We make our way towards the dining hall where Jimmy leads us and we walk in to see the other Doctor, Rory and Cleave's ganger. I don't pause before I let go of the Doctor's hand and go over and hug the other Doctor. He laughs hugging me back. I let go before going over to Rory and Amy who are hugging. I punch his shoulder before hugging him too. I then turn to watch Jimmy approach the hologram of his son whilst Amy and Rory talk.
"Daddy, it's me." The small boy says. Jimmy laughs, the name sending relief through him.
"Hey, sunshine. What are you up to?" He asks.
"Opening all my presents." He says and I walk over with the Doctor.
"Ha ha, good lad. You have fun today. And remember your dad, he loves you very, very much." Jimmy says to his son.
"When are you coming home?" Adam asks.
"Daddy's coming home today, Adam." The Doctor says to Adam and he starts jumping up and down excitedly. "Now we need to move." He adds before turning away.
We run through to the crypt to get out but as the Doctor and I turn a corner we meet with Jennifer's Ganger who is morphing into some terrifying beast.
"Run." The Doctor says, slightly in shock as everyone comes up behind him. No one makes a move. "Run." He says this time trying not to startle the growing monster, no one runs so I spin around.
"Run!" I yell and we all take off back down the hallway and turning down into a different wrong. We pass a door and race to the other one, no one thinking of shutting the far one as we go, too worried about getting away from Jennifer. The two Dickens go to close the door.
"We have to stop her." Dicken's ganger says, but as they slam it shut, they find no locking mechanism. "This door doesn't lock." They open the door again and I stand with them as we look out to the back of the hallway, seeing Jennifer approaching fast.
"No, but the far one does." Dicken says and before we can stop him, he goes racing to the other door, the two of us watch nervously as he struggles with the door, it looks to be jammed as he tries to yank at it. Jennifer was getting closer and closer and it took no time for her to reach him, but as she did he managed to shut the door, locking him on the wrong side, and it only takes a second for a scream to be heard.
"No!" Ganger Dicken yells and whilst my heart clenched at the loss I grabbed the door and slammed it shut, Dicken, the Doctor, Amy and I leaning up against the door, waiting for it to be slammed into. Suddenly the ceiling starts to rumble and we all look up.
"Here she comes." The G-Doctor grins as he waits for the Tardis to appear. After a minute the ceiling collapses and the Tardis makes her appearance.
"Oh, she does like to make an entrance." The G-Doctor states laughing. He runs over to her and unlocks the door and Rory goes in. "Everyone move." He says. That's when the banging starts and we all fight to hold it shut. Cleaves starts to approach us to help.
"Get on board. Go." Cleaves' Ganger says but Cleaves stands her ground.
"I'm not leaving." She says.
"Go." G-Cleaves says again, holding eye contact until she sighs and Cleaves runs into the Tardis.
"Hey, hey. Now's our chance." Amy says getting mine and the Doctor's attention.
"I have to stay. Hold this door closed. Give you time to dematerialise." The Doctor says and I look to him wide eyed.
"What! No! I'm not going to let you stay here and die!" I shout to him.
"Don't be crazy. Okay, what happens to you?" Amy asks him.
"Well, this place is just about to explode. But I can stop her." He tells us and I shake my head, looking to the other Doctor who's coming over.
"Both of you can survive this, okay? There has to be a way." I try to convince him.
"Or perhaps Pond thinks I should stay instead? Mister Smith." He says and I shake my head as Amy walks up to him, looking guilty.
"No, of course not. But look, this man, I've flown with him, you know? And you are amazing and yeah, I misjudged you, but you're not him. I'm sorry." She says to him.
"Mackenzie?" He asks and I stare at him, tearing up before looking to the Doctor and choking on my words as I can't find what to say.
"Don't make me say it." I say to him, feeling so guilty, not able to look at either of them.
"We swapped shoes." The Doctor says beside me, and I can feel his eyes on my turned head as I look back to him, as does Amy, both of us confused.
"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor in front of us says.
"And I'm the Flesh." The Doctor beside me says.
"You can't be. You're the real him." Amy says turning back to the Doctor beside me, who I find I can't look away from.
"No, I'm not, and I haven't been all along." He says and Amy looks to the Doctor.
"What?"
"I'm the original Doctor, Amy. We had to know if we were truly the same. It was important, vital we learn about The Flesh, and we could only do that through yours and Mackenzie's eyes." He tells us. She then turns to face the Doctor beside me and walks over to him hugging him. I look to the Doctor, not having done the entire time, because I felt guilty but when I do he smiles to me softly and I look back to the other Doctor who has let go of Amy. He then turns to me and straightens out his jacket. He didn't seem sure of what to do and so I reach up and pull him down to me and I kiss him, before pulling him into a tight hug.
"It's okay." He murmurs over and over as I bury my face into his neck. "Amy's going to be fine, you're going to be fine, we're going to find you." He whispers to me and I pull back and look at him shock before there's a bang on the door, separating us. I then step away from him and face the Doctor who pulls me to his side and kisses the top of my head. "Well, my death arrives, I suppose." The G-Doctor says as he and holds the door with Cleaves.
"But this one we're not invited to." The Doctor says, and my eyes go wide as I look up to him and he refuses to look back.
"Pardon?" The other Doctor asks.
"Nothing." The Doctor dismisses. "Your molecular memory can survive this, you know. It may not be the end." He throws the screwdriver to him, who nods.
"Yeah, well, if I turn up to nick all your biscuits, then you'll know you were right, won't you?" He replies and the Doctor and I go over to Rory and Amy who's holding back Amy.
"Doctor! No, please." She calls out, and we pause waiting for Cleaves.
"You too, Cleaves. Off you pop." The Doctor says and she shakes her head.
"I'm staying." She states.
"This is not the time for grand gestures." The other Doctor groans.
"Says the king of grand gestures. This is my factory. I'm not going anywhere." She tells him and he kisses her forehead.
"Foreman Miranda Cleaves, marvellous. Beware of imitations." He says and looks over to us and smiles to me weakly but lovingly.
"Clear off out of here, the lot of you." Cleaves instructs and we do, heading back to the Tardis and looking back once before shutting the door.
Once we dematerialise everyone stays very quiet and the Doctor leans against the console looking very lost and I worry about what he's thinking and what the other Doctor had said to me. I walk over to him slowly and put my hand on top of his, snapping him out of his thoughts suddenly. He clears his throat, finding the sadness and thought away. "The energy from the Tardis will stabilise the Gangers for good. They're people now." He says aloud.
"And what happens to me? I still have this." Cleaves says pointing to her head.
"Ah, that's not a problem. I have something for that." He says ducking down trying to find the vial. "It's small and red and taste like burnt onions." He finds it and jumps back up holding it up, chucking it to Cleaves.
"But it'll get rid of your clot." I assure her.
"Happy endings." The Doctor says, but I can see the lie in his eyes and I look up to him unsurely, knowing he was hiding something.
We drop off Jimmy by the sea and whilst everyone else stays in the Tardis the Doctor and I go outside and watch from a distance. I turned from looking at Jimmy and Adam to the Doctor as they are reunited and I can't help but smile as the Doctor watches them.
"Do you think I'd be able to have children?" I ask him turning back and pretending to ignore the Doctor's sudden turn and bewildered look as if he were a deer stuck in headlights as his mouth opened and closed trying to get words out but not knowing how to respond. I then turn to him an innocent look on my face, pretending not to see how shock and caught by surprise he was. "You know, because of the hybrid thing." I say and he seems to relax a bit. However he still didn't have an answer, so he just turned to look at Jimmy and Adam and sighed deeply, seeming almost disappointed?
"I don't know, Mackenzie." He says quietly and pulls me into his side and I lean my head on his shoulder. "Do you want children?" He asks. I take a moment to think about it, and wondered if I wanted to bring a child into a world where I don't know what's going to happen the next day.
"Yeah, I do." I reply, looking up to him to see he was watching me and he smiles.
"Good." He says, kissing me on the head before we head back to the Tardis, waving goodbye to Jimmy and his son.
We then head off to Morpeth Jetsan. The Doctor and I work to park the Tardis in the big steel and glass company headquarters. We all leave the Tardis, Dicken's changed out of his acid suit and into his working clothes. "You really want us to do this?" Cleaves asks as we walk out.
"Your company's telling the world that the situation is over. You need to get in there and tell them that the situation's only just begun. Make them understand what they're doing to the Flesh. Make them stop. Dicken, remember, people are good. In their bones, truly good. Don't hate them, will you?" He says to them.
"How can I hate them? I'm one of them now." Dicken says and the Doctor and I smile to him, the Doctor clapping his shoulder.
"Yeah. And just remember, people died. Don't let that be in vain. Make what you say in that room count." I tell them. They nod, understanding before they look to each other.
"Ready?" Cleaves asks Dicken. They walk over to the door. "Side by side." She says smiling up to him.
"You got it, boss." Dicken assures smiling back, before they open the door and step inside, giving us a short glimpse of the flashing of cameras and questions that are thrown at them. Once the door shuts we turn back towards each other and look to the Doctor expectantly, but he's staring into space again.
"You okay?" Amy asks eventually.
"I said breathe, Pond. Remember? Well, breathe." He says to her and I look between him and Amy frantically, fear welling up, I could see fear in Rory's eyes too, only not the same, mine was a knowing and impending fear, his was that he knew something was going on, but not what.
"Why?" She asks nervously.
"Breathe." He repeats, right as she doubles over in pain, letting out a pained gasp. Rory goes over to her and holds her, not understanding but I just stare up at the Doctor, not wanting to look at my older sister, in fear of breaking out into tears.
"What's wrong with her?" Rory asks us.
"Get her into the Tardis." The Doctor simply says, trying to hide his emotion and I go after him as Rory helps Amy over to the Tardis.
"What are you going to do?" I whisper to him as we step into the Tardis, but he just looks to me wistfully and wordless. A look that comes when he's run out of hope, which I'd only ever seen once: when we'd been put in the Pandorica. The Doctor leans on the console whilst I face the door when Rory and Amy come in.
"Doctor! What is happening to her?" Rory shouts to him, wanting an answer.
"Contractions." He says, not looking at them, which leads to Rory and Amy looking to me for either confirmation or denial.
"Contractions?" Rory asks as he goes over to Amy.
"She's going into labour." The Doctor says to them and he turns to me quickly. "I think your sister's going to want you with her while she processes this." He says. But the strange look on his face made me hesitant, he looked like he felt guilty and as if he was betraying me. However I did so, because I was cared for my sister and wanted to hug her. I go down to them as another contractions starts.
"Kenz, this isn't happening." She mumbles to me as I put my arm around her.
"I'm sorry Aims." I whisper back, putting my head on hers.
"You're going to have to start explaining some of this to me, Doctor." Rory states, moving away for a moment to address him, knowing I had a hold on her.
"What, the birds and the bees? She's having a baby." The Doctor tells him and I look around to him.
"Stop being sarcastic, just tell them." I scold him and they both look to me, looking hurt that I knew.
"I needed to see the Flesh in its early days. That's why I scanned it. That's why we were there in the first place. I was going to drop you off for fish and chips first, but things happened and there was stuff and shenanigans. Beautiful word, shenanigans."
"It hurts." Amy groans as another contraction comes on.
"But you're okay?" Rory asks, trying to console her.
"Breathe. I needed enough information to block the signal to the Flesh." The Doctor turns around and faces all of us.
"What signal?" Amy asks.
"The signal to you." I tell her quietly and she looks over to me, wide-eyed and panicked.
"What? Doctor." She looks between us scared.
"Stand away from her, Rory." The Doctor tells him and I furrow my eyebrows at the lack of instructions for me.
"Why?" He asks before hugging and holding onto Amy. "No, and why?"
"Given what we've learned, I'll be as humane as I can, but I need to do this and you need to stand away!" He shouts at Rory and he looks at both of us and Amy shakes his head, I then whip my head around to the Doctor as Rory slowly backs away. I will him to tell me to step back, not because I don't want to support my sister, but so that I know that he hasn't been able to keep this from me the entire time as well as Amy. I felt the anxiety creep back in as he doesn't.
"What would they want me for?" I ask him, knowing I'm not pregnant or anything. And he shakes his head taking a moment to answer.
"I don't know, but you're a time lord, human hybrid, you're extremely powerful." He says getting emotional, for the first time today.
"Doctor, I'm frightened." I say to him and he steps down to us.
"I'm properly, properly scared." Amy agrees and I take her hand and grip it tightly.
"Don't be. Hold on." He says and puts his hand on her cheek.
"We're coming for you, both of you." He turns to me and pulls me into a hug. "I swear it. Whatever happens, however hard, however far, we will find you." He promises before he backs away, leaving me feeling cold as I hold on to Amy, hugging her tightly.
"We're right here." Amy pleads with him.
"No, you're not. You haven't been here for a long, long time." The Doctor says and he raises his sonic and points it to us. I rest the side of my head against hers as we face him and he turns the sonic on and everything goes black.