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Mlle. Phoenix Fox
"Whoa!" Jack cried as he was suddenly knocked off his feet. This was not a bumpy little ride like Fargo's game. This shook like an earthquake.
"Here we go again!" Rory cried.
"Hang on!" Amy told Jack.
"To what?! Gah!" Jack asked before getting knocked to the ground again.
"Okay we're about to land at GD. And if I'm right, the TARDIS landing will unfreeze everyone at GD." Eleven said.
"IF you're right?!" Jack cried before falling again.
"And...molte bene!" Ten cried flipping a final switch. With a final thump and metallic groan, the TARDIS landed.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" Eleven asked cheerfully.
"Ugh..."Jack groaned from the floor.
There was a frantic knock on the door and Amy crossed over to answer it. There was Allison, worrying her hands.
"Jack!" she cried seeing him on the floor.
"Ally!" Jack said getting up to embrace her. Henry came inside the TARDIS with the others following.
"I guess it worked." Jo said.
"Where's Idris?" Henry asked.
"Gone. Back in the TARDIS." Ten said solemnly as Rose squeezed his hand.
"I'm sorry Doctors." Trent said.
"Well at least now we know who created the Doctors and the companions and why." Jack said.
"We do?" Henry asked.
"Isn't that right? Sexy?" Jack asked, tucking his hands inside his pockets. The TARDIS groaned and hummed in response.
"Oh! Oh! I'm thick! Thickity thick thick! Head all full of fluff!" Ten exclaimed, tugging at his hair as he got it.
"Oh! I'm getting it too!" Eleven cried hopping up and down.
"What are we getting?" Zane asked in confusion.
"Peacekeeper! As in keeper of the peace! As in local law enforcement! As in Sheriff! As in Sheriff Jack Carter!" Ten explained.
"And there was only one person we met with a motive who had trouble with names." Jack nodded.
"Only when the Peacekeeper discovered the truth could I be set free." Idris' voice spoke up. The Doctors looked behind them to see Idris, only now she was a glowing interface.
"Idris, you created us." the Eleventh Doctor said.
"Yes. As the Eye of Harmony I heard the people of Eureka thinking about how they wished you were all real. How sad they were when the Tenth Doctor regenerated and how sad they were were going to be when the Eleventh Doctor regenerated. How sad they were when the Eleventh Doctor lost the Ponds. When the Tenth Doctor lost Rose. I saw how sad they were going to be for Clara when she lost her Doctor when he regenerated.
I had to do something. Then I accessed their memories of their inventions and realized I could make the TARDIS real. I could make the companions real. I could make the Doctors real. I could give them the happy endings they deserved." Idris explained.
"Because you loved them. The need to confess. A cop's best friend." Jack said.
"Oh that is such an epic timey wimey wibbly wobbly explanation!" Fargo gushed.
"So this whole time, the TARDIS created itself?" Allison asked.
"There are mysteries and wonders in this universe beyond our understanding. Makes sense to me." Henry said.
"Wouldn't it have been easier if you hadn't been a person but a TARDIS first?" Jo asked.
"But then we never would have figured out what the Consortium was up to." Idris said.
"And we would have never talked." Ten said.
"And there's something I want to say to you." Idris said.
"Goodbye." Ten said sadly.
"No. Not goodbye." Eleven spoke up, tears flowing.
"Hullo. Hullo Doctor. It's so very nice to meet you." Idris said choking up a little.
"I don't want you to go." Ten said softly.
"You always say that." Idris smiled.
"We always mean it." Eleven said.
"And I'll always love you both. Now go. Do what you do best." Idris told them.
"Save the world?" Eleven asked.
"Be a Doctor." Idris smiled. She looked to the companions and said,
"Clara. Rose. Amy. Rory. Take care of them."
"We will." Rose nodded as Rory wrapped an arm around Amy to comfort her.
"We promise." Clara added.
"Peacekeeper. Thank you." Idris said to Jack.
"You're welcome." he nodded reverently before Idris blew a kiss to her Theives and then faded away. Everyone was silent a minute or two. The companions went over to embrace their Doctors. Even Jo was crying stubborn tears and Zane rubbed her shoulder.
"Well that was the saddest thing I've ever seen." Jack said.
"You should have seen the episode." Fargo said.
"Shut up Fargo." Ten sighed.
The solemn mood was broken when the ground beneath them shook.
"What the hell?" Zane said as Trent checked outside the TARDIS.
"Henry!" he called. The others gathered to look out at the open bay door of the garage. The sky was pitch black with dangerous streaks of lightning flashing against the sky.
"The autron levels are getting to a critical level." Henry said.
"We have to evacuate to the bunkers." Allison said.
"No where is safe. Unless we stop this." Ten said.
"How?" Rory asked.
"The...the temporal particles. Like what Idris did with Zoe. She reversed it." Jack said.
"And so did we went we traveled back to GD in the TARDIS." Eleven said in thought.
"If we fly the TARDIS up to the top of the EM shield and then take off to the time vortex, it should reverse the effects and stabilize the autron levels." Ten said.
"Bit of an ask." Clara said.
"Yeah not to be a nudge but when you had to fly the TARDIS to save Donna in 'The Runaway Bride', the TARDIS didn't like it very well." Fargo pointed out.
"Well there was only one pilot. Couldn't stabilize her." Ten said.
"Now there's two." Eleven grinned at his fellow Doctor.
"Six." Rose realized.
"What?" Jo asked.
Rose counted the Doctors and her fellow companions before pointing to herself,
"One, two, three, four, five, six! That's how many it takes to stabilize the TARDIS, yeah?"
"Bit MORE of an ask!" Clara said with panic.
"Clara I've taught you how to fly her." Eleven said.
"You never taught me and Rory how to fly the TARDIS." Amy hissed, punching Eleven in the shoulder.
"And me and Mickey and Martha and Jack and Sarah Jane helped you and Donna fly her when we were escaping the Daleks, remember?" Rose asked Ten.
"That was only one time!" Ten protested.
"And I was trying to get Clara and the TARDIS to get along. That's why I was trying to teach her." Eleven said to Amy while rubbing his shoulder.
"And I was never any good at it!" Clara hissed.
"Well you're going to have to be. Rose is right. We have to fly her steady if we're going to make it." Ten said looking up.
"We'll still need an extra pulse of energy to stabilize the autron energy. Like a pulse from a sonic screwdriver." Eleven said.
"Who's going to hold the sonic screwdriver while you fly the TARDIS?" Trent asked.
"The only person in Eureka who has traveled in time more than anyone." Eleven smiled before clapping Jack on the back.
Jack frowned,
"Aw...crap..."
"Okay Rose you're on this side. Hold these controls here and here. Amy, hold these." The Tenth Doctor told the girls positioning them before the console.
"Rory you're here. Clara you're here." the Eleventh Doctor said guiding them in place.
"Mmm..." Clara groaned in worry. Eleven kissed the top of her head.
"You'll be fine." he said rubbing her shoulder. She gave him a small smile up at him.
"Now we've only got one shot at this. And when the pulse goes off everything will freeze for a moment before returning to normal." Ten told them.
"We're ready." Rose said squeezing his hand a moment. He smiled at her.
Eleven went over to Jack and gave him his sonic screwdriver.
"Just hold the button. Point. And think." Eleven told him.
"Think of what?" Jack asked with worry.
"Of home. The slow path. Your kids. Your wife. Your friends. All of your adventures here in the smartest small town in the world with all those great big secrets." Eleven said.
"Right. Home." Jack nodded. The Eleventh Doctor nodded then went to the console. He and the Tenth Doctor both grabbed the lever for the time rotor.
"Long way since Gallifrey." Eleven said.
"If Susan could see us now..." Ten shook his head.
"Susan who?" Jack asked. They only replied by flipping switches. Jack got knocked off his feet. But with the companions helping the Doctors, the ship soon stabilized.
"Jack you better get to the door while you can. The higher up we go the harder it'll be to control." Ten told him. Jack nodded as he headed for the doors.
He opened the doors and cried, hanging on for dear life,
"AGH HA HA!"
They were really high up. The town was getting smaller and smaller below.
"Doctor! We have to go higher!" Jack cried in a high pitch voice.
"Hold on!" Eleven said as he and the Tenth Doctor reached over to work the various controls over their companions.
Down in the bunkers, Zoe huddled next to Holly and Vincent as they heard the thunder over their heads. The citizens of Eureka were lined up against the walls, holding their loved ones close. It was eerily silent as they waited. Waited to live. Waited to die. Waited for a miracle.
"Don't worry. My Dad will fix this." Zoe said.
"I hope so." Holly said giving a hopeful smile.
"I know he will." Zoe nodded with confidence.
At GD, Allison led the way up to the roof where she watched the TARDIS become a small speck of blue against a black sky.
"Allison! We have to get inside where it's safe!" Trent argued.
"You go. I'm staying right here until Jack's done." Allison said with resolve. Jo took her hand.
"So am I." she said.
"I hope this works." Henry sighed.
"Can I go back inside?" Fargo asked timidly.
"Shut up Fargo!" they chorused.
Up in the TARDIS, Rose cried out with a wince as she struggled to hold on. The TARDIS was sparking and shaking violently. If Jack thought the ride in the TARDIS was bad before, this time it was a roller-coaster. A roller-coaster on fire.
"Hold on! Hold on!" Ten cried.
"DOCTOR!" Amy yelled.
"Whoa!" Jack cried, losing his grip on the door and sliding back. He struggled to get up.
"Jack get to the door!" Rory yelled. Jack grunted as he pulled himself to his feet. He fought against a forty five degree angle as he tried to get to the door.
"That's it! She won't go any further!" Eleven yelled.
"You have to do it now Jack!" Ten cried.
Jack thought of the last seven years. Multiple timelines. All his cases. All those wondrous inventions that nearly killed him. His friends. His family. The love of his life. All of the times they kissed. Jack extended his hand holding the sonic out the doors of the TARDIS.
"GAH!" Jack cried pushing the button of the sonic just as Ten and Eleven pulled the lever to the time rotor. A great pulse covered the town.
Time froze. It was strange for the Doctors. Ever aware of time. The girls hair was hovering over their heads like a halo. Rory's mouth was dropped open. The Tenth Doctor had his teeth grit in determination. The Eleventh Doctor was mouthing the word 'Geronimo'. Very, very slowly.
Then, time speed up. A pulse of light covered the town again. The TARDIS disappeared in the sky with a vworp, vworp, vworp.
Allison gasped as time went back to normal.
"They did it!" Fargo cried happily.
Down in the bunkers, Taggart raced for the doors and looked outside. He smiled seeing the blue skies and sunshine again.
"They did it!" he told the crowd who cheered.
"Alright Dad!" Zoe cried pumping a fist in the air before giving Vincent and Grace a grateful hug to be alive. Grace found her cell phone was working again and she called Henry.
On the rooftop, Henry told Grace,
"That's great Honey! I love you too!"
He hung up and told the others,
"Grace says everyone is fine. They did it!"
But looking over at Allison, he saw that she was still. But she wasn't frozen in space time. She was watching the sky where the TARDIS had disappeared.
"Come on Jack. Come on." Allison prayed.
In the Time Vortex, Rose gasped as she he looked up at the Tenth Doctor who swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. The Eleventh Doctor pried Clara's fingers from the stabilizers and gave them a happy kiss.
"Did we do it?" Rory asked stunned.
"We did it!" the Eleventh Doctor giggled.
"We did it!" Ten said as they all embraced in a group hug.
"Jack we did it!" Amy said. But when they looked to the doors, they saw they were still open. And Jack was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh my gawd! Jack!" Rose cried as Eleven and Ten rushed for the doors. They saw nothing but the Untempered Schism and bright lights of the time vortex.
They held onto the frame as Ten called out,
"JACK!"
For a minute, no one answered. Then they heard,
"DOCTORS!"
They looked at each other. Then they looked below the TARDIS. Jack was hanging onto the bottom of the time-ship for dear life.
"GET ME DOWN! GET ME DOWN!" Jack cried in panic, his eyes wide.
"She must have extended the air shield to project him!" Eleven deduced with a grin, his floppy hair flapping from the wind.
"GET ME DOWN! YAH-HAH-HA!" Jack yelled.
They pulled Jack inside and then dashed to the console. Allison's face lit up as the TARDIS materialized on the roof of GD before them. And when the doors opened and Jack stumbled out in a daze, Allison happily rushed into his arms.
"Jack!" she laughed in relief.
"Jack you did it!" Henry declared shaking his friend's hand.
"Good going Sport!" Trent congratulated.
"Good job Carter." Jo said.
"Well of course he did it. Sheriff Jack Carter. Hero of Earth." Ten beamed as he and Eleven and the companions stepped out of the TARDIS.
"Not bad for a human." Eleven said clapping Jack on the back. Jack crumbled to the ground in a faint.
"Jack? Jack? Honey?" Allison said as they hovered over him in concern.
"Come on Jack. Brave heart." Ten said as they pulled Jack to his feet.
"So what about the Consortium?" Zane asked.
"We have to stop them before Beverly and Warren King get away." Jack nodded catching his breath.
"Warren King?" Allison asked.
"He's behind the whole thing." Jack told her.
"But do we know where they are?" Henry asked.
"Jack who is responsible for arresting the Consortium?" Eleven asked in thought.
"General Mansfield and the DOD." Trent replied instead.
"Come on." Ten said reading his fellow Doctor's thoughts. He led them back inside, Jack and Allison following, holding hands.
"You have a plan Doctor?" Rose asked as Ten and Eleven flew around the controls.
"Oh do we ever!" Ten grinned. Allison gasped as the TARDIS took off in flight. Jack steadied her.
"It takes a bit to get used to." Jack told her. He smiled at the delighted look of joy on her face.
"We're in the TARDIS...with the Doctors!" she gushed.
"You're such a nerd..." Jack teased her.
"Shut up." she laughed.
Twenty four hours ago, General Mansfield cursed under his breath as he hung up with Trent Rockwell. Those Eureka lunatics would be the death of him yet. As he was about to take another TUMS, he paused hearing an odd noise. A sort of metallic grinding that went vworp, vworp, vworp! He stood up in confusion at the odd sight of a blue British police box materializing out of thin air before his desk.
"What the hell?" he asked himself. He watched as the doors opened and a group of people stepped out. Including...
"Carter! Dr. Blake! What the hell is this?" Mansfield demanded.
"General, we're from twenty four hours in the future." Allison spoke up.
"Time travel is illegal." the General said sternly.
"Oh don't worry about that bit. The Consortium is at this address. At zero fourteen hundred hours and twelve minutes, tomorrow you have your army blokes drive to a warehouse at this location and you'll find the basis of operation for Beverly Barlowe, Warren King and the Consortium." the Eleventh Doctor said handing him a slip of paper.
"Warren King?" Mansfield asked.
"He's the head of the Consortium sir." Jack said.
"Why can't we go arrest them before hand?" Mansfield asked.
"Because the EM shield is currently malfunctioning. It's safer if you keep people from Eureka's border until then. Don't worry we've just fixed it in the future." Ten said.
"What?" Mansfield asked.
"Just do it! Be there and don't let anyone in Eureka know we talked. You won't be able to get through soon enough anyway." Ten told him.
"And just who the hell do you think you are?" Mansfield barked.
"I'm the Doctor." Ten and Eleven said at once. Then they turned back inside the TARDIS with their companions.
"No Brigader Lethbridge-Stewart." Eleven muttered to Ten.
"But then who is?" Ten replied.
"Carter." Mansfield stopped him. Jack paused and he continued,
"This isn't over."
Jack stepped back inside the TARDIS and shut the door.
Twenty four hours and eighteen minutes later, the scientists at the Consortium were furiously packing up their equipment. Just by the light of their backup generators.
"Be careful with that microscope!" King yelled.
"Maybe we should just cut our losses." Beverly sighed.
"Mark my words. The Doctors will pay for this." King promised. Right before General Mansfield and his men stormed the warehouse.
"Everybody freeze!"
"When? In five to ten years?" Beverly asked dryly as she raised her hands in surrender and King fumed.