The Girls Who Waited Pt. 1

September 10th, 2011

Surprisingly enough, there had only been two riots in England following the announcement. One had started in a bar and spread out into the streets. The other was a protest gone wrong. The police were able to disperse the crowds within a hour.

The other countries were another story. The U.S. was annoyed that England hadn't contacted them first according to United Nation protocol when dealing with aliens. The Queen argued that since she has had first hand dealings with Aliens, it makes her a better qualifier than the President of the U.S. who has had none. Most of the U.S. population actually agreed with The Queen, and supported her. The population was reminded of what happened to President Winters when The Master invited him on The Valiant.

Jack and I were sitting on our couch at home watching the news. It was late and I had already put Amelia Rose to bed. At least Amelia wouldn't have to grow up in a world pretending aliens didn't exist when she one herself. If you wanted to be technical, she was half Time Lord, half human. Amelia had two hearts, but she hadn't gotten sick since she was born, so I guessed that she had some of Jack's immortality transferred to her.

I was startled when I heard the sounds of the Tardis. Jack and I glanced at each other then stood up and watched as the Tardis appeared in our living room. The Doctor came out, followed by Amy and Rory.

"Is what The Doctor telling us true?" Rory asked us. "Does everyone know that aliens exist?"

I smiled. "Yep, they do. Surprisingly England's only had two riots. The other countries, I'm not sure of. I think it was the stern reprimanding that the Queen gave."

"Does that mean we can tell people where we have been traveling to?" Amy asked, hopeful.

I grimaced. "I'm sorry Amy. I don't think now's a good idea. Perhaps when everything has settled down."

Amy pouted. "I hate lying to my parents." She mumbled. Rory rubbed Amy's arm.

"So Doctor." Jack said, changing the topic. "Your collecting us?"

"It's been one adventure. Susan told me that I could pick you up every other adventure. So, here I am." The Doctor said.

"I need to call Sarah Jane to see if she can look after Amelia. Then, I'll go."

Tardis

"Hey, I have a thought. Why don't we grab Susan and Jenny?" Jack asked. "They could come with us to Apalapucia. We haven't seen them in a while."

The Doctor's face lit up. "Excellent idea, Jack!"

We stopped at Messaline and picked up Jenny and Cline. Susan decided to stay, to oversee the government. It was still relatively new.

"Why don't we go to Apalapucia?" The Doctor asked us. Jenny and Cline held hands together and stood by the railing. Jack and I were sitting on the couch and Amy and Rory were over by the controls with The Doctor.

"What's Apalapucia?" Cline asked.

"Apalapucia is the number two planet for greatest destinations." I said.

"Say it again?" Amy asked.

"Apalapucia." Jack said.

"Apalapu-" Amy tried. Jack snorted while trying to hide his laughter. I leaned up against Jack.

"Chia." The Doctor said.

"Apalapucia." Rory said.

"Apalapucia." Jenny said, smiling.

"Apalapucia. What a beautiful word." Amy said.

"Beautiful word, beautiful world. Apalapucia, voted number two planet in the top ten greatest destinations for the discerning intergalactic traveller." The Doctor said.

"Why couldn't we go to number one?" Rory asked.

The Doctor rolled his eyes."It's hideous. Everyone goes to number one." Everyone made their way to the Tardis door. "Planet of the coffee shops. Apalapucia. I give you sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades. I give you-" The Doctor opens the Tardis door to reveal - a white space with a door.

"Doors." Rory said. Jack laughed.

"Doors." The Doctor said, recovering from his shock quickly. "Yes. I give you doors. But on the other side of those doors, I give you sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades."

"Have you seen my phone?" Amy asked, checking her pockets.

"Your phone?" The Doctor asked, puzzled.

"Yeah."

"Your mobile telephone? I bring you to a paradise planet, two billion light years from Earth, and you want to update Twitter." The Doctor said.

"Sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades. It's a camera phone." Amy said.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "On the counter, by the DVDs."

"Thank you." Amy said.

"I'll go with you." I said, detaching myself from Jack and walking after Amy. This time, Amy was not going to be alone. It'll all end up fine. I said to Jack through our telepathic bond.

"Me too, wait up Susan!" Jenny said, kissing Cline on the cheek and skipped over to me.

What do you mean, Susan? Jack asked but Jenny and I were already in and I didn't answer Jack. Susan!

Jenny and I made our way to the Tardis Kitchen and bumped into Amy on her way out. "Susan, Jenny?" Amy asked.

"We were just coming to get you." I said.

Amy eyed me. "Okaaay."

We exited the Tardis into the white space and faced the door. The boys were nowhere in sight. We walked up to the door. Jenny tried the door but it wouldn't budge. Amy called Rory. "Hey. It's locked…. Okay." Amy hung up. "He said to hit the button."

If I could just tell Amy to hit the green button- "Ow!" I gasped, my right hand going up and rubbing my temple.

"Everything alright?" Jenny asked.

I nodded, trying to calm the throbbing pain. "Yeah, fine." I dropped my hand down to my side, ignoring the growing pain. It felt as if someone was trying to acess my mind. While I was distracted, Amy hit the red waterfall button and the door slid open.

We walked into a white room with a small table and a mirror like device sitting on it. "Where are they?" Amy asked.

The door slid shut. "Shit." I said. "Arg!" The pain I felt earlier flared up again and this time I put both hands up to my head and collapsed.

Year 1, Day 1

"Susan!" Jenny cried, and knelt next to me with Amy hovering above. "What is it. What's wrong?"

"Someone's trying to get inside my head." I groaned, my eyes closed. "I need to concentrate." Doing what the Doctor taught me to protect myself against telepaths, I threw up my defences.

After a while, the pain faded, which left me breathless. I slowly opened my eyes to find myself lying on the floor with a concerned Jenny and Amy looking down at me. "They've left."

Amy let out a sigh of relief. "Oh Good. Now, where are we?"

I sighed. "I know where we are, but neither of you will like it."

Confusion showed on Jenny's face. "What do you mean?"

I sat up, my back up against the white wall. "This is Apalapucia, but right now, it is under planet-wide quarantine. We are in a medical facility."

Amy started to panic. "Planet-wide quarantine? Planet-wide quarantine for what, exactly?"

I closed my eyes. "For Chen Seven."

Jenny gasped. and covered her nose and mouth with her inner arm. Scared, Amy copied her. "What is Chen Seven?" Amy asked.

"Chen Seven or the One Day Plague. You get it and then die in a day." Jenny said.

Amy's eyes widened, then she turned on me. "Why didn't you stop me from pressing the red button!?"

"I couldn't, remember? My mind was under attack." I defended myself, but somewhere, my mind was agreeing with Amy.

"How convenient." Amy snapped and walked away from us, trying to calm down.

"Would it help if I said it doesn't affect humans?" I asked.

Amy turned around sharply. "You could have said that in the beginning!" Jenny and I glanced at eachother. I shook my head. "You're communicating. What is it?"

"Chen Seven," Jenny started. "Only effects races with two-hearts."

Amy covered her mouth in shock. "Oh no." Amy said, her eyes darting between Jenny and I. "You…. you don't happen to have an immunity to it by any chance?"

I shook my head. "Nope. Although Jenny and I could purposely use only one heart. I'm not sure if it will work but-"

"It's worth a shot, isn't it?" Amy asked.

"I suppose." Jenny said. "On three." I nodded. "One. Two. Three!"

We both cried out in pain as we forced one of our hearts to stop beating. It was a good thing I was already on the floor because Amy had to catch Jenny before she hit the ground. "Jenny!" Amy cried. "Oh my God. Oh my God." Amy said, freaking out. "What do I do?"

"Nothing Amy." I got out. "It'll take us time to get used to only having one heart."

Year 1, Day 3

Jenny, Amy and I were giggling as we sat together on the couch. We were playing a game of Truth and Dare- Wine addition. The facilities that we were trapped in gave us all the food and beverages that we could possibly want.

"Truth-" Amy giggled. "Or Dare?"

"Dare." Jenny said confidently before giggling.

"I want you to-"

Year 1, Day 5

"What did you just call me?" Jenny yelled at Amy.

"Clone! Second hand! You do know what that means, don't you?" Amy yelled back.

Jenny fumed as she advanced on Amy. "How dare you, you… Human!"

"Just don't hurt each other!" I called over from the couch where I was trying to tune out their conversation to see If my telepathic bond could reach Jack. So far, there was nothing. "We don't exactly have access to an ambulance." I mumbled. "Children."

Year 1, Day 7

I was pacing by the door, and for the hundredth time, tried to use my sonic pen. Deadlock. My pen said. "Damnit!" I yelled and hit my fists against the door once, turned around and slid my back down and sat on the floor. I really wish I hadn't left my vortex manipulator in the Tardis that morning.

I looked up to see Amy and Jenny watching me. "What?" I asked them.

"Nothing!" Amy said quickly. She looked like a deer that had been caught in a car's headlights. Amy and Jenny quickly restarted their conversation.

I sighed and brought my knees up to my chest and rested my chin on top of my knees. There had to be a way out that didn't involve what Amy went through on the show. "Did you realise that they haven't been sending us food in a while?" I asked them.

Amy and Jenny paused in conversation. "Yeah. When was the last time we ate or drank?" Amy asked.

"Four days and six hours." Jenny replied automatically.

Amy looked scared. "Okay, I understand you two not eating, but If I remember correctly, Humans can't survive without food for three days. It's been four. Why am I not dead….. and why am I not hungry." Amy turned to Jenny. "Are you hungry, Jenny?"

Jenny's eyes widened. "No. No I'm not." Jenny looked at me. "Are you hungry, Susan?" I shook my head. "This is freaky."

"I'll say." Amy agreed.

"Let's try the Time Glass." At Amy and Jenny's blank looks, I said, "The mirror thing on the table." I suggested, getting up and coming to sit on the white couch. "If I remember correctly, It's like a video call. Jack?" I called while looking into the Time Glass. Jenny and Amy sat next to me.

"Doctor?" Amy asked. "Rory?"

"Cline?" Jenny called. "Dad?"

An Image of Rory appears. " Doctor? A little help, Doctor." Rory was saying,

"And where have you been?" Amy asked Rory sharply.

"What do I tell it?" Rory asked.

"We've been here a week!" Jenny says angrily.

"Jenny?" Comes Cline's voice.

"A week?" The Doctor asked.

"Susan!" Jack asks, coming into the frame to stand next to the Doctor. Cline stands next to Jack.

"Cline!" Jenny says, relieved.

"A week? I'm so sorry. Ah-ha. Same room, different times. Two different timestreams running parallel but at different speeds. Amy, you're in a faster timestream." The Doctor said.

"A week? Susan, are you okay?" Jack asked.

I smiled. "I'm fine, Jack." I didn't bother to tell him that I was only running on one heart.

The Time Glass fizzed. "Doctor, it's going again." Amy said.

"Doctor!" Rory and Cline shouted.

"Amy!" The Doctor yelled.

"Do something!" Cline shouted.

"Jack!" I called, as the screen fizzed even more.

"Susan!" Jack yelled, then the Time Glass went silent.

We waited an hour before the mirror reactivated. "Amy, what exactly did you press?"

"I just, I came in and I pressed the door button."

"Amy, there are two buttons. The green anchor and the red waterfall." Rory said.

While Amy, Rory, The Doctor, Jenny and Cline were talking, Jack and I were silently communicating telepathically. It turns out that we can communicate telepathically only when the Time Glass was active. Susan, are you sure you are fine? Jack asked.

I swallowed and looked Jack in the eyes across the Time Glass. I have been using only one heart.

What?! Jack asked. Why?

Because this is a medical facility for people infected with Chen Seven.

Jack's eyes widened. Susan, If you almost die again, I WILL bring you back so I can kill you myself.

I chuckled softly. Duly noted. I'll try not to, but If Amy or Jenny's life is threatened in any way-

Jack sighed in my mind. I know. Just, be careful.

I began to pay attention again. The Doctor was talking. "-streams for visits. You could be in here for a day, and watch them live out their entire lives."

"And watch them grow old in front of your eyes?" Rory asked.

"That's horrible." Cline agreed with Rory.

"No, Rory, Cline, it's kind. You've got a choice. Sit by their bedside for twenty four hours and watch them die, or sit in here for twenty four hours and watch them live. Which would you choose?" The Doctor pulls the Time Glass out of the table.

"Doctor? Rory, no, Rory, don't leave me!" Amy called as the images of The Doctor, Rory, Cline and Jack faded from view.

"Cline!" Jenny yelled.

"Jack!" I called.

"I'm here, Amy. I'm right here." The Doctor said.

"Where are you? Am I looking at you?" Jenny asked.

"Turn left just a fraction. Bit more. Stop. That's it." the Doctor said.

"Eye to eye?" Amy asked.

"Eye to eye to eye." The Doctor said.

"Hello." Cline said to Jenny who smiled.

"Amy, Jenny, and Susan, I'm taking the Time Glass back to the Tardis. Like satnav, I'll use it to get a lock, then smash through using the Tardis to get you out. Until then, you're on your own." The Doctor sonicks the glass.

"Er, what are you doing?" Cline asks.

"Locking it on to Amy. Small act of vandalism. No one'll mind."

An alarm sounds.

"No one'll mind." Jack repeated sarcastically, making me laugh.

The Doctor frowned. "Ah, that'll be the small act of vandalism alarm. Amy, Susan and Jenny. I need you to go into the facility just for a bit. Find somewhere safe and leave me a sign. Remember, you're immune to Chen Seven, but don't let them give you anything. They don't know you're all aliens. Their kindness will kill you. Yes, even Time Lords. Now go."

Amy presses a button labelled Check In and we followed her. "Rory, I love you. Now save me. Go on."

"I love you, Cline." Jenny calls.

"I love you too." Cline says with a watery smile.

By Jack. I said telepathically and followed Amy and Jenny out the door into the facility on the other side. Through the Check In door, we are all sprayed with gass. We come out coughing.

The Check In area is massive, white and deserted.

"What the?" Amy asks. Suddenly we are grabbed by a beam of light from a panel in the ceiling. It has a pleasant female voice.

"Welcome to the Twostreams Facility." The Interface says.

"Er, who are you and why can't I see you?" Jenny asks.

"I am the Interface between yourself and the systems of the Twostreams Facility. I will be your guide, your teacher, your friend." An image of a woman appears at a check in desk.

"Welcome to Twostreams. What is your name, please?" The Check in girl asks.

"Amy. Amy Pond."

"Jenny Smith."

"Susan Jane Harkness." I said.

"Welcome, Amy Pond. I see you're travelling alone. As a resident, you will now have access to all of the entertainment zones inside. For a taste of adventure, why not try the mountain zone, and explore Apalapucia's famous Glasmir Mountains. Or try our roller-coaster zone, authentically modelled on the famous Warpspeed Death Ride at Disneyland, Clom. All that you could wish for and more is through the Departure Gate, provided for you with kindness."

"Unexpected visitor. Welcome. Please seek assistance." A Handbot is up ahead.

"Get ready to run." I said.

"What? Hello? Hey. Oi, wait." Amy said.

The Handbot turns and scans us.

"You three are carrying unregistered bacteria. Please let me help you."

We started backing up. "No, we're not from this world. Your medicine'll kill us." Jenny said.

The Handbot still advances. "Statement rejected. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness."

Amy ducks, I grab both Amy and Jenny's hands and we hide.

"No, no, please, I hate needles." Amy said.

"Amy, calm down. We'll get out of here." I said.

"Secondary delivery system engaged." The Handbot said. It's head opens to reveal a needle gun. It misses its target and more Handbots beam in. "Unauthorised infection on check-in, version two two three." We jump over a counter and get into the service area.

"Unauthorised resident detected." The Interface says. We hides from a Handbot.

"Come on." Amy muttered.

"This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness." The Handbot says.

"This way." I said, spotting a safe way to get away from The Handbot. Still holding Amy and Jenny's hands, we sprinted across the floor.

"Unauthorised resident detected. Unauthorised resident detected."

"No. No, no." Amy says as we stopped short of a Handbot. We ran to a vent. Jenny went in first, followed by Amy.

"This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness. This is a kindness. Do not be alarmed."

I pull at a mesh screen and place it around the vent.

"Come on Susan!" Amy whisper yells.

"Come on, please." I muttered. Then I quickly get inside the vent.

The Handbot stops. "No residents detected. No residents detected."

"They didn't see us. They didn't see us." Amy was whispering to herself.

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