Hiya peoples :) Sorry this chapter took so long to get up but I blame school, minesweeper and the fact I realized that some of it didn't actually make sense when I first wrote it. Hopefully it now makes sense. Tell me if it doesn't or ask me to elaborate if I have explained something to your satisfaction. I don't bite, I promise ;)

Anyway, here it is: enjoy!


The Dreamlord was getting bored of the Vashta Nerada and the repair droids. Sure, it had been fun when everyone had been panicking but now his play things were starting to wise up to the threats.

'Right, time for a change. Let's give them something a little more challenging.' The Dreamlord smiled slightly to himself.

(…)

Amy felt warm and safe which was a little weird considering the last thing she remembered was being chased by a homicidal robot through the cold streets of Bellus.

There was a murmuring nearby which was soothing and familiar but she didn't know why. Eventually she dragged herself out of her unconsciousness to open her eyes. A blond head appeared blurrily above her and she blinked her eyes until Rose's smiling face, framed by the fur-lined hood, came into focus.

'Hello,' Amy said, slightly confused about her current situation.

'Hello,' Rose replied.

'Hello,' Amy repeated.

Rose's smile became cryptic and Amy rolled into a sitting position facing her. Looking around, Amy found that they were in a large room. There was large lettering at the top of the room, shrouded in darkness but Amy could still read what they said.

Badwolf Corporation.

'So, where are we?' Amy asked Rose.

'We're currently on floor 0 of Satellite Five.' Rose replied as she stroked Kapil's hair out of his face as he lay beside her. Amy felt a pang as she realised how motherly she looked. She absorbed Rose's information and found a few things missing.

'How did we get here?' Amy asked, confused. 'I don't remember how we got here.'

'Probably a good thing, that.' Rose said softly. 'You died.'

'Oh.' A few things clicked but Amy found something else to be confused about. 'How?'

'We walked into a swarm of Vashta Nerada. Stripped the flesh in milliseconds.'

'What are Vashta Nerada?' Whatever they were, Amy really didn't want to meet them again.

'A flesh eating swarm,' Rose tried to explain to Amy. 'They look a lot like shadows, although I've never known a swarm of them to get as big as the one that ate…you.' She stuttered at the end.

'Oh.' Amy said after she processed what Rose said. She sat and went back to looking at her surroundings. Other people were scattered around the room, some unconscious, some walking around.

Sweeping her gaze around the room again, Amy realised that a few more people had become scattered unconsciously around the room. Rose noticed what she was looking at.

'Looks like the Dreamlord scored a few more lives.' Rose muttered quietly to Amy and she realised that these people had died too.

A man walked past them, casting them a cursory glance. He walked a few paces stopped as his brain seemed to process something. He backtracked to them then let out a shout.

"Kapil!'

He knelt down beside the three and reached down to the boy. Kapil stirred and opened his eyes. He blinked a couple of times to get the face above him in focus.

'Dad!' Kapil shouted in recognition, and grabbed the man in a huge hug. The girls stepped back and smiled at the father and son reunion.

Eventually the father stepped back and turned to the girls. 'You looked after my boy?' He clasped their hands and continued on without waiting for an answer. 'Thank you both! I am Joktan.' He bowed with a flourish.

Rose gave him one of her Cheshire cat grins and introduced them. 'I'm Rose, and this is Amelia.'

Joktan was about to speak again when a posh voice carried around the room.

'Ah, peasant!' The Dreamlord rubbed his hands together and sneered at the startled people that huddled on the floor. 'I'm sure that some of you have discovered that you're trapped in this reality.' People moved and formed a crowd and Joktan and Kapil were separated from the girls.

The crowd broke out into murmuring which the Dreamlord quickly silenced. 'Now, now, I've come to offer a deal.'

The crowd stood expectantly before him. 'Currently you are on floor 0 of a place called Satellite Five. You may ask how this is relevant to your freedom? And I'll answer that it has everything to do with your freedom.' The Dreamlord paced across the raised platform, working his magic on the crowd. 'There are four hundred and ninety-nine floors above us. Your task, if you want your freedom, is to reach Level 500.'

'Why? What's up there?' A voice familiar to Rose spoke and her heart sank. Standing in the heart of the crowd was a tall handsome man in a Great Coat who was dear to both the Doctor and Rose.

Standing tall and proud in the center of the crowd was Captain Jack Harkness.