DOCTOR WHO: The Odd Life of Nova Sue--PART 2: Discovering

Chapter 6: My 'Nova'

After much preparation, Sydney cycles over to the abandoned factory only for something to happen that she doesn't quite remember. Thankfully her mother, River Song, arrives to assist her, but things take a horrifying turn upon returning to the factory. Was it really a good idea to return, after all?

A/N: WARNING: this chapter ends on a massive cliffhanger!

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Thankfully, later that day, I find out my parents are going out to a concert out of town and would be staying out overnight, which makes it easier for me to sneak out of the house without questions. Regrettably, this made me think back to my other life, at the time when they went off to see a concert at the exact same time I was planning to leave them after I found out the truth of my so-called 'non-humanness,' and how that was the very last time I saw them alive together. The next time I reunited with them, I found out my father-guardian had been brutally killed by the Silence, which I saw in a vision, and thankfully my mother-guardian and Hazel were kept alive, but later my mother-guardian sacrificed herself to save the rest of my family, staying behind and buying us extra time to escape the Silence, and neither of us were able to save her after that.

When I found out they were leaving again today, a large part of me wanted to stop them and convince them to stay so I could spend more time with them; but at the same time I knew they weren't real, that they were part of the simulation that I believe myself to be stuck in, and it just wouldn't feel the same as being with them in my other life. Perhaps I would've been able to save their lives this time by forcing them to stay, but, sadly, I allowed them to go to the concert without me, knowing that, deep down, it was time for me to let them go; even in my other life, I'm sure they would've asked me to do the same, no matter how much they knew of their tragic fate. As hard as it was to say goodbye to them for the final time, I knew I had a responsibility to follow, and it was important that I follow it regardless; it's what they would want for me, even long after their passing.

'Be strong, be brave...' my father-guardian's words echo in my mind, 'but further most, be smart. Your strengths and your knowledge are what make you invincible. You can do anything, so long as you follow those three rules.' Words that I swear to myself that I will never forget, even several Regenerations down the line.

The moment the sun disappears below the horizon, I hop on my bike and cycle over to the abandoned factory where the ominous note from my apparent evil twin instructed me to meet.

Before my meeting, I spent the remainder of the day making sure I would be as well prepared as possible. I have absolutely no idea what will happen once I get there, and I want to make absolutely sure I'm well prepared for literally anything that may be thrown at me. There's a high chance that I might be facing the Silence again, and if what the Doctor and River said about 'their Nova' being their new leader is true, I should never underestimate her, no matter what she may do to me. With this in mind, I know that this version of me is very different—not at all like me—and, therefore, very dangerous, so it will be a challenge to face her. No doubt some sort of trap will be waiting for me once I arrive.

As I continue cycling quietly over to the factory (it feels so surreal that I know how to ride a bike at all, as I never learned to ride one in my other life), I think about what sort of trap that Nova has set for me. There is no doubt that the Silence want something from me, specifically my knowledge of the Doctor and River, and they want to use everything I know about them to destroy them for her, exactly like the Silence always wanted from the very start. I'm betting that the 'trap' will be their way to put me under mind-control and manipulate me into turning onto their side and helping them to accomplish this goal once and for all, and I spent most of the day and bike-ride planning ways to prevent them from doing this and to escape them if worse came to worse. I highly doubt that simply resisting them would work, since in my other life, River Song attempted to do this, only the Silence overpowered her and put her under their control anyway, and I remember how much of a struggle it was for the Doctor and I to break her free from the mind-control and how it ultimately cost me my life and forced me to regenerate once we did finally break her free. However, in this world, I no longer have that Regeneration ability to save me this time (God, I really wish I did!), so I plan not to take any chances. This world is unlike any typical 'dream' I've ever experienced before, so if I end up dying here, there's a chance I may not wake up in reality, and I will make doubly sure that this doesn't happen...just in case.