Rift.

So I finally arrived at the location of the signal that I have been tracking. It turned out to be a spatial rift. After making sure that it was safe, I passed through it and arrived at Earth. I still don't know which planet I have come from, but I shall be crossing back soon.

I need to find out why this rift is here. It is artificial, which is worrying, as it means that some one put it there on purpose, but why? At first I thought that it could have been used by some of the settlers to escape, but there was no sign of anyone having walked around there in years. I'm also curious as to why it came out in Manhattan. I'm also curious as to what has happened here. The whole city seems to be rebuilding itself. It looks like it was attacked by energy weapons. I've not been able to find much, but it is the entire city, and the same appears to have happened in London. This was never supposed to happen, I know that this is 2008. This should not have happened. Still, one thing at a time, I can figure the Manhattan/London problem out later. I have something else to worry about right now.

The storm is still coming this way, and if that rift to Earth is still there, it is going to pass through and destroy everything here in its path. The strange think is that the storm was joined by a second storm that came in perpendicular and and changed direction to head this way, like a person in the street meeting up with a friend and then heading to the same place. I know think that I know what happened to the settlements, but I shan't say yet, I still have a bit more information that I would like to gather.

I can shut the rift down, but I'm going to make a homing beacon that only I could find and leave it on the planet on the other side. I need to go back at some point, but I need to shut down the rift and I need to stay on Earth. I can feel my TARDIS here somewhere.