Clara is at the door, staring at her phone on ledge opposite them. Suddenly a figure appears, making her jump.
"O'Donnell's dead," she whispers, catching all their attentions. {Y/n} walks over to her, along with Cass and Lunn and watch O'Donnell's ghost walk away.
"Oh, no. no, no, no, no, don't you dare. Don't you dare," the ghost takes Clara's phone and continues walking down the corridor.
"What do we do now?"
☆ Time skip ☆
"Big day for you. Time travel, twice," the Doctor says.
"Whoa, really? Where are we going to?" Bennett asks.
"Off the map. Out of the rule book. What if I don't die? What if I refuse? I'm going to go back to the base and I'm going to save Clara and {Y/n} because that's what I do. And I don't see anyone here who's going to stop me,"
The Cloister Bell tolls and the TARDIS materialises. Once she lands, the two step out to see 512 in big numbers on the wall above a paper target of a soilder.
"Why are we still here?"
The Doctor sees himself walking out the TARDIS like they had when they first arrived.
"No, no, no, no, no."
"What?" Bennett asks.
"We've moved half an hour backwards. I'm locked in my own time stream. The TARDIS won't let me leave," he panics.
"Well, what do we do?"
"Now we have to keep out of sight until time catches up," he says.
"Where's Bennett? We need to get going,"
"Oh, he's still throwing up,"
They spot the undertaker.
"Prentis. He's alive," Bennett says.
"No, he's just not dead yet. And we don't tell him,"
"Yeah, but he's right there. I mean, we can just..."
"No!" The Doctor pushes Bennett against a wall.
"However that sentence ends, no, we can't. Save him, and you'll want to safe O'Donnell. You can't cheat time. I just tried. You can't just go back and cut off tragedy at the root. Because you find yourself talking to someone you just saw dead on a slab. Because then you really do see ghosts. We don't tell him. Understand? Not a word. We don't have the right,"
Later, the two hide behind some metal barrels labelled toxic waste. They watch the conversation they had half an hour ago.
"Albar Prentis, funeral director,"
"You're from Tivoli, aren't you?"
"The most invaded planet of the galaxy! Our capital city has a sign saying, if you occupied us, you'd be home by now,"
"Yes, I've had dealings with your lot before. I can't say I'm a fan,"
"No, we do tend to antagonise,"
O'Donnell looks back after hearing a noise.
"What are you doing here?" He asks.
"Ah, yes. Of course,"
☆ Time skip ☆
"The dark. The sword. The forsaken. The temple. When we found out what the ghosts were saying, we weren't surprised because the words, they were already inside us," Clara says, Lunn signs this to Cass.
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☆ Alone In this World ☆
FanfictionI really think the 12th Doctor is underrated. I absolutly adore the man! Personally, I think that a lot more people should write more fanfics about 12 :) Before, it was just a man and his box. But one day, he finds someone oddly intriguing on their...
