Disclaimer: I do not own the Doctor Who franchise or any such things, I am not earning money from these writings and do not own the characters or transcripts (nor claim they are 100% correct), umm, I think that's all...

Spoilers for up until the end of Matt Smiths time as the Doctor, and I'm hoping to do something with the 12th Doctors episodes too, eventually, so eventual spoilers for those too I guess.

Parings: (10thDoctorDuplicate)John Smith/Rose Tyler, 11thDoctor/River, Amy/Rory, some Mickey/Martha, those are the definite pairs but there is also the possibility I'll be making this into a Jack/11thDoctor/River pair too, though still not full decided yet…

A semi Important Note: So I made a small mistake in chapter three, when Martha found out she and Mickey were going to end up a couple she commented that she was engaged when in fact, at the time she was taken from, her engagement was long over; so just ignore that comment Martha is currently single, thus flirting between her and Mickey can happen no problem, eventually I'll go back and fix it but that's for another time.

Also note that this chapter like the past ones has only been edited by me, so sorry if I missed anything.

Now on with the long-awaited chapter,

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Chapter Six: The Time of Angels

Previously: The Doctor was at the stove happily cooking away and making a huge mess, the sight in itself would of given them pause but that wasn't it, nor was it Jenny who was wearing a messy apron and currently putting a jug of what looked like freshly squeezed orange juice on the table by the coffee, tea, milk and another unknown beverage. No what really gave them pause were the two people sitting at the table, two people who had certainly not been here the day before, though they were easily recognisable.

…

"Good morning!" Jenny smiled brightly at them, "come and sit down, dad's almost finished making breakfast,"

"Don't worry, he's making omelettes for you, as we thought you'd prefer to go fish finger free," one of the newcomers commented amusement in her voice and face, "I'm Amy by the way, though from the sounds of it you guys already knew that,"

"I'm Rory," the other newcomer piped in with a small slightly awkward wave.

"Captain Jack Harkness, and it's a pleasure to…" Jack began to say with a charming grin, as he dropped into a chair opposite the new pair, but was interrupted by John and the Doctor before he could finish.

"Oi, stop it!" John and the Doctor scolded him simultaneously.

"I was just saying hello," Jack cried back in mock exasperation.

"It's never just hello with you," John grumbled

Before anything further could be said Martha stepped forward and smiled at the new comers, "Hey I'm Martha Jones and I used to travel with the Doctor back when he looked like that," she motioned to John.

"I'm Mickey Smith and I knew that version of the Doctor and the one before, same as Jack and Rose,"

"Hi, I'm Rose Tyler," Rose smiled kindly at the pair as she took a seat opposite them, "and I'm really glad to meet you, I was really worried about the Doctor being alone," she frowned slightly only to smile again when John placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I suppose it's my turn now," John offered the newcomers a cheeky grin, "I'm the Meta Crisis human clone of the previous incarnation of the Doctor," He grinned as he took the seat next to Rose, "I'm going by John Smith now though,"

"It's nice to meet you all," Rory smiled at them, as Jenny began bringing the finished omelettes over.

"Are you sure this is edible Doctor?" Martha questioned hesitantly looking at the messy omelette on the plate before her.

"Of course it is!" The Doctor grinned not offended by the question at all, "I learnt the recipe from a French chef, who had the most interesting looking cat,"

And so began another lively meal time, with the most delicious omelettes any of them had tasted before; which of course led to Jack landing another kiss on the Doctor claiming he had to 'kiss the chef' for an excellent meal, much to everyone else's amusement especially Amy and Rory's, who hadn't seen the Doctor so bothered by such a thing before; John on the other hand just rolled his eyes as he promised Rose to make her more omelettes once they got back home.

…

Finally, everyone was settled on the couches before the screen again; Jack in an armchair, then Rory, Amy, the Doctor and Jenny on the first rather long couch, John and Rose on more of a love seat, and last of all Micky and Martha on a normal two-seater.

Once everybody was seated the screen lit up and the titles moved from 'The Beast Below', passing over 'Victory of the Daleks' before stopping on 'The Time of Angels'.

"Well can't say I'm that disappointed about not having to watch another plot of the Daleks," Jack said brightly though everyone save Amy and the Doctor was still rather curious.

Rose nodded in agreement, "though meeting Winston Churchill would have been, wow," she said looking over to Amy who smiled back.

"It was kind of amazing," Amy agreed, "He was… not what I was expecting at all, but very charming and quick,"

And then the screen turned on and they settled back to watch.

[Field]

A man in a uniform is standing in the middle of a field, with a smudge of lipstick on his face.

Amy and the Doctor grin at that while Rory rolls his eyes but they make no comment so no one notices and the show continues.

He appears to be rather dizzy. A man in evening dress walks up to him.
GUARD: It's a beautiful day.
The man in evening dress wipes the lipstick with the corner of his handkerchief.

[Corridor]

ALISTAIR: Hallucinogenic lipstick. She's here.
A woman strides along in an evening dress and ridiculously high heels. She shoots out a door lock with a small pistol and enters a small strong room. She then converts the pistol into an acetylene torch and cuts into the surface of a box.

[Museum]

12,000 years later. The Doctor is commenting on the labelling of the various exhibits.
DOCTOR: Wrong. Wrong. Bit right, mostly wrong. I love museums.
AMY: Yeah, great. Can we go to a planet now? Big space ship? Churchill's bunker? You promised me a planet next.
DOCTOR: Amy, this isn't any old asteroid. It's the Delerium Archive, the final resting place of the headless monks. The biggest museum ever.

"The headless monks, I hate those guys," Amy growls slightly and Rory nods in agreement frowning at the memory of those that helped kidnap his pregnant wife and his daughter.

"Can't say they're my favourite either," the Doctor admits with a small frown, "But that is a good museum,"

The others all look questioningly at them but don't bother questioning them knowing it will probably come up later.

"What do you need a museum for anyway? Isn't that what a time machine is for, so you don't have to go to museums cause you can just go see history as it happens?" Mickey questioned frowning in confusion.

Rose and Amy snort slightly, both having put up with this quirk of the Doctors, "Just wait," Amy says remembering asking something similar soon.

AMY: You've got a time machine. What do you need museums for?

"Ah," Mickey nods to Amy

DOCTOR: Wrong. Very wrong. Ooo, one of mine. Also one of mine.
AMY: Oh, I see. It's how you keep score.

"That sounds about right," Jack laughed with the others

The Doctor is very taken by a square box in a case.
AMY: Oh great, an old box.

"That writing…" John half whispers his eyes widened in surprise.

Flashes back to the woman cutting the markings into the box, before back to the Doctor and Amy looking at the box.
DOCTOR: It's from one of the old starliners. A Home Box.
AMY: What's a Home Box?

"Pretty much exactly what the name suggests," Jack commented offhandedly.

DOCTOR: Like a black box on a plane, except it homes. Anything happens to the ship, the Home Box flies home with all the flight data.
AMY: So?
DOCTOR: The writing, the graffiti. Old High Gallifreyan. The lost language of the Time Lords.

Everyone's eyes widened at that, even John looked a mix of interested and surprised.

"Who is that woman and how does she know that language?" Jack asks shocked though not really expecting an answer at least not yet.

Flash back to the woman finishing carving the writing into the box.

"It's not, is it?" John mutters in wary surprise, eyes narrowing slightly at the brief glimpse of part of the woman's face and hair, he was still very uncertain about one River Song having only met her once in the library but with her having known him so well already, but he was certainly curious as well.

DOCTOR: There were days, there were many days, these words could burn stars and raise up empires, and topple gods.
AMY: What does it say?
DOCTOR: Hello, sweetie.

Jack laughed at that along with Amy while Rory and the Doctor half rolled their eyes with fond exasperation; everyone else, save John who looked rather unimpressed, almost face faulted at the letdown after such a dramatic build up.

"I like her," Jack grinned, "Hallucinogenic lipstick, breaking in, the graffiti, and those heels,"

Back in the past, River Song winks at a security camera. In the present, an alarm is sounding and guards are chasing the Doctor and Amy back to the Tardis.

"Doctor!" Pretty much all his past companions including Rory cry in exasperation though Jack, Jenny and Amy just laugh and the Doctor grins innocently while John glances warily at Rose to make sure a smack isn't on the way.

[Corridor]

ALISTAIR: Party's over, Doctor Song.

[Tardis]

AMY: Why are we doing this?
DOCTOR: Because someone on a spaceship twelve thousand years ago is trying to attract my attention. Let's see if we can get the security playback working.
The Doctor has stolen the Home Box.

"Trying? I think she's succeeding," Martha mutters with a look of fond exasperation.

The playback shows River winking at the camera.
ALISTAIR [OC]: The party's over, Doctor Song

[Corridor]

ALISTAIR [OC]: Yet still you're on board.

[Tardis]

RIVER [OC]: Sorry, Alistair.

[Corridor]

RIVER: I needed to see what was in your vault. Do you all know what's down there? Any of you? Because I'll tell you something. This ship won't reach its destination.
ALISTAIR: Wait till she runs. Don't make it look like an execution.
RIVER: Triple seven five

[Tardis]

RIVER [OC]: Slash three four nine by ten.

[Corridor]

RIVER: Zero twelve slash acorn.

[Tardis]

RIVER [OC]: Oh, and I could do with an air corridor.
The Doctor inputs the coordinates.
AMY: What was that? What did she say?
DOCTOR: Coordinates.

[Corridor]

RIVER: Like I said on the dance floor, you might want to find something to hang on to.
River is standing in front of an airlock. She blows a kiss and it opens. Alistair and his guards hang onto rails as River is sucked out, backwards. The Tardis materialises in her flight path.

[Tardis]

DOCTOR: Whoo!
He opens the door, holds out his hand and River Song comes sailing in. She lands on top of him.
AMY: Doctor?
DOCTOR: River?

"River?" Rose raises an eyebrow and looks at the Doctor then to John, "Who is she John? And don't tell me no one," she gives him a stern look, "she knows your language, leaves you a message with coordinates and suddenly you're leaping right to them, not to mention she blows an airlock sending herself out into space meaning she must trust you completely to catch her," She stares John down clearly wanting an answer.

"It wasn't me," John protests

"But you know her, I know you do," Rose insists

John sighs then and looks thoughtful for a moment, "We met once, when I was travelling with Donna," he winces briefly at Donna's mention because her loss still hit him hard, "But it was very confusing and I don't know a lot,"

"What do you mean by that? How can meeting someone be so confusing?" Martha interrupted to ask showing that everyone had been listening closely.

"He means," Amy interrupted and with a grin to the Doctor and Rory, they all chorus, "Spoilers!" together with a small laugh.

John scowls at them and runs a hand through his hair before looking back at the others, "I mean," he shoots a stern look at the three grinning loons, "That it was the first time I'd met her but not the first time she'd met me," he pouts slightly.

Jack chuckles, "Ah the joys of being a time traveller,"

RIVER: Follow that ship.
So they do.
RIVER: They've gone into warp drive. We're losing them. Stay close.
DOCTOR: I'm trying.
RIVER: Use the stabilisers.
DOCTOR: There aren't any stabilisers.
RIVER: The blue switches.
DOCTOR: Oh, the blue ones don't do anything, they're just blue.
RIVER: Yes, they're blue. They're the blue stabilisers.
She presses them and the Tardis stops shaking.
RIVER: See?

"Oh my god, does that mean that it doesn't need to be so bumpy all the time!?" Martha exclaimed to which the Doctor just pouted and John wouldn't look at any of them though they were pretty sure they heard the Doctor mutter something about 'boring'.

"I think the better question is, how does she know how to fly your ship boss?" Mickey asked raising a brow, most of the others looked like they wanted to know that too but it didn't look like the pouting Doctor was about to answer, and John looked just as intrigued.

DOCTOR: Yeah. Well, it's just boring now, isn't it? They're boring-ers. They're blue boring-ers.

"It did look like more fun before," Jenny agreed slightly causing the Doctor to beam at her and hug her tight which made her laugh and smile causing the others to smile too at the father daughter scene.

AMY: Doctor, how come she can fly the Tardis?
DOCTOR: You call that flying the Tardis? Ha!

"Ohh, does someone not like to share," Jack laughed at them getting him a dark look from John and a glare that looked more like a pout from the Doctor.

RIVER: Okay. I've mapped the probability vectors, done a fold-back on the temporal isometry, charted the ship to its destination, and parked us right alongside.
DOCTOR: Parked us? We haven't landed.
RIVER: Of course we've landed. I just landed her.
DOCTOR: But, it didn't make the noise.
RIVER: What noise?
DOCTOR: You know, the (wheezing).
RIVER: It's not supposed to make that noise. You leave the brakes on.
DOCTOR: Yeah, well, it's a brilliant noise. I love that noise.

"I love the noise too!" most of the room cheered, remembering various point in time when hearing that noise had lifted their spirits, or given them hope, or signalled the start or end of another adventure, of coming home, or just signalled the coming of a dear friend.

The Doctor and John beamed at the cheer, their eyes slightly distant with an indescribable emotion as they thought about all that noise meant to them, though John and Roses eyes grew slightly sad and just a little bitter at the thought that once they left here it was unlikely they would ever hear it again, but they quickly shook that off, now wasn't the time.

DOCTOR: Come along, Pond. Let's have a look.
RIVER: No, wait. Environment checks.
DOCTOR: Oh yes, sorry. Quite right. Environment checks.

"Environment checks? How come you never do those?" Martha asked suddenly, it did seem rather important after all, not that anything bad had happened before but if it was a thing surely it was at least a bit important, I meant the amount of times they'd ended up not where they were meant to be.

The Doctor rolls his eyes causing Amy to whack him on the arm which leads to him pouting and hugging Jenny while giving Amy sad eyes, which she just laughs at before giving him a one-armed hug causing him to smile again, all the while everyone watches this byplay with fond amusement. Mickey does glance at Rory through this but he just looks fondly amused by the interaction too, which makes Mickey wonder at the dynamic there.

The Doctor opens the Tardis door and looks out.
DOCTOR: Nice out.
RIVER: We're somewhere in the Garn Belt. There's an atmosphere. Early indications suggest that…
DOCTOR: We're on Alfava Metraxis, the seventh planet of the Dundra System. Oxygen rich atmosphere, all toxins in the soft band, eleven hour day and chances of rain later.
RIVER: He thinks he's so hot when he does that.

"I think she thinks you're so hot when you do that Doc," Jack smirked.

The Doctor gets slightly flustered then glares harmlessly at Jack, "Oi!"

Rose chuckles slightly, though she does feel a bit uncertain of this new woman, and doesn't like her nearly as much as Amy, "How do you do that though, stick your head out the door and just know all that, I mean?" She asks John who sighs with just the smallest hint of sadness at what he's lost.

"It's just a part of being a Time Lord," he says, and Rose lets it go at that hearing the faint pang of loss in his voice and expression, it was hard to remember how much he'd lost now being another species because he looked just the same, but it had to be really hard on him, so she squeezed his hand and lent into his side.

AMY: How come you can fly the Tardis?
RIVER: Oh, I had lessons from the very best.
DOCTOR: Well, yeah.
RIVER: It's a shame you were busy that day.

"Oh she shot you down Doc," Jack laughed, "one to River,"

RIVER: Right then, why did they land here?
DOCTOR: They didn't land.

"Hoohoo, and one to the Doctor, it's now one all," Jack announced and they all rolled their eyes and ignored him letting the screen continue.

RIVER: Sorry?
DOCTOR: You should've checked the Home Box. It crashed.
River leaves and the Doctor closes the door behind her before making his way up to the console again.
AMY: Explain Who is that and how did she do that museum thing?
DOCTOR: It's a long story and I don't know most of it. Off we go.

"You're leaving?" Rose asked surprised and rather shocked, the others seemed in similar thoughts, "why?"

The Doctor grinned at them and shrugged, causing the others to sigh annoyed at the non-answer.

AMY: What are you doing?
DOCTOR: Leaving. She's got where she wants to go, let's go where we want to go.
AMY: Are you basically running away?
DOCTOR: Yep.
AMY: Why?
DOCTOR: Because she's the future. My future.
AMY: Can you run away from that?
DOCTOR: I can run away from anything I like. Time is not the boss of me.

The others eyes widened slightly, it almost sounded as if the Doctor was at least slightly afraid of this River, what did he know of her and the future she held for him, after all despite all the running he does this wasn't like him at all, it almost sounded like the way he had ran when the Ood had called him…

AMY: Hang on, is that a planet out there?
DOCTOR: Yes, of course it's a planet.
AMY: You promised me a planet. Five minutes?
DOCTOR: Okay, five minutes.
AMY: Yes!
DOCTOR: But that's all, because I'm telling you now, that woman is not dragging me into anything.

"Oh Doctor that's what they all say," Jack mock sighed.

"And we all know how your five-minutes work out," Rose shook her head amused.

"Especially considering there is some kind of crashed ship out there," Mickey added in.

"And your curious, about River, you won't be leaving in five minutes, that's certain," Martha concluded and the Doctor pouted at them, though John had to agree with them even though he was also apprehensive about River.

[Planet surface]

The once sleek spaceship is a burning wreck sticking out of a rock-carved building.

"Ouch," Mickey muttered looking at the crashed ship.

AMY: What caused it to crash?
RIVER: Not me.
DOCTOR: Nah, the airlock would've sealed seconds after you blew it. According to the Home Box, the warp engines had a phase shift. No survivors.
RIVER: A phase shift would have to be sabotage. I did warn them.

"Then why ask what caused it, if you knew?" Jenny asked confused but mostly hypothetically.

DOCTOR: About what?
RIVER: Well, at least the building was empty. Aplan temple. Unoccupied for centuries.
AMY: Aren't you going to introduce us?
DOCTOR: Amy Pond, Professor River Song.
RIVER: Ah, I'm going to be a Professor someday, am I? How exciting. Spoilers.

"We're really going to hate that word aren't we," Mickey sighed, already slightly annoyed.

Most of the others seemed to agree but Jenny smiled slightly and said quietly to her father, "But it does make things a bit more exciting too, like it's all a big surprise or riddle and then when you get all the pieces and put them together it's much better than just knowing beforehand,"

The Doctor grinned at his daughter, "you're brilliant you know, fantastic," he kissed the top of her head, all the while Jenny beamed happy to make her father proud and she didn't think she'd ever get over the warm feeling she got whenever he showed her his affection for her.

AMY: Yeah, but who is she and how did she do that? She just left you a note in a museum.
RIVER: Two things always guaranteed to show up in a museum. The Home Box of category four starliner and sooner or later, him. It's how he keeps score.

"She does seem to know you really well, doesn't she," Rose muttered still very not certain about this woman.

AMY: I know.
RIVER: It's hilarious, isn't it?
DOCTOR: I'm nobody's taxi service. I'm not going to be there to catch you every time you feel like jumping out of a space ship.
RIVER: And you are so wrong.

Everybody turns to look at the Doctor, even John, only to see him with a grin that somehow looked both amused, exasperated and fond all at the same time, making them wonder yet again who this woman was or more importantly who she was to the Doctor.

"She's got you there Doctor," Amy chuckled, causing the others to glance at her and Rory, to find them fondly amused at the situation.

RIVER: There's one survivor. There's a thing in the belly of that ship that can't ever die. Now he's listening.

"And there goes your five minutes and not getting dragged into things," Rose sighed, getting agreeing looks form the others, all knowing the Doctor was now going nowhere until this was solved, which means he would be now heading straight into danger, again.

River uses her communicator.
RIVER: You lot in orbit yet? Yeah, I saw it land. I'm at the crash site. Try and home in on my signal. Doctor, can you sonic me? I need to boost the signal so we can use it as a beacon.
He does, grudgingly.
AMY: Ooo, Doctor, you sonicked her.

Jack snickered.

RIVER: We have a minute. Shall we?
She gets out her Tardis-style diary.
RIVER: Where are we up to? Have we done the Bone Meadows?
AMY: What's the book?
DOCTOR: Stay away from it.
AMY: What is it though?
DOCTOR: Her diary.
RIVER: Our diary.
DOCTOR: Her past, my future. Time travel. We keep meeting in the wrong order.

"That sounds really confusing, does it happen often?" Jenny asked curious as always about her fathers life and all it entailed.

"On occasion," John answered this time, "Though it happening often enough for a diary being needed to keep track of it isn't normal,"

A glance at the Doctor showed that he wasn't going to be adding anything extra and neither were Amy or Rory who clearly looked like they knew more about this then even John. That did however indicate that it was likely they would discover more as they went on watching.

Four small tornadoes kick up the dust and turn into four soldiers.
OCTAVIAN: You promised me an army, Doctor Song.
RIVER: No, I promised you the equivalent of an army. This is the Doctor.

Jack whistled, "famous much Doctor,"

The others had an odd look on their faces, not used to thinking of the Doctor in such a way, certainly not as an Army or military, though they could see what one might mean in calling the Doctor the equivalent of an army.

OCTAVIAN: Father Octavian, Sir. Bishop, second class. Twenty clerics at my command. The troops are already in the drop ship and landing shortly. Doctor Song was helping us with a covert investigation. Has Doctor Song explained what we're dealing with?
RIVER: Doctor, what do you know of the Weeping Angels?

"Gah, I hate those things!" Martha cried out shotting an annoyed look at John and the Doctor.

"I really hate them," Amy shuddered, "I still occasionally have nightmares about them you know," she grumbled to the Doctor and a concerned Rory who pulled her into a hug.

[Camp]

Night had fallen and the rest of the troops have arrived with their supplies in a small drop ship, like a container unit. They have set up camp around it.
OCTAVIAN: The Angel, as far as we know, is still trapped in the ship. Our mission is to get inside and neutralise it. We can't get through up top, we'd be too close to the drives. According to this, behind the cliff face there's a network of catacombs leading right up to the temple. We can blow through the base of the cliffs, get into the entrance chamber, then make our way up.
DOCTOR: Oh, good.
OCTAVIAN: Good, sir?
DOCTOR: Catacombs. Probably dark ones. Dark catacombs. Great.

"Sarcasm Doctor?" Martha raised an eyebrow, thought there was a hint of a smile on her lips.

OCTAVIAN: Technically, I think it's called a maze of the dead.
DOCTOR: You can stop any time you like.

"Really you can," Rory agreed an uneasy look on his face, after all, the three most important people in his life were about to walk into an incredibly dangerous situation without him; even though he knew they'd all make it back out again, it was still going to be difficult to watch.

SOLDIER [OC]: Father Octavian?
OCTAVIAN: Excuse me, sir.
Octavian leaves.
AMY: You're letting people call you sir. You never do that.

"She's right, you don't," Rose frowned at him

AMY: So, whatever a Weeping Angel is, it's really bad, yeah?
DOCTOR: Now that's interesting. You're still here. Which part of wait in the Tardis till I tell you it's safe was so confusing?

"Oh you know 'the wait in the TARDIS till I tell you it's safe' part," Amy shot back cheekily, "Does anyone do that?"

"Nope!" Was the answer echoed by the rest of the room save for the Doctor and John who frowned and sighed exasperatedly.

AMY: Ooo, you are all Mister Grumpy Face today.
DOCTOR: A Weeping Angel, Amy, is the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent life form evolution has ever produced, and right now one of them is trapped inside that wreckage and I'm supposed to climb in after it with a screwdriver and a torch, and assuming I survive the radiation long enough and assuming the whole ship doesn't explode in my face, do something incredibly clever which I haven't actually thought of yet. That's my day. That's what I'm up to. Any questions?

"Yeah, how's that different from most of your other days?" Micky asked lightly, though he looked as worried as the others.

AMY: Is River Song your wife?

"What!" Was the general outcry from the surprised room, even John had a surprised look on his face though it quickly changed to troubled.

"Okay wasn't expecting that question," Jack grinned.

AMY: Because she's someone from your future, and the way she talks to you, I've never seen anyone do that. She's kind of like, you know, heel, boy. She's Mrs Doctor from the future, isn't she? Is she going to be your wife one day?
DOCTOR: Yes,…

If the room was shocked before it had nothing on how it was now, not even Jack could think of anything to say.

DOCTOR: …you're right. I am definitely Mister Grumpy Face today.

"Oh, Okay," was the almost sigh of relief, not that they didn't want the Doctor happy but they just couldn't see him married, it was just so far off from the him that they all knew.

River calls from the drop module. She has changed into combat fatigues.
RIVER: Doctor! Doctor?
AMY: Oops. Her indoors.
RIVER: Father Octavian.
AMY: Why do they call him Father?
DOCTOR: He's their Bishop, they're his Clerics. It's the fifty first Century. The Church has moved on.

[Drop ship]

A grainy image of a Weeping Angel with its back towards them is on a monitor on the far wall.

"Wait, What, No!" Amy suddenly cried standing up in panic and looking quickly to the Doctor not even noticing that her sudden panic had Jack reaching swiftly for his gun even as he scanned the room to try to figure out what had frightened her so much.

"It's alright Amy it's fine," the Doctor reassured even as he quickly stood up to and put his hands on her shoulders, Rory standing too, looking rather confused but worried too.

"But Doctor?" Amy pleaded confused worried and more than a little frightened.

"It's fine, promise," the Doctor said looking her in the eyes, "permission to hug?" he suddenly questioned confusing the room until Rory answered.

"Granted," Rory replied hoping everything was as fine as the Doctor had said.

The Doctor quickly pulled Amy into a tight hug whispering into her ear, "Who or what ever brought us to this room to watch all this has placed a seal around wherever we are, preventing any issues that us all being here like this could cause on our timelines, and it also prevents things like the Angels. I promise Pond, we're fine,"

"Well good," Amy muttered out into his shoulder as she hugged him back.

"Alright, that's about enough hugging now," Rory spoke up glad whatever the matter was seemed to have been solved.

Amy and the Doctor broke apart with a smile and Amy lent back against Rory, "Everything alright now?" Rory asked her, looking carefully at her face.

"Fine now, stupid face," Amy smiled at him then pulled him to sit back down with her.

The Doctor grinned around the room lightening the tense mood slightly though he did frown slightly at Jack but didn't mention the gun or anything so Jack figured it was all fine.

RIVER: What do you think? It's from the security cameras in the Byzantium vault. I ripped it when I was on board. Sorry about the quality. It's four seconds. I've put it on loop.
DOCTOR: Yeah, it's an Angel. Hands covering its face.

"But it's just a stone statue," Rose muttered confused.

Before anyone could start to explain Amy spoke up, "Don't worry it'll be explained soon," she smiled at Rose.

OCTAVIAN: You've encountered the Angels before.
DOCTOR: Once, on Earth, a long time ago. But those were scavengers, barely surviving.

"That was when we met them right?" Martha spoke up and the Doctor nodded cheerfully at her, "Well I hope you have better luck with them this time," she grumbled back, remembering how they'd gotten stuck in the past last time and she'd had to get a job to support them until that girl – Sparrow, managed to send the TARDIS back to them.

AMY: But it's just a statue.
RIVER: It's a statue when you see it.

"Well that's not a creepy vague comment," Rose muttered, still not sure how she felt about this River Song.

DOCTOR: Where did it come from?
RIVER: Oh, pulled from the ruins of Razbahan, end of last century. It's been in private hands ever since. Dormant all that time.
DOCTOR: There's a difference between dormant and patient.

"Also not a creepy comment," Rose mumbled feeling more and more uneasy, though she did feel much better after John pulled her closer to him in a reassuring hug.

AMY: What's that mean, it's a statue when you see it?
RIVER: The Weeping Angels can only move if they're unseen. So legend has it.

"Nope, that's true," Martha agreed nodding to Mickey who'd look questioningly at her.

DOCTOR: No, it's not legend, it's a quantum lock. In the sight of any living creature the Angels literally cease to exist. They're just stone. The ultimate defence mechanism.
AMY: What, being a stone?
DOCTOR: Being a stone until you turn your back.

"So very creepy," Rose remarked curling further into John.

"Yeah, I haven't seen your adventure yet but I already can't blame you for having nightmares," Mickey commented to Amy getting a smile in return.

[Camp]

DOCTOR: The hyperdrive would've split on impact. That whole ship's going to be flooded with drive burn radiation, cracked electrons, gravity storms. Deadly to almost any living thing.
OCTAVIAN: Deadly to an Angel?
DOCTOR: Dinner to an Angel. The longer we leave it there, the stronger it will grow. Who built that temple? Are they still around?
RIVER: The Aplans. Indigenous life form. They died out four hundred years ago.

"She did tell you that earlier," Mickey muttered but was ignored.

OCTAVIAN: Two hundred years later, the planet was terraformed. Currently there are six billion human colonists.
DOCTOR: Whoo! You lot, you're everywhere. You're like rabbits. I'll never get done saving you.

"Oi!" Rose protested then snorted, "but you're probably right,"

OCTAVIAN: Sir, if there is a clear and present danger to the local population
DOCTOR: Oh, there is. Bad as it gets. Bishop, lock and load.

"Alright so really bad then," Martha commented frowning slightly at the Doctor, "You're never one to encourage guns,"

OCTAVIAN: Verger, how are we doing with those explosives? Doctor Song, with me.
RIVER: Two minutes. Sweetie, I need you.
DOCTOR: Sweetie?

Jack was grinning widely at this, "Sweetie, hey Doc? Maybe Miss Pond was correct after all,"

"That's Mrs Pond to you sir," Amy pointed out with a smirk.

AMY: Anybody need me? Nobody?

"Oh are you feeling left out Mrs Pond?" Jack smirked back at her.

"Oi you two! No flirting! Rory pay attention," the Doctor whined slightly and Rory rolled his eyes but wrapped his arms around his wife hugging her closer to his side, Jack on the other hand smirked back at the Doctor; while Amy huffed a laugh, and lent into Rory's embrace.

Amy goes back into the Module and looks at the image of the Angel on the monitor. It's face is raised from his hands and starting to look over its shoulder.

"Wait that's not right is it?" Jenny questioned her father softly, the Doctor smiled at her and put a finger to his lips; the others not really having noticed much or paying it much attention due to the antics of the rest of the room; well save for John.

RIVER: I found this. Definitive work on the Angels. Well, the only one. Written by a madman. It's barely readable, but I've marked a few passages.
The Doctor riffles through the pages of the book.
DOCTOR: Not bad. Bit slow in the middle. Didn't you hate his girlfriend? No. No, hang on. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
He sniffs the book.

"Did you just read that whole book, and what are you sniffing it for?" Martha looked questioningly at the Doctor only to sigh when he just grinned back at her, all boyish charm and floppy hair, she really was starting to feel like she was dealing with a child, a young one at that.

AMY: Doctor Song? Did you have more than one clip of the Angel?
RIVER: No, just the four seconds.

"But…" Jenny muttered only for the Doctor to hug her with one arm around her shoulders.

DOCTOR: This book is wrong. What's wrong with this book? It's wrong.
The Angel is now looking straight at the viewer, hands completely lowered. The time stamp has moved as far as 00:11:28:04 before jumping back to 00:11:24:23. When Amy looks at the monitor again, it is closer to the camera. The module door closes and locks behind her.

"Okay that's really…" Rose began leaning more into John she just knew that these Angels were going to scare the crap out of her, despite all she'd seen and done, they were just so… horror movie like.

"Creepy," Jack finished for her with a grin, to which Rose shot him back a look but nodded never the less.

"Like a horror movie," she voiced her thoughts and the others nodded in agreement, Amy shivered slightly and lent more into Rory who was more than happy to cuddle back.

RIVER: It's so strange when you go all baby face. How early is this for you?
DOCTOR: Very early.
RIVER: So you don't know who I am yet?

"That's a really weird relationship you have going on there Boss," Mickey remarked again, he couldn't really get his mind around the whole thing yet.

DOCTOR: How do you know who I am? I don't always look the same.
RIVER: I've got pictures of all your faces.

"Ooo I want pictures too!" Jack begged, "I mean I know more than a few, Torchwood and all but still Doc,"

RIVER: You never show up in the right order, though. I need the spotter's guide.

"Don't we all," Jack sighed.

DOCTOR: Pictures. Why aren't there pictures?

"Maybe it's not a picture book," Rory offered

[Drop ship]

Amy tries turning off the monitor, but it comes back on again, and again, and again. She moves close to the monitor.
AMY: But you're just a recording. You can't move.

"Yes Mrs Pond, you keep telling it that, maybe it'll listen and remember it's a recording and just stop, it's just forgotten is all," Jack teased smirking at her.

Amy raised a brow back at him, "Well you can cut that out," she snapped back though her eyes were dancing with mischief, but before either could say anymore the Doctor interrupted them by clearing his throat and looking pointedly at them both.

She tries to pull out the lead to the monitor. When she looks back up, the Angel is up close to the camera, but the time stamp is still running through the same four seconds.
AMY: Doctor?
Amy cannot open the door. The Angel's mouth is open.
AMY: Doctor!

Martha's hand found Mickeys as she squeezed it lightly, Rose cuddled into John and Amy into Rory while the Doctor had an arm wrapped over Jenny's shoulder, and Jack, well Jack pouted seeing he was left out

[Camp]

DOCTOR: This whole book, it's a warning about the Weeping Angels, so why no pictures? Why not show us what to look out for?
RIVER: There was a bit about images. What was that?
DOCTOR: Yes. Hang on. (reads) That which holds the image of an angel becomes itself an angel.

"Well that really doesn't sound good," Mickey nodded to himself agreeing with all past comments.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Doctor!

"Really not good," Rose winced slightly for Amy.

[Camp]

RIVER: What does that mean? An image of an Angel becomes itself an Angel.

[Drop ship]

A image of the angel is inside.
AMY: Doctor! It's in the room!

"Oh no!" Jenny and a few of the others gasp.

[Camp]

DOCTOR: Amy!
AMY [OC]: Doctor!
DOCTOR: Are you all right? What's happening?

"Yes she's perfectly fine Doctor, just having tea and scones," Rory snarked slightly rolling his eyes, leaving everyone but Amy and the Doctor surprised at him

[Drop ship]

DOCTOR: Doctor? Doctor, it's coming out of the television.

[Outside the drop ship]

AMY [OC]: The Angel is here.
The Doctor sonics the keypad lock.
DOCTOR: Don't take your eyes off it. Keep looking. It can't move if you're looking.
RIVER: What's wrong?
DOCTOR: Deadlocked.
RIVER: There is no deadlock.
DOCTOR: Don't blink, Amy. Don't even blink.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Doctor.

[Outside the drop ship]

RIVER: What are you doing?
DOCTOR: Cutting the power. It's using the screen, I'm turning the screen off. No good, it's deadlocked the whole system.
RIVER: There's no deadlock.
DOCTOR: There is now.
AMY [OC]: Help me!
DOCTOR: Can you turn it off?

[Drop ship]

AMY: Doctor.
DOCTOR [OC]: The screen. Can you turn it off?
AMY: I tried.
DOCTOR [OC]: Try again

[Outside the drop ship]

DOCTOR: But don't take your eyes off the Angel.

[Drop ship]

AMY: I'm not.

[Outside the drop ship]

DOCTOR: Each time it moves, it'll move faster. Don't even blink.
River is trying to cut through the door with her pistol torch.

[Drop ship]

Amy tries closing one eye at a time.

"Hey that's a good idea, I don't think I would have thought of that," Martha complimented, and a few others murmured their agreements causing Amy to smile at them which she kind of needed just then as she had started sinking back into what was happening on the screen.

AMY: I'm not blinking. Have you ever tried not blinking?
She feels for the remote control.
AMY: It just keeps switching back on.

[Outside the drop ship]

DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the Angel.

"If you knew that then why'd you get her to try?" Rose asked

"It was worth a shot and it gave her something to do other than stand there panicking," the Doctor admitted causing the others to blink in surprise.

[Drop ship]

AMY: But it's just a recording.

[Outside the drop ship]

DOCTOR: No, anything that takes the image of an Angel is an Angel.

"But then what about now?" Jenny suddenly asks worried and causing the others to look worriedly at the screen.

"No, no, as I explained to Amy just before, no need to worry in here, we're quite safe, promise," the Doctor says quickly to their relief, no wonder Amy had been worried earlier.

DOCTOR: What are you doing?
RIVER: I'm trying to cut through. It's not even warm.
DOCTOR: There is no way in. It's not physically possible.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Doctor, what's it going to do to me?

[Outside the drop ship]

DOCTOR: Just keep looking at it. Don't stop looking.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Just tell me.

[Outside the drop ship]

The Doctor runs and gets the book.
AMY [OC]: Tell me. Tell me!
DOCTOR: Amy, not the eyes.

[Drop ship]

DOCTOR [OC]: Look at the Angel but don't look at the eyes.

[Drop ship]

Amy looking into the Angels eyes.

AMY: Why?

"Amy, I really think this is one of the times you should be listening to the Doctor," Rory groans.

[Outside the drop ship]

RIVER: What is it?
DOCTOR: (reads) The eyes are not the windows of the soul. They are the doors. Beware what may enter there.

"Okay this is getting worse and worse by the second," Rose complained.

"You're telling me," Amy groused.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Doctor, what did you say?
DOCTOR [OC]: Don't look at the eyes!
AMY: No, about images. What did you say about images?

"Ooo do you have a plan Mrs Pond?" Jack went for light hearted banter but there was just the edge of something else in there too.

"Why yes I do, and it's an excellent plan too," Amy said smugly and the tension in the room lessened dramatically.

[Outside the drop ship]

RIVER: Whatever holds the image of an Angel, is an Angel.

[Drop ship]

AMY: Okay, hold this. One, two, three, four.
Amy presses pause on the remote just as the tape loop returns to the start. The image turns to static. The Doctor and River burst in as the monitor turns off.

"Woohoo! Go Amy!" Cheers rang around the room and Amy sent Jack a smug grin which he returned with a wicked one.

AMY: I froze it. There was a sort of blip on the tape and I froze it on the blip. It wasn't the image of an Angel any more. That was good, yeah? It was, wasn't it? That was pretty good.

"Brilliant!" John grinned at her.

RIVER: That was amazing.
DOCTOR: River, hug Amy.
AMY: Why?
DOCTOR: Because I'm busy.

"That wouldn't be quite the same," Rose mused.

"At least he thought about the fact she might have needed a hug after all that," Martha admitted with a small smile, for all that the Doctor could be very rude, he never left any doubt in their minds that he cared deeply for his companions; even if that had given her the wrong ideas at first.

AMY: I'm fine.
RIVER: You're brilliant.
AMY: Thanks. Yeah, I kind of creamed it, didn't I?
RIVER: So it was here? That was the Angel?
DOCTOR: That was a projection of the Angel. It's reaching out, getting a good look at us. It's no longer dormant.
There is an explosion outside.

[Camp]

CLERIC: Last one positive.
OCTAVIAN: Doctor? We're through.

[Drop ship]

DOCTOR: Okay, now it starts.

"No need to look so excited," Mickey grumbled but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes which was mirrored by the small excited grins on everyone else's faces.

RIVER: Coming?
AMY: Yeah, coming. There's just something in my eye.

Rory frowned at that, especially as he felt Amy press closer against him.

[Entrance chamber]

Everyone climbs down a rope ladder into a very large underground space.
DOCTOR: Do we have a gravity globe?
OCTAVIAN: Grav globe.
A Cleric hands a globe to the Doctor.
AMY: Where are we? What is this?
RIVER: It's an Aplan Mortarium, sometimes called a Maze of the Dead.
AMY: What's that?
DOCTOR: Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone
The Doctor kicks the globe into the air, where it illuminates a vast array of mausoleums and statuary.
DOCTOR: The perfect hiding place.

"Wow! But also, not good," Rose muttered frowning.

OCTAVIAN: I guess this makes it a bit trickier.

"You don't say," Amy rolled her eyes.

DOCTOR: A bit, yeah.
OCTAVIAN: A stone Angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for.
RIVER: A needle in a haystack.
DOCTOR: A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle of death. A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, er, statues. No, yours was fine.

Rose snorted lightly, "That gob of yours,"

OCTAVIAN: Right. Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for. Complete visual inspection. One question. How do we fight it?
DOCTOR: We find it, and hope.

"You know Doc, not many people could pull off such a brilliant plan," Jack said cheekily.

Octavian stops River.
OCTAVIAN: He doesn't know yet, does he? Who and what you are.
RIVER: It's too early in his time stream.
OCTAVIAN: Well, make sure he doesn't work it out, or he's not going to help us.
RIVER: I won't let you down. Believe you me, I have no intention of going back to prison.

Everybody - save the Doctor, Amy and Rory, and surprisingly Jack, – frowned, even more uneasy about this mysterious woman from the Doctors future. Jack on the other hand had frozen, eyes narrowed, still enough to get the attention of everyone else, and his hands were clenched tightly into fists.

"Jack, you alright?" Rose questioned cautiously, both confused and worried.

"River Song," Jack gritted out through a clenched jaw not yet taking his eyes away from the image of the woman on the screen, "I knew I'd heard that name before," he said darkly, for those who hadn't known Jack before, his sudden change from a joking playboy flirt, to a man who was clearly very dangerous and deadly was rather jarring, and then he turned to look hard at the Doctor, "Doctor," there wasn't an ounce of light hearted jesting in his voice now, only a steel confidence of a man used to being in command during the toughest of times, "you know who she is now don't you? About why she was in prison?"

The Doctor was also fully serious as he looked directly back at Jack, suddenly no longer looking like a little boy, all excitement and wonder, now he clearly looked the age he was, he looked old and worn and hard, and there was a definite wisdom hard won in his gaze, "Yes, and there is a lot more to it then you know," he said with a firm certainty, that left all in the room with no doubt he was telling Jack to back off and leave well enough alone.

Jack paused his lips studying the Doctor closely before nodding and turning back to the TV relaxing back into his chair, but there was still a certain tense readiness in his form that he had been lacking before whatever revelation he just had.

Everyone exchanged apprehensive, anxious looks, feeling even more uncertain about what had just occurred, even John looked worried. Amy and Rory looked between Jack and the Doctor before looking at each other with worried looks all their own.

CHRISTIAN: Sir? Side chamber. One visible exit.
OCTAVIAN: Check it out. Angelo, go with him.

[Maze]

The Doctor and Amy start up the terraces. She pauses to rub her eye, and stone dust falls out between her fingers.

The tense uneasiness that was prevailing in the room just grew at this but nobody felt right speaking right now.

RIVER: You all right?
AMY: Yeah, I'm fine.

"Liar," Rory teased quietly in Amy's ear, causing her to crack a small smile, god she loved him.

AMY: So, what's a Maze of the Dead?
RIVER: Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with dead people buried in the walls.

"Um I'm pretty sure that's just as bad as it sounds," Mickey remarked, getting a few small smiles of agreement and breaking some of the tension in the room to everyone's relief.

RIVER: Okay, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm. This won't hurt a bit.
River injects Amy.
AMY: Ow!
RIVER: There, you see. I lied.

There were frowns all round, including from John, after Jacks reaction earlier and everything they'd learnt so far everyone was feeling very on edge about River; well everyone but Amy, Rory and the Doctor who shared a small smile.

RIVER: It's a viro-stabiliser. Stabilises your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship.
AMY: So what's he like? In the future, I mean. Because you know him in the future, don't you?
RIVER: The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor.
AMY: Oh. Well, that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?
RIVER: Yes, we are.
DOCTOR: Sorry, what?
RIVER: Talking about you.
DOCTOR: I wasn't listening. I'm busy.
RIVER: Ah. The other way up.
The Doctor turns River's portable computer around.
DOCTOR: Yeah.

"Oh Doctor," Martha shook her head amused at him, as was everyone else, finally it seemed the tension caused earlier was gone, though they still felt uneasy about River.

AMY: You're so his wife.
RIVER: Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy. This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple?
AMY: Yep.
RIVER: You're good. I'm not saying you're right, but you are very good.

Jenny looked curiously up at her father who just grinned at her and tapped the tip of her noise causing her to laugh and everyone else to smile at the pair. Even Jack relaxed back to his normal self, but for a hint of fierce protectiveness in his eyes as he looked at the Doctor. John on the other hand was feeling very confused, he knew that at some point in the future River would learn his name, knew what that meant, but how and why and everything else was still so uncertain and confusing, but he kept his thoughts and feelings about the matter tightly hidden, knowing better than to say anything about the situation for now at least.

[Side chamber]

CHRISTIAN: Can you believe this? We're hunting statues.
ANGELO: Better than chasing lava snakes.
CHRISTIAN: Actually, lava snakes weren't that bad.
He goes on ahead.

"As horrible as they sound, I bet they would have been better off with the lava snakes," Mickey sighed.

[Cave]

The torch on Christian's rifle flickers, then he hears the sound of stone grating on stone.
CHRISTIAN: Who's there? Is someone there? Angelo. Angelo!
A snarling Angel appears right in front of him.

"Oh," Rose cried surprise, "I knew this was going to be like watching one of those horror movies, they always make me jump," she groused but John grinned at her and hugged her close, both having the sudden thought that maybe horror movies weren't so bad after all, before sobering up as they remembered they weren't watching a movie, this was all real.

[Side chamber]

ANGELO: Christian, is that you?
CHRISTIAN [OC]: Angelo, come and see this.
ANGELO: What is it?
CHRISTIAN [OC]: Just come and see it.
ANGELO: It's not a school trip. Just tell me.
CHRISTIAN [OC]: No, really. Come and see.
The snarling Angel pounces again.

"Those poor men," Jenny said sadly as the Doctor hugged her shoulders.

[Entrance chamber]

Gunfire. The Doctor, River and Amy run back to the main group. A young Cleric has shot up a statue.
BOB: Sorry, sorry. I thought. I thought it looked at me.
OCTAVIAN: We know what the Angel looks like. Is that the Angel?
BOB: No, sir.
OCTAVIAN: No, sir, it is not. According to the Doctor, we are facing an enemy of unknowable power and infinite evil, so it would be good, it would be very good, if we could all remain calm in the presence of decor.
DOCTOR: What's your name?
BOB: Bob, sir.
DOCTOR: Ah, that's a great name. I love Bob.

Everyone grinned, the Doctor really had a way of putting everyone at ease

OCTAVIAN: It's a Sacred Name. We all have Sacred Names. They're given to us in the service of the Church.

"I think he wants your approval Doc," Jack smirked amused, though he certainly understood the feeling, he wasn't so different when he first met the Doctor, he also knew the feeling of being knocked back.

DOCTOR: Sacred Bob. More like Scared Bob now, eh?
BOB: Yes, sir.
DOCTOR: Ah, good. Scared keeps you fast. Anyone in this room who isn't scared is a moron. Carry on.

"Doctor," Martha sighed in disapproval.

OCTAVIAN: We'll be moving into the maze in two minutes. You stay with Christian and Angelo. Guard the approach.

[Maze]

AMY: Isn't there a chance this lot's just going to collapse? There's a whole ship up there.
RIVER: Incredible builders, the Aplans.
DOCTOR: Had dinner with their Chief Architect once. Two heads are better than one.
AMY: What, you mean you helped him?
DOCTOR: No, I mean he had two heads. That book, the very end, what did it say?
RIVER: Hang on.
DOCTOR: Read it to me.
RIVER: What if we had ideas that could think for themselves? What if one day our dreams no longer needed us? When these things occur and are held to be true, the time will be upon us. The time of Angels.

A few looks were passed around the room but no one spoke.

[Cave]

BOB [OC]: Hey, Angelo, Christian, where are you?
The shadow of an Angel is standing over their bodies.

[Maze]

AMY: Are we there yet? It's a hell of a climb.
RIVER: The Maze is on six levels, representing the ascent of the soul. Only two levels to go.
DOCTOR: Lovely species, the Aplans. We should visit them some time.
AMY: I thought they were all dead?

"What difference does that make?" John sent her an odd look causing Amy to roll her eyes at him.

"Well sorry, but the whole time traveling thing was still rather new to me and I hadn't quiet gotten in the right mindset yet," Rose, Martha, Mickey and Rory all nodded in understanding, all thinking about how odd those kinds of thoughts used to be and how now they'd barely blink an eye at thinking like that.

DOCTOR: So is Virginia Woolf. I'm on her bowling team. Very relaxed, sort of cheerful. Well, that's having two heads, of course. You're never short of a snog with an extra head.
RIVER: Doctor, there's something. I don't know what it is.
DOCTOR: Yeah, there's something wrong. Don't know what it is yet, either. Working on it. Of course, then they started having laws against self-marrying. I mean, what was that about? But that's the Church for you. Er, no offence, Bishop.

"There you go again, that gob of yours is really going to get you in serious trouble mister," Rose sighed and Martha nodded in agreement.

OCTAVIAN: Quite a lot taken, if that's all right, Doctor. Lowest point in the wreckage is only about fifty feet up from here. That way.
AMY: The Church had a point, if you think about it. The divorces must have been messy.
DOCTOR: Oh.
AMY: What's wrong?
RIVER: Oh.

"Ok what is it this time?" Mickey asked looking around to see if everyone else had figured it out; obviously the Doctor knew and Amy, and it looked like John had made the realisation but Jack, Martha, Rose, Jenny and Rory at least looked as clueless as he was.

DOCTOR: Exactly.
RIVER: How could we have not noticed that?
DOCTOR: Low level perception filter, or maybe we're thick.

"Oh," and Jack joined those who had figured it out.

OCTAVIAN: What's wrong, sir?
DOCTOR: Nobody move. Nobody move. Everyone stay exactly where they are. Bishop, I am truly sorry. I've made a mistake and we are all in terrible danger.
OCTAVIAN: What danger?
RIVER: The Aplans.
OCTAVIAN: The Aplans?
RIVER: They've got two heads.

"Ah," came the realisation from the remainder of the room.

OCTAVIAN: Yes, I get that. So?
DOCTOR: So why don't the statues? Everyone, over there. Just move. Don't ask questions, don't speak.
They move into an alcove away from the statues.
DOCTOR: Okay, I want you all to switch off your torches.
MARCO: Sir?
DOCTOR: Just do it. Okay. I'm going to turn off this one too, just for a moment.
RIVER: Are you sure about this?
DOCTOR: No.
The light goes out then back in an instant.

"Damn!" came the general horrified cry as everyone's fear and worry grew to new heights, after all they had figured out that the statues were the problem but it was just hitting most of them now, what that actually meant.

AMY: Oh, my God. They've moved.
The Doctor runs down the passage, and it is filled statues coming towards them.
DOCTOR: They're Angels. All of them.

"But they don't look the same, and, I mean, how…?" Jenny stuttered slightly in worry, looking up at her father who smiled reassuringly and squeezed her closer to him.

RIVER: But they can't be.
DOCTOR: Clerics, keep watching them.
He runs back to a vantage point of the main cavern. All the statues are climbing up towards them.
DOCTOR: Every statue in this Maze, every single one, is a Weeping Angel. They're coming after us.

"I guess we know what happened to the Aplans now," Jack muttered tensely, he was worried for the Doctor and Amy, he knew of course that they both made it out of this somehow, they were here in the room after all, but he still couldn't help but worry, especially with River Song there too, because despite what the Doctor said he wasn't willing to put his trust in her, he had a good idea after all why she had been in prison, and if it was true…

[Entrance chamber]

ANGELO [OC]: Bob, come and see this.

"Oh no," Rose whispered a pained look on her face along with a few others, including the Doctors and Amy's.

BOB: Angelo?
ANGELO [OC]: Come and see what we've found.
BOB: Are you with Christian? The Bishop said you'd be five minutes.
ANGELO [OC]: I'm here, Bob. Come and see this.
BOB: Where are you?
ANGELO [OC]: Through the arch, Bob. Honestly, you've got to come and see this.
BOB: What have you found?
ANGELO [OC]: Come and see.

"How are they doing that? Using the radio and the other guys voice?" Mickey questioned suddenly, but got no real response not that he really cared much, it was more of a passing thought put into words to try and break up some of the tension and they all knew that.

BOB: No. What is it?
ANGELO [OC]: Come and see.
Bob walks cautiously into the side chamber, and the Angel pounces.

"Poor kid," Jack said not an ounce of good humour in his voice now.

The rest of the room all looked sad at the loss of another life, and the Doctor hugged Jenny tighter at the reminder of another person under his care that he'd failed to save.

[Maze]

RIVER: But there was only one Angel on the ship. Just the one, I swear.
AMY: Could they have been here already?
DOCTOR: The Aplans. What happened? How did they die out?
RIVER: Nobody knows.
DOCTOR: We know.
OCTAVIAN: They don't look like Angels.
AMY: And they're not fast. You said they were fast. They should have had us by now.

"Yes that's what I've been wondering about," Martha commented curiously as she tried to shove her fear and worry aside, the Doctor and Amy were here, they were safe, though she worried for the remaining clerics and the Bishop.

DOCTOR: Look at them. They're dying, losing their form. They must have been down here for centuries, starving.
AMY: Losing their image?

"Very good you do catch on fast," Jack grinned at her, time to brighten the mood again, even if he may not feel that way himself.

Amy smirked back at him for the comment. Those two were really going to need to be watched the Doctor couldn't help but think, Amy and Jack together, he frowned then shivered at the thought of adding River to the mix, now there was a dangerous combination in a whole manner of ways.

DOCTOR: And their image is their power. Power. Power!
AMY: Doctor?
DOCTOR: Don't you see? All that radiation spilling out the drive burn. The crash of the Byzantium wasn't an accident, it was a rescue mission for the Angels. We're in the middle of an army, and it's waking up.

"Damn it, every time I think your situation can't get any worse…" Rose groaned leaning further into John.

RIVER: We need to get out of here fast.

"You don't say," Mickey snarked.

OCTAVIAN: Bob, Angelo, Christian, come in, please. Any of you, come in.
BOB [OC]: It's Bob, sir. Sorry, sir.

"Is he…" Rose started hopefully but the Doctor shook his head sadly causing her to sigh sadly.

OCTAVIAN: Bob, are Angelo and Christian with you? All the statues are active. I repeat, all the statues are active.

"He wasn't so cowardly for shooting that statue earlier now was he, it probably did move," Rory couldn't help but mutter dejectedly, feeling awful for the young soldiers fate.

BOB [OC]: I know, sir. Angelo and Christian are dead, sir. The statues killed them, sir.
The Doctor grabs Octavian's walkie-talkie.
DOCTOR: Bob, Sacred Bob, it's me, the Doctor.
OCTAVIAN: I'm talking to…
DOCTOR: Where are you now?
OCTAVIAN: I'm talking to my…
DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up.

"Doctor," Martha sighed.

BOB [OC]: I'm on my way up to you, sir. I'm homing in on your signal.
DOCTOR: Ah, well done, Bob. Scared keeps you fast. Told you, didn't I. Your friends, Bob. What did the Angel do to them?
BOB [OC]: Snapped their necks, sir.

"Wait, I don't understand," Martha suddenly said confused, to the confusion of most of the others who didn't know why this was weird, the Doctor just nodded to her in understanding indicating she was right this was unusual and that it would be explained.

DOCTOR: That's odd. That's not how the Angels kill you. They displace you in time. Unless they needed the bodies for something.

"Displace you in time?" Jenny asked confused.

"Yeah, when they caught the Doctor and I back on Earth they sent us back in time and we had to wait until this girl called Sally sent the TARDIS back to us, thankfully we kind of knew what was happening because Sally had caught up to us in her future our past, on a different trip, and handed us a package of information explaining a lot of it," Martha explained to everyone else's weirded out looks, "Of course him over there was useless," she said gesturing to John.

"Right…but why do they send you back in time? I mean what's the point?" Mickey questioned.

"Because they feed off the would have beens of your life, a life you'll now never live," John explained and everyone decided to leave it at that for the moment, rather than risk it all getting more confusing.

OCTAVIAN: Bob, did you check their data packs for vital signs? We may be able to initiate a rescue plan.
DOCTOR: Oh, don't be an idiot. The Angels don't leave you alive.

"Doctor!" Martha, Rory and Rose all yelled out in disapproval, causing him to wince and send them apologetic looks.

DOCTOR: Bob, keep running. But tell me, how did you escape?
BOB [OC]: I didn't escape, sir. The Angel killed me, too.
DOCTOR: What do you mean, the Angel killed you?
BOB [OC]: Snapped my neck, sir. Wasn't as painless as I expected, but it was pretty quick, so that was something.
DOCTOR: If you're dead, how can I be talking to you?
BOB [OC]: You're not talking to me, sir. The Angel has no voice. It stripped my cerebral cortex from my body and re-animated a version of my consciousness to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion.

There were sad looks all around the room as well as some anger at the Angels actions.

DOCTOR: So when you say you're on your way up to us
BOB [OC]: It's the Angel that's coming, sir, yes.

DOCTOR: No way out.
OCTAVIAN: Then we get out through the wreckage. Go!

DOCTOR: Go, go, go. All of you run.
AMY: Doctor.
DOCTOR: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm coming. Just go. Go, go, go. Yeah. Called you an idiot. Sorry, but there's no way we could have rescued your men.
OCTAVIAN: I know that, sir. And when you've flown away in your little blue box, I'll explain that to their families.

"Well at least you apologised," Martha smiled approvingly, she did understand after all that he had been in a tight spot and had needed information fast at the time, still he could have handled it slightly better, and she certainly understood Octavians point, losing people under your command was never easy.

DOCTOR: Angel Bob. Which Angel am I talking to? The one from the ship?
BOB [OC]: Yes, sir. The other Angels are still restoring.
DOCTOR: Ah, so the Angel is not in the wreckage. Thank you.

"Well you've got that at least," Rose smiled weakly.

DOCTOR: Don't wait for me. Go, run.
The Doctor runs past Amy.
AMY: I can't. No, really, I can't.
DOCTOR: Why not?
AMY: Look at it. Look at my hand. It's stone.

"Whoa what!?" was the general outcry of surprise and worry.

"What the hell is going on now?!" Rory demanded of the Doctor, even as he pulled Amy closer to him, instinctively checking her hands, Amy just hugged him back tighter reassuring him she was there still and alright.

[Tunnel]

Sounds of metal creaking. They look up to see the ship high above them.
OCTAVIAN: Well. There it is, the Byzantium.
RIVER: It's got to be thirty feet. How do we get up there?

"Well yes there's a flaw in your plans, had you not thought that one through yet?" Jack asked in a false casual tone, receiving only a few unimpressed looks in return.

OCTAVIAN: Check all these exits. I want them all secure.

[Maze]

DOCTOR: You looked into the eyes of an Angel, didn't you?
AMY: I couldn't stop myself. I tried.

"Amy," Rory moaned out quietly, both very worried and more than a bit exasperated.

DOCTOR: Listen to me. It's messing with your head. Your hand is not made of stone.
AMY: It is. Look at it.

"It does rather look made of stone," Martha offered up wearily.

DOCTOR: It's in your mind, I promise you. You can move that hand. You can let go.
AMY: I can't, okay? I've tried and I can't. It's stone.
DOCTOR: The Angel is going to come and it's going to turn this light off, and then there's nothing I can do to stop it, so do it. Concentrate. Move your hand.
AMY: I can't.

"Amy!" Rory groaned out again exasperated further, he knew just how stubborn she could be and how much trouble it could and did get her into all too well; Amy merely huffed at him in reply and elbowed him gently in warning.

DOCTOR: Then we're both going to die.
AMY: You're not going to die.
DOCTOR: They'll kill the lights.
AMY: You've got to go. You know you have. You've got all that stuff with River and that's all got to happen. You know you can't die here.
DOCTOR: Time can be re-written. It doesn't work like that.
The statues arrive.
DOCTOR: Keep your eyes on it. Don't blink.
AMY: Run!
DOCTOR: You see, I'm not going. I'm not leaving you here.
AMY: I don't need you to die for me, Doctor. Do I look that clingy?
DOCTOR: You can move your hand.
AMY: It's stone.
DOCTOR: It's not stone.
AMY: You've got to go. Those people up there will die without you. If you stay here with me, you'll have as good as killed them.

"Well you've got a good heart I'll give you that," Jack snorted slightly, "Somewhat over dramatic and clearly still new, but you've got heart," Amy just rolled her eyes at him and Rory hugged her tighter, though he knew as well as Jack that the Doctor was not going to just leave her.

DOCTOR: Amy Pond, you are magnificent, and I'm sorry.
AMY: It's okay. I understand. You've got to leave me.

"As I said dramatic," Jack smirked at the redhead.

DOCTOR: Oh, no, I'm not leaving you, never. I'm sorry about this.
He bites her hand.
AMY: Ow!
DOCTOR: See? Not stone. Now run.
AMY: You bit me.
DOCTOR: Yeah, and you're alive.
AMY: Look, I've got a mark. Look at my hand.
DOCTOR: Yes, and you're alive. Did I mention?
AMY: Blimey, your teeth. Have you got space teeth?
DOCTOR: Yeah. Alive. All I'm saying.

Jack was in hysterics by now and everyone else was smiling or chuckling, at Amy's reaction, the tension in the room significantly lessened for the moment.

"Oh Amy," Rory grinned at her and she grinned back.

"Watch it stupid head," she warned in good humour, even she could find her reaction amusing to watch.

[Tunnel]

MARCO: The statues are advancing along all corridors. And, sir, my torch keeps flickering.
OCTAVIAN: They all do.
RIVER: So does the gravity globe.
OCTAVIAN: Clerics, we're down to four men. Expect incoming.
DOCTOR: Yeah, it's the Angels. They're coming. And they're draining the power for themselves.
OCTAVIAN: Which means we won't be able to see them.
DOCTOR: Which means we can't stay here.
OCTAVIAN: Two more incoming.
RIVER: Any suggestions?
OCTAVIAN: The statues are advancing on all sides. We don't have the climbing equipment to reach the Byzantium.
RIVER: There's no way back, no way out, no way up. No pressure, but this is usually when you have a really good idea.

"She really does know you well," Mickey snorted getting nods of agreement, except from Jack who was still not pleased with River being anywhere near the Doctor, and Jenny who frowned slightly.

"That is a lot of pressure," she muttered out so softly only the Doctor and Jack heard, causing the Doctor to smile reassuringly at her though there was a hint of gratitude and more than a bit of love in his eyes for her concern.

DOCTOR: There's always a way out.
VERY QUIET ECHO: There's always a way out. There's always a way out.
DOCTOR: There's always a way out.
BOB [OC]: Doctor? Can I speak to the Doctor, please?
DOCTOR: Hello, Angels. What's your problem?
BOB [OC]: Your power will not last much longer, and the Angels will be with you shortly. Sorry, sir.
DOCTOR: Why are you telling me this?
BOB [OC]: There's something the Angels are very keen you should know before the end.
DOCTOR: Which is?
BOB [OC]: I died in fear.
DOCTOR: I'm sorry?
BOB [OC]: You told me my fear would keep me alive, but I died afraid, in pain and alone. You made me trust you, and when it mattered, you let me down.
AMY: What are they doing?
RIVER: They're trying to make him angry.

"And that's a good idea, how?" Jack questioned wearily, anyone who had ever seen the Doctor actually angry knew to be very weary of getting him into such a state, it was enough to send shivers down even his friends spines.

BOB [OC]: I'm sorry, sir. The Angels were very keen for you to know that.
DOCTOR: Well then, the Angels have made their second mistake because I'm not going to let that pass. I'm sorry you're dead, Bob, but I swear to whatever is left of you, they will be sorrier.
BOB [OC]: But you're trapped, sir, and about to die.
DOCTOR: Yeah. I'm trapped. And you know what? Speaking of traps, this trap has got a great big mistake in it. A great big, whopping mistake.

"Oh good you've figured something out," Jenney relaxed slightly.

"That's what they get for antagonising him," Mickey smirked slightly, the Angels had not only angered the Doctor but the others in the room too, with their callus comments and attempts to emotionally hurt their dear friend, a friend who was more susceptible to emotional hurts then physical ones too.

BOB [OC]: What mistake, sir?
DOCTOR: Trust me.
AMY: Yeah.
DOCTOR: Trust me?
RIVER: Always.
DOCTOR: You lot, trust me?
MARCO: Sir, two more incoming.
OCTAVIAN: We have faith, sir.
DOCTOR: Then give me your gun.

"Ok that's different," Jack frowned slightly, he hadn't seemed too angry, certainly not enough to do something really out of character, but then again he was still getting used to this new face; he looked at the Doctor in concern but something on the Doctors face caused him to relax back a bit.

DOCTOR: I'm about to do something incredibly stupid and dangerous. When I do, jump!
OCTAVIAN: Jump where?
DOCTOR: Just jump, high as you can. Come on, leap of faith, Bishop. On my signal.
OCTAVIAN: What signal?
DOCTOR: You won't miss it.
BOB [OC]: Sorry, can I ask again? You mentioned a mistake we made.
The Doctor points the gun at the hull of the Byzantium.
DOCTOR: Oh, big mistake. Huge. Didn't anyone ever tell you there's one thing you never put in a trap? If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap.

Everybody was smirking slightly now.

BOB [OC]: And what would that be, sir?
DOCTOR: Me.
He shoots at the Byzantium hitting the Grav globe causing it to explode.

Everybody was sitting forward slightly looking forward to seeing the escape plan in action when suddenly they were looking back at the 'menu screen' again.

"What?! No! You can't end it like that!" was the general outcry.

"At least we're not skipping one," Martha commented nodding towards the screen, the 'menu' having dropped down one, from 'The time of Angels' to the one directly beneath.

"'Flesh and Stone', well that sounds cheerful," Rory commented sardonically.

Amy rolled her eyes then jumped to her feet, "right bathroom break, then back into it?"

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A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks for sticking with this story, sorry for the long wait, especially as I've pretty much had this chapter finished since Christmas I was just struggling with the ending, which I still don't like but I can't see the characters wanting to wait between these episodes. Still RL is not giving me much time at all to write at the moment which sucks but what can you do.

Double Thanks to those who reviewed and PM'd me, each one not only brought me great joy but also acted to kick me into gear and remind me people are waiting on me to post the next chapter. It was actually a PM that reminded me and got me back on here today to finish this off and post it, so Thank you all! And please keep nudging me along :) Love you all!

Also, really sorry but I can't promise the next chapter will be out any time soon, though we can hope, but I can guarantee that I will keep writing this story so that's something right?

Anyway, loved all your reviews and I really hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as you seem to have liked the last,

Till next time,

Jess

A/N from the top: So I made a small mistake in chapter three, when Martha found out she and Mickey were going to end up a couple she commented that she was engaged when in fact, at the time she was taken from, her engagement was long over; so just ignore that comment Martha is currently single, thus flirting between her and Mickey can happen no problem, eventually I'll go back and fix it but that's for another time.