"You know my name."

"What do you want?"

"You will die here. All of you. This planet is your grave."

"It's him. It's him. It's him" Toby repeats.

"If you are the Beast, then answer me this. Which one, hmm? Cos the universe has been busy since you've been gone. There's more religions than there are planets in the sky. The Archiphets, Orkology, Christianity, Pash Pash, New Judaism, San Klah, Church of the Tin Vagabond. Which devil are you?" The Doctor asks.

"All of them."

"What, then you're the truth behind the myth?" I ask.

"These two know me as I know them. The killers of their own kind."

"How did you end up on this rock?" The Doctor asks.

"The Disciples of the Light rose up against me and chained me in the pit for all eternity."

"When was this?" I ask.

"Before time."

"What does that mean?"

"Before time."

"Yes, I get that, but what does before time mean?"

"Before light and time and space and matter. Before the cataclysm. Before this universe was created."

"That's impossible. No life could have existed back then." The Doctor says.

"Is that your religion?"

"It's a belief" the Doctor and I say at the same time.

"You know nothing. All of you, so small. The Captain, so scared of command. The soldier, haunted by the eyes of his wife. (Jefferson) The scientist, still running from Daddy. (Ida) The little boy who lied. (Danny) The virgin. (Toby) And the lost girl, so far away from home. (Rose) The valiant child who will die in battle so very soon."

"Doctor, Seer, what does that mean?" Rose asks.

"Rose, don't listen" I say.

"What does it mean?" Rose asks.

"You will die and I will live."

"What the hell was that?" Danny asks.

"I had that thing inside my head" Toby says.

"Doctor, Seer, what did it mean?" Rose asks.

"What do we do? Jefferson?"

"Captain? What's the situation on strategy nine?"

"Zach, what do we do?"

"The planet, the orbit, the black hole. Everything's true."

"Captain, report."

"We've lost pictures, Mister Jefferson."

"Doctor, Seer, how did it know all of that?" Rose asks again.

"Did anyone get an anal..." Ida gets cut off by Zach.

"Jefferson."

"Stop" the Doctor starts but gets cut off by Rose.

"What did it mean?"

"Everyone just stop" the Doctor tries again.

"What do we do?"

"Report" I then send feedback through the comms and instantly everyone shuts up.

"You want voices in the dark then listen to mine. That thing is playing on very. Basic. fears. Darkness, childhood nightmares, all that stuff."

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