The Oncoming Storm ²

The Girl Who Waited pt.2

"When I first came here, I had to trick the Interface into giving me the information, but I've reprogrammed it now. It'll tell me anything except how to escape" Amy says as her and Rory walk into the garden.

"You hacked it? That's genius" Rory says.

"Sorry to interrupt that beautiful moment, but temporal engines like that have a regulator valve. Has to be kept at a distance from the main reactor or there'd be feedback. Interface, where's the regulator?" the Doctor asks.

"The regulator valve is held within" the interface is showing a diagram of the location.

"Oh. Very, very ah. Interface, I need to run through some technical specifications, Rory, give us to Amy a minute" I say.

"Here you go," Rory says as he hands over the glasses to Amy and she slowly puts them on.

"They look ridiculous," Amy says.

"That's what I told him. Still, anything beats a fez, eh?" We laugh briefly together "what is it?"

"I think that's the first time I've laughed in thirty-six years."

"I'll just, er, leave you three geniuses alone. I'll be back in a minute" Rory says walking off.

"There's still time, Amy. There's still time to fix everything" the Doctor says. Rory goes walking along the terrace until he comes to a door.

"How can you have a door without a wall?" a Handbot is approaching as he walks into the invisible wall by the door

"Oh. Holographic wallpaper? Oh, sorry. Argh" the Handbot touches his neck and he falls backwards.

"Do not be alarmed. This is a kindness" It is about to fire its needle gun at Rory when Amy chops its head off.

"Oh."

"Rory?"

"Glasses."

"You stupid!"

"Oh. You saved me."

"Don't get used to it."

"Have you been crying? A little bit."

"Shut up, Rory."

"You have, haven't you?"

"Woman with a sword. Don't push it" the Doctor and I chuckle.

"Ok. So, here's the plan. Time is always a bit wibbly-wobbly, but in Two-Streams, it's extra wobbly" the Doctor says as Amy puts the glasses back on Rory. We've worked out how to hijack the Temporal Engines and use them to fold two points of Amy's timeline together. We're bringing her out of the then and into the now. Amy, we just need to borrow your brain a minute. It won't hurt, probably. Almost probably and then, Amy Pond, we're going to save you."

"No. Time's up. Handbots coming."

"Amy, you've got to help us help you. We need you to think back, thirty-six years ago. Amy? Amy!" the Doctor shouts as Amy goes back to the Temporal Engines entrance and shuts the door in Rory's face. Rory uses the Time Glass to read the faded message.

"You told her to leave us a sign. And she did. And she waited" Rory says.

*Time skip*

"Oh Amy, why won't you help yourself?" Rory asks following her.

"They want to rescue past me from thirty-six years back, which means I'll cease to exist. Everything I've seen and done dissolves. Time is rewritten."

"That's, that's good, isn't it?"

"I will die. Another Amy will take my place. An Amy who never got trapped at Two-Streams, an Amy who grew old with you, and she, in thirty-six years, won't be me."