To the Start Again [8] (The Parallel Series)

The Snowmen

Just something I thought about because it would get extremely confusing (since there are two Jenny's (the Time Lords daughter and Jenny Flint whose is married to Vastra) the Time Lords Jenny will be called Jen (just like they nickname her sometimes) from now on if the two characters are together somewhere.

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Araya sat quietly in the carriage beside her mother, with her father the opposit side. The two older Time Lords talking with Vasta through a communication device in the carriage. The Stone gave the Doctor a slightly annoyed and pointed look.

Her husband had to go and open his big mouth, he couldn't help himself and now their daughter was in danger because of it. It was the one reason she didn't want Araya to know about 'downstairs' just yet. She didn't want to lose her daughter.

"How refreshing to see you taking an interest again," Vastra said through the terribly advanced comms device for the Victorian era. "Was she nice?" The Silurian questioned, referring to Clara.

The Doctor grumbled knowing Vastra was trying to get him in trouble even more so than he already was. He knew as soon as they were back on the TARDIS she'd let him have it and this time there were no companions about to rescue him. "I just spoke to her."

"And made your usual impact, no doubt," Vastra replied.

"No, no impact at all." He said squeezing Araya's hand, remembering why they were doing this. "Those days are over."

"You can't help yourself," Vastra said. "It's the same story every time. And it always begins with the same two words."

"She'll never be able to find me again." He replied with a firm voice. "She doesn't even have the name. Doctor." He frowned at Vastra's statement. What two words?"

Clara's head appeared through the hatch above the carriage. Araya yelped loudly. The Stone was quick to protectively wrap her arms around her child only to sigh in annoyance and frustration as she registered who rather than what had scared her daughter.

"Doctor?" Clara asked, her head poking through the hatch now, her face upside down, a smile on her lips. "Doctor who?"

The Time Lady shot her husband a dark look while the Doctor growled, clearly not at all impressed.

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Strax the Sontaran watched a man step into a carriage on the other side of a railing while the Stone stood within the snowy Victorian street. The Doctor was studying the snow on the ground while the woman who scared the young Time Lady was currently rocking the carriage back and forth trying to find a way to escape. "They've taken samples from snowmen all over London," Strax informed the Time Lord. "What do you suppose they're doing in there?"

"This snow is new." The Doctor hummed as he lightly rubbed it between his fingers. "Possibly alien." He glanced up at the Stone from where he was crouched close to the ground. "When you find something brand new in the world, something you've never seen before, what's the next thing you look for?"

"A grenade," Strax answered in an instant. The Doctor rolled his eyes.

The Stone narrowed her eyes at him and covered Araya's ears. "Please don't talk about war strategies in front of my daughter Strax."

"Sorry." He apologised.

"A profit." The Doctor answered his question rhetorically. "That's Victorian values for you."

"Ma'am." Strax nodded at the Time Lady. She sighed and covered her daughter's ears again, at least he warned her this time. "I suggest a full frontal assault with automated laser monkeys, scalpel mines and acid."