A/N: Yay! Another chapter! I seem to be churning one out every Sunday! I initially thought this one would be really short but it's turned out to be a pretty good length. I know I initially said this chapter would be about Rory, but I've decided to re-jig this chapter and the next one (so Rory will be next!). Anywho, big loves to all who reviewed the last chapter:

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2 & 2: Amy and the Doctor

The Doctor pulled out the sonic and scanned the surrounding area, desperate to feel like he still had control of the situation. He and Amy were stood in a small wood. In the distance, they could see cars driving past so the Doctor could breathe a sigh of relief that were at least in modern times. The end of the sonic flicked open and the Doctor read the results, once again relieved by what he saw.

"Earth, 2007."

"Oh, thank god!" Amy exclaimed.

"Yes, that's something at least." The Doctor was too preoccupied, his brain was desperately trying to pull out some solution. No Fred, no Rory, no TARDIS. He let the feeling of despair linger for only a moment before pushing it aside and straightening up. Things could surely be a lot worse; he still had Amy and the sonic didn't he? And at least they had landed somewhere familiar with plenty of technology to play around with. He took another look at his surroundings. Not bad, not bad at all.

"Come along, Pond." He said to Amy, who was also glancing around. "We'd better find out where we are."

They both set off towards the road they could see in the distance. When they reached it, the Doctor poked his head through the trees and gawped at the cars whizzing past. Several drivers and passengers looked at him oddly. Amy tugged at his jacket.

"Doctor, acting like an idiot really isn't helping right now." She pulled him next to her, both camouflaged by the tress again. "We need to find Rory and Fred. Where would they be?"

"Amy, I don't really know where we are yet."

"You said Earth!"

"Yes, yes, we are on Earth but where?"

Amy rolled her eyes, exasperated. "Does it really matter? We just need to find them!"

"Of course it matters! Besides, if we're in 2007 that means there might be another me running about the place. And you. We need to be careful."

They both slid out from behind the trees and dashed across the road. The road led to an expensive suburban area with large detached houses and double garages. The Doctor searched for a sign post, telling them at least what country they were in. It was undoubtedly Britain but where he had no idea. Amy wandered down the road behind, walking in circles and peering at all the expensive houses. She whistled.

"Well, it's definitely not Scotland. No houses like this there."

"Ah!" The Doctor cried suddenly, charging towards someone's garden wall. "Moss! Brilliant! This should be able to tell us something!" He pulled a piece out of the wall.

"Doctor!" Amy called, studying a sign.

"Did you know, Pond, that Moss holds an awful lot of information. More than a lot of brains do. When scanned correctly, you can access all sorts of things about the local area."

"Doctor!"

"Average temperature, fume levels, average rainfall etcetera. Useful stuff."

"Doctor!"

"So from this little bit of moss we can work out where we are!"

"Yes, Hereford." Amy said, rolling her eyes. He never seemed to listen to her, especially when he started off on one of his rants.

"And the moss says...mid-range average temperature. Not a massive amount of rainfall. High fume levels. Sounds like we're in South England."

"Hereford."

"Yes, Hereford! Exactly, Pond! See, Pond, that wasn't so...hang on. How did you know?"

She pointed at the sign with a weary sign. It read, Welcome to Hereford in large, bold letters. The Doctor winced.

"Ah, well, yes. I suppose we could have just looked at the sign but where would have been the fun in that?"

"Doctor!" Amy wined. "I don't want to have fun, I just want to find my husband and my friend and make sure they're safe! And if that means travelling across the world to find them, I will just please can we find where they are and go and get them without all of this messing around."

The Doctor saw the fear and desperation in his best friends eyes and nodded, tucking the sonic back into his pocket. "Yes. Yes, you're right. Let's get into the centre of Hereford and see where we can go from there."

Amy gave a satisfied smile and they both set off past the sign and down the main road. It looked like the most likely route to the centre. They fell into a comfortable silence, both trying not to show how anxious they were about the four of them being split up.

"Amy," The Doctor began tentatively. "Amy, Fred and Rory..."

"What? What about them?"

"They might not be here. They might not be on Earth. In fact, I'm pretty sure they're not."

Amy groaned. "So you're telling me I've lost my friend, my husband and our ship and we have no idea where they all are in the universe?"

The Doctor made a face. "Err, yes. That's about right."


"Doctor, I need to rest." Amy said, lagging behind him as they finally reached the centre of Hereford. It took them well over an hour, nearly two, on foot but the Doctor was sure it was worth it. Being in the centre of things was always better.

"Honestly, Pond! No stamina!"

"Can we please just have a sit down and a think instead of wandering around?" Amy gestured toward a cafe. The Doctor agreed grudgingly. He didn't like sitting down. But, he reasoned, he did want to get away from all the shops and the bustle of Hereford city centre. It reminded him too much of Fred. She lived here, her family lived here and he had met her here for the first time. He missed her already.

Just as he and Amy were entering the cafe, the Doctor felt his head turn and his vision blurred. He staggered and clung on to Amy, who looked at him, alarmed. The Doctor could see her mouth moving faintly but he couldn't hear anything. His hearing had almost completely gone and everything was muffled as though he was underwater. Suddenly, all he could here was a voice. A wonderful, familiar welcome voice. Fred's voice.

"Doctor?" She said. The Doctor strained to hear. It wasn't like she was nearby talking to him, it was like she was a long way away, calling to him. "Doctor? Please don't leave me. Not again. Don't leave me on my own. Help me."

As quickly as it had arrived, it went. His vision sharpened again, his hearing returned and his head felt normal. Amy gripped his shoulders. "Doctor? Are you alright?"

"Yeah." He said shakily. "Yeah, fine. I just...I heard her."

Amy frowned, confused. "What?"

"I heard Fred. She was inside my head. Like her thoughts had bled into mine for a minute."

Amy sighed, seemingly angry. "It's them isn't it? The Parters? They're messing with us."

The Doctor nodded, too shaken to speak properly. Amy studied him.

"Come on. You need a sit down. I'll order some tea."

"I don't understand this." Amy said, setting her teacup down with a clink. "How can this...thing...just transport us wherever the hell it wants in the universe just for fun?"

The Doctor sighed. In truth, he had no idea. He had never heard of the Parters before and that troubled him. Something as unusual as them he surely would have known about. Or at least he should have known about the Acadessi losing their home planet. But no, nothing. Something didn't sit right in the Doctor's mind about this. There was something he was missing, he was sure of it.

They needed to get back to where they were. They needed to get back to Acadess and confront these Parters. Then it hit him.

"I know where they are!"

Amy choked on her tea. "What? How? Where?"

"Remember when the Parter was talking about the war? He seemed so proud of it but he didn't really tell us what happened. He deliberately left it open."

"So he's put them on Acadess?" Amy asked, only half following along.

"More than that!" The Doctor said, excited they were finally getting somewhere. "He's taken them back in time!"

Amy gaped. "He's put them in the war?"

The Doctor nodded. It made sense! He sat back in his chair and slurped on his tea. Amy's face fell suddenly. The Doctor frowned. "What?"

"Well, it hasn't helped much, has it? I mean, it's good that we've worked out where they are but how are we going to get there? It's over the other side of the universe and it's way in the future."

For a moment, the Doctor was stumped before he grinned so widely, Amy though he was going to explode. He stood up and pulled Amy to her feet.

"2007, eh? Good year...I've got a good friend in this year." He beamed as they left the cafe, Amy confused. The Doctor looked to his left and then to his right before squinting at a sign in the middle of the square that arrows pointing in all different directions. He grinned again and he strode off to the right.

"Doctor?" Amy trotted after him, wincing as her feet protested. "Doctor where are we going? I'm going to need some sleep soon, you know. Humans need rest!"

"Don't worry, Pond!" The Doctor said with glee. "You can sleep on the train!"

"The train?"

"Oh, yes!" The Doctor beamed. "We're going to Cardiff."


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