*A/N I do not own Doctor Who or its characters, only my own OC. Contains spoilers for the series.

"Mrs. Angelo?" Lily called as she walked into the house where she'd been staying for the past three months. "I forgot to ask if you needed…"

She paused in the doorway as everyone in the sitting room stared at her.

"…Milk." She finished slowly. She looked around and blinked.

"Amy?" She asked, curiously blinking at the embarrassed red-haired girl standing next to Jeff, wearing her kissogram police uniform.

"What're you doing here?" Lily asked before glancing at the young man in torn and ruined clothing sitting on the couch, staring at her in absolute shock. He looked to be in his late twenties with floppy brown hair, green eyes and a large chin.

She blinked, recognizing him.

The Doctor meanwhile stared at her. Lily. He had immediately taken in everything about her, cataloguing any the tiny changes. She didn't look much different from when he'd left really- same long dark hair, currently pulled back into a ponytail, same bright hazel eyes. So, it hadn't been a long time for her then. He'd say perhaps a few months, a year at most. And yet it seemed far too long ago.

He swallowed when he saw recognition dawn in her eyes.

"Doctor?" She asked, and his hearts stopped. This time, it had nothing to do with the after-shocks of his recent regeneration. She knew him, she'd remembered him, recognized…

He frowned suddenly.

"Wait, how did you know it was me?" He asked confused, and she blinked at him, as he continued staring at her intently. "I've only just changed my face, how'd you recognize me?"

Lily's brows furrowed. Changed his face? She thought as she said aloud, puzzled: "No, you haven't."

"Yes, I have." The Doctor frowned back at her.

"No, you look exactly like the pictures Amy drew when she was little." Lily said in confusion and the Doctor's shoulders slumped as he understood. She hadn't remembered him. But then he frowned- why hadn't she?

"How did you see those?" Amy cried, mortified and Lily shrugged.

"Rory showed them to me, last time we were at your house." She answered and the Doctor looked between them.

"How long have you known each other? And what are you doing in this house? What's going on?" He fired each question, his curiosity and his regeneration making his head spin.

"About three months, I'm lodging in the upstairs room, and I have no idea." Lily fired back and the Doctor had to grin. That's my girl.

Lily added: "And who are you? Why're you asking me this?"

Her brow furrowed as she wondered: "How'd you know I don't actually live here?"

Amy interrupted impatiently as she reminded the Doctor: "Twenty minutes to what?"

"I'm the Doctor, I have reasons that I'll explain later, and the human residence," he addressed Amy at this point, "they're not talking about your house, they're talking about the planet. Somewhere up there, there's a spaceship, and it's going to incinerate the planet."

Lily stared at the strange man as he stared at the TV while a voice spoke up on the television: "will be incinerated. Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence," Lily glanced at the TV, only to see a giant blue eye, "or the human residence will be incinerated."

"Twenty minutes to the end of the world." The Doctor murmured, and Lily gaped at him. How could he sound so calm? She wondered. Who was this man… and why did she feel as though she knew him?

The Doctor walked down the middle of a road, Amy next to him and Lily trailing him curiously. He didn't seem to notice her as he asked Amy, looking around: "What is this place? Where am I?"

Lily frowned.

'How can he not know where he was?' She wondered, while Amy replied: "Leadworth."

"Where's the rest of it?" The Doctor asked immediately, and Amy sighed.

"This is it." She said a little bitterly. Lily grinned, knowing how much Amy had hated that she'd had to moved here when we was younger.

"Is there an airport?" The Doctor demanded, and Amy replied shortly, "No."

"A nuclear power station?"

"No."

He looked at her.

"Even a little one?" He tried, and Lily smiled while Amy scoffed: "No."

"Nearest city?" He tried, desperate and Amy replied curtly: "Gloucester. Half an hour by car."

The Doctor cocked his head as he answered: "We don't have half an hour. Do we have a car?"

He looked over to see Amy pretend to think before saying. "No."

The Doctor stared at her as they continued walking.

"Well, that's good." He said sarcastically. "Fantastic, that is. Twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a post office."

He gestured at it, adding bitterly: "And it's shut."

Lily snorted while he asked: "What is that?"

He hurried towards what he'd just pointed at.

"It's a duck pond." Amy answered, completely bewildered, and the Doctor stopped to stare down at it before turning back to Amy, when he finally noticed Lily.

"How long have you been there?" He asked, and she shrugged.

"As long as you have?" She answered, and he frowned.

"Have you been following me?" He asked curiously, and Lily shrugged.

"Yeah." Lily replied, looking at him oddly as though questioning his sanity - which she was.

"Why?" He asked, confused, and she replied blithely: "Because you said twenty minutes to the end of the world, and I want to help."

The Doctor stared at her and Amy interrupted: "What's special about the duck pond?"

The Doctor refocused on her and the situation at hand and he asked suddenly: "Why aren't there any ducks?"

Lily's brows also furrowed. 'Good question.' She realized. 'Why didn't I think of it before?'

"I don't know. There's never any ducks." Amy replied and the Doctor frowned.

"Then how do you know it's a duck pond?" He shot back and Amy answered, confused: "It just… is. Is it important, the duck pond?" She asked.

"I don't know." The Doctor said when he suddenly seized up.

"Why would I know?" He mumbled as he clutched his chest, falling to his knees as he grunted in pain. Lily's frown deepened.

'Why does this look so familiar?' She wondered.

"This is too soon." The Doctor muttered between grunts as he fought his pain. "I'm not ready, I'm not done yet."

He continued to clutch at his chest, when the sky darkened. Amy and Lily looked up alarmed as Amy asked fearfully: "What's happening? Why's it going dark?"

Lily stared at a black disc sliding over the sun.

"It's like an eclipse…" She murmured, when suddenly the black dis disappeared and the sun began to shine like a burning flame instead of the natural yellow-ish light.

"So what's wrong with the sun?" Amy asked, confused and the Doctor replied shortly: "Nothing. You're looking at it through a forcefield."

He explained: "They've sealed off your upper atmosphere. Now they're getting ready to boil the planet."

Amy turned to look with wide, terrified eyes at the Doctor while Lily pursed her lips at his insensitivity. The Doctor didn't notice, turning around as they heard people murmuring.

"Oh, and here they come." He said derisively as he stood up.

"The human race." He scoffed as they all stared at all the people staring up at the sun and taking pictures on their phones. "The end comes, as it was always going to, down a video phone." He said scornfully.

"This isn't real, is it?" Amy asked suddenly, shaking her head as she shook in fear, whether for the situation or her mentality, Lily wasn't sure. "This is some kind of big wind up."

The Doctor turned to face her.

"Why would I wind you up?" He asked, puzzled.

"You told me you had a time machine." Amy answered, sounding slightly desperate.

"Do you really?" Lily asked, surprised.

"Yes," the Doctor replied to her before turning back to Amy, "and you believed me." He added in response to her statement.

"Then I grew up." Amy retorted.

"Oh, you never want to do that." The Doctor told her, when he snapped his head back at her. "No. Hang on. Shut up."

Lily stared at this rude man as he continued: "Wait. I missed it."

He hit himself on the forehead, as though trying to clear his brain.

"I saw it and I missed it." He hit himself again. "What did I see? I saw. What did I see? I saw, I saw, I saw-"

He went silent as he fell into thought, and Lily looked around as well. She saw all the people taking pictures of the sun, when she spotted a familiar face. Rory. She smiled, but it dropped immediately as she frowned.

'What is he doing?' She wondered. Rory had his phone out and pointed, but it wasn't pointing up at the sky. Lily glanced at the man walking a dog that Rory appeared to be photographing.

'Why would he do that?' Lily thought with a frown. 'What makes that man so special, it takes precedence over a sun going out?'

She was shocked out of her reverie as the Doctor suddenly grabbed her shoulders.

"Twenty minutes." He told her and she blinked. "I can do it."

He spun to Amy, saying urgently: "Twenty minutes, the planet burns. Run to your loved ones and say goodbye, or stay and help me."

He looked intently between them. Lily's eyes were wide and she was about to nod when Amy said flatly, "No."

"The Doctor looked confused, blinking slightly.

"I'm sorry?" He asked, looking between the two girls before him.

"No!" Amy shouted as she grabbed the man's tie. She dragged the man off as he protested.

"Amy, no, no, what are you doing?" He asked desperately as Amy pushed him against a car just as the driver who Lily recognized as Mr. Henderson climbed out.

"Lily!" The Doctor cried for help, and Lily's brow furrowed.

'How…?' She wondered, while Amy ignored the Doctor as she stuck his tie into the door, slamming the door to keep the Doctor stuck. She reached down, took the car keys from the baffled Mr. Henderson, and clicked it to lock the car.

"Are you out of your mind?" The Doctor demanded of the redhead as he fumbled to try and get free.

"Who are you?" Amy demanded, ignoring him and leaning down to stare right into the Doctor's eyes.

"You know who I am." The Doctor replied instantly, and Amy shot out as Mr. Henderson looked between the two completely baffled: "No, really."

"Who are you?" Amy demanded as Lily approached them slowly.

"Look at the sky." The Doctor said, his words flying out in his urgency.

"End of the world, twenty minutes." He reminded her but Amy simply retorted: "Well, better talk quickly, then."

Lily glanced at the sky, but she stayed quiet, knowing from the look on Amy's face that she was not going to let anything sway her at this moment.

"Amy, I am going to need my car back." Mr. Henderson interrupted and Amy closed her eyes in exasperation.

"Yes, in a bit." She hissed out.

"Now go and have coffee." She suggested, or ordered, and the poor man answered, confused: "Right, yes".

Lily gave him an apologetic smile as he left to do as Amy had said while the Doctor stared right at Amy, rummaging in his pocket.

"Catch." He said as he tossed her an apple. Lily frowned as Amy caught it, looking down at it. Lily peered over to see a smile carved into the fresh apple.

"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor informed them. "I'm a time traveller. Everything I told you twelve years ago is true." Amy looked at the man in disbelief and fear. "I'm real. What's happening in the sky is real, and if you don't let me go right now, everything you've ever known is over."

"I don't believe you." Amy said, unsure, as she clutched the apple.

"Just twenty minutes." The Doctor begged as he gripped her hand. "Just believe me for twenty minutes. Lily does."

Lily frowned again, but the Doctor had looked down to the apple.

"Look at it." He told Amy, and she did as she was told. "Fresh as the day you gave it to me. And you know it's the same one."

He looked back up at the girl's face. Amy glanced between the apple and him, still unsure. She glanced back at Lily, who stared at the Doctor for a minute before turning to Amy and nodding her head. Amy looked back at the Doctor.

"Amy, believe for twenty minutes." He pleaded sincerely. The girl stared at him for a moment longer, before lifting her hand and clicking the car keys, freeing the Doctor.

"What do we do?" Amy asked as the Doctor freed himself.

"Rory." Lily said immediately, turning to run towards the man, at the same time the Doctor answered. "Stop that nurse."

The Doctor paused to glance at Lily but he then ran after her, Amy following last.

"Rory!" Lily called, and the man turned, just in time for the Doctor to grab the phone out of his hand.

"Lily?" He asked confused, but the Doctor cut in: "The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why?" He demanded as Amy ran up, panting.

Rory glanced at her, doing a double take.

"Amy." He said, confused and Amy plastered on a smile for him.

"Hi!" She gasped, before saying to the Doctor: "Oh, this is Rory, he's a friend."

Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Boyfriend." Rory corrected.

"Kind of boyfriend." Amy amended and both Lily's eyebrows rose.

"Amy." Rory said, getting ready to argue but the Doctor interrupted urgently.

"Man and dog. Why?" He glanced between the pair, confused but dealing with the situation first. Rory paused, and his face turned to disbelief. Lily groaned.

"Oh my God, it's him." Rory whispered and Lily told him: "Not the time!"

Amy agreed with Lily.

"Just answer his question, please." She told her boyfriend, but Rory protested: "It's him, though."

The Doctor was looking increasingly confused and annoyed as Rory gaped: "The Doctor. The Raggedy Doctor."

"Yeah, he came back." Amy said, catching the Doctor's expression and trying to hurry Rory along.

Unfortunately, Rory didn't understand he argued: "But he was a story. He was a game."

The Doctor had finally had enough. He grabbed Rory by the front, pulling him and getting in his face, demanding his complete attention.

"Man and dog. Why? Tell me now." The Doctor demanded, shaking poor Rory.

"Sorry." Rory stuttered as he explained. "Because he can't be there."

Lily's brow creased. 'What?'

"Because he's-" The Doctor then spoke at the same as Rory: "In a hospital, in a coma."

Lily blinked as Rory looked stunned.

"Yeah." Rory said, nodding and looking freaked out while the Doctor grinned.

"Knew it." The Doctor said self-satisfied.

"Multiform, you see?" He explained as he fixed Rory's shirt for him. "Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a life feed. A psychic link with a living," he jabbed Rory's forehead, "but dormant mind."

Lily stared.

"So he's basically taken on the appearance of a coma patient to hide from those things that are threatening to incinerate us?" She asked and the Doctor turned to her.

"Clever as always, Lily. Like that about you." He answered and Lily blinked at him in surprise.

"Excuse me?" She asked, but they were interrupted as the coma-man suddenly barked at them. Lily stared.

"Did the man just bark, not the dog?" She asked in confusion. Amy nodded while the Doctor ignored them, turning and walking towards the coma-man.

"Prisoner Zero." The Doctor addressed him, and Rory's mouth fell open.

"What? There's a Prisoner Zero too?" Rory asked, dumbfounded and Amy replied curtly: "Yes."

There was a whizzing sound, and Lily saw a star-shaped thing with an eyeball in the center, the same blue eyeball she'd seen on the TV earlier, zooming around in the sky right behind them. They all turned to look at it as it began to scan the whole area, and Lily presumed it was to find Prisoner Zero. The Doctor turned back to Prisoner Zero.

"See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology." The Doctor told Prisoner Zero, as he reached into his pocket.

"And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver." The Doctor announced with a grin, lifting a thin tool with a blue light at the end in his right hand.

They all stared confused as the Doctor raised his hand, pointing the sonic high into the sky. Suddenly, all the streetlights exploded as the sonic waves hit them while car alarms blared.

Lily watched in alarm as an old woman's mobility scooter began to zoom off down the road on its own, when a fire engine siren caused her to turn around. She stared as the truck drove off on its own down the road while the firemen chased after it, yelling for it to stop. She turned again to see the panicked look on Prisoner Zero's face.

"I think someone's going to notice, don't you?" The Doctor asked mockingly as the big eyeball's scanner got closer to them. Prisoner Zero barked at the Doctor menacingly but he simply smiled and lowered his arm to point the screwdriver at a red telephone box. The box exploded, glass shattering everywhere, and Amy grabbed Rory's arm in alarm.

Lily shrieked when suddenly the screwdriver in the Doctor's hand exploded as well, showering him in sparks. He flinched, dropping the hot device as Amy tugged Rory away from the sparks.

"No, no!" The Doctor yelled as he bent down over and picked up the burnt sonic.

"No, don't do that!" He scolded it, throwing it back onto the ground in anger. They all looked up as they heard a whizzing sound, and Lily's stomach dropped as she watched the eyeball begin to fly away.

"Look, it's going." Rory called, and Lily called, anxiety fraying her nerves: "Doctor!"

"No, come back." The Doctor shouted after the eyeball. "He's here! Come back!"

But the eyeball didn't hear him, flying off.

"He's here. Prisoner Zero is here. Come back, he's here! Prisoner Zero is-" The Doctor was yelling, and Lily and Amy looked over just in time to see the coma-man melt, disappearing down the drain.

"Doctor!" She and Amy cried, but it was too late.

The Doctor turned to look and Amy told him, confused and worried: "The drain. It just sort of melted and went down the drain."

"Well, of course it did." The Doctor retorted, sighing a little.

"What do we do now?" Amy asked desperately.

Lily saw the Doctor's brow creasing as he thought aloud: "It's hiding in human form. We need to drive it into the open." His brow furrowed even more, his green eyes glinting. "No Tardis, no screwdriver, seventeen minutes. Come on, think. Think!"

They all stood around the drain, the Doctor still in deep thought when Amy interrupted, staring down the drain: "So that thing, that hid in my house for twelve years?"

Lily stared at her.

"What?" She asked but the Doctor cut through her as he explained curtly: "Multiforms can live for millennia. Twelve years is a pit-stop."

"So how come you show up again on the same day that lot do?" Amy demanded.

"The same minute!" She accused and the Doctor replied tiredly: "They're looking for him, but they followed me. They saw me through the crack, got a fix, they're only late because I am."

Rory interrupted confused while Lily stood silently in thought: "What's he on about?"

The Doctor was still staring at Amy's face as he held out his hand to Rory.

"Nurse boy, give me your phone." He demanded, but Rory ignored him as he also looked at Amy.

"How can he be real?" Rory demanded, and the Doctor turned to look at him. "He was never real."

"Phone. Now. Give me." The Doctor interjected, and Rory shoved the phone into the Doctor's expectant hand as he continued to accuse Amy: "He was just a game. We were kids. You made me dress up as him."

The Doctor began scrolling through Rory's phone, and Lily joined to peer over his shoulder.

"These photos, they're are all coma patients?" The Doctor asked, interrupting Rory's rant.

"Yeah." Rory answered and the Doctor immediately fired back, looking at Rory: "No, they're all the multiform." He corrected. "Eight comas, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero."

Amy frowned.

"He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma?" Amy asked, confused. Lily shook her head.

"He's dreaming about the dog." She answered at the same time the Doctor said: "Well, the coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog."

He glanced at Lily, and the Doctor said appreciatively: "As always, I like that you can keep up."

Lily frowned again but the Doctor jerked his head up as he had an idea.

"Laptop!" He cried, turning to the two girls. "Your friend, what was his name? Not him," he turned back briefly to point at Rory, "the good-looking one."

Lily winced.

"Thanks." Rory mumbled, when Amy responded promptly: "Jeff."

"Oh, thanks." Rory snapped, turning away. The Doctor ignored him.

"He had a laptop in his bag." The Doctor continued, miming it with his hands. "A laptop. Big bag, big laptop."

He threw his hands over Rory and Amy's shoulders pulling them in, but he was staring directly at Lily. "I need Jeff's laptop."

He turned to the two he had in his arms.

"You two, get to the hospital. Get everyone out of that ward. Clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done."

He patted them once, let go and grabbed Lily's hand before dashing off. Lily heard Amy say to Rory, "Your car. Come on.", and she only had time for one wry thought as the Doctor dragged her back towards the Angelos.

'This is turning into one weird day.'

*A/N Surprised by how quickly I uploaded this story? Or… disappointed I took long? ;) Thank you to everyone for supporting me in this story, and for coming here to check this out. Also, huge shoutout to my Quotev reader 'mia' who volunteered to make the absolutely amazing cover image for this sequel story. Once again, thank you to everyone for all the love, and wishing you all a Happy New Year!