Terry leaned against the Doctor as they sat with the other Gangers in the dining hall, feigning boredom while she was actually hiding her irritation. Irritation at Rory for his idiocy.

"It's not his fault." The Doctor tried, sensing Terry's mood, but Terry pointed out in annoyance: "No, it was. This is all because he tried to be someone he's not."

"He's always been brave." The Doctor found himself defending the Roman, and Terry corrected: "Oh, I know that. And I admire that. But this? This happened because he stupidly thought he could be like the Doctor."

"What?" The Doctor frowned, and Terry sighed: "He's still insecure. He will always be insecure, to some degree, and it's what drives him to act irrationally at times. Like now."

And it was at that wonderful moment that Ganger Jennifer dragged Rory into the dining hall, Ganger Cleaves following slowly behind them. Terry glanced at the latter, noting the distressed expression and the worry lines on the Ganger's face, while Ganger Jennifer let Rory go in the middle of the room.

Rory turned on her, saying angrily: "You created another Ganger just to trick me. You tricked me. When I found you, you were both Flesh and you tricked me into trusting you!"

He slammed his fist onto a table but Ganger Jennifer just smiled as the other Gangers exchanged uneasy and sad looks.

Rory took a deep breath before he said shakily: "Jen's dead."

He looked up and shouted: "Isn't she?!"

"She's gone, Rory!" The Doctor snapped, keeping up his act even as he counted in his head. "Gone."

"It's closing in." Terry said anxiously, and he squeezed her hand reassuringly as he answered: "We still have a little more time."

It was at that moment a voice called over the intercom: "Shuttle. We're dropping down on our approach. Stand by for evac."

Ganger Jennifer turned to look at Rory as she stated firmly: "The humans will be melted, as they deserve, and then the factory will be destroyed. Once we get to the mainland, the real battle begins. The humans won't stand a chance."

She turned her eyes to the Doctor and Terry, and she stated almost imperiously: "You're one of us, Doctor, Terry. Join the revolution."

She pointed at them, smiling, and they watched her impassively while Rory cried: "I've got to go and get them out."

The Doctor suddenly stood up, turning and shoving Rory back. He stumbled, staring at the Doctor in complete shock as the Doctor stared back at him, sliding over to join Ganger Jennifer.

"What-?" Rory began, before his eyes bugged as Terry stood and stepped over to stand beside the Doctor, her actions clearly showing her siding with him and the other Gangers.

"Doctor, angel." He begged, his voice cracking. "We can't just let them die."

The Doctor just checked his wrist watch, and he said a little ominously: "Ring, ring."

There was nothing else except Rory's desperate cry: "Doctor! Terry, please, stop him!"

"You got the timing wrong?" Terry asked the Doctor incredulously, and he snapped: "Well, it's a little hard to organize the exact timing for a child's phone call."

"I told you to set it for one minute before you originally wanted to. What happened to, 'it's a simple task'?" Terry countered, and he retorted: "Can't you just once let it go?"

"Would you like me to?" Terry challenged and he actually pouted a little.

"Doctor!" Rory shouted, dragging the Time Lords back to the present, and the Doctor eyed his watch as he repeated in the ominous tone: "Ring, ring."

"You'd better hope it rings." Terry sighed, and he whined: "All right, sorry, happy?"

The whole monastery shook violently, sending them all stumbling to the side. Rory began to stagger forwards, trying to get passed them again, and the Doctor barked at him: "Stay!"

Rory lifted his hands in surrender, his heartbreak showing on his face as he whispered: "Okay."

Finally, the phone rang, and the Doctor said brightly: "Ah, that'll be the phone!"

"Jimmy, quick, answer the phone." Terry urged, and he stared at her like she was mad.

Which, in fairness, it did seem like the pair were as the Doctor said blithely: "No? Fine, I'll get the phone."

He fixed his bowtie as he ordered the group: "Stay put."

He dashed off to the back of the room, grabbing the phone and sonicing it to bring up the hologram, fiddling with it for a while as the hologram displayed the words: "Morpeth Jetsan Pre-Booked Holo-Call 011-109-4455"

He shook the phone violently, trying to get it to work as an automated voice said: "Thank you for booking your holo-call with Morpeth Jetsan, bringing the world together."

"Doctor." Terry touched his arm, pointing at the hologram as a little boy appeared on the screen.

"Ha!" The Doctor beamed, tossing the phone aside as he called to the boy: "Hello, Adam, I'm the Doctor."

In the background, Ganger Jimmy had stood up slowly, staring at the hologram in awe as the Doctor rambled on: "Well, other Doctor. Or Smith. It's complicated and boring. Anyway, who cares. And this is my angel!"

"Happy birthday, Adam." Terry called, quickly cutting to the chase as she smiled and waved at the little boy, who beamed back as he called: "Yay."

"Yay." The Doctor cheered with the boy, before he asked: "Now, have you been getting up very early and jumping on the bed?"

He mimed jumping, while the little boy answered shyly: "Yes, really high."

Ganger Jimmy smiled a little as he stared, mesmerized by the sight of the son he remembered but had never actually seen, while the Doctor went on: "I expect chocolate for breakfast. If you don't feel sick by mid-morning, you're not doing it right."

"But more importantly…" Terry interjected, looking at the Doctor pointedly.

He grinned at her before he said to Adam: "Now, I think you want to speak to Dad?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." Adam replied instantly and excitedly.

The Doctor and Terry turned back to look at Ganger Jimmy, the Doctor smiling widely while Terry's face held a look of understanding as she saw the Ganger swallow hard.

"Daddy?" Adam called as the Doctor also noticed Ganger Jimmy's apprehension.

He walked over to the Ganger, murmuring gently: "You'll do, Jimmy. What does the other Jimmy matter now? You're both the same dad, aren't you?"

Ganger Jimmy stared at him, and Terry encouraged gently: "Come on Jimmy. Adam's waiting."

"Daddy?" Adam called as the monastery shook. "Daddy, what's that rumbly noise?"

Ganger Jimmy glanced up and then back at the Doctor and Terry as Adam called: "What's going on, Daddy? Daddy?"

Ganger Jimmy turned and ran out of the room, dashing for the acid room and to save the other Jimmy.

Ganger Jennifer turned to the Doctor and snarled: "You've tricked him into an act of weakness, Doctor."

"No," the Doctor corrected, "I've helped him into an act of humanity."

He stepped closer towards Ganger Jennifer as he added pointedly: "Anyone else like the sound of that? Act of humanity."

He stopped before Ganger Jennifer, staring her down, when Ganger Cleaves piped up: "Dicken, drain the acid well in Crypt One."

Ganger Dicken moved instantly to do as she said, while Ganger Jennifer snarled: "Don't you dare."

"I've had it with this!" Ganger Cleaves snapped as she turned to Ganger Jennifer angrily. "What's the point in this ridiculous war?"

She stepped up to the other Ganger, staring at her almost sadly as she said: "Look at you, Jen. You were a sweet kid. Look at you now. The stuff of nightmares. I don't want my world populated by monsters."

Ganger Jennifer stared back for a moment, before she sneered: "You can't stop the factory from melting down, boss."

She hissed the word sarcastically before continuing angrily: "I'll take revenge on humanity with or without you."

"It doesn't have to be about revenge." The Doctor interjected quickly, staring at Ganger Jennifer beseechingly. "It can be so much better than that-"

Ganger Jennifer turned and ran out before he could even finish, and the Doctor folded his lips. Terry came over and touched his arm, and he glanced at her. She met his eyes as he gazed at her in defeat, and the Doctor reached over to her, pulling her into his embrace.


In the acid room, Ganger Terry watched sadly as Jimmy hung onto the lid of the boiling acid vat. She'd hoped that Terry's warning for the Doctor would have made the call come earlier, soon enough to save all these unnecessary sacrifices.

But she knew, from her memories shared with her Theta, that it couldn't be. Time wasn't linear, and one outcome was just the result of thousands of different strands and paths. Terry's arrival in this universe had been one strand, which could affect certain things but not others. Not everything.

Ganger Terry watched sadly as acid spilt over the side of the lid, hitting Jimmy right in the chest just as the door to the acid room beeped open.

"Argh!" Jimmy cried in pain, falling back and the Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry were already there to catch him, having foreseen this.

They laid the man down gently as Ganger Jimmy shouted desperately, running down the steps and towards them: "Let me through."

He skid to his knees beside Jimmy, and the Ganger Doctor informed Ganger Jimmy softly: "There's nothing we can do. The acid's reached his heart."

Ganger Jimmy's face set with pain, but he held onto a shred of hope as he begged Jimmy: "Hang in there, mate."

Jimmy gasped as he gazed up at his doppelganger, spluttering between the pain: "I'm quite handsome from this angle."

He groaned as the acid ate away at his flesh, while Ganger Jimmy gazed sorrowfully down at the dying man.

"I'm sorry." Ganger Jimmy said hesitantly but no less sincerely. "I'm the fake. Adam deserves his real dad."

"Shut up." Jimmy got out as he stared with dimming eyes up at his Ganger, and Ganger Jimmy begged: "What do you want me to do? Anything. Just say."

Jimmy gasped, and he got out as best as he could: "The way things are, mate, it's up to you now."

His voice started to get faint, and he choked, but reached up with what little strength he had to grab his necklace, handing it to his Ganger.

Ganger Jimmy's eyes widened and he clutched the Jimmy's hand over the pendant, tears threatening to spill as Jimmy whispered: "Be a dad. You remember how."

He let out one more choked gasp before his body sagged. His eyes closed, and they knew he was gone.

A tear slipped down Ganger Terry's cheek as she watched Ganger Jimmy slowly open Jimmy's hand, taking the wedding ring pendant and holding it sadly before him.

"Jimmy Wicks." The Ganger Doctor murmured and Ganger Jimmy looked up with shining eyes. "You're a dad."

The Ganger Doctor smiled gently, and Ganger Jimmy looked back down at the ring, then at Jimmy, who lay at rest now.

"Two little ducks went out one day," Ganger Terry sang in her soft undertone as another tear slipped down her cheek, "over the hills and far away. Mother duck said: 'quack, quack, quack, quack'. But only one little duck came back."


"Daddy?" Adam called in the dining room. "Where's my daddy?"

The Doctor tensed in Terry's arms at the boy's calls, but she rubbed him soothingly as she held him close. They glanced over as they heard movement from the doorway, and Terry smiled gently as Ganger Jimmy entered, leading the rescued group inside, and Rory lit up as he spotted Amy.

Terry let go of the Doctor, but he kept an arm around her waist as they turned to watch while Rory hurried over to her as the humans moved to face their Ganger counterparts. Terry reached out to hug the Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry, the Doctor joining the hug, while Amy reached out the moment Rory was close enough and hugged her husband tightly, Rory embracing her as well.

Ganger Jimmy meanwhile had moved slowly but determinedly over to the hologram, where Adam brightened as he called: "Daddy, it's me."

Ganger Jimmy choked a little but then broke out into a wide smile for his son as he called lovingly: "Hey, sunshine. What are you up to?"

"Opening all my presents." Adam answered proudly, and Ganger Jimmy chuckle, though it was a little watery: "Ha ha, good lad. You have fun today. And remember your dad…" He swallowed. "He loves you very, very much."

"When are you coming home?" Adam asked hopefully, and the Doctor answered as he and Terry walked up behind Ganger Jimmy: "Daddy's coming home today, Adam."

"Yay!" Adam cheered, and Ganger Jimmy smiled softly as he watched the little boy dance happily.

The call ended with a click, and the Doctor turned to the room as he said sharply: "We need to move."

"Now." Terry ordered firmly as she pulled the Doctor by the hand, running out the room.

The others quickly followed, all of them feeling the urgency once more as alarms went off. They made a dash for their lives, running down various corridors.

"Left!" Cleaves called directions from the back as the Doctor raced with Terry at the front, Amy right behind while Rory panted: "It never ceases to amaze me how you can run in those heels!"

"Time Lady!" Terry called back, and the Doctor exclaimed: "Oi! Fibbing!"

"Rule number one, Doctor! Rule number one!" Ganger Terry countered as they sprinted through the monastery, only to skid to a halt as they heard a distinct, ominous growl ahead.

Terry's eyes widened as she saw what used to be Ganger Jennifer standing in the pathway before them, blocking them off as she growled menacingly while her neck and limbs started to stretch and coil like a snake.

"Run." The Doctor murmured as he slowly back away. "Run. Run!"

They turned and ran the other way, racing away as the monster that was once Ganger Jennifer snarled.

The Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry took the lead this time, racing ahead, when suddenly they were forced to skid to another stop as there was an ominous crack above their heads.

"Ooo, roof's going to give." The Ganger Doctor called worriedly, and Ganger Terry tugged on his hand as she called: "In here!"

She ran through a side passage, and they all dashed through a security door that was marked 'DANGER No Humans', when Ganger Dicken protested urgently: "We have to stop her. This door doesn't lock!"

"No," Dicken agreed, "but the far one does!"

"Wait!" Terry called, but Dicken ran off back down the passage and to the first door they'd passed through.

Ganger Terry caught Terry as the Time Lady made to chase after the man, and she shook her head as Terry glanced at her in disbelief.

"Trust me, you can't go." Ganger Terry said sadly, and Terry cried incredulously: "Why not?"

"Because something worse will happen if you get hurt or threatened." Ganger Terry admitted, and Terry frowned, before she glanced back down the passage as there was a crash and a bang.

"Dicken!" Amy gasped, as they stared at the locked door at the end of the passage… Dicken trapped on the other side.

The group, beside the two Doctors, Ganger Terry, and Ganger Dicken, flinched as they heard Dicken scream in pain while a loud snarl and horrible slashing sounds came from behind the door.

Terry sighed in defeat while the other three Time Lords were unmoved, even as Ganger Dicken leaned forward in despair, screaming: "No!"

As a growl sounded, he was forced to slam the door, bracing himself against it with help from Ganger Jimmy and the Ganger Doctor.

"One little duck went out one day," Ganger Terry whispered and Terry glanced at her, "over the hills and far away."

The Ganger Doctor also looked over while Terry frowned at her doppelganger as the Time Lady murmured sorrowfully: "Mother duck said: 'quack, quack, quack, quack'. But none of the five little ducks came back."

Her voice trailed off at the end, and Terry's frown deepened as she saw Ganger Terry exchange mournful looks with the Ganger Doctor.

The Doctor meanwhile was staring up at the ceiling, and he murmured: "Here she comes."

The others all turned in alarm, only the four Time Lords remaining calm as they stared at the ceiling as it rumbled and cracked.

"You'll want to take a step back." Terry advised the Doctor, and he did as she said without question.

Just before the Tardis came smashing through to land with a crash right in front of him.

The Ganger Doctor beamed as he said admiringly: "Oh, she does like to make an entrance."

The Doctor meanwhile frowned and he asked Terry: "Why did you tell me to move? I didn't have to."

"Because I wanted to be the first to greet her." Terry answered as she opened the Tardis door.

The Doctor grinned slowly after her, while the Ganger Doctor remarked: "Ooh, cheeky. I remember why I love her."

To her surprise, Terry blushed at his words.

"What?" Terry asked, confused, before they were interrupted as the monster outside snarled and banged against the door.

"All right, everyone move!" The Doctor shouted as he gestured to the Tardis door, and Terry called: "Come on! Rory, Jimmy, Dicken, Cleaves, Amy!"

"Go. Go, go, go." The Ganger Doctor urged and Ganger Terry pushed Ganger Dicken to move as she encouraged him to run.

Cleaves however ran back to help them at the door, and Ganger Cleaves shouted at her: "Get on board! Go!"

"I'm not leaving." Cleaves retorted, and Ganger Cleaves rolled her eyes.

Suddenly, the monster outside slammed against the door, sending Ganger Cleaves, the Ganger Doctor, Amy, and Ganger Terry staggering back briefly, before they braced themselves against the door once more.

Ganger Cleaves looked at her original, her gaze determined as she said firmly: "Go."

Cleaves met her eyes, and read the emotion deep inside, recognizing it instantly. She pursed her lips, but nodded once, sending her Ganger one last look before she turned and ran for the Tardis.

Rory, Terry, and the Doctor met Cleaves at the door and ushered her inside, before looking back out at the door and to where Ganger Terry stood beside Ganger Cleaves, while the Ganger Doctor sent them a small sign to indicate it was time.

Terry's eyes saddened as she watched Amy tugging on the Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry's arms as she said determinedly: "Hey, hey. Now's our chance."

"We have to stay." The Ganger Doctor answered instantly as he gestured to himself and Ganger Terry. "Hold this door closed. Give you time to dematerialise."

"Oh," Amy groaned impatiently, "don't be crazy. Okay, what happens to you two? Hm?"

"Well-" The Ganger Doctor began, when Ganger Terry chimed in impatiently: "This place is just about to explode, but we can stop her."

"Both of you can survive this, okay?" Amy argued as the Doctor, with Terry behind him, strode over. "There has to be a way."

"Or perhaps," the Doctor challenged as he stood before Amy, "you think we should stay instead?"

He looked down at Amy, who looked a little appalled as she protested quickly: "No, of course not."

She came up before the Doctor and Terry, saying beseechingly as she pointed at Ganger Terry and the Ganger Doctor: "But look, this man and woman, I've flown with them, you know?"

The Doctor raised a brow, as Amy went on quickly: "And you two are amazing and yeah, I misjudged you, but you're not… them. I'm sorry."

She finished in a whisper, really feeling bad, and Terry finally couldn't take it any more. She turned her head away as the Ganger Doctor said from behind: "Amy, we swapped shoes."

"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor finally revealed to Amy, reaching out an arm to hug Terry to his side as Amy blinked uncomprehendingly. "And this is my angel."

"And we're the Flesh." Ganger Terry finished quietly.

There was another crash against the door, and the three Gangers quickly pressed themselves harder against the door while Amy whipped around and stated to the Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry: "You can't be. You're the real them."

"No, we're not." The Ganger Doctor said in exasperation, but Ganger Terry was a little kinder as she explained: "Amy, we switched shoes a long time ago. He and I," she gestured at the Ganger Doctor, "haven't been the real ones all along."

Amy turned to look between the two couples, her eyes filling with tears as she felt the sting of betrayal, hurt and confusion swim over her.

"What?" Amy whispered, and the Doctor explained quietly: "I'm the original Doctor and this is the original Terry, Amy."

"I'm sorry, Amy." Terry murmured sadly. "But the Doctor had to know if we were truly the same."

She nodded at their Ganger counterparts, while the Doctor explained: "It was important, vital we learn about The Flesh, and we could only do that through your eyes."

"I'm so sorry." Terry murmured. "But now you know… we're the same."

Amy blinked, absorbing the shock, before she slowly turned to the Ganger Doctor and Ganger Terry. The brunette woman smiled at her, and reached forward and Amy sobbed as she almost fell into the shorter woman's embrace.

"Why?" She asked, and Ganger Terry soothed: "Some things have to be done. I'm so sorry we tricked you, but you'll understand Amy."

"I never thought it possible." Amy whispered as she looked up with tearful eyes at the Ganger Doctor, making him frown a little in confusion.

"What?" He asked, and she explained softly: "You're twice the man and woman I thought you two were."

Ganger Terry smiled a little as she let go and let Amy hug the Ganger Doctor. She clung to him, and the Ganger Doctor let her, but he murmured suddenly in her ear: "Push, Amy. But only when she tells you to."

Amy frowned at her, confused and suddenly feeling a little strange, but the moment was broken as there was another almighty crash and the door threatened to break down.

"Amy, come on!" Rory shouted desperately, and with one last look back Amy turned and ran to her husband.

The pair paused in the Tardis doorway as the two Doctors and two Terrys faced each other for the last time. Terry reached out and hugged her doppelganger, and Ganger Terry hugged her back tightly, while the two Doctors simply regarded one another.

"Look after yourself." Ganger Terry murmured to Terry quietly, so the Doctors couldn't hear. "You'll need it in the future."

"Oh, you're as cryptic as River." Terry sighed, before she looked at Ganger Terry in surprise as the latter sighed a little and murmured: "I suppose it's a good thing you and I weren't completely alike."

"What?" Terry asked, puzzled, but Ganger Terry just smiled as she murmured: "Remember. Rule number one."

Terry frowned, but Ganger Terry shook her head and let go.

In the meantime, the two Doctors had been conversing, the Ganger Doctor shrugging: "Well, my death arrives, I suppose."

"But this one, we're not invited to." The Doctor murmured thoughtfully.

"Pardon?" The Ganger Doctor asked, frowning, while the two Terrys broke apart at that moment.

"Nothing." The Doctor muttered before he added: "Your molecular memory can survive this, you know. It may not be the end."

He tossed his sonic screwdriver at the Ganger Doctor, who shrugged as he replied: "Yeah, well, if I turn up to nick all your biscuits, then you'll know you were right, won't you."

The Doctor chuckled as the Ganger Doctor pocketed the sonic, before the smile faded as they exchanged last looks. Terry finally released her doppelganger, moving beside the Doctor so they could all gaze at each other for one last second before the original pair turned away.

"Goodbye." The two Time Ladies called at the same time as they did, and the two Doctors scoffed: "It's never goodbye."

"Doctor! Terry!" Amy called urgently, staring mournfully at the Gangers. "No, please."

The door banged again, and the Ganger Doctor said quickly: "You too, Cleaves. Off you pop."

"I'm staying." Ganger Cleaves replied firmly.

"What?" The Ganger Doctor cried: "This is not the time for grand gestures!"

"Says the king of grand gestures." Ganger Cleaves scoffed. "This is my factory. I'm not going anywhere. And you don't seem nearly as surprised."

She glanced at Ganger Terry, who shrugged as she answered: "Spoilers."

She then glanced back at the Doctor, Terry, and the Ponds, who were still hesitating by the doorway to the Tardis.

"Well then, go on!" She called, while Ganger Cleaves ordered: "Yeah, what she said! Clear off out of here, the lot of you."

Terry tugged on the Doctor's arm, and with a final look, the four ducked into the Tardis.

The Gangers watched as the Tardis wheezed as it dematerialized, and Ganger Terry commented as they watched the Tardis disappear: "You know, it kind of hurts more than I thought it would to see it leave us behind."

"Yeah, well, that's cause we're the same in the end." The Ganger Doctor shrugged, but Ganger Terry noted softly: "Not entirely."

The Ganger Doctor and Ganger Cleaves glanced at her as Ganger Terry murmured: "Daemon can never be copied. All of them learnt that the hard way."

Ganger Cleaves blinked in confusion while the Ganger Doctor sighed as he answered: "Well, probably all for the best. Though we could've used her here."

He grinned cheekily at Ganger Terry, who smiled before looking at Ganger Cleaves.

"You all right, Cleaves?" She asked, and Ganger Cleaves admitted: "I suppose, with my death imminent and my sacrificial companions speaking complete gibberish. So, what's our plan?"

Ganger Terry chuckled, while the Ganger Doctor pulled out his sonic as he explained: "This will dissolve her."

"And us too." Ganger Cleaves noted, but the Ganger Doctor commented: "There may be a way back from this."

"From being vaporised?" Ganger Cleaves asked skeptically. "How?"

"Don't know." Ganger Terry replied, and the Ganger Doctor added cheerily: "Let's find out, eh?"

They pushed off the door, opening it and the Ganger Doctor aimed his sonic at the monster waiting outside as it snarled at them, his free hand reaching out to clasp Ganger Terry's as she wrapped her other hand around Ganger Cleaves'.

"Sad mother duck went out one day," Ganger Terry murmured as they stared the monster down, "over the hills and far away."

"The sad mother duck said: 'quack, quack, quack, quack'." The Ganger Doctor murmured with her as the monster growled.

Ganger Terry glanced at him, staring him in the eyes as she finished gently: "And all of the five little ducks came back."

He smiled before they both turned to face the monster as the Ganger Doctor breathed: "Geronimo."

The monster leapt at them as the Ganger Doctor pressed his sonic, and they all disappeared, their forms dissolving into nothing.


The Doctor was leaning on the Tardis console, and Terry leaned against him sadly, their hands still interlocked.

"I'm sorry, Theta." Terry sighed, and his hand squeezed hers.

"It's not your fault." He answered, and she retorted: "It's not yours either."

He glanced at her, his eyes softening, before he kissed her forehead.

"You're right." He sighed. "It's just that-"

"-Sometimes it doesn't always feel that way." Terry agreed and he smiled softly.

Terry paused for a moment, wondering if she should ask the Doctor about what Ganger Terry had said. But at that moment Amy headed over towards them, eyeing them worriedly, and so she told him instead: "Now you know about Amy."

"Yes. We'll have to act quickly now." He answered, and then as Amy drew up to them he told the group at large: "The energy from the Tardis will stabilise the Gangers for good. They're people now."

"And," Cleaves asked quietly, "what happens to me? I still have this."

She pointed to her head, and the Doctor explained: "Ah, that's not a problem. I have something for that."

Terry was already digging around under the Tardis console as the Doctor descried: "It's, it's, it's small and red and tastes like burnt onions!"

He smiled excitedly as Terry handed him a small vial filled with red liquid, saying happily: "Ha!"

"Thank you, Sexy." Terry murmured as she patted the console, and the Tardis hummed back at her while the Doctor told Cleaves: "But it'll get rid of your blood clot."

He tossed the vial at her, and Cleaves took it, surprise, regret, and a small bit of hope lighting up her face. The Doctor pulled a red balloon from under the Tardis console, and he beamed at them: "Happy endings."


Ganger Jimmy held onto the red balloons as he stepped out onto the beach, watching the little boy standing there waiting, before calling happily: "Hey! Hello, bud."

"Daddy!" Adam called excitedly as he turned and ran towards his father. "You're back!"

Terry smiled as she watched the two embrace, leaning against the Doctor as he hugged her to his side.

"Happy endings." She mused, and the Doctor smiled: "When you're here with me, angel, always."

"Ooh, look at you, Mr. Flirt." Terry grinned at him cheekily before turning and walking back towards the Tardis.

The Doctor glanced back at the happy reunion below before he walked back up the hill after her, heading into the Tardis.


The Doctor led the way out the Tardis and into the Morpeth Jetsan office, the remainder of the crew following while Terry, Amy, and Rory brought up the rear.

As they walked into the office building, Cleaves asked the Doctor uncertainly: "You really want us to do this?"

"Your company's telling the world that the situation is over." The Doctor answered softly. "You need to get in there and tell them that the situation's only just begun."

Cleaves stopped, hesitating as she stared at the office doors, but the Doctor encouraged: "Make them understand what they're doing to the Flesh. Make them stop."

He turned to Ganger Dicken, and he told him firmly: "Dicken, remember, people are good. In their bones, truly good. Don't hate them, will you?"

He patted the other man, and Ganger Dicken smiled as he replied: "How can I hate them? I'm one of them now."

"Yeah." The Doctor smiled back, while Terry added gently as she looked at Dicken and Cleaves: "And just remember, people died. Don't let that be in vain."

She nodded at the office doors as she finished encouragingly: "Make what you say in that room count."

Cleaves smiled, and she looked to Dicken as she asked: "Ready?"

He nodded, while the Doctor grinned and slapped Cleaves on the shoulder encouragingly before he stepped back beside Terry.

Dicken stepped up beside Cleaves at the door, as she said firmly: "Side by side."

"You got it, boss." Dicken answered, and they smiled, Cleaves sending one last look at the Doctor and Terry before she turned and opened the doors to the press conference waiting.

As the pair disappeared, the Doctor's face dropped while Terry's eyes slid over to Amy.

"What?" Amy asked, a small smile on her face as she tilted her head curiously. "You two okay?"

Terry shook her head, while the Doctor said abruptly: "I said breathe, Pond. Remember? Well, breathe."

Rory frowned in confusion while Amy threw up her hands in exasperation as she demanded: "Why?"

"Amy, breathe." Terry said gently, reaching over to her friend just as Amy suddenly doubled over in pain.

"Oh!" She cried, clutching her stomach, and Rory gasped: "Whoa."

"Oh." Amy whimpered, holding her stomach, and Terry urged: "Amy, breathe."

"What's wrong with her?" Rory asked anxiously, and the Doctor ordered: "Get her into the Tardis."

Rory wrapped his arm around Amy, starting to lead her off, when suddenly Terry began to glow.

"Oh, for the love of-" She sighed, but the Doctor held her shoulders, looking her in the eyes as he said determinedly: "We'll find her, so don't worry."

"I'm not." Terry replied firmly. He nodded, letting her go, but Terry gripped his hands, staring into his green eyes and she called to him: "Things will be hard, Theta, but remember: the only water in the forest is a river."

He frowned, and asked: "What?"

"I'm so sorry." Terry replied, before she disappeared.

*A/N And finally, the mystery of the five ducks is resolved... or is it?