Amy Pond watched the Doctor walking—no, more of stomping—around the TARDIS console, flipping switches angrily, muttering furiously to himself. He pulled a lever, and the TARDIS made that noise (which River said it's because he leaves the breaks on) signaling they were taking off.
The Doctor glanced at her every now and then as he rushed around the console. There were no angry looks at her from him, but she could tell he was angry. The way he glanced at her basically was like he was making sure she was there.
"I AM NOT LIKE A DALEK!" he shouted suddenly, making Amy jump. "THEY ARE FILTHY LIARS!" He smacked the console and threw himself into the seat in front of the scanner. She saw a single tear sneaking down his cheek. "They're murderers. They killed Rose Tyler."
He was silent for a long time, just staring ahead with a blank look on his face as more tears slithered down his face. After a few moments, Amy hesitantly walked over to him, and placed her hand on his arm. He didn't shrug it off.
Amy plopped herself down in the seat next to him and sat there as he stared off into space.
"Rose…" he cried softly.
"You don't know she's dead," Amy heard herself saying. She bit her tongue. What was she thinking?
"What?" the Doctor asked, his head whipping around. Amy swallowed hard, realizing there was no way out of answering that.
"Well," she replied hesitantly. "Daleks lie. A lot. You said so yourself. How do you know that the Daleks aren't just hiding her somewhere? How do you know she didn't just escape? Maybe the Daleks told you she's dead to make you we-"
She stopped herself. Finish that sentence, and Amy might just find herself floating in space. This was a really unpredictable incarnation.
The Doctor stared at her, wide eyed for a few moments before opening his mouth and closing it again. Without warning, he stood up and began rushing around the console again.
"You're right!" he cried. "Rose may still be alive!"
Amy stood up, her eyes following him.
"How are you going to find out?" she asked. The Doctor's head popped up from under the console which he dived under a couple seconds before. There was a strange grin plastered on his face.
"Security cameras," he said. "I've got the TARDIS wired up to the mainframe. I can pull up the security footage."
He disappeared under the console again, and a few moments later, he reappeared. He flicked some switches, and suddenly, the screen on the console lit up, with pictures all over the screen. The Doctor rushed over to it, and Amy crowded next to him.
The screen had many different pictures on it, viewing the current actions of the Daleks. Many of them rushed all over, shouting various instructions.
"No, no we need the ones from about—" he glanced at his watch. "—an hour ago." He flicked a switch, and new images appeared on the screen, one of which held Amy being escorted to the boiler room. Another image of the boiler room showed the Doctor talking on the communicator. Other images showed Daleks roaming around.
The Doctor stopped on an image of the roof.
"This was where she was." The Doctor told Amy. They watched the recording for a few moments when suddenly, the door flew open on the screen and a girl with blonde hair flew out of it, slamming it shut. She glanced over her shoulder as she hurried across the roof.
Amy guessed this was Rose.
Rose glanced back at the door with a scared look on her face as she spoke furiously into a communicator. After a moment of her talking, she turned off the communicator. She suddenly began to fade in and out the way Amy did when the Daleks had her, when suddenly, there was a crash.
"Exterminate!" screamed a Dalek. Rose suddenly spun around, speaking into the communicator as she became solid again when suddenly, there was a flash of bright light.
Rose fell to the ground. Then it happened. Right before she hit the pavement, she flashed away, disappearing as if she had never been there.
The Doctor slapped a button and the last few seconds replayed. He watched Rose get shot and vanish as she fell again. Over and over again at least five times before he pressed a button and the screen switched back to the current film.
"What was that?" Amy asked. "What was that fading out thing?"
The Doctor leaned back on one of the strangely shaped columns, staring off into space again. After a moment, he turned to her.
"That was the TARDIS. The shot hit her, but she was already half gone. She disappeared before the shot could fatally wound her." He leaped forward and hugged a surprised Amy. He pulled away with a grin plastered on his face. "Rose is still alive, Amy. Rose is still alive!"
"Who are you?" Rose demanded. "Where—where are you from!"
The Doctor stared at her with a nervous glance on his face. Where was Jack when you needed him? He rubbed his neck trying to think of what to say. Then he remembered the first time they ever argued.
"It's not like you're going to know where it is?" he replied quietly.
"Where are you from?" Rose demanded.
"What does it matter?" he asked calmly.
"Tell me who you are!"
"This is who I am, right here, right now, alright? All that counts is here and now, and this is me." He told her. Then he waited to see if it would click.
The penny dropped.
"Déjà vu…" Rose murmured, staring at him. The Doctor decided to add something.
"I came first in jiggery-pokery…" the Doctor told her. "And you failed in hullabaloo…"
Rose stared at him, looking very scared.
"But he said that… who are you?" she demanded. The Doctor took a deep breath, and decided to tell her.
"It's a long story," he said, glancing to the floor. After a moment, he looked up, staring at her. "Rose Tyler," he said, standing up. "My name is the Doctor."
"Doctor!" River yelled, as the guards held her wrists together painfully behind her back. The Doctor screamed again as the guards dragged them away. River yelled death threats as the doors shut. The Doctor's cries could still be heard.
River, Rory, Clara, and Donna screamed loudly as they were dragged back where they first began.
They all were chucked into a cell. The guards shut and locked the doors as the group untangled their pile of limbs.
River lifted her head from the ground and saw a guard posted outside their door. There was no escape.
Donna stood up and found her voice.
"Oi, Green bean!" she yelled, getting to her feet.
"Donna, maybe you shouldn't," Clara warned, but Donna ignored her. Donna marched over to the bars.
"Lizard brain!" she shouted. "Let us go!"
The Silurian spun around and pulled out his gun. He pulled the trigger. There was a flash of light and Donna collapsed on the ground.
"Donna!" River cried, reaching for her gun instinctively before remembering it wasn't there. She helped Rory and Clara drag Donna away from the bars. They rested her in front of the back wall.
River glanced at the Silurian guard. Even though his face was hidden by the mask, River could tell he was smiling. The guard turned around, putting the gun back in his belt. River wondered if she could steal it from him. As if he knew what she was thinking, the guard stepped forward, out of reach of the prisoners.
Defeated, River turned back to Donna lying on the ground. Rory, being a trained nurse, checked her over. He took her pulse and glanced up at River.
"She's just unconscious."
River breathed a sigh of relief as she leaned against the wall. They were silent.
"What are we going to do?" Clara asked, resting her head on the concrete.
River bit her lip.
"I don't know," she finally answered.
The Doctor shuddered as Calcon finally lowered her gun.
"Take him to the chamber, now." He heard Calcon command. He felt soldiers gripping his arms. Too weak to protest, he let them drag him across the room.
He must have fallen unconscious because the next thing he knew, there were shackles on his wrists and he was tied to a wall.
His vision cleared after a moment, and he saw Calcon pacing in front of him.
"Restac and Alaya were my sisters," she told him when she saw he was awake. "You killed them the last time you were here. They told me what happened." She glanced at him. "Some woman killed Alaya, I know that. But she died years ago. Then you and Eldane set up the poison gas. Restac died." Calcon approached him, spinning the gun in her hand. "You were supposed to die that day. But you didn't."
The Doctor watched her movement. His head was spinning, partially with questions, but partially from being zapped over and over again.
"It should have been you." Calcon told him. She lifted her gun and pulled the trigger.
The Doctor cried out, doubled over with pain. Calcon pulled the trigger twice more.
The Doctor pulled on the chains to no avail.
"Why?" he choked out, glancing up weakly. "Why do this?"
"Because the earth belongs to us!" Calcon yelled pulling the trigger again. And again. And again. "We will wipe every stupid ape from the face of our beloved planet."
The Doctor panted, his face contorted.
"I was still asleep during the last time. Imagine my furry to wake up to my sisters dead."
She pulled the trigger again and again and again.
Before long, everything went dark.
