A/N: A 6th Plagiarism? I'm really not sure what to do right now. I had been told a while ago another author had been posting a story a bit too similar to the Academic Series, I believe the PMer called it 'practically paraphrased,' the author contacted me, we talked, it was just original enough, but the author removed it. Fine. Then a few people had mentioned their new story was similar to my Lunar Cycle and now HOTS. I hoped it was just similar since we had previously discussed how similar the other story was. Now I've been informed that their most recent chapter, Reconnections by Whovian'sForeverUnited, has slipped up in editing and ANGEL appears in it. This is most noticable in the goodbye-to-Donna scene, where the author has Donna call out 'Doctor? Angel?' instead of their OC Adele (I am not sure if this slip up will still be there by the time you read this note, however I do have screencapped evidence I added to my plagiarizer's page on my tumblr).

Now I am starting to fear that they have been copy/pasting my stories and paraphrasing and adding little original moments to try and hide that. The PMer who alerted me to this was concerned because they HAD noticed a lot of similarities but no outright (side-by-side/exact) plagiarism until this moment. I'm not sure whether to ask you to report them or not. I do NOT want this to continue yet I cannot say for sure how long it might have been going on or if there are other instances of it (as I have not had time with the TW crossover rewriting to check for other solid evidence of plagiarism/paraphrasing).

I will say this here, and please (please!) don't think me harsh to do it. But please DO NOT take my chapters and simply edit the lines. DO NOT use my chapters for dialogue/description/actions or as a foundation for stories. The transcript sites I used are readily available on my profile, use them instead, that's why I put them there, for anyone who needes them :) And isn't that is the point of FF, to write a scene the way you interpret it to happen in your own words? :) A previous author had PMed me to ask if they could do that, copy my chapters for 'dialogue/action/description' and I said NO, and they agreed not to...and did it anyway. And their story ended up being plagiarized from mine. Now I am suspicious of the other author doing the same but with a finer editing eye, however this slip up is worrying me very much. So I just want to say now, please, don't use my chapters for a basis, use the transcripts, there's less chance of this happening even as an accident.

I really don't know what to do, whether to report them or not as I've only been made aware of this one instance of a slip up and the fact the stories were sounding similar to mine. I'm at the point where I will give no second chances and I really don't want to hear any excuses as to how something like it might have happened since it has happened to me so often, I'm sorry if that seems mean...this is the 3rd time in 10 days this has happened and it hasn't even been a week since the last incident of plagiarism :'(

~8~

Cold Blood: Tension

Restac stood before a large holographic screen in the middle of the courtroom, allowing them all to watch as Rory stepped forward, "I speak for the...humans. Some of us, anyway."

Angel had to smile at that, look at her companion go! Oh Rory was just brilliant, standing up there, representing humanity. Rory was really...the best example of it that she'd ever seen, well, him and Mickey. They were just so...human. They were empathetic and amazing and couldn't see it at all. But they were wonderful men with kind souls and warm hugs who would protect and defend the people they loved to their last breath. They were helpful and considerate and caring and compassionate. Funny and witty in their own ways and just...amazing. The Doctor hadn't seen it at first, he never seemed able to see it in her companions, but it was always there.

Potential.

That was what made the Human Race so strong and enduring and wonderful. They were flawed, so flawed, in so many ways, but so successful in others and they tried. THAT was what it was about. They kept trying, they kept improving, they kept trying to better themselves and learn from their mistakes and move on and evolve. They were so curious and adventurous, sometimes it had to be gently urged but they always grew stronger with each challenge they faced. Some people, like the Doctor's companions, were just remarkable off the bat, strong, determined, brave, intelligent, ready for anything. And that was fine, that was fantastic really. But...and perhaps it was because of her history as a TARDIS farmer...she loved watching people grow, watching them find their strengths and become amazing right in front of her eyes. And they never saw it too, they never saw how amazing they were becoming, until someone pointed it out how they'd surpassed the people they used to be. She liked doing that, reminding humans of how amazing they were and seeing that look in their eyes when they realized how strong they'd become, when they realized...they were proud of themselves.

THAT was what she loved about her companions.

"Do you understand who we are?" Restac asked, glaring at Rory.

"Sort of. A bit. Not really."

"We have ape hostages," Restac gestured behind her and the image grew smaller, zooming out to show Rory the 5 of them tied up.

"Angel! Amy! Doctor!" he rushed towards the screen as though he'd be able to reach in and grab them.

"Mo!" Ambrose gasped, tears in her eyes as she spotted her husband alive, "Mo, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, love!" Mo nodded, "I've found Elliot. I'm bringing him home!"

"Angel, are you alright?" Rory asked her, staring right at her with worry.

"I'm fine Rory," she said, a meaningful look in her eye that she knew Rory caught. He was much more intelligent than the Doctor gave him credit for. Both her companions were.

Rory let out a breath of relief at that, visibly relaxing and sagging with it as he smiled, he'd caught her meaning, yeah, the baby was ok too, "Thank God."

"Tony Mack!" Nasreen grinned, spotting the man a bit behind the others.

"Having fun down there?" Tony asked with a forced laugh that made Angel start to frown, hearing a strain in his words, both...both from lying and pain.

"Not to interrupt, but just a quick reminder to stay calm," the Doctor cut in.

"Show me Alaya," Restac hissed, "Show me and release her, immediately, unharmed, or we kill your friends…one by one."

"No!" Ambrose pushed her way forward.

"Ambrose..." Rory warned, trying to pull her back.

"Steady now, everyone," the Doctor called.

"Ambrose, stop it!" Tony moved to help Rory.

"Get off me, dad!" Ambrose shoved them both away and turned back to the screen, "We didn't start this!"

"Ambrose, please, trust Rory, he can do this," Angel called, knowing the woman would start something she wouldn't want to see the end of. That pit in the depths of her stomach twisted, realizing this was the woman from her vision, this was the one who had likely caused or was about to cause problems.

"We're not doing what you say any more," Ambrose spat at Restac, "Now, give me back my family!"

"No," Restac glared, "Execute the ape-girl!" she commanded, assuming the other apes would react more to one of their own being targeted instead of one of the non-apes.

The soldiers moved towards Amy.

"No!" Rory shoved Ambrose away, "No, wait!"

"Rory!" Amy yelled, now scared.

Angel's eyes widened as she looked back and forth between Amy and the firing squad, before turning her attention to the ropes binding her.

"She's not speaking for us!" Rory argued as Amy was pushed between the pillars.

"There's no need for this..." the Doctor tried to get in.

"Listen! Listen! Whatever you want...we'll do it!"

"Aim," Restac lifted a hand to signal the soldiers.

Angel closed her eyes and a gold spark jumped across the ropes, snapping them apart.

"Amy!" Rory cried.

"Rory!" Amy screamed.

"Don't do this!" the Doctor shouted.

And Angel darted forward and ran in front of Amy...

~8~

"No!" Rory yelled, seeing that, just as the connection cut out and the screen moved to static.

~8~

"Fire!" Restac commanded.

"Angel!" the Doctor struggled to get out of his bonds, his hearts stopping completely in his chest, his body going numb as what felt like ice water raced through his veins. He could feel his head throbbing in fear as he saw her dart in front of Amy and pull the girl back, the guns now aimed at her and he was terrified! No, this couldn't be happening, not now, not to Angel, they'd just gotten her back, what if...

But Angel just held her hand up, a brilliant wall of golden light springing to life before her and Amy as she tugged the girl behind her, the Silurians firing at the wall, but not managing to make a bolt past it.

"Enough!" an authoritative male voice shouted angrily from the back of the room. The firing halted immediately, Angel waiting a moment longer before lowering her hand and bringing down the golden wall so they could see what had happened. Restac had turned around to see Malohkeh enter with a Silurian Elder, "You want to start a war, while the rest of us sleep, Restac?" the elder nearly snarled at her, seeming completely disgusted with the sight before him.

If it hadn't been for that yellow light, war could have been declared and he was not foolish enough to believe that the humans had remained primitive apes all those long years. Their race had evolved from tiny reptiles into what they were now, there was no way the humans wouldn't have done the same. He knew that, from what he'd seen of them before hibernating, that they would reproduce quickly, there would be infinitely more of them than of their own race, having been asleep for so long and not rebuilding themselves.

They could not afford a war, not now. Not ever.

"The apes are attacking us!" Restac defended.

"You're our protector, not our commander, Restac," he reminded her before turning to the other soldiers, "Unchain them. Now."

Restac held up a hand to stop them, "I do not recognize your authority at this time, Eldane."

"Well, then, you must shoot me."

Frustrated, Restac dropped her hand and moved to Malohkeh as the soldiers released them, "You woke him to undermine me."

"We're not monsters," Malohkeh countered, "And neither are they."

"What is it about apes you love so much? Mmm?"

"While you slept, they've evolved. I've seen it for myself."

"We used to hunt apes for sport. When we came underground, they bred and polluted this planet."

"Shush now, Restac," Eldane interrupted, a firm note to his voice, "Go and play soldier. I'll let you know if I need you."

"You'll need me, then we'll see," Restac glared as she turned and stalked out.

Eldane sighed and approached the others, "I offer my most sincere apologies for her," he bowed his head.

The Doctor ignored him though, rushing over to Angel as soon as he was free, "What were you thinking!?"

Angel blinked, startled, as he grabbed her by the shoulders and stared at her with...fear in his eyes, "They were going to hurt Amy."

"They could have hurt you too!" he shouted, giving her a tiny shake, his hearts had restarted, but that only served to make them race, pounding away in his chest, his mouth gone try, his hands shaking as he gripped her.

"I'm fine," she reassured him, resisting the urge to put a hand on his on her shoulders, afraid he might snap them away when he realized he was touching her.

He...he didn't really do that a lot, touch her, anymore. It was nice when he did, but torture when he pulled away because she never knew when he'd touch her again, even if it was something small, like a hug or a high-five or anything, she'd take anything. But still, in the same breath, it was also hard to have him touch her, knowing there was no intimacy or feeling behind it.

Though now he was quite obviously afraid for her.

"But you might not have been."

"But I knew I would be."

He blinked this time, "You felt it? You saw it?"

She nodded, not exactly saying that she'd felt it after it had happened. She'd just...reacted...to seeing Amy in danger, not only was she the Doctor's companion but her own companion's fiancé! She couldn't just let the girl be harmed.

The Doctor let out a breath of relief and bowed his head, nodding to himself before looking at her, smiling again, "Don't ever do that to me again," he said quickly, before grinning at Amy, "And Amelia Pond!" he cheered, going to hug her, pleased she was safe too.

Angel smiled sadly as she watched the two laughing. He'd hugged Amy. She'd only gotten a squeeze on the shoulder.

~8~

Rory hit the monitor, trying to get the connection back, "Nothing!" he huffed, frantic, his mind racing to the different fates that could befall Angel and her baby, and with him being the only one who knew about it... "I've got to get down there!" he started to walk away.

"Rory wait!" Angel's voice called as the picture came back to reveal her and the Doctor standing before the pillars, released, "Hello!"

"Angel!" he ran back to the monitor, holding the sides of it as he breathed a sigh of relief, "You're ok," he smiled, "And Amy..."

"She's fine," Angel moved aside so he could see Amy standing there.

"Oh, thank God."

"Keeping you on your toes!" Amy laughed as Angel turned and walked back to her, the two girls walking off, leaving the Doctor to talk to Rory as he'd requested to get everything sorted.

"No time to chat," the Doctor continued, "Listen, you need to get down here...go to the drill storeroom, there's a large patch of earth in the middle of the floor. The Silurians are going to send up transport discs to bring you back down using geothermal energy and gravity bubble-technology. It's how they travel and frankly it's pretty cool. Bring Alaya. We hand her over, we can land this after all. All going to work, promise. Got to dash! Hurry up!"

The signal ended.

"The moment we get down there, everything will fall apart," Tony sighed.

"We have to return her," Rory decided, glancing over at Alaya's prone form, Ambrose sitting on a chair beside the body, frowning down at it, "They deserve at least that."

~8~

Amy and Nasreen were sitting on one side of a table in the courtroom, Eldane on the other while Angel, the Doctor, Mo, and Malohkeh stood by.

"I'd say, you've got a fair bit to talk about," the Doctor commented, eyeing the seated people.

"How so?" Eldane looked up.

"You both want the planet. You both have a genuine claim to it."

"Are you authorized to negotiate on behalf of humanity?"

"Me?"

"Yes," Angel nodded.

"No," the Doctor chuckled, "Well, yes, but I think we should let them do it," he gestured at Nasreen and Amy.

"What?!" Nasreen blinked.

"We're not authorized!" Amy agreed.

"Course you are!" he smiled, "Amy Pond and Nasreen Chaudhry, speaking for the planet!" he stood behind them, resting his hands on their shoulders a moment, "Humanity couldn't have better ambassadors. Come on, who has more fun than us?" he moved to the opposite end of the table.

Amy quickly got up and went over to him, "Is this what happens, in the future? Did Angel tell you the planet gets shared? Is that what we need to do?"

Nasreen frowned, hearing them and walked over, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, Nasreen, sorry, probably worth mentioning at this stage, Amy, Angel, and I travel in time, a bit," the Doctor told her.

"With Rory!" Angel called, hearing them from across the table and not about to let her companion be left out.

"Yes," the Doctor nodded, pointing at her.

"Anything else?" Nasreen breathed, a tiny bit overwhelmed.

"Angel's psychic," Amy added.

"Right," Nasreen nodded, not sounding disbelieving but more...as though it made sense that someone who travelled in time would also be able to see the future.

"And there are fixed points through time, where things must always stay the way they are," the Doctor continued, "This is not one of them. This is an opportunity, a temporal tipping point. Whatever happens today, will change future events, create its own timeline, its own reality. The future pivots around you. Here. Now. So do good. For humanity, and for Earth."

"Right," Amy let out a breath, "No pressure there, then," and moved back to the table.

"We can't share the planet," Nasreen shook her head, "Nobody on the surface is going to go for this idea. It is just too big a leap!"

"Have faith Nasreen," Angel smiled at her, pulling her attention over, "I've seen humans do amazing things, this could be one of them. Just...be your normal extraordinary selves and it'll all work out."

Nasreen shook her head with a fond smile, encouraged, and sat back down next to Amy as the Doctor smiled at Angel, he loved how she could do that, offer so much encouragement in so few words, she just...had that quality to her. Everyone who met her came away a better person for it.

"Should we start?" Angel asked, seeing him just staring at her.

"Ok," he nodded, pulling himself from his thoughts and slapping the table, "Bringing things to order, the first meeting of representatives of the Human Race and homo-reptilian is now in session. Ha! Never said that before, that's fab! Carry on!" he pointed at them, "Now, Mo, let's go and get your son," he turned to walk off, "Oh, you know, humans, and their predecessors, shooting the breeze. Never thought I'd see it," he looked back though when he felt like something was missing, to see Angel standing there, not following, "You not coming?"

She shook her head with a small smile, "I might be able to keep the peace better here. You know, offer a 3rd party view or something."

He nodded, pointing at her before clapping Mo on the back and leading him out.

~8~

Rory gently placed Alaya's body on the ground where four discs were waiting for them, "So we get on those, and they take us down through the earth?" Tony asked.

"Geothermal gravity bubbles, or something," Rory mumbled.

"They sent four," Ambrose breathed, shifting, alarmed and worried about what would happen, to Mo and Elliot, when the Silurians realized what she'd done, "She was our only bargaining chip."

"We have to hand her back."

"Wait," she grabbed Rory's arm as he moved to step on one, "Before we go down, there's something I've got to do..." she glanced at Tony, "Dad, I need your help," she added before leading Tony to the side of the room.

~8~

"No!" Tony shook his head, backing away from his daughter as she told him what she wanted to do, "No way."

"Please, dad...just a precaution," Ambrose pleaded.

"I've told you, I won't do it."

"Look at what they did to you!" she gestured at his chest.

"This isn't about me or you."

"No," she glared, "It's about your grandson. If you won't do it for me, do it for Elliot. I know I did wrong. But I can't lose him, dad," she started to cry at that, Tony sighing before he moved over to her, hugging her tightly.

"Alright," he whispered "Alright..."

~8~

The Doctor, Mo, and Malohkeh stood outside Elliot's room, "Elliot, there you are," the Doctor sighed as Malohkeh used the panel outside to revive him.

"If you've harmed him in any way…" Mo warned the Silurian doctor, all too aware of the decontamination pains.

"Of course not!" Malohkeh defended, "I only store the young."

"But why?" the Doctor looked at him.

"I took samples of the young, slowed their life-cycles to a millionth of their normal rate. So I could study how they grew, what they needed, how they lived on the surface."

"You've been down here, working by yourself, all alone?"

"My family, through the millennia," he nodded, "...for the last 300 years, just me," he turned to Mo, "I never meant to harm your child."

"Malohkeh, I rather love you," the Doctor fist bumped him when the panel bleeped, "It's safe. We can wake him."

Malohkeh entered the room and removed the wires before beckoning to Mo, "Come."

The Silurian stepped out as Mo entered and stood before Elliot who slowly blinked awake, "Elliot? El, it's dad."

"What...dad!" he hugged him.

"You're safe now."

"Where are we?"

"Well, I've got to be honest with you, son. We're in the center of the Earth...and there are lizard men."

Elliot looked at the doorway where the Doctor and Malohkeh were, "Wow."

The Doctor entered the room, "Elliot, I'm sorry. I took my eye off you."

"It's ok. I forgive you," he shook the Doctor's hand.

They started down the hallway when Malohkeh stopped, spotting a reading on a nearby panel, a blinking light and silent alarm, "You go on, Doctor. I'll catch up."

The Doctor nodded and led Mo and Elliot back while Malohkeh keyed something into a panel, "Storage facility 19 operational," was the automated reply. With a thoughtful look he turned and headed in the opposite direction.

~8~

Tony sat at the controls of the drill, hesitating, before pressing a button. Closing his eyes a moment to steel himself for what he was about to do, before continuing to set the controls.

~8~

Eldane and Angel sat across from Nasreen and Amy at the table, "We lived on the surface of the planet, long before you did," Eldane pointed out, "Our sole purpose has been to return to our rightful place."

"And we've got a planet that can't already sustain the people who live there," Nasreen countered, "And you want to add a whole other species, to drain resources..."

~8~

"As I sat there that day, across the table from the humans, the future of both species and of our beloved planet Earth rested in our hands, but as the discussions went on, I began to despair about whether we would ever find any common ground, as ambassadors for our species we all had too much to lose. And then the golden woman spoke..."

~8~

"Don't give up," Angel smiled, reaching out to put a hand on Nasreen's, "You'll work something out," she looked between them, "You're both brilliant and creative, I'm sure there must be some place, some way for both species to coincide."

Amy paused, thinking on Angel's words, "What about the areas that aren't habitable to us?" Amy stood, pointing to a projection of the Earth that was floating between them, "Australian outback, Sahara desert, Nevada plains...they're all deserted."

Nasreen tugged Amy down, "Yes, fine," Nasreen cut in as Eldane opened his mouth to speak, "But what happens when their population grows and breeds and spreads? And anyway, what benefit does humanity get, and how would we ever sell this to people on the surface?"

"I'm sure if you let Eldane speak," Angel called gently, "He could probably tell you exactly how," she looked at Eldane and smiled, "Go on."

He smiled his thanks to her and turned to Nasreen and Amy, "You give us space, we can bring new sources of energy, new methods of water supply, new medicines, scientific advances. We were a great civilization. You provide a place for us on the surface, we'll give you knowledge and technology beyond humanity's dreams. We work together as our mediator has suggested," he gestured at Angel, "This planet could achieve greatness."

"Ok," Nasreen smiled, "Now I'm starting to see it."

"Oh, yeah," Amy agreed.

"You three are brilliant," Angel told them, just beaming, "What do you think Doctor?"

They looked over her shoulder to see the Doctor standing there with Mo and Elliot before he started clapping for them, "Not bad for a first session. More similarities than differences."

There was a whooshing noise that made them look up, "The transport has returned," Eldane said, "Your friends are here."

Angel's smile slowly started to fall…a sinking feeling growing inside her.

~8~

Malohkeh walked though one of the tunnels, noticing one of the sliding glass doors over the alcoves on the walls was already opened, "That's not right," he stepped forward to see Restac reviving the soldiers, "What are you doing?!"

"Protecting our race against the apes!" she cried.

"You can't do this!"

"You're a good scientist, Malohkeh, but this is war," and without a moment's hesitation, she shot him down.

~8~

Angel shivered a moment, the sinking feeling growing larger, when...

"Angel!" someone shouted.

She looked up to see Rory running through the doors of the courtroom, right to her, pulling her into a tight hug as Amy actually smiled on, happy to see Rory relieved that Angel was ok, she knew how worried he had been for her.

"Rory," she whispered, before laughing when he spun her around.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Rory set her down, gently placing his hands on her shoulders and trying to look her over, sending her a meaningful look and a glance at her stomach that no one saw with his back to them, "Really ok?"

"Yeah," she nodded.

"Wonderful," he beamed, taking her head in his hands and kissing the top of her head, pulling her into another tight hug as she returned it.

The Doctor winced and looked down at his hands when he felt a pain shoot through them, frowning in confusion as to what had hurt him just then...and spotting it. Tiny little half-moons along the middle of his palm. He lifted a hand and looked at them closely, closing one hand into a fist to see that the half-moons fit with his fingers. He blinked, he'd just clenched his hands into fists so tightly he'd marked himself. But why?

He glanced over at Angel and Rory to see them still hugging and felt it this time, felt his hands clenching into fists at the sight. It should be understandable, Rory was her companion, Angel was his Pilot, they were friends, of course Rory would be worried about her, of course he'd be ecstatic to see her alright again. But did he have to hug her this long?! Granted it had only been a second or two, but really! Hug that long and others might get the wrong idea.

He looked at Amy to see her actually smiling at the sight, which confused him, she seemed...happy. So...why was he so...unhappy? No, that wasn't the right word, he wasn't unhappy. He was angry. He was angry that Rory was hugging Angel, that Angel had hugged Rory, and that kiss?! He'd felt his blood boil at that, and, for a brief second, before he'd seen the boy just kiss her on her head, like he did Amy at times, he thought the world had gone red. But why? Why was he so angry about Rory touching her? Yes, he'd been cross earlier, when he'd thought that there was something else, something more to the hug he'd seen in the console room. But Rory had insisted it was just platonic.

This though, Rory had kissed her too! But, HE kissed Amy's forehead all the time, when she was brilliant or he was relieved she was ok...it was obviously the same for Rory, obviously really. Rory was a nurse, he was concerned and compassionate and worried about Angel. That was wonderful, that was good to have a companion who cared for you, helped keep you out of trouble most times.

...so why did he want to run over there and shove Rory away from her?

That would be rude.

Very rude.

And make him outrageously happy to have distance between Angel and the other man.

He'd actually started to take a step forwards, his feet seeming to move of their own accord, when Angel pulled away and looked at Rory in concern, "Rory…" Angel began, eyeing him, "What's happened?"

Before he could answer though, Elliot gave a shout, "Mum!" and ran to his mother when Ambrose entered.

Rory could only shake his head, unable to say.

"What is it?" Amy looked between him and Angel.

"Something's wrong..." Angel replied.

And then...Tony entered, carrying the shrouded body of Alaya.

"Doctor, what's he carrying?" Amy tensed.

The Doctor took a step up, "No. Don't do this. Tell me you didn't do this," Tony laid her on the floor, the Doctor squatting down and pulling the cloth away from Alaya's face. He shook his head before putting the shroud back in place and glaring at Tony, "What did you do?"

"It wasn't him," Angel said, looking straight at Ambrose.

"It was me," the woman nodded, "I did it."

"Mum?" Elliot backed away from her.

"I just wanted you back!" she reached for him, but Elliot just walked away from her, everyone looking at her with pity and shame, though Angel more in disappointment.

The Doctor turned to Eldane, "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"They're better than this," Angel whispered, drawing the Doctor's look to her heartsbroken expression, his hearts pinging to see her disappointed, "They really are."

"This is our planet!" Ambrose yelled.

"We had a chance here," the Doctor rounded on her, feeling a flash of anger at the woman flare up for upsetting Angel the way she had.

"Leave us alone."

The Doctor strode over to her, "In future, when you talk about this, you tell people there was a chance but you were so much less than the best of humanity."

Armed soldiers entered the room with Restac at the center, "My sister," she breathed at the sight before her, running to Alaya's side and kneeling, uncovering the body before replacing it a moment later, devastated, "And you want us to trust these apes, Doctor?"

The Doctor pointed a warning finger at her, "One woman. She was scared for her family. She's not typical."

"I think she is," Restac glared at Ambrose.

Angel closed her eyes, feeling guilty. If she had been sharper in her visions, she could have given Rory better warning. If she had been able to avoid the hole, she would have still been there to stop Ambrose...she could empathize with the woman, wanting to protect her child, but...she could have stopped her, helped them keep calm...this was all her fault.

"One person let us down," the Doctor looked at Eldane, "But there's a whole race of dazzling, peaceful human beings up there. You were building something, here, come on...an alliance could work."

"It's too late for that, Doctor," Ambrose said grimly. They looked at her questioningly as Tony ran a hand through his hair in frustration.

"What do you mean?" Angel tensed, the pit growing even larger in her stomach.

"Our drill is set to start burrowing again in..." she glanced at a stopwatch in her hands, "15 minutes."

"What?!" Nasreen gaped, looking at Tony, knowing he was the only one who knew how to work the drill, Ambrose certainly didn't.

"What choice did I have?" Tony defended, "They had Elliot."

"Don't do this, don't call their bluff," the Doctor shook his head.

"Let us go back," Ambrose threatened, "And you promise to never come to the surface ever again. We'll walk away, leave you alone."

"Execute her!" Restac spat.

"No!" Angel ran forward and grabbed Ambrose as the soldiers fired, their ammunition striking a golden wall that crackled with energy as it was hit.

"Everybody, back to the lab!" the Doctor yelled, "Run!" they ran for the exit, Angel getting Ambrose there before letting her run with her family.

"Execute all the apes!" Restac ordered.

The Doctor pulled his sonic out and aimed it at the guns the Silurians were holding, using it to make them explode, "This is a deadly weapon, stay back!"

One of the soldiers approached from the seats, whipping its tongue out at the Doctor, only for the golden wall to spring up before him, blocking it. He looked over to see Angel there, hiding by the entrance to the tunnel, her hand out, concentrating, and ran past her, grabbing her hand and pulling her with him down the tunnel after the humans.

"Take everyone to the lab!" the Doctor told Rory as a beam from the gun struck the wall, "We'll cover you! Go! Go!" he turned to face the other soldiers with Angel as Restac and her warriors arrived, he held out his sonic, disabling a few of their guns, "Ah ah! Stop right there! Or I'll use my very deadly weapon again. One warning, that's all you get. If there can be no deal, you go back into hibernation. All of you. Now. This ends here."

"No," Restac glared, "It only ends with our victory."

"Like I said...one warning," he disabled the last two guns and they ran off.

With a growl and promise of vengeance, Restac chased after them.

A/N: Awww Rory! I seriously LOVE him so much in this story...the next chapter broke my heart to write though :( I hope you liked the little jealous Doctor moment there, he's just so adorable in how he doesn't even realize why he feels that way :) I sort of see him as being like 9 where he doesn't understand what he feels are the beginnings of love, because he's technically already in love with Angel but his conscious mind is firmly stuck on the fact that he 'doesn't' feel that way for her :) We'll have to see how that plays out :)

And we have another submission for the HOTS challenge :) Yay! The link isn't up on tumblr yet, but should be up within the next 2 hours :)

HOTS contest entry Before I punch you again, by sweetsilent3, (the fanfiction site)s/9550963/1/HOTS-contest-entry-Before-I-punch -you-again

Some notes on reviews...

Lol, is the 'engages murder mode' from Gamzee? :)

Oh Angel is VERY lucky that she didn't lose the baby then. And, with the Doctor, luck doesn't always last that long :( Not saying Angel's will run out, but not saying it'll last either }:)

Amy will be made aware of Angel's pregnancy at one point or another, I won't say if it's while she's pregnant or if she learns about it in the past tense though }:)

I can't make any promises for him remembering before Series 6, sorry }:) I thought the rhyme would be a little evil lol :) You really don't know in what manner she'll kill Angel so we'll have to wait and see :)

I've seen a few episodes of Duck Dynasty, but not much, lol, my brother LOVES that show though :)

I don't think it's wrong to want to beat him up, nope :) I think quite a few people (and fictional characters) would join you :)

I don't want 12 to be female either, even being a girl. I feel like being a male means he's the 'knight in shining armor' to female viewers and the man 'every little boy wants to be' for the males. To make it female, to me, I feel like boys would want to travel with her for...other reasons...and girls would be jealous of her. Idk why, just my opinion :) I don't think he's ever been angry at Angel, angry that she put herself in danger or angry around her (at others) I think he has, but that's the great thing about FF, you can write him anyway you want, and given that Angel's been keeping this from him, it's possible he might be a little angry sure :) We'll have to wait and see if Angel will have a Ganger or not, but I can say that the Ganger Doctor will probably be very much like the Doctor who creates him :)

I want to hug her too :) Good thing Rory's there with hugs enough for everyone...for now }:) River will be...complicated in her feelings for the Doctor and Angel, definitely, so we'll have to wait and see how that plays out :) We'll find out whether Angel takes a break from the Doctor in the TW crossover in...oh wow, 2 days! :) And thanks! I was trying to balance the 'how could they do that!' with the 'they really DON'T know what's going on' so it's great to know I managed it :) She did sort of get to die for the man she loves, but I think her last moments of realizing that he truly and deeply loves Angel (at least 10 did) and that he was more concerned with Angel than to notice her about to give her life would be a shot to the heart though :( Oh I can promise an EPIC Oncoming Storm moment against River ;) I won't say if it's a Doctor who remembers Angel though, he might just finally notice what River's doing to Angel :)

That's a good idea :) I'm definitely debating how I want that to go, I think it would depend on who the 12th Doctor is, whether I could picture him with 11th Proffy, or if I'd have her pregnant right at the start of the special, or regenerate and (possibly lose or) keep the babies. We'll have to see :)

Amy's belief that River's his wife bothers me too :) I think Amy would be bothered at first, but eventually understand that she's kept secrets for the Doctor and from the Doctor and that Rory was being a good companion (and doctor) to keep Angel's private life private...that and she might just realize she and Angel didn't have the most trusting foundation in their relationship to start with :) But I think, eventually, she'd understand :) If that happens though }:)

The Doctor might die, but then again, we don't know if River might somehow have access to Dampening tech and be the cause of the Doctor's Mating block, if she has that, she might be able to keep him from dying the same way :) We'll have to wait and see }:)

Then I'd have to say, Welcome! and -gives big welcoming hug!- :) That's awesome! I'm glad you like the stories so far and I hope I can continue to deliver some nice twists and plots :) We'll have to see what role Clara will play though :) I can say that the A/N teasers aren't quite lies, though sometimes they might come about in ways you don't always expect :) But I do follow the Doctor's first rule, he lies, but only when it's really important and usually it's more of a vague/misleading answer than an outright lie :)

Thank you, that really means a lot to me :') I'm really glad you like the stories, this is why I keep writing, despite plagiarism, for all the people who genuinely like the stories and want to know what's coming :) Thanks! :)