"Why do they need consent?" I ask.
"Maybe they're like vampires. Can't come in unless they're invited" Bill says.
"They're not vampires."
"The future we saw. Is it the war? Do we bring that future about?" Xiaolian asks.
"That would seem to be the most obvious conclusion," the Doctor says.
"No. I say, no. Friend, I will not fight you."
"We are just soldiers in the field."
"Are we too afraid to disobey?"
"I'm not" the two commanders shake hands.
"Neither am I" the Russian commander shakes Xiaolian's hand.
"This is amazing," Bill says.
"What do you think, Mister President? Did we just give peace a chance?" Brabbit asks.
"The clock," the Doctor says.
"I'm sorry?"
"Look at the clock."
"It's still one minute to midnight."
"It made no difference. How could this make no difference?" Xiaolian asks.
"Because it's not you who's going to end the world. You were never the problem" I say.
"Then who is the problem?" Bill asks.
"Something is happening somewhere else. Somewhere in the world, in silence or in darkness, the world is ending right now. And we have to find out where."
*Time skip*
"This is impossible. We can't search a whole planet in a few minutes" Brabbit says.
"Narrow it down. They landed the pyramid in the middle of military crisis. What was the point of that?" the Doctor asks.
"Ok, what was the point?" Bill asks.
"What was the effect? They told us the world was ending in a potential war zone. What did we assume was going to happen?"
"World War Three."
"But it didn't. The trick with misdirection, don't look where the arrow is pointing, look where it's pointing away from. So, what's already on our radar that we should be worried about right now? Forget about war. What else could end the world?"
"Bacteria," Nardole says.
"I like the sound of that" I say.
"New strain of flu? Plague?" Xiaolian asks.
"People can be immune. And whatever it is will kill all life on Earth, not just humans. Plague discriminates. So this isn't a plan, it's a mistake. Somebody, somewhere, is doing something that's about to blow up in everybody's face" the Doctor says as I go around the room, using my sonic shades to hack into databases.
"What are you doing?" the Russian commander asks looking at me.
"The distraction tells us that whatever's coming is already on a watch list. I just put all the top-secret intelligence documents in the world online in a searchable format."
"What!" Brabbit says loudly.
"Sit down and Google."
*Time skip*
Everyone is working on computers.
"Doctor, listen," Brabbit says speaking up.
"What?" the Doctor asks.
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The Doctor Of War ³
FanfictionThe Seer wife of the doctor, Has been with him through the beginning of time, they have lost more, they have seen things, but through it all they stuck together.
