Eleventh Hour pt.2

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"So that thing, that hid in my house for twelve years?"

"Multiforms can live for millennia. Twelve years is a pit-stop" I say.

"So how come you two show up again on the same day that lot do? The same minute!"

"They're looking for him, but they followed us. They saw us through the crack, got a fix, they're only late because we are" the Doctor explains.

"What's he on about?" Rory asks.

"Nurse boy, give me your phone," the Doctor says putting out his hand.

"How can they be real? They were never real."

"Phone. Now. Give me" the Doctor makes grabby hands at the phone, I take Rory's phone and give it to the Doctor.

"They were just a game. We were kids. You made me dress up as him, while you dressed up as her" Rory says, the Doctor flicks through the images on the iPhone, I stand next to him.

"These photos, they're are all coma patients?" I say squinting.

"Yeah."

"No, they're all the multiform. Eight coma's, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero" I say.

"He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma?" Amy asks.

"Well, the coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog. Laptop! Your friend, what was his name? Not him, the good-looking one" the Doctor says.

"Thanks," Rory says sarcastically.

"Jeff," Amy says.

"Oh, thanks" Rory replies crossing his arms.

"He had a laptop in his bag. A laptop. Big bag, big laptop. I need Jeff's laptop. You two, get to the hospital. Get everyone out of that ward. Clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done. Seer you're with me" the Doctor says grabbing my hand and dragging me behind him.

*Time skip*

Jeff is lounging on his bed, using his laptop, when the Doctor and I barge in.

"Hello. Laptop. Give me" the Doctor again does grabby hands towards the computer.

"No, no, no, no, wait."

"It's fine. Give it here" the Doctor says.

"Hang on!" the Doctor takes the laptop and sees what Jeff was browsing, his face scrunches, I look over his shoulder and laugh quietly.

"Blimey. Get a girlfriend, Jeff" the Doctor says, Mrs. Angelo enters.

"Gran" Jeff says.

"What are you doing?"

"The sun's gone wibbly, so right now, somewhere out there, there's going to be a big old video conference call" I say.

"All the experts in the world panicking at once, and do you know what they need? My wife an I. Ah, and here they all are. All the big boys. NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore" the Doctor says.

"I like Patrick Moore."

"I'll get you his number. But watch him, he's a devil" I smile.

"You can't just hack in on a call like that" Jeff says.

"Can't I?" six faces come up on the screen, the Doctor shows them the psychic paper.

"Who are you?" Patrick Moore asks.

"This is a secure call, what are you doing here?"

"Hello. Yeah, I know you should switch me off, but before you do, watch this."

"It's here too, I'm getting it."

"Fermat's Theorem, the proof. And I mean the real one. Never been seen before. Poor old Fermat got killed in a duel before he could write it down. My fault. I slept in. Oh, and here's an oldie but a goodie. Why electrons have mass. And a personal favorite of mine, faster than light travel with two diagrams and a joke. Look at your screens. Whoever I am, I'm a genius. Look at the sun. You need all the help you can get. Fellas, pay attention" the Doctor says.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

"He's writing a computer virus. Very clever, super-fast, and a tiny bit alive, but don't let on. And why is he writing it on a phone? Never mind, you'll find out" I grin.

"Ok, I'm sending this to all your computers. Get everyone who works for you sending this everywhere. Email, text, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, radar dish, whatever you've got. Any questions?" the Doctor asks.

"Who is your lady friend?"

"Patrick, behave," the Doctor says.

"What does this virus do?"

"It's a reset command, that's all. It resets counters. It gets in the Wi-Fi and resets every counter it can find. Clocks, calendars, anything with a chip will default at zero at exactly the same time. But yeah, I could be lying, why should you trust me? I'll let my best man explain" I look at Jeff "Jeff, you're our best man" I whisper.

"You what?"

"Listen to me. In ten minutes, you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen is going to be offering you any job you want. But first, you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working. This is it, Jeff, right here, right now. This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world" the Doctor says.

"Why me?"

"It's your bedroom. Now go, go, go" the Doctor runs out, but I stop in the doorway.

"Ok, guys, let's do this."

"Oh, and delete your internet history" I say running after the Doctor.

"Doctor? We're at the hospital, but we can't get through" Amy says, the Doctor looks down at the phone briefly.

"Look in the mirror" he replies.

"Look in the mirror? Haha! Uniform. Are you and Alex on your way?"

"Yes."

"You're going to need a car."

"Don't worry, we've commandeered a vehicle" I say looking at the Doctor as he drives the firetruck.

"Are you in?" I ask a short time later.

"Yep," Amy replies "but so's Prisoner Zero."

"You need to get out of there," the Doctor says.

"Amy? Amy, what's happening?" I ask.

"Amy, talk to us!" The Doctor says.

"We're in the coma ward, but it's here. It's getting in."

"Which window are you?"

"What, sorry?"

"Which window?"

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