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 story is dedicated to the following who reviewed this story. LadyHopeofGallifrey, nic, Ziahhna,LUKAS, dytigerlili24, steria25, Jimmy the fish and Doctorwhofan01


Chapter Eleven: Flesh and Stone: Part 2


The Doctor hopped onto the console and scanned the crack with his sonic screwdriver. Octavian ordered Amy, Rose, River and the clerics out of the deck.

"What do you mean?" The Doctor muttered to himself. Suddenly he felt the hair stand up on the back of his neck. He turned around quickly and found that he was surrounded by Angels. As The Doctor moved his gaze to other statues, being careful not to blink, he didn't see the Weeping Angel behind him until a hold on his jacket stopped him in his tracks.

The Doctor yelled in surprise. He then frowned when there was no other retaliation.
"Why am I not dead then?" he asked.

"Because I'm watching them," The Master said, eyes wide as he moved his gaze from one Angel to the other.

The Doctor started to splutter. "What… what the hell are you doing here?"

The Master sighed, refraining himself from rolling his eyes. "I just saved your life and you're pouting like a two year old. Hurry up and let's get back to the apes."

The Doctor huffed before turning his head to the Angels. "Is that what brought you lot here. That's not normal power, far from it in fact. That's the power at the end of the universe," he told them before slipping his arms through his beloved trench coat. "Also, bit of advice, never let me talk!" he added before dashing off with The Master hot at his heels.

They walked for about a mile and a half until they heard voices. The two Time Lords hid behind a tree to observe what happened.

The Master frowned, scanning his eyes around. Hm, the Bishop is nervous. The twitching of his left eye, his stiff posture. Something is obviously wrong with Fire Cracker, she's lying down, clutching her head in pain. Need more data to further analyse this and store it in the Weeping Angels room.

The Master stopped analysing when a sharp pain in his stomach brought him out of his Mind Palace. He glared at The Doctor who rolled his eyes and pointed to River and Octavian arguing.

"Our mission is to make this wreckage safe and neutralise the Angels. Until that is achieved..."

"Father Octavian!" River barked, silencing the Bishop. "When you have two Time Lords in the room, especially whose names are The Doctor and The Master, your one and only mission is to keep them alive long enough to get everyone else home," she said, turning to him who glared back, but remained silent. "And trust me when I say that it is not easy babysitting two Time Lords who act like children. Now if they're dead back there, I'll never forgive myself and if they're alive, I'll never forgive them... and you two idiots are standing behind me aren't you!"

"Spoilers Curly!" The Master chimed before jumping down from a root and crouched next to Amy. "What happened to Fire Cracker?"

"It was weird," Rose began. "Amy stopped walking with us before she was swaying on the spot. River asked her what was wrong and Amy said four before clutching her head in pain. I haven't seen anything like this."

The Master frowned before he stood up and paced around the clearing of the woods. His mutterings made the clerics around him uneasy.

Octavian raised an eyebrow. "Is he always this mad?" he asked which made The Doctor, Rose and River snorted.

"He was mad as a child, though it wasn't his fault," The Doctor replied before looking at Amy.

"So what's wrong with me?" Amy asked quietly as The Doctor snatched the mid-scanner.

"Nothing, you're fine" River quickly reassured her.

"Nope, your dying… and fast too," The Doctor corrected her making River and Rose glared at him.

"Doctor! Your being rude again!" Rose hissed.

The Doctor glared back. "And if I lied to her, she'll get all better? Just like magic?" he barked.

"You could be more gentle!" Rose fired back.

River ignored the Time Lords lover squabble by seeing what The Master is doing.

"Fire Cracker looked into the monitor… Angel popped out of the screen… making the red-headed lioness count down from ten… why, why ten? There must be a reason for this is it to scare her, kill her…"

"…Doctor… I'm scared," Amy muttered.

The Doctor nodded. "Yeah, of course you would be," he said dismissively, turning his head to his rival. "Well Master, what's the status?"

The Master stopped pacing, pursing his lips. "Fire Cracker been counting down from ten, obviously it's part of the Angels plan to scare her. By the time she counts down to two, the Angel will be in her mind. It's playing with its food before it eats it, so to speak," he explained.

Amy took a shaky breath. "What do I do?" she whispered.

The Doctor frowned. "If Amy's mind was like a television, what would we do?"

"Cut the power?" Rose suggested.

The Doctor thought about it before shaking his head. "But it will take over her! No there has to be another way."

The Master groaned. "Of course! Why didn't I think about that in the first place? You apes lower my IQ by the second, I swear!" he shouted.

River glared. "Sweetie, I am an ape! Explain," she growled.

"The Weeping Angel is in Fire Cracker's mind," The Master explained, watching in slight satisfaction as River dropped her mouth open.

"That actually makes sense," Rose said thoughtfully. "First Amy started to count down from ten, every two minutes."

"Before clutching her head in pain," The Master ended with a nod. "Think of her eye as a screen, the Angel is, technically speaking, climbing out of it, turning her off, forever."

The Doctor frowned. "How would you starve your lungs?"

River, her attention to the mid-scanner, shrugged her shoulders as she pressed buttons frantically. "I dunno… stop breathing…"

The Master cursed. "Of course! Fire Cracker, close your eyes now!"

Amy shook her head, clutching her head in pain. "No, I don't want to," she whimpered.

"Good, because that's not your usual stubbornness, that's the Angel. It's being a coward. Now close your eyes!" The Master barked.

Amy glared at him before squeezing her eyes shut. Everyone held their breath as the mid-scanner made a long beep with the colour red. After a few seconds there was a few short beeps and the red turned green.

River sucked in a breath. "You crazy man, you did it," she said in awe. Rose helped Amy sat up while River checked her levels. "Still weak, dangerous to move her."

"So can I open my eyes now?" Amy asked, eyes still shut.

"Fire Cracker listen, open your eyes for a second and you're kaput!" The Master said.

Amy bit her lip, making The Doctor sigh irritably and rolled his eyes. "What he's trying to say Amy is that, the Angel hasn't been removed, rather we've paused it. You will restart your count down if you open your eyes."

"Doctor, we're too exposed here. We have to move on," Octavian interrupted.

The Doctor snorted in amusement. "Please, we're too exposed everywhere and Amy can't move. That isn't part of a plan."

Rose raised an eyebrow. "You actually thought of a plan?"

"No, I haven't finished talking," The Doctor argued, standing on top of a rock. "Right this is how it is. Father, you and your clerics are going to watch over Amy. Anything happens to her I will hold everyone responsible, until the end of time. Rose and River, we're going to find the primary flight deck which should be…"

"Quarter of a mile, north," The Master replied, bluntly, examining his nails.

The Doctor glared. "Didn't ask your opinion thank you," he argued. "And from there, we'll stabilize the wreckage, stop the Angels and cure Amy before going back to England for fish and chips."

"How?" River asked.

Rose smirked. "He'll do his thing," she replied.

River raised an eyebrow. "What type of thing?"

"I don't know! Respect the thing…. it's in progress, working on it. Move out!" The Doctor rambled before jumping off the rock.

Octavian stepped forward. "Doctor I'm coming with you. My Clerics will look after Miss Pond. These are my best men. They'd lay down their lives in her protection."

"I don't need you," The Doctor said quickly.

Octavian pursed his lips tightly. "I don't care. Where Doctor Song goes, I go."

The Doctor stopped and turned to The Master who was just as confused as he was. "…. You're not engaged are you?"

The Master snorted. "He's a bishop, of course he isn't engaged to the mad woman," he grumbled.

Octavian glared at The Master before walking ahead with River shrugging at the Time Lords and following the Bishop. The Master sighed before walking off, grumbling about mud ruining his shoes.

"Maybe I should stay, with Amy," Rose said.

The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

Rose shrugged. "In case something happens. Don't worry I'll be fine. Hope and Glory, Mutt and Jeff, Shimmer and Shake…"

The Doctor grinned. "Which is Shimmer?"

"Well, you're Shake," Rose replied with her tongue between her teeth as she smiled.

The Doctor gave her a fond smile, kissing her forehead before running after River. Rose sighed as she wrapped her arm around Amy's shoulder, trying to reassure her.

….

The Doctor caught up with The Master, River and Octavian, typing readings into River's computer.

River slightly turned her head slightly. "What are you doing?"

"Er… I'm trying to figure out the readings from that crack in the wall," The Doctor replied.

River frowned. "How can a crack in the wall be the end of the universe?"

"Don't know, but here's what I think. One day there's going to be a very big bang. So big every moment in history, past and future, will crack and the universe will be ka-put!"

"Is that possible? How?" River asked with a frown on her lips.

The Doctor shrugged. "Well, how can you be engaged in a manner of speaking?" he fired back.

The Master stopped in his tracks and examined River's face. Hm, hesitating, eyes darting back and forth between the Bishop and The Doctor. Shortness of breath and eyes dilating. She's going to lie any second now.

"Uh… well…." River started before smirking slightly. "Sucker for a man in uniform," she replied.

Octavian stopped in his tracks with his shoulder's squared. He turned his head and glared at River. "Doctor Song's in my personal custody. I released her from the Stormcage Containment Facility four days ago and I am legally responsible for her until she's accomplished her mission and earned her pardon. Just so we understand each other," he explained slowly before he turned and walked away.

River sighed softly and her posture was slumped. The Master pursed his lips tightly.

"So, not only you're a Doctor, but in the universe's dangerous prison. What did you do to deserve that?" The Master asked. "You must've killed someone important."

Before River could answer her computer beeped. "What's that?"

"The date. The date of the explosion, where the crack begins," The Doctor replied.

"And for those of us who can't read the base code of the universe…" River trailed off as the numbers started to show.

26.06.2010

"Amy's time," The Doctor breathed, looking at The Master who furrowed his eyebrows together.

….

"So what's happening? Anything happening out there?" Amy asked out of boredom.

Rose snorted. "No, like it has been for the last thirty minutes," she said before turning to the clerics. "Are the Angels still in the area?"

"Yes Ma'am. They're taking out the trees," one of them replied.

"So they want to send us all into darkness. What is their game plan? They want power, why go through all this trouble, what for?" Rose muttered.

One of the clerics took a deep breath. "Do you think it's because of this, Ma'am?"

Rose turned around and gasped sharply. "Impossible…"

"What is it? Tell me, I can't see!" Amy exclaimed.

Rose bit her lip and wrapped her arm around Amy's shoulders. "Amy… the Angels have stopped coming after us," she began.

"Well, that's good right?" Amy asked.

"But they ran from a crack that looks like the one from your bedroom wall when you were seven," Rose added making Amy freeze.

….

Back to The Doctor, The Master and River Song. Octavian managed to open a service hatch and The Doctor and River got inside.

The Master on the other hand was muttering under his breath about time running out and something to do with a crack in Amy's room.

"If time ran out, it would be a disaster. No more planets to try and conquer, no more Apes and certainly no more Time Lords. But how, how does Time run out?" The Master growl.

"We have to move it. The Angels could be here any second," Octavian replied.

The Master snorted. "Never mind those bloody Angels. There's worse things than Angels at the moment, Bishop."

"….I beg to differ, sir," Octavian choked out.

The Master turned around and saw that a Weeping Angel trapped Octavian within it's hold. The Angels arm was tightly around the Bishops neck.

The Master glared at it. "Let that Ape go, now!" he growled.

Octavian chuckled weakly. "Well, it can't let me go, sir, can it? Not while you're looking at it."

The Master snarled. "And this is why I hate statues," he muttered. "Can you squeeze out?"

Octavian shook his head. "No, I can't. Sir, listen to me as this is important. You can't trust her."

The Master frowned. "Who can't I trust? I trust very little these days after my supposed best friend abandoned me."

"Dr Song, Sir. You think you know her, but you don't. You don't understand who or what she is," Octavian said.

"There's one thing that I don't get. Why is she in Stormcage?"

"She killed a man, a man who lost his way and was looking for redemption. Don't trust her," Octavian replied.

"Who did she kill?" The Master questioned.

"I can't tell you that, sir. The Angels are coming, go!"

The Master pursed his lips. "For a Bishop, you aren't that bad," he decided.

Octavian smiled weakly. "Thank you, Sir. Now go."

The Master took a breath before he ducked under the Angel and slid through the service hatch before closing it with his feet. He scrambled to his feet and went to The Doctor.

"What happened to you?" The Doctor asked.

The Master froze. "Weeping Angel nearly got me, that what."

"Where's Octavian?"

The Master glanced at her. "Dead. And don't waste valuable energy on that teleport, it's the same as the Bishop," he replied as he worked on the console, noticing that River winced and had a worried expression before he fished out his mobile phone. He scrolled down his contacts before pressing on the screen.

"Master? Are you and The Doctor okay?" Rose asked.

"Yes, we're fine, yes River is being a pain in my ass and no, the Bishop's dead," The Master said as he glanced at The Doctor who smirked at the River comment. "How are you and Fire Cracker?"

"We're not physically harmed if that's what you meant. But the clerics, they're all gone. Disappeared into the crack that was on Amy's bedroom wall. They didn't even remember each other."

"Well… that's a bit of a problem. How on bloody Earth are you going to get to us surrounded by Angels?" The Master bit out.

Rose sighed. "I'll lead Amy, just send me the coordinates and I'll figure out the rest."

Rose hung out making The Master sigh, muttering something about Barbie as he quickly sent where they were before helping out The Doctor.

….

"What did he say?" Amy whispered.

"We need to go. Angels are tracking us and without the clerics, we're sitting ducks," Rose explained.

"And the crack?"

"Still trying to work that out," Rose stood up and pulled Amy up with her.

Holding Amy's hand with hers, Rose guided Amy throughout the forest for around fifteen minutes while keeping an eye out for the Weeping Angels. Rose breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the secondary flight deck. Using her foot she kicked the hatch a few times until she heard The Master's voice.

"Give me a minute will you, Barbie!" he roared

Rose rolled her eyes. "Will you stop calling me that?"

"No way, it's the perfect name for you!" he argued before there was a loud clank and the hatch opened.

Rose turned to Amy and gently guided her to the ground while telling her to crawl forward. Once she was in, Rose did the same and the hatch was closed immediately behind her. She saw a hand in front of her face and Rose raised her head to smile at The Doctor who pulled her up. The Doctor pulled Rose into a hug while pressing a kiss to the temple of her forehead. They hugged for what felt like a life time.

"Lovebirds, we're going to have an army of Angels outside in a few minutes. Lets leave that stuff for a honeymoon planet, okay!" River barked as she made sure that Amy was fine before helping The Master.

Rose groaned before smiling at The Doctor. "Your room, or mine?"

The Doctor laughed. "Yours. Defiantly yours," he muttered before kissing her quickly on the lips. The Doctor rushed to the console and as he was reading results. Just then an alarm started to blare.

Rose bit her lip as she stood next to Amy. "What's happening now?"

The Doctor narrowed his eyes. "The shields releasing and outside will be, ooh, around fifty or so, Weeping Angels."

The sounds of the alarm blaring continued and hissing came from the door. The Time Lords and River stared at the door with wide eyes while The Master continued to mutter and flipping switches.

The Doctor, with his pursed, approached the Weeping Angel with the communicator. "Angel Bob right?"

"The Time Field is coming. It will destroy our reality."

The Doctor nodded. "Right…. And why are you telling me?"

"There is a rupture in time. The Angels calculate that if you throw yourself into it, it will close, and they will be saved."

The Doctor snorted. "Yeah, very well could do that. But there's a little problem with that plan."

"What's that Sir?"

"Well… I want to stay alive thank you very much. I happen to like this body and my handy hand. So why would I sacrifice myself?" The Doctor asked sarcastically.

"Your friends will also be saved."

The Doctor paused, pretending to think about it before smirking. "Well there is that."

River looked at Rose with wide eyes before she ran up to him and grabbed his arm. I've travelled in time. I'm a complicated space time event too. Throw me in."

"River no! dying isn't the answer. There is always another way!" Rose shouted, looking back and forth between River and The Doctor, which to her surprise, was smirking in a way which she called 'the smug bastard' look.

"Rose is right. And anyway, the only other person who seen and lived as long as I have is The Master and he doesn't want to ruin that pretty face of his as well," The Doctor replied. "Oi Master, how are the results coming along?"

"We might want to get a grip now," The Master said.

River shook her head. "I can't let you do this," she said, mostly to The Doctor but looking at The Master.

The Doctor sighed. "River, get a grip! You too, Rose. Honestly," he muttered, shaking his head while his eyes are still on the Angels.

River's eyes widened. "Oh, Rose was right when she said you're a mad man with a box," she muttered before running to Amy and guiding her to a rail, telling her not to let go. The Time Lords and River got into position as well.

" Sir, the Angels need you to sacrifice yourself now."

The Doctor smirked. "Well, Bob, in case you have forgotten in your plan to take over the universe, that your little band of Angels are draining the power of this ship and you seemed to forget where you are standing."

The Master snorted. "In other words, bye statues!" he said as the alarm blared, informing them that the gravity was failing.

The three Time Lord, River and Amy held onto the rails as tight as they could. As Amy couldn't see what was happening around her, Rose had to shout that the Angels were falling into the crack. After what felt like a life time, the crack began to close and they let out a breath of relief.

….

Amy groaned as she pulled the blanket tighter around her. "Ugh, I'm bruised everywhere," she complained, glaring at The Doctor.

The Doctor smirked a little. "I am too," he offered.

Amy continued to glare. "You didn't have to climb out with your eyes shut."

Rose chuckled. "Well you didn't have to either. We kept saying to open your eyes, but you're too stubborn for your own good," she said, smiling as Amy directed her glare at her.

Amy bit her lip as her glare softened. "Then why do I remember it at all? Those guys on the ship didn't remember each other."

"You're now a time traveler Amy," The Doctor said. "It changes the way you see the Universe. Good isn't it?" he asked, making Amy smile.

"What about the crack?" Amy asked. "Is that gone too?"

The Doctor sighed heavily. "For now, yes. But it's still out there, biding its time."

Amy bit her lip nervously as she glanced towards The Master who was talking to River. The Doctor and Rose walked over to them.

"What's happening now?" The Master asked.

River laughed. "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," she replied.

The Master stopped pacing and looked at her seriously. "Octavian said you killed a man."

River smile dropped. "Yes, I did," she said softly.

"A man who lost his way and is looking for redemption?" The Master added.

River nodded. "And he was the best man I'd knew my whole life."

Rose frowned. "Who is it? The person you killed?"

River looked at Rose before she chuckled. "Long story, Barbie. Can't be told, has to be lived. No sneak previews… well, except for this one," she said making The Master smirk. "You three will see me again quite soon, when the Pandorica opens."

The Master continued to smirk as he walked up to River and whispered into her ear. "Oh Curly, that's a fairy tale."

River laughed. "Oh Master, when will you learn? Aren't we all fairy tales in the end?" she chuckled.

Amy joined them and gave River a quick hug. "Bye River."

River, still smiling said, "Bye Amy," before the alarm on her handcuffs started to beep. "Oh that's my ride."

"Can I trust you Curly?" The Master asked.

River shrugged. "If you'd like… but where's the fun in that?" she argued before disappearing in a gust of wind.

All was silent on the beach. The Doctor looked out on the ocean in deep thought, while Rose and The Master were arguing

Amy smiled. "What're you thinking about?"

The Doctor smiled back. "Time can be rewritten," he answered.

...

"I want to go home," Amy said softly from her spot on the captian's chair.

The three Time Lords stopped pressing buttons and flipping switches to stare at the read head with confusion.

The Doctor blinked. "Um, okay…. Why?" he asked, baffled.

Amy smiled a little before wrapping her hand around The Doctor's. "I want to show you guys something… You lot are running right?" she said softly making Rose smirk at the two Time Lords. "Well… I'm running too."

The Master frowned, narrowing his eyes. I have a bad feeling about this, he thought as he watched Rose and The Doctor landing the Tardis into Fire Cracker's bedroom. That was when he came into a shock as they saw what was hanging on her wardrobe.

"Oh…" The Master said bluntly.

Amy shrugged helplessly. "Yeah."

"Wow," The Doctor and Rose said together.

Amy smiled shyly. "I know."

The Master growled under his breath as he paced around the small space around her bedroom. "There's always something…" he muttered.

"This is the same night we left, right?" Amy asked quietly, sitting on her bed, near her bedside table.

The Doctor checked his watch. "We've barely passed five minutes," he replied.

Amy bit her lip and pulled out a ring box from her bedside table. She opened it to show a single diamond ring on the band.

"I'm getting married in the morning."

The Master snatched it from Amy's hand with a frown. "You left it here because you were… running away?" he asked, making Amy shrug. "Is it the long nose bloke?"

The Doctor looked confused. "Who?"

Rose rolled her eyes. "You're being rude. It's Rory," she replied making The Doctor widened his eyes.

"Oh, the long nose guy," The Doctor said, making Amy roll her eyes and Rose grin as she watched Amy's eyes switched between The Doctor and The Master.

"Uh, Doctor…" Rose began. "Can you come with me for a second?"

The Doctor raised an eyebrow as he saw Rose opening the door to the Tardis. He followed her without question until Rose slammed the door.

"What's all this about?" He asked as he watched Rose turn on the monitor. Then he smirked when he saw Amy advancing on The Master. "Oh this is gonna be good."

Amy then leapt forward and started to make out with The Master, who was frozen stiff. Then he started to squirm.

"Wait, wait, wait… hold on Fire Cracker. You're getting married in the morning!" The Master protested.

Amy rolled her eyes. "Yes and I want some comforting after being alone, scared and with statues that move!"

"You had Barbie with you though! and anyway…" The Master stopped talking and groaned. "It's about you."

"Well duh!" Amy exclaimed.

The Master shook his head. "No, no, no. The Cracks, the reason they follow you, why didn't I see it before?" he muttered as he passed around the bedroom. Then he turned to Amy. "Come on, Fire Cracker, we need to get you sorted!"

Amy sighed in relief. "That's what I've been trying to tell you!" she said before yelping as The Master pulled her in the Tardis.

The Master turned to the other two idiots who were laughing their heads off. "Nice to know what you've been doing!" he called, dragging Amy into the medical bay for more testing and experiments.

There were two things that The Master was sure of. The first is that the universe is responsible with the cracks in the wall and it was a paradox. The second is that Fire Cracker isn't an ordinary girl. Well… at least he won't get bored anymore.

A/N: Hey, I'm alive. well... I regenerated, long story which involves Daleks, losing inspiration and motivation to write. A bit complicated. Anyway I'm back now with new idea for this story!

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