So we're coming to the end of our run :( but don't worry I'm not planning on totally forgetting this story over the holiday. I'm going to spend a lot of time working on a book. Yes you read that right I'm attempting a book. However I've got a few ideas for little pre-COE stories which I'll put in 'Words have meaning, name have power' a link for which is on my profile :)

Oh and big thanks to Rachy Babes because she helped a lot with this chapter :)

'total-animal-lover': I don't know why they though trying to pick a fight with the doctor was a good idea. The woman is obviously mental. Now she has Winter, Fawks and Rory to deal with. good luck to her.

'Sonotalady': Um, I have to admit that I guessed who she was pretty early on, and I like it but I was never particularly fond of River. Something about her annoyed me and the fact that she just kept coming back used to aggravate that dislike. So when she's in eps I tend to leave out her bits and sometimes she annoys Nemo. However I'm willing to wait until the next half of the season to see whether she redeems herself. I did enjoy the Doctor's reaction though :)

'Rachy Babes': Hee hee, you'd better update quick if you want to be in sync :D I doubt people will complain about the spoilers. The only bit that's really the same is the fight and that's in the next chapter. *shrug*. You may have realised that I LOVE Doctor/Nemo moments :)

We lived our lives
In our paradise
As Gods we shaped the world around
No borderlines
We stayed behind
No boundaries is something fragile

Well we thought we were gaining
We turned back the time
It still slips away
Our time has run out
Our future has died
There's no more escape

Now the day has come
We are forsaken
There's no time any more
Life will pass us by
We are forsaken
We're the last of our kind

Forsaken – Within Temptation

Winter stood high on the white stone steps, her bow held tightly in one hand and her sword in the other. 'I have travelled far.' She yelled to the sea of red robes and glinting metals. 'Far across the stars and the heavenly plains to call upon you. You, the greatest empire the world has ever seen. You whose people have spread across the world and continue to surge forward as strong as the ever present waters that border your homeland. And I come for a reason of great importance a message from the highest level. A brave few are needed to fight for a woman who's rescue is imperative to the future of your world. Some of you may fall but those who do not will hold the ever present thanks of the Gods. ' A shuffle of discontent ran through the crowd and Winter looked over to the side. The TARDIS stood, bright blue against the White columns of the temple. With a new fire in her heart she turned to the legions before her and shouted. 'Men of Rome. Those who fight alongside me will be eternally glorious. The Battle of Demons Run is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of civilisation as we know it. Upon it depends your own lives, and the long continuity of your institutions and your Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. The enemy forces know that they will have to break us or lose the war. If we can stand up to them, the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.' She paused for effect as she looked around at the captivated Roman soldiers, 'But if we fail, then the whole world, including the Roman Empire, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the Roman Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say…' She held her bow above her head and yelled her final words, 'THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR.'

The crowds roared and cheered as the legion braced themselves and stepped into the TARDIS one by one. Rory directed them into another of the TARDIS rooms and the Doctor put an arm over her shoulder. 'I knew you only wanted me for my connections.' Winter joked. He smiled and lead her up to the console where the other help was gathered.

'You do realise you stole the last half of that speech from Winston Churchill.' She smirked.

'Why, are you going to tell on me?' The Doctor laughed and looked up at Rory who re-entered the room. 'How are they taking the dimensions?' Winter asked interested.

'Pretty well considering. I've let them know what's going on and they're willing to take orders.' The Doctor nodded and Winter flipped up the de-materialisation lever.

'Let's get going then.'

TTT

Winter crept around the soldiers as the Doctor kept them occupied on the podium. The roman troop stood ready and waiting behind her and she looked down at Arthur the horse. Trust the Doctor to have a horse on board. She had to remember to ask him where he was actually from. As the lights switched off and the Doctor disappeared Winter held her arm out to remind the troops to keep back. The humans became convinced the monks were hiding the Doctor and the distrust between the monks and the army grew until a human shot a monk and chaos ensued. The centurion at her right smirked. 'They'll destroy their own army before we step foot on the battlefield.' Winter nodded grimly and reined in Arthur slightly as he tossed his head. Then the commander of the human army stood tall and lay down his weapons. The humans began a bracing chant of, 'We are not fools.' Winter turned to the centurion and nodded, she turned Arthur and pulled her sword from her belt. The Romans copied her movement and she smiled reassuringly. Before spinning the horse back to face the enemy and leading the Roman legion out into the frey.

The men and women had no time to pick up their guns from the floor where they had thrown them. The legion had them surrounded and disarmed in seconds. Reinforcements of green, scaled humanoids stood on the upper levels as the Romans kicked guns out of the reach of the men and women. Winter spurred Arthur forward and the horse leaped onto the wooden platform. She brought her sword within an inch of the human commander's neck and smiled.

'Darling if there's one thing everyone can agree on. It's that you are a fool. No, to be honest you're a moron. To ever think that any of you could stand in the way of the Doctor by using his friends.' He glanced down at his gun and she brought the sword a little closer to his skin. 'My fiancé is missing, you kidnapped my friend and I'm being stalked by a man in a black robe, I'm not feeling merciful at the moment. You so much as look at that gun one more time and I'll take your head off.' He curled his lip at her and she looked up at the window across the room where Amy could be seen. She smiled and nodded before turning her attention back to the commander.

'I have a fleet out there.' He told her, 'If Demon's Run goes down there's an automatic distress call.'

'Not if we knock out your communications ray.' The Doctor's voice echoed across the tannoy system. 'And you've got incoming.'

'Danny Boy to the Doctor, Danny Boy to the Doctor,"

"Yes, Danny Boy what is it."

'We've got an unidentified craft in the vicinity.' Winter looked up in confusion.

'HOLA! Amigos! Got your message Doc. Look what I do for you. Void jumping risking my life. Yet again, I mean I know I'm half void already but this much radiation, isn't good for my figure,' Winter burst out laughing as Fawks' voice echoed over the comm system.

'Rachel!' The Doctor cheered, 'I was worried you weren't coming.'

'Am I late?'

'A little.'

'Demon's run, how could I resist! I was born to be here! Besides, Dorium owes me some money.'

'So you didn't come for Nemo?'

'Oh Doctor. I always come for Nemo.' Winter rolled her eyes as Fawks laughed suggestively.

'Rachel.' The Doctor warned.

'Oh don't flatter yourself, I'm not just here for you, yeah sure your message got me here and I'm all yours if you need me but I'm getting another signal on my computer, that's what I'm here for. Helping out your war boys and I'll be on the deck in a second.'

'Give em' hell!' The Doctor replied. Winter smiled proudly down at the commander he gave her a confused look and she shrugged.

'Girlfriend.' His confusion grew as he looked up at her.

'I thought you said you had a fiancé?' she blushed and stammered.

'Well, it's complicated and…why am I telling you this anyway. It's none of your business so shut up.' She turned to the Sontaran keeping an eye on the two headless monks behind her. 'Take the commander up to the Doctor.' Winter ordered, turning back to the man at her sword edge. 'I believe he wants to speak with you.' The Sontaran nodded and prodded the commander towards the edge of the platform. Winter turned on Arthur and surveyed the fallen human army. 'Move them to safe transporting areas. Get them out of my sight.' She ordered the Centurion. He nodded and she slipped off the horse, tethering him to the side.

She slid away quietly and stepped into the TARDIS starting the move from the edge of the small cupboard they had landed in, to the centre of the courtyard sized room being cleared of soldiers. When she stepped out she looked up to the window to see the Doctor looking out over the soldiers as they were marched out to the transports. Winter sighed at the expression on his face, she could read him like a book, his mind was whirring with possibilities and plans and still… anger. She turned from the window and put a hand on the wood of the blue box. Do you think he'll ever be able to just relax, just clear his head for a few moments. The TARDIS seemed to shudder and shake, Winter frowned and stepped inside. The doors immediately slammed shut and she twisted to try and force them open. A quiet voice sung gently behind her and she snapped her head around to look. There was nothing there.

The song continued and Winter glanced around the room feverishly. In the blink of an eye a figure appeared. A girl in a pair of black trousers and a black hoodie, her dark hair shielded her face and she sat cross legged on the floor. Winter's eyes widened as the girl got up and began to make her way over to the door. It took her a few moments to realise the girl was no longer singing. She was muttering, but the words were blurred and the speed was feverish and as she stalked closer and closer to Winter fear seemed to reverberate around the room and then the doors flew open and Winter fell out onto the floor.

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