Chapter 2: Ten POV

I took Elizabeth hand and led her away from the Zygon.

"What were you going to say before the ding interrupted you?" Elizabeth asked

"Not important, because now we know the real Zygon was the horse."

I lead Elizabeth behind a stone wall to hide for a moment.

"What's a Zygon doing here?" She asked.

"I don't know," I confessed. "But I intend to find out."

The Zygon was off in another direction, now. I lead Elizabeth out and my plan was to take her back to the TARDIS. But when the TARDIS came into view, I saw the impossible.

It wasn't possible. No. She was gone. Forever. Gone. Not possible.

"What's wrong, my love?"

I'm not her love.

Those words on the TARDIS reminded me of that.

I loved somebody else.

Somebody who was long gone.

"The words…" I began to walk closer, slowly. Those words weren't possible. How could they be possible?

"Why have they changed?"

"They…they've only ever changed once before. When she came back."

"Who came back?"

"My…my friend. She…we…"

The Zygon had come up to us while I was looking at the impossible words.

"RUN!"

"Into the woods!" Elizabeth ordered.

I lost Elizabeth in the thick trees, but I knew the Zygon must be out here somewhere. I had to find the Zygon before it found Elizabeth. I was not going to lose another companion.

I bent down next to a rabbit. The Zygon, probably. "Oh, very clever. Whatever you've got planned, forget it. I'm the Doctor. I'm 904 years old. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I am the Oncoming Storm. The Bringer of Darkness. And you…are basically just a rabbit, aren't you? Okay, carry on. Just a…general warning."

Great move, Doctor. Now you've just lost time rescuing Elizabeth.

I came into a clearing where two Elizabeth's were standing. Oh great.

"Which one of you is which?" I asked, hoping that Zygon would answer.

Elizabeth and the Zygon continued arguing about which one was which.

Suddenly, a Time Portal appeared.

"Back!" I ordered, stepping in front of the Elizabeths. "Both of you, back now!"

"What is that?" One of the Elizabeth's asked.

"Does it have to do with those words on your TARDIS?" The other one asked.

"How can a Zygon have my memories?"

"Obviously the Zygon doesn't have my memories, because I am the real Elizabeth!"

"Obviously, the Zygon does have my memories!"

"Shut up!" I ordered. "Both of you, shut up."

The words. On the TARDIS. The impossible words that could not possibly be there.

Bad Wolf.

Of course. Rose could be coming back through the Time Portal. I do suppose that could make some sense.

Nope. Not possible. Rose was in a parallel universe with a clone of me. She couldn't be coming back.

But those words.

Bad Wolf.

Those words had saved me.

Rose Tyler had saved me.

"This could be related to those words. My friend…she might be coming back. I hope she's coming back."

"What is that?"

"It's a time fissure," I explained. "A tear in the fabric of reality. Anything can happen!" A fez fell out of the Time Portal. "…For instance, a fez…"

A man in a bow-tie came out of the Time Portal next.