An hour later we arrive at the base of Torchwood Tower and head towards the space Rose said we could use. Sam, Dean and Cas have already arrived and have marked out a pentagram in spray paint, and as we arrive they are pulling a metal sheet from the side of the room over to cover it.
"So basically Sophie it's up to you to attract Sherlock and the Doc's demons and bring them here," Sam explains as they drop the covering. "From then we need to get them onto the metal floor to trap them before I can exorcise them. Any questions?"
"No," Rose says, looking past Sam and towards the door at the other end, "but I don't think we'll have to worry about calling them." I look around the boys and see the live body of the Doctor watching us.
"I'm only going to ask the once," Dean says, turning around, "give Sherlock and the Doc back and we won't hurt you."
The demon insides the Doctor's vessel steps forward and grins. "We have managed to capture the two most powerful minds in the world. Why would we want to give them up? I can hear the Doctor now. He's a ferocious fellow." He continues forward and Rose puts her hand on her gun. "I wonder what would happen if I hurt his wife." He holds out his hand and Rose flies backwards, crashing against the wall at the far end and crumpling to the floor. Rose stands back up and draws her gun, shaking.
"Whoa!" Dean cries. "Rose no!"
"Don't move," she cries, stepping forwards, her gun poised towards the Doctor.
"Or what?" The demon asks. "You'll shoot me?" Rose doesn't answer, but continues to point the gun at him. He walks around the steel covering, careful not to step onto it and stands in front, smiling mockingly at the failed trick. "You won't hurt this body."
"Give him back to me!" Rose shouts and the demon grins.
"Make me."
Rose pauses for a moment then shoots. The bullet passes through his shoulder with enough force to send him toppling backwards into the Demon trap. Blood pours out but the demon looks unperturbed. The next step should be easy enough, but we'll be fighting time. Leave it too long and although the wound won't be fatal, the loss of blood will be.
But Sam is already on it. "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica, ergo draco maledicte, ut ecclesiam tuam secura, tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos!" The Doctor's head tips back and black smoke escapes from his mouth, circling up before disappearing through the window.
Rose drops her gun and rushes forward to the Doctor's slumped body.
"Wait!" Sam says and reaches for a flask from his pocket. Stepping forward towards the Doctor, he opens the cap and pours something which appears to be water over his body.
The Doctor wakes up in agony.
"What the hell was that?"
"Sorry Doc," Dean says as Sam steps back again. "Just had to check. Welcome back." Cas steps forward and heals the Doctor in an instant. Rose helps him to sit up and he sits in silence for a few seconds before turning to her.
"Did you shoot me?!"
"Might have done," she grins sheepishly. "But you did throw me against a wall. Good to have you back."
"I'm glad to be back!" the Doctor grins and turns back. "And thank you everyone. But I'm afraid the worst of it is not over yet. I'm quite used to having things wandering around my mind but I used to be a lot stronger than I am now. The demons are planning to retake Earth and I may have given them the last key to cracking it. Fortunately for us, it's coded. It's what the other demon needed Sherlock for."
"Things are just getting better then!" John replies.
"Fortunately for us, Sherlock isn't the best at cracking codes," I reply, smiling. "It should buy us some time. Where is he?"
"In hell," the Doctor replies with a grimace. "I'm sorry Sophie. I'm so sorry."
"So you're just going to give up?" I ask. "What happened to saving the world and if you say it's a 'fixed point in time' or some shit like that I'm seriously going to come over there and give you another hole in your chest."
"Sophia!" Rose shouts defensively as the Doctor looks apologetically over. I turn to the Winchesters.
"There has to be some other way," I say. "Every second Sherlock is inside he's being killed and I'm dammed if I'm going to let this be the final problem." The others look at me, stunned. Eventually Sam speaks up.
"There could be a way," he says and I nod. "It's not without its risks but if you're sure you want to do this..."
"Sam no," Dean replies. "I know what you're thinking and it's not happening."
"You want her to lose her father as well?" Sam challenges. "She can do this, Dean."
"It's too dangerous, Sam," Cas says. "If heaven appears to be in turmoil, hell is worse. She'd never make it out alive."
Sam looks to me for my judgement and after a moment I nod.
"I'll give Crowley a ring," Sam says and Dean grimaces. John steps up behind me.
"You've got to be kidding," he says. "You're not going anywhere."
"John," I say, spinning around. "Unless you have forgotten, you are not my father and have no authority to tell me what I can or can't do. Sherlock is trapped inside hell so unless you have a better idea, I'm going in with him."
"I won't be able to live with myself if something goes wrong," John admits.
"I'll be fine," I brush off. "You have to be pretty ambitious to kill me!" John doesn't look happy but he accepts that he can't stop me.
"Okay," he says after a moment. "Don't go into any unnecessary danger -"
"I know!"
"No, listen," John says. "I want you back all in one piece, do you hear me?"
"Yes sir!" I reply, smiling nervously. I turn back to Sam. "Where do we start?"
