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Title: No Longer Alone

Summary: The Doctor always felt alone, and then one day out of the blue, he found himself face to face with a woman who knew of the Time War, and how to fly a TARDIS. And when he finds out she has two hearts he knows he'll never be alone again.

Rating: M

Author/s: Baylee Shadow (read a Nightmarish Shadow's profile, you'll understand)

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who! (But I wish I did!)

Amy ran over and hugged River. "Oops." She said pulling away "Sorry. Have we met yet? Time travel and all that."
River smiled "Yes we have Amy."
"Good!" Amy said hugging her again. River laughed.
"It's good to see you too." River turned to Rory. "Hello Rory."
"Hi River." Rory hugged her quickly.
River walked over to the Doctor. "Hello Sweetie."
There was that 'Sweetie' again. Yalaea was really getting tired of that 'Sweetie'.
"Hello River." The Doctor said, hugging her quickly. "Sorry…'bout before."
"It's okay Sweetie. I understand." River's expression turned sad for a moment and her eyes darted to Yalaea. Yalaea frowned for a moment, confused but then she smiled.
"It's good to see you River."
"And you Yalaea" River smiled but it didn't reach her eyes.
Yalaea looked at her feet awkwardly before turning to the Doctor. "Wha' are we gonna do?" The Doctor looked confused. "Abou' the Merfolk" Yalaea explained.
"Oh yeah…that." The Doctor smiled "I'm not sure…we can't let them continue in what they are doing but we can't just kill them…" the Doctor ran his hand through his wet hair in thought.
"We could send them back to…Thálassa wasn't it?" Amy said
"Yeah we could." The Doctor said "actually," he grinned "that's a great idea! If we send them back then nobody dies…" the Doctor's expression fell "but how?"
Yalaea frowned "We could ask 'em if they wanted to go back…bu'… Rory would have to stay here." She said "as they want Rory to 'convert' 'im."
"That would work." The Doctor said "But I think that you should stay here too Yal" Yalaea opened her mouth furiously but the Doctor held up his hand. "Please let me finish. You nearly died there Yal, and I don't want that to happen again."
"But!" Yalaea said
"No Yal." The Doctor nearly yelled "please just stay here." His voice softened.
"Doctor," Yalaea said "It wasn't the Merfolk that nearly killed me, it was the fact tha' however we were breathin' failed! This time we'll be prepared!" she held the Doctor's gaze with determined eyes. "If you go I'll just follow."
The Doctor laughed, "I know you will" he sighed "I guess you're coming." His grin grew wider as Yalaea threw her arms around him.
"Thank you!"
"Sweetie?" River interrupted
"River?" the Doctor replied, imitating her voice.
River frowned for a moment before continuing "I gather Amy will stay behind with Rory…" she raised an eyebrow at Amy. Amy nodded quickly and River continued, "What about me? Hmmm?"
The Doctor considered this "I want you to stay behind with Amy and Rory" he held up his hand to stop River arguing "They seem to always get into trouble whenever I'm not there so I'd like you to be with them…?"
River sighed "Fine."
"Thank you" the Doctor hugged her quickly. "You three go back to the TARDIS, you should be able to monitor us from there…"
"What are you going to do?" Amy asked.
"We're going to find some scuba gear!" the Doctor grinned. "See you all in a bit." He grabbed Yalaea's hand and dragged her off in the direction of the town. They walked through the streets until they finally found the right shop. "Oh" the Doctor said.
"Wha'?"
"I don't have any money…do you?"
"Nothin' tha' we could use here." Yalaea said her smile dropping. She glanced around and spotted a man down the street. He was obviously drunk as he had a slight swagger in his step. "Wai' here." She told the Doctor and, before he could protest Yalaea walked over to the man. The Doctor watched in amusement as Yalaea flipped her hair back as she spoke to the man, obviously flirting. She walked back with a triumphant grin on her face and a handful of cash. "Who said we didn't have any money?" she taunted before walking into the shop. The Doctor shook his head in bemusement before following her. The shop had some strange equipment that Yalaea had never seen in her life though the Doctor seemed familiar with them. Well, it is 2099. Yalaea thought as she followed the Doctor down the aisles.
She could hear him muttering "No, no, no" as he picked up an item and discarded it. "Ah!" he exclaimed "Here we are." He pulled down two mask-like things from the top shelf. "These'll do just fine."
"Wha' are they?" Yalaea asked.
The Doctor glanced at the label "It says that they're 'portable gills'."
"Hope the name is literal."
"It is. I've used things like these before, they're brilliant!"
"Well, wha' are we waitin' for?" Yalaea took the portable gills, paid for them quickly; ignoring the strange look the man at the counter gave her. She had forgotten that they were both still dripping wet. Yalaea ran out the door and back to the beach with the Doctor beside her. They stopped at the water line.
"Ready?" the Doctor asked.
"Hell yeah!" Yalaea grabbed a mask and slipped it over her face. She dove into the water and swam out a little before duck diving under. The Doctor quickly followed her. They swam downward and watched as the sea slowly grew darker. Soon the Doctor saw the glimmering city that was Atlantia. He motioned to Yalaea that they weren't far away and she shot him a sarcastic 'nuh-duh!' look. They swam towards the city and soon they were surrounded by Mermaids. The Doctor motioned for Yalaea to stop and they floated there for a while. The Merfolk motioned for them to swim towards the town hall and they complied. The same Mermaid was sitting on the throne-like chair with the same staff. She hissed fiercely as she saw them.
"You again!" her voice was filled with anger "What do you want?"
The Doctor pointed at the mask over his face. "Fine!" The Mermaid glared before waving her hand. "You can breathe now, both of you."
The Doctor and Yalaea took off their masks with relief. The Doctor glanced quickly at Yalaea before addressing the Mermaid. "We are here to offer you a way home."
The Mermaid hissed again but this time it was from confusion rather than anger. "How?" she rasped.
"Well…um" the Doctor looked worried for a moment. "If you let me see the transport that brought you here I might be able to fix It."
"You could do that?" The Mermaid hissed.
"With time" the Doctor replied "I would also need my friend here to help me and to be left alone."
"That can be arranged."
The Doctor grinned as he and Yalaea were led out of the building. They were escorted to a rundown building and shown inside. There was a set of rickety stairs disappearing into the gloom.
"There is an air bubble up those steps where the technology is kept. Two of us will wait here." the Mermaid gestured at the bottom steps, "As this is the only way out!"
"Right then" the Doctor clasped his hands. "We'll be seeing you. Come on Yal." He started up the steps with Yalaea close behind him. As they climbed Yalaea could almost feel the blackness pressing over her eyes and she instinctively reached for the Doctor's hand. Together they climbed and, after what seemed like forever, the water started to lighten. As Yalaea's head broke the surface she beamed at the Doctor, making him laugh. The Doctor shook his head and sprayed water over Yalaea.
"Hey!" she protested, wiping water from her face. She glared at the Doctor before she glanced ahead and saw the outline of the door as light spilled from the cracks. Still not letting go of the Doctor's hand Yalaea climbed the last few steps and opened the door, revealing a cavernous, hanger-like room. There were parts of machinery scattered all over the floor and spilling off the shelves. Wires clumped together in multi coloured knots hung from hooks off the ceiling. There was a lamp hanging from the centre of the ceiling, the flame slowly flickering.
"Okay then" the Doctor grinned "What do we have here?

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