Rory helped Amy to her feet as she watched the blonde humans (or human-like creatures). Their backs were to them and they had yet to speak.
"Doctor, let's go," Rory whispered. The Doctor shushed him and watched as they began to get to their feet.
"My knees are dead! I know they are. Ricky never put us through anything like this!" the male with spiky hair complained. Amy almost had to smile. The female, who looked to be roughly a few years older than Amy did have a very sad smile. She might have only been 24 or 25, but her eyes, much like the Doctor's seemed ancient. It was unnerving.
"Come on Jake. Let's find him and get back. Where are we anyways?" she asked. The male pulled out a machine and began to tap things on a screen. "Oh, hello there!" she called nervously as she spotted the three of them around the corner. She attempted to put a smile on. "Don't worry about us. It's just official Torchwood business is all..." she trailed off, ending her air of confidence. The Doctor, scaring Amy and Rory, laughed.
"Rose Tyler! Always the same, aren't you? Torchwood ended about a hundred years ago!" he cried. The woman's hand snaked for her gun as she stepped back in alarm.
"How do you know who I am?" she questioned forcefully.
"How could I forget someone so... brilliant?" She loosened her grip slightly as a new smile began to curl at her lips.
"Fantastic even?"
"Like a bad wolf?" In another turn of surprises, she threw herself into the Doctor's arms. Amy and Rory simply stood their dumbfounded.
"Doctor! I can't believe it's you! How did you find us? Never mind. We need your help! Oh, it's so good to see you!" The Doctor had the biggest grin on his face that slowly melted into a look Amy had never seen before. The joy was at level she nor River had ever brought to him. The sorrow an guilt was curious and filled her with a million questions. Then the curiosity. It was overwhelming. She needed to take some control here or be run over by all the questions of who this women was and why she inspired such emotions. She marched over to the male.
"Oye, I'm Amy Williams. You are?"
"Jake Simmonds. Nice to meet you." She and Jake shook hands.
"And you. That there lanky fellow is my husband Rory, and that is the Doctor," she introduced the others. Jake sighed.
"Oh, I know the Doctor." Now she felt left out. Rose was now frantically clinging to the Doctor's jacket.
"I need your help Doctor. He's been taken. Can you help us? Please?" The Doctor gently took her hands in his and gave her a sad smile.
"Of course Rose. Tell me everything when we're in the TARDIS. You never know who might overhear on a street." And with that they headed for the blue police box.
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Rose loved the TARDIS. It was her second home, the place she fell in love for the last time, and the gateway to adventure. But this wasn't her TARDIS, just as this wasn't her Doctor. She'd seen him with two different faces. It took awhile to get used to the first regeneration, and even now she looked back fondly upon the big ears that were no longer there. She smiled as Jake stared in wonder at the unbelievable proportions. The smile fell as... Amy? took her old place at the controls. It'd been years for her, not sure for him, but it was so sad to see that she'd been replaced again. But, it didn't hurt as much as she would've imagined. This wasn't her Doctor after all.
"So, Rose, where are you from? Why are you here?" Amy asked in a mildly aggressive confrontational tone. Rose couldn't hold it against her. She'd been the same way with Sarah Jane. They were both in love with other men, but they were possessive of him anyways.
"It's a long story, but from London in a parallel universe. Not originally though..." she trailed off. Her eyes blurred as her thoughts went back to those two fateful days. Jake cleared his throat and she snapped back to reality. "I'm looking for someone. My husband, John, he's been captured by something. We have a number of suspects: Daleks, the Statues, or Cybermen, but we aren't sure. We just know they were able to come through to this universe and they have them. Apparently, their trail was thrown off by the energy flares in the portal. Can you help us?" she pleaded. Amy's stony look melted and her hand moved to Rory's. She might be protective of the Doctor, but Rose knew that the idea of losing Rory would be devastating to Amy. They shared that fear. The Doctor paced around the TARIDS consul deep in thought, mumbling to himself out loud. But he spoke so fast and so quietly that it was indistinguishable.
"He does this," Amy explained off hand. Rose laughed lightly.
"Oh, I know. It's something no regeneration can change!"
"Regeneration?" Amy asked, but she never got an answer for at the moment, the Doctor began to talk.
"Daleks never take prisoners, and Cybermen wouldn't escape to turn someone. Statues...," he paused, his face falling. "Did these statues look like angels?" Rose's stomach sank. If the Doctor looked this horrible, then things were worse than she expected. Amy grabbed Rory's arm nervously.
"Yes." Amy gasped and buried her face in his arm.
"What do the statues do?" Rory asked. Everyone was silent until Amy managed to speak.
"They... capture people and snap... their necks, using their voices to... talk," she gasped.
"No, no, no!" The Doctor jumped in, startling them all. "That's not normal. Don't worry Rose," he whispered, taking her hands as she began to tear up. "He's alive."
"How do you know this? And why did they take him if they want to keep him alive?" Jake interjected gruffly. The Doctor grew grave again.
"They're called Weeping Angels. They feed on a person's potential life. So they took.. John? Excellent name, quite like it. John, yes, they took him and brought him here because, no offense Rose, he would have had a much more exciting life in this universe than in the alternate. So, they brought him here, and removed him to some place where he never would have gone normally so that they can feast on the surplus of energy! So all we need to do is find where that place would be!" he cried enthusiastically.
"It's never that simple though," Rose and Amy said together. Rose paused as tears rolled from Amy's eyes. "You remember what happened Doctor. They got into my head, made me think I was turning to stone, surrounded me when I was blind, and killed all those people. You're only safe when you don't blink, but that's not always possible. Humans have to go blink, and then they snatch you!" she broke down. Rose was terrified. She felt like this about Daleks. They scared her to her core even though she could overcome them. If this was Amy's demon, how bad they must be. Rory pulled Amy to his chest as she cried and mumbled something she couldn't hear.
"I'm going to take her to bed. She needs to rest." The two walked away.
"So how do we find him Doctor?" Rose asked emptily. Was this possible? The TARDIS could go anywhere, so where could they be hiding him? Was Amy right and the Doctor was actually confused. Maybe they did kill now. After all, the Daleks had become part human. Things changed.
"I don't know," he admitted.
"Isn't he like your clone or something? Couldn't we track his DNA from there?" Jake offered. Rose knew this had to be the answer, but the Doctor simply shook his head.
"I regenerated. Every cell died and was born again. I'm just as close a match as any of you are now." Her hand went to her abdomen. There was someone who could help. Jake put his hand on her shoulder, silently asking if she was sure. She had to smile at that. There was always a small risk, but it should be fine. Anything to save her Doctor.
"There is someone who could help, I hope. Right after John disappeared I found out we were expecting. I'm not sure how it would work, but the child has half his DNA too." The Doctor nodded thoughtfully.
"It might. Granted, we'd have to separate your genes from it, otherwise he won't show up. It's generally best if it's a boy too... make things loads simpler, but it's not necessary! Yes! Jake, fetch Rory. Down the corridor, next two lefts, door on the right," he shouted out directions flamboyantly. Rose was terrified for her Doctor, but she couldn't help smiling. This wasn't the face she knew, but it wasn't hard to see the old Doctors in him. He was very much like her Doctor.
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Amy curled up on her side, refusing to face Rory. What had happened in there? It wasn't like her to lose her cool like that. But at the same time, she knew perfectly well why she was so scared. She hated the Weeping Angels. They'd been inside her mind. She nearly died twice. Plus, she knew how Rose felt. It was the same pain and willingness to get Rory back when he'd died in the dream world and then again when he fell into the crack. It nearly killed her.
"You don't need to be ashamed of breaking down," Rory whispered as he rubbed her back soothingly. She wasn't.
"I don't want to face them again Rory." He knew all about that adventure. She still had nightmares about it. They kept coming for her. Still, she would not abandon Rose. She knew more about these monsters than Rose did and she would help her get John back. Jake knocked on their door saying the Doctor needed Rory. He left with a kiss to her temple. The door closed and she wrapped herself around a pillow. She had to do this, but the scars were still so fresh, it hurt to have to see herself reflected in this other woman.
A/N: I'm rather terrified about this chapter. I hope I didn't make Amy too emotional. I'm working on the premise that she is deeply affected by the Weeping Angels and the lose of Rory. She'll be back to her normal self next chapter. By the way, does anyone want to make a guess of where Rose's Doctor is hidden?
A/N: Okay, I'm terrified about this chapter