I was going to make you wait until after next week's ep however I'm in such a good mood today I thought I'd be nice and give it to you now :)

'Rachy Babes': Yeah I know, it really does suck :( oh well. Yeah Jack's feeling a lot better about it I think mainly because he's got over the initial shock of it. There is a sort of reason she won't marry him yet, it has a lot to do with the end of her conversation with the doctor. No more clues for you though :D not yet anyway. Yes I thought she'd approve of the dress, sorry though it won't be coming back after this chapter. Glad you're keeping up. I hope others who haven't seen the ep are finding it as clear.

'Sonotalady': Glad you could give a review. Times are busy for everyone so it's much appreciated :D

'sashaxh': I know it seems like everything should be perfect for them and I'm glad you think they should be together but marriage is a big thing, defiantly not something to be taken lightly. She's wary of commitment and she has her reasons. If she just said yes straight away she wouldn't be Winter, that's just not her.

Little girl, little girl

Your life is calling

The charlatans and saints of your abandon

Little one, little one

The sky is falling

Your lifeboat of deception is now sailing

In the wake all the way

No rhyme or reason

Your bloodshot eyes

Will show your heart of treason

Little girl little girl

You dirty liar

You're just a junkie

Preaching to the choir

The traces of blood

Always follow you home

Like the Mascara tears

From your getaway, (gloria)

You're walking with blisters

And running with shears

So unholy.

Sister of grace.

Runaway

From the river to the stream

And find yourself with your face in the gutter

Run straight for the salvation army

There is no place like home

Green day - Viva La Gloria? (little girl)

Canton awoke with a start and the Doctor hauled him to his feet. Amy had the gun stretched out in front of her as everyone called her name. Jack raced forward and took it off her, closely followed by Winter who began to pull the other woman away from the girl in the space suit. They raced around the corner meeting Rory and River along the way. Rory took over pulling Amy and the group sped towards the TARDIS as quickly as they could manage.

'What the hell's going on?' Winter, Jack and the Doctor turned to see Canton had stopped.

'Look behind you.' The Doctor told him.

'There's nothing behind me.' He insisted.

'Look, Look'

'Look Canton, Look!'

'Please Canton!' He turned to see a strange creature stood behind him. Tall as a Cyberman, it's suited body long and thin. Its face was grotesque, like a bald human but disfigured, almost like all the skin had been stretched down to its thin chin. Canton turned and fled.

TTT

'What do we do? They've seen us we have to do something.' Rory asked as the Doctor and River set the controls.

'Then we disappear.' The Doctor told them. Jack strode forward purposefully.

'What you want to sit around in some space bar and wait for the threat to stop. That's not going to happen Doc.' The Doctor turned around and held his hands up.

'No it won't I didn't mean it like that. We're going to stop this but I'm going to need some things.'

'Another Fez by any chance?' Canton asked unamused. The Doctor almost smiled but shook his head.

'I need a room. Somewhere no one can get in or out apart from us. I need an idea of how big this is, is it just America? Is it the entire world? And how long? I need a time a place and way of getting us all there and I need you to trust me.' River stepped forward.

'What are you talking about?' The Doctor walked past them and threw open the doors.

'I need you all out.'

'What!' Amy yelped.

'You need to go undercover for me. You need to find out how deep this goes. I can't do that I've got to work out how to stop it when you work it out. This is the part where you have to trust me because if you don't than the whole world may suffer.' Winter looked up at Jack, he was studying the Doctor with wary eyes. Finally he nodded.

'I'm in too.' She announced, striding over to the bag that Jack had deposited in the corner and pulling her bow and sword out. When she turned back Jack had a guilty look on his face and he held up her long black coat like a peace offering. She couldn't help but laugh as she headed for the door. She stopped by the Doctor and hugged him. 'Don't do anything we wouldn't do.' She warned him. He smiled.

'That's not very much to avoid.' She grinned and pulled Jack through the door, stepping out at a bus terminal. Amy, Rory and River joined them but the Doctor held Canton back. 'When I need you, I'll send Canton to find you, go along with whatever he does and for God's sake be careful.' He turned away from them, 'Now Canton have you ever heard of zero balance dwarf star alloy?' The door swung shut and as the TARDIS disappeared Rory turned to them all.

'Great, so now what. We're stuck in America, in 1969.' River looked out at the busses and frowned as if deep in thought.

'He brought us here for a reason.' She told them, 'He must want us to go somewhere.' Winter look at each bus. They had small cardboard signs in front of them stating places.

New York

Utah

Arizona

California

Florida

'Split up and search for clues.' Winter mumbled. Amy frowned.

'What? Scooby doo?' Winter grinned.

'Look. Five busses, five of us. He wants us to split up and look for those creatures.' Jack shook his head.

'No way, I'm not leaving you alone.'

'Yeah same!' Rory put in, before turning to Amy, 'I mean…to you though, not her.' Winter rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.

'Look, it won't be for long and as much as I appreciate the macho show of affection I'll take this moment to remind you that I lived on the street for the at least eight years of my life. I can handle myself.' He looked down at her worriedly.

'I know that but…'

'No but's Jack. We each take a state. We get on the bus and we look for the creatures.' Amy shook her head.

'But I've seen loads of them. Every time I turned around I forgot everything about them.'

'It must be a defence mechanism.' River told them.

'If you don't remember it you forget you were frightened, you forget their existence and it doesn't bother you. They can go about in peace and you don't worry about anything.' Jack agreed.

'So how do we work out if we've seen them?' Amy looked over at the ticket shack and smiled. She dug her hands into her pockets and pulled out several crumpled dollars before racing over to the shack and back. She handed each member of the group a permanent marker on a string that attached around their necks. 'If we see one we mark.' They took the pens and watched as she produced five tickets, covering their destinations. 'Everyone take one.' Jack shuffled but eventually reached out along with the others and pulled a ticket from the fan shape Amy had made. Winter flipped hers over and grinned.

'Awesome! California.' Jack frowned instantly. 'What, what's wrong now?'

'Florida. You could get further away.' He grumbled. Amy picked out Utah, Rory held up Arizona, leaving River with New York. Her bus was ready to depart so she nodded a quick goodbye and left them standing together. Amy hugged Winter and Jack, Rory waved and yelped as both of them grinned and launched themselves at him. Amy laughed as Jack lifted Rory into the air and spun him around.

'Looks like you're getting one of Jack's special hugs.' Winter commented, 'Should I be jealous.'

'Well that leaves us together.' Amy commented.

'Good point.' Winter grinned, 'Rory, you can keep him and I hope you're very happy together.' They all laughed, even Rory a little. Then they split off in opposite directions. Jack led her over to the California bus and took a deep breath. 'I'll be fine.' She assured him. He pulled her close, breathing in the scent of her hair and memorising the way her body fit perfectly with his.

'You better be.'

'And you,' she whispered, 'you stay out of trouble.' He laughed. 'Oh alright, but try not to have too much fun without me.'

'Nothing's fun without you.' She smiled bashfully and slapped his chest playfully.

'Don't. You'll make me cry.' He smiled and placed his hands on her face, pulling her in for a kiss before helping her up onto the bus. She walked right to the back and waved at him out of the window as they pulled away from the terminal. He saluted, the sun outlining his silhouette in gold. She pressed a hand against the dirty glass and smiled as her soldier retreated from view.

TTT

Her skin was covered in markings from each sighting of the creatures. There wasn't an inch of skin that didn't seem to have a black line of varying size across it. Some were in tallies of four or five others were alone. Right now that didn't seem so important. Someone was chasing her, she had no idea who, or why but after three months on the run she was being hunted down. She had lost the dress as soon as she could. If there was no Jack there was no point. The Sonic screwdriver and paper had come in handy for breaking into department stores for food, clothes and lodgings. She'd even managed a shower a least once a week. Decent trousers seemed to be impossible to find in this era so she had had to settle for the longest mini skirt she could find, which was proving highly unhelpful as she made her way us the slopes of Los Angeles, towards the famous HOLLYWOOD sign.

When she reached the top she leant against the second O and tried to catch her breath for a moment. But that moment was interrupted by the arrival of a large black car over the top of the ridge. Her eyes widened as several men in black got out of the car, including Canton. He glared at her and she refrained from calling out to him. The Doctor had said to go along with it. 'Time to stop running kid.'

'I'm no kid Canton.' His face was blank, hardly bothered. She started in shock as he raised his gun towards her. 'Is this what you're going to do to the other's? Round them up and shoot them?'

'No.' She relaxed a little, 'It's what I've already done.' Her breath caught in her throat as her emotions welled up. Anger had overridden all her fear and she stretched her arms out wide, yelling.

'Go on then. Shoot me!' she ordered. And he obliged.

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