Gwyn's POV

I watch as the laser bullet passes through Tom's chest, a crimson stain starting to form across his clothes. I can't make a sound as I drop my gun and rush to his side. Carefully cradling his body, I put pressure on the wound to slow down the bleeding.

"No, no, no. Please no." I watch as Tom's blood wells up between my fingers. The stain spreads on our shirts and the scent of iron fills up my nose. Tom's eyes are wide and his mouth is open and gasping in shock.

"Come on, baby, you can fight it. Stay with me, love." I weep as I hold him. Rory shoves my hands away from the wound and I barely noticed as he tries to minimize the damage. I hold one of Tom's hands to my face as I sob. Tom look up at me with that stupid goofy grin of his.

"No reason to cry, Gwyn." Tom wheezes. I watch in horror as blood begins to dribble out of the corner of his mouth and he rapidly loses colour in his face. No. He can't die!

"Don't leave me alone." I plead. He can't leave me like this, we were supposed to die together years and years from now. We were supposed to get married. Our life was only just starting a new chapter.

"I'm sorry, Gwyn." Rory murmurs and pulls back from me and Tom. There's nothing more he can do to help.

"You won't be alone. You won't ever be alone again." Tom consoles me. I lean over his body and press my forehead to his.

"We have a wedding to attend. Don't leave me at the altar; not like this." I moan. I feel his hand tighten around mine. My hearts are throbbing in my chest yet they feel like they have stopped and someone is crushing my chest.

"What an adventure you were, my darling." Tom coughs and more blood appears on his lips. I let go of his hand and gently brush back his hair. His eyes begin to glaze over.

"There's still so many adventures to go on. So much to do together." I promise. I hear muffled sobs coming from around me. They all know what is coming. No. Tom isn't dying. It isn't his time. "It's not your time yet…not yet." I deny. Tom reaches his hand up and caresses the side of my face, unintentionally smearing it with his blood. I can't breathe. I feel like the bullet had gone through my chest as well and the burning sensation in my chest refuses to numb.

"Pl…Please don't…don't go." I weep as sobs wrack my chest. "I love you." Tom looks at me, gives me a crooked smile. I feel my jaw drop and my heart stop as I watch the light begin to leave his eyes.

"Gwyneth, I love you… J…just reme…remember me…" Tom stammers as his whole body goes limp in my arms and his hand caressing my face crashes to the ground.

"NO! COME BACK! NO! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!" I wail, clinging his lifeless body to mine. I felt his still warm blood seep into my clothes. I don't care. Tom is gone.

"NEVER ALONE! YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED! You said we'd go back home together! You promised me!" I scream. It doesn't feel real. It has to be a dream. I'll wake up and none of this will ever have happened. I'll wake up and Tom will be next to me in our bed. In our house. In our time. I feel like I'm a bystander watching my pain play out. I look up at Tasha Lem, her eyes cold and the gun still in her hand. She couldn't have looked more apathetic about the situation. I feel a burning sensation rise up in my chest. "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" I wail.

"GWYN, NO!" I faintly hear Mom cry out. I stop breathing. The power just keeps coming. It keeps rising from within the deepest part of me. I watch as Tasha Lem began to glow golden and start to pixelate and fade away. I watch silently as I scatter her particles across the universe, a painful expression painted on her face, and not a shard of regret on mine.

"GWYN, YOU HAVE TO STOP!" The Doctor shouts. I ignore him. If he hadn't re-entered my life Tom wouldn't have bled to death in my arms. The heat from my core begins to spread and a low vibration settles in my ears.

"You can't leave me. Don't leave me." I beg; my voice is vibrating. Why is my voice vibrating?

"I can bring you back." I promise as I caress his white face, now devoid of all colour. His blank blue eyes stare unfocused back at me. I watch as his wounds begin to heal the closer the golden light is to him. I'm glowing? It feels different than before. It feels like pure power and control. I laugh.

"I CAN BRING YOU BACK! Come back to me, my love." I plead, and I can't stop the happiness and thrill I get when I see his face regaining colour.

"Gwyn, this has to stop! It isn't right!" Uncle Jack shouts. My head shoots up and I look at my family. A gold mist clouds my vision but I can still everything, all their time lines and lives.

"Why? I bring life!" I reply. My confidence grows as the warmth returns to Tom's body. "I see everything. I can see the infinite web of possibility! All the ties of the universe! I CAN SEE IT ALL!" I scream. I turn my gaze back down to Tom. Tom's body lurches forward out of my arms and he gulps a large intake of breath. He then begins gasping for air. It is if he's just learning how to breathe. Uncle Jack rushes forward and helps him steady himself.

"Gwyn, this isn't right. Let it go. Tom is back; you need to let it go now." The Doctor advises as he slowly takes a step forward.

"I can erase it all! I can erase the Silence! They won't hurt anyone anymore!" I stand up and spread my arms wide, focusing on the whole reach of the Silence, all throughout history. Destroying every last one of their cells. Erasing them from existence.

"No more pain! No more suffering! No one will ever feel the pain of losing someone ever again. I will protect them. I can see the sun and stars, Momma! I see all of their essence; every last atom!" The Silence room is no longer in my vision. All I can see is the whole universe spread before my eyes.

"No one is meant to see that much. No one can take it!" Mom screams. My hearts stop for a second and my head begins to thrum with sudden pain.

"Momma? It hurts. Why does it hurt? I feel like I'm burning." I question. I heard mother let out a sob.

"Gwyn, hurt and suffering is what makes beings what they are. It shapes us. Let the power go." I hear the Doctor's voice, sounding so far away.

"Daddy?" I whisper as my hearts stop again. I can't breathe. Someone is taking my hands. I feel the energy in my body being pulled out of me, leaving me through my fingertips. The atoms started unfocusing and cells become apparent.

"DOCTOR, YOU CAN'T!" Mom screams. She sounds upset. Why is mother upset? The universe before me swirls and clouds over and my surroundings come into focus again.

I look across me to see the Doctor absorbing the energy into his body, his form taking on a golden glow of its own.

"Daddy?" I squeak. The Doctor stares me in the eyes and flashes me a nervous grin.

"Everything's going to be fine, Gwyn. Let the Doctor take all the pain away." The Doctor instructs. I slowly nod my head. I open my mouth to say something but my voice falls short as the Doctor lets go of my hands and I fall. Mother rushes to my side and holds me against her chest. I inhale her honey scent and feel her warm embrace. Wetness falls on the top of my head; Mother is crying.

"Doctor?" She whimpers. I look at the Doctor still glowing. He flashes everyone in the room a smile.

"Don't worry, this isn't my first rodeo. On to the next adventure I suppose. So... Geronimo!" The Doctor laughs halfheartedly as the glow intensifies. I bury my head in my mother's chest to shield myself from the intensity of the light.