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Chapter Four: Saving the World (Again)

As the newly liberated exited their makeshift prison cell, they found themselves in some manner of underground complex, consisting of many tunnels and doors.

"What now, Professors?" Asked Ace.

"We must find Zodin." Declared Seven. "She must be prevented from imputting those codes."

"And how exactly are we supposed to find her?" Asked Rory.

"Simple." Said Eleven. "This looks to be some sort of military installation. And like any good military installation, they'll have stuck their control room as far back as possible; Makes it harder to find. Judging by the placement of that storeroom we were locked in, the control room should be... This way!" He pointed his finger towards the left, and he and Seven started sprinting down the corridor, the others in hot pursuit.

"Are you sure?" Asked Amy. "Or are you just guessing?"

The two Doctor suddenly pulled their companions back against the corner, just in time to hide them from Bloodfang and Geckard, who were walking down the opposite way.

"Yes, I'm sure." Whispered Eleven.

As the two villains receded down the corridor, the group moved out of the corner.

"Those two could be trouble." Said Seven.

"Like dealing with Zodin wouldn't be tough enough." Concurred Eleven.

"Then let us deal with them." Said Amy.

"Yeah, Professors." Agreed Amy. "We'll keep 'em busy for you!"

"We will?" Asked Rory.

"Yeah!" Smiled Amy. "Then the Doctors can deal with Zodin uninterrupted!"

"Ridiculous idea." Said Seven.

"Completely out of the question." Declared Eleven

Their companions looked crestfallen.

"But, as trying to talk you out of it would only waste valuable time, go ahead and have at them." Said Seven.

"Try not to hurt them too badly." Smiled Eleven.

The companions smiled jubilantly (except for Rory, whose smile was definetely forced), and they headed down the corridor, ready to distract the two thugs. The two Doctors, meanwhile, headed to what they were sure was the control room.

"We do have a plan, don't we?" Asked Rory.

"Course not." Smiled Amy. "Same as always."

"Oi, pea-brains!" Called Ace as they neared their quarry. "Remember us?"

The two aliens turned, and were shocked by what they saw.

"How did..." Spluttered Geckard.

"Who cares?" Snarled Bloodfang. "Get them!"

The companions turned on their heels and ran down the corridors, the villains in hot pursuit.

"Same as always, right?" Huffed Rory.

"Don't you just love it?" Smiled Amy.

"In here!" Called Ace, having moved ahead to a door.

The humans went through the door, ending up in some kind of storeroom. They moved a group of shelves against the door, using them as a makeshift barricade, which the villains immediately started ramming themselves against.

"That won't stop them forever." Declared Rory. "Any ideas?"

"Right here." Said Ace, fishing several silver canisters from her jacket.

"We're gonna gas 'em with hairspray?" Asked Amy.

"Hairspray? Yeah, right." Chuckled Ace. "This is Nitro-9."

"Nitro? As in 'explosive'?" Gasped Rory. "The Doctor used to let a teenager run around with explosives?"

"Really mellowed out in his old age, hasn't he?" Quipped Amy.

The three placed the Nitro-9 capsule on the shelves, then hid in the cupboards on the far side of the room. Just as the villains managed to break down the door, the capsules exploded, fling them across the corridor and into the wall opposite.

The three humans gingerly approached their prone bodies, making sure that they were down for the count. Geckard showed no signs of stirring, but Bloodfang suddenly got up and grabbed Amy and Ace by the throats. Rory jumped on Bloodfang's back, but was quickly shoved off.

"You shouldn't done that, my pretty pretties." Snarled Bloodfang to Amy and Ace, as he slowly choked them. "Bloodfang doesn't like being blown up, he does..."

"As he pulled himself onto his knees, Rory spotted something on the floor of the storeroom: A small bottle of chloroform. Moving quickly and quietly, he got to the bottle, dabbed some of the contents onto a torn piece of his shirt. Sneaking up on Bloodfang, he jumped up and wrapped the cloth around his face. Bloodfang struggled, releasing his hold on the girls, and attempted to pull Rory off of him. Amy prevented him from doing so by delivering a kick to the Androgum's stomach, weakening him enough for the chloroform to take effect. The Androgum finally lapsed into unconsciousness.

"Thanks." Said Rory breathlessly. "Good teamwork."

"Just call us Mr. and Mrs. Smith!" Declared Amy.

"Y'wot?" Asked Ace.

"After your time, kid." Shrugged Amy.

Meanwhile, in the bunker's control room, the Terrible Zodin was imputting the nuclear launch codes into the main computer when the Doctors burst into the room.

"Stop right there, Zodin!" Declared Seven.

"Too late!" Jeered Zodin, making one last keystroke. "Launch sequence has begun. You've failed, Doctor!"

"Wrong." Said Eleven. "I know the abort codes. Picked them up from a chap in UNIT. Nice fella, by the name of Arnold."

"You may know them." Spat Zodin, drawing a sword. "But you won't use them!"

Zodin charged towards Eleven, swinging her sword. The strike was blocked by Seven's umbrella. Swinging the implement like a rapier, Seven thrusted and parried Zodin's attacks, while Eleven rushed over to the computer console to imput the abort codes.

Zodin swung her sword again and again, fury from past defeats driving her on. As she and Seven locked weapons, she lashed out and kicked at the hand holding the umbrella's question mark-shaped handle, causing him to drop it.

"Oh, how I have waited for this moment." Zodin smirked, as she backed Seven into a corner. Raising the sword above her head, she screeched "Goodbye, Doctor!" before executing the killing strike.

However, the strike never came, as Eleven had deftly looped the umbrella's handle over the wrist of Zodin's sword hand. With one tug, he pulled her arm backwards, causing her enough pain to make her drop the sword.

"Sorry, Zodin." Smiled Eleven. "Better luck next time."

"Thank you for the assistance." Nodded Seven.

"Well, I had to, didn't I?" Winked Eleven. "Trust me, it wasn't wasn't your time."

As Seven helped his future self contain Zodin, Amy, Rory and Ace entered.

"Ah, our erstwhile companions." Smiled Seven. "And what of Zodin's accomplices?"

"Consider them kept busy." Smiled Amy.

"They going to stay busy." Smiled Eleven. "While I was on the computer, I made a call to UNIT to pick them up for detainment. They're all going to busy looking at the four walls of a prison cell, for a long, long time."

"Curse you, Doctor!" Hissed Zodin. "One day, I shall have my revenge."

"No, you won't." Declared Eleven. "Trust me: I know."

Some time later, after UNIT had collected the alien troublemakers, and the time travellers had found their TARDISes, the time had come to say goodbye.

"Well, that was fun." Smiled Eleven.

"Yes." Agreed Seven. "Saving the world (again). All the same, I should like to get back to having only one of me around."

"Me too." Agreed Eleven. "No offense, but you're a little bit stuffy for my tastes."

"It was really Ace meeting you." Said Ace. "You keep that old man on his toes, okay?"

"Same here." Said Amy.

"Try to lay off the explosives." Offered Rory.

"No chance!" Chuckled Ace.

"Come along, Ace." Said Seven, opening the door to his TARDIS.

"Coming, Professor." Said Ace, pausing only to give Amy and Rory a thumbs up, which they replied with a friendly wave.

As Seven's TARDIS warped out of existence, Eleven breathed a sigh of relief.

"Right then." He clapped his hands together. "Switzerland, anyone?"

"Why not?" Shrugged Rory. "I could do with some chocolate after all this."

"We can go skiing!" Offered Amy.

"But you don't how to ski." Pointed out Rory.

"Like that's ever stopped me before!" Replied Amy, as the three walked into their own TARDIS.

Seconds later, the blue box hummed and rumbled it's way to it's next location, and the next adventure for the Doctor and friends.

The End

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