The door slammed open and Amelia ran out with Rani, scattering the chickens in the yard who were squawking with outrage. The Doctor followed them "Go, go, go, guys! Keep moving, go, go go!" the Doctor urged, waving them onwards worried about something happening to the girls.

"Stay away from the door, Doctor." Guido called as he slammed it shut, locking it to keep them out.

The Doctor pounded on the door, finding once again there was nothing he could do to get in. "No, Guido! What are you doing?" He questioned worriedly as he took stock of the situation, hearing the deep gasps from the girls as they breathed.

Guido used the light on the girls to keep them away from him as he moved. "I'm not leaving you! What are you doing!" He heard the Doctor yell from outside. He ignored the Doctor, leading the girls through the home behind him like he would a wild animal or a fish. This time, he was the bait. "Come on. That's it... Come on." He cajoled.

Guido led them into the main room where everyone had been hiding out while planning. He picked up a candle in his spare hand, leading them backwards."Come on. Come on. Come on!" He said angrily leading them further and further, his heart breaking and relief flooding him with each step.

He couldn't do anything like the Doctor could. He wasn't as smart, nor was he as able when it came to plans. But he had to do something. Something had to be done, they couldn't get away with what they were doing. They couldn't get away with hurting his Isabella. He wasn't going to…they killed her. It was his fault, he'd taken her there hoping to help her future but instead…He was going to brave, like he'd told her. "We are Venetians!" he screamed, touching the candle to a hole in one of the barrels.


-Outside-


The Doctor sensed what was about to happen a moment before he ran from the house quickly, diving for cover and hauling the girls down with him and covering them as the house exploded behind them.

He turned and looked, keeping them protected and set his jaw as he watched the house be consumed in flames. "You didn't have to…" he whispered. "I could have found a way."


Signora Calvierri stormed across the main room towards her thrown and quickly threw open a device that was attached to the armrest. "Right, to begin, let's fill the sky with fire." She didn't smile this time, but looked determined as she activated the device.

Smoke and vapor poured out from the bell tower of the school. It quickly became so thick that it blocked out the sky. Lightening streaks began flashing across the sky as the storm began. The rain pouring downwards in sheets."Yes!" Signora Calvierri screamed, quite elated as she watched from her balcony. Her plan was beginning, the world was changing and soon her sons would all be able to thrive.

Down below the people scurried around, some screaming and sure it was the end of the world, some just looked extremely worried at the sky. "In sight of the Lord, protect and keep us!" one man screamed in terror as he ran.


-Doctor-


"Rosanna's initiating the final phase." the Doctor said, looking away from the ruble and towards the people running around on the street.

"We need to stop her. Come on!" Amelia pleaded, tugging at his hand.

"No, no. Get back to the TARDIS." He ordered her. "Both of you." He turned to look at Rani, the situation was getting out of hand.

"You can't stop her on your own." Rani told him. It wasn't an insult; it wasn't an accusation but just a simple stated fact.

"We don't discuss this! I tell you to do something and you do it." the Doctor pointed at them, "That's how it works." He almost yelled, hoping the stubborn girls would listen.

"You need us." Rani told him seriously, "Or at least a second pair of hands." She contended logically.

The Doctor let out a noise of frustration and tugged at his hair, pacing in circles. "Fine. But stay close and do as I say. If I say run you run, no questioning it." He sighed, Rani was a mini Sarah Jane, just as stubborn, Amelia wasn't far behind.

"Okay." Both girls nodded.

The Screaming got louder and he ran to find why, followed close by Amelia and Rani.


Francesco opened the gates to the school and looked at the sky. A smirk tugged at his lips, the plan was working.

"Oh, my God! What is going on?" Rani said, watching the sky as the dark clouds began to swirl and roll as if a hundred tornados were about to hit simultaneously.

Francesco glared across the canal at them, obviously recognizing them. He removed his hat and cape preparing for something, but they didn't notice them.

"It looks like the sky is boiling." Amelia said in fear moving closer to Rani.

As they left, following the Doctor, Francesco dove into the canal.


The Doctor looked at the girls before entering the school, "Wait here." He stated firmly, hoping they would listen and at least stay a little safe.

They looked like they wanted to protest, but remembered the promise. "Fine." They said in unison both gazing up in fear at the rolling, boiling sky.

He entered the throne room and didn't stop to look around. He walked directly to the throne and examined it carefully. Throwing open the back panel he revealed a mess of circuitry that was obviously alien. He'd have gushed over the brilliance of it, but he was in a hurry so he took out the sonic to scan it.

"You're too late." Signora Calvierri said, from her unnoticed position by the windows. He didn't jump or act startled, just kept watching the wires. "Such determination... just to save one city. Hard to believe it's the same man that let an entire race turn to cinders and ash. Now you can watch as my people take their new kingdom." She continued smiling at her win as she waited for the birth of her children.

"The girls have gone, Rosanna." He replied gently but firmly.

"You're lying." She accused, afraid and shocked.

"Shouldn't I be dead? Hmm?" He stopped the taunts as she walked away and changed tactics. "Rosanna, please, help me. There are 200,000 people in this city." He pleaded, voice soft.

"So save them." She suggested without emotion, not even turning to look at him as she left.

He looked over the throne away and rubbed at his face in frustration; he couldn't stop it, not from here.


Rani caught sight of Francesco who approached them with malicious intent. He was soaking wet, whether from the storm or some other reason she wasn't sure.

"Amelia, Run!" Rani yelled to her, stepping in front of the little girl. She pushed her towards where the Doctor had gone in and tried to distract Francesco.

"You couldn't get me the first time when I was all tied up, what makes you think you could get me when I'm free? You're as stupid as your mum." Rani taunted, seeing Amelia run out of sight and hoping she'd be safe.

Francesco turned from following Amelia and looked at Rani in rage and shock. "Did you just say something about Mummy?" he whined looking at the teen hungrily, swiping at her with is sword.

Rani ducked from the swipe of a sword Francesco pulled and ran, trying to lead him away from the school so the Doctor could save the world and Amelia would be safe.

As she walked backwards, trying to dodge his attacks she tripped, falling backwards and whacking her head on the ground. He let loose a snarl and changed forms, leaping to land over top of Rani.

"Hey! Mummy's boy!" Amelia yelled at him to catch his attention. She was relatively certain that was an insult. One of the big boys in Leadworth called Rory one and it had made him mad. "Over here!" Both Rani and Francisco looked over at her, fear in Rani's eyes, hatred in Fransisco's. Before either could react further Amy pointed the sonic at him. She wasn't sure what all was locked, but she aimed for bright and nearly blinded herself with the bright yellow beam that shot out of the sonic, impacting Francesco mid torso, causing him to explode into black dust and Amelia stuck the sonic into her pocket.

"Oh…oh, ew." Rani wiped dust off of herself and climbed to her feet. She lightly touched the back of her head to check and was quite relieved it didn't come back with any blood.

"That was lucky." Amelia admitted, "I didn't know it could do that." She said innocently, looking at the pink sonic in her hands.

"I thought I told you to run." Rani halfheartedly scolded her, worried about what had happened but glad Amy was ok.

"You needed my help." Amelia said, grabbing her hand, "Now we go help the Doctor." She stated firmly grabbing Rani's hand.

"Get out!" the Doctor yelled at the duo when they entered. "I need to stabilize the room." He was frantically looking over the throne again. He'd gone to check outside and seen how bad it was getting. He'd also seen Carlo running away with items he was stealing in a bag.

"We're not leaving you." Amelia said stubbornly.

"Right," the Doctor walked towards them, "So even though I told you to run, and you ignored it, and told you to wait outside, which you ignored, it's still 'we're not leaving you?" he asked, a bit of pride in his voice disguising the fear.

"You wouldn't leave us." Amelia said, quite simply.

"Ri—" the Doctor started just as the ground shook and threw them all off of their feet.

"What was that?" Amelia asked cautiously, moving closer to the Doctor.

"Nothing. Bit of an earthquake." the Doctor said, standing and brushing any dirt off of his trousers.

"An Earthquake?" Rani asked standing up.

"Manipulate the elements, it can trigger earthquakes. But don't worry about them." He told them.

"No?" Amelia asked.

"No. Worry about the tidal waves caused by the earthquake." He ignored the shocked looks in favor of returning to the throne. "Right, Rosanna's throne is the control hub but she's locked the program, so tear out every single wire and circuit in the throne. Go crazy. Hit it with a stick, anything." He checked over the wires making absolutely certain he could NOT fix it. "We need it to shut down and re-route control to the secondary hub, which I'm guessing will also be the generator." He said a smile forming as the plan formed in his head.

"Clyde electronic maintenance." Rani nodded, "Check." She said smirking.


Leaving the wires in the capable hands of the girls, absolutely certain they knew just how to destroy something electric and ran to get closer to the tolling bells. The closer he got the louder the bells rung till soon he had his hands clasped over his ears.

Amelia and Rani tore at the wires in the throne, creating sparks and electrical noises as the wires disconnected. As they worked they hoped the Doctor knew what he was doing.

He jumped up and grabbed the clapper to one of the bells, holding it until the bell stopped. "Shut up! Shut up!" He let go and rubbed his ears, "That's better." He said glaring at the bell.

The Doctor tugged on one of the cables, but found it didn't budge. He gave up and climbed up onto the rail and held onto the column to steady himself when he slipped. Once he regained his balance he began the slippery climb.


Amelia ran into the courtyard with Rani. All the wires were pulled out so there was no way any wires could be holding power which meant all power was rerouted to the secondary source, like the Doctor asked.

"Look, there he is!" Rani yelled, pointing to the top of the tower where the Doctor climbed with the cable.

He climbed steadily, the only reason he didn't fall was the tight grip he kept on the cable. It was slow going but soon he'd reached the top of the sphere.

He opened the sphere to reveal what was inside. The secondary power source creating the storm was complex, made up of dozens of gears and wires. He looked it over trying to figure out the complex pattern he needed to do to stop the device. He stopped and stared.

"No…" he trailed off looking at the device again as he saw what would work.

It couldn't be that simple, could it? He reached out and with a simple flick of a switch the rain stopped, the clouds cleared and the birds began to sing shut the sphere again and looked down at the ground where both girls were laughing and hugging each other in relief. "I've got to say it was more complex than that." He said as he waved. "Otherwise I lose some heroic credit." He said to himself.


Signora Calvierri walked up the stones to the water's edge. Straight to the area they'd pushed that girl in from…Isabella. That's what the Doctor had called her. The traitor that sent the Doctor with his wrath onto them.

She tried to turn off the perception filter, but it didn't work. As she walked to the edge she pulled off her gloves and shakily stripped down to her chemise. The water began to bubble as she stepped onto the planks. It was almost poetic; she was giving her life for her sons.

"Rosanna!" she heard the Doctor yell from behind her as she stared at the water. She could tell he was worried, and out of breath, but she didn't really care. Not looking at him she started speaking softly.

"One city to save an entire species." Tears clouded her eyes and grief her voice as she spoke. "Was that so much to ask?" she asked mourning the loss of her culture.

The Doctor crept slowly closer to the plank, keeping his pace steady. "I told you, you can't go back and change time. You mourn but you live. I know, Rosanna, I did it." He implored her to step back.

Signora Calvierri turned her head to look at him and he could feel his hearts breaking at the look in her eyes and her face. "Tell me, Doctor…can your conscience carry the weight of another dead race? Remember us. Dream of us." She beseeched him, driving guilt and grief home. She turned back to the water and stepped off the planks, falling in gracefully.

"No…NO!" he screamed, running forward to stop her but missing by inches as he slid to a stop on the plank. "No…Rosanna." His voice held sorrow and regret. One city for a species…It could have been done, in the right time period…the right place…Maybe you could bring a species back with the right place…you could change a compatible species into your own species; sometimes he even found himself thinking of people who …He shook his head to rid his mind of those thoughts. He wasn't going down that path. No way would he walk the path of darkness again. He was not the Time Lord Victorious, he wasn't the Dream Lord…He was just the Doctor; the man who could make people better. He got to his feet shakily and took a deep breath. "Goodbye, Rosanna." He said softly looking at the water.


In the market everyone was cleaning up after the storm. Hundreds of theories were being passed around. A clergyman stood in the middle of it all, preaching about salvation and God's love.

"Now then, next stop…I know a great little Ice cream shop in the tornado nebula." He said, trying to act more gleeful then he felt.

"Next stop, home." Rani replied, looking at him seriously.

He eyed her appearance and hit some realizations. He'd picked her up in the afternoon and they'd spent about 24 hours here this time around…She's slept briefly with Amelia for an hour or two…she also had a mark on the back of her head from falling; her clothes were still quite wet from the storm and he could barely see a mark on her neck from the bite. The Doctor felt quite guilty for a moment but that was quickly chased away by fear…Sarah Jane was going to regenerate him.

"You sure? We could always stop by a spa planet." He tried to bribe her. "Or just hang out in the vortex playing hungry-hungry hippos! I also have 'don't break the ice'!" his voice a mix of begging and whining.

"Home." Rani repeated, this time smiling at him.

He rolled his eyes in mock hurt as Amelia opened the TARDIS and entered to the sounds of an obviously ecstatic Uval who was happy to see his owners.

He went to enter too but stopped dead in his tracks. He grabbed Rani's shirt sleeve, "Rani, listen to that." He said noticing something.

Rani paused, head out of the door trying to find what he wanted her to hear. "All I can hear is…silence." She said looking up at him.

He nodded and released her arm, letting her go inside.

The Doctor's eyes roamed over the entire area, fruitlessly searching for what caused the silence.

'There were cracks. Through some we saw silence and the end of all things. ' Rosanna's voice echoed through his head as he walked into the TARDIS and with a hesitant look outside he slammed the door defiantly.


Sarah Jane paced back and forth in her attic. The boys sat on the couch by Mr. Smith, both trying to get through to Rani's mobile at the same time, as they had been for ages now. Jack was pacing as well, but he'd been calling around to people that he said he couldn't 'out', whatever that meant.

Rani had been gone for hours. It was three in the morning; the Doctor had taken her at three in the afternoon. This was not going be ignored, he wasn't just going to get away with it this time. Rani wasn't even supposed to leave the Earth, she'd been grounded by the Judoon! Not that that would stop him…

Mr. Smith couldn't locate Rani's phone at all, so that meant she wasn't in the universe…or, more realistically, she wasn't in this time period.
He'd taken Rani not just across space, but through time and when she had gotten through to his phone it had NOT reassured her of the safety of her friend.

Jack growled in frustration and looked at his phone in disbelief. "That bitch." He growled.

"What?" Sarah Jane asked quickly.

"She flipped me off…with a text!" Jack sounded outraged as he dialed the mobile again. "VERY MATURE! Yes…Yes I know damn well what time it is but he's taken a teenager-don't you give me that tone. I am not above telling your mother-What do you mean she knows!" The conversation would have been funny for Sarah Jane if she hadn't been so worried.

Ignoring Jack's ranting she focused on trying to call the Doctor again. She'd known him for over half her life, through eight regenerations – having met all but three to date – and she loved him deeply, but trusting him with her kids was another thing all together.

When he'd taken Luke she hadn't even known until the next morning, and that horrified her to no end.

If anything had happened she wouldn't have been able to save him. As it was Luke had not been able to sleep well for weeks afterwards and still had some issues with statues. Though, for that matter even Martha would look twice at any statue of an angel.

Jack clicked his phone off and rubbed a hand through his hair before shoving it in his pocket. "She's calling him now so I'll shut up and stop annoying her." He said his voice a mix of worry and success that he'd managed to convince the person on the other end of the line of something.

"Are you going to ever tell me who this companion is?" Sarah Jane asked, somewhat curious despite the situation.

"Sorry, sworn to secrecy." Jack shrugged and crossed the room. He wrapped an arm around her companionably, "So much for a quiet weekend with no big alien issues." He said apologetically as he hugged her.

"That's a great way to describe him; a big alien issue." Sarah Jane said worry echoing in every word.

"Mum!" Luke yelled excitedly, "It went through!" he said as he ran across the attic, a cell phone gripped in his hand.

"What?" Sarah Jane and Jack said in unison staring at Luke.

"It rang! I mean, it didn't get answered but it rang!" Luke held the phone up.

"Mobile located." Mr. Smith said calmly, a blinking light on his screen to match his words. "Location. – "

Mr. Smith's words were cut off by the wheezing noise of the TARDIS landing.

"We're going to get Rani, and THEN kill him." Sarah Jane said sensibly as Clyde jolted to his feet.

"Yes, there is a proper order about this." Jack nodded as if it made perfect sense.


[AN : And the fun begins! Thank you all readers and reviews for sticking with us! Raising Amelia's one year anniversary is the 24th! I'm shocked. I'm not, we're good! Yup and in honour of this we're putting forth an opportunity to get more story, so to speak - We're gonna do a one-shot side story - posted separate from this story - about what YOU want. Within reason. There's a poll on our profile page for what you want to see. Most votes win...unless a PM or review under 'other' makes us go "OH WE HAVE GOT TO WRITE THIS!" Basically? Read, review, vote and more good times to come! Next week an extra long chapter and on the 24th the one-shot side. Oooh, we're spoiling them. Are not.]