warning: things ahead might be slightly creepy, disturbing and ocasionally just plain wrong

sorry it took so long for the update, but I had to finish the next chapter, just to make myself feel better knowing that I wasn't leaving you off on what could have been a terrible stopping point. from here, updates should be about regular, and things will stop being creepy, disturbing and so on

Even though Tabitha's anger couldn't match the Doctor's, she was still extremely angry. It was hard to not be angry at someone so… sick. Seriously, what kind of sane person mad people fall in love with them just to make others mad?

Well, there was Edd, but he certainly wasn't sane.

Much to Tabitha's disdain, she couldn't do anything. If she moved the Doctor might look again, and that was something she had to keep from happening. No one in this room knew Edd better than her (with the exception of Edd himself) and she knew that he was only doing this to get the Doctor angry. It was working obviously. But she also knew that the Doctor didn't need to suffer through this.

She waited until Alice and Edd pulled apart, and then proceeded to punch Edd square in the jaw. Praying that Alice wouldn't attack her, Tabitha did it again.

"Doctor!" she called over her shoulder. "Talk to her! Maybe she'll wake up! True emotions should overpower the fake ones, you might be able to pull her out of Edd's control!"

Edd had recovered, and glared at Tabitha. "You're a smart one aren't you?" he asked "How do you know so much?"

"I've read your books" Tabitha replied

"They exist in this Realm?" Edd seemed a bit surprised.

"I'm sure glad they do!"

The fight going on between Tabitha and Edd was surprising. They both fought with words. Tabitha also added a few punches and kicks into the midst, and there was no doubt Edd was using his powers.

The Doctor forced himself to look away. Tabitha was buying him time. There was no way he'd be able to get through to Alice if Edd was focusing properly. He owed Tabitha.

He pulled Alice to the side and sat down on the floor, pulling her down with. She refused to look at him. That fact alone tore at his hearts. "Alice, please look at me" he said quietly.

"No" she replied. Her voice sounded a bit strangled though, as if she was saying it against her own will.

"Please"

Alice slowly turned to look at him. The look on her face was blank, and her eyes- The Doctor sighed heavily. Her eyes, usually an ocean blue, were now the same green as Edd's.

"Oh Alice," the Doctor said quietly. "What has he done to you?"

She said nothing, but the blank stare she gave him was enough.

The Doctor stared at the floor. Where could he start? What was he even supposed to say? Tabitha had said that true emotions would overpower the fake ones, but how was he supposed to do anything with that?

You're the Doctor! he told himself firmly, think of something!

Unsure where he was going to go with this, the Doctor said: "Do you remember, back in Hyrule, the day we first met?"

"Hey you!" someone called.

"Who? Me?" the Doctor asked, turning around as Alice ran up behind him.

"Yeah you!" she replied, stopping next to him "you're not from around here are you?"

"No." the Doctor said, continuing to walk through the streets of Castle Town. She followed. "How'd you notice?" the Doctor asked her.

"You stick out like a sore thumb in clothes like that" she replied

The memory was strong.

"We bonded quickly, you and I," he continued. "You saved my life in the library there, then took me on a tour 'round Hyrule. When faced with the threat of Darkness, you never dared to turn away. And so you came with me."

Where was he even going with this? It wasn't like she had forgotten and needed to be reminded. The memories had to still be there, but maybe she just had to be reminded…

"After that we went to London and fought a water monster. You got pretty angry when I nearly drowned.

"Next we landed on the lost moon of Poosh. We met the team of researchers that were exploring the mystery of one of the caves. You kept telling everyone that there was a dragon in there, but no one believed you. You turned out to be right though, it was my old friend Shyfire. Maybe I was already falling for you then. I remember, I told you that I wouldn't want to spend my last life with anyone else."

Maybe he knew where he was going with it now… maybe.

"Our next stop was, well, I don't know where it was. But we met that group of children. You remember them, don't you? Samuel, Juli, Jeremy, Samantha, Allie. That impossible group of children. But that's not the only thing I remember from that. You see, remember when they just had to feel my heartbeat to see whether or not I was Time Lord? I remember that you stood with me, held my hand through what could have been my darkest hour."

He reached out and took her hand in his. She didn't pull away. He was a bit shocked, he had almost expected her to.

"Then, after that, there was that odd dream we both had. You were stuck in a prison cell, and I vowed I would get you out. And I did. We were both there for each other. But do you remember how that dream ended? As a desperate attempt to wake me, you kissed me. Or you nearly did, the dream ended too quick."

He laughed, and put his forehead against hers. She wasn't back yet, he knew that, Edd was still in her mind. But he didn't care, he wasn't done talking.

"I think by then, it was pretty clear I was falling for you. Those nightmares we had, well, each and every one of mine had something bad happening to you in it. We were faced a darkness we couldn't kill, and it threatened to consume me. You jumped off a cliff, just so that I wouldn't die. And even if we did die, we'd die together.

"Next thing we knew, we ended up here. The Sky City of Disarray, standing in its ruins. All because of the Daleks. It was clear that I had to kill them. Knowing that I had to do it alone, I kissed you and ran off. I realize now that it wasn't such a good idea, considering you seemed so angry afterwards.

"Honestly, I was scared. I had this feeling that you wouldn't love me back. When you said that you did, you wouldn't know how happy I was. After that I looked into the heart of the TARDIS, and destroyed the Daleks for good."

He sighed.

"Unfortunately, I didn't stop Edd, which is why you're in the predicament you're in right now. Even so, I'm not going to kill Edd, not until I know I won't lose you for good. Because I love you, Alice, and I always will."

"NO!" Edd screamed. The Doctor ignored him. Edd didn't matter, not now. Definitely not now. All that mattered now was Alice, and getting her back to normal.

The Doctor leaned down to kiss her. At first, she backed away, like there was something keeping her from him. It didn't last long though, within seconds she was kissing him back.

also, extreme appologies for the extreme amounts of kissing the past two episodes. as soon as this episode is over, things should tone down a bit.