Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in two days, I was very busy (moving out and in) and I thought maybe I would slow down a bit in the publishing because I'll run out of written chapters very soon otherwise ^_^

So, anyway, here comes chapter 7! Thank you Lily for your support! And thank you SlytherinHolmes, Stormyfalcon, LittleDixie and Rachaelme for the favourites and follows! Keep the reviews coming and share if you think some of your Whovian friends may like it :)

Enjoy!

Melody - x.

Chapter 8

"Sorry, did you say she killed the Doctor? the Doctor? Doctor who…?" the voice of the Doctor rose up.

In a great and posh restaurant, he was leaning against the TARDIS, Melody leaning against it on the other side. He had changed his clothes for a black and white suit and a top hat, like the one he wore at Amy and Rory's wedding.

He has just interrupted the Teselecta robot now in the form of Amy as it was killing River.

"You're dying!" exclaimed River. "And you stopped to change!"

"Ah you should always waste time when you don't have any!" he said smiling, walking towards her and playing with a cane. "Time is not the boss of you, rule 408. Now Amelia Pond, judgement death machine. Why am I not surprised?" he said, facing the Teselecta. He held up is cane, opening it. "Sonic cane!"

"Are you serious?" River said.

"Never knowingly." he answered while scanning the robot. "Never knowingly be serious, rule 27. You might want to write these down." he faced the machine. "A robot! Worked by tiny people, 423 tiny people. Love it! My friend Melody here told me who you are… the Teselecta. Amy, if you and Rory are ok, signal me."

His cane soon made some beeping.

"Thanking you." he smiled before letting out a loud scream of pain and falling. Melody rushed to support him and led him to the stairs where he could sit. "Sorry, leg went to sleep. Just had a quick left leg power nap, I forgot I had one scheduled. Actually, better sit down, I think I heard the right one yawning."

River suddenly tried to run away, but the Teselecta held her with a field of some sort.

"Don't you touch her! Do not harm her in any way!" he yelled.

The robot stopped, just holding her in a bubble and faced him:

"Why would you care? She is the women who kills you."

"He's not dead yet!" Melody spoke up.

"He's dying."

"Well, at least I'm not a time-travelling-shape-shifting-robot operated by miniaturised cross people, which, I have got to admit, I didn't see coming. She kills me right, ok, but what does that have to do with you?" the Doctor said with a wide smile. "You got yourselves time travel, so, according to my friend here, you decided to punish dead people."

"We don't kill them, we extract them near the end of their established timelines. Then we give them hell." the robot answered.

"I'd ask you who do you think you are but the answer is pretty obvious, so who do you think I am?" he said. He rose his cane, pointing to River. "The woman who kills the Doctor. It sounds like you've got my biography, I'd love a peek."

"Our records office is sealed to the public. Foreknowledge is dangerous."

"Yeah right, for your information Melody here knows everything, so if you don't answer me I'll just have to ask her. Plus I'll be dead in three minutes, there isn't much foreknowledge left."

The robot didn't answer during few seconds. Then it said "Records available."

The Doctor got up, Melody still on his side, his arm around her shoulders.

"Question. I'm dying, who wants me dead?"

"The Silence." the robot answered.

"What is the Silence?" the Doctor asked. "Why is it called like that? What does it mean?"

"The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order, or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked."

"What question?"

"The first question. The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight."

"Yes but what is the question?" the Doctor insisted.

"Unknown."

"Well, fat lot of use that is, you big ginge! Call yourself a Records-argh!" he fell down to his knees, the poison burning through his veins. "Kidneys are always the first to quit! I've had better you know." he panted.

The light holding River suddenly became red and she screamed. They were extracting her. What could she do? The Doctor was into too much pain to talk, she had to do it instead, make Amy and Rory move.

Melody faced the robot:

"Amy, Rory, she's your daughter! Stop them! Point and think!" she said. The field holding River vanished. Melody ran to her, putting her hands on her shoulders. "Now please, you have to save your parents. Don't run. I know you're scared, but never run when you're scared. Rule 7."

"Doctor help us! Melody! Please help us!" the Teselecta called. Amy and Rory were inside, trapped by the security system. Amy disabled the bracelet that granted them free access to the Teselecta. Now floating jellyfish-like robots were chasing them inside, trying to kill them.

The Doctor opened his eyes and got up. Melody rushed to him as River sat down on a chair nearby. "He still cares…" she said.

"Doctor please, sit down, save your strength" Melody said, making him lie down again. She knelt next to him, brushing his hair back with one hand, holding his hand with the other. Tears started to stream down her cheeks. She turned to River. "Please...help him… save your parents."

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