River stood in the doorway of the TARDIS looking over the smoking crater trying to think why someone would blow up a prison especially one like Stormcage. She could hear the Doctor running around the control panel fiddling with things before pulling the screen around attempting to run a scan of the surrounding area but from the sounds of frustration coming from the Doctor things weren't going as planned. River took one last look at the giant hole before turning to the Doctor,
"Sweetie, I think we should leave." She said looking gravely at the Doctor waiting for him to stop fiddling and give her an answer. She waited quite a few moments as he danced hurriedly around the control panels trying the scan again in various orders hoping for it to work when stopped, looked at here with his finger raised and said,
"I need my Devulnartulator" before running down the stairs and started rummaging through things. There were loud clanging noises coming from below as he started rummaging for one of his contraptions when all of a sudden his head appeared,
"River why did we need to come back to Stormcage anyway I thought you said you were pardoned?" he said suddenly realising the strange reason for their coming.
"I had to get a few things, but they're gone now, shall we go?" she said hurriedly wanting to get out of there as soon as possible,
"But you always say that those things mean nothing, why are we really here River?" he said as he walked up the stairs, turning very serious,
"Look not everyone is used to everything around them being disposable" River said venomously, the Doctor stopped. Pain filling his eyes he looked as if he had been stabbed as all of the colour drained from his face,
"I'm sorry Doctor," said River realising what he must have thought of immediately, "I know you don't see us as disposable it's just that there are things surrounding this place that I can't let go of just yet. There are reasons why this place will always be a part of me and I don't expect you to understand and I will tell you but for now can we just leave this place" she finished, getting quieter as she got closer to the Doctor before there was only a small space between them. Most of the colour had returned to the Doctor face however he was still shaken by what River had said. He knew that wasn't what she had meant but that was what he had thought of immediately and that scared him. The Doctor swallowed before nodding weakly and began to go about fiddling with the dials with much less enthusiasm than normal. Once River was satisfied with the amount of attention he was paying to the controls she slipped away for a moment to herself, hopefully unnoticed by the Doctor. River walked up the stairs silently to her bedroom. Once inside she closed the door behind her she looked around the room before picking up a lamp on a nearby table and throwing it angrily against the wall, causing it to shatter upon impact. She ran her hands over her hair trying to think. It was that moment that she heard her name being whispered questioningly from behind the door,
"River?" the Doctor asked before opening the door slowly and sticking his head inside slowly trying to gauge what kind of mood she was in. He saw the lamp in pieces on the floor and cringed as he opened the door slowly waiting for her to stop him. When she didn't he walked in slowly trying to comfort but without getting to close knowing how temperamental she could be in moods such as this. She finally looked up at him her face covered in worry,
"River," he said almost pleadingly, "there is obviously something more that you are not telling me- don't even try denying it" he said when she tried to argue, "God you can be some much like your mother sometimes" he said mostly to himself, his voice tinted with remorse but he continued regardless,
"River whatever this has to do with you need to tell me" he said finally. Conflicted, River looked at him debating fiercely in her head on what to do before she uttered,
"Spoilers Doctor" which of course garnered an annoyed look from the Doctor,
"Fine," he replied trying to remain calm, "I just received a phone call from the President apparently our good old friend Abraham Lincoln has risen from the dead along and plans on raising an army and invading Washington bu-" but before the Doctor could finish what he was saying the TARDIS lurched violently and sent them both flying around the room crashing into the wall and onto the floor where River landed uncomfortably on top of the Doctor before both on the them fell unconscious.