I've been binge writing. This is the 4th chapter I've written in 24 hours.
This is the last chapter before the finale. You're going to hate me.
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The Doctor pushed past her, fumbling with his key. He opened the door. "In! In! In!" he shouted. The married couple, and Amy ran through the door, and the Doctor jumped just inside. Sarah Jane hurried through, clutching her mobile in her hand. She saw something stuck to the front of the TARDIS, and ripped it off as she passed. Once she was inside, the Doctor slammed the door shut and bolted to the console.
"Mum! What the heck is going on?!"
Sarah Jane opened her mouth to answer Luke, when Amy shouted out, "Ten seconds!"
"We're safe," the Doctor announced. "I've put the shields up. Just be prepared for a big-" Suddenly, the TARDIS pitched to the side, throwing the five of them against the walls. Sarah Jane smacked her head on the coral, causing her to drop her phone, on which, Luke was still demanding answers. They all cried out in fear as the TARDIS shuddered once more. Sarah Jane gripped the grated floor tightly, trying to keep herself steady. When the TARDIS righted itself, Sarah Jane lay on the floor, panting and rubbing the top of her head where she had banged it.
"-bang." the Doctor finished, sprawled out somewhere near the console.
"That was WAY too close," Amy exclaimed nearby. Sarah Jane let out a sigh of relief. They had made it. They survived the Dalek Ship.
The piece of paper that had been stuck to the front of the TARDIS was still clutched in her hand. It was wrinkled when Sarah Jane uncurled her fingers and unrolled it. She stared up at the words from the floor.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NEED THIS.
-SEC
"Who's SEC?" Sarah Jane asked aloud. There was a bunch of groaning as the others got to their feet. Amy appeared next to Sarah Jane and helped her to her feet.
"Pardon?"
"This." She handed Amy the piece of paper with the message.
"SEC?" Amy read. "Like Dalek Sec?" Martha and Mickey joined them and read the paper.
"I'm no expert, but don't Daleks need thumbs to write?" Mickey asked.
"Dalek Sec did have thumbs at one point," Martha replied, to the confusion of the rest of them. "But that was a long time ago, in New York. He didn't make it out."
"So there is another person running around out there called SEC?" Amy wondered. "Doctor? What do you think?"
The Doctor was at the console, pressing buttons and pulling switches. He didn't look up when he said, "I don't have time. I need to make sure the factory in Russia was destroyed. I'm pulling up the security cameras outside of the building."
Amy, Martha, and Mickey walked over to the Doctor to see what he was looking at, but the faint sound of Luke calling for her made her rush to find her mobile. She found it behind a coral a few feet away.
"Luke!" she exclaimed, a smile on her face at the sight of her son.
"Sarah Jane, are you alright?" Clyde and Rani said in unison. The four of them were huddled very close to the screen, desperate to know what was happening.
"Yes, I'm fine," she laughed. "We survived the explosion!"
"How is that possible?" Luke asked.
"The TARDIS materialized out of nowhere! We don't know how it got here."
"How is that possible?" Luke repeated.
"Quit questioning it and be happy about it," Rani laughed, hugging Clyde. "We did it!"
Sky laughed (causing the nearby lamps to flicker) as she threw herself around Luke. Luke patted his sister's head.
"I'll be home soon," Sarah Jane said. "I've got to go."
She hung it up and joined the others at the console.
"Look at this," Amy told her. The Doctor replayed the clip.
It was an image of the Russian Factory that the Daleks had made base in. After a few seconds, a bright light shot at it, and the building burst into flames. Chunks of debris flew into the air and rained down on the area outside. The force of the blast must have made the camera fly off the lamppost it had been on, because the film spiraled before it landed in the grass.
"Did you see it?" The Doctor asked.
"I saw the building on fire," Sarah Jane said. The Doctor shook his head. He pressed a few buttons, and then the clip started over, this time, slowed down. Very slowly, the light hit the building again, and it burst into flames. But this time, Sarah Jane saw it. Right as the missile hit, and was cutting through the roof of the building, there had been a flash of bright white light that faded in an instant.
"What was that?" Sarah Jane asked.
"That was the Void Ship, taking off," the Doctor replied grimly. "Dalek Sec and Dalek Caan must have teleported down there at the last minute and taken off, leaving the rest of the Daleks for dead." Sarah Jane bit her lip, knowing where this was going. "The Cult of Skaro escaped the missiles. They're in the void."
Without warning, he kicked the TARDIS console and screamed in anger.
"I was so close!" the Doctor shouted. "I was so close to wiping every stinking Dalek out of the sky." He leaned against the coral and sighed. "But then they had to disappear into the one place where I can't get them. They can hide there until the next universe, too."
"Or until the battle of Canary Warf," Mickey whispered so that the Doctor couldn't hear. Sarah Jane heard it, too. Although it didn't make sense to her, she guessed the Doctor wasn't supposed to hear it.
Sarah Jane uncurled her fingers again and stared down at the post-it note that had been stuck to the front of the TARDIS.
"SEC," she whispered to herself. She held it up to the light, and noticed something. Slowly, she turned the paper over.
14-12/19.5-4/PIE
"What?" Sarah Jane whispered. "What does '14-12/19.5-4/PIE' mean?"
The Doctor looked up at her for the first time in a while. In one swift movement, he took the paper out of her hand, studied it, and placed it back in her fingers.
"They're coordinates!" he exclaimed.
"Coordinates to where?" Martha asked.
A smile lit up the Doctor's face. "Let's find out! 14-12/19.5-4/PIE!" he recited, typing into the computer.
Of course, the TARDIS pitched them to the side again.
Maria pulled out a wad of American cash and slid three crisp bills through the cabby window. The man took his pay, grunted, and drove away, leaving the three of them in a cloud of black smoke. She turned to the Doctor.
"You owe me for that," she said. "Now, where's the TARDIS?"
"It's behind that building, the Doctor said, pointing to a very tall brick work office.
"Behind that 'Harc' place?" Rose asked, reading the large sign.
The Doctor nodded. "Come on," he hissed, hurrying forward. The girls followed him. As they rounded the corner, a little blue box appeared in Maria's view. Rose's face lit up as the Doctor hurried towards it, and Maria could only guess that was it. She had never seen the TARDIS before, of course.
The Doctor took out his key and unlocked the door. It swung open, and Rose hurried inside. Slowly, Maria approached, and peeked into the space ship.
She hurried back out and peeked around the sides of the blue box. "Wow," she said, backing up. "Sarah Jane was telling the truth; it really is bigger on the inside."
"Yeah," the Doctor said impatiently. "Well, in you go." Maria ran through the doors and gawked in wonder at the TARDIS interior while the Doctor went to the console and began flicking switches. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and murmured to himself.
"Whacha doin?" Rose asked.
"Before I found you, I used a DNA sample to locate my friend, Donna, who I had been with before. The coordinates should still be here." He pressed a few more buttons. "Ah, here we go!"
Slowly, the TARDIS began to groan. Maria, who hadn't ever ridden in the TARDIS before, gripped the railing nervously as she ship dematerialized.
"We'll be in front of Donna in about thirty seconds."
He had barely finished that sentence before the TARDIS pitched to the side, throwing them to the floor. Maria was the only one who remained upright, as holding onto the railing kept her steady.
"What the hell is going on?" Rose shouted.
The TARDIS was shaking erratically, which made getting the Doctor's task of getting on his knees to look at the scanner very difficult. He grunted as he hoisted himself into the air.
"There's something stopping us from landing!" he shouted. "Or at least trying to!" He gripped the sides of the scanner. "We're flying right into a paradox, and the TARDIS hates it! I need to stabilize it!"
The TARDIS shuddered as the Doctor pulled more switches. Rose cried out as she fell to the floor. Maria held onto the railing for dear life, but the force of the TARDIS landing finally threw her to the ground.
She lay on the ground, breathing heavily as the spaceship was finally still.
"You okay, Maria?" the Doctor said, appearing in front of her. Maria nodded, and the Doctor pulled her up.
Rose cleared her throat, and gestured towards the door. "What's out there?"
"Hopefully, Donna," the Doctor replied. "Come on, let's find out."
"Untie the Doctor," Calcon snapped at one of the guards. The guard took a knife and approached the Doctor's column. Clara's heart pounded as she stared at the gun Calcon bore. She'd have to be an idiot not to know what was coming. Calcon was going to kill the Doctor.
Clara rubbed her wrists against each other in what felt like a pointless attempt at escape.
"Careful there," the Doctor reminded the guard, who was cutting the rope bounding his wrist. Clara heard a snapping noise, and the Doctor pulled his arms forward and rubbed his wrists.
Clara continued to rub her wrists together. Suddenly, to her surprise, they came loose.
"Bring him over here," Calcon commanded. Two guards came up behind the Doctor and walked him forward so that he was five feet away from Calcon. The guards quickly moved away from them. Calcon quickly raised her gun, and Donna let out a gasp. Clara jumped slightly, moving her wrists faster as the ropes came looser.
"This time, it's on the kill setting," Calcon told the Doctor. "One shot, and I never have to worry about you again." Clara pulled slightly, and she felt the rope come off one hand. She shook it off the other wrist. "I will have avenged my sisters, and then we shall take our beloved planet back from your hideous race of apes." She smirked at him. "Good bye, Doctor."
Everything that happened next felt like it was in slow motion.
Clara cried out angrily, yanking her arms away from the column and running towards the Doctor. Calcon pulled the trigger right as Clara shoved the Doctor aside.
And that was when the pain started.
Clara's legs gave out under her. River, Rory, and Donna screamed her name, and Calcon cursed at her.
Clara's body instinctively tried to curl around the pain. She whimpered as a tear started falling. She shut her eyes for a moment, and was suddenly aware of something lifting her head from the ground. She painfully opened her eyes and saw the Doctor, who cradled her head in his arms.
"Doctor-" she croaked. She trailed off. Just trying to speak was agony. She gripped the Doctor's arm with one hand, and the other clenched into a fist. She bit her lip and cried out.
"Clara, don't die on me, please," the Doctor whispered. "Clara, please."
The others, who were still bounded to the column fell silent, but Clara knew they were watching intently. The Doctor squeezed her hand.
The Doctor had barely paid attention to her before. She guessed that they've just been too busy.
"Clara, please stay," he told her. "Clara! You shouldn't have pushed me out of the way!"
"It was worth it," Clara whispered. "Tell Sydney I love him."
"Clara, no-"
"Just run," she said. "Run, you clever boy, and remember."
She heard a loud wheezing. She didn't know if it was coming from her or not, but she didn't care. She wished she could see Sydney one last time.
And then, she was engulfed in darkness.
Told ya you were gonna hate me. Well, depends if you like Clara, who I know, is not a very popular character. But I like her, and it made me sad to write this scene despite me knowing it was going to happen since I brought Clara into the story in chapter 7.
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