𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 ☆ The Glorious Series ｟ BOOK 1 ｠

The Time of Angels [Part 2]

Beach (Night)...

A transport ship had arrived and the soldiers had already set up camp. Octavian strode across the ground followed by The Doctor, Amy and Lexi.

"The Angel, as far as we know, is still trapped in the ship. Our mission is to get inside and neutralize it. We can't get through up top, we'd be too close to the drives. According to this," Octavian showed a handheld device. "behind the cliff face, there's a network of catacombs leading right up to the temple. We can blow through the base of the cliffs, get into the entrance chamber, then make our way up."

"Oh, good." The Doctor a little bit pleased.

"Good, sir?" Octavian asked confused.

"Catacombs, probably dark ones. Dark catacombs, great!"

"Technically, I think it's called a maze of the dead."

"You can stop anytime you like."

"Father Octavian?" One of the soldiers called over Octavian.

"Excuse me, sir."

The Doctor waved off Octavian as he left. He then used the sonic on some of the equipment set up on the table.

"You're letting people call you 'sir'. You never do that." Lexi said sitting on the table.

"So, whatever a Weeping Angel is, it's really bad, yeah?" Amy asked sitting on the other side of the table.

"Now that's interesting..." The Doctor said looking back and forth between the twins. "You're both still here. Which part of 'Wait in the TARDIS till I tell you it's safe' was so confusing?"

"Ooh, are you all Mr. Grumpy Face today?" Lexi asked in a patronizing tone.

"A Weeping Angel, Ponds, is the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent life form evolution has ever produced, and one is trapped inside that wreckage and I'm supposed to climb in with a screwdriver and a torch-and assuming I survive the radiation, and the whole ship doesn't blow up in my face-do something clever which I haven't actually thought of yet. That's my day, that's what I'm up to. Any questions?" He looked at the twins expectantly. Amy was the first to speak up.

"Is River Song your wife? Cos she's someone from your future, and the way she talks to you, I've never seen anyone do that." Amy looked over at Lexi as if waiting for her to speak, which she did.

"Yeah, Amy's right. She's kinda like, you know, 'Heel boy!' She's Mrs. Doctor from the future, isn't she? Is..." Lexi had a little trouble asking this next question, she wasn't quite sure why. "Is she gonna be your wife one day?"

"Yes. You're right... I am definitely Mr. Grumpy Face today."

"Doctor? Doctor!" River called over from the transport.

"Oops! Her indoors!" Amy exclaimed teasingly.

"Father Octavian!" River called for Octavian to come along also.

The Doctor, Octavian, Amy and Lexi made their way to the transport ship.

"Why do they call him Father?" Amy asked curiously.

"He's there Bishop, they're his clerics. It's the 51st Century, the Church has moved on."

Inside The Transport Ship...

On a screen there was black and white footage of a Weeping Angel, it's body was at an angle, and its hands were over its eyes. River was controlling the video with a remote.

"What do you think? It's from the security cameras in the Byzantium vault. I ripped it when I was on board. Sorry about the quality. It's four seconds. I've put it on a loop."