A/N: Just a quick note for people, if you don't like my stories, then don't read them. These are my stories, and I'm not forcing anyone to read them. So if you don't like them, move on and don't read them.

Kari wasn't feeling any less scared as they stood before the gigantic, dome shaped building before them. The glass reflected everything, there was no way that they could see anything that was inside. There was shattered glass everywhere, and gaping holes in the dome. "Do you have the feeling that we're being watched?" She asked the Doctor, as he cautiously looked around.

"Ever since we left the TARDIS." He confirmed. That just made her even more nervous. She really did hate going in blind, no knowing what was going to happen and if they were going to make it out of there in once piece.

"So, what's the plan now then?" Amy asked, breaking the silence they were all standing in.

"Well, I guess we have to go inside. The child is in there somewhere, but something is telling me there are others as well, others that aren't going to be too pleased to see us." Kari said, absentmindedly twisting the ring around on her finger. She found that she was doing that now, because it still felt strange to have it there.

"Now, since we have no idea what we are walking into, and Kari has no idea either, we all need to stick together. No wandering off." The Doctor told them firmly. He could see just how worried Kari was, and he knew he was going to have to help her through all of this.

"Right, so we have no idea what's going on, and we're just going to walk right in there?" Rory asked, thinking it was a completely stupid idea.

"Yes. Come along, Ponds." He called, taking Kari's hand tightly in his own as they walked forward.

They reach a large set of wooden doors, and the Doctor and Rory was quick to use their strength to open them. They creaked and groaned from the movement, and Kari cringed at the sound. Everything was silent, and it was creeping her out.

Inside was just as full of destruction. Walls had crumbled or been destroyed and the remains of furniture lay within the debris. "Look's like the fighting went on in here as well." Kari muttered, looking around at everything. There were charred walls, as well large holes that were probably caused by a blaster.

"Kari, do you know where the child is? We need to find them and get out as soon as we can." The Doctor asked her, hoping that she could give him something to work with.

"All I know is that he is in here somewhere."

"He?" Amy questioned, noticing that Kari had given the child a gender.

She nodded at her. "Yeah, he. He can't tell me exactly where he is, because he doesn't know. He says that it's cold and dark and that he is scared."

"Then we need to find him and then work out what has happened here." The Doctor said, keeping his grip on Kari's hand.

They had been walking for a short time, when suddenly Kari stopped. "We're being followed." She whispered in the Doctor's mind.

He frowned at her. "Are you sure?" He didn't know what was making her feel like they were being followed, but he wasn't ready to doubt her. There had been too many times when she had been right, and even if she didn't know what was going on, he wasn't going to start doubting her now.

"Positive. We're being followed. I'm not sure if we should be running now or not." The Doctor just nodded at her. "Hey, Amy, Rory?" She called softly, getting their full attention. "Run."

With the Doctor still holding her hand, the pair started running forward, the red head and her fiancée quickly on their heels. They could hear the pounding footsteps of whoever had been following them behind, trying to keep up with them.

Kari spotted a door that what slightly open. "In here, quickly." She shouted, dragging the Doctor with her. The moment the four of them were in the room, she slammed the door shut and whipped out her sonic screwdriver, securely locking it.

She put a finger to her lips, signalling for everyone to stay quiet. They heard something pounding towards the door, and a low growl emitting through the air. The sound got closer and closer, the speed of whatever it was that had been following them had slowed.

Kari was holding her breath, waiting for the unknown beast to pass. Amy was holding onto Rory's arm, a worried look on both their faces. The Doctor had his ear pressed up against the door, making sure Kari was standing behind him as he listened.

Then there was a noise that made all four of them jump. Guns started firing, and people were shouting. "Get it, take it down, now!" A male voice called on the other side of the door.

"How did it even get in here?" Someone shouted over the gunfire.

"I don't care how it got in, I only care about taking it out." The first voice shouted back.

"Sir, I'm detecting other life forms close by. Four of them. Looks like two humans and two unknown."

"Do the humans match any of our missing men?"

"No, sir."

"Then kill them." Kari's eyes widened as she heard those words. She now had a much better idea of why the little boy was scared. These humans were ready to kill without asking a single question.

"We need to get out of here." The Doctor told her, looking at her with worry. She simply nodded at him. They would have to rethink their rescue plan, find another way to get through the building to find the boy without getting themselves killed.

"Well we can't go out there while they are shooting bullets everywhere." Kari retorted, glaring at him a little. "Let them chase off that… thing… first."

"Okay, so what's the plan? One of you have a plan, right?" Amy asked, slightly panicking as she looked between the Doctor and Kari.

"Sort of a plan." The Doctor whispered.

Kari rolled her eyes. "Not much of a plan at all, more like a thing. A thing that needs some serious work." Amy didn't find that very reassuring at all. "Now hush." She said, watching the Doctor as he listened for movement out in the corridor.

After a few minutes he finally decided that the coast was clear. "Okay, it should be safe now. We need to get back to the TARDIS. I can scan the planet, find out exactly what is going on here." He told everyone, opening the door. He peeked around the corridor, just making sure that the coast was clear. "Come on." He held his hand out for Kari, encouraging her and the others to join him.

Something was making Kari feel really on edge, something just didn't seem right. As she reached out to take the Doctor's hand, something grabbed her around the waist. She let out a scream as her hands tried desperately to reach the Doctor.

"Kari!" He shouted, trying to reach out for her. Before he had a chance to touch her hand, he was blinded by a flash of light. "Kari!" He screamed, no longer able to hear her cries for him. When his eyes managed to focus he saw that she was no longer in front of him.

"Doctor, what happened, where's Kari?" Amy asked, looking around the empty and dusty corridor they were standing in.

"I… I don't know. She was right here. Someone took her." He couldn't believe he had let someone take her. After everything that had happened to her, or would happen to her, he had promised himself he would make sure nothing ever happened to her. But he had let someone take her, and he had no idea where she was.

"Right, we need to get out of here and get back to the TARDIS." Amy said, taking charge. She knew that the Doctor was going to get a little emotional, and he was only going to focus on Kari. She needed to take charge if they were ever going to get her back and get off the planet alive.

"Yes, TARDIS, right. She can track Kari down, take us straight to her. Come on, we need to hurry." He took off in a rush, desperate to get back to the TARDIS, desperate to get Kari back.

While her friends were heading back to the TARDIS, Kari's eyes fluttered open. "Stupid bloody transmats." She mumbled.

"Short range teleport, actually." A smug female voice said to her. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Kari looked for the owner of the voice, and was faced with a gun. "Always gun, every single time." She moaned, not happy with having a gun pointing at her face.

"I order you to answer."

She let out a sigh. "I'm Kari, and I don't respond well to having a gun pointed at me."

The gun stayed firmly where it was, the handler not even moving a muscle. "What is your business here?"

"Holiday. Well, it was meant to be. We get here, find the place looking like a war zone, and have no idea what has happened. Honesty, I wish I had stayed in bed this morning." Kari said, hoping that she was giving a good cover up.

"How can you not know? Where have you been living? Under a rock?" The person scoffed.

"No, I've been living in a box, actually. Look, do you mind not pointing the damn gun at me? I don't know what has happened here, all I know is that you have basically kidnapped me." Kari said, glaring at the woman who had dirty blond hair that was pulled into a bun.

"The boss will want to talk to you. Until then, let me make you feel more comfortable." The woman said, before grabbing Kari by the arm and dragging her down some stone steps.

As the descended, Kari could have sworn she could hear someone crying and sniffing in the dark. "Enjoy your holiday." The woman spat to Kari, before pushing her down the final few steps, making her land on her hands and knees.

She let out a groan as she pushed herself up off the cold ground. Her hands were stinging and she could feel blood dripping down her knees. Kari was starting to regret wearing a dress for the day now.

Her hands dug deep into her pockets as she felt around for some tissue or a cloth, something to stop the bleeding. She let out a sigh as she finally found something, and quickly cleaned up the sticky liquid before watching as the bleeding rapidly stopped.

She took a moment to look around, her eyes finally adjusting to the darkness. That was when she heard something, shuffling in the shadows. She pulled out her sonic screwdriver, intending to use to help her see, only it wouldn't work.

"It won't work down here." A meek voice called out to her.

She frowned a little. "And why is that?"

"They're clever, those humans. They block technology, the stop things from working." Suddenly Kari recognised the voice.

"You're the one who called for help?" She asked, edging a little closer to the dark figure. "I heard you, in my mind." Kari didn't want to scare the boy, she knew that he was petrified already.

He slowly crept forward, and out into the open area before Kari. "It's you, you came." He whispered to her.

"I told you I would come, didn't I?" She said, bending down a little and getting to his eye level. "Hello, I'm Kari. What's your name?"

"Kalerrah." He said, watching Kari closely. That was when she noticed something odd about the boy. He looked human, but there was something about his huge, green eyes that made Kari think there was something more to him.

"Well, it is very nice to meet you Kalerrah." She said, holding her hand out. He looked at it cautiously before smiling at her and shaking it. "Now then, Kalerrah, I need you to tell me what happened here. I can't help you if I don't know what's going on. I saw the destruction outside, the forest was just burned to a cinder."

"It was the humans. They started it all, they made the war. They killed my mother, my father and my baby sister." He told her. As he did, she could see the tears building in his eyes. "I hate humans. Humans ruin everything. Humans make war, humans kill, humans care only for themselves."

"Hey, come on, that's not true. Some of my best friends are humans." Kari said, making him stare at her with wide eyes. "I know how horrible, and scary and terrifying humans can be, but they can be good as well. A handful of humans do not represent the whole of humanity."

"You've seen good and bad humans." He said, making a statement not asking a question. "You used to be human, but not anymore."

This time it was her turn to look at him with wide eyes. "How did you know that?" She asked in a whisper. Not many people knew that about her, half the time even the Doctor didn't believe her.

"You're the Angel of Time, flying through the time vortex." He told her, his eyes glazing over slightly. "The Angle of Time, protecting the universe and saving the Oncoming Storm."

Kari had to admit, she was a little freaked out. "Kalerrah, why do you call me the Angel of Time?" She asked him quietly, worried about the way he was acting and even more concerned with the way his eyes were glazed over still.

"Because that is what you are, Karianne Conner. You are the Angel of Time, the protected of the universe, the saviour of the Oncoming Storm. The universe knows your name, it has been etched in the fabric of reality since the beginning of time." He told her. "You are the protector and saviour, the Angel of Time." He said quietly, before closing his eyes and falling to the ground.

Kari was quickly to put her arms out to catch him before he actually hit the cold, stone floor they were both on. Her mind was racing, trying to make sense of everything that he had said. She knew who he was talking about when he spoke of the Oncoming Storm, he was talking about the Doctor.

Yet she was still curious as to why she had been named the Angel of Time. That was something she had never been called before. She was just confused, he knew her name, that she had once been human, that she travelled with the Doctor.

"Doctor? Doctor, can you hear me?" She called, just hoping that he could hear her. She had no idea where he was, or if he was safe with Amy and Rory. All she remembered was something grabbing her from nowhere and then a blinding flash of light. "Doctor?" She called again, putting more effort into it.

Her attention was suddenly drawn elsewhere when she heard a large metal door swing open. Light flooded in from the top of the stairs and a dark haired man in what looked like a military uniform stomped down and towards her. He was flanked by two men, both carrying some rather large guns.

"I see you've met our other, more valuable, prisoner." He said, looking at Kari holding onto the young boy.

"What do you want from me? Clear he is valuable and I'm not. So why don't you just kill me now?" Kari asked, trying her best to sound brave.

"I want to ask you a few questions first. Beginning with, who the hell are you?" He growled, clearly not bothered about being polite.

"As I told one of your soldiers before, my name is Kari. And to answer your next question, we came her for a holiday, only we had no idea what was happening on this planet." She said, keeping a firm hold of Kalerrah.

"And where are you from? You're not human, you have a binary vascular system." He asked, looking down at the device he was holding.

"I'm from…" She had to quickly think, she didn't want to tell them who she really was, she had to come up with something else. "I'm from Apalapachia." Kari told him confidently. Inside she was congratulating herself for coming up with something so fast. She knew there weren't many species out there that she could pass for, especially if they already knew that she wasn't human.

"We have no quarrels with your people." The man told her, but not making a move from where he was standing.

"Then why am I still here?" She asked him curiously. She knew it wasn't going to be simple, it never was.

He just smirked at her. "You were seen with 2 humans and another unknown. They escaped our grasp. You, my dear, are our bargaining chip. If they want you back, they have to do what I want."

Kari let out a sigh. "It always comes down to that, doesn't it? Blackmail, cheating, war. What can you gain from something. It's always the same."

"You and that child are our guarantee to win this war." He said, turning away from her and walking back up the stairs.

"Why?" Kari called, making him stop. "Why the war? Why does there have to be a winner and a loser? Why can't you come to a neutral agreement?"

He sneered at her, clearly not impressed with her comment. "The Karleon's started this, and I will finish it."

"So, what's the name of the man who will end this war?"

"Daniel Dupree. Make yourself comfortable, you're going to be here for a while." He called to her, before carrying on up the stairs and leaving the room.

The door slammed with a clang and the light that he been flittering into the room was now gone, and Kari was left once again in darkness. It took a few minutes for her eyes to readjust to the light levels, but when they finally did, she saw that Kalerrah was looking at her.

"Hey, you okay there?" She asked him softly.

"The humans scare me." He whispered. "They want to kill me."

"Kalerrah, that is not going to happen, do you hear me. I will not let them hurt you." She assured him, making sure to keep eye contact with him. "My friends are still out there, I hope. It won't be long until they find us."

"But some of your friends are human, do you trust them?" It was clear he wasn't as confident as she was.

"I trust all of my friends with my life. They are not like the humans that you have seen here." Kari assured him. "Now listen to me, I need you to tell me everything. Why did the humans come here in the first place, what actually happened?"

"Several moons ago, there was something in the sky." He told her, letting her continued to hold him. "It was tiny, at first, and we thought nothing of it. Many ships pass by our home, sometimes they come and visit us, but mainly we are left in peace. But this thing in the sky, it wasn't like any ship that we had seen before."

"So what did it look like, Kalerrah?" Kari asked, trying her best to encourage him to tell the story.

"It was the size of… of a…" He looked at her as he tried to explain and describe it to her. "I show you." He said, before closing his eyes. Instantly Kari understood what he meant and she too closed her eyes.

She saw a metal object in the sky, slightly bigger than a car and hurtling down extremely fast. There were no designs or colour on it, just the dull silver of the metal. It didn't seem like it was just falling, it looked like it had a set path. There was something about it that just didn't seem right.

"What happened after it fell?" Kari asked, finally opening her eyes at the images faded.

"The elders went to investigate. They were worried, everyone was worried. We thought someone had been hurt." He told her, a little slip of emotion breaking through in his voice. "They came back, they were fighting. The elders started fighting with everyone. Others went to see the metal, when they came back, they fight too."

Kari frowned a little. "Wait, everyone who went to check out this fallen objected came back and started fighting?" The little boy nodded at her.

"We became afraid, Karleon's decided to leave it alone, but other were curious. They couldn't resist, and they went too. Then the humans came. They tell us that the balance has been disturbed, that we were making the universe angry."

"From what I know, Karleon's are very peaceful. Someone told me you were one of the most magnificent and peaceful creatures this side of the galaxy." Kari said, remembering the Doctor's words when they had first arrived and were making their way towards the glass dome.

"We are. Humans didn't understand, not everyone was bad, not everyone was fighting. But they didn't listen to us. They decided that we were too much of a threat, that we needed to die." Now the tears that had build in his big green eyes were falling.

"Shush, Kalerrah, it's okay. I'm not going to let them kill anyone else, I promise you. I'm going to make sure this war stops, and I'm going to find out exactly what it was that caused your elders and all the others to start fighting." Kari promised him.

"If the Angle of Time promises, I believe her." He said, letting a smile creep onto his face.

"Good, now the first thing we need to do is get out of this room. This is pretty useless until we get out." She said, holding her sonic screwdriver in her hand.

"What about your friends? Can you not send them a mental message?" Kaleraah asked her, frowning a little.

"I've tried. I don't think he can hear me, he couldn't hear you. But I'll try again." She said, seeing the worry on his face. "Doctor? Hello?" Kari called, hoping that he would answer her. "Come on, Doctor, I need you." She waited, but still received no reply. "Nothing." She told the boy, letting out a sigh. "Looks like we're on our own."

Kalerrah just smiled at her. "I'm not worried. You're the Angel of Time, I know you will get us out of here."

She couldn't help but smile back at him. "I'm glad you have so much faith in me." The pair of them sat in silence for a few minutes, Kari thinking as hard as she could, trying to come up with a plan. If the Doctor could save the day with no screwdriver, no TARDIS and still have a few minutes to spare, then she should be able to come up with something.

"How often do the humans come down here?" Kari asked after a while.

Kalerrah shrugged at her. "Usually once a day. They bring food, nothing else. They don't talk, just glare at me."

Kari nodded at him. "How long do you think until they come down again?"

Once again he just shrugged at her. "I never know." He said, before looking at her. Kalerrah saw a glint of something in her eyes. "You have a plan?" Kari nodded at him. "I knew you would. What do we do?"

"We wait. When the time comes, just follow my lead. Do what I say, and don't wander off. Okay, Kalerrah?" He nodded at her, a smile on his face.

Kari was full of determination. The Doctor wasn't here to bail her out, there was no plan coming from him, no thing in progress. She had her own plan, and a child to protect and she was damned if she was going to let these humans hurt anyone else. They hadn't been bothered to find out what had really happened, they weren't concerned about the truth. All they wanted to do was take out the Kaleon's and be done with it all.

There was another way, and Kari was going to make sure that they saw that as well.

A/N: I started writing this chapter when I was in the hospital, so I have the whole adventure pretty much planned out and ready to go. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve that I'm ready to pull out.

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