THE DAY OF THE MOON

*EDITED*

3rd POV:
Three months later - July 1969. Amy is running for her life from men in a four wheel drive. "Suspect directly ahead. Coming to you now. Over." Canton reports and another vehicle is coming from the opposite direction. They trap her by a cliff.
"Canton." Amy greets not so nicely.
"Miss Pond," Canton replies in the same manner.
"Is that a body bag?" Amy asks him.
"Yes, it is," Canton answers her shortly.
"It's empty," Amy states slightly confused.
"How about that?" Canton replies.
"Do you even know why you're doing this, eh? Can you even remember the warehouse?" Amy asks him.

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The Doctor is dragging Canton away. "Canton. Amy. Amy!" the Doctor shouts at her.
"River, come on!" Rory shouts.
"Run!" Frost shouts.
"What the hell's going on?" Canton asks shocked and confused.
"Look behind you," Reaper tells him.
"There's nothing behind me," Canton tells him.
"Look. Look. Canton, look, I tell you." The Doctor tells him and Canton turns around.
"Canton." Silence calls out and Canton shoots Amy in Utah. She has tally marks on her arms.

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The Doctor, Frost, and Reaper are in a strait-jackets, shackled to chairs with yellow circles around it. They are surrounded by guards and notices saying Do Not Approach The Prisoners and Do Not Interact With The Prisoners, and the Doctor has grown a beard. Frost's hair has gone back to her natural brown hair colour and Reaper looks more scruffy while Angel had grown more as a small child of around 6-7 years old as she was left alone by her parents and hadn't said a word. "All visitors to remain behind the yellow line. All visitors to remain behind the yellow line." Tannoy informs.
"We found Amy Pond. She had strange markings on her arm. Do you know what they are?" Canton asks them.
"Why don't you ask her?" Reaper asks him knowing what had happened already.

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River has tally marks on her arms, too. She is wearing evening dress and running through a skyscraper under construction. "I see you. I see you." River says and she tallies two more Silence on her arm.
"Doctor Song? Doctor Song? Go! Go! Go!" Canton shouts and they catch up with her at an open wall. "Don't move! It's over." He tells her.
"They're here, Canton. They're everywhere." River tells him knowing he understood her.
"I know. America's being invaded." Canton replies.
"You were invaded a long time ago. America is occupied." River argues.
"You're coming with us, Doctor Song. There's no way out this time." Canton tells her.
"There's always a way out." River tells him and she gently falls backwards out of the skyscraper.

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A wall is being constructed around the Doctor, Frost, Reaper and Angel. "We found Doctor Song," Canton confirms.
"These bricks, what are they made of? Where is she?" Reaper asks him.
"She ran. Off the fiftieth floor." Canton reports.
"I'd say zero balance dwarf star alloy. The densest material in the universe. Nothing gets through that. You're building us the perfect prison. And it still won't be enough." Frost tells him.

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A very disheveled Rory with lots of tally marks on his skin runs out onto the top of the dam, only to find lots of men with guns waiting for him, and it's a long way down. "What are you waiting for?" Rory asks.
"I'm waiting for you to run. It'd look better if I shot you while you're running. Then again, looks aren't everything." Canton says and shoots Rory.

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Body bags are dragged into the completed dwarf star alloy cell. "Is there a reason you're doing this?" Reaper asks him.
"I want you to know where you stand," Canton tells them.
"In a cell." The Doctor replies deadpan.
"In the perfect cell. Nothing can penetrate these walls. Not a sound, not a radio wave, not the tiniest particle of anything." Canton tells them and he closes the door when the soldiers leave. It vanishes. There is a palm print panel near where it should be. "In here, you're literally cut off from the rest of the universe. So I guess they can't hear us, right?" he asks.
"Good work, Canton. Door sealed?" Reaper asks him.
"You bet." Canton answers and the Time Lords shake off their shackles and strait-jacket. The body bags sit up, gasping for breath.
"Are you okay?" Frost asks picking up Angel.
"Finally." Amy gasps for air.
"These things could really do with air holes," Rory complains.
"Never had a complaint before," Canton says.
"Isn't it going to look odd that you're staying in here with us?" Amy asks.
"Odd, but not alarming. They know there's no way out of this place." Canton tells her.
"Exactly. Whatever they might think we're doing in here, they know we're not going anywhere." The Doctor says and he slumps to his right and leans against the TARDIS. He snaps his fingers to open the door.
"Shall we?" Reaper asks.
"What about Doctor Song?" Canton asks.

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"She dove off a rooftop." Canton reminds them.
"Don't worry. She does that. Amy, Rory, open all the doors to the swimming pool." Reaper orders them. River turns into a dive and plummets through the Tardis' open door where it is parked on the side of the skyscraper. There is a big Splosh!
"So, we know they're everywhere. Not just a landing party, an occupying force, and they 'have been here a very, very long time. But nobody knows that because no one can remember them." The Doctor says.
"So what are they up to?" Canton asks.
"No idea. But the good news is, we've got a secret weapon." The Doctor replies.

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A Saturn V rocket is on the launch pad nearby. "Apollo 11's your secret weapon?" River asks him.
"No, no. It's not Apollo 11. That would be silly. It's Neil Armstrong's foot." The Doctor tells her.

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It is a dark and stormy night when a car drives up to the Graystark Hall Orphanage. "In just a few days, mankind will set foot on the Moon for the first time. Today, the President reaffirmed America's commitment…" the radio goes on.
"Ready. Check." Canton says and Amy looks at her palm. No tally marks.
"Clear." Amy reports and Canton looks at his palm.
"Clear." Canton echoes.

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Earlier, the Doctor has injected something into Canton's palm. "Ow!" Canton yelps.
"Ha. So, three months. What have we found out?" the Doctor asks them.
"Well, they are everywhere. Every state in America. Ahh." Rory says and yelps in pain as he is injected.
"Not just America, the entire world," Reaper states and cringes as he is also injected.
"There's a greater concentration here, though." River says.
"Ow!" Amy yelps out in pain.
"Are you okay?" Frost asks and the Doctor then injects her and Angel and kisses their offended skin.
"All better." Amy answers.
"Better?" Frost asks her.
"Turns out I was wrong. I'm not pregnant." Amy tells them.
"What's up?" Rory asks them.
"Nothing. Really, nothing. Seriously." Amy denies trying to get them off the subject.
"So you've seen them, but you don't remember them," Canton says.
"You've seen them, too. That night at the warehouse, remember? While you were pretending to hunt us down, we saw hundreds of those things. We still don't know what they look like." River tells him.
"It's like they edit themselves out of your memory as soon as you look away. The exact second you're not looking at them, you can't remember anything." Rory informs the group.
"Sometimes you feel a bit sick, though, but not always," Amy adds.
"So that's why you marked your skin," Canton says remembering when he had last seen them.
"Only way we'd know if we'd had an encounter," Amy tells him.
"How long have they been here?" Canton asks.
"That's what we've spent the last three months trying to find out," Amy tells him.
"Not easy, if you can't remember anything you discover," Rory adds.
"How long do you think?" Canton asks.
"As long as there's been something in the corner of your eye, or creaking in your house, or breathing under your bed, or voices through a wall. They've been running your lives for a very long time now, so keep this straight in your head. We are not fighting an alien invasion, we're leading a revolution. And today, the battle begins." Frost tells the group.
"How?" Canton asks.
"Like this," Reaper says and the Doctor quickly injects River.
"Ow!" River yelps out and Reaper laughs.
"Nano-recorder. Fuses with the cartilage in your hand." The Doctor says and injects himself and Frost kisses his offended skin. "Ow." He yelps.
"And it tunes itself directly to the speech centers in your brain. It'll pick up your voice, no matter what. Telepathic connection. So, the moment you see one of the creatures, you activate it, and describe aloud exactly what you're seeing." Reaper tells them. "Because the moment you break contact, you're going to forget it happened. The light will flash if you've left yourself a message. You keep checking your hand if you've had an encounter. That's the first you'll know about it." He tells them.
"Why didn't you tell me this before we started?" Canton asks him.
"I did, but even information about these creatures erases itself over time. I couldn't refresh it because I couldn't talk to you." Reaper tells him and Canton looks away then turns back and adjusts the Doctor's bow tie.
"What? What are you staring at?" Canton asks.
"Look at your hand." River tells him and a little dot is flashing.
"Why is it doing that?" Canton asks.
"What does it mean if the light's flashing? What did I just tell you?" Reaper asks him.
"I haven't…" Canton begins to say.
"Play it," Frost tells him.
"My God, how did it get in here?" Canton had asked them.
"Keep eye contact with the creature and, when I say, turn back, and when you do, straighten my dad's bow tie." Reaper's voice tells Canton.
"What? What are you staring at?" Canton had asked.
"Look at your hand." The river had told him earlier and one of the aliens is standing there.
"It's a hologram, extrapolated from the photo on Amy's phone. Take a good, long look." The Doctor tells him and turns off the image. "You just saw an image of one of the creatures we're fighting. Describe it to me." He tells them.
"I can't," Canton says.
"No. Neither can we. You straightened the Doctor's bow tie because Reaper planted the idea in your head while you were looking at the creature." Frost tells him.
"So they could do that to people. You could be doing stuff and not really know why you're doing it." Amy states.
"Like posthypnotic suggestion," Rory suggests.
"Ruling the world with posthypnotic suggestion?" Amy asks.
"Now then, a little girl in a spacesuit. They got the suit from NASA, but where did they get the girl?" the Doctor asks.
"It could be anywhere," Canton says.
"Except they'd probably stay close to that warehouse, because why bother doing anything else? And they'd take her from somewhere that would cause the least amount of attention. But you'll have to find her. I'm off to NASA." Reaper says.
"Find her? Where do we look?" Canton asks.
"Children's homes," Frost tells him and they look at Angel. "I didn't say that," Frost tells them.
"So she shows her gifts now." The Doctor says taking Angel into his arms. "Can you speak to me?" he asks her. "yes." He says looking confused.
"Looks like she can project her thoughts into other people," Reaper says and kisses her on the forehead. "Let's get started." He tells them.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Hello?" Doctor Renfrew greets confused.
"FBI. You must be Doctor Renfrew. Can we come in?" Canton asks him.
"The children are asleep." Doctor Renfrew informs them.
"We'll be very quiet," Amy assures him.
"Is there a problem?" Doctor Renfrew asks them.
"It's about a missing child," Canton informs him.
"What are you. Yes, come in, please. This way. Please excuse the writing. It keeps happening. I try to clean it up." Doctor Renfrew tells them and on the wall up the staircase are the words Get Out Leave Now in large red letters.
"It's the kids, yeah? They did that." Amy asks him.
"Yes, the children. It must be, yes. Anyway, my office is this way." Doctor Renfrew tells them.
"We nearly didn't come to this place. I understood Graystark Hall was closed in 67." Canton tells him.
"That's the plan, yes." Doctor Renfrew says.
"The plan?" Amy asks him.
"Not long now." Doctor Renfrew says.
"It's 1969," Canton tells him.
"No, no. We close in 67. That's the plan, yes." Doctor Renfrew says.
"You misunderstood me, sir. It's 1969 now." Canton tells him.
"Why are you saying that? Of course, it isn't." Doctor Renfrew tells them.
"July," Canton adds.
"My office is this way. This way." Doctor Renfrew says.
"I'll check upstairs," Amy tells Canton.
"Be careful," Canton warns her and the first dormitory is derelict and deserted, with the walls graffitied with Leave Me Alone and Get Out Now.

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"Amy." Reaper calls her.

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"I think we've found the place she was taken from," Amy tells him.

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"How do you know?" Reaper asks her.
"Because those things have been here. But the whole place is deserted." Amy tells him.

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"There's just one guy here and I think he's lost it," Amy tells him.

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"Repeated memory wipes fry your head eventually. Find out what you can, but don't hang around." Reaper tells her.

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"Where are you?" Amy asks him but wanting to know where they had gone.

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"Got to go. Got company." Reaper tells her and he closes the panel he has been working on. "Don't worry, I've put everything back the way I found it. Except this. There's always a bit left over, isn't there?" he asks them and the scientists are not amused. The Doctor's gizmo which Reaper installed quietly beeps to itself inside the module.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

The door slams shut behind Amy. She tried to open it then sees the blinking light in her palm. "I can see them, but I think they're asleep. Get out. Just get out!" Amy shouts and she tries the windows then see the tally marks on her hands, and then the lightning shows her reflection in the glass. There are tally marks on her face, too. The aliens are hanging from the ceiling in a cluster, like bats. She bumps into a bucket and they start to wake. Then the door opens and she forgets it all.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

Diagrams of the command module and the lander on the blackboards. "Now, one more time, sir. How the hell did you get into the command module?" Gardener asks them.
"I told you. I'm on a top secret mission for the President." The Doctor tells him.
"Well, maybe if you just get President Nixon to assure us of that, sir, that would be swell." Gardener tells him.
"I sent him a message," Frost tells him and the President enters, with River and Rory.
"Hello. I believe it's Mister Gardner. Is that correct? Head of Security?" Nixon asks him.
"Er, yes sir. Yes, Mister President." Gardener replies.
"Mister Grant, is it?" Nixon asks the other guard.
"Yes, Mister President," Grant replies.
"The hopes and dreams of millions of Americans stand here today at Cape Kennedy, and you're the men who guard those dreams. On behalf of the American people, I thank you." Nixon says.
"You're welcome, Mister President." Gardener says.
"I understand you have a baby on the way, Mister Grant." Nixon points out.
"Yes, Mister President," Grant replies.
"What are you hoping for, a boy or a girl?" Nixon asks him.
"Just a healthy American, sir." Grant answers.
"A healthy American will do just nicely. Now, fellows, listen. This man, here, code name the Doctor, is doing some work for me personally. Could you cut him a little slack?" Nixon asks them.
"Er, Mister President, they did break into Apollo 11." Gardener says.
"Sorry." The Doctor quietly apologizes.
"Well, I'm sure he had a very good reason for that. But I need you to release him now so he can get on with some very important work for the American people. Could you do that for me?" Nixon asks.
"Well…" Grant tries speaking.
"Son, I am your Commander in Chief," Nixon tells him.
"Then I guess that would be fine, Mister President." Gardener says.
"Glad to hear it," Nixon says and the MP releases the Doctor and Frost then the Doctor picks up Angel by their feet.
"Thank you. Bye, bye." The Doctor says.
"Carry on, gentlemen." Nixon dismisses them and Rory has been examining a model of Eagle. He breaks it.
"Ahem. America salutes you." Rory says.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"This place, it's been closed for years. What have you been doing?" Canton asks.
"Oh, the child. She must be cared for. It's important. That's what they said." Doctor Renfrew rambles.
"That's what who said?" Canton asks him.

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There is a metal door with a small hatch in it. A woman wearing an eye patch looks out at Amy. "Hello. Who are you?" Amy asks and the woman turns away and speaks to someone else.
"No, I think she's just dreaming." Eye Patch Lady says and the cover of the window slides shut. Amy goes to the door and opens it. It is a cozy child's room.
"Hello? I saw you looking through the hatch." Amy says except there isn't one anymore.

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There are a lot of photographs on the chest of drawers, including one of... "How? How can that be me?" Amy asks herself looking at the picture of her holding a baby. The astronaut enters. "Who are you? I don't understand, so just tell me who you are." She asks it and the astronaut raises its gold visor. It is the little girl. There is a crack in the helmet. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shoot you. I'm glad I missed. But you killed the Doctor, Frost, Reaper, and Angel. Or you're going to kill them. But who are you? Just please tell me, because I don't understand." She demands.
"Please help me. Help me. Please." the girl pleads and two aliens enter. Amy screams.

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Someone knocks on the door. Doctor Renfrew answers it. "It's just some questions. Yes, I see." Doctor Renfrew says to them.
"Who was that? Doctor Renfrew. Who was that?" Canton asks him.
"Who was who?" Doctor Renfrew asks as he had turned away and an alien enters. Canton activates his recorder.
"What are you? You can tell me because I won't remember. You invaded us. You're everywhere." Canton demands answers.
"Help me! Please. I can't see. Somebody, help me." Amy pleads but is nowhere to be seen.
"Are you armed?" Canton asks it.
"This world is ours. We have ruled it since the wheel and the fire. We have no need of weapons." Silence tells him.
"Yeah?" Canton asks and shoots the alien. "Welcome to America. Amy!" he shouts the last part.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

The Doctor, Frost, and Angel have returned Nixon to Washington in the TARDIS. "You have to tape everything that happens in this office. Every word, or you won't know if you're under the influence." Frost tells him.
"Frost, you have to give me more than this. What were you doing to Apollo 11 what was Reaper doing?" Nixon asks them.
"Thing. A clever thing. Now, no more questions. You have to trust me and nobody else." The Doctor says and River pops out of the TARDIS with the telephone.
"Doctor, it's Canton. Quick, he needs us." River calls out and Reaper races in straight into the TARDIS.
"Why didn't he get stopped." The Doctor whines.
"Daddy's funny," Frost says and they look at Angel in his arms.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Help me. Please, I can't. I can't see. Somebody help me." Amy says but again nowhere to be seen and Canton finds the bedroom door. It is locked.
"Amy! Amy, can you hear me? Amy, I'm going to try to blow the lock. I need you to stand back." Canton shouts.
"Okay, gun down. I've got it." The Doctor says.
"Amy, we're here. Are you okay?" Rory asks him.
"I can't see," Amy says and they rush into the room. The little girl is hiding along the corridor.

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"Where is she, Doctor?" Rory asks him and they see the spacesuit is lying on the floor.
"It's empty." River confirms.
"It's dark. So dark. I don't know where I am. Please, can anybody hear me?" Amy asks them but isn't there they see Amy's nano-recorder is on the floor, flashing.
"They took this out of her. How did they do that, Doctor? Why can I still hear her?" Rory asks them.
"Is it a recording?" River asks.
"Er, it defaults to live. This is current. Wherever she is right now, this is what she's saying." Reaper informs them.
"Amy, can you hear me? We're coming for you. Wherever you are, we're coming, I swear." Rory says to it but mostly her.
"She can't hear you. I'm so sorry. It's one way." The Doctor tells him.
"She can always hear me, Doctor. Always. Wherever she is, and she always knows that I am coming for her. Do you understand me? Always." Rory tells him.
"Doctor, are you out there? Can you hear me? Doctor? Oh, God. Please, please, Doctor, just get me out of this." Amy asks (not really).
"He's coming. I'll bring him, I swear." Rory tells her.
"Hello? Is somebody there? I think someone has been shot. I think we should help. We c. I can't re. I can't remember." Doctor Renfrew says.

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They go into the office to find the Silence is still alive. "Okay. Who and what are you?" the Doctor asks it.
"Silence, Doctor. We are the Silence." Silence tells him vaguely.
"Silence, Doctor." Prisoner Zero had said to him.
"Rory, listen to that." The Doctor had asked him.
"Silence." Rory had replied.
"We ran from the Silence." Rosanna had told them.
"The Silence?" the Doctor had asked her.
"And Silence will fall." Silence tells him.

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The cell door opens and the soldiers ready their weapons. "Hello again." Canton greets.
"Sir, you've been in there for days. What the hell have you been doing?" Ishem asks him.
"It doesn't matter. I need Doctor Shepherd here right now." Canton demands.
"Sir, I need to talk to Colonel Jefferson right now," Ishem says.
"No, you really don't," Canton says because their Commander in Chief walks out of the cell.
"Er, hiya, fellows. I'm President Nixon. I want to tell you, on behalf of the American people, how much we appreciate all of your hard work." Nixon tells them.
"The target for the Apollo 11 astronauts, the Moon, at lift-off, will be at a distance of 218,096 miles away. We're just past the two-minute mark in the countdown. T minus one minute fifty-four seconds and counting." The television reports.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

They are examining the spacesuit with the alien's own technology. "It's an exoskeleton. Basically, life support. There's about twenty different kinds of alien tech in here." River says.
"Who was she? Why put her in here?" the Doctor wonders.
"You put this on, you don't even need to eat. The suit processes sunlight directly. It's got built in weaponry, and a communications system that can hack into anything." River tells them.
"Including the telephone network?" the Doctor asks.
"Easily." River says.
"But why phone the President?" the Doctor asks.
"It defaults to the highest authority it can find. The little girl gets frightened, the most powerful man on Earth gets a phone call. The night terrors with a hotline to the White House." River says and the Doctor licks his invitation envelope. "You won't learn anything from that envelope, you know."
"Purchased on earth. Perfectly ordinary stationery. Tardis blue. Summoned by a stranger who won't even show his face. That's a first, for me. How about you?" Reaper asks her.
"Our lives are back to front. Your future's my past. Your firsts are my lasts." River tells them.
"That's not really what I asked," Reaper tells her.
"Ask something else, then." River says.
"What are the Silence doing, raising a child?" Reaper asks her.
"Keeping her safe, even giving her independence." River answers.
"The only way to save Amy is to work out what the Silence are doing," Reaper tells them.
"I know," Rory says.
"And every single thing we learn about them brings us a step closer," Frost says.
"Yeah, Frost, I get it. I know." Rory says.
"Of course, it's possible she's not just any little girl," Reaper says.
"Well, I'd say she's human, going by the life support software." River says.
"But?" the Doctor asks.
"She climbed out of this suit. Like she forced her way out. She must be incredibly strong." River informs.
"Incredibly strong and running away. I like her." The Doctor praises.
"We should be trying to find her." River tells him.
"Yes, I know. But how? Anyway, I have the strangest feeling she's going to find us." Reaper comments.
"Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do you read? Over." Television says.
"Why does it look like a NASA spacesuit?" Rory asks.
"Because that's what the Silence do. Think about it. They don't make anything themselves. They don't have to. They get other life forms to do it for them." Reaper tells him.
"So they're parasites, then," Rory says.
"Super-parasites, standing in the shadows of human history since the very beginning. We know they can influence human behaviour any way they want. If they've been doing that on a global scale for thousands of years." The Doctor says.
"Then what?" Rory asks.
"Then why did the human race suddenly decide to go to the Moon?" Frost asks.
"Ten, nine. Ignition sequence start. six, five, four…" television counts down.
"Because the Silence needed a spacesuit," Frost says.
"One, zero. All engines running. Lift-off. We have a lift-off. Thirty-two minutes past the hour, lift-off on Apollo 11." Television says.

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"My God. What is it?" Doctor Shepherd asks.
"It's just an alien, Doctor Shepherd," Canton tells him.
"Someone's already been treating it." Doctor Shepherd says.
"Yeah, you've been treating it," Canton tells him.
"Does Colonel Jefferson know this thing is here?" Doctor Shepherd asks him.
"No." Canton answers.
"Then I'm going to tell him right now." Doctor Shepherd informs him.
"Again." Canton states.
"Sorry, what?" Doctor Shepherd asks him shocked.
"Exactly," Canton says.
"Sergeant, why was I called in here for no reason?" Doctor Shepherd asks him and leaves.
"You tend to my wounds. You are foolish." Silence says and Canton uses a mobile phone to video record the conversation.
"Why? What would you do in my place?" Canton asks it.
"We have ruled your lives since your lives began. You should kill us all on sight, but you will never remember we were even here. You will evolve." Silence tells him.
"Yeah? Well, sorry to disappoint you, but thanks. That's exactly what I needed to hear. This is a videophone. Whatever a videophone is." Canton says.

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The video file arrives on River's tricorder. "You should kill us all on sight." Silence on screen had said.
"Help me, Doctor." Amy was saying and the spacesuit glove twitches.
"This suit, it seems to be repairing itself. How's it doing that? Doctor, a unit like this, would it ever be able to move without an occupant?" River asks him.
"Why?" the Doctor asks.
"Well, the little girl said the spaceman was coming to eat her. Maybe that's exactly what happened." River says.
"I love you. I know you think it's him. I know you think it ought to be him, but it's not. It's you. And when I see you again, I'm going to tell you properly, just to see your stupid face. My life was so boring before you just dropped out of the sky. So just get your stupid face where I can see it, okay? Okay?" Amy says through the nano-recorder.
"She'll be safe for now. No point in a dead hostage." Reaper points out.
"Can't you save her?" Rory asks.
"I can track that signal back. Take us right to her." Frost tells him.
"Then why haven't you?" Rory asks her.
"Because then what? I find her and then what do I do? This isn't an alien invasion. They live here. This is their empire. This is kicking the Romans out of Rome." Frost tells him.
"Rome fell." Rory points out.
"We know. We were there." The Doctor says.
"So was I," Rory says.
"Personal question," Reaper says.
"Seriously, you?" Rory asks.
"Do you ever remember it? Two thousand years, waiting for Amy? The last Centurion." Reaper asks him.
"No." Rory lies.
"You're lying." Reaper points out.
"Of course I'm lying," Rory says.
"Of course you are. Not the sort of thing anyone forgets." Reaper says.
"But I don't remember it all the time. It's like this door in my head. I can keep it shut." Rory tells him.
"Please, please, just come and get me. Come and get me." Amy pleads.
"Flight Controller's going to go for landing. Just five days since Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, this unprecedented journey is reaching its crucial moment. Armstrong and Aldrin are making their descent to the surface of the Moon." Television says.
"We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue." Duke says.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Where am I? Where is this?" Amy asks no one and Amy is fastened with alien tech.
"You are Amelia Pond." Silence states.
"You're ugly. Has anyone mentioned that to you?" Amy snaps back.
"We do you honour. You will bring the Silence. But your part will soon be over." Silence tells her.
"Whatever that means, you've made a big mistake, bringing me here, because wait until you see what's coming for you now," Amy tells it.
"You have been here many days." Silence tells her.
"No, I just got here. You just put me in here." Amy snaps.
"Your memory is weak. You have been here many days." Silence tells her.
"No. No, I can't have been." Amy argues.
"You will sleep now. Sleep." Silence orders her.
"No," Amy argues.
"Sleep." Silence orders.
"No. Get off me. No. No." Amy argues.
"Sleep." Silence orders her.
"No!" Amy shouts, as she does the TARDIS materializes in the room.
"Oh, interesting. Very Aickman Road. I've seen one of these before. Abandoned. I wonder how that happened? Oh, well I suppose I'm about to find out. Frost, Reaper. Rory, River, keep one Silent in eyeshot at all times. Oh, hello. Sorry, you were in the middle of something. I just had to say, though, have you seen what's on the telly? Oh, hello, Amy. Are you all right? Want to watch some television? Ah. Now, stay where you are. Because look at me, I'm confident. You want to watch that, me when I'm confident. Oh, and this is Reaper's friend River. Nice hair, clever, has her own gun, and unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do, a bit." The Doctor rambles on.
"Thank you, sweetie." River says and looks at Reaper winking at him.
"I know you're team players and everything, but she'll definitely kill at least the first three of you," Reaper tells them.
"Well, the first seven, easily." River corrects.
"Seven? Really?" Reaper asks.
"Oh, eight for you, honey." River teases him.
"Stop it," Reaper tells her.
"Make me." River counteracts him.
"Yeah? Well, maybe I will." Reaper flirts with her and Angel covers her eyes.
"Is this really important flirting? Because I feel like I should be higher on the list right now." Amy exclaims directed at them.
"Yes. Right. Sorry. As I was saying, my naughty friend here is going to kill the first three of you to attack, plus him behind, so maybe you want to draw lots or have a quiz." Reaper says and Rory is trying to free Amy.
"What's he got?" Amy asks him.
"Something, I hope," Rory says,
"Or maybe you could just listen a minute. Because all I really want to do is accept your total surrender and then I'll let you go in peace. Yes, you've been interfering in human history for thousands of years. Yes, people have suffered and died, but what's the point in two hearts, if you can't be a bit forgiving, now and then? Ooo, the Silence. You guys take that seriously, don't you? Okay, you got me. I'm lying. I'm not really going to let you go that easily. Nice thought, but it's not Christmas. First, you tell me about the girl. Who is she? Why is she important? What's she for?" the Doctor rambles.
"And we're getting a picture on the TV," Mccandless reports.
"Guys, sorry, but you're way out of time. Now, come on. A bit of history for you. Aren't you proud? Because you helped. Now, do you know how many people are watching this live on the telly? Half a billion. And that's nothing because the human race will spread out among the stars. You just watch them fly. Billions and billions of them, for billions and billions of years, and every single one of them at some point in their lives will look back at this man, taking that very first step, and they will never, ever forget it." Reaper begins to ramble.
"Okay, engine stop. ATA on the descent. Modes control both auto. Descent engine command off." Television says and Reaper gets out his phone.
"Oh. But don't forget this bit. Ready?" he asks them rhetorically.

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"Ready," Canton says and he attaches the videophone to Reaper's super satellite phone and dials up Apollo 11.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"That's one small step for a man…" Armstrong quotes.
"You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight." Silence on the TV repeats.
"You've given the order for your own execution, and the whole planet just heard you," Reaper informs it.
"You should kill us all on sight." Silence orders.
"One giant leap for mankind." Armstrong quotes.
"And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence. You just raised an army against yourself and now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throw you off their planet. They won't even know they're doing it. I think, quite possibly, the word you're looking for right now is oops. Run! Guys, I mean us. Run." The Doctor says and the Silence is generating its electric shock. River starts shooting.
"I can't get her out!" Rory shouts.
"Go. Go." Amy says.
"We are not leaving without you," Rory argues.
"Look, will you just get your stupid face out of here," Amy tells him.
"Run! Into the TARDIS, quickly." River orders and Reaper sonicks Amy free, and Rory helps her into the TARDIS.
"Don't let them build to full power," Reaper tells her.
"I know. There's a reason why I'm shooting, honey. What are you doing?" River asks him.
"Helping." He tells her as Angel drags her parents with her inside the TARDIS.
"You've got a screwdriver. Go build a cabinet." River argues.
"That's really rude." Reaper fake puts.
"Learn how to drive." River tells him as Reaper goes into the TARDIS. River spins around and around, shooting all the time. Finally, all the Silence lie dead. "My old fellow didn't see that, did he? He gets ever so cross."
"So, what kind of doctor are you?" Rory asks her and Frost comes out of the TARDIS shooting a Silence behind her without looking.
"Archaeology. Love a tomb." River answers.

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"You can let me fly it," Reaper tells her.
"Yeah, or we could go where we're supposed to." River argues.
"What's the matter with you?" Amy asks.
"You called me stupid." Rory sulks.
"I always call you stupid," Amy argues.
"No, but my face," Rory says and shows her the nano-recorder he is holding. "I wasn't sure who you were talking about. You know, me or…"
"Him?" Amy asks.
"Well, you did say dropped out of the sky," Rory says.
"It's a figure of speech, moron," Amy says kissing him.
"Thanks," Rory says.
"You're welcome," Amy says.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"So we're safe again," Nixon asks.
"Safe? No, of course, you're not safe. There's about a billion other things out there just waiting to burn your whole world. But, if you want to pretend you're safe, just so you can sleep at night? Okay, you're safe. But you're not really. Canton. Until the next one, eh?" the Doctor says.
"Looking forward to it," Canton says.
"Canton just wants to get married. Hell of a reason to kick him out of the FBI." The Doctor says.
"I'm sure something can be arranged," Nixon says.
"I'm counting on you." The Doctor tells him.
"Er, Doctor. Canton here tells me you're, you're from the future. It hardly seems possible, but I was wondering..." Nixon says.
"I should warn you I don't answer a lot of questions." The Doctor says.
"But I'm a President at the beginning of his time. Dare I ask. Will I be remembered?" Nixon asks.
"Oh, Dicky. Tricky Dicky. They're never going to forget you. Say hi to David Frost for me." The Doctor says.
"David Frost?" Nixon asks and the TARDIS dematerialises.
"This person you want to marry. Black?" Nixon asks.
"Yes." Canton answers.
"Hmm. I know what people think of me, but perhaps I'm a little more liberal." Nixon says.
"He is," Canton says.
"I think the Moon is far enough, for now, don't you, Mister Delaware?" Nixon asks.
"I figured it might be." Canton answers.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"You could come with us." Reaper offers.
"I escape often enough, thank you. And I have a promise to live up to. You'll understand soon enough." River tells him.
"Okay. Up to you. See you next time. Call me." Reaper tells her.
"What, that's it? What's the matter with you?" River asks him.
"Have I forgotten something?" Reaper asks her.
"Oh, shut up." River tells him kissing him.
"Right. Okay. Interesting." Reaper says.
"What's wrong? You're acting like we've never done that before." River says.
"We haven't," Reaper tells her.
"We haven't?" River repeats.
"Oh, look at the time. Must be off. But it was very nice. It was, it was good. It was er, unexpected. You know what they say. There's a first time for everything." Reaper babbles in embarrassment and he goes into the TARDIS.
"And a last time." River whispers.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Rory, I'm going to need thermocouplings. The green ones and blue ones." The Doctor tells him.
"Okay, hold on," Rory says and he goes down the stairs.
"So," Reaper asks along with Angel looking intrigued as he was holding her.
"So," Amy repeats.
"You're okay?" Reaper asks her.
"Fine. Head's a bit weird. There's loads of stuff I can't quite remember." Amy tells him.
"After effect of the Silence. Natural enough. That's not what I was asking. You told me you were pregnant." Reaper says.
"Yes." Amy answers.
"Why?" Reaper asks her.
"Because I was. I mean, I thought I was. It turns out I wasn't." Amy rambles.
"No, why did you tell me?" Reaper asks her.
"Because you're my friend. You're my best friend." Amy tells him.
"Hmm. Did you tell Rory?" Reaper asks her.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

Rory still has the nanorecorder. "No," Amy answered.
"Amy, why tell me and not Rory?" Reaper asks her.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Why do you think? I traveled with you and your parents in this TARDIS for so long. All that time. If I was pregnant for some of it, wouldn't it have had an effect?" Amy asks him.

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"I don't want to tell Rory his baby might have three heads or, like, a time head, or something," Amy suggests.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"What's a time head?" Reaper asks her.
"I don't know, but what if it had one?" Amy asks him.
"A timehead." Reaper starts laughing.
"Shut up." Amy jokes.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Oi, stupid face," Amy calls.
"Er, yeah?" Rory asks.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

"Hello." Rory greets.
"I'm taking that away from you if you're going to listen in all the time," Amy tells him.
"Okay, that's a fair point. But you should've told me that you thought you were pregnant. I'm a nurse. I'm good with pregnancy." Rory tells her.
"Not, as it turns out, that good. So please stop being stupid." Amy tells him.
"Er, no, never. I'm never, ever, going to stop being stupid." Rory jokes.
"So, this little girl. It's all about her. Who was she? Or we could just go off and have some adventures. Anyone in the mood for adventures? Because I am. You only live once." The Doctor adds into their conversation and Frost looks on the scanner is - Amelia Pond full body scan in progress. Pregnancy Positive. Negative. Positive. Negative.

~FAMILY MOMENTS~

Six months later. Night. A tramp is scavenging when a little girl comes out of the shadows, coughing. "Are you okay? Little girl, are you okay?" A tramp asks her.
"It's all right. It's quite all right. I'm dying. But I can fix that. It's easy, really. See?" the little girl says and her skin glows with golden regeneration energy. She smiles, and the tramp runs.

TO BE CONTINUED….

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