Author's Note: Being an adult sucks and I will be sure to have the chapter on time this week.

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Everything hurts. The pain inside me feels like someone tried to set me on fire while trying to make my brain explode and pouring acid on me. I don't want to open my eyes, but I force myself to. When I open my eyes, I expect a bright light to shine on my face causing a spilting headache. Thankfully I'm met with darkness.

I moan as I try to move in order to test my extremely sore limbs. The soreness sends another shock wave of pain, throwing me back down to the bed.

Warm hands engulf my shoulders to lower my body back against the bed I'm on. "You should rest," he whispers. "The Thals brought as close to medicine as they have."

Hearing his voice, a whimper escapes my lips as a tear slips down my cheek. I reach out into the darkness as I quietly call out, "Red?"

Instantly he is beside me. His hand takes mine as he lowers my arm back down. "Empress, you should rest."

Even in the dark, I shake my head. "No, not without you."

Quite lingers in the air, before it is interrupted by the creaking of the cot I'm laying on. A few moments later, Red's body is pressed against mine as he molds to me.

The two of us stay in silence for what seems like a long time. Snuggiling beside him, I allow my eyes to rest. It feels so nice. So... safe.

"Is the Doctor still here?" I whisper as I play with his hand and pull myself out of sleep. "I need to talk to him."

Warm breath covers the back of my neck as Red sighs. "Yes, he said you would be upset and would want to talk to him."

I nod. "Send him in, please."

Red brakes away from me as he opens the door, revealing bright light. The two men switch places as the door slides closed again.

I push myself against the back board of the bed. "Doctor, I have questions. You are to answer them."

"Alright."

"Question one: Why did you tell me to go if you knew what would happen?" I ask. Flashes of the other Daleks exploding appear in my mind's eyes.

The Doctor sits on the edge of the bed. "You were meant to meet Caan and kill Davros. Believe it or not, without you there it could have ended a lot worse."

"How?" I snap. "How could it have ended any worse? I didn't do anything! All I did was kill Davros because he wouldn't shut up and he was going to kill the planets." Anger boils in my veins. As I grip the edge of the bed, I hear the moan of metal between my clamped hands.

I just want to understand. I had a family dangled in front of me before it was ripped away from me. What was the point?

The Doctor tries to touch me before he yanks his hand away. He winces as he mumbles, "I'm so sorry Amanda. Donna was trying to protect me and my other self... I don't really know."

The bed creaks again as he leans across the edge of the bed to flips on a small lamp. The small lamp is the shape of a baby Dalek that has its body lit up. It's actually kind of cute.

The light casts a shadow on the Doctor's face, making him appear to be older, more worn than before.

I run a hand through my hair. "Speaking of which, question two: what happened to them? Uh, Rose, Toby, the other you, and Donna and them. What happened to them?"

The Doctor sighs as he runs his hand through his crazy hair, like he has so many times before. "When Donna touched my hand, all the regenerative energy that went into it was transferred into her. Somehow the Tardis and her clicked, which is how the Tardis was saved." He readjust so that he is facing the wall as he continues. "That Doctor she created only has one heart. I can't grow old, I can't die, I only live on and on, but this Doctor can live with Rose, and die with her. I saw that as the perfect thing for Rose and Toby."

For a moment, he stays silent, as if I brought up hard, heartbreaking memories. Which I probably did.

"Jackie wanted Rose back. So during the time, the walls to the parallel worlds were worn. I was able to drop them off together. Rose, Toby, Jackie, and the other me are now all on another Earth safe and happy." His voice breaks as he wipes his eyes quickly, hoping that I wouldn't see the tears that formed in his eyes and are slowly slipping down his cheeks. "Donna... She, uh, she had all of this Time Lord essence in her that was melting her brain. No human can have that in them. So I..." He stops as he sniffs and wipes his eyes again. "So I had to take it away from her, but knowing that she would miss everything we did, I took it away. Amanda, I took every memory from her and it still hurts. It hurts so much. The others continued with their lives. I believe Mickey and Martha even got married."

The Doctor wipes his face harshly again before he turns to me. His face is raw and he clears his throat.

"Doctor," I whisper as I reach out through the pain to wrap my hand around his, "I am so sorry. I never knew how much pain you were in."

He just shrugs as he adjusts his bowtie. "You were I'm pain too. Not only emotional pain, but physical pain. You are connected to the Daleks, your DNA is mixed with their's. I should have warned you."

I smirk. "It's fine. I'm better now."

"In other news... Have you been to the Asylum yet?"

I shake my head. "I had other things to do, remember?"

The Doctor chuckles as he leans back on the bed, the mattress still groaning and creaking in aggravation. "There's a Dalek that think she's human. Says she's been stranded in Alaska for a year protecting herself from none other than Daleks."

I shrug. "Weird, but what's the big deal about that? The watches transform them into humans, remember?"

"No, this is different."The Doctor flashes me a grin that is so full of mischief, I begin to worry immediately. "She thinks she is a human without the watch, she has emotions and all. And her name... is Oswin Oswald."