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….

Dedication: Elpisastreaeosdikelungbarrow, an unnamed guest and ladytigerlili24 for reviewing the last chapter. Thanks a bunch!


Chapter five: The Beast Below: Part two


Meanwhile, The Doctor and The Master made their way to the lower decks, all the way to the engine room. The Doctor took out his screwdriver and scanned the room, frowning at the results. The Master, however, pulled out a glass of water from his pocket and laid it on the ground. As The Master stared at the glass, he frowned as he saw a pair of women boots opposite the glass.

"The impossible truth in a glass of water. Not many people see it. But you two do. Don't you Time Lords?" she asked.

The Doctor turned to stare at her. She wore rich clothing and had a red cape. She also had an old, really old, mask which covered her face.

The Master frowned as he stood up from the ground. "You know us?" he asked.

"Keep your voice down. They're everywhere," the woman hissed. "Tell me what you see in the glass, Master."

The Master raised an eyebrow. "Who says I see anything?" he retorted.

The woman chuckled. "You are the master of deductions, are you not? And besides, you placed a glass of water on the floor, looked at it, then came straight here to the engine room. Why?" she asked

The Doctor smirked. "No engine vibration on deck. Ship this size, engine this big, you'd feel it. The water would move. So, I thought we'd take a look," he explained.

The Master nodded in agreement. "And this engine room is fake, those couplings in the box aren't connected. There not real, as if there was…"

"No engine at all," The three of them said together.

The Doctor frowned. "But it's working. This ship is travelling though space. We saw it ourselves."

The woman scoffed. "The impossible truth, Doctor. We're travelling among the stars in a spaceship that could never fly," she replied.

The Master sighed irritably. "How?"

"I don't know," the woman replied. "There's a darkness at the heart of this nation. It threatens every one of us. Help us, Doctor. You're our only hope," she begged before handing him a tracking device. "Your friend and girlfriend are safe. This will take you to them. Now go, quickly!" she hissed before turning to leave.

"Who are you?" The Doctor asked.

The Master snorted. "Can't you see who it is Doctor? Merlin, you're blind," he said, making The Doctor glare at him. "Here's a better question. How do we find you again?"

The woman was quiet for a moment before she replied. "I am Liz Ten. And I will find you…"

There was a blackout and when the lights came back on, the woman was gone.

The Master sighed. "Can we leave now?" he asked making The Doctor roll his eyes.

"I don't know what's worse. That question or when you were eight and kept on asking our professor "are we there yet?" when we went on excursions" The Doctor replied before looking down at the monitor.

….

Darkness was the only thing that Amy was aware when she came to. Next came nausea. Did she go drinking last night? Amy woke up with a groan as she blinked her eyes open. She was staring at the smilers in the booths. Amy got up and walked around the cubicle taking in the four television screen and three buttons which were labeled 'FORGOT' 'PROTEST' and 'RECORD'.

"Welcome to voting cubicle three thirty C. Please leave this installation as you would wish to find it. The United Kingdom recognizes the right to know of all its citizens. A presentation concerning the history of Starship UK will begin shortly. Your identity is being verified on our electoral roll. Name, Amelia Jessica Pond. Age, thirteen hundred and six…."

Amy gasped. "Shut up!" she said laughing softly, sitting down in shock.

"Marital status…" the computer said, making Amy sit up straighter. "Unknown…"

Amy pouted and sloughed further into her chair as a man came on the television screen. "You are here because you want to know the truth about this starship, and I am talking to you because you're entitled to know. When this presentation has finished, you will have a choice. You may either protest. or forget. If you choose to protest, understand this. If just one percent of the population of this ship do likewise, the programme will be discontinued with consequences for you all. If you choose to accept the situation, and we hope that you will, then press the Forget button. All the information I'm about to give you will be erased from your memory. You will continue to enjoy the safety and amenities of Starship UK, unburdened by the knowledge of what has been done to save you. Here then, is the truth about Starship UK, and the price that has been paid for the safety of the British people. May God have mercy on our souls."

Amy was then met with a series of images. They were going through her mind like a movie playing fast forward. After what felt like a life time, Amy gasped as she pressed the 'FORGET' button. Amy then frowned as she noticed tears rolling down her cheeks.

"This isn't a trick. This is for real," Amy gasped as she saw herself on the screen, begging. "You've got to find The Doctor, Rose and The Master and get them back to the Tardis. Don't let them investigate. Stop them. Do whatever you have to, just please, please get them off this ship! Especially The Doctor."

Amy heard the door open and saw The Doctor, The Master, Rose and Mandy standing outside the cubicle.

Rose ran inside. "Amy, you alright?" she asked quietly as Amy turned off the message.

The Doctor frowned. "Amy… what have you done?"

Amy bit her lip before she took a deep breath. She explained what happened to her when she woke up which made Rose hug her and The Doctor scanning the device above with his sonic screwdriver.

"Yeah, your basic memory wipe job. Must have erased about twenty minutes," The Doctor said as he jumped down the seat. He turned to The Master who was scanning the screens and buttons.

"But why would I choose to forget?" Amy asked as she and Rose stood back to allow the Time Lords to investigate.

"Because everyone does," Mandy replied, making Amy jump a little bit. "Everyone chooses the FORGET button."

The Doctor paused what he was doing before he turned to Mandy with a smirk on his face. "Did you?"

Mandy raised an eyebrow. "I'm not eligible to vote yet. I'm twelve. Any time after you're sixteen, you're allowed to the see the film and make your choice. And then once every five years…"

"You choose to forget all that you learnt," The Master interrupted with a deadly smirk on his face.

The Doctor grinned back. "Democracy in action," he added as he stood next to his friend/rival.

"How do you not know about this? Are you Scottish too?" Mandy asked innocently.

The Master snorted. "I thought he was as a child. He even had that bloody accent and red hair!"

The Doctor rolled his eyes before turning to Mandy with a smile on his face. "Oh, I'm way worse than Scottish. I can't even see the movie. Won't play for me."

"It didn't play for me either," Rose said.

Amy looked confused. "It played for me," she pointed out.

The Master huffed. "That's because your human Fire Cracker, we're not," he said, motioning his hand to The Doctor and Rose.

"But why won't it play for you guys? You look human," Amy added.

The Doctor smiled. "Well, you look Time Lord…. We came first."

Amy bit her lip. "So are there other Time Lords?"

Everything seemed to went cold, like the atmosphere dropped several degrees. Rose slowly reached for The Doctor's hand, squeezing it tightly. The Master stood still, closing his eyes tightly.

The Doctor took a deep breath. "No… they use to be but its just The Master and I now. I mean Rose got turned into a Time Lady by the Tardis but The Master and I grew up on the planet of the Time Lords. There was a bad day and bad stuff happened," he said.

The Master snorted, glaring at his rival. "You call the biggest war in the universe a 'bad day'?"

The Doctor ignored him and continued. "And do you know what? I would like to forget every last bit of it. But I don't… not ever! Cos this is what I do. Every time, every day, every second… hold on tight, we're bringing down the government," he said before he slammed his fist on the 'PROTEST' button. Rose and The Master backed against the wall while The Doctor did the same with Amy. The door slammed shut as the floor opened up beneath them, revealing a long drop with red lights.

"Say wheee!" The Doctor said with a grin.

Amy scoffed. "Don't you mean more like Argh!" she yelled as they fell into the hole

….

"Whoo Hoo!" The Doctor screamed as he slid down the tunnel and landed in a pile of garbage.

Rose came next and landed with a groan. "Why are we in a garbage dump?"

The Master slid down with a pout. "Ugh, I got muck on my coat," he muttered.

The Doctor rolled his eyes as Amy slid down with a scream and landed with a groan.

The Doctor grinned at the red head. "High speed air cannon. Lousy way to travel," he explained.

Amy huffed. "Where are we?"

"Six hundred feet down, twenty miles laterally, puts us at the heart of the ship," The Doctor replied, scanning the room with his sonic screwdriver.

At Amy's confused expression, The Master rolled his eyes. "Lancashire."

Rose got up and looked. "It looks like a cave to me."

"That's what I thought," The Doctor said.

"It's a rubbish dump," Amy interrupted, before allowing a smirk play on her lips. "And it's minging!" she added, throwing some rotten food at The Master who scowled and threw some back at her.

"Children please!" The Doctor scolded, but the smile on his face ruined the seriousness.

"Doctor!" Rose called. She was crouching on the floor, moving her hands through the rotten food. "The floor doesn't feel right…."

Amy bit her lip as she felt around. "It feels like a water bed," she supplied. "It's wet, warm and slimy."

Suddenly there was a loud, distant roar. The Doctor and The Master turned off their sonic screwdriver and looked at each other with nervous expressions.

Rose slowly stood up. "Tell me that not what I thought it was."

"Oh it most defiantly was," The Master said, making Rose throw her hands up in exasperation.

"Of course it would be," Rose muttered, glaring at The Doctor as if it was his fault.

"Well… it's not a floor it's a…" The Doctor muttered, trailing off while clapping his hands together. "So!" he added, trying to change the subject.

Amy stood up. "It's a what?"

The Doctor bit his lip, looking at The Master and Rose for help. The two shook their heads, making The Doctor pout before grabbing Amy's hands in an assuring way.

"Okay. The next word is a real scary one, you probably want to take a moment, get yourself in a calm place. Go omm."

Amy raised an eyebrow. "Omm…."

"It's a tongue," The Doctor said, biting his lip nervously.

Amy went still. Did he just say… "A tongue?" she repeated.

"A tongue," The Doctor confirmed. "A great big giant tongue," he added with a grin.

Amy spun around in a circle, her eyes wide with fright. "This is a mouth. This whole place is a mouth? We're in a mouth?"

The Doctor nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. But on the plus side, roomy."

The Master raised his eyebrows. "You call this roomy?"

The Doctor grinned. "Well it is."

"How do we get out?" Amy shrieked.

The Master shrugged, scanning the room with his sonic screwdriver. "Depends on how big the stomach is…"

There was another roar which made The Doctor stand still. "Ah, we don't wanna end up there yet. Thanks!"

"Doctor!" Rose called, rolling her eyes. "How do we get out?"

"Okay, it's being fed through surgically implanted feeder tubes," The Doctor replied. "So the normal entrance is…" he trailed off as he turned off his sonic screwdriver. The Doctor's eyes widened as he saw a row of giant razor sharp teeth. "Closed for business."

Amy shrugged. "We could try though!" she cried and started to move forward to the teeth.

"No! Stop, don't move!" The Doctor shouted but it was too late.

Because just then there was moaning which was followed by vibrations as the giant tongue started to move, throwing Rose, The Master and Amy to the floor.

The Master groaned as he stood up. "Too late, it started," he said.

"What has?" Rose asked.

"Swallow reflex!" The Doctor replied as he used his sonic screwdriver, pointing it towards the back of the throat as he was thrown on the floor too.

"What are you doing now?" Rose shouted.

"I'm vibrating the chemo-receptors," The Doctor answered.

"Chemo- what?" Amy screamed.

"The eject button!"

"But how does a mouth have an eject button?" Rose asked.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Think about it Rose! What did Mickey do whenever he ate too much chips with beer?"

Rose's eyes widened as the vibrations stopped, allowing them to stand up. A giant tidal wave of sick came rushing towards them.

"Right then," The Doctor said, adjusting his tie. "This isn't going to be big on dignity."

The tidal wave started to pick up speed, making Rose grab Amy's and The Master's hand.

"I don't wanna hold your hand!" The Master shouted, Rose rolled her eyes and snatched The Master's hand anyway.

"Allons y!" The Doctor shouted with a grin on his as the wave of doom swept them all away.

….

Rose woke up in a coughing fit. She blinked her eyes opened to see The Master scanning the door and The Doctor scanning Amy, who was unconscious.

"Is she alright?" Rose asked, sitting up.

The Doctor spun around with a grin. "Yeah, she'll be fine. How bout you?" he asked, offering his hand.

Rose took it with a smile. "Could be better. Then again, this is nothing compared to Cassandra," she replied, kissing his lips.

The Master stopped scanning the door and turned to them with an eyebrow raised. "Who's Cassandra?"

The Doctor and Rose smirked at each other. "She was the last human on Earth," The Doctor replied.

"No sweetie. She was the last 'pure human'. Before they all mingled," Rose corrected with a posh accent. At The Master's incredulous expression, she laughed. "She was a skin tack on a trampoline. I called her Michael Jackson. She took over me back on New Earth…"

"And she kissed me. This was when we were still in the friend stage as well," The Doctor added, running his hand through his sticky up hair.

Amy gasped as she sat up, coughing and spluttering. Rose helped her to stand while The Doctor joined The Master by the door.

"There's nothing broken, there's no sign of concussion and yes, you are covered in sick," The Doctor said before scanning the door.

Amy groaned as she stood up. "Where are we?" she asked.

The Doctor shrugged. "Overspill pipe, at a guess."

"Oh God, it stinks!" Amy complained as she recoiled from the smell.

The Master snorted. "That smell isn't the pipe Fire Cracker."

Realization dawned on Amy. She sniffed her nightie and flinched. "Can we get out?"

"One door, one door switch, one condition. We forget everything we saw. Look familiar?" The Doctor asked, motioning to the door. Next to the door was the 'FORGET' button. "That's the carrot," he said and as if on cue, the tunnel lit up to reveal to smiler puppets at the end. "Ohh, here's the stick. There's a creature living in the heart of this ship. What's it doing there?" the smiler's turned into frowners. The Doctor snorted. "No, that's not going to work on me, so come on. Big old beast below decks, and everyone who protests gets shoved down its throat. That how it works?" he asked sarcastically and the frowners became scowlers. "Oh, stop it. I'm not leaving and I'm not forgetting, and what are you fellows going to do about it? Stick out your tongues, huh?"

Rose scowled as she saw the smilers step out of the booths. "Now look what you've done." She said as she, Amy and The Master began to back away, close to the door.

The door burst opened to reveal a woman with a regal appearance striding in, holding up her pistol. She shot the smilers, mercilessly in the chest. As they fell down, the woman put away her gun effortlessly.

The Doctor laughed. "Look who it is. You look a lot better without your mask."

The woman smiled and turned to Amy. "You must be Amy. Liz. Liz Ten," she introduced herself, shanking her hand.

Amy smiled. "Hi," she greeted but frowned when Liz recoiled and wiped her hand on the fold of her cape.

"Yuck. Lovely hair, Amy. Shame about the sick," Liz said before turning to Rose. "And Rose, boy the last time I heard about you was when you saved Granny Vicky from a werewolf. Good job by the way."

Rose raised an eyebrow. "Granny Vicky?"

"You know Mandy, yeah?" Liz asked and wrapped her arm around Mandy. "She's very brave."

"How did you find us?" The Doctor asked.

Liz shrugged and threw her monitor to The Master who caught it. "Stuck my gizmo on you," she replied. "Been listening in. Nice moves on the hurl escape. So, what's the big fella doing here?"

"You're over sixteen, you've voted. Whatever this is, you've chosen to forget about it," The Doctor said.

The Master snorted and raised an eyebrow. "That's because she never voted Doctor."

Liz smirked. "Well, what you said is true. Never forgot, never voted, not technically a British subject."

Rose frowned. "British subject?"

"Then who and what are you, and how do you know us?" The Doctor interrupted.

Liz smiled. "You're a bit hard to miss, love. Mysterious stranger, M O consistent with higher alien intelligence, hair of an idiot," as she said the last bit, The Doctor ran a hand through his hair. "I've been brought up on the stories. My whole family was."

"Your family?" The Doctor repeated.

Liz was about to answer when she looked behind The Doctor's shoulder. The smilers started to twitch and made whirling and clicking noises.

"They're repairing. Doesn't take them long. Let's move," Liz demanded, leading the way to safety.

As the group followed Liz, she spoke. "The Doctor. Old drinking buddy of Henry Twelve. Tea and scones with Liz Two. Vicky was a bit on the fence about you, weren't she? And you too Rose, knighted and exiled you both on the same day. And so much for the Virgin Queen, you bad, bad boy," she added with a smirk.

The Doctor's eyes lit up in excitement. "Liz Ten," he recalled.

Liz nodded. "Liz Ten, yeah. Elizabeth the Tenth. And down!" she shouted, making them all hit the deck. Liz took out both of her guns and shot the smilers that were following them in the chest. As the smilers fell to the ground, Liz turned to her companions with a smirk.

"I'm the bloody Queen, mate. Basically, I rule," she said as she re-holstered her guns.

Rose smirked. "I like her," she said to The Master quietly.

"Of course you do," The Master muttered.

….

The Doctor was now leading the way. He threw the door opened which led down another corridor. On other sides of the walls, were cages with the room dimly lit. On their left, there was a prison cell room with a giant root with a scorpion tail on top trapped inside.

"There's a high-speed Vator through there," Liz told The Doctor before they stopped in front of the giant root, which was thrashing against the bars, as if they want to escape. "Oh, yeah. There's these things. Any ideas?"

Amy's eyes widened. "Doctor, Rose and I saw these up top. There was a hole in a road, like it had burst through like a root," she told him.

"Exactly like a root. It's all one creature, the same one we were inside, reaching out," The Doctor replied.

"They must be growing throughout the mechanisms of the whole ship," The Master added with a frown.

Liz's eyes widened. "What, like an infestation?" she asked in horror. At The Doctor's nod she growled. "Someone's helping it. Feeding it. Feeding my subjects to it. Come on. Got to keep moving," she barked and walked off with Mandy and The Master.

The Doctor didn't move. He just stood there, staring at the root with a wounded expression.

Rose grabbed his hand tightly. "Doctor? You coming?"

The Doctor sighed sadly. "Rose, we should never have explored this ship," he muttered before walking away.

Rose shook her head before turning to Amy who frowned at the root. "Let's go," she told her, grabbing her hand before pulling her away.

In Amy's head she replayed what her future self told her. "You've got to find The Doctor, Rose and The Master and get them back to the Tardis. Don't let them investigate. Stop them. Do whatever you have to, just please, please get them off this ship! Especially The Doctor."

….

The group made it back to Liz's personal chambers safely. After having a shower and freshening up, The Doctor frowned as he saw a number of glasses, different sizes and filled with water or wine, on the ground. The room was lit up by a chandelier which was lying on the ground by the corner.

The Doctor turned to Liz who was lying on her bed. "Why all the glasses?"

Liz scowled. "To remind me every single day that my government is up to something, and it's my duty to find out what," she replied, glaring at the glasses with hatred.

The Master snorted. "Going undercover, when you're the bloody queen?"

Liz sat up straighter and shifted her glare to The Master. "Secrets are being kept from me. I don't have a choice. Ten years I've been at this. My entire reign. And you lot achieved more in one afternoon," she muttered.

The Doctor frowned as he studied the mask. "How old were you when you came to the throne?"

Liz raised an eyebrow. "Forty. Why?"

Amy, who was fixing her hair, turned to the queen and stared at her in shock. "What, you're fifty now? No way," she said in awe as she sat down on the elegant sofa, next to Rose.

Liz smirked. "Yeah, they slowed my body clock. Keeps me looking like the stamps."

"Every girls dream," Rose joked.

"And you always wear this in public?" The Doctor sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Under cover's not easy when you're me. The autographs, the bunting," Liz replied bitterly.

The Doctor stared at the mask again. "Air-balanced porcelain. Stays on by itself, because it's perfectly sculpted to your face."

"Yeah? So what? Why does this matter?" Liz asked, confused.

The Master snorted. "Everything matters Lizzie."

"Don't call me Lizzie!" Liz protested.

They were interrupted by the door to Liz's chamber which burst opened. Three people, dressed in dark brown cloaks walked in. Rose quickly stood up and joined The Master, who was standing by the window. Amy got up and followed Rose, still wary by her little run in earlier.

Liz stood up and walked over, flanked by The Doctor. "What are you doing? How dare you come in here?"

"Ma'am, you have expressed interest in the interior workings of Starship UK. You will come with us now."

Liz glared at them while The Doctor sized one of them up. "Why would I do that?" she hissed.

There was a sudden clanking noise head started to turn slightly. When it finished, it revealed a angry smiler face.

"Impossible," Rose gasped.

"How can they be Smilers?" Amy asked.

The Doctor smirked. "Half Smiler, half human."

"But how?" Rose asked.

The Doctor turned to her. "Imagine Cybermen but worse," he said, making Rose shiver.

"Whatever you creatures are I am still your queen. On whose authority is this done?" Liz asked

"The highest authority, Ma'am," the winder replied.

"I am the highest authority," Liz said angrily.

"Yes, ma'am. You must go now, Ma'am."

"Where?"

"The Tower, Ma'am."

The half-human and half smilers left the room, not bothering to check if the queen was following them. Liz looked at The Doctor who gave a slight nod before following them.

"Should we follow them?" Rose asked quietly and at The Doctor's confused expression she sighed. "We can't trust them if they're like Cybermen."

"We need to follow them," The Master said before walking after Liz and Mandy. "I need data to find about what the hell is happening to this ship!"

The Doctor rolled his eye while giving Rose an assuring smile. "I think we can trust them, hopefully. Let's go."

Amy and Rose looked at each other before following the two Time Lords. The group descended down the lift to ground floor zero, the basement, before following the smilers down a series of corridor before stopping at a creepy looking door, that looked like it was from a church. One of the smilers knocked on the door before opening it. Inside was old looking, like a dudgeon in a castle.

Rose looked around with a wary expression. Even though the place looks old, the technology inside gave it away. There was a base of controls which powered a huge needle, shooting down electricity. There was also grates which were bolted shut but Amy soon discovered why. Giant roots were banging harshly against the grates.

"Doctor, where are we?" Amy asked quietly.

The Doctor spun around in a circle, arms wide. "The lowest point of Starship UK."

The Master bounced around like a kid in a candy store. "My favourite place. The dungeon, commonly known as the Tower of London!"

Rose laughed a bit. "If we weren't in danger, I would've said that it hasn't changed back in my day."

Amy raised an eyebrow. "Our day, you mean?"

"Ma'am." An elderly man, dressed in a brown cloak, same as the smilers but he had his hood down, so he was human, walked up to the Queen.

Liz pursed her lips as she recognized him. "Hawthorne," she greeted in surprise. "So this is where you hid yourself away. I think you've got some explaining to do," she hissed.

There were interrupted by a line of school children, holding things. "There's children down here. What's all that about?" The Doctor asked as he tussled one of the boy's hair.

"Protesters and citizens of limited value are fed to the beast. For some reason, it won't eat the children. You're the first adults it's spared. You're very lucky," Hawthorne told them.

"The children are slaves!" Rose said, horrified, glaring at the old man. "And you say that we're lucky because we survived the beast and are now in the Tower of London, the torture chamber for over a thousand years!"

The Master smirked as he examined the technology with his sonic screwdriver. "Depends on your definition of torture chamber," he replied sarcastically.

The Doctor was standing next to Liz. There was a large pipe in the middle of the room with the huge needle hanging over it. Rose and Amy moved towards them while The Master stood back.

"What's that?" Liz asked.

The Doctor shrugged. "Well as The Master said, it depends on the definition of torture chamber. It's either the exposed pain center of big fella's brain, being tortured relentlessly."

"Or?"

"Or it's the gas pedal, the accelerator. Starship UK's go faster button," The Doctor finished.

Liz raised an eyebrow. "I don't understand," she said.

"Don't you? Try to. Go on," The Doctor urged her but Lid didn't respond. "The spaceship that could never fly. No vibration on deck. This creature, this poor, trapped, terrified creature. It's not infesting you, it's not invading, it's what you have instead of an engine! And this place down here is where you hurt it, where you torture it, day after day, just to keep it moving," The Doctor said, enraged, glaring at the queen and Hawthorne.

Just then there was a familiar wailing sound which gave The Doctor an idea and made Rose and The Master cover their ears.

"Tell you what. Normally, it's above the range of human hearing," The Doctor pointed out before moving to one of the giant roots. He opened one of the grates and the root popped up. The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the root "This is the sound none of you wanted to hear," he added before turning it on.

Suddenly, there was screaming, the most painful and anguish scream that Amy had heard. Everyone covered their ears, except for The Doctor who glared at Liz and Hawthorne.

"Stop it!" Liz whispered, tears welling up in her eyes. Rose was reminded of the time she took Donna to the Ood. "Who did this?"

"We act on instructions from the highest authority," Hawthorne replied after a moment of silence.

Liz growled. "I am the highest authority," she said slowly. "The creature will be released, now. I said now! Is anyone listening to me?" she barked when no one moved. The room was deadly silent.

The Master sighed. "Look, usually I love situations like this but Doctor, if you can tell her what is important about her mask, we can all go home happily."

The Doctor glared at his rival/best friend before walking forward to the queen. "Liz," he said, stopping her in her tracks. "Your mask."

Liz raised an eyebrow. "What about my mask?" she huffed.

"Look at it. It's old. At least two hundred years old, I'd say," The Doctor replied, turning the mask over in his hands slowly.

"Yeah? It's an antique. So?" Liz asked, unimpressed.

The Doctor nodded. "Yeah, an antique made by craftsmen over two hundred years ago and perfectly sculpted to your face," The Doctor explained slowly. "They slowed your body clock, all right, but you're not fifty. Nearer… three hundred. And it's been a long old reign."

Liz shook her head in denial. "Nah, it's ten years. I've been on this throne ten years!"

The Doctor nodded slowly. "Ten years. And the same ten years, over and over again, always leading you here," he said, taking her hand to a monitor with the 'FORGET' and 'ABDICATE'.

Very slowly Liz looked up at Hawthorne, horrified. "What have you done?"

"Only what you have ordered. We work for you, Ma'am. The Winders, the Smilers, all of us," Hawthorne explained before pressing a button on the monitor.

As it turned on, Liz sat down, slightly distraught. A picture of herself came on the screen. "If you are watching this," The Liz on screen said. "If I am watching this, then I have found my way to the Tower Of London. The creature you are looking at is called a Star Whale," the image changed from the Liz on the screen to a 3D-picture of the creature. "Once, there were millions of them. They lived in the depths of space and, according to legend, guided the early space travelers through the asteroid belts. This one, as far as we are aware, is the last of its kind. And what we have done to it breaks my heart. The Earth was burning. Our sun had turned on us and every other nation had fled to the skies. Our children screamed as the skies grew hotter. And then it came, like a miracle. The last of the Star Whales. We trapped it, we built our ship around it, and we rode on its back to safety."

Rose bit her lip as she glanced at The Doctor, who had no expression on his face. She turned to The Master who was also looking at The Doctor with his 'deduction' look. Rose had a bad feeling about this.

The Liz on screen too a deep breath. "If you wish our voyage to continue, then you must press the Forget button. Be again the heart of this nation, untainted. If not, press the other button. Your reign will end, the Star Whale will be released, and our ship will disintegrate. I hope I keep the strength to make the right decision."

The screen flickered before turning blank. Amy took a deep breath, horrified. "I voted for this. Why would I do that?"

The Doctor smiled slightly, although he looked like he was in pain. "Because you knew if we stayed here, I'd be faced with an impossible choice," he chuckled mirthlessly. "Humanity or the alien. You took it upon yourself to save me from that. And that was wrong. You don't ever decide what I need to know," he growled.

"Doctor! Cut her some slack, this is her fist time in space!" Rose said.

"I don't even remember doing it!" Amy cried.

"You did it. That's what counts," The Doctor argued.

Amy bit her lip, her eyes welling up in tears. "I'm, I'm sorry."

"Well… I don't care. When I'm done here, you're going home," The Doctor said darkly as he moved to the control panel.

"Why? Because I made a mistake? One mistake? I don't even remember doing it. Doctor!" Amy shouted angrily.

Rose stepped up as well. "Doctor, you are completely out of line!" she yelled.

The Doctor glared at Rose before turning to Amy. "Yeah, I know. You're only human."

Liz bit her lip as she walked up to The Doctor who was fiddling with the buttons on the control panel.

"What are you doing?" Liz asked softly.

The Doctor sighed heavily. "The worst thing I'll ever do. I'm going to pass a massive electrical charge through the Star Whale's brain. Should knock out all its higher functions, leave it a vegetable. The ship will still fly, but the whale won't feel it," he explained, rubbing his hand over his eyes.

Amy's eyes widened. "That'll be like killing it!"

The Doctor growled, making them step back. "Look, three options. One, I let the Star Whale continue in unendurable agony for hundreds more years. Two, I kill everyone on this ship. Three, I murder a beautiful, innocent creature as painlessly as I can. And then I find a new name, because I won't be the Doctor any more."

The Master raised his eyebrow. "Aren't you being dramatic?" he asked sarcastically.

Liz shook her head. "There must be something we can do, some other way!"

"Nobody talk to me. Nobody human has anything to say to me today!" The Doctor snapped angrily making them quiet. The Master raised his hand which made The Doctor sigh. "What?"

"Rose and I are Time Lords! Can we talk?" The Master asked making The Doctor glare.

"Help me with this will you?" The Doctor said, turning dials.

Rose sighed as she sat down next to Mandy and Amy who were leaning against a wall.

"He doesn't mean it you know?" Rose told her softly.

Amy sighed as she slouched further down the wall, staring at The Doctor. "Have you ever seen him like this?"

Rose nodded. "A few times. Funny thing is, they were all with Daleks. I was on satellite five and The Doctor sent me away, looked into the heart of the Tardis and turned into a weapon of the universe. The other time was at the Battle of Canary Warf, it was the day we got separated. But I never seen him so angry before. That's why he's also called The Oncoming Storm."

Before Amy could reply, a chamber door opened to reveal some children, in a line, carrying objects.

Mandy gasped in surprise and stood up, running to a ginger hair kid. "Timmy! You made it, you're okay. It's me, Mandy!"

Behind her, the giant tentacle busted from the gate. Amy made a move to save Mandy but a firm grip on her shoulder stopped her. She turned to see Rose shaking her head.

"Look," Rose muttered so Amy did.

And what she saw saved the United Kingdom. Amy's eyes widened as she saw Mandy slowly stroking the head of the tentacle, as if it was a pet. Then she remembered some things.

"Our children screamed. It came, like a miracle."

"It won't eat the children."

"The children screamed, then it came. It's the last of its kind."

"Is this how it works, Doctor? You never interfere with other peoples or planets. Unless it's children crying."

"Yes."

"Then it came, like a miracle. The last of the Star Whales."

Amy gasped as she turned to The Doctor who was turning a dial. She rushed over to him.

"Doctor, stop. Whatever you're doing, stop it now!" when he didn't reply, he grabbed Liz's hand and dragged her over to the monitor. "Sorry, Your Majesty. Going to need a hand."

The Doctor's eyes widened. "Amy, no! No!" he screamed but was too late as Amy slammed Liz's hand down on the 'ABDICATE' button.

Everyone went silent and still, afraid to make any sudden movement. The buzzing of electricity stopped, there were a couple of bangs and the Star Whale groaned before the ship shook violently, as if it was an earthquake. Everyone in the room grabbed onto something tightly (after all it wasn't the first time Rose, The Doctor and The Master were thrown around a room before). Large quantities of dust dropped from the ceiling and sparks came from the control panels. Then the Star Whale gave a last scream of freedom before the shaking subsided.

The Doctor released a breath. "Amy, what have you done?" he asked.

Amy smirked. "Nothing at all. Right Master?"

The Master rolled his eyes. "There's always something."

Hawthorne's eyes widened. "We've increased speed!"

Amy snorted playfully. "Yeah, well, you've stopped torturing the pilot. Got to help," she joked making Rose laugh.

Liz shook her head in denial as she stared at the Star Whale's brain. "It's still here. I don't understand."

Amy smiled gently as she walked towards her. "The Star Whale didn't come like a miracle all those years ago. It volunteered. You didn't have to trap it or torture it. That was all just you. It came because it couldn't stand to watch your children cry. What if you were really old, and really kind and alone? Your whole race dead. No future. What couldn't you do then? If you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind, you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry."

The Doctor pursed his lips for a moment before he spun around and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Amy made a move to follow him but was stopped.

The Master shook his head. "I'll go get him."

Rose sighed as she watched them leaving before smiling at Amy proudly. "We should go back to the Tardis. Come on, I'll show you the sauna and the wardrobe room. They'll come back later, hopefully," she said before muttering under her breath. "Assuming they don't kill each other first."

….

"Finally!" The Master shouted, seeing The Doctor at the end of the corridor. "Merlin you are difficult to find. Then again you always knew the best hiding spots," he added as he walked up to him.

The Doctor snorted and smiled at him. "Only because I wanted peace and quiet," he muttered playfully. "And that failed."

The two were silent for a few moments before The Doctor sighed heavily. "She could've killed everyone on this ship."

"It is her first trip in space, the monkeys don't get the rules and besides you could've killed a Star Whale," The Master replied.

The Doctor nodded. "And she saved it, I know."

"Amazing huh?" The Master asked making The Doctor raise his eyebrows. "The Star Whale, it was a legend even when we were kids. Being alone, losing it's race just made it kind."

"Yeah but Amy couldn't have known how it would react," The Doctor pointed out.

The Master snorted. "No, you couldn't. Merlin I'm going to regret saying this but all of us have seen it before." When The Doctor raised his eyebrow The Master sighed. "The very old, kind and last. Sound a bit familiar Doc?" Then The Master gave him an awkward hug. "By the way, don't try to run and hide, because I will always find you."

The Doctor chuckled into The Master's shoulder. "I would expect nothing less."

They pulled away and The Master walked ahead of The Doctor. "We should get back to the Tardis before Rose goes nuts with worry."

The Doctor smirked. "You afraid?" he mocked.

"Of Barbie, please," The Master scoffed.

The Doctor laughed as he turned to look at The Master with a smile. The Master was turning back into his best friend he used to be before the drums. He wondered if The Master noticed it too.

….

Rose sighed as she leaned against the console of the Tardis. Amy was still in the Wardrobe Room, picking the perfect outfit. The Master and The Doctor have been gone for about an hour, leaving Rose worrying.

The door opened, revealing The Doctor and The Master. Rose sighed with relief as she ran up to The Doctor and wrapped her arms around his shoulder.

"You okay?" she asked.

The Doctor smiled. "Don't worry, The Master knocked some sense into me, I'm fine."

Rose rolled her eyes. "My boys," she muttered fondly.

"Where's Fire Cracker?" The Master interrupted.

Rose sighed. "In the Wardrobe Room. If you thought Donna was bad, Amy has been in there for forty-five minutes."

"THAT WAS AMAZING!" Amy shouted as she bounced down the stairs. Just then the phone started to ring and Amy frowned. "People phone you?" she asked The Doctor.

The Doctor grinned. "It is a telephone box. Do you mind?" he said, gesturing to the phone.

Amy cautiously picked it up and held it to her ear. "Hello? Sorry, who? No, seriously, who? Says he's the Prime Minister. First the Queen, now the Prime Minister. Get about, don't you?" she asked The Doctor with wonder on her face.

The Doctor smirked as pulled down a leaver. "Which Prime Minister?"

"Uh… which Prime Minister?" Amy asked nervously. "The British one," Amy told The Doctor.

The Master rolled his eyes. "There are a million of British Prime Ministers. Which one?" he argued as he checked the oil.

Amy bit her lip. "Which British one?" Amy's eyes widened as she received a reply. She handed the phone over to The Doctor. "Winston Churchill for you."

"Oh! Hello, dear. What's up?" The Doctor asked happily. There was a pause as Churchill gave his reply. The Doctor looked up at his companions. "Don't worry about a thing, Prime Minister."

The Doctor hung up and Rose put in the coordinates to 1940, leaving UK starship and the Star Whale behind.


A/N: And that's part two done! So sorry that I didn't update until but I made it extra long for you guys so I hope you don't mind. Thank you to all who have reviewed, favourite and followed this story, I really appreciate it :)

Please Review!

Thanks!