Chapter 10

The Doctor ran into the mansion and followed the sounds of the crashing and banging. He ran into the hallway outside the room where Alex was hiding. He ran down the hallway and was nearly taken out by a wolf that came crashing through a wall right in front of his. He looked in the whole and saw the other wolf pounce on the Nightmare Weam. The Doctor felt a rush of cool air blast by his head and saw the other Wolf of Light join back in the fray.

The took the opportunity and ran out of the battle arena and found the door, or what was left of it, to the room where Alex was staying out of the way. He pushed the door open and it fell off the hinges and crashed to the ground. He saw Alex on the ground underneath a window, hiding her face.

Alex heard the door crash on the ground and didn't want to move. She just knew this was the end of her. She finally lost to the Nightmare Weam, but then why did she keep hearing that decaying monster fight the wolves. Whoever was in the room walked over to her and crouched down to her level.

"Alex, it's okay. I'm here."

Alex recognized the voice and looked up. She saw the Doctor there, staring at her. "Thank God you're here. You are here aren't you?"

"Yes, it's really me," said the Doctor.

Alex grabbed him in a bear hug and wouldn't let go for the longest time.

A Wolf of Light crashed behind the Doctor, cutting off the hug. The Doctor stood up and turned to face the Nightmare Weam, this time free. The two wolves moved behind the Doctor, but in front of Alex.

The Nightmare Weam thought about rushing the Doctor, but the fury and rage in the Doctor's eyes made it think twice. The Doctor smiled as he realized what he could do in this place. This was a mind game and he was an expert, if not the best, at mind games.

"Doctor," drooled the Weam, "I see you've escaped my chains."

"I had help," replied the Doctor.

"From the blonde abomination," said the Weam.

"Her name is Ashton and not the Blonde Abomination!" snapped the Doctor.

"I sense you were close to her at one point," said the Weam.

The Doctor didn't answer. He just glared at the Weam. Alex gave the Doctor a look that demanded answers. The wolves on guard ready to pounce the Weam at any minute.

"I am right aren't I?" asked the Weam

"Yes, you are," said the Doctor, "Now enough of your talking about whatever you want to talk about. Tell me why I saw myself out there and why was it so hard to get rid of!"

"I don't know what you are talking about," said the Weam

"Yes, you do! You have to," worried the Doctor.

"No, I have no idea what you are talking about. It is not of my design."
The Doctor ran and grabbed the Weam. He slammed it against a wall that was not falling over by the earlier fighting. "YOU HAVE TO KNOW!"

The Doctor's face went wild and looked like he was ready to pound the Nightmare Weam's face. That's then the Nightmare Weam figured it out. "Oh, I see. This place I created can cause your greatest nightmares and fears come true. Your greatest fear is nothing I could reproduce. One of you is too much, but two of you. I would not be able to control you two at all. Your biggest fear is yourself. You are afraid of what you might do if you lose control and your darkness runs wild. You are a monster down inside. You hide behind that infectious smile and your charismatic attitude and your carefree attitude. You can always make people better, but it makes you sick inside that you cannot change yourself for the better. One day you will have to come to terms with your own darkness and inner demon or you will be consumed by it."

The Doctor dropped the Nightmare Weam and turned to face Alex. Her face was scared and sad. "Alex, I'm sorry."
"So it's true," said the Weam, "I see I've hit a string. It's true isn't it. There is a monster inside." The Weam looked at the Doctor and noticed something it hadn't before. "Or has it already left you. I see that there is something missing from you. I see a chunk of you missing, Doctor. You don't seem whole."

"That part of me is no longer inside. That man is not brewing or boiling inside of me anymore," said the Doctor, barely turning his head towards the Weam.

"You're not afraid of yourself. You are afraid of the man that came out of you, and you are afraid of what he might do to your loved ones if he ever returned."

"He's gone!" said the Doctor, "Trapped forever in the Time Matrix on Gallifrey, which is trapped inside the Time Lock. There is NO way that he is coming back."

"Van Statten's Dalek, the Dalek Emperor, the Cult of Skaro, the Master, Davros, the War Chief, the Daughter of Gallifrey - who remains a mystery, the Time Lords led by Rassilon, and yourself have all escaped the Time Lock. Although, I do give the Time Lords led by Rassilon. You did send them back into the Time Lock."

"And the Master went with them," added the Doctor.

"Yes, but he can ride his own time stream out of the Time Lock," said the Weam, "If he can, then your evil self can follow your time stream out so I'd be careful."

"What ever you say," the Doctor hissed as he clenched his fists. The Doctor looked at the two Wolves of Light, who were now lying down, and told them, "Hey wolves."

The wolves stood up and listened to the Doctor.

"Sick him and have no mercy!" ordered the Doctor.

The wolves snarled and the Nightmare Weam tensed up, ready for another smack down. Time slowed down as the two wolves ran past the Doctor. He turned around just in time to see the wolves smash into the Nightmare Weam and all three vanish in a blazing white light.

The Doctor turned around and Alex was up against the back wall again, speechless. The Doctor walked over to her and smiled at her.

"Doctor," said Alex, "Was what that thing said true."

"Yes, I did have a monster inside of me, but he's gone now. I promise you," said the Doctor as he grabbed Alex's hands.

Alex didn't pursue the matter any further and she pulled her hands of his and threw herself on him, sobbing. "I thought I would never see you again. I thought that I was going to have to live here for the rest of my life and I thought I was going to die. I just want to go home."

"That's why I'm here," said the Doctor, "I am here to get you home, Alex. You are going to have to let your mind enter mine while Ashton can destroy the Nightmare Weam. When she does that you can reenter your mind and everything will be back to normal."

"I'd like that," said Alex, ending the hug, "But there is one thing I'd like to do first. I know those people are not my family, but I want them to know you and you to tell them that you are going to end this nightmare, that you are going to end Nightmare's Reign."

"Ooooh, I like that," said the Doctor, "Nightmare's Reign."

"Thanks, but how do I unfreeze them?" As soon as she finished that, they were unfrozen.

"Alex!" said Theresa.

"What happened here?" asked Justin.

"A battle between good and evil," said the Doctor.

"Who are you?" asked Jerry.

"I'm the Doctor, simply the Doctor."

"So you're the man who changed Alex," said Harper, "She said you saved the city where you came from. What about this place?"

"I'll save it. It's what I do," smiled the Doctor. He noticed that Harper was pregnant and smiled even more, "Oh, how nice is that! Who's the father?"

"I am," said Justin, "We got married not long after the world went to Hell. That's our third child."

"That's great," said the Doctor, "Well, I would stay and talk a little longer, but I have to go and get Alex out of here and put her back in her own reality."

The Doctor turned to go to Alex when a hand grabbed his arm. The Doctor turned and saw Jerry there, "I don't know who you are, but take care of my little girl. She likes you a lot and looks up to you. Don't break her heart."

"Believe me, Mr. Russo, I have had my hearts broken enough to know that no one should have to have their heart broken," said the Doctor.

"Thank you," said Jerry, "Did you say 'hearts'?"

"Another time maybe. We have to get out of here," said the Doctor, "I'll see you around."

The Doctor turned around again and walked over to Alex, "Alex, close your eyes and keep your mind clear. This is going to be a bumpy ride. When I say don't look, do not look. Every order I tell you when you are inside my mind, listen. If you don't, you might have your mind fry and you will die."

Alex nodded in understanding.

"Are you ready?" asked the Doctor.

"Yes, I am," said Alex, closing her eyes.

The Doctor put his hands on her temples and put his forehead on hers. In the split second before the jump into the Doctor's mind, Alex smiled and enjoyed every bit of that split second. The two of them vanished and the Russos all looked around in disbelief.

The room grew dark and the Nightmare Weam returned, but couldn't sense Alex and the Doctor any where. The Russos all looked in horror as they saw the decaying creature standing in the room with them.

"Where are they?" asked the Weam, "Where are they?"
"Safe and sound," Ashton's voice hovered in the room, "They are gone and that gives me all I need to completely destroy you for good."

White mist appeared in the room and turned into smoke before assembling itself into Ashton. "As a Disciple of the Light, I hereby destroy you from all of Creation."

"Oh no," the Nightmare Weam whimpered. Ashton raised her hands and shot a blinding white light at the Nightmare Weam. It struck it and the creature burst into flames and vanished, howling in pain and anguish the whole time.

The world outside grew lighter and revealed it was the middle of the day. A wave of energy raced across the world and the entire Earth was healed. People and all other life that was lost returned to normal, the way it was those twelve years ago. The Russos were teleported back to the Waverly Sub Station.

"What happened?" asked Harper.

"This world was a reality bubble created by that creature. I defeated it, which gave me the right to do with this place as I pleased. I made it another reality, a peaceful reality full of life. I also can bring back loved ones," explained Ashton.

"As much as we love that, I'm sorry, but this is the way life is for us and we have to accept that Alex and Max are both dead, well ours are anyway, but thank you for the offer," replied Jerry.

Ashton nodded, "I understand."

"Besides we still have a family here with us, our son's family," said Jerry, looking over at Justin, Harper and their two daughters, with a third child on the way.

"I know what it is," said Ashton to Harper, "Do you want to know?"

"You know what the baby is?" asked Harper.

"Yes," said Ashton.

Harper turned to Justin, "Do you want to know what it is or do you want it to be a surprise? The world's back to normal now so there's a good possibility that we'll find out sooner or later."

"Yeah, like when it's born, but yes," said Justin, "I'd like to know what it is."

Harper turned around and told Ashton, "Yes, we'd like to know what it is."
"It's a boy," said Ashton, "As for the rest of you, it was a pleasure to meet you all, but I've got to get back to the other reality with the Doctor and Alex. So good-bye for now." Ashton vanished in another blast of white smoke.

"The world's back," said Justin, hugging Harper from behind.

"Yeah, I know. What to do? What to do?" replied Harper.

The older Russos nodded in agreement. Their world was back and they had no idea what to do, but they would manage. They would like they had when the world did go to Hell. They had a bright and shining future to look forward to and they loved that.