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: This is dedicated to Dreamcatcher56, ladytigerlili24, nic, StoryGirlWrites and LUKAS for reviewing the last chapter. This is also dedicated to the people who was injured in the Manchester Terror attack and the London Bridge attack. May God save you all and keep you safe!
Chapter Ten: Flesh and Stone: Part 1
Darkness was all that anyone could see so far. That was until the sound of the sonic screwdriver filled everyone's ears. Then the lights flickered back on. Amy saw soldiers getting onto their feet, aiming their guns at the ceiling.
Amy groaned as she slowly sat up. "What happened?"
"We jumped," River replied standing up.
"Jumped where?" Amy asked.
"We're standing where we were," Rose said as she helped Amy up.
Amy frowned as she looked around. "Uh… no we're not," she pointed out with a clueless look on her face.
"Move your small feet, Fire Cracker," The Master said, taking out his laser sonic.
"Can someone explain what the hell is going on?" Amy exclaimed, slightly annoyed that everyone seemed to be ignoring her.
The Doctor sighed as he moved to stand next to her. "Oh Amy don't you remember? If the ship had power when it crashed, then what else would be on?"
Amy's eyes widened as she now understood. They were standing upside down on the ship and the ceiling was the maze they just escaped from.
The Doctor smirked. "See, the artificial gravity globe gave us a jumpstart. The Master shot it to give us a boost and here we are," he explained.
The Master grunted. "Are you going to help me open this thing or brag more?" he asked, making The Doctor rolled his eyes as he took out his sonic to helped The Master.
"Doctor. The statues, they look more like Angels now," Octavian said nervously as he aimed his gun at the statues.
"They're feeding from the radiation, Father," Rose explained. "That's why we need to find a way to stop this before they form an army."
"Keep looking at them. Don't blink, if you blink, you're dead," The Doctor added as he and The Master managed to unlock the hatch. "Into the hatch, now," he said as the two Time Lords jumped in. Rose sighed as she rolled her eyes before jumping in as well.
"But how?" Amy asked and when she received no reply, she looked down to see them in the corridor. "Doctor?"
"It's a corridor Fire Cracker," The Master replied in a suffering as she walked ahead. "Gravity goes to the floor and all that."
As everyone jumped into the corridor, The Doctor used the sonic on a panel which stopped the lights from going out. Then the door at the end of the corridor began to close.
The Doctor took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, so it's a death trap and a time bomb. What's through there?" he asked River.
"Secondary flight deck," River said as she began to rewire another panel.
"Okay. so we've basically run up the inside of a chimney, yeah? So what if the gravity fails?" Amy asked The Doctor.
The Doctor shrugged as he examined the door that was currently blocking them. "Well I thought about it, actually."
Rose raised an eyebrow and gave a nervous laugh. "You actually thought about it?"
"And?" Amy urged.
"We'll plunge to our deaths. See I thought about it," he said smugly to Rose who rolled her eyes. "What's the good new Master?"
The Master huffed irritated. "The security protocols are still running and are impossible to override them."
"How impossible?" River interrupted as she continued to rewire a few cords.
The Master shrugged. "Ohh…. Two minutes, maybe."
"Maybe?" Octavian repeated as The Doctor made the lights stay on permanent.
The Master snorted. "What do you think I am? A manual? I don't have a list of instructions."
"The Angels can't drain the light power now," The Doctor added.
"Good work, Doctor," Octavian said as he and the clerics aimed their guns at the Weeping Angels.
"Yeah, good so far anyway," The Doctor said
"So far?" Octavian echoed skeptically.
"As The Master pointed out, there isn't a manual for this," The Doctor replied.
"Doctor, we lost the torches. We'll be in total darkness!" Amy cried.
"There's no other way," The Doctor said.
Rose frowned. "There's always another way," she muttered quietly. "Time can be rewritten."
The Doctor shook his head. "Not this time," he said to her before turning to Octavian. "Bishop."
There was a moment of silence until Octavian walked up to River who leaned against a wall with an uneasy expression on her face.
"Doctor Song, I've lost good Clerics today. You trust this man?" he asked.
"I absolutely trust him," River said automatically, making The Master and Rose snort in amusement.
Octavian raised an eyebrow. "So he's not some kind of mad man then?"
Rose covered her mouth with her hand to smother a laugh as The Doctor turned to her and glared playfully. Rose smiled innocently and shrugged her shoulders.
River tried not to smirk at the pair before schooling her features blank as she looked at Octavian seriously. "I absolutely trust him," she repeated.
Octavian nodded to The Doctor who started to work on the panel near the door. The Master frowned when he saw Octavian talking quietly to River who closed her eyes tightly.
"I'm taking your word, because you're the only one who can manage this guy. 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?" Octavian whispered harshly making The Master clench his hands tightly. Who did he think he was talking to her like that?
River's eyes snapped open as she glared at Octavian. "Understood," she hissed as she put cover the panel back on. Octavian gave orders to his men as The Master moved to stand next to Amy.
"Fire Cracker, as soon as the lights go off, turn the wheel four times," The Master told her.
"Ten," Amy muttered absentmindedly.
"No, four times," The Master said.
Amy nodded. "Yeah, four. I heard you," she replied, making The Master frown.
"Is everyone ready?" The Doctor asked before turning on his sonic screwdriver into the control panel.
The lights flicker for a moment before surrounding them all in darkness. Bullets were firing from the guns as Amy grunted, turning the wheel.
"Doctor, it's opening. It's working," Amy shouted as the soldiers, Rose and The Master squeezed through the room. Amy went next and The Doctor was last as the door slammed shut.
The Doctor ran to the control panel where River, Rose and The Master were hard at work, using their sonic screwdrivers and pushing buttons. Amy stood next to Rose and gasped in relief at the sight of The Doctor. That was when a loud thump came above them and the wheel on the door started to turn. Octavian ran to it and placed a device on the door before pressing a button.
"What are you doing?" Amy asked.
Octavian spared her a glance. "Magnetized the door. Nothing could turn that wheel now."
The Master snorted in amusement. "You wanna rethink that, Mud Monkey?" he asked, chuckling.
Octavian looked confused before he turned to the door. The wheel started to turn on its own. "Oh dear God!" Octavian whispered, eyes widening.
The Doctor grinned. "You gave us time though. And time is the one thing I'm great at managing," he said as he flipped some switches, making Rose roll her eyes.
"A year late," Rose sang.
The Doctor sighed heavily. "You're never letting go of that are you?"
Rose smirked. "Nope."
The second and third door started to turn on its own until Octavian told the clerics to magnetize the door. As the wheels all turned slowly, Octavian turned back to The Doctor.
"How much time do we have?"
"Five minutes," The Doctor replied, not looking up.
"Nine," Amy muttered absentmindedly.
Rose frowned. "Amy, he said five minutes."
"Five, right. I heard him," Amy said.
"Then why say nine?" The Master asked as he fiddled with some wires.
Amy snorted. "I didn't," she assured them, making Rose and The Master frown at each other.
"We need another way out of here!" River interrupted while frowning at the red head.
"There isn't one," Octavian replied.
The Master rolled his eyes. "I'm surrounded by idiots," he muttered before shaking his head.
At everyone's irritated look to The Master, The Doctor sighed. "What my…. loony colleague here is trying to say is that this is a galaxy glass and it goes years, sometimes decades without planet falls, so what do they need to survive?"
River sucked in a breath. "Of course."
Rose blinked twice. "That's brilliant!"
"What do they need?" Amy asked while looking between Rose, The Doctor and The Master clueless.
"Can we get in there?" Octavian added.
The Doctor shrugged, turning around to look at the wall behind him. "Well… it is sealed, so that's the bad news. The good news is that this wall should be able to slide up and…. Yes, there are indeed clamps!"
The Doctor and The Master whipped out their sonic screwdrivers and unlocked the latches that were on the wall.
Amy turned to Rose with a frown. "What are they talking about? What's through there? What do they need?" she asked.
"They need to breath," River replied, making Amy raise her eyebrows.
There was a tense moment as the wall began to slide up. Amy couldn't help but open her mouth in shock.
"…But that's…." Amy uttered, opening and closing her mouth in disbelief. "It's a…"
"It's an oxygen factory," Rive supplied.
"It's a forest!" Amy said in awe.
"Yeah it's a forest. It's an oxygen factory," River explained.
"And a potential escape route," The Doctor added.
"If we're lucky," The Master muttered, wincing as Rose elbowed him in the stomach.
Amy chuckled. "Eight," she said, still in awe.
River frowned. "What did you say?"
"Nothing," Amy replied.
"Scan the area, we don't have time to get lost in that," The Master said.
Octavian brushed past them, taking out a device. "I'm on it. Stay there until I check the RAD levels"
Amy laughed. "Trees on a spaceship?"
"Oh this is way better than trees," The doctor grinned as he walked into the forest.
The Master rolled his eyes. "Technology wired into trees isn't anything to be impressed with,' he muttered, ignoring The Doctor glaring at him.
The Doctor huffed as he pulled out some bark, there was wires and cables in the tree. "Well, since The Master ruined the surprise, this entire forest is a living, breathing ecosystem, it even rains occasionally," The Doctor explained before turning to Amy. "So… did I surprise you Amelia Pond?"
Amy chuckled as she continued to look around in awe. "Seven…"
"Amy? You alright?" Rose asked after a moment of silence.
Amy turned to her. "I'm fine why?"
"You said seven," The Doctor said.
Amy frowned. "No I didn't."
"Yes, you did," River agreed.
"Doctor? Excuse me? Hello, Doctor? Angel Bob here, sir" Angel Bob interrupted.
The Doctor sighed, feeling irritated before taking out the walkie talkie. "Hey Angel Bob. How's life treating you?"
"The Angels are wondering what you hope to achieve."
The Doctor snorted. "Who says we're achieving anything? After that chase you gave us, we're relaxing. After all there's comfy chairs and a forest. What could be better? How are things with you?"
"The Angels are feasting, sir. Soon we will be able to absorb enough power to consume this vessel, this world. and all the stars and worlds beyond."
The Doctor looked at Rose who went pale and bit her bottom lip. He then glanced at The Master and River who stopped what they were doing and looked back at him. The Doctor then shrugged his shoulder.
"Well, that seems like a good plan, however you're forgetting something. We've got comfy chairs," The Doctor added, trying to relieve the tension.
"We've no need for comfy chairs."
The Master snorted in amusement. "You managed to get a Weeping Angel to say comfy chairs. Unbelievable," he muttered.
Amy laughed. "Six," she said, earning looks of confusion from River and Rose.
The Doctor sprung from his chair, a determined look on his face and held up the walking talkie to his mouth. "Okay Bob, here's what I want to know. What did you do to Amy?"
"There's something in her eye," Bob informed them in an automatic voice, making Amy stand up away from the console.
"What's in her eye?"
"We are."
Amy felt like she couldn't breath. She walked up to The Doctor with her eyes widening. "What is he talking about?" she asked quickly. "Doctor I'm five!" she said, her eyes continuing to widen at everyone's concerned glance. "I'm five… fine, I'm fine."
"You're counting," River realized.
Amy glanced at her. "Counting?"
"Yeah, from ten," Rose agreed. "You said ten when The Master said to turn the wheel four times…"
"And then you said nine when I said five minutes max…" The Doctor continued, staring at Amy's eyes.
"Why?" Amy asked, clearly terrified.
"I don't know," The Doctor replied.
"Counting down to what?"
"I don't know!"
"We shall take her. We shall take all of you. We shall have dominion over all time and space," Bob interrupted through the walkie talkie.
The Doctor sighed as he plopped down on the chair. "Why don't you get a life Bob?" he asked, irritated.
The Master snorted. "He doesn't have a life, he's a statue after all."
The Doctor rolled his eyes and ignored his friend. "There is power on this ship, but not near enough for what you want to achieve."
"With respect, sir, there's more power on this ship than you yet understand."
There was a loud screeching sound which had clerics aiming their guns at the roof of the ship.
"What's that? Dear God, what is it?" River asked, looking around widely.
"They're back," Octavian muttered.
The screeching continued for a moment, followed by bangs on the doors. "It's hard to put in your terms, Doctor Song, but as best I understand it, the Angels are laughing," Bob explained.
The Doctor's eyes widened. "Wait a minute…. Laugh?"
"Because you haven't noticed yet, sir. The Time Lords in the Tardis hasn't noticed," Bob taunted.
Rose groaned. "I hate riddles," she muttered.
"Doctor, we need to go," Octavian urged frantically.
The Doctor shook his head. "Nope. We're not going anywhere. There is something I missed…." He trailed off and looked up above them on the wall. A crack shaped like a wide W appeared, streaming light into the room.
Amy gasped as she saw what he was looking at. "But… that's the same crack from my bedroom wall from when I was a little girl."
"It's the same one, Fire Cracker," The Master said in an intrigued voice.
"You mean, it's following me!" Amy shrieked, eyes wide.
The Doctor felt dread filling inside him. Why would this crack follow Amy and how can it follow her twelve thousand years into the future?
A/N: Sorry this came up late. Been so busy with work that I haven't had time to write. nic gave me an awesome idea for the next episode so stay tuned to find out what it is.
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