device?” she asked Ryan as he came in.
The storekeeper had obviously run off in terror of the flying machine earlier. Ryan walked over to the table and picked up the device.
“Here it is,” Ryan said as he handed the device to the Professor.
She took it, pulled out a strange device that looked vaguely like a remote, pointed it at the DDG, and pushed random buttons on the remote thing. At least, they seemed random to Ryan. The remote made a strange whistling sound every time the professor pushed a button.
“What is that thing?” asked Ryan.
“This?” the professor asked, as she held up the remote thingy.
“It’s a sonic remote.”
“A sonic remote?” Ryan echoed.
“Yes, a sonic remote.”
The light on the DDG started blinking.
“Oh no! It’s been activated!” shouted the Professor.
Another spider crawled out of Ryan’s pocket, and it immediately got bigger.
“Run!” shouted the Professor turning to run out the door.
Ryan followed and they ran as fast as they could, Ryan, though, had no clue as to where they were going. The creature finally trapped them in an alley. There was nowhere to run. Ryan watched the Professor run into an old antique telephone booth.
“You’re going to hide in a wooden box?” Ryan shouted.
“No. I’m going to escape in one! Now, come on!” The Professor responded defensively.
Ryan was sure that they would be no safer in the box than they would outside it, but he decided that there was no reason why not. He ran through the door, expecting a tight squeeze. It was not what he expected. It was huge, probably bigger than his house.
“Where do you want to start?” the Professor asked him.
“The inside is bigger than the outside?”
“Ah yes, this is the Tardis. That’s T-A-R-D-I-S; Time and Relative Dimension in Space machine.”
“And you’re an alien?”
“Alien is a term used for outsiders of a society,” the Professor responded.
“I mean, you aren’t from this planet?”
“No. I’m not.”
“Are you human?”
“No. Is that ok?”
“Yeah. It’s kind of cool.”
“Good. Now that we have that out of the way, I have to trace the signal from the device,” the Professor said.
Ryan looked over at it. It was covered in wires, and was smoking.
“You mean the one that’s catching fire?” Ryan asked pointing towards it.
“What?” she asked with a weird face.
Then her face turned to panic as she ran towards the center console.
“No! No! No! I’ve got to follow the signal before I lose it!” the Professor shouted no one in particular.
The Professor started pushing buttons and pulling levers.
“Come on, come on,” she said.
The strange light tube that connected the console to the ceiling started flashing and the Tardis began making a whooshing sound. Ryan fell to the floor as the Tardis shook. Finally the ship stopped moving and the lights stopped flashing. The Professor walked out of the Tardis, and Ryan stood up and followed. When he looked out the door he saw that they were on the other side of the city near the Statue of Liberty.
“We moved?” Ryan shouted more than asked.
“Yes we did,” The Professor said not paying much attention.
“So, that thing flies?”
“More like disappears and reappears. You wouldn’t understand,” she responded dismissing the subject, “Aargh! I lost the signal too soon! I was so close!”
“So we’re close to where we’re supposed to be?” Ryan asked.
“Yes, we’re looking for a transmitter.”
“What does it look like?” Ryan asked as he looked out at Lady Liberty.
“Like a transmitter! Big, tall, several points on top…”
“Uh, Professor.” Ryan said trying to get her attention.
“But where could something that big be hidden? It’s impossible!” she said, lost in her thoughts.
“Professor!” Ryan shouted.
“What?” she said.
He pointed behind her to Lady Liberty. She turned around. When she turned to face him again she had that crazy smile on.
“Ryan, you are a genius!” she said, “Now where could someone hide near here?”
Ryan pointed towards a manhole, “What about the sewers?”
“Ryan I love you! Come on!” she said as she darted towards the manhole.
Ryan was right behind her.