CHAPTER 14: A FAMILIAR ATTEMPT
"May you please explain who this Valeyard is to us, colour-blind?" 2 asked his future incarnation, who took offense to the remark.
"My coat is perfectly fine for our dress sense, thank you." He stated before the explanation "The Valeyard is our future, somewhere at the end of one of our regeneration cycles, in-between our 12th and final incarnations." 6 explained to his predecessors.
10 began to explain further. "Back when I was carrot juice over there I was on trial with him, he wants to take our regenerations."
"Won't that cause a paradox, though, alter the timelines drastically?" 7 questioned.
"Not at all, Doctors. As I'm sure your 10th incarnation is aware, the TARDIS can be transformed into a machine that can stop paradoxes. You will still keep your lives as normal, but I shall have more incarnations. I have already taken the remaining regenerations from most of your second cycle, but you freed Crombie-coat there before I could take his remaining lives." The Valeyard explained.
"Oh heavens." 5 began. "That would be 24, plus 23, plus, 22, etc. You'd have 300 extra regenerations. That's as close to immortality I've ever seen a Timelord." He stated.
"Indeed, Doctors. If you are wondering how I built the transporter and can still pilot the TARDIS, your 11th incarnation as you label him, is aware of the tree under the console. I grew new main rooms to convert into what I needed. I shall be immortal, Doctor, and nothing shall stop me." The Valeyard continued.
"However." The War incarnation began. "There is always a way to stop a Timelord." The others realising what he was suggesting.
"Of course." 12 stated. "If we can get inside the time vortex, we can erase the Valeyard from taking our future lives." He began.
3 was alarmed by the idea. "You can't do that, anyone who enters the time vortex without protection would be killed!"
4 laughed at the accusation. "Relax, have a jelly baby, they're our future, I'm sure they know how to sort it." The remark from 4 made 10 realize exactly what he was to do, he took out the phone Rose had left in the TARDIS and handed it to 8, who looked at the person 10 had dialled.
"Ok, Jack, it's me, The Doctor." 8 stated through the phone. "Yes, I'm one of his earlier selves, I need you to jump into the time vortex, search for a Timelord known as the Valeyard, prevent him from ever leading us here, his paradox machine should stop anything that would affect the time stream."
With that, the Valeyard appeared to have vaporized, 11 jumping in victory.
"That was brilliant! 13 of me, I knew we'd work it out quickly, fellows. Better leave before this TARDIS vaporizes, too. Seems like we needed a bit of a history lesson in our past and future." With that, The Doctors returned to their TARDIS's and continued their adventures.