Artemis watched from her seat on the captain's chair at the Doctor and the companions. She eyed the new body of the Doctor, finding it strange that she jumped all over the Doctor's timeline. Artemis knew that the Doctor regenerated into female bodies, but seeing it in person was... different.

Back in her dimension, Artemis never truly had time for boyfriends. She had a few during her later teen years and into her adult life. But she never had a girlfriend. She didn't even know why she was thinking about this fact, but she thought it was relevant. And Artemis wasn't opposed to girls, she never truly thought about them, but she wasn't opposed.

She picked at her nails nervously as she watched the Doctor fiddle with switches. The Doctor smiled at the companions in the room and pointed to the hallway and spoke. "Go on and get dressed fam."

Artemis' gaze fell back down to her fingers as the Doctor turned around to her. She gulped slightly as she heard heeled footsteps coming closer to her. A shadow loomed over her and she could feel the presence of the Time Lady in front of her.

With a gentle hand, the Doctor placed a hand under Artemis chin, guiding her head to look up at her. She slowly dragged the hand away from her. Artemis' green eyes met the Doctor's now green ones.

"Are you really ok?" The Doctor's feminine voice asked with concern.

Artemis' breath hitched in her throat at this question, her eyes wide. She paused for a moment, pondering what she would say. "I..." She paused. "I don't know. It's just that this is all so weird and new and strange and..." She breathed deep. "I don't know what is going on. And I know I just had this conversation with a younger you, but I just," Artemis sighed out, holding her head in her hands.

"Hey, hey, hey, I will always help, no matter what age or incarnation I am," the Doctor spoke calmly, kneeling down and placing a comforting hand on her knee.

Artemis looked up from her hands and smiled at the Doctor.

"Now come on! You got to get dressed for the occasion," the Doctor spoke with a smile, standing up with a jump. "We are meeting Mr. Tesla after all." The Doctor bounded over to the console as Artemis stood up, following behind her.

She stood awkwardly next to the Doctor. The Doctor glanced over and waved her hand over to the same hallway that the rest of the companions went. "Go on," the Doctor said with a wave.

"Oh, well I," Artemis started. The Doctor stopped what she was doing and looked over to Artemis with a cocked brow. "I don't know exactly where-"

"Oh!" The Doctor interrupted. "You don't know the Tardis yet!" The Doctor raised her hands up before grasping them together happily. She circled around the Tardis console happily before she met Artemis and grasped her hands, tugging her toward the hallway.

Artemis giggled as the Doctor tugged her around the Tardis. She looked at the passing doors as the Doctor exclaimed what each was.

The Doctor pointed at a door they passed. "That's the spa room. And that's the red room. Oh! And that's," the paused pointed at a circular shaped door. "That's the circle room."

Artemis cocked a brow and laughed out, "What's that?"

"Not much, just a room that's a circle." The Doctor didn't give her much more time to process before she pulled her away again. "Come on!" The Doctor shouted in excitement.

Artemis didn't get much time to admire the rooms and the decor as the Doctor continued to tug her away from each one. They ran past the library, the pool, the kitchen, and every other room they could before the Doctor finally stopped in front of a large white and wooden door. The Doctor turned around to gaze at Artemis with a wide grin and gestured to the room.

"This is your room! Go ahead."

Artemis stared at the door handle as the Doctor waited for her response. Slowly, Artemis reached out and gripped the surprisingly warm handle. She held her breath slightly as she slid the white door open. The breath she was holding then escaped her quickly as she scanned the large and bright room. The room was a replica of her room back in her own universe except it had a few bits that were new. One of them being that the new room was larger and brighter than hers. Musical instruments were strewn about the room. Instruments that she could play, like a piano and violin, and a few that she wanted to but couldn't, like a harp and a flute.

The Doctor stepped behind Artemis and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and grinned at her amazed expression. Artemis looked over to the Doctor in shock and happiness and hugged her tightly. The older Time Lady stood in shock for a moment before she quickly embraced Artemis back. The two needed no words at this moment, only each other's presence was enough. However, after a moment, the Doctor pulled away and pointed to the large closet.

"Go get changed," she said with a light shove. "The Tardis will pick out some outfits for the time period."

Artemis smiled and looked back at the Doctor for a moment before she walked over to the closet. The sound of the door closing shut let Artemis know she was alone. With a deep breath, she pried open the doors to the closet and gasped as she saw a vast room with shelves and rooks filled to the brim with clothing from every time period. Clothes she wished she had back in her old life that she could never afford. Artemis' eyes scanned the hangers for an outfit and reached her hand out to grab a long coat when she overheard a soft hum coming from the ceiling.

Artemis looked up at the empty ceiling and looked over her shoulder, thinking maybe the Doctor came in and this was the way that the Tardis was telling her, but instead, Artemis found on the chair by the entrance of the closet, a whole outfit set for her. She smiled and nodded to the ceiling in gratitude before she reached out and turned over the outfit in her hands.

~~~~

The control was filled with the rest of the group, all of them already dressed in age-appropriate clothing, except for the Doctor who was dressed in her usual outfit. Artemis smiled, as she walked down the stairs silently to meet the group. The noise in the Tardis quickly turned into a silent hull as the group all turned around at the sound of Artemis' small heeled boots clicking against the floor. Artemis smiled awkwardly, not quite knowing how to react to the sudden attention on her.

The Doctor's eyes widened slightly as she caught a glimpse of Artemis quickly making her way down the stairs. "Artemis you look-" The Doctor was quickly interrupted by a loud beeping coming from the center console. She furrowed her brows and pivoted back around, looking at the blinking red light.

Artemis hurried down the stairs and rushed to the Doctor's side, trying to figure out what was wrong alongside the rest of the group. The Doctor pulled a few levers and pushed some buttons, silencing the beeping before she then pulled the swiveling monitor toward her. Her eyes skimmed the screen before she pushed it back and pulled more levers, sending the Tardis through time and space.

Artemis, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham all gripped tightly as the shuttering of the Tardis in flight shook them around. Artemis' eyes scanned the Doctor's face, noticing a slight frown carved into it.

"What did it say, Doctor?" Artemis shouted over the loud sounds of the Tardis.

The Doctor looked down slightly at Artemis and held a soft smile, "Oh, just a funny energy reading, so we are going to go check it out."

Yaz frowned as she overheard this. She gripped tight to the console as she moved closer to the two Time Lady's. "Oi!" Yaz captured their attention. "What about Tesla? I thought we were going to see him?"

The Doctor flipped another switch, sending the rattling Tardis to a still as the familiar wheezing sound of the Tardis took over their ears. "That's the funny thing Yaz." She looked back around at Yaz with a smile. "The funny energy signal is from Tesla." The Doctor raised her hand and snapped her fingers loudly. The Tardis door swung open, revealing a gloomy but older looking street. Artemis grinned as she stared at the outside world.

~~~~

The group was split up, trying to find the source of the new and strange energy signal. Yaz, Ryan, and Graham in one group, and the Doctor and Artemis in the other. Artemis knew exactly where they were and what was to happen, however, she couldn't nor would she tell the Doctor.

The Doctor told the other trio to meet them on the train in the evening, whether or not they found something. Of course, the Doctor sent them to a safe but wild goose chase because she didn't want them to be on a dangerous trial on their own. But the Doctor couldn't say the same for Artemis and herself. The Doctor tracked the strange signal to a building, or rather an older warehouse.

With the Tardis now parked outside the building, the two Time Ladies searched the building for the signal. Artemis walked beside the Doctor's cautious frame as they carefully searched throughout the dark building. The Doctor held her sonic screwdriver in one hand, and Artemis' in another. Artemis, although feeling awkward, like the comfort that her hand held. The older Time Lady wore a light attached to her head and continuously buzzed the screwdriver, scanning the air.

"So, is there a reason why you have a tendency to hold my hand?" Artemis asked quietly in the silent air.

The Doctor kept looking forward and paused slightly in her steps, "Well I... I just want to make sure you're safe." The Doctor looked over her shoulder at Artemis' curious gaze and smiled softly. "It is one of your first adventures after all."

Artemis scanned the Doctor's expression as she looked back to the front. She frowned slightly, knowing that the Doctor wasn't the best liar and this only proved her point. But Artemis didn't push further for an answer.

A sudden and loud banging noise interrupted the pair and they both stopped short in their tracks, listening for any more. The Doctor scanned the air once more but groaned in frustration as nothing came up on the sonic. Artemis rolled her eyes slightly as she tugged the Doctor's hand, pulling her to the door up ahead in the dark hall. The Doctor yelped softly at the sudden force pulling her down the hall and she quickly placed the sonic back in her coat pocket. Artemis knew who was at the other side of that door and what would happen if they didn't reach them in time, so she wasted no time in shoving the door open roughly.

On the other side of the door, a man and a woman were squatting down behind a few wooden crates. The pair on the floor stared up at the Time Ladies in confusion and shock. The Doctor took in the new room slightly before looking down at the pair in shock as well.

"Oh, hi!" the Doctor exclaimed. "I don't suppose you've seen anything weird around here?" The Doctor asked with a furrowed brow.

Artemis' eyes widened as she finally caught sight of the figure on the staircase with a raised hand to them. "Duck!" She shouted, pulling the Doctor down to the floor alongside her as the figure shot out a bullet from a gun. The shot barely missed the pair, instead, it hit the wall behind them.

"Argh!" The Doctor shouted as she dropped to the floor suddenly. "I'll take that as a yes!"

Artemis shot back up immediately and dragged the Doctor over to the pair behind the wooden crates. "Mind if we join you?" Artemis panted as she and the Doctor squatted down. However, this didn't last long as the figure that was shooting at them was shot at by someone or something else.

The man fell the last few steps of the staircase and tumbled to the ground. A faint green glow could be seen from the top of the stairs, indicating that the thing that shot him was still there. The man on the floor was still and his eyes closed in a peaceful manner.

The Doctor quickly rushed over to the body and scanned him for any strange signs. Artemis sighed out to herself but kept an eye on the top of the staircase.

"It's Mr. Brady!" The woman behind the crates gasped.

The man beside her replied, "Why would a potential investor be shooting at us?"

"More urgently, who shot him?" The Doctor asked, her gaze still on the still body.

Artemis gasped as she saw that the figure at the top of the staircase raised their arm, a green glow surrounding the opening of what she thought was a gun. Gripping the Doctor's coat and pushing the pair beside them, Artemis flung herself across the room, protecting them all from the incoming shot that hit the wall beside them. The shot didn't look like a normal gunshot as the charge was neon green and electric in nature. The man and woman groaned as they were pushed harshly out of the way, but Artemis got the brunt of the blow as the Doctor fell on top of her as Artemis tugged her down with her. The Doctor hissed in pain as she pushed herself up, looking down at Artemis' shocked face. She smiled awkwardly before she pushed herself up and grabbed Artemis' hand, tugging her up as well.

"Run!" The Doctor shouted as they all sprinted out of the room.

As they were running out of the building, the man shouted out, "Who are you, people?"

Artemis looked back at the man while running and replied, "People that are saving you!"

~~~~

The night was cold as a single, dark train rushed down the tracks. Inside, everyone met up with each other. Yaz, Ryan, and Graham all were seated in the train car playing cards while waiting for the Doctor and Artemis.

The Doctor held Artemis' hand as they entered the dark and deserted train car. The Doctor sighed in relief as she swung the door open to reveal the rest of the group.

"Ah, here we go, perfect getaway vehicle. Full speed, straight to New York," the Doctor said as she put down her head light on the table next to her. "What did I say. Night train, right on schedule." Artemis smiled at the Doctor and squeezed her hand slightly before letting go on her hold.

Ryan looked up at the Doctor in confusion. "Did you find out what was causing this energy signal, then?"

Artemis chuckled slightly and turned back around to the pair behind them. "Nope," Artemis said while shaking her head.

The Doctor groaned, "No, but we found these two." The Doctor gestured to the pair behind her who looked at each other in confusion.

Graham slowly took off his hat as the trio sitting down realized there were strangers in the room with him. He stood up and lifted his hat in a friendly gesture. "Welcome to the Orient Express. We travel in style." Graham placed his hat back on his head as he sat back down.

"This is Graham, Yaz, and Ryan," the Doctor introduced them. Each one of them raised their hand as their name was called, letting the pair know who was who.

Artemis rolled her eyes as the Doctor completely glossed over their own names. "And," Artemis drawled as she interrupted. Both of the strangers looked over to her with a confused look. "I am Artemis," she gestured to herself and then placed a gentle hand on the Doctor's shoulder. "And this is the Doctor."

The Doctor smiled at Artemis before continuing, "Now that you are all caught up on our names, we were about to visit a person when I picked up a funny energy reading. Thought I'd check it out." The Doctor turned around to the seated trio behind her and said, "Ran into a tiny bit of trouble at the plant." But she quickly turned back around to the strangers with a calming hand raised. "Nothing to worry about! We've lost them. So, here we are."

Artemis stepped back to the wooden crate behind her and leaned against it, her arms crossed. She watched with watchful eyes as the Doctor asked who they were.

"Dorothy," the shorter woman replied. "Dorothy Skerritt." She stepped forward to shake the Doctor's hand.

"I am Nikola Tesla," the tall man also stepped forward to shake the Doctor's hand firmly. Artemis grinned widely as she pushed herself up from the crates and uncrossed her arms. "and I assure you I have no idea," Tesla replied. The Doctor looked over to Artemis with a small grin as she pointed to the man. Artemis only nodded in reply, but a wide grin was present on her face.

"Tesla!" The Doctor exclaimed as she held onto his hand for a bit too long. "I knew you looked familiar!" She said in awe. The Doctor turned around to Artemis and the gang behind her. "Did you know?!" The Doctor whispered loudly to Artemis and then looked behind at the trio sitting down, "It's only Nikola Tesla!" The Doctor looked back at Artemis, who smiled and nodded slightly. The Doctor grinned widely as Artemis confirmed what she asked.

"Who?" Yaz asked the group.

"Nicholas something," Ryan replied.

Artemis scoffed in disbelief at the trio's complete ignorance of the mastermind next to them. "He's only one of the brightest minds in modern history!" She spoke out while looking at the trio.

"Total genius!" The Doctor turned back around to Tesla. "I've always wanted to meet you." The Doctor's smile was wiped off her face as she said the next part. "Shame you're a big fat liar."

Tesla's confusion grew even more as he asked in disbelief, "Pardon?"

A sudden jolt of the train sent everyone stumbling and grasping for stability. Artemis gasped in shock as she was so caught up in Tesla's limelight, that she completely forgot what happened next.

The door of the train car slammed open with a bang and a dark figure could be seen, looming over them all. The cloaked form was illuminated from the back, giving the train car an eerie feeling.

"Doctor!" Yaz and Artemis shouted over the screeching of the train's wheels.

"And we're off again," the Doctor spoke in a hurry as she grabbed Artemis' hand tightly, running to the other exit of the train car.

"Go, go, go!" Graham shouted as he ushered everyone out of the room.

They barely made it out of the room in time before the figure shot out another blast of green, deadly, energy at them. Artemis yelped as the sudden blast to the wall scared her.

"Who's that?" Ryan asked as the Doctor pulled out her sonic with one hand and used it on the door, locking it shut.

"I don't know," she gasped as she squeezed Artemis' hand reassuringly. "Locked it!" Her and Artemis pressed their bodies against the door, holding it for a moment against the figure. "Keep going!" The Doctor shouted to the rest of the group. Her body shook as the figure on the other side of the door was banging against it, trying to break in.

The group at the end of the room hesitated at the open door but eventually, they all made it across, except for Tesla, the Doctor, and Artemis. Artemis grunted as her body was shaken harshly against the door. But suddenly, it went still.

On the other side of the room, Tesla whispered, "It's quiet."

"Why has it gone quiet?" The Doctor asked, concerned.

Artemis kept an eye to the ceiling as a creaking sound gave way to where the figure was. The figure then suddenly burst through the ceiling and dropped to the floor, startling the Doctor and Tesla. The Doctor gaped in shock as the figure aimed its weapon at the Time Ladies. Artemis' brows were raised in worry as she tugged the Doctor to the side, barely dodging the deadly blast. Artemis didn't have time to think as the Doctor struggled to get up from the boxes she was flung into and the figure turned around to Tesla and raised its weapon, ready to fire.

Artemis reached into the Doctor's pocket, pulled out the sonic, and aimed it at the ceiling, where a large metal cover was dangling dangerously. The metal cover was set loose at the sonic' use and it crashed down at the figure, sending them to the floor with a thud. Artemis huffed out as she lowered her arm slowly, not truly comprehending that she had just saved Tesla.

The Doctor stood up from the ground and looked at Artemis in awe. But she didn't waste any more time as she quickly bent down to the figure and stole its weapon from it. "I'll take that!" She said as she took it, panting.

"Uh... here," Artemis said hesitantly, handing over the Doctor's sonic. The Doctor smiled slightly and took it, along with her hand once more.

"Keep it moving then," the Doctor said to Tesla, who looked at the two women in shock. The trio ran to the train car's exit and jumped over the open tracks to the next train car where the rest of the group was waiting for them. Artemis grunted as she hopped the divider between the train cars and stumbled slightly into the Doctors grasp. The Doctor quickly adjusted her right and turned back to the figure behind them now.

"Missing something?" The Doctor asked confidently.

The figure suddenly opened a palm, revealing a red electric current flowing through it as it warmed up to shoot it at the Doctor. The Doctor gasped as she bent down, trying to unlock the cars from each other.

"Come on!" The Doctor exclaimed as she struggled with the connector. "It's rusted together!" Artemis gasped as she bent down too, trying to help the Doctor. With their forces combined, they finally separated the train cars.

The figure sent a stream of the red electrical current at them but the sudden jolt of the cars being detached caused him to miss by a few inches. Artemis sighed a breath of relief as the dangerous individual was now far away down the tracks. Artemis turned back around to the group and leaned against the wall, huffing slightly.

"Silurian blaster," the Doctor said as she placed the weapon down on the table near the center of the train car. "Nasty, deadly thing. But here's the funny part, whatever was firing-"

"Wasn't Silurian," Artemis finished for her. She pushed herself off the wall and stood beside the Doctor, gazing down at the weapon. "So, Nikola Tesla, why is someone chasing you with an alien gun?" She gestured to the lethal weapon. The Doctor looked at Artemis, first in shock, but then in pride, as she grinned at the fierce argument that she gave to the man.

"You believe this is alien?" Tesla asked both the Doctor and Artemis as he pointed to the gun and was about to reach for it when the Doctor stopped him short.

"Not so fast, you big, fat liar," the Doctor said.

"Why do you keep saying that?"

Artemis crossed her arms over her chest and puffed it out slightly, trying to assert her confidence over the man. However, she failed to realize how tight the outfit she was in and she struggled to do this.

Dorothy, the woman with Tesla, asked the group behind them quietly. "Is she always this impertinent?"

"Yes," the entire group confirmed at once. Artemis nodded her head as in answer but kept her focus on the man in front of her.

"First thing I asked you, I said, 'Have you seen anything weird?' And there's one important thing you failed to mention," the Doctor scolded. "See I started this evening chasing an unusual energy reading. I followed that signal, loud and clear, to the Niagara Generator." The Doctor reached into her pocket and pulled out her sonic. "So why am I still detecting it on board this train with you?" She scanned his body up and down and glanced at the results. "Whatever it is, hand it over," she demanded.

"This is one of the most miraculous things I've seen in my life. It's a mystery I intend to solve," Tesla spoke to the Doctor and Artemis softly before he directed his message to everyone in the train cart. "And I have no intention of handing it to total strangers!"

"Strangers who just saved your life," Yaz reaffirmed. "Whatever you found is putting you in danger."

Artemis' eyes widened with confirmation as she pointed at Yaz with one finger and placed another one from the opposite hand on the tip of her nose. She nodded vigorously with reassurance to her message.

"Yeah, both of you," Ryan confirmed. "You alright with that?" He quietly asked Dorothy.

Dorothy held her head high as she walked over to Tesla's side. "I agree with Mr. Tesla. If anyone can make sense of this, it's him."

"Well then," the Doctor sighed out. "If you won't hand it over, you leave us no choice." The Doctor took a few steps forward, intimidating the pair in front of her. "We're not letting you out of our sights until we've worked this out." The tension in the room was building as the Doctor grew more and more serious. Like a cold bucket of water being thrown on a hot fire, the Doctor changed her mood drastically. "So where's this lab then?" She said with a giddy smile and placed her hands on her hips. Artemis sighed out and rolled her eyes at this classic shift in mood that only the Doctor could do.

"New York," Tesla replied with a grim look.

"Fantastic!" Artemis said with a wide smile. "Love New York," Artemis breathed out with a grin. She looked over to the Doctor and then back to the trio behind her. "It's like a second home to me." The Doctor looked over to Artemis with a soft smile, but Artemis didn't take notice of it. "It's been pretty British around here," Artemis winced slightly and looked over to the group. "No offense," she whispered. "Glad to stretch out my American ways," she grinned and stretched out her arms in a humorous way.

~~~~

The train stopped right outside New York City, letting the group off right in the middle of a modern city. They were all on their way to Tesla's lab, breathing in the sights and sounds of the amazing city. Artemis was in awe of the different yet strangely familiar city they were in. Many of the buildings they saw were changed within the next century, however, many still stood in the 21st century. They stood as a base for buildings to come. And the cobblestone streets they walked in wouldn't last much longer as cars became much more mainstream. Some streets adopted the new approach and were paved with new materials, fit for cars.

"Now, this is a bit of all right," the Doctor sighed out in content. "Gilded Age of New York! This is when the modern world begins! New ideas, new technologies, new skyscrapers. More people getting rich quick, and more poor people than ever before," the Doctor walked in between the group of people, educating them on the current time period they were in. Artemis tended to notice that, no matter the regeneration, the Doctor always loved to tell the companions interesting facts and history.

"I always wanted to visit New York, see Times Square," Ryan said, swinging his arms.

Artemis smirked, knowing that the bright lights of New York didn't show up until much later in the 20th century. "A bit too early for that," she stated.

"Empire State Building?" Graham asked.

"Not yet," the Doctor replied with a shake of her head.

"Central Park?" Yaz asked cautiously.

"Yeah," the Doctor confirmed. Artemis chuckled at the look of joy and accomplishment on Yaz's face when she was correct. "Now that has been around for ages."

Artemis frowned as she heard a distant chanting coming from up the street.

"Can you hear yelling?" Ryan asked.

Artemis nodded her head in reply.

Outside Tesla's lab was a large crowd of people, men and women alike, all chanting the phrase, "No to the death current! No AC!" Many of them had signs protesting the same thing they were yelling and all of them shook their fists along with the chants.

The group stopped short of the crowd, Tesla and Dorothy looking on at the crowd with a grim look, knowing full well why they were there.

"Who are they?" Ryan asked.

"Protestors," Dorothy replied with a frown.

"What are they protesting about?" Yaz asked, looking over the large crowd with a slight frown.

"Me," Tesla replied shortly.

Artemis winced as a woman from the crowd turned around and spotted the inventor. The protestor didn't waste any time and quickly announced to the crowd, "There he is!" The angry swarm of protestors quickly ran over to Tesla and began to shout at him. Tesla kept his gaze on the ground and walked forward to the building. The rest of the group trailed behind him carefully. The inventor made it a few steps before being stopped by an angry man who yelled, "How many more people have to die before you admit your machines aren't safe?"

"My inventions never hurt anyone!" Tesla replied defensively. He took a few more steps forward, trying desperately to get inside the safe haven of the building, but he was once more stopped short when a reporter asked him a question.

"Isn't it true your last invention caused an earthquake?"

"Those were only mild tremors," Tesla replied. He pushed forward once more, careful not to touch or disturb any of the protestors.

"Why are you building weapons on Long Island?" A woman screamed at the inventor.

"Mr. Tesla isn't building any kind of weapon or going to answer any questions!" Dorothy answered for Tesla.

Tesla stepped up the stairs of the building and was about to open the door when a man yelled out, "Foreign lunatic! You don't belong in America!" Artemis could see the tension in Tesla's back as he breathed in deeply and then pivoted around to face the crowd.

"I am an American citizen!" He paused, gathering his calm demeanor. "And you," he pointed to the angry mob. "Are trespassing in front of my lab."

The group pushed the rest of the way through, meeting Tesla on the steps to the building as the angry crowd began to disperse. But before Artemis entered the building, alongside the rest of the group, she paused at the door frame. Slowly and carefully, trying not to raise suspicion with the Doctor and the group, she turned around slowly and scanned the area for the man she knew was there. Her eyes widened and she gulped as her eyes met the eyes of the man sitting down at a table across the street. Quickly, she walked back into the building and shut the door with a bang.

~~~~

Inside the building, they all stood and waited in an office room. Tesla and Dorothy stood by the desk while the Doctor and Artemis were close by. Tesla was angrily shuffling through letters and cards on the desk before throwing them down. "Me? A lunatic? They wouldn't recognize genius if it hit them in the face," he ranted to himself.

"You alright?" The Doctor asked Tesla as he walked away from the desk.

Tesla paused in his steps and looked back at the Doctor. "Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Their opinions do not affect me," Tesla spit out.

Artemis winced as Tesla walked through the door and slammed it shut harshly. Outside, the chants of the protestors could still be heard, muffled through the walls of the building. Artemis, along with the Doctor, looked back at Dorothy for reassurance. Dorothy sat down and plastered a fake smile on her face.

"He'll just be a moment," she gritted out. A loud rumbling could be heard from the other room where Tesla was. "Why don't you go on through?" She nodded to the lab door.

The Doctor looked to the door where Dorothy gestured and paused for a moment, in awe. "Tesla's lab," she said, out of breath. "This is going to be something special," she said with glee. The Doctor gripped Artemis' hand unannounced, causing Artemis to look up at her in confusion. The Doctor pulled her to the door and hesitated for a moment, trying to imagine what was just behind these closed doors. But when she finally opened them, it was a little disappointing.

The room was big but surprisingly empty for a lab. A few tables with machinery were strewn about. But nothing amazing like they all had imagined. The Doctor and Artemis stood in front of the group, while Ryan closed the door behind them softly.

"I won't lie," the Doctor breathed out. "I was expecting more," she admitted as she scanned her surroundings.

"Well, let's have a look about," Graham said, pushing past Artemis and the Doctor.

The Doctor stayed in place for a moment but moved when Artemis squeezed her hand gently and tugged her forward. Artemis walked over to the nearest table, which held a stack of papers and some machinery. The rest of them walked to the opposite side of the room and observed the items there.

"So Tesla," Ryan started. "Is he something to do with cars, then?"

"Yeah, well, they're named after him. He's a famous inventor, ain't he, Doc?" Graham replied.

Artemis snorted slightly at Graham's response and smiled at the Doctor who rolled her eyes and turned back around at the companions. But before she could reply, Yaz spoke first.

"Yeah? And what did he invent?" She asked with a sass in her voice.

Artemis grinned wider at Graham's dumbstruck look. He paused, thinking of the right words to say.

"Well, he invented the, erm," the older man hesitated. "The whatchamacallit," Graham stammered out, looking at Artemis and the Doctor for help.

Yaz and Artemis both laughed as Graham walked away in shame. The Doctor dropped her hold of Artemis' hand and walked forward to Graham with purpose, a look of determination on her face.

"Nikola Tesla dreams up the 20th century before it happens.

Before you have X-rays, Tesla has shadowgraphs. Before you have drones, Tesla has automatons. Before Marconi gets the patent for radio, they have to take it from Tesla because he invents it first!" The Doctor ranted. She walked around the companions before stopping at one of his inventions. "His work on alternating currents helps electrify the world. He should have been the first billionaire by now if he hadn't have torn up his contract. Business isn't his strong point." The Doctor leaned down to gaze at the simple, yet complex machinery in front of her.

The sound of the door opening to the lab made everyone turn around. Artemis, who stood the closest to the door, stepped back slightly to let Tesla in.

"Doctor," Tesla greeted. The Doctor paused her scanning of the machine and straightened back up to see Tesla. "I believe you wanted to see this," Tesla spoke breathlessly as he held a hand out to the Doctor. In his palm was a buzzing and glowing green sphere.

Artemis stepped forward and so did the Doctor, in order to view the object with keen eyes. She stood next to the other Time Lady and kept her gaze fixed on the object in his palm.

"Is this what you found in the generator?" The Doctor asked. "Giving off all that energy, but why?" She asked in disbelief. Her gaze briefly met Artemis, almost asking her for an answer, but she shook her head.

What happened next shocked everyone in the room as Tesla gently threw the object in the air and the green item began to float on its own. The buzzing became slightly louder as it floated independently.

"You see how it moves independently? I believe this is something I like to call 'remote control'," Tesla spoke to the Doctor. Everyone's gaze was set on the object intently.

"Remote control," Ryan scoffed. "You came up with that?"

Tesla's gaze fell on Ryan's now. "I believe this is operating on a similar principle." His eyes looked to the Doctor and Artemis. "If we could just work out its purpose!"

The Doctor's eyes were drawn into the object intently and she replied without ever looking away. "I know what it is." This news confused Tesla and the companions alike. However, Artemis smirked, knowing what it was too.

"Orb of Thassor!" Artemis blurted out excitedly. All the eyes in the room landed on her and she winced slightly, lowering her voice. "Sorry," she apologized.

"I've got no idea what it's doing here," the Doctor admitted. Slowly, she raised her hand right underneath the floating orb. The glowing object softly landed in her palm. "The Thassor were one of the ancient races," she spoke as she turned around to the companions with a grin. "Amazing storytellers, inventors, explorers!" She turned back around to Tesla and looked down at the orb. "They built these orbs as a way to spread information, to send out among the stars as a way to share their legacy long after they were gone." She walked over to the table with the orb still buzzing her in hand.

"Why would someone try to kill us to get their hands on that?" Yaz asked.

"I've no idea," the Doctor replied, placing the orb down on the desk inside a large bowl. "But maybe I can find out." The Doctor pulled her sonic back out of her pocket and scanned the orb with it. Tesla caught interest in the sonic and walked over to the Doctor, who lifted her sonic to read its scannings. "I think it's been repurposed." She crouched down to get a level look of the orb and Tesla walked to the other side of the table, watching the Doctor. "But I can't work out what it's doing instead." She straightened back up as Tesla leaned against the table. "This is all wrong," the Doctor exclaimed. She pointed her sonic back at the orb and scanned it once more. "Something this elegant shouldn't be giving off this kind of noise." She lifted the sonic to her eyesight once more and was shocked at the results. "Its energy readings are off the charts!" She shook the sonic, trying to see if maybe it was a glitch.

"That instrument detects energy?" Tesla asked the Doctor with amazement and pointed at the sonic screwdriver. "Is it your own design?" He asked.

Artemis stepped over to the table and leaned against it like Tesla, only on the same side where the Doctor stood. The Doctor grinned. "I made it! Mainly out of spoons." Artemis chuckled.

"Yeah right," Artemis shook her head.

The Doctor looked at her with a frown and faked a gasp, "Well it's better than your- Nevermind!" The Doctor quickly stopped whatever she was about to say and let Tesla speak. However, Artemis kept racking her mind for what the Doctor was going to say before she cut herself off.

"You're an inventor!" Tesla said in awe.

"I have my moments," the Doctor said proudly and looked over to Artemis with a smirk.

"I knew it," Tesla exclaimed. "So you can understand how it feels, you know when you have an idea a-and to make it real. I don't think there's any greater thrill."

The Doctor looked shocked at this and paused for a moment. "I couldn't agree more."

Tesla laughed under his breath. "You two spoke of aliens. People, you know, laugh at the very idea!" Tesla smiled and looked over to Artemis with a smile as well.

"But not you," Artemis confirmed.

"Well, apparently, I'm not like other people," Tesla admitted. "It can be difficult, you know, to feel no-one else sees the world the way you do. It's like you're, er."

"Out of place," the Doctor finished for him.

Artemis looked up at the Doctor with sad eyes. This was one of the Doctor's oldest regenerations. And with old age comes great suffering. Artemis wished she could relate to her and understand her, but she couldn't, not yet. The Artemis that the Doctor knew wasn't her.

"Yeah," Tesla confirmed under his breath. "I thought I thought things would be different," he stammered. "You know, when I first arrived in America, I had four cents to my name, I was robbed on the journey, but still I thought, "This is the beginning!" Here I would prosper, my ideas would live!"

"Changing the world takes time," the Doctor leaned forward. "You have to be patient."

Tesla sighed, "I try. But you saw them outside. T-they talk as if I was dangerous or mad, or-" He hunched forward more on the desk.

"So prove them wrong!" The Doctor exclaimed to the inventor.

"If you wait for the world to catch up to your genius mind, then it wouldn't be genius anymore. You would be like everyone else," Artemis spoke out, straightened back up once more. Tesla and the Doctor both smiled at the tiny woman, however one was in gratitude and the other was in adoration.

The door then opened, revealing Dorothy with a letter in her hand. "Sir, this was just delivered," Dorothy said as she handed the letter to Tesla. "It's from Mr. Morgan."

"Excellent," Tesla whispered as he began to open the letter. Mr. Morgan is the investor behind my Wardenclyffe project." He unfolded the letter and glanced down at the paper. "With his help, we," he paused, looking up at the girls in front of him with a disappointed look. "He's pulling the funding," Tesla frowned deeply. "I-uh, can't complete Wardenclyffe without it. I'm never going to be able to prove it works."

Artemis' brows creased in sorrow, but a sudden movement by the window distracted her. Right as she turned her head to the movement, a bright flash of a bulb blinded her. She winced slightly and blinked rapidly, trying to get used to the light. Everyone else in the room took notice of the invasion and Ryan asked, "Who's that?" The Doctor quickly rushed to the window and whipped out her sonic, scanning at the person that was once there.

"That was Harold Green," Dorothy said. "One of Edison's men." She glanced over to Tesla, who breathed deeply.

"As in Thomas Edison, lightbulb guy?" Yaz asked Artemis, who nodded briefly to confirm her question.

"All right, we all know Edison," Graham said. "It's Tesla you've never heard of."

Artemis scoffed and crossed her arms once more.

"Oi, he's literally standing right there," Ryan told Graham as he gestured to Tesla.

"Right, sorry son," Graham spoke to Tesla.

"Edison, Edison. Of course, it's Edison! He's plagued me every step of my career!" Tesla exclaimed and looked over at Dorothy.

"Edison champions a rival form of electric current to Mr. Tesla's AC," Dorothy explained to the rest of them.

"Direct current, of course, he would champion something so slow and inefficient. That man is a liar and a thief," Tesla vented.

"Are we saying that Thomas Edison is after the Orb of Thassor?" Yaz asked, her brows furrowed deeply.

"Don't be daft, how's Edison's men going to get their hands on a Slymurian laser blaster?" Graham replied.

Artemis snorted and corrected him at the same time that the Doctor did, "Silurian."

"Let's go and find out," the Doctor announced. "You three," she pointed to Tesla, Dorothy, and Yaz, "stay here and guard the orb. You three," she pointed to Graham, Ryan, and Artemis. "With me. Time we paid a visit to Mr. Thomas Edison." Grabbing Artemis' hand, she walked out of the room with a purpose. Ryan and Graham trailed behind the pair as they sped out of the building.

~~~~

The Doctor, Ryan, Graham, and Artemis were outside the Edison Electric Illuminating Company building where the man himself, Edison, was standing outside talking to a crowd. Reporters and journalists were writing down information as Edison spoke to the intrigued crowd. Artemis could tell by the Doctor speed walking that she meant business. The Doctor was practically fuming as she arrived upon the crowd. In the distance, Artemis could hear the words of Edison vaguely. She couldn't quite make out what he was saying, but she was able to understand the last sentence.

"The Niagara Generator should be shut down," Edison said while holding onto his coat lapels.

"And let me guess!" The Doctor shouted out to the man. The entire group pushed through the crowd of onlookers and reporters to get closer to him. "An Edison generator built in its place?"

Edison smirked and looked over the crowd, specifically at the reporters, who were writing down this conversation. "Couldn't have put it better myself." Edison's cocky tone made Artemis' teeth grind.

"Thomas Edison, can we talk?" The Doctor asked.

Thomas Edison looked down to the Doctor for a moment but then completely ignored her and went on to the crowd saying, "As I was saying-"

"I believe she asked you a question!" Artemis announced, interrupting the inventor. "And I wouldn't ignore me next because I won't hesitate to come up there." She nodded to the platform he was on. The Doctor looked at her with a slight smile.

"We could talk here," the Doctor said. "But I think you'd prefer to go somewhere more private." The Doctor stood up straight, exuding confidence in her words.

Edison looked flabbergasted at her certainty and corrected his lapels by tugging on them. "You want to make an appointment, talk to my secretary."

The Doctor smirked, knowing that she would only need to mention two words to get his full and undivided attention that she needed. These two words were, "Alien weapons." Edison paused for a moment, looking down at the Doctor in shock. "How are you getting your hands on them?" The Doctor asked nonchalantly, not caring about the crowd thinking she was crazy.

Edison chuckled loudly, trying to diverge from the conversation. "Alien weapons?" He bellowed a deep and guttural laugh. "You have the wrong inventor ma'am." The Doctor tilted her head up in a manner that read as 'Are you sure?' She held a soft smirk as Edison tried to write this off as all of Tesla's doing. "It's Nikola Tesla's been talking to Mars. I keep my feet on the ground," he pointed to his feet.

Artemis chuckled as Ryan asked him, "So," he opened his coat slightly, revealing the alien blaster. "You don't recognize this?" Edison looked at Ryan in complete shock, not knowing they had the weapon.

"Let's take this inside," Edison spoke quietly.

~~~~

Inside the building was a large factory and assembly line. Rows of tables and people working flooded each room. Each person doing their own project or building some new invention. Each table had electric lights hanging over them, illuminating each station with a yellow tint.

"Whoa!" Graham exclaimed. "This is some set-up he's got."

Ryan and Graham stopped for a moment, taking in the entire room.

"See, this guy I've definitely heard of, he's got to be America's most famous inventor," Ryan said to Graham while pointing out the details of the room.

"Yeah," Graham agreed. He paused, looking at a wall with a sign that was lit up with the words 'Edison Brings Light!'. "But not exactly a shrinking violet, is he? I mean, he's plastered his name all over the shop! Talk about tooting your own horn." Ryan and Graham scoffed before joining back up with Artemis and the Doctor, who were led by Edison.

At the end of the long room was a door that led to Edison's closed off office. His office was fairly large and dark, with his own lights illuminating it. Ryan and Graham stood by the door while Edison stood on the other side of his large desk, on the wooden desk was the blaster that intrigued him in the first place. Edison hunched over his desk, gazing down at the blaster like a new source of income.

"I have never seen anything like this in my life," Edison admitted. "Is it your design? Who has the patent?" Edison asked the Doctor, who stood a few feet from his desk.

The Doctor looked at him in shock. "This isn't a business opportunity! Someone tried to shoot us with it just before we caught an employee of yours spying on Nikola Tesla. Someone's trying to steal from him and he seems pretty sure it's you."

"Does he now," Edison spoke with vice in his voice before he sat down at his desk. "Ma'am," Edison clasped his hand together. "I may keep an eye on my rivals, but I do not steal. I have no need to. There are a thousand patents in the Edison name. You might have seen it on the building," he waved a finger around the room, gesturing to the building.

"That's not how Tesla sees it," Ryan said.

"He's sore about the past," Edison smirked. "You know, I gave him a job when he first arrived in this country on the factory floor. He ended up digging ditches for two bucks a day."

"Tesla?" Graham questioned as he walked forward. The Doctor and Artemis stepped out of the way, letting Graham have his time with the inventor. "Dapper dude, who dresses for the opera?" Artemis snorted at this description of him. "How'd he end up digging a ditch?"

"He heard me say I'd pay 50,000 dollars to the man who could fix my generator," Edison smiled. "He worked on that thing day and night for a year. And he did it."

"And you being the upstanding businessman, paid every last cent, I presume?" Graham asked sarcastically.

"I offered him a ten buck raise," Edison said confidently. Artemis scoffed and crossed her arms, trying to wrap her head around this man's open arrogance. "He quit and chose to dig. Man just didn't understand the American sense of humor." Edison smirked.

Artemis scoffed and unfolded her arms and stepped forward to the inventor that was seated. She pointed a straight finger at the man. "I'm American and that is no form of humor I would ever partake in. I am sad to say that American humor in your eyes is being greedy to the point where you take in a man's hard work and then use it for your own personal gain. Some American dream," Artemis scolded the man. Artemis walked over to the edge of the room and leaned against the wall, arms crossed.

"You alright?" The Doctor asked cautiously, walking over to her. Edison was now eyeing the blaster on the table with curiosity, not paying attention to them.

"I take it back," Artemis breathed out. "It can never be too British if the rest of the American's I met are assholes like him," she pointed to Edison.

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The Doctor was now scanning the shelves of books that were lined along the walls of Edison's office with her sonic. The readings came up strangely. Nothing normal for this time period.

"Something's wrong," the Doctor said.

"Oh, I should say," Edison replied. Artemis glared at him from her spot on the wall. "We've done this dance for long enough." He looked over to Artemis for a moment. "Now what have you done with my man?" The group looked at him with confusion. "Oh don't play dumb," Edison stood up from his seat and walked over to the front of his desk. "He was keeping tabs on that dog-and-pony show of Tesla's at Niagara." He stopped in front of the Doctor, a serious expression on his face. "Now he's gone quiet, the very day you show up pointing the finger."

Artemis heard a low growl come from behind her. She was leaning against the wall right by the entrance to the office. Her mind racked for an answer to what just happened or what was to come next when her eyes widened. She quickly turned around to see a figure walking down the hall to the office.

"Trust me, Mr. Edison. We're not the people you should be worried about," the Doctor said with worry evident in her voice. Artemis ran from the door and to the Doctor as a man with glowing red eyes and a scary demeanor appeared from the entrance. "He is," the Doctor said as she ran further in front of everyone. "Behind me!" She shouted as everyone in the room ran for her protection.

"Harold?" Edison questioned as the Doctor scanned the figure with her sonic and read its readings. "What's the matter with him?" Edison asked.

"That's not Harold Green," the Doctor replied, she dropped her sonic to her side. "No human readings, what is that?" The man slowly approached the group with a low hiss in its voice. "Not possession," the Doctor said. She scanned the figure again. "Psionic image cloaking? Hologram?"

The figure hissed again, but much louder this time, scaring Ryan into grabbing the blaster on the table for defense.

"What are you talking about?" Edison demanded.

"No guns, Ryan!" The Doctor shouted as she pushed him back. Artemis stood forward with the Doctor, encouraging her. "Whatever you are, whatever you've come for, nobody else needs to get hurt!" She pointed her sonic at it once more, but the figure lunged suddenly at them. Artemis jumped out of the way as the Doctor shouted, "Desk!" This caused Ryan and Graham to push the desk forward at the man, who was caught under the weight of the wooden desk. "Run!" The Doctor shouted, pulling Artemis by her hand, the rest of them following closely. As the Doctor pulled her to the factory floor, she tugged away, trying to break from her grasp because she didn't want to see what she let happen. But it was too late.

"Oh my god," Edison whispered.

The factory floor was littered with the bodies of all the workers there. Their stations are empty and projects are let to sit. Artemis ripped her eyes away from the sight and clamped them shut.

"No time," the Doctor said in shock, her eyes scanning the horror scene they were in. She gulped and looked over to Artemis, who still shut her eyes. "Come on, this way," she squeezed Artemis hand and pulled her to another room. The Doctor shut the door of the new room. Artemis breathed deeply and opened her eyes to another workroom.

"Doc, look," Graham stated. The Doctor soniced the door shut and let go of Artemis shaking his hand. On the floor, leaning against a workstation was the familiar body of Harold Green. Graham grabbed the hand of the body, trying to find a pulse. "Oh, he's dead."

Artemis took in a stuttered breath as she looked down at the body. The Doctor leaned forward to get a closer look at the still figure.

"He's the real Harold Green," she said. "Whatever is chasing us is projecting his image and using it to keep his true self hidden. She straightened up and turned around to Edison with a serious expression. "You better not be hiding anything. People have died." Artemis took in another shuddering breath and leaned against a work table.

"My workers!" Edison exclaimed, almost appalled at the fact that the Doctor would blame him for something like this. "All those men work for me. They had families." His gaze moved from the Doctor to the form on the ground and pointed at it. "I had dinner with this guy and his wife last week. I have to tell her," he breathed in a quiet voice and turned around to Ryan, "tell the families. Now give me the gun!" He demanded from Ryan.

"Definitely not," Ryan refused as he backed away from Edison.

"We're not shooting it! We need to contain it, work out what it wants," the Doctor exclaimed to the hysterical inventor. She breathed in deeply and turned around, seeing the various tables with vials and glass containers with liquids in them. "This is your chemical lab. Perfect!" The Doctor said with glee as she walked forward to the nearest table and scanned the vials. "Ammonium nitrate, a bit of green stuff," she said as she turned over some glass vials. "Where's your zinc?" She asked Edison.

"Zinc?!" He exclaimed. "Have you lost your damn mind-" Edison paused as the Doctor looked back at Edison with a smug look. "Oh," he whispered as realization struck him.

"Finally thinking like a scientist," the Doctor said before she turned back around and scanned more vials of chemicals. 

~A/N~

So here's the first chapter that truly involves the 13th Doctor. I hope I do her justice and I know this chapter is particularly boring in parts, but I know it's going to get better after this.

I also try my best to write episodes of Doctor Who in 2-3 chapters because I don't want to prolong it all. So that's why chapters take a little longer to come out. I hope you all don't mind!