So I've very lucky and I'm going to see Ed Sheeran on Saturday and I thought that this book only has three parts left until book six so why not have the sixth book out on Saturday? I don't know if everything will be edited in time for it since this is last minute but hopefully, it is.

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"I'm..." the Doctor swallowed after a moment of silence unable to turn his head to look at the Stone not because the clamps on his shoulders made it difficult to see, because they didn't, but from how guilty he felt. He could only see her in the corner of his eyes and had to pull himself together to do even that. "I'm sorry."

"Oh, sweetheart." The Stone murmured managing to grip his forefinger with her own. The only touch they could currently share. "You don't have to apologise to me." She shook her head. "This is my fault as much as yours. Don't blame only yourself."

"I fell into this trap first-"

"Now stop." She closed her eyes sucking in a sharp intake of air. "Please." She shakily and quietly begged her eyes remained closed. "I don't want to argue with you Doctor, not now."

"I'll stop, dear." He sighed.

"Thank you." She softly smiled squeezing his finger with her own. "There is one thing about this." She softly smiled.

"And what is that?" He questioned seeing the small smile on her lips. Knowing exactly what she was doing.

"We still have each other."

"Yeah." He murmured a smile growing on his own. "We do."

"And we can still touch..."

"Not as much as I want." He admitted. "But it's better than nothing right dear?"

"Of course." She then sniffed. "And perhaps..."

"Perhaps?"

"We could tell stories." She suggested. "To pass the time."

"You know all my stories." He furrowed his brows. "Every single one."

"Well, you can tell them again." She chuckled a little. "I'm not going anywhere anytime soon sweetheart."

The Pandorica then began to open releasing the Time Lords who stared confused as they saw Rory standing there pointing the Doctors sonic at where the Pandorica doors were.

"How did you do that?" The Doctor questioned getting up. The Stone did the same rubbing her wrists.

"You gave me this." He held up what was a sonic screwdriver identical to the Doctors.

Frowning the Doctor brought out his own sonic. "No, I didn't."

"You did. Look at it."

The Stone frowned taking the Doctors sonic lightly touching the one in Rory's hand, the three watched the two sonics spark.

"Temporal energy." The Doctor explained catching the screwdriver after the Stone tossed it to him. "Same screwdriver at different points in its own time stream. Which means it was me who gave it to you. Me from the future." He started to beam. "I've got a future."

"I presume I do as well otherwise..." the Stone frowned, trailing off.

"Yeah, you do." Rory nodded.

"Even better." The Doctor beamed tightly hugging the Stone. "Now I have missed this." He mumbled into her neck.

"We weren't put in their that long ago." She snorted.

"But I couldn't touch you when I wanted to dear."

"There is that." She chuckled smiling fondly smelling the small hint of grease on his jacket after he had started fixing TARDIS earlier that day. Even after three washes the smell still stuck to his clothes. Not that she at all minded. It reminded her of him and the TARDIS. "But on the topic of the future..." She trailed off kissing the Doctors cheek. "It is pretty nice."

"Yes, it is."

"But that's not so nice." She looked past Rory seeing two Daleks that looked fossilised.

"You are right there, Dear." The Doctor nodded in agreement.

"Yeah." Rory frowned. "What are they?"

"History has collapsed." The Doctor said eyeing the other specs of dust and remaining fossilised remains around the Pandorica. "Whole races have been deleted from existence. These are just like after-images. Echoes. Fossils in time. The footprints of the never-were."

"Er." Rory looked at the Stone. "What does he mean by that?"

"Basically he means a total event collapse." She winced slightly. "The universe literally never happened."

"So, how can we be here?" He frowned. "What's keeping us safe?"

"Nothing." The Doctor shook his head. "Eye of the storm, that's all."

"In a sense, we're just the last light to go out." The Stone cut in.

"Amy." The Doctor murmured then looked up at Rory. "Where's Amy?"

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The Doctor lifted the blanket from Amy's face. The Stone looked at the man with sympathy while the Doctor swallowed thickly.

"I killed her."

"Oh, Rory." The Stone let out a sigh slowly shaking her head. "I'm really sorry."

"Stone, what am I?"

"You're a Nestene duplicate." She softly explained trying to be as clear as possible so he would understand. "Basically in the kindest way I can think possible you're a lump of plastic with delusions of humanity."

"But I'm Rory now." He protested. "Whatever was happening, it's stopped. I'm Rory."

"That's software talking." The Doctor nodded at him.

"Can you help her?" Rory looked between the Time Lords "Is there anything you can do?"

"Yeah, probably." The Doctor nodded. "If we had the time."

"The time?" Rory repeated growing slightly annoyed. The Stone winced seeing what was coming next.

"All of creation has just been wiped from the sky." The Doctor replied turning around and away from Rory. "Do you know how many lives now never happened? All the people who never lived? Your girlfriend isn't more important than the whole universe."

Clenching his jaw Rory grabbed the Doctor by his shoulder spun him around and punched him right in the jaw. Instantly the Doctor fell to the floor. "She is to me!"

Slightly wobbling with his hair a complete mess the Doctor stood back up laughing a little and cracking his jaw back into place. "Welcome back, Rory Williams! Sorry. Had to be sure." He shook himself. "Hell of a gun-arm you're packing there."

"We know now." The Stone gave Rory a reassuring smile. "I wish someone told me their plan before they almost had their jaw removed from their body." She narrowed her eyes at the Doctor.

"Sorry dear." He winced.

"Never mind apologising." She shook her head a hand coming to rest on his cheek. "Are you okay though?" She asked slightly worried knowing how he was at times. "I heard a click, or a crack or was it-"

"I''m fine." He chuckled placing his hand on the one on his cheek taking it into his own hands gently squeezing. "I promise you Stone, completely fine."

"Doctor-" she gave him a warning look.

"Stone." He cupped her cheeks. "Would I ever lie to you?" He seriously asked his eyes staring into hers. "Ever."

"No." She slowly shook her head. "You're right I'm, sorry sweetheart."

"It's completely fine." He softly smiled kissing the tip of her nose. "You're worried about the universe." He then whispered into her ear when bringing her in for a tight hug. "I am too."

The Stone slowly nodded after separating clapping her hands together seeming to gain Rory's attention after he had diverted his attention to staring up at the uneasily empty night sky. Giving the Time Lords their moment. "Right, we need to get Amy downstairs." Rory frowned not understanding her reasoning.

"And take that look off your plastic face." The Doctor added. "You're getting married in the morning."

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"So you've got a plan, then?" Rory looked between the Time Lords who made sure Amy would be fine after everything in the Pandorica clamped down in her.

"Bit of a plan, yeah." The Doctor nodded.

"It's not a plan." She said over her shoulder to Rory. "Honestly we don't really work well with plans. We more so go along and hope for the best..." she then trailed off seeing the look of slight terror on Rory's face. "I'm not helping am I?"

"I don't think you are dear." The Doctor grinned kissing her cheek. "Memories are more powerful than you think, and Amy Pond is not an ordinary girl." He explained to Rory placing his fingers on her temples. "Grew up with a time crack in her wall. The universe pouring through her dreams every night."

"And the Nestenes took a memory print of her and got a bit more than they bargained for like you so to say." The Time Lady nodded at Rory. "They didn't just get your face, but your heart and your soul."

"I'm leaving her a message for when she wakes up." The Doctor explained to Rory. His eyes closed as he did so. Feeling as if Rory was staring at him strangely. "So she knows what's happening."

The Doctor then nodded lightly patting Amy's cheek before stepping away from the Pandorica flashing his sonic at the box while then shut. Sealing Amy inside.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Rory looked between the Time Lords. Looking more so at the Stone for help. "What are you doing?"

"Rory it will be okay." The Stone reassured lightly patting his shoulder. "We're saving her."

The Doctor nodded. "This box is the ultimate prison. You can't even escape by dying. It forces you to stay alive."

"But she's already dead."

"Well, she's mostly dead." He shrugged a little. "The Pandorica can stasis-lock her that way. Now, all it needs is a scan of her living DNA and it'll restore her."

"Where's it going to get that?"

The Doctor frowned a little checking his wristwatch. "In about two thousand years."

"Now..." the Stone frowned looking around. "Doctor do you remember where River left her bag?"

"Hmm, I'm not sure...'

"Got it!" She grinned picking up the vortex manipulator lying on the floor next to the blondes bag before tossing it to the Doctor. "I would use it but I have a sense that you want to use it." She laughed seeing the bright giddy smile on his face.

Looking back up at the Pandorica Rory muttered. "She's going to be in that box for two thousand years?"

"Yeah, but we're taking a shortcut." The Doctor grinned showing his wrist. "River's vortex manipulator. Rubbish way to time travel, but the universe is tiny now. We'll be fine."

"So hang on." Rory held up a hand trying to understand. "The future's still there, then. Our world."

"A version of it. Not quite the one you know."

"Or we know." The Stone said slightly grinning. "This is quite exciting." The Doctor gave her a slightly worried look. "Don't look at me like that Doctor." She fondly shook her head at him. "It's something neither of us have seen before. Even you are excited about this."

"Slightly." He grinned before turning to explain to Rory. "Earth alone in the sky. Let's go and have a look. You put your hand there." He nodded holding out his arm. The Stone placed her hand down. The Doctor wrapped an arm around the Time Lady.

"Don't worry, Rory." She smiled. "Should be safe. I'm putting the coordinates in."

Rory sighed shaking his head and stepping back. "That's not what I'm worried about."

The Stone sighed a little. She could sense this was soon to come. Rory would never leave Amy. She knew from experience with the Doctor. The things friendship and love do to you.

"She'll be fine." The Doctor shook his head trying to reassure Rory. "Nothing can get into this box."

"Well, you got in there." He protested.

"We didn't exactly plan for that." The Stone winced a little.

"And there's only one of me." The Doctor added. "I counted."

"This box needs a guard," Rory said sizing up the box. "I killed the last one."

"No." The Doctor protested shaking his head. "Rory, no. Don't even think about it."

"She'll be all alone."

"She won't feel it."

"You bet she won't!" He shouted angrily.

"Two thousand years, Rory. You won't even sleep." He reminded. "you'd be conscious every second. It would drive you mad."

"Will she be safer if I stay?" He looked between the Time Lords. "Look me in the eye and tell me she wouldn't be safer."

"Rory, you-"

"Answer me!" He shouted cutting him off. "Stone?" He questioned in a calmer voice. "Please. Answer me."

"Yes." They both swallowed.

"Obviously." The Doctor added nodding.

"Then how could I leave her?" He questioned.

"Why do you have to be so..." the Doctor paused for a moment thinking of the word before practically spitting it out."Human?"

"Because right now, I'm not." He replied. His face showing no emotion. Stone cold, desperately trying to prove himself. Only to break the facade in front of them, swallowing thickly his eyes fixed on the Doctor. Staring at him for a moment as if he was arguing with himself about whether or not he should question what he was about to say; of course, he would ask. He just had to. "Would you do the same?"

"The same?" The Doctor questioned.

"Would you do the same?" He repeated, his eyes slowly drifting over to the ginger Time Lady. "For her, the Stone."

The Doctor sucked in a breath, his eyes closed. Head tilted down as if he was ashamed as if the Stone would see him as foolish and stupid for how he felt; she honestly didn't feel the way he felt, did she? The Stone was a Time Lady. They weren't meant to properly love. It was the whole reasons arranged marriages were created. So Time Lords and Ladys could focus on the more important tasks; not worrying or focusing their minds on... love. Of course they loved each other, very deeply in fact, but was this going too far? "Yes. Of course, I would, I would do it without a second thought."

"I would do exactly the same." The Stone softly smiled cupping his cheek and forcing him to look at her. "I know you, sweetheart, I know exactly what you are thinking; I'm not stupid you know." She fondly shook her head. "You no doubt already know that though."

"Don't I?" He smirked at her. "You remind me every day by how brilliant you are dear."

"Of course." She shook her head. "Flattering me Doctor." She chuckled before growing serious once more. "We're not on Gallifrey and we certainly shouldn't be ashamed to have picked up... a few traits from humans."

"I've spent too much time with you, dear." He interrupted slightly snorting.

"Well." She chuckled. "That does tend to happen when we share a room and sleep in the same bed."

"Not to mention having many similar enjoyments."

"Yes, that's correct." She nodded suddenly remembering the situation they were in. The universe being erased and never existing with Rory nervously close by waiting to guard Amy Pond for two thousand years while they were happily flirting with each other. "Now." She clapped her hands together swiftly changing the conversation and pushing onwards. "We best go."

"Quite right dear." He nodded holding out the Vortex Manipulator letting the Stone type in the coordinates. As much as the Time Lady loved the Doctor she really didn't trust him to put the correct date and location in the device. With her life, she would trust him to the end of the universe and back. That is when the universe isn't collapsing. "Okay, Rory. Listen to me. This is the last bit of advice you're going to get in a very long time." The Doctor warned. "You're living plastic, but you're not immortal. I have no idea how long you'll last."

"And you're also not indestructible." The Stone added. "So it's best to stay away from heat. And radio signals, at least when they are around."

"You also can't heal, or repair yourself." The Doctor added. "Any damage is permanent. So, for God's sake, however bored you get, stay out of-" the Stone hit the final button and they both teleported away, leaving Rory to guard the Pandorica.

"-Trouble." The Doctor finished frowning. "Oh." He spun around. "Ah." He looked at the Stone for a moment.

"There's two of you..." she looked between their Amy and the younger Amelia Pond who was around 7 years old. "That's a bit complicated."

"Yes quite..."

"Exterminate!" A Dalek cried causing the Doctor to grab the Stone by her waist keeping her to his side as if they were magnets attracted to each other. "Weapons systems restoring."

Seeing the opportunity the Doctor grabbed Amy's hand. The Stone took hold of Amelia's hand. Keeping hold of the Doctors. "Come along, Ponds." He called. "Stone."

"Yes, lets."

"Exterminate!"

The four ran to a Middle Eastern montage in an attempt to give the Time Lords a few moments to think of a plan.

"What are we doing?" Amy questioned as the Doctor almost knocked over a statue, grabbing the fez on it. The Stone stealing in and placing it on her own beanie on her head for a moment.

"Well, we are running into a dead end, where we'll have a brilliant plan, that basically involves not being in one."

"What's going on?" A man, one of the night guards questioned. Shining his light at the Pandorica. The Doctor and the Stone hid behind the box looking past every moment or so.

"Get out of here." The Doctor exclaimed. "Go! Just run!"

"Drop the device!" The Dalek ordered the guard only holding a torch.

"It's not a weapon!" The Stone shouted. "Go on scan it. It's not a weapon, and you don't have the power to waste."

"Scans indicate intruder unarmed."

Suddenly the man dropped the torch straight onto the floor. It rolling for a moment before the hand of the man dropped down to reveal a gun where his hand should have been. "Do you think?"

"Vision impaired!" The Dalek cried. "Vision-"

The Doctor and the Stone frowned poking their heads out. To see what was going on. Slowly they walked away from behind the Pandorica to see the deactivated Dalek. "Amy!" Rory who appeared to be the night guard cried upon spotting her.

"Rory." Amy cried pushing past the Time Lords. Running over to Rory the two of them tightly hugging for a moment. While the Time Lords checked that the Dalek was deactivated.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it." He choked. "It just happened."

"Oh, Shut up." Amy cut him off deeply kissing him.

"Yeah, shut up, because we've got to go." The Doctor cut in like a small child. "Come on."

"I waited. Two thousand years I waited for you."

"No, still shut up." Amy stopped him again kissing him deeply once more.

"And break." The Doctor said frowning at them. "And breathe." He glanced at the Stone who shrugged not understanding how they did it without a respiratory bypass system. "Well, somebody didn't get out much for two thousand years."

"Leave them alone." The Stone rolled her eyes at him. "They haven't seen each other in two thousand years. Would you honestly be any different sweetheart?"

"Pssh." He scoffed. "Yes.." The Stone raised a brow at him. Her arms crossed and a pointed look on her face. "No..."

The Time Lady grinned kissing his cheek before they looked down feeling a light tug on their arms. "I'm thirsty." Amelia looked at them. "Can I get a drink?"

"Oh, it's all mouths today, isn't it." The Doctor grumbled plucking the fez from the Time Ladys head and placing it on Amelia's seeming quite amused when the hat was too big and fell over her eyes. Amelia then took off the hat and shoved it into his arms. He rolled his eyes and passed it to the Stone. "The light." He then murmured eyeing the Pandorica. "The light from the Pandorica, it must have hit the Dalek."

The Time Lords jumped back seeing the Dalek weapon start to move. The Stone automatically grabbed Amelia's hand. "Time to go!" She called.

"Yes good idea." The Doctor said backing up pushing Amy and Rory. "Out! Out! Out!"

"So, two thousand years." The Doctor questioned helping Rory shut the door. "How did you do?"

"Kept out of trouble." He shrugged. The Stone frowned at her hands realising she was still holding the fez and already had a hat of her own, the fez not actually doing well of staying on her head when she had her beanie. Shrugging she grinned and placed it on the Doctors head.

"Oh." He blinked. "Really?"

"Suits you." She grinned kissing his cheek.

"Well then." He smirked before looking back at Rory. "How did you stay out of trouble?" He questioned picking up a mop to barricade the door with.

"Unsuccessfully. The mop!" He exclaimed pointing at it making the Time Lords freeze. "That's how you looked all those years ago when you gave me the sonic."

"Ah." He glanced at the Stone who hit the coordinates. "Well, no time to lose, then."

"Rory!" he grinned after they teleported wincing a little seeing sort of dead Amy Pond in his arms. "Listen, she's not dead." He reminded himself and the plastic man. "Well, she is dead."

"But..." The Stone gave the Doctor a warning look while dragging out the word and then brightly smiled at Rory. "It's not the end of the world. Be back in a moment!" She called pressing the Vortex manipulator on the Doctor's wrist.

"Stone!" he groaned.

"Dalek. Mop. Door." She reminded grabbing the mop out of his hand and slipping it between the door handle. "Should stop it for as long as we need."

"How can they do that?" Amelia questioned Amy. "Are they magic?"

"Ah no." The Stone shook her head. "It's just clever science stuff."

"And you say I don't use proper words dear." The Doctor reminded slightly laughing.

"Doctor she's seven." The Time Lady protested.

"Yes, yes." he waved his hand at her. "But still proper words."

"Shut up and give me your arm." She grumbled.

"Yes dear." He muttered letting her teleport them back."You need to get us out of the Pandorica." He told Rory.

"But you're not in the Pandorica." Rory frowned looking between them.

"Yes, we are. Well, we're not now, but we were back then."

"Time travel, very confusing." The Stone added taking them back to the museum.

"Right, let's go then." He grinned then stopped. "Wait! Now I don't have my sonic." He frowned. "I just gave it Rory two thousand years ago."

"Doctor we have mine." The Stone rolled her eyes bringing her own sonic out. "See."

"Well, how will I get mine back then."

"I don't know but you obviously do." She rolled her eyes.

"But-"

"Fine." She sighed seeing the pout on his face which quickly broke out in a grin. Shoving his arm in her face she zapped them back to Stonehenge.

"And when you're done, leave my screwdriver in her top pocket." He reminded then widely smiled at the Time Lady in thanks as she took them back again.

"Right then." He nodded digging into Amy's top pocket retrieving his screwdriver. "Off we go!"

"Hold it, sweetheart." The Stone stopped him tugging on the back of his tweed blazer. "There's someone we are missing."

"Oh yes." He nodded turning around and bending down to look at Amelia. "How did you know to come here?"

Bringing out the leaflet and the post-it note she handed it to the Stone who raised a brow. "Ah." She nodded. "Its your handwriting sweetheart." She showed him the note.

"Of course." He nodded running over and grabbing a new leaflet and post-it note from the information desk. "Be back in a mo." He then disappeared.

"He never stops to take a breath." The Stone shook her head fondly not even angry that he went without her knowing that the coordinates were set. She knew he would end up getting too excited.

"There you go." He arrived back a moment later with a drink in his hand for Amelia. "Drink up."

"What is that?" Amy frowned looking at him. "How are you doing that?"

"Vortex manipulator. Cheap and nasty time travel."

"Which." The Stone cut in giving him a pointed look. "Is very bad for you."

"I'm trying to give it up." He winced reminding her.

"Not hard enough Doctor."

"Yes well, I promise when this is over I will make sure River gets rid of it."

"You only are going to let her keep it if she lets you use it." She rolled her eyes. "Even you would be nice to her for that."

"I am nice to her!" He screeched.

"If you say so, sweetheart." She chuckled patting his cheek. "Come on you three." She called back to the Ponds and Rory.

"Where are we going?" Amy questioned.

The Doctor looked back. "The roof." They went to head up the stairs before freezing. A second Doctor suddenly appeared. Burn marks in his blazer his hair a complete mess. The Time Lords watched wide-eyed as the second Doctor fell down the stairs, his clothes still smoking. Quickly the Doctor flashed his sonic at the other Doctor who laid limp.

"Doctor, it's you." Rory frowned. "How can it be you?"

"Doctor, is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me." He swallowed, eyes flickering to the Stone more worried about where she was than himself. "Me from the future."

The other Doctors eyes then sprang open and he gripped onto the Doctors jacket. Pulling him closer, whispering in his ear. He then slumped back down eyes closed.

"Sweetheart want to tell me what he said?"

"It's fine." He reassured. "Trust me."

"When wouldn't I." She winked, feeling a slight pang for him not telling her. She trusted him though and set it aside.

"Are you?" Amy breathed. "I mean, is he, is he dead?"

"What? Dead?" The Doctor questioned. "Yes, yes." He lied. "Of course he's dead. Right, we've got twelve minutes. That's good."

"Twelve minutes to live?" Amy frowned. "How is that good?"

"Oh, you can do loads in twelve minutes. Suck a mint, buy a sledge, have a fast bath. Come on, the roof."

"We can't leave you here dead."

"Oh, good. Are you in charge now?" The Doctor questioned spinning around to look at them. "So tell me, what are we going to do about Amelia?"

The humans spun around looking everywhere. "Where did she go?"

"Amelia?" Rory shouted.

"There is no Amelia." The Stone informed. "From now on, there never was." She sighed shaking her head. "History is still collapsing."

"But how can I still be here if she's not?" Amy frowned.

"You're an anomaly." The Doctor said. "We all are. We're all just hanging on at the eye of the storm."

"But the eye is closing, and if we don't do something fast, reality will never have happened."

"Today, just dying is a result." The Doctor added. "Now, come on!"

"He won't die," Amy whispered to Rory who placed his jacket over the Doctor. "Time can be rewritten. He'll find a way. I know he will."

"And if he doesn't?"

"Then she will make sure he finds a way," Amy added.

"Move it!" The Doctor shouted. "Come on!"

"What." Amy blinked as they arrived at the roof to see daylight. "It's morning already? How did that happen?"

"History is shrinking. Is anybody listening to us?" The Doctor called over his shoulder looking at the big ball that looked a lot like the sun. The universe is collapsing. We don't have much time left." He then flashed his sonic at a satellite receiver dish freeing it from its pole.

"What are you doing?"

"We're looking for the TARDIS."

"But the TARDIS exploded

"Okay then, we're looking for an exploding TARDIS." The Doctor corrected.

"I don't understand," Amy admitted shaking her head. "So, the TARDIS blew up and took the universe with it. But why would it do that? How?"

"Good question for another day. The question for now is, total event collapse means that every star in the universe never happened."

"Not one single one of them ever shone." The Stone cut in. "And that means that if all the stars in the universe never were...."

"And if all the stars that ever were are gone, then what is that?" He pointed at the large burning ball in the sky."

"Like he said, we're looking for an exploding TARDIS"

"But that's the sun

"Is it?" The Doctor questioned. The Stone brought out her sonic. "Well, here's the noise that sun is making right now." She changed the frequency and the TARDIS wheezing was clearly heard.

"That's our TARDIS burning up." He announced.

"And that's what's been keeping the Earth warm."

"Stone, there's something else." Rory frowned. "There's a voice."

"I can't hear anything." Amy shook her head.

"Trust the plastic," Rory stated pointing to his ear.

Raising a brow she changed the frequency again. "I'm sorry, my sister. I'm sorry, my sister I'm sorry, my sister."

"Stone, that's River." Amy frowned looking at the Time Lady. "Doctor, how can she be up there?"

"It must be like a recording or something."

"No, it's not." The Doctor shook his head.

"Of course, the emergency protocols." The Stone sighed. "The TARDIS has sealed off the control room and put her into a time loop to save her. She is right at the heart of the explosion."

"Clever but now she's stuck."

"I'm sorry, my sister. I'm sorry, my sister. I'm sorry, my sister."

"Doctor, can I borrow your arm?"

"Oh, do we have to?" He whined.

"Doctor." She said in a warning tone.

"Yes dear." He quickly replied. "I was only joking."

"Of course you were, sweetheart." She smirked pressing the buttons. Suddenly they appeared beside the door of the TARDIS. River pulled the two cables together before running towards the door and then stopped dead in her tracks seeing the Time Lords standing there. The Doctor looking less happy out of the two.

"Sorry, I'm late home sis, got a bit held up." The Stone grinned jokingly.

"And what sort of time do you call this?" River joked pretending to look down at her watch.

"Hey, at least we came." She countered. "He didn't even want to come."

"Of course he didn't." River rolled her eyes.

"I was joking!" The Doctor squeaked his hands flying around in protest.

"Of course you were." They said in unison before they burst out laughing. The Doctor grumbled as River held on to the Vortex Manipulator. The Doctor taking them back to the roof.

"Amy!" River grinned seeing her. "And the plastic Centurion?"

"It's okay, he's on our side." The Doctor reassured.

"Really?"

"Yeah." The Stone nodded.

"I dated a Nestene duplicate once." River fondly smiled. "Swappable head. It did keep things fresh." The Stone made a slightly disgusted face not agreeing with her comment. "Right then, I have questions, but number one is this. What in the name of sanity have you got on your head?" She looked at the Doctor.

"It's a fez." He grinned. "I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool."

River and Amy glanced at each other. Amy then grabbed the Doctors fez and threw it mid-air.

"Oh!" River then shot the fez. The Stones eyes widened her hands flying up to her own head firmly landing on her beanie.

"Exterminate!" A Dalek cried rising up to be in hight with the roof.

"Run, run!" The Doctor shouted holding the satellite dish up. The Stone just behind him hands on his shoulders as they quickly backed up. The other three running to the roof hatch. "Move, move. Go!"

"Come on!" Rory shouted.

Sparks flew as they backed up. Finally making it to the roof the Stone jumped down the Doctors close behind flashing his sonic at the hatch. One arm tight around the Stones waist clinging on as if the thought of letting go would mean the Dalek would get her. Even when he knew she was safe he would never take the chance.

"Doctor, come on." River hissed glaring at him.

"Shush." He held a hand up. "It's moving away, finding another way in."

"It needs to restore its power before it can attack us again." The Stone added.

"Now, that means we've got exactly four and a half minutes before it's at lethal capacity." He jumped down from the ladder. Helping the Stone down by holding onto her waist softly smiling when she kissed his cheek to say thank you.

"How do you know?"

"Because that's when it's due to kill me."

"Kill you?" River questioned eyes wide. "What do you mean, kill you?"

"Best not to ask." The Stone winced a little before the Doctor kissed her forehead giving the Stone a reassuring smile.

"Never mind that." He shook his head squeezing her hand as they walked away from the roof hatch towards where the Pandorica was. "How can that Dalek even exist? It was erased from time and then it came back. How?"

"You said the light from the Pandorica?" Rory called following the Time Lords who were in a corridor.

"It's not a light, it's a restoration field." The Doctor corrected shaking his head.

"But never mind, call it a light." The Stone cut in. "That light brought Amy back, restored her, but how could it bring back a Dalek when the Daleks have never existed?"

"Okay, tell us." Amy frowned

The Doctor sighed sensing that the Stone was becoming nervous of what was to happen. She grew sarcastic or asked rhetorical questions. He knew better than anymore just to not mention it and move on. To sort it out as soon as possible when alone. "When the TARDIS blew up, it caused a total event collapse. A time explosion. And that explosion blasted every atom in every moment of the universe. Except..."

"Except inside the Pandorica."

"The perfect prison." The Stone cut in."

"And inside it, perfectly preserved, a few billion atoms of the universe as it was. In theory, you could extrapolate the whole universe from a single one of them, like, like cloning a body from a single cell." The Doctor clicked his fingers pointing at the Stone who nodded in agreement. "And we've got the bumper family pack."

"No, no." Rory shook his head. "Too fast. I'm not getting it."

"The box contains a memory of the universe, and the light transmits the memory, and that's how we're going to do it."

"Do what?"

"Relight the fire." The Stone grinned getting slightly excited at the thought. Honestly, the universe getting destroyed was giving her a slight headache.

"Reboot the universe. Come on!"

"Doctor, Stone, you two are being completely ridiculous." River stopped them. "The Pandorica partially restored one Dalek. If it can't even reboot a single life form properly, how's it reboot the whole of reality?"

"What if we give it a moment of infinite power?" The Doctor suggested. "What if we can transmit the light from the Pandorica to every particle of space and time simultaneously?"

"Well, that would be lovely, Doctor." She mocked. "But we can't because it's completely impossible."

"Ah no, you see, it's not." The Stone laughed. "It's almost completely impossible. One spark is all we need."

"For what? "

"Big Bang Two!" She laughed. "Now listen-"

"No!" The Doctor suddenly shouted jumping in front of the Stone as a Dalek laser went off shooting the Doctor, causing his jacket to smoke just like it had downstairs.

"Doctor!" The Stone cried out.

"Exterminate!" The Dalek cried. "Exterminate!"

"Get back," Rory shouted ducking to cover with Amy. "Stone, River, get back now!" Rory shouted. It was, however, no use, the Stone wasn't going to move. Swallowing thickly and cupping his cheek she slowly nodding lightly kissing him. Desperately hoping it would work. "Exterminate!" It cried again shooting at the Stone making her cry out in pain as it hit the side of her ribs. Rory then shot at the Dalek which powered down.

"Doctor? Doctor, it's me, River." She reassureD. The Stone let out a whimper forcing herself to crouch beside the Doctor setting coordinates for him. "Can you hear me? What is it? What do you need?" The Stone letting a tear fall pressed the button and he disappeared.

"Where did he go?" River looked at the Stone.

"I had to." She choked.

"No, you didn't!"

"He has to be there!"

"He could be anywhere." River snapped.

"No, he won't," Amy whispered shaking her head. "He's downstairs, twelve minutes ago."

"Show me!"

"River, he died."

"But the Stone?" She whispered.

"Fighting it." She gritted her teeth. "I'm going to him." She shook her head forcing herself to stand. "I'm not letting him go through this alone." She shook her head forcing herself to run. To at least get there before Amy and Rory did, knowing that River would tell them both to follow her.

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"Doctor!" The Stone shouted seeing him almost fall to the floor as he tried to get himself to the Pandorica. "I got you, sweetheart." She whispered wincing at the pain in her side as she stopped him from crashing to the ground. "I'm here."

"Stone." He choked. "I'm sorry."

"Don't you dare." She cut him off shaking her head running her thumb over the cut in his lip.

"Thank you." He swallowed kissing her before reluctantly pulling away. "The Pandorica."

"You and me sweetheart." She chuckled letting him put most of his weight on her before he stopped hearing her cry out in pain. Looking alarmed she gave him a sheepish look. "I refused to leave you." She chuckled. "After the Dalek shot you. I got shot." He now looked at her alarmed "I'm mostly okay. It's my rib, it used most of it's energy on you."

"I wasn't going to stand there and let you get hurt. Seeing it in the future or not."

"Why do you think I came here?" She chuckled wincing every now and then as they came closer and closer to the Pandorica. "Forced myself to run here." She groaned as they crashed into the two seats of the Pandorica. "I shouldn't have done that."

"You really shouldn't have Stone." The Doctor whispered.

"I'm so tired." She then yawned her head falling onto the Doctors shoulder. "I haven't slept in a while..."

"No Stone." He whispered trying to shake her awake with his shoulder. "You can't sleep."