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Chapter One: Taken

Thud! The TARDIS's landing was far from gentle and her occupants found themselves thrown to the floor. Rory groaned as he got to his feet. "Couldn't you have made that not such a bumpy ride, Doctor?" he asked as offered his wife his hand and helped her up.

The Doctor was already on his feet and heading towards the door. "Stop complaining." he said, sounding unusually chipper. "All you ever do is complain." He threw open the TARDIS doors and stepped out into the brilliant sun light.

"I do not always complain." grumbled Rory under his breath as he and Amy emerged hand in hand. The Doctor heard him and smiled smugly. "Shut up." Rory glared at him.

"Where are we exactly?" asked Amy, trying to stop a fight before it started. It looked like the three travelers had landed on a bridge. People walked back and forth, ignoring the strangers in their midst.

"Guess." said the Doctor, smiling to himself, sure he had chosen the right spot. Sure Amy had never mentioned wanting to come here, but what woman didn't? As far as he knew all women dreamed of coming here.

Amy silently studied her surroundings. The people themselves didn't seem to be anything special. She had learned early on that in the future Earth wouldn't be the only planet populated by the human race. She looked at the buildings, the structures, then one caught her eye. She pointed. "Is that the Eiffel Tower? Are we in Paris?"

The Doctor gave one swift and decisive nod. Amy squealed in delight. "Thank you, thank you!" she said jumping up and down. The Doctor winked at Rory who just scowled. Amy didn't notice.

"Stop!" the voice broke through the crowd and the Doctor's head instantly turned in the direction that it had come from. "Stop, thief!"

The people on the bridge didn't pay any attention, but the Doctor scanned the crowd looking for the source. "There!" he pointed to a young woman either in her late teens or early twenties chasing a man twice her size. In his hands he clasped a purse.

The man was running in their direction and just as he was about to go past them, the Doctor stepped forward, catching the man in the chest and knocking him to the ground. The man growled and tried to get up, but the Doctor placed his foot on the man's stomach. "I don't think so." said the Doctor coldly, as he snatched the purse away. The young woman came running up. "Yours I take it?" said the Doctor handing her the purse.

She nodded. "Thanks." she panted, all out of breath from the long run. She glared at the man on the ground. "He snatched it while I was standing in line at a cafe."

"I'm the Doctor." he said introducing himself. "These are my friends, Amy and her husband Rory."

"Ariadne." she shook his hand. "I'm sorry, but Doctor who? I didn't catch that." Amy snickered. This happen all the time!

"Just the Doctor." he answered ignoring the looks Amy and Rory were giving him. "Ariadne. That's a nice name. Where you named after the princess in Greek Mythology?"

Ariadne brightened. "Yes, I was. Not a lot of people ask me that."

He shrugged. "I'm not surprised. Not very many people know of the myth of Ariadne, Theseus and the Labyrinth. A real, lovely woman she was." Amy coughed. "I mean, I've always imagined that she was."

Ariadne smiled. "Yeah, me too. Well, I have to go. It was nice meeting all of you."

"You too." said Amy. She watched as the other woman hurried out of sight. Once she was gone, she turned and glared at the Doctor.

"What?" he asked. "What did I do now?"

"You very nearly gave away that you're a time traveler." said Rory. "Have you really met Ariadne? I mean the one from the legend."

The Doctor nodded. "Yep, I've met a lot historical...and legendary figures." He turned and began to walk in the opposite direction than Ariadne had just gone.

"Like who?" asked Rory, suddenly filled with curiosity. Amy linked her arm in his as they followed after the Doctor.

"Well, I met Winston Churchill and Vincent Van Gogh." said Amy. She laughed at the shocked look on Rory's face.

"Really?" he asked, not hiding the surprise in his voice.

"Really." she said, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Who else have you met?" he asked the Doctor.

"Oh, too many to name."

"Come on, Doctor. Just name a few."

"Alright, I've met Charles Dickens, Queen Victoria, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Agatha Christie, and many others. Satisfied?"

Rory nodded. "Yes, but do you think that one day I could met someone famous?"

"Stay with me long enough and chances are you will." said the Doctor. They had come to the end of the bridge and he leaded them down a street heading towards the Eiffel Tower. "Ah, France!" he smiled. "I love this country!"

"So you've been here before?" asked Amy.

The Doctor nodded. "Oh, yes! Lots of times."

"I wonder-" began Amy, but she was cut off when four big burly men stepped out from an alleyway and grabbed her.

"Hey!" Rory lunged at them, but one of them punched him in the face, knocking him out cold. The Doctor whirled around, only to be hit and knocked out as well.

Amy screamed as the men threw her in the back of a black van. The van picked up speed and took off down the street, leaving the two men lying on the ground.

A/N: I was listening to the soundtrack for Inception as I wrote this. Good music to listen to while writing! Anyway, review, review, review!