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The Doctor's POV
"It's signalling. We have to assume the body is homing in on this." I said.
"How do we stop it?" Clara asked.
"Well, we could chop his head off. Oh, look..." I smirked.
"Does sarcasm help?" River questioned.
"Wouldn't it be a great universe if it did?" I replied.
River groaned, "Let's just kill the head." She said as she approached me.
"You can't shoot the head in the face!" I exclaimed.
"Why not?" River wondered. Hydroflax then awoke and started to scream. I placed him on the console.
"You kill me and my body will burn!" Hydroflax stated.
"Burn what?" I asked.
"The world!" he started, "My body contains a split quantum actualiser."
"Your power source..." I realised.
"More than a power source. If necessary, a bomb." Hydroflax said.
"You could wipe out the solar system." Clara replied.
I gave her a confused look, "How have you learnt so much?"
"I've spent WAY too much time with you." She exclaimed. The TARDIS doors suddenly opened and there stood the Cyborg with... Ramone's head? I grabbed Clara's hand and pulled her closer to me for protection.
The Cyborg entered the TARDIS, "Kill them!" Hydroflax ordered.
"Death Initiating." The Cyborg responded. Clara clicked her fingers causing the doors TARDIS doors to close. The TARDIS automatically started to dematieralise.
River looked confused, "How did you know how to close the doors?!" She asked Clara.
"Errr... Lucky guess?" She replied as we backed away from the killer Cyborg. River put some coordinates in.
"Where are we going?" I asked. The TARDIS landed.
"Just get the damn head!" River exclaimed as she grabbed the bag and manoeuvred herself around the Cyborg towards the doors. She turned around to face us and opened the bag, I quickly grabbed the head. I disabled it and tossed it towards River, she caught it in the bag. She made her way out of the TARDIS.
I pulled Clara around the console and out of the doors, she closed them behind her, "Come on, then!" I said to River and Clara. River grabbed my free hand and started to drag us down the corridor, "Stop holding my hand, people don't do that to me."
"Hush!" River replied.
"Don't hush me. I'm not a hushing person!" I exclaimed. She then stopped in her tracks and released my hand. She looked down at mine and Clara's hands which were intertwined,
"You are giving me some serious mixed messages today." River started, "Are you sure people don't hold your hand?" She asked.
I tried to pull my hand away from Clara's but she tightened her grip, "He's a terrible liar." Clara stated.
We found ourselves in some sort of hall, "Ah, Dr Song! Your table is ready." A creature came towards us.
"Flemming! How are the twins?" She replied as she handed me the bag and walked towards Flemming.
"Still digesting their mother, thank you for asking." Flemming responded.
"Erm..." Clara said to me, "TimeLord twins don't digest their mothers do they?"
"No no no. Don't worry. It's just their kind do. They have a ceremony for it." I explained.
She squeezed my hand lightly, "Sorry. Just a bit paranoid."
I gave her a reassuring smile, "It's okay."
"Are these two your guests, Dr Song?" Flemming asked.
"Well..." River began, "I was hoping just for the Surgeon here to join me. His associate will not be needed and I was hoping that you could take care of her whilst we deal with some business."
Flemming nodded, "Of course."
Muffled shouting then came from the bag, great... he was awake again, Flemming looked at us with a confused expression, "Sorry. It was my stomach." I lied. More muffled ranting came from the bag, "I have an irritable bowel."
"My revenge will be merciless! I will rip you open and devour you!" Hydroflax's voice boomed from the bag.
"It's having a day." I said.
"You cannot escape!" Hydroflax continued.
Flemming coughed awkwardly, "This way." He turned around and headed into another room.
"I don't suppose you mind if I freshen up." River paused as she took out some spray, she spray herself and her clothes changed into something a bit more formal, "Not bad for 200, eh?" I shrugged in response.
"Sorry. He doesn't understand how to compliment someone." Clara explained. River took the bag from hands roughly,
"Ow!" Hydroflax complained. River turned around and headed to the room where Flemming was. I turned so that I was facing Clara properly and placed my hands on her shoulders. She glared at me.
"What have I done now?" I asked with a sigh. She continued to glare at me, "Clara..."
"Why can't I come with you and River?" She questioned.
I ran my hands down to her waist and pulled her in for a hug, "I thought I was the one who was supposed to get jealous."
"I'm not jealous." She mumbled as she wrapped her arms around me. I could tell that she wasn't lying. Telepathic link, remember?
I groaned, "Clara-"
She cut me off, "I'm not stupid, Doctor. You've been trying to get her to remember you ever since you saw her." She said, "You have feelings for her and anyone would see that."
I tightened the hug, "I'm not going to lie. We agreed that we would have no more lies between us." I started, "I do have feelings for River BUT they don't come close to my feelings for you, okay?" I explained, "It's like how you had some sort of feelings for Danny when we weren't together."
"They weren't THAT strong though." She corrected.
"I'm in love with you, okay? Not River." I assured her.
She pulled away slightly and she raised her eyebrow at me, "Never heard you say that before?"
I raised my own eyebrow, "Say what before?"
"That you are 'in love' with me."
"Pfft! Of course I've said it before!" I exclaimed nervously.
"Surgeon!" River's voice came from the other room.
"Hang on!" I replied.
"Since when were you so 'mushy'?" Clara asked.
"'Mushy?'"
She nodded, "Yes. Mushy." She paused, "Like when you 'subtly' called me sexy." Using air quotes when saying 'subtly'.
"You mentioned in the past that I never said 'compliments'... So I said one."
"Not gonna lie." Clara started, "It did sound a lot more dirty than you probably intended."
I chuckled, "Sorry."
"Oh no, don't be sorry. I kinda like it." She admitted, "Also... why are A LOT less serious than I remember?"
I shrugged, "People change." I replied, "Now!" I exclaimed, "I have a 'dinner' with River." She looked down in response, I placed my finger under her chin and forced her look up, "You have to trust me, Clara. Nothing will happen between River and I."
I swiftly leaned down and placed my lips on hers, she instantly responded.
"Surgeon! Stop making out and help me with this business deal!" River called causing our lips to inch away slighlty.
"Oh god, are you serious? That's disgusting!" Hydroflax's voice echoed loudly even though he was in the other room.
"Flemming will be back in a bit. Ask him for a drink, ONLY water. Don't accept any other drink he offers, everything else they serve will be poisonous towards humans" I explained, "I won't be too long. And PLEASE don't interfere with the deal. I don't want you or our children to get hurt." I said as I placed my hand on her cheek.
She sighed, "I will interfere if I have to."
"No." I said.
"Yes." She replied.
I shook my head and grinned, "Only if absolutely necessary, Clara."
"Fine." She gave in as she placed a kiss on my cheek.
"Doctor!" Missy's shouted as she appeared out of nowhere.
"Nope!" I exclaimed. I took out my sonic screwdriver, I used it on Missy. She quickly disappeared.
"What just happened?" Clara asked in confusion.
"Missy used her vortex manipulator to get here and I reversed the teleportation on it. I sent her back to her previous location and I also disabled the device so she can't come back here." I explained.
"Good. I don't think I could deal with her right now." She turned around, "See you in a bit, Doctor." She started to walk towards a table in the far corner of the room before she stopped, "I'm in love with you aswell, by the way." She continued walking. I tried my hardest to stop the smile from coming across my face. As soon as Clara sat down she pulled out her phone. I rolled my eyes, Humans and their technology nowadays...
I entered the room and saw River standing there talking to Flemming, the bag still in her hand, "Finally! Took you long enough!" She exclaimed as she headed towards a table, I followed.
"So, what's the occasion?" I asked.
"I've got the diamond, now it's time to sell it."
"I thought you were returning it to the Halassi?"
"Tell me, were you born boring, or did you have to work at it?"
I ignored her comment, "Where did you find a buyer?"
"Look around you. The starship Harmony And Redemption, minimum ticket price one billion credits, plus the provable murder of multiple innocent life forms. Suites are reserved for planet-burners. There are PLENTY of buyers here. Just one of them stood out. Don't worry."
We sat down at a table in the dining room, River placed the bag under the table.
"Why are frowning?" River asked.
"How did you know?"
"It's audible."
River changed the subject quickly, "Hydroflax has gone back to sleep I think..."
"I'm still confused as to why you married him."
"I told you, I married the diamond!" She corrected.
"How?" I questioned.
"I posed as his nurse. Took me a week."
"To fall in love?"
River said in a mock voice, "'I'm in love with you'." She started, "It's the easiest lie you can tell a man!" She exclaimed. The easiest lie?
