I apologise for how long it has been since I last posted any chapters, but due to internet issues, work and illness it's not been possible. However I do hope that the rest of this story (and, in fact, the rest of this series) is enough to make up for that.
"Do you really know what's in here?" The Doctor asked Simeon as they walked.
"For me, peace at last. For you, pain everlasting." Simeon replied.
It was a short walk to the tomb. And when they reached it, there were audible gasps of awe.
Before them was the TARIDS console room. But where the console should have stood, glistening tendrils of light twisted and writhed in a column.
"What's that?" Clara breathed.
"What were you expecting?" The Doctor asked pointedly "A body? Bodies are boring. I've had loads of them. That's not what my tomb is for."
"Then what is it?"
"It's time," Aderyn said quietly "It's his time."
"Please leave the poetry behind and just tell them." Simeon snapped.
"Time travel is damage. It's like a tear in the fabric of reality. That is the scar tissue of my journey through the universe. My path through time and space, from Gallifrey to Trenzalore." The Doctor explained.
"It's his time stream." River said. Clara gasped.
"My own personal time tunnel, all the days," The Doctor said weakly "Even the ones that haven't happened yet." The Doctor took a deep, shuddering breath before he fell to the floor.
Clara and Aderyn were the first to reach him.
"What's happening?" Clara asked.
"The reason you should never visit your own grave," Aderyn explained "It's the paradox."
"It's very not good." The Doctor mumbled.
Simeon took a step closer to the Doctor's time stream. "The Doctor's life is an open wound. And an open wound can be entered."
"It will destroy you." Aderyn said.
"Not at all. It will kill me. It will destroy the Doctor. I can rewrite his every living moment. I can turn every one of his victories into defeats. Poison every friendship. Deliver pain to his every breath." Simeon said.
Although she knew it was a pointless action, Aderyn didn't know what else to do. As Simeon took another step towards the light, Aderyn sprang from her feet, sword in hand and dashed towards him. She swung the sword in a deadly upwards motion. But she had misjudged how quickly Simeon could move. Before she had a chance to complete the swing, Simeon grabbed the sword from her hand and drove it into her abdomen.
"Doctor, You thwarted me at every turn. Now, you will give me peace, as I take my revenge on every second of your life! Goodbye Doctor." Simeon ripped the sword from Aderyn's flesh and let it clatter to the floor. He took a handkerchief from his pocket, wiping Aderyn's blood from his hands as he stepped into the Doctor's time stream. The Whispermen that waited outside the tomb disappeared. As the light consumed Simeon, he screamed. On the floor, the Doctor gasped and cried in pain. Aderyn dropped to her knees, one hand clutching at the wound, trying to stem the flow of blood.