"...And then we all meet back here, River is back with us and we run far away from the Master!" Raggedy proclaimed proudly. The Doctor found his younger self awfully good at rousing speeches, he usually just terrified people, "Just goes to show what family does for you..." he surmised in his head solemnly. The bow-tie wearing doctor had finished organising people, carefully placing Amy and Rory together, and leaping back, clearly fearing the right hook of the centurion. The Doctor chuckled to himself, gaining an angry pout from Raggedy who then pretended to swat at an invisible fly, trying, but clearly failing to fake his fear of his own in-laws. "How about we get going?" the Doctor said chuckling again. "Humph," Raggedy replied, "But I call shotgun!" Clara swatted the young man on the shoulder, "We're not even in a plane!" she cried, exasperated. "But I've always wanted to say that..." Raggedy pined. "River would let me..." he grumbled under his breath, but loud enough that everyone heard. "River would roll her eyes and find some way of making you flustered to shut you up." Amy said, shaking her head. "Enough mucking around," the Doctor announced, clearing his throat "Team TARDIS, to your positions..." The Doctor clicked open the doors and they all stepped out into a maintenance shaft in what appeared to be the bows of a large and dirty ship. Charlotte was about to follow when the Doctor and Raggedy held her back, "Stay with your grandmother." Raggedy said, stroking her hair, then stood and followed his companions of the TARDIS. The Doctor picked her up and placed her delicately on the pilot seat. He held her close, "I know you want to help, but this is far too dangerous a place. The Master would use you against me, I can't let you get hurt, I made a promise to your mum, and as your dad, I love you far too much to see you harmed. The TARDIS will take care of you." He kissed her head and scrunched his eyes up. "I'll stay Dad, don't wander off right!" Charlotte said looking up at him. The Doctor smiled. "Do you miss your brother and sister?" he asked her. The flash of sadness that fell across the young girl's face was all the Doctor needed to know. "Mum does too... I don't suppose we could get them back. Mum's team as well. It would make her so happy, and you would be a dad to three children. Ella was amazing at engineering and Joshua could translate any language he came across. I can write computer code and bake the best lemon drizzle cake known to the 51st century!" the Doctor tapped the small girl on the nose, "You don't need to prove how worthy you are to be my children, I'm sure River told you the exact same thing." he wiped a stray piece of hair from her face. "Yes, she did..." Charlotte sighed. "Well listen to your Mother then!" he laughed and the girl giggled with him. "Now stay here, and don't eat too many of my jammy dodgers, your grandma will be all too happy to let you eat them all! I promise you, we will all come back Charlotte Song, and we will bring them back, everybody lives!" the Doctor kissed Charlotte and ran out of the TARDIS.
A squelching noise could be heard as the group walked away from the ship. "Ugh!" Donna wiggled her foot, "Please tell me this goo isn't something from a living thing!" she said, scrapping it off with a metal bar she found on the floor. "No, it is a living thing. It is a Deccinaferon, very useful cleaning creatures and perfectly harmless unless you insult its mum. This one is called Beryl." Raggedy chimed, receiving a high-pitched, "Eww!" from Donna and the group all backed away from the slimy, brown goo. The two Time Lords shrugged, "Well you did ask!" the Doctor sighed. The group continued a little way and then reached a fork in the corridor. The walls had widened out by this point and given way to a red and black smooth wall, more like the usual get up a space ship had. The group were about to split up and begin their plan when a large blue light surrounded the gang and grew around them. "Doc, what is this?" Jack said and along with others, pointed a huge gun at the field. "Put your guns down!" the Doctor shouted, the group obeyed. "This is a sleeping field, we're all going to go to sleep, very, very...short..." the Doctor flopped to the floor, followed immediately after by Raggedy. "Erm, what do we do now?" Clara asked but watched as all the others fell on each other, to the floor, snoring softly. Clara fought off sleep long enough to see a dark, familiar figure walk up to the field. Her mind lost consciousness just as the cold, harsh laugh of the Master filled her ears.
"Wake up!" a panicked voice sounded in Clara's ears, "Wake up! You have to wake up now!" the voice spoke again in a rushed whisper. Clara opened her eyes to reveal Martha, the owner of the voice, shaking her awake. Clara scrubbed her face and looked around. The other members of team TARDIS were already awake, apart from both Doctors who were still fast asleep. The past Doctor's hair had flopped over his face and he looked puppy-like. The current Doctor's mouth hung open but, like his younger self, looked peaceful. Clara was about to wake them when both shot awake and stumbled round the room, banging into who or whatever was nearest. This included Strax, whom the younger Doctor used as a leaning post before falling flat on his face, with a smack, then stood again, adjusting his bow-tie and re-setting his chin with a cracking noise. "I hate sleeping bubbles!" he moaned and scrubbed his eyes angrily. The Doctor on the other hand, had better balance and had already stabilised himself upon two legs and was patting himself down, muttering in an annoyed tone. Clara was about to ask what he was doing, when Raggedy answered her question with a similar action to the Doctor except much more loudly and with many more hand expressions. "THEY TOOK MY SONIC!" he screamed and span in an angry circle. The Doctor nodded and held Raggedy in front of him, "They took mine as well. Be patient." he said, staring straight into the young Doctor's eyes and the then, satisfied at his younger self's calmer attitude, turned to the group. "We will get out of this, it just might be a little longer than expected till we can relax with a nice cup of tea." he soothed but a voice behind him unsettled the Doctor to no end. "You're still obsessed over that watery drink, aren't you...you never really change your habits at least." The Master strode toward the group. Clara then noticed that they had been moved from the dark corridor into an atrium. The Earth could be seen from the massive window that encompassed a semi-circular wall. In the centre of the room, was a raised platform with controls, "Presumably for the ship." Clara deduced from the large wheel in the centre. The wall behind them had an entrance, blocked by two large doors, "So only one exit then..." Clara thought glumly. The Master seemed to sense this and thumbed at the two large guards that were holding River earlier. They were stood in front of the aforementioned doors. Clara looked around but saw no sign of River. "Is she safe?" The Doctor said. Clara realised the Doctor's mind was obviously on the same page as her. The Doctor took a step toward his nemesis, Raggedy by his side. The Master laughed, "Perhaps you should ask River herself. Come in Song!" the Master shouted toward the door. The guards stood aside and the doors opened. River walked in, but no guards were holding her and she had a smug look on her face. Clara looked to the Doctors but she was greeted by two faces filled with disappointment and shock. "Why River?" The Doctor whispered. "He offered me my life; in return I had to lure you here. I want to live, and luring you here was easy. I just had to fool you long enough to get you to Earth. As I told you in Berlin, love is the cruellest weapon." she looked to the Master, "Now you promised me my life, you better deliver..." she growled, the Master took a dense black orb from his pocket. River walked over and took the orb. Regeneration energy began to flow from her hands but instead of spreading around her, the golden streams were absorbed into the black orb. Suddenly the golden light ceased and River handed the orb back to the Master, and she turned to the group. "What was that?" Amy tugged at Raggedy's arm "One of the Master's artefacts he stole from Gallifrey. The Time Lords would use the orb when a Time Lord absorbed too much of the time vortex. The material the orb is made is an element only found on Gallifrey, that's why I was looking for old vortex openings, looks like it didn't matter!" Raggedy's voice went bitter at the end. The Doctor maintained silence, just staring, coldly straight in front of him. River looked across at the Master, "I'll go and check the systems, I don't trust those engineers!" she walked toward the door, but both the Doctors grabbed her wrists. Clara thought she saw a smile flash across both men's faces but it was so fast Clara quickly dismissed it. River yanked her wrists away and the Doctors let go. She huffed and swaggered out of the doors, but not before looking back at the Master and smirking at his gawking expression. "I must say," the Master turned his gaze back to the Doctors "She is rather ravishing, I can very easily see why you fell for her, I quite like her myself." Clara felt a little sick at the Master's interest, though in her mind, if River deserted the Doctors and her family, then she got what she deserved. The Master clicked his fingers, causing an echo to traverse the atrium and enter the corridor. About twenty Guards appeared from the double doors and surrounded the group. "But I bore of you now..." the Master yawned mockingly "Take them to the cells!" he ordered, and the group were shoved out of the doors and into the dark corridor. Clara didn't care for the darkness much; it seemed to match everyone's mood perfectly.