#04 | Risk
"Amelia Pond, I need you do this for me, okay?" The Doctor requested in the quiet, but urgent voice he usually used when something was really wrong, putting his hands on her shoulder and gripping them tightly.
"Doctor, I—" she started, panic detectable in her tone of voice.
"Please, we don't have much time." he interrupted. He waited a second to make sure she wasn't going to speak before pointing to one of the many buttons on the TARDIS. "You see that button there?" he asked.
Amy hesitantly looked over at it, fleetingly, before looking back at the Doctor.
"Yes." she told him, tears welling up in her eyes.
The Doctor placed his hand back on her shoulder and locked eyes with her.
"If they get past Rory and me, press that button." he instructed slowly, pronouncing the words precisely. "Do you understand?"
Amy blinked and a tear escaped the corner of her eye but she quickly reached up and wiped it away, steeling her nerves.
"What does the button do?" she asked her voice strained as she struggled to keep her emotions in check.
The Doctor shook his head. "There's no time. I just want you to press that button if they get past us. Can you do that for me?"
There a long beat of silence as Amy looked at the Doctor and the Doctor looked back at her, his eyes pleading as he anxiously waited for a response.
"No." Amy finally answered, her eyes making it clear that that was the decision she'd made.
The Doctor's hands tightened on her shoulders and the look in his eyes heartbreaking.
"Amelia—" he started in a whisper.
"No." she said again, cutting the Doctor off. "If they make it past you, that means that Rory is dead and I will not care anymore."
Thank you for everything,
TheBrightestNight