(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know this chapter's short, but I swear it's good.)
Regina stared at the orb, her face filled with confusion.
"Come... Come where?" Regina whispered.
The three were silent as they stared at the silver orb, until Regina cried out.
The orb was moving again, and seven tiny words appeared.
"You will come, or they will die." she whispered.
The three froze, all staring at the orb.
"The twenty that vanished." Rose whispered.
"They're going to kill them." the Doctor whispered.
"Come where!" she cried, shaking the orb angrily.
"Where do I go, what do you want?" she hissed at the orb.
Regina stared at the orb as it changed and four words appeared, then blinked.
"Your life for theirs." the Doctor read.
"Regina-" the Doctor said, but Regina stopped him.
"Where?" she asked, and the orb wriggled. Before the others could read what it said, Regina looked up, blinked, then dropped the orb. She threw her hands up, and disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.
The Doctor grabbed for the orb, hoping to see what it said, but the words were gone.
"Where'd she go?" the Doctor yelled, looking around in confusion.
"She's going after them, she's going to trade herself." Rose whispered.
The two looked at each other, then turned and ran towards the Swan house.
The knocking luckily didn't wake the baby, which caused Emma to sigh with relief as she went to answer the door.
The Doctor and Rose stood in the doorway, panting and out of breath as they started talking over each other.
"The fire ashes-"
"An orb that talked-"
"Regina, she teleported-"
Snow, David, Emma, Hook and Henry picked up the gist of what happened.
"Mom." Henry whispered, his eyes growing misty.
"We have to find her." Emma said, grabbing Hook's one hand.
"I'll call Belle." Snow said, hurrying to the phone.
The Doctor looked at Rose, and the human carefully took the time-lord's hand.
"We'll find her, Henry... Don't worry." David said, taking his grandson by the shoulder and squeezing his shoulder.
The Doctor and Rose turned away from the group and huddled their heads together.
"Where do you think she went?" Rose asked.
"She went where they told her to... Her life for theirs, and she chose theirs." he sighed, shaking his head.
Rose frowned and shook her head. "This town is so small, but we can't find a huge spaceship in it!"
The Doctor froze, then grabbed Rose's arm.
"What?" she jumped.
"This town is so small... SO small... These creatures are stuck in a circle, they can't even hoover ahead it without passing the limit... They're not in the town, they're UNDER it!"
Regina appeared in front of the entrance of the cave. It was hidden with moss and vines, but a flick of her wrist revealed a large hole that led into an underground Maze. This wasn't like the mines, this was a maze under the entire town. It was miles long, magic and energy bouncing off the walls. The ground was flat and smooth, and as Regina carefully stepped in, she heard the opening suddenly yell, and when she turned around, it was closed off. She tried opening it with magic, but nothing happened.
"Your magic will have no effect here." a voice said.
She whipped her head around, and found herself staring at... Something.
"What are you?" she whispered, growing fearful.
"We have many names. But we are commonly called Daleks."