Amy blearily opened her eyes and rolled over in bed, coming face to face with Rory who was still sound asleep.
She smiled to herself when she realized that they were still on the Tardis and it hadn't all been a crazy dream.
"Rory?" She whispered, gently shaking his shoulder to try and wake up up.
He mumbled and batted away her hand lazily, stirring but not quite waking up yes. Amy laughed and leaned over to kiss his forehead.
With very little grace she rolled over and wandered to the desk that was in the corner looking for some post it notes and a pen. When she found them she quickly scribbled a note telling him to come down to the kitchen when he woke up.
She changed into a casual pair of jeans and a shirt, sticking the note to his forehead before she left the room.
The Tardis hummed at her as she eased the door closed behind her and she grinned generally, "Good morning to you too."
The corridors were still foreign to her so it took a bit of wandering before she finally found the door through to the control room, as she walked through the entrance she ran straight into Oswin, winding the pair of them in the process.
"Hey!" Oswin grinned cheerily, "I was actually just coming to wake you up and ask if you wanted breakfast, it's gone eleven."
Amy looked at her in surprise, "I can't believe we stayed asleep that long, it's so peaceful."
Oswin quirked an eyebrow at her, "Come on, I'll show you why it's so peaceful this morning."
She led her through the Tardis console room and into the kitchen.
Amy sighed disbelievingly, "You're still doing this?"
Oswin crossed her arms and gestured towards them helplessly.
Ashildr, Clara and Missy were still in the exact same position that they had been left in last night, only now there seemed to be several separate decks of cards in play.
Clara looked up from her hand and wiped her eyes with her sleeve, "Shush, we're nearly finished."
Ashildr looked at her, "Actually I don't think we are, we still have another seven decks in reserve."
"What the bloody hell are you playing?" Amy yelled at them, slamming her hands down on the table.
Missy jumped out of her skin, apparently she had been dozing off until Amy shouted down her ear.
"No need to shout, dear," She hissed, "And none of us are sure, but we all think we're winning. I am really." She turned and winked at Oswin.
Ashildr and Clara instantly jumped in and started bickering about who was really in the lead.
Oswin and Amy shared a look over their heads before each talking hold of one side of the table and heaving. It fell on it's side with a crash, the cards flying everywhere.
The three players all screamed in outrage, turning on Amy and Oswin who backed up hurriedly.
"Just think people!" Oswin yelled, "How long were you actually playing that stupid game for? We didn't ruin it, we practically rescued you!"
Clara growled at her menacingly, "Well we didn't ask you too."
River walked in as they got them backed against the kitchen sink, tiredly she put her self in the middle and held up her hands to ward them off.
"Ok card zombies, enough is enough."
They stared at her balefully a moment before sniffing and backing away, each taking a seat on the coaches away from each other, still throwing dirty looks at Amy and Oswin for disrupting their game.
"Why did you tip the table?" River turned to Amy curiously.
"Did you see them last night? Cause that's the exact same way they were this morning, I don't know what they were playing but there was no way they were leaving that table unless we made them."
Oswin giggled behind her, "Plus it was funny, you should've seen their faces when they realised that it was all gone."
River rolled her eyes but smiled none the less.
"Maybe, but you realise you've alienated the one person on this Tardis who can cook right?"
Oswin looked over at Ashildr in horror, who smirked and waved at her.
Amy shrugged, "Fine, we'll go out for breakfast, come on Oswin lets go get ready to go. River, get the zombies to get dressed as well will you? Thanks!" She threw the last bit over her shoulder as she pulled Oswin away by the wrist before River could complain about being abandoned to deal with the other three.
"So, where are we going for breakfast?" Oswin asked casually as the meandered back towards the bedrooms.
"I'm thinking Cardiff, there's some lovely restaurants around there." Amy smiled, stopping outside her door.
"Cool, so meet you in the console room in ten?"
"Sure!"
They both ducked inside their respective rooms, as Amy walked in she came face to face with her husband sleepily getting dressed.
"I'm glad you're up." She said, laughing when her jumped, not noticing her presence as she had walked in. "We're going out for food because me and Oswin may have slightly provoked Ashildr and she's not in the mood to play chef this morning."
Rory laughed and leaned towards her, kissing her gently, "I'm not even going to ask. When are we leaving?"
"Ten minutes, I just came to get you. Oswin's getting changed in her room right now and if the others aren't ready then we'll just leave them behind."
He shook his head in amusement and held out his hand, "Yeah, that'll put them in a better mood. Shall we?"
Amy took his hand in hers and walked out of the door, heading straight for the console room, as they reached it they heard arguing.
Missy and Ashildr were both now presentable if a little oddly dressed in mismatching items, but Clara was insisting that she was going to just wear her pyjama shirt to go to breakfast in.
"You'll look ridiculous!" River was yelling at her, but the shorter woman was more than holding her ground.
"It's a grey jumper, it's fine! And you really don't get a say in the matter do you? My Tardis, my dress code!" Clara folded her eyes defiantly and River scowled, knowing that she wouldn't be able to get anywhere with the stubborn young woman.
"I'm ready!" Oswin announced as she breezed in, giving Clara an appraising look on the way, "Nice PJ's sis, great choice for breakfast attire."
Clara shot her a glare but Oswin shrugged it off nonchalantly, "Who's piloting? I want food."
River went to move towards the console but Clara brushed past her roughly, still sulking for whatever odd reason she had chosen to be grumpy that morning.
She made short work of punching in the coordinates before flipping a lever that caused the Tardis to take off seamlessly, she stepped back looking proud of her self as they came to a smooth landing.
"Never really been a fan of Cardiff." Ashildr remarked as she cracked open the door and stuck her head out.
Impatiently Missy shoved at her back causing her to fall the rest of the way and land on the floor outside the doors.
"What are you doing on the floor? You're making the place look untidy." Missy said to her with wide innocent looking eyes.
The rest all followed out quickly, shutting the door behind them as Ashildr picked her self up, muttering darkly about Missy's total lack of manners.
"We need to be careful about you actually?" Clara suddenly thought, turning to face Missy, "You need to behave because if UNIT gets wind of you being here they'll try and arrest you and I''m really not in the mood for World War 3 before breakfast."
Missy grinned, "But afters fine? That's what I'm hearing right now."
River rolled her eyes and prodded Missy gently in the back to get her moving.
They all looked around and noticed that they were in Cardiff bay, right over the rift where the Doctor usually parked to fill up.
"Well at least we won't forget where we parked," Amy remarked, looking up at the water tower.
Rory laughed and kissed the top of her head as he wrapped his arm around her.
Oswin tugged at Clara, linking their arms together, "So sis, were are we going to eat?"
Clara hummed thinking, "Fancy chips?"
Oswin scrunched her face up thinking, "I don't think I've ever had chips."
Clara grinned and pulled her along decisively, leaving the others to trail along behind them. If Oswin had never had chips then that was going to be their breakfast for the morning and Clara had been to Cardiff on multiple occasions and had a good grasp of local food places.
She took them to the nearest chip shop and they all walked up to the door.
Ashildr quickly did a head count, "Ok there's seven of us, I'm not sure there's a table big enough."
Rory quickly scanned the inside of the shop, "That's fine, we'll just put two together."
And that's what they did, working quickly they managed to drag a few together and pull around enough seats for them all.
Amy and Rory went to order the food together and no one tried to stop them, they were being sickeningly sweet to each other and no one wanted to spend time with them alone.
So they all sat and laughed together, telling outrageous story's of things they had seen and done, trying to one up each other.
Missy had tried impressing them with her story about the year that never was but they had shot her down. Unlike for her, world domination wasn't very amusing for them.
Ashildr was halfway through recounting her days as a highwayman when Amy and Rory returned, dropping seven bags of chips in the centre of the table, along with a bottle of ketchup.
Everyone dug into the food, Ashildr's story forgotten for the time being as they realised how hungry they actually were.
After several minutes Oswin sat back and rubbed her stomach with a satisfied grin.
"I approve of chips, we should eat them more often."
Ashildr grinned, "I agree, lets have them all the time. I'll never have to cook ever again."
Rory laughed at her as Amy flicked a chip in her direction.
River grinned and then was sidetracked by what Missy was doing, she had seemingly decided that it would be a good idea to build a chip fort out of her breakfast and was investing a lot of concentration in her task.
"You know I came to this same chip shop with the Doctor once." Jack grinned as he pulled up a chair and sat next to Ashildr.
"Jack!" She squealed happily, throwing her arms around his neck, "Why are you in Cardiff? Everyone, this is Captain Jack Harkness."
Everyone but Missy, who was still focusing, went around and introduced themselves eagerly to the newcomer who had actually elicited a squeal from Ashildr.
Missy suddenly looked up and narrowed her eyes at Jack, who looked at her confused.
"Now I know I've met you before but I just can't place it." He said frustratedly, scratching his head in confusion.
"Let me make it easier for you," Missy drawled, "Look it's the girlie and the freak. Although, I'm not sure which one's which."
"You!" Jack snarled, reaching inside his jacket for his gun.
He was stopped by Ashildr grabbing his wrist and holding it tightly.
"Don't Jack, if anything happens with her UNIT's gonna come straight for us and it's too early in the morning."
"Are you serious?" He asked her disbelievingly as Missy watched disinterestedly, "You're defending the Master? Don't you know what he's done?"
"Hey!" Missy cried, throwing one of her chips, "I'm a Lady now, I'll have you know."
Ashildr rolled her eyes at Missy and the others who were all grinning as they watched the conversation unfold like a television drama.
"Look, it's not like that. Missy travels with us and doesn't cause trouble, in return we put up with her. It's a hell of a lot safer than having her roaming about unchecked and she's actually quite funny when she's not trying to kill anyone."
Jack's mouth hung open but he moved his hand away from his gun as Ashildr released him, although he didn't dare turn away from Missy for fear of a surprise attack.
Oswin huffed in disappointment, "Well that was a let down, I've never seen a TimeLord regenerate before. Are you sure you don't want to shoot her?"
Missy narrowed her eyes at Oswin and leaned towards her threateningly, "It's not nice, setting people up to be exterminated."
Oswin bristled at the Dalek jab but Missy hadn't counted on Clara who was sat on her other side and slapped her arm, "You mean like you did to me?" Wisely Missy just sat back and didn't say another word to Oswin, but she did grin to herself when she saw how Oswin was gritting her teeth to avoid saying or doing anything she'd regret.
Jack's look of suspicion turned to one of amusement before he could stop himself at how the Master was so effectively put in his place by a tiny brunette.
"So," Amy cut in, effectively silencing any further arguments between the TimeLady and the two Oswalds, "How do you know Ashildr?"
Ashildr grinned and hit his arm, "Say anything weird and I'll be pissed."
Jack laughed at her, "I won't I promise. We're both immortals," He said to Amy, "The world's too small for us not to run into each other eventually. And once we did we kept in touch, after all with every one else dying of old age, who else was there to talk to?"
"Actually," Ashildr said, turning round to him, "I need to tell you something. I've come back in time, I've lived for over four and a half billion years to the end of time itself. So, I'm a little bit older than you now."
Jack shook his head in amusement, "I'm impressed, you may live forever but getting killed is still possible and you managed to make it to the end of the line. That's impressive." He winked flirtatiously at her but she just gave a smile and shook her head at him in denial.
He bounced straight back, "So, what now?"
River looked at him curiously, "How did you know we were here? We're not exactly advertising."
He grinned at her, "You parked right outside of my top secret base, I have cameras and I instantly recognizes Ashildr so naturally I followed you here to say hi."
Missy looked around at them all as they went quiet, quickly realising what they were all thinking, "Seriously? What if he tries to get revenge on my whilst I sleep." She glared in mock outrage.
Clara shushed her and looked over at Amy who seemed to be the only one still slightly on the fence, after a moment she looked up and nodded at Clara.
"Ok then," Clara breathed, "Seeing as you put in so much effort stalking us here, why not come along for a bit?"
Jack looked at them in confusion before catching on after a moment, "Yes! I would love that, you have no idea how bored I've been stuck in one place on Earth."
Missy groaned but didn't seem particularly bothered as she stood up, the others following her lead.
"Come on then, because I really am tempted to start a scene, beginning with that infuriating brat in the corner." She glared at a teenager who was sitting in the far corner, popping a piece of chewing gum repeatedly whilst her mother ate and tried to ignore her.
Clara shushed her and guided her by the shoulders out of the door before she could act on what she said.
The walk back to the Tardis passed comfortably.
Missy and Jack walked on opposite sides of their little group, whilst Oswin and Clara walked in the centre arms linked again keeping them apart.
By the time they had finished the short walk, Ashildr had caught Jack up on the most important events that had happened since she had last seen them.
Proudly, Clara swung open the door and allowed him to step inside and see her Tardis. Really she knew that if anything it should be herself and Ashildr's Tardis but she had developed a bond with the sentient machine that she was selfishly guarding and keeping to her self.
Jack spun round and gave an appreciative whistle, "I like the white colour scheme, it's very...classic."
Rory laughed and walked over to the doors to the kitchen, "This way man."
Jack stepped through the doors and smiled at the much more modern looking area, "Now this is more like it, this is pretty awesome."
He threw himself down onto the biggest couch and lounged across it. Ashildr grinned but hit him across the back of the head until he moved his legs so she could sit down as well.
Missy huffed slightly at him taking over the common area but decided to just take a couch instead and glare at him across the room.
Clara laughed with Oswin in the main console room as the others all fawned over Jack and his crazy stories in the next room.
"We're getting more and more people all the time, you always wanted a big family." She laughed, poking at Oswin who soon laughed as well.
"I'll tell you something," She replied with a smile, "We are so lucky that the Tardis is infinite on the inside because otherwise it may start to feel rather cramped in here after a while."
They shared another amused look at each other over the console, piloting the Tardis together to take them back into the vortex away from Earth.