Wanderer of Time: Darkness Within

by Tinker16

The powers within have been steadily growing, buying time until the moment of remembrance. The moment swiftly approaches. Wanda's fears are coming to a head as she realizes what has been living inside her has only one purpose in the universe. And it holds no qualms in destroying any who gets in its way, even those who Wanda loves. (Part Three of the Wanderer of Time trilogy)

17. Ch 17: Prisoner Zero

Hello everyone!

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Chapter 17: Prisoner Zero

The trio walked past all the people who were taking pictures and videoing the sky. Amy could only raise a brow in perplexity at everyone's reaction to what was happening, while the Doctor scoffed and rolled his eyes. Typical humans. Yes, let's video tape the end of the world. That is the way to go out with a bang. His eyes darted over suddenly when his mind jumped to the most bizarre occurrence of the day. Something to which was completely out of place.

Suddenly, the Doctor gave himself a sharp slap on his head when he realized what he had been missing from earlier. He had seen it, but had gotten distracted when Wanda had been talking with Amy. It was a male nurse, in his early to mid-twenties, wearing light-blue scrubs and had on a plaid white and gray jacket. He stood a ways from the rest of the humans, facing away from the strange sight of the sky. Something to which a normal human would be interested in looking at. But instead, this male seemed to focus on getting a picture on something else entirely. And the Doctor knew what exactly.

Before the Time Lord could exclaim to the two companion girls beside him to get to the nurse, Wanda let out a loud squeal of delight, dropping her apple to run at full sprint towards the male nurse in scrubs.

"Rory, Rory, Rory!" she exclaimed rapidly in happiness. The male nurse stumbled as Wanda suddenly threw her arms around him from behind, practically leaping up and kicking her legs in the air as she hugged him and giggled. The Doctor was not fazed in the slightest by this behavior from the Time Lady, having become quite used to it from Third Wanda over the years. He merely walked around the bewildered Amy and grabbed the mobile from the stuttering nurse's hands.

"Uh . . . hello?" Rory said to the giggle blonde girl hugging him, craning his neck around his shoulder to look at her. "C-can I help you?" He glanced at the Doctor as well, wondering why exactly the man had taken his mobile.

"Sorry, sorry," Wanda said, jumping down from Rory's back and stood in front of him. "Got a little over excited there. I'm just happy to see you again." She beamed, bouncing lightly on her feet as Rory continued to blink at her.

"The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why?" the Doctor questioned the nurse rapidly, handing back the male his mobile in his still open hand. The man with floppy hair and ragged clothing was looking at him in demand while the blonde girl continued to only smile happily. Rory saw Amy coming over to him in the corner of his eye, so he quickly turned to her for answers.

"Amy?" he questioned the ginger girl.

"Hi!" she exclaimed, plastering on a smile upon coming up to him. As though she was greatly on edge at the moment. Rory was not sure if it was from what seemed to be occurring in the sky, or possibly the two people standing in front of them. Smiling in uncertainty, Amy grabbed Rory's arm as she looked to the two Time Lords. "This is Rory, he's a friend."

"Boyfriend," Rory corrected her.

"Kind of boyfriend," Amy muttered, appearing to be embarrassed to state clearly that Rory and she were together. Rory's face dropped slightly in disappointment though did not look too shocked by this. Almost as if he was used to Amy dismissing them being together as a couple.

Wanda stared at the girl in curiosity, wondering why the girl seemed to wish to deny her being with the nurse. She did not remember that happening in the show. From what she recalled, Amy had been happy to have Rory as her boyfriend. But here, Wanda had noticed some things in the past in how much in denial Amy seemed to be about her and Rory's feelings towards each other. It was strange in how much different Amy seemed to treat the early relationship between herself and the nurse compared to the show in Wanda's world. What had changed in this universe to make their relationship different?

"Man and dog, why?" the Doctor continued to push for answers.

Rory's eyes slowly widened, blinking greatly now with his mouth slowly opening in shock as he hurriedly looked at the two standing in front of him. No . . . it was a trick, right? These two could not be them, could they? But the two looked so much like them, they just had to be.

"Oh, my God, it's them," the nurse stated in disbelief and shock. Amy's eyes and smile twitched slightly as she felt another blush coming on. Why did everyone they ran into today had to go blabbing about her childhood imagination? It was embarrassing enough for Mrs. Angelo and Jeff to point it out, and now Rory too?

"Just answer his question, please," Amy said to the nurse, wishing to bypass another humiliating moment for her. Rory pointed a stunned finger at the two in front, not paying attention to the clearly embarrassed Amy next to him.

"It's them, though. He's the Doctor. The Raggedy Doctor," he gasped in amazement. "And she's the Wanderer. Your Wanderer."

"Actually, she's my Wanderer," the Doctor stated, looking the nurse up and down with furrowed brows. That was the second time now someone said Wanda was Amy's Wanderer. Why was that?

"Really, just call me Wanda. It's a lot shorter to say," Wanda said, giving the nurse a wink as she found his shock highly amusing.

"It's them," Rory said weakly to Amy.

"Yeah, they came back," Amy muttered, wishing he would just drop it already.

"But they were a story," Rory tried getting her to discuss why exactly her imaginary friends were suddenly here and alive. "They were a game." Growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of focus on the questions he had been demanding answers for, the Doctor stormed up and grabbed the front of Rory's jacket, shaking the nurse slightly to get him to focus.

"Man and dog, why? Tell me now," the Doctor ordered. Rory blinked rapidly in shock not only from seeing the Raggedy Doctor up close and shaking him, but as well as from the demanding questions the man was asking him.

"Sorry," Rory said, taken aback by the Doctor's demanding behavior. He shook his head, trying to focus on what answer the Doctor would want. "Because he can't be there. Because he's—."

"In a hospital, in a coma," the Doctor said with the nurse. The nurse's eyes went even wider from shock, blinking in astonishment.

"Yeah," he nodded quickly. The Doctor grinned in triumph, knowing he had been right once again.

"Knew it. Mutli-form, you see?" he stated knowingly. He patted down the front of the nurse's scrubs and jacket after he let go. "Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a live feed. A psychic link with a living but dormant mind." He poked Rory in the head with another wide grin. Wanda scooted over to Rory, linking arms with him.

"And you were smart enough to catch on," she praised, speaking rapidly. "Those know-it-all doctors back at the town hospital were really not nice to you, especially that Dr. Ramsden. I can't believe she made you take time off for trying to do your job. I mean, really is it too much to ask to simply believe a nurse when they point out mysterious things happening with the coma ward patients? She really should have looked at your mobile phone when you tried to hand it to her." She grinned as Rory blinked in astonishment from not only what the blonde girl was saying, but also from how rapidly she spoke.

"H-how did you know all that?" he questioned her.

"She's psychic," Amy stated, remembering from when she was little at what Wanda had told her.

"Actually, it's more like I just know things in advance. Remember Amy? I told you this once before," Wanda replied. "Knowing things in advance comes in real handy sometimes. It mostly helps coming from another universe that has this universe on as a television show." With this said both future companions blinked in shock and complete confusion.

"What?" both Amy and Rory questioned together.

The group sort of jumped; startled by the suddenly snarling and vicious barking that was directed at them. They all turned to see the same man and dog as before from Amy's house. The same Prisoner Zero as always. The creature seemed highly annoyed that the group was ignoring its presence at the moment. Giving a small knowing smile, the Doctor walked away from the group, having his hands in his pockets as he stood closer to Prisoner Zero, staring down the creature evenly.

"Prisoner Zero," he stated lightly, sounding at ease with the whole situation at hand. Rory, even more startled by this news, stepped forward a bit to stare at Amy for answers.

"What, there's a Prisoner Zero, too?" he asked.

"Yes," both Amy and Wanda said together. Rory glanced skeptically at Wanda, seeming to really be wary of both her and the Doctor.

"Okay, so . . . is this a part of your . . . other universe's show as well?" he asked carefully, seeming very skeptical by this information Wanda had told them.

"Yep," Wanda beamed at him, grinning merrily. The nurse glanced almost nervously over to his girlfriend, seeming to be completely uncertain about everything now. Not that he already had not been beforehand.

"So . . . are they the imaginary friends, or are we?" he asked Amy. The girl next to him merely rolled her eyes as Wanda giggled at Rory's question.

Suddenly, everyone gazed up at the sky when they heard a ship coming towards them from above. Gazing up, all humans were shocked to see a giant eyeball staring down at them, with silver crystalline structure of spires forming a circle around the eyeball for a flight system. A large mass of electricity could be seen holding the eyeball within the structure itself as it scanned the earth below. Really, to Wanda, it almost looked like a crystal inkblot. The Doctor held an even gaze on Prisoner Zero as the creature stared warily at the Time Lord. The Doctor discreetly pulled out his sonic screwdriver at the ready.

"See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology," the Doctor told Prisoner Zero. "And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver." He held up the screwdriver with a knowing smirk, watching how Prisoner Zero gave him a confused expression. Well, as confused as he could with his human and dog disguise.

Lifting the sonic high in the air, the Doctor let it give off a screeching pulse. It made everyone's hairs sort of stand up on edge as the whine whistled through the air, making electronics suddenly go on the fritz. Even street lambs were not saved as the ultrasonic sound made them shatter in sparking lights. Car alarms went off all around them, sending different people into a panic as even a firetruck sounded off its sirens and began to drive itself down the street. Amy could not help but let out an amused laugh as she watched two firemen chasing after their vehicle. Wanda began to giggle along with the girl. Rory beside the two could only stare at everything in awe and disbelief. They saw as Prisoner Zero's expression went from confusion to worriment as the Atraxi began to move closer to their location. The eyeball scanning a wave of light across the way as it searched for the prisoner.

"I think someone's going to notice, don't you?" the Doctor said sarcastically. He kept on his boyish grin as Prisoner Zero began to bark at him in rage, snarling as it knew it would soon be caught.

Letting his hand tilt downward at a slight angle, the sonic suddenly made a telephone box become electrified and the glass doors blowing outwards in pieces. The group, even the Doctor, jumped by this, startled by the sudden small explosion. The Doctor winced and dropped the screwdriver as it zapped his hand from having its final meltdown. It lay charred and smoking in the grass at his feet, and all the Time Lord could do was stare at the tool in disbelief. That had been his favorite screwdriver!

"No, no, no, don't do that!" the Doctor cried, crouching down to look at his useless sonic screwdriver in utter dismay. Why was it all his favorite screwdrivers had to go up in smoke in the end? He glared at the tool as he picked it up from the ground, seeing the smoke still coming from it. He then promptly threw it back onto the grass in disgust, getting back up to see the Atraxi ship leaving. "Wanda, your sonic, quick!"

Wanda dug through her pocket to get out her own tool as fast as she could. But by the time she managed to get the screwdriver out into the open, the ship was already long gone. She let out a huff of frustration, wishing that she had remembered that the Doctor's sonic screwdriver was going to burn out like that. But of course, then again, the possibilities had shown her that what the Doctor had planned on doing would not have worked, and that the Atraxi ship would have actually ended up mistaking the Time Lord as Prisoner Zero instead. Maybe it was a good thing she did forget that was going to happen so that way she did not make the Doctor get captured by holding out her own sonic to be detected. And it would have also ruined a perfectly good chance for the Doctor to get to know Amy and Rory as good companions.

After the ship had left, Prisoner Zero had smirked at them and disappeared into a nearby drain, looking as though it had turned into dust to do so. The Doctor hurriedly began to formulate a plan, knowing that they only had seventeen minutes now until the end of the world. He had no screwdriver (of his own that is), no TARDIS, no anything. Well, no, he did have his Wanderer still with him. And really, in the end, as long as he had Wanda by his side, then he knew they could survive anything. He felt Wanda come up beside him with Rory and Amy not too far behind from the Time Lady. Muttering behind him, he could hear Amy demanding answers to Prisoner Zero and the Atraxi. The Doctor did not really pay attention to her as he allowed Wanda to be the one to explain what this all meant.

"Nurse boy, give me your phone," the Doctor demanded suddenly, thrusting out his hand for Rory beside him to hand over the mobile. Rory did not pay attention to the Doctor's demand as the nurse looked at his girlfriend for answers to all of this.

"How can they be real?" Rory questioned Amy. "They were never real?"

"Well, you and Amy were never real, either. But look at us all now," Wanda added into the conversation. She smiled lightly. "Not that I'm complaining about any of it. I find this all quite brilliant."

"Phone, now, give me!" the Doctor exclaimed in aggravation. He yanked the phone out of Rory's hands, fiddling with the device as he began to work on his plan. Rory just allowed this, still trying to wrap his boggled mind around the occurring events and the sudden appearance of Amy's imaginary friends.

"But you both were just a game," Rory said to Wanda, realizing that she was actually paying attention to him as the Doctor and Amy both rather seemed distracted at the moment. "Amy and I were kids. She made me dress up as him, and she dressed up as you."

"Oi! That's private," Amy barked in response when she heard this being said. Wanda giggled and pitched the ginger girl's cheek in delight.

"Aww, you're so cute when you blush," said the Time Lady. Amy smacked the hand away, muttering under her breath. Wanda went on speaking to the couple. "Well, don't worry, I used to dress up as you lot as well. It was quite fun, really. Shelly constantly wanted to look like Rose, which really matched her well since she already had blonde hair that fit perfectly."

"Did you dress up as me?" the Doctor asked suddenly. The blush on Wanda's face spoke a thousand words as she cleared her throat and averted her eyes. The Doctor grinned cheekily. "You did, didn't you? Which face did you dress up as?"

"Laptop!" Wanda exclaimed abruptly, turning her attention to Amy. "Jeff had a laptop. We could really use that right now."

"Right, laptop! The good-looking friend Jeff," the Doctor spoke rapidly. "He had a big laptop, big bag! Yes, we need his laptop." The Doctor patted Rory and Amy's shoulders brightly. "You two, get to the hospital, get everyone out of that ward. Clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done." The Doctor grabbed Wanda's hand and began to drag her off towards the direction of Jeff's grandmother's home, but stopped short when the Time Lady pulled away from him. He turned, frowning in confusion as to why Wanda was not running along with him. "Wanda?"

"Actually, Doctor, I'm going to head to the hospital with them," Wanda said, pointing her thumb over her shoulder at Amy and Rory. "I think they're going to need as much help as they can get." The Doctor gave her a pout.

"But—," he began to complain.

"No 'buts,'" Wanda replied in a scolding manner. "You can handle all the techie stuff. Let us take care of the people." The Doctor frowned and shook his head, waving a hand in the direction he was going. Wanda responded by rolling her eyes, pointing in a firm direction to where Rory and Amy were still standing.

This turned into a small, silent argument between the two of them, each gesturing around. The Doctor tapped under his chin and flicked his ears, waving his hand in the direction of Jeff's gran's house. Wanda shook her head, patting her chest and pointed a finger at her head. She ended up stomping her foot as the Doctor seemed to be not agreeing with her in the slightest when he rolled his eyes and shook his head repeatedly in disagreement. Meanwhile, Rory and Amy stared at the two of them in bewilderment, blinking and feeling confused by the two Time Lords seemingly silent disagreement.

"Um . . . what are they doing exactly?" Rory asked his girlfriend.

"No idea," Amy grumbled, shaking her head in disproval at the two Time Lords lack of urgency. She also felt a bit peeved on how easily the two seemed to be communicating with each other, even without words. Crossing her arms, she tried ignoring the spike of jealousy going through her as she glared at the Doctor and Wanda. "Oi! Are you two finished yet?!"

"Sorry," the Doctor and Wanda apologized together, giving the girl sheepish grins.

"We were just discussing on whether or not Jeff is better looking than Rory. Which clearly Rory is much prettier hands down," Wanda said. She jabbed the Doctor in the side with her elbow as she saw him getting ready to retort against this statement. She pointed a stern finger at him. "Doctor, laptop. Now."

"Right, yes," the Doctor said, swiftly turning on the spot and running in the direction he needed to be. Wanda bounced in light and springy steps back over to Amy and Rory, grinning as she saw the baffled looks the two were giving her. Oh, how she just loved messing with them.

"So, to the hospital," Wanda stated brightly, linking her arms with the couple's as she steered them towards the direction they needed to go. "Come along, Ponds. We have a world to save."

"Um, actually, my last name is Williams," Rory said as he stumbled along beside Wanda, trying to keep up with her fast pace.

"Nah, you're a Pond. Trust me," Wanda replied, giving him a wink.

"But he's really not," Amy stated, blushing in embarrassment at the thought of Rory being a 'Pond' like her.

"I'm really not," Rory agreed with a nod. Wanda merely gave them both a knowing smile, patting them on the shoulders after letting go of their arms.

"No, no. You really are," she chortled, giving each of them a wink. She skipped on forward a ways from the perplexed couple, heading towards Rory's car that was parked by a shop, feeling excited for the adventures to come with the two Ponds. "Hurry up, Ponds! We've got sixteen minutes until everything goes boom!"

Rory and Amy merely gave each other a glance of disbelief over the blonde girl's behavior and words before swiftly taking off after her.

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They arrived at the hospital in the nick of time with Rory's car skidding into the parking lot and coming to a halt right outside the doors. After banging her head against the backside of the passenger seat, Wanda rubbed at her sore head with a pout. Seriously, Rory needed driving lessons. That was the second time now of riding in the back and clinging to the seat for dear life as the Roman drove. Stumbling out of the car from the back, Wanda spotted a whole group of people had already vacated the hospital. Either getting out in a panic from what was inside or simply coming out to watch the strange occurrence in the sky. Glancing away from the group of patients and nurses, she saw the two Ponds running at full speed into the building. She hastily made her way after them, knowing she needed to keep up to make certain they stayed safe. Prisoner Zero was already here, and it was not going to be fun dealing with the multi-form.

Ten minutes. That was how long they had now. Ten minutes and counting. Wanda knew by now the Doctor should be sending the virus via web to the conference call of all the intelligent minds of the world from Jeff's laptop, ensuring that the virus would set everything digital to zero, making certain the Atraxi ship to find Prisoner Zero, at the hospital, just in time to save the world. Wanda could not help but smile, feeling proud of her husband. Was he good or what?

Wanda managed to finally catch up with Amy and Rory. She skidded to a halt when seeing the panicked doctors, nurses, and patients standing around the halls, in a buzz as something clearly wrong must have happened before the trio arrived. Amy could be seen trying to contact the Doctor from her mobile while Rory hurriedly asked some of the doctors on what exactly was happening on the upper floor of the coma ward.

"Something's happened up there, we can't get through," Rory said to Amy and Wanda after he had finished talking with the doctors.

"Of course something's happened. Something's always happened or gone wrong on days like these," Wanda sighed in exasperation. She snatched the mobile from Amy's hand, earning a displeased exclamation from the ginger. "There's really no need to bother the Doctor. He's a little busy at the moment, so we just need to focus on doing our own part."

"Yeah, but how are we supposed to get in?" Amy retorted, placing her hands on her hips in frustration. Wanda gave the girl a pointed look, arching a brow.

"Well, it's not like you're dressed as a French maid," she interjected, waving a finger around to point at a decorated mirror hanging on the wall. The reflection of Amy blinked in shock when remembering what exactly she was wearing. Making a small expression of realization, Amy hurriedly pulled her hair up into a tight bun to appear more like a proper policewoman. Pushing Amy's mobile into Rory's hands, Wanda patted his hands cheerfully and bounced over to the doctors blocking the doorway to get to the upper ward.

"Excuse me, miss, but you can't go through here," one male doctor interjected, stepping in the way to keep Wanda from moving forward. He held out his hands as if to push her back. "No one is allowed up there until we can get things sorted."

"Yeah, well, I'm here to sort things out," said a stern Amy. The ginger girl and Rory came up beside Wanda. Amy stared the doctor down, holding a demeanour of authority. "Step aside, sir."

"But we can't just let you—," the man tried to argue.

"Either you step aside, or I place you under arrest for civil disobedience," Amy barked. "Now what will it be?" She raised a brow as if daring him to say another word. The male doctor gave a sheepish expression as he swiftly moved aside to let the trio through. They all sort of nodded at him as they pushed through the large double doors and made their way through the halls. As soon as the doors swung closed behind them, Wanda let out a pleased laugh.

"Oh, you are just too good," she praised Amy. Bouncing in step, Amy grinned at the blonde girl beside her.

"I know I am," Amy agreed cheekily. Both of them giggled in delight, then hurriedly ran down the halls to head to the coma ward.

Taking the lift up, they swiftly ran into the ward once they reached the floor, shocked when seeing the hall in a state of chaos. Different hospital beds, equipment, sheets, and other items lay scattered around the place, seeming as though everyone who had been on the floor beforehand had left in a panic. And when the trio came up to a split in the hall, a woman holding the hands of two children walked into their path. The mother seemed to hold an expression of fear and worriment as she stared pleadingly at them.

"Officer," said the woman. Amy, Rory, and Wanda halted in their steps.

"What happened?" Amy asked, keeping her question brisk. She stared at the small family in concern when seeing how fearful the little girls and mother seemed to be.

"There was a man. A man with a dog," the woman explained in a fearful tone. "I think Dr. Ramsden's dead. And the nurses." Amy pulled out her mobile from the upper pocket of her uniform, ready to call the Doctor and warn him about what was happening at the hospital. But Wanda's firm hand stopped her from doing so, even pushing the mobile phone down away from her ear. Amy stared at the Time Lady in confusion, surprised to see the dark glare directed at the woman and children.

"Yeah, they're dead 'cause you killed them," Wanda retorted, her voice coming out low through gritted teeth.

"What?" the woman responded in bafflement, blinking at Wanda. "I'm afraid I don't know what you mean."

"Oh, drop the act, Prisoner Zero. I know it's you," Wanda said, placing her hands on her hips as she stared the pretend mother down.

"Wanda, really, I don't think that she's—," Amy tried to say, but stopped short when the woman's voice rang out.

"Please, I don't know what you're talking about. I just saw a man and a dog, going mad and attacking everyone. We only just escaped by hiding in the ladies."

Rory and Amy's eyes both widened in shock when realizing the one speaking this was one of the little girl's standing beside the woman. However, instead of having a normal girl's voice, the child had her mother's. Wanda looked at the two Ponds beside her, pointing a finger at the three in front of them as if to say 'See? Now what did I tell you?'

"Oh, I'm getting it wrong again, aren't I?" said the woman, this time having the right voice. Her fearful nature disappeared in an instant as she stared at them with haunting eyes.

"Yep. You should really work on that," Wanda said satirically.

The woman and children glared at her, opening their mouths to show rows of sharp, pointed, needle-like fangs. Rory and Amy jumped back in alarm as Wanda merely rolled her eyes. But her relaxed demeanour changed quickly when the three baring figures rushed at the trio. Wanda ran behind the retreating Rory and Amy, going straight into the coma ward and helping the two barge the doors with a broom through the handles. The trio backed away as the doors were thumped and banged on in aggression as Prisoner Zero tried to get after them. Glancing around the room, they saw that they were trapped, only waiting now for Prisoner Zero to break down the door and kill them. Amy jumped by the sudden startling sound of her mobile going off. Before she had a chance to answer, Wanda snatched the phone away.

"Doctor, we're on the first floor, on the left, fourth window from the end," the Time Lady listed off rapidly. "If it's not too much of a bother, please hurry. Prisoner Zero is not a happy camper right now, and I think he would very much like to kill us."

"I'm on my way," the Doctor replied as loud as he could over the sirens blaring in the background of the call. "Just stay safe, Wanda."

"Will try," Wanda replied merrily. She snapped the mobile shut in reflexive fright as the doors at the end of the ward suddenly burst open. Prisoner Zero had managed to break the broom apart and was now glaring at the retreated trio. Placing herself in front of Rory and Amy, Wanda held out her arms as wide as she could and returned the glare. "You are not harming anyone else. Especially not my Ponds."

"And why do you care?" retorted Prisoner Zero, making the woman's facial features it copied twist into a sinister smile. "You're nothing more than an imaginary friend made up by a little Scottish girl." She and the two children stepped into the ward, stalking ever so slowly towards them, as if taunting them in their inability to escape the coming death. Prisoner Zero's eyes trained on Amy as the ginger girl stared back fearfully.

"I watched you grow up, Amelia Pond," said the mutli-form in a sickening, silky voice. "Twelve years, and you never even knew I was there. Little Amelia Pond, waiting for her magic Doctor and Wanderer to return. Well, here's one of them." Prisoner Zero nodded at Wanda. "And look at her. Useless. She's not the grand hero you always imagined, is she? She's nothing more than pathetic. And that Doctor is nothing different. In fact, I think he might be even more useless than even she is. He's not even here to die with you. What a coward." The woman clicked her tongue, shaking her head as if disproving.

Wanda's face lit up bright red, her left eye twitched rapidly, and she held up a clenching fist, shaking it at Prisoner Zero as she took a step forward.

"You want your teeth knocked out?" she bit out angrily. Rory saw Wanda looking ready to pounce at the three in front of them and swiftly grabbed her by the arm, holding her back. It was more as an act of nurse's instinct, really. He was very used to patients being unorderly at times, so it was natural for him to react and keep them from harming others or themselves. But mostly themselves, really. Though, in some sense, he also felt that he should not let Amy's imaginary friend do something rather dumb and go punch a killer alien.

Wanda opened her mouth to continue yelling at Prisoner Zero, feeling nothing but anger from the remarks the multi-form at made at her husband, when the mobile in her hand began to ring again. Huffing, she flipped the phone open and pressed it to her ear.

"Duck!" was all the Doctor exclaimed from the other end.

Wanda did not even bother to ask what he meant as she grabbed both Amy and Rory and yanked them down to the ground. They heard a firetruck's siren blaring outside, the noise sounding as though it were zooming at full speed towards the hospital. The window behind them smashed to pieces as a ladder shot through, bouncing right over them from where they had ducked to the floor. The trio glanced over their shoulders as they heard someone swiftly climbing up the ladder towards them. Jumping down to land right next to them, the Doctor gave them all a cheerful smile as he patted Amy and Rory's backs.

"Right! Hello! Am I late?" he asked brightly.

"Nope. I'd say you're right on time, sweetie. And with three minutes to go. That's a record for you, really," Wanda responded as only Amy and Rory could do was stare at the Time Lord in complete bafflement. Smiling at the two, Wanda could not help but feel amused by the couple's complete and utter astonishment from what was happening. Though she knew that one day, once the two Ponds became accustomed to the Doctor's antics, they would be completely unfazed by such things.

Helping her off from the floor, the Doctor held onto Wanda's hand as both she and him walked closer Prisoner Zero. Each Time Lord kept their gaze steady on the multi-form. The Doctor held a confident smirk, while Wanda continued to look peeved from the earlier comment that Prisoner Zero had made. She had half a mind to simply stomp forward and give the prisoner a good punch, but kept her mind focused on keeping her temper down and allowing the Doctor to do the talking.

"Take the disguise off," the Doctor said to the prisoner. "They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies." Prisoner Zero gritted its teeth together, staring back darkly at the Doctor.

"The Atraxi will kill me this time," stated the multi-form. "If I am to die, let there be fire." The Doctor let out a chuckle, but no amusement could be heard in his voice when he spoke again.

"Okay. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time," the Doctor stated. "Do it again. Just leave."

"I did not open the crack," Prisoner Zero told him.

The Doctor frowned, training his eye at the creature in a searching manner. "Somebody did."

Prisoner Zero's disguised face slowly grew a wicked grin. "The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from?" At the Doctor's blank stare, the prisoner's grin grew even wider still. "You don't, do you?" The woman's voice changed to a little girl's, mocking the Time Lord. "The Doctor in the TARDIS doesn't know. Doesn't know, doesn't know!" The woman's voice then slid back into place as Prisoner Zero seemed pleased in knowing something the Time Lord did not, having an upper hand of sorts. "The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."

Wanda shifted on her feet, growing uncomfortable as a quick possibility flashed through her mind of what was to come. Right, that day. She wondered when that day would be coming up for her soon. It must be by now. Not exactly a day she was looking forward to, but at least it was not on her top dreadful-days-to-come list. Compared to others, Pandorica was nothing. A loud clicking sounded off in the room, making Wanda glance up to a large clock on the upper wall of the ward to see it had flipped to all zeros. The Doctor smirked in victory at the sight.

"And we're off! Look at that," he remarked, sounding very smug at the moment. At the blank and confused expression of Prisoner Zero, the Doctor's smirk widened and pointed for the multi-form to look behind. "Look at that!" Turning its three heads, Prisoner Zero, as well as the others in the room, saw the clock marking zero.

"Yeah, I know, just a clock, whatever," the Doctor stated as if saying what was on Prisoner Zero and the two humans' minds. "But you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out. And do you know what that word is?" Prisoner Zero turned its head back around, seeming lost as to what the Doctor was talking about, as well as slightly frightened to what the Time Lord had done. The Doctor only continued to hold his victorious smirk. "The word is 'zero.'"

"And right now, high up in the Earth's atmosphere, the Atraxi ships are monitoring and listening to all Earth communication systems," Wanda stated brightly, bouncing on the balls of her feet as she grinned at Prisoner Zero. "And oh, I'd say, right about now, they're taking notice of all the sudden references to 'zero.' They're even beginning to track down where the source of this 'zero' is coming from. Which, I'd say, the source might even be—."

"—right here," the Doctor finished. He flipped out Rory's mobile from his pocket, holding up the device for Prisoner Zero to see.

The Doctor gave a sly smirk and Wanda grin cheekily as they both saw the shocked expression of the multi-form. A bright light suddenly lit up the room from the windows, shining a white glare right into their eyes. The Doctor beamed, proud that his plan had pulled through and worked in the end. Like all his plans naturally did, of course. Army and Rory walked over to the nearest window, gazing out to see the large Atraxi ship hovering outside. Prisoner Zero's expression remained as calm as possible, trying not to let the group see the clear fear that was beginning to build up within its eyes.

"The Atraxi are limited," the multi-form said coolly, smirking when knowing that the Doctor could have not possibly planned everything. "While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked the phone, not me."

"Yeah," the Doctor responded, waving the mobile at the creature, "but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favourtie bit."

"Mine, too," Wanda agreed slyly, winking at the Doctor. He gave a cheeky, boyish grin, returning the wink before directing his eyes back on Prisoner Zero, waving the mobile again.

"Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you," the Doctor remarked. "Every form you've learned to take, right here. Ooh. And being uploaded," he scrolled with his finger across the screen of the mobile, sending the file of pictures to the alien ship, "about now. And the final score is no TARDIS, no screwdriver, two minutes to spare." He gave his most triumphant and cheeky smile yet, throwing out his arms as if to brag about his success. "Who the man?"

"You the man!" Wanda cheered, giggling and clapping her hands in delight. Both Time Lords grinned brightly at each other, then their delighted expressions slowly fell as they saw the displeased expression of Prisoner Zero, and Rory and Amy looked at them both as if they were mad. Wanda cleared her throat in embarrassment, feeling awkward. "Right. Um. Probably not the best thing to say."

"Yes, fine, I'm never saying that again," the Doctor grumbled, feeling disgruntled by how much he had just humiliated himself.

"Then I shall take a new form," Prisoner Zero suddenly said, gaining everyone's attention as it held a discerning smile.

Before they knew it, Prisoner Zero's disguise of the mother and two daughters began to glow a golden colour, changing form. The Time Lords heard someone falling to the ground behind them and swiftly turned to see Amy unconscious on the floor. Rory fell to his knees beside his girlfriend, grabbing onto her hand as he stared at her in a panic. Wanda and the Doctor hurriedly ran over to kneel beside the fallen girl. The Doctor tried calling to Amy, patting at her cheeks, trying to wake her up. Wanda gripped Amy's other hand, holding it tightly.

"Amy? Come on, girlie. I know you're still with us," she pleaded to the girl to wake up. Jerking her head up to glare at Prisoner Zero, she saw the multi-form had taken the form of the Doctor. The Time Lord himself stared at the creature in bewilderment at the sight, confused on who exactly he was seeing stand before them.

"Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be?" he asked Rory and Wanda. Rolling her eyes, Wanda shook her head in amusement.

"That's you, sweetie," she explained. "It's your new face."

"Oh," the Doctor responded dumbly, giving a pout as he took in the form of him standing across the way. Did he really have to regenerate with a child's face? Were people going to tease him now for it? Of course, this might be payback for him always teasing Third Wanda for the same reasons. The universe really did know how to have a laugh at times. Standing up, the Doctor glared at Prisoner Zero as he saw the other him only holding an even and calm expression.

"Why me? You're linked with her. Why are you copying me?" the Doctor questioned rapidly, walking over to Prisoner Zero. His mind racing in trying to think of a way to save the unconscious Amy from the multi-form's grasp. The creature had established a link with her for over twelve years. That might be a challenge in trying to break it.

"I'm not," came the voice of Amelia Pond. Little, Scottish Amelia, wearing her red jumper and wellies, walked around the copied image of the Doctor, holding a cunning leer. "Poor Amelia. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of a magic Doctor and her wandering Wanderer she knows will return to save her. What a disappointment you've been."

Looking away from the prisoner, Wanda tried to remain focused on Amy lying beside her as she felt her temper flaring up again. Damn that multi-form.

"Look, Amy, I know you can hear me," Wanda whispered into the girl's ear. She cupped Amy's face, trying to focus her own mind with the girl's. "Focus on my voice. Only my voice. Let everything else just melt away." Glancing up, she saw her own image sudden appear beside little Amelia pond, holding onto the free hand of the disguise Prisoner Zero. The expression on little Amelia's face looked confused as Prisoner Zero could not understand why it suddenly created the image of the Time Lady. The Doctor looked back at Wanda, surprised on what had occurred. He then smiled as he realized what Wanda was doing.

Wanda focused her mind back to Amy's. "Good, girl. Now, I want you to really concentrate. There's an image there, just at the back of your mind. A memory. A very recent memory, in fact. Big and ugly, looking like an eel with needle teeth. That's Prisoner Zero. And that's what you must remember and let us see. Let everyone see." Lifting her eyes up away from Amy's resting face; Wanda smirked as she saw Prisoner Zero's eyes widened in shock.

"No, no, no!" screamed the multi-form as it began to change once more. Soon, the golden light faded, leaving behind only the strange creature that seemed to hang from the ceiling. Eel-like indeed, they could see the transparent skin it had and the beady yellow eyes that glared hatefully at them all.

"Well done, Prisoner Zero. You've just created a perfect impersonation of yourself," the Doctor mocked as he smirked at the creature. The multi-form hissed and growled in rage at him as a blinding light surrounded the thrashing creature. The Atraxi ship outside had finally caught their prisoner. Soon, after the Atraxi had announced their capture of the creature, Prisoner Zero gave up on fighting against the inevitable death awaiting it. Instead, it stared at the Doctor in pure hatred.

"Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall," snarled the creature as one last retort. Soon, it vanished from sight as the Atraxi beamed the prisoner back into their ships. A gush of wind blew through the ward as the ship's lights disappeared and they could hear the departure of the spacecraft. The Doctor frowned, trying to think of what the creature meant, but gave his head a small shake as he knew he could always worry about that later. Looking briefly out the window to see the ship had indeed left the Earth and the sky had gone back to normal, the Doctor pulled out Rory's mobile from his trouser pocket, beginning to dial a number very quickly. Wanda, however, kept her attention on Amy as she patted the girl's cheek, slowly waking her up.

"The sun, it's back to normal, right?" Rory asked, trying to understand exactly what just happened. His head just simply refused to wrap its mind around understanding the events that had occurred.

"Yep. And with just forty-five seconds to go. That was cutting it a little close there," Wanda replied, helping a very disoriented Amy sit up from the floor. Rory shook his head to clear his mind and instead concentrated on making certain his girlfriend was all right in the end. In the corner, the trio heard an angry Doctor yell into the mobile as he seemed to be in a heated argument with someone. A second later, the Doctor ended the call and tossed Rory back his mobile phone.

"Sorry about the bill," the Doctor said before turning on the spot and marching out from the ward.

"Um, what did he just do?" Rory asked, holding up his mobile at Wanda in question.

"Called the Atraxi back," Wanda replied with easy. "They need a good scolding after the stunt they just pulled. I mean, really, blowing up a planet just to get a prisoner back? How thick could you get?" Amy and Rory blinked in shock as Wanda stood up and began going after the Doctor.

"He's bringing them back? Did—did he just save the world from aliens, and then bring all the aliens back again?" Rory questioned in disbelief. Wanda looked at the Ponds from over her shoulder, grinning.

"Yep. We do that a lot," she told them. She turned her head back around, skipping down the hallway. "Don't worry, you get used to it!" She smiled brightly as she heard the couple scrambling back up onto their feet and took off to catch up with her. The three of them ran swiftly down the hall, trying to meet up with the Doctor again. But Wanda suddenly halted the two right outside the doctor's locker room as she remembered what was going to happen next.

"Wait, you two, stay out here," Wanda commanded them, pushing them back a step from the room.

"But the Doctor's in there," Amy interjected, trying to step around the short Time Lady. "I want to know what exactly he's planning now."

"Why is he in there, anyway?" Rory questioned, frowning as if he was not sure whether to be distrusting of this strange Doctor being inside his co-workers' locker room.

"Getting changed. Now, back," Wanda remained firm in her order. Pushing them both back, she backed away and pointed a stern finger. "No peeking." Amy huffed in frustration, giving Wanda an angered expression and crossed arms while Rory simply looked confused. Smirking slightly, Wanda turned around and went inside the locker room, gaining a sly grin at the sight of the Doctor taking his raggedy shirt off and now working on his trousers and shoes. A pile of random assortment of clothes were at his feet, ready to be tried on.

"Looking good there, Spaceman," Wanda remarked, leaning against a locker as she looked him up and down. The Doctor turned, blinking in surprise as he just realized she was there. But his surprise quickly vanished, replaced by a coy smile.

"Like what you see?" he questioned, giving a little twirl.

Wanda nodded in approval. "Very." She tilted her head in thought. "Though, this isn't the first time I've seen you naked."

"Oh, yes, I know." The Doctor wiggled his brows as he jumped into a new part of trousers, noticing happily that a pair of braces were attached to them.

"No, no, I don't mean your last body. I've seen the new one in the nude on multiple occasions." Shaking her head, she stared up towards the ceiling as she recalled all those highly embarrassing moments. "All to which I still blush about. They were all very awkward situations. You will have the hardest time keeping your clothes on, I swear."

"Well, maybe that's a good thing." The Doctor clapped his hands together, giving an eager grin.

Wanda snorted, shaking her head. "Idiot."

"And I'm your idiot. Now, which one?" He held up two different dress shirts, sort of bouncing them up and down.

Wanda hummed for a bit then pointed towards the sort of cream coloured shirt. "That one."

The Doctor threw the other black shirt over his shoulder and shrugged on the one Wanda had pointed to. Buttoning it up, he swiftly grabbed an assortment of ties from a nearby locker, throwing them around his neck and picking up a pair of black, lace-up boots. As he was putting on his new shoes, he noticed Wanda searching rapidly through many lockers for something.

"Looking for anything in particular?" he asked lightly.

"I thought it would be . . .," she began to say but trailed off in disappointment, even having a pout. But when she opened the last locker in the small, skinny room, she beamed. "Ha! There you are you beauty!" She yanked out a blazer, holding it in the crook of her arms. "Okay, we better go ahead and head to the roof. They should be arriving now."

"Right!" The Doctor bounced up from the locker room bench and together they made their way back out where a frustrated Amy and bewildered Rory were waiting for them. The two tried demanding answers as the Time Lord sped up in their pace and made their way up to the roof.

"So this was a good idea, was it?" Amy asked the moment they stepped up onto the roof. All gazed up to the large Atraxi ship that stared down at them just above the roof. "They were leaving."

"Leaving is good," the Doctor stated.

"But never going back is even better," Wanda added in for him. The Doctor walked up as close as possible to the ship, eyeing it up and down. Rory and Amy, too nervous to get any closer, remained a few steps behind. Wanda stood as close as she could next to the Doctor, trying not to get in the way, but wishing to be there for him.

"Come on, then!" the Doctor shouted at the Atraxi. "The Doctor will see you now." The gigantic eyeball flew out of the crystalline structure and hovered right in front of the Time Lord. It looked back and forth for a moment, then did a quick scan of the Doctor.

"You are not of this world," it concluded.

"No, but I've put a lot of work into it," the Doctor replied, placing on the braces onto his shoulders. He began fiddling with the ties hanging around his neck, wondering which one would be best. "I don't know. What do you think?" He held up the different ties, looking to Wanda for her opinion. With a shake of her head, the Doctor threw the ties over his shoulder, letting Rory catch them.

"Is this world important?" the Atraxi asked the Doctor.

"Important?" the Doctor responded, giving the eyeball a look of utter disbelief and agitation for even questioning the importance of this world. "What's that mean, 'important'? Six billion people live here. Is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a threat to the Atraxi? Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. Is this world a threat?" The eyeball sent out a projection of the Earth in front of the Doctor, then, staying in circular form, began running a series of videos and images, showing them the history of the Earth that the aliens had gathered.

"No," the alien finally concluded.

"Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi?" the Doctor continued to question the alien.

Another series of images and video ran through its projection before it came to another conclusion. "No."

"Okay." The Doctor nodded, beginning to stare the eyeball down as he allowed his anger to show in his disgust of how the aliens had been so willing to destroy an innocent planet. He began placing on a tie, adjusting it just nice and snug around his neck. "One more. Just one. Is this world protected?"

The images of the projection changed, showing them all the many, many enemies that had come here to Earth: the Cybermen, the Daleks, the Sycorax, and so many others. Others who had all tried the same thing as the Atraxi had almost done themselves. All which had failed miserably. And after the Doctor pointed this out to the Atraxi, of all the failures of the others who dare threat this world, the Time Lord held the most confident, most buoyant smile of them all when the images of himself, of his many faces, began to run through the Atraxi projection. Wanda tossed him the tweed blazer, grinning as she saw him shrug it on and gave a quick adjustment of his red bow tie. Bow ties were so cool. Standing tall and stature full of power and might, the Doctor walked right through the Atraxi projection, holding a steady gaze as he stood eye level with the eyeball.

"Hello. I'm the Doctor," he said, grinning with all the confidence of the world. "Basically . . . Run." The eyeball's pupil seemed to widen in fear for a second before it zoomed back up into its crystalline circular spiral and flew off with a large gust of wind, fleeing the planet as fast as it could.

Wanda cheered, jumping up and down as she could not contain her excitement any longer. Oh, this had always been her most favourite moment of Eleven from the show. It was just too perfect watching it in real life. No matter how many years she lived in this universe, there was sometimes she could not get over being able to see her old show coming to life right before her very eyes. Throwing her arms around the Doctor, they both laughed as the Time Lord spun his Time Lady around. Both of them were just too giddy from succeeding in the day. Amy began laughing as well, unable to not let herself be joyful with the two. Rory simply shook his head, feeling glad that the day was finally over and done with.

Both Time Lord jumped away from each other, wincing when each of them felt something very hot. Wanda pulled up her TARDIS necklace, along with all the other sorted collectables that hung around her neck, staring at the key of the ship and seeing how it glowed. The Doctor pulled his own from where it had appeared within the tweed blazer. Grinning brightly, he bounced away and ran away from the roof, ready to head back to the calling TARDIS. Amy and Rory did not notice at first, still gazing up to the sky at where the Atraxi had left. But soon, Amy looked around, shocked in the beginning to see that the Doctor had left them before growing a frustrated expression. She expected Wanda to be gone as well but was surprised to the blonde girl standing right next to her.

"Does he do this all the time?" Amy questioned in a grumble.

"Oh yes, almost always," Wanda replied, giving a small shrug. "But don't worry, that'll just be something else you'll get used to."

"Is—is this going to become a recurring thing?" Rory asked, seeming hesitant for Wanda's answer. He just knew it was not going to be to his liking.

"Yep," Wanda replied, popping the 'p' at the end.

"Great," Rory groaned, shaking his head as he turned and went through the door of the roof, heading back into the hospital. Amy crossed her eyes, staring the Time Lady down in a hard gaze.

"Okay, when are you two coming back next time?" she demanded in question.

Wanda gave a sheepish smile. "Um . . . two years."

"Two years?!"

"Really sorry. But the TARDIS, our ship, it's still on the fritz. The Doctor will have to make a quick trip to the moon to settle it in and it won't be able to make it back any sooner than two years."

Amy threw her hands up into the air in disbelief. "Can't you two ever just pick a decent time?"

"Nope." Wanda gave the girl an apologetic smile, leaning up to give a quick peck Amy's cheek. "I really am sorry about all of this. About the years in between and such. But don't worry, I promise things will get better."

Amy sighed in exasperation. "Fine, whatever. Just promise me not to bring a whole army of aliens with you next time, okay?"

"I make no promises on that one." Giving the girl a wink and a warm hug, Wanda swiftly ran away from the roof and bounced down the stairs back down into the hospital. She passed by Rory, giving him a hug and peck on the cheek as well. "See you around, Pond!"

"It's Williams!" Rory called out to her as she ran down the hall.

"Won't be for much longer!" Wanda replied, sending him a wink as she dashed down the stairs.

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The Doctor had actually waited for Wanda outside of the hospital, and together they 'borrowed' another vehicle that took them back to where the TARDIS was, inside Amy's backyard. Both Time Lords stood outside of the ship, admiring the new exterior appearance Sexy had chosen for herself. Looking new and improved, with an even deeper shade of that unique TARDIS blue; the only thing both the Doctor and Wand could think to remark was 'magnificent.'

"Oh, you're as gorgeous as ever, Sexy," Wanda complimented, running a hand along the wooden frame. She smiled when she heard a pleased hum in response from the TARDIS.

"Okay. What have you got for us this time?" the Doctor said, excited to see what sort of interior that TARDIS had done. The Doctor went to use his key for open up the ship, but Wanda stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.

"Wait, can I do it?" Wanda asked in a hopeful voice, looking at him with big bright emerald eyes that just seemed too adorable to the Doctor to ever resist saying 'no' to. He smiled warmly and nodded, taking a step back.

Wanda walked over to him, taking one of the Doctor's hands as she sucked in a breath, lifting her other hand to give a sharp snap with her fingers. The TARDIS doors swap open as a welcome home to her two Time Lords. Wanda and the Doctor both smiled in bright and keen giddiness, stepping into the ship. A warm glow seemed to radiate from everywhere within the control room. Gone with the grunge and here with the new edgy look of glass flooring around the console, stairs leading around all different directions, and all the controls on the console seemed to gleam and shine. Wanda had seen this TARDIS design over a hundred times and it never seemed to lose its majesty to her eyes. She watched as the Doctor bounced up and sent the TARDIS off, knowing that he was doing so to make adjustments to the new replacement engines of the ship.

"So, now that we've settled that," the Doctor said, turning in a flourish and clapping his hands together with an eager grin. "How do you say we go back and pick up Amy again? I'd say she deserves a holiday. Maybe a nice long one to make up for those whole twelve years." He turned around, beginning to send the TARDIS back where they had come from, then suddenly frowned in thought. "By the way, you could have just told me we would have been twelve years late. A warning would have been nice."

"I wanted to tell you before we left little Amelia there that night, but the possibilities showed that you would have tried changing time and that wouldn't have been good," Wanda explained, hopping up to the console to stand beside him. "We were meant to be late then just like we're meant to be now."

"Late? What do you mean, late?" he questioned, turning to grab at the new scanner of the TARDIS console and furrowing his brows in confusion as he knew he was sending them right back to the same date and year. But he noticed on the screen how the time kept jumping around, not seeming to be able to focus on the specific time he wanted to go. He gave the scanner a sharp smack as if trying to get it to work and stay on course.

"We're going to arrive two years later no matter what you do, sweetie," Wanda told him calmly.

"What? No! I don't want to that to Amy again!" he exclaimed in disbelief.

Wanda gave a shrug, grabbing the scanner and giving it a look over as well. "Sorry, but it's already done." She pushed the screen away, turning around to lean against the console as she stared at the doors. "Besides, it is meant to happen. A fixed point in time. Nothing we can do since it's meant to be a part of Amy and Rory's timeline." In the corner of her eye, she noticed how the Doctor winced when she mentioned 'fix point in time.' She wondered why he had this reaction, but thought that perhaps it was because of what had occurred on Mars recently for him.

The Time Lord shook his head, trying to clear his mind of those haunting words and pouted instead on knowing how disappointed Amy must be with him. Wanda, knowing what he was thinking, began to rub soothing circles on his back.

"Hey, don't you start blaming yourself now. It's not something you could have helped," she spoke gently. "And don't worry, I already warned Amy ahead of time, so she knows that we were going to be late."

"Oh? Well, as long as she knows about it," the Doctor responded, letting a smile back on his face as he did not feel so bad now. A sudden thought leaped into his mind, making him slowly gain a sly smirk. Stopping the TARDIS from returning to Earth just yet, he turned to Wanda. "So, since we're going to be late anyway, we might as well enjoy ourselves."

"What do you mean?" Wanda asked, furrowing her brows as she became confused on why the Doctor would suddenly stop the TARDIS and give her such a hungry stare.

"Well, new TARDIS." He waved a hand around to the room. "New outfit." He gave a quick adjustment to his bow tie. "New face." He tapped his cheeks lightly. The smirk on his face grew even wider. Wanda gasped as he swiftly pulled her flush up against him, lowering his voice to sound husky. "Would you like to find out what else is new?" He winked suggestively, chuckling in the back of his throat as Wanda scoff and hit him lightly on the arm.

"Perv!" she exclaimed, laughing slightly. "You are such a perv in this new body."

"Only for you." The Doctor leaned forward, giving her a searing kiss. Blinking in shock when Wanda suddenly pushed him away, he felt panic for a moment as he realized he forgot to ask her if they had gone swimming yet. He had assumed that, by the way she had been acting, they had already done so. That, and her clothes from the 60s era also suggested his thoughts had been correct. However, had he been wrong in assuming? But his worriment vanished the instant he saw the coy expression and the way her emerald eyes darkened with desired anticipation.

"Race you," she purred into his ear. He blinked, unsure of what she meant by this, but stumbled back when she suddenly ran away from his arms. She bounced as ways down the corridor, turning to give him an eager grin before spinning around and running away. Realizing what she was doing, the Doctor smiled cheekily before adjusting his bow tie one last time and taking off after her.

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Welp, that's the end of that. I hope everyone enjoyed the conclusion to Amy and Rory's 'first' meeting of the Doctor and Wanda. :) Please let me know any thoughts, ideas, criticisms, or advice in a review. Every bit helps me become a better and better writer, making the best story for everyone's enjoyment and happiness. 3 :D

Reviewers:

bored411: Glad you liked the chapter. :) It is nice that Amy and Wanda got on steady feet at first. Maybe warning Amy in advanced helped? Just hope things continue to be good. ;) Hope you enjoyed the new chapter and to see you again real soon! :D

XxXxSleepingAngelxXxX: Yay! I'm so happy that the chapter was a great read for you! :D I'm super excited to see what you thought of the new chapter. ;) I really hope your day/night is filled with joy. Please take care!

Guest(a): Thank you so much! I'm just so overjoyed to hear that you enjoyed it. :) Don't worry, River will be coming up rather soon. ;)

alwaystherereading: XD I'm so happy to be back and to be here with you again! Don't worry, I have the worst memory and a re-read is always helps boost the brain. ;) I'm really glad you liked that part. I just think Amy getting a heads up would have helped her so much more, and I think it did as we've seen in the other chapters. :) I really hope that you enjoyed Rory's moment in this chapter. He's always been my favorite companion, so seeing him and Wanda hang is always a blast. :D Thank you so much 3 It's a joy being back and to see you and all other readers once again. :) Oh, I will always love writing and working with this story. Don't you worry. ;) Hope to see you again soon! Until next time!

heroherodaletotherescue: Woo! I'm just so overjoyed that you liked it so much! :D See you again next time! Take care!

All The Stories Are True 24601: No, sadly never. The stores located here where I live barely have anything from other countries. Mostly, they sell foods from Asia. Small towns equals less unique things I suppose. But I do know that there are some stores in bigger cities that sell foods from all over, so maybe I'll give it a try and let you know. ;) Happy to hear that you enjoyed the chapter. :) Also, I love that word. Wandafully XD Until next time!

Ronin Kenshin: Yay! It's my favorite episode, too! :D

CJ/OddBall: So happy to see you again as well! :) Oh, don't worry, I always see every lovely review any readers gives the story. And I love every single one of them. ;) Sorry to say, though I absolutely love the idea of doing a oneshot story of this, it just wouldn't work out. With the Time Lord bond of theirs, Wanda would, unfortunately, know instantly that Twelve was the Doctor. So, the unfortunate thing about being a Time Lord is no hiding amongst each other. At least, not without using some sort of block like the Master did as Saxon. There are other reasons why Wanda may never meet Twelve, but those are spoilers for now. Sorry. :( I wish I could make a tribute to Twelve such as that. Perhaps I'll think of something later. Something special just for you. ;) Hope to see you again in the future! Thank you so much for your wonderful ideas and for leaving such a lovely review. I loved hearing from you again. 3

ajwehri: Woo! So excited that you enjoyed the last chapter so much! As well as Amy and Wanda's interactions. :D Hope you enjoyed this chapter with Rory! I know I did. ;) Until next time!

Jesuslovesmarina: Oh, yes, it certainly was a big change for Amy. lol ;) But most certainly a good change, I think. :) Yep! Wanda forgot about it, too. lol :D So happy that you liked the chapter! Wanda and her spoilers, ah, it's just magical. Especially when she and River are together. lol ;) It's just so fun dropping hints. And I know after the story is all done and complete, you'll definitely see many hints that have been dropped in the past for Wanda and her own future. That is, if you wish to re-read the past stories. I can always tell you all the hints if you did not wish to re-read after the story is done. :) Hope you're having a beautiful day. Take care!

FREYA ASTRID NOVA: Yay! It's so great that you enjoyed the last chapter so much! :D Yeah, lol, Third Wanda has a bad habit of doing that. ;) Truthfully, I've always seen Eleven as the space version of the mad hatter. So Third Wanda is the space woman hatter, I suppose? haha But yes, Third Wanda is indeed very loopy. And you'll definitely see more of it. ;) I'm very glad the chapter came out well. I was worried many might not like it. But I'm happy to see that you enjoyed it so much. :) Hope you liked the new chapter just as much. Until next time!

Momochan77: She makes me smile, too. :) So glad you liked the interactions from last chapter. I really, really hope you liked this one just as much. :D

Rhiannon: Hey! I'm happy to be back, too! Especially to see all you lovely readers once more. :D I'm doing great! I hope you are as well! 3 That's great! Oh yes, timelines definitely help. I actually created the timeline for Wanda way before I even started writing. I mapped and planned everything out for our dear Wanderer, so that everything falls together perfectly for her and the story. Well, at least, I hope it's perfect in the end. Or at least, enjoyable. I know nothing is perfect, but for at least a good story all together is all I can hope for. :) How's your timeline for her go? I'd love to see it. :D Hope you're having a wonderful day. Take care!

QuirkyKim: Sadly, not in this story, no. :( But perhaps in the next? We'll just have to wait and see. ;)

X-Lisa-Anne-X: Hello, and welcome to the story! So glad to have you here. :) I saw your other reviews on the other parts of the story. Thank you so much for them. 3 I'm just so happy that you've enjoyed the story so far. I hope the enjoyment continues through the rest of the story. :)

Thank you all once again for all the reviews. Custard creams, jammie dodgers, and other biscuits for everyone! Also, don't forget your bananas. Always bring you bananas to a party. ;)

~Tinker~