Happy New Year dear readers! Hope it's a good one.
Last chapter Jay sent me a long review and it made me happy so I'm shareing it.
Awesome, I vote that the two Bree's live. Bree did not do too well with the pointless death that already happened in the chapter, another her would be more personal. So far her adventure with this Docter makes me wonder where in the Doctor's past they met and which other companion's Bree gets to meet. As for Bree's relatives, go for realistically placed tv shows, movies, cartoons/anime, and books. Maybe Bree can have a friend, or two with her when she flees during seventh year. By the way, I definately like the idea of pairing Bree with a Weasley twin, they already gave off the "Back off! She's our's!" vibe when they discouraged other guys from asking her out to the ball. Hmm, quick question, will you keep canon pairings, or alter them? I only ask because it is possible for a free Sirius, happy Remus, living Cedric, and Bree can change a lot of people; especially since this trip will definately change Percy. I can not see him abandoning his family now. I mean, with the addition of Luna(who rocks!), the options just open themselves, especially since her pairing in the book was very offscreen for a semi main character. I actually hope that Bree takes her under her wing when they meet, if only because them in the same area make me laugh already in anticipation. Hope the next chapter comes soon.
I agree that Luna's canon pairing was weird, as for Percy... I have plans for him, yes, big plans for him. Muahahahahahah! Everyithing else you'll have to wait to find out.
Ganger Bree adjusted to her new memories (Originals Bree's old memories) less violently than the Ganger Doctor adjusted to his new memories. This was because the Doctor had hundreds of years of memories and ten past incarnations for the Ganger Doctor to absorb. Bree only had about fourteen years worth of memories, plus the stuff the physic worm had "downloaded"
Ganger Bree, now looking completely human, clutched her head and dropped to her knees. Bree rushed forward and kneeled in front of her ganger.
"It's just a TV show…Right?" the Ganger Bree murmured, quoting something Bree had said after the crack appeared in Hogwarts. Ganger Bree giggled madly and grabbed Bree by the front of her shirt.
"What on earth would make you think I'm kind?" she asked.
Nearby the Ganger Doctor was having a fit of his own.
"What's happening? I wonder if we'll get back. Yes, one day... Aaagh! I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow." Ganger Doctor said as he twisted and squirmed.
"The Flesh is struggling to cope with our memories. Hold on!" The Original Doctor exclaimed.
"Silence will fall when the question is asked." Ganger Bree whispered into the original's ear before resting her head against Bree's shoulder.
"Hurts." she mumbled. Bree hugged her counterpart.
The Ganger Doctor's voice changed. "Would you like a jelly-baby?" he asked. His voice went back to normal "Why? Why!" he shouted.
"Why? Why what?" The Doctor yelled. What happened next made both Bree's jump and stare at the Doctors in surprise. "Hello. I'm the Doctor." Ganger Doctor said in the tenth Doctor's voice (which was really disconcerting since Ganger Doctor looked like the eleventh Doctor). Ganger Doctor reverted to his normal voice. "No, let it go, we've moved on!"
The Doctor gripped the Ganger Doctor. "Hold on, hold on, you can stabilize!" he shouted.
Amy tried to go to the two Doctors but Jimmy and Cleaves held her back.
"I've reversed the jelly-baby of the neutron flow. Would you like a…" Ganger Doctor desperately clutched the Doctor's jacket. "Doctor...Doctor... I'm... I'm the... I can't.""No, listen, hold on. Hold on!" the Doctor pleaded.
Bree stood up and helped Ganger Bree to her feet.
"Feeling better?"
"Yeah."
"No-o-o-o!" the Ganger doctor shouted and shoved the Doctor away. "Aaaagh!" the Ganger Doctor screamed and reverted to his half-formed state.
"He's not." Ganger Bree commented.
"No, he really isn't." Bree agreed.
The gangers outside were trying to ram the door open. Bree turned and raised her wand.
"Colloportus." Bree felt her magic twist unnaturally. The spell only made the door to lock instead of merging it will the wall to seal the room like it was supposed to. She looked to around and saw some runes faintly glowing on the floor.
"How did you do that?" Jimmy asked. "This door doesn't have a lock." He was ignored.
"What's that?" Bree asked, indicating the now fading runes.
"Some kind of magic canceling ward. It's weakened, otherwise it would have stopped your spell completely." Percy answered.
"Why didn't it react to my outburst earlier?" Bree inquired.
"It's weak, and you weren't actually trying to cast a spell." Percy replied.
Bree frowned. "Can you get rid if it?"
Percy shook his head. "Bill would probably be able to, but…" he trailed off.
"Bill's not here." Bree finished. "Great. So we can't use effective magic while were here. Just perfect." she muttered The Gangers outside had stopped making noise.
"I think I liked it best when they were being noisy." Buzzer commented.
Amy went over to the Doctor.
"Doctor, we need you. Get over here." she ordered.
Ganger Doctor, now human again, turned around. "Hello!" he exclaimed.
"Doctor!" Amy called.
"Cybermats." the Doctor said randomly.
"Do we have time for this?" Ganger Doctor questioned.
"We make time. I'd like more proof that you're me. Cybermats?" the Doctor pressed.
"Created by the Cybermen. They kill by feeding off brainwaves." the Ganger Doctor answered.
Amy went back to the door."Are you sure there aren't any big guns with bits on?" she asked.
"Yeah, big guns would be good right now." Buzzer stated.
"Why would we have guns? We're a factory. We mine…" Jimmy trailed off as the door began to hiss and smoke.
"Acid." Amy finished.
Cleaves and Jimmy raised wrenches to use as impromptu weapons as everyone backed away from the door.
"Think we should get the Doctor now?" Ganger Bree asked.
"Yep." Bree responded. They both turned to the two Doctors who were standing side-by-side.
"Rory and Amy may not trust both of us." Ganger Doctor said.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" The Doctor questioned.
"Inevitably." Ganger Doctor answered.
"I'm glad we're on the same…" the Doctor began.
"Wavelength. You see, great minds." Ganger Doctor finished.
"Exactly. So, what's the plan?" the Doctor asked.
"Save them all, humans and gangers." Ganger Doctor answered.
"Sounds wonderful." the Doctor replied.
"Is that what you were thinking?" Ganger Doctor asked.
"It's just so inspiring to hear me say it." the Doctor answered.
"I know!" Ganger Doctor exclaimed.
"Doctor!" the Brees called.
"So, what now, Doctor?" Ganger Doctor asked.
"Well, time to get cracking, Doctor." the Doctor both walked towards the others.
"Hello! Sorry…" both Doctors said.
"But we had to establish a few…" Ganger Doctor began.
"Ground rules." the Doctor finished.
Amy noticed that Ganger Doctor was wearing black shoes while the original Doctor was wearing brown shoes.
"Formulate a…" Ganger Doctor began.
"Protocol." the Doctor concluded.
"Protocol. Very posh."
"A protocol between us. Otherwise…"
"It gets horribly embarrassing."
"And potentially confusing."
"I'm glad you've solved the problem of confusing." Amy stated sarcastically, having become confused watching the Doctors switch off while they were speaking. The Brees didn't have trouble with it, after all, it wasn't really different from watching the twins speak.
"That's sarcasm." Ganger Doctor noted.
"She's very good at sarcasm." the Doctor replied.
The Doctors turn to Amy and spoke in unison."Breathe!"
"What?" Amy said, confused.
"We have to get you off this island." Ganger Doctor said.
"And the gangers too." the Doctor added.
"Sorry, would you like a memo from the last meeting? They're trying to kill us!" Cleaves snarled. Bree coughed. It sounded a lot like "your fault stupid."
"They're scared." the Doctor declared.
"Doctor, we're trapped in here." Amy pointed out.
The Doctor stepped forward and examined the ceiling. "See, I don't think so. The Flesh Bowl is fed by cabling from above."
"But where are the earthing conduits?" Ganger Doctor asked. The Doctor talked while he looked around. "All this piping must go down into a tunnel or a shaft or something, yes? With us?" he moved some paneling and found a grate. "Yowza! An escape route!" he exclaimed.
"You know, I'm starting to get a sense of just how impressive it is to hang out with me." the Doctor stated. Ganger Doctor raised a finger and asked "Do we tend to say "Yowza?"
"That's enough, let it go, OK? We're under stress." the Doctor responded.
The Doctor used the sonic screwdriver to open the grate and everyone climbed in. The Doctor sealed the grate behind them just as the Gangers burst into the room.
They got down to another tunnel and stated walking.
"The army will send a recon team." said Buzzer.
"We need to contact the mainland." Cleaves stated.
"What about Rory and Jen? They are both out there." Amy asked.
"No. This place is a maze, it takes a long time to find someone in a maze. I bet you lot have got a computer map. Haven't you?" the Doctor asked.
"If we can get power running, we can scan for them. It'll be a lot quicker." Cleaves stated. Everyone started coughing."Doctor, you said earlier to breathe." Amy choked out."Very important, Pond. Breathe." the Doctor replied."Yeah, I'm struggling to." Amy wheezed."Acid interacting with the stone." the Doctor explained.
"Creating an asphyxiant miasma." Ganger Doctor continued."A what?" Cleaves questioned. "Chokey gas. Extra heavy. If we can get above it…" Ganger Doctor trailed off."The evac tower. This way!" Cleaves exclaimed, leading the way.
When they got to the Evac tower Cleaves and the two Doctors went to the big computer console in the middle of the room. A bell chimed the hour."It's midnight. It's Adam's birthday. My son's five. Happy birthday, bud." Jimmy said wistfully.
The Brees sat down in a couple of spinny office chairs in front of the console. Percy took one look at them simultaneously spinning around in the chairs and sighed in exasperation. He walked over and grabbed both Brees by the shoulder, effectively stopping them from moving. He couldn't tell which one was the original.
"Whoa! Sudden Stop!" Bree2 complained.
"I think I'm going to be sick." moaned Bree1.
"Then you shouldn't have done that." Percy reprimanded.
The Doctors were behind the console. "Can you really get the power back?" Cleaves asked. "There's always some power floating around. Sticking to the wires" Ganger Doctor answered as he ducked down behind the console while Ganger Doctor stood up."Like bits of lint." said the Doctor. Cleaves walked away to go look for useful items that might be in the room with Jimmy, Buzzer and Dicken.
"Can you stop finishing each other's…" Amy began but was cut off."
Sentences?" said the Doctor as Ganger Doctor stood up.
"No probs. Yes." he both ducked down.
"Hang on. You said that the TARDIS was stuck in acid, so won't she be damaged?" Amy asked. the Doctor popped up again.
"Nah. She's a tough old thing. Tough, old, sexy." he stated. Ganger Doctor stood up."No, tough, dependable, sexy." he corrected. They both crouched down again.
"Come on. OK, how can...how can you both be real?" Amy asked. Ganger Doctor came up again.
"Well, because...we are. I'm the Doctor." he stated before going back down. The Doctor stood up.
"And so am I. We contain the knowledge of over 900 years of experience. We both wear the same bowtie, which is cool." he said. Ganger Doctor popped up quickly to say "Because bowties are…" before ducking back down.
"And always will be." the Doctor said.
"But how did the Flesh read you, you weren't linked up to it?" Amy inquired.
"Neither was she." Percy sated, gesturing to the Brees.
"Didn't have to be." said Bree2.
"The Flesh ran a scan, like a copy machine, you put the paper on, it scans it, and you end up with an exact copy of the original." Bree1 said.
"It's what it was designed to do really. It just transcended the need for a harness." Bree2 elaborated.
"So each of us is just as real as the other." Bree1 said.
"I'm her and she's me." Bree2 explained.
"Just like he's him and they're each other." Bree1 reasoned.
"We're all just as real as anyone else in the world." Bree2 said with a shrug.
"But one of you was here first." Amy rationalized.
"After the Flesh scanned me, I had an accident with a puddle of acid. Now new shoes, a situation which did not confront my learned self here." the Doctor explained.
"That satisfy you, Pond?" Ganger Doctor asked.
"Don't call me Pond, please." Amy told Doctors looked at her.
"What?" Amy asked.
"Interesting. You definitely feel more affection for him than me." Ganger Doctor stated.
"No, I... Look, you're fine and everything, but he is the Doctor. No offence. Being almost the Doctor is pretty damn impressive." Amy said to him.
"Being almost the Doctor is like being no Doctor at all!" Ganger Doctor protested.
"Better than being the Meta-crisis Doctor." Bree2 informed him.
Bree1 nodded. "He got banished to another universe." she agreed.
"The what?" Percy asked incredulously.
"Another copy of the of the Doctor." Bree1 clarified.
Suddenly the console lit up.
"Yes! Communication a go-go!" the Doctor rushed to the console and the two Brees were pushed out of the way.
"Find Rory! Show me the scanny, tracky screen." Amy exclaimed.
Cleaves pulled up the screen and scanned the monastery room by room.
"Come on, Rory, let's be having you." Amy said.
"There's no sign of him anywhere." Cleaves stated.
"Come on, baby, show yourself." Amy pleaded. While the scan was running, Cleaves got on the comlink."St John's calling. Emergency Alpha." she said. "St John's calling the mainland. Are you receiving me, Captain? Come in."
"We'll never get a signal through this storm." she muttered. "St John's calling the mainland. Come in, this is urgent."She finally got a response from a man over the radio.
"We're just about reading you, St John's. How are you doing? We've had all kinds of trouble here." he said."Request immediate evacuation. We're under attack. The storm's affected our gangers. They're running amok." Cleaves said."
'Your gangers?" the man questioned."Yes, our gangers are attacking us. We need you to take us off the island immediately and wipe them out." Cleaves Doctors exchanged a look and the Brees held hands, worried looks on their faces."Copy that, St John's. Shuttle's dispatched. Hang on." said the man.
"You'll need to airlift us off the roof of the evac tower." Cleaves told him. "And Captain, any further transmission sent by me must come with the following code word. I'm typing it, in case they're listening in."
Everyone was preparing to evacuate. The Brees had abandoned their spinny chairs and were discussing something in the corner.
"We don't know if both of us are going to get out of here alive." Bree1 said.
"One of us definitely will. We know that from the letter." Bree2 stated.
"But which one?" Bree1 asked.
Percy, who had been listening in, asked. "Why can't both of you survive?"
"We might still, but all we know is that a future Bree wrote a letter to a past Bree. We don't know which Bree it was and the letter didn't say anything about this," Bree2 gestured hopelessly, "so all we know for sure is that at least one Bree will survive. But we can't know for sure that it's both."
"But it's almost over, right?" Percy questioned. "Help is on the way."
Both Brees looked rather amused.
"Oh Percy," Bree1 began, "it's going to get worse before it get's better." she said darkly.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room.
"We've got to get out of here." Buzzer muttered.
"We're not leaving without them." Amy declared angrily from where she was sitting in front of the console in one of the spinny chairs the Brees had abandoned.
"I want 'em found too, but it's about casualties, innit? Can't be helped." Buzzer said.
Amy turned to the Doctor who was sitting beside her at the console."What are you doing?" she asked."Making a phone call." the Doctor answered."Who to?" Amy inquired."No-one yet. It's on delay." the Doctor replied
."Right, not getting it. Why exactly are you making a phone call?" Amy questioned."Because, Amy, I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams." the Doctor spun in his chair. "The wheels are in motion. Done." he said, spinning Amy around in her chair.
She laughed before settling next to him but facing Ganger Doctor who had been watching the whole exchange from behind them."You know, really, there can be only one." Amy Doctor made an inquiring sound. "Hmm?"
"Nothing. Carry on. Be amazing." Amy got a worried look on her face and stood up. She slowly walked towards a stone wall. She stared at nothing then gasped when nothing suprised her. At least that's what it looked like. She looked between the Doctor and the wall and back again.
"Amy? What happened?" the Doctor aked. Amy went back to her chair. "It's her again." she answered. The Brees frowned and Ganger Doctor was looking at the same spot on the wall while the conversation went on behind him."It's who again?" the Doctor inquired."There's a woman I keep seeing, a woman with an eye-patch, and she has this habit of sliding walls open and staring at me. Doctor?" Amy said in a scared tone."It's nothing." the Doctor replied.
"Doesn't seem like nothing." Amy muttered."It's a time memory. Like a mirage. It's nothing to worry about." the Doctor spun his chair around and went spins back to work on the console.
"It's in my head…" Ganger Doctor closed his eyes in pain before heading out of the room."Hey, hold on!" Jimmy called after him."Don't let him go." Cleaves ordered."Leave it to me." Amy said as she went after Ganger Bree1 leaned heavily on Bree2, her head resting on Bree2's shoulder.
"Head hurts." Bree1 muttered.
"I know." Bree2 replied.
"It's the eyes." Bree1 stated.
"What?" Bree2 inquired softly.
"The eyes were always the last thing to go. The flesh remembers each one of its death and it's tired of being thrown away and it wants to know "Why?" Bree1 stated.
Amy came back into the room."Keep him away from me!" she shouted. Ganger Doctor came back in."Did you sense it?" he asked the Doctor."Briefly. Not as strong as you." the Doctor answered.
"Amy, I'm sorry." Ganger Doctor said. "No, you keep away! We can't trust you." Amy shouted.
"Hypocrite." Bree1 whispered so that no one but Bree2 could hear.
"Shh! She doesn't know yet." Bree2 reprimanded."It would appear I can connect to the Flesh." Ganger Doctor stated."Well, you are Flesh." Amy countered.
"I'm beginning to understand what it needs." Ganger Doctor said.
"What YOU want. You are it." Amy insisted.
"It's much more powerful than we thought. The Flesh can grow, correct?" Ganger Doctor asked Cleaves. "Its cells can divide." Cleaves answered coolly.
"Well, now it wants to do that at will. It wants revenge. It's in pain, angry. It wants revenge."
"I was right, you're not the Doctor. You can't ever be. You're just a copy." Amy stated.
"Doctor, it might be best if you stayed over there for now, hmm?" Cleaves requested.
"Hold on a minute. Hold your horses. I thought I'd explained this. I'm him, he's me." the Doctor protested.
Buzzer walked closer, ready to use force if necessary. "Doctor, we have no issue with you. But when it comes to your ganger…" Cleaves trailed off.
"Don't be so absurd." Ganger Doctor said.
"Buzzer?" Cleaves said.
"Sure, boss." Buzzer replied. Ganger Doctor made a point of straightening his tie as Buzzer took an empty oil drum and moved it to where Ganger Doctor could sit."Take a seat, mate." Buzzer ordered. Ganger Doctor sat down. "Nice barrel, very comfy. Why not?" he said."Is this really what you want?" he asked Amy. She crossed her arms and looked at him coldly.
"What are we going to do about them?" Dicken asked, indicating the Brees.
"That depends…" Began Bree2.
"Can you tell us apart?" Bree1 finished.
"Do you know which one is human and which is a ganger?" Bree 2 asked.
"Do you know which might be a threat? 'Cause let me tell you, it might not be the ganger you need to watch out for, Cleaves." Bree1 said darkly.
"After all, the ganger didn't watch you kill a man in cold blood. Which we both agree was an incredibly stupid thing to do." Bree2 stated.
"If Cleaves died today humanity would be a lot better off." Bree 1 commented.
"Why don't you both join him?" Cleaves suggested.
A little while later, both Brees were sprawled on the floor at Ganger Doctor's feet and both were very, very bored.
"Amy is sooo stupid." Bree1 complained.
"I know. How could anyone think that a copy would be any different than the original? You don't Xerox a lost dog flyer and end up with a help wanted ad." Bree2 replied.
Bree1 snorted in distain. "It's because she holds him up to this ideal. A kind, forgiving Doctor." she said.
"She never saw him after the war. When he met the Daleks again he wanted to wipe them out." Bree2 responded.
"He was so angry back then." Bree1 stated.
"Amy'd be in for the shock of her life if she ever met nine." Bree2 said with a laugh. The others were finding it hard to ignore the Brees conversation.
"Poor Amy." Bree2 said.
"Yes. Poor, poor Amy. She's soon in for an even bigger shock than that." Bree1 stated seriously.
Amy turned around. "What are you talking about?" she demanded.
Both Brees looked at her.
"Rule number three." Bree1 said.
"The Doctor lies." Bree2 said.
A little while later, Amy was at the console, scanning for Rory. A call came in on the radio."This is the shuttle. We're right above you, but we can't get low enough. Gamma static could fry our nav-controls. Sit tight. We'll get to you. Just…" the man's voice was cut off by static. The Doctor took out the sonic screwdriver and scanned Cleaves, who was holding her head.
"Hello? Can you hear me?" Jimmy said into the radio transceiver.
"I can't find Rory. I'm going out there." Amy declared.
"We could use the sonic to track him. Humans and gangers give off slightly different signals. The sonic can tell the difference." the Doctor said.
"Oh, so the sonic knows gangers are different, so the other Doctor is different." Amy stated."He is the Doctor." the Doctor said.
"Not to me. I can tell." Amy argued."Sure you're not prejudiced?" the Doctor asked."Nice try, but I know, OK? We've been through too much. You're my Doctor. End of." Amy stated."So then, you can use that to tell which one of the Brees is the real one." Cleaves stated.
"Yes I could," the Doctor replied.
"Then why don't you?" Cleaves asked.
"Well, I don't think either of them would be very happy with me if I did." the Doctor replied.
"Got that right." Bree2 scoffed.
"Hey, there's a camera up. We've got a visual." Buzzer said. Amy rushed over to look at the screen."That's Rory and Jennifer." she said."They're heading for the thermostatic room." Cleaves stated, somewhat confused. Amy turned excitedly to the Doctor "Let's go get them." she said.
The Doctor tossed the sonic screwdriver to to Ganger Doctor."Hang on." Amy said."We can't let him go. Are you crazy?" Cleaves demanded. "Am I crazy, Doctor?" the Doctor asked."Well, you did once plumb your brain into the core of an entire planet just to halt its orbit and win a bet." Ganger Doctor answered."He can't go rescue them. I'm going." Amy protested."Do you know, I want him to go." the Doctor stood and looked Amy in the eye. "And I'm rather adamant." he Doctor stood up."Well, then, he'll need company, right, boss? It's fine. I'll handle it." Buzzer said.
"Can I go?" Bree1 asked.
"Why?" Cleaves asked.
"You'd rather keep us in the same room?" both Brees asked with the same grin that haunted Vernon Dursley's nightmares.
"Go ahead." Cleaves stated. Bree1 smiled.
"It'll be all right. I'll find him." Ganger Doctor assured Amy before leaving, Buzzer and Bree1 following behind him."I can't explain it to you now, but I need you to trust him. Can you do that for me, Amy?" the Doctor asked."And what if you're wrong?" Amy responded.
Cleaves and Jimmy were standing at the console. Cleaves was examining some gauges.
"These temperature gauges are rising. Jennifer and Rory must have shut off the underground cooling vents." Cleaves said."Why do that? They'll kill us." Dicken stated.
"There's a million gallons of boiling acid under our feet…" Cleaves trailed off.
"And now it's heating up the whole island. How long till it blows?" the Doctor's question was answered by an explosion that rocked the island.
The Brees were fun to write together. Its fun to watch the insanity in motion. And now, I leave you with a Cliffhanger and the possibility that one of the Brees might still die yet. Bree1 or Bree2? Maybe neither. Also, can you guess which Bree is the original?
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