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We were tansmatted back to the battle field. There was no way back to the ship. I saw the sun rising over the battle field. A new day.

'Hang on up there Sec. I'll come back as soon as I can.' I muttered. 'Right come on.' I grabbed James and ran to the jeep, which hadn't been blown up. I had to get to the TARDIS and fast.

The jeep's engine grunted into life.

I was aware that Laitha had also been transmatted to Earth, she was following us but not fast enough. She screamed at us for leaving behind. I decided it was her own fault. She had her chance.

We were off at full speed. The jeep rattled over the rough ground. Come on. Keep going. Faster.

'Should we let someone know we're coming?' James asked.

'Hello.' I shouted down the radio. 'Anyone there?'

'Hello. Who is this? Over.'

'This is Delta Mike Zero Three Five.' James took over with the radio. 'Where are we heading?' He asked me.

'The field hospital of course.'

'We're heading over to the field hospital. Over.' He repeated down the radio.

'We expect to your arrival soon. Over.'

'Get them to ask Nurse Edwards if she's made my cup of tea yet.' I told James. Tea is important.

'The Doctor wants to know if Nurse Edwards has made his cup of tea yet. Over.'

'We'll get her on the line.'

A few minutes past. I drove past the trenches and onto the road. We would be there soon. Hang on just a little bit longer Sec, I thought.

'Hello? Doctor?' Nurse Edwards' voice came through the radio.

'I'm here.' I took the radio from James.

'Your tea's gone cold. Have you found Sec yet?'

'Yes, but he's not currently with us.' The hospital was in sight.

There was no reply.

'I'm going back for him as soon as I can.' I told her.

'He's still alive then?'

'I hope so.'

I turned the jeep around a corner. The front entrance of the hospital. Nurse Edwards ran over to us from a group of men. She had been using their radio.

'What happened?' She asked.

'Not now.' I told her jumping out of the jeep and running into the hospital.

I dodged around hospital staff and equipment as I ran past. How long did Sec have left up there? Not long. I yanked opened the door of a cupboard. I had parked the TARDIS within.

I ran over to the console. And with the pull of the lever the TARDIS was in flight. A few tense moments passed as I operated the controls. The TARDIS landed. I opened the door.

Either the entire ship was upside down or I seriously needed to revise how I fly the TARDIS. I decided the ship was upside down when I saw Sec fall onto the ceiling (or should that now be the floor?).

He had heard the TARDIS appear and was making his way over. I ran over to help him. Dodging bits of computer that were being hurtled around as the ship tossed and turned. I fell over several times as did he. But eventually we made it back to the TARDIS.

I went in but he hesitated and stood outside. I didn't care what was going through his mind at the moment, but I wasn't going to let him die. I pulled him through the door and closed it. Not a moment later the ship's structure finally gave way and it was torn, literally, apart. All that was left were tiny pieces of debris floating around in space.

'You ok?' I asked Sec.

He stared around the TARDIS in awe.

'Sec?'

'It's amazing. I mean I always knew... you know what they say... Dimensionally transcendental... but you never think...'

I was a bit miffed that Sec hadn't stated that the TARDIS was bigger on the inside like everyone else, but then again, Sec wasn't like everyone else.

I smiled regardless. I loved the reaction the TARDIS's interior had on people. know matter who they were, they were almost always amazed. Almost. There was the odd exception, the Master and other Time Lords for instance. Back when...

...Your song will end soon...

...He will knock four times...

'Doctor?'

'Hmm?' I said snapping out of my thoughts.

'Is everything alright?'

'Yeah.' I said quickly. Perhaps too quickly. 'Anyway we need to find May.' I said, changing the subject.

Sec looked at me concerned. 'Always moving on.' Sec muttered.

'Yeah.' I said quietly and sadly. He heard.

'Like you said we need to find May. Last we saw she was half way across the channel.' He said.

'But where is she now?' I asked, examining the TARDIS computer.

'No idea exactly.' Sec answered. 'But we know where she's heading.'

'And we can get there first.' It would be good to see Winston again. I thought as I set the TARDIS's co-ordinates to re-materialise in Cabinet War Rooms. I remembered rescuing him from certain death in the Boer War. Back in my, admittedly rather arrogant, sixth incarnation. I wondered how Peri had managed to put up with me for so long.

'I suggest you hold onto something.' I advised Sec. The TARDIS never did like a short journey within the same time line, let alone two. I pulled the lever and the TARDIS was in flight.

'Oh behave.' I told it bringing the mallet down on the console a few times.

'I thought you knew how to drive this thing.' Sec said, smiling as the TARDIS rocked and juddered as it flew.

'This is how you drive it.' I told him with a grin bringing down the mallet again. One last bang for luck.

The TARDIS re-materialised. Sec and I stepped out.

'Ah. Maybe not the Cabinet War Rooms as I had planned.' I said as I saw that the TARDIS had landed near the edge of a cliff. Sorry Winston, maybe another time?

'It doesn't matter. I think that's May over there.' Sec said pointing out a small rowing boat in the sea's horizon.

Eventually we found a way to off the cliff and down to the shore. I was sure it would have been quicker if we had climbed down the cliff-face but Sec had flatly refused that route so we had to find another.

We stood on the shore waiting for May.

'So what will you do now?' I asked.

'No idea. I can't go back to the trenches. I can't fight.'

'Why's that?'

'I tried. I really did. I wanted to help. During the advance I had to shoot but I couldn't. All that went through my head. Everything I had done wrong... And I'm sorry for it all. Everything.'

I nodded. 'So am I.' We shared our regret for a moment. 'You could always help May. At the hospital.' I suggested

'I like that idea.'

'Just don't invent or use anything before it's time.'

'You don't think I already know that?'

'Good point. But even so just be careful. And make sure you look after her.' I pointed to May as she got closer to the shore.

'What did happen to Dalek Caan?' Sec asked.

I sighed. 'I'll shorten it 'cos it's quite a long story.' I told him. I also missed out the fact that I didn't want to go over all of the details. Poor Donna. 'I offered him the chance to change back in New York. He escaped. Emergency Temporal Shift. He entered into the Time War.'

'But that's time locked.'

I nodded. 'And still is. As a result he went insane, but he managed to save Davros from the Nightmare Child. They then rebuilt the Dalek race, which was then destroyed... All of them have gone now.'

'Thanks for letting me know.'

'Right then, I better be off. Civilisations to save and all that.' I turned and walked off.

Half way up the cliff I looked back. May was dragging the boat onto the shore. Sec ran over to her. I watched the happy reunion, with a smile. Never too late. Not this time.

I turned and walked over to the TARDIS key in hand. 'Just you and me again old girl.' I told the doors as I put the key in. 'And I still haven't had my tea yet.'

'Doctor.'

I turned and saw May behind me. 'Oh hello.'

She wore a serious face. 'Don't ask me why or how I know this. But you must be careful.'

'Careful? I'm always careful. I'm the king of caref-'

'Because your song is ending soon.'

But how? How did she know that? Was it really going to happen?

May turned and left. I saw Sec waiting for her in the distance.

I entered the TARDIS. 'My song is ending?' I muttered, closing the door. Pondering for a moment. 'We'll see.'