CHAPTER 4
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GOING BACKWARDS IN TIME
"Leave me. Save yourself before it starts to affect you or the baby," the Doctor said to Rose in concern as he started looking more and more like his first incarnation had at the end.
"Not a chance, Doctor. After everything that I've gone through to get back to you, I'm not about to leave you for dead now. No way," Rose said firmly.
Rose dragged him down the corridor as he did his best to help her. She finally managed to get him to an airlock after several minutes of going through corridors.
"Hold your breath, Doctor, and hold onto me," Rose said as she wrapped one arm around him and used the other to open the door.
They were both sucked out into space and floated away from the station. Time Lords could survive exposure to space for a short time without dying as long as they had an air supply, and Rose was taking full advantage of this fact. She waited until they were out of range of the effects of the Time Destructor, and then smiled at the Doctor as she summoned the power of the Bad Wolf.
They were both surrounded in a force field of Vortex energy as Rose created an oxygen supply for the Doctor to breathe. She didn't need to breathe anymore since she had become the Bad Wolf, but it still felt good to do so. Not breathing made her feel uneasy as if she were going too far away from the humanity that she treasured.
The Doctor slowly returned to his normal age as he said, "You really are the most amazing person that I've ever known, Rose Tyler."
"That's funny. That's what I always think about you," Rose said as she gave him a short peck on the lips.
The Doctor looked out into space in wonder as he saw it through Rose's force field. This was definitely the most unique way that he had ever traveled before in his life, and that was saying something.
"It's the only way to see space, isn't it?" Rose said with a grin.
"Can you take us back to the TARDIS now? We have to come up with a plan to stop the Wheel before the Daleks can use it on Skaro. Also I imagine Clara's worried sick about us right now," the Doctor said.
"She'll probably slap you when she sees you next time. I know I wanted to when you sent me back home. That is where you sent her, isn't it?" Rose asked.
"Actually, I sent her to Skaro. Oswin needs to be told about this as soon as possible," the Doctor said.
"You were still thinking about saving her and the others even at the last minute," Rose said with pride.
"I never thought that I'd be trying to save some Daleks," the Doctor said.
"I'm not sure if I have enough power to teleport us to Skaro or not yet. The Vortex shielding was weakening me because it was cutting me off from the Vortex. If I had stayed in there much longer, I would have started aging too. I think we're just going to have to settle for floating through space for a little while," Rose admitted.
"For how long?" the Doctor asked.
"I don't know. Probably about fifteen minutes or so. My power is already building back up," Rose said.
"That long, huh?" the Doctor asked impatiently.
"You can wait a little while, Doctor. They'll all be safe with Oswin anyway. There's no need to worry," Rose said.
"I wonder," the Doctor said.
"What do you mean?" Rose asked.
"We're extremely far away from Skaro. How were the Daleks planning on getting the Wheel to Skaro? It couldn't go there by itself. Surely they would have had a plan to get it there quickly when they had it perfected, and they just perfected it," the Doctor said.
As soon as he said that, the Wheel faded out of existence, and both Time Lords felt it as it began to travel through the Vortex. Rose could even determine its destination.
"It's going to Skaro. Did they make it into some kind of time ship?" Rose asked.
"I think that they're using one of their time corridors. They probably reactivated one of the old ones left behind on Skaro and are using it to send the Wheel straight there. We need to get back there quickly. Come on, think! Think!" the Doctor said to himself impatiently.
He stared at Rose intently for a moment, and she smiled as she knew that he was coming up with something brilliant. Something only the Doctor would think of.
"The pencil in the cup," the Doctor said with a huge grin on his face.
"What?" Rose asked in confusion.
"I told you about how I first met Donna, right?" the Doctor asked.
"She just suddenly appeared in the TARDIS right after I was trapped in Pete's World at Canary Wharf. Something about Huon Particles if I remember right," Rose said.
"You listened," the Doctor said impressed.
"I always listen to your stories," Rose said with a grin.
"Donna was being given regular does of Huon Particles in her coffee. That's what caused her to be drawn into the TARDIS. Her Huon Particles were drawn to the Huon Particles in the Heart of the TARDIS," the Doctor said excitedly.
"Oh, was that all it was? Her appearing as soon as I left was just a coincidence, is that what you think?" Rose asked with a huge grin on her face.
The Doctor looked at her with wide eyes as he said, "You sent her to me, didn't you? Later on when you became the White Guardian I mean. You already said once that you were behind several of the things that happened to me after you left me. You didn't just bring Donna to me to fulfill the DoctorDonna prophecy though, did you? You wanted me to have someone to talk to so that I wouldn't be lonely right after losing you."
"What do you think? So you want me to activate any Huon Particles that I might have inside of me and hope that it draws us to the TARDIS, is that it?" Rose asked.
"Yes, if you have them. You did look into the Heart of the TARDIS once so I guessed that you would," the Doctor said hopefully.
"Do I have Huon Particles? You better believe I do," Rose said as she began to glow even brighter now as she activated the particles inside of her.
"I knew it! You looked into the Heart of the TARDIS plus you're a creature of the Vortex. You would have to be filled with Huon Particles," the Doctor said in triumph.
"A creature? Did you just call me a creature?" Rose asked in anger even as she wrapped her arms around him tightly so that he wouldn't be left behind if this idea worked.
"I didn't mean anything by it," the Doctor said as he looked at her nervously.
"I know. I just wanted to see that look on your face," Rose said mischievously as she kissed him tenderly.
"Nowadays, I never know what to expect from you, Rose. I never know whether you're going to kiss me or slap the living daylights out of me," the Doctor admitted.
"Good, that's just the way I want it. It keeps you on your toes, and it always keeps you respectful of me," Rose said.
"I've always respected you," the Doctor protested.
"Yes, you have, but you've also been quite rude in the past. I've noticed that you aren't rude to me lately though," Rose said with a grin.
"You should be glad that you're so wonderful, Rose Tyler, or I wouldn't put up with that kind of treatment from you," the Doctor said as he kissed her with a huge smile on his face.
"I'm sorry if I go too far sometimes. I don't want to make you afraid of me. It's just a game that I play. You know I love you," Rose said as she became serious.
"I know, Rose. I love you too," the Doctor said as he kissed her again.
The two of them were so absorbed in each other that they didn't even notice when they were suddenly back on the TARDIS again. They continued to kiss even as the others in the Console Room stared at them.
The TARDIS had just landed, and Clara had been about to check where they were on the console when the Doctor and Rose suddenly appeared. Clara rolled her eyes as she knew from past experience that those two might kiss for another hour if no one stopped them.
Clara tapped the Doctor on the shoulder, but he didn't respond. So she tapped him again even harder. There was still no response. Finally she hauled back and punched him in the shoulder as hard as she could.
"Oi!" the Doctor shouted in surprise as he looked around him to see that he was now on the TARDIS while he rubbed his shoulder.
Rose giggled at him as the Doctor said, "I thought you had us surrounded in a force field. How did she get in?"
"I saw her and dropped the force field," Rose admitted.
"Thanks a lot for telling me about it," the Doctor said as he pouted.
Clara glared at him as she said in an accusing tone, "You sent me away."
"I wanted you and the others to be safe," the Doctor said.
"You sent me away," Clara said in anger.
"I didn't want anything to happen to you. You're my best friend," the Doctor admitted.
Clara's face remained angry as she walked closer to him then she hugged him tightly and her face softened as she said, "I'm so glad the two of you are okay."
She quickly hugged Rose too as she said, "I know that I shouldn't worry about you. You're the Bad Wolf. I still do though. I feel like it's my job to take care of both of you."
"That's exactly how we feel about you," Rose said as she kissed Clara's forehead.
"I told you that they both love her deeply. She's like a part of their family," Polly whispered to Jamie.
"Who wouldn't love Clara?" Jamie whispered back with a serious look on his face.
Polly shook her head at him and so did Zoe. They both could tell that he was deeply in love with Clara now.
The Doctor quickly went to the console and saw that they had just landed on Skaro, and that the TARDIS was now surrounded by Daleks. That would usually be a cause of concern for him, but he could tell that Oswin's Daleks were more curious than ready for war. Several lifetimes of fighting with Daleks had made him a master at judging their moods.
"Rose, maybe you should go out there first. The Daleks might forget that they're friendly if they see me first," the Doctor suggested.
"Daleks?" Jamie and Zoe both asked with a frightened expression on their faces.
"These Daleks are friendly. They're the ones who work under Oswin," Polly explained.
"Oh, you mean the one who looks like Clara?" Jamie asked intrigued.
"That's the one," Polly said.
"I have to meet her," Jamie said with an eager look on his face.
"Why? Do you want her as a back-up girlfriend in case our Clara turns you down?" Zoe teased him.
"No. I doubt anyone could ever fill Clara's place in my heart not even her," Jamie said.
Clara looked at him in surprise as she overheard this. She knew that she was going to have to talk to him very soon. There was something that she had to tell him before this went on any further.
Rose opened the front doors to the TARDIS even as she said with a sigh, "Scared of a few Daleks. I'm surprised at you."
The Daleks instantly moved back from Rose with a combination of fear and respect. Rose tried to look as non-threatening as possible as she said, "Where's Oswin? Where is your Empress? We came here to warn her about a deadly threat coming to attack you soon."
Oswin suddenly appeared next to her as she said, "You mean the Wheel?"
"Is it already here?" the Doctor asked as he suddenly popped his head out of the TARDIS.
Several Daleks turned their gun sticks toward the Doctor instinctively, and he eyed them nervously as Oswin answered, "We just picked it up. It's trying to come here through an old time corridor. So far we're blocking it from materializing, but the renegade Daleks aren't giving up. It will probably be here any minute now. All of you have got to go now while you still can!"
"She's not what I expected," Jamie said.
"What do you mean?" Clara asked.
"She looks like you and acts like you, but she's not you. I should have known that you're too special for there to ever be two of you," Jamie said as he smiled at her.
Clara took Jamie's hand and started leading him toward her room on the TARDIS for some privacy. She had to tell him something right now. She wasn't going to string him along. She couldn't do that to him.
As soon as they were alone, Clara said, "I care a lot about you, Jamie, but I don't love you. All of that flirting that we were doing doesn't mean what you obviously think it means. I thought that you knew that we were just playing around. I'm so sorry. I don't want to hurt you, but I don't love you. I can't let you continue to think that I do."
"I know that you don't, but I had hoped that maybe someday that you would. Can you honestly tell me that will never happen?" Jamie asked.
Clara hesitated and said, "No. I can't. I don't want to give you false hope though. You deserve better than that."
"As long as there's a chance though, then I won't give up. Not until I'm sure," Jamie said.
Clara looked at him in disbelief as she said, "I think that your chance might be very small."
"I'll still take it. I'm a betting man when it comes to love," Jamie said.
Clara started to become extremely upset, and Jamie immediately noticed it as he said, "Don't you worry about me. I know what I'm doing, and I know that there's a good chance that you'll never feel about me the same way that I feel about you. I've still got to try though. I owe it to myself to. You're worth any potential heartbreak, Clara Oswald."
Jamie hugged Clara tightly as she said, "I'm not worth it, Jamie. Find someone else."
"You let me be the judge of that, won't you?" Jamie said as he kissed her cheek.
Clara walked away from him feeling two inches tall. At least she had been honest with him though.
Meanwhile Oswin was still trying to convince the Doctor and Rose to leave, but the two of them refused to go. "You don't understand. There's a Time Destructor on the Wheel. It will age you all into dust in a matter of minutes," the Doctor warned.
"The Daleks created the Time Destructor, Doctor, and they have a way to counteract it," Oswin said with a grin.
"What exactly?" the Doctor asked curiously.
The Wheel suddenly appeared above Skaro at that exact moment as it finally made it through the time corridor. Oswin began to immediately start aging as she ordered, "Use our Time Destructor device."
Oswin was quickly returned to her normal age as the other Time Destructor went online. Her Daleks' Time Destructor was set on reverse and was now canceling the other one out.
"You can't expect this stalemate to last forever. You of all people should know how smart they are," the Doctor pointed out.
As soon as he said that, the Doctor noticed that Oswin was starting to become younger. He looked around and noticed to his horror that everyone else was too including him. The Daleks had switched their Destructor to reverse too!
"Everyone, get into the TARDIS! She'll protect us from the Destructor's effects!" the Doctor shouted.
Everyone rushed into the TARDIS, and the Doctor quickly shut the door. He could see that even though the TARDIS had stopped the Destructor's effects that in the time that it had taken for everyone to get inside that they had all visibly changed in appearance.
Including himself.
"Welll, it looks like I got us back inside of her just a moment too late," the now Tenth Doctor said as he ran his fingers through a familiar head of hair.
"You think, Doctor?" Rose said as she rolled her eyes at him.
The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver and scanned her and everyone else in the room. He smiled as he said, "At least the effects have stopped, but they don't seem to be reversing anytime soon. You're human again by the way, Rose. Do you still remember who you are?"
"Do I remember that I'm your wife and that I owe you a huge slap? Yes, I do," Rose said with a grin.
"Well, at least some things never change," the Doctor said as he kissed her.
"That's the first time that you ever kissed me with that mouth, and I wasn't Cassandra," Rose said as she eagerly kissed him back.
"That was one reason that I knew that she wasn't you. Her kiss was purely lust. I knew that yours would never be," the Doctor admitted.
Rose smiled at him as she said, "You just talked yourself out of a slap, Mister."
Then she kissed him again and he smiled.
Clara and Jamie reentered the Console Room to find to their surprise that everyone had become younger or changed in some way. Clara recognized the Tenth Doctor from the memories of her other selves, she recognized Oswin from her own mirror from when she was a teenager, Rose looked the same but was somehow different, Zoe looked like she was about thirteen, and Polly . . . Polly actually looked older! She looked like she was in her sixties again.
"What the?!" Clara and Jamie said as they looked at all of this in amazement.
"Hello, Clara, Jamie! I'm the Doctor even if I don't look like the one that you know. What's happened here is that we've all been de-aged a few years. The Time Destructor was reversed, and it made us all just a little bit younger. I can only imagine what it's done to those poor Daleks out there. Now there's a phrase that I never thought that I'd hear myself saying! Oh, and Polly is older because she was originally in her sixties not too long ago until she was made younger again recently. Does that catch everybody up?" the Doctor explained with a huge smile on his face.
"Not really, no," Jamie said as he still looked very confused.
"That's too bad really because I just don't have time to explain right now. You'll just have to learn to catch up or be left behind," the Doctor said as he ran to the monitor.
"You're being rude," Rose reminded him.
The Doctor smiled fondly as he said, "I am, aren't I? I miss the Frenchman. Don't tell him that I ever said that though."
"Right now you are the Frenchman," Rose reminded him.
"Oh, yeah. I won't tell me then," the Doctor said as he started to watch what was going on outside.
Rose rolled her eyes at him as Jamie said, "And I thought that the other Doctor was weird."
"You don't know the half of it," Clara said with a knowing smile on her face. She had seen all of the Doctors after all and knew exactly just how strange that they could get.
"The Daleks outside have all stopped moving. They've probably been reverted to embryos. Assuming that is that they haven't been de-aged out of existence completely. This is bad," the Doctor said as he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration again.
"You're telling me. My Daleks may be all erased from existence, and I'm a teenager again! Please tell me that you can fix this, Doctor!" Oswin complained.
"At least you're not a kid again," Zoe complained.
"At least none of you are old all over again when you finally got used to being young," Polly said.
"Oi! Is everyone going to start complaining because if you are I'm never going to get anything done?" the Doctor said in an angry voice.
"Still rude," Rose said.
"Sorry, everyone," the Doctor said in an apologetic voice.
"I love how she can control him with just a few words," Jamie said to Clara with a smile.
The Doctor started to think really hard until finally he came up with an idea as he shouted, "Molto Bene! That's it! That should work. Rose, do you still have your Vortex powers?"
"No, I'm afraid not. I'm just plain old Rose now. No powers, no Time Lord abilities, just me."
"I'd still rather have no one else by my side. I'd be lost without my pink and yellow human," the Doctor said as he smiled at her.
Rose smiled at him as she said, "So your plan doesn't need the Bad Wolf then?"
"No, she would have made it easier though. It doesn't matter. I can still do this just with the help of my old girl here. Can't I, old girl?" the Doctor said as he lovingly stroked the console.
"I hate it when you do that," Rose said with a shudder.
"What?" the Doctor asked in confusion.
"Stroking bits of the console. It's pretty creepy, Doctor," Clara said.
"Tell me about it. I used to wonder what he would do when I wasn't around watching him," Oswin said.
The Doctor looked at her oddly for a moment until he remembered that she was the original Clara and traveled with him in a now erased timeline remembered only by her, Rose, and a few others. He sometimes wondered if he should take her on a trip sometime to make up for that. He knew that she must miss her old life sometimes.
"He used to do it when I traveled with him too," Polly said.
"Aye, same here. I always thought it strange," Jamie admitted.
Rose laughed at the growing anger on his face as he finally said, "If you don't mind, I'm trying to save the day here."
"Go ahead, Doctor. No one's stopping you," Rose said as she continued to laugh at him.
The Doctor's anger magically disappeared as he saw Rose's smiling face. He could never stay mad when she was around no matter what.
He quickly raced to the console as he worked to carry out his plan. He just hoped that this worked or he was going to wind up stuck as the Frenchman again. Not that that was necessarily a bad thing.
No, no! He had to remain strong. He would be his old new self again. He would not be stuck this way, and he would definitely not like it. No, not at all!
"Clara, keep that switch held down there. Rose, hold that one down. Okay, everyone hold on. We're going right back to the Wheel. Allons-y!" the Doctor said as he dematerialized the TARDIS.
The TARDIS began to shake and shudder violently as soon as it appeared back inside of the Wheel. The Doctor could tell that here at the heart of the Wheel that even his ship was being affected by the Time Destructor and was getting younger. It's a good thing that his ship was already so old so that he didn't have to worry about her fading out of existence. At least not yet anyway.
"I'm going to have to open the doors for this to work. We're all going to start de-aging again as soon as I do but hopefully this will work quickly. Alright then. Ready? Now!" the Doctor said as he opened the TARDIS doors and then opened the Heart of the TARDIS wide open.
It was the Ninth Doctor's Northern accent that now said, "All of you shield your eyes unless you want them burned out of their sockets!"
Rose however walked right up to the Heart with a smile on her face. She began to glow with power again as the Doctor looked at her in wonder. She never ceased to impress him.
"Fantastic!" he whispered to himself as he looked at her.
"So do you think that the Vortex shielding will prevent what you're trying to do?" Rose asked as she used the power of the Vortex to prevent herself from getting any younger even as everyone else around her continued to.
"It shouldn't. Any moment now even the shielding should be melted by the raw power of the Vortex being poured into it non-stop. Even the Bad Wolf can't match the Heart of the TARDIS for pure intensity. It actually links directly to the Vortex itself without any go-between," the now Eighth Doctor explained.
Rose looked around with worry at their now extremely young friends. Only she, Polly, and the Doctor were still adults. Everyone else was a young child or a pre-teen.
"If the Heart doesn't do its job soon, you and I may be the only ones left," Rose said.
"Have patience, Rose. Every good plan has its flaws but all of the best ones eventually work if given enough time no matter how many roadblocks are put into their way. In the end, Time conquers all," the Seventh Doctor said.
"You were really a ham in this incarnation, weren't you?" Rose said with a grin.
She turned back to see that Polly was now beginning to look like her normal self again, but that everyone else were now toddlers or infants. This was getting very, very bad.
"Don't worry, Rose. My great genius hasn't let me down yet," the Sixth Doctor said with a pompous air to him.
"Canary Wharf," Rose reminded him.
"That was due to circumstances beyond my control. You refused to leave, and I never could change your mind about anything once it was made up," the Doctor said.
"That's true," Rose said with a smile.
She turned around again to see that everyone but Polly had now vanished. Polly was almost back to her regular age again, and she looked incredibly sad now.
"Are they gone for good? Am I next?" Polly asked in a combination of fear and sorrow.
"It's going to be alright. I promise. When things are fixed, I'll restore all of you," Rose promised even though she wasn't sure that she could.
She looked back at the Fifth Doctor who said, "Brave heart, Rose. Even the heaviest Vortex shielding can't last much longer."
"Maybe I should help out a little bit," Rose said as she began to glow brighter and brighter and added her power to that of the Heart's.
There was an enormous explosion within minutes, and the Fourth Doctor shouted, "You've done it! Some of the Vortex shielding has been broken through! Now the whole Wheel is starting to break up. Hold on, Rose!"
The Doctor and Rose held hands as the Wheel began to break apart all around them and for the second time that day they were exposed to the vacuum of space. Rose could see that Polly was rapidly approaching the same age that she had been when she traveled with the Doctor.
Rose turned back to see the Third Doctor smiling at her as he said, "It's just like the good old days, isn't it? It's us against the universe just like when we were young."
"I've got news for you, Doctor. You almost are the same age that you were back then. If the Wheel doesn't break up soon, I'm going to be the only one left," Rose said in fear.
"Have a little faith, my dear. When have I ever led you astray?" the Second Doctor asked with a grinning face.
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Rose said with a nervous smile.
"Eh? What was that? No matter. It'll soon be over with now, won't it?" the First Doctor said with a laugh of pure glee.
Polly was now the same age that she had started out as before. Only now this was the first time that she had been young. She smiled at seeing her old Doctor again. At least if she were going to fade out of existence, she would get to see him one more time before doing it.
The Wheel suddenly exploded, and the three of them were blown backwards back into the TARDIS as the doors automatically slammed shut for their protection. The Doctor quickly struggled to reach the console and dematerialized the TARDIS just in time to avoid being caught up in the worst of the explosion. Just as the TARDIS left, the Wheel disintegrated completely; and a new star was momentarily seen in the skies of Skaro. Or at least it would have been if anyone had still been there to see it.
The TARDIS materialized on the surface of Skaro just as time resumed its natural course, and everything was quickly put back to normal. The Doctor was now his regular bow tie wearing self, and Rose was a Time Lady once again as she smiled at her friends all having reappeared once more.
Everything was back to normal.
As Oswin and Clara shared stories with each other about what had happened since they had last met, Jamie smiled. He could see that Oswin was just like Clara's sister from the way the two of them acted around one another.
The two of them then went off alone together as Oswin said that she had something that she wanted to ask Clara in private.
"You always involve me in such interesting adventures, don't you, Doctor? Still it felt good to be human again if only for a little while. I guess I'll postpone that slap for that reason if nothing else. This time," Rose joked.
"You're already admitted that that's just a game, Rose," the Doctor pointed out with a smile.
"Did I?" Rose asked innocently right before she slapped him.
"Ow!" the Doctor shouted as he looked at her in shock.
"Maybe that was a part of the real game, Doctor. You never know," Rose said with an evil grin on her face.
"You enjoy playing with me, don't you?" the Doctor grumbled.
She kissed his cheek even as she said in a low voice that only he could hear, "You enjoy it too. Don't you?"
The Doctor briefly smiled at her before going back to pretending to be angry at her.
"Aye, she's his wife alright," Jamie said with a chuckle.
"What's that supposed to mean," Clara asked indignantly as she came back into the room with Oswin.
"Nothing," Jamie said quickly.
"Don't be so hard on Jamie, Clara. He's a nice guy once you get to know him. I mean I assume he is anyway," Oswin said.
"Yes, of course. Of course he is. You're right, Oswin. I'll cut him some slack in the future," Clara said.
Jamie looked at the two of them oddly as he wondered what they were going on about. Clara was always nice to him.
"Well, I guess I'll stay behind here then. I'll see you again soon, Clara. Very soon I hope," Oswin said.
"You can count on it," Clara said.
Again something seemed to be going on beneath their words that Jamie couldn't figure out.
Oswin said good bye as she stayed behind on Skaro, and the TARDIS dematerialized. Rose now felt that it was her turn to go.
"I guess I should leave you to it then, Doctor. I've got to go take my crew on a little adventure all their own soon. Shareen will lynch me if I don't take her somewhere soon I'm sure," Rose said.
She turned to leave and then paused. She quickly kissed him as she said, "It was fun, Doctor. We should do something like that more often."
"Well, the next time a major time altering device comes along I'll be sure to let you know about it right away," the Doctor promised.
Rose smiled as she said, "You make sure and do that. I'll see you soon, Doctor."
She hesitated to leave yet again because she had enjoyed this last adventure so much, and then she finally turned to Clara and said, "Watch over him for me, okay? Tell Oswin that too when you see her again."
Clara looked at her in surprise for a moment before finally saying, "Yes, of course I will."
"Good. Good bye, everyone," Rose said before she vanished in a burst of golden energy.
"Well, where to next then? Does anyone have any suggestions?" the Doctor asked.
"I would like to find my parents. Do you know where they are?" Zoe suddenly said.
"No, but I can certainly try to find them for you, Zoe. Do you have any idea of where to start?" the Doctor asked.
Zoe started to tell the Doctor everything that she could remember about them as Jamie said, "I thought that she might leave once she started looking so sad. You won't get rid of me that quickly though, Clara. It would take a lot more than you're rejected me to convince me to leave. We McCrimmons have very hard heads. We're too stubborn for our own good."
Clara looked at him oddly for a moment as if she had no idea what he was talking about before she said, "Oh, yes, I'm sorry that I had to turn you down. You don't have any hard feelings though, do you?"
"No, of course not. It's just like I told you. I haven't given up yet as long as I have even a little bit of hope that you might change your mind about me," Jamie said with a smile.
"Oh, wonderful! Thanks a lot for not telling me about that," Clara said in a low voice as she gritted her teeth in irritation.
"What was that?" Jamie asked.
"Nothing, Jamie. Everything's okay," Clara said as she smiled at him.
"Are you sure?" Jamie asked in concern.
"Of course I'm sure," Clara said as she continued to give him a warm smile.
Before Jamie could ask her any more questions, a sudden transmission came over the console as a familiar voice to both the Doctor and Jamie started calling out for help.
"Can anyone hear me? Please help me! They're everywhere! If anyone can hear me, please help me!" a young woman's voice screamed in terror.
Jamie completely forgot about Clara's odd behavior as he said, "Where is that coming from, Doctor?"
"I don't know. I'm about to find out though. Don't worry, Jamie. We'll save her. I'm sorry, Zoe. I'm afraid you'll have to wait just a little bit longer to go see your parents," the Doctor said as he tried to track down the source of the broadcast.
"Jamie, who is that?" Zoe asked as she could see that he knew the owner of the voice.
"It's Victoria. Victoria Waterfield. She traveled with the Doctor and me just before you did. We have to save her," Jamie said in an extremely worried voice.
Next: The Doctor finds his old companion Victoria Waterfield just in time to rescue her from an extremely dangerous situation. Or is everything not as it seems? In addition to that, Clara is acting very oddly lately and doesn't seem to be herself. She also doesn't seem to like Victoria very much. Just what is going on here?
