Doctors POV
I'm shocked.
The Nestene Consciousness was already scary, I mean come on, plastic dummies coming to life, telephone wires strangling people...
But taking human form...
Well that's the stuff of nightmares.
Monsters disguised as humans in every way?
That's enough to drive you mad.
"So... taking human form? That means... you use these childrens minds and plant it in a new body, correct?" I ask.
She nods smugly.
"But... what is this? How is this human?" I wonder, gesturing at the vat of gloop.
"Oh, its not. When I said taking human form, I meant in appearance and mentally human. What they're made of - totally different. Lets just call it... recycling."
Amys POV
This corridor seems to go on forever.
I trip over a loose rock and grab a wall for support.
Phew.
Close.
How ironic it'd be if my baby was being taken by aliens and I lose it by tripping over.
Better be more careful.
I rub my stomach absently; it's probably the fact all I can think about is my baby that my stomach feels heavier, firmer beneath my hands.
We come up to a door.
I try the handle; it's unlocked.
Jane starts to push it open but I stop her.
"One thing I learned from travelling with the Doctor: if a doors unlocked, don't feel lucky, feel suspicious. It usually means a trap."
I hesitantly push the door forward a little.
We step into a huge empty room, not dissimilar to the one we were in before, minus the gloop and children.
Suddenly, a little girl steps out of the shadows.
She has golden hair, blue eyes and looks tired.
She can't be more than four or five.
The girl sees us and whimperes, holding out her arms to be picked up.
At first I feel cautious, not wanting to give in to what could quite easily be a trap.
Then I see her head is gushing with blood and her arms are covered in cuts.
My breath catches in my throat as I take in the horrible sight.
Before I can move, Jane has swept the girl up into her arms, cuddling her close.
"Do you know her?" I mouth to Jane.
Jane shakes her head; it should be a surprise to see a woman hugging someone who is a complete stranger to her, but this is a helpless child in pain so it's less weird and more heroic.
I know that if ever my child was in that situation, I'd want someone like Jane to do the same.
Doctors POV
I feel physically sick.
This woman is the scum of the universe.
I try and swallow my anger, but I can't seem to control it.
"You... you... you are disgusting! You deserve to be tortured until you're so close to death you beg for it, and then be-"
"Oh hush now Doctor, let's not get carried away! You know what they say - waste not, want not!"
"You took the dead bodies of Timelords and drained their lives until you had a huge bowl of it and then you used childrens souls to control it! This is the most sick, twisted plan I have ever heard and I've heard plenty!" I yell.
"Now, now, Doctor! Temper temper! You'll need to control it soon, want to set a good example, what with a baby on the way!"
My face goes white.
How does she know about mine and Amy's baby?
"Mind you, not for long! I'd say you've got less then, ooh - twenty minutes? Before I take it. Imagine that, the Very Last Timelord in a body made from every single Timelord there ever was! Imagine what I could do! The worlds I could conquer! The weapon it could become!"
"A child is not a weapon!" I scream; by now I've fought off the guards.
The woman looks long and hard at me, a smirk playing on her lips.
"It can be."
Amys POV
Jane is talking to the girl, telling her to stay awake, telling her to talk, asking where she came from.
The girl seems to be becoming more aware, getting less and less sleepy by the minute.
I hear a small thump in the other end of the room, but ignore it; probably just a rat.
The girl looks up at Jane and is about to speak, when her mouth snaps shut.
She is looking up past Jane's shoulder, trembling in fear.
As I turn to look, I hear a thwack and the little girl tumbles to the floor, bleeding and unconscious.
"What happened?" I scream "Is she dead?"
"She... she's stopped breathing!" Jane gasps.
"No she hasn't. Because she never did." says a dark figure standing over us.
Doctors POV
"So why are you doing this? Why children? Why not adults? They're stronger, more intelligent-"
"Ah, but Doctor, that's where you're wrong. Adults have spent so many years shunning anything different they can't see the world for what it is. Children can see the world properly, they will help with the downfall of this world and the rise of the Nestene Consciousness!"
"So you took the children?"
The woman smiled.
"Oh no Doctor. They were brought to us."
"By who?"
"The portal. A void in Time. Or, as you call it, The Crack."
Amys POV
I look up at the figure stood, holding a plank that's now stained with the girls blood.
It's Marcus.
"What the- What did you do?" I gasp.
"She wasn't alive. She's just a shell. That's the mind of a child inside subsistent matter." Marcus says.
"That vat of gloop is what she's made of?" Jane asks.
Marcus nods.
I'm still in shock after watching this girl die.
I bend to crouch beside her, but find that I can't.
In the past few minutes, my bump has grown much bigger.
It looks as though I'm five months pregnant rather than a month and a half!
"What? Oh my God!" I breathe as I feel my huge stomach.
"Amy? What's happening to you?" Jane sounds incredulous.
Before I can try to think of something to say, we hear a yell in the distance.
"Better get moving. We don't want to be found responsible for this." Marcus said grimly and we nodded.
As we left, I turned to look at the little girl, but she had vanished.
But before I turned away, I swear I saw a thick white liquid disappear down a drain.
Doctors POV
"So the crack brought them here?" I question.
"Yes Doctor. It brought them here."
"Show me the crack."
"Why should I?"
"Because it's extremely dangerous and it might just save your life."
Without another word she led me to an adjoining room.
In there is a crack identical in size and shape to the one on Amy's bedroom wall.
This is very not good.
There is alreadya little white light spilling from it.
I see a dark object caught between the edges of the crack.
"What is that?" the woman says, taking a step towards the crack.
"No, stay away from it!" I warn, but it's too late.
She has stretched out her hands and touched the crack.
With a piercing scream, she is dragged through it, and I know she hasn't been erased from time, but transported, like the children were.
As the light swells and spills into the room, I feel like a coward as I do what I always do.
Run.
Amys POV
We're running down a corridor away from the men who seemingly popped up out of nowhere.
One minute we were walking along and the next we were running for our lives.
This seems to happen a lot.
I look down at my feet; I'm finding it hard to run.
However, I'm not looking down at my red converse.
Oh no.
All I can see is my bump now, a huge ballooning stomach barely covered by my grey tshirt.
What's happening?
However, I don't find an answer to this thought as I collapse to the ground, out cold.
Doctors POV
I run along corridors and through huge empty rooms calling out for Amy and Jane.
I decide that we just have to get out of here before the crack takes us too.
I'll use the Sonic to do a mass release of the kids, we'll pile into the TARDIS and pop off back to the little town.
I'll find out what's going on when we're safe.
I run down another corridor headlong into Jane.
"Jane! You're OK!" then I catch sight of Marcus "What's he doing here?"
"No time to explain! Run" she yells, tugging at my sleeve, and I don't need telling twice.
It's then that I realise Amy's missing.
"Where's Amy?" I shout.
"Isn't she with you? She disappeared a few minutes ago, we figured she'd found you!" Jane yells back.
I stop.
"No. No she didn't."
Suddenly, my mind is made up.
Shoving the sonic into Jane's hand and the TARDIS key into Marcus's, I tell them what to do.
"Find the room with the kids in and press the gold button on the Sonic. They'll all be released. Get them into the TARDIS quickly and then pull the green lever. The co-ordinates for the village are set, I'll meet you back there!"
I turn to pound down a corridor.
"But you could die!" yells Jane.
"Well I can't just leave her!" I holler back.
After a few minutes of running, I manage to find a brightly lit store room.
I sprint past sacks of sand and bricks, hearts thudding a war beat against my chest.
A few feet away, I see Amy, sat on the ground.
She has her back to me.
"Amy." I breathe, relieved.
But then she turns to me, and it's all wrong.
Her stomach is huge, she looks as if she's about to have the baby right now.
Her eyes look sunken in and blood pours from her eyes, her nose, her mouth, her ears.
"Doctor... what's happening?" she croaks.
I look down at my watch.
0 minutes.
DUN DUN DUN! Not only have I left you on a cliffhanger, I'm going on holiday for two weeks so can't update until I'm back :O( but I promise I'll update the minute I get home! Find out more about what's going to happen to Amy next chapter! r&r!
Mrs Doctor Who 11 xx