The Doctor was naive if he really thought that Sarah Jane was going to leave him alone too long. When she was sure that her friend no longer was watching her she turned around and went back to the entrance of The Cave to wait for him to come out of there. The wait was not being easy for the girl who hid whenever she thought she heard footsteps inside the damn cave (it might not be the Doctor steps), but then no one came out of there. To not become paranoid she began to hum the Beatles song 'Hold me tight'.

"It feels so right now, hold me tight,

Tell me I'm the only one,

And then I might,

Never be the lonely one."

Sarah glanced nervously at her watch. It had been an hour since the Doctor went into the cave and it seemed that he would not leave there soon. The girl went on humming to avoid worrying too much.

"Let me go on loving you,

To-night to-night,

Making love to only you,"

She stopped suddenly. She thought she heard footsteps again, but this time they seemed to be of something big and heavy. She hid again. Maybe it was her imagination, maybe not. This time it was real: from the cave came out a black creature that spread two huge wings and flew away. Sarah's pulse quickened. Where was the Doctor? Had he faced that being? If so, what had become of him? The girl did not hesitate. Prepared to show no fear Sarah Jane strode into The Cave.

What unpleasant feeling! The young journalist wanted out of there as soon as possible, but she wouldn't do it without the Doctor. She came to the end of the cave without finding a single clue about the whereabouts of her friend. Where was he? Sarah saw a narrow crack that seemed to lead to another camera and she entered prepared to investigate.

"I have no fear, I have no fear," she thought.

But what she saw there frightened her quite a lot: a few seats, a baptismal font full of cloudy water and the Doctor's clothes on a black altar. The girl ran towards the altar and took in her hands the long multicoloured scarf of her friend.

"Oh, Doctor. What happened to you? Where are you?" she whispered resting her face on the scarf.

He was in danger, she had to find him. On one side there was a corridor that would probably take her closer to her friend, but first she searched the sonic screwdriver in his jacket pockets. She was sure that she would need it.

Sarah came to the next chamber and her heart almost stopped when she saw her friend badly injured, unconscious and shackled hand and foot. She approached him. Despite his wounds he was alive. Breathing rapidly, but breathing. With the sonic screwdriver Sarah released first the Time Lord's feet, then his hands, leaning his body against hers to keep him from falling. As he was too heavy for her they both ended on the ground, but at least it was not a sharp fall. The girl looked at the Doctor terribly worried and scared. He had deep, bleeding scratches on his arm, thigh, abdomen and chest. This last wound was the deepest and most troubling, and there was nothing that could stop the bleeding.

"Doctor?" she called. "Doctor, I'm Sarah. Wake up, please."

"No! Sarah!" he cried in his sleep, but did not wake.

"I'm here," said the girl.

"Leave her!" he cried again.

Sarah brought her hand closer to her friend's face and opened his eyes carefully. What she saw left her completely out of breath: his eyes were black as a night without moon or stars, as night on Dedalion.

"What do you happen? What have they done to you?" The girl was already in panic.

"It's too late, you can no longer do anything for him," said a familiar voice behind her.

Sarah turned around and saw Anya and five other people with golden robe. The young woman approached the Doctor.

"Do something, please," Sarah Jane begged.

"Not here. We have to take him to our temple. Go!" Anya and her companions surrounded the Doctor and Sarah.

"Wait. His clothes. He will need his clothes," Sarah said pointing the corridor.

"I'll get them," said a young man with straight hair down to the shoulders.

"Hurry Alain," Anya said. "We should not be here."

Alain returned with his companions with the Doctor's clothes and then everyone started to vanish. The next thing Sarah remembered was being in a room with a few seats, a baptismal font full of clean water and in the centre of the room, the Doctor on a gilded altar surrounded by the six people she had seen in the cave and an old woman with white eyes - blind? No, she seemed to see perfectly.

"Poor boy," said the old woman. "They have been very cruel to him. He is breathing very fast and his heart ..." she began to say approaching her head to the wounded chest of the Doctor, but she looked at Sarah, surprised.

"Time Lord," said the girl still worried and scared. She didn't know if those people could save her friend.

"What is he doing here? Never mind, his hearts could stop at any time," continued the old woman with a hand on the forehead of the gallifreyan. "He has more than one inside, we must hurry."

The old woman and the other six turned into white smoke and entered inside the Doctor through his mouth. Sarah wanted to run to him but something grabbed gently her green dress. On looking down she saw Kieran with the candy bag in his hand.

"Jelly Baby?" the boy asked offering her the bag.

"No, thanks," replied the girl trying to smile at the little boy.

"Don't worry, my granny will save him."

With tears in her eyes, Sarah nodded.