Just a warning to say that I might take a short break from writing this story soon. (MIGHT- Not certain yet)
Also, I would love some recommendations for adventures/events that should happen between Clara and the Doctor!
Clara's POV
As the light faded away we had reached our destination, the three of us had landed flat in the snow.
"Ramone! Just once, can you get the height right?" River asked.
"Sorry, Professor." He responded.
"When I escape, I will bring terror to you and your family! There is no escape from the..." Hydroflax trailed off inside the bag. The Doctor let out a small laugh,
"Is something funny?" River asked.
"Who dares laugh at Hydroflax? You shall be crushed! You shall scream in fear! Let me out of this bag!" Hydroflax exclaimed.
"This is a serious mission in a critical phase. There is nothing to laugh about here." River said as she stood up.
I sat up in the snow and looked down at the Doctor who was lying in the snow, "I don't know what's happened to him... he's gotten a lot less serious recently."
River raised her eyebrow, "Well... maybe he's gotten less serious ever since he met you."
"Maybe I have." The Doctor smiled at me.
"Enough of the mushy stuff! I WILL destroy you if you do not let me out of this bag!" Hydroflax shouted.
"We're being threatened by a bag! By a head in a bag!" The Doctor stated.
"Prepare to die in agony and submit to my supremacy! Unzip this bag!" Hydroflax demanded. I started to stand up but the Doctor grabbed my hand causing me to fall on top of him. He put his hand on the back of my neck and swiftly pulled me down until our lips met.
We pulled away as a man started to run towards us and shout, "Professor Song! Sorry, Professor, sorry about the height thing." I rolled off of the Doctor and we both sat up. Our expressions turned to confusion as River started to passionately kiss the man who I assumed to be 'Ramone'.
"Ugh! Doesn't it get dull after a while? As an activity, it's not hugely varied, is it?" The Doctor said.
River quickly looked at the Doctor and raised her eyebrow, "Says the one who just kissed someone himself!"
"Fair point." He replied as he stood up, he offered his hand to me and pulled me to my feet.
"This is my husband, Ramone." River introduced.
"Another one?" I asked in disbelief.
"Are you going to kill him, too?" The Doctor asked.
"We're not actually married." Ramone said.
"We are, in fact. I wiped it from your memory." River explained.
"Why would you wipe THAT memory?!" I questioned.
"He was being annoying," She stated, "So, the Damsel, do we have a fix?" River asked Ramone.
"Found the capsule just over in the village, but I can't locate Damsel. I've looked everywhere." Ramone replied.
"Who's Damsel?" The Doctor asked.
"Have you been thorough? It's not easy, he does have 12 faces." River continued to talk to Ramone. Ramone then pulled out some pictures, they had different faces on. As I went down the pictures I recognised a few of them. There wasn't a picture of the current version of him though.
"Doctor? Are all of these pictures of you?" I whispered to him.
He nodded, "Yes. But I'm clearly the best one out of all of them."
I nodded with a smile, "Definitely."
"None of these men are here. Are you sure it's one of those?" Ramone asked River.
"Yes! He only has these 12 faces. He'll be around here somewhere. This is the closest intersection with the Doctor's timeline. That's why I crashed Hydroflax's ship here."
"Damsel?" I asked.
"Codename: 'Damsel in Distress'." Ramone put the photos away, "Apparently, he needs a lot of rescuing."
"What if he has a face that you don't know about yet?" The Doctor hinted.
"He has limits. Well, then... let's go find him!" River announced.
We walked the streets. I can't remember when, but the Doctor had put his hand in mine. I think he was trying his best to show that he doesn't love River. I think he's lying.
We reached the TARDIS a lot faster than I thought.
"We can't hang around waiting, he could be ages." River stated.
"Yes, he's probably off rebuilding a civilisation or defeating giant robot fish-" The Doctor started.
"We'll just have to steal it." River said.
"Sorry, what?" the Doctor asked.
"The hopper is really close, we'd be out of here in less than ten minutes." Ramone exclaimed.
"I need time travel. I need this Tardis!" River explained.
"I'm sorry, the word 'steal', somebody said 'steal'." The Doctor spoke to River specifically.
River nodded, "Yes. We're going to steal this box. Hush, you wouldn't understand." River replied.
"You can't!" I said.
"Why can't I?" River asked.
"You can't just steal a Tar-" I started.
The Doctor cut me off, "a box."
"Why not?" River wondered.
"Look, it says 'Police'." the Doctor tried his best to stop River from stealing the TARDIS.
"I have a key." River stated as she pulled it out.
"Of course you do." I muttered. The Doctor squeezed my hand lightly.
"Okay, this Damsel person, he sounds... he sounds pretty dangerous... ish." the Doctor exclaimed.
"It's a... time... machine. I can take it, do whatever I want for as long as I like and pop it back a second later, he'll never know it was gone!" River assured.
"Yes, he will." The Doctor said in a low voice.
"How?" River questioned.
"He'll just know." He replied.
"Well, he's never notice before." River told him.
"Maybe he will notice now!" I stated.
River laughed lightly, "I'll see you in Temple Beach." She spoke to Ramone, "I've already picked out your swimwear." She said as she kissed Ramone.
"Okay, but be careful." Ramone replied.
"Absolutely not!" River commented. She looked at me, "You two, with me. Bring the head." River entered the TARDIS.
"Please, look after her for me." Ramone said to the Doctor. River exited the TARDIS and looked at us,
"Oh, before you come in, you'd better prepare yourself for a shock. It's not as... snug as it looks." River explained as she went back into the TARDIS, closing the door behind her. Ramone started to walk away.
"Finally..." the Doctor whispered.
"Finally?" I asked.
"It's my turn. I've been waiting so long for this." He said.
I rolled my eyes, "Okay but don't go overboard." We walked towards the TARDIS and entered,
"Oh. My. God!" He exclaimed. I sighed in response, "It's bigger!"
"Well, yes." River replied as she started to mess with the console.
"On the inside!" The Doctor stated.
"We need to concentrate!" Rive demanded.
"Than it is!" he continued.
"I know where you're going with this, but I need you to calm down." River explained.
"On the outside!" The Doctor and I said simultaneously.
"You've certainly grasped the essentials." River muttered.
"It's unreal!" I exclaimed.
"My entire understand of physical space has been transformed! Three-dimensional Euclidean geometry has bee torn up, thrown in the air and snogged to death! My grasp of the universal constants of physical reality has been changed... forever." The Doctor explained.
"Right. Tone it down now, Doctor..." I said, quietly.
River opened a panel on the wall, I didn't know it could do that, "Would you like a drink? Aldebaran brandy. Help yourself, but don't tell Dad." River winked. The console started to beep, "What's that noise?" She asked.
The Doctor looked at one of the screens, his eyes widened, "Oh it's nothing!" He exclaimed.
"What the hell are those things?" River wondered. The Doctor quickly turned the screen off.
"Woops... my finger slipped." He shrugged. River groaned as she walked to the other side of the console.
"What was it?" I whispered.
"The scan that you had earlier. The results have come in." He started, "A lot earlier than expected."
"Are the okay? They are at least alive right?" I questioned.
He bit his lip, "Sorry. Didn't really take a good look. Didn't want River to see."
"Leaving me in more suspense..." I mumbled, "We'll check later then." Another beeping sound came from the bag.
"Okay... what is THAT noise?"
"It seems to have powered down, conserving batteries. It's an in-built life-support system. I'm not sure what powers it, but-" The Doctor said as he looked in the bag with the head.
River cut him off, "I really don't care. What's that noise?"
"I don't know. A signal? Distress call?" The Doctor started to go through possibilities.
"Homing beacon." River stated.
"Possibly." he confirmed.
"So the rest of him is coming?" she asked as the Doctor put the bag down.
"He must be very cross..." the Doctor explained.
"Well he has lost his head!" I said.
"Time were off then..." River announced as she started to pull levers on the console. We watched her control the TARDIS.
"You're doing it wrong." The Doctor stated.
"I am certainly not!"
"Not those levers..." he muttered.
"Hush!" River replied.
"You probably want to press that button." The Doctor pointed at a button.
"Why?! That evacuates the waste tank on deck seven!" She wondered.
"Does it?"
"What is wrong with you?"
"Better avoid deck seven then..." The Doctor confirmed.
"Something's interfering with the engines, which is technically not possible." River exclaimed.
"Maybe the engines are interfering with themselves. Wild theory, but what if this machine had certain safeguards. For instance, maybe it can't take off when a life form registers as being both inside and outside at the same time?" The Doctor explained.
"Head and body." I realised.
"Of course. It can't seal the real-time envelope." River said.
"Hence it can't take off. Not when someone is in and out at the same time. I mean, that just wouldn't be good manners, would it?" the Doctor asked.
"You're very quick." River smiled slightly.
He nodded, "Yes. For a Doctor." He hinted.
"Yes." River agreed.
"Seriously?" The Doctor and I asked. How could he make it any clearer?!
