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April wakes up

The Island

The Black Lighthouse flashes for the fifth time and April remains lying on her side in the grass, looking out at the harsh waves of the black sea. Rose's words echoes quietly in the winds around her but despite everything that is said, April is unable to move from her position on the grass. She can't even close her eyes to shut the image of the beach from her view. She is trapped in her own nightmare and the young girl, Amelia Lustworve, is taken from the spot April usually sees herself taken from.

The cries from the battle is heard far behind and made her ears bleed.

The nightmare is killing April on the inside, she can feel it. Her body as cold as the Atlantic Ocean on a winter's night and her lungs are starting to refuse taking in the cold air around her. But all April can wish for is the sound of the Tardis, even the hum of the console.

Suddenly there is darkness. And then there is fire...


April suddenly wakes up with a start with a loud scream as she sits bolt upright in bed. Sweat pours down April's hot skin as she breathes rapidly, gulping the air around her. The darkness of the bedroom looms over her as she covers her face with shaky hands and sobs loudly and uncontrollably.

She is alive. She is in the Tardis. She has managed to get herself out of her own nightmare.

The burning pain gnaws as her chest and April cries out at the pain, unable to bear it. The palm of her hands burn at the touch of her own skin and her ears still continue to ring from the screams and the battle from her nightmare.

But soon the pain, the sounds and her burning skin start to fade, just in the same way it always does after she wakes up every morning. Only this time it is worse, and although the pain soon fades, April feels incredibly weak and her muscles ache at the slightest movement.

April does not know how long she has been sitting in bed trembling in her own sweat before she starts to calm down. Once her breathing slows down to its normal pace, April shifts on the bed to make herself sit more comfortably. She runs her fingers through her thick, knotted black hair and lets out a long shaky breath, keeping her eyes closed momentarily as she does so.

When she opens her eyes again the view of the bedroom comes to her vision and she knows that she is in the Tardis, safe. April doesn't remember how she managed to get herself out of her nightmare but she feels even more terrified than usual, especially now everything has changed.

The more April sits there in bed attempting to calm herself down, the more she thinks about Amelia Lustworve and her father. She thinks about how her nightmare has changed and her own appearance also changed in accordance to what happened in the parallel world. Then memories of leaving the parallel world comes back. She ordered the Doctor to clear off, clearing stating her hatred towards him. She has now lost UNIT and all of her friends there because they are dead in this world. She will never be able to see Will Sullivan ever again.

The thought of this starts to make April question her own worth of staying alive.

April sighs loudly as if all the energy she has left is leaving her through every breath. Despite the fear she feels, April feels more deflated. But the room around her is remotely quiet and there is no humming from the Tardis. She hears nothing but creaking floorboards as if someone is pacing up and down near her.

That is when she sees the shadow move from the corner of her eye.

April slowly turns her head to look at the glass-like wall to her right.

She holds onto her breath as she notices a shadow pacing up and down inside the wall. She is only able to see the moving shadow as it walks through the light shining in through the open doorway. But even for that split moment she sees the shadow, she can tell that it is inside the glass and that the shadow is in the shape of a figure. However from the obscure height and shape of the figure, she can also tell that is not quite human.

"Doctor?" April croaks quietly as the figure passes again.

Its footsteps are loud and heavy as it comes down again and echoes across the room.

"Doctor?!" April calls more urgently yet her voice is still weak.

The figure paces up again only this time it is not in the wall.

The figure stands in April's bedroom.

April screams aloud as the figure turns and runs at her. She scrambles out of bed, temporarily forgetting the pain in her body, and sprints out the room. She hysterically screams out for the Doctor, Rose and Terry as she stumbles through the corridors, well aware that the creature is close up her backside.

But in an attempt to run faster, April falls and lands face first on metal flooring.