Sigma was not surprised at River's condition. All of her golden curls were piled on top of her head. All of the burns the halo produced were covered. He could see that the Sisters had to shave parts of her head to access the burns.

"Oh, she isn't going to like that." The Doctor said quietly to Sigma. " She will understand but still get a bit cross."

"The Sisters shaved only what they had to. Nothing more." Sigma noted.

The Doctor gently pulled back the sheet. River's chest was covered with sensors transmitting to the monitors. Then he noticed something else which made him gasp.

"She is all bruised. What happened?"

The Doctor walked over to Rory's bed and carefully lifted up the sheets. Same thing. All sensors and bruising. The Doctor walked around Rory's bed till he got where their heads were. He gently laid his hands on their foreheads. He closed his eyes and sent them both a message.

I am awake and feeling much better. You two just sleep. You need the rest. Rory, thank you again for everything.

Sigma watched as the Doctor opened his eyes and gently kiss both of their foreheads. Both Amy and Rory smiled in their sleep. The Doctor made his way back over to River's bed and Sigma.

"Rory is all bruised also. We should find Malokeh."

Sigma and the Doctor walked into the hall looking for anyone. They wandered to a station. The Sisters stationed there were very happy to see them.

"Doctor. Sigma. You are finally awake. Malokeh has been waiting for you to awaken. I shall get him for you."

One of the Sisters left to get Malokeh.

"Sister, how long have were we linked?" the Doctor asked.

The Sister looked at her watch for a moment.

"Three hours and 45 minutes."

The Doctor's face showed wonder beyond belief to Sigma.

"That is very impressive." the Doctor announced.

Sigma shook his head and let out a stuttering pant. The Doctor just smiled and pulled him into a hug.

"So, finally, I get to make an Ood laugh."

Sigma broke the embrace and gave the Doctor's hands a squeeze.

"You needed it. Remember, a linking benefits both of us. You just needed another set of eyes looking at everything for it to become clear to you." Sigma said with a smile in his eyes.

Malokeh watched the entire exchange. The Doctor looked on solid footing now. He would need to be. They were only halfway through.

"Did you two have a nice nap?" Malokeh asked with a laugh.

"Why yes we did." the Doctor said. "Why are River and Rory all bruised?"

"Doctor. Their muscles went spasmodic from the shock. The bruises are natural. Both of their nervous systems went into electric overload. Rory's heart went into a short atrial fibrillation episode. We shocked it back into normal rhythm.

River's hearts are fine but her lungs stopped for a while. Both of their brains reacted by going into a deep sleep. When River's lungs started shutting down we medically induced a coma. It helped us put her temporarily on heart/ lung bypass. We took her off about an hour ago."

"When did this all happen?"

"About forty five minutes after you two linked. Doctor, as I explained before, electricity does whatever it wants to the body. One can only deal with the damage."

"Are they.., can River still.." the Doctor was tripping over his own tongue.

Sigma focused on the Doctor. He was stable. This was just normal stress, for the moment. Yes, the Doctor could go into another episode. Sigma knew that. The Doctor was still healing. It would take time.

"Breathe Doctor." Sigma said.

The Doctor closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. Malokeh gave a questioning look to Sigma. Sigma calmed Malokeh with his look.

"I will tell you when we should worry. I promise." Sigma whispered.

Malokeh smiled in response and launched into his answer for the Doctor.

"Yes, Doctor they will both fully heal. There should be no lasting damage. Both River and Rory will be a bit weak and very sore for a while. That is to be expected. River can use her body." Malokeh stopped.

"Malokeh?" the Doctor asked.

"If River is in her body, who is in the Library core?" Malokeh asked.

"River."

"There is two of them?" Malokeh shrugged. "When we go back to the Library what is going to happen when we "reload" her?"

Sigma jumped to explain.

"If I may Doctor."

The Doctor nodded.

" We will bring River to the Library with all the monitors. We will place the security interface near her body? Doctor does the device have to be touching her or not?"

"I don't know yet. Sigma would it get in the way?"

"Doctor?"

"River has heard your song. Can she just follow you?"

"I do not know. We can check. Malokeh, is River stable enough for her and I to link?"

"Let's see how she is doing." Malokeh stated as he walked back to River and Rory's room.

Malokeh walked into their room and quietly started checking monitors. Rory was still in a deep sleep. So was Amy. Malokeh turned Rory's hands over. He had second and third degree burns from his palms to his elbows. Both arms were looking good. He lifted the sheets to check his feet. Rory had completed the circuit grabbing the halo. The electricity went from the halo, to Rory's arms, to the balls of his feet. He would be limping for a while. Malokeh put the sheet back over Rory and covered Amy with a blanket.

He headed over to River's bed. Her eyes were starting to swell and go a bit black and blue. In River's case her head completed the circuit. Thankfully, her Time Lady DNA saved her. Her brain only had about 10 seconds of 10 percent of the power surge. Still her Cerebral fluid heated way over the brain's preferred temperature. Adrenaline had kept Rory and her going in the TARDIS. Nothing more. They were both safe here. River's essence was safe in the Library's core. Neither of them were going anywhere anytime soon.

"Malokeh?"

"Sorry, Sigma. You can try to reach her. If she shows any major stress I will tap your shoulder so you can come out. Understand?"

"Understood."

The Doctor got a chair for Sigma to sit on. Sigma sat on River's right side and searched for a contact point that wouldn't hurt her. Sigma cupped River's face and leaned against the bed rail. Malokeh and The Doctor watched as Sigma's eyes fluttered shut.

"River? It is Sigma. Where are you? "

River's brain was very foggy. Too much pain. Sigma spoke in a dream like voice:

"Malokeh. She needs more pain medication. Can't see in here. Cut the pain then the fog disappears."

The Doctor frowned. River was helpless and they were blindly trying to fix her. River couldn't speak. Sigma was her only voice now. Malokeh did what he could. Too much was just as dangerous as too little.

"Sigma. She should start feeling better." Malokeh quietly said.

"Thank you." Sigma dropped back into River.

"River. That should help. Where are you?"

As the fog cleared Sigma gasped. Her memory was mostly empty. The neural relay caught most of her. Sigma started opening doors. He knew that part of her remained. River's base personality. He was asking for the wrong person.

"Melody? Are you in here? Don't be afraid. I'm a friend. I'm here to help."

Sigma could see that her mind was disorganized. The Doctor's mind was built like a village. Each version had their own cottage. He was the same man just different aspects of his personality would take charge, one at a time. River/Melody was never shown how to organize her mind.

The Doctor had obviously worked some with her. Some doors were unlocked. Easy access. Some were modeled after bank vaults. In River's race to survive all vaults were flung open. The contents were mostly drained. Someone was in here. Someone was talking in the TARDIS. Sigma was looking in the vaults. The remnants were scattered. The memories contained within were not the Silence training. Something much more dangerous.

Sigma picked up a piece of film. It sprang to a vision. Sigma saw young Melody, cold, alone, starving. She had run away from the Silence. Sigma sat on the floor of the vault watching horrific visions of neglect and all types of abuse spring to life before his eyes. It was amazing that Melody survived at all. Never mind become Mels then River. Sigma would make a point to talk to River to see if he could help at all. Hopefully, before she got reloaded. He wanted to give her a good start to the rest of her life. Sigma was lost in thought when he felt someone behind him.

"Who are you? What happened to River?" the voice was young and hysterical.

"Hello, Melody. I'm a friend of River's." Sigma said.

Sigma felt something hard and cold being lightly pressed to the back of his head.

"Malokeh? What's going on?" the Doctor said.

Malokeh quickly looked at the monitors.

"I do not know. River's body is going into a panic. We need to get Sigma out of there."

"I don't like this but Sigma needs time to work."

"OK, Doctor. I trust your judgment." Malokeh replied.

"I don't know you! How are you here? Where is River?" Melody screamed.

Sigma drew a deep breath and focused his mind.

"Melody you do know me. Listen."

Sigma filled the empty space with Ood song.

"May I turn around?" Sigma asked.

"Sure." Melody said a bit calmer.

Sigma turned around to stare down the barrel of a Colt 45. The hands holding it were no more than six years old.

"Melody, you do not need the gun. I won't hurt you."

"You were the one that sang to me in the TARDIS?"

"Yes I was. I'm here to help. What happened?" Melody paced in front of him.

"Anita was eaten by those shadows. River got sad then cross. Then she punched out Pretty boy. I told her she shouldn't have punched him. He hadn't done anything wrong. River told me she had to hurt him to save him."

"Pretty boy?"

"Younger version of River's boyfriend. Then River told me to handcuff him to a pole and get his sonic away from him. River disappeared for a few minutes. I gave him a kiss where River had punched him. I don't know if he felt it. I hope he did. I told him that I wouldn't hurt him."

Sigma could see Melody get very nervous. Sigma patted the floor in front of himself. Melody sat down.

"Please continue."

"River came back and took me to my room. She said I should try to take a nap. Also, that everything was going to be OK. River said she figured out what was making the Doctor cry a few nights before. She was going to fix it. I said I didn't believe her."

"Why didn't you believe her?"

"Because River hardly ever cries."

"What was she crying about?"

"She said she was scared. Whatever made the Doctor cry was also making River cry. I reminded her that we promised each other that we would handle the scary stuff together."

Sigma could see Melody start tearing up.

"What happened next."

"I started thinking something really bad was going to happen. What else was I supposed to think? Two people who hardly ever cry were so scared it made them cry. That made me scared."

Malokeh and the Doctor were obsessively looking at the monitors. River's body was coming down, somewhat, from the panic state. All the Doctor's alarm bells were going off. He would have liked to pull Sigma out but Sigma was in too deeply. Sigma would be seriously injured if he pulled out to quickly.

"River is agitated but stable, Doctor. She will be fine for the moment."

The Doctor nodded in response. So he sat down next to the bed. He closely watched both River and Sigma's face. Malokeh went to check on Rory and Amy.

"How are they?"

"Fine. They are still both deeply asleep."

"Good."

The Doctor leaned on the bed rail and closed his eyes. Malokeh smiled and hoped he had a nice nap. He left the room for a few minutes. Malokeh was casually talking to a few of the Sisters when he heard the Doctor's voice.

"River? No, no it is OK."

Malokeh hurried back in the room. The Doctor had lowered the bed rail and was sitting on the bed.

"Doctor?"

"I don't know what happened. She just started crying. She seems really scared also."

Malokeh saw the Doctor take her left hand and start drawing on the palm.

"What are you doing?"

"Telling her I'm here and that everything will be OK."

"Gallaferian?"

"Yes." The Doctor smiled. "Good eye."