The Doctor hopped down off the rope ladder and patted Octavian on the shoulder. "Do we have a gravity globe?" he asked.

"Grav globe", Octavian ordered.

A cleric handed it to the Doctor.

"Where are we? What is this?" Amy asked.

"It's an Aplan Mortarium, sometimes called a Maze of the Dead", River told her.

"What's that?"

"Well, if you happen to be a creature of living stone..." The Doctor kicked the gravity globe into the air and it lit up, allowing them to see the whole space. "...the perfect hiding place".

Elise's mouth dropped open as she looked at the cavern around them.

River smiled and gently tapped her chin with her knuckle, causing the small Timelord to close her mouth.

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

"A needle in a haystack", River commented.

"A needle that looks like hay. A hay-like needle of death. A hay-alike needle of death in a haystack of, er, statues. No, yours was fine", the Doctor said.

Elise whined and wiggled in the harness. She wanted to go back to the TARDIS.

"Doctor!" River hissed, rubbing Elise's back, "It's okay, sweetie".

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

"We find it, and hope", the Doctor told him.

The Doctor, Amy, and Elise went on ahead, River following after them a moment later.

Amy stopped to rub her eye.

"You all right?" River asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. 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. Okay, that was fairly bad. Right give me your arm". River grabbed her arm and pulled out an injection device. "This won't hurt a bit". She placed it on Amy's arm and pressed the button.

"Ow!"

"There, you see. I lied. It's a viro-stabilizer. Stabilizes your metabolism against radiation, drive burn, anything. You're going to need it when we get up to that ship".

"So what are they like?" Amy gestured to the Doctor and Elise with her head.

"In the future, I mean. Because you know them in the future, don't you?"

"The Doctor? Well, the Doctor's the Doctor. Elise on the other hand...I've never seen a stronger girl. She's a force to be reckoned with".

"Oh. Well, that bit about the Doctor's very helpful. Mind if I write that down?"

"Yes, we are", River said, pointing her torch at the Doctor.

"Sorry, what?"

"Talking about you".

"I wasn't listening. I'm busy".

"Ah. The other way up".

He flipped the portable scanner around in his hand. "Yeah".

Amy giggled. "You're so his wife".

"Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy. This is the Doctor we're talking about", River told her, "Do you really think it could be anything that simple?"

"Yep".

"You're good. I'm not saying you're right, but you are very good".

Gunfire could be heard and Elise cried out, hiding her face in the Doctor's neck as they rushed back to the main group.

A cleric stood there with a gun in his hand in front of a statue. "Sorry, sorry. I thought. I thought it looked at me", he told them.

"We know what the Angel looks like. Is that the Angel?" Octavian asked.

"No, sir".

"No, sir, it is not. According to the Doctor, 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 décor".

"What's your name?" the Doctor asked the cleric.

"Bob, sir".

"Ah, that's a great name. I love Bob".

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

"Sacred Bob. More like Scared Bob now, eh?" the Doctor asked.

"Yes, sir".

"Ah, good. Scared keeps you fast. Anyone in this room who isn't scared is a moron. Carry on".

"We'll be moving into the maze in two minutes. You stay with Christian and Angelo. Guard the approach", Octavian ordered.

"Why don't you let me take her for a while?" River asked the Doctor.

"No, no. You are not taking Elise".

River rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to kidnap her".

"I said no". When he turned on his heel, Elise slammed her head into his. "Ow!" he snapped, rubbing the spot, "Bloody hell, Elise".

River smirked seeing Elise's attitude coming out.

What she lacked in words, she made up for with attitude alone.

"Isn't there a chance this lot's just going to collapse? There's a whole ship up there", Amy asked as they ventured deeper into the cavern.

"Incredible builders, the Aplans", River commented.

"Had dinner with their Chief Architect once. Two heads are better than one", the Doctor told them.

"What, you mean you helped him?" Amy asked.

"No, I mean he had two heads. That book, the very end, what did it say?"

"Hang on", River said, pulling out the book.

"Read it to me".

"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".

"Are we there yet? It's a hell of a climb", Amy said.

"The Maze is on six levels, representing the ascent of the soul. Only two levels to go", River explained.

"Lovely species, the Aplans. We should visit them some time", the Doctor told Amy.

"I thought they were all dead?"

"So is Virginia Woolf. I'm on her bowling team. Very relaxed, sort of cheerful. Well, that's having two heads, of course. You're never short of a snog with an extra head".

"Doctor, there's something. I don't know what it is", River told him.

"Yeah, there's something wrong. Don't know what it is yet, either. Working on it. Of course, then they started having laws against self-marrying. I mean, what was that about? But that's the Church for you. Er, no offense, Bishop".

"Quite a lot taken, if that's all right, Doctor", Octavian said as they ventured into a dark corridor, "Lowest point in the wreckage is only about fifty feet up from here. That way".

"The Church had a point, if you think about it. The divorces must have been messy", Amy commented.

The Doctor stopped walking. "Oh".

"What's wrong?"

"Oh", River said, coming to the same conclusion.

Elise followed the Doctor's eye line as it hit her as well. Oh.

"Exactly", the Doctor said.

"How could we have not noticed that?" River asked.

"Low level perception filter, or maybe we're thick".

"What's wrong, sir?" Octavian asked.

"Nobody move. Nobody move. Everyone stay exactly where they are. Bishop, I am truly sorry. I've made a mistake and we are all in terrible danger", the Doctor told them.

"What danger?"

"The Aplans", River said.

"The Aplans?" Octavian asked, not understanding.

"They've got two heads".

"Yes, I get that. So?"

"So why don't the statues?" the Doctor asked, "Everyone, over there. Just move. Don't ask questions, don't speak".

Everyone moved away from the statues.

"Okay, I want you all to switch off your torches", the Doctor told them, "Just do it".

They did as he said.

"Okay. I'm going to turn off this one too, just for a moment". He could feel Elise shaking behind him.

"Are you sure about this?" River asked.

"No". The Doctor turned his off and then back on a second later.

"Oh, my God. They've moved", Amy said.

The Doctor ran down the passageway and found dozens of statues coming towards them.

Elise's eyes went wide and she wrapped her arms around the Doctor's neck.

"They're Angels. All of them", the Doctor told the group.

"But they can't be", River said.

"Clerics, keep watching them". The Doctor ran back to the main cavern and found all the statues climbing up towards them. "Every statue in this Maze, every single one, is a Weeping Angel. They're coming after us".

"But there was only one Angel on the ship. Just the one, I swear", River told him.

"Could they have been here already?" Amy suggested.

"The Aplans. What happened? How did they die out?" the Doctor asked.

"Nobody knows", River answered.

"We know".

"They don't look like Angels", Octavian commented.

"And they're not fast", Amy added, "You said they were fast. They should have had us by now".

"Look at them. They're dying, losing their form. They must have been down here for centuries, starving", the Doctor said.

"Losing their image?"

"And their image is their power. Power". It hit him. He jumped up and clapped his hands together. "Power!"

"Doctor?" Amy asked.

"Don't you see? All that radiation spilling out the drive burn. The crash of the Byzantium wasn't an accident, it was a rescue mission for the Angels. We're in the middle of an army, and it's waking up".

"We need to get out of here fast", River told them.

Father Octavian stepped aside and pulled out a communicator. "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 grabbed the communicator from Octavian's hand. "Bob, Sacred Bob, it's me, the Doctor".

"I'm talking to..."

The Doctor cut Octavian off. "Where are you now?"

"I'm talking to my..."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, shut up". "I'm on my way up to you, sir. I'm homing in on your signal", Bob told them.

"Ah, well done, Bob. Scared keeps you fast. Told you, didn't I? Your friends, Bob. What did the Angel do to them?" the Doctor asked.

"Snapped their necks, sir".

"That's odd. That's not how the Angels kill you. They displace you in time. Unless they needed the bodies for something". The Doctor handed the communicator back to Octavian.

"Bob, did you check their data packs for vital signs?" he asked, "We may be able to initiate a rescue plan".

The Doctor rolled his eyes and grabbed the communicator back. "Oh, don't be an idiot. The Angels don't leave you alive. 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?"

"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".

"So when you say you're on your way up to us..."

"It's the Angel that's coming, sir, yes. No way out".

"Then we get out through the wreckage. Go! Go, go, go. All of you run", Octavian said.

"River!" the Doctor yelled.

She turned back to him. "Yes?"

"Take Elise".

River nodded and pulled Elise out of the harness.

The Doctor blinked back tears as Elise screamed for him. He placed a quick kiss on her forehead and said, "Go".

The group came to a tunnel and Father Octavian looked up. "Well. There it is, the Byzantium".

"It's got to be thirty feet. How do we get up there?" River asked him.

"Check all these exits. I want them all secure".

The clerics spread out and checked the exits as River tried to calm Elise. "Shhh, sweetie. It's okay", she cooed.

"The statues are advancing along all corridors. And, sir, my torch keeps flickering", one of the clerics said.

"They all do", Octavian told him.

"So does the gravity globe", River added.

"Clerics, we're down to four men. Expect incoming".

The Doctor and Amy came running into the tunnel. "Yeah, it's the Angels. They're coming. And they're draining the power for themselves".

"Which means we won't be able to see them", Octavian said.

"Which means we can't stay here".

"Two more incoming", a cleric called out.

"Any suggestions?" River asked the Doctor.

"The statues are advancing on all sides. We don't have the climbing equipment to reach the Byzantium", Octavian told them.

"There's no way up, no way back, no way out. No pressure, but this is usually when you have a really good idea".

River looked down at the girl in her arms. "Oh sweetie, I wish you were older".

"There's always a way out", the Doctor whispered mostly to himself, "There's always a way out".

Angel Bob came over the communicator. "Doctor? Can I speak to the Doctor, please?"

"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?"

"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 asked River.

"They're trying to make him angry".

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

"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. And you know what? Speaking of traps, this trap has got a great big mistake in it. A great big, whopping mistake".

"What mistake, sir?" The Doctor walked over Amy and River. "Trust me?" he asked Amy.

"Yeah".

The Doctor turned to River next. "Trust me?"

"Always".

He kissed Elise's head and said, "I'm so sorry, but this is going to upset you". He walked away before Elise could grab him. "You lot, trust me?" he asked Father Octavian.

"Sir, two more incoming", a cleric called out.

"We have faith, sir", Octavian told him.

"Then give me your gun". Father Octavian did.

"I'm about to do something incredibly stupid and dangerous. When I do, jump!" the Doctor told them.

"Jump where?" Octavian asked.

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

"What signal?"

"You won't miss it".

The Doctor pointed the gun in the air and Elise realized why he had apologized to her.

"Sorry, can I ask again? You mentioned a mistake we made", Angel Bob said.

"Oh, big mistake. Huge. Didn't anyone ever tell you 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?"

The Doctor smirked. "Me". And he pulled the trigger.