Butterfly Effect

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“I’M GONNA KILL HIM!”

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I turned, seeing Melody. “Mels.”

The woman gave me a wary look. “Terra Song?”

“Yes. Hello.” I waved, overly cheery. “Want to help me murder the Doctor? I’m in a mood.”

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“Wanna get murdered?” I asked, but my lip in excitement.

Mels smirked. “They said you liked danger.”

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“You’re hot.” I said, feeling tipsy. “Be my wife.”

Mels laughed. “You’re drunk.”

“Tipsy. Be my wife.”

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“First rule of money. Never use your own.” I revealed the money clip I pickpocketed.

Mels smiled, jaw dropped. “You are a bad girl.”

I winked at her. “Yep.”

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Laughing hysterically, I threw a water balloon filled with pink paint at the police car.

Getting back into my seat, Mels high-fived me.

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ALL: Argh!”

(They dive for safety as the Chevrolet Corvette skids to a halt by the TARDIS. A young woman gets out wearing a River Song type costume.)

Mels “You said he was funny. You never said he was hot.”

“Terra!” The Doctor cheered.

I turned to the man. I marched right up to him, giving him a hefty slap.

He grabbed his cheek. “What was that for?!”

“Bad Wolf.” I reminded. “49.”

The Doctor’s green eyes widened. He looked really scared. “Oh.”

I nodded.

The Doctor gave me an angry look back, as if just remembering his reason to be angry. “Well you never told me what really happened to you! You never said it was the Silence that did that to you!”

“Because you would get angry!” I argued. “Like it clearly has!”

Rory “Mels!”

Amelia “What are you doing here?”

Mels “Following you. What do you think?”

Rory “Er, where did you get the car?”

(Police sirens in the distance.)

Mels “It’s mine. Ish.”

Amelia “Oh, Mels, not again.”

Rory “You can’t keep doing this. You’re going to end up in prison.”

The Doctor “Sorry. Hello. Doctor not following this. Doctor very lost. You never said I was hot?”

Mels “Is that the phone box? The bigger on the inside phone box? Oh, time travel. That’s just brilliant. Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about you. I’m their best mate.”

The Doctor “Then why don’t I know you? I danced with everyone at the wedding. The women were all brilliant. The men were a bit shy.”

Mels “I don’t do weddings.”

(The sirens get closer.)

Mels “And that’s me out of time.”

(Mels pulls a gun on the Doctor.)

Amelia “Mels!”

Rory “For God’s sake!”

Amelia “What are you doing?”

Mels “I need out of here, now.”

(A helicopter is coming, too.) The Doctor “Anywhere in particular?”

Mels “Well, let’s see. You’ve got a time machine, I’ve got a gun. What the hell. Let’s kill Hitler.”

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The Doctor “You’ve shot it! You shot my TARDIS! You shot the console!”

Mels “It’s your fault!”

The Doctor “Argh! How’s it my fault?”

Mels “You said guns didn’t work in this place. You said we’re in a state of temporal grace.”

The Doctor “That was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie.”

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The Doctor “Out, out, out! Everybody out. Don’t breathe the smoke, just get out!”

Amelia “Where are we?”

The Doctor “A room.”

Rory “What room?”

The Doctor “I don’t know what room. I haven’t memorised every room in the universe yet. I had yesterday off. Mels, don’t go in there.”

(The Doctor takes Mels’ gun away.) Mels “Oi.”

The Doctor “Bad smoke. Don’t breathe the bad, bad, smoke. Bad, deadly smoke because somebody shot my TARDIS!”

(Rory has gone to Zimmerman.)

Rory “Doctor. This guy, I think he’s hurt.”

Rory “No, hang on. No, he’s fine.”

(The Doctor puts the gun in a fruit bowl. It’s owner gets up from behind his desk.)

The Doctor “Ooo, hello. Sorry, is this your office? Had a sort of collision with my vehicle. Faults on both sides, let’s say no more about-”

(Then they sees who he is talking to)

The Doctor “It.”

Rory “Who?”

Amelia “Is that? No, it can’t be, Doctor?”

HITLER: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you have just saved my life.”

The Doctor “Believe me, it was an accident.”

HITLER: What is this thing?”

Amelia “What did he mean, we saved his life? We could not have just saved Hitler.”

The Doctor “You see? You see? Time travel, it never goes to plan.”

HITLER: This box. What is it?”

The Doctor “It’s a police telephone box from London, England. That’s right, Adolf. The British are coming.”

(Zimmerman stands up.)

HITLER: No, stop him!”

(The Doctor ducks as Hitler shoots Zimmerman.)

Rory “Sit still, shut up.”

(Amy goes to Zimmerman.) Amelia “Are you okay?”

(Carter uses the speaker.) ZIMMERMAN: Yes, yes. Yes, I’m fine. I think he missed.”

HITLER: He was going to kill me.”

Rory “Shut up, Hitler!”

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“Hitler.” I turned to Rory. “You, Nurse boy, take Hitler and put him in the cupboard.”

Rory blinked, but then sighed in resignation. “Right. Putting Hitler in the cupboard. Cupboard, Hitler. Hitler, cupboard. Come on.”

Hitler: “But I am the Fuhrer!”

Rory “Right, in you go!”

Hilter: “Who are you?”

The Doctor “Are you okay?”

Zimmerman: “Oh, I

Rory: “I think he just fainted.

The Doctor “Yes, that was a faint. A perfect faint.

Amelia: “Mels?

Mels ““Hitler.

“He’s a lousy shot.” I shrugged. “Ain’t he?”

Mels gave a tired laugh. “Yeah.” She lifted her hand, showing off a bullet wound.

Amelia: “Mels! Mels!

The Doctor “Rory!

Rory: “No, no, no, no! I’ve got to stop the bleeding.

Amelia: “How bad is it? Rory, what can we do?

Rory: “Just keep her conscious. Stay with us, Mels.

The Doctor: “Hey, look at me. Just hold on.

Mels: “I used to dream about you. All those stories Amy used to tell me.

The Doctor: “What stories? Tell me what stories. Vampires in Venice. That’s a belter.

Mels: “When I was little, I was going to marry you.

The Doctor: “Good idea, let’s get married. You stay alive and I’ll marry you, deal? Deal?

Mels: “Shouldn’t you ask my parents permission?

The Doctor: “As soon as you’re well, I’ll get on the phone.

Mels: “Might as well do it now, since they’re both right here. Penny in the air. Penny drops.

Rory: “What the hell’s going on?

The Doctor: “Back! Back! Back! Get back!

Mels: “Last time I did this, I ended up a toddler in the middle of New York.

Amelia: “Okay, Doctor, explain what is happening, please.

The Doctor: “Mels. Short for

Mels: “Melody.

Amelia: “Yeah. I named my daughter after her.

The Doctor: “You named your daughter after your daughter.”

Mels: “It took me years to find you two. I’m so glad I did. And you see? It all worked out in the end, didn’t it. You got to raise me after all.”

Amelia: “You’re Melody?”

Rory: “But if she’s Melody, that means that she’s also-”

Mels: “Shut up, Dad. I’m focusing on a dress size.”

River: “Oh! Oh! Oh! Whoa! Right, let’s see, then. Ooo, it’s all going on down there, isn’t it? The hair! Oh, the hair. It just doesn’t stop, does it? Look at that. Everything changes. Oh, but I love it. I love it! I’m all sort of mature.”

(She strikes a Mrs Robinson pose.)

River: “Hello, Benjamin.”

The Doctor: “Who’s Benjamin?”

River: “The teeth. The teeth, the teeth! Oh, look at them.”

(River pins the Doctor against Hitler’s desk.)

River: “Watch out that bow tie. Excuse me, you lot. I need to weigh myself.”

(She runs off into a side room.)

Amelia: “That’s Melody.”

Rory: “That’s River Song.”

River: “Who’s River Song?”

The Doctor: “Spoilers.”

River: “Spoilers? What’s spoilers? Hang on, just something I have to check.”

Rory: “Is anybody else finding today just a bit difficult? I’m getting a sort of banging in my head.”

Amelia: “Yeah, I think that’s Hitler in the cupboard.”

Rory: “That’s not helping.”

The Doctor: “This isn’t the River Song we know yet. This is her right at the start. Doesn’t even know her own name.”

River: “Oh, that’s magnificent! I’m going to wear lots of jodhpurs.

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River: “Well, now, enough of all that. Down to business.

(She has somehow got Hitler’s gun.)

The Doctor: “Oh, hello. I thought we were getting married.

River: “I told you I’m not a wedding person.

Rory: “Doctor, what’s she doing?

The Doctor: “What she’s programmed to.

Rory: “Where’d she get the gun?

The Doctor: “Hello, Benjamin.

(She picked it up from the chair.)

River: “You noticed.

(She tries to fire it, but the chambers are empty.)

The Doctor: “Of course I noticed.

(He took the bullets out while she was regenerating.)

The Doctor: “As soon as I knew you were coming, I tidied up a bit.

River: “I know you did.

(She spotted the gun in the fruit bowl.)

The Doctor: “I know you know.

(He turns the bowl and she points a banana at him instead.)

River: “Goodness, is killing you going to take all day?

The Doctor: “Why? Are you busy?

River: “Oh, I’m not complaining.

(She grabs a letter opener and he sonicks it away.)

The Doctor: “If you were in a hurry, you could’ve killed me in the cornfield.

River: “We’d only just met. I’m a psychopath. I’m not rude.

(She grabs Zimmerman’s automatic, but the Doctor has the clip.)

Amelia: “You are not a psychopath. Why would she be a psychopath?

River: “Oh, Mummy, Mummy, pay attention. I was trained and conditioned for one purpose. I was born to kill the Doctor.

The Doctor: “Demons Run, remember? This is what they were building. My bespoke psychopath.

River: “I’m all yours, sweetie.

The Doctor: “Only River Song gets to call me that.

River: “And who’s River Song?

The Doctor: “An old friend of mine.

River: “Stupid name. Oh, look at that. Berlin on the eve of war. A whole world about to tear itself apart. Now that’s my kind of town.” River reached over, wrapping her arm around mine. She dragged me towards the window.

“Woah-hey!” I said, shaking my arm in her grasp. “Let me go!” I turned back to the Doctor, praying the poison wouldn’t take effect.

“Sorry, sweetie.” River said. Though she clearly wasn’t, as River always sounded just a bit off. “But you and I are sticking together. Mum, Dad, don’t follow me. And, yes, that is a warning.”

The Doctor: “No warning for me then?”

River: “No need, my love. The deed is done and so are you.”

(The Doctor staggers.) I shook my arm, trying to punch River or at least get her to let me go.

“No!” I shouted, my arm moving to pry River away from me. “Doctor!” My voice came out as a plea, slightly in shock at seeing him dying. I couldn’t handle it so soon after Station 5, it might break me.

Amelia: “Doctor, what’s wrong?”

The Doctor: “What have you done? River!”

River: “Oh, River, River, River. More than a friend, I think.” She pouted at me. “And in front of you. Wow, has he no shame?”

The Doctor: “What have you done?

River: “It was never going to be a gun for you, Doctor. The man of peace who understands every kind of warfare, except, perhaps, the cruellest.”

“If you die, I’ll kill you!” I screamed at him, begging. ‘Please, Theta, don’t die. I can’t lose you.’

The Doctor looked over at me, struggling to hold himself up.

River: “Kiss, kiss.”

(River jumps out of the broken window.)

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Officer: “What are you doing here?

River: “Well, I was on my way to this gay Gypsy Bar-Mitzvah for the disabled, when I thought gosh, the Third Reich’s a bit rubbish. I think I’ll kill the Fuhrer. Who’s with me?

Officer: “Shoot her.

(Rory watches as the soldiers fire lots of bullets.)

Rory: “No!

River: “Tip for you all. Never shoot a girl while she’s regenerating.

(River blasts them with her golden energy then takes their weapons.)

River: “Ah! Now, that hit the spot. Thanks, boys. Call me.

(River gets on a motorbike.)

Amelia: “What are you doing?

River: “New body, new town. I’m going shopping.

(River drives away. A soldier come out on another bike.)

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“If the Doctor dies, you make an enemy of me.”

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(The elite of Berlin are wining and dining in style as a string quartet plays. Their pleasure is interrupted by a hail of bullets.)

River: “Ladies and gentleman, I don’t have a thing to wear. Take off your clothes.

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“River Song.” River commented, looking at me in the reflection of the mirror. “Terra Song. Are you related?”

“No. I checked. One too many days spent in the Enchanted Forest.” I remarked, looking around at the piles of German clothes. “She’s my wife.”

“Wife?” River chuckled. “Oh, the Doctor must not like her.”

“He’s a guy. Girl on girl action is the best thing ever. He never tells us to stop.”

“Really?”

“No idea. I’m not exactly looking at his face when I make out with my wife.”

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River: “Now, look at that. Now that’s fun from every angle.

(Amy enters. But which one?)

River: “Now dear, I told you not to follow me.”

I stood up from my seat, glaring at the robot. My feet stood firm on the marble ground, waiting for the time to run. If I wanted to protect River, I didn’t have much a chance unless I was fast.

River: “I might take the age down a little, just gradually, to freak people out.

Carter: “You killed the Doctor.”

River: “Oh yes, I know, dear. I hope you’re not going to keep on about it. Oh, regeneration. It’s a whole new coloring to work with.” (River is trying on a Luftwaffe uniform.)

Carter: “You killed the Doctor on the orders of the movement known as the Silence and Academy of the Question. You accept and know this to be true?”

River: “Quite honestly, I don’t really remember. It was all a bit of jumble.”

(Carter opens its mouth and a bright beam hits River’s head.)

River: “No! No! Get off me!”

The Doctor: “Sorry, did you say she killed the Doctor? The Doctor? Doctor who?”

River: “You’re dying and you stopped to change?”

The Doctor: “Oh, you should always waste time when you don’t have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule four hundred and eight. Amelia Pond, judgment death machine. Why am I not surprised? Sonic cane.

River: “Are you serious?

“Never knowingly. Never knowingly be serious. Rule twenty seven.” The Doctor winked at me. “You might want to write these down. Oh, it’s a robot. With four hundred and twenty three life signs inside. A robot worked by tiny people. Love it. But how do you all get in there, though. Bigger on the inside? No, basic miniaturisation sustained by a compression field. Ooo. Watch what you eat, it’ll get you every time. Amy, if you and Rory are okay, signal me.

The Doctor: “Thanking you.

Carter: “How’d you do that?

The Doctor: “Argh! I’m so sorry. Leg went to sleep. Just had a quick left leg power nap. I forgot I had one scheduled. Actually, better sit down. I think I heard the right one yawning.

(River tries to run. The Teselecta grabs her with its beam.)

“Don’t you touch her! Do not harm either of them in any way!” The Doctor yelled.

Carter: “Why would you care? She’s the woman who kills you.”

The Doctor: “I’m not dead.”

Carter: “You’re dying.”

The Doctor: “Well, at least I’m not a time travelling shape shifting robot operated by miniaturized cross people, which, I have got to admit, I didn’t see coming. What do you want with her?”

Carter: “She’s Melody Pond. According to records, the woman who kills the Doctor.”

The Doctor: “And I’m the Doctor. So what’s it to you?”

Carter: “Throughout history, many criminals have gone unpunished in their lifetimes. Time travel has responsibilities.”

The Doctor: “What? You got yourselves time travel, so you decided to punish dead people?”

Carter: “We don’t kill them. We extract them near the end of their established timelines.”

The Doctor: “And then what?

Carter: “Give them hell.

The Doctor: “I’d ask you who you think you are but I think the answer is pretty obvious. So, who do you think I am, huh? The woman who killed the Doctor. It sounds like you’ve got my biography in there. I’d love a peek.

Carter: “Our records office is sealed to the public. Foreknowledge is dangerous.

The Doctor: “Yeah, well, I’ll be dead in three minutes. There isn’t much foreknowledge left.

Carter: “Sorry, can’t do that.

Teselecta: “Records available.

The Doctor: “Question. I’m dying. Who wants me dead?

Teselecta: “The Silence.

The Doctor: “What is the Silence? Why is it called that? What does it mean?

Teselecta: “The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order, or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked.

The Doctor: “What question?

Teselecta: “The first question. The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight.

The Doctor: “Yes, but what is the question?

Teselecta: “Unknown.

The Doctor: “Oh. Well, fat lot of use that is, you big ginge. Call yourself a Records argh! Argh! Kidneys are always the first to quit. I’ve had better, you know.

The Doctor: “Amy. Rory. Amy. Can you hear me?

“What do we do? This is me. This is me actually talking. What do we do?

The Doctor: “Just stop them. She’s your daughter. Just stop them.”

Amelia: “How? How? How?”

The Doctor: “Just do it!”

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The Doctor: “Please. Now we have to save your parents. Don’t run. Now, I know you’re scared, but never run when you’re scared. Rule seven. Please.”

Amelia: “Doctor, help us! Doctor, please!

(The dying Doctor struggles to his feet and tries to make his way to the TARDIS. He can’t make it.)

Amelia: “Doctor! Help!

River: “Look at you. You still care.

Amelia: “Doctor, help! Doctor, help us! Please help us.

River: “It’s impressive, I’ll give you that.

The Doctor: “River, please.”

River: “Again? Who is this River? She’s got to be a woman. Am I right?”

The Doctor: “Help me. Save Amy and Rory. Help me.”

River: “Tell me about her. Go on.”

The Doctor: “Just help me.”

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“Don’t you dare.” I growled at him. “Not on me.”

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Amelia: “You can’t die now. I know you don’t die now.

The Doctor: “Oh, Pond, you’ve got a schedule for everything.

Amelia: “But it doesn’t make any sense.

Rory: “Doctor, what do we do? Come on. How do we help you?

The Doctor: “No. Sorry, Rory, you can’t. Nobody can. Ponds, listen to me. I need to talk to your daughter.”

(Rory and Amy move away from the Doctor, and let River approach.)

The Doctor: “Find her. Find River Song and tell her something from me.”

River: “Tell her what?” (The Doctor whispers in her ear.) “Well, I’m sure she knows.”

(The Doctor is dead.)

Then...it all stopped.

He was dead. This wasn’t like all the other times, when he regenerated. This had been his last body. There could be no regeneration this time, judas tree or not. The Doctor was gone. I knew he would come back, that River would use up her last regenerations to keep him alive, that in a few minutes he would be bouncing about this room with his usual carefree strut.

That didn’t stop this cold feeling growing in my chest in my hearts. That knowledge that I had seen the Doctor in the future after this, seen him partying with Clara and seen him lose the Ponds. He had been in the Dalek Asylum, and in the town Mercy. I had been with him on Trenzalore, and seen him die.

My Doctor would get up...or I wouldn’t.

The darkness was creeping in, worse than if Morgana was taking me over. I felt...empty. That is the only way to say it. The world was spinning around me, but all I could see was the Doctor’s dressed up suit. Our friends were talking behind me, but all my ears wouldn’t pick up any sound that wouldn’t be the Doctor’s sarcastic remarks. This was me when I was empty. This was me when my mate died.

This is the Empty Queen.

“Terra?” River’s voice broke through the growing madness. The madness the Silence put me through.

“What?” I snapped, gripping the Doctor’s hand tighter. It was colder than it usually was. Damn Time Lord Biology, making him cooler in death.

“You said the Doctor was worth it.” River commented.

Yes. Yes he is. Because as much as this hurts, I wouldn’t dare give any of it up. I wouldn’t take back a single day the Doctor and I had together.

“Just tell me.” River asked. “Is he still?”

“Totally.” I reached up, cupping his cheek in my hand. “Totally and completely.”

“Then please step back.” River asked, gently.

Daring myself to look, I saw her hands glow with golden regeneration energy. Taking my hands away from the Doctor would feel like cutting out stitches with safety scissors. I glared at River, feeling that Bad Wolf protectiveness. “You better bring him back, River.”

River nodded, walking closer. “I will.”

With great care, I let go of the Doctor’s hand. I took a shaky step away, quickly sitting down on the other side of the steps so I didn’t fall on my ass.

(River pours her golden regeneration energy into the Doctor, and he revives.)

The Doctor: “River. No. What are you doing?

River: “Hello, sweetie.

(River kisses the Doctor.)

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Amelia: “Hey.”

River: “Hey. Where am I?”

Amelia: “You’re safe now. Apparently, you used all your remaining regenerations in one go. You shouldn’t have done that.”

River: “Mother, I had to try.”

Amelia: “I know.”

River: “He said no-one could save him, but he must have known I could.”

The Doctor: “Rule one. The Doctor lies.”

NURSE: “She just needs to rest. She’ll be absolutely fine.”

The Doctor: “No, she won’t. She will be amazing.”

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Amelia: “So that’s it, we leave her there?”

The Doctor: “Sisters of the Infinite Schism. Greatest hospital in the universe.”

Amelia: “Yeah, but she’s our daughter. Doctor, she’s River and she’s our daughter.”

The Doctor: “Amy, I know. But we have to let her make her own way now. We have too much foreknowledge. Dangerous thing, foreknowledge.”

(His Teselecta biography is on the scanner.)

Amelia: “What’s that?”

The Doctor: “Nothing.”

(He turns it off.)

The Doctor: “Just some data I downloaded from the Teselecta. Very boring.”

Rory: “Doctor, River was brainwashed to kill you, right?”

The Doctor: “Well, she did kill me, and then she used her remaining lives to bring me back. As first dates go, I’d say that was mixed signals.”

Rory: “But that stuff that they put in her head, is that gone now? The River that we know in the future, she is in prison for murder.”

Amelia: “Whose murder? Will we see her again?”

The Doctor: “Oh, she’ll come looking for us.”

Amelia: “Yeah, but how? How do people even look for you?”

The Doctor: “Oh, Pond. Haven’t you figured that one out yet?”

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The Doctor didn’t look up from the console. “You were trapped there for three days.”

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I grabbed his tweed jacket. “Doctor, if you had stopped it, then I wouldn’t have what I have with you.”

The Doctor looked so confused. “But, we might have had a better chance if-”

“No.” I stopped him. “Our chances would not be better if they were linear. I love what we have. It’s fun, and it’s with you.”

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*SLAP*

“Youch!”

“Gah!” I hissed, my palm burning from that powerful slap. Marshall Eriksen taught me well.

The Doctor looked at me in almost angry shock. “Why did you-”

“Never say that to me again.” I bit my lip to stop from crying. “E-Ever! I don’t c-care what’s happening, just never say you’re going to...” I choked on my tears. “I don’t want a life without you. I came this close to losing you just an hour ago, ya know? I almost lost you on the Space Station and I had to take in the Time Vortex just to keep you from dying. I have nightmares about life without you. You’re my Mate, someone who I will always want there. Those were the worst two minutes of my life. I don’t want to hear about you d-dying, ever.”

The Doctor was still visible through my tears. He looked surprised at my reaction. He meant it only as a way to get information.

His eyes widened. I could see the self shock in his eyes. He genuinely couldn’t believe it. He had made me cry, just so that I would talk. He brought up his death, just so I would talk. He threw in my face that I knew everything about everything, just so I would talk.

The Doctor held my face, using his thumbs to brush away any of my forming tears. “Morgan, I just want to know why you wouldn’t tell me.”

“What would you have done, Theta?” I asked, trying to talk through my tears. “Hmm? Would you go there to make sure the Silence was taken down before I got there?”

The Doctor didn’t pause in his answer. “Yes! I wouldn’t want any of them there when you arrived! I wouldn’t let the Silence to do anything to you, to have something so precious to me!” He swore,

“Theta.” I held his hand in mine. “I love you.”

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