"Hello," A short, older man answered the door, Canton held up his ID.
"FBI. You must be Dr. Renfrew. Can we come in?"
"The children are asleep," He tries to protest.
"We'll be very quiet," Sabrina suggested.
"Is there a problem?"
"It's about a missing child."
"What are you...?" He was confused, but stopped, as if seeing something and losing his train of thought. He began again, "Yes, yes, come in, please."
They push their way in, and the orphanage owner immediately continues what he was doing, barely paying them any attention. He calls to them after a moment, "This way," He leads them up the staircase. There is writing on the walls, things like 'Get out' and 'Leave me' in what appeared to be red paint, Sabrina hoped it wasn't blood, "Please excuse the writing. It keeps happening. I try to clean it up."
"It's the kids, yeah? They do that?"
"Yes. The children. It must be, yes," He was dazed, as if he wasn't even controlling what he was saying. He reaches up to clean off some more of the paint, and on his wrist are the words 'Get out', "Anyway, my office is this way," He leads them down the hallway, and up more stairs.
"We nearly didn't come to this place. I understood Graystark Hall was closed in '67."
"That's the plan, yes."
"The plan?"
"Not long now," He wasn't paying much attention.
"It's 1969."
"No, no. We close in '67. That's the plan, yes."
"You misunderstood me, sir. It's 1969 now," Renfrew was more confused now than ever.
"Why are you saying that? Of course, it isn't," He stopped for a moment, before continuing, "My office is this way, this way."
"I'll check upstairs," Sabrina tells Canton, heading for the other staircase.
"Be careful," He calls after her.
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Sabrina pushes a door open to see two separate rows of empty beds. They were messy, but they looked as if they hadn't been touched in years. She decides to call the Doctor.
"Sabrina?" She hears through an earpiece.
"I think we've found the place she was taken from."
"How do you know?"
"Those things have been here. But the whole place is deserted. There's just one guy here and I think he's lost it."
"Repeated memory wipes fry your head eventually. Find out what you can, but don't hang around."
"Where are you?"
"Gotta go! Got company!"
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"Don't worry. I put everything back the way I found it," The Doctor sits up from the space shuttle, holding an extra bit of wire in his hand, "Except this. There's always a bit left over, isn't there?"
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Sabrina shrugs her shoulders and continues to investigate, ignoring the Doctor's previous warning. She looks around before noticing a red light flashing in the corner of her eyes. She hears the door slam shut loudly behind her, but she pays no attention to it. She looks down at her hand before pressing the palm of her hand.
"I can see them, but I think they're asleep. Get out! Just get out!"
She runs to try to open the door but, of course, it's locked. She returns to the window, but it is also locked. She catches a glimpse of her reflection, and gasps, now seeing hundreds of marks along her face and arms.
She looks around the room, trying to find the aliens; she finally looks up and sees them, the Silence. There's hundreds, and she tries her best to keep her eyes on them. She tries to back away to the door, but her foot accidently hits a bucket, causing a loud noise and waking the creatures up. They stare at her, angrily. She hears the door click open behind her, and she breaks contact and forgets everything she had just seen and done.
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"One more time, sir. How the hell did you get into the command module?"
"I told you! I'm on a top secret mission for the President!" He stares at the handcuffs that were around his wrists. He hates handcuffs. He tries bringing them up to his mouth and to bite them open, but no such luck.
"Well, maybe if you just get President Nixon to assure us of that, sir, that would be swell," He has a joking tone, he didn't believe him.
"I sent him a message," The Doctor replies with a casual shrug.
The man scoffs until the doors open behind him. There, walking in, was President Nixon, Rory, and Jack.
"Hello, I believe it's Mr. Gardner, is that correct? Head of security?" Nixon takes his hand and gives it a firm shake.
"Ah, yes, sir. Yes, Mr. President," He is flustered.
"Mr. Grant, is it?" Nixon is now at the second man, shaking his hand as well.
"Yes, Mr. President."
"The hopes and dreams of millions of Americans stand here today, at Cape Kennedy, and you are the men who guard those dreams. On behalf of the American people, I thank you."
"You're welcome, Mr. President."
"I understand you have a baby on the way, Mr. Grant?"
"Yes, Mr. President."
"What are you hoping for, a boy or a girl?"
"Just a healthy American, sir."
"A healthy American will do just nicely," Nixon laughs as he punches Grant's shoulder softly, "Now, fellas, listen. This man here- codename, The Doctor-is doing some work for me, personally. Could you cut him a little slack?"
"Mr. President, he did break into Apollo 11," Nixon turns to the Doctor, giving him a disapproving look, he just mouths 'Sorry'.
"Well, I'm sure he had a very good reason for that. But I need you to release him now, so he can get on with some very important work for the American people. Could you do that for me? I am your Commander-in-Chief."
Then I guess that would be fine, Mr. President."
"Glad to hear it," A guard that is standing by unlocks the Doctor's handcuffs and he stands, shaking the men's hands.
"Thank you! Bye-bye," He leaves though the doors and back to the TARDIS.
"Carry on, gentlemen," Nixon follows the Doctor through the door, who is soon followed by Jack. Rory stays back to look at the model, accidently breaking off a satellite. He can't find a way to put it back, so he just places it on the table. He looks over to the men who were staring at him.
"America salutes you," He clears his throat before giving an awkward salute, before quickly leaving through the doors. The men don't know what to do, so they just stare after him.
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"This place, it's been closed for years. What have you been doing?"
"Oh, the child, she must be cared for. It's important. That's what they said."
"That's what who said?"
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Sabrina is still searching when she comes across a door that seems to be calling for her. She opens it to find a small nursery that still looks like it's been occupied recently.
"Hello?" She calls out, knowing there won't be an answer. She wanders the room before coming upon a dresser with framed pictures on it. Mostly of a baby, until her eyes settle on an old photograph of her mother. She was young and a smile graced her lips. She was holding something. Sabrina picked up the picture to reveal it was her that she was holding. When she was just a newborn baby. She soon realized that all of these pictures are of her as a child. She remembered seeing some of them in a scrapbook her mother had kept hidden away under her bed. How were they here? In a completely different dimension?
"How? How can that be me?" She shakes her head and puts the photograph back in place. She hears loud footsteps behind her, and she sees the astronaut suit. The person inside lifts the glass and she comes face to face with a younger version of herself, "Who are you? I don't understand, so just tell me who you are!" She sees where she had shot her; it had narrowly missed the left side of her face, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shoot you. I'm glad I missed. But you killed The Doctor. You're going to kill him. But who are you? Just please tell me, because I don't understand!" She was confused and thought that this was an imposter, a plastic body possibly.
"Please help me! Help me, please!" Two Silence walked up behind her, and stood on either side of her. Sabrina screams loud enough for Canton to hopefully hear it.
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Here is a knock at the door and Dr. Renfrew goes to open it. Canton can only hear one side of the conversation, "It's just some questions. Yes, I see."
"Who was that? Doctor Renfrew? Who was that?"
"Who was who?" Canton makes for the door, but it has already opened. The creature stands there, silently.
"What are you? You can tell me," He hides his hand and presses his palm, activating the recorder, "Because I won't remember. You invaded us. You're everywhere," He hears a distant scream.
"Help me! Canton, please will you help me?" He remains calm.
"Are you armed?"
"This world is ours. We have ruled it since the wheel and the fire. We have no need of weapons."
"Yeah?" Canton presses his palm again and pulls his revolver from his back pocket, shooting it three times, before stepping over the injured body, "Welcome to America," He says casually, before going after the screams, "Sabrina!"
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"You have to tape everything that happens in this office, every word, or we won't know if you're under the influence."
"Doctor, you have to give me more than this. What were you doing to Apollo 11?"
"A thing. A clever thing. No more questions. You have to trust me and nobody else."
Rory appears through the TARDIS door, "Doctor, it's Canton! Quick, he needs us!"
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"Help me! Please, I can't, I can't see! Somebody help me!" Canton hears Sabrina's screaming. He tries to break open the door.
"Sabrina!" He starts pounding on the door, "Sabrina can you hear me? Sabrina, I'm going to try to blow the lock. I need you to stand back," He raises his gun, but the Doctor appears, sonic-ing the lock and opening the door in three seconds flat.
"I can't see!" They still hear her call before he turns the knob.
The room is empty except for an abandoned spacesuit.
"Where is she, Doctor?" Rory asks, searching the room, and seeing nothing.
"It's empty," Jack comments on the spacesuit as the Doctor uses his sonic on it as well.
"It's dark, it's so dark. I don't know where I am. Please, can anybody hear me?" They hear Sabrina call again.
The Doctor's eyes search the room and they finally rest on the little nanorecorder that used to reside in Sabrina's skin.
"They took this out of her? How did they do that, Doctor?" They hear her crying, "Why can I still hear her?"
"Is it a recording?" JACK ASKS.
The Doctor raises his sonic and scans it, "It defaults to live. This is current. Wherever she is right now, this is what she's saying."
Rory begins to speak into the recorder, "Sabrina, can you hear me? We're coming for you. Wherever you are, we're coming, I swear."
"She can't hear you. I'm so sorry. It's one way," The Doctor is apologetic, but Rory wants none of it.
"She can always hear me, Doctor. Always, wherever she is. She always knows that I am coming for her, do you understand me? Always."
"Rory? I know you can hear me, but I can't hear you. Please. I'm scared. Do what you always do. Sing for me," Sabrina had told him that the version of him that lived in a different dimension had his own band before the television show. He did just as he was told, he sang lightly to her, "I always loved your voice, Rory. You will save me, like you always do. I love you. Come on Doctor, I know you can hear me as well. Come save me," By this time, Rory had stopped his singing.
"He's coming. I'll bring him, I swear."
They were interrupted by the crazy man, "Hello, is someone in there? Who? I think someone has been shot. I think we should help. We... I can't... I can't remember," He says nothing else and merely leads them to his office. The Silence is lying on the floor, clutching his bullet wounds in pain.
"Okay. Who and what are you?"
"Silence, Doctor," There is now a pool of blood, "We are the Silence. And silence will fall."
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Canton strolls from the cell casually, "Hello again."
The soldiers were surprised by his sudden appearance, but saluted him, "Sir, you've been in there for days. What the hell have you been doing?"
"Doesn't matter. I need Dr. Shepherd here right now."
"Sir, I need to talk to Colonel Jefferson right now!"
"No, you really don't," He hold out his arm and President Nixon appears behind him, waving. The soldiers immediately stand at attention.
"Hi, fellas. I'm President Nixon. I want to tell you, on behalf of the American people, how much we appreciate all of your hard work."
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The Doctor and Jack are now alone in the warehouse, examining the spacesuit. They were silent, until the Doctor broke it
"She told me she loved me," He sighed and stretched, rubbing his eyes in frustration, "What am I supposed to say to her?" They heard the television in the background.
"The target for the Apollo 11 astronauts, the moon, at lift off, will be at a distance of 218,096 miles away. We're just past the two minute mark on the countdown. T minus one minute 54 seconds and counting."
"You both deserve happiness. And she has found it with Rory. You have years to find out where your happiness will lie, she only has so many years. She deserves the happiness she has found with Rory."
"Even if it kills me inside?" Jack had no answer.
"I'm sorry, Doctor. I don't know how Rory landed her, but she is his. And she will be, for a really long time. They're engaged, she's pregnant, and they're human. You are a time lord. It's not fair to them," He had nothing else to say, so he simply changed the subject, "It's an exo-skeleton. Basically, life support. There's about 20 different kinds of alien tech in here," The Doctor went along with the subject change, no longer wanting to speak of it. So he pushed the memory into the back of his head.
"Who was she? Why put her in here?"
"Put this on, you don't even need to eat. The suit processes sunlight directly. It's got built in weaponry and a communications system that can hack into anything."
"Including the telephone network?"
"Easily."
"Why phone the President?"
"It defaults to the highest authority it can find. The little girl gets frightened; the most powerful man on Earth gets a phone call. The night terrors with a hotline to the White House," Jack looks up to fins the Doctor licking and sniffing a blue envelope, "You won't learn anything from that envelope, you know."
"Purchased on Earth, perfectly ordinary stationery, TARDIS blue. Summoned by a stranger who won't even show his face. That's a first for me. How about you?"
"It's complicated, Doctor."
"When isn't it?" He was exhausted, but his work wasn't nearly done. His work would never be done, "What are the Silence doing? Raising a child?"
"Keeping her safe. Even giving her independence."
"The only way to save Sabrina is to work out what the Silence are doing," Rory appears from the TARDIS.
"I know."
"Every single thing we learn about them brings us a step closer."
"Yeah, Doctor, I get it, I know," Rory is frustrated, and has been listening to the recorder for an hour now. She wasn't saying anything, just crying.
"Of course, it's possible she's not just any little girl."
"Well, I'd say she's human, going by the life support software," Jack gestured to the complex wiring and fantastically crazy systems inside of the suit.
"But?"
"She climbed out of this suit. Like she forced her way out. She must be incredibly strong."
"Incredibly strong and running away. I like her."
"We should be trying to find her."
"Yes, I know, but how? Anyway, I have the strangest feeling she's going to find us."
"This is Houston, do you read? Over."
"Why does it look like a NASA space suit?" Rory asks.
"Because that's what the Silence do. Think about it. They don't make anything themselves. They don't have to. They get other life forms to do it for them," He watches the television, as if it is the biggest clue in the world.
"So they're parasites then?"
"Super parasites. Standing in the shadows of human history since the very beginning. We know they can influence human behavior any way they want. If they've been doing that on a global scale for thousands of years."
"Then what?"
"Then why did the human race suddenly decide to go to the moon?"
"Ten, nine, ignition sequence start, six, five, four."
"Because the Silence needed a space suit."
"One, zero, all engines on. Lift off. We have a lift off. 32 minutes past the hour, lift off on Apollo 11."
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"My God! What is it?" Dr. Shepherd is now examining the Silence.
"It's just an alien, Dr. Shepherd," Canton replies for the thousandth time.
"Someone's already been treating it."
"Yeah. You've been treating it," Canton is annoyed, they have been going over this for the past half hour.
"Does Colonel Jefferson know this thing is here?"
"Nope," Canton has a casual tone, and he places his hand in his pockets.
"Then I'm going to tell him right now!" He stands and picks up his medical bag. He stops halfway through his first step, confused.
"Again?" This was the third time he had threatened to tell Jefferson about this.
"Sorry, what?" He turned back to Canton, a confused look on his face.
"Exactly," Dr. Shepherd brushed this comment off.
"Sergeant, why was I called in here for no reason?" He storms away from the cell, and back to his office.
"You tend to my wounds. You are foolish," The Silence is now speaking. Canton takes Sabrina's phone from his pocket, opening up the camera and points it directly at the Silence.
"Why? What would you do in my place?"
"We have ruled your lives since your lives began. You should kill us all on sight, but you will never remember we were even here. Your will is ours."
"Well, sorry to disappoint you, but thanks, it's exactly what I needed to hear. This is a video phone, whatever a video phone is," He puts it back in his pocket.
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"You should kill us all on sight."
Canton sent the video to the Doctor. Just what he needed.
"This suit, it seems to be repairing itself. How is it doing that?" Jack asks, "Doctor, a unit like this, would it ever be able to move without an occupant?"
"Why?"
"Well, the little girl said the space man was coming to eat her. Maybe that's exactly what happened."
Sabrina begins to speak again, and they all pause and listen for a second, "I love you. I know you think it's him. I know you think it ought to be him. But it's not, it's you. And when I see you again, I'm going tell you properly, just to see your stupid face. My life was so boring before I met you. So just get your stupid face where I can see it. Okay? Can you hear me? Please, say something," Rory did not know if he was supposed to answer.
"She'll be safe for now. No point in a dead hostage."
"Can't you save her?"
"I can track that signal back. Take us right to her."
"Then why haven't you?"
"Because then what? I find her, and then what do I do? This isn't an alien invasion. They live here. This is their empire. This is kicking the Romans out of Rome."
"Rome fell."
"I know. I was there," The Doctor tries to lighten the mood, but it seems to have angered him more.
"Sabrina and I have had a lot of time together, and we have fallen in love. I lucked out when Amy loved me back, but when Sabrina did? I had no idea that I could ever find someone like her. She is the love of my life, and nothing, not even you, can change that. I know you are in love with her, it's hard not to know. I'm not sure how she feels, but she will never admit to loving you for as long as I live. She would never hurt you or me like that."
"How does that hurt me?"
"It's giving you exactly what you've always wanted. Somebody to love. Somebody that loves you back. You live for infinity, Doctor. She can't. You know that if it were to ever happen, she would eventually have to be taken from you. I think it would kill you."
The Doctor stayed silent. His once light and childish face now carried a frown. He was getting old, and he could do nothing about the things that surrounded him. Maybe, just maybe, he could do this one thing right.
"Please come and get me. Come and get me."
He is tired, but he finds the strength to stand and to keep working.
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All around the world, millions of people are watching the broadcast.
"Just five days since Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, this unprecedented journey is reaching its crucial moment. Armstrong and Aldrin are making their descent to the surface of the moon."
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"Where am I? Where is this?" Sabrina is finally conscious, but she is tied to a table.
"You are Sabrina Campbell," The Silence turns to address her.
"You're ugly, has anyone mentioned that to you?"
"We do you honor. You will bring the Silence. But your part will soon be over."
"Whatever that means, you've made a big mistake bringing me here, because wait till you see what's coming for you now."
"You have been here many days."
"No. I just got here. You just put me in here," She is confused, had she been asleep for this entire time?
"Your memory is weak. You have been here many days."
"No. No, I can't have been."
"You will sleep now. Sleep," It takes a step to her and leans above her, she screams.
"No! No! Get off me!"
"Sleep."
"No! No!" She hears the familiar sound of the TARDIS materializing. They all turn to see the Doctor emerge, followed quickly by Rory and Jack. The Doctor is carrying a television.
"Oh! Interesting. Very Aickman Road, seen one of these before. Abandoned, wonder how that happened. Oh, well! I suppose I'm about to find out. Rory, Jack, keep one Silent in eyeshot at all times. Oh, hello, sorry. You're in the middle of something. Just had to say though, have you seen what's on the telly? Hello, Sabrina, you all right? Want to watch some television?" He sets the television down on a table, "Ah, now, stay where you are. Because look at me, I'm confident. You want to watch that, me, when I'm confident. Oh, and this is my friend, Jack. Nice hair, clever, has own gun, and unlike me, he really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do."
"Thanks, Doctor," He winks and turns to a Silence, pointing his gun at the thing's chest.
"I know you're team players and everything, but he'll definitely kill at least the first three of you."
"The first seven, easily."
"Seven, really?"
"Oh, eight for you, honey."
"Stop it."
"Make me!"
"Is this really important, flirting? I feel like I should be higher on the list right now!" Sabrina struggles against the restraints she is in.
"Yes, right, sorry. As I was saying, my naughty friend here is going kill the first three of you to attack, plus him behind. So maybe you want to draw lots, or have a quiz."
Rory runs to help Sabrina out of the restraints. She's scared, "What's he got?"
"Something, I hope."
"I love you, I knew you would come for me," He stops to look into her eyes.
"I will always come for you."
"Sorry to break this up. Trying to threaten a civilization of Silence here," He breaks up their moment and continues talking to the Silence, "Or maybe you could just listen a minute, because all I really want to do is accept your total surrender, and then I'll let you go in peace. You've been interfering in human history for thousands of years. People have suffered and died. But what's the point in two hearts, if you can't be a bit forgiving now and then," They say nothing, "Ooh! The Silence. You guys take that seriously, don't you? Okay, you got me, I'm lying. I'm not really going to let you go that easily. Nice thought, but it's not Christmas. First, you tell me about the girl. Who is she? Why is she important? What's she for?" He tuns on the television, "Guys, sorry. But you're way out of time. Now, come on, a bit of history for you. Aren't you proud, because you helped?" He stops to pull up the television antennae, "Do you know how many people are watching this live on the telly? Half a billion, and that's nothing, because the human race will spread out among the stars, you just watch them fly. Billions and billions of them, for billions and billions of years. And every single one of them, at some point in their lives, will look back at this man, taking that very first step, and they will never, ever forget it," He pauses to watch the television screen. "Oh. But they'll forget this bit," He takes out his phone, speaking to Canton, "Ready?"
"Ready."
"It's one small step for man," The broadcast is interrupted by Canton. A video is shown. A silence on the floor.
"You should kill us all on sight."
It just keeps repeating.
"You should kill us all on sight."
"You've given the order for your own execution, and the whole planet just heard you."
"One giant leap for mankind."
"And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! You just raised an army against yourself. And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet. They won't even know they're doing it. I think, quite possibly the word you're looking for right now is, "Oops!" Run! Guys, I mean us! Run!" The Silence is infuriated, and they start to collect energy. Jack spins in place, shooting Silence after Silence.
"I can't get her out!" Rory yells to the Doctor, still tugging on the restraints.
"Go, just go!"
"We are not leaving without you!"
"Will you just get your stupid face out of here?" He pauses his efforts and looks at her in the eyes.
"Right, into the TARDIS, quickly!" Jack calls, still firing. The Doctor runs up, sonics the restraints, and they become undone.
"Don't let them build to full power!" The Doctor uses his sonic.
"I know. There's a reason why I'm shooting! What are you doing?"
"Helping!"
"You've got a screwdriver. Go build a cabinet!"
"That's really rude!"
"Shut up and drive!" The Doctor listens and runs back into the TARDIS. Jack takes this opportunity to spin in circles, killing a Silence with every shot he took. He ended crouching on the floor. He blew on his gun before twirling it back into its holster.
"My old fella didn't see that, did he? He gets ever so cross," Jack jokes.
"So, what kind of captain are you?"
"God knows," He pulls his gun from his holster again and shoots an approaching Silence without even turning back.
Sabrina has an overwhelming feeling of pressing buttons and pulling levers, so she lets it take her over. The Doctor is pushed out of the way as she controls the TARDIS.
"What are you doing?"
"I've got no idea!" She exclaims as she stops on one final lever. Her eyes rest on the Doctor. She smiles before letting one word fall from her lips, excitedly, "Geronimo!"
When they arrived, Rory stopped Sabrina before she left the TARDIS.
"You called me stupid."
"I always call you stupid."
"No, but... my face," She frowns, knowingly, "I wasn't sure who you were talking about. You know, me or."
"Him?"
"It sure seemed like you were speaking of him."
"I was speaking about you, you moron!" She linked her hands around the back of his neck, "I love you. You know that," She kisses him. It's a peck, but it feels like it is so much more.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome."
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"So we're safe again!" President Nixon has a proud look on his face as he firmly shakes the Doctor's hand.
"Safe? No, of course you're not safe. There's a billion other things out there, waiting to burn your whole world. But if you want to pretend you're safe, just so you can sleep at night, OK, you're safe. But you're not really. Canton. Till the next one, eh?" He shakes his hand.
"Looking forward to it."
"Canton just wants to get married. Hell of a reason to kick him out of the FBI."
"I'm sure something can be arranged."
"I'm counting on you."
"Doctor, Canton here tells me you're from the future. Hardly seems possible, but I was wondering."
"Should warn you, I don't answer a lot of questions."
"But I'm a President at the beginning of his time. Dare I ask? Will I be remembered?"
"Oh, Nixon. They're never going to forget you. Say 'hi' to David Frost for me."
"David Frost?" They watch and listen as the TARDIS leaves, "This person you want to marry. Black?"
"Yes."
"Hmm. I know what people think of me, but perhaps I am a little more liberal."
"He is."
"I think the moon is far enough for now, don't you, Mr. Delaware?"
"I figured it might be."
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"Staying or leaving, Jack?"
"You're asking? I'll stay, if that's alright. Need to get used to this you. What on earth is that around your neck?" Sabrina was almost tempted to reply along with the Doctor, but instead she mouths the words.
"It's a bowtie. Bowties are cool." He shakes his head, "Right, the TARDIS will show you to your room."
"Right," He disappears through the open archway, and the Doctor turns to Rory.
"Rory, I'm going to need thermo couplings. The green ones and the blue ones."
"OK, hold on," He heads off down the stairs.
"So."
"So?"
"You're okay?"
"Fine. Head's a bit weird. There's lots of stuff I can't quite remember."
"After effect of the Silence. Natural enough. That's not what I was asking. You told me you, well, you know."
"Yes, that."
"Why?"
"Because I was. I thought I was. Turns out I wasn't."
"No. Why did you tell me?"
"I don't know, it just slipped out. It was as if it wasn't me saying it. Doctor, I know you. Every little thing about you is inside of my head. You live for thousands and thousands of years. I've only got so many. I can't get attached to you. It's fair for all of us if we don't fall in love."
"So, you were off your rocket when you told me this?"
"Basically. And Rory has been listening this whole time, hasn't he?"
He emerged from under the stairs, holding Sabrina's recorder in the palm of his hand.
"Er, yeah. Hello."
"Taking that away from you, if you're going to listen in all the time!"
"OK, that's a fair point. But you should've told me that you said you were in love with him. I'm your fiancé, I deserve to know!"
"Well, now you do. Sorry sweetie. Didn't exactly have the time to tell you. We went on the run for months and then I was kidnapped."
"That's alright I guess. I love you."
"I love you too. Stop being a stupid head," She squealed as he picked her up and kissed her neck.
"Er, no. Never. I'm never, ever going to stop being stupid!"
The Doctor was uncomfortable and broke in, "So, this little girl, it's all about her. Who was she? Or we could just go off and have some adventures. Anyone in the mood for adventures? I am. You only live once."
Rory and Sabrina share a smile before letting the Doctor take them on their next adventure. They stopped in deep space when Sabrina started to feel sick from the movement. She ran to the toilet and when she came back, there was a knock on the door.
"What was that?"
"The door. It knocked," The Doctor approaches the door slowly.
"Right. We are in deep space."
"Very, very deep," The Doctor corrected. The knocking continued, "And somebody's knocking," He flung the door open, a glowing box swirled in front of his eyes, "Oh, come here. Come here, you scrumptious little beauty!" He reaches out his hand, and it flies past him and over Rory and Sabrina's heads.
"A box?"
"Doctor, what is it?" The Doctor is hit in the chest. He collapses dramatically on the floor before plopping back up with the box in his hand. He admires it with a childish look on his face. He turns it around in his hands.
"I've got mail!"