One might as well say that all hell broke loose. Amy was yelling for dear life inside the transport while Renata blocked her view from the materializing Angel ahead of them. Outside, Gabby was banging on the door to bet let in. The Doctor was more or less doing the same thing whilst attempting to use his sonic.

"Doctor! Doctor, it's coming out of the television!" Amy yelled behind. "The Angel is here!"

The Doctor relentlessly yanked on the door. "Renata! Renée!" Why wasn't she answering him!? Was she hurt!? No, no, she couldn't be hurt! She had just gotten over the 'hurt' part with her illness. She couldn't be hurt! Not again!

You are thinking very loud! Renata's voice filled his head.

The Doctor only briefly smiled out of relief that she could still talk to him. He now needed to figure out a way to get her and Amy out of the transport. "Don't take your eyes off the Angel! It can't move if you're looking." The sonic wasn't working! "What's wrong? It's deadlocked!"

River had been trying to override controls next to the door. "There is no deadlock!"

"Clearly something's locking it!" Gabby exclaimed. "

~0~

Renata gave up trying to turn off the screen with her sonic and dropped it back into her pocket. "Okay Amy, don't blink! Don't even blink!"

"Trying!" Amy's voice shook with rightful fear.

Renata hurried up to the screen. She would have to turn it off manually...if there was a way. "Amy don't blink!"

~0~

"What are you doing?" Gabby anxiously watched the Doctor use his sonic again but it didn't seem to be doing much.

"Cutting the power! It's using the screen, I'm turning the screen off — it's no good, it's deadlocked the whole system!"

"There's no deadlock!" River shouted only for him to snap at her.

"There is now!"

"Help us!" Amy begged from the other side.

The Doctor felt like throwing his sonic away. What good was it if he couldn't use it to save Renata!? And Amy. Definitely Amy too.

You are so loud, Renata actually huffed in his mind.

"Renata!" he groaned. Of course his thoughts were loud. She was in danger! He was spazzing and she was still holding onto her sensibility! How!?

Don't question it! I'm trying to turn the screen off but it's not working!

"You have to keep trying! Don't take your eyes off the Angel!" He shouted so that Amy could continue hearing them very important instructions.

"Each time it moves, it'll move faster. Don't even blink!"

"I'm not blinking!" Amy snapped. "Have you ever tried not blinking?" She was resorting to winning and switching eyes, a smart move that Renata would commend on later.

Renata growled and slammed her hands over the controls. "It's not working! It just keeps switching back on! Stupid Angel!" Her eyes glared at the Angel. She didn't notice the anger gold flicker past her eyes but she did feel something warm on her fingertips.

"But it's just a recording!" Amy exclaimed.

"No, anything that takes the image of an Angel is an Angel!" the Doctor stopped momentarily to see River using a small blowtorch on the door. "What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to cut through. It's not even warm!"

"There is no way in, it's not physically possible!"

"Maybe the book says something!" Gabby hoped with all her heart that it did. She dashed back for the book the Doctor dropped.

Inside, Renata had struck the screen with energy. Amy flinched and - regretfully - blinked. Renata did not but she was mighty angry to find the screen still intact. Her energy wasn't as strong as she hoped. Actually, it was an embarrassment.

"Dammit!" she seized the control as a last resort. "Amy!"

"I know! Don't blink!" the ginger snapped frantically. It was the only instruction show kept going besides other ways to survive.

"Just keep looking at it. Don't stop looking!"

Outside, Gabby had returned with the book in hand. Her eyes scanned the pages for the bit of the pictures the Doctor got interrupted reading. "Oh! Look!" she exclaimed, making the Doctor turn back. He snatched the book from her hands, the only time she wouldn't mind, and took over the reading.

"What are you doing!?" River snapped when Gabby planted her palms against the door.

"Last time I opened a door with my...butterflies…" Gabby remembered that was the word the older River in the Library had used when Gabby touched her.

It seemed familiar enough because River groaned. "Those stupid butterflies!"

"Can maybe use it again to get them out!"

"Renata! Amy!" the Doctor called suddenly. "Don't look at the Angel's eyes! Look anywhere but don't look at the eyes!"

"Why?" Because that's exactly where Amy thought to look at that moment.

"The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors. Beware what may enter there."

"Ah!" Renata grinned suddenly when she caught the time loop again. "We've been doing this wrong! Want to turn it off but the angel won't let us so...what else can we do with a television screen?"

"I don't know!" Amy's voice was weary. Was Renata really going to turn this into a teaching session? She heard with great detail about how she used to teach Gabby when she first came to the TARDIS. She wasn't interested in being a student.

"Whatever holds the image of an angel, is an angel…" Renata mumbled. She'd seen the line through the Doctor as he went over the Angel book again. He was always saving her. "Let's hit the pause button! One, two, three, four…" she pressed the pause button and froze the screen just before the loop would end.

The door clicked open, nearly letting Gabby fall to the ground since she'd still been pressing her hands against the door. Gabby stumbled forwards instead but the Doctor zoomed right past her, knocking her towards the wall.

"Scuse you!" she exclaimed with a huff. The only reason she would let it slide was, once again, because he'd been worried over Renata.

"Amy!" River came in after and pulled the ginger away from the screen and Renata altogether. "You alright?" She figured someone had to make sure Amy was okay since the Doctor went straight for Renata, as usual.

"Yeah, yeah, fine. Ren...did something…" Amy weakly gestured back to the screen. She turned her head at the same time River did and saw Renata swatting the Doctor's hands away from her.

He was cupping her face, eyes scrutinizing her for any injuries, while she repeatedly told him that she was fine.

"We just froze the screen but it didn't harm us," Renata assured him, even smiling like she hadn't been in near danger two seconds ago.

"But are you sure?" He begged her to answer with honesty so he could help her if she truly was harmed.

"Yes," she chuckled lightly. "I told you that you were thinking too loud!"

"Oh, 'too loud'," the Doctor let her go as he mimicked her tone.

Renata rolled her eyes and turned to Amy. "Are you alright?"

Amy nodded. "Yeah, thanks…" She tried holding back the frown that was trying to mark her face. Why didn't the Doctor come make sure she was okay?

"Ren!" Gabby rushed up to the Time Lady. " I'm so sorry! I tried to use the same power I used to open the door back on the Starship UK but it didn't really work!"

"It's alright," Renata rested her hands on Gabby's shoulders. "I tried doing the same with my power but it didn't work. No butterflies yet."

"So it was here? That was the Angel?" River asked the Doctor who had dug into the controls of the screen. If there was one thing she absolutely despised, it was when the conversations shifted towards the butterflies. She hated butterflies so much!

"That was a projection of the Angel. It's reaching out, getting a good look at us. It's no longer dormant!"

The ground rocked with an explosion from outside. The entire group rushed out to see what was going on and realized that the soldiers had finally found a way through the tunnels. It was time to find the real Angel.

"Okay. Now it starts," the Doctor exhaled shakily before casting a look over to Renata and their companions. "It would be so much better if you stayed in the TARDIS."

"No," the trio of women said in unison.

The Doctor rolled his eyes at how easily they got into sync when it came to disagreeing with him. "Fine!"

River led the way towards the soldiers. Gabby noticed Amy rubbing her left eye with some pretty good strength.

"You okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, coming. There's just...something in my eye," Amy shrugged and continued to rub it.

Behind them, Renata walking alongside the Doctor but was beginning to lag due to the fact she was checking her palms for something. "I can't believe the one moment I needed to use this stupid energy it didn't show up! What good am I to Amy and Gabby if I can't defend them!?"

The Doctor actually stopped her, refusing to take another step without correcting her. "You almost got hurt. You did what you could, what any of us could. I will not have you belittling yourself, not again." Renata rolled her eyes at him but was startled when he pushed her hands down. "I mean it, Renata. You're not weak, you're a person. A Time Lady. Do you know how scared I was back there? Knowing you were locked inside with an Angel and I couldn't get to you!?"

"I just mean that if I could've used this energy, then I could've—"

"You still saved Amy. You didn't need your energy, alright? And I don't know why you're so worked up over its lack of presence. You have to train, practice using it. It's unfair to belittle yourself over something you just started using."

Renata wouldn't openly agree despite knowing he was right. "It's a bit bothersome that I couldn't use the one thing that makes me slightly special! How stupid is that?" The Doctor settled a dumbfounded look on her. Renata met his gaze when he tilted his head. "What?"

"The energy isn't what makes you special. You're special because you have the ability to make everyone feel safe...feel cared for."

Renata paused with his stare that had suddenly become so soft...for her. She felt air leave her lungs knowing he meant it.

"You're the only Time Lady who actually cared about everyone on Gallifrey, even when they probably didn't deserve it. Renata, I honestly don't know how no one ever told you this," the Doctor smiled at her, almost chuckling with her stunned face. Her husband, for one, should've mentioned that itty-bitty detail to her. He knew that Elek hadn't ever said anything from the fact Renata had trouble believing his words right now. "I'm going to spend a lot of time making you understand that," he resolved, making Renata snap out of her stupor to laugh. The Doctor leaned over to kiss her, effectively ending her laughter. "Fair warning, I'm going to end it with a kiss every time."

Renata bit her lip while she looked at him. The Doctor watched her lower lip slowly slip from her teeth's grip. Never had he wanted to kiss her so much. There was actually a shiver running down his back right now.

But he couldn't. Not right now. Because if he did, and Renata didn't stop him, who knows where they could end up.

~ 0 ~

The group had climbed down a rope ladder into the caverns. They were empty and rather dark but so far nonthreatening.

"Do we have a gravity globe?" the Doctor asked the Octavian once they were all on the ground.

"Grav globe," Octavian called for one of the nearby soldiers to deliver.

"Where are we? What is this?" Amy crinkled her nose at the damp tunnels before them.

"It's an Aplan mortarium. Sometimes called a maze of the dead," River said and was fairly amused to see her reaction.

"And...what's that?"

"Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone…" the Doctor had gotten his hands on the gravity globe, which turned out to be a sphere, and kicked it into the air. The group watched it rise into the air and light up the entire cave.

"It's the perfect hiding place," Renata finished with a long sigh. It truly was.

"Nice hit," Gabby nudged the Doctor on the side. "Didn't you know you could play."

"I don't," he said too quickly, then paused to think about it. "I think…" This was still a pretty early time in his regeneration. There were still plenty of things he didn't know he could or couldn't do.

Gabby chuckled. "I'll have a match with you later, then. I'm pretty good too."

River cleared her throat loudly and made a sharp gesture at the dozens of statues lining the cave. That was a much more important situation than a stupid football game. "

"I guess this makes it a bit trickier," Ocavian remarked. "A stone angel on the loose amongst stone statues. A lot harder than I'd prayed for."

"A needle in a haystack," River agreed.

"A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle. Of death…" the Doctor scrunched his face. None of these were getting better. "A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, er, statues. No, yours was fine." He would give that one to River solely because she deserved it. Still, it was enough to get a smug smile in return.

"Right. Check every single statue in this chamber. You know what you're looking for," Octavian commanded his soldiers. "Complete visual inspection. One question - how do we fight it?"

"We find it, and hope," the Doctor said, though he didn't exactly portray the latter at the moment. He took Renata's hand and started down the cave, prompting their companions to do the same.

Just as River was about to follow, Octavian grabbed her arm to stop her. "They don't know yet, do they? Who and what you are."

River tensed but reclaimed her calmness within the minute. She had ample practice after all. "It's too early in their time streams."

"Well, make sure they don't work it out, or they're not gonna help us."

River rolled her eyes. "They will. And believe you me, I have no intention of going back to prison."

~ 0 ~

When River caught up to the group, she found Amy and Gabby each lagging behind the Time Lords.

"Are you alright?" she stopped by Amy who was rubbing her eye again.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Amy was sure she was just imagining things. So far, this was the most nervous-y trip she'd taken and she wasn't doing a good job reacting to it. "So, what's a maze of the dead?"

"Oh, it's not as bad as it sounds. It's just a labyrinth with dead people buried in the walls," River scrunched her face and apologetically smiled. "OK, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm." She showed off a syringe that made Amy even more nervous. "This won't hurt a bit."

She lied. It had.

"Gabby!"

"What?" the girl snapped as if the arguments were already being made.

River showed the syringe to her next. "It's a viro-stabiliser. Stabilises your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship."

"And you're willingly giving that to me?" Gabby came up to the woman, holding her arm out. She got the feeling River would be enjoying the next minute.

"I can't have you dying when your babysitter is around."

"Gabriella?" Renata had noticed the slight standoff between the two women and fearing it would turn into something similar to what went on in the Library, she returned to them.

"Case in point," River said just before injecting Gabby. Yes, she did enjoy the yelp Gabby gave in return.

Gabby shot a scowl at the woman as she rubbed her arm. River switched to Amy again, acting as if Gabby wasn't even there nor Renata for that matter.

Amy couldn't understand how River did that. One moment River was arguing with Gabby and then the next River was smiling at her. "So...what's he like?" she found herself asking a moment later, nodding to the Doctor who seemed to be examining nearby statues with another handheld device. If River liked her, for whatever reason, it would be easier to get some information. "In the future, I mean. Cos you know him in the future, don't you?" She would ignore the feeling she got knowing she was only specifically asking about the Doctor and not...Renata.

River wouldn't mind either. "The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor…"

Amy cocked her head to the side, her expression almost making River laugh on the spot. "Oh, well that's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?"

There was a pause and Amy swore that River had briefly - for a tiny minuscule second - her eyes had flickered over to Renata. The Time Lady was waiting for the Doctor to finish the scanning, as well as waiting for Gabby.

"Who knows..." River suddenly said, as if Amy had asked another question.

"But I didn't…"

River's smile widened. "You were going to. Go ahead. No shame in being curious."

Amy had no idea how River could know what she wanted to ask but she wasn't going to lose the opportunity to get the answer. "Are you the Doctor's wife?"

"Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy!" River threw her arm around Amy's shoulders, enjoying the precious situation she was being gifted with. She saw the subtle way Renata's shoulders had slumped and wanted far more. She deserved it. "This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple?"

But then Gabby walked on by with a hard scoff, "She wishes she was the Doctor's wife."

Amy genuinely feared for Gabby's life at that moment. River's face dropped the joy she had to be replaced with a murderous glare. Gabby, however, didn't seem to mind as she walked up to where Renata stood and put her arm around the Time Lady.

"We all know that the only woman the Doctor would marry is Renata," Gabby flashed a smirk at River, now taking her turn to bask in utter joy. "I'll be sure to send you the invite. Or the video — I haven't decided yet."

Renata shook her head, but even though she wanted to scold Gabby for entering such a childish conversation with River...there was a little thrill at the idea of marrying the Doctor. It was one of those things that she had completely given up on the day she refused to run away with him. It became impossible just like their love...centuries ago. Maybe right now wasn't the moment, who knows when it would be but that the was thing, she was thinking about it again. It wasn't that she was ready to marry the Doctor — or anyone else for that matter — it was the fact that she considered the idea of doing it again one day. If the Doctor felt like it of course. Because for all she knew, maybe the Doctor wouldn't even consider the idea.

Maybe River was telling the truth.

Renata turned her head away, face scrunching with genuine pain at the idea of that possibility.

"Sorry Renata," Gabby said when they started walking again. "I know you said to keep it cool but I just can't help it with that woman. She's asking for it. Not to mention she's lying."

"We don't really know that," Renata sighed.

Gabby did a double-take at her. "What?"

"I mean, for all we know, River is telling the truth and one day, in the future, she really is—"

"I swear to God if you finish that sentence I will throw myself off from the top of the cliff." Gabby put her hands together in front of her nose, trying her best not to shout because she could sort of understand Renata's fear.

It was the type of thing River Song fed off from.

"There is no way in hell that the Doctor would ever marry that woman," Gabby shook her head. She didn't need to be psychic to know that was an inherent truth.

"A lot can happen," Renata said simply as she left Gabby's side. Who knew what the future had in store for her and the Doctor. It was nice to think about the good stuff that could happen to them but she was still a realistic person. Something could always happen that could change everything.

~ 0 ~

Gunshots brought the group back down to the main chamber of the caves. There they found a young cleric who had fired at one of the statues. The Doctor immediately examined the statue to make sure it wasn't the Weeping Angel.

"Sorry. Sorry, I thought... I thought it looked at me," the young cleric apologized over and over, still sounding breathless.

"We know what the Angel looks like. Is that the Angel?" Octavian angrily gestured towards the statue the Doctor was still circling.

The young cleric seemed to shrink under Octavian's glare. "No, sir."

"No, sir, it is not! According to the Doctor and Renata, we are facing an enemy of unknowable power and infinite evil. So it would be good, it would be very good, if we could all remain calm in the presence of decor."

"Well now hold on," Renata cut in between the two, giving Ocatavian a look to back off on the young man. "We have no idea which one of these statues is the one we're looking for. Under the circumstances it is more than alright, more than natural, to be afraid." She offered the cleric a kind smile. "What's your name?"

"Bob, ma'am," he nodded.

"Lovely name Bob."

"It's a Sacred Name. We all have Sacred Names, they're given to us in the service of the Church," Octavian explained behind them.

Renata hummed. "I get it. Nice. Now Bob, please don't ever feel like it's not alright to be afraid."

"Sacred Bob. More like Scared Bob now, eh?" the Doctor came up to stand beside Renata. He was smiling more like a game than Renata's kind one, but still well intended. "Scared keeps you fast. Anyone in this room who isn't scared is a moron. Carry on."

"You didn't have to be that type of rude," Renata mumbled to him on their way down the cave again.

The Doctor smirked. "Was I being rude? I hadn't noticed." Renata rolled her eyes. Sometimes, she really just couldn't deal with his antics.

The group finally got their way down the cave, passing more and more statues on their way.

"Isn't there a chance this lot's just gonna collapse?" Amy found herself asking after thinking she heard a noise. "There's a whole ship up there."

"Incredible builders, the Aplans," River remarked.

"You've met them?"

"Mhm."

"We had dinner with their chief architect once," the Doctor remembered, sharing a smile with Renata. Although hers seemed a bit more forced. "Two heads are better than one."

"You mean you helped him?" Gabby inquired. She figured this was another trip they took before they met Donna and her.

"Uh, no, they had two heads," Renata clarified for her and Amy. The ginger looked just as curious as Gabby. "For some, it meant they were twice as rude."

"That book, the very end, what did it say?" the Doctor suddenly asked River. There was a strange feeling starting in his stomach.

River quickly took out the book from her pack. She opened it to the bookmarked page and read out loud. "What if we had ideas that could think for themselves? What if one day our dreams no longer needed us? When these things occur and are held to be true, the time will be upon us. The time of Angels."

"Ominous and scary," Gabby remarked. She would really prefer to get out of there now.

Amy agreed. She walked in silence for a bit longer until she felt like it was high time to get out of there. "Are we there yet? It's a hell of a climb."

"The maze is on six levels representing the ascent of the soul. Only two levels to go," River told her with a light smile.

"Lovely species, the Aplans. We should visit them some time," the Doctor seemed to be speaking more towards Renata than anyone else.

Gabby rolled her eyes playfully. "Do you extend the invitation to your, uh, companions?"

The Doctor winced and looked over his shoulder to see Gabby smirking while Amy was frowning. "Sorry."

"Of course he meant for everyone," Renata smiled at the Doctor before glancing over her shoulder as well. "We'll just make sure to stay away from the rude ones."

"But didn't you say they were all dead?" Amy made a face.

"So's Virginia Woolf. I'm on her bowling team," the Doctor proudly said.

"And let me guess, Ren's your cheerleader?" Gabby saw the precise moment the Doctor's body lurched forwards as if to fall. And she didn't need to be in front of Renata to know that she was blushing.

"Shut up Gabbs," the Doctor muttered. "I was trying to talk about the Aplans. They were a very relaxed, sort of cheerful. That's having two heads. You're never short of a snog with an extra head."

He was NOT not going to think about Renata's first experience at bowling...even though it was pretty adorable now that he looked back on it. It'd been one of their very first trips together after Martha left the TARDIS. He was horrified to learn that Renata didn't know anything about bowling. He HAD had to fix that.

He showed her the ropes of bowling but she found fairly quick that bowling was not for her. She dropped the bowling ball the first time, almost getting the Doctor's foot, and when she threw the ball down the lane, she missed all the pins. She hated the game by the end of it and when the Doctor brought her along to his 'bowling team', she made it clear she would watch.

Oh, he was thinking about it now.

She cheered for him despite not always knowing if he'd gotten a good score. Actually, she barely knew how the entire scoring system worked but it didn't stop her from clapping and cheering for him. She always smiled at him each time, even if his score was terrible.

Yup. He was really thinking about it now. If she did wear one of those cheerleader uniforms he might score a little bit more this time...

'You are not actually picturing me in a cheerleading uniform,' Renata mentally huffed at him. Her face was crimson red with just the glimpse she'd gotten of herself in the Doctor's mind.

He wasn't sorry one bit for what he pictured.

"There's something...I don't know what it is," River suddenly spoke up, having been scowling at Gabby for making that stupid comment. Gabby always made comments like that to irritate the hell out of her.

"I think she's right," Renata agreed quietly. She was beginning to get a funny feeling that she couldn't quite figure out yet.

"So the Aplans, they really had two heads?" Amy exchanged a look with Gabby, both smiling at the thought of it.

"Yeah," the Doctor shrugged. "But then they started having laws against self-marrying and what was that about? But that's the church for you. Erm, no offence, Bishop."

Octavian's expression indicated it was too late. "Quite a lot taken, if that's all right, Doctor."

"He didn't mean it," Renata apologized for the Doctor then shot a look at him. "Mind what you say," she whispered. He smirked.

"Lowest point in the wreckage is only about 50 feet up from here. That way," Octavian said a short moment later when they had crossed down a narrow passage lined with statues.

"I think the church probably made a good call on that divorce thing," Gabby commented. "I mean...imagine the awkwardness after they get divorced and then they started dating?"

"Ha!" Amy chuckled.

And then the Doctor and Renata came to a stop, eyes wide as could be.

"Tell me we didn't…"

"What's wrong?" Gabby quickly asked them and saw the same wide-eyed expression now on River. For all three of them to be agreeing on something...it had to be big.

"How could we not notice that?" River was almost outraged at herself. She couldn't have missed it!

"Low level perception filter, or maybe we're thick," the Doctor squeezed Renata's hand as they both took in the statues with a new, fearful, light.

"What's wrong?" Octavian asked as he pushed his way to the front of the group.

"Please don't move," Renata sounded like she was begging him and everyone else. She was. "Please just...stay right where you are."

Before Octavian could ask 'why', the Doctor cut in. "Bishop, I am truly sorry. I've made a mistake and we are all in danger."

"What danger?"

"The Aplans…" River swallowed hard, truly feeling that fear creeping over her. "They've got two heads."

"Yes, I get that. So?"

"Oh," suddenly went Gabby. Renata quickly turned to her and Amy, bringing them closer to her.

"What?" Amy frowned, still not understanding. How come she was the last one!?

"So why don't the statues?" the Doctor breathed in as he started imagining exactly how many Angels there truly were around them. "Everyone, over there. Just move, don't ask questions, don't speak." Renata ushered the group towards a spot free of statues. "OK. I want you all to switch off your torches."

"Sir?" Octavian was rightfully reluctant to follow that order.

"Just do it," the Doctor reiterated, much to their dismay. One by one, the clerics turned off their torches, leaving the Doctor's for last. "OK. I'm going to turn off this one too, just for a moment."

"Are you sure about this?" River eyed the torch as their last means of salvation and right now, it kind of was.

"No." But the Doctor still switched off his torch for a split second. When the light was back on, the statues were in front of them.

"Ah! They've moved!" Amy yelped. Renata kept a tight hold around her wrist.

The Doctor hurried ahead to see all the statues were lining their way to the ship. "They're Angels. All of them!"

"But they can't be!" River would still try to deny it until she saw a clear looking Weeping Angel in front of her.

The Doctor raised a finger to her to hold off on that denial. He backtracked and saw the Angels had moved forward. "Every statue in this maze, every single one, is a Weeping Angel. They're coming after us."

"So we just literally walked into a trap full of deadly Angels!?" Gabby was outraged and immediately turned on River. She would never think that the woman was capable of concocting such an idea but there was always a first.

"I didn't!" River immediately argued when she saw the conclusion Gabby's expression reached. "There was only one Angel on the ship. Just the one, I swear."

Renata could feel River's fear was just as high as theirs. Plus, she honestly didn't think River would purposely endanger ALL all of them like this. No, this was all the Weeping Angels.

"Could they have been here already?" Amy offered another alternative if only to take off some of the tension brewing between River and Gabby.

The Doctor was thinking of another way, probably the The way. "The Aplans, how did they die out?"

River closed her eyes. Dammit. "Nobody knows."

"We know."

"They don't look like Angels," Octavian said after studying the closest ones. They didn't look like the ones they came across in the files.

"And they're not fast. You said they were fast," Amy added. Maybe, just maybe, they were all wrong and this was a lesser evil. "They should have had us by now."

"These Angels have been dying, Amy," Renata said. "When Angels die they lose their form. They must have been down here for centuries, starving."

"Losing their image…"

"And their image is their power," the Doctor remarked only to get the idea a second later. 'Power. Power!"

"You're doing that thing where you're not explaining!" Gabby exclaimed.

"Don't you see?"

"No! Because you haven't explained!"

"He's getting there," Renata softly shushed Gabby. It was how the Doctor operated and though it wasn't the idealist way to do it, it worked.

"All that radiation spilling out, the drive burn. The crash wasn't an accident - it was a rescue mission for the Angels," the Doctor finally said. "We're in the middle of an army and it's waking up."

"...I take it back, don't explain further," Gabby shut her eyes.

"We need to get out of here fast," Renata told the clerics, more specifically to Octavian. "We're in a lot more danger than you previously anticipated."

Octavian nodded and spoke into his radio. "Bob, Angelo, Christian, come in, please. Any of you, come in!"

"It's Bob, sir. Sorry, sir."

"Bob, are Angelo and Christian with you? All the statues are active. I repeat, all the statues are active!"

'I know, sir. Angelo and Christian are dead, sir. The statues killed them, sir.'

The Doctor bolted for Octavian's radio. "Bob, Sacred Bob, it's me, the Doctor. Where are you now?"

Octavian frowned at the Doctor, his hand still in the position that he'd been holding his radio in. "I'm talking to my…"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up!"

Renata scrunched her face. "Normally I would apologize on his behalf but, uh, I think this time he's got s point. Sorry."

Gabby shook her head at the woman. She just couldn't help apologizing, could she?

'I'm on my way up to you, sir, I'm homing on your signal.'

"Well done, Bob. Scared keeps you fast, told you, didn't I? Your friends, Bob, what did the Angel do to them?" the Doctor talked fast into the radio.

'Snapped their necks, sir.'

"That's odd. That's not how the Angels kill you, they displace you in time," the Doctor made a face as he turned back to the group, meeting Renata's gaze.

"Unless they needed the bodies for something," she hated thinking about that. Those were corpses that the Angels would be taking for their own malicious plans.

Octavian took the radio from the Doctor. "Bob, did you check their data packs for vital signs? We may be able to initiate a rescue plan."

The Doctor once again grabbed the radio. "Don't be an idiot! The Angels don't leave you alive!" He snapped at the man incredulously before talking into the radio.

"Bob, keep running, but tell me, how did you escape?"

'I didn't escape, sir. The Angel killed me, too.'

"What do you mean the Angel killed you too?"

'Snapped my neck, sir. Wasn't as painless as I expected but it was pretty quick, so that was something.'

"If you're dead, how can I be talking to you?"

'You're not talking to me, sir. The Angel has no voice. It stripped my cerebral cortex from my body and re-animated a version of my consciousness to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion.'

Renata was disgusted. It was like the Vashta Nerada all over again. Poor men. Their bodies were lost but now the Angels were taking over their voices too.

"So when you say you're on your way up to us…" the Doctor trailed off as he already knew what the answer would be.

'It's the Angel that's coming, sir, yes.'

"No way out," the Doctor lowered the radio only for Octavian to snatch it back.

"Then we get out through the wreckage. Go!"

"That means you, run!" Renata ushered Amy and Gabby towards the clerics. "River-"

"I know!" she snapped as she passed by the Time Lady. She hurried along with the girls and the clerics.

"Called you an idiot. Sorry, but there's no way we could have rescued your men," the Doctor felt terrible as he spoke to Octavian. If he would've been paying more attention then he would've seen the trap.

"I know that, sir. And when you've flown away in your little blue box, I'll explain that to their families," Octavian sourly said then walked off only to be stopped by Renata.

"That's not fair because this entire expedition was funded by your church. Your people didn't do their due diligence with this crash!" Renata then gestured for Octavian to keep going. And he did, but quietly.

"Renée," the Doctor called to her, only to have her huff and turn around to meet his smiling gaze.

"I'm just saying we could've all looked a little bit harder!" She folded her arms over her chest. It wasn't always on him to figure things out.

"Thank you dear," the Doctor reached over for her hand and tugged her closer with it. He then raised the radio up to his lips. "Angel Bob, which Angel am I talking to? The one from the ship?"

'Yes, sir. The other Angels are still restoring.'

"Ah, so the Angel is not in the wreckage. Thank you!" the Doctor grinned and ran off with Renata to catch up with the others.

"Amy!" Renata nearly had a heart attack seeing the girl by herself. Where the hell was River!?

"I can't move!" Amy cried.

"What? Why not?" the Doctor frowned at her. She was just standing there gripping the rail!

"Look at it. Look at my hand. It's stone!" Amy frantically gestured to her hand on the rail. To her, it looked like stone but neither Time Lord saw the same.

"Amy, what are you talking about? It's not stone!" Renata tried pulling the girl away but she wouldn't budge. "You are literally gripping the rail, nothing more!"

The Doctor flashed his torch across her eyes and saw what was keeping her there. "You looked into the eyes of an Angel, didn't you?"

Amy gave a reluctant nod. "I couldn't stop myself. I tried."

"Oh Amy," Renata sighed. "That Angel is messing with your head. Your hand is not made of stone."

"It is. Look at it!"

"I am!"

"It's in your mind. I promise you," the Doctor said, rather hurriedly since their time was dangerously running low. "You can move that hand. You can let go."

"I can't, OK? I've tried and I can't. It's stone!"

The Doctor's torchlight began to flicker. "The Angel is gonna come and it's gonna turn this light off, and then there's nothing I can do to stop it. So do it, concentrate, move your hand!"

"I can't."

"Then we're all going to die!"

"You're not going to die!"

"Amy, they're going to kill the lights," Renata sighed and reached over for the girl's arm. Just as she'd said the words, the lights flickered off.

"Amy we need to go!" the Doctor frantically snapped.

"You've got to go, you know you have! You've got all that stuff with River and that's all got to happen. You know you can't die here!"

"Time can be re-written, it doesn't work like that," Renata said, forcing herself to skip over that unfortunate part in Amy's reasoning.

The light flickered again, bringing the Angel that much closer to them.

"Keep your eyes on it. Don't blink!" the Doctor quickly said, turning to face the creature in the process.

"Run!" Amy told him.

"You see, we're not going, we're not leaving you here!"

"I don't need you to die for me, do I look that clingy?"

"Oh for God's sake! Amy!" Renata groaned. "You can move your hand!"

"It's stone!"

"It's not stone!"

"Those people up there will die without you. If you stay here with me, you'll have as good as killed them!"

The Doctor inwardly groaned. They really didn't have time for this. "Amy Pond, you are magnificent. And I'm sorry."

Amy gulped, trying to appear as brave as she could. "It's OK. I understand. You've got to leave me."

"Oh, no, I'm not leaving you, never. I'm sorry about this!"

Renata closed her eyes just as he...

Amy screamed. "YOU BIT ME!"

The Doctor grinned at her dumbfounded, quite angry, face. "But not stone, see? Now run!"

Renata grabbed the girl's hand just to give ita quick study. She could see the bite marks left on her skin and felt terrible. "We'll make it up to you Amy, I promise!"

"Let's go!" the Doctor exclaimed and pulled Renata who brought along Amy.

"I've got a mark! Look at my hand!" Amy stilled cried on the run.

"You really didn't have to bite that hard, Doctor," Renata said, much to the Doctor's dismay.

"And she's alive! Are any of you getting that!?"

"Blimey, your teeth! Have you got space teeth?" Amy was giving him a look and then switched to Renata.

Renata actually laughed. "Space teeth. That's a new one."

The Doctor groaned at the two. "You're missing the point!"

They caught up to the others and as soon as Gabby saw them with Amy, she ran up to them. "I am so sorry! They wouldn't let me go back for Amy!"

"They did the right thing," Renata assured, then met River's expectant gaze. She nodded a silent thanks. See, River couldn't be that mean if she was actually watching out for Gabby...right?

"The Angel's are coming. And they're draining the power for themselves," the Doctor noted the way all of their torches were flickering with less gaps between them.

Octavian nodded, knowing where it was going. "Which means we won't be able to see them."

"Which means we can't stay here!"

"There are more incoming!"

"Any suggestions?" River would take anyone's suggestions at this point, literally anyone.

"The statues are advancing on all sides and we don't have the climbing equipment to reach the Byzantium," Octavian said.

"There's no way up, no way back, no way out. No pressure—" River looked specifically at the Doctor, "—but this is usually when you have a really good idea."

Once again she proved that she did know him. The Doctor was already working on it, his gaze flickering from one place to another. Renata felt the way his mind was working and genuinely had some concerns with its the speed. He would never cease to surprise her.

The lights flickered off again and the next time they returned, the Angels were much closer.

"There's always a way out," the Doctor said despite their passage truly being blocked now.

'Doctor? Can I speak to the Doctor, please?'

The Doctor turned for Octavian and was able to get the radio without any protest. "Hello, Angels. What's your problem?"

'Your power will not last much longer, and the Angels will be with you shortly. Sorry, sir.'

"Why are you telling me this?" It's not like he couldn't already see it. He wasn't THAT that thick.

'There's something the Angels are very keen you should know before the end.'

"Which is?"

'I died in fear.'

"I'm sorry?"

'You told me my fear would keep me alive but I died afraid, in pain and alone. You made me trust you, and when it mattered, you let me down.'

"What are they doing?" Amy whispered to River. She could see the way the Doctor had just frozen in his spot, but why?

"They're trying to make him angry," River answered quietly, already having seen more of those bits.

'I'm sorry, sir. The Angels were very keen for you to know that.'

"It's a trap," Renata whispered to him. He was trying to block her from feeling all the anger bubbling inside him. She didn't need that in her. "They want you to forget about us. Focus on them and slip up."

Never would I forget about you, Gala. The Doctor breathed out, as if that was what he had needed...and it was. He swallowed hard and met Renata's eyes. She was smiling at him so widely and happily. The Angel's wished they could drive his attention away from her.

He raised the radio again to his lips. "Well then, the Angels have made their second mistake because I'm not going to let that pass. I'm sorry you're dead, Bob, but I swear to whatever is left of you, they will be sorrier."

'But you're trapped, sir, and about to die.'

"Yeah, I'm trapped. Speaking of traps, this trap has got a great big mistake in it. A great big, whopping mistake!"

"What mistake, sir?"

Before answering the question, the Doctor turned to the others. "Trust me?" His eyes settled on Amy and River. He wasn't sure about the latter but the last thing he needed was for River to start shooting at him because she had zero idea what he would do.

"Yes," both women answered.

"Trust me?" the question went to Gabby next, making her playfully roll her eyes.

"Of course!"

"You lot - trust me?" the Doctor met Octavian's gaze.

"We have faith, sir."

If you ask me, I will feel very offended. Renata's smile turned into a smirk after catching the Doctor glancing at her.

I was going to ask if you loved me but I guess we could save that for later. The Doctor found time to smirk before he demanded for Octavian's gun. "I'm about to do something incredibly stupid and dangerous. When I do...jump."

"Jump where exactly?" Gabby raised an eyebrow at him.

"Just jump, high as you can. Come on, leap of faith. On my signal."

"What signal?" Octavian asked, getting quite a smug look in return.

"You won't miss it." The Doctor aimed the gun at the roof.

'Sorry, can I ask again? You mentioned a mistake?'

"Oh, big mistake. Huge," the Doctor spoke into the radio with a huge difference in confidence. For now, they might just be able to save themselves. "There's one thing you never put in a trap, if you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap."

'And what would that be, sir?'

"Me!" He fired at the gravity globe above them, making it explode.

Everyone got the signal.

Author's Note:

So out of all 3 Doctor Who OCs I've written these episodes for, Renata's fic is by far the one with the longest versions. I don't know if it's because this also the fic with the only other permanent companion (Gabby) in the TARDIS who has such a deep bond with the OC and Doctor that she has to have her own scenes/dialogue? Idk, but I'm sorry in advance because I also had to break up the next episode into more chapters.

P.S As always, I have a tumblr account dedicated to my fanfic works! It's a place where anyone can comment about a story or even just talk to me! I often drop aesthetic work belonging to my stories too! Feel free to check it out, my URL is "saiilorstars"

For the Reviews:

savethemadscientist: I know, I debated how/who would take the box in the beginning because in the show, the Doctor takes it out of pure curiosity and maybe even obligation but given how his relationship with River is in this world, I didn't see him taking the box so easily. Gabby definitely wouldn't if she had been able to read Gallifreyan. Renata will always be the more dutiful one out of the trio, for better or for worse. Ha, ha, why Gabby would teach River how to drive the TARDIS? It's a matter of thinking why would Gabby ever want to teach River anything in the first place ;)). Yeah, River's probably never going to see them as a pair honestly. Too love-struck. Thanks for pointing it out! I'll go fix it!

SerahSanguine: I love me some cliffhangers when I'm the one putting them xD. Yeah, it's always a hit or miss when it comes to River's character in fics but I wanted a different path for her given that this is the third time I write a DW fic with her in it!

the . apple . seed: Thanks so much! Hope you liked the new chapter!

The Time Lord Oracle: Not gonna lie, I originally had it drafted in that way but switched it up at the end xD. For now, this OC won't have the angel in her head! Who knows for the next one ;).