Chapter 8

Sam stood there for a second, looking at the spot where Crowley had been standing. The Doctor looked at Sam sadly, imagining the sadness he must be feeling. Then, Sam turned around to look at the rest of the group. They could see the anger in his eyes, masking his sadness.

"What is a Dalek?" Sam asked the group.

"An alien race." the Doctor muttered, voice full of emotion, "The one that fought the Time Lords in the Time War."

"Time Lord?"

"Yes, Time Lord. I am a Time Lord. The last of the Time Lords, actually."

"Are they dangerous?"

"Very."

"And now they have my brother." Sam turned away from them and rubbed his eyes, sighing.

"We have to go save him!" Amy spoke up.

"We don't even know where he is." Sherlock said, "How are we supposed to rescue him if we don't know where to start?"

"Follow me." the Doctor told them and started heading up the stairs, towards the door of the bunker. The entire group followed him. They walked outside to the TARDIS.

"What's this?" Sam asked.

"She's called a TARDIS. You believe in aliens, don't you?" the Doctor replied.

"Well, I guess I kind of have to now don't I?"

"Yeah. Well she's my ship. She travels through time and space." the Doctor opened the door and walked inside, yelling over his shoulder, "Come on in."

Amy and Rory lead the way into the TARDIS, followed by Sherlock and John. Sam stopped outside for a moment, looking through the door.

"Bigger on the inside." Castiel agreed with Sam and patted Sam's shoulder comfortingly before heading inside. Sam sighed and headed inside as well. He looked around, interested.

"I'm going to scan the atmosphere for any unusual presence." the Doctor said, fiddling with levers and buttons on the TARDIS dashboard.

Everyone else stood back, having nothing else to do. Sam stood next to the door, looking like he was lost in his thoughts.

Rory walked over to Sam, who didn't seem to notice. "He's going to be ok, you know." he told Sam, who seemed to snap out of his trance.

"I always tell myself that. Doesn't make it true." Sam said quietly.

"The Doctor is used to this kind of thing, he knows what he's doing. I haven't known Sherlock and John very long, but they can help. We are going to get your brother back."

Sam gave a little half smile, "Yeah, I guess."

Rory and Sam stood by the door, not speaking, for a while. Rory stood there, trying to be the best support he could.

"Got it!" the Doctor cried triumphantly. He showed the entire group that there was a ship that was above Earth.

"And you're sure it's a Dalek ship?" Amy asked.

"Of course I'm sure." the Doctor responded.

"Then let's go." Sam told them, the fire that had somewhat dulled back in his eyes at full force.

The Doctor began pulling levers and hitting buttons. Soon the TARDIS was taking off, the destination being the Dalek ship.

And Sam's big brother.