Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who nor do I own this episode. This is just what I thought should have happened once I found out Clara had lived and died to save the Doctor many times. Most of this is from the transcript which I found online. I am just trying to write what I thought would happen, not trying to steal anything.
The makeshift TARDIS closes in on the other. Inside, Oswald closes her eyes and sends Rory another message.
"We're coming through," she wanted him, her hair whipping around her face and making it hard for her to concentrate. "Get out of the way or you'll be atomized."
"Where are you coming through?" the Nose asks her. He looks worried, and he should be.
"I don't know," Oswald spits angrily, trying to concentrate really hard on the message and helping to fly the makeshift TARDIS at the same time. She feels like she's being stretched in a million directions at the same time.
"Oh, great," Rory rolls his eyes. "Thanks!" Oswald just smiles at him and disconnects.
"It's not going to hold!" the brunette shouts, her eyes wide and pained as she focuses on her Thief. Their makeshift TARDIS shudders as it materializes by the ramp. Both the Doctor and Oswald fall on impact. It reminds Oswald of all of the times he's landed her roughly.
"Doctor!" the red head, Amy, smiles at the man in tweed. The Doctor gets up and hugs her. Oswald stands slowly, her body shaking with the effort. She knows this body won't last long, but it makes her hurt deep inside her mainframe.
"Not good," she comments weakly, legs shaking badly as she tries to take a step. "Not good at all." The Doctor shoots her a worried look as he helps her sit down. She frowns at her legs, still slightly covered by her raggedy red dress. "How do you walk around in these things?" Her nose scrunches up in disgust and the Doctor's hearts flutter.
"We're not quite there yet..." he runs a soft hand though her hair to reassure her, "just hold on." He stands slightly, but keeps his hold on her hand. "Amy, this is..." He smiles widely. "Well, she's my TARDIS. Except she's a woman." If it's possible, his smile gets even wider. Oswald rolls her eyes at the green eyed man. "She's a woman, and she's my TARDIS."
"She's the TARDIS?!" Amy looks from the brunette to the Doctor and back.
"And she's a woman," the Doctor nods enthusiastically. "She's a woman and she's the TARDIS." He does a tiny little jig in place next to Oswald.
"Did you wish really hard?" Amy asks with a smirk, eyes sparkling with mirth.
"Shut up!" the Doctor lets go of Oswald's hand to point and glare at his red head best friend. "Not like that."
"Hello. I'm..." she blinks up at Amy and Rory and smiles as well, "Sexy."
"Oh!" Rory grunts out a laugh.
"Still," the Doctor glares at the couple, "shut up."
Oswald doesn't play attention to much of the conversation going on. She hears Amy gag and the Doctor speaking rapidly to the entity that has stolen her home from her. All she can focus on right now is reserving her energy.
Suddenly, the she's clutching at a bar on the side of the console. She can feel her muscles screaming and there are tears in her eyes from the pain. As soon as it started, the gravity is back and the brunette falls to the floor, clutching her stomach. She blinks back tears and finds Rory standing over her, big nose and all.
Like with the gravity, there is suddenly a huge loss of air as if House is sucking the air from the room. Rory crouches over her and she sends him a weak smile, even as she's chocking.
The air is back as the Doctor starts speaking of things just outside of Oswald's deteriorating body's hearing range. She struggles to stay conscious. If she dies here, so does the Doctor and his companions.
Suddenly, something flashes though her mind and she winces. She leans up and grabs at Rory's hand. His eyes widen and he reaches down to feel her forehead. His hands feel nice against her skin.
"Doctor, she's burning up," Rory's voice is the only she can hear. "She's asking for water." Oswald shakes her head, trying to grab at Rory's jacket so he can understand her better when she speaks.
"Hey," the Doctor kneels and takes Oswald's hand. His hands are soft against her face as he strokes it. "Hang in there, old girl," he whispers and she zeros in on his green eyes, soft as new grass. "Not long now. It'll be over soon." He presses a kiss to her forehead and she breaths out against his cheek, a small smile on her face.
"I always liked it when you call me..." she lets out a stuttering breath, "old girl."
The last thing Oswald hears before fading out of consciousness is House telling all of them goodbye.
The four of them materialize in the console room. Oswald's body collapses on the cool glass floor and she presses a cheek to it, the other is cradeled in Rory's hand as he presses two fingers to her neck.
She reaches up to bring him closer again, whispering over and over the words he must remember.
Rory scowls at the words and whispers back, "I don't understand." He shakes his head. "There isn't a forest in here."
The Doctor begins to clap and she focuses in on what he's saying, even as her mind is slowly slipping away. He pulls Amy up and makes her clap with him, pretending to congratulate House on his beautiful defeat. But, because Oswald knows her Thief so well, she knows he's got something else up her sleeve. And if he'd just grab her a little more time, she can let this body pass peacefully and take back her home.
"Yep, you've defeated us, me and my lovely friends here at last but definitely not least the TARDIS Matrix herself." He looks at her with such a look of sadness, but she tries to project as much peace and softness into her connection with him that he will understand that she's ready. "That a living consciousness you ripped out of this very control room and locked up into a human body and look at her!" He gestures to Oswald. The last thing she hears through their connection before it goes black is the word 'sorry' echoing over and over again.
"Doctor, she's stopped breathing," Rory speaks up. Somewhere deep inside Oswald, she cries for the girl this body used to be, but at the same time, there are now a few particles attached to the TARDIS heart.
She keeps listening through her connection with the Doctor.
"No. It's never enough," the Doctor growls, his eyes almost a scary shade of green. "You forced the TARDIS into a body so she'd burn out safely a very long way away from this control room. A flesh body can't hold the TARDIS Matrix and live. Look at her body, House." He gestures to the prone body of Oswald lying on the floor of the console room, his hearts clenching in sadness.
"And you think I should mourn her?" House asks in a snide tone.
"No," the Doctor smiles, "I think you should be very, very careful about what you let back into this control room." He smiles sadly and Oswald knows it is time. She lets the energy inside her go.
Yet another chapter. Only one more to go! I've got a poll going about which episode to do next. Please vote so I can start writing quickly. The two-part episodes are going to have more chapters, but will take longer to write. Thanks so much and please review!