The Oncoming Storm ²

The Almost People pt.2

"Why?" I mutter, the Doctor places his hand on my shoulder, Amy enters, followed by the Ganger Alex.

"Keep her away from me."

"Did you sense it?" G-Alex asks.

"Briefly. Not as strong as you" I reply.

"Amy, I'm sorry."

"No, you keep away. We can't trust you."

"It would appear I can connect to the Flesh."

"You are Flesh."

"I'm beginning to understand what it's been through, what it needs."

"What you want. You are it."

"It's much more powerful than we thought. The Flesh can grow, correct?"

"Its cells can divide," Cleaves says.

"Well, now it wants to do that at will. It wants revenge. It's in pain, angry. It wants revenge."

"I was right. You're not Alex. You can't ever be. You're just a copy."

"Alex, it might be best if you stayed over there for now, hmm?" Cleaves says.

"Hold on a minute, hold your horses. I thought I'd explained this. I'm her, she's me" I say.

"Seer, we have no issue with you, but when it comes to your Ganger..."

"Don't be so absurd."

"Buzzer."

"Sure, boss" Buzzer puts out a barrel for the Ganger Alex to sit on "take a seat, mate."

"Nice barrel, very comfy. Why not? Is this really what you want?" G-Alex asks.

*Time skip*

"This is the shuttle. We're right above you, but we can't get low enough. Gamma static could fry our nav-controls. Sit tight. We'll get to you. Just..." the Doctor scans Cleaves with his sonic screwdriver.

"Hello? Can you hear me?" Jimmy asks.

"I can't find Rory. I'm going out there" Amy says.

"We could use the sonic to track him. Humans and Gangers give off slightly different signals. The sonic needs to tell the difference" the Doctor says.

"Oh, so the sonic knows Gangers are different. The other Alex is different."

"She is the Seer" I say.

"Not to me. I can tell."

"Sure you're not prejudiced?" the Doctor asks.

"Nice try, but I know, ok? We've been through too much. You're my Alex. End of" Amy says.

*Time skip*

"Hey, there's a camera up. We've got a visual" Buzzer says.

"That's Rory and Jennifer," Amy says.

"They're heading for the thermostatic room," Cleaves says.

"Let's go get them," Amy says, I throw my sonic screwdriver to my counterpart "hang on."

"We can't let her go. Are you crazy?"

"Am I crazy, Alex?" I ask.

"Well, you did want to plumb your brain into the core of an entire planet just to halt its orbit and win a bet" G-Alex replies.

"She can't go rescue them. I'm going" Amy says.

"Do you know, I want her to go. And I'm rather adamant" I reply standing up, coming face to face with Amy.