The two met in a clash of mounts and the larger animal Sisai was riding knocked the horse of its feet. Sorsha only just managed to escape being crushed and rolled away.

Sisai hauled his mount round and launched himself at Sorsha and took him to the floor and managed to pin him down.

"Why do you oppose me?" he growled and stared into the eyes of his leader and his lover and he saw..."You are not Sorsha."

The person under him grinned. "Finally noticed," and he found himself being gradually pushed away.

"Time Lord," he hissed as he was pushed up and he stumbled back.

"Oh, I'm much more than that," the Time Lord replied as they circled each other.

Sisai laughed. "Still arrogant, even after we made you pay in blood."

The Time Lord laughed...actually laughed. "You have no idea, or haven't you noticed the lack of Time Lords."

"They are cowards and send slaves to fight for them," Sisai snarled and drew out a wicked looking blade.

The Time Lord sneered. "Going to kill an unarmed man...who's the coward."

Sisai reached into his armour and pulled out another blade and threw it and the Time Lord caught it.

"Now let's see who's a coward," he snarled and moved.

Ashena had been taken by surprise at her mother or whatever he was now coming between her and whatever her father was.

She tried to move forward but she was swallowed up by the battle as those that had been left in reserve made their move and closed the trap.

She wheeled her horse to and fro but found herself outnumbered and knew she was going to die at the hands of one of these creatures.

One raised its sword, the beast it was riding towering over her.

Death came towards her but the creature suddenly toppled from its mount, a spear right through its chest.

She looked past the beast and there was Captain Jack Harkness, a savage grimace on his face and close behind him the two humans Ianto and Gwen. She didn't have time to thank him, she just shouted.

"My parents!"

Jack Harkness nodded, there was no need for words, she could see he loved her mother as much as she did and as one they pushed their mounts forward.

It was the Destroyer of Worlds that rode towards the two; it cared not that one was the lover and the other was the daughter of The One That Healed. All it saw was a creature that should no longer exist and it was hungry to destroy it.

Even when it was brought to the ground by the creature it didn't panic...it laughed and it mocked the creature for its ignorance, and it relished the challenge when it threw a blade.

It ignored the voice of The One That Healed to not kill the host; why should it care?

It circled and watched the creature, its true face not hidden from the Oncoming Storm...the twisted abomination.

The snarled words meant nothing, just the fight and the kill...the feel of warm blood.

With a snarl it moved, shutting out the voice of The One that Healed and went for the abomination.

Jack tried to follow the Doctor...no not the Doctor he knew. He looked back at the battle and saw the Doctor's daughter and saw she was in trouble and made a choice.

He turned his mount and along with Ianto and Gwen rode back to towards the battle.

As they did, the rest of what Jack had guessed was a Human/Time Lord alliance poured onto the battlefield and the Horde now had a fight on its hand. He took full advantage and keeping his two companions and friends close and using the weight of the beasts they were riding pushed their way through.

Jack could see Ashena was outnumbered, although she was fighting valiantly. He knew he would never forgive himself if something happened to her...the Doctor, if he ever returned to his old self would never forgive him.

With a quick look at his compatriots he urged his mount forward, hefting the large spear that had been attached to its saddle.

He really didn't have time to adjust to the weight or be picky about the kill, he just drove the spear with as much force as he could.

The jar as it pierced the creatures armour and hit flesh almost took him out of the saddle but two pairs of hands stopped him...always there when they were needed. He saw the look of surprise on Ashena's face and then she shouted.

"My parents!"

Without replying he wheeled his mount and together the four of them began to fight their way out of the melee.

Sisai's anger was growing by the second as the Time Lord danced away from him again. He was puzzled at the skill of the Time Lord; they were not fighters by nature...what was it he had said about his own people.

It didn't matter, he was going to force the Time Lord to relinquish his body back to Sorsha, but to do that he had to damage the Time Lord...time to be less honourable.

He pressed a small button on the hilt of his blade and clear liquid oozed down it. He feigned a move to his right and then struck out and grazed the Time Lord's left hand and danced back as the Time Lord responded and just missed him.

He grinned and knew it wouldn't be long.

"Smile now...but it won't be long before I wipe it off your face," the Time Lord snarled and lunged for him and then let out a sharp cry and dropped his blade and looked at Sisai.

"Vestra venom...affects even Time Lords, especially Time Lords, the venom reaches the hearts quickly and..."

The Time Lord stumbled and fell to his knees and Sisai was on him, his blade at his throat.

"You know how this works, for my lover and my Lord to be free again, you have to...well, you have to die."

He pressed the blade tighter and a thin line of blood appeared and Sisai smiled and was about to put more pressure...to deliver the killer blow when a voice cried out.

"Father...no!"