Just A New Era….
Summary: The Tardis crashed landed in a garden shed, nothing new. But what's new was a little red head girl asking help about her crack in her bedroom wall. Now The Doctor, The Master and Rose have to figure what this crack means with Amy as a companion. But What is the Silence and why must it fall? And will Rose and The Master find out who River Song is? Series five AU. Third story in my Just One Second series.
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who….
Chapter Three: The Eleventh Hour: Part Three
"Something's happened on the upper floors. We can't get through though," Rory told the girls as he checked out the commotion.
Amy sighed, frustrated. "Yes, but what's happened?" she asked.
Rory shrugged. "I don't know. No one knows," he replied before turning to Rose who was busy on her phone. "What are you doing?"
Rose smiled, pressing a button and holding the phone to her ear. "Phoning The Doctor," she said. "Hey Doctor. We're at the hospital, but something happened and the lifts are shut… ah…"
Rory frowned. "What did he say?"
"Look in the mirror," Rose replied and they turned to see a reflection of windows. "Oh I get it. You two on the way? You'll need a car. Wait! Are you driving? Oh thank god! I'll see you soon."
….
With some difficulty, Rose, Amy and Rory managed to climb to the Coma ward and it looked like a bombs hit it.
"Oh God," Amy sighed as she took in the scene that laid out before her.
A mother and two children walked around the corner, strait into Rose.
"Officer," The mother greeted, looking at Amy.
Amy frowned. "What happened?"
"There was a man. A man and a dog. I think Doctor Ramsden's dead. And the nurses," The Mother replied.
Rose quickly dialed The Doctor. "Hey Doctor, yeah we got in…. but so did Prisoner Zero."
"He was so angry. He just kept shouting and shouting. And that dog. The size of the dog. I swear it was rabid. And he just went mad, attacking everyone. Where did he go, did you see? Has he gone? We hid in the ladies," the mother said but she was using one of her children's mouths with her voice. She must have realized by the freaked out looks that Rose, Amy and Rory gave her because she smirked. "Oh, I'm getting it wrong again, aren't I? I'm always doing that. So many mouths," she added before opening her mouth to reveal needle like teeth.
"Oh My God," Rory exclaimed.
Rose grabbed their hands. "Run!"
….
The three of them ran into the coma ward. Rory grabbed a broom and barricaded the door while Rose was talking to The Doctor on her mobile.
"We're in the coma ward, but Prisoner Zero's trying to get in…. What! Um, first floor on the left… fourth window from end," Rose was saying before the doors busted open.
Prisoner Zero smirked as she looked at Amy. "Oh, dear little Amelia Pond. I've watched you grow up. Twelve years, and you never even knew I was there. Little Amelia Pond, waiting for her magic Doctor to return. But not this time, Amelia," she said before she growled, showing her teeth, making them jump.
Rose's phone got a beep and she looked at her phone. The Doctor: DUCK! Rose grabbed Amy's and Rory's arm, dragging them down to the floor. Just in time too, because a fire engines ladder smashed through the window above them. The Doctor climbed through the window with The Master right beside him.
The Doctor jumped next to Rose and Rory, grinning at them. "Hello, are we late?" he asked Rose, who rolled her eyes.
"Hello to you too," Rose replied sarcastically. "What have you been up too?"
The Doctor grinned. "Oh this and that. Borrowed the good looking one's laptop, came up with a plan with the most powerful leaders and The Master drove a fire truck here because he wouldn't let me. Says I'm too reckless," he said, pouting a bit.
The Master raised an eyebrow as he jumped down next to Amy. "Three minutes to go and you're complaining that I wouldn't let you drive a vehicle. Unbelievable…" he muttered.
"Time for what… Time Lords," Prisoner Zero interrupted, glaring at the intruders.
The Doctor stood up and walked towards Prisoner Zero. "Take the disguise off. They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies."
Prisoner Zero shook her head. "The Atraxi will kill me this time. If I am to die, let there be fire," she snarled.
The Doctor chuckled. "Okay. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again. Just leave," he tried to bribe.
Prisoner Zero smirked. "I did not open the crack."
Rose frowned. "Well, someone had to."
"The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from?" Prisoner Zero asked tauntingly. Then her smirked widened when no one replied. "You don't do you?" she said before switching to the child's voice. "The Doctor and the Tardis doesn't know. Doesn't know, doesn't know," the child teased before switching back to the mother. "The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."
Rose bit her lip and looked at The Master who gave a shrug in return. There was a brief silence, which was broken by the clock ticking.
The Doctor glanced at the clock with a smirk on his face. "Look at that. No seriously, look at that!" he said, pointing at the clock, making everyone look at the clock above Prisoner Zero's head. It showed 0:00.
The Doctor snorted. "Yeah, I know, just a clock. Whatever. But do you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out. And do you know what the word is? The word is Zero."
Prisoner Zero raised her eyebrows as The Doctor continued to speak. "Now, me, if I was up in the sky in a battleship, monitoring all Earth communications, I'd probably take that as a hint. And if I had a whole battle fleet surrounding the planet, I'd be able track a simple old computer virus to its source in, what, under a minute? The source, by the way, is right here," he said, holding up Rory's mobile phone as a bright light filled the room. "Oh! And I think they just found us!"
"The Atraxi are limited. While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me," Prisoner Zero pointed out, not impressed.
The Doctor chuckled. "Yeah, but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favourite bit. Do you know what this phone is full of?" he asked her, waving Rory's precious mobile phone around. "Pictures of you. Every form you've learned to take, right here and being uploaded about now. And the final score is, no Tardis, no screwdriver, two minutes to spare. Who da man?" he shouted when no one replied, he pouted. "Oh, I'm never saying that again. Fine."
Prisoner Zero pursed her lips. "Then I shall take a new form."
The Doctor snorted. "Oh, stop it. You know you can't. It takes months to form that kind of psychic link."
Prisoner Zero smirked. "And I had years," she hissed before the mother and two children glowed and vanished.
"Amy!" Rory shouted as Amy collapsed on the floor.
The Doctor knelt down next to Amy. "No Amy! Don't sleep! You gotta stay awake, please!"
"Doctor!" Rose called and The Doctor looked up to see The Master, Rose and himself.
The Master frowned as he saw himself. "That's what I look like?" he asked.
Rory raised an eyebrow. "You don't know?"
"Busy day," The Master replied, shrugging.
The Doctor walked up to the the copy version of themselves. "Why us? You're suppose to be like to Amy. So why copy us?"
"I'm not," said a familiar Scottish voice and Prisoner Zero-Amelia stood out from behind the clone version of The Master and grabbed his hand. "Poor Amy Pond. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of her magic time travelers who would come back to save her. What a disappointment you've been."
The Doctor shook his head. "No she's dreaming about us, because she can hear us."
The Master frowned as he knelt down next to Amy. "Fire Cracker," he said, placing his fingertips on either side of Amy's temples. "Listen for a minute. Remember that blasted door The Doctor pointed out to you. The idiot tried to stop you but you walked in. Remember what you saw."
"No! No! NO!" Prisoner Zero shouted as she glowed and turned into a hideous snake like creature with needle like teeth.
The Doctor walked over and pursed his lips. "Well done, Prisoner Zero. A perfect impersonation of yourself," he said.
"Prisoner Zero is located. Prisoner Zero is restrained."
Prisoner Zero stopped struggling and looked at The Doctor with hatred. "Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall."
There was a rush of wind before the sun was back to normal and birds were chirping.
Rory looked at Rose. "The Sun, it's back to normal right? So it's good right? It means it's over?" he asked.
Rose frowned. "Somehow I wish it was," she replied.
The Doctor looked out the window before walking away, typing on Rory's phone. Amy groaned and opened her eyes.
Rory looked down and helped Amy to sit up. "Amy. Are you okay? Are you with us?"
Amy sighed. "What happened?" she asked, groggily.
"They did it. They saved us," Rory said.
"No we didn't" The Doctor replied, still typing away.
Rory raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?"
"Tracking the signal back. Sorry in advance," The Doctor said.
Rory's expression turned to clueless. "What for?"
The Doctor grimaced. "The bill" he said before talking into the phone. "Oi, I didn't say you could go! Article fifty-seven of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established level five planet, and you were going to burn it? What? Did you think no-one was watching? You lot, back here, now. Okay, now I've done it," he said before he took off running.
Rose sighed and looked at The Master who shrugged and they ran after him. Amy got up off the floor and ran after the time travelers.
"Did he just bring them back? Did he just save the world from aliens and then bring all the aliens back again?" Rory shouted, receiving no reply.
…..
"Where are you lot going?" Amy asked.
"The roof," The Doctor said
The Master saw the locker room and ran in there, making The Doctor sigh. "Looks like we're taking a detour," he muttered as he followed his rival in.
"What's in here?" Amy asked.
"If The Doctor's saving the world, I'd rather find a decent suit to wear in front of the Atraxi government," The Master replied, stripping from his ripped hoodie, jeans and black shirt.
Rory turned to The Doctor. "You just summoned aliens back to Earth. Actual aliens, deadly aliens, aliens of death, and now your friend is taking his clothes off. Amy he's taking off his clothes," he muttered to his girlfriend.
The Master sighed. "Turn your back then, Big Nose!" he replied, trying on a pair of pants and trying on several shirts and coats.
Rory turned his back. "Those belong to people you know!" he shouted at The Master before turning to Rose, Amy and The Doctor. "Aren't you guys going to turn your backs?"
"Nope," Amy said, clearly enjoying the view.
Rose shrugged. "I've seen him naked before."
"The amount of times I saw him strip in front of me back on Gallifrey, I'm use to it," The Doctor answered.
…..
The Master emerged from the locker room with a new look. He wore a black suit with a white shirt, a black tweed trench coat, a grey scarf and black leather jacket.
"That's so much better," The Master said happily as he spun around in a circle.
The Doctor lead the way to the roof, rolling his eyes. "Honestly, people say I'm bad when I regenerate. You took over two hours!"
The Master snorted. "Don't exaggerate, it was only forty-five minutes! And you try to look good in this skinny form!"
"So this was a good idea, was it? They were leaving!" Amy shouted.
The Doctor shook his head as he walked further along the roof. "Leaving is good. Never coming back is better. Come on, then! The Doctor will see you now," he shouted to the sky.
There was silence for a few moments.
The Master raised an eyebrow. "Should I wolf whistle or something?"
The Doctor turned to him, confused. "Since when did you learn to whistle?" he asked.
The Master shrugged. "Fire Head taught me," he explained.
Rose raised her eyebrow in confusion. "When did Donna teach you?"
"After the whole Davros and Dalek Cann thing she'd wanted comfort," he replied.
Rose grimaced. "Too much information."
"Doctor!" Amy shouted and The Doctor turned around to see a spaceship with a giant eyeball came swooping down from the sky. And started to scan The Doctor.
"You are not from this world," The Atraxi said, in a monotone voice.
The Doctor smirked. "No but I put a lot of work into it."
"Is this world important?" The Atraxi asked.
The Doctor snorted. "Important? What does that word mean, important? Six billion people live here, is that important? No here's a better question, is this world a threat to the Atraxi? Well go on, you're monitoring the whole planet. Is this world a threat?"
There was a silence as the Atraxi scanned a holographic of the Earth. "No."
"Are the people of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi?" The Doctor asked.
"No…"
"Okay… one more, just one. Is this world, protected? Because you're not the first lot to have come here. Oh there have been so many. And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?"
There was a moment of silence as the Atraxi scanned the earth. Then The Doctor smirked widened. "Hello, I'm The Doctor. Basically…. Run…"
The eyeball of the Atraxi zoomed back and left the atmosphere at light speed. The Doctor clenched his jacket, the same time as Rose and The Master. They pulled out their keys and saw it glowing. They grinned and took off, unnoticed by Amy and Rory.
"Is that it? Is it one for good? Who were they?" Amy asked.
….
The three Time Lords ran back to Amy's house. The Doctor quickly shoved the key in to the lock and opened the Tardis's door.
The Doctor couldn't help but grin. "Look at you. Oh, you sexy thing! Look at you," he babbled.
The Master huffed in annoyance. "Yes, yes. You love your ship but can you move so Rose and I could get in too?"
The Doctor ran up to the console while The Master walked inside, muttering about having a shower. As Rose walked in she quickly shut the door, missing Amy and Rory as they watched the Tardis disappear into thin air.
Rose grinned as she wrapped her arms around The Doctor, resting her chin on his bony shoulder. "So, where are we going?"
The Doctor smiled as he shoved the leaver in its right position. "Well… we're going to hop to the moon for around five minutes, then pick up Amy."
Rose frowned as she bit her lip. "Do you think she would come? I mean we did ruin her childhood," she pointed out.
The Doctor sighed and shook his head. "No, she will come. She wanted us to come and rescue her when she was a kid and she'll want us to rescue her now. I know how she feels."
"You do?" Rose asked softly.
The Doctor turned around in Rose's arms, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Back on Gallifrey, I was an only child. Father was too important to stay around and mother was busy having affairs to care about me. I was shipped off to the Academy as soon as I turned eight. If it wasn't for The Master, well, I wouldn't be who I am now."
"I'm sorry," Rose whispered, her hazel eyes brimming with tears.
The Doctor smiled and kissed her forehead. "Why? It's not your fault."
Rose smiled. "So you said five minutes right?"
The Doctor raised his eyebrow. "Yeah…."
Rose gave her tongue in teeth grin as she stood on her toes and kissed The Doctor's lips. "How about we take this somewhere?"
The Doctor grinned as he kissed Rose back. "Where did you have in mind?"
Rose smirked as she began to loosen The Doctor's tie. "Well The Master's idea of having a shower seems really good."
The Doctor chuckled. "You, Rose Tyler, are a force to be reckoned with."
The two Time Lords continued to make out as they made their way to their bathroom.
….
Meanwhile:
Down on earth, Amy was sleeping in her bed. She must be dreaming because she thought she heard the Tardis landing. Amy sat up in bed and ran to her window. Sure enough, the Tardis was in her aunt's garden. Amy bit her lip before she grabbed her dressing gown, slippers and her flashlight. She crept downstairs, not wanting to wake up her aunt, and opened the front door. There stood The Doctor, closing the door to his time machine,
The Doctor turned to her and grinned. "Hello! Sorry about earlier. Brand new Tardis. Exciting really, had to hop over to the moon for a few minutes but, well, shenanigans happened… anyway…"
"It's you," Amy whispered, walking slowly up to him. "You came back."
The Doctor's smile widened. "Of course I came back. I always come back."
"Did The Master kept the clothes?" Amy asked.
The Doctor snorted. "Probably. I wouldn't put it pass him."
"Are you three aliens?"
"Yep… although Rose was human when I met her. Then things happened and she turned Time Lord. Hard to explain," The Doctor babbled. "So what do you think?"
"Of what?" Amy asked.
"Visiting other planets. Wanna come along?"
"Where?"
"Wherever you'd like," The Doctor replied.
Amy bit her lip. "All that stuff that happened. The hospital, the spaceships, Prisoner Zero," she began.
The Doctor grinned. "Oh don't worry about that. There will be heaps more."
"Yeah," Amy interrupted. "But all those things, those wonderful things…. Was two years ago!" she snapped.
The Doctor's grin slipped off his face. "Um…. Oops…."
"Yeah!"
"So that would be…."
"Fourteen years!" Amy growled.
"… Since you gave The Master Chinese food. Amy Pond, the girl who waited, you've waited long enough," The Doctor said.
Amy calmed down a little and bit her lip. "When I was a kid, you said there was a swimming pool and a library, and the swimming pool was in the library," she replied.
"Not sure where it'll be now. She likes to move rooms and combine them. It'll turn up. Coming?" The Doctor asked.
Amy shook her head. "No."
"You wanted to come fourteen years ago," The Doctor pointed out.
"I grew up," Amy insisted.
The Doctor snorted. "I'll soon fix that," he said as he clicked his fingers, making the doors open.
Amy mouth dropped open as she gave a nervous chuckle. She stepped into the Tardis and looked around in awe.
The Doctor smirked as he stepped out from behind her. "Well? Anything you want to say? Any passing remarks? I've heard them all," he bragged as he walked over to the console.
"I'm in my nightie," Amy muttered.
The Doctor chuckled. "Oh, don't worry. Plenty of clothes in the wardrobe. And possibly a swimming pool," he said.
"Nope. No swimming pool in the wardrobe. Rose and I checked," The Master interrupted as he and Rose walked down the ramp.
The Master was in the clothes he stole from the hospital while Rose was dressed in her pink hoodie, blue jeans and a white shirt with her old white sneakers.
"Damn," The Doctor muttered before a grin spilt across his face. "Oh well, it'll turn up somewhere! So the whole wide universe, anything that ever happened or ever will where do you want to start?" he asked.
Amy turned to him with a glare. "You are so sure that I'm coming."
"Yep, I am."the statement
"Why?"
The Doctor shrugged. "Cause you're the Scottish girl in the English village, and I know how that feels," he replied.
"Oh do you?" Amy asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"All these years living here, most of your life, and you've still got that accent. Yeah, you're coming."
"Can you get me back for tomorrow morning?" Amy asked, looking at the console in wonder.
The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "It's a time machine. I can get you back five minutes ago."
Rose snorted. "More like a year late with your driving," she muttered.
The Doctor pouted at Rose. "You still have a grudge about that?"
Rose smirked. "Only way to keep you in line," she teased.
The Doctor rolled his eyes and turned to Amy. "What's tomorrow?" he asked.
Amy eyes widened slightly before schooling her features to try and look casual. "Nothing…. Just you know, stuff…"
The Doctor's eyes narrowed glancing at The Master who gave a slight nod. "Alright…. Back in time for…. Stuff…." He trailed off as his new sonic screwdriver popped out of the console. "Thanks dear," he said fondly.
"Why me?" Amy asked.
"Why not?" The Doctor argued.
"No, seriously. You are asking me to run away with you in the middle of the night. It's a fair question," Amy replied making Rise raise her eyebrow. "Why me?"
The Doctor shrugged. "I don't know. Fun. Do I have to have a reason?"
"People always have a reason," Amy pointed out.
"Do I look like people?"
"Yes!" Amy and Rose said together. Amy looked at Rose surprised at the fond smile Rose gave The Doctor.
The Doctor sighed. "It's only us three in the Tardis, gets a bit lonely after a while. Especially when that idiot goes into his 'mind palace' for days!" The Doctor said.
The Master rolled his eyes. "Only because I can observe and deduce quicker then you."
"Boys!" Rose shouted and the two Time Lords stopped and looked at her. "We have a guest," she reminded them.
Amy gave a small smile. "So you're lonely. Is that it?"
The Doctor smiled. "Just that, promise."
"Okay," Amy said, with a sigh.
"So, are you okay, then? Because this place, sometimes it can make people feel a bit, you know," The Doctor trailed off, looking at Amy nervously.
Amy nodded. "I'm fine. It's just, there's a whole world in here, just like you said. It's all true. I thought. Well, I started to think that maybe you were just like a madman with a box," she replied sheepishly.
The Doctor chuckled as The Master and Rose snorted.
"Amy Pond, there's something you'd better understand about me, because it's important, and one day your life may depend on it. I am definitely a madman with a box," The Doctor said with a smirk on his face. "Goodbye Leadworth, hello everything."
Amy laughed as she grabbed a hold on the console with The Master and Rose.
Little did the Time Lords know that Amy was hiding something. She was running too. Running away from her wedding. Her wedding to Rory Williams and the normal life. But you can't run away forever.
A/N:So sorry for the late update. Please forgive me! I've been busy working and studying that I didn't have time to write this chapter!
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