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I hope this plot isn't too all over the board for you guys, it is my first story, and my writing has changed
a bit since I started it.

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Amy was the first to rediscover her voice. Rose seemed only capable of staring, and even the snake men seemed to be in shock. Lucy grinned. She loved it when she surprised people.

"Where the hell did you get a horse from?" Amy asked incredulously.

"Persuasion," Lucy said quickly, not looking at her. There were more important things that needed discussion; the gristly details of how she had acquired a horse were of little importance. Lucy held up her gun. There were still ten of the snake soldiers left, and they were all armed. Brilliant. She looked around for a way to get them, but the only thing that caught her attention was the carriage. She stared at it for a good long moment. Then, she looked back at the men.

"Can we just discuss this for a moment? Rather than leaping at each other?" she suggested irritably. The nearest snake men bared his teeth at her, revealing two long, inward curved fangs that sent shivers down Lucy's spine. She really wasn't a fan of snakes. She cocked her gun. "Come on now!"

As an answer, ten other shotguns cocked. They all pointed at her. Lucy smiled wide, though she was completely terrified.

"Alright then," she said through her teeth. "Toodles!"

With a good kick, she urged her horse forward, just as a round of shots rang through the air. As she galloped away, she saw Rose and Amy both break free, but at that moment, she was distracted by the second round of shots. She spun around in the saddle and fired off three shots, hitting two of them. She smiled to herself. This old rifle wasn't half bad. However, she was moving farther and farther away from the group, and so she turned her horse quickly, charging back into the fray. She caught a glimpse of Rose, and did a double take.

Somehow, Rose had managed to shove the driver out of his seat, and was now driving the carriage. She was being chased, but as she snapped the whip at the terrified horses, completely at a loss for what she was doing, the carriage lurched, and with a thud, Lucy saw two snake soldiers lying facedown in the snow.

"Nice!" she called. Urging the horse as fast as it could go, she flew into the soldiers, running over one of them and shooting down another as Rose ran over a third. However, as this occurred, Rose turned the carriage too sharply, and with a great creak, a snap, and a shriek, the carriage flipped over. One of the horses broke free and bolted, the other flipped with the carriage, struggled like a wild beast, then finally broke free, scrambling wildly to its feet and disappearing after it's friend. Rose, however, was thrown several feet and tumbled into the snow with a shriek.

"Rose!" Lucy called, and she cantered over to her as she got to her feet with a groan. "Whoa whoa, where'd the others go?" Lucy said wildly. They had only taken out seven of the soldiers, and yet there was one left. He fired at Lucy, but it hit her saddle, and with an angry shout, Lucy fired one of her last shots. The soldier transformed into a snake with a snarl, and fell to his knees.

"Amy!" Rose shouted, panic in her voice. Lucy looked around wildly, but Amy wasn't there.

"What happened Rose?" she cried. Rose seemed on the verge of tears.

"I tried to help her get on the carriage, but they took her! Said something about information, and that she had what they needed, and then they just carried her off once they clobbered her! I tried to help but I was surrounded!" she seemed on the point of hysterics.

"It's alright Rose, there wasn't anything you could do," Lucy scanned the horizon furiously, and found what she was looking for – a lopsided figure shrinking in the distance, and getting smaller…fast. Without another word, Lucy spun the horse around, and charged after them.

"Rose, take this, see what you can get out of him!" Lucy shouted, tossing her gun at Rose as she galloped after the retreating kidnappers.

"Okay," Rose said quietly to Lucy's retreating figure. She looked down at the snake that was now curled up on the ground, its almost humanlike face contorted into a snarl as it glared at her through scarlet eyes. Rose glared down at it, breathing heavily.

"What do you want?" she growled. The snakes face contorted into a smile.

"Does the Wolfie not know?" he whispered. Rose narrowed her eyes. "Welcome, to the Big Show," he hissed softly. "Your monsters will come, our Master, your monster."

"What Master?" Rose growled. "What's coming? You tell me now, and I'll make your death a lot less painful,"

The words felt strange coming from her mouth as she pointed the gun at the snakes face, but he was dying…and slowly. She would be doing him a favor. The sound of hoofbeats told her Lucy had returned, but she didn't look up.

"I lost them," came a dejected, defeated voice. Rose still did not look at Lucy as she walked up next to her.

"What is coming?" Rose asked slowly, accenting each word. The snake smiled, flicking it's black tongue at her.

"Nasty things," he said gleefully. "Everything you don't know, everything you can't see…" he paused. "That's what's coming to get you." With a faint hiss, the snakes head dropped to the ground, and it moved no more.

Without warning, something much different from a snake appeared in Rose's vision.

The Doctor. Her Doctor, his back to her surrounded by people as she screamed his name, but he didn't turn around. He couldn't hear her desperate cries. Doctor! Doctor!

Rose gasped, and backed up slightly, swallowing hard.

"What is it?" Lucy asked, her hand on Rose's shoulder, concerned. Rose looked at her. The words the creature had just spoken to them scared the two women to no end, and Rose looked at Lucy's sweaty, terrified face.

"We need to find the Doctor." She said hoarsely.

"Doctor, there's nothing more to find, I think we should just give up and go back," Martha complained loudly. "We need to find Lucy, Rose, and Amy anyways." The Doctor sighed, frowning slightly. Jack was leaning against a building, fiddling with his vortex manipulator.

"Thing is though," he said finally. "What if we're just looking in the wrong place? I mean, maybe it wasn't London, maybe it's somewhere else."

"I agree," put in Jack. The Doctor looked over at him.

"Thank you Jack," he said, grateful for support.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I meant I agree with Martha, we aren't going to find anything else here," Jack said. The Doctor glared at him. Jack didn't seem to notice.

"That's it Doctor, outvoted, I'm calling us back," said Martha. She walked away from him, pulling out her phone before he even had a chance to respond, and called the number. She smiled a bit as she did this – it had been a long time since she had called that number.

"Doctor!" Rory shouted.

"In a minute!" the Doctor replied.

"Doctor what are you doing? Are you trying to blow up the TARDIS?" River's voice drifted up to Rory, who was standing by the main console while River and the Doctor were patching up a mild malfunction. Well, not really "drifting" more like a physical assault on Rory's eardrums.

"Why…I wouldn't….I know what I'm doing!" the Doctor spluttered. River sighed so loudly that Rory had to suppress a laugh.

"Here…." River said irritably. There was a loud bang, a puff of smoke, and the Doctor let out a cry of fury.

"What did you just do?" he shouted.

"Fixed it!" River replied smugly.

"Yeah, well…" the Doctor paused. "I would appreciate it if you didn't go banging up my frankly magnificent time machine without her, or my permission! She's got feelings you know!"

"Oh, please Doctor," River sighed. "Are you really that afraid of banging up the TARDIS? Honestly, you have no faith!"

"Doctor!" Rory called again.

"What Rory?" the Doctor grumbled irritably.

"Doctor your phone's ringing…or….a phone," Rory said, pointing at a jingling object sitting on the console. "Not sure who it is, thought I'd let you answer it,"

"Oh," said the Doctor as he appeared from under the console, jogging over to get the phone. He looked at the number. "It's Martha!" He picked it up and flipped it open as River appeared from under the console, paused, and folded her arms, grinning smugly.

"Martha Jones! Did you -" the Doctor stopped mid sentence, and in a matter of seconds, his face lost every ounce of color. He didn't say anything.

"Sweetie, what's the matter?" River said quickly, walking over, her face suddenly concerned. Rory furrowed his brow in concern, and felt his stomach drop. This couldn't be good. Rory thought he heard a woman's voice on the phone, but it didn't sound familiar.

"Hello?" the Doctor said quietly. There was a long, painful silence, and finally, the Doctor let out a sigh of relief as another voice came on the phone.
"Martha! Thank goodness," he said. "Bad reception, yeah, well, you are in the nineteen forties, anyways, find anything?" he paused for a moment. "Alright, oh…sorry about that, yes, we'll come pick you up. What? Oh…yes, we'll be there immediately," the Doctor hung up quickly.

"What's going on?" River asked sharply. "What was that voice? I thought I heard a woman's voice but it wasn't Martha,"

"What?" the Doctor said blankly.

"You looked like your were going to pass out," Rory supplied

"Oh! That was nothing, bad…reception, no the real situation -"

"Doctor! What was that? Don't change the subject!" River growled angrily. The Doctor paused a moment.

"There's been a malfunction with the Vortex Manipulators," he said slowly. "Something went wrong, so we need to pick up Jack, Martha and Handy as quickly as possible so we can find the others," he said, and then he grinned cheekily. "No worries! We'll have this sorted out in a trifle."

"Handy?" River asked, momentarily distracted from shooting the Doctor Death glares.

"The other Doctor, he grew out of my old hand," the Doctor explained. For the first time, in all the time Rory had known her, River looked completely lost. The Doctor shifted uncomfortably. "Long story, I lost my hand in a swordfight some….five, six years ago and then several years ago, there was this…thing that happened, I put my regeneration energy into…"

"Oh, yes, the human Doctor that Donna created," River said, suddenly remembering. "Yes, got it,"

Rory decided that this conversation was the least of his problems. He covered his face with his hands, closing his eyes.

"Every time," he groaned. "every time we get separated, something bad happens,"

"It's alright Rory, we'll find your wife," the Doctor said cheerfully. With that, he ran to the console and began flying the TARDIS, while River automatically assisted. However, the entire time, she did not once quit looking at the Doctor, her eyes narrowed angrily.

"If you're so confident that we'll rescue them, then why did you look so terrified a few moments ago?" River pressed. The Doctor ignored this. "DOCTOR!" River shouted, making both Rory, and the Doctor jump.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"Answer me, how stupid do I look?" River snarled. The Doctor sighed.

"It was just a…." however, his sentence trailed off into nothing as he shrunk almost visibly under River's furious glare, and sighed. Rory knew that his daughter had won, and he couldn't help but be proud of her. If anybody could worm information out of the Doctor, it was his and Amy's daughter.

"Something intercepted the call," the Doctor said uncomfortably. "It said…it's been waiting for me for a long time, and then Martha got through," River nodded.

"She's playing a game with us, whoever this is," River said darkly. The Doctor nodded. "And she knows how to play."

Rory shuddered slightly at this, and his worry for Amy intensified. The TARDIS shuddered gently to a stop (it was much smoother when River and the Doctor flew it), and the three of them stepped out to find their party waiting for them.

"Doctor!" Martha cried joyfully. The Doctor grinned, and walked out to greet them. Rory watched as River followed, and all eyes fell on her. Jack seemed to be watching her quite keenly; however his eyes were not level with her face. After a few moments, after the Doctor failed to notice the fact that introductions were in order, River broke the ice, speaking directly to Jack.

"Like what you see?" she purred. Jack looked up, and grinned cheekily.

"Indeed," he said. He walked swiftly up to her, holding out his hand. "Captain Jack Harkness, and who might you be?"

"Professor River Song, or Melody Pond, whichever you like," she said, grinning. Jack raised his eyebrows.

"A Professor? Really? And what might you be willing to…teach?" Jack asked suggestively, the same grin still on his face.

"Seriously?" the Doctor butted in. "We've got work to do here!"

"I'll be catching up with you later," Jack said, waggling his eyebrows.

"Careful Captain, I am a married woman," River said silkily.

"Tut tut, never stopped me," Jack said.

"I bet it didn't," River replied.

"ENOUGH!" bellowed both Doctor at once. Rory blinked.

"Come on now! We have to track down the girls, so quit flirting and get in the TARDIS!"

"Am I ever allowed to say hello?" Jack sighed. The Doctor rolled his eyes.

"Jack, River, Martha, Rory, Handy. IN." he pointed at the TARDIS. "NOW."

"Yes sir," Jack said, pulling a salute, and he marched into the TARDIS. Rory and the others followed, however the other Doctor paused a moment before he walked in.

"Handy?" he questioned irritably.

"Oh, come now, it's not a bad nickname," the Doctor said with a grin, clapping his former look alike on the back. The other Doctor raised an eyebrow at him, but shrugged.

"Fair enough….Fezzy," he grumbled.

Rose stared out at the field partially in fear, partially in wonder. She shook her head.

"It's quite magnificent," Lucy mused next to her. Rose could only nod. After following the trail of the snakes that had captured Amy for some time, they had walked into a field, only to find themselves staring directly across at a massive machine. It was partially buried in the snow and in dirt, but it was there. It was massive, and oddly elegant, oddly shaped curving arcs of metal, and as she came closer, she realized that it was wire. Lots of wire connected to large blinking metal boxes that looked suspiciously like….

"Explosives," Lucy said grimly.

"Rigged, and set to explode in 2013…but why that year?" Rose wondered. It didn't seem right. Why that particular year, that moment when somehow, the Doctor and all of his companions back to her were together in one place. It seemed like an impossible coincidence.

"I dunno," Lucy said with a shake of her head. "Beats the hell out of me."

However, they were both distracted by the most wonderful and familiar sound they had ever heard in their lives, and Rose spun around to see the TARDIS materializing some ten meters away. Both she and Lucy sprinted towards the blue box as the two Doctors stepped out.

"Rose!"

"Lucy!"

"Doctor!"

"Doctor!"

Lucy, who was faster, launched herself at the new Doctor, and hugged him tightly, while Rose ran to her Doctor. She hugged him fiercely, her eyes closed tight, and in that moment, she felt like she could stay in his arms forever. It was so good to feel his touch again, even though it had only been mere hours since they had last seen each other. They finally broke apart, and the Doctor looked down at her worriedly.

"What happened, are you alright?" his eyes drifted to her forehead, and Rose finally remembered that right above her left eyes was probably rather swollen.

"Oh, whacked my head when we landed, it's nothing," she said, almost casually. The Doctor did not look convinced, and he pulled out his screwdriver, still looking extremely worried. Rose smiled. He was incredibly adorable when he was worried. He blinged her with his screwdriver, and then looked into her eyes, his face filled with concern.

"Well, you don't have a concussion, but still…." He trailed off. It seemed like he was about to scan her again when she shook her head.

"Hush," she said with a smile, taking his hand. "Really, I'm fine."

"Rosie! You alright there?"

"Hey Jack! Yeah, you?"

"Oh, you know me, I'm always fine and dandy!"

"What happened to you guys?"

"Faulty teleport, I ended up in a cupboard!"

"You think that's bad? I ended up in the middle of a bunch of men who probably thought I was some dumb drunk slut passed out on a street corner,"

"Well, I had Jack over here feeling me up,"
"It was dark!"

"I bet it was…"

"I'm sorry, I don't think we've met, I'm Lucy,"

"Professor River Song, it's a pleasure,"

"WHERE'S AMY?"

Everybody jumped as Rory's voice cut through all the commotion. It appeared he had been trying to get everyone's attention for a while now, and suddenly, the Doctor looked around wildly, concerned.

"Yes," he said. "Where is Mrs. Pond?" he asked worriedly. Rose gulped, and suddenly felt guilty. She had forgotten to mention her kidnapping in all the commotion.

"She was taken," Lucy said.

"Taken?" Rory cried. "Taken by what?"

"A bunch of snake men, they ambushed us, I know this is the right place, look," everybody's eyes followed Lucy's pointing finger to the massive time bomb in the field.

"Oh my God," Martha gasped, covering her mouth. "What is that?"

"It's a bomb," Rose said softly.

"I don't care about the stupid bomb, what about Amy?" Rory growled.

"They said she would have information," Rose said, looking at Rory. "They wanted her alive, so it's just a matter of finding her."

The Doctor nodded, and ran towards the bomb site.

"Come along Handy!" he called. Rose furrowed her brow in confusion. Her Doctor sighed.

"Is that you he's talking to?" Martha asked incredulously.

"Apparently, it's my new nickname," the Doctor said with a sigh.

"The Doctor is now 'Fezzy'," supplied River. Jack chuckled. With that, "Handy", ran after "Fezzy", and Rose followed, along with the others as they went to investigate the bomb. Rory paused a moment, looking positively furious, but he followed. Rose fell back to walk with him.

"It's alright, we'll find Amy and get her back," she said reassuringly placing an arm on Rory's shoulder. He didn't look up. "She was brilliant you know," she added. Rory smiled weakly.

By the time they arrived at the site, the two Doctors were working away furiously, sonicking this and that, until finally, they both stepped away, looking astonished.

"That's it," said Handy. "It's disarmed."

"Wait, you're saying you're done already?" Lucy interjected. Both Doctors nodded.

"We can just launch the explosives into space and blow them up there," the new Doctor said.

"Hold on, this doesn't make any sense," Martha said. "If this is all a part of some great big scheme to blow up the world and block out the sun, then why the hell is it so easy to disarm?"

Her question was met with one thing.

Silence.

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