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I should say at this point, I know the Masters on the character list but he doesn't come on until later and...(spoiler alert), they gonna have a thing ;), him and Meg. It's gonna be a Bad Romance.
So there it was, a Silurian and all thoughts drifted to Anaiya.
"Silurian", I breathed,
This made the Silurian stop and frown at me. I blinked and looked at him properly, he was clearly a scientist and I'm guessing I was underground, in their city that Anaiya told me about.
"Sorry?",
"Silurian, you...you're, oh my god", I said, staring at him. He shook his head and was about to continue with his work but I stopped him,
"No, wait, don't, don't touch me. Please, you were in cryogenic sleep, what woke you up? ", I demanded, he paused again, only an inch from me. And poking out of his pocket was...something. He didn't answer me, just brought out, I think it was a recorder.
"Human female seems more intelligent than the average male, however could be an anomaly",
"Oi!", the other restrained guy said. Damn, forgot he was there.
"From the clothing, the human female appears to be more resistant to the cold than the male.", he said, I could see the tiniest hint of amusement,
"Oh, getting sassy, are we? You snarky bastard", I cursed,
"And more prone to using verbal abuse", he added, I gasped as the other guy chuckled,
"You son of a...", I paused, they were waiting for me to finish my sentence but that would prove him right, "...bin".
He scoffed, at least I think it was a scoff. And then he clamped me down with that thingymabob in his pocket.
"Ahhhh!", I exclaimed
"Decontamination complete. Commencing dissection.", the Silurian announced. I gawped at him and faintly I could the other dude protesting,
"Area Seventeen incursion. Species diagnostic requested. Area Seventeen incursion. Species diagnostic requested.", the tannoy announced. The Silurian paused, looking at me and then ran out. I smirked,
"Yeah, you better run", I called after him. Why did I do that? Anyway I lifted that device the Silurian used on me and freed myself, I went to the other guy to do the same,
"How did you get that?", he asked, as I freed him,
"Questions, questions. Come on, before he gets back.", I grinned, we darted out of the room.
"That creature, do you think it was an alien? Any more of them, do you think? Do you think the Earth's been invaded?", Mo, (I found out his name), asked, I bet he was terrified.
"Listen, Mo? Was it?", he nodded, "That alien was a Silurian, they lived on our Earth before we arrived and when the moon came into orbit they mistook it for the apocalypse and fled underground. I'm guessing, and I really hope I'm wrong, but I'm guessing they want their land back. And that means pretty much means fuck all for us humans", I explained, constantly looking over my shoulder. He blinked at me,
"What?", he exclaimed. Last time I explain something.
"What is this?", I asked, curiously at a door,
"Maybe it's a way out of here.", Mo said, hopefully. God! I loved his accent. Not the time, Meg. I pressed the button and it revealed a little kid, about 9 or 10, standing perfectly still and he looked, I hate to say this, but extremely ghost like.
"Oh, my God, no.", Mo breathed,
"Do you know him?"
"It's my son. It's Elliot. What've they done to him? He's in there. We have to get him out. Elliot? Elliot, it's Dad.", he started randomly pressing buttons on the console attached to the chamber, and it wasn't working. I didn't think it would, and he probably didn't think it would, but when it's your kid you don't care about impossibility.
"Access denied. Unauthorised genetic imprint.", the computer said.
"Mo, stop, Mo, we can't get in", I said, pulling him gently away from the control
"That's my boy in there.", he protested,
"But look, these screen are monitoring him, he's alive. He's wired up cos their scanning him.",
"All right. We find weapons, get that creature from the lab and force it to release Elliot, yeah?", he said, determined, I wanted to say that we weren't going to hurt the Silurians but he didn't need that.
"Yeah. Definitely We'll get him out.", I assured as we walked through the city.
We kept on walking for a while, and we stumbled into a bridge that showed a city, suspended I guess. And it was beautiful, and it made me think If they made this kind of city in a distressing situation then what must the world have looked like before we came. We crossed the bridge and arrived in a room with vertical cubicles. We approached one,
"These chambers are everywhere", I commented, looked at the structure of one, Mo pointed to a button beside it and I pressed it. Once the light was on, it revealed a Silurian, armed and in a stance that looked intimidating, I jumped slightly and turned it off immediately. Mo blew out a breath but I frowned,
"They weren't moving", I muttered, I went to the light but Mo protested,
"No, Meg, don't. Don't.", I did it anyway, and I even went into the chamber with the Silurian. It was so scary! But a good scary, that's what my life it like now, good scary. "Megan, what are you doing? Get out of there.", Mo warned. I looked at him,
"Look, they're not conscious, like they're suspended", he frowned, "Like..like, the equivalent of a coma", I explained, he nodded. Really need to stop explaining things.
I looked down at what they were standing on, it looked exactly like the teleport in Cardiff, the one Anaiya was building- Oh...Anaiya. Wish I could forget that. Back to reality. The teleport took them somewhere, presumably...ah. I looked up and saw a tunnel going up, so that's how they got to the surface.
"Look up", I told Mo, he did so and frowned,
"What's that",
"Like teleportation, these discs things power them up and through that, we can leave now", I elaborated pointing up. He nodded and noticed something,
"Even better. Weapons. Come on, now we can fight back. ", he said, picking up a gun and handing me another, I looked at and felt it's weight. Cool.
"Ok, ok, but we're not killing any of them, ok? Because they didn't kill Elliot", I told him sternly,
"I know", he sighed, "Now which way?",
"Uhh..door at the end", I said, already walking in that direction,
"Are you sure? ", he asked, following me,
"Not remotely", I replied.
The door at the end led us to a balcony overlooking a vast chamber, containing warriors as far as the eye can see.
"Wow", he muttered,
"Exactly",
"We don't stand a chance",
"Ah...you know, we might", I tried. I mean, we could be able to defend ourselves, or maybe we won't need to, maybe they just want to talk.
We walked for a while, through the city, trying to find any Silurian authority or even that scientist guy to get Elliot. And in that time, Mo told me about himself, he had a wife, Ambrose. God he was smitten over her, and his son Elliot, then his father in law, who was Tony, the man I'd helped. And they work together. I guess that shows you how small that village is.
I told him what I could, I didn't tell him everything, just some important and cool details, like what I've seen and done. But not who I was, I couldn't tell him that, mainly because as I travel with the Doctor more, I seem to know less about who I am and where I come from. I guess that's depressing, I can't really tell.
So now we were just strolling through an underground city filled with 'lizard' people, whom we haven't run into yet.
Then there was noise, talking I think.
We followed it, holding our guns firm in our grasp. We came to a room, that looked like a hall but we couldn't tell when we were outside and we couldn't go in because there were people there. So we listened and from what I heard there was the Doctor, that Nasreen chick, the scientist, some female Silurian that sounded like Anaiya and Amy. Two people less than I was hoping. Where was Taylor and Rory?
I told Mo to go around to the other entrance and be ready to walk in, we had to wait till our cue, which would be decided depending on what kind of conversation they were having.
"You're not authorised to do this.", the scientist argued,
"I am authorised to protect the safety of our species while they sleep", the girl Silurian spat back,
"Oh, lovely place. Very gleaming.", I heard the Doctor comment, trust him to say that at a time like this.
"What is this place?", Amy asked,
"This is our court and our place of execution", the girl Silurian said. Ok, time to go in.
I strolled in, brandishing the gun, Mo saw this and followed, "Ok, party's over, green people",
"Megan Keegan, always there when the trouble starts", the Doctor beamed. God, he was such a child.
"How about you let my friends go? And don't be stupid about because we've got you covered" I aimed this at Not-Anaiya, also indicating to Mo,
"Mo", I heard Nasreen breath out,
"Or what?", the Silurian challenged,
I raised the gun, "This isn't for display, my dear", I indicated to the gun,
"You apes are cowards, you wouldn't shoot", she snarled,
"You know, funnily enough, not long ago, another Silurian said that to me. You ever heard of Anaiya?", I asked, clearly the girl did because she sucked in a breath, "Clearly you have, well, I'm doing this for her".
The girl just glared at me and started to approach me, ohh shit shit shit,
"Now let them go, or I shoot.", I warned. She wasn't listening so I did the only thing I could. I shot the ground just before her feet, this made everyone flinch including the Silurian.
"Be careful, Meg", the Doctor called
"What's your name?", I asked her,
"Restac", she answered,
"Restac, listen to me, a long time ago one of your kind gave her life to save a 'cowardly ape'. You're not obligated to hate us. And whatever you think, we didn't mean to take your world. We were born here and we can't help that", I had a feeling Restac was less lenient that Anaiya.
"Then it was a stupid sacrifice", she hissed, before someone grabbed me from behind and took the gun from me. Damn, of course they'd get me from behind. Rookie mistake!
"Don't you touch her!", the Doctor growled,
"And you.", Restac order Mo, who did as he was told. Ah, you can't blame him.
"All right, Restac, you've made your point.", the scientist man said, I forgot he was there too. Man, I really need to start looking around.
"Oh, look who it is", I said, "Dr Frankinstein, you were gonna cut me up, remember?", I grumbled at him,
"It is my job, I have to find out about ape anatomy", he explained,
"Can you stop calling us apes?", Amy asked, timidly.
"Right, and do you usually deal with the screaming and the crying. Or do you use sedative to avoid a guilty conscious?", I questioned.
"How can you judge us after all you have done to our beloved planet", Restac spat at me, she turned to the scientist guy, "This is now a military tribunal. Go back to your laboratory, Malohkeh.",
"This isn't the way.", he mumbled to her then he left. Ok, maybe he wasn't so bad.
"Prepare them for execution.", Restac ordered, we were all dragged to the column. I rolled my eyes,
"Alright, I'm sorry, I take responsibility for fucking up the whole rescue scene", I apologised,
"I'm glad you're okay.",
"Believe me, I am too-",
Restac came up to me before I could finish my sentence, she hissed in my face, "Which one of us sacrificed themselves for an ape?". Ha, what I said was still playing on her mind.
"Anaiya", I answered. She narrowed her eyes and turned away,
"Anaiya wouldn't do that, you're lying",
"Does it look like I'm lying!", I exclaimed, "Anaiya had the same mentality as you, but after I saved her she real-",
"You saved her?", she asked, surprised,
"Of course I did, all life matters, and just because she wanted to kill me at the time doesn't mean I was going to kill her. You've misunderstood us humans Restac".
She scoffed and shook her head, "How did she die?",
"She stung me and then died shortly after",
"Anaiya had many conditions, she never stung anyone in her life. How did she save you?".
During this argument/conversation the Doctor, Amy, Mo and Nasreen had been frowning deeply at my defense, obviously the Doctor and Amy knew what happened but they didn't realise how much I cared for Anaiya, and I was surprised myself. I'd only known her a couple of hours and half the time she was trying to kill me.
"She let me use her anti-venom when she died. She gave her dead body for me to use", I said lowly, so upset she had to do that.
"Typical ape, using whatever's around for their own.", she growled,
"No, I didn't-"
She turned her back on me and activated some kind of hologram thingy, Taylor and Rory appeared,
"Tay!", I called, grinned, waving
"Rory!" Amy exclaimed.
"Mo! Mo, are you okay?", the woman said, I think that was Ambrose,
" I'm fine, love. I've found Elliot. I'm bringing him home.", Mo reassured. He was pretty confident for someone being held captive.,
"Amy, Amy, what happened down there?", Rory asked,
"Oh...you know...stuff", Amy replied.
"Tony Mack!", Nasreen called,
"Ha, having fun down there?", Tony replied
"Meg, Jesus, do you have to get yourself in situations like that", Taylor complained,
"Love you too", I said. The Doctor and Amy chuckled. Now all those conversations happened at once so it was weird.
"If you are finished", Restac interrupted, "Who is the ape leader?",
They all paused. Something was wrong, in the background I saw a woman she had been crying. What happened?
"Who speaks for the apes?", she repeated.
"I speak for the humans. Some of us, anyway.", Rory replied meekly,
"Do you understand who we are?", Restac demanded,
"Sort of. A bit. Not really.", he answered. In any other situation I would've laughed.
"Show me Alaya. Show me, and release her immediately unharmed, or we kill your friends, one by one", Restac threatened. Taylor laughed, surprising everyone,
"I'd like to see you try, that girl right there saved one of your kind, she risked her life and defended her from death", he said, indicating to me, "And the worst thing is she would do it all again.] despite you threatening her"
Restac blinked and looked at me, I raised and eyebrow. She scowled and turned back,
"Show me my sister", she growled,
"No", Ambrose breathed, she was panicking and it was clear
"Ambrose", Rory began, holding her shoulders, she shrugged him off and went right in front of the screen.
"We didn't start this.", she defended, I kind of understood her position, she lost her son and her husband. Anyone would be tetchy.
"Let Rory deal with this, Ambrose, eh?", the Doctor suggested,
"We are not doing what you say any more. Now, give me back my family.", she ordered. Like Restac was going to just do that.
"No.", Restac spat, she pointed to me "Execute the girl." she ordered.
Oooohhh, mother fucker. One of the Silurians pushed me forwards.
"No! No, wait!", Taylor ordered, "Meg!
"There's no need for this", the Doctor said.
"Don't touch her. Don't!", Taylor shouted.
It was all noise, I was going to die, none of that mattered, what they were saying didn't matter. This was it. But I didn't understand, I had a future, the Doctor had met me before. And now I was going to die at 17.
Wait what the fuck? Hell no, I'm not taking this. Bullshit. Talking wasn't going to get me out of this.
"Aim!", The Silurian was still behind me, preparing me. So I tugged, so bloody hard on my restraint, so bloody hard. I probably bruised my wrists for life. But I had got out.
"Fire!", I ducked out of the way and the shot hit the wall. I noticed the hologram left so Taylor thought I was dead. Anyway I had got up and now a multiple of guns were aimed at me, ohh I didn't think that through.
"Stop", a wavering voice cried out.
We all turned to see and elderly Silurian in fine robes walking to us,
"Oh", I sighed, "You cut that a bit fine", I grumbled. Amy frowned at me,
"Do you know him?",
"Nope"
"You want to start a war while the rest of us sleep, Restac?", the man said.
"The apes are attacking us.", Restac protested,
"Err, we're really not", I pointed out. .
"You're our protector, not our commander, Restac. Unchain them.".
The Silurians listened at once.
"I do not recognise your authority at this time, Eldane.", ah, Eldane, so that's his name.
"Well then, you must shoot me.", he challenged, Restac snarled and walked over to Malohkeh, I was in earshot.
"You woke him to undermine me.", she whispered, they sounded like kids.
"We're not monsters. And neither are they.", he answered. Glad one Silurian liked us.
"What is it about apes you love so much, hmm?", she asked,
"While you slept, they've evolved. I've seen it for myself.", he shot back.
"We used to hunt apes for sport. When we came underground, they bred and polluted this planet.".
I scoffed, "You misunderstand, and if you could give us a chance, Restac. I keep saying, we were born here, and we can't help that", I said. She growled and stormed off. I sighed, I didn't trust her.
"Rory, Taylor hello.", the Doctor called. I turned and saw he activated the hologram thing again. I walked over to it.
"Where's Meg?", I heard Taylor say,
"She's fine. Look, here, she is.", the Doctor reassured, I walked into the screen view, and waved. He sighed in relief,
"Too many times in one day Meg", he said,
"It's makes life interesting", I shrugged.
"No time to chat", I took this as a hint to go and leave the Doctor to it, "Listen, you need to get down here. Go to the drill storeroom. There's a large patch of earth in the middle of the floor. The Silurians are going to send up transport discs to bring you back down using geothermal energy and gravity bubble technology. It's how they travel and frankly, it's pretty cool. Bring Alaya. We hand her over, we can land this after all. All going to work, promise. Got to dash. Hurry up.", he closed the connection just as I protested,
"No! Doctor!", I groaned,
"Sorry we haven't got time, we've-",
"Doctor!",
"And then we have to sort out the planet sha-",
"Doctor!".
"What!".
I stared at him. It made sense, Tony was ill, he had the same venom I had, Ambrose panicked when they mention Alaya, Rory and Taylor was uneasy. Of course she was dead.
He came up to me, "What is it?",
"You shouldn't have hung up", I whispered,
"Why?",
"She's dead", I stated. He frowned, then shook his head,
"No, you can't know that",
"Doctor, please listen to me, if they find out-",
"They won't because Rory and Taylor would've stopped it from happening",
"No one in the world can stop a mother from trying to protect her family", I told him. He looked down, he really wanted this alliance to work. I did too but if they found out we killed one of their own, there would be hell to pay. He shook his head and walked off. I sighed and followed.
"I'd say you've got a fair bit to talk about.", the Doctor said, leaning at the table,
"How so?", Eldane asked.
I stood behind with Mo, folding my arms.
"You both want the planet. You both have a genuine claim to it.",
"Are you authorised to negotiate on behalf of humanity?", Eldane questioned
"Me? No. But they are.", the Doctor said, pointing to Amy and Nasreen.
"What?", Nasreen.
"No, we're not. And what about Meg?", Amy asked,
"Underage", the Doctor replied,
"Hey!", I protested,
"Sorry, kid", he replied,
"I'm not a kid", I grumbled.
"Course you are. So, Amy Pond and Nasreen Chaudhry, speaking for the planet? Humanity couldn't have better ambassadors. Come on, who has more fun than us?", the Doctor said, nudging me and Amy, simultaneously,
"Is this what happens, in the future? The planet gets shared? Is that what we need to do?",
"Maybe", I pondered,
"Er, what are you talking about?", Nasreen asked,
"Oh Nasreen, sorry. Probably worth mentioning at this stage, Amy , Meg and I travel in time a bit.", the Doctor explained,
"Anything else?", she questioned,
"And space", I added, shrugging.
"There are fixed points through time where things must always stay the way they are. This is not one of them. This is an opportunity. A temporal tipping point. Whatever happens today, will change future events, create its own timeline, its own reality. The future pivots around you, here, now. So do good, for humanity, and for Earth.",
Wow, melodramatic much?
"Right. No pressure there, then.", Amy grumbled, sarcastically,
"We can't share the planet. Nobody on the surface is going to go for this idea. It is just too big a leap.", Nasreen argued,
"So was the moon landing", I commented, smirking, "Get it, too big a leap? The moon landing? One giant leap for...", They got it, they just didn't laugh. "Ok, fine, not funny then".
The Doctor chuckled and looked at Nasreen,
"Come on. Be extraordinary."
Nasreen made a weird grumble/sigh thing, I think it meant she agreed. The Doctor was elated, obviously,
"Okay. Bringing things to order. The first meeting of representatives of the human race and Homo Reptilia is now in session. Ha! Never said that before. ", he beamed, "That's fab. Carry on.".
He spun to me and Mo, "Now, come on you two, let's go and get your son, Mo. Oh, you know, humans, and their predecessors shooting the breeze. Never thought I'd see it.", the Doctor rambled,
"Never a job too big", I agreed,
"You two? You're time travelers?", Mo asked, we both nodded, "And you never thought to mention it till now", he asked me, because we'd spent more time together,
"Well, it never came up",
"How was it going to come up?",
"Exactly", I said, tapping his nose, he shook his head,
"You're mad, the both of you", he said.
"Yep", the Doctor said,
"Definitely" I nodded.
"Malohkeh", the Doctor looked at the reptile, I frowned at him,
"I'm sorry, for what I said, you're a good scientist. And I know you do care about us apes".
Malohkeh nodded, "Thank you, and I really never wanted to hurt you".
We approached Elliot's chambers.
"Elliot. There you are.", the Doctor grinned,
"If you've harmed him in any way.", Mo warned
"Of course not. I only store the young. ", Malohkeh defended,
"But why?", the Doctor inquired,
"I took samples of the young, slowed their lifecycles to a millionth of their normal rate so I could study how they grew, what they needed, how they lived on the surface.", Malohkeh explained,
"You've been down here working by yourself, all alone?", I asked, softly
"My family, through the millennia, and for the last three hundred years, just me. I never meant to harm your child.", he told Mo, who nodded, accepting this.
"Malohkeh, I rather love you.", the Doctor commented. He held out his hand for a fist bump, which didn't suit him by the way and Malohkeh took it into a handshake. It look weirdly fun. The computer made a little beep and Malohkeh unlocked the chamber.
"It's safe. We can wake him.", Malohkeh assured, he went inside and carefully took out the wires connected to Elliot. He turned to Mo and beckoned him over,
"Come",
Mo hesitantly walked over with us behind him, he held his son and attempted revive him, "Elliot? Ell, it's Dad",
"Dad?", Elliot murmured, he blinked and it took a moment for the kid to become aware of his dad,
"You're safe now.", Mo said, hugging his son,
"Where are we?", Elliot asked,
"Well, I've got to be honest with you, son. We're in the centre of the Earth, and there are lizard men.", Mo said, not quite believing it himself, Elliot looked over his dads shoulder and saw Malohkeh who waved at him,
"Wow.", he breathed,
"You got that right, kid", I chuckled,
"Who are you?",
"I'm Megan", I smiled, the Doctor approached Elliot, guilt written all over,
"Elliot. I'm sorry. I took my eye off you.", he apologised, he did what?
"It's okay. I forgive you.", Elliot said and seemed like a weight was lifted off the Doctor.
We left the chamber, it was giving me the creeps and went into the tunnels, Malohkeh was heading in the other direction,
"You go on, Doctor. I'll catch up.", he said, before turning, I frowned, I didn't really want him to go on alone,
"I should...", I trailed off,
"Meg...no", the Doctor said,
"He'll be alone", I protested,
"He'll be fine",
"And you know that?", I challenged,
"Meg, come on", the Doctor ordered. I shook my head,
"Sorry, Doc", I said, before running in Malohkeh's direction. I ran through the tunnels but ground to a skidded halt when I saw him on the floor, sprawled out and dead. Utterly dead.
I frowned and looked up to see Restac standing with a bunch of soldiers behind, all ready for battle, and I glared at her, taking a few steps back,
"You killed him? What kind of creature are you, when you kill your own kind?", I knew as soon as I said it, I shouldn't have. Because the amount of people that get killed daily in my world was horrific. Maybe we were similar.
"This is war, and anyone who gets in the way...",
I didn't waste another moment there. I ran off not looking back, I heard Restac's order to kill me and that made me sprint faster, I ran through the bridge and burst straight into the court room. Surprising all that were there and there were more people than I remembered, like Taylor, Rory, Tony, Ambrose and a body on the floor. I stared at it, and noticed the Doctor's tired face. I really hoped I was wrong about it. But I wasn't, Alaya was dead, and I knew who did it.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know. You have to believe me, they're better than this.", the Doctor apologised to Eldane who looked down, contemplating everything. I sighed, Restac was coming,.
"This is our planet!", Ambrose yelled. Oh Jesus.
"They're coming", I interrupted, everyone's head snapped toward me,
"What?", the Doctor asked,
"They're coming, Restac and her troops, she..she killed Malohkeh and now she's coming", I explained, walking to everyone so I wasn't the first to get shot, I went to Taylor who gave me a quick hug before Restac stormed in.
"My sister.", Restac exclaimed, looking at the dead body, she went up to it and removed the blanket. She made a wailing noise of grief, one that struck my heart. Restac stood up and faced the Doctor, "And you want us to trust these apes, Doctor?",
"One woman. She was scared for her family. She is not typical.", he tried, but that wasn't getting them anywhere,
"I think she is.", Restac shot back glaring at Ambrose. She was going to kill her, so stupidly I put my self in the way,
"No you're right", I said, "You're right Restac, she is typical.".
Everyone was frowning at me. Probably because I disagreed with the Doctor, and no one disagrees with the Doctor.
"Not just that, she's a mother. Do you understand what that means? She lost her son, her husband, she's about to lose her dad", I told her, we were nose to nose, "And there isn't a person out there that wouldn't fight for them back",
"This is called being human, doing the stupidest things ever, because you want to protect the people you love no matter what. And it was stupid to do that, and I'm sorry about your sister Restac. But us humans, when we love someone, we won't stop, not ever. Not till they are safe. And I know you understand that", I almost pleaded with her to let us go.
"Why do you kill then?", she spat, she looked at Ambrose, "Why did she kill?",
"Because she was scared", I shrugged, "She just wanted her family back",
"So she killed mine?", she said,
"You were going to kill the whole human race", I replied, "Who's better?".
"Anaiya was my mother", Restac whispered to me, I blinked and immediately tears were at the brim. Oh fuck. No. No. No. I killed someones mother. I killed someones mother. How could I do that? When my mum- If I met the person who was responsible for my mothers death I would- oh.
"Run", I ordered. Restac was glaring at me, I turned to everyone, "Run!" .
The Doctor was the first to react, bringing Ambrose who was the furthest from the group, I lead them through the side exit and the Doctor was at the back, I took to the only place I fully recognised in the whole city and that was the lab. We ran in and the Doctor sonicking the doors. I breathed deeply, trying to keep in my emotions.
Her mum? Her mum. Oh shit, shit, shit, shit. I leaned on the edge of the panel while everyone discussed the drill thing and the troops and things I couldn't care about right then. And her sister, she lost her mum and her sister to humans. Oh my god, we are, aren't we? We're just cowards, we're vicious killers. I gripped the panel now, making my knuckles turn slightly white.
What happens now? How could I live with myself? I just can't get it round my head, that I actually was the reason that someone didn't have a mum now.
"Meg? Megan?", someone called. I willed myself to look up and saw Rory, frowning at me.
"What is it?", he asked,
I looked down and shook my head, "Mum", I whispered,
"What?",
"I'm a murderer, Rory, I have blood on my hands", I exclaimed, he was taken aback, I had to say, it was quite a cute expression really, but I wasn't in the right state of mind to notice it.
"Meg?", Taylor asked,
"I'm a murderer", I murmured,
"Why-", he was cut off by the Doctor,
"Meg? What is it? What's wrong?". I shook my head,
"No",
"Tell me", he said,
"Not important", I brushed him off,
"It is", he countered,
"No, no it really isn't, I'm not worth it. I'm not worth the worry or the wait. Just save them Doctor, it's what you're good at", I told him staring him down. He waited then nodded gently, and turned,
"Ok. Fluid controls, my favourite. Energy pulse. Timed, primed and set. Before we go, energy barricade. Need to cancel it out quickly. ",he sonicked a panel eliminating the barrier around the village.
"Fumigation pre-launching.", Eldane announced.
And after that I didn't hear anything. I zoned it out completely, my only thought was how Restac was feeling. I couldn't imagine meeting the person who killed my mum- Wait, what was I saying, I didn't know my mum was killed. She could have had a heart attack or someting. I guess spending so much time with the Doctor has clouded my vision. Now when someone bad happens I immediately think it was purposely inflicted. Maybe it was. I don't know.
The Doctor brought me back reality when he placed his hands on my shoulder, he smiled, "Squeaky bum time", he said, I nodded and let him take my hand and pull me through the tunnels. We past Amy, Taylor and Rory who were patiently waiting for us and when we whizzed past them. We ran into the room the Tardis was in and the Doctor pulled out his key to let everyone in. I stopped, having my first rational thought in a while, and that thought was, what the fuck is that crack?
I was staring at a crack, imprinted on the wall, and the light that was pouring out,
"What the fuck...?", Taylor breathed.
"Doctor?", Amy called, "It's here again".
Again? What did she mean again?
"Not here. Not now. It's getting wider.", he said,
"The crack on my bedroom wall.", Amy stated. Answers please?
"What is it?" Taylor asked,
"Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, right here.", the Doctor said, it sounded like he was thinking back
"Some sort of space-time cataclysm. An explosion, maybe. Big enough to put cracks in the universe. But what?", he continued,
"Four minutes fifty. We have to go. ", Amy urged. But we didn't move, well I did, I moved closer to the crack. God, it was so beautiful.
"The Angels laughed when I didn't know. Prisoner Zero knew. Everybody knows except me. ", the Doctor ranted,
" Doctor, just leave it.", Taylor said, annoyed that I wasn't listening either, "Meg", he hissed
"But where there's an explosion, there's shrapnel. ", the Doctor fnished, he passed by me and leaned into the crack,
"What the hell man? Are you crazy?", Taylor exclaimed,
"Doctor, you can't put your hand in there. ", Rory warned,
"Why not?", the Doctor asked. Such a rebel.
As soon as his hand went in he wailed and screamed in pain. That's why you shouldn't put your hand in there, Doctor.
"Argh. I've got something.",
"What is it?", Amy asked, frowning.
"I don't know.", he said, astounded that his hanky was sizzling. Just then Restac crawled in, and my heart broke,
"Doctor?", Taylor said
"She was there when the gas started. She must have been poisoned.", Amy stated. I shook my head,
"I'm sorry", I breathed,
"You. You did this." she growled at me. I stared at her and she pulled a gun out,
"Meg!", Taylor pushed me out of the way and took the blast,for himself. Restak took her last breath and in that moment two people were gone. I dropped to my knees beside him,
"Taylor! Taylor! Oh..shit...no. Don't you dare", I begged, he was wincing in pain.
"Taylor, hey, look at me?", the Doctor called, scanning him with his sonic. Taylor only groaned some more, I brushed my hand through his hair in an attempt to calm him,
"But, the picture..we were",
"Exactly, that's why you have to stay. Ok? Stay, stay for me..please don't..", I sobbed,
"I was in the photo. I'm not supposed to go now", he whispered,
"You won't, you won't, trust me", I told him, "Doctor, please",
"Bye", Taylor breathed out, giving me a faint smile for the last time.
Then nothing. Just nothing over and over again.
I shook my head, "Doctor" I whispered, "Help him. We have to do something",
"Meg, move away from the light. If it touches you, you'll be wiped from history. Megan, move away now.", he said slowly. But it was all just words.
"Shut up. I am not going, I have to save him.", I growled,
"The light's already around him. We can't help him.", he gripped my shoulders,
"We can!", I shot back,
"We can't, Meg, you need to come back",
"Leave me alone!",
"Move away", he pleaded. I don't know where Rory and Amy were. I don't think I cared. I just wished the Doctor would piss off.
"No!",
"I'm sorry", he said, before he yanked me up, I immediately resisted and I was quite strong, but the Doctor was quite determined.
"No, no! Doctor, get off me, we can't go!
"I'm sorry", he repeated. Why was he saying sorry at all?
"Doctor! Please let me go, please, please. He's all alone!"
The Doctor was dragging me back to the TARDIS, "Amy, Amy please stop him, please help me", I begged her. She was clearly upset and looked at the Doctor, I think she was defending me but it didn't work. He pushed me into the box after the Ponds and locked the door, I screamed and tried yanking it open, I knew it wouldn't budge.
"DOCTOR! He is going to die, why the hell are you letting it happen?!", I shrieked, I looked at the TARDIS screens and saw Taylor's body, then the light, what did he say? "You said the light would wipe me from history, he'd be forgotton". He didn't reply so I guess I was right. "Why are you doing this?".
He piloted the TARDIS, much to my horror, " No! No! No! No! Let me out. Please let me out. Doctor!" I ran up to him in an attempt to stop him and get us back,
"Doctor, we can't just leave him there.", I protested,
"Keep him in your mind. Don't forget him. If you forget him, you'll lose him forever. ",
"How can I do that? I'm a time traveler, before, you told me-"
"But he's part of your world. This is different. This is your own history changing.",
"It's going to work out, it has to. Doctor, make it better!",
"It's going to be hard, but you can do it, Meg. Tell me about him, eh? What you did before you met me. Meg, listen to me. Do exactly as I say. Meg, please. Keep concentrating. You can do this.
I tried. I really really did. I thought about everything, every single thing I'd ever done with Taylor, especially the things I did before I met the Doctor, I think they carried more weight. Every crush on him. All the chats about shit. Everything. Every single memory but they were fading. And I was scared.
The TARDIS jolted suddenly throwing me and the Ponds on the floor, which reminds me, where were Mo and Elliot and Ambrose? Imagine if they got lost, God knows how many times I did. I cleared my throat, I think the Doctor was talking to me,
"Did you say something?", I asked. He stared at me like I was back from the dead.
"I have seen some things today, but this is beyond mad.", Mo remarked as he climbed down the steps with his family, so there they were. Ambrose and Elliot. Oh, Restac. Her mum. God, how could I forget that.
"Doctor. Five seconds till it all goes up.", Amy warned. I was the first to dart out. I wanted to see the big explody thing. And Kaboom! Nice.
"All Nasreen's work just erased.", I sighed
"Good thing she's not here to see it. She's going to give Tony hell when they wake up.", Mo replied, and he had a point.
Later when we all said our goodbyes me, the Doctor and the Ponds were walking back, after a few moments of silence I groaned,
"Why's everyone so quiet", I grumbled, "Oooh Ponds look who it is", I said nodding to future Ponds. Amy and Rory didn't seem as excited as before. Maybe they're on their periods.
I sighed, "Ok, ok, I get it, you guys are tired, I'm gonna change, might take a nap before school", I told them walking into the box after the Doctor unlocked it for me.
I walked in but they didn't follow, I guess they were talking about something. I walked through the TARDIS corridors when something poked me from my pocket I pulled it out and it was an envelope, with a picture in it. I was about to pull it out and look at the photo but the TARDIS gave a jolt. Were we even flying? Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah. Changing clothes.