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The Doctor was the first one to recover from their jump. "Up! Look up!" he ordered as he stood up, going over to where Alyssa sat and helped her to her feet. "Are you ok?" the Time Lord asked her.
The Time Lady nodded "yeah, fine", she replied.
"You ok Amy?" River asked helping her up.
"What happened?" the ginger questioned.
"We jumped", River answered.
"Jumped where?" Amy queried.
"Up, Up, Look up!" the Doctor repeated. Amy did so but still couldn't understand. Alyssa on the other hand looked up and immediately understood where they were. James understood too.
"We're on the hull of the ship", the metacrisis stated.
The pregnant Time Lady looked at him quizzically "How is that possible though?"
The Doctor crouched down, sonicing a circular hatch nearby "The ship crashed with the power still on, yeah? So what else is still on?"
The Time Lady thought for a second before she answered with "The gravity!"
"Yep" the Doctor said standing up "One good jump" he jumped on the spot "and up we fell. Shot out the grav globe to give us an updraft, and here we are", he explained.
"Doctor, the statues. They look more like Angels now", Octavian reported staring at the statues below.
"They're feeding on the radiation from the wreckage, draining all the power from the ship, restoring themselves", the Doctor explained as he continued to sonic the hatch "Within an hour, they'll be an army!"
The hatch opened up to reveal the inside of the ship. Suddenly one of the lights surrounding the hatch, exploded with a bang. "They're taking out the lights", the Doctor said "Look at them, Look at the Angels. Into the ship, now. Quickly, all of you!" and with that he dropped into the hole. Alyssa sat down by the hatch and started to lower herself into the hole. The Doctor reached up, put his hands on her waist and helped her down the rest of the way. James didn't hesitate to jump down into the ship after them.
"Doctor! Ali!" Amy called down to Time Lords.
"It's just a corridor", the Doctor told her "The gravity orientates to the floor. Now, in here, all of you. Don't take your eyes off the Angels. Move, move, move!"
He walked over to a control panel, sonicing it as the others joined himself and Alyssa. "The Angels. Presumably they can jump up too?" Octavian asked. The hatch closed the moment they all entered the ship, the lights flickering.
"They're here, now. In the dark, we're finished", the Doctor stated feeling his hearts start to beat faster at the fact that the angels were getting closer to them, to Alyssa. A bulkhead further along the corridor starts to close. "Run!" he shouted, grabbing Alyssa's hand and running for it, the others hot on their heels. Unfortunately they didn't make it, the bulkhead closed trapping them.
"This whole place is a death trap!" Octavian shouted.
"No, it's a time bomb", the Doctor corrected him trying to stay calm "Well, it's a death trap and a time bomb. And now it's a dead end" he rambled "Nobody panic". As he said that, there was a banging on the hatch which told them that the Angels were trying to break in. The Doctor looked around at everyone and saw apart from himself, Alyssa and James were the only ones who looked worried. "Oh, just me, Ali and James then. What's through here?" he asked gesturing to the bulkhead with his sonic.
"Secondary flight deck", River replied.
"Ok" Amy nodded "so we've basically run up the inside of a chimney, yeah?" she stated as River started to work on the panel near the bulkhead, trying to bypass the power "So what if the gravity fails?" Amy asked.
"I've thought about that", the Doctor admitted.
"And?" Amy pressed.
"And we'll all plunge to our deaths", he replied earning him a smack in the arm from his fiancée "ow! What was that for?" he asked rubbing his arm.
"For making her even more scared", Alyssa replied "Empath? Remember?" she pointed to herself.
"Sorry", the Doctor said to both her and Amy. He turned to the door "The security protocols are still live. There's no way to override them. It's impossible".
"How impossible?" River asked as she continued to work on the panel.
"2 minutes", the Doctor replied.
The hum of the engines powered down and the hatch they entered through opened up. "The hull is breached and the power's failing", Octavian stated. The lights went out for a brief moment and when they came back on, an Angel's arm appeared at the entrance.
"Sir, incoming!" Marco called.
"Doctor! Lights", Amy said reaching out and grasping Alyssa's hand as the lights go out again. The Doctor used his sonic on the panel that River had been working on. The lights come on briefly to reveal an Angel making its way inside. The lights go out again for the third time. When they came on again, they were much brighter than before. They also revealed that there were now four Angels in the corridor with them.
"Clerics, keep watching them", Octavian ordered.
"And don't look at their eyes. Anywhere else. Not the eyes", James warned.
"I've isolated the lighting grid. They can't drain the power now", the Doctor added.
"Good work, Doctor", Octavian praised.
"Yes. Good, good, good. Good in many ways. Good you like it so far…" the Time Lord started.
"So far?" Amy asked eye brows raised.
"Well, there's only one way to open this door. I guess I'll need to route all the power in this section through the door control", the Doctor said.
"Good, Fine, do it", Octavian ordered. He didn't care what the Doctor had to do to get the bulkhead door open as long as he did it.
"Including the lights", the Time Lord added "All of them. I'll need to turn out the lights".
"How long for?" Alyssa asked.
"Fraction of a second", the Doctor replied fiddling with the sonic in his hands "Maybe longer. Maybe quite a bit longer".
"Maybe?" Octavian asked, incredulous.
"I'm guessing", the Doctor shot back "We're being attacked by statues in a crashed ship, there isn't a manual for this!" He knew it wasn't a good idea to get worked up but he couldn't help it. His fiancée…his pregnant fiancée was on a ship with four Weeping Angels and only the four clerics, himself, James and River standing between her and them. The Time Lady rubbed his arm, feeling how worried he was. She gave him a small smile when the Doctor looked at her. The Time Lord returned the smile.
"But Doctor, we lost the torches", Amy pointed out "We'll be in total darkness".
"No other way", the Doctor sighed and turned to Octavian "Bishop?"
"Doctor Song, I've lost good Clerics today. You trust this man?" Octavian asked River.
"I absolutely trust him", River replied.
"He's not some kind of madman, then?" Octavian continued.
"I absolutely trust him", River repeated.
"Excuse me", the Doctor said and went back to the door.
Octavian stepped closer to River "I'm taking your word, because you're the only one who can manage this guy", he said quietly "But that only works so long as he doesn't know who you are. You cost me any more men, and I might just tell him. Understood?"
"Understood", River nodded.
Octavian gave her a brief nod and turned back to the Doctor "Ok, Doctor. We've got your back", he said.
"Bless you Bishop", the Doctor said as he took a bundle of wires from Alyssa.
"Combat distance, ten feet", Octavian ordered "As soon as the lights go down, continuous fire. Full spread over the hostiles. Do not stop firing while the lights are out. Shot gun protocol. We don't have bullets to waste".
"Amy, when the lights go down, the wheel should release. Spin it clockwise four turns", the Doctor instructed moving the ginger over to the door.
"10", Amy nodded.
"No, 4 turns", the Doctor corrected her.
"Yeah, 4. I heard you", Amy repeated.
"Love, help her", the Doctor said, turning to her and Alyssa nodded. He moved over to the panel by the door that he'd opened up to gain access to the circuits to the bulkhead. "Ready!" the Doctor called and placed the sonic into the circuit. James shifted closer to the Time Lady and the ginger haired young woman.
"On my count, then", Octavian swallowed "God be with us all. Three…two…one" the lights went out "Fire!"
The clerics opened fire at the Weeping Angels. With each burst of fire, little flashes of light appeared showing the Angels moving closer and closer to the group. "Turn!" the Doctor shouted.
Alyssa and Amy struggled to get the door open. River stepped up next to them and gave them a hand. "Doctor, its opening. It's working!" Amy said as the bulkhead started to open. The three females squeeze through the opening, along with James.
"Fall back!" Octavian ordered to his clerics. The clerics hurry through followed by Octavian and the Doctor. The bulkhead clangs shut behind the Time Lord. They ran down a similar corridor until they reached a door. Using his sonic, the Doctor opened the door and held it open so that everyone could get through.
"Doctor, quickly", River called.
"Doctor!" Alyssa shouted. The Doctor stops sonicing the panel and darts inside just as the bulkhead closed. The secondary flight deck was a mess, exposed wires all over the console. The Doctor and River ran over to the controls.
"Doctor!" Amy shouted as the door's wheel started to spin. Octavian turned to the door and placed a device on it.
"What are you doing?" Alyssa asked as Octavian activated the device, stopping the wheel from turning.
"Magnetized the door", Octavian replied "Nothing could turn that wheel now".
"You were saying?" the meta crisis asked, seeing that the wheel start to turn but more slowly than before.
"Dear God!" Octavian gasped.
"Ah, now you're getting it!" the Doctor said "You've bought us time though. That's good. I am good with time".
"Doctor!" Alyssa called as a wheel on another door to the right of the main one started to turn. She then winced from another dull ache from her head. She rubbed her temples and when she brought her hands away, they were stone! She closed her eyes tightly and opened them, relaxing when she saw that her hands were back to normal. "Ali, are you alright?" Amy asked.
"I think so", Alyssa said, unsure. Why was she getting this pain in her head? And why on earth was she imagining her hands as stone? Was it just her body's way of saying that she needed more sleep? Though that didn't make much sense as A: she was now a Time Lady and didn't require as much sleep anymore and B: she already slept prior to this trip. So what the heck was going on?!
"Seal that door. Seal it now", Octavian ordered and Macro complied.
"We're surrounded", River stated as the wheel on the third door started to spin. It too was sealed with a device.
"Doctor, how long have we got?" Octavian asked.
"5 minutes, max", the Doctor replied.
"9", Amy said.
"We need another way out of here", River stated.
"There isn't one", Octavian said.
"Yeah, there is. Course there is", the Doctor countered "This is a galaxy class ship. Goes for years between planet falls. So…" he snapped his fingers "what do they need?"
"Of course", River breathed, realising what he was getting at. The Doctor snapped his fingers again.
"Of course what? What do they need?" Amy asked not understanding. She wasn't the only one, Alyssa as a little confused too.
"Can we get in there?" Octavian questioned.
The Doctor turned to the back wall "Well, it's a sealed unit, but they must have installed it somehow", he explained. He pressed against various points on the wall saying "This whole wall should slide up" then he noticed the clamps "There's clamps. Release the clamps!" the Doctor flashed his sonic over the clamps.
"What's through there?" Amy asked "What do they need?"
"They need to breathe", James told her. The Doctor smiled as the wall slowly rose upwards. Alyssa and Amy stare, awestruck at the lush green forest that was revealed behind the wall.
"But that's….that's a…." Amy tried to say but couldn't get the words out she was that amazed.
Alyssa opened her mouth to say something when she heard the TARDIS' voice speak very quietly.
"Sweetie…"
"Sexy?" Alyssa said aloud earning her looks from everyone. The Time Lady walked away from them all, keeping her back to the group so that they couldn't see her talking. "How can I hear you so far from well…you?" she asked in a hushed tone.
"We became one, remember? This means that we have a far stronger bond than before", the TARDIS told her "don't act alarmed but you have an Angel in your mind" the red head eye's widened "I'm working on walling it off. Stay strong sweetie".
"Love, are you ok?" the Doctor asked wondering if he should be worried. Alyssa turned to him.
"Yeah, I'm fine", Time Lady lied "just a little surprised to hear from Sexy that's all. First time hearing it so far away from her. Anyway you were showing us the forest?" she said, quickly changing the subject.
"Yes…I was", the Doctor said, getting the feeling his fiancée had just lied to him but he wasn't going to press the matter. James on the other hand could sense that she wasn't telling the whole truth though he too didn't say a word. However, he was going to be watching the Time Lady more closely.
The Doctor and Alyssa walked back to the others. "As River was saying, this is an oxygen factory AND if we're lucky, an escape route", he said , picking up where they left off before Alyssa wandered off.
Amy smiled "8", she agreed.
"Is there another exit? Scan the architecture, we don't have time to get lost in there", the Doctor said to Octavian.
"On it!" Octavian stepped into the forest "Stay where you are until I've checked the Rad levels".
"But trees, on a space ship?" Amy asked. Not the weirdest thing we found on a spaceship Alyssa thought remembering 'Arthur' from the ship with all the Time Windows.
"Oh, more than trees. Way better than trees. You two are going to love this" the Doctor stepped into the forest "Treeborgs…." he opened a section of peat moss to reveal circuitry "Trees plus technology. Branches become cables become sensors on the hull. A forest sucking in starlight, breathing out air. It even rains. There's a whole mini-climate. This vault is an ecopod running right through the heart of the ship" the Doctor turned and walked back over to them "A forest in a bottle on a space ship in a maze. Have I impressed you two yet?"
"I'm definitely impressed, dear", Alyssa replied "Treeborgs…" she laughed "wonders never cease".
Amy smiled too "7", she chuckled.
"Why did you say that?" Alyssa asked Amy.
"Say what?" Amy asked confused.
"7", the Doctor said, studying the ginger's face.
"No. I didn't", Amy insisted.
"Yes. You did", River spoke up.
"Doctor", Octavian called "there's an exit, far end of the ship, into the Primary Flight Deck".
"Good. That's where we need to go", the Doctor said.
"Plotting a safe path now", Octavian said.
"Quick as you like", the Doctor called back, still studying Amy's face.
The radio suddenly crackled to life "Doctor? Excuse me? Hello, Doctor? Angel Bob here, sir".
"Ah. There you are, Angel Bob", the Doctor said going over to white chair and plopped down into it "How's life?" he asked "Sorry, bad subject", he added.
"The Angels are wondering what you hope to achieve", Angel Bob said.
"Achieve?" the Doctor asked "We're not achieving anything. We're just hanging. It's nice in here", he remarked "Consoles, comfy chairs, a forest. How's things with you?"
"The Angels are feasting, sir", Angel Bob said "Soon we will be able to absorb enough power to consume this vessel, this world. And all the stars and worlds beyond".
"Well, we've got comfy chairs", the Doctor retorted "Did I mention?"
"We have no need of comfy chairs", Angel Bob said.
The Doctor grinned "I made him say comfy chairs!"
James rolled his eyes. The Time Lord sounded more childish than the regeneration he was created from and that was saying something. Alyssa smiled, shaking her head. He was such a child sometimes! But she would never want him to change. "6", Amy laughed.
"Okay, Bob, enough chat. Here's what I want to know. What have you done to Amy?" the Doctor demanded jumping to his feet.
"There is something in Amy's eye", Angel Bob replied.
"What's is it?" the Doctor questioned.
"We are", Angel Bob said.
"What's he talking about?" Amy asked not understanding what was going on "I'm 5" everyone stares at her, including Alyssa. Why didn't Sexy tell me that Amy had an Angel in her eye too? She thought. It was possible that the TARDIS didn't know, considering that she didn't have a connection to the ginger.
"I mean, 5", Amy repeated. Then she realised what she'd just said "Fine! I'm fine".
"You're counting", River said slowly.
"Counting?" Amy repeated.
"You're counting down from ten", the Doctor said "You have been for a couple of minutes".
"Why?" Amy asked.
"I don't know", the Doctor replied.
"Well, counting down to what?" Amy demanded.
"I don't know", the Time Lord admitted.
"We shall take her. We shall take all of you", Angel Bob said "We shall have dominion over all time and space".
The Doctor raised the radio to his mouth "Get a life, Bob", he snapped "Oops, sorry again. There's power on this ship, but nowhere near that much".
"With respect, sir, there's more power on this ship than you yet understand".
A screeching sound echoed around the room forcing them all to cover their ears "Dear God, what is it?" River asked.
"They're back", Octavian stated.
"It's hard to put in your terms, Doctor Song, but as best I understand it, the Angels are laughing", Angel Bob told them.
"Laughing?" the Doctor asked with a frown.
"Because you haven't noticed yet, sir. The Doctor in the TARDIS hasn't noticed", Angel Bob said.
The Doctor turned to see the crack, his eyes widening. "That's…that's, that's like the crack from my bedroom wall from when I was a little girl", Amy breathed staring at it as it grew wider causing the room to shake.
"Yes", the Doctor agreed. The room shook more violently, everyone having to grab hold of something to stay on their feet.
"Ok, enough. We're moving out", Octavian said deciding they'd stayed there long enough.
"Agreed", River said "Doctor?"
"Yeah, fine", the Doctor said but he didn't move. Instead he got out his sonic from his pocket and started using it on the crack.
"Doctor, what are you doing?" Alyssa asked.
"Right with you", the Doctor said not looking away from the crack nor did he stop scanning it with the sonic.
"We're not leaving without you!" Alyssa said, unwilling to go.
"Yes, you are" the Doctor glanced back at Alyssa, River and Amy "Bishop?"
"Miss Pond, Miss Palmer, Doctor Song, now!" Octavian shouted from the forest.
River grabbed Amy's arm and pulled her away. James took hold of the Time Lady's hand and led her into the forest. "James let me go", Alyssa ordered, struggling to pull her hand out of his.
"Sorry, no can do", the ginger said "the Doctor needs you and your baby safe as do I". Alyssa sighed, knowing that he was right. It didn't mean that she had to like it though.
James eyed Alyssa worriedly as they walked through the forest. She wasn't looking too good. Neither was Amy for that matter. "Ali!" he exclaimed as the Time Lady tripped over her own feet, falling to her knees.
"I'm fine", Alyssa gritted out as he helped her up. It was as if the Angel was suddenly stepping up its attacks in her mind, hence why she felt really bad all of a sudden. She just hoped that the TARDIS would be able to seal the Angel away soon.
"You don't look fine", James stated "and I can feel that you're not either. "You've got an Angel in your eye too, haven't you?" Alyssa just looked at him and James' heart sank at the confirmation of his fears from earlier "Why didn't you say anything?" he demanded.
"I didn't want to worry the Doctor any more than he already was", Alyssa managed to say "don't worry about me James, I'll be fine".
"There is a Weeping Angel in your eye", the meta crisis repeated "its causing you pain and possibly endangering your child as well. Neither of you will be fine until it is removed".
"James, I WILL be fine", Alyssa insisted "The TARDIS is keeping the Angel at bay". Despite her assurances, there was no way that James was going to leave her side. They continued to walk with the others, River sticking close to Amy like James did with the Time Lady.
"Amy, what's wrong?" River asked as the ginger started to sway on the spot.
"4", she said quietly. River took hold of Amy and made her sit down on a mossy tree stump. "Med scanner, now!" she ordered. Alyssa sat down beside the stump, gently stroking Amy's hair as the ginger curled up on it. River strapped a med scanner around Amy's arm.
"Doctor Song we can't stay here. We've got to keep moving", Octavian said.
"Amy is in no shape to move", Alyssa told him, ignoring how rotten she was feeling at the moment.
"She's right", River agreed "We also need to wait for Doctor anyway".
"Our mission is to make this wreckage safe and neutralise the Angels…" Octavian began.
"Father Octavian, Alyssa and Amy both have Angel's in their eyes. Until they are removed, nothing else matters and I dare you to say otherwise", James challenged the man from where he was crouched beside the Time Lady, hand on her back.
"He's right", the Doctor said, suddenly appearing "Bishop, the Angels are in the forest", he warned Octavian.
"We need visual contact on every line of approach", Octavian called to his clerics.
"How did you get past them?" River asked him.
"I found a crack in the wall and told them it was the end of the universe", the Doctor replied.
"What was it dear?" Alyssa questioned.
"The end of the universe", the Doctor deadpanned "Let's have a look, then". He checked Amy's med scanner.
"So, what's wrong with me?" Amy asked.
"Nothing. You're fine", River lied not wanting to worry her, any more than she already was.
"Everything. You're dying", the Doctor said.
"Doctor!" River and Alyssa shouted.
"Your 'bedside manner' sucks", James added with some sass worthy of Donna.
"Yes, you're right. If we lie to her, she'll get all better", the Doctor shot back "Right, what's the matter with them? Something's in her eye. What does that mean? Doesn't mean anything".
"Actually, it does", Alyssa spoke up "we looked the Angel in the eyes, now it's in our minds".
"Sir! Angel incoming!" Marco suddenly shouted as an Angel appeared behind a tree.
"And here!" Phillip called spotting another one.
"Keep visual contact! Do not let it move!" Octavian ordered. The Doctor just stared at his love, horrified at the fact she too had an Angel in her mind.
"Why didn't you say anything?" he asked, just about managing to form the words.
"I didn't want to you worry", Alyssa replied quietly.
"3" Amy whimpered "it's coming. I can feel it…I'm going to die!" She never thought this would be how it ends for her. She thought she was going to be traveling with the Doctor for many years to come.
"No you're not", Alyssa said, the TARDIS having just told her that it was possible to take the Angel out of Amy's mind, pulling it into her own. "River, Doctor, sit her up, carefully", she instructed.
"Why?" River asked "what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to save her life", Alyssa replied. The pair sat Amy upright and watched as Alyssa placed her fingers on the young woman's temples, resting her forehead against hers. They stayed like that for a minute before Alyssa fell backward, eyes closed.
"Ali!" the Doctor cried dropping down beside her "love open your eyes", he urged.
"I can't", Alyssa said, her voice sounding strained "I've got both Angel's in my mind now".
"Why, why would you do that?" James asked, his heart hammering away in his chest for fear over her wellbeing and the child's "you're in even more danger now!"
"The TARDIS can wall off one, she can do the same for the second", the Time Lady panted.
"You can't know that. It was a stupid risk", James scolded as River removed the med scanner from Amy's arm as it had turned green.
"One I was willing to take", Alyssa shot back, clutching onto the Doctor as he helped her sit up "I'm a grown woman capable of making my own choices".
"Sir?" Phillip called "Two more incoming".
"Three more over here", Pedro said.
"Is she going to be ok?" Amy asked.
"She'll be fine as soon as we stop the Angels", the Doctor replied.
"Doctor, we're too exposed here", Octavian warned "We have to move on".
"We're too exposed everywhere", the Doctor corrected "and my fiancée can't move right now. Anyway, that's not the plan".
"There's a plan?" River asked raising her eyebrows.
"I don't know yet. I haven't finished talking", the Doctor said and stood up but not before he gave Alyssa's hands a reassuring squeeze "Right! Father, you and your Clerics, you're going to stay here with James and look after Amy and Ali. If anything happens to Amy, I'll hold every single one of you personally responsible", the Doctor said "and if anything happens to my Ali… the Angels will be the least of your worries compared to me" the clerics actually looked rather scared by the threat in his voice. He then added and a slightly lighter tone "River, you and me, we're going to find the Primary Flight Deck which is… he licked his finger and held it up "A quarter of a mile straight ahead, and from there we're going to stabilise the wreckage, stop the Angels, and cure my fiancée".
"How?" River asked.
"I'll do a thing", the Doctor replied. Despite her now throbbing head from 2 Angels rattling around in there, Alyssa managed to crack a small smile at his answer.
"What thing?" River asked.
"I don't know. It's a thing in progress", the Doctor shrugged "Respect the thing. Moving out!"
"Doctor, I'm coming with you", Octavian said "My Clerics will look after Miss Pond and Miss Palmer. These are my best men. They'd lay down their lives in their protection".
"I don't need you", the Doctor said slightly on the rude side.
"I don't care. Where Doctor Song goes, I go", Octavian said firmly.
The Doctor looked between River and Octavian "What? You two engaged or something?" he asked.
"Yes, in a manner of speaking", Octavian replied "Marco, you're in charge till I get back".
"Sir!" Marco nodded as Octavian headed off with River.
The Doctor turned his attention back to Amy and Alyssa. He went over to his fiancée first, knelt down in front of her and took her hand "I'll be back for you soon as I can", he promised, pressing a light kiss to her lips.
"I know you will", Alyssa said. She had complete faith in him. The Doctor moved over to Amy and made the same promise.
"You always say that", Amy said.
"I always come back", the Doctor countered standing up "Good luck, everyone. Behave. James, look after Ali" his meta crisis nodded "all of you need to keep an eye on the forest. Stop those Angels advancing. River, going to need your computer!" and with that he left with the curly haired woman and Octavian.
Amy moved over to the Time Lady and gently squeezed her arm to let her know she was there. "It's going to be ok Ali. The Doctor will come through", she assured her.
"He always does", James said. Especially when it comes to the Time Lady we both love he mentally added.
"James is right. The Doctor comes through, no matter what", Alyssa agreed. She frowned when she vaguely sensed the Doctor coming back. "Doctor? Did you forget something?" she called in no particular direction.
Amy watched the Doctor emerge from the forest and approached them. "Wow, you're good Ali", she remarked "how did you know it was him?"
"Because she could sense me", the Doctor replied "even with two Angel's in her mind". He reached out and gently caressed Alyssa's cheek, the Time Lady leaning into her touch. The Doctor then turned to Amy, taking hold of her hands "Amy, you need to start trusting me. It's never been more important", he said.
"But you don't always tell me the truth", Amy pointed out.
"If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me", the Doctor countered.
"Doctor, the crack in my wall. How can it be here?" Amy asked.
"I don't know yet, but I'm working it out", the Doctor replied "Now, listen. Remember what I told you when you were seven?"
"What did you tell me?" Amy asked.
The Doctor rested his forehead against hers "no, no…that's not the point. You have to remember", he said before he kissed her on the head.
"Remember what?" Amy asked but she didn't get an answer as the Doctor had moved back to Alyssa.
"And you need to remember that I will always love you, my brilliant Ali", he said before he kissed her for the second time. Amy averted her graze trying but failing to push away any feelings of jealousy she had. The Time Lady had just saved her life for crying out loud! She should at the very least feel grateful for that. Amy was broken from her thoughts as the Doctor walked away. James cast a glance at the Scottish woman, having sensed her jealousy. He really hoped that she wasn't going to do something in an attempt to ruin the relationship between the Time Lords.
The gingers sat there with the Time Lady in silence for several moments until Alyssa frowned. "What's wrong? Is it the Angels in your mind?" Amy asked concerned.
Alyssa shook her head "No, they've gone quiet. I think Sexy had managed to seal the little buggers off so they can't hurt me anymore", she said.
"That's good", James said, relieved to hear it.
"Definitely", the Time Lady agreed "it allows me to properly focus on our surroundings". For example, I know that there is a fair number of Weeping Angels near where we are". Amy tensed, her eyes flickering from tree to tree, seeing that she was right.
Marco watched as one of the Angels reached into a tree and pulled out the wires, causing the lights to flicker. "What's happening to the lights?" Amy asked.
"It's the trees. ma'am. The trees are going out", Marco said with a serious tone in his voice. Taking advantage of the very brief moments that the clearing was in darkness, the Angels to advance on the group. James shifted closer to the women as one by one the lights went out.
"Angels advancing, sir", Philip said.
"Over here as well", Pedro called.
"Weapons primed", Marco ordered "Combat distance five feet" he and the other clerics readied their weapons "Wait for it!"
"It's going to be ok, Amy", James assured the other ginger as she grasped Alyssa's hand "I won't let the Angel's get you both".
"Keep your position", Marco continued.
"How can you be so calm?" Amy demanded at the man "they killed people!"
"I'm calm because I won't let the Angel's get near you two", James repeated.
"Besides, I've destroyed an Angel before. I can do it again", Alyssa added.
"Not in your current condition you can't", James told her which made the red head raise a brow at the tone of his voice.
"Trust me James, I'm far more capable of taking them down than I did when I was a human. I am a lot more powerful than I was before", she countered.
Suddenly a bright light floods through the forest. Amy, James and the clerics glance over at it, squinting slightly. "The ship's not on fire is it?" Marco asked.
Pedro shook his head "It can't be. The compressors would have taken care of it", he replied.
Pedro looked away and was surprised to see that the Angels had gone. "Marco, the Angels have gone. Where'd they go?"
The other clerics looked around and saw he was right. "This side's clear too, sir", Philip reported.
"The Angels have gone?" Amy asked. She couldn't easily see because of the bright light.
"There's still movement out there, but away from us now. It's like they're running", Marco said glancing at a device in his hand.
"Running from what?" Alyssa asked. She could sense them fleeing but what would make them run away like that?
"There's a strange light coming from the trees", James replied. Alyssa frowned in confusion. How could a 'weird light' scare the Angels? Then she remembered the Doctor telling them all about how the Angels he ran into were scared by the crack they'd all seen on the wall in the Secondary Flight Deck. Was it possible that a second crack had appeared?
Marco turned to Crispin and Phillip. "I need you two to get a closer look at that", he ordered. The two clerics disappeared into the trees, heading towards the light.
"Does the light look like a particular shape?" Alyssa asked, needing to know more in order to prove whether she was right. Amy stood up and walked forward a couple of steps, squinting at the light. She then gasped, seeing that the light looked exactly like the w shaped crack on the Secondary Flight Deck. "Amy, talk to me", Alyssa urged.
"Ali…it's the same crack. Its following me", she breathed "How can it be following me?"
Alyssa struggled to her feet and James was quick to assist her. He led the Time Lady over to the frightened ginger having sensed the Scottish woman's fear. and shuffled her way over to the frightened ginger. It should've been impossible with her eyes shut but thanks to her psychic abilities, she can sense where people are roughly standing. It also helped that Amy was giving off some pretty strong emotions too. "It's ok Amy", Alyssa said gently "it's just a coincidence". Amy cast a skeptical look at the Time Lady which of course Alyssa couldn't see as she had her eyes closed.
"Marco, you want me to get a closer look at that?" Pedro asked.
"Go for it", Marco replied "Don't get too close", he warned.
"Hang on, what about the other two?" Amy asked glancing at Marco "why not just wait 'til they're back?"
"What other two?" Marco asked confused.
"The ones you sent before", Alyssa replied.
"I didn't send anyone before", Marco said.
"You did, I heard you. Crispin and Phillip", Amy spoke up.
Marco frowned "Crispin and who?"
"Those are the names of the clerics you sent to investigate the 'light'", James said. He too was just as confused as the two ladies.
"There never was a Crispin or a Phillip on this mission", Marco insisted.
"No, I heard you", Alyssa argued.
"And James and I saw you send them off", Amy put in "Before you sent Pedro, you sent Crispin and Phillip, and now you can't even remember them".
"Pedro?" Marco asked.
"Yeah, before you sent Pedro", Amy reminded him.
"Who's Pedro?" Marco questioned.
Alyssa frowned this time. She could remember them. Amy could remember them. So why didn't Marco remember those guys? "Something's happening. Pedro was here a second ago and now you can't even remember him", Amy said also realising that something was terribly wrong.
"There never was a Pedro", Marco said "There's only ever been the four of us here".
James shook his head "No, there were seven of us. Why can't you remember?" he asked getting really concerned for this man's apparent amnesia when it came to the others.
Marco didn't appear to be too bothered by it. "Listen. I need to get a closer look at that light, whatever it is", he said "Don't worry, I won't get too close".
"No you can't!" Amy exclaimed.
"She's right, you can't", Alyssa agreed.
"I'll be fine", Marco assured them "here. Spare communicator" he held it out to Amy "I'll stay in touch the whole time".
"You won't, because if you go back there what happened to the others will happen to you", James argued.
"There weren't any others", Marco said.
"There won't be any YOU if you go back there", the meta crisis shot back.
"2 minutes, I promise", Marco continued as if she hadn't spoken.
"Please, just listen to me!" James called as the man started to walk away. Marco just ignored him.
"Some people are just stupid", Alyssa remarked. Amy brought the radio to her mouth.
"Marco? Are you there?" she asked.
"I'm here. I'm fine. Quite close to it now", Marco replied.
"You better come back Marco, now", Alyssa ordered.
"It's weird looking at it. It feels really…." Marco broke off and the 2 females frowned at the
"Really what?" Amy asked.
Nothing.
"Hello Marco? Are you there?" Alyssa asked.
Still nothing.
"Damn it Macro talk to us!" the Time Lady demanded.
Then the Doctor's voice came over the radio "love is that you?" he asked.
"Yeah it's me", Alyssa replied "Amy and James are here too", she added patting her on the shoulder.
"Where are you? Are the Clerics with you?" the Doctor questioned.
"We're still in the clearing", Amy replied "and the Clerics have gone. There was a light and they walked into it. Doctor, they didn't even remember each other".
"No, they wouldn't", the Doctor said.
"What is that light?" Amy and Alyssa heard River ask.
"Time running out", the Doctor replied "Amy, Ali, I'm so sorry, I made a mistake. I should never have left either of you there".
"Its ok Doctor", Alyssa said, hearing the guilt in his voice "just tell us what you want us to do".
"You'll need to come to us", The Doctor instructed "the Primary Flight Deck, the other end of the forest. I'll sonic the communicator so when it sounds like my screwdriver, it means you're going the right way. But you're going to have to start moving now. There's Time Energy spilling out of that crack, and you have to stay ahead of it".
"Primary Flight Deck. Stay ahead of the Time Energy", James repeated "gotcha".
"You know I can walk", the Time Lady stated when he scooped her up in his arms.
"I know", the meta crisis said "but since you're not allowed to open your eyes this is the easier. Amy, lead the way". The young woman nodded and started to walk, communicator held tightly in her hand.
"It's going to be ok. We're going to be fine", the ginger said for the third time making James roll his eyes.
"You said that three times already", he stated.
"Leave her be James. She's trying not to worry", Alyssa said "Ames, just focus on the Angels.
"Angels, right", Amy muttered eyeing the statues as she carefully manoeuvred her way through them. Suddenly the ginger let out a yelp as she tripped over a partially buried root.
"Amy!" the Time Lady exclaimed, jumping out of James' arms, startling the man. She reached out for the woman, her hands enclosing around her arm. The meta crisis got Alyssa and Amy to their feet hastily, but it was too late. The Angels had taken notice of them.
"Doctor we're in a bit a trouble", Amy reported looking from Angel to Angel trying to stop their advance but she was only one person "We could do with some help, right now". Amy clutched onto the Time Lady tightly as the Angels closed in, arms stretched towards the trio. James put his arms around Amy and Alyssa, eyeing each of the Angel's in turn. There is a bright flash of light and the three of them vanished.
~Primary Flight Deck~
Almost immediately the Doctor pulled Alyssa away from Amy and James, gave her a tight hug. "I'm so sorry Ali. I shouldn't have left you there", he said apologetically feeling his hearts calm down now that she was in his arms.
"It's not your fault", Alyssa said. She didn't blame him at all. How was he to know that a crack was going to open up in the forest? And that when the clerics went to investigate, they would never come back? They were all together now and that's what mattered.
"See? Told you I could get it working", River spoke up. The Doctor looked over to see the curly haired woman smiling at him with her arm around Amy.
"Yes you did", the Doctor agreed. While he may not like the woman for what she part she played in Alyssa's suffering on the Valiant, he couldn't have saved his fiancée or companion without her help. Oh and of course James as well. So for that, he was thankful that she was here.
An alarm suddenly blares throughout the room. "What's that?" River asked.
"The Angels are draining the last of the ship's power, which means…the shield's going to release!" the Doctor exclaimed. He passed Alyssa off to James as the bulk head rose up to reveal a line of Weeping Angels. One of which had a radio.
The Doctor stepped forward, his gaze fixed on the Angel with the radio "Angel Bob, I presume", he said. Here was the Angel that had caused Alyssa all that pain. His hearts had started to race at that thought.
"The Time Field is coming", Angel Bob said "It will destroy our reality".
"Yeah, and look at you all, running away" the Doctor said glaring at Angel Bob "What can I do for you?"
"There is a rupture in time", Angel Bob replied "The Angels calculate that if you throw yourself into it, it will close, and they will be saved".
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Could do, could do that. But why should I?" the Doctor asked "I've got a fiancée and our unborn child who needs me".
"Your friends will also be saved. Your fiancée as well", Angel Bob pointed out.
"Well…there is that", the Doctor agreed.
"I've travelled in time", River spoke up "I'm a complicated space time event too. Throw me in".
The Doctor glanced at her "Oh, be serious! Compared to me, these Angels are more complicated than you, and it would take every one of them to amount to me, so get a grip", he said.
"Doctor, I can't let you do this", River said.
"No, seriously, get a grip", the Doctor repeated trying to convey what he wanted her to do.
"You're not going to die here!" River exclaimed.
"No, I mean it. All of you get a grip", the Doctor said.
"Oh, you genius", she breathed, realising what he meant. River led Amy to a panel "Hold on tight and don't let go for anything", she said firmly. The ginger nodded and grabbed hold of the bar. James moved Alyssa over to the panel as well, closing her hands around the bar.
"Sir, the Angels need you to sacrifice yourself now", Angel Bob said.
"Thing is, Bob, the Angels are draining all the power from this ship. Every last bit of it", the Doctor explained "And you know what? I think they've forgotten where they're standing. I think they've forgotten the gravity of the situation. Or to put it another way, Angels…." River took hold of another bar "Night, night", the Doctor said causally turning to grip a bar himself as the gravity started to fail.
The moment it completely failed, the deck turns to its side. Everyone held on for dear life as the Angels are sucked into the crack. There is a burst of light and the crack closes.
~Beach~
Amy and Alyssa sat side by side on the beach, both wrapped in a blanket. "Ah… bruised everywhere", the ginger groaned.
"Me too", Alyssa agreed.
"Same", the Doctor put in.
"I'm ok", James said and the Time Lord made a face at him.
"I still don't understand how the Angels from your mind just vanished", Amy said to Alyssa. The Time Lady had tried to explain it on the Byzantium after the ginger freaked out about Alyssa opening her eyes. But of course Amy didn't understand.
"The Angels all fell into the Time Field. The two Angels in her memory never existed", James explained.
"Then why do we remember it at all? Those guys on the ship didn't remember each other", Amy said.
"You're a time traveller now. It changes the way you see the universe, forever", the Doctor told her with a smile "Good, isn't it?" he asked.
"And the crack, is that gone too?" Amy asked carefully.
"Yeah, for now", the Doctor answered "But the explosion that caused it is still happening...somewhere out there, somewhere in time". He looked out at the ocean before walking over to River.
"You, me, handcuffs. Must it always end this way?" River asked teasingly holding up her encased wrists.
"What now?" the Doctor asked.
"The prison ship's in orbit. They'll beam me up any second. I might have done enough to earn a pardon this time. We'll see", River said.
"Octavian said you killed a man", the Doctor said.
"Yes, I did", River confirmed.
"A good man"
"A very good man", River corrected "The best man I've ever known".
"Who?" the Doctor asked.
"It's a long story Doctor", River replied "It can't be told, it has to be lived. No sneak previews. Well, except for this one. You'll see me again quite soon, when the Pandorica opens".
"The Pandorica", the Doctor laughed "That's a fairy tale".
River smirked "Doctor, aren't we all? I'll see you there", she said.
"I look forward to it", the Doctor said.
"I remember it well", River said as Amy and Alyssa approached them, still wrapped in their blankets. James followed after them.
"See you, Amy. Lyssa", River said "keep out of trouble James", she added to the meta crisis.
"You know me River, I always stay out trouble", he said making Alyssa snort.
"Puhlease! YOU are the definition of trouble. Or need I remind you?"
"No. No, that wont be necessary", James replied, hastily.
"Good", the Time Lady said "cos I have a very long list in which to draw upon". River grinned at the power. Even the Doctor was smiling, amused though he tried to suppress it.
The curly haired woman's handcuffs start beeping "Oh! I think that's my ride".
"Can I trust you River Song?" the Doctor asked quickly.
"If you like, but where's the fun in that?" River laughed and is teleported away in a swirl of sand.
"Have you got a ride home?" the Time Lord asked James.
"Yeah I have", he answered and the Doctor was relieved at that. While he was glad that James was present as he could protect Alyssa, he still wasn't keen on being around the man any longer than he had to. James turned to the Time Lady, taking her hand.
"Look after yourself and your baby", he said.
"I will", Alyssa promised "Will we see you again?"
James smiled "someday", he assured her. The meta crisis hugged her and dropped a kiss on top of her head "see you later, my brilliant Ali", he murmured so quietly that no one but her could hear it.
~TARDIS~
"I want to go home", Amy declared the moment the trio had entered the TARDIS.
"Okay", the Doctor said. He was disappointed but understood. She had nearly died after all. He didn't blame her for wanting to go home.
"No, not like that", Amy said quickly "I just, I just want to show you something" .
~Amy's bedroom~
As soon as the TARDIS appeared in Amy's room, Alyssa told the Doctor that she wanted to get a cup of tea and something for her head. While the Angels were no longer in her mind, they still left a rather annoying headache behind. One she really wanted to get rid of.
"Blimey", the Doctor commented looking at Amy's wedding dress as they both sat on the edge of her bed.
"I know. This is the same night we left, yeah?" Amy asked.
"We've been gone five minutes", the Doctor replied.
Amy sat down on her bed, reached over to the bedside table and picked up a ring box. She opened it and showed it to the Doctor. "I'm getting married in the morning", she said.
"Why did you leave it here?" the Doctor asked.
"Why did I leave my engagement ring when I ran away with a strange man the night before my wedding?"
"Yeah", the Doctor said.
"Hmm. You really are an alien, aren't you?" Amy remarked.
"Who's the lucky fellow?" the Doctor asked.
"You met him, Rory Williams", Amy replied.
"Oh! Nurse Boy", the Doctor nodded.
"So…do you comfort a lot of people on the night before their wedding?" Amy asked.
The Doctor frowned "Why would you need comforting?"
"I nearly died today Doctor. I've never been so scared in my entire life", Amy said "and it made me think".
"Well, yes, natural", the Doctor said "I think sometimes. Well, lots of times".
"About what I want", Amy snuck a glance at him "About who I want. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah…no", the Doctor said.
"About who I want", Amy repeated emphasising the word 'who'.
"Oh right, yeah…." The Doctor said slowly. He then shook his head "No, still not getting it", he said.
"Doctor. In a word. In one very simple word even you can understand…" Amy climbed on top of him.
The Doctor quickly pushed her away and clambered over the footrail of her bed "You're getting married in the morning!" he exclaimed.
"Well, the morning's a long time away", Amy said getting up from the bed, walking around to him "What are we going to do about that?" she pinned him against the TARDIS and slowly pulled his braces down. The Doctor pulled them back up.
"Amy, listen to me. I love Ali. I am going to marry her. I am going to raise our child with her", he said "I won't do anything to ruin that".
"Oh, Doctor. What she doesn't know won't hurt her", Amy leant in, almost kissing him when the Doctor pushed her away.
£I said, I won't Amelia", he said almost angrily and with that he went into the TARDIS. Amy stood there for a moment a bit shocked by his reaction before she followed him into the blue box. The Time Lord stood at the console, fiddling with the controls.
"Oh, typical bloke. Straight to fixing his motor", she remarked trying to lighten the mood.
"That's the thing, Amy. I am not a typical bloke", the Doctor said, casting a look up the stairs, hoping that Alyssa would walk in that very moment.
"Sorry did I do something wrong? 'Cause I'm getting kind of mixed signals here", Amy said gaining his attention.
"Mixed signals?" the Doctor asked brows raised "how?!"
"Oh come on!" Amy said, exasperated "you turn up in the middle of the night, you get me out of bed in my nightie, which you then don't let me change out of for ages, and take me for a spin in your time machine", she vented "but no, no! you're right. No mixed signals. That is just A signal. Like a great big bat signal in the sky. Get your coat love, the Doctor is in".
"No, no, no, no! Its…not like that", the Doctor insisted "that's not what I'm like".
"Then what are you like?" Amy questioned moving toward him.
"I don't know", the Doctor replied quickly, moving around the console to keep his distance from his companion "Gandalf. Like a space Gandalf". Alyssa paused at the top of the stairs having heard what he'd just said. Wonder what I missed she thought, quietly going down the stairs as to not attract attention from the pair. "Like the little green one in Star Wars…" the Doctor made a rather good impression of a lightsaber.
"Nice impression", Alyssa spoke up making the Doctor turn around, a relived look on his face.
"Ali!" he greeted happily quickly joining her on the stairs and gave her a kiss on the cheek "you feeling better?"
"Much", Alyssa said a bit confused by the Doctor's sudden change in behaviour, his emotions were all over the place too "So…what did I miss?"
"Nothing", Amy said quickly.
Alyssa looked at the Doctor "she…tried to kiss me", he admitted.
"What?" the Time Lady said, her gaze turning to the ginger "You, tried to kiss my fiancé" she repeated walking down the rest of the stairs "why?"
"I was scared, ok? I needed some comfort", Amy said.
"You want comfort, you get a hug or reassuring words. You never ever try to kiss an engaged person, especially when you're engaged too!" Alyssa glanced at the Doctor "maybe we should tell Rory about this", she suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea", the Doctor agreed.