"Doctor!" The scream came from inside the TARDIS.
"Vastra!" the Doctor whispered. He rushed out of Clara's room and was halfway down the stairs before Clara yelled out,
"Oi! Before you be the almighty superhero of the universe, would you mind helping me up?" With a sigh the Doctor trudged back up the stairs and helped her up.
"You good? Ok, now come on! This is important." He sped downstairs with surprising speed for his apparent age. Ignoring Clara's angry shouts to go slower, he ran past the TARDIS console, flipping a lever that opened a new doorway into a hidden hallway. He came to a stop inside a very white room with a bed that held a very scared Silurian. Jenny sat on a chair next to her.
"She said that her stomach hurt and her spine was all tingly. Then she started screa-" Jenny was interrupted by Clara's arrival.
"You always said you love the running, right?" she said, hands on her knees, breathing hard. The Doctor nodded in response. "Well right now I HATE the running."
"Ok, no time to talk. Busy." He walked over next to Vastra's bed and powered up a scanner. Clara stared over his shoulder, her face slightly green.
"That's disgusting…" she murmured, stepping back slightly.
"Oh, don't say that. You should see what's inside of you." a voice from the bed said indignantly. Clara jumped when she realized that the screams had stopped and Vastra was listening.
"Anyway," the Doctor continued, "It seems that both of you are experiencing Time Lord or rather Time Lady emotional symptoms. This gives me bad ideas about who the, um, father is. A loud thump sounded as Clara fainted.
Later, Clara woke to find herself on the white bed that Vastra had been on, next to the scanner. Vastra was sitting on the foot of the bed, talking with the Doctor.
"The pain has subsided but the shivers are still there." she said, "And do I have to wear this?" she asked, gesturing to the large white shirt and brown pants she was wearing.
"It's the outfit that your people found most efficient for Silurians in this… condition. " he said, finding the right word. "Just trust your people and notify me if something happens. I need to check on something." Before he left he pointed a finger at Clara. "She must not be allowed to leave the bed under any circumstances." Clara opened her mouth to say something but thought better of it when the Doctor gave her a sharp look. Clara leaned back on the bed, feeling tired all of a sudden. She watched drowsily as Vastra jumped up and walked over to a panel in the wall. She pressed it and a screen popped up.
"Vastra, this isn't a good time." The Doctor's voice crackled through the speaker. In front of the screen the Doctor was holding a small gray cat.
"Why are you holding a- whatever that is?' Vastra inquired. "Anyway, if you're thinking of taking one of us out there it would be wise to take her rather than me. I'm much more capable of guarding the TARDIS and she is in no condition to be left alone anyway."
"Fine, fine you stay. This place might slow it down anyway. I'll come back in to brief her on what to expect." The screen turned off and Vastra turned towards Clara. "Get ready to see a whole new world."
"Apparently, the Doctor is taking his time." said Clara 15 minutes later. "And what did you mean that I wasn't in any condition to be left alone?" she said, sitting up. Vastra sighed, then began to explain. "Your child is mostly Time Lord, therefore it's affecting you in a mostly Time Lord way. The thing we are worried about is the birth. When a Time Lord is born a huge amount of regeneration energy is released, which heals the mother so that death caused from childbirth isn't possible. But you are human so the regeneration energy can harm you especially at such close range. So you can't stay here by yourself because the energy level could get too high and be fatal and on top of that your child could come at any moment."
"But it's only been 5 months!" Clara exclaimed. "Oh. Wait. That means that Time Lord babies-"
"Don't need as much time. Correct. That's why the doctor is taking you with him." Just then the Doctor popped his head into the room. "I thought I was going to brief her!" he said with a smile. "Now listen Clara. This place is very different from what you are used to so I'm using the TARDIS to transmit the information and language you need into your mind. Are you ready?" Clara gave him a thumbs up and he let out a triumphant laugh and pulled a switch down on a smaller version of the console that had appeared in the room while he was talking. "As i speak, information is being transferred into your head. You may feel a slight tingly sensation when the transformation happens."
"Yep, definitely got that supposed tingly sensation." Clara said, closing her eyes as she felt herself change. She opened her eyes to find she looked very different. "Doctor... I have paws. Am I supposed to have paws?!"
"Yes, yes you are." his voice came from around the bed. "And don't call me Doctor. Here you need to call me Cloudedstorm. We're cats." Clara leapt to her paws and felt her balance go a bit wobbly. "I thought cats had good balance!" she mewed. "You should look behind you." replied the Doctor, peering around the door to take a good look at her. Clara looked back and yowled in surprise. "I'm going to have kittens?!"
Next chapter coming soon