"Winston Spencer Churchill," beamed the Doctor, ignoring the guns that Winston's men had aimed at him when he stepped out of the TARDIS.
"Good to see you again Doctor," said Winston, "Now give me that TARDIS key!"
"Not on your life," the Doctor grinned. Winston rolled his eyes and gestured for his men to stand down, "Winston, I'd like you to meet my newest companion," the Doctor turned as Clara stepped out of the TARDIS, "This is Clara Oswin Oswald."
"Your companions keep getting prettier Doctor," Winston said, "I am pleased to meet you Miss Oswald."
"Wow," Clara said, "I've read about you Prime Minister, but I never thought I'd meet you. You're a bit larger than I expected." Several of Winston's men looked outraged and the Doctor looked slightly shocked but the Prime Minister just laughed.
"She doesn't beat around the bush does she Doctor?" he said, "Well I suppose I have been treating myself a bit too much recently, with the war being over and all."
"Ah, so you've won," the Doctor said, "Told you, you could do it."
"Yes and we had help from a woman who says she knows you," Winston said.
"Hello sweetie," said a voice and the blonde, curly haired River Song appeared beside the Prime Minister with a smirk on her face. The Doctor looked back at her expressionlessly.
"Hello River," he said rather stiffly. River frowned.
"What's wrong?" she said, "Are we early in your timeline?" she examined his face and then reached for the dairy she kept to keep track of their complicated timelines, "No it's not that. You look older than you were last time. So what...?"
"You abandoned me River!" the Doctor exploded, "You left me when I needed you the most! Do you have any idea how that feels! No of course you don't; I've always been there for you and the one time I needed your support, the one time I needed you to be my wife instead of a gun wielding psychopath you just walk away!" River looked shocked by her husband's rage but she quickly recovered as she realised that she shouldn't have left him by himself after Amy and Rory's deaths. She didn't need to look at her dairy so she dropped it back into the pocket of her coat; clearly her husband was still suffering from losing Amy and Rory.
"I'm sorry sweetie," River said sadly, "I needed to recover."
"You..." the Doctor controlled himself, before he said something offensive, "I needed you River."
"I know," River said, "I'm sorry. I just...I didn't want you to see me cry. I didn't want to make you feel worse."
"Maybe I needed to see you cry," said the Doctor, "To know that Amy and Rory meant as much to you as they did to me."
"Well at least you've got a new companion now," River said nodding at Clara.
"Yes," the Doctor said, "River, this is Clara Oswald. Clara, this is my wife, Professor River Song."
"Hello," Clara said holding out her hand. River shook it and gave the younger woman a smile.
"She hasn't exactly been the best of wives," the Doctor said glaring at River.
"Oh spare me the resentment Doctor," River snapped rounding on him, "I was hurting too you know. Yes I admit it was a mistake to leave you by yourself, but I thought, if you didn't see how upset I was, it might ease the pain. I know you blame yourself for what happened to mum and dad and I didn't want to make that guilt worse!"
"You should have stayed!" the Doctor roared, "We could have grieved together; isn't that what a married couple should do? Clara has had to deal with me grieving for Amy and Rory; she's been helping me heal and it hasn't been easy for her. You of all people know what I'm like when I'm upset River; Clara's had to deal with my mood swings, the times I've snapped at her or locked myself away to think about Amy and Rory. Sometimes I feel so down that I refuse to take her on an adventure but she never complains; she just makes me a soufflé to make me feel better and then we're off again. Meanwhile you've just been gallivanting around the Universe studying ancient ruins!" He looked at Clara, "Without Clara I would have spent the rest of my life in mourning. She saved me River."
"Look," Clara said, touched that the Doctor thought so highly of her, but unwilling to see the married couple argue any longer, "I'm sure you've both made mistakes in your marriage; I made mistakes in my relationship with Nina, but can't you just let them go? You're husband and wife; you should love each other." The Doctor sighed.
"Alright," he said, "I'm sorry River."
"I'm sorry too," River said.
"Well now that the marriage drama is out of the way," said Winston, "Might I offer you some brandy Doctor, to celebrate our victory over those accursed German's. You arrived at the perfect time; our victory took place only a few days ago."
"Oh alright," the Doctor said, "What will you have Clara?"
"I'm not thirsty thanks," Clara said having just noticed a very handsome, blonde haired young man standing off to the side. Clara was capable of being attracted to both males and females and from the way the man's eyes were roaming over her body, she could tell he was interested in her too. Clara gave the man a charming smile and a wink.
"Don't get carried away Miss Oswald," Winston murmured, "Timothy here is quite the ladies man, and not necessarily in a good way."
"Well none of my other female friends are as attractive as you Miss Clara," said Timothy flirtatiously.
"Before you go any further soldier, how many girls are you currently sleeping with?" asked Clara her flirtatious demeanour turning serious very quickly as she heeded Winston's warning. Timothy hesitated and Clara could tell that he was considering telling her a lie. She folded her arms and raised her eyebrows, daring the man to lie to her.
"Three," he admitted.
"I've lost interest," Clara said dismissively and turned to Winston who was smiling at how easily she had dealt with the man, "I think I will have a brandy after all."
"Master!" croaked one of the creatures, "They have arrived!"
"Finally," said the man who was sitting in a high backed chair on the bridge of his spaceship hovering above the Earth, "The sleeper agent returns and brings the Doctor with her."
"And you will restore our telepathic connection if we bring her to you?" said the creature. The man smiled.
"Those telepathic connections existed in a different reality," he said, "But if I can get into the Heart of the TARDIS I'm fairly sure I can reverse it."
"Thank you Master," said the creature.
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