Day of the Moon Pt. 2

The Tardis landed and all of us walked to the doors. I turned around to President Nixon. "Are you ready to be the President of the United States?" I asked.

President Nixon straightened his suit and with a determined look he said, "Yes I am."

River opened the door and we walked into the hallway. We let President Nixon go first and I walked into another room that looked like a college lecture hall. Diagrams of the command module and the lander on the blackboards. The Doctor was tied to a chair with two people facing him. They looked startled to see the President walking toward them.

"Hello. I believe it's Mister Gardner. Is that correct? Head of Security?" President Nixon asked.

"Er, yes sir. Yes, Mister President." Mister Gardner says, snapping to attention,

"Mister Grant, is it?" Nixon says turning to the other man.

"Yes, Mister President." Grant says in the same position of attention as Mister Gardner.

"The hopes and dreams of millions of Americans stand here today at Cape Kennedy, and you're the men who guard those dreams. On behalf of the American people, I thank you."

"You're welcome, Mister President." Mr. Gardner says.

Nixon turned to Mr. Grant. "I understand you have a baby on the way, Mister Grant."

"Yes, Mister President."

"What are you hoping for, a boy or a girl?"

"Just a healthy American, sir."

"A healthy American will do just nicely. Now, fellows, listen. This man, here, code name the Doctor, is doing some work for me personally. Could you cut him a little slack?"

"Er, Mister President, he did break into Apollo 11." Mr. Gardner said.

The Doctor silently mouthed Sorry to President Nixon.

"Well, I'm sure he had a very good reason for that. But I need you to release him now so he can get on with some very important work for the American people. Could you do that for me?"

"Well…." Mr. Grant started.

"Son, I am your Commander in Chief." President Nixon said, eyeing Mr. Grant.

"Then I guess that would be fine, Mister President."

Nixon smiled. "Glad to hear it."

Mr. Grant releases the Doctor. The Doctor stands up. "Thank you. Bye, bye." Then turns around and begins to walk out.

"Carry on, gentlemen." President Nixon says, turning around also.

Rory has been examining a model of Eagle during the conversation. He breaks it just as I walked out and I heard Rory say, "Ahem. America salutes you." And he awkwardly ran out.

The Doctor joins us on the Tardis, I was piloting this time instead of River or The Doctor.

"Why the bloody hell did you break into the Apollo 11 for?" River aksd, smacking the back of his head.

"Ow!" The Doctor said, rubbing the back of his head and glaring at River. "Its for a Thing."

I smiled to myself as I pulled down a lever.

"A Thing?" River asked.

"A Thing." The Doctor confirmed.

River just shook her head and walked away. I materialized the Tardis back to Washington. The Doctor and Nixon stepped out and I watched from the monitor.

"You have to tape everything that happens in this office. Every word, or you won't know if you're under the influence." The Doctor said.

"Doctor, you have to give me more than this. What were you doing to Apollo 11?" President Nixon asked.

Suddenly the telephone rang inside the Tardis and River picked it up, then went pail.

"River, what is it?" I asked, stepping towards her.

"Thing. A clever thing." The Doctor responded. "Now, no more questions. You have to trust me and nobody else."

River glanced at me and with the telephone in hand, ran to the door and popped her head out.

"Doctor, it's Canton. Quick, he needs us."

The Doctor gave Nixon one last look before running back onto the Tardis and closing the door behind him. I quickly got out of the way so the Doctor could fly her.

We landed with a bump and all scrambled out into the Greystark Hall Orphanage. We ran up the stairs and saw Canto facing the door, holding out his gun. Amy and Jack were nowhere to be found. I started to panick.

"...I'm going to try to blow the lock. I need you both to stand back." Canton was saying.

"Okay, gun down. I've got it." The Doctor said, taking out his sonic screwdriver.

"Amy, we're here. Are you okay?" Rory yelled.

"I can't see." We heard Amy's voice say.

"I can't see." Came Jack's voice.

Jack's voice. He was with Amy. He was taken as well. At that I ran to the door. "JACK!" I screamed as I heard the door click open from the Doctor's screwdriver.

Rory and I were in the room first.

It was empty except for a spacesuit on the floor.

"It's empty." River stated, glancing at Rory and I.

"It's dark. So dark. I don't know where I am. Please, can anybody hear me?" Amy's voice floated up toward us. Amy's nano recorder is on the floor, flashing. Jack's is next to her's.

"It's cold. Please, Where's Amy? Susan? Please anyone?" Jack asked.

I broke down in tears, sinking down to the carpet to take Jack's flashing nano recorder. River came over and rubbed my back, murmuring that it was going to be okay.

"They took this out of them. How did they do that, Doctor? Why can I still hear her?" Rory asked.

"Is it a recording?" River asked the Doctor.

"Er, it defaults to live. This is current. Wherever she is right now, this is what she's saying." The Doctor said.

"Amy, can you hear me? We're coming for you. Wherever you are, we're coming, I swear."

"She can't hear you. I'm so sorry. It's one way."

"She can always hear me, Doctor. Always. Wherever she is, and she always knows that I am coming for her. Do you understand me? Always."

"Doctor, are you out there? Can you hear me? Doctor? Oh, God. Please, please, Doctor, just get me out of this." Amy said.

Rory looked heartbroken as he said, " He's coming. I'll bring him, I swear."

"Susan?" Came Jack's voice. I snapped my head up. "Suan, please. It's cold and dark. I don't know where Amy is. Please, Susan, please come get me."

I started crying all over again. Damn hormones.

Rory and I are standing out of the way, back in the warehouse, while River and the Doctor are examining the spacesuit with the alien's own technology. Rory had one arm around me and I had my right hand on my stomach, not looking at anyone. My eyes were red and puffy from crying.

"It's an exoskeleton. Basically, life support. There's about twenty different kinds of alien tech in here." River said.

"Who was she? Why put her in here?" The Doctor asked River.

"You put this on, you don't even need to eat." River said, ignoring the Doctor's question. "The suit processes sunlight directly. It's got built in weaponry, and a communications system that can hack into anything."

"Including the telephone network?" The Doctor asked.

"Easily." River replied, looking down at the suit.

"But why phone the President?"

River looks at the Doctor. "It defaults to the highest authority it can find. The little girl gets frightened, the most powerful man on Earth gets a phone call. The night terrors with a hotline to the White House."

The Doctor licks his invitation envelope.

"You won't learn anything from that envelope, you know." River said.

"Purchased on earth. Perfectly ordinary stationery. Tardis blue. Summoned by a stranger who won't even show his face. That's a first, for me. How about you?"

"Our lives are back to front. Your future's my past. Your firsts are my lasts." River responded.

"That's not really what I asked."

"Ask something else, then."

"What are the Silence doing, raising a child?" The Doctor asked and I winced, causing Rory to tighten his grip on my side.

"Keeping her safe, even giving her independence." River said.

"The only way to save Amy and Jack is to work out what the Silence are doing." The Doctor told Rory, who was intently listening in on River and the Doctor's conversation, and I.

"I know." Rory whispered.

"And every single thing we learn about them brings us a step closer."

"Yeah, Doctor, I get it. I know." Rory said.

"Of course, it's possible she's not just any little girl." The Doctor said.

"Well, I'd say she's human, going by the life support software." River said.

"But?"

"She climbed out of this suit. Like she forced her way out. She must be incredibly strong." River said.

"Incredibly strong and running away. I like her." The Doctor said.

"We should be trying to find her." River said.

"Yes, I know. But how? Anyway, I have the strangest feeling she's going to find us."

In the background there was a television going and we now listened to its words, "Apollo 11, this is Houston. How do you read? Over."

"Why does it look like a NASA spacesuit?" Rory asked, inching closer and taking me with him.

"Because that's what the Silence do. Think about it. They don't make anything themselves. They don't have to. They get other life forms to do it for them." The Doctor told Rory.

"So they're parasites, then." Rory concluded.

"Superparasites, standing in the shadows of human history since the very beginning. We know they can influence human behaviour any way they want. If they've been doing that on a global scale for thousands of years." I said, speaking for the first time since Jack got tooken, surprising the Doctor and Rory.

"Then what?" Rory asked.

"Then why did the human race suddenly decide to go to the Moon?" I asked Rory back. Rory stared back at me in shock, his mouth opening and closing, but no sound was coming out.

"Ten, nine. Ignition sequence start. six, five, four-" The Television said.

"Because the Silence needed a spacesuit." The Doctor finished.

"One, zero. All engines running. Liftoff. We have a liftoff. Thirty two minutes past the hour, liftoff on Apollo 11."

Suddenly River's tricorder beeped and a video file arrives on River's tricorder.

We hear, "You should kill us all on sight." The sound of a Silence.

"Help me, Doctor." Amy said through the red nano- recorder.

"Susan, please get me out of here!" Came Jack's voice. I tensed and held back my tears.

The spacesuit glove twitches and River notices and points to it. "This suit, it seems to be repairing itself. How's it doing that? Doctor, a unit like this, would it ever be able to move without an occupant?"

"Why?" The Doctor asked River.

"Well, the little girl said the spaceman was coming to eat her. Maybe that's exactly what happened."

"I love you. I know you think it's him. I know you think it ought to be him, but it's not. It's you. And when I see you again, I'm going to tell you properly, just to see your stupid face. My life was so boring before you just dropped out of the sky. So just get your stupid face where I can see it, okay? Okay?" Amy said.

Rory froze. I tried squeezed his hand but he pulled it out of my reach.

"Susan, this is… I don't know how many… times they've killed me. They've used me as a ginny pig in a laboratory. Please come and get me. I can't take it any more." I heard Jack say. I turned away from the group and closed my eyes, letting tears fall.

While I was turned I heard the Doctor say."They'll be safe for now. No point in a dead hostage."

"Can't you save them?" Rory asked.

"I can track that signal back. Take us right to them."

"Then why haven't you?" Rory asked, his voice raised a bit.

"Because then what? I find her and then what do I do? This isn't an alien invasion. They live here. This is their empire. This is kicking the Romans out of Rome."

"Rome fell." Rory stated.

"I know. I was there."

"So was I."

"Personal question."

"Seriously, you?"

"Do you ever remember it? Two thousand years, waiting for Amy? The last Centurion."

Rory hesitated, then, "No."

"You're lying."

"Of course I'm lying."

"Of course you are. Not the sort of thing anyone forgets."

"But I don't remember it all the time. It's like this door in my head. I can keep it shut."

"Please, please, just come and get me. Come and get me." Amy said.

"Susan, please. They just killed me again. Why can't I just die?" At Jack's confession I burst into tears and sobbed harder than I had before. River came over to me and engulfed me in a hug, rubbing my back.

"The Flight Controller's going to go for landing. Just five days since Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, this unprecedented journey is reaching its crucial moment. Armstrong and Aldrin are making their descent to the surface of the Moon." The Television said,

"We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue." Duke's voice said through the Television.

It was a day later. I didn't have any sleep for the past three days since Jack was taken. I knew that Time Lords could go extended periods of time without sleeping, but this was the first time that I actually did it.

I was in the Tardis console room, sitting on the couch rubbing my stomach watching River, the Doctor and Rory get ready for rescuing Amy and Jack. The Doctor and River were silently flying the Tardis while Rory walked back and forth on the opposite side of the Tardis.

Rory walked over to me. "Are you sure you are okay with coming."

I glared at Rory. "I'm pregnant, not made of glass."

"Sorry." Rory said, turning away.

"Rory," I said. Rory turned back around to face me. "Sorry. I've just been snappy the past few days. I blame the hormones. I know that this is difficult for you-"

"You have no idea." Rory said.

"Actually I do. I don't know if Amy had time to tell you, but I know what happened at the lake."

That made Rory snap his head around and look at me in shock. "How?"

"Long story that I don't have time to tell now-" The Tardis landed with a thud. "That we are here. I'll talk to you later about this, but Rory, I do know how you're feeling. I have to watch what I say around him as you do with the Doctor."

"I'll hold you to that, Susan Jane Harkness."

I smiled. "Now, lets go rescue our significant others."

The Doctor opened the door of the Tardus and stepped into the room were Amy, and hopefully Jack, were. Oh, interesting. Very Aickman Road. I've seen one of these before. Abandoned. I wonder how that happened? Oh, well I suppose I'm about to find out. Rory, River, Susan, keep one Silent in eyeshot at all times. Oh, hello. Sorry, you were in the middle of something. I just had to say, though, have you seen what's on the telly? Oh, hello, Amy, Jack."

I looked to Jack to see him laying on top of, what looked to be, an examination table. Blood soaked through his shirt and was dripping off the table. I swallowed, but never took my eyes off of Jacks unmoving body as I ran over to check his pulse. Nothing. So that meant that he was dead. Hopefully he was coming back soon.. "Are you all right? Want to watch some television? Ah. Now, stay where you are. Because look at me, I'm confident. You want to watch that, me, when I'm confident. Oh, and this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, has her own gun, and unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do, a bit."

"Thank you, sweetie." River smirked playfully. Rory ran over to Amy and tried to get her untied from the chair.

"I know you're team players and everything, but she'll definitely kill at least the first three of you." The Doctor said.

"Well, the first seven, easily."

"Seven? Really?"

"Oh, eight for you, honey."

"Stop it."

"Make me."

"Yeah? Well, maybe I will."

"Is this really important flirting? Because I feel like I should be higher on the list right now." Amy said, glaring at the Doctor and River.

"Yes. Right. Sorry. As I was saying, my naughty friend here is going to kill the first three of you to attack, plus him behind, so maybe you want to draw lots or have a quiz."

Jack gasped for breath, breathing in heavily. I sighed with relief and pointed my sonic pen at the metal clamps that held Jack's wrists and ankles down. They popped open.

"About bloody time!" Jack said, his voice scratchy.

"Sorry." I said, helping Jack sit up. I hugged Jack, not caring that his blood got on my cloths. "I'm just glad you are okay.

"Okay? I've been killed… I don't know how many times!"

"Or maybe you could just listen a minute." The Doctor spoke up. "Because all I really want to do is accept your total surrender and then I'll let you go in peace. Yes, you've been interfering in human history for thousands of years. Yes, people have suffered and died, but what's the point in two hearts, if you can't be a bit forgiving, now and then? Ooo, the Silence. You guys take that seriously, don't you? Okay, you got me. I'm lying. I'm not really going to let you go that easily. Nice thought, but it's not Christmas. First, you tell me about the girl. Who is she? Why is she important? What's she for?"

"And we're getting a picture on the TV." Came the television.

"Guys, sorry, but you're way out of time. Now, come on. A bit of history for you. Aren't you proud? Because you helped. Now, do you know how many people are watching this live on the telly? Half a billion. And that's nothing, because the human race will spread out among the stars. You just watch them fly. Billions and billions of them, for billions and billions of years, and every single one of them at some point in their lives, will look back at this man, taking that very first step, and they will never, ever forget it."

"Okay, engine stop. ATA on the descent. Modes control both auto. Descent engine command off." The television said.

The Doctor gets out his phone. "Oh. But don't forget this bit. Ready?"

"Can you walk?" I whispered to Jack.

"I think so." Jack replied. I helped Jack stand up and Jack leaned on me a bit to keep up right. "Sorry, I'm getting your cloths bloody."

"It's alright." I said, taking a couple steps forward, toward the Tardis.

"That's one small step for a man-" Armstrong said, then he was interrupted.

"You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight. You should kill us all on sight." A Silence hissed.

"You've given the order for your own execution, and the whole planet just heard you." The Doctor said.

"You should kill us all on sight."

Then it was cut back to Neil Armstrong. "One giant leap for mankind."

"And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence. You just raised an army against yourself and now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throw you off their planet. They won't even know they're doing it. I think, quite possibly, the word you're looking for right now is oops. Run! Guys, I mean us. Run."

The Silence is generating its electric shock. River starts shooting.

"Come on Jack!" I said, walking faster, but Jack just got slower.

"Are you kidding?!" Jack asked. "Asking me to run?" I huffed and continued slowly walking to the Tardis.

"I can't get her out!" Rory yelled from the other side of the room.

"Go. Go." Amy said.

"We are not leaving without you." Rory said, shaking his head.

"Look, will you just get your stupid face out of here!" Amy said.

"Run! Into the Tardis, quickly." River said.

The Doctor sonicks Amy free, and Rory helps her into the Tardis with Jack and I not too far behind.

"Rory, tell The Doctor that I am taking Jack to the med. room." I said as Jack and I slowly made our way to the middle hallway.

"Are you sure?" Rory asked. "I mean... I am a certified Nurse."

"And you have your wife to look after. Jack and I will be fine." I said before I started walking again and moved farther down the hall. "How are you doing?"

"Tired, I guess." Jack replied.

We were silent for a couple seconds then I said, "I didn't know you would get taken."

"Of course you did. You know what happens because you watched that show."

"Jack... on that show I'm not in this universe."

"And that is important because…?"

"Because you're not in any episodes from the end of season 4 and on…. er, from the Dalek attack on Earth and on. You have the Torchwood show that isn't really connected to the Doctor Who episodes, its just in the same world as- urg this is complicated even for me."

"So... you are saying I am not supposed to be here."

I winced, "...Sort of…."

Jack and I walked the rest of the way to the med. room in silence.

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