"Rose?" Clara blinked, eyes widening as she remembered the Doctor talk about his last regeneration's lost love. "You're Rose Tyler? The Bad Wolf. You're prettier than the Doctor told me."
The girl blinked, amber eyes shining as she gave off an embarrassed smile but she finally said "I'm amazed he even remembers me, Clara, we need to go. Something is happening in this maze. None of this is real, I woke up in the maze and found my way here...something is keeping us here."
Clara raised an eyebrow as Rose walked away, keeping her pace slow enough for Clara to limp along beside her as golden regeneration energy swirled around her, healing the wounds she had received from the ocean. Rose cast a glance back at her, eyes scanning the energy as it disappeared, leaving Clara's injuries perfectly healed and the cloth on her leggings repaired.
"Strange." Rose commented, picking up her pace now that Clara was able to keep up. Clara blinked as they exited the bay and finally into the darkened paths of the maze. "Time Lord regeneration abilities do not heal humans like that, it doesn't even attract to human skin...only Time Lord. And from the records Torchwood keeps, you're human."
"Wait, hold on, how do you know me?" Clara demanded, eyes narrowing coldly as Rose glanced back at her, turning a corner with the Impossible Girl following. "And what is this 'Torchwood' you're talking of? No one told me about this!"
Rose shook her head with a roll of her eyes. "In my universe, Torchwood is the highest thing on the food chain and I'm one of the heads. Gallifrey is still around and Time Lords visit us every so often and they've given me help on the science. The reason I know you is because, according to Time Lord records, you're the girl who has died thousands of times without a real name. You're just a story."
Clara blinked, not expecting the answer that she was met with. Another question slipped off of her tongue before she could stop herself. "What about the Doctor?"
She shook her head, a topic she knew that would come up. "He's Lord President of Gallifrey. Rassilon died in the Time War and the Doctor saved everyone from certain doom by unloading all of his other regenerations into the Dalek ships, a light show that could be seen for light years. Luckily, the council voted him President before he died so he ended up with more regenerations."
"Never visits?" Clara asked, an amused smile crossing her face as she imagined the Doctor in royal Time Lord attire. It was something she never though she would see.
Rose gave a chuckle as she said "No, Gallifrey is quite busier than anyone realizes. Now that he decreed Time Lords help instead of watch. But he always sends messages of wars going on in nearer planets."
Clara opened her mouth to say something but she suddenly found herself on the floor as Rose tackled her, keeping her out of the shot as a Dalek blast broke through the wall above them. Rose growled, eyes narrowing as she saw the creature rolling towards them, eyestalk pinning them to the floor.
"EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" The Dalek screamed loudly as it charged up another shot.
Rose growled, dragging Clara out of the way just in time as it fired at the floor they had been a second prior. Rose whipped out a gun from the holster that had been at her waist the entire time. She jumped up, carefully skirting around the Dalek as she came to the opposite side.
"Hey attack dog!" Rose yelled, as she loaded her own weapon with a click. "Come and take a bite you pathetic trash can!"
The Dalek whipped around, eyestalk turning as it tried to find sight of Rose, all in the while Clara jumped to her feet, trying to find something to hit the Dalek with but to no avail. The Dalek spun around, eyestalk landing on Rose who only held the gun tighter.
"COMPANIONS OF THE DOC-TOR'S HAS BEEN FOUND!" It screamed loudly, an ear shattering sound that bounced off of the walls. "PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED!"
Rose fired but the bright flash of light only hit the Dalek to send in back a few inches, no real damage to be seen let alone real. Rose swore bitterly, jumping out of the way as another shot was fired. Clara ducked out of the way as the Doctor's mortal enemy swung around, trying to find Clara. The Impossible Girl hit the floor and when she looked up a young girl no older than thirteen stood tall in front of her, she handed Clara a gun with a sly smile.
She whipped around as the Dalek screamed out "A RAISE IN TIME ENERGY HAS BEEN DETECTED!"
Clara glanced back, the girl was gone and when Clara turned back around she brought the gun against the Dalek's exterior and as soon as she pulled the trigger instantly the hybrid screamed in pure pain as it was blasted away. The Dalek hit the wall with a crush as the metal armor bended beneath the impact. Rose blinked at Clara who only looked down at the antique gun that seemed to be made of solid silver, a small screen switch the number from five to four.
The Dalek screamed again and Rose fired this time, the Dalek's shield was broken so the blast went straight through the armor and killed the creature. "Clara...who gave you that?"
The Impossible Girl shrugged "Some kid, probably here as well."
"That was an increase in Time Energy." Rose said, a worried tone in her voice making it shake. "No child could have done that. That 'child' was something else...far more powerful not to mention dangerous."
"Amy!" The Doctor screamed, eyes wide as he jumped to the edge of platform, hand scrabbling at the edge trying to find his friend. Panic took hold of his hearts as he found no sign of her. Rory was looking worried to such an extent it made the Time Lord want to cry. "Amy!"
He slammed his fists against the edge of the edge of the marble, cutting into the pale flesh and causing his hands to stain crimson. Rory blinked, a shock taking the look in his eyes that used to be worry. He just shook his head and whispered one word. "No."
Suddenly a shattering sound echoed up into the air as the floor began to piece back to get her except for a few long areas that would make them have to jump. The Doctor stood, the skin on his hand stitching back together as more golden energy surrounded his hands. Rory blinked, a question dying on his tongue as the Doctor glanced back. "She's not dead, this maze is designed to keep you alive for some reason. We'll find her again."
"Of course we will." Rory said, a persistent tone in his voice as the Doctor prepared himself to jump, no one saw the smirk crossing the Time Lord's face.
The Doctor jumped, the gravity seemed to be low being he jumped at least forty feet into the air, almost like something that would happen in anime. He landed on the other side with a small tap of his shoes and finally the Doctor turned back towards Rory. He waved to show the nurse he was okay and Rory drew a sharp breath, finally he jumped.
It was amazing, flying through the air like that, almost like bird but then a terrible screech cut through the air as his feet touched the platform. The Doctor looked up, eyes widening as he saw a, what appeared to be a cross between a bird and a dragon, swoop down. It was a disgusting yellow-green while its head seemed misshapen, long talons scratching through the air as it tried to spin around and tear into Rory.
"What is that thing?!" Rory yelled, eyes watching the beating of its almost leathery bug-like wings.
The Doctor looked up and said "A protector of Time, The Ancient Greeks called them Furies and the name stuck. The Time Lords made them to keep intruders out. If they're here...oh Rassilon this isn't good."
The Fury whipped around, eyes all for the Doctor and Rory as it went into a dive. The Doctor tackled Rory just as the Fury's talons tore through the air above them. Rory rolled out from under the Doctor and grabbed his sword. "Now, what do we do?!"
"Easy," The Doctor growled as he stood "we kill it."
Rory blinked, with the Doctor, killing was never an option. What happened to him? Rory swung as the Fury dropped again with an ear-piercing screech that was almost painful to hear. The Fury caught the blade with its Talons before throwing it and Rory away with ease. The Last Centurion hit the wall with a snap and fell to the floor in a heap.
"Rory!" The Doctor yelled but the man never even moved. The Time Lord dove out of the way as the Fury landed, wings spreading out behind it until they began to tear into the walls, causing rubble to fall, almost crushing the Doctor.
The Fury roared and its tail lashed out at the Doctor but this time the Doctor wasn't quick enough to jump out of the way, the tail hit him full force in the chest, sending him flying away as he crashed full force into a wall. The Doctor tried to move but the pain that was wracking his body restricted his movement. The Fury seemed to grin as his placed a large and misshapen paw on the Doctor's chest, talons pinning him to the floor.
"Time Lords." The creature snarled angrily, its language shifting constantly between Gallifreyan and English. "They're extinct, what are you doing here?!"
The Doctor growled "We ended up here by accident. We didn't mean to be here! We won't let Time out, I promise, just let me get up."
The Fury snarled and opened its jaws just enough for the Doctor see all the rows of pointed teeth in its jaws, saliva dripped from the Fury's jaws and onto his jacket. "Lies, my brethren and I were imprisoned here to protect your 'precious' Time, but she's been dormant for years until you dropped in here!"
"I wouldn't be in this mess if Time hadn't pulled us from the vortex." He snapped bitterly as he tried to twist himself out of the talons but to no avail. "I can help fix this."
"No you can't." The Fury roared angrily as it began to add pressure to its paw causing the Doctor gasp in pain. "Time is breaking her bonds and she is looking for a vessel. I'll kill each and every one of you before I let that happen."
"Time wants a vessel?" The Doctor laughed and when the Fury went to slit his throat the Doctor kicked upwards into it's soft pad. The Fury screamed as it jumped away, after all, it liked to lay chas to its prey. The Doctor jumped up and ran, dodging the flailing claws as the Fury laid chase, he had to keep it away from Rory. "You're pathetic!"
The Protector of Time roared as it lashed out at the Doctor but the Time Lord jumped just in time to avoid the claws. The Doctor went soaring into the air as he thanked Time for the low gravity. The Fury jumped into the air, wings flaring out at he gained height. Rory blinked open his eyes as he saw it jump into the air. The Regeneration energy that had healed him disappeared as he jumped up, sword in hand.
The Doctor glanced back just in time to see the Fury scratch its talons through the air, leaving long bleeding lines down his back as it threw him against the wall with all the strength it had. The Doctor crashed through the cold stone as Rory jumped into the air. The Fury seemed pleased with itself but then it screeched in pain as Rory's sword tore through its wing.
The Fury lowered in height as Rory hit the ground. Rory smirked and jumped again, this time he swung the blade with all his might against the Fury's neck. The creature screamed in agony as it fell, droplets of blood coloring the air behind it. He managed to turn in midair and hit the hole in the wall where the Doctor had crashed through. Rory blinked as he realized that gravity was normal in this room.
He looked down at the broken form of the Doctor, they had crashed into another TARDIS control room. Rory jumped down and went into a roll to avoid damage to his body. Crouching over the body of the Doctor was a woman with long ginger hair but it wasn't Amy.
"I'm a doctor." Rory said suddenly as he walked up to the woman and scanned the Doctor for injury, there were too many signs. He glanced up at the woman and asked "Who are you?"
"Donna." She said. "Donna Noble."