Chapter 13: The Impossible Astronaut
Disclaimer: I still don't own Doctor Who.
Rory was unpacking groceries while Amy read aloud from a book. "'At the personal intervention of the King, the unnamed doctor was incarcerated without trial in the Tower Of London as his lover, the vixen, was made to watch.'"
Rory said, "OK, but it doesn't have to be them."
"'Two nights later a magical sphere some 20 feet across was seen floating away from the tower, bearing the mysterious doctor and vixen aloft.'"
Rory sighed, "OK...it's them."
Amy said, "There's more."
In a tunnel, a British prisoner of war, dressed in his underclothes, was lying on his stomach on a dolly. He looked up. "Vixen, Doctor, what can you see?"
The Vixen popped her head through the hole in the tunnel roof. "Is the commandant's office painted a sort of green colour with a big flag on the wall?"
Alarms blared and beams from the search lights made it through the tunnel.
The Doctor popped his head through and said, "I think the answer's probably yes." He and the Vixen pulled back as they heard shouts in German and barking dogs.
Amy and Rory were lying side-by-side on the couch. Amy slammed the book closed and said, "It's like they're being deliberately ridiculous, trying to attract our attention. Are you watching this again?"
Laurel and Hardy's 'Sons of the Desert' played on the TV. Rory said, "I've explained the jokes." Amy got up and went to the door as the doorbell rang. "So what are you saying? Do you really think they're back there trying to wave to us out of history books?" As Rory looked down at the book, he missed seeing the Vixen and the Doctor appear on screen in the movie. The Vixen waved at the camera before joining the Doctor, Laurel and Hardy in a small dance.
Amy called back from her spot at the door, "It's the sort of thing they'd do. Thanks." She took a letter from the postman and returned.
Rory asked, "Yeah, but why?"
Amy replied, "They said they'd be in touch."
"Two months ago."
Amy said, "Two months is nothing. They're up to something, both of them. I know they are, I know them." She opened the letter.
Rory asked, "What is it?" Amy didn't answer. "Amy?"
Amy replied, "A date, a time, a map reference. I think it's an invitation."
Rory asked, "From who?"
Amy said, "It's not signed. Look, TARDIS blue!" She tossed it at him.
A blue envelope slid through the mail slot of Jenny's dorm room at Luna University, where River Song had put in a good word for her admission. Jenny opened it and grinned. She went to her room and pulled a rucksack out of her cupboard.
A similar envelope landed on a bed in a cell in Stormcage. A hand reached down to pick it up. It was River Song. She opened the letter and smiled as she read the contents.
Alarms blared as guards raced down the hall. A guard was on the phone. "You'd better get down here, sir. She's doing it again. Dr Song, sir. She's...packing. Says she's going to some planet called...America."
A yellow school bus drove down the road. The bus stopped and Amy and Rory stepped off, both carrying backpacks. Amy called, "Thanks!"
The driver replied, "You're very welcome."
Amy asked, "This is it, yeah? The right place?" The bus drove off.
Rory asked, "Nowhere, middle of? Yeah, this is it."
A voice called, "Howdy!"
Amy and Rory turned around to see the Vixen lying on the hood of a red 1960s station wagon a black Stetson on her head, the Doctor in the front seat, his feet up on the dashboard, a brown Stetson pulled down on his face.
Amy laughed, "Vixen! Doctor!"
The Vixen laughed, "Ha-ha! It's the Ponds!" She got off the car.
The Doctor stepped out and said, "Pond One and Pond Two!"
The Vixen hugged Amy. "Hello, Ponds, come here!"
Amy said, "So someone's been busy then, eh?"
The Doctor asked excitedly, "Did you see us? Did you see us?"
Amy replied, "Of course!" She poked the Vixen's chest. "Stalkers!"
The Vixen teased, poking back, "Flirt!"
Rory spoke up, "Husband."
The Doctor said, "And Rory the Roman!" He patted Rory on the shoulder.
The Vixen hugged him. "Oh, come here!"
Rory commented, "Hey, nice hats."
The Vixen grinned, "We wear Stetsons now. They make my jacket look cooler."
The Doctor said, "Stetsons are cool."
A gun fired two shots and the Stetsons were blown off the Vixen and the Doctor's head. The four of them turned around and saw two figures silhouetted against the sun. The figures moved slightly and they saw it was Jenny and River. Jenny wearing a denim skirt and a black t shirt with a denim jacket. They both grinned and River blew on the muzzle. "Hello, sweetie."
The Vixen smiled fondly and opened her arms as Jenny hugged both her and the Doctor.
In a booth, the Vixen and River compared notes from matching TARDIS blue diaries while Jenny, the Doctor, Amy and Rory got Cokes at the counter. River asked, "Right then, where are we? Have we done Easter Island yet?"
The Vixen replied, "Yes, I've got Easter Island!"
River laughed, "They worshipped you two there! Have you seen the statues?"
The Doctor, Rory, Jenny and Amy joined them. The Doctor slid in with the Vixen as she said, "Jim the Fish."
River gasped, scooting over so Jenny could sit. "Oh, Jim the Fish! How is he?"
The Doctor replied, sipping on his Coke, "Still building his dam." He stood up. "Ooh. I need my special straw! It adds more fizz." He patted his pockets. "Where did I put it?"
The Vixen replied, "It's in your other coat, love. In the car."
The Doctor said, "Thank you. Back in a mo." He went outside.
River said to the Vixen, "I wonder how long it'll take Jim to finish his dam."
Rory asked, "Sorry, what are you two doing?"
Jenny replied, "They're time travellers, so they never meet in the right order. They're syncing their diaries."
Amy asked, "So what's happening, then? Because you've been up to something."
The Vixen took a deep breath. She leant forward and said to the four in front of them, "I've been running... The Doctor doesn't know I am. But I am running, faster than I've ever run, and I've been running my whole life. Now it's time for me to stop."
Jenny asked, "What are you talking about, Mum?"
The Vixen sighed and closed her eyes. She opened them again and they flashed gold, as did Jenny's and River's. Only Jenny's eyes flashed blue and River's flashed green. The Vixen said, "And tonight I'm going to need you all with me. All of you. All five of you, Jenny, River, Amy, Rory and the Doctor. I'm going to need you all."
Amy said, "OK, we're here, what's up?"
The Vixen replied, "A picnic! And then a trip. Somewhere different, somewhere brand-new."
Jenny asked eagerly, "Where?"
The Vixen grinned, "Space... 1969."
The Doctor then came in, "I can't find my special straw."
The Vixen rolled her eyes and lifted her hand. Gold tendrils reached into the Doctor's pocket and pulled out a straw, dropping it in his hand.
The tendrils withdrew and the Vixen closed her fist. The Doctor, Jenny, Amy and Rory stared at her. River smiled, "Well, I can see you're getting stronger. Anyone who hasn't travelled in time and space can't see your powers anymore."
The Vixen replied, grinning, "Bad Wolf's got some use to her other than scaring people out of their skeletons." She gave a meaningful look to River, and River understood.
On the shore of the Powell Lake, Utah, the Doctor was stretched out on a large picnic blanket. Jenny, Amy, Rory and River were sitting around the edges, the Vixen lying with her head on River's lap.
The Vixen raised a glass of wine and toasted, "Salut!"
"Salut!"
Rory asked, "So when are we going to 1969?"
The Doctor replied, "No idea. Vixen won't tell me either, says it's a surprise. I for one don't want any more surprises since we got separated for 2 years. 200 years ago. By Judoon."
The Vixen said, "We wouldn't have gotten separated at all if you hadn't insisted on driving recklessly." The Doctor stuck his tongue out at her. "And it was 200 years for me while it was 2 years for you. I'm as old as you are now."
Jenny sighed, "Yeah, okay, stop bickering. Space and Time will implode."
Amy asked, "But when are we going?"
The Vixen replied, "You'll see. By the way, Jenny, how's life at uni?"
Jenny replied, "It's fine. Very boring, though. Not enough running to do." The Vixen grinned as River smiled at Jenny.
Amy asked, "And since when do you two drink wine?"
The Vixen replied, draining her glass, "I'm 1,101, the Doctor's 1,103, we must have drunk it some time." She raised her glass up to River.
River took the glass and held it out to the Doctor, who poured some out for her and then drank from the bottle before spitting it out. "Oh, wine's horrid! I thought it would taste more like the gums." River sighed and gave the Vixen the glass.
Amy asked, "1,101 and 1,103? Vixen, you were 881 and Doctor, you were 908 the last time we saw you two."
Jenny asked, "Really? Mum, you're 1,101?" The Vixen nodded and Jenny sighed. "I'm barely 8. Technically."
River smiled again and put an arm around Jenny's shoulders. She said, "Well, at least you look older."
Jenny shrugged. "Eh."
Amy asked her, "You're 8 years old? How? You look like an adult to me."
Jenny replied, "I was born an adult from a machine. I'm a generated anomaly."
Amy said to the three Galifreyans, "You three are the weirdest family I've ever known." Rory and River smirked.
The Vixen sipped from her glass and hummed. "You've put on a couple of pounds. I wasn't going to mention it."
Amy shook her head and looked up to the dunes to see a figure silhouetted against the sun. She asked, "Who's that?"
Rory asked, "Who's who?"
Amy looked at Rory. "Sorry, what?"
Rory asked, "What did you see? You said you saw someone."
Amy replied, "No, I didn't."
The Doctor spoke up, "Ah! The moon, look at it! Of course, you lot did more than look, didn't you? Big silvery thing in the sky, you couldn't resist it. Quite right."
Jenny said, "Earth's moon landing was in '69. Is that where we're going?"
The Vixen replied, "Oh, a lot more happens in '69 than anyone remembers." She sighed, "Human beings... I thought we'd never get done saving you."
A pickup truck pulled onto the sand behind them and an older man stepped out. The Vixen stiffened and got up. River and the Doctor asked in unison, "Vixen?" The Vixen held up a hand in a wave.
Jenny asked, "Who's he?" She got no answer.
Rory, the Doctor and River stood up. River gasped, "Oh, my God!" Jenny and Amy stood and looked with the others as an astronaut stood in the lake.
The Vixen said, "You all need to stay back." She gave her glass to River and unbuckled her sword belt, laying it on the ground. "Whatever happens now, you do not interfere. Clear?" Everyone nodded. She walked to the astronaut.
Rory said, "That's an astronaut. That's an Apollo astronaut in the lake. Look."
The Doctor said, handing him the bottle of wine, "I know, Rory, I can see."
The Vixen stood in front of the astronaut on the beach. She took a deep breath and said, "Hello. It's OK, I know it's you." The astronaut opened its visor. The Vixen said, "Well then..."
The group watched silently as the Vixen spoke with the astronaut. The Vixen exchanged a look with the Doctor as he stood next to the others. She bowed her head as the astronaut raised an arm.
Amy whispered, "What's it doing?" The astronauts fired and the Time Lord staggered backwards. "No!" The Doctor gripped Amy's arm.
Jenny screamed, "Mum! Mum!" At the same time she and Amy rushed towards the Vixen but the Doctor, Rory and River held them back.
The Doctor said to them, "Jenny! Amy! Stay back! The Vixen said to stay back!"
Amy calmed down but Jenny struggled against River's grip. The astronaut fired again and the Vixen fell to her knees.
Amy screamed, "No!"
River said, "You have to stay back!"
"No!" The Vixen and stood up as regeneration energy began to waft from her hands. Jenny screamed, "Mum! Mum!"
The Vixen shakily looked over to her friends. She saw Jenny and the Doctor's tear stained faces and whispered, "I'm sorry." She tilted her head back as the regeneration started in earnest. The astronaut fired again and the Vixen collapsed to the ground.
River shouted, breaking, "No! Vixen!"
The Doctor let Amy go and the five ran to the body as the astronaut slowly walked back into the lake.
Jenny whimpered, "Mum, please!" She, the Doctor, River and Amy knelt beside the Vixen's body and River took readings of the Vixen's vital signs with her handheld device.
Amy said tearfully, "River... River!" The device whirred and beeped. The Doctor looked at the device and sighed, slouching.
Jenny looked at the device and then to River. She grabbed River's gun. The Doctor shouted, "Jenny, no!"
Jenny stood and fired at the astronaut until she ran out of ammunition. Her bottom lip trembled and she dropped to her knees, sobbing. River knelt down and put her arms around Jenny, rocking her. The Doctor tried to hug her but couldn't bring himself to touch her.
Jenny sobbed, "River, Dad, she can't be dead. This is impossible."
River soothed her. "Shhhh." She wanted to say it was going to be fine. That it was all going to be okay. But how could it be okay if the embodiment of Time and Space was dead?
The Doctor wiped his tears and said, "Whatever that was, it killed her in the middle of her regeneration cycle." Jenny looked up at him. "Her body was already dead. She didn't make it to the next one."
Amy sobbed and sat next to the heart broken Doctor while Jenny scooted over to the Vixen's body. Amy said hopefully, "Maybe she's a clone or a duplicate or something."
The man from the truck walked down to them. "I believe I can save you some time. That most certainly is the Vixen, and she is most certainly dead." Fresh tears ran down Jenny and the Doctor's faces. "The Vixen said you'd need this." He set a gas tank at the Vixen's feet.
Rory asked, "Gasoline?"
River explained, standing up, "A Time Lord's body is a miracle. Even a dead one. The Vixen isn't an ordinary Time Lord, her mind is the living embodiment of Space and Time itself. There are whole empires out there who'd rip this world apart for just one cell of the Vixen."
The Doctor wiped his face and stood up. "River's right. We can't leave her here. Or anywhere."
Amy snapped tearfully. "Wake up! Go on, wake up, you stupid bloody idiot!"
Jenny bent over the Vixen, sobbing. She looked up and asked, "What do we do, Dad?"
The Doctor replied sadly, "We're her friends. We do what the Vixen's friends always do." He looked to River, who picked up the gas can. "As we're told."
Rory looked around. "There's a boat. If we're going to do this...let's do it properly." River fetched the Vixen's sword, feeling it was a part of her and needed to be burnt with her.
The Vixen's body burnt in the boat as it floated in the lake. The six of her friends stood on the shore and watched.
The Doctor put an arm around a tearful Jenny as River asked the man, "Who are you? Why did you come?"
The man replied, "Same reason as you." He pulled an envelope from his pocket. After a moment's hesitation, River pulled out hers and looked at him. "Dr Song... Doctor… Jenny... Amy... Rory. I'm Canton Everett Delaware III. I won't be seeing you again. But...you'll be seeing me." He picked up the gas can and headed back to his truck.
River watched him go before turning to the Doctor, Jenny, Amy and Rory. "Five."
Rory asked, "Sorry, what?"
River replied, "The Vixen numbered the envelopes."
The Doctor said, "She sent 5 envelopes out."
The Doctor, River, Jenny, Amy and Rory entered the diner. River was continuing her explanation. Jenny and Amy were still in shock. River explained, "Amy, you and Rory got four, Jenny got three, I was two, Mr Delaware was five."
Rory asked, "So?"
The Doctor asked, catching on, "So where's one?"
Rory asked, "You think she invited someone else?"
"Well, she must have. She planned all of this to the last detail."
Amy saw the look on Jenny's face and asked, "Will you three shut up? It doesn't matter."
River went on, "She was up to something."
Amy said, "She's dead."
River asked, "Space 1969, what did she mean?"
The Doctor replied, "I don't know, like I said, she was hiding it from even me."
Jenny looked up and said tiredly, "You're still talking, but it doesn't matter." All she wanted to do right now was go to sleep and hope this was all a dream. A very bad dream.
Rory said to her, "Hey, it mattered to her."
River and the Doctor finished in unison, "So it matters to us."
"She's dead." Jenny choked out, the truth finally hitting her. The Doctor put his arm around her as she looked to Amy for help pleadingly.
River said to her, "But she still needs us. I know. Jenny... I know. But right now we have to focus."
Rory spotted something on one of the tables. It was another envelope. "Look." He talked to the man behind the counter. "Excuse me, who was sitting over there?"
The man replied, "Some woman."
River picked up the envelope and said, "The Vixen knew she was going to her death, so she sent out messages. When you know it's the end, who do you call?"
The Doctor replied, "Your friends, people you trust."
River held up the envelope. "Number one. Who did the Vixen trust the most?"
At that moment, the back door opened and in strolled the Vixen, a straw in her mouth, sword at her side. The Doctor, Jenny, Amy, River and Rory stared at her. The Vixen grinned. "Hey Doctor, been a long time. About 200 years I think. Judoon let you go did they?" The Doctor stared at her open mouthed.
Jenny put her hand to her mouth and River said bitterly, "This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold."
The Vixen grinned, "Or, 'Hello,' as people used to say."
Amy asked, "Vixen?"
The Vixen said, "I just popped out to get my special straw. It adds more fizz."
Amy swooned and Rory and the Doctor caught her, laying her in one of the booths. Jenny walked up to her mother, staring. She walked around the Vixen in a circle. She said, "You're OK." She touched the Vixen. "How can you be OK?"
The Vixen said gently, "Of course I'm OK, I'm always OK." She hugged her and Jenny buried her head in the Vixen's shoulder. "Eh, Doctor? We're the king and queen of OK." The Doctor made a face. "Oh you're right, that's a rubbish title, forget that title."
The Vixen released Jenny and turned to Rory. She grinned, "Rory the Roman, that's a good title. Hello, Rory!" She hugged him before turning to River. "And Dr River Song... Oh, you bad, bad girl, what trouble have you got for me this time?"
River slapped her. The Doctor winced and the Vixen put her hand to her cheek before saying, "OK. I'm assuming that's for something I haven't done yet."
River replied, "Yes, it is."
The Vixen squeaked, "Good, looking forward to it."
Rory asked, "I don't understand. How can you be here?" He poked the Vixen in the chest and the Vixen swayed.
The Vixen replied, "I was invited. Date, map reference. Same as you lot, I assume, otherwise it's a hell of a coincidence."
A voice asked, "Doctor, River, what's going on?" Amy had woken up.
River said, "Jenny, Amy, one of you ask her what age she is."
The Vixen commented, "That's a bit personal."
River said, "Tell them. Tell them what age you are."
The Vixen replied, confused, "I'm 989."
Jenny started, "Yeah, but you said..."
River interrupted her. "So where does that leave us? Jim the Fish? Have we done Jim the Fish yet?"
The Vixen asked, "Who's Jim the Fish?"
Amy said, "I don't understand."
The Doctor replied, "Yeah, you do."
The Vixen said, "I don't! What are we all doing here?"
River explained, "We've been recruited. Something to do with space, 1969, and a man called Canton Everett Delaware III."
The Vixen walked away from them. "Recruited by who?"
River replied sadly, "Someone who trusts you more than anybody else in the universe."
The Vixen asked, "And who's that?"
"Spoilers."
The Vixen walked around the console, talking, while the others just stood around, each lost in thought. The Vixen said, "1969, that's an easy one. Funny how some years are easy. Now, 1482, full of glitches. Now then, Canton Everett Delaware III, that was his name, yeah?" Amy nudged the Doctor and they left and went to the area underneath the console. "How many of those can there be? Well, three, I suppose."
River and Jenny followed Amy and the Doctor. The Vixen asked, "Rory, is everybody cross with me for some reason?"
Rory replied, "I'll find out." He left and the Vixen looked over her shoulder, concerned.
Amy was sitting cross-legged on the floor, Jenny was standing next to River and the Doctor. Rory joined them and stood beside River. Amy said, "Explain it again."
The Doctor explained, "The Vixen we saw on the beach was a future version, 100 years older than the one up there. That's how she was the same age as me when we were on the beach."
Jenny asked, "But all that'll still happen? She'll still die?"
River said, "We're all going to do that, Jenny."
Rory pointed out, "We're not all going to arrange our own wake and invite ourselves. So the Vixen in the future, knowing she's going to die, recruits her younger self and all of us to... to what exactly? Avenge her?"
The Doctor shook his head, "Mm-mm, avenging's not her style. She does everything head on. No plan, just bursting in."
Amy said, "Save her."
Rory said, "That's not her style either."
Jenny sighed, "We have to tell her."
The Doctor held Jenny's arm. "We've told her all we can. We can't even tell her we've seen her future self. She's interacted with her own past. It could rip a hole in the universe."
Jenny said, "Except you and her, Dad, you've done it before."
Rory said, "And, in fairness, the universe did blow up."
Amy stood up. "But she'd want to know."
River asked, "Would she? Would anyone?"
The Vixen stuck her head down over the edge. "I'm being extremely clever up here, and there's no-one to stand around, looking impressed. What's the point in having you all?" She got back up.
River asked, "Couldn't you just slap her sometimes?" She, the Doctor and Rory headed for the stairs.
Amy and Jenny exchanged a look. Amy said, "River, we can't just let her die. We have to stop it. How can you be OK with this?"
River said, "The Vixen's death doesn't frighten me, nor does my own. There's a far worse day coming for me."
The Vixen was showing off again as she walked around the console. The Doctor acting like his old self again. Trying to be a better driver than the Vixen. He said, "Time isn't a straight line, it's all bumpy-wumpy. There's loads of boring stuff, like Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. But now and then there are Saturdays, big temporal tipping points when anything's possible. The TARDIS can't resist them, she loves a party, so we give her 1969 and NASA, cos that's space in the '60s, and Canton Everett Delaware III, and this is where she's pointing." He revealed the date on the scanner.
Amy read, "Washington DC, April 8th, 1969. So why haven't we landed?"
The Doctor asked the Vixen, "Yes. Why haven't we landed?"
The Vixen replied, "Because that's not where we're going."
Rory asked, "Where are we going?"
The Vixen answered, "Home! Well, you two are. Off you pop and make babies. Dr Song, back to prison. Jenny, I believe you have a class in…" She checked her watch. "10 minutes. Me and you, Doctor, we're late for a biplane lesson in 1911, or it could be knitting. Knitting or biplanes, one or the other." She flopped onto chair, rubbing her forehead. The others approached and she looked up, annoyed. She asked, "What? A mysterious summons? You think I'm just going to go? Who sent those messages? I know you know, I can see it in your faces. Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that."
River told her, "You're going to have to trust us this time."
The Vixen asked, "Trust you? Sure." She stood up and walked to River. "But first of all, Dr Song, just one thing... Who are you? You're someone from my future, getting that, but who? You said you're family and if you really are someone from my future, you know how my family turned out. So who are you?" River didn't answer and Jenny, the Doctor, Amy and Rory stood watching the two girls. The Vixen asked, "OK... Why are you in prison? Who did you kill? Hmm? Now, I love a bad girl, me, I can relate to them, but trust you? Seriously?"
Amy and Jenny exchanged a look. "Trust us."
The Vixen walked over to Amy and Jenny. "OK. Thing is though, Jenny's my daughter and there's no one more cunning and sly and untrustworthy than me. Hence, the name Vixen. So I can't trust her with this. With my life, any day. But not today. Sorry, Jenny dear, but valid reasons."
Amy said, "Then trust me. You have to do this, and you can't ask why."
The Vixen asked, "Are you being threatened? Is someone making you say that?" That seemed like the only option.
"No."
The Vixen stated softly, "You're lying."
Amy replied, "I'm not lying."
The Vixen moved forward and said quietly, "Swear to me. Swear to me on something that matters."
Amy hesitated then replied, nodding, "Fish fingers and custard."
The Vixen grinned, "My life in your hands, Amelia Pond."
River sighed in relief, "Thank you."
The Doctor clapped his hands. "So! Canton Everett Delaware III! Who's he?"
River read some information from the scanner. "Ex-FBI, got kicked out."
The Vixen and the Doctor asked in unison, "Why?"
River explained, "He wanted to get married. Anyway, six weeks after he left the Bureau, the President contacted him for a private meeting."
The Vixen asked, "Yeah, 1969, who's President?"
River replied, "Richard Milhous Nixon. Vietnam, Watergate… There's some good stuff too."
The Vixen sighed, "Not enough."
"Hippy!"
"Archaeologist."
The Doctor said to Jenny, Amy and Rory. "OK, since I don't know what we're getting into, I'm being discreet, putting the engines on silent." The Doctor flipped a switch and walked away as a loud metallic screeching filled the room.
The Vixen and River shared a look. They both pulled out their hands and silently did Rock, Paper, Scissors. This, of course, was noticed by everyone but the Doctor. River made a fist as the Vixen made a pair of scissors. Jenny smiled at the Vixen. But the memory of her dying entered her mind and her smile vanished.
River smirked as the Vixen rolled her eyes. She walked by the Doctor and flipped another switch and the screeching stopped. The Doctor came back and asked, "Did you do something?"
The Vixen replied, "No, just... watching." She turned around and gave River her best I-will-kill-you-later glare. Which wasn't hard, since more than half the universe got scared with just a frown. River, being used to the Vixen's death glares, just smiled fondly.
The Doctor said, "Putting the outer shell on invisible. Haven't done this in a while, big drain on the power." He went to another panel.
Rory asked, "You can turn the TARDIS invisible?"
With a grin, the Doctor switched on a lever and blinding spotlights switched on. The Vixen slyly leant over and pushed a lever. She replied, "Very nearly."
The Doctor asked, "Er, did you touch something?"
The Vixen smiled innocently. "Just admiring your skills, love."
"Good! You might learn something. I think your skills are getting rusty."
The Vixen muttered through gritted teeth, "I'll rust you up in a minute." Jenny and River snickered.
The Doctor went on, "OK." He banged on the scanner. "Now, I can't check the scanner, it doesn't work when we're cloaked. Um, just give us a mo." He ran to the door but stopped when the others tried to follow. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you lot, wait a moment. We're in the middle of the most powerful city in the most powerful country on Earth. Let's take it slow."
He started to exit the TARDIS but the Vixen pulled him back. She said, "Honey, not that I don't think you're very quiet." Jenny and River smirked. "I should go out, in case something happens. I'm quieter and let's face it, I'm also quicker." The Doctor pouted and handed her a small notebook and pen, which the Vixen put in her top jacket pocket. "Thank you." She slipped out.
The Vixen stepped out of the cloaked TARDIS to find herself in the Oval Office. And she was not alone. Fortunately, both men had their backs to her. One was President Nixon, the other was Canton Everett Delaware III. They were listening to a recorded phone call. Nixon asked on the recording, "Hello? Who is this? This is President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this you again?"
A child whimpered, "Mr President?"
Canton asked, "A child?" The Vixen stepped closer, intrigued.
Nixon said on the recording, "This is the President, yes."
The child said, "I'm scared, Mr President. I'm scared of the Space Man."
Canton asked, "A little girl?"
Nixon corrected, "Boy."
Canton asked, "How can you be sure?"
Nixon asked, "What space man? Where are you phoning from, where are you right now? Who are you?" The Vixen took the small notebook from her pocket and began to jot things down.
The child said, "Jefferson Adams Hamilton."
Nixon started, "Jefferson, listen to me..." The phone hung up and all they heard was a dial tone.
Canton said, "Surely this is something the Bureau could handle, sir?"
Nixon said, "These calls happen wherever I am. How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust any..." He turned around and saw the Vixen. Canton stood and turned as well.
The Vixen kept writing and even motioned for the two men to continue as if she weren't there. She suddenly felt their eyes on her and looked up. She said cheerfully, "Oh! Hello! Bad moment?" She started to back away. "Oh, look, this is the Oval Office. I was looking for the... Oblong Room." She stammered, "I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, just be off then, shall I?" She walked into the cloaked TARDIS and fell.
Nixon pressed a button on his desk for security.
Inside the TARDIS, the group felt the TARDIS rock from the Vixen walking into it. River sighed, "Every time!"
The Vixen got back up, rubbing her face. "Don't worry. Always does that when it's cloaked." Canton pulled the Vixen up and bound her hands behind her back. She stumbled, knocking herself to the floor. "No, stop that!" The Vixen winced, "Ow!"
The Secret Service agents entered. One of them said, "Lock down, lock down!"
River swung the scanner over. The Doctor said to her, "I thought I said the scanner wouldn't work."
River replied, "I know. Bless!" The scanner's wires sparked.
With the help of Jenny, River quickly got the scanner working and they saw the Vixen on the floor, struggling to get up as the agents held her down. "Not that! Ow! River, have you got my scanner working yet?"
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor opened his mouth to call back out but River interrupted him. She scoffed, "Oh, I hate her!"
The Vixen rolled her eyes, knowing what River had said without even hearing her. "No, you don't."
Canton ordered, "Get the President out of here! Sir, you have to go with them now!"
The Vixen called pleadingly, "River, make her blue again!"
River flicked some switches and levers to shut off the cloaking device. As the TARDIS became visible, Canton and the other men holding the Vixen released her and stared, open-mouthed, at the TARDIS. Nixon asked, "What the hell is that?"
The Vixen made herself comfortable at the desk, even putting up her feet. She did not like being restrained. Anyone who did so would have a very bad day. The Vixen said icily. "Mr President!" The agents pointed their guns at her. "That child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. Never mind, the answer's yes. I'll take the case!" She noticed the agents. "Fellas, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the United States, parked a big blue box on the rug. You think you can just shoot me?"
River exited the TARDIS. "They're Americans!"
The Vixen stood up, hands up. She said, "Don't shoot, definitely no shooting! I only have 3 lives left."
The Doctor, Jenny, Amy and Rory stepped out of the TARDIS, hands up. Rory said, "Don't shoot us either. Very much not in need of getting shot. Look, we've got our hands up."
Nixon asked, "Who the hell are you?"
Canton said, "Sir, you need to stay back."
Nixon asked, "But who, but who are they? What is that box?"
The Doctor said, "It's a Police Box, can't you read?"
The Vixen said, "I'm your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name, the Vixen. These are my top operatives, the Doctor, the Anomaly, the Legs, the Nose, and Mrs Robinson."
River scoffed, "I hate you."
The Vixen grinned cheekily, "No, you don't!"
Nixon asked, "Who are you?"
The Vixen replied, "Boring question. Who's phoning you, that's interesting. 'Cause Canton No. 3 is right, that was definitely a girl's voice. There's only one place in America she can be phoning from."
Canton asked, "Where?"
An agent said, "Do not engage with the intruder, Mr Delaware."
The Vixen shrugged. "You heard everything I heard, it's simple enough. Give me five minutes, I'll explain." She sat back down at the desk and glared at the soldiers, who flinched but stood their ground. The Vixen said, "On the other hand, lay a finger on me, or my friends, and you'll never, ever know." The Doctor, Jenny, River, Amy and Rory kept their hands up, just in case.
Canton asked, "How'd you get it in here? I mean, you didn't carry it."
The Vixen grinned, "Clever, eh?"
Canton replied, "Love it."
The agent said, "Do not compliment the intruder."
Canton asked, "Five minutes?"
"Five."
The agent said, "Mr President, that woman is a clear and present danger."
Canton retorted, "Mr President, that woman walked in here with a big blue box, a black sword and five of her friends and that's the man she walked past. One of them's worth listening to. What say we give her five minutes, see if she delivers."
The Vixen grinned, "Thanks, Canton!"
Canton finished, "If she doesn't, I'll shoot her myself."
The Vixen's smile faded. "Not so thanks."
The agent started, "Sir, I cannot recommend..."
Nixon snapped, "Shut up, Mr Peterson. All right."
Canton said, "Five minutes."
The Doctor lowered his hands and stood next to the Vixen, who said, "I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilise and street level maps covering all of Florida."
The Doctor said, "Also, a pot of coffee, 12 jammy dodgers and a fez." River, Jenny and the Vixen rolled their eyes.
Canton ordered, "Get them their maps!"
Later, the Oval Office was strewn with large street maps and everyone was looking at one. Canton asked, "Why Florida?"
The Vixen replied, "That's where NASA is. She mentioned a space man. NASA's where the space men live. Also... there's another lead I'm following."
Amy whispered to River. "Space Man? Like the one we saw at the lake."
River replied, "Maybe. Probably." Jenny beckoned her over to look at a map.
Amy looked through the open doorway and saw the same creature she saw at the lake and flashed back on that moment. She whispered, "I remember!"
Rory inserted himself between Amy and her view of the alien, breaking contact. He asked, "Amy? What do you remember?" Rory moved and the creature was gone.
Amy stammered, "I don't know, I just..." She held a hand to her stomach.
Rory asked, "Amy, what's wrong?"
Jenny nudged River and asked, "Amy?"
The Vixen and the Doctor looked up in concern. The Doctor asked, "You all right?"
Amy replied, "Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm just...feeling a little sick." She headed for the door and asked Peterson, "Excuse me, is there a toilet, or something?"
"Sorry, ma'am, during this procedure, you must remain within the Oval Office."
Canton said, "Shut up and take her to the rest room."
Peterson nodded to the other agent, who said, "This way, ma'am."
Amy nodded, "Thanks." Rory made to follow, but Peterson put a hand on his chest.
Canton said to the Vixen and the Doctor, "Your five minutes are up."
The Doctor asked, "Yeah, and where's my fez?" The Vixen pinched him. "Ow!"
The Vixen nodded to the maps. "Focus." The Doctor rubbed his arm. "Just because you've been gone for 200 years doesn't mean I'm still not in charge. Cos I am in charge."
The agent led Amy to the toilet and tried to follow her inside. Amy said, "Actually, I can usually manage this alone." She stepped inside and gasped when she saw the creature standing there.
Amy said, "I saw you before. At the lake...and here. But then I forgot. How did I forget? What are you?" The toilet flushed and a woman stepped out of one of the stalls and headed for the sink. Amy said, "Get back! Stay back from it!"
The woman turned around and screamed when she saw it but then laughed. "Oh, my God, what is that, is that a mask? Is that a Star Trek thing? Ben, is that you?"
Amy said, "Get back from it, now!"
The woman turned around and looked at Amy. She asked, "Back from what, honey?"
"That!"
The woman looked back at the creature, "Oh, my God, look at that. Is that a Star Trek mask? Ben, that's gotta be you. Hang on, did I just say all that?"
Amy pleaded, "No, please, you've got to stay back!"
The woman turned to Amy and asked, "Back, honey? Back from what?" The lights began to flicker and the woman sighed, "Oh, those lights. They never fix them."
Amy warned, "Look behind you!"
The woman said, "Honey, there is nothing..." The creature was reaching out with its arm and its mouth was now open. The woman looked to the creature again. The creature shot electricity from his fingers and the woman screamed as she disintegrated.
Amy said, "You didn't have to kill her, she couldn't even remember you! How does that work? We can only remember you, while we're seeing you, is that it?" She took a photo with her camera. "Why did you have to kill her?"
"Joy." Amy tensed. "Her name was Joy. Your name is Amelia. You will tell the Vixen." It advanced.
Amy asked, "Tell her what?"
The creature replied, "What she must know. And what she must never know."
Amy asked, "How do you know about that?"
"Tell them." Amy rushed out of the bathroom.
The agent noticed her distress as she rushed out of the bathroom, panting. "Are you OK?"
Amy replied, "I'm...I'm fine. Much better, thanks."
The agent saw her phone. "What's that?"
Amy replied, "It's my phone."
The agent asked, "Your phone?"
Amy said, "I have to tell the Vixen."
The agent asked, "Tell her what, ma'am?"
Amy said, "Sorry. I don't know why I said that."
"This way, ma'am." The agent led her back to the Oval Office.
The phone on Nixon's desk rang. Canton asked, "The kid?"
Nixon asked, "Should I answer it?"
The Vixen laughed, "Aha. Here!" She pointed to the map. "The only place in the United States that call could be coming from." The Doctor came up next to her. "See? Obvious when you think about it."
Amy and the agent returned. Canton peered at the map and said, "You, ma'am, are a genius."
The Vixen grinned, "It's a hobby."
Canton said, "Mr President, answer the phone."
Nixon picked up the phone. "Hello. This is President Nixon."
The child said, "It's here! The Space Man's here. It's gonna get me. It's gonna eat me!"
The Doctor grabbed his jacket and beckoned to the Vixen as they backed towards the TARDIS. Amy, Rory, Jenny and River entered first. The Vixen stood outside after everyone had gone in. She said, "There's no time for a SWAT team, let's go! Mr President, tell her help's on the way. Canton, on no account follow me into this box and close the door behind you." She entered the TARDIS.
Canton asked, "What the hell are you doing?" He followed the group into the TARDIS as it dematerialized.
Canton stayed by the door looking around in stunned amazement. The Vixen said, "Jefferson isn't a girl's name, or her name either. Jefferson Adams Hamilton... Jenny?"
Jenny said, "Surnames of three of America's founding fathers."
The Vixen replied, "Lovely fellas, two of them fancied me. Remember that, Doctor?"
The Doctor muttered, "Vividly."
Canton turned around, mouth open. Rory asked him, "Are you OK? Coping?"
The Vixen continued, "The President asked the child two questions. Where and who are you? She was answering where."
Canton noted, "It's bigger on the inside."
Rory replied, "You get used to it."
The Doctor asked, "Now where would you find three big historical names in a row like that?"
Amy and Jenny asked in unison, "Where?"
The Vixen replied, "Here! Come on!" She ran for the door with Jenny, the Doctor, Amy and River following.
Canton stopped her and said, "It's er..."
The Vixen asked Rory, "Are you taking care of this? Thanks." Without waiting for an answer, she, the Doctor, Jenny, River and Amy continued out the door.
Rory asked, "Why's it always my turn?"
Amy stopped and replied, "Cos you're the newest."
Rory argued, "Jenny's the newest."
Amy said, "She's also the Vixen's daughter." She kissed him then left and Rory put a hand on Canton's shoulder.
The warehouse was dirty and cluttered. The Doctor sat at a desk, waving around a small American flag, the Vixen standing next to him. Amy asked, "Where are we?"
The Vixen replied, "About five miles from Cape Kennedy Space Centre. It's 1969, the year of the Moon. Interesting, don't you think?"
Amy turned on her flashlight as Jenny pulled out her sonic pen while River used her hand-held device to scan the area. Amy asked, "Why would a girl be here?"
The Doctor replied, "Don't know. Lost, maybe."
River picked up the phone. The Vixen said, "The President asked where she was and she did what any lost little girl would do." She stood up. "She looked out the window." She peered through the blinds. Right outside the window were street signs: Jefferson, Hamilton and Adams.
Amy said, "Streets. Of course, street names!"
The Vixen said, "The only place in Florida, probably all of America, with those three street names on the same junction, and, Dr Song, you've got that face on again."
River looked up and asked, "What face?"
The Vixen replied, "The 'she's adorable when she's clever' face."
River said, confused, "This is my normal face."
The Vixen grinned cheekily, "Exactly."
"Oh, shut up."
"Not a chance."
The Doctor, Amy and Jenny watched the teasing between the two sister figures.
The Doctor checked the phone receiver just as Canton and Rory exited the TARDIS. Canton said, "We've moved. How, how can we have moved?"
The Vixen sighed, looking around, "You haven't even got to space travel yet?"
Rory said, "I was going to cover it with time travel." He shut the TARDIS door.
Canton asked, "Time travel?"
The Doctor said, "Brave heart, Canton. Come on!" He pulled the Vixen playfully as they headed off to explore. Jenny and River smiled affectionately after them.
Canton said, "So we're in a box, that's bigger on the inside and it travels through time and space?"
Rory replied, "Basically."
Canton asked, "How long have Scotland Yard had this?" Rory and Canton followed after the others.
River reported, "It's a warehouse of some kind. Disused."
The Vixen said, "You realise this is almost certainly a trap, of course."
River replied, "I noticed the phone, yes."
Amy asked, "What about it?"
Jenny replied, "It was cut off. So how did the kid phone from here?"
Amy said, "OK. But why would anyone want to trap us?"
The Doctor said, "Don't know. Let's see if anyone tries to kill us, and work backwards."
River asked, "Now why would a little girl be here?"
The Vixen replied, "I don't know, let's find her and ask her." They found a tilted operating table that seemed to have organic components attached.
River said, "It's non-terrestrial, definitely alien, probably not even from this time zone."
The Vixen said, "Which is odd, because... look at this!" There were boxes of items that piqued the Vixen's interest.
River said, "It's Earth tech, contemporary."
The Doctor agreed, "Very contemporary. Cutting edge. This is from the space programme!"
Amy asked, "Stolen? What, by aliens?"
The Vixen replied, "Apparently." She put the helmet on the Doctor's head.
Amy asked, "Why? If you can make it to Earth, why steal technology that can barely make it to the moon?"
The Doctor replied, his voice muffled, "Maybe cos it's cooler." He lifted the visor.
The Vixen grinned gleefully, "Look how cool this stuff is!"
Amy asked, "Cool aliens?"
The Vixen asked, "Well, what would you call me and the Doctor?"
Amy replied, "Aliens."
"Oi!"
Rory and Canton joined them as the Doctor removed the helmet. Rory reported, "I, er, I think he's OK now."
The Doctor asked, "Ah, back with us, Canton?" He straightened his bow tie. Bow ties are cool.
Canton said, "Like your wheels."
The Vixen grinned, "That's my boy! So come on - little girl, let's find her."
River examined the table, lifting a cable that dripped something slimy when she held it up. Amy and Jenny bent down beside her. Jenny started, "River..."
River interrupted her, "I know what you two girls are thinking."
Amy replied, "No, you don't."
"You're thinking if we can find the Space Man in 1969, and neutralise it, then it won't be around in 2011 to kill the Vixen."
Jenny said, "OK, lucky guess."
River corrected, "That's only because I was thinking it too."
Jenny said, "So let's do it."
River replied, "We can't."
Jenny murmured, "But she's like your sister. More than a sister."
Amy asked, "She is?"
River said, ignoring Amy's question, "It doesn't work like that. We came here because of what we saw in the future. If we try and prevent the future from happening, we create a paradox. You were born of a paradox, Jenny, you should know." Jenny hung her head in defeat.
Amy said, "Time can be rewritten."
River said, "Not all of it."
Amy asked, "Says who?"
River asked sadly, "Who do you think?" The three girls looked to the Vixen. Using the light, River followed one of the cables to a manhole cover. "What's this?"
Amy said, "We can still save her."
River called, "Vixen! Doctor! Look at this." She and Jenny pushed the cover aside.
The Vixen asked, "So where does that go?"
Jenny took some reading with her sonic pen and replied, "There's a network of tunnels running under here."
The Doctor asked, "Life signs?"
Jenny replied, "No, nothing that's showing up."
The Vixen muttered, "Those are the worst kind." Jenny climbed down the manhole. "Be careful."
River entered the manhole and asked, "Careful? Tried that once, ever so dull."
The Vixen said, "You girls shout if you get in trouble."
River replied, "Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer." She climbed down. River reached the bottom of the ladder where Jenny was waiting. They used their flashlights to follow the cable. The light fell on some sleeping aliens and awoke them. River and Jenny grasped each other's hands.
Canton asked, "So what's going on here?"
The Vixen replied, "Nothing... She's just a friend."
Rory leant over, "I think he's talking about the possible alien incursion." The Doctor snickered.
The Vixen blushed and turned to Amy. She stammered, "Well, you know I-I'm used to people thinking R-River and I are… I mean y-you thought so. And Doctor, you thought I was breaking up with you when you first met her. I mean… I… ugh. Why does everyone always think River and I are gay?"
Amy replied, "Maybe because you two flirt so much."
The Vixen argued, "We do not flirt. And we are not gay!" Amy and the Doctor raised their eyebrows. The Vixen changed the subject. "OK." She clapped Rory and Canton on the shoulder.
Canton and Amy were examining some of the equipment. Canton said, "So... I was in a bar having a drink. Tell me honestly, am I still there?"
Amy replied, "'Fraid not."
Jenny and River climbed up in a hurry, panting. They then calmed down as if nothing's wrong. Jenny reported, "All clear. Just tunnels, nothing down there we can see."
River said, "Er, give us five minutes, we want to take another look round."
The Vixen sang, "Stupidly dangerous."
River replied, "Yep, I like it too."
Amy muttered under her breath, "Sure you're not gay?"
Jenny walked over to Amy and the Doctor and said softly, "Dad, Amy, look after her." She and River went back down.
The Vixen pulled Rory aside and asked, "Rory, would you mind going with them?"
Rory squeaked, "Yeah, a bit."
"Then I appreciate it all the more."
Rory muttered, "And you're not gay?"
The Vixen asked, "Sorry, what?"
Rory replied, "I just want to uh… hey," He called down unenthusiastically, "Hang on, Jenny, River, I'm coming too." He started down the manhole and the Vixen stared after him. She shrugged and went back to work.
Rory climbed down and saw Jenny leaning over, breathing heavily, River at her side. Rory asked, "You OK?"
Jenny breathed, "Ah yeah, yeah. I just felt a bit sick. It's the school food probably. No idea what they put in there." She took a few deep breaths.
River said, "I think you should go back up." Jenny opened her mouth to protest. "I've got Rory, I'll be fine. Go." Jenny nodded and climbed up the rungs.
River asked, "This way, what do you think?" She walked forward, Rory nervously following.
Rory said, "I keep thinking I hear things."
River said, not really listening, "Interesting! These tunnels are old. Really old. How can they be really old and nobody notice them?"
The light caught a door. Rory said, "It's a maintenance hatch."
River grunted, trying to open it, "It's locked." She knelt down and sighed, "Why do people always lock things?"
Rory asked, "What's through there?"
River replied, "No idea."
Rory asked, "Something bad?"
"Almost definitely."
"You're going to open it, aren't you?"
River asked, "It's locked. How's a girl supposed to resist?"
Rory asked, "Is this sensible?"
River replied, "God, I hope not." She set to work opening the lock.
Rory said, "You and the Vixen..."
River sighed, "How many times do we have to say this? We are not gay!"
Rory said, "I know, but I can kind of picture it."
River said, "Keep a look out."
Rory asked, "What did you mean? What you said to Amy. There's a worse day coming for you."
River said, "When I first met the Vixen, a long, long time ago... she knew all about me. Think about that. Impressionable young girl, and suddenly this older girl just drops out of the sky, she's clever and mad and wonderful and knows every last thing about her. Imagine what that does to a younger girl."
Rory said softly, "I don't really have to."
River went on, "I immediately found her as this role model. Like this superhero. I loved her as a little girl would her older sister." She sighed. "Trouble is, it's all back to front. My past is her future. We're travelling in opposite directions. Every time we meet, I know her more, she knows me less. I live for the days when I see her. But I know that every time I do, she'll be one step further away. And the day's coming, when I'll look into that girl's eyes... my Vixen... and she won't have the faintest idea who I am." The lock whirred. River hung her head and breathed, "And I think it's going to kill me." She stood up and opened the door.
The room was cavernous and it looked sort of like the control room from the TARDIS. Rory asked, "What is this place?"
As River stepped closer to the center, the alarm went off. "That's an alarm. Check if anything's coming."
Rory nodded and looked outside the room. The alien creatures walked menacingly towards him. His eyes widened as he pulled his head back in to warn River. "There's nothing out there."
River used her scanner on one of the control panels and said, "These tunnels, they're not just here, they're everywhere. They're running under the surface of the entire planet! They've been here for centuries!"
There was a crackle of energy from the tunnel behind Rory. He slowly turned and there was a bright flash. River "Rory!"
Canton and Amy were examining some of the equipment. Amy asked, "So, you were kicked out of the FBI because you had attitude problems."
Canton replied, "No. I just wanted to get married."
Amy asked, "Is that a crime?"
Canton replied, "Yes." He pointed in the Doctor and the Vixen's direction. "Vixen and Doctor who, exactly?"
Amy looked over to the Vixen and the Doctor who were playfully tying each other up in wires as Jenny was desperately trying to get the two Time Lords to work. Amy replied, "That's classified."
Canton asked, "Classified by who?"
Amy replied, "God knows."
Canton said, "But you work for the Vixen."
Amy said, "She's my friend. If 'friend' is the right word. I haven't seen her in a while. I had something I wanted to tell her, but stuff always gets in the way."
Canton agreed, "Stuff does that."
A girl's voice called, "Help me!"
All five were immediately alert. Canton pulled out his gun while the Vixen pulled out her sword. Canton asked, "You have a sword? How did I not notice that before?"
The Vixen replied, "Low level perception filter. Also, you humans are thick."
The girl called, "Help! Help me!"
Canton said, "It's her!" He and the Doctor ran ahead.
Amy ran to follow after them but doubled over, gasping in pain. The Vixen and Jenny went to her. Jenny asked, "Amy? What's wrong?"
Amy said, "I need to tell you something!"
The Doctor called, "Vixen! Jenny!"
Amy went on, "It's important. It's really, really important."
Canton shouted, "Vixen! Quickly!"
The Vixen asked Amy, "What, now?" Jenny pulled Amy and the Vixen along to another section of the warehouse.
They found Canton unconscious on the floor, the Doctor passed out next to him. They ran over to them. The Vixen said, slapping the boys' cheeks, "Doctor! Canton, are you OK?"
Amy asked, "Are they all right?"
The Vixen knelt down next to the Doctor. "Just unconscious. Got a proper whack though."
Amy started, "Vixen, I need to tell you something. I have to tell you it now!"
Jenny stared at her, silently pleading to not say anything. The Vixens said, "Not a great moment, Amy."
Jenny begged her to not speak. Amy said, "No, it's important, it has to be now!"
The girl called, "Help! Help me! Help me!"
Amy breathed, "Vixen... I'm pregnant." The Vixen and Jenny stared at her in shock.
They heard thudding footsteps and the Vixen stood up. Coming towards them was the astronaut. Amy breathed, "That's it. The astronaut!" The astronaut raised its hand and Amy reached over and grabbed Canton's gun.
Amy said, "Get down!" She stood up.
Jenny said, "Amy, no. Amy, don't."
The Vixen asked, "What are you doing!"
Amy replied, "Saving your life!"
The two Gallifreyans shouted in unison, "No!" Amy fired the gun.
Next chapter Day of the Moon. Please review.