Chapter Sixty Four
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Day 50
This was a present that the Doctor left me. It says Captain Log on the front. He knows that I love Star Trek.
I wasn't quite sure how to start this diary off. So I guess that I just picked today to do it.
It's the fiftieth day of the war.
This morning, I woke up, and ate breakfast. I sat in the mess hall with everyone else. Another present from the Doctor: A tent that was humongous on the inside. Time Lord technology. Imagine the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Now triple it. That's about half the size of the mess hall.
There's a front table where all of the leaders sit. I sit in the middle, where Dumbledore would sit in the Great Hall. I'm proud that I get to sit there, but I also feel unworthy.
I'm only seventeen.
So I sat at the Commander's table with the Avengers, the Winchesters, Harry, and Sherlock and John. There was an empty seat next to me for the Doctor. When he comes back, he'll take this seat and I'll sit in the empty one.
Midway through breakfast, Percy Jackson comes running into the room, slamming the doors open (yes, the tent has doors) and standing there. It was raining outside too, so he was soaking wet.
He walked up to the Commander's table. The mess hall was silent as everybody watched him.
He stood at the front and looked straight into my eyes.
"We need to talk," he said.
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The group of us entered a room separate from the mess hall. All of us filed in, Percy following us.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I had a dream," he said, very seriously.
Tony snorted. "So?"
Percy glared at him. "I'm a demigod. I don't get ordinary dreams."
"And?" I asked, ignoring everything else. "What happened?"
"I don't know," Percy said. "It was confusing. Best I could figure out? Lucifer killed a bunch of demons."
"Well that's good, isn't it?" John interrupted.
"No," Dean said, exchanging looks with Sam and Cas. "He kills them so he can gain power. Break spells. That's how he freed Death back in our universe."
"Yes," Percy said. "That's what he was doing. He was sacrificing the demons so he could get this guy."
"Do you happen to know this guy's name?" I asked.
"He called him…Master," Percy said. "Or something like that."
"Master?" Dean snorted. "Kinky much?"
"The Master…" I said. "He's a Time Lord, like the Doctor."
"Oh, well that's good, isn't it?" Steve asked. "Maybe he can help us, instead."
"Not at all," I said, shaking my head. "The Master…well, he's got a few screws loose, you could say. He's crazy."
"How crazy?" Sam asked.
"Crazy enough to try to turn everyone on Earth into him," I said.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, I know," I said. "He used this machine to change everyone's DNA into his, or something. It was kind of confusing."
"And he's joined Lucifer and Moriarty?" Dean asked.
"Yes," Percy said, with certainty in his eyes.
"Then we're all in for a round of trouble," I said.
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Day 72
Sorry it's been so long. I've never really been good at keeping a diary. Plus, I was so tired after battle that I just went to sleep every night.
Felicity and Tony made earpieces for everyone. They're connected to Jarvis and they can't fall out. Dean got to use the suit when Tony was making the earpieces. As he climbed in and flew off, I heard him yell in my earpiece, "This. Is. Awesome!" You could hear the smile in his voice.
I have learned to catch sleep when I can. When I'm not fighting, I'm sleeping. There are some nights where I get no sleep, and there are some nights when I sleep like a baby.
The Doctor still hasn't returned. I wonder what's taking so long.
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Day 73
The Master showed up today. He was in some big machine that he created. He creamed half our soldiers.
We brought them back, of course. But the more people who die, the more tired our angels get. And they kill less demons on the battlefield.
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Day 74
Our soldiers are getting better at fighting the Master's machine. We cut our casualty count in half from yesterday.
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Day 76
The Master created another machine. Now there are two of them. Moriarty drives the other one. Our casualties are devastating again.
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Day 85
This war is kind of weird. For instance, it's not like we're fighting for land, or anything, so we don't really have anywhere to go. Well, we are fighting for land, we're fighting for the planet, but we kind of just use the same battlefield every day. I figure that it's like chess. One team takes out the leader of the other. They keep their leader hidden. We still have yet to find out who she is. Yes, she. Percy figured out that it's a woman.
We're the queens.
There's a reason why, in chess, the queens are the powerful ones.
Two woman, both leading different armies, trying to take control of the world.
Except if I win, I'll immediately release my power.
Like Cincinnatus.
Cincinnatus was a Roman aristocrat who was made dictator in a time of need. As soon as that need was over, he relinquished his power. He was George Washington's hero.
And I hope to be as brilliant as him.
And when I'm done with this war, I'll find a nice place in the middle of nowhere. And I'll settle down.
Eventually.
I still have some adventures with the Doctor left over.
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Day 99
Another day. I don't really know what to write. It's always the same. Wake up, eat breakfast, command soldiers, kill demons, sleep.
The Doctor isn't back yet.
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Day 128
I haven't smiled in days. People barely talk to me. I wake up. I go to breakfast. I barely eat, and I stare off into nothing. My mouth is set in a grim line.
What is this war doing to me?
The Doctor still isn't back yet.
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Day 150
I've been fighting this war - no, leading this war, for 150 days.
He's still not back yet.
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Day 184
It's been a six months since the Doctor gave me this book.
He's still gone.
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Day 238
I don't remember the last time I laughed.
I think I need a Doctor.
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Day 310
I miss him.
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Day 467
Several thousand more demons joined the other army. It's getting harder and harder to fight them. It's been over a year. We need the Doctor.
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Day 624
He's still not back yet.
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Day 730
It's been two years.
I don't remember his smile.
I don't remember the Tardis noise.
I'm forgetting everything.
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Day 862
I don't think I'm me anymore.
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Day 1001
It's been over a thousand days since I've seen the Doctor.
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Day…I don't know. I've lost track
I've been fighting a war so long, I don't even remember when I started it.
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Day…
I don't care anymore.
It's hard for me to remember a life before this war.
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I put down my pen.
I closed my eyes.
I had to remember.
I had to remember my life with the Doctor. My adventures with my friends. I had to remember who I was.
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"Rissa!" I heard a shout.
My eyes snapped open. I think I might have fallen asleep.
"Yes?" I asked, immediately, alert. I was a leader.
It was Percy. "We need to go. They're attacking."
All of our tents were Time Lord technology. Tony tampered with them too. You could instantly pack everything up and it all folded into a tiny little bag that you could keep. Cas was collecting the bags, putting them in his trench coat. We knew that he could keep it.
All of our best fighters were on the front lines, protecting us and letting us pack up.
There were fires blazing everywhere. Tents were falling.
"Retreat!" I shouted.
Everyone slept with their earpieces in. They all heard the command and we ran for the hills.
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Back on the leftover's of the other army, demons picked through the rubble.
Lucifer, Moriarty, and the Master all oversaw the destruction.
"That was fun," Moriarty remarked.
"Hey, boss!" A demon shouted. "I think you might like this!"
He ran up to them. In his hand was a book.
It read Captain's Log.