Amy heard more than she saw after that. The thud as this young River's fist connected with her left eye made Amy stumble backward, her own hand flying up to cover it.
"Merciless Dal- That bloody hurt!" She cursed moving her hand away from her eye.
"What did you do that for?" The Doctor asked turning to inspect Amy's eye.
"You are here to sabotage my dig!"
"You made me bleed!" Amy exclaimed.
"No we aren't."
"Sorry sweetie." She apologized sarcastically.
"My TARDIS malfunctioned, we were just looking around."
"How on earth did you make me bleed!"
"That's probably not true, sweetie that's what can happen when you get punched."
"Shut up!" The three all turned to see a tall man in grey cargos and a red t-shirt with a big hat on.
"Alright, Riché, what do you have to say?" River asked putting her hands on her hips. He looked at them gruffly.
"Nothing, you were giving me a head ache with all your jabbering." He walked over to them and tossed River two bracelets, and in two swift movements they were snapped onto Amy's and the Doctor's wrists.
"What are these!" Asked Amy trying to wiggle it off her wrist.
"Take these off of us immediately we are not here to mess up your dig."
"Doctor what are these?" Amy asked shocked when the bracelet became more comfortable, almost having changed completely.
"Stun Cuffs. They are used on prison planets and ships to ensure the prisoners don't fight or escape." He scanned the bracelet with his Screwdriver.
"And I'm guessing we can only run 15 feet before being stunned." He glared at River.
"10 actually." She said cheerily. She turned then, and started toward the jeep.
"Come on then, wouldn't want a stun so early in the game now would we?" River jumped back into the jeep and Amy and the Doctor exchanged looks.
"Colonel Christopher Riché, I'm in charge, Dr. Song is my second in command. Doctor, I presume?" He asked facing the Doctor, the Doctor nodded, "You'll be with me, and for you, girly-"
"Amy."
"Amy, you will be with River, don't stray too far, Song has long legs." Amy rolled her eyes, winced at the pain in her eye, and fixed the bag she had slung over her shoulder; she started toward the jeep and got into the back. The Doctor followed suit.
"Where, and why exactly are you taking us, we haven't done anything." The Doctor asked above the bumping and gravel crunching.
"You're trespassing. An anonymous source told us you would be here, to cause mischief, took her two weeks to gain our trust." River chuckled. Amy and the Doctor exchanged glances. Amy groaned in frustration.
"River!" They both said in unison, annoyance dripping from their voices.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"If you just let us go back to the TARDIS I could get some of my own clothes!" Amy exclaimed stomping her foot in frustration. River wouldn't let her or the Doctor go back to the TARDIS for any reason. Moreover, it was starting to annoy her beyond all beliefs.
"You can go back to the TARDIS, but I'm not goin, I have work to do." River smirked pulling on a cream work blouse and leaving the buttons undone so her red tank top was still visible. River had given her clothes to Amy so she could go dig with her, Cargos and a blue tank top with another cream work blouse to go with that, and work boots.
"If you don't come with me then I'll be stunned." Amy deadpanned realizing that's exactly what River had meant.
"Exactly." Amy groaned in frustration and decided to just put on the clothes. She pulled her yellow top over her head and tossed it onto the cot River had assigned her. She glanced back at River who met her gaze the entire time with a satisfied smirk on her face. When Amy turned her back, however River was absent-mindedly admiring the creamy toned tummy Amy Pond was sporting, making her own stomach flutter. The contrast between her black bra and pale skin was probably one of the sexiest things she'd ever seen. Amy pulled the blue tank top over her head and then donned the cream blouse, which was admittedly too big for her. She glanced back at River who absently chewed on her gum. She glared at her and pulled off her skirt and tights kicking them aside before picking up the cargos and stepping into them, zipping up the fly and buttoning the button. The butterflies in River's belly fluttered violently, as she witnessed Amy's sinfully long legs, and curvy hips. Amy bit her lip, she could feel River's stare on her, and her lips weren't something that had gotten out of her head since she had seen her purse them in annoyance earlier. Amy mentally shook her head; This is some sort of sick rebound thing, she thought taking a deep breath, and slipping her feet into a pair of socks and eventually the boots River had given her.
"How did you know my size?" She asked, looking up at River and fitting a sun hat on her head and grabbing one of the packs beside the tent's opening.
"Automatic fit, size seven to size ten. Let's go." She said, picking up the second pack and opening the tent flap. They stepped into the sun and River lead the way. The camp site was in a big rectangle around a big fire pit, River's tent was one of the big ones as was Chris', the others on the digging crew had their respective tents, but all of them were big to Amy. Amy walked a few paces behind the blond, enjoying the view, the trees were enormous, and there were huge amounts of flowers in full bloom.
"What year is it?" She asked, her eyes drifting to the sway of River's hips.
"3429...I know what you're going to ask, I did time travel here," her tone was sharp and disregarding, "I'm from the 51st -"
"Century, I know. So it's been six hundred and something years since the burial?"
"Six hundred and thirty one. Yeah, My team found a building that is still intact, and isn't actually buried so deep, only 13 feet of dirt between us. It's a residential area, or it was a residential area, so we're working there." River didn't look back, but she could feel Amy's eyes on her, her face felt hot, and it wasn't from the sun. A few minutes later, the dig site came into view; the majority of the group was there, except, Lea and Carmen who were getting over heat stroke. When they walked up Amy spotted the Doctor with Riché who were looking over some plans.
"Dr. Song, it seems we have progressed further than anticipated, we will be reaching the house in at the most, four days." Dr. Riché called as River and Amy walked up.
"That's brilliant our time was cut in half! Are we prepared to descend?" She asked, her face lighting up, Riché nodded, and she did something none of them expected, she squealed excitedly, and even jumped a little. She was composed within seconds though, and was receiving surprised looks from the Doctor and Amy. She frowned and glared at Amy.
"What?" She demanded, and Amy shrugged. River turned back to Dr. Riché and started to discuss ways they were going to excavate the house. The Doctor walked over to Amy, and lifted up her chin.
"How's your eye?" He asked looking her over, her eye was swollen and that cut, be whatever it was, had stopped bleeding, but one of her lovely hazel eyes was surrounded by a fist sized purple splotch.
"It hurts when I blink, but overall as good as can be given the circumstances." She said wincing a little.
"Okay, and what about with her?" he motioned over to River, who was still speaking with Riché.
"Fine, I like your River better, just to tell you." She eyed him; he raised his hands in defence.
"She isn't mine, and this one will be the other, so..." Amy started giggling, and the Doctor stopped talking.
"I'll live, nothing too horrible has happened aside from the-" she pointed at her eye, "-and I'm not planning on doing anything to provoke her either so..." The Doctor nodded. Suddenly the ground was shaking and everyone toppled over onto the dirt, a few people eliciting surprised yelps.
"What the hell is happening?" River yelled over the rumble, Riché looked at the monitors.
"I can't tell! The shaking is too violent!" He called back. Screams echoed form where the team was digging, and most of them were scrambling out of the hole.
"What's happening?" Riché and River called. One of the women came to a halt in front of them.
"The...Ground! Opened!" She stammered, and took off toward came stumbling from the tremors and finally reaching a point just beyond the designated dig zone. She froze in place.
"It's not shaking over here!" She said wide-eyed. Before anyone could respond, a veil of darkness clouded everyone's vision. More people screamed. The shaking stopped. Amy sat wide-eyed all around them was a black fog. It moved like fog, it curled and spun with her every exhale. It was almost like a shadow, where you can still make out some details but not much. Almost as soon as it had started, it was gone almost as if it were being sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. The sun was too bright compared to the darkness they'd all been subjected to. But they all saw where they "shadow" had gone. The Doctor, Amy, Riché and River all scrambled to their feet and ran over to the dig hole. A near 60 degree angle lead down to one window of the underground house. The window was broken.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Asked Amy, looking at the Doctor.
"600 year old alien entity, I'd say, not sure."
"Is it dangerous?" River asked.
"You can go down there." The Doctor said. She glared at him.
"Why not?"
"Look what it did to your friend." He said, nodding toward a young lady who was sitting with her knees to her chest, barely moving. At least it didn't seem like she was.
"Trinity?" River said slowly, approaching the girl carefully, the Doctor stepped up and immediately sonicked her. He then put a hand on her forehead.
"She's not breathing." River whispered.
"She is, and she isn't still either, she's vibrating." The Doctor said, he opened one of her eyes, which had been tightly shut, and going wide-eyed himself. Her eyes were completely black, except for a small dot of white where her pupil ought to have been. River let out a yelp and jumped back.
"What's wrong with her eyes?"
"She's in shock." The Doctor said looking at both Colonel Riché and River.
"Doctor, I've seen shock, this is nothing like shock." Riché said his face pallid, Amy stood behind the two equally pale.
"This is the kind of shock that renders one locked in a state of fear unable to wake up. It flips eyes inside out, creating a inescapable blackness. They are just stuck shaking like a child so fast it looks like they are perfectly still."
"How do you know this?" River asked, shaking a little herself.
"I've seen it before."
"Can you do anything for her Doctor?"
"Yes." He sounded less than thrilled.
"Then do it." River said.
"If I do, she'll be lost in her own consciousness, she'll be free of the fear but, if I can't find the thing that did this she'll die."
"We'll find the beast, we have a medical tent where she'll get all the care she needs." Riché nodded at the doctor to continue. The Doctor sighed, and pressed the sonic screwdriver to Trinity's temple. He pressed the button. A high-pitched scream had them all jumping back. It was so full of fear and agony, but the expression on the girl's face didn't change. She collapsed as soon as the scream ended, and the Doctor caught her.
"Get her to the medical tent. We need to find a safe way into that house."