Cold Blood
A Silurian doctor approached Amy as she struggled in her restraints, "Don't you come near me with that!" she shouted, eyeing his cutting device in alarm.
He lowered his mask, revealing his face and turned on a recording device, "From the clothing, the human female appears to be more resistant to the cold than the male."
"I dressed for Rio!"
"Leave her alone!" the man called, "You got me!"
He took a small button from his pocket and pressed it, forcing the clamps down on all the boards.
"Commencing dissection," he reached out the cutting device towards Amy when…
"I've got two hearts!" Evy shouted. The doctor paused and pulled back to look over at Evy, "You just said she's a human female," Evy nodded at Amy, "She's similar to him," she nodded at the man, "Apart from outward appearance and one or two reproductive organs, they are the same, one heart…but me…"
"Evy don't!" Amy shouted in horror as the doctor turned away from her and made his way to Evy. The girl was drawing his attention away, baiting him, she was going to be dissected instead…for her.
Evy tensed as the doctor walked over to her, "I've got two…go on, check if you don't believe me."
The doctor eyed her before pulling out sort of earpiece attached to a cone, their version of a stethoscope, and pressed it to Evy's chest, moving it from side to side. His eyes widened as he heard the twin beats, "How?"
"I'm not human. Not even from Earth…" she swallowed hard, "Doesn't it make you wonder what else is different?"
The doctor leaned over to speak into the recording device, "Dissection of the human female shall be postponed in favor of the second female specimen, unknown origins."
Evy bit her lip, cutting off her emotional tie to the Doctor so he wouldn't feel…
The cutting device sliced through her skin.
~8~
The Doctor and Nasreen walked through the tunnels, more determined to find the others than ever, "This place is enormous and deserted," the Doctor commented, "The majority of the race are probably still asleep," he pulled out his sonic, "We need to find Evy and Amy, looking for heat signature anomalies."
"But, Doctor, how can all this be here?" Nasreen breathed as they walked over a bridge above magma, "I mean, these plants..."
"Must be getting closer to the center of the city," he reasoned as they reached another tunnel.
"You're sure this is the best way to enter?"
"Front door approach!" he smiled, "Definitely. Always the best way..." he trailed off, suddenly distracted.
An alarm sounded, "Hostile life force detected, area 17."
But that wasn't what was bothering him…something was wrong…
"Apart from the backdoor approach, that's also good," he muttered, trying to turn around as though he could see what was bothering him standing there, "Sometimes better."
"Hostile life force detected, area 17."
A door slid open in front of Nasreen, "Doctor!"
Armed Silurian soldiers ran through the door and the tunnel behind them, their guns raised.
The Doctor gave them no notice as he felt it snap. Evy was blocking her feelings…something was wrong. Something was terribly wrong and she didn't want him to know about it…
That was his last thought as gas surrounded him, knocking him and Nasreen to the floor.
~8~
Amy was sobbing to herself as she kept her eyes shut tight so she wouldn't have to watch as Evy was dissected in her place. The girl didn't scream, she didn't cry out. The most Amy had heard was a grunt or a gasp here or there. But she could hear other things, she could hear the cutting device slicing, she could hear all the doctor was saying to his recordings.
She now knew that Time Ladies had two hearts that beat at 170 beats a minute, a body temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, a respiratory bypass system which explained why Evy hadn't passed out from half the gases that had been used, slightly smaller organs than a human along with three other organs the doctor had never seen before. None of which she ever wanted to know by those means.
She flinched as she heard what sounded like a small saw or drill being started when…
"Area 17 incursion, species diagnostic requested," a computer system announced, "Area 17 incursion, species diagnostic requested."
The doctor sighed and shut off the drill. Amy peeked open her eyes to see the doctor turn and click their cuffs, unlocking them just enough where they weren't crushing their wrists anymore but still locking them in place. He put the device that had locked them on a sort of table near the door before walking out.
As soon as the door was shut, Amy looked over at Evy and felt herself get sick. Evy was breathing hard, still strapped to the board. She had tears streaming down her face and she was biting her lip hard. Her hands were clenched into fists as she stared at the door. Amy could see that Evy's shirt had been unbuttoned to do the dissection, revealing a line straight down from her chest to her navel with two angry red lines across one under the bust and the other about an inch above her navel. But the doctor didn't stop there, he'd pulled up the sleeves of Evy's black coat and cut a line up her arms from her wrists to her elbows…it was a miracle she hadn't bled out. It seemed Time Lords also healed slightly quicker than humans and had a higher pain tolerance.
"E-Evy?" Amy called. Evy just stared ahead, "Evy are you alright?"
"Take it Amy," Evy said, her gaze slowly moving from the door to Amy's hand.
Amy looked down to see the locking device floating in the air by her hand. She quickly reached out and grabbed it, unlocking herself and then quickly unlocking the other man before running to Evy's side. She unlocked the girl, nearly collapsing to the floor as Evy fell out of the board and down.
Amy caught her and lowered her to the ground, wiping just the tiniest drop of blood from under Evy's nose with her sleeve when the man ran over to kneel by them as well, "How did you do that?" he asked. He'd been looking at the door only to see the device start floating in midair and over to Amy.
"I'm not human," was all Evy could gasp out before she winced in pain.
"Come on," Amy moved to button up her shirt and help her stand, throwing Evy's arm around her shoulder as gently as possible, "We need to get you out of here."
The man took her other arm, putting it over his shoulder as the two of them helped her out of the room, "That creature, do you think it was an alien?" he asked as they walked down the halls slowly, "Any more of them do you think? Do you think the Earth's been invaded?"
"No," Evy answered, "Yes, and not yet."
"What?" he frowned.
"They aren't aliens," she winced, "They're homo retilia, they were here before the humans, just sleeping. There are most certainly more, the Doctor's discovered a whole civilization. There's only one on the surface so far, she's being watched by Ambrose, Tony, and Rory."
"The Doctor?" he shook his head, not following.
"The man we need to find," Amy told him, "We need to get back to the surface and find him."
"No," Evy gasped, "He's down here."
"He's here?" Amy's eyes widened.
"How do you know?" the man asked.
"He told me he was coming," she replied.
"Through that whole silent telepathy thing you two do?" Amy asked.
"Just that," Evy smiled a bit, "Hold on a second," they paused and Evy closed her eyes, homing in on the Doctor's location, "He's to the right," she whispered, opening her eyes, "We need to head right."
"Right," Amy nodded, looking to see a door on the right of the wall a little ways down, "Maybe through there…" she nodded at it.
The man glanced around at the door to their left and he could see Elliot standing there, wires attached to him, "Oh, my God, no!"
"What is it?" Amy asked, struggling as he let go of Evy's arm to try and force the door open.
"It's my son," he breathed, "It's Elliot. What've they done to him?" Amy turned them to look through the window on the door as he ran to the panel next to it and tried to open it that way, "No! He's in there! We have to get him out! Elliot! Elliot, it's dad!"
"Access denied," the computer said, "Unauthorized genetic imprint."
"Seriously," Amy reached out and grabbed his arm, "We can't get in."
"That's my boy in there!" he shouted.
"He's fine Mo," Evy said.
"Fine?" he asked her incredulously, "Fine! You call that…whatever they've done to him…fine?"
"Those screens," she nodded to the side, "They're monitoring something. They're vital signs, see, heartbeat, oxygen, brainwaves. He's still alive. He's just in stasis."
He nodded, seeming to calm down if just a bit, "Alright. We find weapons, get that creature from the lab, and force it to release Elliot, yeah?"
"We will get him out."
"How'd you know his name's Mo?" Amy asked her suddenly as Mo reached out to take her arm again. They'd never gotten to exchanging names.
"That silent telepathy thing," Evy answered, before glancing at Mo, "I'm Evy, by the way, that's Amy."
~8~
The Doctor was clamped down to an examination board, crying out in pain as the machine scanned him as a female warrior questioned another male in an apron.
"How can they have escaped?" she demanded, "This proves all prisoners should remain under military guard."
"I'm sure you'd prefer to be in charge of everything and everyone Restac," the doctor replied, "But we rank the same. Is there any word from Alaya?"
"No," she turned to watch the Doctor writhe in pain.
"It's fine to show concern, you know. She's part of your gene-chain. I'm decontaminating now."
"Decontamination!" the Doctor shouted, twisting, "No, no, no!"
"It's alright. It won't harm you. I'm only neutralizing all your ape bacteria."
"I'm not an ape! Look at the scans! Two hearts! Totall…"
"Two hearts?" the doctor's eyes widened. He quickly reached out and shut off the decontamination process.
"No, complete the process," Restac ordered.
"I cannot. He is not an ape. He is like the female."
The Doctor couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Evy was there, he knew she was alive…but she was still blocking her feelings…though he had done the same the last few minutes, not wanting her to worry about him. Perhaps she had blocked her own stint in decontamination as well, but...that would have been ages ago, she should have dropped the emotional blocks by now.
He had to get out of the board to find her, so he turned back to the Silurians, "Oh, that's much better, thanks!" he smiled at them, "Not got any celery, have you? No, no, not really the climate, tomatoes, though, you'd do a roaring trade in those. I'm the Doctor, oh, and there's Nasreen, good!" he looked over to see the doctor standing by Nasreen who was strapped down as well, just waking up.
"Oh, a green man," she muttered, seeing the lizard doctor.
"Hello, who are you?" he turned to Restac.
"Restac," she answered, "Military commander."
"Oh, dear, really?" he frowned, "There's always a military, isn't there?"
"Your weapon was attacking the oxygen pockets above our city," the lizard doctor replied.
"Oxygen pockets! Lovely! Ooh, but not so good with an impending drill! Now it makes sense!"
"Where is the rest of your invasion force?" Restac demanded of the Doctor.
"Invasion force?" he nearly laughed, "Me and lovely Nasreen? No! We came for the humans and, um, the female like me, that you took. And...to offer the safe return of Alaya. Oh, wait, you and she, what is it, same genetic source? Of course you're worried, but don't be, she's safe."
"You claim to come in peace, but you hold one of us hostage," Restac stated. She motioned for the soldiers to take position by the Doctor and Nasreen.
"Wait, wait, we all want the same thing here."
"I don't negotiate with apes," she spat before turning to the doctor, "I'm going to send a clear message to those on the surface."
"What's that?" the Doctor frowned.
"Your execution," Restac sneered.
The Doctor nodded slowly, "Yes..."
~8~
"Idiot…" Evy muttered to herself, but Amy and Mo heard her.
"What?" Amy asked, "What's wrong?"
"The military commander of the Silurians…uh, those reptile creatures," she explained to them, "She's planning the Doctor and Nasreen's execution."
"We have to help them!" Amy gasped.
"We've got to find some weapons first," Mo said, looking around at the chamber with glass covered alcoves they'd just entered.
"These chambers are all over the city," Amy remarked, placing a hand on a sensor on the wall, causing the alcoves to light up and reveal masked reptilian warriors inside.
Mo jumped back in surprise, "Turn it off quick!" he shouted, afraid of being seen. Amy quickly put her hand on the sensor again and the lights went off, "They're not moving."
"They're not going to move," Evy told them, leaning on Amy, she'd gotten a bit of her strength back, enough to just need the support of one person. Amy and Mo had been taking turns supporting her, "They're in stasis as well."
"Let's have another look!" Amy shouted, pushing the sensor down more.
This time the glass doors slid open. Amy turned to Evy, leaning her against the wall as she went to examine the soldiers.
"Amy, what are you doing?" Mo hissed, "Get out of there."
Amy looked them up and down, seeing them standing on small round discs, "I wonder what these are…" she knelt down.
"Amy, look up," Evy called from where she'd slid down the wall to sit, wrapping her arms around her stomach, the incisions were starting to burn rather badly from all the movement.
Amy looked up to see a sort of chute above each warrior, "So that's how they came up to the surface. Some sort of powered transport discs…"
"Geothermal energy coupled with gravity bubble-technology."
"So we have our way out!" Amy grinned, looking back at them.
"Even better, weapons," Mo said, taking a sort of gun with a dish on the end of it from the soldier in front of him, "Come on, now we can fight back," Amy slowly reached out and took one as well, "There's only two…"
"I don't use weapons," Evy cut in, "Especially not guns of any sort."
Mo nodded as Amy went to close the containers. They helped Evy to her feet, Mo supporting her now, "Which way now?"
"Door at the end," Amy suggested as there was no other door they could go through. She walked ahead of them to get the door, stopping short when they came upon a huge chamber filled with soldier upon soldier in stasis.
"We don't stand a chance," Mo breathed.
"We have to find the Doctor," Amy turned to Evy who nodded and closed her eyes.
"Left," she said and they were off.
~8~
The Doctor and Nasreen were being led through the city, through a section of flora, the Doctor just telling Nasreen what he knew of the Silurians, "These must be the only ones awake, the others must still be in hibernation."
"So, why did they go into hibernation in the first place?" Nasreen asked.
"Their astronomers predicted a planet heading to Earth on a crash course. They a built life underground and put themselves to sleep for millennia in order to avert what they thought was the apocalypse. When, in reality, it was the Moon, coming into alignment with the Earth."
Restac and the doctor, Malokeh, stopped and turned to look at him, stunned, "How can you know that?" Malokeh asked.
"Long time ago, I met another tribe of homo reptilia, similar, but not identical."
"Others of our species have survived?" Restac breathed, actually sounding…human.
"The humans attacked them," the Doctor answered grimly, "They died, I'm sorry."
"A vermin race," she spat, spinning to lead them off once again, through the flora and eventually to a large citadel like structure. They were led into a large court room, escorted by soldiers.
"You're not authorized to do this!" Malokeh told her.
"I'm authorized to protect the safety of our species while they sleep."
"Oh, lovely place, very gleaming," the Doctor looked around, "Evy would love this."
"This is our court and our place of execution."
Suddenly Amy ran through a door, aiming her gun at Restac, "Let them go!"
"Amy Pond, there's a girl to rely on," the Doctor laughed as Mo entered through the main door behind the soldiers.
"You're covered both ways, so don't try anything clever, buster," Amy threatened.
The Doctor nearly smiled…when Evy stumbled out behind Amy and half collapsed to the ground.
"Evy!" he shouted, running to her side, completely disregarding the guns still aimed at him. He skid to her side, reaching out to take her face in his own. He could tell, just by looking at her, that something was wrong. She was pale, sweating, her face was drawn in pain, there were tear tracks down her face, she was shaking and breathing heavily.
"What happened?" he asked, searching her eyes, but she winced, her arms circling around her stomach.
He looked down at her, reaching out tentatively to the bottom of her shirt. He pulled it up just enough to see an angry red line on her stomach, obviously an incision mark.
He saw red.
"What did you do to her?!" he spun around, glaring at Malokeh.
"Doctor!" Evy shouted, reaching out to grab his arm.
He struggled to get out of her grip, ready to launch himself at the reptile, all too willing to strangle the man, when Evy let out a hiss of pain. He spun back to her, only to see another angry red incision on the wrist of the hand that was holding him back. He pushed her sleeves up to her elbows, gently running a finger over the mark on her pale skin.
"They dissected you?" he breathed, stunned. That was what she was blocking before.
"It wasn't their fault," she winced again, feeling his rage building. She quickly reached out, pulling his head to hers, resting her forehead against his, allowing him to see her memories of it. How Malokeh had tried to numb the spot, not knowing his injections wouldn't work on a non-human, how he'd apologized whenever he poked something new. Trying to show him that it wasn't an intentional pain, they hadn't meant to hurt her, and knowing that if she didn't calm him soon whatever peace he'd been hoping for would be shattered by his own actions.
She squeezed his arm, still in her grip, not wanting him to leave her, taking comfort in his presence. It soothed her, almost made her forget her pain.
He closed his eyes and rested his head against her, just holding her. If he let go now, he would do something he regretted…
"Now let them go, or I shoot," Amy called out, seeing Evy truly in pain for the first time. She'd covered it so well before, but she could never hide anything from the Doctor. Restac moved closer, "I'm warning you!"
Restac reached out and wrenched the gun away from Amy, pushing her to the ground.
"Leave her alone!" Evy shouted, her grip on the Doctor tightening as she used him to help herself up as he stood as well.
"Don't you touch her!" the Doctor yelled.
"And you," Restac nodded at Mo. Soldiers walked up and Mo was forced to give up his gun.
"Alright, Restac," Malokeh stepped up, the display of anger and concern from the non-human male over the pain of the non-human female struck something in him, "You've made your point."
"This is now a military tribunal," Restac said, stepping up to him, "Go back to your laboratory, Malokeh."
One of the soldiers stepped up and jabbed Malokeh in the back. He glanced over at the Doctor who was holding Evy to his chest tightly, "This isn't the way," he told Restac before leaving.
"Prepare them for execution."
The soldiers stepped forward and began to push them towards a few pillars in the back of the room, tying them to it.
"Ok, sorry, as rescues go, didn't live up to its potential," Amy apologized.
"I'm glad you're ok," the Doctor told her, trying to hold onto Evy as they were pushed against the pillars.
"Me too," Amy said quietly, glancing at Evy as her arms were forced behind her to be tied, "Lizard men, though!"
"Homo reptilia..." Evy replied, "Previous inhabitants of the planet who want it back."
"After they've wiped out the human race," Nasreen added.
"Right, preferred it when I didn't know, to be honest," Amy muttered as she, Nasreen, and Mo were chained to one pillar and the Doctor and Evy on the other.
The soldiers lined up like a firing squad, aiming their guns but making no move to fire.
"Why are they waiting?" Nasreen asked, "What do you think they're going to do with us?"
Restac turned away from them, nodding to someone off to the side as a large holographic projection appeared before her showing Ambrose, Tony, and Rory standing around.
"Oh, my God," Ambrose gasped, seeing them.
"Who is the ape leader?" Restac asked.
"It's them," Ambrose rushed closer to the monitor with Rory and Tony, "How are they doing that? How do they know that we're in here?
"Who speaks for the apes?"
They looked at each other, talking quietly amongst themselves before Rory stepped forward, "I speak for the...humans. Some of us, anyway."
"Do you understand who we are?"
"Sort of," he nodded, "A bit. Not really."
"We have ape hostages," Restac informed them. She must have zoomed out the image because the expressions on Rory, Tony, and Ambrose's faces turned to alarm.
"Doctor!" Rory shouted, "Amy! Evy!"
"Mo!" Ambrose shouted, "Mo, are you ok?"
"I'm fine, love!" Mo called back, "I've found Elliot. I'm bringing him home!'"
"Amy!" Rory breathed, "I thought I'd lost you!"
"What, 'cos I was sucked into the ground?" Amy rolled her eyes, "You're so clingy."
"Tony Mack!" Nasreen called.
"Having fun down there?" Tony laughed.
"Not to interrupt, but just a quick reminder to stay calm," the Doctor told them.
"Show me Alaya," Restac demanded, "Show me and release her, immediately, unharmed, or we kill your friends…one by one."
"No!" Ambrose shouted.
"Ambrose..." Rory began.
"Steady now, everyone," the Doctor replied.
"Ambrose, stop it!" Tony tried to pull Ambrose away.
"Get off me, dad!" Ambrose cried, pushing him away, "We didn't start this!"
"Leave this to Rory Ambrose," Evy called over. She had been watching them closely and couldn't help but get the feeling something was very wrong.
"We're not doing what you say any more," Ambrose glared at Restac, "Now, give me back my family!"
Everyone tensed waiting for Restac's reply. Evy and the Doctor exchanged uneasy glances, already knowing what the reptile would say.
"No," Restac replied, turning to the soldiers, "Execute the girl."
The soldiers turned, focusing in on Amy.
"No!" Rory shoved Ambrose aside, "No, wait!"
"Rory!" Amy shouted.
"She's not speaking for us!" Rory tried again as Amy was pushed to the center of the room in front of the soldiers.
"There's no need for this..." the Doctor began.
"Listen!" Rory shouted, "Listen! Whatever you want...we'll do it!"
"Aim," Restac commanded.
"Amy!"
"Rory!" she called back.
"Don't do this!" the Doctor yelled.
"No!" Rory shouted, just before the connection was cut off.
"Fire!" Restac ordered.
Amy shut her eyes tight…
"What is this trickery?" Restac screeched.
Amy's eyes shot open to see all the guns in the soldiers hands had been wrenched from them and were floating above them out of reach. Amy spun around to see Evy staring at them intently, a small bit of blood starting to drip from her nose.
Restac seemed to notice this as well. She stormed over to Evy, the Doctor struggling against his restraints, raising her hand to strike her when…
"Stop!" a voice called.
Restac spun to see Malokeh entering the room with a Silurian elder. The guns fell to the ground as Evy winced and leaned her head against the Doctor's shoulders. Her head was pounding now, something she didn't need on top of the pain in her stomach and arms, but something she would endure to protect the humans. The Doctor let out a breath of relief and dropped his head onto hers, kissing her hair.
"You want to start a war, while the rest of us sleep, Restac?" the elder demanded, striding forward.
"The apes are attacking us!" Restac shouted.
"You're our protector, not our commander, Restac. Unchain them."
"I do not recognize your authority at this time, Eldane."
"Well, then, you must shoot me," Eldane grinned.
Restac sneered and strode over to Malokeh, "You woke him to undermine me."
"We're not monsters," Malokeh sighed, "And neither are they."
"What is it about apes you love so much? Hmm?"
"While you slept, they've evolved. They can be remarkably selfless and sacrificing. I've seen it for myself," his gaze drifted over to Evy, not about to tell Restac that she wasn't technically an ape.
The Doctor lifted his head to look at Evy and then over to Malokeh and then settled on Amy who was looking down…and he realized. Evy had given herself up for dissection so Amy wouldn't be.
"We used to hunt apes for sport," Restac spat, "When we came underground, they bred and polluted this planet."
"Shush now, Restac," Eldane told her, having enough of her, "Go and play soldier. I'll let you know if I need you."
"You'll need me, then we'll see," Restac threatened, storming out.
"I apologize for her," Eldane turned back to them, nodding at the soldiers to unchain them. As soon as they were free, the Doctor checked on Evy, looking into her eyes, making sure she hadn't strained herself by holding all those guns away from the soldiers. Seeing that she was fine aside from a headache, he walked over to the projection, still playing static and flashed his sonic across it as Evy stepped over to his side.
"Rory!" the Doctor shouted, getting the picture back up, "Hello!'"
"Doctor!" Rory shouted, "Evy! Where's Amy?"
"She's fine," Evy smiled, nodding behind her, "Right here."
Rory breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Amy standing behind them, "Oh, thank God."
"Keeping you on your toes!" Amy smiled and walked off.
"No time to chat," the Doctor cut in, getting down to business, "Listen, you need to get down here...go to the drill storeroom, there's a large patch of earth in the middle of the floor."
"We'll have the Silurians send up their transport discs so you can come down here," Evy explained, "They use a system of geothermal energy and gravity bubble-technology..."
"It's how they travel and frankly it's pretty cool," the Doctor grinned, "Bring Alaya. We hand her over, we can land this after all. All going to work, promise. Got to dash! Hurry up!"
And then he cut off the signal.
~8~
They had gotten Eldane to agree to discussing possibilities for the planet, peace talks as it were. He, Amy, and Nasreen were seated at a table in the courtroom with the Doctor and Evy standing at the one end, Mo and Malokeh on the other.
"I'd say you've got a fair bit to talk about," the Doctor began.
"How so?" Eldane asked.
"The Earth," Evy said, "You both want it and have a real claim to it."
"Are you authorized to negotiate on behalf of humanity?" Eldane turned to the Doctor and Evy.
"Us?" the Doctor grinned, hugging Evy to his side, "No!"
Evy nodded at Nasreen and Amy, "But they are."
"What?" Nasreen gasped.
"No, we're not!" Amy shouted.
"Course you are!" the Doctor laughed, "Amy Pond and Nasreen Chaudhry, speaking for the planet! Humanity couldn't have better ambassadors. Come on, who has more fun than us?"
Amy got up and walked over to them, "Is this what happens, in the future, the planet gets shared? Is that what we need to do?"
Nasreen got up as well, "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, Nasreen, sorry, probably worth mentioning at this stage, Amy, Evy, and I travel in time a bit," the Doctor told her.
"Anything else?" she smiled.
Evy glanced at the Doctor before turning back to the woman, careful of what to say, "There are events that are fixed points in time, what happens then must always happen. But this, right here, it's not one of them. The chance you have right now is a temporal tipping point. Whatever happens will change the future and create its own timeline, its own reality."
"The future pivots around you," the Doctor nodded, "Here. Now. So do good. For humanity and for Earth."
"Right," Amy sighed, heading back to the table, "No pressure there, then."
"We can't share the planet," Nasreen continued to argue, "Nobody on the surface is going to go for this idea. It is just too big a leap!"
"Come on," the Doctor nudged her, "Be extraordinary."
"Oh..." she tried to speak, before smirking at him, "You..." she turned and headed back to the table.
"I love it when you do that," Evy told the Doctor. He smiled down at her and gave her a quick peck on the lips.
"Ok," he slapped the table, "Bringing things to order, the first meeting of representatives of the human race and homo reptilian is now in session. Ha!" he grinned down at Evy, "Never said that before, that's fab!" Evy just laughed and shook her head, "Carry on!" he stepped past the table with Evy, his arm around her waist, supporting her, he could tell she was still a bit weak from her ordeal though the pain of the incisions had dimmed to a mild irritation instead of a burn, "Now, Mo, let's go and get your son," he led Mo and Malokeh towards the door, speaking conversationally to Evy on the way, "Oh, you know, humans, and their predecessors, shooting the breeze. Never thought I'd see it."
Malokeh led them through the tunnels and over to the hall near the dissection room. Evy had tensed when they reached the hall, the Doctor holding onto her tightly as they stopped by the stasis chamber where Elliot was stationed.
"Elliot, there you are," the Doctor smiled as Malokeh began putting in some commands on the panel outside the door.
"If you've harmed him in any way…" Mo threatened, recalling what the lizard had done to him and Evy.
"Of course not!" Malokeh sounded offended, "I only store the young."
"But why?" the Doctor asked, tensing as well.
"I took samples of the young, slowed their lifecycles to a millionth of their normal rate. So I could study how they grew, what they needed, how they lived on the surface."
"Then you've been down here alone, just...working?" Evy asked him, understanding the loneliness.
"My family, through the millennia..." he sighed, "For the last 300 years, just me…" he turned to Evy, guilt in his eyes, "I'm so sorry for what you suffered at my hand," she just smiled and nodded at him, forgiving him, she knew the standard procedures for discovery of a new species, the study of it, she'd done what she had to do to save Amy from that fate. She couldn't blame Malokeh for doing to her what she had all but forced him to do. Malokeh gave her a small smile in return and turned to Mo, "I never meant to harm your child."
"Malokeh, I think we rather love you," the Doctor smiled at him. He could see now that what happened to Evy hadn't been done with the intent to harm her. She'd shown him that she'd basically offered herself for Amy. And she was there, by his side, again, alive, if a bit pained. He didn't like that part at all, but Malokeh had tried to make it painless, even though it hadn't worked. And he knew, once he'd gotten Evy back to the TARDIS med-bay, she'd be healed up in no time, barely a scar left to remind her of this experience.
"It's safe," Evy called, seeing the panel beeping, "You can wake him."
Malokeh entered the room and began removing the wires around Elliot, he glanced up at Mo, gesturing from him to enter, "Come."
Mo stepped in and stood before Elliot as Malokeh stepped out to join the Doctor and Evy by the door, "Elliot?" Mo asked as Elliot blinked, "Ell, it's dad."
"What?" Elliot looked up, "Dad?"
"You're safe now," Mo said, pulling Elliot into a hug.
"Where are we?" Elliot asked, pulling away.
"Well, I've got to be honest with you, son. We're in the center of the Earth…and there are lizard men."
Elliot looked at the doorway where Malokeh was standing and blinked, "Wow…"
The Doctor leaned over into the room, "Elliot, I'm sorry. I took my eye off you."
"It's ok," Elliot smiled, shaking his hand, "I forgive you."
"Oh!" he turned and pulled Evy into the room as well, "And this is Evy…"
"Hello," she gave a little wave.
"Remember I told…"
"It's you!" Elliot's eyes widened as he ran forward and hugged the woman round the middle.
Evy laughed, hugging him back, "Hello Elliot."
"You were right!" he smiled.
"What?" Mo frowned, "Right about what?"
Elliot turned to his dad, "When I got stuck here, I was scared and all, but then I heard this lady talk in my head. She said everything would be fine and not to worry…it's her!" he pointed at Evy, recognizing her voice, "And she was right."
The Doctor looked softly down at Evy, pulling her to him and wrapping his arms around her, "You are remarkable you know that?"
"Well…" she trailed, "Neither of us do very well when children cry."
He leaned forward and gave her a soft kiss.
Malokeh cleared his throat, smiling at them nonetheless, "You go on, that way," he nodded down the tunnel, "I'll catch up."
They nodded their thanks at him before heading back the way he instructed. They reached the courtroom to hear Nasreen speaking, the Doctor motioned for them to remain silent as they slowly entered the room without being noticed.
"…happens when their population grows and breeds and spreads?" Nasreen was asking, "And anyway, what benefit does humanity get, and how would we ever sell this to people on the surface?"
"If I could get a word in, maybe I could tell you," Eldane cut in, "You give us space, we can bring new sources of energy, new methods of water supply, new medicines, scientific advances. We were a great civilization. You provide a place for us on the surface, we'll give you knowledge and technology beyond humanity's dreams. We work together, this planet could achieve greatness."
"Ok," Nasreen nodded, "Now I'm starting to see it."
"Oh, yeah," Amy smiled.
Evy and the Doctor started clapping as Mo and Elliot looked on, proud.
"That was a brilliant first session," Evy smiled at them. She was feeling much better, able to support herself though it hurt if she moved a certain way, stretching the incisions.
"More similarities than differences," the Doctor nodded at them.
There was a whooshing sound as Eldane looked up, "The transport has returned. Your friends are here."
Moments later the doors to the courtroom opened and Rory walked in, "Here they are," the Doctor waved.
Ambrose was the next in, Elliot running to her, "Mum!"
"Rory!" Amy shouted at Rory, who looked like he was trying to find words to say but coming up short, and not out of joy.
Evy frowned, the expression on his face, 'Doctor…something's happened.'
The Doctor nodded, "Something's wrong..." he breathed.
And then Tony entered the room, carrying a body in a shroud that could only be Alaya.
"Doctor, what's he carrying?" Amy asked, tensing.
"No," the Doctor shook his head frantically as he stepped forward with Evy, "Don't do this. Tell me you didn't do this."
Tony placed the body on the floor, the Doctor squatting down to pull the cloth away, revealing Alaya. His jaw tensed as he put the cloth back and glared at Tony, "What did you do?"
"I don't think it was him," Evy said, her gaze fixed on Ambrose.
"It was me," Ambrose admitted, "I did it."
"Mum?" Elliot looked at his mother in horror.
"I just wanted you back," she told her son desperately.
Elliot just shook his head and stepped back from her, moving back to his father's side as everyone looked at her with pity and shame.
"We're sorry," the Doctor turned to Eldane.
"We didn't know," Evy told him.
"You have to believe us. They're better than this."
"This is our planet!" Ambrose shouted.
"You're not really helping Ambrose!" Evy snapped at her.
"We had a chance here," the Doctor told her.
"Leave us alone," Ambrose shouted at Eldane.
The Doctor strode right over to her, "In the future, when you talk about this, you tell people there was a chance but you were so much less than the best of humanity."
Armed soldiers entered the room with Restac, "My sister…" she began, seeing the body. She ran over to it, dropping to a kneel as she uncovered it, wailing before placing the cloth back. She glared at the Doctor and Evy, "And you want us to trust these apes, Doctor?"
"One woman," Evy argued, "Who was scared for her child. Humans aren't normally like this."
"I think they are," Restac turned on Ambrose.
"One person let us down," the Doctor turned to Eldane, "But there's a whole race of dazzling, peaceful human beings up there. You were building something, here, come on...an alliance could work."
"It's too late for that, Doctor," Ambrose threatened. The Doctor and Evy spun around to look at Ambrose questioningly.
"Why?" Evy asked, eyeing her.
"Our drill is set to start burrowing again in..." she checked as stopwatch, "15 minutes."
"No!"
"What?" Nasreen's eyes widened, turning to Tony, the only one up there who knew how to control the drill.
"What choice did I have?" Tony cried, "They had Elliot."
"Don't do this, don't call their bluff," the Doctor turned to Eldane.
"Let us go back," Ambrose continued, "And you promise to never come to the surface ever again. We'll walk away, leave you alone."
"Execute her!" Restac ordered.
"No!" the Doctor pulled Ambrose down as the soldiers began to fire.
"Everybody, head for the lab!" Evy shouted, helping the Doctor get Ambrose to the side of the room where there was an exit, "Run!"
They ran out, Restac shouting behind them, "Execute all the apes!"
Evy pushed Ambrose into the exit, spinning to face them with the Doctor, both whipping out their sonics, flashing as many guns as they could, getting them to explode.
"This is a deadly weapon, stay back!" the Doctor shouted. One of the soldiers leapt at them from the seats, lashing her tongue out at the Doctor. He leapt back, pulling Evy with him and ran from the room, "Take everyone to the lab!" he shouted to Rory, dodging a beam from a gun, "We'll cover you! Go! Go!"
The others ran on, Evy and the Doctor turning to take a stand as Restac and a few of her warriors ran over. They each flashed the sonic, disabling a gun or two, "Ah ah!" the Doctor shouted, "Stop right there! Or we'll use our very deadly weapons again. One warning, that's all you get. If there can be no deal, you go back into hibernation. All of you. Now. This ends here."
"No," Restac spat, "It only ends with our victory."
"Like he said..." Evy shook her head, "One warning."
They flashed the last few guns and ran away, Restac giving chase with a growl.
They ran over to a lab, flashing the door behind them with their sonics, sealing the door shut.
"Mo, you and Elliot watch that screen," Evy pointed to a monitor, "Tell us if any other Silurians arrive."
"Amy," the Doctor tossed her the stopwatch, "Keep reminding us how much time we haven't got."
"Ok, twelve minutes till drill impact," Amy read.
Tony sat down heavily, Nasreen standing over him.
"Tony Mack, sweaty forehead, dilated pupils, what're you hiding?" the Doctor turned to him.
Tony opened his shirt to show green veins protruding from a cut in his neck, spreading across his chest.
"Tony!" Nasreen gasped, "What happened?"
Evy walked over and flashed her sonic across the infected area.
"Alaya's sting," Tony strained, "She said there's no cure. I'm dying, aren't I?"
"No, but you are mutating," Evy told him, "The decontamination program might stop it…Eldane, can you run the program on Tony?" he nodded, moving to help Tony to the decontamination chamber.
"Evy, shedload of those creatures coming our way!" Mo called, "We're surrounded in here!"
"So, question is, how we do stop the drill, given we can't get there in time?" the Doctor turned to Evy, "Plus also, how do we get out, given that we're surrounded?"
Evy frowned a moment in thought before turning to Nasreen, "Nasreen, would you be alright with us channeling an energy pulse up the tunnels to the base of the drill?"
"To blow up my life's work?" she gaped.
"Yes," the Doctor nodded, seeing Evy's plan, "Sorry. No nice way of putting that."
"Right, well, you're going to have to do it before the drill hits the city, in..."
"Eleven minutes, forty seconds..." Amy finished.
"Yes!" the Doctor grinned, "Squeaky bum time!"
"Yes, but the explosion is going to cave in all the surrounding tunnels so we have to be on the surface by then," Nasreen continued.
"But we can't get past Restac's troops," Rory said.
"I can help with that..." Eldane stepped forward, "Toxic Fumigation, an emergency failsafe meant to protect my species from infection. A warning signal to occupy cryo-chambers. After that, citywide fumigation, by toxic gas. Then the city shuts down."
"You could end up killing your own people," Amy frowned.
"Only those foolish enough to follow Restac," Eldane replied. And he was absolutely certain, he did not want any more soldiers like Restac threatening peace in the future.
"Eldane, are you absolutely certain?" Evy asked softly.
"My priority is my race's survival. The Earth isn't ready for us to return yet."
"No," the Doctor agreed grimly.
"Ten minutes," Amy called.
"But maybe it could be…" Evy began, smiling at the Doctor.
He grinned broadly at her, following her thoughts, "So here's the deal. Everybody listening? Eldane, you activate shutdown...Evy'll amend the system, set your alarm for 1,000 years' time," Eldane and Evy moved to the controls as the Doctor turned to the other humans, "1,000 years, to sort the planet out. To be ready. Pass it on. As legend, or prophesy, or religion, but somehow, make it known. This planet is to be shared."
"Yeah," Elliot nodded, "I get you."
"Nine minutes, seven seconds," Amy announced.
The Doctor walked over to Evy and Eldane and looked at the controls, "Yes, fluid controls, my favorite!"
Evy just shook her head at him, "The energy pulse is timed, primed, and set…oh!" she pulled out her sonic and flashed the machine, "Cancelling out the energy barricade..."
"Fumigation pre-launching," Eldane called.
"There's not much time for us to get from here to the surface," Rory commented, concerned.
"Ah ha, super-squeaky bum time!" the Doctor laughed, "Get ready to run for your lives. Now…"
"But the decontamination program on your friend hasn't started yet," Eldane reminded them.
They all turned to look at Tony in the chamber as he waved them off, "Well, go. All of you! Go."
"No, we're not leaving you here!" Ambrose cried.
"Granddad!" Elliot ran to Tony and hugged him.
"Eight minutes, ten seconds," Amy said.
"Now you look after your mum," Tony told Elliot, "You mustn't blame her. She only did what she thought was right."
"I'm not going to see you again, am I?" Elliot frowned.
"I'll be here," he touched Eliot's heart, "Always. I love you, boy," he hugged him tightly again and looked up at Ambrose, "You be sure he gets home safe!" Elliot ran to Mo who pulled him close.
"This is my fault," Ambrose wept.
"No, I can't go back up there. I'd be a freak show. The technology down here's my only hope," he hugged her.
"I love you, dad," she whispered.
"Go. Go. Come on. Go on."
Eldane activated the fumigation.
"Toxic fumigation initiated," the computer announced, "Return to cryo-chambers."
"They're going!" Amy called, looking at the monitor, "We're clear!"
"Ok," the Doctor nodded, "Everyone follow Nasreen. Look for a blue box. Get ready to run," he flashed the door with the sonic, sliding it open before turning to Eldane, "I'm sorry."
"I thought for a moment, our race and the humans..." Eldane sighed.
"Yeah," Evy nodded sadly, "Us too."
"We've got less than six minutes!" Amy called.
"Go!" the Doctor told the group, "Go! We're right behind you!" the humans ran out of the room except for Nasreen, "Let's go!" the Doctor called to her.
"I'm not coming either," she smiled.
"What?"
Nasreen just walked over to Tony and laid a hand on his arm, "We're going to hibernate with them, me and Tony."
"Doctor, Evy, you must go!" Eldane shouted.
"I can be decontaminated when we're woken," Tony looked up at Nasreen, "All the time in the world."
"But...Nasreen...you..." the Doctor frowned.
She walked over to them, "No. This is perfect. I don't want to go. I've got what I was digging for. I can't leave when I've only just found it."
"I couldn't leave either," Evy commented, linking her arm through the Doctor's. He looked down at her, as if just realizing what Nasreen was talking about.
"Doctor!" they heard Amy call from the tunnel, "Evy!"
"Thank you, Doctor," Nasreen smiled at them, "You as well Evy."
"The pleasure was all ours," the Doctor said as he and Evy pulled her into a quick hug before turning and running out of the door.
"Come and look for us!" Nasreen called as the door shut.
They ran through the tunnels, coming to meet up with Amy and Rory who had turned back for them and continued on.
"Toxic fumigation is about to commence."
They ran to the rock bridge over the magma, rushing past Mo, Elliot, and Ambrose, who were stunned at the sight.
"Come on!" Evy shouted at them, getting them running again until they arrived at the tunnel with the TARDIS in it.
"No questions, just get in!" the Doctor shouted, unlocking it, "And yes, we know it's big!" he pushed the door open, ushering the small family inside.
"Ambrose, the med-bay is up the stairs, go left, then left again..." Evy called after them, "Help Mo!"
"Come on! Five minutes and counting..."
"Doctor…" Evy breathed, having turned back to look at Amy and Rory.
He looked over to see her staring at a crack in the tunnel wall across from them, the same crack that had been in Amy's bedroom, "Not here," he shook his head, "Not now."
"Is it just me or is it getting wider?" Evy frowned.
"The crack on my bedroom wall," Amy gasped.
"And the Byzantium," he added, walking up to it as Evy stood behind with them, "All through the Universe, rips in the continuum."
"It had to have been caused by some sort of space-time cataclysm," Evy shook her head, "An explosion, maybe? But what could be big enough to crack the Universe?"
"Four minutes, fifty..." Amy looked at the watch, "We have to go!"
"The Angels laughed, when we didn't know," the Doctor looked over his shoulder at Evy as he squatted down next to it, "Prisoner Zero knew, everybody knows, except us!"
"Doctor, just leave it!"
"But where there's an explosion…" he pulled out a red hanky from his pocket, "There's shrapnel!"
"Doctor, you can't put your hand in there!" Rory shouted as the Doctor wrapped the hankie around his hand.
"Why not?" he grinned, reaching his hand into the crack. He cried out in pain as the light got brighter, Evy stiffening as she felt his pain course through her arm as it did his. Amy and Rory watched on nervously, "I've got something!"
"What is it?" Amy asked.
He fell back from the crack, landing on the ground on his stomach, something wrapped in the hanky, clutched in his hand, sizzling with heat and energy, "I don't know," he breathed as Evy ran to his side, helping him up.
"Doctor!" Rory shouted.
Restac appeared at the edge of the tunnel, crawling towards them, obviously dying.
The Doctor scrambled to his feet, pushing Evy behind him.
"She was there, when the gas started...she must've been poisoned," Amy reasoned.
"You!" Restac snarled.
"Quick, into the TARDIS," Evy turned to Amy and Rory, "Both of you!"
The Doctor slowly reached into his pocket for his sonic.
"You did this!" Restac screamed, aiming her gun.
"Doctor!" Rory ran forward, jumping in front of him as Restac fired.
"Rory!" Amy shrieked as Rory fell to the ground, in pain.
The Doctor and Evy ran to his side, the Doctor sonicing him as Evy asked, "Rory, can you hear me?"
"I don't understand," he strained.
"Shh, shh," Amy soothed, falling to her knees, stroking his face, "Don't talk," she looked up at Evy and the Doctor, "Is he ok? We have to get him into the TARDIS!"
"We were on the hill. I can't die here."
"Don't say that," Amy replied, tears choking her.
Rory smiled at her softly, "You're so beautiful...I'm sorry."
His head lulled to the side.
"Doctor, help him!"
"Doctor…the crack…" Evy breathed, in fear.
He looked over to see the tendrils of energy reaching out from the crack, already on Rory's feet. He stood quickly, pulling Evy up and away from it, "Amy, move away from the light, if it touches you you'll be wiped from history. Amy, move away now."
"No!" she yelled, "I am not leaving him! We have to help him!"
Evy rushed to her side, touching her shoulder, "The light's already got him, we can't stop it."
"I am not leaving him!"
"We have to."
"No!"
"Sorry!" the Doctor reached out, grabbing her arm.
"Get off me!" she fought.
"Sorry," Evy whispered, grabbing her other arm as she and the Doctor dragged her back to the TARDIS.
"Get off me!" she shrieked, struggling.
As soon as she was in the Doctor held her back as Evy ran to the doors, sonicing them shut.
"No!" Amy broke free and ran for the doors, pounding on them, "No! No! Let me out, please let me out...I need to get Rory."
The Doctor walked determinedly towards the console, Evy beside him.
Amy turned around, tears in her eyes, "That light, if his body's absorbed I'll forget him. He'll never have existed. You can't let that happen."
The Doctor put his hand on a lever on the console, gripping it tightly. Evy reached out and put her hand on it as well. They looked at each other before pulling it down.
"What are you doing?" Amy ran up the console, trying to hit any switch she could that would stop the TARDIS from leaving, "Doctor! Evy! No!"
The Doctor reached out and pulled Amy into a hug, Evy holding her as well, despite the fact she was beating on their chests, sending zings of pain through Evy with each one, but it didn't matter, Amy needed them. They had both experienced a time when they thought they'd lost each other, they could understand what Amy was feeling.
"No!" Amy cried, "No! Evy, please! Doctor, we can't just leave him there!"
"Keep him in your mind," Evy told her, "Don't forget him. If you forget him, you will lose him forever."
"On the Byzantium, I still remembered the clerics because I am a time traveler, now you said…"
The Doctor grabbed her by the shoulders, looking straight at her, "They weren't part of your world. This is different...this is your own history changing."
"Don't tell me it's not going to be ok. You have to make it ok."
"It'll be hard, but you can do it, Amy," Evy pulled her over to the jump seat, sitting her down as they knelt down in front of her, both of them holding her hands, "Tell us about Rory."
"Fantastic Rory, funny Rory, gorgeous Rory," the Doctor agreed, "Amy, listen to us. Do exactly as we say. Amy, please. Keep concentrating. You can do this."
"I can't," she wept.
"You can," Evy insisted, "You can do it."
"We can't help you unless you do," the Doctor continued, "Come on. We can still save his memory. Come on, Amy. Please…" they watched as she stared into space, trying her hardest to think of Rory, to remember him, "Come on, Amy, come on, Amy, please. Don't let anything distract you."
"Remember Rory. Keep remembering, Rory will only be alive if he's in your memory. You must keep hold of him."
"Don't let anything distract you. Rory still lives in your mind."
…and then the TARDIS jolted, knocking them all to the floor.
Evy landed hard on her side, the Doctor's face inches from her own, the small box Rory had kept Amy's engagement ring in landing right between them as they stared at it.
"What were you saying?" Amy asked, bright, picking herself up from the floor.
The Doctor and Evy could only stare at her. It was over…it was lost…she'd forgotten…oh Rory…
Mo and Elliot came down the stairs with Ambrose, "I have seen some things today, but this is beyond mad," Mo commented, staring around.
"Five seconds till it all goes up!" Amy shouted, looking down at the stopwatch.
The TARDIS landed with a shake, right back in the graveyard, overlooking the drill sight. They all ran out to see the drill explode.
~8~
The Doctor and Evy were leaning against the door to the church with Ambrose, watching as Elliot, Amy, and Mo walked around.
"All Nasreen's work just erased," Amy commented, looking around at the bits of drill and equipment scattered around.
"Good job she's not here to see it," Mo laughed, "She's going to give Tony hell when they wake up."
Ambrose turned to them, "You could've let those things shoot me. You saved me."
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind," Evy sighed.
The Doctor nodded, "Now you show your son how wrong you were. How there's another way. You make him the best of humanity...in the way you couldn't be."
They looked at her with a gentle smile before they walked down the steps, hand-in-hand. They met up with Amy and headed back to the TARDIS.
"You're very quiet," Amy commented, eyeing them. Even when they had their silent conversations, they were still much more talkative, more expressive, than this, "Oh! Hey! Look!" she turned to wave, seeing her future self standing in the distance, "There I am again! Hello, me!" she hesitated a moment, frowning as she lowered her arm.
"You alright?" Evy asked.
"I thought I saw someone else there for a second," Amy sighed, shaking her head, "I need a holiday. Didn't we talk about Rio?"
"You go in," the Doctor nodded, "I just gotta fix this lock, keeps jamming…" he unlocked the door and pushed it open.
"You boys and your locksmithery," Amy rolled her eyes, getting into the TARDIS. Evy slowly shut the door behind her and turned back to the Doctor as he pulled out the red hanky wrapped item from his pocket. He looked at her a moment before taking a breath and unwrapping it. He froze, his eyes widening as he saw what was in his hands. He quickly held it up before the sign on the TARDIS.
Evy gasped, her eyes wide as she stared.
It was a broken corner piece of the sign.
A/N: Poor Evy. I hated doing that to her, but...I was always curious as to what would have happened if someone had been dissected. I know that in the episode just as Malokeh went to dissect Amy the Doctor was captured and he was needed elsewhere. But here, I wrote last chapter that Malokeh was aware the gas wasn't working on Evy, I made it so that he spent more focus on her than Amy and was more rushed so here Amy woke earlier without Malokeh keeping an eye on her and gassing her more. So the events took place just before the Doctor was captured. Poor Evy. I also thought that it would make sense for Evy to not be as affected by being dissected as Amy, or any human, would be. We've seen the Doctor survive radiation poisoning for quite a while, not letting on that he was in pain till the very end, so I figure it might mean they are just a bit more resistant to pain.
But who loved the Doctor? He just tells the humans not to dissect the Silurian and the Silurians go ahead and dissect not a human, but his LINK. Good thing Evy was there to temper the Oncoming Storm eh? NONE of the Silurians would have survived if she hadn't. It was slightly different her than with the Weeping Angels, Evy was in present danger with them, but here he'd been reunited with her just after the harm had passed, he had her alive in his arms so he wasn't quite as angry/snippy/emotional as when he'd been away from Evy knowing she was in danger.
Just a note on a review, I don't think you're allowed to publish fanfiction as it's already an established world/character/storyline, copyrights and all. Which stinks. But I will say this, I am actually contemplating rewriting the Academic Series as an actual novel/series, mostly due to the backstory/subplot of it. Making that fanfiction into a legitimate story, altering it so it's not about time travelling aliens or possibly involving a war though, not sure about specifics. I know that one book 50 Shades of Grey (haven't read it, probably won't read it, really not into that sort of stuff) was originally a Twilight fanfiction and the names were replaced along with some of the backstory, so you never know...what do you think?
Next chapter...Evy's powers make a reappearance as does her inspiration.