Yes, yes yes I know I said we'd be going over to the Protector but I just LOVE Hollie so much so we're back here as I had this ready and I almost have the next chapter for the Protector ready and who am I to resist posting this?

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The Doctor almost bounced to the TARDIS doors as Hollie watched him, slightly shaking her head at the childlike behaviour. The Time Lord grinned widely as Hollie raised a brow at him. "So we're definitely going to go to the carnival yeah?" She questioned, following him to the doors, Amy and Rory silently followed, sharing a glance with each other. "Behold..." The Doctor began, swinging the doors of the TARDIS open, a wide grin on his face.  "...Rio!" His face fell at the sight, it most definitely was not Rio.

"Nah," Amy replied, stepping past the Doctor and out of the blue box.

"Not really getting the sunshine carnival vibe," Rory added, frowning at the grey blanket of clouds covering the entire sky, casting a slight shadow on the green hilly area overlooking where they had landed.

Without saying a single word Hollie turned around, walking deeper console room to grab a jacket. She was not walking around in 12 degrees Celsius weather in just a top.

"No?" The Doctor frowned, stepping out of the TARDIS himself now. "Ooo, feel that, though. What's that?" He began jumping up and down. "Ground feels strange." He commented and looked at the couple who just looked blankly back at him. "Just me." He looked to the humans again. "Wait" He paused for a brief moment. "That's weird."

"What's weird?" Hollie asked as she walked back out of the TARDIS, "Doctor why are you jumping up and down?"

"Grounds weird." He replied while Amy groaned. "Doctor, stop trying to distract us. We're in the wrong place." The Time Lord didn't reply. "Doctor, it's freezing and I've dressed for Rio." She continued as the Doctor completely ignored her, crouching down to look at the ground below his feet. "We are not stopping here. Doctor. You listening to me?" She huffed. "It's a graveyard. You promised me a beach."

"And he promised me a carnival," Hollie added, eyebrows raised at the Time Lord while crossing her arms.

"Bluegrass." The Doctor stopped jumping again and knelt back down. "Patches of it all around the graveyard." He pulled some grass out. "So, Earth, 2020-ish, ten years in your future, wrong continent for Rio, I'll admit, but it's not a massive overshoot."

"Why are those people waving at us?" Amy asked as she pointed up at two figures on the other side of the valley, waving at the three.

"Can't be." The Doctor frowned.

Rory stared to wave back. "Don't," Amy told him off, pulling his hand down while the Doctor pulled out a pair of binoculars.

"It is." A voice from behind them announced.

The four spun around, their eyes landing upon Orion casually leaning against the TARDIS. He wore a dark, almost TARDIS blue buttoned-up shirt, the sleeves half rolled up which was questionable considering the dull weather and slight breeze. It was definitely not short sleeves weather. He also wore cream suit trousers and black and white classic vans.

The Doctor narrowed his eyes. "Don't scare someone like that!"

Orion smirked slightly while Rory frowned, confused at who this was. "Whose this?"

"Orion." Said man uncrossed his arms and straightened, he stepped forward and held out his hand for the man to shake.

"Who?" Rory slowly took the man and slightly shook it, unsure if he really should be going along with this.

"We met him and his twin sisters after the weeping angles," Hollie explained.

"I mentioned him before when you first met one of his sisters," Amy explained. "Nova, the other one being Cassiopeia"

"Ori, is someone talking about us?" One out of the two blonde girls walked around from behind the TARDIS where they must have been hiding. "Oh." She looked at the Doctor before looking at Hollie, swallowing hard.

"Which one are you?" The Doctor asked.

"Cassie." Orion rolled his eyes while the blonde shoved her elbow into her brother.

"It's Cass." She corrected him. "Not Cassie."

"There were three of you." Amy looked between the two, "where is the other one."

"Here." An English voice almost identical to Cassiopeia's call out before she appeared from behind the TARDIS, smiling brightly, the two twins both wearing blue skinny jeans. They both wore a jumper, Cassiopeia wearing a black one while Nova wore a dark red one.

"Tone down the cheeriness," Orion whispered to his sister.

"After where we just came from," she hissed back, "can you blame me?"

"I suppose not." He replied.

"Did you three do that." The Doctor cut in while nodding up to where the older Amy and Rory continued to stand on the other side of the valley.

"No," Cassiopeia replied with a shake of her head. "Not us."

"Doctor, how can we be up there if we're here?" Rory asked.

"Ten years in your future." He explained glancing at the two. "Come to relive past glories, I'd imagine." He slung his arm over Hollie's shoulder, Nova flinched slightly. "Humans," He hummed, "you're so nostalgic."

"Calm down Nov..." Orion whispered, noticing his sister's jumpiness

"Sorry." She apologised, eyes on the Doctor for a brief moment before she looked at her brother. "It's just... you know."

"Yeah." He slowly nodded.

Hollie giggled at the Doctor before she frowned. "Wait, why am I not there."

The Time Trio all looked at each other raising their brows while the Doctor shrugged. "Maybe you forgot?" He guessed.

Hollie frowned. "That doesn't sound like me though."

"Perhaps you were painting?" Nova suggested.

"You know I paint?" Hollie frowned.

Orion shrugged. "You've mentioned it once or twice."

"Never meeting in the right order." The Doctor sighed with a slight frown. "Just as bad as this River mess."

Orion grinned. "We hope so."

Amy then looked at Rory. "Wait, we're still together in ten years?"

"No need to sound so surprised." He nervously chuckled.

"Hey, let's go and talk to them." Amy grinned. "We can say hi to future us. How cool is that?"

"Er, no, best not." The Doctor cut in. "Really best not. These things get complicated very quickly, and oh look." He turned his head to a large mining facility. "Big mining thing. Oh, I love a big mining thing." He started grinning before nodding at Hollie. "See, way better than Rio. Rio doesn't have a big mining thing."

"We're not going to have a look, are we?" Amy asked.

Cassiopeia chuckled and walked towards Amy, resting a hand on her shoulder while the Doctor's grin only widened at the idea. "You just put the words right into his mouth."

"Let's go and have a look!" The Doctor cheered grabbing Hollie's hand. "Come on, you two, let's see what they're doing!" He ran off, pulling Hollie with him. "You three can come too if you like!"

"If he can't get us to Rio, how's he ever going to get us back home?" Rory asked Amy.

Nova snorted while Orion spoke up. "Don't worry, we'll take over if he gets lost."

"You're no better!" Nova laughed at her brother. "Cass tell him."

The third sibling shook her head. "For once, I'm not getting involved."

Rory frowned looking at himself and Amy in the future as they walked away. "After everything we've seen, we just drop back into our old lives? The nurse and the kissogram?"

"I guess." Amy shrugged and then noticed the Doctor who was running down the hill, Hollie stumbling behind him as she was dragged away. "He's getting away."

"I'll go after him." Orion shook his head at his sisters. "Doctor!" He called heading off. "Hollie, wait for me!"

"Hang on." Rory grabbed Amy's hand just as she went to head off. "What are you doing with that?" He nodded down at her hand.

"Engagement ring." Amy hummed, smiling. "I thought you liked me wearing it."

"Amy, you could lose it. Cost a lot of money, that."

Cass and Nova rose their eyebrows at each other while Amy hummed. "Hmm. Spoilsport." She handed the ring over.

"Go on." He nodded in the direction of the Doctor, Hollie and Orion. "I'll catch up."

Amy sighed before she headed off. "Guys! Wait up!"

Rory turned around and blinked at the identical girls both standing beside the TARDIS, completely forgetting they were there. "You two are spooky."

Nova snorted while Cassiopeia shook her head, clicking her fingers the TARDIS doors swung open. "We don't mean to be."

Rory looked between the girls. "Right..." He headed inside the TARDIS, the twins followed. "It's-"

"Bigger on the inside," Cassiopeia smirked making Rory blink and turn to face her and her sister after he placed Amy's engagement ring back in the box.

"We know." Nova grinned. "Remember?"

"Oh." Rory blinked. "The Doctor did mention about not meeting in the correct order."

Cassiopeia nodded. "That's us." She gestured to herself and her sister. "As well as our brother Orion. We're the Time Trio."

"You call yourselves that?" Rory asked headed to the doors of the TARDIS.

Nova shook her head. "It's what everyone actually calls us."

"We just go on with it."

Rory opened his mouth to reply. "Well, that was quick." A woman standing outside the TARDIS commented,

"Was it?" Rory frowned eyeing the brunette, a young boy with the same coloured hair, most likely her son standing next to her.

"It's great that you came." She smiled.

Cassiopeia and Nova glanced at each other before looking down at the young boy who frowned as they slipped out of the TARDIS.

"Bit retro. What is it, portable crime lab?"

"Oh, er..." Rory began.

"Exactly that." Nova nodded. "Allow me to introduce myself." She walked forward and shook the woman's hand. "Nova Smith."

"Smith?" Cassiopeia gritted out. "Really sis?"

Nova shrugged while the woman smiled and shook her hand. "Ambrose Northover. I was the one who called. I run the meals on wheels for the whole valley. This is my son, Elliot."

"Where's your uniform?" Elliot asked.

Cassiopeia smiled. "We don't need a uniform." She explained kneeling down slightly. "Undercover you see." She winked.

Ambrose sighed. "Sorry about his cheek." She apologised. "It's over here."

"Sorry," Elliot spoke up and followed Ambrose, Rory following behind with Cassiopeia and Nova.

"Remind me what we were called for?" Cassiopeia questioned.

xxx

"Restricted access." The Doctor read the sign on the side of a metal-wired fence as he, Hollie, Orion and Amy walked up to a gate. "No unauthorised personnel. Hmm." He smirked and flashed his sonic at the lock, causing it to spark and unlock.

"That is breaking and entering." Amy frowned.

"I didn't see him break anything?" Orion raised a brow. "Did you?" He looked at Hollie.

"Technically no." She replied.

"Exactly." The Doctor grinned patting Orion's shoulder as he went past. "Sonicking and entering. Totally different."

"Come on, then." Amy chuckled.

"You're sure those three will catch up?" The Doctor questioned.

"My sisters will make sure he doesn't get lost," Orion replied following the Doctor, Hollie and Amy.

"Alright." The Time Lord nodded.

xxx

"It's a family plot, see," Ambrose explained to the twins and Rory as they walked through the graveyard. "My aunt Gladys died six years ago. Her husband, Alun, died a few weeks back. He lived in the house two doors down. There's not many of us left up here now."

"Mum, they don't care about that." Elliot rolled his eyes. "They just want to know about the dead bodies."

"Dead bodies?" Both twins said at the same time making the others all blink at them.

"Yes. Sorry." Ambrose apologised. "Well, they always wanted to be buried in the same plot, together. But when we went to bury Uncle Alun, Gladys wasn't there. Gone. Body, coffin, everything."

"What?" Rory frowned.

"The mad thing is, on the surface, the grave was untouched. No signs of it having been messed with."

"I'm sorry, I don't understand." Rory shook his head.

"Nobody has touched the grave since my aunt was buried. But when they dug it open, the body was gone. How is that possible?"

Cassiopeia and Nova both looked at each other while Rory blinked at Ambrose.

xxx

"What about now?" The Doctor asked as they walked through a corridor.

"Honestly, I've got no idea what you're on about." Amy shook her head.

"Holls?" The Doctor frowned. "Orion?"

The blonde shrugged and Orion raised a brow slightly.

"The ground doesn't feel like it should."

The man jumped slightly and tilted his head. "I see what you mean..."

"Exactly!" The Doctor pointed at him. "See, someone gets it!"

"It's ten years in the future." Amy rolled her eyes. "Maybe how this ground feels is how it always feels."

"She has a point." Hollie nodded. "You did hit your head before we left." She giggled slightly.

"Good thought, but no, it doesn't." He pointed at her before reaching into his pocket and bringing his sonic out. "Hear that, drill in start-up mode." He explained looking at its readings for a moment as they all listened closely and heard a faint hum. "After waves of a recent seismological shift and bluegrass." He pulled a few of the grass leaves out of his pocket, popping them into his mouth before grimacing and spitting them out.

"Oh, please. Have you always been this disgusting?" Amy gave him a disgusted look.

"Yes," Orion answered for the Doctor at the same time as he said:

"No," The Doctor narrowed his eyes at the man, "that's recent." He then headed through a door. "What's in here?" He moved further into what looked like a store room, an oddly shaped circle in the ground, concrete missing with dirt only remaining. "Hello!" He looked at the woman working on a computer.

"Who are you?" She frowned. "What're you doing here? And what're you wearing?

"I dressed for Rio." Amy groaned while Hollie shook her head.

"This is why I didn't wear shorts."

"Shut up." Amy shot her an annoyed look.

"Ministry of Drills, Earth and Science." The Doctor cut in their arguing, waving his psychic paper around. "New Ministry, quite big, just merged. It's a lot of responsibility on our shoulders. Don't like to talk about it. What are you doing?"

"None of your business."

Orion frowned moving over and looking at the screen the woman was looking at moments before. "Where are you getting these readings from?"

"Under the soil."

"The drill's up and running again." An older man walked into the storeroom. "What's going on? Who are these people?"

"Amy, Hollie," She nodded at her friend. "The Doctor and Orion. We're not staying, are we, Doctor?"

"Why's there a big patch of earth in the middle of your floor?"

"We don't know." She shrugged. "It just appeared overnight."

"Good. Right." The Doctor quickly replied.

"We need to get out of here, fast," Orion spoke up. The Doctor ran over to the man and looked over his shoulder at the computer while the woman frowned.

"Why?"

"What's your name?"

"Nasreen Chaudhry."

"Look at the screens, Nasreen." The Doctor pointed at it. "Look at your readings. It's moving."

"Hey, that's specialised equipment." The man protested. "Get away from it."

Amy squatted down by the hole while Hollie frowned. "What is?"

"Doctor, this steam, is that a good thing?" Hollie asked.

"Shouldn't think so." He replied. "It's shifting when it shouldn't be shifting."

"What shouldn't?"

They all looked down as the earth below them began to rumble. "The ground, the soil, the earth, moving. But how? Why?"

"Earthquake?" Hollie and Amy both guessed.

"What's going on?

"Doubt it," the Doctor answered the girls, "because it's only happening under this room."

Hollie's eyes widened as two more holes appeared in the ground. "It knows we're here. It's attacking. The ground's attacking us."

"No, no that's not possible." Nasreen shook her head.

"Under the circumstances, I'd suggest, run!" The Doctor shouted.

Orion pushed Hollie and Amy away from the earth before he leapt over the earth himself. Hollie followed after him. Her eyes widened as the man's foot suddenly fell into the earth that became trapped below.

The older man safely moved across with Hollie's help while Amy grabbed Orion.

"Stay back, Amy." The Doctor warned. "Stay away from the earth."

"It's okay." Amy replied, pulling Orion and freeing his leg a moment before she cried out and her own foot was pulled into the earth as another hole appeared.

"Amy!" The Doctor cried. Hollie went to run forward to help but found she couldn't move.

"Let me go!" The blonde cried while Orion held a vice-like grip on the girl's arm, he pulled her closer to him, wrapping his arms around her to make it even more difficult for an escape. "Amy!" She screamed.

"Doctor, help me!" Amy shouted, eyes wide in absolute horror. "Something's got me. Doctor, the ground's got my legs."

Without even thinking the Doctor ran over and grabbed onto Amy as she moved further into the ground, now from her waist down. "I've got you."

"Okay." She nodded, his hands tightly holding hers.

"Don't let go."

"Never." He replied.

"Orion!" Hollie screamed, still thrashing about in his arms.

"I'm sorry." He apologised in barely a whisper. "I can't let you."

"Doctor, what is it, and why is it doing this?" Amy asked, her breathing rapid, her heart madly beating, almost as if it was trying to force itself out of her chest.

"Stay calm." He told her. "Keep hold of my hand. Don't let go. Your drill shut it down." He looked at Nasareen and Tony when no one replied. "Go. Now!"

"Can you get me out?" Amy asked.

"Amy, try and stay calm. If you struggle, it'll make things worse. Keep hold of my hand."

"Doctor tell him to let me go!" Hollie shouted except she didn't move her mouth.

Orion winced as she practically screamed into his mind, she was so upset and out of control in the current moment, she had no idea she was telepathically projecting her thoughts to him instead of speaking.

"I can't save both of you." He gritted out, trying not to snap. Amy needed him to stay calm. "Stay with Orion." Hollie swallowed hard and slowly stopped fighting against his hold after a moment. Orion released his grip ever so slightly to not hurt her but continued to keep a hold on just in case she tried to run. "I'm not going to let you go." He told Amy a second before both of their grips slipped as the earth pulled her further.

"Doctor, it's pulling me down. Something's pulling me!" She cried.

"Stay calm." He told her. "Now, hold on till they can just shut down the drill."

"I can't hold on!" Amy protested her arms and head now the only things left above ground. "What's pulling me?" She asked, tightening her hand. "What is under the earth? I don't want to suffocate under there."

"Amy, concentrate. Don't you give up."

"Tell Rory..." she whispered before she let go and fell through the earth.

"No!" Hollie screamed, the Doctor dug with his hands in an attempt to grab her.

"No. Amy!" He pulled his sonic out and scanned the soil.

Nasreen ran in with Tony, the older man. "Where is she?"

"She's gone." He replied Hollie swallowed hard and Orion gently let go of her, only to stiffen slightly as she turned into him, hiding her head in his chest. "The ground took her."

Orion's eyes met the Doctor who frowned. The Doctor hadn't known the young man for very long but something deep down told him that Orion was hiding something from him.

Something about Hollie...