Chapter Five: Thoughts

Ten wandered around the library while Ace was thinking in the console room. He ran his fingers over the books, and stared respectfully at "The History of the Time War." He thought of Rose and regretted his last words to her.

"Rose Tyler, I-"

He cried every time he thought of those last words. He wanted so desperately to go back and talk quicker and tell her he loved her. He was never going to see her again. His Bad Wolf, the companion that changed him for the best. His lovely Rose Tyler.

He thought of the last time he encountered Ace. He completely forgot all of those stolen moment. He did tell Rose he loved her, but she didn't remember. And she never would. She would never remember those stolen kisses. She would never remember the agony looking into Ace's eyes brought her. She'd lived through those last moments twice without knowing. He sat down and leaned his head back on the shelves and sighed.

"Rose…" he sighed.


Meanwhile, Eleven paced around the console room. Ace lay a few feet from the door, breathing heavily. She was panicked, and Eleven was irritated.

"Why are you just laying there? Tell me what's going on," said Eleven irritably.

"I'm thinking, dear. Don't interrupt," she said simply.

"What about? What is going on? Why am I here and why is other me here? And why is River here? And what has Sherlock got to do with anything?" Eleven yammered on.

"I am going to block you out if you don't shut up," spat Ace.

"Why should I shut up? It's my right to know what's going on in my own ship! What- what are you doing?" asked Eleven, noticing Ace. She was lying there, and she now had orange headphones in, connected to an iPhone with a plain white case.

"What are you listening to?" he asked. She couldn't hear him. Eleven could her music from twelve feet behind her. He stepped over to her, took her phone and checked the song title. "This is Gospel" by Panic! At the Disco was blasting in her ears.

Eleven rolled his eyes and sat grumpily on the floor, leaning against the console. He was so desperate to know what Ace needed, and she was being childish. More like he was, but he couldn't see that. He pouted on the ground until Ace hopped up.


River walked around the pool and stared at the water. She could always tell when The Doctor had been in there last. She didn't know how, but she could see the ghosts of him in and around it. She saw Nine the most distinctly, sitting in misery and staring at the water. The rest of the opaque Doctors were slowly fading.

"That's odd…" she muttered to herself. Nine was in the tenth doctor's TARDIS very recently. But how could that be? She walked out of the pool room to see Ten walking out of the library. He turned to her urgently.

"Ace needs us now, she's going to tell us what this is about," he said.

"About time," muttered River.


Be ready for Chapter Five, I'm so excited!