Father Octavian approached them "Doctor Song, we can't stay here."
"We wait for the Doctor." River told him.
Father Octavian sighed angrily "Our mission is to make this wreckage safe and neutralise the Angels. Until that is achieved..." he started.
Aderyn leapt quickly to her feet. She stood on the log so she was level with his face "Father Octavian, when the Doctor's in the room, your one and only mission is to keep him alive long enough to get everyone else home. And trust me, it's not easy. Now, if he's dead back there, I'll never forgive myself for leaving his side. And if he's alive, I'll never forgive him. And, Doctor, you're standing right behind me, aren't you?"
"You really need to breathe more when you're shouting at people." The Doctor said as he strode confidently towards them.
"I hate you." Aderyn said to him.
"You don't," The Doctor drew level with her and looked into her eyes "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." She shrugged.
The Doctor smiled at her "Liar."
Aderyn smiled at him "I'm terrified."
"Good, shows you're alive. The Angels are in the forest, we need to move soon."
"How did you get passed them?" Amy asked.
"I found a crack in the wall and told them it was the end of the universe."
"What was it?"
"The end of the universe. But more importantly what's going on here then?" he took the med scanner from River and looked down at the readings.
"What's wrong with me?" Amy asked.
"Nothing, you're fine." River said quickly.
"Everything, you're dying." The Doctor said.
"Compassionate as always Doctor." Aderyn said to him.
"Yes, you're right. If we lie to her, she'll get all better. Right. Amy, Amy, Amy. What's the matter with Amelia? Something's in her eye. What does that mean? Does it mean anything?" he stood and started pacing.
"Come on, come on, come on. Wakey, wakey. She watched an Angel climb out of the screen. She stared at the Angel and, and..." he continued, his pacing becoming more frantic.
"Whatever holds the image of an Angel becomes itself an Angel." Aderyn said quietly.
"Yes you're right. A living mental image in a living human mind. But we stare at them to stop them getting closer. We don't even blink, and that is exactly what they want. Because as long as our eyes are open, they can climb inside. There's an Angel in her mind." They stared in horror at the Doctor.
"Three. Doctor, it's coming. I can feel it. I'm going to die."
"Please just shut up. I'm thinking." The Doctor resumed pacing.
"You remember that compassion thing we talked about." Aderyn muttered.
The Doctor ignored her.
"Stop winding him up." River demanded. Aderyn fell silent, her arms crossed.
"What's wrong with her?" Amy asked.
"It's not her we need to worry about." River said soothingly.
"Please tell me. Distract me from his pacing."
River sighed "When Aderyn gets scared she gets angry. And that's rarely a good thing."
"You were the one that said don't get scared get angry." Aderyn said, crounching next to Amy.
River turned to her "You have no idea how much I'll regret that."
"Doctor you really need to think a bit quicker." Aderyn knew she was really starting to irritate him. But she didn't care.
"If it was a real screen, what would we do? We'd pull the plug. We'd kill the power. But we can't just knock her out, the Angel would just take over."
"Doctor she's got seconds." River said, looking down at the med scanner again.
"IF you wanted to starve your lungs how would you do it?" he asked.
"I'd stop breathing." River said.
"Amy, close your eyes."
Amy shook her head weakly "No I don't want to."
"That's the Angel. It's scared. But you need to close your eyes."
Amy screwed her eyes shut tightly. The readings on the med scanner changed and River breathed a sigh of relief. "You did it."