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A/N: First of all I apologise for the very long wait. My laptop decided it was going to die and was broken for just over a month. I had no way of getting to my documents or editing them. I had the main computer, however this chapter had already been started on my laptop and I had no intention of re-writing what I had written. Secondly I apologise for the breifness of the chapter. I promise you the next will be longer than this. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, favourited and added this story to their alerts so far. I really appreciate it and I hope I haven't disappointed you with this chapter.


Chapter 9: Bone Yard

Hearts pounding, the Doctor ushered Amy, through the trees, desperate to find his way back to the Hathan camp before the Kol and Talonis really did turn up. He still felt terribly guilty about what had happened to Aya, but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He would have plenty time to worry about that later, but only if he could find somewhere safe and stop the 'demons' from wreaking carnage. The Time Lord didn't like having to move his companion around like this, not while she was injured the way she was. Fresh blood still trickled from the wound, though the flow was slowing considerably, and he was sure that the gashes were only part of the problem. There was no way she could have been thrown across the clearing like that without sustaining some other damage. Suddenly she stopped again, shaking as she stared ahead,

"Amy," he pleaded, "we have to get you somewhere safer. Please."

"B-but Doctor..." she began, the tremors causing her voice to tremble. He sighed, rubbing his temples,

"There's nothing there." He told her gently, looking up to realise that there was, in fact, something in front of them, and a rather large something at that, "Ah..." he breathed upon seeing it, "Never mind."


Looming before them was a pile of bloodied bones. Some were picked clean of all flesh, but sticking out of the heap Amy could see some which still had globules of flesh and skin hanging from them. Gruesome images flashed before her eyes, like something out of a horror film and she fought to keep herself from emptying the contents of her stomach over the floor. It made her sick to the pit of her stomach. The Doctor, she noticed just stared at the bones. He stared and stared and stared, anger seeming to seep from him more and more with each passing second. His wrath was something she was now familiar with but she was sure she would never get used to it. He was angered and upset at the thought of any being capable of destroying or harming another and right now, even from behind, he looked ready to explode. When they finally encountered the Kol and Talonis he would not hesitate to make his fury known to all of them. How he would stop them she wasn't certain, but he would find a way. He always did.


"They couldn't even have a proper burial." The Doctor muttered as he stared at the pile of bones before him, glowering so harshly that Amy was convinced he would set them on fire. How many had the Kol and Talonis killed? There were other Kriyan tribes too, he remembered. But where were they? Surely, through all their running they would have bumped into at least one other tribe or tribe member? Though, thinking about it, Enaan had said that it was no longer safe. It was the first thing the Hathan leader had told him. Perhaps the other tribes had also realised this? Yet the bones and flesh in front of him suggested otherwise. They couldn't have all been picked off from the Hathan tribe. There had to be others who were hit just as hard, some maybe even harder. Now the Time Lord had new insight. There was definitely no specific target, the Kol and Talonis were picking off anything that came their way. They were here to feed. Nowhere was safe. His stomach knotted at the very idea,

"Come on Amy." He murmured, his voice doing little to reveal his true anger, "We need to find somewhere safer. Now. The Talonis will not give up so quickly." His companion didn't argue, she merely allowed herself to be lead away by him. She had no desire to stay here in this godforsaken bone yard.