"Don't you touch her! Do not harm her in any way!" The Doctor yelled. He glared at the robot-Amy as it released River's face. He did not have much energy left, he knew it, but he was going to do everything he could to save River.
"Why would you care? She's the woman who kills you." The RoboAmy asked.
"I'm not dead." The Doctor replied. He tried to hide the pain as best as he could, but he could feel the poison traveling up and down, through every vein in his body.
"You're dying." Carter said in the robot. Inside Amy moved closer to Rory and tightened her grip on his arm.
"Well. At least I'm not a time-travelling, shape-shifting robot operated by miniaturized cross people, which I have got to admit, I didn't see coming." The Doctor said. In truth he really didn't see it coming, and would have though it quite cool…if he wasn't going to die in less than about 5 minutes. "What do you want with her?" He could not quite comprehend it. River was already in Stormcage in the future and she had never mentioned anything like this.
"She's Melody Pond," Well duh the Doctor thought. "According to our records, the woman who kills the Doctor." These people are worse than the Amelia voice interface; he chuckled in his mind, so repetitive!
"And I'm the Doctor, so what's it got to do with you?" Although he was inching closer and closer to death, he was very curious as to whom these people were, and what their motives were.
"Throughout history, many people have gone unpunished in their lifetimes. Time travel has... responsibilities." Cater said. Surly you of all people would know that by now Doctor.
"What? You call yourselves time travellers so you decided to punish dead people?" He could not believe what he was hearing. He winced slightly as he felt the poison hit his spine, like an ice cold syringe.
"We don't kill them. We extract them near the end of their established timelines." Umm sounds like killing to me thought the Doctor.
"And then what?" He pictured people like Hitler and Stalin in a sort of prison, like a couple of grounded kids with over strict parents watching their every move.
"Give them hell." Well I wasn't too far off.
"I'd ask you who you think you are, but I think the answer is pretty obvious. So who do you think I am?" He asked, standing himself up. After realizing that wasn't the best idea he forced his weight on his cane. "The woman who killed the Doctor. It sounds like you've got my biography in there. I'd love a peek." He said. If it did have one he had a million questions to ask it.
"Our records are obviously sealed to the public. Foreknowledge is dangerous." As if he didn't know that already, he was a time traveler.
"Yeah well, I'll be dead in three minutes. There isn't much foreknowledge left." The Doctor silently groaned, he could feel his strength diminishing with every little movement. Blinking seemed to take as much energy as running a mile.
"Sorry, can't do that." The RoboAmy said, which was exactly what the Doctor assumed it would say. Why are the most important facts always off limits? He waited a bit as the robot said nothing, wondering if this would be the last time he would see Amy's face when it mentioned that his records were available. Even though he could have asked it a thousand questions, there was one that was the most important, but first…
"Question: I'm dying. Who wants me dead?" Though he thought he knew the answer.
"The Silence." Of course he thought, next.
"What is the Silence? Why is it called that? What does it mean?" These were aliens he had never heard of, or at least he didn't remember it.
"The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order or movement. Their core belief is that Silence will fall when the question is asked." Oh look he thought, over 900 years old and you still learn something new every day.
"What question?" He knew a million questions, which one could be so important that it could cause silence to fall? Throughout this whole conversation the Doctor could feel his body quitting on him. It grew more and more difficult to stand and he was using most of his energy trying to keep focused on the situation.
"The first question. The oldest question in the universe. Hidden in plain sight." Carter said inside of the shape shifting robot. The Doctor was frusturated.
"Yes, but what is the question?" He asked fearing he already knew the answer. It was a couple seconds before the robot responded with an unknown as he guessed. Man he thought , I cannot catch a break today.
"Oh, well fat lot of use that is, ya big ging. You call yourself a records. Augh!" Finally it was too much pain for him to stand, literally. He collapsed to the floor as he felt his whole body burn in agony. He clutched his right heart as he could feel it shutting down, and that's when he noticed. "Kidneys are always the first to quit. I've had better you know." He felt like every nerve of his body was on fire, and his legs, well his legs useless now, as the poison had infected them too much. He struggled with all his might to stay conscious, but it took massive amounts of energy. He was trying to not black out when he saw a red light surround River, and when he heard her moans of pain, nothing in the world could stop him from staying awake. "Amy, Rory…" he mumbled. As much as he wanted to he could not do anything, and it was up the River's parents to save her now. "Can you hear me?" he asked.
"What do we do?" A wave of relief hit the Doctor as he heard Amy's voice. "This is me. This is me actually talking. What do we do?" The Doctor tried hard to think of some instructions to tell her, some clever plan that he could explain, but it was kinda hard to think when his body felt like lead and his muscles felt like white hot pokers were being pressed against them. All he could manage to say was "Just stop them. She's your daughter. Just stop them." He inched closer to River feeling that if somehow he was close to her he could make things better.
"How. How? How?" Amy asked, completely confused.
"JUST DO IT!" The Doctor snapped. He did not mean to shout at Amy, but he didn't know what to do…it was all he could do to keep from dropping dead right there. He struggled to keep himself up, but it wasn't long now before it was all over. It was a few minutes before he thought that nothing was happening, when he saw River released from the torture ray that had enveloped River. She dropped down, Amy and Rory had done their part, now it was his turn. "Please. Now we have to save your parents. Don't run. Now I know you're scared. But never run when you're scared. Rule 7. Please." He pleaded. If it was ever a time where River would change her ways it had to be now. Without her cooperation this whole thing was going to be a disaster. He could see the wheels turning in her head, he knew this was a big thing for her but she had to be brave…she had to be brave. That's when things went black.