CHAPTER 11

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It had taken her a long time, but the Ganger Amy had finally found someone who could help her. She had had asked around in several places to see whether or not anyone in this time knew something about the Doctor without revealing too much about him which wasn't easy, and she came across a man named Captain Jack Harkness who she had remembered the Doctor telling her about once. Apparently her interest in the Doctor had drawn him to her as he tried to see if she was a threat to him or not.

They had arranged to meet in the lobby of a local hotel without ever seeing one another, and when Jack finally arrived he looked shocked as he saw her for the first time. He was looking at her like he knew her, but she knew that she had never seen him before in her life. She would never forget a face like that.

"Amy?" Jack asked.

"How do you know my name? I never gave you my real name," Ganger Amy said warily.

"Amy, is something wrong? Don't you remember me? It's Jack. We've known each other since the early twenty-first century," Jack asked in confusion.

"What are you talking about? I've never met you before. Oh, no. We're meeting in the wrong order, aren't we? You've met me, and I haven't met you yet just like the Doctor and River. That must be it," Ganger Amy reasoned.

"Where are you at in your time, Amy?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, I guess we should compare notes like the Doctor and River do. Well I was last with the Doctor when he met some clones called the Gangers. Just as we stopped a Ganger revolt and were about to go on to further travels in the TARDIS, he started telling me that I wasn't real which is ridiculous. The next thing that I knew I was stuck here on Earth in the twenty second century. I have no idea what happened or how I got here," Ganger Amy explained.

Jack looked at her in puzzlement until he remembered the Doctor telling him about how Madame Kovarian had replaced Amy with a ganger long ago when she had kidnapped her. He thought that he remembered the Doctor telling him that he had dissolved the ganger, but what if he had been mistaken for some reason. What if this was her somehow?

"Are you sure that's all you remember about how you got here? You don't remember anything else?" Jack asked.

"Well, it sounds crazy so I didn't mention it. I could swear that I was surrounded by a golden glow when I first arrived here. Does that make any sense?" Ganger Amy asked.

"Yes, a lot. It tells me something about what happened to you I think. I can't tell you anymore though without telling you things that you're not supposed to know yet," Jack said as his mind automatically flashed to Rose.

"I get it. You can't give me any spoilers. River's always going on about those," Ganger Amy said as she nodded.

Jack realized that this Amy had absolutely no clue who River really was or even who she really was for that matter. He decided that he had to contact someone right away and find out if what was going on here was what he thought it was or not.

"Amy, can you stay here a minute while I contact someone. I think that I know just the person who can help you," Jack said.

"Sure, I'll wait. I've waited this long to get back to Rory so I certainly wait a few minutes longer," Ganger Amy replied.

Just a few minutes after Jack had contacted her, River appeared in the lobby using her Vortex Manipulator. She listened carefully as Jack explained everything that he knew about the situation to her.

"I remember this, Jack. I've already been told before that this was going to happen someday.

Don't worry about it. I know exactly what to do," River said.

"I'm glad someone does. She looks so lost. I wanted to help her, but I wasn't sure what to do since I'm not even sure that she's Amy," Jack said.

"You're right. She's not. She's a ganger just like you thought. I'm not telling her that though. Not yet. I'm taking her to meet the real Amy," River said.

"Won't that be very bad?" Jack asked.

"Not as bad as you might think. Thanks for telling me about this, Jack. I owe you one. Maybe I can pay you back later by taking you to Ice World. The drinks will be on me. I'll see you around. Say hello to Penny for me," River said as she went off to talk to Ganger Amy alone.

Jack just smiled and silently left. He was going to make River regret her offer to pay for the drinks later. Then again she probably knew that. It was probably just an excuse to spend some time to herself.

He knew that she hardly had a moment's peace with all of the children around although most of the time she loved being around them. Sometimes though she just had to get some time away from them she had told him once or she would explode.

He felt that way about John sometimes, and he was his only child now. Then again John caused enough trouble to more than make up for their only being one of him.

"Are we going to see Rory and the Doctor now, River? Please say we are. I don't think that I can wait any longer," Ganger Amy said in despair.

"Yes, we're going to see Rory right away, Amy. Just hold onto me, and we'll be with him in a minute," River said.

As Ganger Amy grasped her arm, River took both of them to the original Amy's TARDIS that was even now on the planet Barcelona in the year 2013. She knew that this was where the ganger needed to be at this moment.

They arrived to find an empty TARDIS Console Room, and Ganger Amy looked at River in confusion. She still had absolutely no idea what was going on here River realized. She hated herself for what she was about to do to her since Ganger Amy was basically her mother too, but she knew that she had to. The ganger had to find out the truth.

"This isn't the Doctor's TARDIS. Not unless he's changed the desktop theme again," Amy said.

"Just wait here a minute, Amy. Rory's going to come right through that door at any minute," River said.

"He is? Oh, thank you, River!" Ganger Amy said with a huge smile on her face.

Then she saw the sadness in River's eyes, and she realized for the first time that something was wrong. She knew now that River was keeping something from her but what?

"River?" Ganger Amy questioned.

The original Amy and Rory both came back into the TARDIS then laughing and talking to each other. They both stopped in their tracks as they saw the ganger standing there. The ganger looked as if her whole world had just been turned upside down as she stared at Amy in disbelief and shock.

"What is happening? River, please tell me what's happening!" Ganger Amy said in an extremely upset voice.

"You're not the real Amy, I'm afraid. She is," River said as she looked toward Amy.

"No! I'm real. She's tricking all of you. She's the fake not me," Ganger Amy said in denial.

Rory's heart went out to her. He didn't want to see her in pain because she was so much like his own Amy. Basically she was his Amy.

"She's telling you the truth, Amy. You're not the original Amy Pond, but that doesn't mean that you're not real. You are Amy in all of the ways that matter," Rory said to her in a gentle voice.

"No, no, no. I'm Amy. I'm the real Amy Pond," Ganger Amy said as she began to cry.

"I'm sorry," Rory said as he put his arms around her.

Amy was so shocked at seeing her ganger that she couldn't even speak. She found to her surprise that she wasn't the slightest bit jealous to see Rory holding her other self. In fact, she wanted him to. She hated seeing the ganger in so much pain.

"Rory, I'm real," the ganger persisted in saying.

"You're not the original but you are real. I'll agree with that. You deserve to have a life too just like my Amy, and I'll do my best to help you find one I promise," Rory said.

"I am your Amy," Amy said with a quivering voice.

"No, you're not. I'm so sorry, Amy, but you're not. I still care about you though because you're a part of her, and I want to help you. I don't want you to be upset about this. I promise that I'll help you to adjust to all of this the best that I can. I know it's devastating," Rory said as he continued to hold her.

"I can't believe this. I can't and I won't. How do you know that I'm not real? What proof does she have that I'm not real?" Ganger Amy demanded as she glared in anger at the original Amy.

"This," Amy said as she held up her sonic screwdriver and scanned her with it.

She showed her ganger what the sonic said. The ganger started to hyperventilate as she saw the readings on the sonic that confirmed that she was a ganger.

"No. You're the ganger, and you rigged it to show that," the ganger said still in denial.

"No, I didn't. I wish for your sake that was true but I didn't," Amy said softly as she embraced the ganger in Rory's place now.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Ganger Amy asked in pain.

"I didn't do anything to you. Madame Kovarian created you to help her steal my child from me," Amy said.

"What child? I don't have a child. I've never even been pregnant except in the Dream Lord's world," Ganger Amy said.

Amy started to cry as she said to her ganger, "I was pregnant while you took my place. You were used to keep the Doctor and Rory from realizing that I was gone. Then Kovarian stole my baby. She took her away from me right after she was born, and I didn't get her back until she became River."

"That's not exactly true. I was right by your side all of your life as Mels," River said.

"What?! You're both insane. Mels was River, and they're both my daughter? How crazy is that? It just doesn't make sense. You have to be making it up. I thought that I could trust you, River. I liked you, but I see now that you're not my friend. You're in this together with her, and you're both trying to take Rory away from me," Amy said with anger.

"It is all true, Amy. I know it sounds incredible, but it's all the truth," Rory said.

"No, it's not. Don't you see? It's all made up. They've fooled you, Rory. They thought that they had taken you away from me forever, but I foiled their plans. I'm back now, and I'm putting an end to this. I'm taking Rory back!" Ganger Amy screamed.

Before Amy could react, the ganger punched her so hard in the face that she knocked her to the ground. Then she jumped on top of her and started punching her relentlessly.

"Amy, stop! Stop!" Rory screamed in horror.

River took her blaster and shot the ganger in the back. The ganger immediately passed out on top of Amy, and the original Amy rolled her off of her with a look of relief on her face.

"Melody, what did you do?" Rory asked.

"I just stunned her for a while. Don't worry. I could never hurt her," River said with a brief note of tenderness in her voice.

Amy smiled at River as she said, "It must have hurt to have to shoot her even though she's not really me. Thank you for doing it though. I didn't want to hurt her either. I couldn't bring myself to fight back against her because I feel so sorry for her."

"It did hurt because in so many ways she is you. I never wanted to hurt you," River said.

"It's okay. She'll understand. I know that I do. Neither of us will blame you in the end, Melody," Amy said softly as she put her arms around her daughter.

"I don't understand how she can be here. I saw the Doctor destroy her with my own eyes. She can't be still alive," Rory said.

"She said that she saw a golden glow around her when she reappeared on Earth right after her last memory of being on the TARDIS," River said.

"Rose? Why would Rose do this though? She's my friend. She wouldn't put me through this," Amy said as she shook her head.

"Not on purpose, no," Rose said as she suddenly appeared next to Amy.

"See? I knew that you could do that without the golden light show," River said.

"What are you saying, Rose?" Amy asked.

"I think that I know why the two gangers are alive. I think that I brought them both back by accident," Rose said.

"How?" Amy asked.

"Back when I still lived on Pete's World, the Daleks that the Doctor and I put into the Void at Canary Wharf broke out and started attacking the people of Pete's World. They killed a lot of people including Donald and the Pete's World version of you. When they killed my mum and Tony though, I lost it. The Bad Wolf emerged for the first time since the Gamestation. Then in my extremely angry and upset state, I destroyed the Daleks and brought back everyone that they killed including Donald and the other Amy. What if since I still hadn't mastered my powers at that point that I didn't just bring them back though? What if I brought back the dead Ganger Doctor and Amy in this universe too since I originally came from here, and I still thought of myself as belonging to this universe? I think that's what happened. I'm so sorry, Amy. I would never have done this on purpose," Rose said.

Amy actually smiled at him warmly as she said, "You sensed that she was part of me, and you were trying to save her. How can I be mad at that? That's just who you are. You're always trying to save everyone especially the people you love."

Rose smiled at her in appreciation as she said, "Thank you for understanding."

"What do we do with her? None of this is her fault," Rory said with worry as he looked at the still unconscious ganger.

"She could stay with us until we can make sure that she's going to be alright. Then I could take her to wherever she wants to go. I could help her start a new life somewhere else," Amy offered.

"Are you sure that you'll be okay with having her here?" Rory asked.

"Yeah, I think so. I just want to make sure that she doesn't go out and hurt herself or someone else while she's trying to cope with what she's found out. Plus I feel as if I owe it to her to make sure that she has a chance to be happy," Amy said.

Rory smiled at Amy for feeling that way. He wasn't sure if he would have been so generous about it if it had been his ganger instead of Amy's that had shown up wanting to take Amy as his own.

"Yes, you would have. You're much kinder than I am, and you know it," Amy said with a grin.

Rory laughed as he realized that she had been reading his thoughts through their link again. He wondered if he'd ever get used to that.

"Eventually," Amy responded to his unspoken question.

"I see that everything's okay here so I guess it's time that I go home now. I'll see you around probably sooner than you think. Well, I won't see you, but the past me will," River said with that mad grin of hers.

"You're way into the future from the River that I know, aren't you? You actually are from the time of the gangers," Amy guessed.

"That's right. The next time you see me though it will be the version of me from the present," River said.

"Why is your life always so confusing, Melody?" Rory asked as he shook his head.

"I have no idea. I'm kind of glad it is though. Living your life in the correct order is boring. I don't know how the rest of you cope with it," River said happily.

"Now you sound like the Doctor. You've obviously been around him too much," Amy said with a giggle.

"Well, one of them anyway," River admitted.

Amy hoped that what she was thinking about River's future was true, but she didn't dare to ask her any details about it. She knew that if she did that her only answer would be one word.

"Does that means that you and Donald are . . . ," Rory asked before River cut him off.

"Spoilers," River said with her signature mad grin.

Amy smiled to herself as she saw this. Yep, that was the word alright.

"Good bye, everyone! I should leave now before I give anything away. Not that I would," River said.

"Good bye, Melody. Tell the kids that I said hello," Amy said.

"Oh, I will," River said reflexively, and then she looked at Amy with a huge smile as she realized that she had tricked her.

"You're good," River said.

"Who do you think you learned your streak of deviousness from, Melody?" Amy said with a laugh.

"I'll agree with that. She certainly didn't get it from me," Rory said.

"I'll pretend for your sake that you never said that," Amy said as she pretended to be angry at Rory.

"Some things never change, and I'm glad of it. Good bye!" River said as she finally left.

"I guess I'll be leaving too then. Call me if you need any help with her," Rose said as she too left now just as quickly as she came and with no golden light.

"She's getting better at that," Amy noted.

Amy and Rory both noticed that the ganger was sitting up now and silently staring at both of them with no expression on her face. They knew that she was still trying to process everything that she had found out today.

"Are you alright, Amy?" Rory asked her.

She finally smiled at him as she said, "No, but I will be I think. It's just really a lot to take in. I feel like I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone."

"What finally convinced you?" Amy asked as she helped her ganger to stand up off of the ground.

"It was the way that you were talking to River and how she talked to you. It was too real to be faked. She really is my, I mean your, daughter. I feel so blind. I never would have known," Ganger Amy said.

"Don't feel so bad. She had to tell me before I found out," Amy admitted.

"What am I going to do?" the ganger asked.

"I don't know. That has to be your choice. I'll help you with whatever you come up with though," Amy promised.

"Thank you. By the way, it's Karen," the ganger said.

"What is?" Amy asked in confusion.

"That's my new name. I can't keep calling myself Amy anymore, can I? I heard the name Karen somewhere before, and I kind of like it. That's who you can tell people that I am from now on. I'm your cousin, Karen Pond," the newly named Karen said.

"About that. I found out that I'm not actually Amy Pond. I mean I am, but I didn't start out that way," Amy said.

"What are you talking about?" Karen asked.

"Brace yourself. I'm a Time Lord. I used something called the Chameleon Arch to become human, and that's when I became Amy. I found out who I really was again not too long ago, but I decided to keep the name Amy. I like being Amy," Amy admitted.

Karen just stared at her in even more surprise as she said, "I really am in the Twilight Zone! Does that mean that I'm secretly a Time Lord too?"

"No. You still read as human according to the sonic. I'm not sure if you could be changed into a Time Lord or not. I've already used the fob watch that stored my Time Lord consciousness to restore myself, and its empty now," Amy said.

"So I'm only a copy of the human side of you. I'm an incomplete copy. Only half of who you really are," Karen said with sadness.

"Believe me when I say that I'm much more Amy than Cliodna now. You're not half of anything. You're me in every way that matters, Karen," Amy reassured her.

"Your real name is Cliodna?" Karen asked with a scrunched up face.

"Yeah," Amy said.

"No wonder you wanted to stay Amy," Karen joked.

The two of them hugged each other then as Rory smiled. That was when Amy and Rory knew that Karen was going to be alright.

Next: Oisin is shocked to see another version of Amy around. He begins to wonder if this is his second chance to be with her. What will Karen think of him though? For that matter, what will the other members of Amy and Rory's crew think of Karen?