"Look! There's a light up there!" Donna cried, pointing past River and the Doctor. She smiled for the first time in what felt like hours. In fact, maybe that is how long they've been trudging up the endless steps, through the dark, with three dying green glowsticks as their only lights.
The Doctor's face lit up. Maybe that was why Donna suddenly could see just a bit more.
"That's right, Donna, we're almost there."
Donna rolled her eyes.
"You said that twenty minutes ago."
"And we're still almost there!"
"Sweetie, be quiet," River snapped suddenly.
"What's going on?" Rory asked.
"Father, please," River pressed. Donna's eyebrows furrowed together.
"What is it?" she whispered. River didn't turn to look at her. She just froze.
"River?" Rory asked. River remained silent. Donna tried to get a glimpse of River's face but it was too dark.
"River," said the Doctor. "What is it?"
"We are in a lot of trouble," River said suddenly. "We need to get out of the tunnel, and quickly."
Suddenly, Donna heard it too. The sound of an alarm in the distance. Rory tensed up too, but the Doctor just didn't seem to hear it.
"River, what is-"
"Just go!" With that the Doctor hurried forward. They all broke into a run hurrying up the stairs. Donna stumbled a couple of times, but managed to keep her balance. There was a boom behind them that sounded as if it were echoing in a cave.
She recognized the sound.
It was the sound of the wall at the bottom of the staircase sliding up.
Someone was coming.
"Why are you doing that?" The Doctor asked Amy as she undid and redid her hair but for the third time in five minutes. He had managed to get all of the foam off of his face and body, and he didn't look happy about it. He kept throwing Amy dirty looks.
"Well, I'm nervous. Sue me." Amy snapped.
"Well, stop being nervous," The Doctor retorted.
"Then stop being unnerving!"
"Then stop being annoying!"
"Then stop being annoyed!"
"Ok, how about we just stop talking!"
"Then stop talking!" They both fell silent. Amy slid down the wall by the fire extinguisher while the Doctor started hurrying around the room, muttering to himself. After about three minutes of it, Amy was about to go mad.
"What are we going to do?" Amy asked. "We can't stay in here forever."
"I know," The Doctor said. "But we can't go outside that door." He punched the wall and then shook his hand before going back to muttering.
"Er, Doctor?" Amy called.
"What?"
"You said you could transport us back to the TARDIS." The Doctor stared at her, before clonking himself on the head. Amy stared back. "So are we going to the TARDIS or not?" She asked. The Doctor rolled his eyes.
"Just grab my jacket for me, will you?" he said, pointing to the bundle which he had dropped onto the floor.
"Whoever you are, let me go!" Rose yelled at the two men who she had seen when she woken up. The man with brown spiky looking hair glanced over his shoulder. Rose was taken aback. He looked close to tears. The man looked away. He heard him say her name, and Rose pressed against the wall. The two men entered the room.
"Rose, do you know who I am?" asked the other man. Rose shook her head hesitantly. The men looked at each other.
"Should I tell her?" said the second man.
"Sure," the first man said sadly. He said something quietly that Rose couldn't hear. The second man turned to her.
"My name is Jack. Jack Harkness." Rose's eyes fell on the man with no name.
"Who are you?"
"John. John Smith."
"Jack and John?" Rose asked. "Aren't those the same name?" John glanced at Jack.
"Yep," Jack said.
"Where am I?" Rose demanded.
"Hartford, Connecticut, USA" John answered. Rose's eyes widened.
"I was just with the Doctor!" She cried. "On the other side of the planet!" She stood up and edged her way around the room. "What happened? Transmat? Teleportation?" John and Jack glanced at each other. "You aren't fooling me!" she cried. "I've seen so much; gelth… autons…. Slitheen…." She was quiet for a moment. "You aren't slitheen are you?" she gritted her teeth. John watched her, sadly almost.
"We're not slitheen." He said. Her eyebrows furrowed together.
"Who are you?" she demanded. "What are you? What do you want with me?" She didn't give them time to answer.
Rose ran forward, shoved John hard enough to make him hit the floor with a loud thump and ran out of the room.