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I wasn't going to upload this until the next one is done. I warned you lot that I was gonna skip a chunck of series 5, so if it seems rushed at the beginning, that is why. And there is a reason why Rose stayed behind with Rory.
Rory Williams was not real thrilled about traveling with the Doctor, he knew that the alien fascinated Amy, and that was a problem. But he could also see that the Doctor loved Rose, his fierceness to protect her scared Rory a little. Who would the Doctor sacrifice to save Rose? Would it be Amy? No, the Doctor loved Amy too, in his own way. He could see that too. Amy did tell Rory about the kiss, and he confronted the Doctor about it.
"I, erm, well...I was caught by surprise." The Doctor had said, much to the amusement of the females. "It was like the time Cassandra kissed me in Rose's body. I knew something was wrong, but...er...I'm a male! It's automatic!"
Rose had just shaken her head and took the Doctor's hand in hers. They double dated in Venice, a romantic getaway by anyone's standards, but aliens never rest. After thwarting an amphibian race from sinking the city, and unfortunately caused the matriarch of the line to commit suicide by feeding herself to her sons, they left and tried to make it to Rio.
They never made it to Rio. Instead they ended up only a few years into Rory and Amy's future, where the Silurians where trying to protect their civilization from a drill that was on it's way into the center of the earth. The Silurians, who were on the planet first, took it as an act of war. It was a messy situation that resulted in Amy and Rose getting sucked into the ground along with a child, and it was up to Rory and the Doctor, along with a few locals, to negotiate peace. Disaster struck when one of their own killed a Silurian, almost causing war for real. Luckily the leader was prepared to wait a thousand years to try to negotiate for peace again, and the few that were awakened went back into a frozen state. They almost got away, until a Silurian shot at Rose.
"No!" The Doctor screamed when she got hit in the shoulder.
She fell to the floor, while a crack in the universe was sending out time energy and getting ready to engulf her. The Doctor had pulled something out of the crack, but didn't have time to investigate the debris, he was too busy getting yanked into the TARDIS by Amy.
"Rory, come on." Amy shouted while he crouched over her body.
"Rory, bring her in." The Doctor begged. He knew she could regenerate. She would be fine.
"I need to stop the bleeding." Rory said, his nursing training kicking in.
"No, Rory you need to come in here stupidface. Get her and come in."
But he didn't listen, and suddenly a bolt went through his heart.
"NO!" Amy screamed, trying to get out of the TARDIS, "No no no, Doctor let me GO!" She shrieked pulling against the surprisingly-strong-for-a-scrawny-man Time Lord.
The human fell against the Bad Wolf's body. His blood staining her yellow hair. The light wrapped around them, and they were gone.
"So where are we going?" Amy asked the distraught Doctor.
"Um. I'm not sure." he said, setting the TARDIS on random.
Her body was floating in space, again, only this time she was cradling a child in her arms.
"Wolf, wolf where are you?"
"I'm here." she called out, feeling the child stir.
"Wolf, you're still here. Oh thank goodness you're still in time."
"I am time, remember." she teased the familiar voice.
"I am the keeper of time, you are her human vessel." The voice countered.
"Where are we?"
"In the Void."
"The Void?!" The place she had tried so hard to avoid. "Is there a way to get back to him?"
"Of course. You can just latch onto yourself. If that makes sense. It's a lot more complicated than that but I'm trying to make it so you'll understand."
"I'm circulating through the universe right? I understand. I just need to find myself and hold on."
"Correct."
"Who is this child?" she asked, even though she knew.
"Rory Williams. He needs a body. A plan is in motion to stop my Thief, and I am powerless to stop it. His enemies are building a prison, and they will lure him there using Amy's memories. You need to plant a photo in her book."
The photo materialized in her pocket. "Will yourself there, and then come back for him."
She did as instructed. She flew through Time again, to Amy's room. After leaving the photo of a man who didn't exist, Rose went back into the Void to be with the scared Child.
"It is done. They have the information to create the Centurions. Now you must place his consciousness into the one that looks like him, and then you will be free to go."
She held onto Rory and together they flew backwards to the correct time. Rose spotted him immediately. His features gave him away. She instinctively knew how to enter the child's mind and extract the memories and everything else that made him Rory. Then she ambushed and entered the programed mind of the man that had his face.
"Rose?" he asked after the download was complete.
"Rory."
"What happened?"
"We died, officially. I can't really explain it all. They'll be here soon."
"Why can't I see you? I know you're here. I can feel you, but I can't see you."
"Oh." She willed herself into existence. "Hello."
"Now what?"
"Now...we wait." she said simply.
Rose used what Rory could get her to make a perception filter so she could listen in on the trainings, and not be shunned for being a woman.
"How do you know this'll work?" he asked her curiously.
"I've dealt with living plastic before. The Doctor said it was a living breathing entity. Living breathing entities can be deceived." she said slipping the makeshift Filter over her neck.
"It worked!" Rory said excitedly.
The Pandorica was opening. Rose felt the moment the first lock opened.
"RORY!" she called out, knowing that they would be there soon, that he would be there soon.
She could have gone back, but the thought of leaving Rory alone in an unknown era was unthinkable, so instead she settled back into the slow path, reminding herself that he would be coming for her this time. He wouldn't leave her again. So when Cleopatra was spotted in the camp, Rose knew they were close. She walked into the tent, perception filter still active, and was astonished to see River Song.
"Hello Rose." River said without glancing at her.
"How do you know?" Rose asked, slipping the filter off.
"Corner of my eye, you taught me that." she smiled and showed her the painting that would bring the Doctor, "I just got his attention, he should be here shortly."
"No, I'm here now." Came a familiar voice from the other side of the fabric.
Rose spun around excitedly and ran into his arms, which opened at the sight of her. "Rose Tyler." he said squeezing her tightly.
"How long has it been?" she asked, it was a common question for them.
"A few days, speaking of," he looked over her head, "You graffitied over the oldest written words in history."
"I thought the TARDIS can't translate the oldest words?" Rose asked, remembering Krop Tor.
"The thing that wrote that was beyond Time. I don't know what it was..." he whispered, remembering the thing in the pit.
"Rose!" Amy said happily, pulling her into as much of a hug as she could, the Doctor wouldn't let her go.
"Amy, you remember me?"
"You're not part of my timeline. I'm a time traveler."
"She doesn't remember Rory." the Doctor told her telepathically.
Rose didn't have time to tell him that Rory was there, because River was showing them the painting. The TARDIS, exploding. Drawn by Van Gogh, who Amy and the Doctor met. They went off to Stonehenge where Amy almost got attacked, but Rory saved her. She didn't remember him at all.
River was sent to get the TARIDS, and the Pandorica was opening, and the sky was filling with spaceships. River saw them in the sky and called the Doctor.
"You're surrounded, do you have a plan?"
"Yes, hurry up and get the TARDIS here, I need equipment!"
"Doctor, Stonehenge is a transmitter." Rose reminded him.
He ran up top with the communicator. After fiddling with it, feedback ensured causing Rose to cover her ears, "Sorry, sorry. Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the Universe but bad news everyone..." The Doctor said getting up onto a rock and pulling the blonde up next to him, "Cause guess who!?" The spacecrafts moved back a bit, "Except you lot, you're all whizzing about. It's really very distracting could you all stay still a minute because I AM TALKING!" Everything halted, "Now the question of the hour, who's got the Pandorica? That's right, we do. Now, next question, who's coming to take it from us? Come on! Look at us, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh and something else. We don't have anything to lose! So. If you're all sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with your silly little guns and you're planning to take the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day we ever stopped you. And then...AND THEN do the smart thing..." he handed the transmitter to Rose who was glowing golden now.
"Let somebody else try first." she said, the power of the Time Vortex in her voice.
"That should keep the squabbling for half an hour." The Doctor said after the spaceships left orbit.
It did keep the squabbling, until they formed and alliance. The Pandorica was made for the most feared being in the Universe. The being that had great power, the being that influenced Time herself. The being that, with a flick of their hand could destroy empires. The Doctor and His Bad Wolf.
"You have been scanned and confirmed" Came a scarily familiar voice.
"Scanned by what?" The Doctor asked while he got pulled apart from Rose.
"The Pandorica is ready."
"Ready for what?!"
"For the Doctor and the Bad Wolf."
"I will destroy you!" Rose yelled, in a panic as they got closer to the Pandorica, they could see two seats with restraints. One for each of them.
"The Bad Wolf was created to keep the Doctor Alive. The Doctor will not be harmed in the Pandorica, only contained." The Dalek mocked.
Rose pulled against the plastic holding her, screaming his name out, desperate to get to him. Desperate to activate the Bad Wolf, but for once it would not obey her. They were right. The Doctor was alive, he was safe. Meanwhile River was up on a malfunctioning TARDIS. Something was controlling her. Something was keeping it from getting the Doctor and Rose in time.
"You lot. Working together. All alliance, how is that possible?" The Doctor asked after being strapped in.
Rose was led in after. She had given up fighting when he was tied down. Their restraints were close enough that he could take her hand in his. They stole a glance at each other, determination lining their faces.
"The cracks in the universe." the white Dalek spoke
"All reality is threatened." the Sontaran put in.
"All universes will be Deleted." a cyberman added.
"What? And you've...you've come to us for help?"
"NO!" The Sontaran spat, "We will save the Universe from you!"
"From us?"
"All projections correlate, all evidence concurs, the Doctor and the Bad Wolf will destroy the Universe" a Cyberman said.
"What? No, no you've got it wrong!" Rose said looking around.
"The Pandorica was constructed to ensure the safety of the alliance."
"A scenario was devised from the memories of your newest companion."
"A trap the Doctor could not resist."
"The Cracks in time are the work of the Doctor it is confirmed."
"No no! It wasn't us, it was the TARDIS!" Rose said desperate to make them understand.
"Only the Doctor or the Bad Wolf can pilot the TARDIS."
"Please, listen to me!"
"YOU WILL BE PREVENTED!"
"Total event collapse! Every sun with Supernova every moment in history! The Whole Universe will never have existed! PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!"
"Seal the Pandorica!"
"NO! PLEASE LISTEN THE TARDIS IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW!" The Doctor shouted. "AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN STOP IT!"
"Listen to us!" Rose yelled until they were cut off.
"Doctor?" Rose asked, it was dark except for the green light emitting in the Pandorica. Their hands were still linked.
"You alright?" He asked.
"Yah. So we're stuck here?"
"Looks like it." he sighed. "What do we do for all eternity?"
"Well...we could talk."
"About what?"
"Anyt-"
She was cut off when the Pandorica opened. Rory stood there looking very confused and holding Rose and the Doctor's Sonics.
"How did you do that?" The Doctor asked.
"You gave me there?" Rory said holding out the Sonics.
They both pulled their sonics out of their respective pockets. The Doctor's from the inside pocket of his jacket, Rose from her boot.
"You keep it in there?" The Doctor asked, incredulous.
"Women's jackets don't have inside pockets." she said.
"We'll sort that out later, as you can see Rory, no we didn't."
"You did, look at it."
They both climbed out and touched the sonics together. Sparks flew. "Temporal Energy same screwdrivers at different points in their own time stream, which means it was us that gave it to you in the future. Rose and I from the future. We've got a future!" he said looking at the blonde excitedly.
"That's nice!" Rose said happily.
"That's not." he pointed to a Dalek.
He explained that History has collapsed. Then a decision had to be made. After locking Amy in the Pandorica and explaining that it would keep her in stasis, the Doctor took River's Vortex Manipulator to travel into the future.
"Put your hand here." The Doctor instructed them both. "Don't worry. Should be safe."
"Are you sure?"
"Yah, nothing can get in there."
"You two got in."
"Well there's only one me I counted." The Doctor said.
Rory looked at Rose.
"I'm spread around the Universe...sorry." she shrugged.
"This box needs the guard. I killed the last one." Rory said.
"No, Rory no, don't think about it."
"She'll be all alone."
"She won't feel it!"
"No, she won't."
"For two thousand years you'll be all alone, you won't even sleep. It'll drive you...mad."
"He won't be alone." Rose said.
"Rose...no. Because Rory isn't going to stay."
"Will she be safer if I stay? Look me in the eye and tell me she won't."
"Someone's gotta keep him out of trouble. And it will be no time for you."
"It'll be two thousand years Rose. Two Thousand years..."
"I'll survive." Rose said smiling. "The Universe is tiny now. Two Thousand years will go by like nothing. I might even see you." she smiled and kissed him.
"Why do you lot have to be so...human?" The Doctor asked sighing, "Listen to me. This is the last bit of advice you'll both get in a very long time. Rose, Rory is plastic, I don't know how long he'll last. Keep him away from heat and radio signals when they come around. You need to eat and sleep, not as much as normal people but it does need to be done. Go find food when you need it. Rory can't heal. Anything that happens to him is permanent. And remember, Rose Tyler I-" he disappeared.
"Seriously?" Rose yelled in frustration.
He reappeared. "Haha gotcha." he pulled her close to him, crushing her against his chest. "I love you." he whispered into her hair before kissing her hard. "See you both in two thousand years."
Rory and Rose looked at each other after he was gone and settled in to wait.
"According to Legend, wherever the Pandorica was taken in it's long history, the Centurion and what was only known as The Woman would be there, guarding it. They appear as iconic images in the artwork of many cultures and there are many documented accounts of their appearances and their warning to the many who attempted to open the box before it's time. Their last recorded appearance was during the London Blitz in 1941. The warehouse where the Pandorica was stored, was destroyed by incendiary bombs but the box itself was found itself the next morning a safe distance from the blaze. There are eye witness accounts about the night of the fire of two figures in Roman Dress. A male and female carrying the box from the flames. Since then, there have been no sightings of the Lone Centurion or the Woman and many speculated that, if they ever existed, they perished in that fire of that night. Performing one last act of devotion to the box that they had pledged to protect for nearly two thousand years.