"HALO, WATCH YOUR BACK!" She ran behind a half blown up wall, clutching her gun tightly to her chest, before a young man, Johnson, who was about 450, 24 human years, came running next to her, ducking by the wall. "Are you mad, you'll get yourself killed!"

"This is Gallifrey, we don't get killed remember?"

"You know as well as I your the best soldier we've got." He said out of breath, peering round the corner.

"Oh there's better than me."

"That's only if the prophecy is true." He said, looking back at her.

"Your not meant to know about the prophecy!"

"Neither are you." He said sternly. "I won't lie but I don't think we have much hope, if he does it, The Doctor, he better hurry up."

"The war, it'll be time locked, you know that?"

"And creation will be saved. And The Daleks will be sent to hell forever, and they'll take us with it. But it's just a story, we'll find a way out of this, don't you worry, were not gonna die." He grinned nervously at her as she just stared back.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

"We'll get out of this, I promise." He said, grabbing her arm and dragging her as they ran across the battle field, into the battle station. They rushed inside, clocking in and towards the desks, talking to fellow soldiers.

"Polymos is down, destroyed." Mai said, running in.

"How?" Someone shouted across, as they fiddled with computers at the same time, directing battle fleets and ships across the universe. "Arcadia station alpha, online. Polymos isn't even fighting, not relatively in the field, so how the hell did that happen?"

"We had Daleks from the 44th battle fleet after us when we went to start our plans, so they must have found out about us using the Nestene Conciousness and infiltrated." She said, walking round to the main empty desk, and leaning over, typing away and bringing something up on the screen, everyone watching as the ground shook from the battle outside. "We could try this?"

"22nd century..." Captain Ada muttered from behind. "Earth, for christ sake Halo what is your obsession with the humans?" Mai cursed under her breath, biting her lip as she finished typing, turning round to them. "Dopplegangers?" She rose her eyebrows at her. "Gangers are your idea? Halo, they made a massive protest about it being cruel, how could you force them to be that, have you got disitergrated being one of them?"

"I did as a matter of fact!" She snapped back.

"Oh really now?" Captain Ada said sarcastically.

"I shouldn't even be here!" Mai shouted.

"Don't you think I know that?" Captain Ada shouted back. "I've done my reasearch, your wern't born here, you've only just appeared the last month or so. So who are you really Halo?" She asked, everyone turning silent, listening in anticipation.

"My name is Mai Halo, well was, it's a long story. I'm time lord, that's all you need to know." She blabbed on, sounding much like The Doctor.

"News coming through!" Someone at a station interupted her, the whole room still shaking ferociously. "The Doctor's hacked into the main frame, oh my god, he's time locking us!"

"And that's my cue to go!" Mai said quickly, grabbing her gun and screwdriver, running out into the battle field.

"Wait, STOP HER!" Captain Ada shouted. "And get all troops to The Doctor, tell Rasillion. We are not dying now!"

Mai ran across the battlefield, dodging bodies on the floor, and hiding round corners as Daleks fled past, making her way towards a broken glass dome, heading towards the doors of the high council of the timelords, where the latest meeting was being held, the strategy against the prophecy from The Doctor. But that isn't who she was looking for. There was a woman, somewhere, she could just help her.

...

"You understand why we have to take her?" River whispered, cradling SJ close to her chest.

"Of course." Sarah-Jane said, mentally slapping herself. She knew that The Doctor needed protecting, even if he wasn't here, whoever was after him would come to Earth, and the planet still needed protecting. "Look after her Luke." She glanced at him, as he put his bags in The TARDIS. He had rushed down from uni, refusing to let The Doctor and River take his baby away.

"Bye Mum." He whispered, giving her one last hug and taking Sky's hand before they all walked into The TARDIS and materialized off. She didn't want Sky getting hurt but they could use her, incase they needed Jenny, the perfect soldier.

"Right, were ready." Rani said down a walkie talkie she grabbed from behind her back. "Go, go, go!" She called down it as they ran downstairs, heading back out the door as UNIT and Torchwood re appeared on the drive.

"Come on then Cornel Mace." Sarah-Jane said as he climbed out of the long truck outside the house. "What the hell is going on?" She asked as Jack, Gwen, Martha and Mickey walked back towards her, Clyde and Rani.

"Were getting the signal from here." He said, pointing at a screen as they walked into the truck.

"But that's-" Martha began.

"No it can't be..." Jack whispered.

"What's there?" Clyde asked.

"Well, that's where Gallifrey was..." Sarah-Jane said.

...

"Why are you giving up so quickly?" Luke asked quietly as they leaned against The TARDIS. "You never give up, Mum taught me that."

"I am so old now." The Doctor said, as they watched River and Sky talk to Jenny with SJ. "I don't have the drive to fight anymore."

"Would you if she was here?"

"Yeah." He whispered, patting a hand on his shoulder and walking into The TARDIS again. Luke walked forward as River smiled weakly, hugging them a goodbye each as Jenny held SJ.

"If you need us, we'll be there, don't worry." River whispered, walking into The TARDIS and dematerialized.

"Do we have to be here?" Sky asked Luke as Jenny walked in, as they both eyed up their new home.

"I'm not stupid Sky, there's only one reason Mum would send you with me too." He said sternly, looking at her. "Something's after The Doctor, River and SJ, because they are time lords, and now they are being defended, I'm not stupid, I saw UNIT's truck at the end of the street when I drove back home."

"There was some broadcast sent to them, telling them to protect The Doctor, but I don't understand cause he's not on Earth?" Sky said.

"Yeah but that's the first place they'd go for him, whoever they are." He sighed. "Were busting out of here, tonight."

"Where will we go?"

"I don't know, anywhere."

"Luke, were on another planet?"

"I've got this." Luke said, digging into his bag and taking out River's vortex minipulator.

"Where did you get that?"

"When Mai dissolved, it fell of her wrist, I picked it up before anyone noticed. So, tonight, were getting out of here."

...

Mai pushed the half broken door open and slid inside. The room was full of bookcases fallen over, burn marks in the carpet, and generally looking like a bomb had hit it. She stared at the woman in a white suit and skirt behind the desk, with her eyes closed swaying her hands in circles, like she was dividing things. Around her hands were gold balls of light, circling her hands. She walked slowly towards the desk and sat down.

"They got the messages."

"Good." Mai sighed.

"Come on, practice." She said. Mai picked up her hands, and started mimicking her actions, as more golden balls appeared. "They got the messages."

"Good." Mai said. "Do you think he'll be able to do it?"

"If he can get here before he time locks the war without causing a paradox, then he should."

"I shouldn't even be here." Mai sighed. "We need a bit of privacy." She said, making one of the balls shoot forward and dissapear, hearing slumps to the ground along the hallway. The woman stoppend and put her hands down, and half of the golden balls dissapeared, as she watched Mai.

"You know Rasillion isn't going to protect them?"

"Knew from day one, if I want them protected, he's gonna think their obviously worth something."

"Can you see anything yet?" She whispered.

"Their running away. Sky and Luke with SJ, and Mum and Dad. Rasillion must have sent something after them. Where the heck is Romana when you need her?"

"Stick to what's important Mai."

"Nanna, she's my child and they are my parents, of course it's important!" She sighed. "I can't see the De-mat gun." She groaned. The whole room shook as she nearly fell of her chair but kept her balance, and kept the balls of light going as she heard crashes from outside.

"What is it Mai?"

"Arcadia has fallen, he's on his way back!" She snapped her eyes open.

...

"River why the hell didn't you show me this sooner!" The Doctor asked, clutching the letter in his hand and a picture of all the other messages sent as he ran round the console, dropping them on the floor as he typed away in panic.

"What is it?"

"Something is calling us!"

"What's calling us?" She asked as she looked over his shoulder to the screen.

"Our home."

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