𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

Falling Pieces

"Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?"

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It all happened too fast.

One moment, the Doctor was leading Gabby down a nice looking alien city because it could potentially have something to help ease Renata's latest pain and then the next they're running for their lives. Of course, it wasn't their fault. The Doctor, though lacking attention most of the time, never joked when it came to Renata's health. Months had passed by for them (only from their end) and most of their trips had consisted of finding potential cures for Renata and other remedies to ease her other minor chronic issues. Very seldom did they make trips for leisure - those were only done either accidentally or because Renata quite literally forced them to take one.

Right now was neither or. And it was all River Song's fault.

"I thought you said it would be easy and quick!" The Doctor shot an accusing glance at River who was running right beside him, more than gleefully too.

She laughed. She actually laughed. "Where would be the fun in that, sweetie!?"

Gabby groaned behind them. "They're trying to kill us!"

A mob was chasing them out of the city, literally. They had the traditional pitchforks in the air, only these pitchforks actually fired at them as if they were guns. It didn't seem to worry River though. She seemed more like she welcomed it.

"Well, run faster!" was her advice and was given with a scoff.

Gabby shot a glare at the woman's back. This was a younger River Song - clearly since the last one they saw had died - and Gabby honestly thought that this time things would be a little different. She didn't really get to talk to the last River in the Library and she thought that maybe the coldness between them wouldn't be a problem this time around. Maybe the last River just had an argument or something with another version of them, but no. This River made it very clear that she did not like Gabby, nor Renata for that matter. She kept taking jabs at Renata like there was no tomorrow.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" The Doctor shoved River ahead of them so he could reach back and pull Gabby forwards too. "We gotta get out of here!"

"Hard to do when the TARDIS is on the other side of the city!" Gabby reminded him.

"River's vortex manipulator can help out with that! River!"

"I can't leave without getting the gemstone first!"

"We're going to die!" Gabby cried and once again received a scoff in return.

"Oh please, it's just a bit of a run! God, you're not that boring, are you!?"

Gabby glanced at the Doctor with angry eyes, her expression telling him that this is the type of behavior she was talking about before the mob started. She'd expressed how rude River was to her even when nothing was done to provoke her. The Doctor wouldn't say it out loud but he agreed. He just couldn't understand what was the animosity that River held towards Gabby. He'd like to fix it, really, because if they were going to keep meeting her...it would be nicer if everyone got along.

"River, we're going to get killed!" He told her.

"No, sweetie, we're not! C'mon!" River reached for his arm - and in the process Gabby since he was still holding onto her - and activated her manipulator. In a flash, they had disappeared and reappeared in a secluded part of a jungle. They each fell to the ground from their running stance but they were glad to see that they had no more mob chasing them. River was the first to stand and with a grin as wide as her face could hold. "Told you," she dusted herself then reached for the Doctor's hand, without asking him, and pulled him up. She had pulled a little too hard and had his body crash into hers. "Woah there, soldier, not the time!"