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Besseme didn't look any different then the last time Phil had visited, "Does the Fendahl still live here?"

"Most likely, it could be anywhere though." Doctor answered and walked out of the TARDIS with her. Phil didn't get far before needing to sit down, "Are you alright Philippa? I feel like I've been rather stupid and suggested something to you which – although capable of – weren't wholly capable of coping with."

"Humans aren't really designed to deal with teleporting."

"But is it just the teleporting causing you problems?" Doctor questioned Phil looked up at him and shook her head. Rubbing her eyes she sighed and shut them, slowly opening them she looked up at the purple sky.

"It was strange, it seemed to talk so normally." Phil looked back at him, "The one all wired up was the leader wasn't it?"

"I believe so yes," Doctor answered and nodded slowly and crouched down beside her. "You talked to it? Do I even dare to ask what about?"

"You just did, nothing really...it more talked to me and I played the ignorant human." She answered, he raised an eyebrow at her and nodded.

"You seemed to play the part of the ignorant human well then."

"Are they dead?"

"No."

"Really or are you lying?"

Doctor looked up at the sky and then at her, "They came from a void and you sent them back into that void. Think of it as suspended animation, they are just there. Not really doing anything but are still existing."

"That's not really living though is it?" Phil stated quietly while pulling her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around her legs, leaning her head against her arms she shut her eyes. "I guess it was right on one thing then. Sending them back to nothingness is as good as killing them."

"Phil you didn't kill them they're still alive."

"Is that for the better or worse?" She looked at him sidewards, Doctor frowned and pointed a finger at her. "Maybe that question doesn't need to be answered." Phil spoke distantly while yawning and rubbing her eyes. "So, Besseme...it's still as I remember it, if I remember rightly right over there I laid dying. Why did you bring me back here?" Phil asked a little hysterically while putting her hands on the head and clutching onto it. "Oh god this hurts! Seriously," gritting her teeth and opening her eyes she jumped when Doctor popped into her line of vision.

Reaching out and pulling her hands off of her head he put his on the side of her face and leant his forehead against hers. "You're alright Philippa, the forces of teleporting are just catching up with you."

"But it really really hurts..." Phil said quietly while moving to lay on her side in the tall grass, Doctor nodded and looked around.

"Maybe you should go sleep, eight hours of sleep or maybe a little more considering the state you're in at the moment."

"What happened to the Progenitor?"

Doctor looked at her and then awkwardly around, Phil sat up slowly while holding onto her head, "Doctor what did you do with it?"

"I may have kept it."

"What? After you said you didn't want it anywhere near you or on the TARDIS? You contradicted yourself!"

"I don't need you to remind me," Doctor huffed and stood up, she stiffly stood up and looked at the long grassed field in front of them.

"I take it you didn't negotiate with them then huh?"

"You already know the answer to that Phil you don't need me to answer." Doctor looked at her sidewards, the negotiating didn't happen at all. Once Phil had teleported to Earth he had slammed the doors of the TARDIS shut and spent the next couple of minutes avoiding them. A part of him had long since given up trying to speak sense to them.

"What are you going to do with it Doctor?"

He stayed looking over the field and tree line in front of them before looking down at her. Thinking over her question he turned and walked back into the TARDIS not giving her an answer.

Sleep was an extremely easy thing for Phil to do, although waking up was a little harder. Jumping and directing her attention to her phone, which was ringing and buzzing on the bedside table she frowned. Rubbing her eyes she reached out for it, "Hello?"

"Pip? Oh Pip it's a disaster!" Phil frowned – Erin. Swinging her legs out of bed Phil ran a hand through her slightly tangled hair, she had left Erin in London and used the excuse of travelling. When in fact she'd conquered and faced her demons and nearly died in the process, shaking her head Phil wiped the Darkness from her mind and focused on Erins rushed voice.

"What's a disaster?"

"Pip! Are not even back in England yet? Come to think of it where are you? You never said where you were going!" Erin rambled, Phil laughed and collapsed back against the bed, staring up at the ceiling she waited for Erin to continue. "Do you even remember what today is?"

"What's the date?"

"No! I'm not telling you that easily, instead I'll say we're in December, it's near Christmas day...need I say anymore?"

"Oh my god," Phil shot up, "Your wedding."

"Erm hello? Yes! Of course my wedding! What else do you think I'm on about? It's a disaster!"

"W-wait a minute...it's today?"

"Yes!" Erin shouted, Phil held the phone away from her and rubbed her ear, Erins exclaimed voice was still ringing in her ear. "Please tell me you're at the airport."

"I am," Phil nodded, "I should be getting into London in the next hour." Phil lied, she knew nothing about airports of plane times she just hoped Erin would buy her lie. By sounds of the content sigh on the other end of the phone she did. "Why's it a disaster Erin? You've not told me."

"My father is trying to bring his new wife and my mother is angry at that. My sister is trying to hunt out my brother, who is no doubt half drunk still somewhere with Kev." Erin said quietly, she sniffed and Phil already knew she was crying.

"I'll be there soon! Just hold on for an hour." Phil jumped up and ran out of the door and down the corridor, Doctor jumped and looked up at her when she was running as quickly as she could down the stairs. "I promise it will all be ok, alright?" She paused and then hung up the phone. "Doctor I need to go to Cornwall and then to London."

"Oh wow two destinations, this is going to be fun! What's the occasion?"

"A wedding," Phil said and then bolted back up the stairs leaving Doctor to frown lightly and turn to the console.